Chapter 280 The Counterattack of the Chinese Pacific Fleet
Koizumi Minichiro fell into a state of confusion when looking at the chart of the Palau Islands, precisely because of the problem Bai Chongxi posed to the US-Japanese combined fleet.
The Chinese Navy became famous in the Battle of the Green Sea, relying on submarines and small speedboats. Perhaps it was because it fully enjoyed the benefits of these two small boats. Therefore, after the completion of the Pacific Fleet, although the Supreme Command attached great importance to large ships and giant The construction of ships, but at the same time, the accumulated efforts in the construction of speedboats and submarines have not been wasted. Therefore, what is different from the establishment of the US Pacific Fleet and the Japanese Combined Fleet is that the Chinese Pacific Fleet not only retains a considerable number of torpedo boats As well as a fast mobile fleet of guided missile boats, it also maintains a submarine force with a considerable number of submarines.
In the Battle of the Timor Sea, the Battle of the Ryukyus, and the attack on the Japanese mainland, the missile speedboat force, torpedo speedboat force, and submarine force under the Pacific Fleet performed very well. In addition, the sea area this time was more suitable for small ships. Therefore, after receiving the new instructions from the Supreme Command, when Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi discussed their strategies, they naturally thought of "making full use of the maneuverability of small speedboats to carry out assaults", and at the same time decided to launch a surprise attack on the Palau Islands. An effective counterattack was launched in the sea area to boost the morale of the domestic people.
The exact time when the Chinese Pacific Fleet changed its sluggish tactics and officially launched a counterattack against the U.S.-Japanese Combined Fleet was August 19. From that day on, the situation in the Pacific that was originally one-sided after the U.S. Pacific Fleet successfully captured Midway Island suddenly turned upside down. Well, at around nine o'clock in the morning on August 19, a well-fed and well-fed group of Japanese Marines, after sufficient artillery preparations from the US-Japanese joint fleet, were heading towards Palau on three large landing craft and several rubber dinghies. An attack was launched on a beach on the north side of the main island of the archipelago. Suddenly, as a shrill air defense siren sounded, more than a hundred Chinese fighter planes of various types suddenly appeared from the southeast.
The U.S.-Japanese combined fleet first discovered the presence of Chinese fighter jets when it was a Japanese destroyer cruising in the southeastern ocean of the Palau Islands on a security mission.
More than a hundred Chinese fighter planes flew from the direction of Guam, flying almost close to the sea along the way, so they successfully avoided the scanning of many air defense radars of the U.S.-Japanese combined fleet. When the Japanese destroyers discovered their presence, they were far away from the U.S. The location of the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet is already less than 100 kilometers away.
It should be because of the heavy losses suffered by the Chinese naval aviation force, so the Japanese are much more vigilant and responsive than the Americans. Here, the air defense sirens on the American ships sound, and over there, the planes on the Japanese aircraft carriers Already sliding onto the runway and starting the run-up.
On the aircraft carrier USS Washington, the flagship of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Jin rushed into the command room immediately after receiving the air defense alert. Facing the many subordinates who had gathered urgently, he first glanced at the radar monitor screen on one side and took a rough look. After checking the number of green dots near the center on the upper right side of the monitor screen, Gu Zuo said: "The Chinese have finally lost their composure. Very good, let us end their winning streak in the waters of the Palau Islands." Then, his eyes fell on the face of Major General Curtis Emerson LeMay, commander of the fleet's aviation force, and asked: "General LeMay, our fighters are all ready."
Li Mei, this is a name that is no stranger to the Chinese in that time and space, because in that time and space, it was this person who single-handedly planned and directed the bombing of Tokyo, Japan in Qingdao, Shandong, China.
In this time and space, because the United States almost did not participate in the ground war in Europe, the fate of Li Mei, the former senior general of the United States Army Aviation, has undergone fundamental changes. He was first transferred to the aviation force of the United States Navy to serve as an instructor. Later, when there was an urgent shortage of frontline naval aviation commanders, he was transferred to the U.S. Pacific Fleet and became the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet aviation force.
Jin Jin asked, and Li Mei immediately put her feet together and replied: "Your Excellency, we are all ready, but I think we can let the Japanese make contact with the Chinese first."
Jin Jia nodded approvingly and said: "You are right. In terms of understanding of China's maritime aviation force, the Japanese are much better than us. If the Japanese are not good enough, then let our young men come forward to save face for the combined fleet's maritime aviation force." Not too late."
The flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet is the aircraft carrier Takehisa, and its commander is Admiral Onta Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi Wenta, in the past history, he was a typical tragic figure. The reason why I say this is because although he has commanding talents that are not inferior to Yamamoto Isoroku, he has never been reused, and other The end was also the most tragic among many senior Japanese navy generals. When the aircraft carrier Hiryu on which he served as captain was about to go silent, he chose to commit suicide and die on the ship.
In this time and space, because of the existence of Koizumi Minichiro, Yamaguchi Wenta's life trajectory has changed. After the Japanese base camp recognized Koizumi Minichiro's status as the commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian colonies, Koizumi Minichiro transferred him directly from the mainland with a transfer order. And entrusted him with important tasks. For this reason, Yamaguchi Wenta regarded Koizumi Minichiro as his benefactor and followed his advice from then on.
Yamaguchi Wenta leapfrogged to become the commander-in-chief of the Takeku aircraft carrier fleet, and then became the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet. His arrival did bring great changes to the Japanese Combined Fleet. The most obvious thing is that Yamaguchi attaches great importance to it. The role of the HNA force enabled Koizumi Minichiro to recruit Ozawa Jisaburo from the mainland.
Ozawa Jisaburo was a famous general in the Japanese Navy at that time. The most outstanding thing about him was that he not only had a deep understanding of torpedo warfare, but also had considerable attainments in naval warfare. This was because the older generation in Japan valued giant ships. Cannons are very rare among admirals.
Yamaguchi was a major general when he was brought over from the mainland by Koizumi, and Ozawa had already been a vice admiral several years ago. Because of this, Yamaguchi respected Ozawa quite a bit, and the latter reciprocated the favor, and seemed to be very respectful to Yamaguchi, a junior. Very courtesy.
While Kim Jong and Li Mei were plotting against the Japanese, Yamaguchi and Ozawa were discussing how to deal with the sudden appearance of the Chinese Hainan Airlines fleet.
Unlike Kim and Li Mei, who seemed relatively relaxed, Yamaguchi and Ozawa appeared to be very cautious because this was the first time they encountered a large-scale attack by China's Pacific Fleet after taking office.
The U.S. Navy and the Chinese Navy have never fought against each other, so they don’t know how scary the Chinese Navy is. In addition, Westerners’ brains are naturally weak, so they can still “talk and laugh” and appear to be full of general demeanor. Yamaguchi and Ozawa is different. They have all fully seen the power of the Chinese navy, and because they are eager to repay their kindness and hope to surprise Koizumi, they inevitably appear a little timid.