Nagumo Chuichi considered that "the performance of our fighter planes is not as good as that of the Chinese. If the HNA troops want to block the Chinese attack, they can only adopt special attack tactics. This means that the existence of the aircraft carrier actually has no decisive effect on the battle situation."
", so he categorically ordered Kinoshita Kagito to move the last reserve force to the right wing. But he soon tasted the consequences of doing so.
Xu Mengyong's command plane is equipped with a small air police radar system. Although the warning radius of this system is only about 35 kilometers, it is enough to allow him to take the initiative in air combat. The cluster of Japanese aircraft that appeared above the radar screen suddenly shrank back.
, although he did not know that these Japanese fighter planes were executing other orders, but the blank space in the upper half of the radar screen made him understand that the opportunity for the unit to make a contribution had arrived. Xu Mengyong played a trick when he led the team to attack, and Wang Hailing
When he attacked the Japanese battleships, he first aimed his attack at the aircraft carrier cluster between the Japanese battleship arrays. His original plan was that once a Japanese aircraft maneuvered to intercept, he would pretend to retreat and attack the Japanese left wing in the name of retreat.
The battleships launched a sudden attack. Now, there are no Japanese planes to intercept them. In other words, the only thing the Japanese can threaten them now is anti-aircraft artillery. Influenced by the theory of aircraft carrier victory, the Japanese Navy attaches great importance to the ships' self-prepared air defense capabilities. However,
, just like the spear always takes the initiative in the contest between spears and shields, in the contest between air defense forces and fighters, fighters with high maneuverability will naturally have the upper hand. You must know that at this time, unlike in later generations, there was no high guidance
performance of anti-aircraft missiles.
Nagumo Tadashi had made the worst plan to sacrifice several aircraft carriers, but at the same time, he also hoped to minimize the losses, so after giving the order to Kinoshita Kabuto, he ordered the escort ships of each aircraft carrier to attack the aircraft carriers they were escorting.
The aircraft carrier moved closer to provide anti-aircraft fire support. Nagumo Chuichi's move was indeed the right choice, but Xu Mengyong's attack target was not the aircraft carrier group, but the battleship group in front of the aircraft carrier group.
If it helps the students under Xu Mengyong's command, it can help them reduce the density of anti-aircraft firepower in the sea area where the battleship is located.
If the disappearance of the group of intercepted enemy aircraft made Xu Mengyong see an opportunity to attack and establish a career, Nanyun Zhongyi's move would help him reduce his psychological burden and allow him to organize the offensive more unscrupulously. In the command channel, he shouted loudly
: "Brothers, increase steering, target, battleship! Attack!" Later, he shouted: "Tiger shark goes first, Chinese sturgeon follows, tiger shark pays attention to bombing the Japanese ship's main gun, Chinese sturgeon pays attention to the attack angle!"
Thirty-six fighter planes drew a beautiful arc in the sky and rushed straight towards the sea area where the Japanese First Battleship Squadron was. Seeing this scene, Nagumo Tadashi's expression changed drastically, and he felt that he had been fooled, and at the same time ordered Kinoshita Kana
Qu, ordered him to organize fighter planes to intercept at all costs, and must stop the Chinese.
Just when Xu Mengyong's men were turning around collectively, the flagship Hyuga of the First Battleship Squadron where Takasu Shiro was located had just severely damaged a heavy cruiser of the Pacific Fleet. The heavy cruiser was hit twice by the Hyuga's main gun, and the ship was
Not only was the main gun destroyed, it also caused a violent explosion. The heavy cruiser was covered in fire and smoke, and it seemed that even if it did not sink, it would lose its combat capability. This scene firmly convinced General Nagumo Tadayichi
His determination to carry out the "giant ship and artillery tactics" to the end also made him cherish the five battleships even more. At this time, Xu Mengyong aimed his attack at the first battleship fleet. If his counterattack was lifted, it would naturally arouse his
strong reaction.
However, since almost all of Kinoshita Kagi's fighter planes, except for the reserve group that took off last, are fighting to the death with the cadet army, or are looking for aircraft carriers to land due to running out of ammunition and fuel, he can actually use them.
It was just the reserve force, but this caused the Japanese aviation force in the reserve force to be at a loss as to what to do.
Also, in just ten minutes, Nagumo Chuichi changed his orders three times. Not to mention the Air Force, which had trouble accepting ground orders, even the ground forces would definitely suffer from command problems due to too many changes of orders.
Therefore, although Kinoshita Keysuke carried out Nagumo's order very thoroughly, the re-turn of the reserve force was not achieved for a long time, and even caused sequence confusion, which instead affected the support for the second battleship flotilla on the left wing.
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The Yamato aircraft carrier fleet has five battleships, namely Mutsu, Hyuga, Fuso, Kongo, and Kirishima. Its first battleship group has three ships, Hyuga, Kongo, and Kirishima.
The Hyuga is of the Ise class, and the Kongo and Kirishima are both of the Kongo class. The three Japanese ships all have main guns with a caliber of 356 mm, and all have eight guns. Among them, the Hyuga has eight main guns.
The guns of the two battleships are all forward-mounted, while the latter two ships have four in the front and four in the back. In other words, as long as they are commanded properly, these three battleships can fire sixteen 356-mm artillery shells at the same target area at the same time. This means
It’s no wonder that at a distance of thirty-five kilometers, the Hyuga’s main gun fired only two salvos and severely damaged a heavy cruiser of the Pacific Fleet; it’s no wonder that Chuichi Nagumo had high hopes for them. Three ships
The battleship's main gun is sufficiently deterrent, and its anti-aircraft firepower is also not weak. Take the Hyuga, for example. After the ship was refitted, the original 20 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns were increased to thirty, and sixteen twin guns were added.
It is equipped with an 88mm caliber anti-aircraft gun and four square-arranged short-range air defense platforms. The air defense platform originated from the idea of Koizumi Miichiro. Each platform is equipped with four twin-mounted 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.
, not only can be used for short-range air defense, but also has the ability to attack non-submarine-launched attack torpedoes.
In addition to the three battleships, the First Battleship Group also had three heavy cruisers and six destroyers. The anti-aircraft weapons on these battleships were activated at the same time, and one can imagine the tightness of the anti-aircraft firepower they weaved.
The best weapon to deal with this kind of warships that are armed to the teeth is actually the empty fortress. The horizontal coverage bombing of the empty fortress is not enough to sink these warships, but it is not a problem to destroy the buildings on the ship. And the anti-aircraft weapons of these warships
Once the platform is destroyed, it will only be a matter of time before it is sunk by a toothless tiger.
Takasu Shiro's attention was originally focused on the military aircraft carrier in the distance. At this time, he heard the shrill air defense siren and had to turn to the southeast sky. Picking up the telescope, he could clearly see the number and number of incoming enemy planes.
He frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Ba Ge! What did Kinoshita do? How can we let that man's fighter plane attack us from behind?!" He said this, but he didn't panic in his heart. There was only one incoming enemy plane.
The brigade seemed to be a lot, but he was confident that with the air defense force of his unit, it would not be a problem to carry it through. "Let the Chinese aircraft carriers exist for a while longer," he said confidently, and then ordered all ships to enter air defense mode.