The real purpose of the Golden Eagle's exploratory attack was to attract the attention of the US fighter fleet. The reason why the Golden Eagle launched the attack first without waiting for the Flying Fortress fleet to come over was also a helpless move. The aviation facilities in Guam were bombarded by the previous US warships.
It suffered heavy damage and could only accept one Golden Eagle to replenish it at a time. This not only made it difficult for the Golden Eagle fleet to regroup for action, but also affected the Golden Eagle's combat flight time. After learning about this situation, Zhang Xiaolin felt that
Rather than wasting time in the air waiting for friendly aircraft to resupply, it is better to launch an attack in stages. Therefore, the Golden Eagle fleet launched in advance in a seemingly unreasonable manner.
Le Mei suddenly decided to divert the fleet to bypass Guam, which aroused doubts among his captains. Sailing directly to the Japanese mainland and bypassing Guam and then retreating eastward meant that the U.S. fleet had to sail nearly twice as long. The so-called
With long nights and many dreams, the American captains could not help but worry that because of this unnecessary move, they would be overtaken by the Chinese fleet that defeated the Japanese combined fleet. In the beginning of the wretched harassment battle and even in the recent night attack battle, Chen Ce and Bai Chongxi had already used
The fact of blood and fire proved to the Americans the power of the Chinese fleet, while the performance of the Japanese was relatively weak, so the worry of the American captains is certainly not unreasonable. However, with the appearance of the Chinese Golden Eagle fighter
In their field of vision, they looked back at Li Mei's decision to take a detour, and their thoughts suddenly changed. Compared with Jin, Li Mei may still have the shortcoming of insufficient professionalism, but just this foresight and strategic vision is ten
Jin was beyond his reach. As for why they didn't change their perspective and think about whether they had the ability to resist the air strikes of Chinese fighter planes. It can only be said that after experiencing that night's night attack, the courage of the American HNA personnel was frightened.
, they no longer dare to confront the Chinese Army or the aviation force head-on.
The prediction was confirmed, and as a result, the captains under his command treated him differently. However, Li Mei had no joy at all.
"The Chinese people are really unwilling to give up this opportunity. Also, with such a good opportunity to expand their victory, who would be willing to give it up as long as they have a little vision?" Standing at the command podium of the damaged captain's room of the Hornet aircraft carrier
Li Mei thought in front of her, watching the three golden eagles transform from "mosquitoes" into "harriers" through the glass taped together, and frowned tightly.
"General, do you want our fighter planes to take off immediately to meet the enemy?" Behind him, a colonel from the naval aviation force asked.
Li Mei shook his head and said: "Don't worry, this should be a Chinese fighter, used as an outpost! Behind, there will definitely be a Chinese long-range bomber! That's what we should be prepared for!"
"Yes! General."
"What a difficult enemy!" Li Mei sighed again in his heart. The reason why he went to great lengths to change direction and bypass Guam was of course hoping to avoid the pursuit and bombing of Chinese long-range bombers. But now it seems that the Chinese reconnaissance
It seems to be done very well.
Until the end of World War III, the Americans did not suspect that there was something wrong within them, and that Chinese spies had penetrated into the top levels of their government. To put things into perspective, because the Chinese Communist Party had always done a good job in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, Li Mei
After his whereabouts were revealed, the first thing he thought of was that China had detected their whereabouts, which was considered a "normal reaction." Without wasting too much time on venting his negative emotions, Li Mei immediately cheered up and issued an order: "Pass my
Order to evacuate all aircraft carriers in fleet units, telling everyone that the most severe test has come!"
Since being severely insulted by the Chinese Sky Fortress cluster that night, what Li Mei has been thinking about most these days is what they should do to minimize the losses when a similar situation happens again (from Li Mei
It is not difficult to see such a reaction. No matter what the real combat power of China's Pacific Fleet is, one thing that is certain is that they have successfully defeated the confidence of the Americans through various previous means. That's why Li Mei spoke before she said victory.
If defeated, when considering countermeasures, he would first put himself in the "weak" position). After much thought, he actually came up with a countermeasure, which was to disperse the fleet so that the air fortress could not take advantage of its intensive bombing.
Of course, this also comes at a cost, that is, it reduces the intensity of its unit's air defense firepower and even its surface firepower. However, for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which has declared defeat before winning, this seems to be the best response.
But what Li Mei would never have imagined was that doing so would give an insignificant chess piece a chance to play again.
The Americans were not fooled and did not send carrier-based aircraft to intercept the Golden Eagle. The relevant information was sent to Zhang Xiaolin, who was helpless and could only order everything to proceed according to the original plan.
Twenty minutes later, just as the various U.S. aircraft carrier fleets were closing the distance between each other and setting up their own defenses, a scene that made all Americans' heartstrings tighten finally appeared. The first to detect the situation was the American carrier.
Radar. Although Li Mei had vaccinated them in advance, when dense dots of light appeared on the radar screen, the Americans who saw this scene collectively opened their eyes, and many of them were shocked.
He shouted "God" repeatedly.
The flying fortresses of the three divisions were flying in formation, and the scale was certainly impressive. It was around eight o'clock in the morning, and the sun appeared slantingly on the left rear side of the flying fortress cluster. Under the sunlight, the flying fortress cluster was in the sky.
The shadow of the boss is cast on the ocean it passes through. When the flying fortress cluster is less than 30 kilometers away from the rearmost US aircraft carrier fleet, standing on the aircraft carrier's lookout post, the American lookout can clearly see it
The shadow projected onto the ocean surface, in what the surviving lookout later said to his grandchildren: I saw a shadow moving quickly towards me on the sea surface, and when I thought about the shadow cast by
Each of the largest fighter planes in the world is loaded with about ten tons of bombs. Children, can you imagine my mood at that time? Yes, for a moment, I thought I had fallen into hell...
The Chinese Flying Fortress was coming so fiercely that Li Mei couldn't hold back her anger. She immediately ordered all carrier-based aircraft to take off and personally shouted, asking American pilots to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the United States!
Compared with him, the slogans of those American aircraft carrier captains were more direct: "Kill these sons of bitches!" "Kill them down and let the Chinese feed the sharks!"
The sad soldiers will win! After experiencing the confusing and extremely useless night attack, the American pilots gradually developed a sense of hostility in their hearts. The Chinese persisted and their aggressive tactics of eradicating the roots further angered them.
.While the American aircraft carrier captain and LeMay were hysterically shouting for kill, the American pilots gained unprecedented courage. They flew the remaining fighter planes and flew towards the incoming air fortress cluster without hesitation.