After receiving a telegram from the submarine force, Chen Shiying decisively ordered the third fleet to intercept the enemy's fleet. Due to the dense coral reefs in the Solomon Islands, he needed to lead the fleet from west of the Solomon Islands to enter the southern part of the Coral Sea. Cheng Yaoheng The general led the Second Fleet to cruise the eastern waters of the Solomon Islands.
Fang Minghao led the fleet to meet with the transport fleet protected by only the destroyer fleet in the eastern part of Bougainville, and then continued to sail south. According to the plan, the 5th Marine Division will first land on the jinháng Island of Maleta, followed by the 13th Marine Division. Only then will I get ashore on Florida Island” “Please search for Piaotianyi, the novel is better, updated and faster!
In the Southern Solomon Islands, the US-Australia coalition was mainly guarded on Guadacanal Island. According to reconnaissance information, there was only one regiment of defenders on Maleta Island, and the resistance encountered by the landing troops should not be very strong.
The fleet discovered by the submarine force is the main force of the Southwest Pacific Fleet commanded by Lieutenant General Kincaid. This fleet includes four "Exes-class" aviation ships and two "**-class" aviation ships. The Southwest Pacific Fleet is obtained After the news of the Republican Navy's dispatch, General Golim judged that the Republican army would launch an attack on the southern Solomon Islands and immediately ordered Lieutenant General Kincaid to lead the main force of the Southwest Pacific Fleet to reinforce Guadacanal Island, and at the same time asked Nimitz to go on the The Third Fleet of Halsay and the Spreons' Seventh Fleet will be sent to Jinháng, the South Solomon Islands.
Admiral Harsay immediately led the fleet from Menua after receiving the order, and he was about one hundred and twenty nautical miles behind Kincaid's fleet. Lieutenant General Spruenz seemed very qiguài and continued to take the The fleet is near the sea of Santa Cruz. The cautious Spruenz determined that Ruguo went directly to the southern Solomon Islands, and the opponent would definitely have a fleet intercepted in Jinháng. Because the exposure and risk were greater, the Wèizhi of the Republic Fleet was determined in méiyou. Before, he decided to hold his troops temporarily.
In terms of strength, Halsey's third fleet is the strongest. This fleet has 8 "Essex-class" aviation ships, and two new battleships, "Iahua" and "New Jersey. Sp Ruins has 6 "Essex-class" and two "Saipan" auxiliary aviation ships, which are slightly worse than the Third Fleet.
In the Pacific Ocean, the Republican Navy and the US Navy deployed a large number of submarines. Due to the actual situation on the Pacific battlefield, the US submarines and Republican Navy submarines have higher displacement and endurance than German submarines. The two sides of the Pacific Ocean are 6,000 nautical miles apart, even if A round trip requires a voyage of 12,000 nautical miles, although in fact, the submarine advance bases of both sides will definitely not be located near the coast.
Since surface ships are difficult to enter the Western Pacific or the Indian Ocean, submarine forces have become the only weapon that can create trouble for Republican China in these sea areas. In this time and space, the US submarine forces are far away in both size and quantity. More than another time and space.
Due to the rapid development of radar, sonar and magnetic aberration detection technologies, it is difficult for submarines to approach large fleets with strict anti-submarine networks, but they will still serve as important tasks for reconnaissance and early warning during naval warfare. At present, the US Pacific Fleet submarine force is submarine force. It has about 480 submarines of various types, of which about 150 are deployed in the southwestern Pacific region. In this sea area, the Republican Navy also deploys roughly equivalent submarines.
Spruins, who was born into a frigate commander and was unknown, accidentally became the US Navy general who fought with Lieutenant General Fletcher, and was instead his boss, Halsey.
Will only fight the Republican Navy once in the Sea of Solomon.
In contrast to the unlucky Lieutenant General Fletcher, Lieutenant General Spruins has always gained the upper hand in the fight with the Republican Navy, thanks to his calm judgment and "luck", after succeeding,
Every time he can escape unscathed. However, Lieutenant General Fletcher had such "good luck". Until now, he has become the commander of the fleet that the U.S. Navy lost the most aviation ships, which made the Admiral Jin and the U.S. Navy.
He was very suspicious of his ability. If Nimitz had not tried his best to defend Fletcher, the commander-in-chief of the Navy would have ordered Fletcher to be removed from his post.
Lieutenant General Spruenz, who was a battleship commander and claimed to know nothing about aviation tactics, had a very good analysis of the combat capabilities of the main battleships of the Chinese and US naval battleships. According to his evaluation, there are still some carrier-based aircraft performance and configuration.
With the technical gap, two "Essex-class" airships can offset a "North Sea-class" airship of the Republican Navy. Although his judgment is difficult to be recognized by his colleagues in the navy, he has always compared his strength according to this.
Combat analysis, although a considerable number of people accused him of his "cowardice" and finally let the severely damaged Republic fleet escape, but his prudence was also saving the Fifth Fleet from suffering.
With the full blown strike from General Cheng Yao.
After receiving the order to reinforce the Solomon Sea, Spruins was leading the Seventh Fleet to replenish supplies in the Tuvalu Islands, but his intuition told him that the prospects were not optimistic, because according to intelligence, the Republican Navy was in this
Eighteen main aviation warships gathered in the sea.
The opponent is ready for an unprecedented maritime battle with the Americans. It seems that the US Navy will have an advantage in the number of airships, but according to Spruenz's judgment, the gap between the two sides is at least one-third.
In terms of the number of carrier-based aircraft, the US military has only more than 1,800 aircraft, while the opponent has more than 2,700 aircraft, which is a huge gap.
Spruins was pessimistic about the prospects of the naval battle, which was one of the reasons why he was reluctant to act. He had to wait until the Japanese fleet in Fiji met him before taking action. Ruguo could not implement some effective deception tactics.
It is difficult to win this naval battle.
According to his analysis, the Republican Navy will definitely have a main fleet waiting for him in the northern part of the Santa Cruz Islands, and the largest landing location of the Republican Army will be on the weak defense of Maleta. He needs to let the Japanese fleet attract
He opened the main fleet in front of him, and then led the main force of the Seventh Fleet to attack the enemy's transport fleet.
In the early morning of November 11, the Seventh Fleet met with the Japanese fleet commanded by Jisaburo Ozawa in the northern part of Rotuma Island. Spruins took a transportation boat to the Japanese flagship and was in the headquarters of the Yamato.
He and Ozawa finally discussed and completed the combat plan: the Ozawa fleet led the Second Republic Navy Fleet northward, and then Spruens led the main force of the Seventh Fleet to assault the Republican Army on Maleta Island.
This plan is very similar to that made by Orientals, and in fact there are also many cunning people among the whites.
Shortly after Spruins returned to the "York City", Jisaburo Ozawa sent a signal on the "Yamato". On the sea surface of a crescent moon, the Japanese fleet flashed with signal lights towards the northern seas.
Drive away. Spruins stayed in place, waiting for the message Ozawa sent back.
Now in the Coral Sea, Chen Shiying and Kim Kaed have both entered the attack range of each other. The two sides are currently about 300 nautical miles apart, and opponents can be discovered at any time. (To be continued.)