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But no matter what, the Solomon Islands were lost after all. This not only made the expedition of the main force of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in vain, but also opened the door to Australia for Japan. The situation of the Pacific War became increasingly unfavorable to the Allies.
stand up......
However, as one of the most outstanding naval commanders in the world today, Nimitz saw a rare fighter opportunity in the passive situation in front of him. He discovered that the Japanese army was not sure whether they were dazzled by the continuous victories and actually
The capital ships that originally had an absolute advantage in numbers were divided into two. The Western Front plus the German Far East Fleet only had 6 aircraft carriers, and they were relatively old.
The tonnage, especially the number of aircraft carried, is not large. Although he currently has only 4 aircraft carriers, three of them are heavy aircraft carriers with a larger number of aircraft. Even the only light aircraft carrier, the Raider, also carries 80 aircraft carriers.
There are more aircraft than the Japanese heavy aircraft carriers. Therefore, in terms of the number of carrier-based aircraft, the US military with fewer aircraft carriers has a slight advantage...
In terms of battleships, the U.S. military's advantage is even greater. The Japanese only have two Kongo-class pseudo-battleships with a main gun caliber of only 356mm, while the U.S. fleet under Nimitz has a full five real battleships.
The caliber of the gun and the thickness of the armor are both higher than the Japanese King Kong class, so the result of a direct bombardment is not good.
There will be no suspense. As for the auxiliary ships, the U.S. military has an even greater advantage. Not only are their quality better than that of the Japanese, but their number is more than twice that of the enemy. This gives the Nimitz fleet a super regional air defense capability. Even if the ship
The fighter jets are not powerful enough, and Nimitz does not have to worry too much about fleet air defense issues...
The only thing that made Nimitz scratch his head was that the U.S. battleships were slower, which slowed down the fleet's sailing speed. As a result, it was impossible to proactively seek a decisive battle with the enemy. He could only wait for them to attack first and then launch a counterattack. But this was not the case.
It's not hard for Nimitz. Anyway, he brought a division of reinforcements to the US military in the Solomon Islands this time. He might as well change the battle plan and launch an attack on the unsteady Japanese army in the Solomon Islands.
Although the strength of one division is not enough to recapture the entire Solomon Islands, if the enemy fleet does not come out to help, there is no problem in seizing several of the most important islands as bases for counterattack. If the Japanese and German combined fleets come to support
Just fight a decisive battle. If the enemy shrinks and dares not come, recovering a few islands can also encourage the domestic military and civilians and overseas allies. At the same time, it can lay the foundation for future counterattacks...
Under the horrific three-dimensional attack of the U.S. military, a Japanese brigade guarding the island was completely destroyed. The U.S. military successfully seized the island in the Pacific for the first time since the Pearl Harbor Incident. However, despite the stubborn resistance of the Japanese army, the U.S. military still suffered more than 500 casualties.
Huge cost. Due to the large amount of equipment of automatic weapons, the current Japanese army does not have a rapid decline in firepower after a slight increase in casualties. This has given the US military
The attack caused great difficulties. At the same time, it was also because automatic weapons increased the firepower of infantry, so that Japan no longer needed to station heavy troops on every island as it had historically done, which also greatly weakened the U.S. military's heavy
The killing effect of firepower, although the United States, which is rich and wealthy, actually does not care whether 10,000 artillery shells kill a Japanese or a thousand artillery shells kill a Japanese...
But no matter what, under the siege of more than 50 US combat ships and no less than 300 carrier-based aircraft, no island lacking a permanent fortress can hold on for a long time. Therefore, after losing the first island, the Japanese army in the Solomon Islands
Supreme Commander Subayashi Tadamichi immediately called the Japanese-German combined fleet under the personal command of Yamaguchi Tamon to request sea and air support.
After Yamaguchi learned that the Solomon Islands had been attacked by a large U.S. fleet and a large number of aviation forces, he quickly understood the enemy's intentions. However, he firmly believed that aircraft carriers had replaced battleships. He was not afraid of the large number of enemy battleships, but because his own side
He decided to fight with two more aircraft carriers. Because he underestimated the enemy's strength, this decision almost made him regret it for the rest of his life...
Although he knew that due to the greatly enhanced anti-aircraft firepower, whoever attacked and who suffered the loss when the aircraft carrier formations fought now, Yamaguchi Tawen could not just sit back and watch the Solomon Islands be taken over by the enemy one by one. He could only choose to attack proactively, but he still requested the German aircraft carrier
It has a higher dispatch ceiling and airborne mines
The fw190a carrier-based fighter, which has better performance, conducts high-altitude reconnaissance to search out the main force of the enemy fleet as soon as possible. However, it is naturally the Japanese carrier-based aviation that is responsible for the main attack from low altitude. The German army is only required to send a small number of aircraft to attract the enemy's attack at high altitude.
Fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft fire.
Although this mission will be very dangerous, a small number of aircraft can be arranged in a relatively dispersed formation, which can greatly reduce the killing effect of proximity fuze anti-aircraft shells. And because of the small number, even if they are all shot down, Germany
The carrier-based aviation unit of the Far East Fleet will not be damaged.
As for the enemy's fighter jets, given the German pilots' at least one-on-ten exchange ratio and condescending advantage in previous battles, even if the number is smaller, they may not be unable to deal with it. Moreover, because it is a feint, the German pilots dispatched far more fighter jets than
Bombers, this has also relatively reduced the gap in the number of fighter jets between the enemy and ourselves...
When German fighter jets discovered U.S. aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea, they were also discovered by U.S. ship-based radars. After learning about it, Nimitz smiled slightly and said, "Finally here." Then he ordered the fighter jets on the four aircraft carriers to fly as fast as possible.
fast speed
They took off to face the battle, and the gun sighting radars and anti-aircraft artillery on each ship immediately entered a battle-ready state. At the same time, the five battleships and the air defense ships responsible for protecting them also immediately moved closer to the four aircraft carriers to maximize regional air defense.
Firepower.
After seeing more than a hundred U.S. military fighter jets swooping down from high altitudes, all the Japanese pilots felt a shadow cast over their hearts. "The American army has been prepared for a long time. This battle will not be easy to fight."
Due to the super horizontal maneuverability of the Zero fighter, the Japanese pilots successfully avoided most of the bullets fired by the enemy aircraft by changing speed and direction. In addition, the aviation machine gun firepower of the US F4F fighter was not strong. Therefore, in the first group of the US fighter group
In a dive attack, the Japanese fighter planes did not lose a few. But the problem is that they were originally
It is not the main attack target of US aircraft. Japanese bombers, which pose a greater threat to the fleet, are the focus of attack by US aircraft. Since they are not as flexible as fighter jets, they are also equipped with heavy high-explosive bombs that seriously affect mobility.
It is much more difficult to escape than a fighter jet... (To be continued...)