Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters can't hold back
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Since Japan has just completed two heavy aircraft carriers and entered service not long ago, the total number of Japanese aircraft carriers has reached 12, and the Japanese carrier-based aircraft have also been improved to varying degrees during this peace period, so they have now been promoted to the Japanese Combined Fleet
Commander Ozawa Jisaburo is not afraid of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, "If I'm not afraid of you coming, I'm afraid you won't come!"
However, the performance of the US military's new aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft exceeded Ozawa Jisaburo's expectations. In particular, the F8F carrier-based fighter jet, which was finalized and entered service earlier than historically, is the latest model that has undergone three major changes compared to the Japanese army.
The Zero fighter showed advantages in all aspects, and the U.S. military's fleet air defense capabilities were as strong as ever. If it weren't for the quality of Japan's HNA pilots who still had certain advantages, this battle would probably have turned into a one-sided massacre.
In the end, the Japanese army had 4 heavy aircraft carriers, 15 destroyers and 11 other ships sunk. Many other ships were injured to varying degrees, and the number of aircraft shot down and blown up was as many as 522;
The US military only lost 1
A giant aircraft carrier, 2 light cruisers, 16 destroyers, 9 other ships and 387 aircraft. It must be noted that the number of U.S. ships injured in this battle was much smaller than that of the Japanese army, and the injuries were generally lighter.
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It is worth mentioning that originally the losses of both sides in this naval battle may have been greater, but because both the U.S. and Japanese armies widely used the tactics of electronic jamming combined with smoke screen cover in this battle, the attack efficiency of the bomber groups on both sides was significantly improved.
decline. The Japanese fleet, which was at a disadvantage, also relied on this method to escape from the pursuit of the US military.
However, the role of torpedo planes has been greatly enhanced as a result. The sinking of the Midway-class giant aircraft carrier in this battle was their result. However, the reason why the Japanese army was able to sink a US military Midway-class giant aircraft carrier was not able to sink even one.
The Essex-class heavy aircraft carrier has relatively poor protection, mainly because the Japanese pilots
The German counterparts were more stubborn and always stared at the larger Midway-class giant aircraft carrier to attack crazily. As a result, although the myth of the Midway-class giant aircraft carrier being "unsinkable" was broken, they failed to limit the attack power of other US military aircraft carriers.
The carrier-based aircraft delivery capability ultimately caused Japan to lose this crucial naval battle...
Compared with the obviously superior exchange ratio, the greater significance of this North Pacific naval battle is that the Japanese Navy will not be able to send a complete aircraft carrier formation capable of combat for at least three months. However, the US Pacific Fleet still
Five aircraft carriers can be put into use immediately. At the same time, the time required to repair damaged aircraft carriers is much shorter than that of Japanese aircraft carriers. There is no suspense about the ownership of the Hawaiian Islands.
However, considering the strength of the fortress on Oahu and the fact that the airport on Lisyanski Island had not yet been built, Nimitz did not immediately attack Pearl Harbor. Instead, he "retaliated in his own way."
.". Led the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet outside the combat radius of the Japanese land-based aircraft in the main island of Hawaii to destroy its maritime supply lines. At the same time, it also captured Johnston Island southwest of Oahu, forming a threat to the Japanese army in Hawaii.
The power of encirclement.
Although Johnston Island is small in area, it has the same strategic significance as Midway Island. Therefore, the US military built an airport on the island long before the Pearl Harbor incident. After the US military recaptured it and quickly repaired it, Hawaii's number of
The Ten Thousand Japanese Army has completely become a turtle in the urn. Even if they want to evacuate now, it is no longer possible...
But what Nimitz did not expect was that there was still a lot of ammunition and fuel captured by the Japanese army, enough to last the Japanese defenders for several months, and if the amount of training was reduced, it would not be difficult to persist for more than a year.
The reserves of food rations are also quite sufficient, because the per capita cultivated land area in Hawaii is quite large, and the agricultural production conditions are very good. After the Japanese occupation, they began to force local farmers to switch to growing food, so there is no need to worry about this at all...
As a result, after several months of hard work, it was the US military that was the first to lose its composure, because US President Roosevelt had noticed that there is still a big country in the world that is still staying away from the incident and focusing on its development. If World War II drags on for a long time, then this
The biggest beneficiaries of World War I became the Chinese, and this was obviously something he did not want to see.
In fact, Roosevelt personally had no dislike for China, and even had a good impression of it. However, as the President of the United States, all decisions must be based on the national interests of the United States. Even if Roosevelt knew that he insisted on eating Chinese black fungus every day to avoid
Even though he died early due to sudden cerebral hemorrhage in history, he will not sacrifice the interests of the United States to thank China...
With the support of a large number of land-based and carrier-based aircraft, the U.S. Marine Corps easily captured one island after another. However, when the U.S. military launched an attack on the French Frigate Reef, which was closer to Pearl Harbor,
However, it encountered an unprecedented level of stubborn resistance. The Frenchfrigate Reef consists of multiple islands and reefs, and its location is very important. More importantly, there is an airport on one of the islands, although it is not
It's too big, and it's enough to cause fierce competition between the two sides...
Due to its location, this battle could not receive support from land-based aircraft on Midway Island and Lisiansky Island. Fortunately, US military aircraft departing from the Johnston Island Airport could still receive support, but only these one hundred
A land-based aircraft and the weakened U.S. Pacific Fleet carrier aviation force were not enough to easily defeat the more than a thousand Japanese land-based aircraft on Oahu and surrounding islands.
It's just that after the Japanese army in Hawaii was reduced to a lone force, the land-based aircraft on each island could no longer be replenished. If one was lost, one would be lost. However, the U.S. military could continue to receive replenishment from the mainland. Therefore, no matter what the outcome of this battle, Hawaii
The fate of the Japanese army will not change in any way.
The Japanese army themselves knew this very well, but the advantage of land airports in launching aircraft much faster than aircraft carriers allowed them to form a huge formation of thousands of aircraft. The commander of the Japanese army in Hawaii wanted to use this to cause a fatal blow to the US aircraft carrier formation, thus
To untie the siege of the main island of Hawaii by the US military,...
However, due to the advantages of U.S. military early warning aircraft and unparalleled powerful air defense capabilities, this desperate attack by the Japanese in Hawaii did not achieve the desired results. Although they sank three Essex-class aircraft carriers, they almost destroyed the Japanese in Hawaii.
His air power has been completely exhausted, and he has actually declared his death sentence... (To be continued...)