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    "Chairman, this is the latest US-Japanese military report. It seems they have ignored our existence." Navy Commander Su Jinchu handed a top-secret document to Liu Cheng. Liu Cheng opened the document and found several photos and  Some textual reports.  "Yes, the intelligence department did a good job." "It also depends on the help of our eyes, otherwise how could we have such a detailed report." Su Jinchu smiled proudly as he spoke.  The Sky Eye is the most important secret project completed by China in 1942 last year.  Under Liu Cheng's strong blockade, coupled with China's special constitution, the news has not been leaked.  The first time the Sky Eye played a major role was when the Japanese secretly obtained the exact location of the U.S. military oil depot.  Time has entered June 1943, and Japan and the United States have also begun the battle for Midway Island.  Japan launched the Pacific War starting with the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. In more than three months, Japan occupied areas ranging from Wake Island and the Marshall Islands in the east, to the Malay Peninsula, Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the west, and to South Korea in the south.  The Bismarck Islands area almost completely controls the entire Western Pacific.  In the past few months, every time the Japanese army achieved a victory, Tokyo citizens, incited by war fever, lined up in long lines, waving paper sun flags, and rushed to the gate of the Imperial Palace to hold a victory celebration.  However, behind all the excitement, there is a person who always seems to be worried.  This person is one of the former Japanese Prime Minister and current cabinet members, Shin Yuemon.  After the Japanese army successfully attacked Pearl Harbor, he once pointed out in front of Isoroku Yamamoto: You have just awakened a giant. You must complete the unfinished business of attacking Pearl Harbor and completely destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet before the giant gets up.  ¡°It¡¯s a pity that Yamamoto Isoroku didn¡¯t listen to Shinyuemon¡¯s warning.  Regarding political opponents, Yamamoto Isoroku chose to act in the opposite direction.  Therefore, Rear Admiral Ugaki, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, strongly agreed with the proposed plan to attack Midway Island, believing that if the island could be captured, the island could be used as an advanced base for Japanese air patrols.  Intimidating Hawaii can also lure out the US fleet and annihilate it in a decisive battle.  After the Pearl Harbor incident, Roosevelt decided to replace Kimmel with Chester Nimitz as commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.     United States Washington.  White House.  Roosevelt in his office at the White House.  Waiting for someone, someone he values ????very much.  After a while, a beautiful man came in. He gave people a strong feeling.  When he entered the office.  Roosevelt also smiled.  Roosevelt said to the person in front of him: "You are here, I have a new appointment, cowboy." Nimitz smiled, showed a very surprised expression, and said half-jokingly: "What happened? Suddenly.  Looking for me?" Roosevelt's face suddenly became serious and said: "Go to Pearl Harbor to clean up the defeat, and then stay there until the war is won."  After Nimitz arrived, he quickly organized a fleet of only four aircraft carriers and their escorts.  This fleet attacked the Japanese troops on the islands in the central Pacific, and then implemented a shocking combat plan-bombing Tokyo.  On June 1, 1943, 16 B25 bombers taking off from the USS Hornet flew over Tokyo, dropped bombs and incendiary bombs, and then returned to the aircraft carrier.  This air raid shocked the Japanese government and opposition parties, and also stimulated Yamamoto, making him more determined to attack Midway Island.  June 2nd.  Yamamoto held a meeting of senior naval generals on his flagship "Yamato" giant battleship, and determined a specific operational plan to attack Midway Island: first send a fleet to attack the Aleutian Islands, and land on Attu Island and Kiska Island in the archipelago.  , used this as bait to draw the attention of the US fleet to the north.  Then the main fleet took the opportunity to seize Midway Island.  The combat date is initially set for early June.  On June 3, the Japanese Naval Command issued the "Headquarters Naval Command Order No. 18", officially approving the Midway Operation Plan and naming it "Operation Mi".  Yamamoto analyzed his strategies and tactics from various angles.  first.  A diversionary attack was launched on the U.S-controlled Aleutian Islands, far away from Alaska, in the hope of distracting the entire U.S. fleet from Midway Island.  But the United States managed to intercept communications between senior Japanese commanders.  After discovering Yamamoto's plan, Nimitz decided not to take any action against the Aleutian Islands and sent 3 aircraft carriers and 8 cruisers to Midway Island.  The U.S. Naval Intelligence Agency, in close cooperation with relevant Dutch units, began to successfully decipher some of the codes of the Japanese Navy's main communication system JN-25.  By early May, a major breakthrough was made in cracking the jn-25, and thus gained the ability to spy on the Japanese navy's plans.  JN-25 let the coalition know that the 'af bearing' would be the next attack target of the Japanese navy. However, the coalition forces could not decipher the position of the 'af bearing'.  Some senior U.S. military generals believe that the 'af position' is Midway Island, while others think it is the Aleutian Islands.    However, no matter how advanced the coalition's decoding technology is, it still cannot decipher the correct location of the 'af position'.  While the top brass of the U.S. military were struggling, a young officer came up with a clever idea to confirm whether the 'af position' was Midway Island.  He asked the commander of the Midway Naval Base to radio Pearl Harbor for help, saying that there was a problem with the water supply station on Midway Island, causing the entire Midway Island to face a water shortage crisis.  Soon after, the U.S. Naval Intelligence Agency intercepted a jn-25 message, which indeed mentioned the water shortage problem in the 'af position'.  As a result, the 'af position' was confirmed to be Midway Island, which was the next attack target of the Japanese Navy.  Because it was very time-consuming to obtain information from JN-25, Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, had reliable information that could be used to ambush the Japanese fleet until the last minute.  He immediately recalled the aircraft carriers Enterprise (cv-6ussenterprise) and USS Hornet (cv-8usshor) in the southwest Pacific, as well as the USS Yorktown (cv-5ussyorktown), which was undergoing major repairs at Pearl Harbor due to its participation in the Battle of the Coral Sea.  Appointed Major General Raymond Spruance to replace the ill Lieutenant General Halsey to command Task Force 16.  Nimitz prepared to use three Yorktown-class aircraft carriers as the main force, plus about fifty support ships, to ambush in the northeast of Midway Island and attack the Japanese fleet heading for Midway Island.  When the Yorktown, seriously damaged during the Battle of the Coral Sea, returned to Pearl Harbor, it looked like it would need several months of major repairs.  After seventy-two hours (twenty-four hours according to the information provided by "National Geographic: Storm of War") of non-stop repairs, the flight deck has been resurfaced, and new steel support frames have been installed inside.  New carrier-based fleet.  Admiral Nimitz went to great lengths to violate numerous naval regulations in order to achieve his goal of allowing the Yorktown to accompany him.  Just three days after the Yorktown entered port, it miraculously followed the US fleet (Task Force 17) towards Midway Island.  Launch the last combat mission.  At the same time, the Japanese Navy's aircraft carrier Zuihe, which participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea, was waiting for a new batch of carrier-based aircraft at its base in Truk.  The injured Shokaku is being repaired at the base.  If the Japanese Navy is not careless and thinks that the US military will only send two aircraft carriers Enterprise and Hornet to attack Soryu, Hiryu, Akagi and Kaga.  So the Battle of Midway.  There may be very different endings.  In the early morning of June 4th, Japan's first attack wave group of 36 draft bombers, 36 level bombers and 36 Zero fighters began to take off from 4 aircraft carriers at the same time. 108 carrier-based aircraft set off under the leadership of the Nagatomo City Navy Captain.  Attack on Midway.  Lieutenant General Nagumo ordered the reconnaissance aircraft to search the southeast and south waters. The second wave of attack aircraft was lifted onto the flight deck, preparing to attack the US fleet.  But the two reconnaissance aircraft of the heavy cruiser Tone suffered from catapult failure.  The takeoff time was delayed by half an hour, and one of the Chikuma's reconnaissance planes had an engine failure and returned midway (this plane was supposed to be searching the sky above the U.S. task force), laying the foundation for the Japanese fleet's disaster.  At dawn on June 4, the "Catalina" reconnaissance plane dispatched from Midway sent back a report of the discovery of the Japanese aircraft carrier. Rear Admiral Spruance immediately responded and prepared to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier (actually Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher was  The overall commander of the operation. But Spruance launched the air strike first).  Because the U.S. fleet has cracked the communication code of the Japanese Navy's "jn-25", it knows the enemy's plan well.  In the early morning of June 4, Japanese carrier-based aircraft launched a fierce attack on Midway Island.  All U.S. fighter jets stationed at Midway Island also took off to meet the invading Japanese fighter planes.  U.S. bombers, including B-17 bombers, also launched counterattacks against the Japanese fleet.  At 7 o'clock sharp, Captain Tomonagajo led the first attack wave of aircraft to prepare to return, and sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Nagumo that a second attack was needed.  At 7:06, 117 fighter planes, consisting of fighters, torpedo planes, and bombers, took off from the Hornet and Enterprise of the 16th Task Force led by Major General Spruance, and headed for the South China Sea 200 nautical miles away.  Cloud fleet.  At 8:40, the 17th Task Force Yorktown, led by Major General Fletcher, 15 nautical miles away, took off 35 fighter planes.  At 7:10, the first batch of 10 US torpedo bombers taking off from Midway appeared over the Nagumo Fleet.  U.S. military aircraft lined up in a single file and pounced on the Japanese aircraft carrier.  Under the interception of Japanese fighter jets and fierce artillery fire from Japanese ships.  7 were quickly shot down.  Tomonaga's report and the attack by U.S. aircraft convinced Lieutenant General Nagumo that Midway Island's defense force was still strong, so he decided to change the aircraft originally intended to deal with U.S. ships to conduct a second bombing of Midway Island.  At this time, he still had not discovered the US fleet.  At 7:15, Nagumo ordered the Akagi and Kaga to be on deck.The aircraft with the torpedoes in them were sent down to the hangar, where the torpedoes were removed and replaced with high-explosive bombs for ground attack.  At 7:30, Nagumo received a telegram from a reconnaissance plane that delayed the departure of the Tone for half an hour.  Ten U.S. warships were discovered on the sea about 240 nautical miles away from Midway Island.  Nanyun ordered the reconnaissance aircraft to continue to find out whether the enemy fleet had an aircraft carrier, and at the same time ordered the suspension of reloading of torpedo aircraft.  While Nan Yun was waiting for the reconnaissance results of the reconnaissance plane, the alarm sounded again in the sky.  More than 40 U.S. B-17 bombers and draft bombers taking off from Midway attacked Nagumo's fleet.  Since the US bombers did not have fighter escorts, they were quickly repelled by the Zero fighters sent by Nagumo.  At 8:15, Nanyun finally received the report from the reconnaissance plane: there is indeed an aircraft carrier in the US fleet.  Nanyun ordered all ships to stop loading bombs.  The aircraft was sent back to the hangar again to be refitted with torpedoes, and the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier was in chaos.  In order to buy time, the unloaded bombs were piled on the deck.  At 8:30, the first attack wave of the air attack on Midway Island returned and flew over the Japanese fleet.  There are also those fighter jets protecting the aircraft carrier that also need to land for refueling.  Nagumo was in a dilemma.  Rear Admiral Yamaguchi, commander of the Second Aircraft Carrier Group, suggested to Nagumo "immediately order the attack force to take off."  The second batch of assault aircraft have not yet been equipped with torpedoes. If an attack is launched immediately, there will be no fighter escort.  Moreover, the runway on the ship is occupied by aircraft taking off.  Then the first attack wave fleet with empty fuel tanks will fall into the sea.  Nagumo decided to postpone the attack, first taking back the aircraft that attacked Midway Island and intercepted the US bombers, and then reorganized the troops to attack the US task force.  At 8:37, the returning planes began to land on the flight decks of the four aircraft carriers.  At 9:18, all aircraft operations were completed.  Nagumo ordered the fleet to sail north at a speed of 30 knots to avoid American planes that would attack again.  Prepare to attack the US military task force with all its strength.  9:20.  Fighters covering the Japanese fleet began to take off.  At 9:25, a formation of 15 "Avenger" torpedo bombers taking off from the Hornet discovered the Nagumo Fleet.  Unfortunately, they were running out of fuel and had no fighter escort.  During the suicide attack, they were all shot down by Zero fighter jets and anti-aircraft fire.  All 30 pilots died except one.  At 9:30, 28 US military fighter planes taking off from the USS Enterprise and USS Yorktown followed one after another and launched an attack on the Soryu and Hiryu.  However, it suffered heavy losses when attacking the Nagumo Fleet and lost 20 torpedo bombers. None of the torpedoes dropped by the US aircraft hit.  At 10:20, the US military¡¯s attack aircraft deck began refueling and bombing operations for the escorting Zero fighter jets.  Unable to prepare a counterattack wave (the latest historical data corrects the so-called fate for 5 minutes).  While Japanese fighter jets were busy driving away U.S. torpedo planes at low altitude, 33 Dauntless bombers led by Major Clarence McCluskey taking off from the Enterprise appeared in the sky above the Nagumo Fleet.  At this time, the Japanese ship was turning around to face the wind, and was in an extremely vulnerable position, with only a few Zero fighters parked.  At 10:24, the first Japanese anti-aircraft fighter jet of the shift flew off the flight deck.  Enterprise's 33 "Dauntless" bombers were divided into two squadrons to attack the aircraft carrier Akagi and Kaga respectively (the ships were not ready to launch the attack formation at this time), followed by 17 from the aircraft carrier.  The "Dreadnought" bombers taking off from the Yorktown aircraft carrier specifically attacked the Soryu aircraft carrier.  The three Japanese aircraft carriers turned into three fireballs in an instant, and the aircraft, fuel and ammunition piled in the hangar caused a big explosion.  The flames shot straight into the sky, and in just 5 minutes, three Japanese aircraft carriers were completely destroyed.  At 10:40, Major General Tamon Yamaguchi, commander of the Japanese 2nd Air Force, who took over the command of air operations, launched a counterattack. An attack formation of 18 "99" bombers and 6 Zero fighters took off from the Hiryu aircraft carrier.  On the way to the target.  He discovered a group of U.S. bombers returning and followed them quietly.  Because of this, the Japanese planes successfully found the Yorktown and immediately launched an attack.  Three bombs hit Yorktown.  Although it was damaged, it was repaired with the efforts of the US military crew.  Navigation functionality restored.  At 11:30, Lieutenant General Nagumo and his staff moved to the cruiser Nagara and began to assemble the remaining fleet.  At 13:40, 10 Japanese "97" torpedo attack aircraft and 6 "Zero" fighter jets flew from the Hiryu and launched a second attack on the injured Yorktown (the Japanese side was commanded by Tomonaga)  .  The Yorktown was not so lucky this time. It was hit by two torpedoes, which opened two large holes near the port side and crushed the rudder.  Rear Admiral Fletcher was forced to transfer to the cruiser, handing over command to Rear Admiral Spruance.    At 14:45, a U.S. reconnaissance plane discovered the Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu. Spruance immediately ordered 30 "Dauntless" bombers from the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Hornet to take off to attack the Hiryu.  At 15:00, Captain Buckmaster of the USS Yorktown was forced to give the order to abandon the ship.  However, it did not sink, so the U.S. military returned to the ship and tried to tow it to Pearl Harbor by tugboats.  At 16:45, bombers from the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier successfully attacked the remaining Japanese Hiryu.  The Feilong immediately hit 4 bombs, and the ship was a sea of ??fire.  Commander Yamaguchi and Captain Kaku Shizuo died at sea with the ship.  At 19:00 on the evening of June 4, the destroyed Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu and Kaga sank successively.  At 02:55 on June 5, Japanese Combined Fleet Commander Yamamoto Yamamoto vetoed the plan proposed by his chief staff officer, Colonel Kuroshima, to concentrate all ships on bombing and landing on Midway Island during the day to save the defeat, and ordered: "Cancel Midway Island  "I will bear all the responsibilities alone. I will go back and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor." He locked himself in the reception room and refused to meet with his subordinates for three days.  On the night of June 5, two Japanese heavy cruisers, Mogami and Mikuma, collided with each other while turning in thick fog. Mogami was severely damaged, and Mikuma stayed with her.  At 3:50, the Japanese army was forced to abandon the destroyed aircraft carrier Akagi. In order to prevent the aircraft carrier from falling into enemy hands, Yamamoto ordered the destroyer Noaki to launch torpedoes to sink it.  At 5:10, the irreparable aircraft carrier Hiryu was sunk by a torpedo launched by a Japanese destroyer.  At dawn on June 5, U.S. military planes bombed the injured Japanese cruisers Mikuma and Mogami one after another.  The Sanyu was buried at the bottom of the sea, but the seriously injured Mogami escaped the disaster and struggled to return to Truk's base.  After the attack, the U.S. task force immediately withdrew from the battlefield.  At 13:00, the Japanese submarine I-168 discovered the Yorktown and immediately launched 4 torpedoes. Two hit the Yorktown and one hit the escorting destroyer USS Hammann (dd-142usshammann). The two ships sank one after another.  The Battle of Midway finally came to an end.  "Su Jingchu, the next step is up to you." Liu Cheng said to Su Jingchu after reading the battle report.  Su Jingchu nodded and replied: "Yes, Chairman." "Well, go ahead. It's time to go to sea. It's time to let people know the power of the Chinese Navy." "The mission must be completed." After Su Jingchu finished speaking, she said to  He saluted Liu Cheng and left.  The next day, June 18, a mysterious navy appeared in the vast Pacific Ocean, and the Great Battle of Leyte Gulf arrived ahead of schedule.  (To be continued.,,,. Mobile phone users please go to read
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