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    Leap, a stroke of genius that shakes the world. Chapter 159 appears in the finals (3146744).  (Please remember our website) After learning that Manila Bay was raided by the US Air Force and the Italian Expeditionary Fleet suffered heavy losses, the Japanese Combined Fleet flagship "Yamato" wore dazzling gold spikes and various coats of arms in the highest-level executive conference room.  The generals, headed by Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, showed no signs of sadness or loss. It didn't really matter whether the foreign monks could chant sutras. As long as they seized the opportunity to give their opponents a fatal blow, no matter how many allies they sacrificed,  It¡¯s not a pity. ¡°Everyone, please look at the location of Manila Port. Calculated based on the effective combat range of US carrier-based aircraft, the US aviation team that conducted the raid should currently be 900 to 1,100 kilometers away from it, and our I-61 discovered it.  The U.S. battle fleet is separated by a full two thousand kilometers, and it will take two days at the fastest to rendezvous. However, our current position is only 1,200 kilometers away from the U.S. fleet. We are already on the edge of the maximum combat radius of our bombers. I believe that the reconnaissance aircraft will be very  We will soon be able to discover them and ascertain their specific size and composition." Looking at the miniature combat landscape in the center of the oval conference table, which is the sand table commonly used by the army, a gray-haired and clean-shaven naval lieutenant general narrated  , while making gestures with the long pole in his hand.  0m This exquisite miniature combat landscape covers the entire Pacific Ocean area, and most of the thumb-sized warship models are gathered in the diamond-shaped area on the west side between the Japanese Islands, the Philippine Islands, the Mariana Islands and the Aleutian Islands.  The white formation is huge and neat. In comparison, the blue formation is a bit messy - this seems to be intentional by the staff officers, but the side waiting to work should also have such a relative advantage.  "According to the intelligence we have obtained, the U.S. fleet has only seven to eight aircraft carriers that can still be put into combat, which also includes the old British aircraft carriers they secretly purchased from Germany. As we all know, European aircraft carriers are based on battleship standards.  It was built with thick armor, but the number of aircraft carried was accordingly reduced. To put it bluntly, although they invented the aircraft carrier, they have not yet figured out their true purpose. According to reports from Manila, they were put into use in two waves.  The number of attacking carrier-based aircraft reached more than 100, which shows that the US fleet detached at least three aircraft carriers to attack Manila, and only three to four remained in the fleet, and they were probably some light aircraft carriers with weaker combat effectiveness.  Their biggest role is to protect our own fleet until they meet up with the aircraft carrier fleet that raided Manila. According to my judgment, our reconnaissance planes will discover the US Navy's battle fleet in this area. In other words, they not only did not go north, but instead.  They will turn around and head south, but in order to attract us, they will not go south at full speed, but will maintain this state of aloofness." After the vice admiral finished his speech, the one sitting next to Yamamoto Isoroku had a thin face.  The general said: "Nanyun-kun's words remind me of the ambush battles in ancient wars. One team is responsible for seducing the opponent, and the other team is responsible for the ambush. If used properly, you can win a big victory even if your troops are at a disadvantage."  There are two ways to deal with such tactics: one is to ignore it, and the other is to make a quick decision. "At this time, another naval general said: "Ignoring it means letting the tiger go back to the mountain, Kurita-kun.  Can you tell us how to achieve a quick victory?¡± The thin-faced general nodded: ¡°A quick victory is to seize the opportunity before the two U.S. fleets have joined together and give the enemy those who are close to us without the cover of land-based fighter jets.  A fatal blow to the U.S. fleet. According to my analysis, the commander of this U.S. fleet is currently immersed in the joy of his own troops' sneak attack on Manila, and will only try to avoid fighting with us, and this area must have deployed troops.  For the submarine that is spying on our movements, if we detour from the right wing at full speed and advance day and night, we can approach within 600 nautical miles early tomorrow morning. This is the most suitable distance for our carrier-based aircraft to attack." "I didn't expect Kurita-kun's essence of naval warfare.  He grasped it so innocently, I really admire it." The general who asked the question before did not hesitate to praise, "The US military divided its forces into two, just to defeat our fleet in Manila first, and then merge together to deal with our fleet. I'm afraid they can't do it anyway.  "I never thought that we would respond to them with the same tactics." This gesture of unity and affectation was so obvious that most of the generals showed no expression.  After a moment, Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who was sitting in the middle, spoke: "Kurita-kun's idea is certainly clever, but the U.S. fleet in front of us lacks the protection of aircraft carriers, so it will inevitably be cautious and implement it with as many carrier-based aircraft as possible.  There is a large-scale alert, but the American fleet that attacked Manila has just won a gratifying victory. The officers and soldiers must relax their vigilance, and they always think that we will attack the American fleet in the north first, so we will  Concentrate the fast ships to conduct a large-scale outflank." These words ranged from slow to fast, from peaceful to tough.?The words of analysis are few but profound, and the unique thinking continues this person's eccentric character.  In fact, if Britain had not been defeated by the Germans in a short period of time and lost control of its colonies in Southeast Asia and South Asia, the Japanese navy would most likely have adopted radical sneak attack tactics in order to deal with the United States and Britain at the same time.  However, when the British were defeated, Japan's dispatch of troops south encountered unexpectedly strong resistance from the United States. The U.S. government almost immediately cut off trade with Japan, and the British and Dutch colonial troops also sabotaged themselves before the Japanese army.  Refining facilities and fuel warehouses were destroyed, and the sudden interruption of fuel supply almost caused a panic in the Japanese military and political circles. Fortunately, Japan had reserves before the war, and later seized a batch of fuel during the attack on the US-controlled Philippines.  After the crisis of 1941.  The generals present whispered to each other for a while as usual. Soon, most of them agreed with the proposal of the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet. Two others cautiously gave some reminders. Yamamoto explained and explained with unusual patience.  arrange.  By the end of the meeting, the new combat strategy had been finalized, and only six hours had passed since the US carrier-based aircraft dropped the first bomb in Manila.  As the combat order was issued, the Japanese combined fleet, which was originally traveling slowly south-east at a speed of 12 knots, was divided into two groups: the heavy aircraft carriers "Shokaku" and "Zuihe" and the light aircraft carriers "Ryujo" and  "Unryu" and "Sangryu" are the core strike force, and four fast battleships "Kongo", "Hiei", "Haruna", "Kirishima" and 3 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers and 11 destroyers are escorting  , together formed an unprecedentedly powerful fast assault fleet. They turned to the southwest at a speed of nearly 30 knots, and soon disappeared from the sight of the "main fleet" composed of the remaining more than 40 ships.  In terms of speed and range alone, the two super giant ships "Yamato" and "Musashi" can completely keep up with the pace of this fast fleet. However, neither of them joined the ranks of the "Adventurers";  He continued to move on the undulating sea surface at a slow speed commensurate with his size.  At the same time, the U.S. fleet, consisting of eight battleships, seven aircraft carriers, and more than 40 cruisers and destroyers, was heading towards the Aleutian Islands at a speed of 14 knots.  Different from what the Japanese naval admirals had guessed, although Halsey, the first commander of the American fleet, was happy with the victory of his own task force and indeed wanted to wait for his own task force, he  Didn't get dizzy because of it.  Before the night attack on Manila, the German-American Joint Staff Intelligence Department had basically confirmed the situation of the stationed fleet. Due to dual considerations of tactics and strategy, they did not live up to the "expectations" of the Japanese navy's top brass and launched a battle.  A clean air strike wiped out the inactive Italian expeditionary fleet.  On the surface, this battle cut off an arm of the Japanese combined fleet, but both sides knew clearly that the arrival of the Italian expeditionary fleet only changed the balance of power in the Pacific strategically. Judging from the current combat mode of naval battles, these  Fast battleships and heavy cruisers can hardly do much.  In other words, the real protagonist on the other side of the Battle of the Pacific, the Japanese Combined Fleet with strong combat effectiveness, still maintains a relatively complete lineup at this time.  Halsey had already received news from the Aleutian Islands. Although Japanese carrier-based aircraft were still conducting air strikes on Dutch Harbor and other targets, and several cruisers and destroyers also approached the islands in a posture of preparing for landing, it was basically possible to judge.  This is the "bait" deliberately thrown out by Yamamoto Isoroku. Since the last large-scale air raid ended three days ago, the Japanese main fleet is likely to turn around and head south.  In the combat command room of the heavy aircraft carrier "Hornet", a neatly dressed US military major staff officer walked to Halsey and reported: "Sir, the first batch of twelve reconnaissance aircraft that set off this morning have all returned.  , they found no trace of the Japanese fleet. The second batch of twelve reconnaissance planes had all taken off half an hour ago. Do you want to order the third batch of reconnaissance planes to prepare for departure? " Halsey looked at his watch: "Let them be ready?  Get ready, set off in forty minutes, uhwait a minute." The chief of staff was about to go to deliver the order. He quickly turned around and said, "Sir, do we need to postpone or reduce the number of this batch?" "Twelve aircraft?  There may not seem to be many reconnaissance aircraft for a formation with multiple aircraft carriers, but a batch is dispatched every more than an hour. Not to mention the workload caused to the officers and service personnel of each aircraft carrier, it also affects the energy of the pilots.  It is also a kind of advance consumption, not to mention that the fleet also needs to maintain a certain number of fighter jets in the close air at all times. Generally speaking, it is really not necessary in the eyes of ordinary people to dispatch reconnaissance aircraft so frequently when the enemy may be thousands of miles away.  .  ¡°No, tell the pilots to fly as far as possible as fuel allows, and pay special attention to sea areas with thicker clouds.¡± When Halsey made this decision, perhapsI was not sure what impact it would have on the entire battlefield, but the temporary instructions to the pilots worked after more than two hours.  A carrier-based aircraft flying to the north for reconnaissance discovered the huge Japanese fleet. The pilot bravely lowered the altitude. Although the visual conditions were not very good on a cloudy day, he still sent back a very important report: The Japanese fleet  No large aircraft carrier seen in China
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