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Leap, a stroke of genius that shakes the world Chapter 160 The Law of Sudden Death

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    Leap, a stroke of genius that shakes the world Chapter 160 The Law of Sudden Death (3146745).  (Please remember our website) If it had not been for the sudden appearance of an American plane, this day would have been a long and peaceful day for most of the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Combined Fleet, because there was a gap between their fleet and the American fleet on the course.  At a relatively large angle, the two sides will be closing the distance with each other very slowly in the next day. By noon, strong winds began to blow on the sea, and the sky was filled with dark clouds, as if a curtain had been pulled up.  Novel 0m Under such weather conditions, carrier-based aircraft can no longer take off and land normally, and our own submarines have lost track of the US fleet in the middle of the night. For more than ten hours, the US fleet, which can adjust its course midway at any time, may appear in a  At any point within a rectangular area with a side length of nearly 400 nautical miles, the Japanese fleet suddenly changed from the active side to the passive side, so that the entire fleet was filled with a mood of anxiety from top to bottom.  On a disturbing afternoon, the fleet commander sent several destroyers in succession southward at full speed and allowed them to break radio silence at critical moments.  In addition, the fleet also adjusted its course twice on the rough sea. As a result, the captains tried their best but could not maintain the original formation, which invisibly increased people's anxiety.  The raging wind continued until dusk. Before dark, the wind and waves on the sea finally weakened.  On several light aircraft carriers, service personnel hurriedly lifted the reconnaissance planes with auxiliary fuel tanks from the hangar to the deck, and then sent these reconnaissance planes into the sky against the sway of the waves.  Seeing more than a dozen of our own reconnaissance planes flying south one after another, many people lowered half of the big stone hanging in their hearts, while the other half continued to hang in the air.  The anxious waiting continued until dark. The good news was that there was no American plane in sight. The bad news was that our reconnaissance plane only flew 300 kilometers, and the sight of the sea forced them to return without success.  In order to land at night, several aircraft carriers turned on higher-intensity navigation lights. It is said that in the command room of the "Yamato", someone was furious with the commander in charge of aviation affairs. On the one hand, he accused the pilots of not flying to the event.  At the far end of the radius, the aircraft carriers of the US fleet may also turn on their navigation lights, so that even if the reconnaissance aircraft cannot return to their own fleet, they can still report the enemy's position via radio.  On the other hand, the beacon lights of our own aircraft carriers greatly increase the chance of exposure. Maybe there are American submarines operating in the nearby sea. You must know that the United States built mostly large submarines with long range during the war, and purchased a batch of ocean-going submarines from Germany.  Combat submarines, the "underwater eyes" lurking in the Pacific region, have completely surpassed the Japanese navy.  Complaints are complaints. After all, the fleet commander did not forcefully dispatch aircraft to conduct night reconnaissance.  As a result, the huge fleet adjusted its course again and increased the overall speed from 12 knots to 18 knots. At this speed, the distance between dawn and dark was more than 200 nautical miles, which was quite different from the position when the American plane appeared.  A full 340 nautical miles.  Without any trace of the US fleet, the fast assault fleets and scattered destroyers that separated from the main fleet did not use radio communication. Although they knew this was common sense, the deathly silence still made many generals gradually lose their due calmness.  Before dawn, several generals came to have breakfast in the officers' mess. They all looked tired and had red eyes. Even when they were eating porridge, they looked longingly out the window, wishing that the sun would come earlier than usual.  A little rise.  After the wind and rain the day before, stars can be seen in this sea area starting from midnight.  As soon as the sky cooled down, the roar of aircraft starting up was heard in the fleet, and it was not until the first batch of reconnaissance planes left the deck that Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku appeared in the officers' mess.  In recent times, this naval commander with a distinctive personality has become the protagonist of many rumors. Some say that he may lose the title of commander of the Combined Fleet due to the futility of the Second Mariana Sea Battle, and some say that he just needs to do it again.  Defeating the main fleet of the United States will earn you the coveted position of Admiral.  However, none of these rights and wrongs appeared on Yamamoto's face. He still sat down in his usual position without a smile. His breakfast was a bowl of porridge, a cup of milk and an egg. He still ate very quickly, probably on guard against any time.  A fighting situation may arise.  "Is the second batch of reconnaissance planes ready?" After wiping his mouth with a napkin, Yamamoto finally asked his deputy.  The commander of the air force remaining behind the fleet was a naval commander with a mustache. His head was pounded like a stake for pounding rice: "Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. The second batch of reconnaissance planes has been arranged for eighteen. They will attack the subordinates."  A complete sector search is carried out in a 180-degree area from due east to due west. The search radius will reach 450 nautical miles, and the time it takes for the aircraft to reach the farthest reconnaissance position will be one hour and twenty minutes. " Such a detailed answer.  It suited Yamamoto's taste, and he nodded slightly, "Continue to arrange the third batch of reconnaissance planes.The U.S. fleet was not found, and the last batch was sent out every two hours." The colonel's head made the action of pounding rice again: "Understood." "Everyone," Yamamoto stood up and scanned half a circle. Although the senior officers were in their respective positions, there was no one.  Exceptionally, his ears perked up. When he heard the commander's words, there was a squeaking sound of chairs in the dining room. "Please gather in the war room after breakfast." After that, Yamamoto left without looking back. Look at the officers.  I, I look at you, whether you have just started eating or are nearing the end, you can only leave your position quickly and walk out of the restaurant in sequence. The junior officers and sailors have no way of knowing what happened in the combat command room.  The second batch of reconnaissance planes roared away from the fleet, and the long and torturous waiting began again. About an hour and a half later, the first batch of reconnaissance planes returned, and the two light aircraft carriers that had no aircraft recovery mission had already turned to the upwind direction.  , it seemed that they were preparing to release the third batch of reconnaissance planes, but at this moment, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared in the south-west sky. The relatively dense formation was obviously not ordinary reconnaissance planes. Seeing this, the fleet looked around.  The crew members immediately sounded the alarm, and the roar of the fleet's anti-aircraft guns almost appeared together with the sound of the mechanical anti-aircraft sirens. The intensive artillery fire quickly weaved an interception network over the fleet to protect one's own core battleships-the two Yamatos.  -class battleships and the many accompanying naval "stars": Nagato, Fuso and Ise. Although the accompanying escort ships also tried their best to protect several light aircraft carriers, they turned away from the fleet and sailed against the wind, and some slowed down to receive reconnaissance aircraft.  Due to the speed, the formation was far less neat and tight than the battle fleet. On many ships, officers and sailors who were caught off guard were shouting. Many people were surprised that the pilots of their own reconnaissance aircraft were so stupid that they did not even "follow" the enemy.  It was discovered that some people had no time to get to the bottom of the matter and just urged their companions to get into combat positions as soon as possible. Even though the two Yamato-class battleships actually adjusted their main guns to launch anti-aircraft fire with surprisingly powerful shotguns in a very short period of time, everything failed.  They could not stop the US carrier-based aircraft from launching an attack. When these silver-gray war eagles roared down in the face of intensive artillery fire and dropped bombs on their respective targets, the Japanese officers and soldiers became more awake: this surge was coming.  The number of the first batch of US military aircraft was actually not many. Excluding the fighter jets used for escort, there were less than thirty dive bombers that could truly threaten our own ships. It was precisely these twenty-odd fearless dive bombers that ruined the Imperial Japanese Navy.  With the hope of winning the Pacific War, the light aircraft carrier "Sea Eagle", which was converted from the large mail ship "Argentina Maru", was blasted through the flight deck by a 1,000-pound aerial bomb. The explosion immediately triggered a hangar fire and destroyed the entire ship.  The aircraft carrier suddenly billowed with smoke, not to mention the loss of a large number of carrier-based aircraft and pilots. In a short period of time, it completely lost its combat effectiveness. The "Falcon Eagle" and "Flying Eagle", which were also converted from mail ships, were not just ordinary ships.  The displacement reaches 24,000 tons. During the reconstruction process, DS steel plates were installed in many important parts. Their strong power and large aircraft capacity make them capable of accompanying the main fleet in combat. Among them, "Kaga" and "Akagi"  With Shen Yi injured, these two medium-sized aircraft carriers have quietly become the "golden substitutes" for the joint fleet's debut.  After eating two near-misses in succession, the commander of the "Falcon" finally realized that the situation was not good, decisively gave up the attempt to force the carrier-based aircraft to take off, and commanded the warship to maneuver at full speed under the cover of the two accompanying destroyers.  In contrast, the "Flying Eagle"'s luck was not very good. On this aircraft carrier in a headwind situation, two Zero fighter jets flew off the deck one after another. Just as the third one began to taxi, one  The aerial bomb suddenly fell at the end of the flight deck. The dozen Zero fighter jets that had been activated and waiting to take off became the unlucky "fish in the pond". The violent explosion instantly flipped the two closest ones into the sea, far away from the bomb's impact point.  The nearest plane was flipped over by the violent impact, and when it fell, it hit the plane behind it hard. The rapidly rotating propeller suddenly turned into a terrifying chainsaw, instantly cutting through Zero War's thin aluminum skin.  It was torn into pieces, and the fuel tanks turned into large gasoline bombs. The huge fireball that rose into the sky quickly swallowed up several surrounding aircraft that were only slightly shocked Because it happened to be next to the battle fleet.  As the fleet moved forward, the three Shoho-class aircraft carriers became the lucky ones among the aircraft carriers left behind in the main fleet. These light aircraft carriers with a displacement of just over 10,000 tons were quite fragile, and even a near-missile bomb could cause unpredictable damage to their hulls.  As the battle came to an end, the "Mizuho", which was attacked by a whole fleet of Dreadnoughts, became the only aircraft carrier to sink on the spot. Although it did not carry many aircraft, it carried the most reconnaissance aircraft in the entire fleet and was also the only one.  An aircraft carrier equipped with four catapults.
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