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Leap, a stroke of genius that shakes the world Chapter 162: Battle, determine the outcome

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    Leap, the pen of God shakes the world Chapter 162 Battle, determines the world (3146747).  (Please remember me) It was nearly noon, on the Japanese Combined Fleet flagship "Yamato", the generals were still anxiously waiting for news of the fast assault fleet. However, in order to avoid the enemy using radio to detect the direction laterally, the aviation force  The assault fleet with the core of the team will not take the initiative to break radio silence unless it succeeds.  0m After taking the lead, several generals made suggestions to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet, and used coded telegrams with code words to remind Nagumo that the main battle fleets of both sides were fighting with a small number of carrier-based aircraft, so that Nagumo would be in pain.  If the U.S. aviation fleet has no choice but to outflank the U.S. main fleet, even if it cannot annihilate the main force of the U.S. Pacific Fleet naval aviation, it can still severely damage the U.S. battleship group.  But the "gambler" still insists on his opinion.  On this terrible morning, the combined fleet was attacked by U.S. carrier-based aircraft three times. Except for the third time, the enemy aircraft group was small and did not suffer serious losses. The first two times caused damage to the accompanying aircraft carrier, while our own  The number of aviation forces invested in the counterattack was limited, and the first batch was intercepted by fighter jets before they even got close to the U.S. fleet, attacking two U.S. aircraft carriers at the cost of destroying most of the aircraft.  According to pilot reports, both US aircraft carriers were hit by bombs, but the damage was difficult to confirm.  The second batch of Japanese carrier-based aircraft that attacked totaled 32 aircraft, which was all the fighters that the remaining two light aircraft carriers could dispatch. Under the leadership of ace flight captain Goto Osa, they flew towards the U.S. fleet with death determination. In the end, only 3  The ninety-nine ships exploded and returned home.  Regardless of the outcome of the attack, there are currently less than 20 carrier-based aircraft left in the main force of the majestic Japanese Combined Fleet, and although the damaged "Hyakata" and "Flying Eagle" still have more than 30 intact  The aircraft was undamaged, but it was unable to take off and land due to damage to the flight deck. The ship's personnel were using wooden boards collected from various places to carry out emergency repairs, striving to restore the carrier-based aircraft's ability to take off first.  Due to the serious shortage of fleet aviation, the generals and senior staff all felt that they could either attack the U.S. fleet at high speed and decide the outcome of this naval battle with a fleet artillery battle that night or the next day, or they could turn around and get away from the U.S. fleet as soon as possible.  The attack range of warship-based aircraft.  After extremely difficult consideration, Yamamoto finally ordered the fleet to turn and sail north at a speed of 15 knots.  When aviation technology has developed to the point where a few aircraft can sink a large ship, an upright fleet battle is like inserting a bayonet on a machine gun. No one would choose this last resort unless they ran out of ammunition and food.  .  Enemy planes may attack at any time, and normal meals are no longer possible. The officers and soldiers of each ship had to take turns eating rice dumplings at combat positions. This lasted until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Many sailors had just received their lunch. It is said that the Combined Fleet  The senior generals also went to have lunch at about this time.  The American pilots seemed to have calculated the time and appeared in sight exactly at 2:05. Many Japanese sailors had no choice but to forcefully stuff the remaining rice balls into their mouths and then hurriedly returned to the anti-aircraft gun position.  The few Zero fighter jets were out of use, and this time the fleet basically had to rely on ship artillery to deal with U.S. air strikes.  As the battle alarm sounded, all battle groups belonging to the combined fleet sped up. However, due to different construction years and different combat purposes, the top speed of some warships is only just over 20 knots, and some can reach more than 34 knots.  As a result, the huge fleet quickly lost its original neat formation. The four new battleships and more than ten escort ships accelerated to a speed of 27 knots, while the four slightly older ones accelerated to a speed of 22 knots.  The remaining aircraft carriers were organized into a complete battle group. This time, the number of ships providing air defense cover for them increased to fifteen, including two Nagara-class "air defense cruisers" that were modified during the war.  However, the incoming U.S. carrier-based aircraft no longer went straight to the few remaining Japanese aircraft carriers, but aggressively attacked the flagship "Yamato" of the Japanese combined fleet, and not only dive bombers and torpedo bombers  Taking turns in battle, even fighter jets frequently swooped down and strafed the battleships - the damage that machine guns can do to Yamato-class battleships is like throwing pebbles at tanks. The difference is that the former can cause damage to sailors in open combat positions.  Killing, the latter only has a one in 100,000 chance of causing tank mechanical failure.  The intense firepower rising from the ships has formed a seemingly invulnerable "wall" in certain areas of mid- and near-air, but U.S. military pilots can always find gaps between the walls that aircraft can safely pass through.  Soon, the bombs dropped from the Dauntless dive bombers hit the "Yamato" amidships. This was the first time that the Japanese Empire's maritime giant was attacked in one year and three months of service. Although the bombs hit the hull  The damage caused was very limited, but the blazing flames and billowing smoke still stunned many Japanese naval officers and soldiers.  With the first one, the second one, and the third oneAerial bombs of several hundred kilograms each followed one after another in just a few minutes. It seemed that these aerial bombs could only stain the neat appearance of this super battleship. After each explosion, it could still sail at a relatively fast speed.  Maneuvering was carried out on the sea, and the fire and smoke on the ship were quickly controlled with the efforts of the sailors.  At the same time, as the surrounding ships concentrated their anti-aircraft fire, the US aviation force actually lost six carrier-based aircraft due to the hits of these three bombs.  Watching one after another fighter planes painted with the US military logo explode in the sky or drag smoke into the sea, some Japanese sailors on nearby warships actually cheered with excitement.  ¡°He who laughs last laughs best. This saying is applicable everywhere in the world, and the battlefield is no exception.  While the vast majority of the officers and soldiers of the Combined Fleet were concentrating on the sea and air battle with more than 70 US carrier-based aircraft, 20 aircraft were painted in silver gray, had thick landing gear, and carried heavy bombs on the belly of the aircraft.  The aircraft flew over the battlefield at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters.  In the Battle of the English Channel that determined the course of the European war at the end of 1940, it was this kind of dive bomber that used one-ton aviation armor-piercing bombs to dry-explode many large ships of the British Royal Navy.  Due to the large lift-off load, this model of "Stuka" was not officially equipped with the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft forces until the winter of 1942, and was named ju-87c2 to distinguish it from ordinary carrier-based dive bombers.  In fact, they have only slight differences in appearance, and taking into account the length of the flight deck and combat radius, the specifications of the heavy aviation armor-piercing bomb have also been reduced from 1 ton to 850 kilograms.  The whistle installed at the nose of the aircraft was once the unique signature of the "Stuka" and a powerful weapon to psychologically frighten the enemy. However, this device has an impact on the flight speed, and in addition to the pursuit of surprise and concealment in maritime operations, therefore  The ju-87c of the German Navy are not equipped with this special device.  Therefore, when the twenty JU-87C2s that had been handed over to the U.S. Navy formed a small group of four and swooped down from an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, aiming at the Japanese aircraft carrier, the Japanese sailors below heard only the roar of the aircraft engines and the  The whistling sound increased rapidly. By the time they panicked and turned their anti-aircraft weapons to fire, the silver-gray Dapeng had already acquired an extremely astonishing dive speed, and made small adjustments in direction during the large-angle dive - such a number of movements  It is difficult for US pilots who have only trained for a few months to master it. Once the Japanese navy shoots down these aircraft and captures the pilots, a simple interrogation can find the flaws, but as Adolf Hitler said in a speech before the outbreak of the war: A  A country that only knows how to protest is a country without bones.  Ever since the German volunteers appeared in the Pacific battlefield, whether it was just a shadow of a doubt or conclusive evidence, because they were worried about offending the German government and causing it to send troops to South Asia, all the Tokyo government did was protest.  Just in response to the saying "a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise", the JU-87C2, which set out in the same batch as the US carrier-based aircraft but was behind the large formation due to speed, maintained a considerable degree of suddenness from arriving on the battlefield to launching an attack.  With weak resistance and almost negligible resistance, the German volunteer pilots showed their excellent level of long-term training. Three heavy aviation armor-piercing bombs hit the medium-sized aircraft carrier "Falcon" one after another. The ship was immediately in a state of emergency repair.  The Japanese aircraft carrier caused a huge explosion throughout the ship, and no sailors or pilots escaped by chance.  Two minutes later, the "Ziho" was also hit by a heavy aviation armor-piercing bomb. It penetrated directly through the three decks and fell to the lowest level, directly breaking the keel of the ship, causing it to undergo severe fractures. In the blink of an eye,  In a matter of seconds, it disappeared from the vast sea.  The previously damaged "Flying Eagle" and "Sea Eagle" have successfully extinguished the fire, and the disappearance of the black smoke has made them particularly eye-catching in the sun.  Each of them was targeted by a group of "Stukas", and violent explosions occurred one after another after failing to sustain a round of bombing by their opponents. At this time, among the aircraft carriers remaining in the combined fleet, only the "Shoho" escaped alone.  Although they are unwilling to admit it, the main generals of the Japanese Combined Fleet have completely lost hope of victory at this time. The vast majority of them just want to leave the battlefield as soon as possible, return to the homeland to regroup, and fight again in the future. Even if they are against  They remained confident of winning the Battle of the Pacific, but such a day would leave an indelible pain in their hearts.  Just half an hour later, nearly a thousand kilometers away on the sea, swarms of Japanese carrier-based aircraft were roaring away in the direction of the sun. Their reconnaissance planes spotted the American task force returning from the assault on Manila on the sea.  Fleet, although the pilots reported that there were only two large, two small and four aircraft carriers in the U.S. fleet, Nagumo obviously did not realize what this meant, not to mention that the fast assault fleet he led ran for hundreds of nautical miles at full speed and retreated without a fight.  It's completely intolerable.  However, the "Valiant" and the new "Wasp" equipped with the new FU-42 air warning radar in the US task force detected the incoming Japanese aircraft group early and suffered almost no losses in the Battle of Manila.  The carrier-based aircraft force quicklyThe fighter group that moved and attacked included the U.S. Navy's main carrier-based aircraft F4F "Wildcat" and the German Navy's main carrier-based aircraft BF109t. They were waiting for work and were united. The tone of this sea-air battle was set from the beginning
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