Chapter 583

On the calm sea, an American destroyer broke the waves. The sea breeze was blowing the flag of the warship. The sailors nervously looked up at the sky, clutching the adjustment wheel of the artillery in their hands, waiting for the enemy to appear.

A few minutes ago, the fleet sounded the air defense alarm, the encounter with the Japanese Navy Fleet was inevitable, and the time of decisive battle officially arrived. The U.S. Navy gathered all the forces he could find to defend Wake Island to the death, while the Japanese Navy also took out its old capital and prepared to fight to the death with the U.S. Army on Wake Island.

"The plane! Japanese aircraft A sailor pointed to the sky to remind his companion that he was standing on the high observation tower near the top of the destroyer's mast.

The sailor is carrying a high-power telescope. His duty is to look out at the sea, give early warning and instruct his comrades to attack the incoming enemy aircraft. Today's weather is very good, cloudless, sunny and windless, so he found a dense fleet of Japanese Navy attack aircraft from a long distance.

"My God! So much? " A veteran with a beard looked at the sky as if it were covered with dark clouds and murmured. Over his head, at least 30 Japanese planes were flying to the core of the US fleet without any intention of diving.

"Fire!" With a command, the artillery on the US destroyer began to roar, and one shell after another flew into the sky, exploding at a predetermined height, turning into a group of gorgeous fireworks. Japan's zero aircraft interspersed between these guns, it seems to be teasing the shooters of American antiaircraft guns, which makes people very angry.

"Aim! Don't mess! Keep shooting according to the divided area! Don't give Japanese planes space to dive! Come on! Fire The air defense commander stood on the air defense command bridge and gave a loud command. Next to him, he used 12. U.S. soldiers are desperately aiming at a Japanese torpedo attack plane with a 7mm caliber machine gun sweeping into the sky.

Japanese aircraft have no intention of diving attack at all. Their target is an important target behind these destroyers, so they have no time to waste their energy on these small destroyers. Nan Yun's idea is very simple, that is to sink the last US aircraft carrier at one go and avenge the first World War in the Philippines.

In the rear area, on the bridge of the Japanese Navy's Akashi aircraft carrier, Nakano is analyzing the current fighting situation with general Yamamoto 56. The whole bridge is very busy, many radio stations are ticking, and some major and zhongzuo officers are analyzing the information from various aspects.

"The water reconnaissance aircraft launched from the battleship King Kong found the US fleet in this area. 15 minutes ago, I ordered the first wave of attack troops to take off, search and attack this area. The information just sent back by the pilot confirmed that the US fleet was attacking one of the battleships. " Nan Yun points to the map and introduces the current fighting situation to Yamamoto.

In fact, Yamamoto 56's flagship, that is, the flagship of the United Fleet, is the new battleship changmen launched by the Japanese Navy in 1922. However, because Yamamoto saw the future combat capability of the aircraft carrier in the battle of the German Navy's aircraft carrier fleet challenging the sea power of the British Empire, he often moved the headquarters to Nakamura Nakamura's Akashi.

Soon Yamamoto fell in love with this kind of spacious warship. The flat and spacious deck is easy to relax. What's better is that the aircraft carrier can easily provide a larger command room and an officer's lounge for Yamamoto to enjoy. Compared with the battleship, the software and hardware are no inferior.

He knew that at this moment, several Japanese battleships had begun to search forward and attack, close to the fleet of the US Navy. However, it was obvious that the reaction speed and propulsion speed of the carrier based aircraft were better. His battleship fleet had not yet sent back information, while the carrier based aircraft in the hands of Nakano Nakai had begun to attack.

"Nan Yunjun, in the future naval battle, the aircraft carrier fleet is bound to occupy a place. The future of the Imperial Navy depends on an aviation fleet commander like you." Yamamoto 56 is a typical bureaucratic commander. He is absolutely a genius to make coordination and predict the trend of the campaign. However, it is not his strong point to let him command the front-line fleet to fight directly.

The whole United Fleet is now almost in a mess. The landing fleet is approaching Wake Island. However, the battleship originally intended to support the landing forces was transferred to other waters by Yamamoto's order to search and attack the US fleet. So the landing troops suffered heavy losses at the beach, but still did not achieve the desired results.

Nakano's carrier based aircraft performed well and saved a certain score for the Japanese Navy. His aircraft was attacking the US Navy Fleet. Relying on the excellent performance and ultra long range of the Zero fighter, the Japanese Navy launched the attack earlier than the US Navy.

Just when Yamamoto was in a bit of confusion in mobilizing his huge joint fleet, the US Navy was already suffering. All the shipborne fighters on the aircraft carrier Saratoga took off. They were entangled with the Japanese fighters coming in the air. However, the number of Japanese planes was much more than that of the US Army. The land airlines were unable to provide timely support for them for a while, so the US Navy had to rely on itself now.

It's obviously not easy for us to cope with more and more Japanese aircraft on our own. After all, although there are three battleships that have just been repaired in the US fleet, they all have internal injuries. What's more, because of the age of the ships, most of the battleships' air defense firepower is not perfect.

To put it bluntly, this seemingly huge US fleet has a bit of patchwork in it. As a matter of fact, 80% of the U.S. Navy is already here. It's not too much to say that it's a patchwork fleet. It's just that this patched up fleet is going to pay for its helpless move. The battleship Nevada was first torpedoed by the Japanese and then slowed down completely. The Japanese planes in the sky were like flies smelling fishy smell, and they dived down. After only half an hour, the battleship Nevada was seriously injured by the Japanese planes and was about to sink. Shortly after the Nevada battleship was seriously injured, the Tennessee battleship of the United States was also hit by a Japanese plane and set on fire. In a flash, the US fleet showed its fatigued posture. Several important warships were all out of order. They were hit and set on fire. Even the Japanese pilots could not believe that they could easily defeat such a huge US fleet. If we say that the victory of the last attack on Pearl Harbor helped the Japanese naval aviation to build up their self-confidence to a certain extent, it was only an attack on the fixed targets anchored in the port, not a regular naval battle. This time, however, the situation was different. The Japanese Navy and the US Navy were engaged in normal combat. The results of the Japanese Navy's aircraft were real and there was no water left“ No way! There are so many Japanese planes. Their carriers are at least four times as many as ours. We don't even have room to fight back. " The U.S. military commander sighed helplessly, put down his telescope, some unwilling to say. Not far from his warship, the Nevada is sinking slowly, and the Tennessee has exploded, twisted, and caught fire. The US fleet has no room to fight back. A few days ago, the morale of the Japanese sub fleet, which attacked the Philippine coast, was once again beaten back to its original shape by the fierce Japanese naval air force. The anti-aircraft guns on American destroyers and cruisers are shooting madly in the air, and the tracer bullets make the trajectory clear in the daytime. However, few Japanese planes were shot down. Most of the time, American sailors could only watch their friendly fighters being killed one by one by Japanese zeros“ How could there be such a plane? So good maneuverability, so fast speed? " "I heard that the German fw-190d fighter is very powerful, more powerful than this kind of aircraft?" complained a US Navy officer with a telescope While he was talking, another land fighter P-40 came to fight was shot into the sky by a Japanese plane. The American plane dragged a long thick smoke into the sea, bumped into the sea, and then splashed a tall water column“ My God! Another shot down He gazed at the rising water column on the sea, and his frightened face was full of incredible expression. He didn't believe that any aircraft was more fierce than the Zero fighter of the Japanese Navy Air Force, and he didn't believe that the US Navy could defeat such an opponent today“ captain! Telegram A sergeant ran over and handed a telegram to the US officer. The message made the US destroyer captain even more frustrated. He looked back in the direction of his fleet and gave orders to rescue as many people as possible and then leave the battlefield. The content of the telegram is the news of the sinking of the US flagship aircraft carrier Saratoga. The commander of the US Pacific Fleet was killed by a bomb dropped by a Japanese plane and was killed in his combat post. With the commander's death, the battleship Nevada sank, the battleship Tennessee sank, and another battleship Oklahoma failed to escape the fate of sinking. After several kilometers away from the sea, it was found by Japanese aircraft and sank on the rout road. With the great victory of the Navy, the Japanese landing forces finally got a firm foothold on Wake Island. After several hours of persistence, the US Army defense forces were ordered to lay down their arms and surrender to the Japanese army. The battle of Wake Island ended. The Japanese Navy found the feeling of invincibility at this moment.