Chapter 902

In fact, the Japanese Navy attaches great importance to fleet air defense. It can be seen that the Japanese Navy has piled anti-aircraft guns on its warships several times. However, warships are not built to deal with aircraft after all, so most of their huge tonnage is spent on how to deal with enemy warships.

Japan was a poor country. During the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, it beat the Manchu Qing government with its last dime and extorted a Taiwan plus 200 million taels of silver, which made it rich. Therefore, the Japanese were used to living a frugal life and had the ability to develop hungry.

But the so-called skillful woman can't make a meal without rice. Japan, a country that lacks everything but belief, can only find a way to make every warship of its own play the maximum combat effectiveness in the face of the crazy expansion of naval armaments by world powers.

Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of the two battleships, ISI and RI used the glorious tradition inherited by the Japanese Navy from the Fusang class. They installed six main gun turrets on the battleship at one go. It was a little exciting to think about it. They had two more turrets and half more main guns than the German warship admiral Reidel

In addition to the sad purchase of the boiler in the ammunition depot, there is also a fatal problem, that is, there are too many cannons, which seriously occupy the space of air defense weapons. As a result, these anti-aircraft guns either have poor location, insufficient firing range, or can not be installed at all.

How else can we say that design in history has its practical and inevitability? It's no wonder that after the first World War, the battleships designed by various countries all adopted the structure of 34 main gun turrets, and no one thought about installing more guns.

From this point of view, Japan's ISI class battleship is a kind of Super World War I battleship, which is not suitable for modern naval battle. You know, it's dealing with the US Navy Air Force, which has learned combat experience from the German Navy and almost perfectly copied it. So the easy sinking of the ISE by the U.S. Navy was completely unexpected.

On the other hand, there are some holes in Japan's antiaircraft guns. At least these antiaircraft guns equipped by the Japanese Navy are far from meeting the needs of modern war in terms of performance and density. For example, the performance of the 25 mm caliber triple gun is almost the same as that of the single tube bofos 40 antiaircraft gun, and its range is closer. Who knows how much volume is wasted when the single tube becomes triple gun?

Let's not talk about it. Yamamoto first learned that the decoy fleet had been defeated by the U.S. Navy, so he had to take the lead and join the battlefield. Just minutes after the U.S. plane found his fleet, his lookout also found the U.S. plane tracking the Japanese fleet.

"Marshal, the number of American planes has increased to two. They are following our fleet far away and are not in our air defense firepower." an officer put down his watch phone and reported to Yamamoto.

When he heard that the US plane had found the whereabouts of his fleet, Yamamoto frowned involuntarily. After all, he still hoped that he could make a difference in the war. It is obviously not good news to be found by the Americans at this time.

"Long live the great Japanese Empire, order the fleet, all ships begin to prepare for air defense operations." Yamamoto 56 gave the order, but he was still staring at the distant sea, full of hope that his target would appear there in the next second. But hope is hope after all. After all, he is not an immortal. He can't get what he wants.

So the Japanese fleet in a hurry, began to prepare for air defense operations, everywhere is the sound of counting, everywhere is the carriage of ammunition, air defense alarm in the ship interior sound, red warning lights flashing everywhere.

"Nan Yunjun, everything depends on you." Yamamoto finally took his eyes back from the distant sea. As he walked to the chart table, he whispered to himself: "the range of activities of the US fleet is getting smaller and smaller, and the number of their carrier based aircraft is getting smaller and smaller... This is your only chance."

Although the US aircraft carrier fleet has an absolute advantage in quantity, this advantage can not always be reflected. For example, when the first wave of US aircraft attacking the Japanese decoy fleet returns, the US aircraft carrier will lose the ability to take off aircraft at the same time. At that time, if the carrier based aircraft of the Japanese Navy arrived on time, the US Navy would be destroyed.

Just as Yamamoto was praying that Nakamura Nakamura would make contributions to the future of the great Japanese Empire, the US Navy Fleet was in a mess.

"Hello? Hello? To be clear, I'm Halsey. I've heard that the Japanese fleet is operating on the east side of our fleet... "On this side, Halsey fleet, which has rushed up to kill the Japanese decoy fleet, is biting the Japanese battleship, but it's cold to hear about the Japanese battleship appearing on the flank of the fleet.

On the other side, Spruance is receiving the first batch of aircraft attacking the Japanese decoy fleet. His aircraft carrier fleet can't take off aircraft in the first time. Only after those aircraft return to the aircraft carrier can he have the opportunity to launch his third wave attack echelon.

"Order the two old battleships Colorado and Mississippi in the fleet to move to the left to prevent the Japanese warships from rushing into the core position of our warship team. All destroyers and cruisers are ready for first-class combat. Let Halsey know the latest news from our side." Spruance said several orders at a time, but the thing he was most worried about happened. This time, it seems that the Japanese fleet is not putting on a show, but really fighting back on the whole line.

He turned around and looked at an official in charge of summarizing naval intelligence. He asked in a questioning tone, "go, go and verify all the intelligence resources in your hands. I want to confirm the position of the Fusang battleship and all the King Kong class battlecruisers, as well as the exact position of the two Japanese aircraft carriers of Canglong Feilong.", The main reason for attacking the Solomon Islands sea area where the Japanese Navy is mainly stationed is that the US intelligence agency has confirmed the location of some Japanese warships. Therefore, this time, the cautious U.S. Navy came out to change the power situation in the Pacific battlefield and annihilate the Japanese Navy in Solomon Islands. Looking at the intelligence officer turning to check the complicated messages and intelligence, Spruance always felt uneasy as he looked at the landing planes on the deck. He didn't know why he was upset, but the feeling was that he didn't know what to do“ General reconnaissance plane unit call "an officer broke in from the door, with a message, through the slightly chaotic, nervous bridge command room, stood beside Spruance:" the second plane rushed to confirm the size of the Japanese fleet. "“ Give it to me. " Spruance snatched the message, and then he knew where his uneasiness came from: it was very clear in the message that he found the other two battleships of the Japanese fleet, as well as most of the cruisers and destroyers. The whole fleet was moving very fast, but no Japanese aircraft carrier was found“ Damn it, the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet is not in the East, they are in the West. "Spruance roared:" cancel the attack mission of the third wave of carrier based aircraft, and immediately let the pilots continue to stand by. "The so-called figure poor dagger saw that after the Japanese fleet had deployed most of its forces, it would be easier for the US Navy to determine the position of the remaining Japanese fleet. The US fleet comes from the north, at least its transport fleet is still behind, so it should be absolutely safe there. The Japanese fleet has appeared in the South and East, but there is no aircraft carrier. It is obvious that the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet is on the west side“ My God, let the fleet be ready for combat, first level combat against air. "Spruance felt that he finally knew what Yamamoto was going to do. This time, he finally saw the opponent opposite him and his killing moves. This time, he realized that Yamamoto was the most dangerous opponent in his life“ On the deck of the Chicheng aircraft carrier, the bomber formation of Nakano is preparing to take off, and all the Japanese pilots are standing on the deck, arranging for photographers to leave their last group photo. The pilots wore white cloth on their foreheads, on which the word "must win" was written with a brush“ Long live your majesty... "After the photographer pressed the shutter and the flash flashed, all the pilots, led by the team leader, raised their hands and cried out the most sacred words in their hearts“ Long live your majesty. "Looking at these pilots who are determined to take off and fight, Nan Yun Zhongyi also raises his hands. This is a war that decides the joint fleet of the Japanese Navy and even the national movement of the Japanese Empire. His ability to play the most important role in this war has been a personal affirmation of history“ The first attack echelon takes off. "With the shouting of an officer, all the Japanese pilots began to run to their planes. These planes were fully prepared, with long torpedoes or huge bombs hanging under the belly. In the roar of the engines, Japanese planes began to form over the fleet, escorted by Zero Fighters, and flew to the East. Looking at these planes away, Nan yunzhongyi closed his eyes: "Yamamoto Jun, the victory or defeat... In one fell swoop." happy Christmas is ove