Chapter 903

"The Japanese plane may have taken off, now it's too late to send a reconnaissance plane." Spruance looked at the nautical map in front of him. Because the Pacific Ocean used to be the backyard of the U.S. Navy, this chart is very detailed.

It's marked with the reef islands in the densely populated Solomon Islands, which provide a good cover for the Japanese fleet's approach. Everyone knows that this is not the time to complain, but it's hard to cheer up in a short period of time when the enemy has made a cruel attack.

"No, we still need to send reconnaissance planes. If possible, we must find the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet." finally, Spruance ordered that several seaplanes take off and immediately go to the west to patrol, so as to find the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet. After he gave the order, he was still in a mess.

The Japanese Navy's fleet of battleships on the east side seems to be unable to resist. Once the Japanese Navy's warships rush in, the US fleet has no chance of winning. But now there are not many opportunities to send planes, perhaps only once, which requires Spruance to make a choice.

If he chooses to take off aircraft to attack the Japanese battleship fleet on the east side, then he may achieve the result of annihilating the Japanese battleship troops, and the price may be that the Pacific fleet is heavily damaged by the Japanese army. Maybe Japan will take the opportunity to recapture the Marshall Islands, go north to Wake Island and Midway Island, and enter Hawaii again, while the United States has no fleet to stop each other this time.

Of course, if he orders to attack Japan's aircraft carrier fleet, the end will not be much better. At least, Japan's battleship fleet will make the fleet under his command disappear. When Halsey's two battleships come back, the cauliflower will be cold.

However, he has an advantage that the Japanese Navy does not have in any case, that is, even if his fleet is completely destroyed, the U.S. Navy will still have more updated warships launched, and the Japanese Navy's family background, not modestly, is to sink one and lose one.

So according to this starting point, Spruance made his own response decisively: "order the fighter forces to take off and expel the possible Japanese attack aircraft group. We should seize the time to take in all the aircraft of the first attack echelon, and let the third attack echelon continue to stand by and be ready to start at any time."

"Yes," a liaison officer of the aviation force saluted and began to assign tasks. The number of US aircraft carriers was superior. Even though the scene was a little chaotic, it was still barely possible to squeeze out time to take off fighters a little bit.

Spruance's plan is to let some fighters fly first to ensure the absolute safety of his fleet, and try to defeat the attack aircraft group of the first wave of Japanese attack.

Later, the Japanese battleships in the East were towed by battleships and other ships as long as they could. Then the planes took off from here and rushed to the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet which was not dominant in number. In this process, his aircraft carrier fleet moved westward, drew close to the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet to the west, and opened the distance from the Japanese battleship troops. Then Halsey's battleships began to go north to block the Japanese battleship fleet in the East, and after paying a heavy price, they annihilated the Japanese joint fleet.

It has to be said that to come up with such a counter attack method in such a short period of time, general Spruance is worthy of the title of famous general of his generation. However, there are some wishful thinking in his plan, such as expecting the two old battleships to withstand the attack of changmen lu'ao two new Japanese battleships.

There are loopholes in a plan, so when Halsey heard about the plan, he nodded and agreed. He led his two battleships, namely the Washington and the North Carolina battleships, to give up chasing the wounded RI battleship and turn around to go north.

Sanpu Dazuo is struggling against the US aircraft and warships, but when he is about to go to the end of the ise, he has ushered in his own "twists and turns". He looked at the American warship that had entered the range, fired a few shells in a hurry, and then turned to stop the pursuit.

"Yamamoto's plan is successful, and these Americans are shrinking their forces." in the bridge command room of the Japanese, mitsuke Miura put down his telescope and said to his first mate, "if they give up attacking us, it means they will go back to do more important things."

He clenched his teeth, touched his command knife with his hand, and finally gave the battle order: "turn around to pursue the US battleship, move forward at full speed, entangle the two battleships, and prepare for the artillery battle."

Miura is worthy of the ruthlessness of Japanese soldiers. He knows that even if his battleship leaves the war zone safely and finally returns to Japan, it will not form any greater combat power. However, in times of such chaos, if we help Yamamoto's main fleet and Nakano's air fleet share some of the pressure of the US fleet, we may help our own fleet win the war.

So he resolutely decided to turn around and return, entangled with the US battleships, to buy more time for Yamamoto's attack plan. It has to be said that the Japanese Navy's success in two naval battles over the past 70 years did not depend on boasting and luck, but on its cunning and ferocity. Sanpu Dazuo is a typical example of the Japanese Navy, which is stubborn and unreasonable.

The second wave of US attack aircraft in the sky has been ordered to return. The US Navy has gained some advantage and achieved the record of sinking the Japanese Navy's ISI battleship. This is tantamount to taking the "blood" of Solomon's naval battle, which is definitely a boost to morale“ "Fire and tell the Americans that we are here." Sanpu followed his command knife, staring at the sea, and gave the battle order: "pay attention to the air combat alert, be careful that the American plane will return, and send a telegram to marshal Yamamoto to tell him that our ship will return to the theater and be ready to entangle the American battleship, Yamamoto was even a little sorry. He thought that if he appointed Sanpu as commander in chief of the decoy fleet, maybe the decoy fleet could play better. However, when he heard that the fleet of the United States began to shrink, he was scared in a cold sweat by the rapid reaction of the U.S. Navy. Since Sanpu decided to sacrifice the bait fleet completely to help him achieve great success, he should not be stingy. So he immediately ordered to send a message to the base camp and temporarily promoted him to major general Sanpu. So there was a serious loophole in Spruance's plan, that is, he wanted to go back to deal with the Halsey fleet of Yamamoto fleet, and now he was entangled by a broken ship of Sanpu. It's hard to predict the outcome of the whole battlefield. It's a mess“ The US Navy with radar has more advantages than the Japanese Navy with blind eyes. When the Japanese planes are close to the US fleet, the US radar finds these uninvited guests. So the American planes on standby in the sky met those Japanese attack planes. Even if the U.S. is familiar with the performance of Japan's Zero fighter, it is still a very dangerous opponent, because these planes are driven by the most elite Japanese pilots. If you are not careful, you will be bitten by these crazy sky hounds. The fighters of the two sides soon interweaved. There was a constant explosion in the sky. The roar of the engines when the two sides pulled up the planes and the roar of the engines when they dived made the sky of Solomon Islands very noisy. The first wave of Japanese attack echelons fell into a bitter battle“ The pilot of a Japanese aircraft yelled slogans, then controlled the aircraft with torpedoes and rushed to an American aircraft carrier. Obviously, the US air defense firepower is very fierce, and some US destroyers are also trying to disperse the attack formation of Japanese aircraft. Everywhere in the sky are the dazzling straight lines drawn by the tracer bullets, forming a large airtight net. The plane crashed into the fire net ejected by the US anti-aircraft gun, and then instantly turned into a pile of burning debris. However, another Japanese plane behind the plane narrowly rushed through the anti-aircraft fire net and accurately threw a torpedo into the US aircraft carrier in the distance. A white straight line extended rapidly in the sea, and then it collided with the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier Raider. Then the huge explosion slowed down the speed of the aircraft carrier and set off a raging fire, which was difficult to put out for a while. With such a good start, the Japanese aircraft naturally did not waste the opportunity, and seized the opportunity to drop several torpedoes on this aircraft carrier. As a result, the U.S. assault carrier began to tilt in the sound of explosion. As soon as the main fleet began to fight, it sank an aircraft carrier. This is definitely not good news for the U.S. Navy Fleet. Spruance watched the smoke burning in the distance from the bridge of the hornet, and he didn't know how to end it as soon as possible. Soon, these Japanese carrier based aircraft showed their superiority in attack quality. After all, the pilots of these carrier based aircraft were also the last elite of Japanese naval aviation. They continue to attack the U.S. fleet and create an unparalleled opportunity with heavy casualties. Saratoga was hit by a Japanese aircraft and began to burn. This is the second major aircraft carrier of the US Navy. This also means that the US aircraft carrier fleet has lost almost half of its forces before it started to fight back. This is not today's, but yesterday's Christmas. Long Ling has been making up for the shift all his life, but this time it's making up for the shift, not for the shift. There are two shifts in the evening... Since it's making up for the shift, please ask for some recommended monthly tickets. Thank you for your support