Chapter 407

As commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, Wesley has come to the front line, on the flagship aircraft carrier of the first task force. The beginning of the aircraft carrier is 7, and the aircraft carrier 701 is in the waters of the Ryukyu Islands. Wesley is drinking coffee and watching the daily bombing report.

"General, are we going to bomb like this?" asked the commander of the first special task fleet of the Navy nearby.

"Yes, if the bombing goes on like this, they will either surrender or rush out to fight a decisive battle. It depends on their own choice. Therefore, you should order the submarine forces to pay attention to the movements of the fleet, and the reconnaissance aircraft should also patrol around on a large scale every day. The enemy must not be allowed to seize the first opportunity."

"Yes, we see."

At this time, a staff officer knocked on the door and entered, "report that the submarine troops found that the enemy fleet was gathering in the Chinese sea area." then he handed a telegram.

Wesley took the telegram and looked at it. The other side concentrated six aircraft carriers, a large number of battleships and cruisers. Basically, all the main forces of Japan were concentrated together. Such a large fleet is difficult to hide.

"Order, the submarine troops to monitor the enemy fleet in sections and be sure to keep an eye on their movements. All the Pacific fleet are assembled here. Iwo Jima base is ready for defense. The fleet can't go back for a moment. They must be careful, especially at night, to speed up the construction of zhebo mountain."

"Yes." the staff officer went out to convey the order.

The commander of the first special task force suddenly said, "general, are you going to Guam to wait for news?"

"What? Afraid of something happening to me?" Wesley smiled and looked at each other.

"After all, you are the commander in chief. If there is a problem, it will be a great blow to us."

"No, don't worry. Let the world see the power of the US Air Force and naval aviation this time. Don't I know the warships and aircraft designed by myself? Their performance comprehensively surpasses each other, and now they have found their trend, so they won't run away. The Pacific is full of our submarines and patrol aircraft. Where can they go Go? "

Wesley is naturally not afraid. When necessary, he will even use the "Black Jazz". Even if he is exposed, he will certainly defeat the Japanese Navy. He has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

Later, telegrams were sent, and the submarine troops perfectly performed the tracking task. The conventional submarine designed by Wesley himself could not be found by the enemy's sonar, and the technical gap was too large.

Three days later, the enemy fleet was close to the Ryukyu Islands. They planned to sneak attack. Although they had no intelligence, they were ready to bomb the Ryukyu air force airport and then fight with the fleet here. They thought that the American fleet was divided into at least two parts, or even three parts, so that they had a chance to break each one.

Wesley looked at each other's situation and smiled. "He ordered the radar to be fully turned on, the fleet began to form an air defense formation, the fighters were ready to take off, the land-based aviation forces were ready for air defense, all the fighters in the airport were ready to take off, and the bomber troops then dispatched. The first target was the enemy aircraft carrier, and the second target was the enemy battleship."

"Yes." ten aircraft carriers, the main force of the Pacific Fleet, began to be busy. Hundreds of warships on the sea began to sail in formation, forming an air defense array, and dense high-altitude and flat dual-purpose guns were aimed at their respective positions.

"General, our fighters are enough to intercept the enemy's flight formation. Why prepare air defense?"

Wesley glanced at him and then said, "you are a commander. This idea is unacceptable. Don't underestimate your opponent at any time, and the other party also has submarine forces. Don't you understand? I didn't say anti submarine specifically. Up to now, you haven't realized this and want to give up air defense?"

"Sorry, general, it was my negligence." the commander of the first task force immediately turned and gave orders.

Destroyers and light cruisers began anti submarine navigation. Even if the enemy's submarines are not advanced, they are not many, but defense must be done, otherwise a torpedo may ruin an aircraft carrier.

The atmosphere before the war made Wesley very nervous, but he himself was very relaxed. He called the commanders of the four special task forces to flagship 701, and he gave everyone cigars.

"I don't have many opportunities to command naval warfare. You can learn as much as you can this time. The Navy will depend on you in the future."

"Yes." the four commanders are very happy. This is a god of war. Although they have only fought half of the first World War and are the army, they have no doubt whether Wesley will fight at sea. Look at those warships. As early as World War I, the first batch of warships reserved air defense positions. What's this vision?

"It is reported that the aircraft of the enemy fleet have been released, and the first wave of attack will reach our base in 20 minutes."

"Well, order the base fighters to take off and fight, order the fleet aircraft to start flying, directly attack the main force of the enemy fleet, and order the submarine troops to concentrate on the waters around the enemy and surround them from a long distance, but they are not allowed to attack without my order."

"Yes."

Because Ryukyu is an archipelago with no area and time constraints, Wesley directly dispersed the airport and placed as many planes as possible. Moreover, the location here is closer to the equator and it is very warm even in winter, so there is no need to worry.

The land-based aircraft took off directly and nearly 300 fighters met them. The difference in strength is too great. Moreover, Japan's zero fighters have not appeared yet. Now is the best time to defeat them.

The base planes in Iwo Jima were not bombed today, but all focused on preparing for possible attacks, but they were doomed to have no chance.

The fighters of the two sides met in the air, and the imitated P-51 fighter numbered G-3 fighter directly began to slaughter. The performance of fighters that surpassed the other side by one level was brought into full play. The flexible air mobility made the enemy have no ability to fight back, let alone the gap in quantity.

The Naval Air Force has found the enemy's fleet, and the other party has not formed an air defense formation. This time, they came in a sneak attack and are not ready to fight, but are ready to escape at any time.

"Good chance, the formation is divided into groups, the first target attacks the aircraft carrier, now." the leader directly gave the order, and then the first attack formation of ten aircraft carriers and 500 fighters began to divide up the enemy's main force.

"Air raid..." with a shrill roar, our fleet was in chaos. They didn't expect that the place found them so soon, and the number of fighters was too terrible.

At this time, Wesley directly ordered the second wave of attack formation to start, with a difference of only 20 minutes. "Commander, in this way, we have no fighters to defend."

"Yes, we don't need defense. Didn't you say that? Besides, our air defense formation is not a decoration. We must invest when it's time to invest. This is the best opportunity to annihilate the enemy. Don't miss it, otherwise there will be some trouble later. Order eight heavy patrols, 16 light patrols and 32 destroyers to form an attack formation and go directly to the enemy The enemy fleet is in the sea, but you are not going to fight, but to cut off their retreat. "

"Yes."

The scale of this naval battle and the number of aircraft used are unprecedented, and it is also the last large-scale naval battle.