Chapter 2914： Caught a

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"Just a week ago, two new squadrons of long-range patrol aircraft appeared over the Gilbert Islands. The appearance of this force was very abrupt and unreasonable because it was just a corner area on the American strategic chessboard. They There is no reason to suddenly increase the air patrol power." Betty said.

"Can you make it clearer?" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu asked.

"We rarely send submarines in this area, because it is far away from normal routes, there are almost no targets for submarine deployment here, so the maritime patrol plane is for anti-submarine, which can be removed, saying that the Americans are ready to launch an attack? Where are they fighting? Is it the Tulua Islands? Compared to the current Americans, it’s not so bold to encroach on the British colony in the Pacific. What's more, only long-range patrol aircraft, not bombers, seem to have changed the garrison on the island. So this can be ruled out."

"Well, now let us think about the situation of the entire Pacific battlefield. If we assume that our whereabouts are not exposed, then the only explanation is that the maritime patrol aircraft that was suddenly deployed here was actually aimed at our maritime attack ship. ! Because the armored cruiser we bought from the Italians can reach a maximum speed of 23 knots! What does this mean? Even if a high-speed cruise ship encounters it, it may be destroyed. In order to ensure the safety of nearly 10,000 people , The Americans think they need to improve the reconnaissance capability of the team at sea. What is the purpose of improving the reconnaissance capability? I think it is naturally to facilitate certain high-speed transport ships. If we find our high-speed assault ships nearby, air reconnaissance can at least allow high speed Cruise evaded ahead of time!" Betty said.

So now a complete logical chain has been formed. Shadow 42 chose to pass through the waters between the Gilbert Islands and the Tulua Islands. Recently, there are Japanese high-speed assault ships in this sea area, and in order to ensure the shadow 42 security, the US Navy decided to increase air reconnaissance force in order to prevent accidents.

As for why the Shadow 42 fleet chose this route, to a large extent it may be due to fuel problems. On the one hand, the so-called high-speed cruise ship, unless it is a high-speed cruise like the Titanic, in order to obtain the blue ribbon. In addition, other high-speed cruise ships cannot run all the way. Obviously, the distance from the west coast of the United States to the island of New Guinea is much longer than the distance from the United Kingdom to the United States, so Americans must be between speed, time and distance. Find a balance. In addition to Shadow 42, there may be light cruisers to follow, and the range of light cruisers is even more problematic. In the absence of supplies along the way, the two ships must make a compromise, so under the influence of various factors , The Americans chose this route, and in order to prevent accidents, the Americans’ actions exposed the shadow 42 information! But in the end all this was discovered by Betty! This is really a tragic story!

As a result, the problem has now been resolved. Under the pen of the British and Japanese naval staff, the route of Shadow 42 has appeared on the chart. Then the rest is to set ambush, the joint fleet will directly choose a sea area to set ambush, and when Shadow 42 passes by, it will solve the opponent cleanly!

"If this information is accurate, we should have no problem killing Shadow 42. The only problem that needs to be solved now is whether we use a carrier-based aircraft or a battleship?" asked Shigetaro Yoshimatsu.

"If you use a carrier-based aircraft, it is definitely the most efficient. 20 attack aircraft carrying torpedoes and bombs can completely break this transport ship into pieces. Even if there is a light cruiser escorting nearby, one more squadron is definitely enough. The entire attack may be over within half an hour, and the other party may not even be able to send a telegram. But the problem is that if we are exposed, then it is likely that the U.S. Navy will be aware of the existence of the aircraft carrier, and for us to receive The subsequent break-through operations may have adverse effects."

"And if you use a battleship to attack, it is true that you can hide the existence of the aircraft carrier, but this pursuit may take a long time. After all, our so-called fast battleship speed advantage is also very limited. The Americans can almost 100% send telegrams. If we If your luck is worse, then we may eventually have to use carrier-based aircraft to make up for the knife." said Yasuo Shimura.

"There is still a carrier-based aircraft attack. We are at least 60% sure that the Americans will be destroyed before they send out intelligence." Betty said at last. "Our ambush position is best outside the patrol range of the Gilbert Islands maritime patrol aircraft, so that we can avoid exposing ourselves, and our fleet can be temporarily dispersed to form a wider front to prevent the enemy from leaking! The seaplane on the battleship performs reconnaissance missions, and the carrier-based aircraft is responsible for the offense, so be it."

In the last period of time before the attack, the Japanese joint fleet was still doing enough preparations. A total of 6 seaplanes on the battleships undertook the reconnaissance mission. In order to expose the identity as low as possible, the Japanese Navy gave each of them participating. All the seaplanes under investigation have been re-painted. First, the color of the lower part of the fuselage is close to the color of the sky. In this way, when the aircraft is flying in the air it will be more difficult to spot the aircraft from the sea. At the same time, in order to confuse the Americans, the paint of all reconnaissance aircraft is as close to the American paint as possible. In this case, although a few American-painted aircraft appear in the depths of the ocean a bit abruptly, the shadow 42 and keeping the radio silent Its frigate will not react in the first time. After all, warships above the American cruiser have seaplanes. Who can guarantee that there must be no colleagues near the route?

In order to increase the suddenness of the attack as much as possible, all aircraft groups participating in the attack are required to make an assault at a height of about 200 meters above sea level. At the same time, the painting of the aircraft is also set to a painting similar to the sea level background. Generally speaking, the Japanese navy's guiding aircraft is air camouflage, while the aircraft group responsible for the attack is sea camouflage.

"In the course of carrying out this mission, although there will not be too fierce confrontation, it is also a challenge for the joint fleet, because we will use the fleet’s own reconnaissance capabilities to obtain The opponent's position is a very big challenge for our reconnaissance and guidance capabilities. Maybe we will spend 95% of our time searching for our opponents and only 5% of our time will be spent on offenses." Shigetaro Yoshimatsu wrote in his diary.

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