Horikichi's method is hilarious: also organize a rapid formation, let Katsuragi, Kasagi, Chitose, and some cruisers and destroyers act alone, while the rest of the troops continue to climb slowly at a speed of 14-15 knots. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He picked up the flag representing the support fleet on the chart and formulated a clear response plan: assuming that Halsey uses the core formation of 2 Essex-class aircraft carriers + 2 South Dakota-class battleships to rush forward, then use Tsunoda's 2 Yunryu-class + 2 Yunryu-class + 1 Chitose in the support fleet to deal with it, and after scheduling, it can still form a 4 (Yunlong) + 1 (Chitose) vs 2 (Essex) scene, and still have the upper hand, if you consider that the Japanese army is more capable in carrier-based pilots, this advantage is more significant.

"Understood...... Chiaki Matsuda and the others suddenly realized, putting aside the escort aircraft carriers, the Japanese army had an advantage in the field of fleet aircraft carriers, and the commander still adopted the strategy of inducing the enemy to divide his forces.

"Assuming that the U.S. military adopts the second method to deal with it, the second air battle will maintain a distance that the enemy cannot reach as much as possible during the day, and let Tsunoda turn around at night, reverse the attack as fast as possible to close the distance, and at dawn rush to eat this advance force before the enemy's rear escort aircraft carrier formation can react, and the fleet will also cooperate accordingly." Horikichi explained, "If I guess correctly, in order to improve the efficiency of the use of carrier-based aircraft, the US military must also place the main force of attack aircraft on the fleet aircraft carriers and the fighters on the escort aircraft carriers, just like us, and if the other side wants to exert the maximum strike effect, it must either wait for the rear escort aircraft carrier formation to transport the fighters over, or reduce the number of attack aircraft in the front, and either option can reduce the enemy's threat to us." ”

"Sir, you may have forgotten one thing, Tsunoda doesn't have enough oil, it doesn't matter on the first day, he doesn't dare to drive so fast on the second day, otherwise his ship will drop anchor due to lack of fuel in the middle."

"Aren't there Musashi and King Kong?"

Matsuda Chiaki smiled bitterly: "Although Musashi and King Kong bring the most oil, but these two guys also consume the most fuel, Musashi currently only has more than 900 tons of oil, which is only equivalent to 15% when fully loaded, and King Kong is slightly better, barely 22% ......"

"Enough!" Horikichi smiled slightly, and said something that surprised Matsuda Chiaki, "If the U.S. military really organizes a fast column to pursue, let Musashi and King Kong each keep oil that can sail about 200 nautical miles, and pump out all the other oil to supply several core warships of the Second Air Combat Fast Column, and these fuels will be enough for them to finish this battle!" ”

"Ahh Chiaki Matsuda was taken aback, "Smoke Musashi? Draw King Kong? Sir, this ...... This...... This ......"

The staff officers behind him were all frightened, the Yamato class is a treasure of the country, it is easy to use, and it is used to fight that means that the commander has courage. Originally, the fuel of the two ships was not enough, and the commander also said that he would draw Musashi and King Kong, which is not equivalent to forcing the two warships to die? Sir, how much do you hate battleships?

"What? Musashi's oil can't be pumped? It is a warship that will be of maximum use! Horiyoshi said solemnly, "I understand what you mean, Musashi is the commander of the warship, and he can't take risks, but the commander can't die?" As long as there is victory, there is no one who cannot be sacrificed, what is it to lose Musashi and King Kong? We can win a big victory by defeating the US Pacific Fleet and taking Hawaii, and now I won't frown if I exchange two battleships! ”

"I don't mean that, I think that once the U.S. military discovers the abnormal situation of Musashi and King Kong breaking away from the formation, they will give priority to attacking them, and the two ships have no fighter escort, so it is easy to die in vain."

"This is better, it is equivalent to using two battleships to form a decoy fleet, which can successfully attract the attention of the US military and invisibly cover the aircraft carrier formation, which is more certain for us to win. Ladies and gentlemen, with courage and determination, I dared to take Yamato to war, because the greatest value of a warship is to defeat the enemy and not to stay in the dock for posterity to admire. Now that the war has been going on, no one still thinks that they can win with giant ships and cannons, right? The Germans all used rockets, and after the war, the Yamato class was all outdated garbage! ”

Everyone looked at each other, and the Yamato class was all garbage? Only the commander dares to say this, they don't dare, for any naval officer, even a hardcore aviation faction, they dare not say it publicly!

"Also, is Tsunoda short of planes?"

"Yes, his two aircraft carriers are not staffed, and there is a shortage of 30 aircraft, but there are enough pilots."

"Smoke from me." Horiyoshi smiled, "The way is still the cross-platform strategy that Ozawa taught me!" By tomorrow evening, the distance between the fleet and the Second Air Force will be reduced to 1,500 kilometers, and the pilots will be transferred to resupply Kanoda. ”

"Sir, what if the enemy is not fooled on the first day? Continue to push over step by step, so that our army's tactical adaptability will be worse the next day, because Tsunoda is even more short of oil, and even Musashi and King Kong will not be able to pump too much oil at that time. ”

"If you don't do it, there are other ways to do it." Horikichi smiled slightly, withdrew his hand and lightly swiped on the chart, "If the Americans are not fooled, they still advance so slowly and slowly, and the next evening I will let the other auxiliary aircraft carriers (4 escort carriers, 1 escort carrier, and 2 aircraft transport ships) break away from the large force to form a decoy force, take a shortcut and rush over, give it to the Americans, and see if he eats it." If he wants to eat, he wants to separate the fleet; If he didn't want to eat, Tsunoda could rush over at maximum speed that night to join the decoy troops, and he had gas in the afternoon of the third day! ”

"But sir......" Chiaki Matsuda only felt bitter, "There are still 25,000 tons of oil on it, and if it is eaten halfway, we can't find other oil to supply the Second Air Battle, even if the enemy divides troops for this, we have successfully eaten his vanguard, but the US army will have more than ten escort aircraft carriers in the follow-up It will be difficult to deal with, and the Second Air Combat without fuel will all become live targets at that time......

Horikichi nodded to the Tsukahara fleet in the distance again: "You won't forget them, will you?" ”

Chiaki Matsuda was surprised: "They are now at least 1,000 nautical miles away from the enemy, and it is too late!" ”

"You're wrong, excluding those 2 Yamato-class, the Tsukahara fleet can run 30 knots at the fastest, compared to the fastest speed of 18.5 knots for the Americans, it can be close to 11 knots per hour, even if you take Yamato away, it can run 27 knots, and it can be nearly 9 knots per hour, how much can you get closer after two days and two nights? Is it enough for the third day Tsukahara to attack the enemy escort aircraft carrier formation? ”

The staff officers immediately calculated: if they advanced at a high speed of 30 knots, the distance would be reduced to 500 nautical miles after 48 hours, and if they advanced at a speed of 27 knots, they would be reduced to almost 600 nautical miles.

"If the enemy divides his forces, their escort aircraft carrier formation will definitely lag behind, and Tsukahara may still have a little trouble solving them in the early morning of the third day, and it will definitely be no problem after noon." Horiyoshi smiled, "Assuming that the enemy commander can resolutely resist without dividing his troops within 48 hours, I am not afraid, let Tsukahara surround him, and all our planes will be released at dawn on the afternoon of the 3rd day or the 4th day, and defeat the Americans in one wave!" All in all, the Americans can't run this time! And at that time, it was too late for him to withdraw. ”

Chiaki Matsuda finally put his mind at ease: if he fights like this, his side will indeed have an advantage, as long as he controls the tempo, deals carefully, and does not let the US fleet (referring to the whole fleet) hit him within 48 hours, he can give full play to the combined advantage of the three fleets to encircle and suppress the opponent on the third day.

He suddenly became interested and asked, "Sir, if you are the commander of the US military, how should you deal with this situation?" ”

Horiyoshi thought for a moment and said, "First, it is the best choice to immediately send a transport fleet to Pearl Harbor to deliver fuel and planes, and then this fleet will escort the ship-who said that I have finished my strategy against Pearl Harbor?" The battle to seize Hawaii has just begun, and if the Americans do not go to Hawaii to replenish fuel and planes, they will not be able to fight at all, but I still have army and other reserves at Midway; Second, the next best option is to turn around with a dignified formation and meet the Tsukahara troops, so that they can still fight and lose both. You must always keep in mind that Hawaii is much more important than one or two fleets, and if Hawaii is in the hands of our army, the Americans do not have a fleet combination of 20 fleet aircraft carriers + more than 50 escort aircraft carriers, and they are ready to die for more than 100,000 people, and they don't even want to take it back. ”

Chiaki Matsuda smiled: How can the Americans have so many troops now? Even if they hide at home for 1 or 2 years and hold back production, won't Japan increase its military strength and aircraft carriers? When the time comes, 3,000 planes and 150,000 land forces will be piled up to Hawaii, and then the Combined Fleet will cooperate to defend it, and the whole of Hawaii will be impregnable.

"What if they also have rocket weapons? This time the Germans went to fight Brazil, and the use of rocket weapons worked very well, and I am afraid that in another 2 years the Americans will have it. ”

"The rocket is indeed very powerful, but it is not a decisive weapon for the time being, at the moment the rocket gives me the feeling that it is more like an artillery with a range of several hundred kilometers, and the accuracy is still very poor, will our soldiers be afraid of the enemy's artillery? Besides, we will also have rockets, and at present, China is negotiating with Kohl, and Germany agrees in principle to transfer a full set of technology at a price of 14 billion marks to see if it can make a bargain. Horiyoshi smiled, "You can't get it out if you have to pay, and with so much money, I don't think it's better to buy some aircraft carriers, planes, and tanks, and how to do it by blindly buying cutting-edge technology, Japan must always be based on self-reliance, so that it can have a world status." ”

"The main thing is to fight now, and time is running out."

"If the firepower and weapons of both sides are equal, and the Americans are in a situation where they are blockaded and bombarded, they will soon surrender; If our army comes to defend and there are suitable generals to lead the battle, if you don't believe it, the Battle of Tarawa will tell you the answer -- this is the biggest difference between the Japanese and American peoples, and it is also the only confidence that I dare to compete with the Americans. Industry is inferior to people, technology is not as good as people, and economy is not as good as people, if you are not even as good as people in your hard work, what else to fight, surrender as soon as possible. Horiyoshi laughed at himself, "It's good to listen to this, don't go outside to talk about it, the army red deer will have to swell their minds when they hear it, you must know, it's too much to ......."

"But what about other weapons?" Chiaki Matsuda lowered her voice and asked, "For example, what about the 'Ren Plan' or 'F Plan'?" ”