"Quick, quick, back to the Joint Chiefs of Staff......" Nimitz immediately ran to the door, Spruance following close behind. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Spruance, who was halfway through, found that Turner hadn't followed, and suddenly yelled: "Turner, what the are you doing in a daze, hurry up and go together, you're still not in the navy?" ”

"You can call the duty room from here and ask them to send a telegram to ask William first, and then it will be too late to return to the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

"Yes, yes, I'm really confused!" Nimitz immediately made three steps and two steps to call the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Spruance blamed Turner: "Why didn't you just warn? ”

Turner shrugged: "You're running so fast, I'm too late to shout at you." ”

Hearing a very stern call from Nimitz, the staff officers did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent the telegram to Halsey for advice, and Spruance saw the time, it was almost 1 o'clock in the morning, and there was still a little time. But Turner reassures him that he doesn't have to worry -- it's Washington time, and there's a five-hour time difference between you and Halsey (both referring to actual time differences).

Nimitz also breathed a sigh of relief, the words just now were quite scary, since there is still time, then sit down and have a good cup of coffee before leaving, anyway, it will take time for Halsey to think and reply.

"How did you come up with the idea of the Night Raid?" Spruance pressed Turner, "Night air raids on cities barely make sense, air raids on fleets are unheard of, and there are very few cases of battleships fighting at night." ”

During World War II, Cunningham's night attack on Taranto was the first to set a precedent, and then in the night battle of Cape Matapan with radar superiority to fight fleet engagements and attack the Italian navy, all of which were infinitely inspiring, and then there were a large number of night raids, especially when used by Japan to the point of reaching its peak - two dozen Pearl Harbor, New York, Seattle, and three Panama. Therefore, it is completely impossible for Spruance and the others not to think about this aspect, but he and Nimitz hold the same view, it is unimaginable to search for a fleet hundreds of kilometers away in ordinary times, and it is unheard of to find it accurately at night, so after thinking about it, he temporarily ruled out this possibility.

It's a pity that the feeling of uncertainty has not been eliminated, so I asked Turner.

"Because ......," Turner smiled awkwardly, "have you forgotten?" I've been beaten up in the night......"

The reason why he thought of the night attack was not only inspired by the second attack on Pearl Harbor, but also because he was bitten by a snake and was afraid of the well rope for 10 years -- during the Battle of Cape Verde, the Atlantic Fleet was fooled by the accurate night attack of the German heavy bombers, and at that time, because of the infrared guided bombs, the escort aircraft carriers sank one after another, and this was a very important factor in the final defeat of the Battle of Cape Verde.

"Although everyone knows that the night attack on the Cape Verde fleet was carried out by heavy bombers, and it is believed that only this kind of aircraft has the ability to carry radar and be used for combat, but you should not forget that nearly a year has passed since the Battle of Cape Verde, and the radar performance has been greatly improved. If we can do that, why wouldn't Germany do that? Once Germany has it, Japan has it - the Japanese navy has always admired night raids, and you will never forget the legend of the 'cat's eye warrior', right? ”

Nimitz and Spruance deeply agreed with this: the night attack of the aircraft on the fleet was an innovation of the German army, and Japan had not yet demonstrated it, but from the Battle of Cape Verde to the present, Japan and Germany have communicated so closely that it is difficult to guarantee that there is no same tactic -- not afraid of 10,000 but afraid of what if!

"So how do you deal with it now?"

"Slow down, close the distance, don't turn around for the time being, I think it's safer to hang about 900 kilometers."

Nimitz helped clean up the coffee-spilled charts as he complimented Turner: "I see that your command skills have improved since you retired. ”

Turner shrugged: "If you are not in the position, you can think about the problem purely, and you two are not constrained by non-military factors, don't you two think that the position of the damn political and joint staff can force people to death?" For example, in this battle, according to me, William should not have gone out to fight - the main force of the combined fleet was stronger than him, and the Japanese quietly organized a large fleet, and he was fighting an enemy almost twice his size. Can you sit in the position of the navy and the fleet, and not chase the line? If I didn't retire, I had to give the order to chase! ”

Spruance and Nimitz both had very mixed expressions on their faces: the embarrassment that Turner described: they had learned it in the first week after arriving in Washington, but what could they do? You don't have to bite the bullet yet.

People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves.

Turner sighed: "That's why I'm very envious of Horikichi, whatever he says...... We...... Ay...... Don't mention it...... General King, Marshall, and Arnold are all hospitalized, and if this continues, most of the people in the Joint Chiefs of Staff will have to go to the hospital until this war is over...... What a fucking system! ”

Halsey and McCain were planning with their staff officers how to design the reconnaissance route and how to arrange the offensive echelon in the early hours of tomorrow morning, when a hundred thousand urgent telegrams came from Washington, and they heard the warning that the Japanese might launch a night attack and asked for countermeasures. Halsey was also stunned, and McCain stood up with a solemn face, and circled the bridge several times, thinking that it really could not be ruled out.

It is very troublesome to prevent night attacks, and even if you know that the enemy is coming, it is extremely difficult to defend against them, and combat interception is an extremely complicated matter for night fighters, not to mention that there are few pilots in the US military who can fly night fighters.

In contrast, although it is not easy for the Japanese to find the US fleet at night, it is possible to do it in the end -- of course, it is difficult to find a small fleet of 1-2 warships, but the TF50 has a full 14 aircraft carriers and nearly 100 other light warships.

On the Katsuragi, Chiaki Matsuda was also asking Horikichi: "Sir, you said just now that you have it, there must be a countermeasure, if the enemy army really huddles and advances, how can it be most advantageous to fight tomorrow?" ”

"Go fight 2 Essex class." Horikichi elaborated on his thinking, "Dispatch 48 elite ships to attack the night!" If necessary, attack to the death! ”

"Night raid?" Chiaki Matsuda and his staff officers looked at each other, not knowing how to fight this tactic -- the fleet had practiced night attacks on fixed targets several times, and night attacks on the fleet had never been heard of.

"It's not difficult to attack the enemy fleet at night, the difficult thing is to find the enemy fleet, relying on scientific and technological progress, I finally have some other methods."

Horiyoshi walked to the chart and asked him to draw a 600-kilometer search circle centered on the meeting point of the decoy fleet and the Tsunoda fleet, and elaborated on the battle plan: "If the enemy wants to attack early the next day, the position must not be too far, and it should be within the range, and because of the course and speed of the enemy fleet this evening, the enemy fleet should be in a narrow range of 25 degrees to 165 degrees, and then release all the reconnaissance planes with night reconnaissance capabilities to conduct repeated searches." ”

Ye Caiyun and Ye Ruiyun (Ar-472 Water Reconnaissance) are equipped with radars at this time, which can detect warships within 120 kilometers, especially after the installation of radar in Ye Caiyun, the range and speed have decreased a lot, but the ability to stay in the air is still as high as more than 10 hours, and it is more than enough to hold on until dawn. The advantage of Ye Ruiyun is that he does not have to worry about returning to the sea, and if necessary, he can run out of fuel and float on the sea waiting for other companions to deliver fuel.

According to Hori's assumption, the above-mentioned areas have been repeatedly searched and monitored from 1 a.m., and as long as the U.S. fleet is here, I believe that there is a high probability of finding enemy troops; In addition, both types of reconnaissance planes are equipped with radar and radio wave warning equipment, and I expect that the US military will definitely use radar to repeatedly search the sea surface at night, which will also increase the probability of detection.

After discovering the exact location, Yuya Saiyun continued to track the enemy fleet and inform the attacking team, and Horiyoshi believed that the elite pilots would be able to find the correct position and attack. There is no need to fight all, as long as the take-off and landing capabilities of the 2 Essex-class ships are abolished, this battle is basically won. As for the decisive attack, that is the last resort, since Gu Ci is not in charge of the army, Hori Yiji is of course no exception.

"It's a pity that the level of the Imperial submarine force is too far behind Germany, if there is an effective submarine force ambushed in the above position to lure the American troops to come and pursue, I am afraid that tonight will be everywhere to kill, right? -- Didn't the German naval battle in the South Atlantic be won by submarines? Don't be unconvinced, just win!

Take 10,000 steps back and say, so many reconnaissance planes have not discovered the enemy fleet at night, at least at dawn it can be turned into a visual search, our army will send reconnaissance planes first, and the speed is faster than the enemy troops, so theoretically we should have discovered the opponent earlier! In a battle with an aircraft carrier fleet, the most important thing is to discover and attack the enemy first! ”

Everyone nodded together, although the night attack tactics had never been practiced, but judging from the logic expounded by the commander just now, there was a greater certainty, as for the 48 elite ships to attack, I believe that Tsunoda could completely draw this -- there were many elite backbones who participated in the Battle of Pearl Harbor, and even more backbone personnel who participated in the naval battle of the South Pacific.

Chiaki Matsuda finally understood why the commander valued and protected the elite pilots so much, and was willing to exchange very valuable ships for the US crews.

Horikichi sighed: "Many of these tactical details were summarized by Ozawa-kun and the advisory team, and I have benefited a lot from them, so I suggest that you study them hard." When they worked in Germany, they were not only applying the command ability and combat experience of our imperial navy to practice and helping the German allies fight wars, but also the process of absorbing good experience and practices from the Germans and exploring the use of new equipment and new tactics. Some generals boast all day long that 'the German Army is the best in the world and the Reich Navy is the first in the world', and I absolutely disagree! The first is typed, not blown out, and not self-styled! Complacent, proud and complacent will inevitably fall behind, and backwardness is to be beaten! The Führer summed up a very interesting sentence: the happiest thing for a general is to have German equipment, Japanese soldiers, and American logistics, all three, and it is difficult to lose. I think so! Japan does not have Germany's equipment and scientific research strength, nor does it have the economic and logistical capabilities of the United States, so it can only work its soldiers; on the one hand, it must work hard to learn new skills, and it must never be proud, and on the other hand, it must dare to work hard, and it does not even dare to fight for its life. ”

After thinking about it, he added uneasily: "It is said that it is desperate, it is achieved on the basis of respecting everyone, and it is by no means a vain death or needless sacrifice for officers and soldiers, I hope you will deeply understand the difference between desperate and death, and master the scale when leading troops in the future, please!" ”

Everyone bowed together: "The teachings of the chief must be remembered forever." ”