This era is still an era dominated by battleships, even if Germany realizes the importance of aircraft carriers, in terms of external propaganda, it is still talking about the battleship's ships and guns, and there have indeed been several naval battles, which are miracles created by battleships.

The island nation also attaches great importance to battleships, but their attacks on American ports can only be based on aircraft carriers, and some naval personnel of the island countries have also realized that aircraft carriers will play an increasing role in future naval warfare.

And this time, the island nation attacked Pearl Harbor and the primary combat target was the American aircraft carrier!

All warships in Pearl Harbor, including 3 aircraft carriers, USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga, 9 battleships USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS Arizona, USS Nevada, USS Colorado, 20 cruisers, 69 destroyers, and 27 submarines.

Now, the battleships are all inside the port, but the aircraft carriers are not!

What is even more worrying is that they went to attack, but the aircraft carrier was not there, does this mean that the secret of this attack has been leaked?

The most important thing in the surprise attack is secrecy, if the secret is leaked, then your side is likely to be surrounded and annihilated.

In particular, if these three aircraft carriers go out and wait for their carrier-based planes to come and attack them when they are waiting for their carrier-based planes to go out in a certain sea area, it will not be impossible to steal chickens and rice, and it will be impossible to bury all the navies of the island countries inside!

Nanyun Zhong frowned for a moment, and at this time, his expression seemed to say, do you want to terminate this mission?

Rudell looked at Nagumo Tadaichi and knew what he was thinking, and Rudell couldn't help but think of the evaluation of the various officers of the island nation by Ciric before leaving.

Pheasant fifty-six, that is a gambler, once he smells the opportunity, he does not hesitate to put all his net worth into it!

As for Nanyun Zhongyi, he is a small family, as long as he takes a little advantage, he will be satisfied, and he belongs to people who do not want to make progress.

Now it seems that he was so cautious that the slightest change in the enemy's mind would make him afraid.

"Why don't we send a report back?" Nagumo Zhongyi said to himself.

As the commander-in-chief of the entire attack force, he didn't have to consult with anyone, and now, he had no confidence to speak.

"Nope." Rudell didn't care what he was, he only remembered his mission, he had to fight Pearl Harbor beautifully!

Just to find that the opponent's aircraft carrier is not there, so at a loss?

Never send a telegram back!

In order to maintain the secrecy of the voyage, they maintained absolute radio silence after going out to sea.

Although some fishing boats constantly send reports to the rear, the radio power on the fishing boats is small, and it only transmits one or two hundred nautical miles, and if the aircraft carrier wants to contact the rear, it needs to fly thousands of nautical miles with radio waves.

As long as the report is issued, the target is really exposed.

"Collect intelligence from all sides to find the whereabouts of these three aircraft carriers." Rudel said: "Even if we split a fleet, we have to complete the mission. ”

Divide a fleet? Nanyun Zhongyi frowned: "This is different from our plan. ”

"No plan can guarantee that it can keep up with changes, and as a commander on the ground, you must learn to adapt to changes." Rudell said: "The fate of the Empire, in this battle, you are the most loyal soldiers of the Empire, but unfortunately, it has shown me timidity. ”

Stimulate and stimulate each other! Behind Rudel is a powerful Germany, a country with brilliant combat achievements, and his ridicule is very effective.

Sure enough, Nanyun Zhong's face was ugly, and he said to Rudel: "How can we be cowardly! Continue to gather intelligence, and if these three aircraft carriers dare to ambush us, we will sink them! ”

"Fly the Zero fighter and search the waters for five hundred nautical miles in the vicinity." Tadaichi Nagumo continued.

In this era, even if a warship has a radar, it is very primitive, and the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier are enough to attack targets five hundred nautical miles away, and there will be hidden dangers at any time in the vast ocean.

The Zero fighter has a large range and fast speed, and it is more efficient to search with the Zero fighter than a slow water reconnaissance aircraft.

With Nagumo Tadaichi's order, the deck was busy.

Captain Mitsuo Matsuzaki of the 40th Squad, sitting in his own Zero fighter, the emblem on his wings had been smeared for secrecy, he took a few deep breaths and started the 950-horsepower Nakajima "Sakae" 12 engine in front.

The familiar roar was heard, and his plane was activated, the propellers getting faster and faster, releasing the brakes, and the plane glided briskly across the deck, and then took off.

This is a small and nimble fighter, and Mitsuo Matsuzaki is very satisfied with this fighter.

When the Stuka received from Germany came on board, the comparison between the fighter unit and the bomber unit came, and the pilots of the bomber unit were often heard laughing at them, should they take off under our belly?

The empty weight of the Zero type is only 1,700 kilograms, which is exactly the load capacity of the Stuka!

But what's the use of that?

Try to compare speed? Compare the voyage again?

And now, to search the nearby sea surface, of course, it requires an aircraft with a high enough speed and a long enough range to be able to act, and the Zero fighter is the most suitable!

After easily detaching himself from the flight deck, Mitsuo Matsuzaki flew the Zero and climbed up quickly, a small and nimble aircraft with a good climb rate.

The aircraft carrier formation below gradually shrank into points on the sea, and Mitsuo Matsuzaki's Zero fighter plane burrowed into the clouds, and when it climbed out of the clouds, it had risen to more than 2,000 meters.

The aircraft carrier formation below took off eight fighters, each in one direction, searching an area of 500 kilometers near the aircraft carrier, and the direction of Matsuzaki Mitsuo was southeast of the aircraft carrier.

Fly, continue to fly forward, the long flight is very boring, at the same time, Matsuzaki Mitsuo also needs to visually search the sea surface, as the distance continues to increase, the width of his search is also increasing.

Half an hour, it passed quickly.

An hour passed.

A third of the fuel has already been consumed, the distance has reached the required level, and in sight, there is nothing, and according to the requirements of the mission, he should return.

But he didn't, as a pilot of an island nation, he was loyal, arrogant.

Keep flying!

When he was halfway through the fuel consumption, he was only a little more than 100 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor, and at this moment, he saw the faint outline of the sea, and he was immediately overjoyed.