Admittedly, there was a strategic element to such an approach by Japanese submarines...... Japan is a country with extremely poor resources, so they need to use good steel on the cutting edge, that is, use expensive torpedoes to destroy more valuable targets. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in fact, another reason why the Japanese Navy will do this is that the Japanese naval officers are overjoyed, or it can be said that the Japanese military is misguided...... The record of Japanese naval officers in their promotions was based on the fact that they had damaged or sunk enemy warships, aircraft carriers, or warplanes, and transport ships were not considered at all.

Therefore, the officers of the Japanese Navy, including the officers at the grassroots level, all agree on the same truth...... No matter how many transports are destroyed and how much they contribute to the campaign, what is it? None of them can be their own achievements and be promoted, but they have to risk their lives! Isn't that stupid?!

As a result, the Japanese naval officers unanimously agreed with what seemed to outsiders to be a clear mistake, attacking enemy warships instead of transports with submarines.

However, Koga did not make this mistake.

It may sound like an easy one, but when everyone around you is doing it and you're different, you're often questioned by your subordinates, your peers, and even yourself...... Is this really the right thing to do?

But Koga Mineichi seems to have no better choice, he can only hold the Marshall Islands for the purpose of submarines, in addition to threatening the US fleet, but also to attack its transport ships, fighters do not attack enemy aircraft carriers but target tanks on the "wolf's horn".

Michiyuki Yamada's operation began before dawn.

It should be said that it is very dangerous to fly over the sea before dawn, especially since at this time a considerable number of Japanese pilots are novices with no combat experience, and in the dark of night they will drive the plane into the sea because they cannot distinguish between the sea and the sky.

However, Michiyuki Yamada knew that it would be just as dangerous, if not worse, to wait for the dawn to attack...... The reason is that the United States has a terrifying fighter "Hellcat".

Although Michiyuki Yamada knew that Mineichi Koga had used a submarine to force the US Navy's fleet away from the "Wolf's Horn," Yamada Michiyuki knew that this did not mean that it would be safe for them to sneak attack the "Wolf's Horn," because the Americans' fighters took off from aircraft carriers, and the fighters had a combat radius of hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, so this could not prevent the US fighters from appearing over the "Wolf's Horns" at all.

(Note: At this time, the Japanese did not know the performance data of the "Hellcat", they simply thought that since the performance of the "Hellcat" surpassed the zero battle in all aspects, then the combat radius should also exceed the zero battle to about 1,000 kilometers, but in fact, the US military has always believed that the combat radius of 1,000 kilometers is not practical in actual combat, so the combat radius of the "Hellcat" is still about 500 kilometers)

With this in mind, Michiyuki Yamada thinks that it is better to risk flying in the dark than facing the danger of facing the American ghost animal "Hellcat".

To this end, Michiyuki Yamada even made precise calculations, he calculated the possible flight time of the group in the air, and then knew the precise dawn time of the "wolf horn" through the contact with Nakatani River, so he ...... The Japanese fleet will rush to the sky just after dawn over the "Wolf's Horn."

"It's time!" Michiyuki Yamada said to Deputy Captain Nakai Shaosa: "Since the American ghost beast fighters do not have the ability to fight at night, the possibility of us being blocked is very small, and the Sino-US coalition forces may still be sleeping at this time, and then we can easily complete the task, that is, blow up the tank defense line formed by the Chinese, and even bomb it in depth, clearing the way for Nakatani-kun's attack!" ”

"Yes!" Nakai Shaoza did not have the slightest doubt about this plan, he had always trusted Michiyuki Yamada's judgment, and he believed that this battle would go as smoothly as the last attack on the US landing force, and it might even go even better.

What they don't know, however, is that this time the situation is completely different from the last one, and the difference is that instead of being unprepared, China is still ready to get ahead of them.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, one after another Zero fighters took off on time, and it took them about 10 minutes to assemble in the air, and then they flew toward the "wolf's horns" at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

The reason for flying at such a slow speed is, first, that it is necessary to let the first batch of 30 fighters that attract and divert the attention of US aircraft carrier fighters go ahead, and second, that slow flight can increase the reaction time of pilots and minimize the possibility of accidents.

During the flight, Michiichi Yamada reminded his subordinates to keep the altitude of the flight, and calculated the flight speed and distance from the target.

"Fifteen minutes to go!" Michiyuki Yamada reminded his subordinates through the walkie-talkie: "Everyone, get ready for battle and use your bombs to bring the army to the enemy's position!" ”

"Hooray!" The Japanese pilots howled wildly.

Michiyuki Yamada nodded with satisfaction, everything has gone smoothly so far, perhaps because he let a few experienced pilots lead the way, and this night flight did not have a single accident.

What made Michiyuki Yamada even more satisfied was that the sun in the east was slowly rising, illuminating the blue-black sea water below and casting the shadows of fighter planes, which made the Japanese pilots who had been flying nervously for more than half an hour in the dark night couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yamada-kun!" Nakaju Shaozo praised on the radio: "It's really not bad for a second, the calculation is very accurate!" ”

Michiyuki Yamada nodded to indicate that he heard it, and the rest was time to break into the sky over the "Wolf Horn" and taste the bombs against those Chinese and Americans who did not know what to do!

At this time, Michiyuki Yamada saw the tanks of the Chinese and American armies being blown up one after another, and the Japanese army frantically rushed into the "wolf's horn" for a while, slashing and killing indiscriminately, and then re-raising the Japanese military flag at the "wolf's horn".

However, at this moment, the Kwajalein Island, which had already appeared in sight in front of him, suddenly burst into flames, followed by the sound of cannons like thunder.

"What's going on?" Zhongju Shaozo said suspiciously: "Could it be that the army launched an attack in advance?" These idiots! ”

"No!" Michiyuki Yamada observed for a while and said, "It's not that the army launched an attack in advance, but the enemy launched an attack!" ”

"What? This...... It can't be a coincidence! Nakaju Shaozuo couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hopefully it's a coincidence!" Michiyuki Yamada had a hint of foreboding, because if it was a coincidence, it would be too coincidental, so he believed that it was planned. (To be continued.) )