Koga is right about having no combat experience, and it can even be said that Chinese sailors have never even seen an aircraft carrier before, and although they have seen destroyers, it is also the first time that a destroyer like the US military has used it...... Even the most advanced "Pinghai" and "Ninghai" used by China in the past are still far from the combat effectiveness of the "Clemson"-class destroyers that the US military has given to the Chinese troops. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But there is one thing Koga Mine guessed wrong, and that is the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Navy.

Although Liu Guangzhong, Zhang Junhua and a number of subordinates are Chinese Navy, they are Chinese Navy trained by the US Navy...... In terms of the degree of excellence after training, the Chinese Navy is definitely superior to the US Navy under the same conditions of training, mainly because the Chinese Navy is willing to learn, train, and is not afraid of hardships, and it can even be said without exaggeration that it is braver than the US military, and the US military is much worse in these aspects.

The advantage of the US military lies in the language, as well as a certain amount of expertise in mechanics, maintenance, etc...... Due to the casualties of the war and the service of a large number of warships, the US military does not have enough sailors with quality and professional knowledge, so many American soldiers on the warships are actually similar to Chinese soldiers. For example, when the US military was conducting landing operations, a considerable number of the sailors who operated the Higgins ship and the amphibious landing vehicle were rookies who had only undergone emergency training for a week.

The Chinese Navy, on the other hand, is well aware of the gap between itself and the US military in terms of combat experience and professional knowledge, so all it can do is to pay close attention to training and bury its head in catching up.

Training on the part of the US military is one thing, but more importantly, Zhang Chi knew that training was one thing, and actual combat was another, so he organized officers at all levels to study all the naval and air battles and aircraft carrier battles that had taken place in the Pacific theater, including the "Midway" naval battle and the "Coral Island" naval battle.

Of course, the information and data on these combat cases were provided by the US military.

For the Chinese Navy, which has never participated in battles or commanded the war, these examples and the mistakes made by both the enemy and the reasons for their successes reflected in these battles are a good process of drawing on experience.

After the completion of the exercise, it was digested by drills from time to time, so at this time, the Chinese Navy was no longer inferior to any US aircraft carrier group in terms of quality, and what it lacked was still in equipment, such as the lack of submarines to cooperate with the aircraft carrier group, and the lack of "hellcats" for fighters.

These lessons learned by the Chinese Navy are clearly useful.

For example, Zhang Junhua maintained two fighter formations along the way, with 24 fighters cruising in the air...... Under normal circumstances, the US military patrols the air in a formation of fighters, but the US military generally has a two-aircraft carrier formation or a three-aircraft carrier formation, so there are more than two formations of fighters cruising in the air.

This shows a rigorous attitude of Zhang Junhua, you must know that the sky over the Marshall Islands at this time is basically the world of Americans, and it can be said that there are very few situations where Japanese fighters will be encountered, and it is enough to keep one fighter patrolling in the air according to common sense, but Zhang Junhua insists on maintaining two formations in the air at all times, even if this will consume more fuel, and at the same time, because of the frequent take-off and landing of fighters, it will increase the pressure of scheduling.

Facts have also proved that Zhang Junhua's approach is correct.

At 2:35 p.m., the "Ziqiang" reported that it had spotted an unknown group of planes on their radar, with 40 sorties, 60 nautical miles away from the "Ninghai."

This news was a little embarrassing for Liu Guangzhong and Zhang Junhua...... Is this an enemy fighter or a US military fighter?

If the "Pinghai" is a US aircraft carrier, then it may be even less likely to cause such misunderstandings, because they can use the communication system to ask friendly forces in the shortest possible time whether there is a fleet of aircraft operating in the area.

However, at this time, the "Pinghai" had not yet formed a complete combat system with the US military...... This is mainly because the US military has invested too many aircraft carriers at the same time, including more than 20 escort aircraft carriers, so it has not yet been perfected to be able to share data and command in a unified manner. There is no way to ask this inquiry.

However, Zhang Junhua was just stunned, and the next second he immediately ordered: "The fighter plane is urgently in the air, and all units are ready for battle!" The first formation rushed to the designated position to meet the battle! ”

The air defense sirens were soon sounded, and the sailors rushed to their posts as fast as they could, and the ships adjusted their positions to enclose the aircraft carrier in the center......

As a result, when the first wave of Japanese fighters reached the sky over the "Pinghai," the Chinese fleet was ready to respond to the enemy, and even the 12 fighters of the first formation rushed to the road of the Japanese fighters to set up an ambush, but the Japanese army knew nothing...... The Japanese army did not have a radar, or rather, it had a radar, but that kind of almost primitive radar could not be used in such a situation, so the Japanese army, which wanted to sneak attack the Chinese army, was attacked by Chinese fighters instead.

After the war, Liu Guangzhong couldn't help but feel strange, he couldn't understand how Zhang Junhua could see that those were the devil's fighters.

Zhang Junhua's answer was: "I don't know it's a devil's fighter, but there is a saying 'be prepared', so I'll treat them as a devil's fighter to guard against it!" ”

Liu Guangzhong felt that Zhang Junhua's words were reasonable, and anyway, he was not in a hurry, and the delay in arriving in the Kwajalein sea area would not have a great impact on the war, but if those fighters were enemy planes and his side was unprepared, something would happen.

A few minutes later, the battle began.

Leading the first wave of 39 Japanese fighters of various types was Yamada Michiyuki's deputy Namito Shaosa, who was ordering the fighters to speed up and rush towards the target, that is, the "Pinghai", but suddenly a machine gun sounded overhead, and then three fighters were hit into black smoke and planted down.

"We are ambushed!" While skillfully raising the nose to meet the battle, Nakai Shaosa loudly reported to Michiyuki Yamada in the second wave behind him: "We have been ambushed, probably a fighter of the Chinese army...... They are prepared! ”

"How is that possible?!" Michiyuki Yamada couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard this.

Michiyuki Yamada was not so surprised because he knew that the Chinese troops were prepared, because he knew that the Chinese troops probably also had radars, and they would see and prepare for enemy aircraft from tens or even hundreds of nautical miles away, but if the Japanese fighters approached the target at top speed at this time, then the preparation time was only ten minutes.

Ten minutes is simply nothing that can be done for the Chinese army, which has no combat experience.

But now this is clearly not the case, because the Chinese army even organized an ambush!

(To be continued.) )