The "Pinghai" was a thorn in the side of the Japanese army, and the reason for this is needless to say, the "Pinghai" was originally the Japanese army's "Xianghe", which was converted after Rabaul was captured by Zhang Chi, which has always been regarded as a shame by the Japanese army, especially Koga Mine...... Because the "Shozuru" was even captured by the Chinese army in his hands, it was also his first defeat since he took over from Yamamoto Isoroku to command the Japanese Combined Fleet, and it was also the biggest failure, and even many Japanese naval generals decided that Koga Mine was inferior to Yamamoto Isoroku. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As a result, Koga Mine sent two submarines to follow the "Pinghai" from the very beginning, but the "Pinghai" was heavily guarded both in the air and underwater, so that the Japanese could not find a chance to attack.

But now the opportunity has come......

At this time, the battle on Kwajalein Island had reached the most critical and tense moment, and Halsey once felt that the aircraft carriers in the direction of Kwajalein Island were not enough...... In addition to protecting the Allied forces on the "wolf's horn" from Japanese bombing, the fighters on the aircraft carrier also had to ensure that they were not attacked by Japanese fighters.

Coupled with the fact that the battle on Woj Island was going well, and the Chinese troops had already broken the last line of defense of the Japanese army and occupied the entire island, so there was no need for so many aircraft carriers on Woj Island.

Which aircraft carrier will be transferred?

Of course, it is the "Pinghai", this is mainly because the main force on Kwajalein Island is still Chinese at this time, and there will certainly be no problem in transferring the "Pinghai" to be responsible for the air supremacy of Kwajalein, and Halsey believes that this is more conducive to the coordination of all parts of Kwajalein, so not long after Zhang Chi arrived on Kwajalein Island, the "Pinghai" and its subordinate ship group sailed from Woje Island to Kwajalein.

This undoubtedly gave the Japanese a chance, a golden opportunity to blow up the "Pinghai". Because when the "Pinghai" was in transition, the scope of its destroyer search was small, and at the same time, it was relatively isolated, and it was less likely to be reinforced by new US fighters...... The Japanese observed the bombing of Wojie Island by the "Pinghai" from the submarine and knew that the carrier-based planes on the "Pinghai" were still old fighters. At this time, what the Japanese army was afraid of was the new fighter plane of the US army, but the Japanese army did not pay much attention to the "Wildcat" fighter on the "Pinghai".

This is also one of the reasons why Koga Mineichi formulated the battle plan of the final counterattack of "Sound East and Attack West".

Koga Mineichi's idea was...... If Plan Z cannot be continued, and the Marshall Islands are destined to be broken by the U.S. military, then he will also have to make the Sino-American coalition pay a little price.

And this price is the "Pinghai".

So Koga Feng gave a death order to the Nakatani garrison on Kwajalein Island, so that they must desperately launch a counteroffensive against the Chinese troops, in order to attract the attention of the Sino-US coalition forces, and even in order to make the US military believe that Japanese fighters will appear over Kwajalein Island, Koga Feng Yi also deliberately sent several fighters to appear on the periphery of Kwajalein Island, looking like they were reconnoitring and searching for the US aircraft carrier.

Halsey was really fooled, he immediately sent a large number of fighters into the air to prepare for the battle, and all kinds of ships were also ready to fight.

However, at this time, all the remaining fighters of the Japanese army, including 38 Zero fighters, 37 bombers, and more than 23 torpedo planes, totaling 98 fighters, all flew in the direction of the "Pinghai."

Michiyuki Yamada's fighter squadron has been doing well until now, at least so far...... You must know that before the war, the total number of fighters in the fighter brigade was only 128, and there are still 98 fighters until now, and a total of 30 fighters were lost in several battles, and several of these fighters could not take off because of malfunctions. This is almost unimaginable in a situation where the quality of the Japanese pilots has declined in an all-round way and the US military is equipped with "Hellcat" fighters.

It can also be seen from this that Michiyuki Yamada's tactic of using fighters to fight guerrillas was still very successful, and if the Japanese army could implement this tactic, it would not be able to reverse the defeat...... The United States possessed the atomic bomb, and from this alone it was concluded that Japan's defeat was foregone. But Japan could prolong its demise as long as possible.

However, this tactic was not taken seriously in the Japanese army.

This is partly because the Marshall Islands did not hold on to the ...... in the end The Japanese were accustomed to judging heroes by success or failure, and many admirals were skeptical: "If the tactics of 'dispersed guerrillas' worked, why didn't they hold the Marshall Islands?" ”。

If there is some truth to this idea, then on the other hand, it seems a bit stupid, many Japanese naval commanders opposed the "scattered guerrilla" style of fighting, simply because the tactic seemed "cowardly and cowardly" and did not conform to the "bushido spirit" of the Great Japanese Empire. As a result, the Japanese fighters still "heroically" flew into the sky to confront the US "Hellcat" head-on, and even drove the fighter plane full of explosives into the enemy warship.

That's all for later.

At this time, 98 Japanese fighters flew towards the "Pinghai" in two waves...... The first wave consisted mainly of Zeros, supplemented by a small number of bombers and torpedoes, and the second wave consisted of only a small number of Zeros, mostly bombers and torpedoes.

The purpose of this arrangement is obvious, that is, it is hoped that the pilots of the Chinese army will use all their strength to intercept the first wave of the Chinese army, so that the second wave of Japanese fighters can easily break through the enemy's defensive circle and bomb the "Pinghai" when the enemy and us are inseparable.

Koga thought that the bombing was a safe and secure event, because he knew one thing clearly: although the Chinese troops fought well on land, it was another matter in the air.

Of course, the Chinese troops also use the US military's "Wildcat" fighters, but on the one hand, even if the US military pilots fly the "Wildcat" fighters, they will not necessarily be the opponents of the Japanese fighters, and on the other hand, the pilots of the Chinese military will not be able to become familiar with the performance of the "Wildcat" fighters in such a short period of time.

More importantly, the Chinese army lacks combat experience.

This lack of combat experience not only refers to the lack of experience in air combat, but also the experience of commanding aircraft carrier operations, at least Koga Mineichi could not find any examples of Chinese aircraft carrier operations...... before the "Pinghai", China did not even have aircraft carriers, and of course it is impossible to have combat experience.

So Koga Mineichi firmly believes that this time he will be able to take revenge and wash away his shame.

In Koga Mineichi's words, it is: "If the 'Shozuru' can be sunk, then this battle will not be considered a failure!" ”

And Liu Guangzhong, Zhang Junhua and even Zhang Chi don't know anything about it.

(To be continued.) )