The white clouds are fluttering in the sky, and the blue waves on the sea are surging. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As a tourist destination for later generations, the sea and sky scenery around the Hawaiian Islands is truly refreshing.

Suddenly, two silver-white Zero fighters emerged from the picturesque white clouds. The pilots in the cabin were all sideways, their eyes swept through the glass to the sea below, and the images they saw instantly made their nervous scalps tingle. I could only see that on the sea below the clouds, five aircraft carriers were staggered in two columns, dozens of cruisers and destroyers were guarding the surroundings, and thick smoke drifted into the sky, dyed with a particularly dazzling black streak.

"Captain, we've found the American aircraft carrier!" Egmon came from inside Hirschman's headphones. Prince Lip Wiesenfield spoke with a slight excitement. It turned out that they had lost those American planes for a time - Little Hersman did not dare to get too close, for fear of being discovered by the Americans, but when they were about to follow the point, they were still discovered by the Americans, and at once they sent 18 F4Fs to intercept them. Where did little Hersman dare to fight, he had to turn the 4-plane formation into a 2-plane formation, and then escape in two directions. The other three "Comet" dive bombers that were traveling with them also scattered and fled.

It was not easy to get rid of the American planes, but the American aircraft carrier formation could not be found. As a result, Hersman Jr. could only fight with Egmon. Prince Lip Wissenfeld piloted his plane to search everywhere and now finally found several American aircraft carriers under a large cloud cover.

"Hurry up, get out of here and get into the clouds!" Hasman Jr. did not have time to get excited, but immediately shouted to Prince Lip Wissenfield to leave with him in the plane. "The Americans must have radars on their aircraft carriers, they must have known that we were coming!"

He and Egmon. As soon as Prince Lip Wissenfield flew his plane into the clouds, several F4Fs flew down from the sky, spun around twice where the two Zeros had left, and then reluctantly left.

"Lieutenant General, let the two Japanese devils escape!"

Halsey was expressionless, and after listening to the report of the aviation staff officer, he just shook his head and said, "Run, just run, let them report our location." He turned around and ordered, "Let's run too, speed 25, course 180." ”

"Lieutenant General, do you want to send enemy planes?"

"No, there's no time for that." Halsey waved his hand and said, "And Oahu and Midway will send all the planes that can fly to the enemy, we just need to hurry up and escape." ”

Halsey, though a bit reckless, knew that the most important thing to do now was to lure the Japanese aircraft carriers away from around Oahu. As long as the main force of the Pacific Fleet under the command of Kimmel can escort the SH01 fleet into Hilo Harbor, then the United States can win the battle of Hawaii.

Moreover, Halsey can now guess how much Japan is investing in Hawaii, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as an all-or-nothing one. If Japan loses the battle of Hawaii, then Japan will lose almost the entire war.

Therefore, for the US Pacific Fleet, there is no need to rush to achieve success now, it should first be undefeated, and then slowly fight a protracted war with the Japanese in Hawaii - the United States does not even need to sink many Japanese aircraft carriers and battleships, as long as it can drag the Japanese Grand Fleet here in the Hawaiian Islands for a few months and exhaust the Japanese oil reserves, the war will be won.

……

"Commander, the American aircraft carrier has been discovered!"

Nagumo Zhong hurriedly walked to the chart platform, where the staff officer had already marked the location where the Halsey fleet had been found.

"There are 5 motherships in total!" Minoru Genda excitedly reported. "The most important aircraft carriers of the United States must be there!"

"How much distance is there? Will it be possible to launch an air strike? Nagumo asked.

"It's about 300 nautical miles, a little bit far." Minoru Genda replied.

300 nautical miles is almost 555 kilometers, which is theoretically possible. But the aircraft carrier formation is not a fixed target, it is a living target that moves everywhere, and it usually runs very fast. If Nagumo sends planes immediately, then the distance of nearly 555 kilometers, if you count the time for planes to take off from the aircraft carrier and form formation, it will take at least 2 hours. Halsey's fleet travels at a speed of 25 knots and can travel 50 nautical miles, or 92.6 kilometers. Running so far, and now there are clouds in the sky, it is easy to lose the goal.

Minoru Genda made a suggestion, "Commander, it is better to let the Kaga send a 'Comet' plane to search, and the remaining five aircraft carriers will pursue it with all their might." ”

Nan Yunzhong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, that's it." Then tell the location of the American aircraft carrier to the 'Emperor Frederick III' and let it pursue it at full speed. Wait for the distance between the two sides to be shortened to 250 kilometers and then launch the V3 man-missile! Be sure to sink an American aircraft carrier! ”

……

"Commander, Commander Nagumo is calling, the First Mobile Fleet has begun to pursue the American aircraft carrier."

Inside the "Yamato Hotel", Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded with satisfaction after listening to Ugaki's report, and said with a smile: "The Americans will soon find out that Nagumo is in pursuit, and their planes on Midway Island will find Nagumo's, and then the Americans' convoy will approach Hawaii Island." ”

"Commander, do you want Vice Admiral Takasu to lead a battleship formation to the vicinity of Hawaii Island now?"

Yamamoto Fifty-six shook his head, "No. He paused, and then said, "Every night in the past few days, the four ships Nagato, Mutsu, Hiei, and Kirishima will shell Oahu. If they don't shell tonight, the Americans will have some suspicions. ”

"Sir," Ugaki said, "don't dispatch the four ships Nagato, Mutsu, Hiei, and Kirishima?" ”

Yamamoto Isoroku said, "Let Kirishima attack." ”

"Only the Kirishima?" Ugaki shook his head, "It's very likely that the Americans will cover their transport fleet with three battleships, and I'm afraid it's not an opponent by relying on the Kirishima one." ”

Yamamoto fifty-six smiled: "How can there be only one ship Kirishima?" Isn't there still a Yamato? ”

"Let the Yamato go out?" Ugaki frowned, "The Yamato is the weapon of the final battle......"

Yamamoto fifty-six waved his hand and said in a solemn tone: "The first battle is a decisive battle!" If you lose in Hawaii, there will be no future for the empire! So, now is the perfect time to use the Yamato. ”

……

"Did you calculate it? When will V3 be launched? ”

On the missile cruiser "Emperor Fitrey III", Captain Max. Lieutenant Colonel Schultz asked aloud.

"Sir, at least 10 hours later, and 250 kilometers is too far," said gunners Helmut. Captain Noyce replied, "The V3 missile should not be used for line-of-sight diplomacy, and 20-30 kilometers is the ideal range." ”

The V3 missile was based on the V1 missile, which was originally designed to be controlled by radio or wire to attack enemy ships within visual range. In fact, it is an anti-ship missile that operates by visual operation. As conceived by the German Navy, such weapons were supposed to be used at artillery combat distances of 20-30 km. During the fleet artillery battle, the V1 Island bomb was launched, and the remote control missile was used by the operator in the bridge of the "missile cruiser" to attack the target. At first, I didn't think about letting people control it, let alone hitting 200-250 kilometers away.

Although it is not difficult to achieve such a range in theory, there is a big problem in practical operation - this V3 missile is very difficult to maneuver, and it is not easy to fly it for tens of kilometers, if you want to fly 200-250 kilometers, let Hannah. Leitch's little woman wasn't necessarily sure, let alone the Japanese maniacs who took the wrong medicine.

Max. Lieutenant Colonel Scholz shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Captain, we can't ...... this matter If they want to fight, they will fight, and it is not the Germans who die anyway. Maybe 1 out of 10 V3 missiles hit? The Japanese guy named Seki Yukio flew well, and I think it would be more valuable for him to die. ”

"Well, then," Helmut. Captain Noyce shook his head helplessly, "If the Japanese tell us that the direction is not wrong, it can be launched between 4 and 4:30 p.m." But...... I am afraid that it will be difficult for these V3s to find US aircraft carriers, and they need a "Comet" aircraft to lead the way. ”

……

"Lieutenant General, the radar has detected several more unidentified enemy aircraft."

At 5:20 p.m. on December 17, 1941, the radar officer of the aircraft carrier "Enterprise" again reported the approach of enemy aircraft.

"How many are there?" Halsey asked.

"Less than 10."

"Those fast-flying reconnaissance planes again?" Halsey asked, frowning. During the day today, the Japanese have been sending fast reconnaissance planes to harass Halsey's fleet, and they have not sent many of them, that is, they have sent a few planes at a time to fly around the aircraft carrier formation. What makes Halsey a little depressed is that the Japanese are so fast that even the F4F fighter is difficult to catch up.

"I guess so." The radar officer of the Enterprise was also not sure, where could he tell what kind of plane it was on the radar screen?

"Let the Saratoga and Lexington catapult a couple of F4Fs out." Halsey ordered.

The Saratoga and Lexington are equipped with flywheel catapults that can catapult aircraft, which can catapult F4F fighters directly into the sky. However, this is not the main way to take off the plane, it is only used to deal with emergencies.

After giving the order, Vice Admiral Halsey began to look up at the sky, it was already evening, and in a few moments it would be dark, and by then the SH01 fleet should have arrived safely on Hawaii Island.

Suddenly, a staff officer shouted: "General, the lookout post has reported that several very strange planes with propellers mounted on the back are flying towards us, and they are flying fast!" (To be continued.) )