"Commander, the Marines have stormed Waikiki Beach, destroyed four U.S. artillery positions located at the southern foothills of the Kurau Mountains, and are currently besieging Diamond Head. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

On the battleship Yamato, Isoroku Yamamoto was also listening to the battle report from the Oahu side. When he heard that the Marines were "besieging Diamond Hill," his brow furrowed.

Yamamoto Fifty-six muttered in a low voice: "The siege is underway, that is to say, it has not been captured yet, it seems that the Marines are not fighting well......"

"Commander, the Marines attacked the enemy's fortress with more than a thousand brave men, and it is already a great victory to be able to destroy several key artillery positions of the enemy. Even if it can't capture Diamond Hill, it's just 10-12 305mm mortars. ”

Ugaki was quite satisfied with the performance of the navy's armored units that attacked from submarines. The armored forces of the Navy are already fooling around, and even the armored forces of the army have not done a good job, what else can the Navy make a name for? It's good to be able to get to the beaches of Honolulu now and knock out a couple of artillery positions. Although there are still some 305mm and 203mm mortars in the crater of Diamond Hill, those are all pre-World War I mortars, which not only have poor accuracy but also slow rate of fire, and can only deal with fixed targets, and pose little threat to moving targets.

Yamamoto Isoroku was noncommittal, and did not discuss the land battle on Oahu with Ugaki again. That's a headache for Imamura, Yamamoto Isoroku is the commander of the Combined Fleet, and what he has to worry about is how to fight the naval battle in Hawaii!

Just two hours ago, the "Emperor Frederick III", which was sent by Yamamoto Isoroku to reconnoiter the American fleet (Spruance fleet) with three heavy cruisers as the core (because this ship has a good radar and runs very fast, so it was used as a reconnaissance ship) sent a telegram that a huge unidentified fleet consisting of at least 20 ships was found 25 nautical miles east of the American heavy cruiser.

Yamamoto Fifty-six quickly made a judgment that this fleet must be the main fleet of the US Navy, and it is likely to have 3 very powerful battleships! So on the one hand, he ordered the "Emperor Frederick III" to continue to monitor, and on the other hand, he personally led the main forces of the 1st Fleet (with Yamato, Nagato, and Mutsu) to seek a decisive battle from the standby sea area.

"The key to the battle of Hawaii is still at sea in the final analysis!" Yamamoto Fifty-six squinted his eyes and said to himself, "As long as we can inflict another heavy blow on the US Pacific Fleet, then at least 12 months, Japan will be able to run rampant in the Pacific Ocean." ”

……

"Commander, are you going to send 2 heavy cruisers to drive away that damn Japanese ship?" The Chief of Staff of the Pacific Fleet, Frederick, once again made a proposal to Nimitz.

An unidentified ship has been circling around the 7th Task Force, the main force of the US Pacific Fleet, since dark, and has not approached, and has always maintained a distance of 25 nautical miles from the 7th Task Force.

It is clear that this ship must have been a cruiser or a heavy cruiser of the Japanese, and it was also equipped with a radar with quite good performance. If it weren't for the two cutting-edge battleships, the North Carolina and the Washington, British 279 radars installed in preparation for the Arctic Circle of the German fleet during the polar night, Task Force 7 would not have been able to spot the ghostly Japanese ship.

"No need." Nimitz frowned and said, "We don't have a 279 radar on our heavy cruiser, and it's night...... Japanese devils are very good at fighting at night! ”

The American heavy patrol, which is not good at night warfare and has no radar, and the Japanese heavy patrol, which has radar and is good at night warfare, is looking for death no matter how you look at it. So Nimitz wisely rejected Frederick's suggestion, but he could never have imagined that the 7th Task Force was monitoring a German "missile cruiser", although the ship was flagged with a Japanese flag and a Japanese livery was also put on. But it still won't face to face with American ships, and even if an American destroyer approaches, the "Emperor Frederick III" will slip away at full speed. In this way, Yamamoto Isoroku could not grasp the specific location of the Nimitz fleet.

"Admiral, if you don't drive this ship away, that super battleship of the Japanese may arrive soon." Frederick said worriedly.

Nimitz smiled: "I'm afraid there will be more than one super battleship, there will be 2 Nagato-class." The battleships that bombarded the Oahu Plains tonight used 14-inch (356mm) main guns, which were supposed to be 2 Kongo-class. ”

"Then how are we going to deal with 1 super battleship and 2 Nagato-class? We can't deal with these three Japanese battleships. They're so much more powerful than we are! ”

Nimitz shook his head and said, "No, we just can't deal with that Japanese battleship with a 460mm caliber cannon and a displacement of 80,000 tons." Those two Nagato ships were created more than 20 years ago, but they are no match for us. ”

"So what are we going to do?" Frederick had absolutely no idea what Nimitz was saying. He also knew that the North Carolina-class and Colorado-class were not very afraid of the Nagato-class, but with two Nagato and the 80,000-ton giant ship, it was still not difficult to beat the US Task Force 7.

"When the time comes, we'll run away," Nimitz said, "and we'll split up!" The fleet split into three and fled at full speed in three directions. ”

"This ......," Frederick somewhat understood, "do you think the Japanese fleet will split up in pursuit?" ”

If the Americans flee separately, the Japanese may split up and chase after them. So the ship that was chased by the Yamato...... It will not necessarily be unlucky, because if Yamato chases one of the two North Carolina class, then the speed of the North Carolina class at 28 knots is a guarantee of escape. The Colorado and the other North Carolina-class can fight the Nagato-class with their 16-inch guns, so they can always fight both sides.

Even if the Nagato-class was heavily damaged and the American battleship was sunk, Nimitz thought it was a good deal. Because the United States has more than 10 times more shipbuilding capacity than Japan!

In a word, US imperialism has money, some steel, some oil, and some shipyards! Hurting people with this can also make little Japan pay for death!

"And what if the Japanese don't disperse their formations and concentrate on pursuing one of our battleships?"

Nimitz smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, there are two more battleships going around Oahu, maybe you will meet those two King Kong class." Even if you can't catch the Kongo-class, it will be enough to sink dozens of Japanese transport ships anchored near Kauai Island. ”

While the two men were talking, the 279 radar on the North Carolina had already made a discovery.

"Sir, a group of unidentified ships was found at 329 degrees northwest of the group, and the number of ships exceeded 20!"

The Japanese fleet is coming!

Nimitz glanced at Frederick and said with a smile, "We are divided into 3 teams. Two North Carolina-class ships were incorporated into the 1st Sentai and turned to 50 degrees (northeast); The Colorado was incorporated into the 2nd Sentai and retreated in a 100-degree direction (southeast); The 3rd team with the USS Minneapolis and USS Philadelphia as the core ...... in a 200-degree direction (southwest direction)"

"Admiral, the USS Minneapolis is a heavy cruiser, and the USS Philadelphia is a light cruiser."

Nimitz glanced at his chief, who was a little dull-brained, and smiled slightly: "I know, but the Japanese don't know, they don't have a way to distinguish a battleship from a cruiser from the radar." ”

……

"Commander, the Emperor Frederick III reports that the American fleet split into three and fled in the direction of 50, 100 and 200 degrees."

Inside the bridge of the Yamato, Isoroku Yamamoto heard the report of the communications staff officer, and Ugaki and Ugaki glanced at each other.

"It's kind of interesting," Yamamoto smiled, "it seems that the Americans have changed a powerful commander." ”

"Commander, the Americans want us to disperse the pursuit as well." Ugaki reminded Yamamoto. "There's only one Yamato!"

"Aren't there still Nagato and Mutsu?" Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled coldly, "Before the Yamato was commissioned, the Nagato and Mutsu were the most powerful battleships in the world, are you still worried that they can't beat the American battleships?" ”

The data on paper of the two battleships, the Nagato and the Mutsu, is indeed the first of the seven major warships of the Navy's holiday era. They have the largest tonnage and the fastest speed, and they are equipped with the largest caliber of the main gun, which reaches 410mm!

Yamamoto Fifty-six sneered and ordered, "Now disperse the fleet and form three warbands to pursue." a squadron of the Yamato, to chase the American fleet in a 50-degree direction; Nagato and Mutsu went to chase the U.S. fleet at 100 degrees' and the other team consisted of light cruisers and destroyers, pretending to pursue the enemy at 200 degrees. ”

……

"Commander, the Japanese have been fooled, they have divided their forces!"

The radar on the Emperor Frederick III could not distinguish between a battleship and a cruiser. And the 279 radar on the USS North Carolina is also not so high in performance and cannot distinguish between battleships and cruisers!

So Nimitz didn't know at this time that the Japanese 80,000-ton giant ship was chasing him, and he didn't know that the hapless Colorado would soon be beaten by 2 Nagato-class.

"Okay," Nimitz nodded a little smugly, "speed up to 26 knots, and let's see how fast the Japanese battleships can go." ”

By testing the speed of the other party, Nimitz thought he could roughly guess who was chasing him? Because the Nagato-class is, after all, an old ship that is more than 20 years old, and the speed cannot be very fast, according to the data disclosed by the Japanese themselves, it is only 23 knots. If the Japanese battleship formation could keep up with it, Nimitz would be almost certain that it would be the 80,000-ton giant...... (To be continued.) )