A total of 12 97 ships attacked and flew to the target, of which the commander Nakazawa Nakasa's plane did not have weapons on it, he was responsible for observing the attack process and counting the results, and 5 of the remaining planes were equipped with ordinary *, which was responsible for luring the enemy's anti-aircraft fire and * replenishing knives after hits, and the remaining 6 carried new ones*. The miniaturization of these * makes them a little difficult for warships with thicker armor, while smaller warships are easy to be lost by radar in the waves, and warships of 10,000 tons are the most ideal targets.

Against the heavy armored units of the American battleship-class, Onishi tended to use sound self-guidance*. Due to its greater power, it is also easy to capture the sound signals of large ships, and heavy warships have a larger turning radius and a deeper draft, which can also offset some of the unreliable magnetic fuses that pass through the hull without exploding.

Of course, this will inevitably lead to the complexity of tactical formulation, because it is easy to take measures to understand the target situation before attacking, and then put in the corresponding ammunition, which is also a problem that Ozawa is worried about.

His original intention in launching this attack was also to hope that the US fleet would retreat in the direction of the Mariana Islands in the face of difficulties and avoid an early decisive battle. It was hard for him to imagine commanding a seemingly massive, but average speed of only 22 knots, to gain the initiative in an engagement with an American army that was traveling at more than 30 knots. In addition to waiting for the new aircraft carrier to be launched, he also hoped that Onishi would get his stuff out of the way, at least not so many restrictions that would get in the way of the attack.

He saw that his first wave was sacrificed in vain, and half of the 99 ships that attacked were lost. Of course, this result was also very abnormal, and the pilot was heard exclaiming on the radio in the telegraph room: the enemy's anti-aircraft guns were quite efficient. Maybe the enemy has some new weapons, too.

"In 20 minutes, most of the squadron was wiped out, and the bomb hit rate was so low. There are too many novices in the first air battle, and it is completely impossible to fight fiercely. Ozawa sighed.

"If you know that the bomb can't hit, it's better to hit it directly. Novices won't be able to bump into it. "It doesn't matter if Onishi is on the side.

"If the enemy runs away in the end, I'm worried that the morale will ......"

"They're not going to run away, trust me."

Ozawa was silent, he waited for the final result to appear.

The U.S. fleet was fleeing north at high speed, which was the established strategy, they discovered the sortie of the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, the mission was completed, and then it was handed over to Halsey's task force. In fact, there were no Marines to follow the Navy, and Nimitz was not ready to land in the Marianas, which was to further destroy the Japanese Navy, and the next step would be to attack the Marshall Islands, which were closer to Pearl Harbor, and then Palau and the Marianas.

The radar soldier saw a faint streak on the circular cathode ray tube, and the fringes were displayed intermittently according to the rotation cycle of the radar. Altimetry radars are not yet able to detect the enemy, but as a rule of thumb, this is a medium-sized enemy group and not at a large height.

The sirens sounded again, and the observer received directions, and then used 50x telescopes throughout the hull to observe the possible position of the enemy.

The Astoria has been equipped with jamming equipment, which is divided into two parts, one of which is an active defense system, which can quickly detect the signature of radar waves emitted by the enemy, and then deceive and jam them. The second is a passive system that fires chaff. However, the two systems could not be integrated, and the chaff system was controlled by a button in the command module, which in turn was decided by a co-captain who decided the timing of the launch based on visual inspection.

Japanese planes began to search, and Japan's new magnetron technology allowed them to start searching outside the line of sight using the radar itself, without worrying about the radar stopping work early because of poor reliability or poor cooling, which would not have been possible without Makino's deep integration of the Japanese electronics industry.

Once the target is searched, the pilot in the cabin will get an audio signal, and the navigator behind the pilot must use the pulse radar to measure the range, and quickly judge the nature of the target from the oscilloscope graphic, and then decide whether to launch or not.

Of course, this step is redundant, because such an over-the-horizon mode, even in calm sea experiments, has never been achieved, and ultimately needs visual recognition. Therefore, the night attack mode that Makino has always wanted, there are still technical difficulties and cannot be crossed.

The preparation time for the U.S. military's artificial adaptation jamming is about 2 minutes, which depends on the manual analysis of the detected radio frequency signal to avoid unnecessary false alarms, because the communication or radar signals on the ships of all parties are very messy, and it is necessary to judge whether it belongs to the Japanese * radar before jamming can be implemented, which is also a trivial matter, once the jamming antenna is turned on, it will cause the fleet communication and radar to fail, so jamming is also a double-edged sword and cannot be used easily.

The Japanese planes and the American sailors saw each other almost at the same time, and the Japanese incoming fleet was not escorted by Zero fighters. This shortened the distance at which they could be detected by enemy radars.

Six bombers, one after the other, captured the same target - the largest, the last warship.

The Astoria had the most powerful anti-aircraft firepower, so she remained at the very end of the fleet. 3 * aircraft advanced in the sporadic fire net of 127-mm anti-aircraft guns, and then dropped bombs at a distance of about 6 km.

The Japanese * had superior range, but at long distances the chances of shooting at high-speed targets were almost nil. But with the subsequent launch of 6 *, the situation is different. These * flew to the target at an altitude of 200 meters and were subjected to electromagnetic interference by the US military in an area of 3 km from the target. But * still rushed headlong to the goal. The U.S. military did not detect the change in the signal band of the Japanese radar, and the electronic warfare personnel on the deck saw that the interference was ineffective, so they immediately decided to switch to clutter noise interference. Full-band noise interference caused the 127mm cannon to fire a large number of early smart munitions using VT fuses, which exploded in advance, but missed the best means of countermeasures.

4 of 6*, hitting the Astoria Heavy Cruise. * Improved end-of-the-way guidance, which made its dive angle greater, and the impact phase, the speed was close to the speed of sound, two of which penetrated the hull and exploded inside.

Nakazawa saw the entire attack process with a telescope, with a hit rate of 66% and an excellent attack effect. He immediately reported to Kaga that the results were satisfactory, and then commanded two planes to re-fire at the target, which quickly returned to zero, while he himself continued to stay near the target for observation.

At the same time, Halsey's fleet was pounced, and he abandoned the attack on Guam and Tinian in order to swallow Ozawa's fleet in one gulp. He immediately received a telegram from the detachment reporting that one of his heavy cruises had been heavily damaged by the enemy. The message conveyed by the telegram was confusing, and on the one hand, it was mentioned that electronic interference seemed to be ineffective; On the other hand, it is not excluded that it was the result of direct flights from Japan* or dive bombers.

Halsey hesitated for a moment, but he decided to go on the offensive and thus take the last chance to avoid this fight.

The Cairo Conference entered the second day of high-level talks, and unlike the first day, Chu Tingchang was invited to consult with British and American generals at the campaign level.

He was joined by two major generals of the national army: Guo Bin and Shen Zui. In fact, they are not combat officers, but military commanders. Chu Tingchang also couldn't understand what Lao Jiang was doing with the two spy leaders in a meeting, and it was not ruled out that it was aimed at himself.

The meeting was held in the fog of the generals of various countries, but in fact it was just a retreat meeting, so as to avoid the boredom of the generals who followed the leader and let them talk nonsense. But Montgomery didn't think so, and after thinking about it these days, he felt that there were still some questions he wanted to ask Chief Chu.

However, he still wanted to hide it, so he just took out a map of the surrounding area of Phnom Penh to ask for advice on the strategy of the armored troops in the use of mountains.

Chief Chu knew that the British had calculated in their hearts that they were going to land in Sicily, but at present, it was confidential and could not be said explicitly, so he took the mountains of Cambodia to inquire about the coordination of armored troops and engineering troops. Montgomery probably knew that Chief Chu Ting's engineering troops had a strong ability to break through centripetally in the fortified area, which was impossible for his troops to learn in the desert, but it was a much-needed knowledge.

"General Chu, let's assume that the enemy has deployed a large number of troops in all directions and built a solid system, while my strength advantage is only 1.5 to 1, and the enemy is here, here...... And here," Montgomery gestured with his hand on the map of Cambodia, "at least 150,000 of them have been buried*, and my sappers must attack before the armored forces...... I wonder how you did it at the time. ”

"Brother, battle after battle, the art of war is constant, and the use of magic is in one mind: hehehe, that's it."

"What?" Montgomery froze.

"Hehehe, that is to say, tactics cannot be used to copy rigid routines, it is just a mediocre group of Buddhas, we must adapt measures to local conditions and adapt to the situation......" Chu Tingchang smiled and moved the map away, smoking a cigar and drifting away. Leaving Montgomery confused, but he sensed that Chu Ting's long words were there, maybe he was worried that there were too many people here?

The British generals, of course, were not so easy to dismiss. He waited for a while, saw that Chu Tingchang went to the toilet, and decided to follow closely, maybe there were no idlers there, it was convenient to speak, of course he didn't want to deign to ask this god-like guy for advice, but the Sicilian campaign was extraordinary, and intelligence showed that Hitler put in the most elite SS divisions and the difficult Marshal Catherine, this air marshal was actually an artillery soldier and was known for being good at ground warfare.

Montgomery walked into the toilet and found Chu Tingchang with his back to him and a mirror.

"I knew you were coming. I know your plans, too. ”

"You know?"

"How could such a small calculation be hidden from me...... Cyprus, huh. You are going to attack Sicily. ”

Chu Tingchang pointed to the mirror in front of him, where he had already drawn a scribbled map of Sicily with the water vapor in Ha.

"I want to ...... You really are the most amazing general I've ever met. I was really worried about the Germans there. ”

"And Barton, right? An unruly American like him won't listen to you. ”

"How could such a small calculation be hidden from me...... Cyprus, huh. You are going to attack Sicily. ”

Chu Tingchang pointed to the mirror in front of him, where he had already drawn a scribbled map of Sicily with the water vapor in Ha.