Chapter 94 be a smart mouse

The U.S. and Japanese armies participating in the Battle of Midway differ greatly in strength.The Japanese army has 4 heavy aircraft carriers, 2 light aircraft carriers, and 11 battleships. The total number of ships in surface combat has reached 86. The US military has only 27 warships including 3 heavy aircraft carriers, which is less than one-third of the opponent's number. . But in actual combat, Yamamoto made a huge mistake. He didn't push all his troops to the forefront.For example, the flagship "Yamato", which is the largest and most powerful battleship in the world, was used by Yamamoto as the maritime command, and was placed at the rear along with some other large battleships, which is equivalent to cutting off a part of the combined fleet. Only claws.

In doing this, Yamamoto is said to be saving battleships as a mobile force, so that while preventing the US military from attacking Tokyo, it can also launch a surprise attack on the Pacific Fleet that rescued Midway Island. According to Yamamoto's wishful thinking, the Pacific Fleet will only appear after Midway Island is taken by the Japanese army. At that time, the mobile force will go up and kill the opponent first, and then the battleship team under his control will adopt surprise tactics and be responsible for taking the American fleet caught off guard. All remnants were removed.

Later, evidence emerged that Yamamoto had been influenced by a military treatise whose author argued against the bombardment of shore installations by battleships.Yamamoto may have been inspired by this, and he regards "not using ships to attack ground forces" as the basic principle of naval operations. So when the air-sea battle on Midway Island was in full swing, the battleships that Yamamoto was proud of became idlers collectively. If he could gather all the 11 battleships, instead of relying on air strikes, he would only rely on the giant artillery on the ship It is entirely possible to take the entire island.

No wonder some people commented that instead of this, it would be better to let the "Zhushima Fleet" stay on Zhushima, so that at least it can save fuel. Like the battleships, Yamamoto had passed his war years, and he could not even make up for the loopholes he left for Nimitz, but even so, the Japanese army still had a clear advantage at the front.After all, Nagumo's four old aircraft carriers are well-known on the Pacific battlefield, and it would be difficult to fight each other one-on-one, let alone one less in number. Nimitz naturally focused his attention on another set of data, which was a comparison of the number of aircraft available to the two sides. The total number of US aircraft was 348, while that of Japanese aircraft was 325, and the number of US aircraft was 23 more.The extra 23 are exactly the number of land-based aircraft such as the "Predator" and "Flying Fortress" on Midway Island.

Nimitz asked the Midway Island Air Force to launch a continuous attack on the mobile force in order to try to destroy or damage the old aircraft carrier of Nanyun, so as to weaken the advantage of the Japanese army before the official duel. With great anxiety, he waited for a call from Midway Island. After two hours of radio silence, Semade finally sent a very short message, which revealed that the Midway Air Force had basically The aircraft carrier was crippled, but the mobile unit suffered minor losses. Except for a little fright, not a single aircraft carrier was sunk or damaged. The extra 23 land-based aircraft played little role.This news was too shocking. Nimitz was very depressed. He frowned tightly, walking around the room like a caged animal.

Next we have to see how the task force performs. Before the war, Nimitz knew that the Japanese not only wanted to capture Midway, but also attempted to lure and annihilate the main force of the Pacific Fleet. The Miz's elite unit. Nimitz will plan, you treat me as a mouse, then I will be a mouse, but to be a smart mouse, without touching the spring on your clip, I will eat the cheese on the clip bite by bite, thus Let you steal the chicken without losing money. So the two task forces quietly entered the waters of Midway Island. Until the naval battle started, Yamamoto and Nagumo were kept in the dark, thinking that the other party was still in Hawaii.

Of course, Nagumo's mobile force is by no means good - even if the two US task force fleets are added together, they are still at a disadvantage compared with them. If they confront each other head-on, over time, they will become like the British fleet in the Indian Ocean. That would be a catastrophe. The only way to win is to learn from the sheepdog. When seeing wolves threatening the flock, a well-trained shepherd dog will never foolishly run out from the front to drive them away. It will wait for the opportunity to attack from the flanks, and then rush up like lightning, dying Bite the wolf's neck.

Whether the task force was discovered in advance by the Japanese side will be the key to determining the outcome. The Hawaii intelligence station closely monitored any radio transmissions from the Mobile Force.They intercepted a verbal report from Ganley's spy plane, which was deciphered by Rocheford. When Nimitz received the information from Layton, he was shocked.