69novels Chapter 877
Chapter 877
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Minister Tanaka’s guess was correct. After the Combined Fleet received this telegram, it was like a shot of chicken blood. From top to bottom, the morale of the entire fleet suddenly improved a lot!
“Gentlemen, the rise and fall of the Empire depends on this battle!”
Yamamoto Fifty-roku just repeated what Togo Heihachiro said in the Battle of Tsushima, and the entire Japanese fleet immediately showed a crazy state of fearless death!
The German army soon felt the changes in the Japanese army!
This can be seen from the crazy actions of the opponent’s fighter pilots in the air battle!
“The third wave of air raids did not achieve much success. The Japanese pilots were like crazy, not caring about their own casualties, and launched a suicidal attack on our fighter planes. Seven or eight of our fighter planes were destroyed in such collisions!”
The commander in charge of the aviation unit on the Southern Fleet’s aircraft carrier said to Nimitz worriedly that the opponent’s new tactics were a bit jaw-dropping!
They actually took the initiative to fight the German army with a mutual destruction method.
Every Japanese pilot seemed to be possessed by a ghost.
They didn’t care about their own life and death at all.
After discovering the German planes, they rushed towards the German planes with red eyes and shouted slogans such as”Hei Ka, the sky is troubling” and”Onboard”!
To be honest, this tactic is difficult to guard against.
After all, the Japanese army has an advantage in manpower.
They cooperate with each other in the form of teams to hunt.
If they wanted to kill the German planes, the Germans would find it really hard to resist!
The third wave of the offensive ended in failure for this reason. Their attack was originally intended to penetrate deep into the core area of the Japanese fleet to attack the opponent’s aircraft carriers and other main battleships, but they were intercepted by the Japanese suicide attack on the periphery!
In fact, the Japanese did not actively launch a suicidal attack at the beginning. At first, they also tried to engage in air combat with the Germans, but soon they found themselves in a disadvantageous position, and then they immediately changed their strategy and no longer stubbornly fought a regular air battle with the Germans!
They They played their numerical advantage and used such a tactic of exchanging one for one with the Germans!
This tactic was a one-for-one exchange for the Japanese army, because it was difficult for them to gain an advantage in air combat, and when they launched a suicide attack, they were easily shot down by German planes. Therefore, even if the Japanese destroyed the German fighters, it was often not one for one, but two for one or one and a half for one!
However, this loss was obviously beyond the acceptable range for the Germans!
Because all their pilots were experienced veteran pilots, the value of these pilots was actually higher than the value of these aircraft.
The time required to train a pilot was much longer than the time required to produce an aircraft, so the aircraft could be destroyed, but the pilot could not be lost!
The area of the battle was close to the fleet of the foot basin, and the sea control in this area was not in the hands of the Germans themselves!
So even if the German pilots became parachutes after the battle, they would eventually be drowned in the sea or captured by the Japanese!
With the brutal style of the Japanese army, once these pilots fell into their hands, their fate was destined to be no better!
Therefore, such an exchange point was unacceptable!
“Stop the offensive and let the enemy attack us!”
Nimitz took a deep breath. He had guessed the intention of the Japanese commander!
They have five aircraft carriers, three or four hundred fighters, and even more pilots, probably more than five hundred!
At this time, although the decks of the Kaga and Shokaku aircraft carriers were destroyed and could not be put into combat, the undestroyed fighters and their pilots on these aircraft carriers could enter the other three aircraft carriers to fight!
Therefore, although the Japanese army only has three aircraft carriers, they actually still have reserve troops for five aircraft carriers, which gives them enough capital to fight the German army one-on-one!
“It seems that the commander of the Combined Fleet is very smart. They should have estimated the number of our aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft based on the scale of our previous air strikes, so they decided to use their military advantage to fight a war of attrition with us. As long as they can exchange all our fighter jets, then their remaining fighter jets will be able to gain air superiority!”
“Once they gain air superiority, there is no need to guess what they will do next. They will use their air superiority to send torpedo planes and bombers to attack us, just like we did to them before!”
Although he had never met the commander of the Combined Fleet, Nimitz had a rough idea of his abilities and skills.
This guy was a ruthless character who would do anything to achieve his goals, even resorting to unthinkable methods such as suicide attacks!
Nimitz had never heard of this unconventional tactic, so he had no preparations in advance.
“If we give up the attack, what should we do next? The enemy should have discovered our position. If we continue to stay here, we will be in danger!”
Spruance, the deputy commander of the Southern Fleet and Nimitz’s friend, asked with a frown.
In the battle between aircraft carriers, their battleships, cruisers and other warships are a bit useless. Although they have been conscientiously protecting the safety of the entire fleet and serving as the escort of the aircraft carriers, and have not been paddling and watching the show, the power they contributed to this naval battle is actually very small and almost negligible.
Of course, this is based on the fact that the enemy does not take the initiative to attack and does not threaten the safety of their fleet.
Once the enemy takes the initiative to attack them, the pressure on Spruance and others will instantly increase!
Although the German warships were designed with special consideration for the needs of air defense operations, and a large number of anti-aircraft guns were installed specifically, And they also improved the fire control aiming system, further improving their hit rate.
However, anti-aircraft guns can only defend passively, and the initiative is actually in the hands of the attacker.
When defending, if they make any mistakes, the consequences will be extremely serious.
Therefore, the air defense security of the aircraft carrier battle group cannot rely solely on surface warships, but also requires the help of fighters on the aircraft carrier.
However, the enemy has adopted a suicidal attack combat mode, which makes it difficult for the fighters on the aircraft carrier to take off and fight, because if they take off, the enemy will definitely use such tactics to fight against them!
Therefore, the German army is in a bad situation now!
Nimitz took a deep breath, and he also felt that things were quite tricky.
However, he has found a way to deal with the enemy!