I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

Kincaid hesitated: "But we still can't figure out how Midway was lost without a sound!"

"This is not important, the answer will be revealed when we win this battle!" Nimitz's eyes were blazing, "Tom (Kinkade's nickname), what type of aircraft are the Chinese aircraft carriers? What types of land-based aircraft are they?"

Kincaid thought for a while and replied: "The carrier-based aircraft currently in service in the Chinese Navy are mainly divided into four types: fighter jets, dive bombers, torpedo attack planes, and reconnaissance planes. Among them, the fighter jets are a combination of German Bf-109 and Japanese Zero A mixture of technologies, as you know, the Chinese, Germans, and Japanese once had a honeymoon period of cooperation and shared a lot of military technology with each other. In the past few years, the Chinese have not fought wars and have enough time to carry out Military research and development, so their weapons and equipment are quite advanced in technology. Their active aircraft carrier-based fighter jets are called 'JZ-32 C-type', and 'JZ' is the initial letter of the Chinese character 'Ship War' in Chinese Pinyin,' 32' is the 32nd year of the Republic of China, that is, 1943 AD. 'C' is the third improved version of this model. This 'JH-32 C' is also known as 'Wu Diao'. Their active aircraft carrier The dive bomber is called 'JZ-32 B', also known as 'Osprey'. It was improved on the basis of the Ju-87 of the Luftwaffe. The aircraft carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft in active service is called 'JG-33 Year A', also known as 'Garfalcon', which is improved on the basis of the German Air Force's Ju-88, and can carry a ton Heavy Japanese Type 93 oxygen torpedo.

In general, the Chinese 'Wudiao', 'Osprey' and 'Gyrfalcon' are on par with our F6F Hellcat carrier-based fighter jet, SBD Dreadnought dive bomber, and TBF Avenger torpedo bomber in terms of overall performance. The performance is definitely better than ours.

As for their active land-based fighters, land-based dive bombers, and land-based torpedo attack aircraft, they are naturally better than their carrier-based aircraft in terms of overall performance. For example, their land-based fighters can be as good as ours. The P-51 'Mustang' fighters are tied and even have a slight advantage!"

Nimitz strode towards the nautical chart while listening. He picked up a compass, first poked the legs of the compass heavily on the "Midway Island" on the nautical chart, and then slowly opened the compass shaft: "Midway Although Midway Island is an unsinkable aircraft carrier, it cannot move after all. Therefore, in order to make full use of Midway Island and allow Midway Island and the aircraft carrier fleet to help each other, the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet must be based on the Midway Island. If you do not do this within the range of the aircraft or not far outside the range, when the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet is attacked, the land-based aircraft at Midway Island will not be able to reinforce and participate in the war, and vice versa.

Land-based aircraft, carrier-based aircraft... generally speaking, the maximum range can reach 3000 kilometers (this is the data of the zero type carrying auxiliary fuel tanks), and one round trip is 3000 kilometers, so the aircraft can fly as far as 1500 kilometers.

1500 kilometers..." He carefully turned the tip of the compass, and drew a large circle on the nautical chart with 'Midway Island' as the center and a radius of [-] kilometers. "Yes, the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet is here. Not far inside or outside the great circle! "

"That's right! In this way, their approximate location can indeed be determined!" Kincaid was completely convinced, "They are within the great circle with Midway Island as the center!"

"Admiral..." Mitchell showed a hesitant expression, "During the sneak attack just now, the Chinese used their aircraft as a one-off product, just flying over and not returning.

If the Chinese still use this tactic in the next naval battle, then their aircraft will not fly as far as 1500 kilometers away, but will double and fly 3000 kilometers away!Anyway, even if their plane was not damaged in battle, it would be abandoned by the pilot when the fuel was exhausted.

The Chinese know that we will not mistreat the captives, so they will let their pilots be our captives, on the other hand..." He shrugged, "China is not the big but poor one seven or eight years ago It's a weak country that treats hundreds of planes as treasures.

There are hundreds of planes in the area, the Chinese don't care at all now, they can afford to lose them!"

Nimitz nodded, "You're right.

However, considering the factors of the pilot, it takes five or six hours to fly [-] kilometers, and after five or six hours of continuous flight to participate in fierce battles, the pilot is simply used as a machine, and the exhausted pilot and fuel consumption are exhausted. All of these planes together are the enemy’s live targets, therefore, the range needs to be expanded slightly, only about [-] kilometers, and will not reach the limit of [-] kilometers!” He opened the legs of the compasses again, and drew He drew a circle with a larger radius, and then elaborated confidently, "One thing is absolutely certain, the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet revolves around Midway Island. First, they want to use Midway Island, and second, they want to protect the island. Midway, prevent Midway from being lost.

If the Chinese hide and procrastinate, aren't they afraid of delay?In case we find out that something is wrong with Midway Island and test or take back Midway Island, the Chinese will lose the most important bargaining chip against us!" He showed a calm and relieved smile, "We have figured out the Chinese The hole card, this battle is much easier to fight.

Tom, telegraph Halsey at once!"

The waves are vast and vast.

USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, command room.

Halsey, commander of the U.S. Third Fleet, felt like a tiger looking for prey in the jungle. There was nowhere to vent the rage.

Without the active report from the staff officers, Halsey would ask a question that he had repeated more than a hundred times almost every half hour or even 5 minutes:

"Did you find those yellow-skinned monkeys?"

The staff's reply has also been repeated more than a hundred times: "Not yet, Admiral!"

"Where the hell have those sons of bitches gone?" Halsey gritted his teeth and had red eyes, both from his near-boiling emotions and from the fact that he hadn't Close your eyes and rest.

Although the staff suggested that Halsey sleep for a while many times, he refused all of them, because he vowed not to give up as long as the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet could not be found.

In this era without satellites, the battle between the aircraft carrier battle groups of the two warring parties in the vast sea is very similar to the fight between two beasts in the forest: neither side knows the other's position, and whichever finds the other before the other will be the one It will seize the opportunity and gain a great advantage and chance of winning. Both sides must hide themselves with all their strength while searching for each other with all their strength.

The 3rd Fleet of the U.S. Army has about 800 carrier-based aircraft, while the 2nd Fleet of the Nanjing Army has only about 300 carrier-based aircraft. Undoubtedly, Halsey has a great advantage. There is no doubt that if the two sides find each other at the same time, the Nanjing fleet will undoubtedly lose. If the Nanjing fleet finds the US fleet first, the US fleet still has a good chance of winning, because it has enough strength to allow the US fleet to calmly face the preemptive attack. The carrier-based aircraft group of the Nanjing Army Fleet launched a counterattack accordingly.

It can be said that Halsey's strength advantage gives him a high chance of winning. The only thing he has to do is to discover the Nanjing fleet, and then dispatch the overwhelming carrier-based aircraft fleet to send them all into the bottom of the sea.

However, the Nanjing fleet has never been found, making Halsey, who is eager for revenge and equally eager for meritorious service, more and more impatient.

If the U.S. Fleet and the Nanjing Fleet are two beasts, then the U.S. Fleet is a tiger and the Nanjing Fleet is a hyena. The difference in strength is obvious. For the tiger, the hyena has just bitten itself severely through a sneak attack. One bite, and then disappeared into the depths of the forest, how could I let go of this extremely cunning, despicable, and extremely arrogant hyena?It had to be found, and it was torn to pieces.

The U.S. Third Fleet is on its way from Hawaii to Midway Island at this time, but instead of taking a straight line, it is taking the "S" route with a radius of hundreds of kilometers. On the one hand, it is to better search for larger sea areas. Also in defense of Midway.

Nimitz reminded and instructed Halsey by radio: There is a high possibility that there is a problem with Midway Island, and it must be strictly guarded against. In addition, if you play hide-and-seek with the Chinese naval fleet in the North Pacific, the initiative will always be in the hands of the other party. If the U.S. military wants to catch them all, it must lure the snake out of the hole. If there is a problem with Midway Island, then Midway Island can just become a breakthrough point for the U.S. military to lure the Chinese naval fleet.

——Out of obedience and respect for Nimitz, Halsey took Nimitz's words seriously, but he also, like Kincaid and other high-level US military officials, did not really believe that the Chinese military had a way to survive without leaking any information. The next attack and occupation of Midway Island, thus adopted a substantially dubious attitude.

In the almost tormented waiting, Halsey finally got the report that made him look forward to it:

"Discover the aircraft carrier fleet of the Chinese Navy!"

Halsey, who was overjoyed and almost jumped up, looked at the time subconsciously: it was 5:1 pm local time on May 5st in Hawaii.

Halsey eagerly rotated his exhausted brain, which was not sleepy due to high energy, and reorganized the timetable:

At around 4:30 am on April 4th local time in Hawaii, the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier fleet took off at about 30 nautical miles east-northwest of Hawaii. About 270 minutes later, the carrier fleet took off and the aircraft carrier fleet immediately headed elsewhere. ;

From 5:40 to 6:20 in the morning, the Chinese Navy's carrier-based aircraft group successfully raided the U.S. fleet;

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the U.S. 3rd Fleet began to search and pursue the Chinese Navy's aircraft carrier fleet. The fleet first sailed north of Hawaii, sailed for more than six hours, and arrived at about 150 nautical miles north of Hawaii. Within a radius of about 1000 kilometers, the Chinese Navy’s aircraft carrier fleet could not be found. It is basically certain that the Chinese Navy’s fleet is no longer in the northern waters of Hawaii. Immediately after three o’clock in the afternoon, the US 3rd Fleet began to sail westward, approaching its course in a roundabout way. Midway.

The distance between Midway Island and Hawaii is about 2100 kilometers. Since the U.S. Third Fleet is heading to Midway Island in an S-shaped route, instead of following a straight line, the voyage has been expanded to about 3 kilometers (although the U.S. military’s move is a waste of time, it will not Lost the Chinese naval fleet, because the U.S. military has concluded that the Chinese naval fleet is near Midway Island and will not run back to China), according to the average speed of the U.S. 4000rd Fleet of 3 knots (equivalent to 30 kilometers per hour.

The maximum speed of the U.S. Essex-class aircraft carrier can reach 32.7 knots, but the escort aircraft carrier of the U.S. military generally has a slower speed, less than 20 knots), and it takes a full 72 hours to arrive, that is, three days and three nights.

At this time, the U.S. Third Fleet has been driving to Midway for more than 3 hours, and it is about 26 kilometers away from Midway (this is a straight-line distance, not the length of the U.S. fleet’s S-shaped route).

"Where are they?" Halsey looked at Browning, the chief of staff of the fleet, who came to report.

Browning was also a little excited: "It's the report just sent by the garrison at Midway Island. Three or ten minutes ago, one of their reconnaissance planes spotted the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet at a distance of about 10 kilometers at a distance of about 20° east of Midway Island." , confirm that all four aircraft carriers are in the fleet, and the fleet is heading due west at a speed of 1100 knots!"

"Why not the maximum speed of 30 knots?" Halsey asked sharply. Aircraft carriers, cruisers, and destroyers can all reach speeds of 30 knots or even higher, especially the lightest destroyers can even reach 40 knots, and cruisers can also reach speeds of 33 knots. Reaching about 25 knots, the battleship is the heaviest, and generally the maximum speed is only about [-] knots.

Halsey knew that the Chinese fleet had no battleships at all.

Browning reported: "Because the Chinese fleet crossed half of the Pacific Ocean to attack us and was going back, there were many transport ships in their fleet, carrying a large amount of fuel, fresh water, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials. , the speed of the transport ships is slow, if their warships start at the maximum speed, the transport ships will not be able to keep up!"

Halsey rushed to the nautical chart in a hurry, and several staff officers had quickly marked several important points on the nautical chart: the US 3rd Fleet, Midway Island, and the Chinese Navy's 2nd Fleet. An irregular triangle.

参谋军官们迅速地计算出了距离、方位、时间等要素：美军第3舰队此时距离中途岛约1500公里，中国海军第2舰队此时距离中途岛约1100公里，美军第3舰队和中国海军第2舰队此时则距离约2300公里。

"These bastard yellow monkeys are really going to escape back to China?" Halsey murmured.

Browning looked at the sun outside the window: "It's more than 5 o'clock in the evening local time in Hawaii. However, because Midway Island is in the west of Hawaii, the local time in Midway Island is one or two hours later than Hawaii. We have another The sun will set in one hour, and in Midway, the sun will not set until at least two and a half hours later, and the time in Midway is only around 03:30 in the afternoon.

If we start chasing the Chinese now, we can shorten the distance between the enemy and us by about 9 kilometers in one hour, then we need to chase for more than 110 hours in order to bring the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet into the attack range of our fleet!" He leaned over. On the nautical chart, "After 110 hours, using Midway Island as a reference, the enemy fleet has sailed to a distance of about 15 kilometers west-northwest of Midway Island, and our fleet has sailed to a distance of about 4500 kilometers west-northwest of Midway Island. 12° at a distance of about 3700 kilometers!"

Halsey paced with his hands behind his back: "If the Chinamen see that the situation is not good and abandon their transport ships, the aircraft carrier and other warships run away at full speed, and our speed is about the same as theirs, then we will catch up with them." China's coastal ports can catch up with them.

This is not allowed!Never let them go!The plan for now is to let the Midway plane attack immediately, damage the Chinaman's aircraft carrier, slow down their speed, delay their footsteps, let us rush over and wipe them out in one fell swoop! "

"Admiral..." Browning reminded, "General Nimitz has repeatedly emphasized that there may be something wrong with Midway Island. Under this premise, the enemy information provided by Midway Island is very suspicious and cannot be trusted.

Also, if our fleet starts this sea race, then our fleet must go in a straight line and must enter the strike range of land-based aircraft on Midway Island. If it is really under the control of the Chinese, we will be on our own. It's a trap.

Three hundred land-based aircraft, although they can't wipe us out, are enough to injure us and cause heavy losses. When the time comes, the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet will kill another carbine or they will be waiting nearby for this moment, and we will all be defeated. Annihilated!"

Halsey sneered: "The Chinese are very cunning, but they underestimated me too much.

I asked Midway Island to immediately dispatch planes to attack the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet. In fact, I was forcing them to show their fox tails.I'm going to use Midway Island as a bait to force them to reveal their location! "

The waves are vast and vast.

Nanjing aircraft carrier, command room.

Looking at the telegram from Midway Island in his hand, Xu Zushan showed a trace of gloom on his tense face: "The Americans really cannot be underestimated. You see, Halsey was not fooled, and his fleet was not lured into Midway Island by us." Within the strike range of the aircraft, on the contrary, our trick to lure the enemy has achieved the effect of 300 taels of silver here!"

"I thought this guy was a character with well-developed limbs and a simple mind! Unexpectedly, this guy has two brushes!" Although Ouyang Sihai was also a little disappointed, his tone was still relatively relaxed.

Yuan Fangqiao nodded: "Although the U.S. military has always relied on its strength to attack the Japanese, the senior generals of the U.S. military are by no means the brash warriors like the Japanese army.

I'm just curious, how did the U.S. military find out that there was something wrong with Midway? "

Zhong Junchu said: "I can't see it.

Halsey ordered the Midway Island plane to attack us, this is a natural decision, everyone, we must not be discouraged, the US military may not have seen through our trick to lure the enemy!"

"We can't take risks. If our tactics have been seen through, then it is not us who lure and ambush the U.S. military, but the U.S. military is deliberately inviting you into the urn!" Xu Zushan said earnestly, "Everyone, our capital is limited, and these four aircraft carriers are still there." Among those cruisers and destroyers, which one is not easy to come by? We can't turn war into a desperate gamble like the Japanese, we can't afford to lose!"

"Everyone hold your breath!" Ouyang Sihai smiled, "The fight hasn't started yet, why are you so discouraged? The good show has just begun!"

Chapter 757 Fighting the Ocean (7)

The aircraft carrier USS Intrepid where Halsey is: Intrepid calls Midway Island, is everything normal in Midway Island?

Midway: Everything is fine.

Intrepid: Has the previously malfunctioning fresh water purifier been repaired?Do you need my fleet to replenish fresh water for you?

In the radio communication room on Midway Island, Major Haitong, who is in charge of controlling the place, looked at the decoded telegram, and then looked at Brown, who was still tied up with five flowers, calmly: "Your fresh water purifiers here have once happened. Fault?"

Brown looked at each other with eyes full of horror, and after shaking for a while, he nodded.

"Fixed now?"

Brown nodded again.

"Then you should know how to reply!" Major Hai Tong turned his head and looked at his subordinates. Two strong Hai Tong agents escorted a blood-stained US signal soldier who was still moving freely to the radio station.

Almost all the Chinese soldiers who raided Midway Island had yellow hair, blue eyes, and white skin, but this American signal soldier had black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. He sat in front of the radio station anxiously, and then looked at brown.

Brown nodded slightly.

The U.S. signal soldier raised his hands and fingers tremblingly, preparing to send a telegram.

"Wait a minute!" Major Hai Tong first looked at the US signal soldier with vigilant eyes, and then at Brown, "Why didn't you send the report yourself?"

Brown curled up: "Because I don't know the communication code either!"

"Nonsense!" Major Hai Tong said coldly, "You are the supreme commander of the US military at Midway Island, how could you not know your own communication code?"

Following Major Haitong's words, two big-shouldered Haitong agents immediately approached Brown from left to right. Both of them held tools similar to those used by surgeons in their hands, but those shining things were not for life-saving, but for It is a professional tool that will make life worse than death.

Seeing this formation, Brown howled hoarsely as if seeing a poisonous snake: "I really don't know! I'm not lying! This is a new password adopted by the U.S. Army and Navy a year ago. It is divided into two sets, one set It is called the Comanche, and the set is called the Navajo. The Comanche is mainly used on the European battlefield, and the Navajo is mainly used on the Pacific battlefield.

Look at this signal soldier, he is of the yellow race just like you Chinese, he is a Navajo tribe in the United States, a branch of the Indians, the US military headquarters selected the most difficult language used by minorities in the United States a year ago Made into a military code, the Comanche and Navajo languages ​​were finally selected.

These two languages ​​are almost impossible for foreigners to learn in terms of grammar and sound quality, and these two languages ​​only have spoken language without writing, so it is almost impossible for foreigners to understand and understand their language.

According to a survey conducted by the U.S. Army Headquarters, there are no more than [-] non-Navajo people in the world who know the Navajo language, and none of them are Japanese, Chinese, or German.

The U.S. military headquarters recruited hundreds of Navajos for rigorous training, turning them into human cipher machines that could never be deciphered. This signaler is the "living cipher machine" sent by the Pacific Fleet to Midway ', and he is the only one on Midway, and there is no second.

Sir, I'm telling the truth. Although I'm his officer, I don't understand the Navajo code he uses at all. It's more difficult than your Chinese. Even if I'm asked to learn it, I'm afraid I have to learn it. It will take two to thirty years to barely understand their language!"

Major Haitong narrowed his eyes and looked at Brown: "That is to say, what he sent over the radio station next is something we can't verify at all?"

Brown nodded, and then desperately assured: "But I promise, what he sent is absolutely true! It was definitely sent according to your requirements!" His face was full of humble begging, "I know very well that the consequences of lying are What! Please believe me!"

Major Hai Tong looked at Brown and the Navajo US signalman silently, and he was caught in a fierce ideological struggle. He knew that if Midway did not answer the inquiry from the Bravery, it would mean that there would be no silver 300 taels here. Answered, that is, to allow Brown and the Navajo U.S. signal soldier to send radio signals. In case the two men cheated and sent out an alarm signal, Midway Island was still exposed. In this regard, our side cannot monitor it, because the U.S. military’s signal The Wahoo code cannot be deciphered by outsiders at all. Even if the fleet brings a group of linguists and cryptographers from China, it is impossible to decipher this code in a short time. If it can be deciphered, the Japanese would have deciphered it long ago.

On the other hand, Midway was unable to contact Nanjing at this time, because although Midway could send a radio to Nanjing, Nanjing could not reply to Midway in order to keep the radio silent and prevent its location from being exposed.

After much deliberation, Major Hai Tong sighed in his heart. If you don’t send it, you will be 100% exposed. If you send it, you will be exposed 50%. Said he had no choice.

"Send it!" Major Haitong signaled his subordinates to let go of Brown and the Navajo American signal soldier, and at the same time said solemnly, "I hope you don't do anything that you regret!"

Brown nodded with amnesty, and ordered the messenger to send a telegram using the radio and the Navajo code.