I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"So that's it!" Browning sighed, "Admiral, according to your analysis, the Chinese are trying to escape, and they'll accept it as soon as they see a deal, and they don't want to fight anymore!"

Halsey said coldly: "What these yellow-skinned monkeys are best at is biting people abruptly and then running away! I won't let them get what they want! Danny, how long will it take for our aircraft carrier to repair the deck?"

Browning thought for a while: "According to the report of the damage control officer, the Intrepid, Wasp, and Yorktown need to be repaired for six hours, and the Hornet and Ticonderoga need to be repaired for three hours!"

"That is to say, after six hours, we can resume the ability to dispatch five hundred carrier-based aircraft at one time?" Halsey looked at the sun, "Six hours later, it will be three o'clock in the afternoon, the carrier-based aircraft It takes four hours to go back and forth. Then, we dispatched the carrier-based aircraft group at [-]:[-] pm, and returned at [-]:[-] pm, and it was already dark.

It seems that we can only settle accounts with them at dawn tomorrow! He gritted his teeth, a little annoyed. First, the time for revenge was delayed too late, which made him impatient. Second, one night would add a lot of unknown factors to the battle situation.

Right now, both the Nanjing Army and the U.S. Army know the location of each other's aircraft carrier. However, in eight hours a night, the warship can sail 300 kilometers (calculated at a speed of 20 knots). In the morning, there will also be a deviation of [-] kilometers. It will definitely be found, but it will take time.

"Order the entire fleet to repair the deck of the aircraft carrier and prepare for combat. At the same time, sail to the location of the Chinese fleet at full speed!" Halsey ordered, "There are not many carrier-based aircraft on the Chinese aircraft carrier now, and they are unable to launch attacks against us." Offensive, they are racing against the clock just like us, they need to get spare carrier aircraft from the transport ship to the carrier.

Now, let's start a sea race with the Chinese, don't lose them!Come tomorrow, attack them with all your might!We will use [-] carrier-based aircraft to fight a war of attrition against their [-] carrier-based aircraft!Let's see who will sink into the sea in the end! "He said these words almost with a grim face, because he was really aggrieved and irritable.

Halsey is known as the "Tiger General of the Sea" by the U.S. military. He has performed outstandingly and made great achievements in battles against the Japanese army. First, Halsey is indeed capable. Second, when the U.S. military and the Japanese army fought, it was basically the U.S. military that controlled the strength. The advantage is that it can crush the Japanese army. The Japanese army has almost been "one muscle" in fighting for three years. It is best at fighting hard. This tactic is most appetizing to the US military, and it can best bring out the strength of the US military.

The logic is ready-made: a strong man hits a small man, if the small man rushes forward screaming, the strong man will get what he wants, if the small man does not go head-to-head with the strong man, but plays various "shady tricks", the strong man will be fine Holding the advantage of strength will also feel "very uncomfortable".

The war in Nanjing gave the U.S. military such a "very uncomfortable" feeling, which made Halsey feel that he had nowhere to use his strength and nowhere to vent his anger.

"By the way, Admiral!" Browning reminded Halsey, "The threat of Midway Island has been cleared by us. Can we take advantage of the situation to occupy Midway Island? Although the Chinese army there is no longer a concern, we can't let them keep going. Get entrenched there!"

Halsey thought for a while and nodded: "Let Walker take a few warships to deal with those damn Chinese guys! The main fleet continues to pursue the Chinese aircraft carrier fleet, don't waste precious time for Midway Island! In addition, I It is necessary for the Chinese fleet to be wiped out by us, not by us driving all the way to the Japanese ambush circle to be wiped out by the Japanese. In that case, the U.S. Navy will lose all face! Hmph! We were beaten by the Chinese What does it mean that the Chinese are wiped out by the Japanese? Are we not as good as the Japanese?" He was furious.

Rear Admiral Walden L. Ainsworth, commander of the 38th Fleet, was then ordered to capture Midway Island (the 38th Fleet is not the "38th Fleet of the Pacific Fleet" directly under the Pacific Fleet Command, but the 3th Fleet of the Pacific Fleet. [-] Squadrons of the Fleet.

The first number of the U.S. fleet number is the number of the main fleet to which it belongs, for example, the 72nd Fleet belongs to the 7th Fleet).

Since Halsey believed that Midway Island was completely at hand, and the 3rd Fleet suffered a lot of losses in the fierce battle, Rear Admiral Ainsworth's 38th Fleet only had two light cruisers, a few destroyers and a few transport ships. The fleet carried more than 1000 marines.

At 12:38 noon local time on Midway Island, the US [-]th Fleet arrived near Midway Island.

On the flagship "Worcester" light cruiser, Rear Admiral Ainsworth raised his binoculars. In his eyes, Midway Island, which was close at hand, was as small as three stones, two big and one small, out of the sea. Sander Both the island and the East Island are in a mess and devastated, full of bomb craters, and blood stains can be seen faintly on the ground.

After putting down the binoculars, Major General Ainsworth felt disapproving of his mission. He thought that he only needed half an hour to take down this tiny place with great value but no defense at all.

"Sir, there are more than a dozen rubber boats rowing over from the island!" The adjutant saw something and reminded Major General Ainsworth.

Major General Ainsworth hastily raised his binoculars again. He looked neatly. He saw more than a dozen inflatable rubber boats slowly approaching, each with a white flag hoisted, and each rubber boat with Not armed.

With suspicion and curiosity, Major General Ainsworth asked his subordinates not to fire and allowed them to approach.

More than ten minutes later, an unarmed yellow-skinned Chinese soldier was brought in front of Major General Ainsworth. He introduced himself in fluent English: "General, hello, I am from the Chinese army stationed at Midway Island." Commander, my name is Wu Qingping!"

Major General Ainsworth nodded: "Are you here to surrender?"

Wu Qingping shook his head: "No, I'm here to negotiate!"

Major General Ainsworth sneered: "Do you think you are qualified to negotiate with me?"

Wu Qingping nodded: "Yes.

General, when I led my men to attack Midway Island, there were a total of 120 and 460 people on your side on the island. Up to now, 12 and [-] people have died and [-] people are missing. During the period of Midway Island and its control, our soldiers did not torture, abuse, humiliate, kill or violate the international laws of war and the Geneva Conventions.

Less than half of the dead died in the battle with our side, and more than half died in the bombing of Midway Island by your carrier-based aircraft.

Right now, we intend to unconditionally hand over your dead captives and more than 300 seriously injured captives to you!"

Major General Ainsworth sullenly said, "I understand what you mean.

You want to tell me that besides your people, there are almost 300 of our captives on the island, and you want to use our [-]-odd captives as hostages?Shameless!mean!You also deserve the status of 'soldier'? "He was furious.

Wu Qingping smiled: "I'm just explaining a fact to you, as for what you think, it's your own business, I don't care.

General, the reason why I am willing to unconditionally hand over your captured dead and seriously injured to you, and I personally come to see you, is that I hope you will accept one of our requests!"

Major General Ainsworth held back his anger: "What request?"

Wu Qingping sighed: "It's like this. When my subordinates and I were ordered to attack Midway Island, it was around 4:30 a.m. local time on April 8th. My superiors asked me and my subordinates to stick to Midway Island for five days and five nights. , that is, to persist until about 5:4 am on May 8th, I said I will do it.

It is now 5 noon on May 3, and there are still 12 hours before my subordinates and I complete the task.

General, please allow [-] hours, because, according to the military order of the Chinese army, if you choose to surrender after completing the mission or unable to continue fighting, it is allowed, and the soldiers will be exchanged back to the country without any blame or treatment. It will not change, and we can still get rewards. On the contrary, the consequences will be very serious. We will be regarded as traitors and cowards, and we will not be guaranteed to be exchanged back to our country. And contempt, without veteran benefits, without any allowances and rewards, our family will feel humiliated and humiliated forever.

General, do you understand what I mean? "

Major General Ainsworth narrowed his eyes: "You mean, as long as I wait for twenty hours, you will surrender to me. At the same time, you have completed the task and given an explanation to your superiors, right?"

Wu Qingping nodded: "Yes, General, please forgive us for our difficulties, we know that we can't defend Midway Island at all, we hope to return home alive and not bear the stigma of traitors and cowards, let alone implicate our family.

As long as you allow twenty hours, you can take Midway without firing a shot, and we can also get a good result.

Otherwise, you are forcing us to fight you hard!"

Major General Ainsworth was lost in thought.

Chapter 760 Fighting the Ocean (10)

After pondering for a while, Major General Ainsworth chose to reject the other party's "sincere request".

"Hmph!" Major General Ainsworth snorted coldly at Wu Qingping, "You Chinese have always been extremely cunning, who knows if you are playing some tricks again! I will not be fooled by you! Even if you use our The captives are hostages, and we want to capture Midway! Remember, if you dare to hurt our captives, we will kill all of you who are still alive after capturing Midway! At that time, don’t Blame us for being so barbaric and cruel like the Japanese, because you forced us to do this! If you slaughter our captives first, then we have the right to retaliate with an eye for an eye, blood for blood!"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Wu Qingping's face, but then it turned into a kind of calm and calm: "Well, since your Excellency has made a choice, I respect it.

So, can I go back now? "

Major General Ainsworth laughed: "Why do you go back? Anyway, you will become our captive again soon after you go back. How much trouble are you running back and forth? Just stay here!" He decided to detain the other party, because He felt that since the man in front of him was the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Army on Midway Island and had sent him to his door in vain to throw himself into the net, detaining him would definitely put the opponent in a situation of "no leader among the dragons", which would further facilitate the US military's capture of Midway Island.

Wu Qingping shrugged, showing an indifferent expression.

"Forward! Command the Marine Corps to land on Midway Island!" Major General Ainsworth gave the order loudly and grandly. He did not order the naval artillery to bombard Midway Island, because after all, there were thousands of hundreds of American prisoners on the island, anyway. There are no fortifications on the island, so there is no need for naval bombardment.

Following Major Admiral Ainsworth's order, the US 38th Fleet began to approach the nearby Midway Island. There were two light cruisers in the fleet, one was the flagship of the fleet and the ship of Major Admiral Ainsworth "Wu The other was the USS Roanokee, a sister ship of the USS Worcester.

After the attack was launched, the Worcester was sitting in the rear, and the Roanokee led four destroyers to cover six transport ships and landing ships and headed for Midway Island.

At this time, everything was calm. The U.S. warships did not fire a single shot, nor did the Nanjing Army on the island. It made people feel that the two sides were not at war at all. The loud noise was broken, and with a "boom", a dazzling fireball and a jet of water shot up from the bow of the Ronoki suddenly exploded, the whole ship shook, and the bow was at the Not only was the shape deformed by the explosion of lightning and thunder, but the entire bow of the ship was almost shattered. More than a dozen crew members who were on the bow deck and couldn't dodge were all flying in flesh and blood. The turret of the No. [-] main ship, which was located most forward, was displaced by the shock wave.

Amidst the thick smoke, the Ronoky's speed slowed down rapidly, and the bow of the ship obviously tilted. A large amount of seawater immediately poured into the bow bilge through the explosion port, forming large holes on the water surface in front of the warship. swirl.

"What's going on here?" Major General Ainsworth was taken aback.

At this moment, two more loud noises exploded near a US destroyer and a landing ship. In the roaring fireball and churning sea water, the main armor belt on the right front side of the destroyer was blown to pieces. , was suddenly paralyzed on the sea, and the landing ship was even more horrible. The explosion not only almost wiped out the warship, but also caused a large number of flesh and blood to fly across the high-density Marine Corps officers and soldiers gathered on the ship, and all kinds of bloody stumps were severed. The arms flew all over the sky in the explosion fireball, and the cabin suddenly became like a slaughterhouse, with corpses and blood spattered three feet, and the injured marines let out heart-piercing screams in the pool of blood full of broken flesh.

There is no need for his subordinates to report, Wu Qingping, who was standing beside Major General Ainsworth calmly, has already answered Major General Ainsworth's shock unhurriedly: "Oh, I forgot to say just now, our side is in the middle of the attack The island has specially carried out high-density mining in the waters around Midway Island. It is conservatively estimated that at this moment, there are about [-] sea mines floating in the waters around Midway Island! And they are all powerful magnetic mines that are difficult to clear! "

"You..." Major General Ainsworth suddenly became furious, and he looked at Wu Qingping viciously.

Wu Qingping smiled, showing the calmness of seeing death as home.

"Sir! The Hobbs is about to die!" The subordinates shouted eagerly to Major General Ainsworth.

Rear Admiral Ainsworth hurriedly looked at the destroyer that hit the mine. Sure enough, the destroyer was slowly tilting at a speed visible to the naked eye because almost a third of the main armor belt on the side of the destroyer was blown apart. Soon it tilted a full 45 degrees, and the sea water began to spread on the deck. Obviously, the destroyer named Hobbs was powerless and was destined to sink near Midway Island. At the same time, another sound A thunder explosion pierced through the air at the stern of a U.S. military transport ship. In the thunderbolt and lightning, the transport ship hit by the tail of the mine immediately pitched forward and backward as if caught in quicksand, and ignited a raging fire. The large amount of supplies on board was either Burn or dump into the sea.

"You bloody Chinese guys!" Major General Ainsworth was furious and furious. He glared at Wu Qingping with fiery eyes, wishing to tear him apart, and there was an undisguised nakedness on his face. The ridicule further stimulated Major General Ainsworth to almost lose control of his emotions.

After taking great effort to suppress his emotions, Major General Ainsworth gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty hours, right?"

"Well, after twenty hours, we have completed the task assigned to us by our superiors. You can also occupy Midway Island without bloodshed. We will provide you with a safe route through the minefield!" Wu Qingping nodded.

Major General Ainsworth forced himself to think calmly, and he cleared his mind: First of all, a strong attack can definitely take Midway Island, but the cost is too high. First, there are more than 300 American prisoners on the island, so the American army can take it when they attack. I deeply feel that there are still a lot of mines around the island, which has already caused our side to lose a destroyer, a landing ship, and a transport ship. The light cruiser Erronoki was also seriously injured, causing the 38th The strength of the fleet is greatly damaged. If the attack continues, the loss will definitely increase. If the minesweeping is carried out, it will take at least [-] hours to sweep.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed the best choice for the US military to agree to the other party's request and start "a mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation" with the other party.

"Okay, I agree!" Despite his reluctance, Major General Ainsworth still made the most sensible choice in his opinion, but his tone was hard and his face was cold.

Wu Qingping smiled and nodded: "Now, can I go back?"

Major General Ainsworth snorted coldly: "In twenty hours, I will prepare a comfortable prisoner's room for you!"

Wu Qingping smiled and said, "Then I will thank you in advance!"

During this day and the following nights, the 2nd Fleet of the Nanjing Army and the 3rd Fleet of the US Army played a game of "chasing each other" in a tacit and delicate state.

Taking Midway Island as a reference, the U.S. 3rd Fleet was located about 120 kilometers due east and north of Midway Island when it launched its pursuit, and the Nanjing Army’s Second Fleet was located about 2 kilometers due north and west of Midway Island when it started its transfer. The straight-line distance between the two sides is about 900 kilometers. Kilometers, and both sides have already grasped the position of the other side. Not only that, both sides are actually already at the edge of the other side's strike range. However, the Nanjing fleet lost most of its carrier-based aircraft when it attacked the US fleet. During the attack of the Nanjing Army's carrier-based aircraft group, the flight decks of the five aircraft carriers were all destroyed and lost the ability to take off the carrier-based aircraft. As a result, the two sides were unable to attack each other for a while. On the one hand, it is racing against time to restore its attack capability. The Nanjing fleet is busy transferring the spare carrier-based aircraft in the transport ship to the aircraft carrier, and the US fleet is busy repairing the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

As for Midway Island, because of the conclusion of a "gentleman's agreement" between the local U.S. Army and the Nanjing Army, they temporarily kept each other safe and waited for [-] hours to pass.

At 5:4 local time on May 0th, Midway Island, Midway Island.

"The U.S. fleet is not moving, is it?" Wu Qingping held up his binoculars and looked at the sea near Midway Island. It was pitch black and there were no lights on.

The 38th Fleet of the U.S. Army was cruising in the sea near Midway Island, but blackout was implemented after nightfall, probably because it was worried about being attacked by Chinese Navy submarines.

"There is no movement!" An adjutant replied, "We have been monitoring this US fleet with infrared night vision devices. Their warships are all five kilometers away, because we told them that Midway Island is a minefield within five kilometers." , They were afraid of being struck by mines again, so they kept a distance of five kilometers from Midway Island. In addition, we did not find any other US ships coming here!"

"Very good!" Wu Qingping nodded and looked at his watch. "It's dawn at six o'clock, and there are still six hours before dawn. Work! Within six hours, we must repair the Thunder Island Airport and Dongdao Airport!" He said Looking at the officers surrounded by him, "Brothers! Our success or failure depends on one move! Before dawn, we must restore the ability of Midway Island to take off and land aircraft!"

"Captain, the project is probably very difficult!" An officer said hesitantly, "Both airports were blown up like carrot fields by Yankee planes.

Although there are Yankee engineering vehicles on the island, six hours... really too tense! "

"If we can't do it, we have to do it!" Wu Qingping's eyes burst into flames, "Whether we can defeat the Yankees in this battle is up to us! Except for the prisoners, everyone else has to work! The construction vehicles go to drive, and the rest, pick up the shovel and work together! Hurry up!"

Midway Island, which was originally silent, suddenly became busy.

The sleeping American prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp were awakened by the noise of heavy footsteps, shouts, and the sound of construction vehicles, and then inexplicably gathered a large number of Nanjing Army officers and soldiers who were busy amid flying sand and rocks, and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

"Shut up!" the Nanjing Army guarding them yelled coldly.

On Thunder Island Airport and Dongdao Airport, which were devastated by the US carrier-based aircraft, Nanjing Army officers and soldiers were busy in an orderly manner like a group of ants moving. Some officers and soldiers were responsible for manipulating excavators, road rollers, For construction vehicles such as bulldozers, some officers and soldiers are responsible for carrying mud and debris, and more officers and soldiers directly participate in the work with shovels, picks, and shovels.

Due to time constraints, the officers and soldiers were all sweating. They first removed the sundries and garbage from the airport, then filled up the craters one by one, and finally rolled them repeatedly with a road roller and poured quick-setting cement to ensure that the plane could take off normally. Landing, especially the bomb fragments left on the airport, if it is not cleaned up, it is easy to cause accidents when the plane lands. In fact, there are not only bomb fragments on the airport, but also more than one dumb bomb that did not explode after being dropped by a US carrier-based aircraft. bomb.

"Captain! There are duds here!" An officer hurriedly reported to Wu Qingping.