As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, Wesley has come to the front line, right on the flagship aircraft carrier of the First Task Force, the aircraft carrier starts with seven, and the 701 aircraft carrier is in the waters of the Ryukyu Islands, and Wesley is drinking coffee and reading the daily bombing report.
"General, let's just bomb like this," asked the commander of the Navy's 1st Task Force next to him.
"Yes, if the bombing continues like this, they will either surrender or rush out for a decisive battle, it depends on their own choice, so you must order the submarine force to pay attention to the movements of the fleet, and the reconnaissance planes must also patrol the surroundings on a large scale every day, and absolutely must not let the enemy seize the opportunity."
"Yes, we get it."
At this time, a staff officer knocked on the door outside, "Report, the submarine force has discovered that the enemy fleet is gathering in the waters of China.
Then the telegram was handed over.
Wesley took the telegram and looked at it, the other side concentrated six aircraft carriers, a large number of battleships and cruisers, etc., basically all the main forces of Japan were concentrated together, and it was difficult to conceal such a large fleet.
"Order, the submarine force monitors the enemy fleet in sections, be sure to keep an eye on their movements, the Pacific Fleet is all assembled here, the Iwo Jima base is ready for defense, the fleet will not be able to return for a while, let them be careful, especially at night, speed up the construction of Oriba Mountain."
"Yes."
The staff officer went out to deliver the order.
The commander of the 1st Task Force suddenly said: "General, are you going to Guam to wait for news?"
"Why are you afraid that something will happen to me," Wesley looked at the other with a smile.
"After all, you are the commander-in-chief, and if something goes wrong, it will be a big blow to us."
"No, don't worry, this time let the world see the power of the US Air Force and Naval Aviation, I don't know if the warships and planes I designed myself surpass each other in terms of performance, and now that their movements have been discovered, then they won't be allowed to run away, the Pacific Ocean is now full of our submarines and patrol aircraft, where can they run" Wesley is naturally not afraid, he will even use Black Sir when necessary, even if he is exposed, he will not hesitate to defeat the Japanese Navy, he has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
In the following time, telegrams were sent one after another, and the submarine force carried out the tracking task perfectly, and the conventional submarine designed by Wesley himself, the enemy's sonar could not be discovered, and the technical gap was too great.
Three days later, the enemy fleet was already approaching the Ryukyu Islands, and they were going to sneak attack, although there was no information now, but they were going to bomb the air force airfields in the Ryukyus, and then fight the fleet here, and in their minds, the American fleet was divided into at least two parts, or even three, so that they had a chance to break through each one.
Wesley looked at the other party's situation and laughed, "Order the radar to be fully turned on, the fleet to begin to form an air defense formation, the fighters are ready to take off, the land-based aviation unit is ready to take off, all the fighters at the airport are ready to take off, and the bomber force is then dispatched, the first to attack the target enemy aircraft carrier, and the second to attack the target enemy battleship." ” "Yes."
All 10 aircraft carriers, the main force of the Pacific Fleet, began to get busy, and hundreds of warships on the sea began to sail in formation, forming an air defense formation, with a dense concentration of high-level dual-purpose guns aimed at their respective positions.
"General, our fighters are enough to intercept the enemy's flight formation, why do we need to prepare air defense" Wesley glanced at him, and then said: "You are the commander, this kind of thinking is unacceptable, don't underestimate the opponent at any time, and the other side also has a submarine force, don't you understand this I deliberately didn't say anti-submarine, until now you don't realize this, and you want to give up air defense" "I'm sorry General, but I was negligent."
The commander of the 1st Task Force immediately turned around and gave the order.
Destroyers and light cruisers began anti-submarine voyages, even if the enemy's submarines are not advanced, not very many, but precautions must be done, otherwise one torpedo may bury an aircraft carrier.
The pre-war atmosphere made Wesley tense, but he himself was extremely relaxed, and the commanders of the four task forces were called to the 701st flagship, and he handed out cigars to everyone.
"I don't have many opportunities to command naval battles, you can learn as much as you can this time, and the navy will depend on you in the future."
"Yes."
The four commanders were very happy, this is a god-like existence, although he has only fought in the second half of World War I, and it is an army, but they have no doubt that Wesley will fight at sea, look at those warships, as early as the First World War, the first batch of warships reserved air defense positions, what kind of vision is this "Report, the planes of the enemy fleet have been released, and the first wave of attacks will arrive at our base in twenty minutes."
"Okay, order the base fighters to take off to meet the battle, order the fleet planes to start flying, directly attack the main force of the enemy fleet, order the submarine forces to concentrate in the waters around the enemy, and surround them from a long distance, but they are not allowed to attack without my orders."
"Yes."
Because the Ryukyus are archipelagos, the area is not beaten, and the time is pressing, so Wesley directly spread the airport and placed as many planes as possible, and the location here is relatively close to the equator, even in winter, it is very warm, so there is nothing to worry about.
Nearly 300 fighters from land-based planes took off directly to meet them, and the difference in strength was too great, and the Japanese Zero fighters had not yet appeared, so now was the best time to defeat them.
The base planes of Brimstone did not bomb today, but were all concentrated on preparing for a possible attack, but they were doomed to have no chance.
The fighters of the two sides met in the air, and the imitation of the 51 fighter number G3 fighter directly began to slaughter, surpassing the performance of the opponent's fighter by one level, and the flexible air mobility capability made the enemy have no power to fight back at all, not to mention the difference in numbers.
And the naval aviation, having already found the enemy's fleet, the other side did not form an air defense formation, they came this time by sneak attack, and they were not ready to fight, but were ready to flee at any time.
"Good chance, the formation is dispersed into small groups, the first target is to attack the aircraft carrier, start now."
The leader gave the order directly, and then the first attack formation of ten aircraft carriers, five hundred fighters, began to divide the enemy's main force.
There was a terrible roar of "air attack", and the Japanese fleet was suddenly in chaos, they did not expect that the place would find them so quickly, and the number of this fighter was too terrifying.
At this time, Wesley directly ordered the second wave of attack formations to set off, and the difference between before and after was only twenty minutes, "Commander, so we have no fighters to defend." ” "Yes, we don't need defense, didn't you say this again, our air defense formation is not a decoration, we must invest when we should invest, this is the best opportunity to annihilate the enemy, we must not miss it, otherwise there will be some trouble in the future, order eight heavy cruisers, sixteen light cruisers, and thirty-two destroyers to form an attack formation and go directly to the sea area of the enemy fleet, but you are not going to fight, but to cut off their retreat."
"Yes."
The scale of this naval battle, the number of aircraft used was unprecedented, and it was also the last large-scale naval battle. t1706231537: