The so-called nine-dan attack was a decisive battle tactic that the Japanese Navy fantasized about against the United States before the Pacific War, specifically by arranging submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers, and destroyers in layers, and engaging the American fleet one after another in order to weaken the opponent's strength.
The battleship was placed at the end, and the Japanese design and construction of the Yamato with the Yamato-class cannon was this idea, which was used to fight the nine-stage decisive battle.
However, when the Pacific War began, except for the decisive battle of battleships in the Hawaiian Islands at the beginning, the Japanese battleships seemed to have become soy sauce fighters, and aviation warfare became the main means of engagement.
However, beginning with the Battle of Christmas Island in September 1943, Japan began to suffer setbacks in a series of air battles.
The elite of the generation who joined the naval aviation before the outbreak of the war was lost, and by the time of the Second Battle of the Hawaiian Islands, even the elite of the army aviation was taken out and fought out.
Although with the help of shore-based advantages, it has also consumed more than 4,000 fighters of the US military and fought out many elite carrier-based aircraft pilots of the United States.
But from June onwards, the situation took another turn for the worse.
It turned out that the U.S. military repaired and expanded the airfield on Niihau, and then the Army Air Corps' 51BC and 47D were transferred.
Now the battle over the Hawaiian Islands has become shore-to-shore.
Japan's Hurricane and Purple Electric Reform are not the opponents of 51BC and 47D at all, and as for the three medium-sized heavy bombers that Japan is proud of, "Galaxy", "Swallowing Dragon", and "Flying Dragon", when they encountered the 47D "interceptor", they were even more defeated.
The combination of the Browning Aviation Machine Gun and the Aviation Rockets was able to shoot down a sturdy Japanese bomber in a single hit To make matters worse, because the Japanese planes on the Hawaiian Islands had been depleted, the Japanese Navy and Army had to resort to long-range transfer tactics and carrier relay to replenish the fighters in the Hawaiian Islands battlefield.
The former was used to supplement the "Galaxy" medium bomber with a large range, while the latter catapulted the "Hurricane" and "Purple Electric" into deep space on an aircraft carrier imported from Germany with a flywheel catapult, and then flew to the Hawaiian Islands at night.
However, these two supplementation methods are very expensive, and the amount that can be replenished is insufficient.
In particular, the US military also deployed 61 night fighters on Niihau Island, and as a result, Japanese planes flying to the Hawaiian Islands at night were often intercepted by the 61, and those Japanese rookie pilots who had long been exhausted after long-distance night flights often did not even see the Hawaiian Islands, and were shot down by the US 61 in a daze.
As a result, in the past June, Japan lost more than 1,100 planes in the Hawaiian Islands, and the number of US planes shot down by them was much less.
At present, the exchange ratio of air warfare in the battle for the Hawaiian Islands is greatly unfavorable to Japan, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to rely on air warfare to win again.
But the decisive battle of the fleet is to fight with the old roots of the Japanese Navy Is it really cost-effective?
"Ito-kun," Yamamoto Isoroku said in a leisurely tone, "Do you think that in a decisive battle with the fleet, the combined fleet will be sure to win?"
"This," Ito thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "The Combined Fleet has 4 Yamato-class battleships, while the United States only has 4 Iowa-class battleships at most on the battlefield in the Hawaiian Islands, so it is not our opponent at all. ” "What about the American planes," Yamamoto asked, "Ito-kun would not have thought that the American planes would stand by and watch their battleships fight to the death with our battleships."
"Naturally, this is impossible," Ito said, shaking his head, "but Commander Nagumo and Commander Ozawa will cover the battleship forces with aircraft carriers. ” Yamamoto Fifty-six also shook his head and said, "No, no, this is a reckless act that is uncertain" Yamamoto is not wrong that Japan can now muster together less than 20 aircraft carriers at most, while the United States has at least 5,060 aircraft carriers near the Hawaiian Islands.
In terms of commonly used carrier-based aircraft, Japan can come up with up to 800 aircraft.
On the other hand, even if the United States does not consider escort aircraft carriers, it can come up with at least 25 large and light fleet aircraft carriers, and even if the number of standing carrier-based aircraft on it is insufficient, 12001300 aircraft can still be scraped together.
Although in the previous operations, the US carrier-based aircraft pilots suffered heavy losses, and now more than half of the pilots who fly those 1,300 carrier-based aircraft are "rookies" who have transferred from the army air force, and the rest are of course carrier-based aircraft elites, but they are still better than the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots, and their skills in piloting planes to take off and land on aircraft carriers and flying over the sea are relatively poor, but the skills of air combat, fighting, and bombing are not good at all The best pilots of the Japanese Navy have long been exhausted, but the Japanese Navy cannot get experienced pilots from the Army Red Deer like the US Navy In addition, the carrier-based aircraft on the Japanese aircraft carriers were also at a great disadvantage in the face of the US carrier-based aircraft.
In order to compensate for this weakness, the Japanese Navy also introduced a batch of F trials from Germany not so long ago.
It was improved from shore-based aircraft, and the take-off and landing performance was not very ideal.
When taking off on an aircraft carrier, it is necessary to rely on a high-power hydraulic catapult to fully fuel and recharge.
And landing too fast is a headache, and the old pilots who are not experienced cannot fly the F landing at all.
Therefore, the carrier-based fighters of the Japanese Navy are still using the Zero, but the Zero Type 6263 was launched with reference to the Fokker Zero D, which was transformed into a fighter-bomber.
But the performance of the Zero Type 6263 is still not comparable to the F4U and F6F of the Americans.
"But," Ito looked very embarrassed, "Your Excellency Marshal, this is the situation of the Combined Fleet, if you don't fight a fleet war, and you are not sure about the air war, how can you fight a decisive battle?"
"How to fight a decisive battle" Yamamoto Isoroku glared at Ito one by one, "Why a decisive battle" “” "Didn't the empire win, didn't the United States sue for peace, didn't the army also plan to end the Pacific war and use troops on the Asian continent, why did the navy fight a meaningless decisive battle?"
Yamamoto's series of questions made Ito Junichi a little unexpected.
Yamamoto Isoroku doesn't want to fight, but in fact, most of the characters in Japan who have the final say don't want to fight the Pacific War with the United States anymore.
Didn't even the head of the army red deer say: The United States is "golden", Japan is "Song", and Germany is "Great Mongolia".
What will happen to the Great Song Kingdom of Lianmeng and Jin, who in Japan doesn't know, but can Japan not fight now?
"But Germany has acquiesced in the expansion of the Reich in the Far East, provided a set of equipment for the production of nuclear fission bombs, and allowed the United States to occupy the Hawaiian Islands for the long-term development of the Reich."
When Ito said this, his brows were already twisted.
Japan is now receiving the benefits of Germany, and if it does not do its job, the Germans will be able to spare Japan, and Germany now has an atomic bomb As for the occupation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States, the Japanese are not really worried, because they believe that a united European States is the main enemy of the United States of America In fact, there is no unsolvable hatred between Japan and the United States.
"I'm afraid that the big gold of the United States is not finished yet," Yamamoto fifty-six waved his hand, "and we are not not failing to fulfill our promises, but on the premise of keeping the fleet." ” "Keep the Fleet" Yamamoto Fifty-six nodded and said, "Only by protecting the ship can we defeat the enemy."
"Protecting ships and subduing the enemy is the existence of a fleet" "Yes," Yamamoto nodded heavily, "The combined fleet must exist, and only if the fleet exists, the navy can dominate the enemy, not only the external enemy, but also the internal enemy."
This enemy is not only the United States and the Soviet Union, but also includes the Japanese Army Red Deer The combined fleet is the capital of the Japanese Navy, and if the toss is gone, the army's major policy in the future will be the army.
The navy has made such a great contribution, and in the end there is nothing, how can Yamamoto Fifty-six and Nagano Cultivation be willing Don't look at the fact that the Pacific War is almost over, and Japan should fight a land war next, but Yamamoto and Nagano are still preparing a large-scale new shipbuilding plan It may seem absurd to the United States and Germany to prepare not only to start construction of the Yamato-class successor ships, but also to build more Taiho-class aircraft carriers, but for the Japanese Navy, it is a reward they deserve And Yamamoto Fifty-six is sober-minded, he is also a member of the Japanese Navy, and must consider the interests of the Navy.
"The Battle of the Hawaiian Islands will definitely be fought," said Yamamoto, "but it must be made clear that this is not an Imperial War, but a War against Germany."
So most of the capital ships must be saved, understand?"
Half of Yamamoto's words were said, and the other half was that it didn't matter if the battle was lost, and it didn't matter if the Hawaiian Islands were lost, as long as the fleet was not lost.
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"Shimono understands" Ito Junichi stood up, picked up the text of the "Jie-2 Battle Plan" in front of Yamamoto and was about to leave.
"Ito-kun, why did you take the plan away" Yamamoto Fifty-six stopped Ito, "The official hasn't read it yet" "Your Excellency, what do you mean?"
Yamamoto Fifty-six smiled and said, "The plan does not have to change what the Germans want to see, and it will also send personnel to observe with the fleet."
But plans don't always keep up with changes, right?"
Ito finally understood at this time, and bowed to Yamamoto in admiration, "Xiaguan immediately go to the Yamato again and convey your intentions to Commander Nagumo and Commander Ozawa." ” t1706231537: