stonecrandall Chapter 878
Chapter 878
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: 0.113s Scan: 0.030sAfter believing that they had defeated the third German attack, the confidence of the Foot Basin suddenly increased.
So, as Nimitz expected, they launched an attack on the German fleet at the first opportunity!
“Haha, the Hans probably didn’t expect that we would use this tactic against them, right?”
Looking at the fighters taking off from the three aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto’s heart was filled with pride!
Look, this is the true strength of the foot basin!
Even if they are lacking in weapons and equipment and combat experience, and may not be as strong as the German army, their spiritual power is invincible!
Isoroku Yamamoto is very proud of this, and he feels that there may be no other army in the world that can adopt the tactics of the Combined Fleet.
After all, other countries don’t have such a thing as Bushido. In the country of Jiaoben, soldiers with the Bushido spirit regard it as an honor to sacrifice for the king and the country. Under this fanatical pursuit of honor, they will not be stingy with their lives at all, so even this kind of crazy tactic of risking life is very normal in the eyes of the people of Jiaoben!
However, Yamamoto Isoroku went to Europe and the Eagle Sauce to study abroad. He knew very well that European countries did not have such a strong Bushido spirit!
They would never accept this suicidal tactic in any case!
Especially for the elite German army, they are more like a professional army with extremely high quality and well-equipped. They are definitely not the kind of people who fight a battle. Just go and die as cannon fodder!
Therefore, such casualties are acceptable to the Japanese, but not to the Germans.
However, if the Germans cannot accept such huge losses, then when facing the suicide attack of the Japanese, they can only give up the attack and hand over the initiative!
Isoroku Yamamoto had been worried that the Germans might attack his own aircraft carrier, and the reconnaissance planes sent out had not been able to determine the specific location of the enemy’s aircraft carrier, so he did not take the initiative to launch an attack. However, at this time, after ensuring that the enemy would not try to attack again and the safety of his own aircraft carrier would not be threatened, Isoroku Yamamoto felt that the time was almost ripe!
They can try to launch a counterattack!
“Give an order to Nagumo Tadashi, and ask him to release all the fighter planes of the First Air Force. Don’t keep any of them. Also, ask Yamaguchi Tamon to deploy two-thirds of the Second Air Force. We must concentrate our superior forces in this battle and sink the enemy’s aircraft carrier in one fell swoop!”
“As long as we can destroy the enemy’s aircraft carrier, the remaining enemy warships will be lambs to be slaughtered, and will have nowhere to hide under our bombing! Therefore, the aircraft carrier is the most important target!”
Isoroku Yamamoto was still somewhat worried. This attack was very important, and he would not miss any details. After all, details determine success or failure. What he was most worried about was that after the Japanese pilots broke into the German fleet and reached the German Bismarck-class super battleships, they would be attracted by these huge and powerful battleships, thus changing the target of the attack and giving priority to attacking and destroying these battleships!
The Bismarck-class battleship is the most powerful battleship in the world. Her reputation is known all over the world, and everyone knows her. So for anyone, if there is a Bismarck-class battleship in front of them for them to attack, they will definitely be attracted and will not let go of such an opportunity. Yes!
After all, in many people’s minds, the impression left by battleships in the era of big ships and big guns is still too deep. So even though aircraft carriers have gradually emerged in recent years and demonstrated their status as the future overlord of the sea, in a short period of time, the influence of aircraft carriers is still not as good as that of battleships, especially super battleships!
However, for Isoroku Yamamoto and the Combined Fleet, destroying the enemy’s battleships is not their primary goal. Their primary goal is to fight for air supremacy!
And to fight for air supremacy, you have to destroy the enemy’s air force. The most convenient and fastest way to destroy the enemy’s air force is to destroy the enemy’s airport!
As long as the airport is destroyed, no matter how many powerful fighters the enemy has, , and they cannot take off to fight, so they cannot pose a threat to them!
The role of an aircraft carrier is to act as a floating airport on the sea, so giving priority to attacking aircraft carriers is the key to their victory in this battle!
Yamamoto Isoroku hopes that the bombs of all the fighters in the attacking fleet this time can be accurately dropped on the top of the German aircraft carrier!
It would be best if the German aircraft carrier is blown to pieces and can no longer pose a threat to them, then he can rest assured!
After all, the previous bombings of the German army on them once made Yamamoto Isoroku feel deeply desperate, and he almost thought that they had no hope in this battle!
If these aircraft carriers cannot be destroyed, Yamamoto Isoroku will never be at ease!
People in the foot basin have always been Very good executors, they absolutely obey the orders of their superiors unconditionally. Even if they know that there is a problem with the order, they will not raise any questions, but will only faithfully perform their duties!
In order to complete this attack, Isoroku Yamamoto really spent a lot of money!
Under his order, the Combined Fleet released more than 80 fighter planes within an hour. Among them, in addition to 80 escort fighters, the rest were all torpedo planes and dive bombers for sea attacks!
From this distribution of forces, we can see the determination of Isoroku Sanben!
However, such an arrangement made Yamaguchi Tamon, Yamamoto Isoroku’s favorite, feel a little uneasy!
“”Commander, there is something I don’t know whether I should say or not, but considering the current situation, I think I should express my concern!”
Yamamoto Isoroku was in high spirits. After hearing what Yamaguchi Tamon said, he glanced at the other party and said lightly:”Just say whatever you want to say!”
He had studied abroad, so his thoughts were relatively open-minded. The relationship between superiors and subordinates was not so strong for Yamamoto Isoroku. If he was a traditional military officer, then Yamaguchi Tamon would never dare to talk to him like this!
Obviously, Yamaguchi Tamon also knew what kind of person he was, so after hearing what Yamamoto Isoroku said, he breathed a sigh of relief, and after considering the words, he slowly said:”I am a little confused. We have sent reconnaissance planes to our northeast after the first German air raid. If our previous speculation is correct, then our reconnaissance planes should have discovered the enemy before!
But why did our first reconnaissance plane return empty-handed?