The Rise of the Empire

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"Just a week ago, two new squadrons of long-range patrol aircraft appeared over the Gilbert Islands. The appearance of this force was very abrupt and unreasonable, because this is just a corner area on the American strategic chessboard. They There is no reason for a sudden increase in air patrols," Beatty said.

"Can you speak more clearly?" Yoshimatsu Motaro asked.

"We seldom send submarines in this sea area, because it is far away from normal routes, and there are almost no targets to attack when submarines are deployed here. Therefore, the sea patrol aircraft is for anti-submarine. This can be removed, saying that the Americans are going to launch an attack? Where are they attacking?" Could it be the Tulua Islands? Compared to now, the Americans will not be so bold to encroach on the British colonies in the Pacific Ocean, and they are only long-range patrol planes, not bombers, and the garrison on the island seems to have not changed. So that can be ruled out.”

"Well, now let's think about the situation in the entire Pacific battlefield. If we assume that our whereabouts have not been exposed, then the only explanation is that the sudden deployment of maritime patrol aircraft here is actually aimed at our maritime assault ships. !Because the armored cruiser we bought from the Italians can reach a maximum speed of 23 knots! What does this mean? Even a high-speed cruise ship may be destroyed if it encounters it. In order to ensure the safety of nearly 10,000 people , the Americans think they need to improve the detection capabilities of the team at sea, and what is the purpose of improving the detection capabilities? I think it is naturally for the convenience of some high-speed transport ships. The cruise ship evaded in advance!" Betty said.

So now a complete logical chain has been formed. Shadow 42 chose to pass through the waters between the Gilbert Islands and the Tulua Islands. Recently, there are Japanese high-speed assault ships in this sea area. In order to ensure that the shadow For the safety of 42, the U.S. Navy decided to increase the air reconnaissance force in order to prevent accidents.

As for why the Shadow 42 fleet chose this route, it may be largely due to fuel issues. On the one hand, the so-called high-speed cruise ships, unless they are high enough to reach a certain skyline like the Titanic, will travel at high speed throughout the journey in order to obtain the blue ribbon. In addition, it is impossible for other high-speed cruise ships to run all the way, and obviously, the distance from the west coast of the United States to New Guinea is farther than the distance from the United Kingdom to the United States, so the Americans must choose between speed, time and distance. Find a balance. In addition to Shadow 42, there may be light cruisers following, and the range of light cruisers is even more problematic. In the absence of supplies along the way, the two ships must make a compromise, so under the influence of various factors , The Americans chose this route, and in order to prevent accidents, the Americans' actions exposed the information of Shadow 42! And in the end all this was discovered by Betty! This is really a tragic story!

So, now the problem is solved. Under the pens of the British and Japanese naval staff, the route of Shadow 42 has appeared on the chart. Then the rest is to set up an ambush. The United Fleet will directly choose a sea area to set up an ambush. When Shadow 42 passes by, it will cleanly eliminate the opponent!

"If this information is accurate,

There should be no problem for us to kill Shadow 42. The only problem that needs to be solved now is, should we use carrier-based aircraft or battleships? " Yoshimatsu Motaro asked.

"If you use carrier-based aircraft, it must be the most efficient. 20 attack aircraft carrying torpedoes and bombs can completely smash this transport ship into pieces. Even if there is a light cruiser escorting it, adding another squadron is definitely enough. The entire attack may end within half an hour, and the other party may not even be able to send out a telegram. But the problem is, if we are exposed, then the US Navy is likely to be aware of the existence of the aircraft carrier. The subsequent breaking of diplomatic relations may have adverse effects."

"And if you use a battleship to attack, it is true that the existence of the aircraft carrier can be hidden, but this pursuit may take a long time. After all, the speed advantage of our so-called fast battleship is also very limited. The Americans can almost send telegrams 100%. If we If the luck is worse, then we may end up having to use the carrier-based aircraft to make up the knife." Said Hayao Shimamura.

"We still have carrier-based aircraft to attack. We are at least 60% sure that we will destroy the Americans before they send out the intelligence." Betty finally said. "Our ambush position is best outside the patrol range of the Gilbert Islands maritime patrol aircraft, so that we can avoid exposing ourselves, and our fleet can also be temporarily dispersed to form a wider front to prevent the opponent from slipping through! The seaplanes on the battleships do reconnaissance, the carrier planes do the attacking, and that's it."

In the last period before the attack was launched, the Japanese combined fleet was still making sufficient preparations. A total of 6 seaplanes on battleships undertook reconnaissance missions. In order to expose their identities as low as possible, the Japanese Navy gave each participating aircraft All the reconnaissance seaplanes have been repainted. First, the color of the lower part of the fuselage is close to the color of the sky. In this way, when the plane is flying in the air, it will be more difficult to spot the plane from the sea. At the same time, in order to confuse the United States People, the painting of all reconnaissance aircraft is as close as possible to the American painting. In this way, although a few American-painting aircraft appear in the depths of the ocean, it is a bit abrupt, but the shadow 42 and its frigates that keep radio silent will not Respond immediately. After all, warships above US cruisers all have seaplanes. Who can guarantee that there will be no colleagues near the route?

In order to increase the suddenness of the attack as much as possible, all aircraft groups participating in the attack are required to attack at a height of about 200 meters above sea level. At the same time, the painting of the aircraft is also set to a painting similar to the background of the sea level. Generally speaking, the Japanese Navy's leading planes are air camouflage, while the attack fleet is sea camouflage.

"In the process of carrying out this mission, although there will not be too much confrontation, it is also a challenge for the joint fleet, because we will use the fleet's own reconnaissance capabilities to obtain information in the absence of sufficient intelligence. The position of the opponent, this is a very big challenge for our reconnaissance and guidance capabilities, maybe we will use 95% of the time to search for the opponent, and only 5% of the time to attack." Yoshimatsu Motaro wrote in his diary.

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