At half past seven, the kamikaze team members finished their meal and began to assemble. At this time, a captain pilot walked up to them. They knew him. This man was Captain Guan Xingnan, the only veteran pilot in the entire team. A team, even if

It is a team that is about to commit suicide, and it still needs an experienced veteran to lead it. Because, if

Without experienced people leading them, it would be impossible for them to find the target. It is said that when Lieutenant General Onishi Takijiro found him and asked him to perform such a task, Captain Guan Xingnan only thought about it for about ten seconds before he readily agreed.

Of course, some people say that Captain Guan Xingnan thought about it all night. However, the young people are still more willing to believe the previous statement.

"The fighter plane has appeared. Now I give the order to board the plane immediately!" Guan Xingnan had a straight face as usual. Many young people couldn't help but admire in their hearts: "It's so stylish. If only I could have looked like this in the comfort station last night."

The expression on my face would definitely make the sister who received me faint. That sister is so gentle. I wonder if she will miss me after I die..."

After getting on the plane, everyone was given a few pills. The military doctor who distributed the pills told them that they were medicines to prevent airsickness and could improve their combat effectiveness. So these young people swallowed these medicines and then worked for Japan.

The empire is proud of its superb medical technology.

As the pill fell into the stomach, courage also rose from it. Every young man is eager to beat others to death and be beaten to death by others. Captain Guan Xingnan waved his hand and closed the canopy. The canopy was also locked.

, then he pushed the throttle, and the plane began to slide toward the end of the runway...

Guan Xingnan flew towards Leyte Gulf with the other five Zero fighter-modified suicide planes of his "Shikishima Team". Behind him, at a higher position, were the fighter jets escorting them. The leader was the famous

Nishizawa Hiroki.

An hour later, the plane entered the sky over Leyte Gulf.

In the original history, the timing of the Japanese suicide plane was very good. At that time, "The Bull" Halsey was attracted by Ozawa's decoy fleet, taking all his aircraft carriers, and Willis... General Lee

One of the 6 relatively new battleships under my command

I rushed over and took the bait. There were only some escort carriers, destroyers and a large number of transport ships left in Leyte Gulf. The fighters equipped on these escort carriers were still old F4Fs. This made the kamikaze attack successful.

Hope is greatly increased.

What's even more terrible is that Kurita's second fleet with 6 battleships - one of which is the world's largest battleship Yamato - came over. And the US military in front of him only had escort carriers, destroyers and light cruisers.

.All the US destroyers rushed forward and launched torpedoes to escort them.

All the flying aircraft on the aircraft carrier, whether they were fighters or bombers, all went to attack the Kurita fleet. Those with bombs dropped bombs, and those without bombs strafed anti-aircraft gun emplacements. Anyway, no one cared about air defense. As a result, Japan

Human suicide planes took advantage of the situation and sank two escort carriers in one go.

However, giving up air defense was actually the best choice for the Americans at that time. If Kurita's battleship force was allowed to rush into Leyte Gulf, not only the two escort aircraft carriers would die, but the entire landing force would be dead. So although these aircraft were not

They didn't mount the bombs that were most suitable for attacking warships, but they still attacked Kurita's fleet.

Historically, Kurita was frightened by these chaotic enemy planes, and turned around to run away, passing the only chance of harming both sides. Why he ran and what would happen if he didn't ran later became a classic topic.

Anyone who is a military fan will know this story about the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Ron certainly knows it too. So before the landing battle started, he found a reason and said that in the future, there will be many times when we need to cooperate with the fleet, so

I ran to see Halsey.

Ron and Halsey are also old acquaintances. They worked together when they were in Guadalcanal. Moreover, he also fought in Midway with the Navy. In the eyes of the Navy, Ron is one of the few comparisons.

The Army is a little cuter. Now he came over and expressed that he wanted to observe the Navy.

Of course, Halsey had no reason to disagree with the war. The generous Halsey even provided Ron with a "Pirate" fighter jet and asked him to fly the plane to the Sibuyan Sea to see the navy under his command.

How to "kill little Japan, kill little Japan, keep killing little Japan".

In the end, of course, the navy's aircraft fleet severely beat up Kurita's fleet. But this time, for some reason, it was the Yamato that was sunk, but the Musashi, which was supposed to be sunk, escaped.

As in the original history, at around 4:00 pm on the 24th, Halsey's fleet discovered the Ozawa fleet as a decoy. In this fleet, Halsey discovered all four Japanese aircraft carriers.

Destroy them and you can gain 100% control of the sea! This temptation suddenly made Halsey's head feel hot. Almost as soon as Kurita's fleet retreated, he gathered his troops and planned to kill all Ozawa's fleet.

fleet.

"General, I'm a layman, but there are some things I don't quite understand." Ron, who was watching the battle, said to Halsey.

"Ah, my little friend, what don't you understand? Just ask me. I am most willing to be a teacher for young people." It can be seen that if there is a chance to annihilate all the remaining Japanese aircraft carriers, this Hal

Xi is in a good mood.

"General, what if the enemy's battleship force comes back at night?" Ron asked.

"The enemy has retreated! He probably won't come back again." Halsey didn't care.

Later commentators made this comparison between Halsey and Patton. They said that Patton was pretending to be bold but was really cautious, while Halsey was really bold and pretending to be cautious. Patton's quarrel was that only fools would protect them all day long.

His own butt, but when commanding operations, he never really exposed the butt of his troops. Halsey was different. He never cared whether others would smash his butt, as long as he could beat the opponent

He doesn't care if his butt is smashed or he gets a few blows.

"General, if they fight back after dark, just like they did on Guadalcanal, they should be able to fight to Leyte Gulf at dawn. Once the Philippines is lost, the Japanese fleet will be finished. At this time, if you are the Japanese commander

Officer, what will you do?" Ron asked.

"I am the Japanese commander?" Halsey clasped his hands on his chest, circled the chart twice, and then said: "Then I would rather sink all the warships in this battle than to

The Americans caused huge losses. Let me think about it... Kincaid is guarding Surigao, there must be no problem here..."

"General, you must not let go of the opportunity to kill the Japanese aircraft carrier. But I just heard that there are four Japanese aircraft carriers, only one of which is a large aircraft carrier, and the others are light aircraft carriers. To deal with such a force, you do not need to use the entire

Send out all the fleets. Let’s leave some battleship units, plus a fleet aircraft carrier. It’s not as sure to fight four small things like that with 8 fleet aircraft carriers.”

"Let me think about it again!" If someone else had suggested this, Halsey wouldn't have cared too much about it, but Ron is a very capable guy. He had proven that he was a capable commander in Guadalcanal and Midway.

Talent. And it’s not that Halsey didn’t really understand the risks of his actions. He was just a little impulsive. After a slight interruption, Halsey, who had calmed down, would naturally realize that his decision was risky.

Necessary risks.

"I said Ron, you are a young man, how come you act like Spruance, like a little old man! But...well, what you said makes sense. We have to attack overnight, and I can't

All the battleships were left behind, otherwise they would encounter the enemy during the night voyage.

Battleships are in trouble. In this way, I will leave four battleships and one aircraft carrier. Let Willis-General Lee take them. This way, everything will be foolproof. Well, just give the order like this!...Ron, you are

Come with me or follow Willis Lee?"

"Of course I'll follow you. There's definitely going to be a fight there, but not necessarily with Willis-General Lee." Ron said, while thinking to himself: "It's not going to be good with Willis-Lee.

In an artillery battle, the safety factor is much lower. The most important thing is to save your life..."

…

Therefore, when the Japanese suicide planes arrived, the skies over Leyte Gulf were not as unprepared as in history. Willis Lee's fleet suppressed Kurita's fleet, forcing him to escape again. And the Navy's escort aircraft carrier

Those F4F fighter jets are circling over the transport fleet.

Captain Guan Xingnan shook his wings, signaling other aircraft to follow him, and then rushed towards the American escort aircraft carrier. Several F4Fs spotted them, but these aircraft obviously failed to anticipate the enemy's attack method.

"Japanese fighter jets were spotted at 10 o'clock, it's a zero battle!" a US military pilot shouted.

"Climb up, take advantage of the altitude first, and then engage them." Their captain issued this order.

To be honest, there is no problem with this command. Because the f4f is too old, it is even weak in performance compared to Zero Combat. It is only because of its good take-off and landing performance that it is favored by the petite escort aircraft carriers and chooses it.

For carrier-based aircraft, if it cannot occupy a high altitude advantage, combat will be very difficult. However, this decision has brought a lot of trouble to the US fleet.
Chapter completed!