"If they have not discovered their aircraft carrier, you should not attack easily!" Ozawa Shisaburo said decisively.

Due to Tadichi Nagamo's loss in China, Shisaburo Ozawa, who is also a Japanese fish expert, squeezed into the top leaders of the Japanese Navy early by defeating the British and Dutch navy in the Indian Ocean. In this battle in the South Pacific, he replaced Tadichi Nagamo and became the attacking striker.

This time, he didn't believe that the Americans had only dispatched one battleship and did not use an aircraft carrier.

Through the Pearl Harbor raid, the Japanese Navy's understanding of aircraft carriers became deeper and attached great importance to aircraft carriers.

This time, in addition to the two Iowa-class battleships, the main battleships sent by the Americans also followed six aircraft carriers, Saratoga, Hornet, Yorktown, Essex-class Enterprise and Lexington. °

Compared with battleships, these six aircraft carriers are the special concerns of the Japanese.

The aircraft carrier's fighter jets can not only fight navally, but also support land, especially when their torpedo attacks are enough to threaten super battleships, the Japanese must not ignore the movements of aircraft carriers.

But the huge American merchant fleet was heading towards Sydney, and no one of their six aircraft carriers could be seen, so Ozawa, who had always been cautious and calm, could not help but guess the worst result.

"The spirit of the navy is attack, and the essence of an aircraft carrier is ultra-long-distance attack! We don't need to guess where the enemy's warship is. We just need to take our target first and send it to the bottom of the sea, which is enough!" Yamaguchi Tatsume once again requested.

If Tadaichi Nagamo is known for being cautious and cautious, Jisaburo Ozawa is known for being calm and calm, while Yamaguchi Duoshi, a rare Japanese aircraft carrier expert, has a natural sense of smell and courage.

Although he had already realized that the Americans must have conspiracy this time, in his calculations, through the timing, they could at least bite the fat meat on their mouths first.

"Only by fighting, the American aircraft carrier will emerge!" Yamaguchi Tatsume said again.

His Flying Dragon had long become the record of the vanguard army, but after the Japanese obtained two Shohe-class aircraft carriers from the Umbrella Company, they replaced the Flying Dragon and Canglong and changed it to the Flying Dragon and Canghe. Yamaguchi Daowen had the Flying Dragon and Canghe car.

Seeing that it was easy to become a prey for aircraft carriers and many merchant ships were in front of him but could not be gnawed, Yamaguchi Duowen was a little restless.

Ozawa Jisaburo was a little moved. To be honest, the Japanese did not experience the battle between Midway and the Coral Sea, and the United Fleet was at its peak at this time.

As a forward, he was under his command of two aircraft carriers, Feihe and Aohe, as well as a Yamato-class battleship named Hinaga and a Nagato-class battleship.

Behind them, Yamato formations were also coming from Port Moresby. Although the distance was a little far, the accompanying aircraft carriers Akagi and Ruisu can be supported soon.

With such combat capabilities, even if all Americans attack, they can delay and wait for the main warships to come and fight.

"Expand the search scope and carefully search for the target!" When the words came, Ozawa added another cautious instruction.

But shortly after the expanded search began, new information came again:

"The American fleet is shifting southward!"

"Looking south?" Ozawa Shisaburo quickly walked to the chart, pointed at Fiji Island, followed Matthew Island and Hunter Island, and clicked to Norfolk Island.

"Matthew Island and Hunter Island are difficult to gain a foothold for a long time. At this time, they are unoccupied territory that belongs to the French. This Norfolk Island belongs to the Australians, and there are already Australian garrisons and several fortress guns. In order to prevent our raids, their fleet had already gone inside, but now it was southerly, would it be that they had to pass through New Zealand?" Ozawa pondered, "or, their aircraft carriers were hiding near the Minava Islands or the Kemadek Islands?"

"Can't wait any longer. Even if their fleet arrives in New Zealand, we cannot stop the continuous support from being sent to the Australian continent!" Yamaguchi Tatsume once again asked for battle.

He was right. The power of the Japanese fleet had not yet expanded to the Tasman Sea. As long as the American merchant ships leaned towards New Zealand and crossed the Northman Sea from New Zealand to support the Australian continent, the Japanese could only stare at them.

Ozawa still pondered.

It was not until the information found that the US fleet crossed the center point of the quadrilateral of Hunter Island, Norfolk Island, Minawa Island and Kemadek Islands, and was getting closer to Norfolk Island where the Allied forces were stationed, Ozawa issued an order to attack.

"The Japanese are attacking!" A radio wave quickly reached the hands of Major General Fletcher, a veteran on the battleship Iahua.

"They are finally here! It seems that they are unwilling to let us walk this journey safely!" Frank Jack Fletcher instructed his men to continue to transmit the message, and then clapped his hands and shouted, "Children, those yellow-skinned monkeys are finally here. Let's prepare to kick those little guys' ass first!"

The subordinates responded loudly and all of them were busy, and radio waves continued to transmit to the distance. At the same time, all warships and even merchant ships exposed the hideous guns of anti-aircraft cannons.

The Americans had a famous Fletcher-class destroyer in World War II, but not to commemorate his major general, but to refer to his uncle General Frank Fred Fletcher.

But Major General Fletcher's qualifications were therefore deep enough. He served as the front-line commander of the operation this time, and led this huge merchant fleet to complete Nimitz's bait plan with the battleship I'm Ahwa as the flagship.

To be honest, although the US fleet is very strong, the Japanese fleet is also not weak and has to be responsible for the escort mission of merchant ships. Nimitz does not want to confront the Japanese head-on.

Therefore, no aircraft carrier followed, which made the Japanese skeptical and dared not launch an attack, making the merchant ships get closer and closer to New Zealand.

However, it doesn't matter even if the Japanese come. American radars and submarines can detect Japanese traces in advance, and the merchant ship formation has made a sharp enough fish hook to prepare for counterattack.

On the other hand, from near the Kmadek Islands and Minawa Islands, two aircraft carrier formations are rushing towards this place.


Chapter completed!