For Sukhoi and Kuznetsov, the first wave of attacks always seemed less exciting. They were like a group of passers-by who were wandering around the edge of the stage, and did not achieve eye-catching results in this naval battle.

Yes, although the RO2 fleet participated in the attack on the Kaga, Akagi and Aolong, they did hit some bombs and torpedoes, but they did not sink any Japanese aircraft carrier alone, which disappointed the two admirals. In particular, although the RO2 loaded with torpedoes suffered a slight loss, the results of the battle were really not worth mentioning. Only one of the forty torpedoes hit, and the rest were all drifted. This hit rate was simply ashamed to see people!

So much so that Sukhoi had the idea that he would simply not bring torpedoes in the next wave of attacks. It was useless anyway, so he would just take the bombs. Fortunately, this idea was only in a moment, and Sukhoi soon returned to his normal mind.

"Will continue to attack the remaining aircraft carrier of the enemy or attack the enemy in the west?" Kuznetsov did not worry about the results of the last wave of battles, but instead raised a very realistic question.

In fact, the subtext of Kuznetsov's words is very obvious. It is certain that the Americans will continue to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier in the north. If they continue to attack this target, the final result may still be unsatisfactory. It is not even ruled out that when the RO2 arrives on the battlefield again, the Americans have already dealt with the Flying Dragon. Isn't this a waste of time?

Kuznetsov felt that there was no need to take care of Tadaichi Nagamo's mobile troops now. If he went there, he would be the icing on the cake. He could not show the combat effectiveness of the Red Navy's special mixed fleet. He didn't want to continue to play soy sauce.

Sukhoi quickly understood what Kuznetsov meant, and in fact he felt that the previous battle was boring. Since Tadonico Nagamoto's mobile troops had been severely damaged, the Americans had an absolute advantage in three fights and one, and it was impossible to miss it (he did not know the information about the severely damaged York City). So he quickly said: "We should move westward, while we can attack the enemy in the west, and cut off the enemy's escape route in the north!"

Kuznetsov was naturally overjoyed when he heard this. He reported their plans for the next stage to Nimitz of Pearl Harbor. On the other hand, he was nervously waiting for the return Ro2. Because when the second wave of attacks can be carried out next depends entirely on when these Ro2s can return.

But Sukhoi didn't know that there was a small tail behind the first batch of RO2s returning, six zero battles that took off from the Canglong, eight nine nine ships and four nine seven ships attacked, hanging behind the RO2 and rushing towards his fleet.

At about 150 kilometers, the radar of the cruiser Riga discovered these targets, but they did not realize that they were enemy planes. The reason was very simple. Because the one flying in front was his own RO2, the radar operator naturally believed that the group of targets behind was also his own aircraft. Even if the waveforms of these aircraft were slightly different from those of the RO2, he had been fighting for most of the day and was really ineffective and ignored this subtle difference.

Some comrades may want to say. Isn’t there an enemy-me-recognition system? How could this go wrong? Don’t worry, the enemy-me-recognition system is not so reliable. The US imperialists, who were armed with high technology to the teeth in the Gulf War, often made mistakes because of enemy-me-recognition problems, let alone the enemy-me-recognition systems in the 1940s when the electronics industry was just beginning to show. Electronic devices in that year were notoriously unreliable. In actual combat, in addition to the particularly "clean" airspace, the final enemy-me-recognition still had to rely on the pilot's eyes to solve the problem.

Just like this, the sky was covered with fighter jets that the Red Navy was patrolling, and the large number of RO2s that had just returned were even more eye-catching. In that year, there was no electronic computer to help you identify and analyze the targets. Everything had to be manpower. It would be normal to make mistakes and omissions in your busy schedule.

More importantly, as mentioned earlier, the Riga is a 4o air defense cruiser, with an air defense command center installed inside. However, because the 4o tonnage is limited, the capacity of this command center is relatively small and its ability to handle targets is limited. When there are too many targets in the sky, it will be too busy.

So it was not until the Japanese plane approached the distance of 80 kilometers to the Red Navy Special Mixed Fleet that another air defense cruiser, Arkhangelsk, found these little tails that were not right. She immediately called these targets through confidential frequency and asked them to report their own homes. But how could the Japanese receive it? They would not answer even if they received it.

At this time, Arkhangelsk felt something was wrong, but she could not determine that these were enemies, so she called the targets on the public channel. She asked them to indicate their identity again. After the call was not answered, Arkhangelsk quickly notified Jacques 3, who was patrolling in the relevant airspace, to intercept, and the air defense alarm sounded on the other side.

Gorshkov recalled: "Around 11:00, the harsh air defense alarm sounded again, which made me who was about to have lunch immediately return to the bridge. The crew members took their place. The anti-aircraft guns and machine guns on the ship were aimed at the northeast direction. The air search radar soon captured this group of guests."

"This wave of enemies was discovered a little late, and it is said that they are only fifty kilometers away from the fleet. I held up the telescope and looked at the water antenna with my eyes wide open. If nothing unexpected happens, the enemy should have arrived soon."

"A group of small black dots appeared in the field of view. There were not many numbers. There were about ten aircraft, and another aircraft had black smoke. It should have been injured by our Jacques. Soon, the group of Jacques appeared. They lined up in neat rows like eagles and rushed to the enemy like chickens to try to resist. The traces of traces of tracer bombs could be vaguely seen, but the number of enemy and us was too disparity. Soon, one enemy aircraft was shot down one after another, but the Japanese obviously did not intend to give up. On the one hand, they avoided the rain of bullets that were coming, and on the other hand, they increased the accelerator and rushed towards our aircraft carrier."

"Thirty kilometers, twenty kilometers, fifteen kilometers, soon with the order, the 1mm main gun on the air defense cruiser opened fire. The 12 main guns on the Riga were fired fiercely, and the yellow shells with white smoke fell on the deck. Even if there was a distance between them, I could feel how rapid this shooting was."

"The lethality of 1mm ammunition is still good. The shrapnel generated by the explosion covered the sky, forcing the enemy planes to disperse, and their unified attack formation soon disappeared. However, only a few enemies were shot down. After all, we have too few air defense cruisers. Even with the help of two destroyers, it is not enough to completely cover the airspace. And the enemy came in from the corner of this fire net."

"After entering within ten kilometers, according to the design requirements, the 1mm main gun would stop attacking and hand over these targets to the inner 76 guns. However, this time, there were fewer targets rushing in, so the 1st main gun continued to fire, and the faster 76 guns can finally show their skills."

"These 76 guns fired at an average of about 40, which was already like rain in that era. I witnessed an enemy plane being caught by them. As fire tongues spurted out from the barrel, the little sparrow was quickly torn to pieces, and it was not an exaggeration at all. It was completely torn apart, and only a few skins slowly fell on the sea."

"After the siege of 1 and 76 guns, most of the enemy planes were torn apart, and almost none of the Japanese pilots survived. Most of them were sieved by shrapnel in the cockpit, and there was no chance to parachutize. There were only two enemy planes on our innermost air defense network. They were all torpedo planes. From the telescope, I could see the torpedo hanging under their belly, which was shining and scary."

"I have to praise our ship's air defense system. They are very effective when dealing with medium and high-altitude targets. The dive bombers that the enemy rushed in could not be close to us within five kilometers, and most of them were solved at a distance of ** kilometers. The real problem is torpedo aircraft. The Japanese almost flew close to the sea, with a height of basically fifteen to twenty meters, which made the 1mm and 76mm anti-aircraft guns a little powerless. They were not good at dealing with low-altitude targets, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of!"

"Two torpedo planes flew against the sea, and strings of shells flew over their heads, and there seemed to be nothing to stop them. At this time, AK6 opened fire. This small-caliber air defense system was specially used to deal with similar targets. It should be said that their performance was quite outstanding. The dense barrage covered the route of enemy planes, forcing them to change their routes, otherwise they would definitely be torn to pieces!"

"Although the AK6 did not shoot down the enemy plane directly, it forced the enemy to change the route at the last moment of thunder. The dropped torpedoes were naturally outrageous, almost not even touching the Kiev hair. And at the moment of their turn, a series of shells exploded around them, and the scattered shrapnel destroyed the engine of one of the torpedo planes. Soon the plane fell head-on into the sea, and the pilot also fell to pieces."

"We are extremely happy that the crisis has been resolved and all enemy planes have been resolved. In my opinion, the only remaining torpedo plane cannot escape Jacques' hunt. If his pilot is smart enough, he should jump quickly. Because we fighter pilots are eager to get the results."

"We are relieved and relaxed. A torpedo plane without torpedoes is like a toothless tiger. At that time, I felt relieved and began to consider whether to continue to have lunch. At this time, a scene that stunned me appeared. The torpedo plane that should have escaped with its tail was not chosen to escape or parachuting. Its pilot was driving the plane as if dancing on the tip of a knife, miraculously dodging a string of shells, and then suddenly pulled up the height and dived towards Minsk!"

"Are the Japanese crazy? This was my first thought. Obviously, this pilot was preparing to hit our aircraft carrier. At that moment, I felt that the air defense alarm was unprecedentedly harsh, just like scratching my heart with a sharp knife. The only thing we were counting on was that the AK6 system was as powerful as ever, shooting it down like before, like hunting dive bombers."

"But soon I got half cold. I don't know why, the AK6 on the rear strait of the Minsk did not shoot. It just stared at the enemy plane crashing towards me and rumbling. I felt pain for the Minsk. The enemy plane hit the back deck like a meteor, and a fireball jumped up from the deck."

It was later found out that the fire-controlled radar in Minsk was in charge of the tail hemisphere, and the AK6 was a blind man without the instructions of the fire-controlled radar, so he could not shoot naturally. It has to be said that Minsk was really unlucky.

The torpedo aircraft hit the flight deck at the stern of the Minsk ship, and opened a three-meter-square hole on the deck, and the unfinished gasoline on the plane caused another fire. Soon, the Minsk moved into rescue mode, and groups of damage managers rushed to the scene with fire faucets and fire extinguishers, and the air crew in the hangar also acted quickly and transferred some fighter planes. Fortunately, there were very few aircraft on the ship at this time, and most of the carrier-based aircraft were in the air, so the losses were not large.

The only problem is the fire and the damaged deck. This caused the return Ro2 to be unable to land. This scene was in a hurry in Sukhoi's eyes. He was still ready to do a big vote and was preparing to launch the next wave of offensive to solve the problem of Kondo Nobutake in the west. Who would have thought that the Minsk dropped the chain at a critical moment.

"Let Minsk put out the fire immediately and report the losses," Sukhoi ordered. "In addition, let the Ro2, which is relatively sufficient in fuel, fly to Midway Island first. As for those who are relatively tight in fuel, land on Kiev first!"

Thanks again to the big voyage at the beginning of the design of Ro2, which saved many pilots' lives. At least they don't have to go swimming like their American counterparts. However, when the news of Minsk's damage was reported, Nimitz frowned.

To be honest, he was in a good mood at the beginning. When Fletcher told him to destroy three enemy aircraft carriers, he was as happy as a child, but bad news soon came, first York City followed by Minsk. In the blink of an eye, the Allies lost two aircraft carriers. According to previous analysis, the enemy still had two aircraft carriers, and the strength of both sides was quite close. Especially for the Red Navy special-mix fleet that was preparing to attack Nobutake Kondo, the situation was not optimistic, with only one aircraft carrier left, while the enemy might not have only one aircraft carrier. For a moment, Nimitz was determined to ask Kuznetsov and Sukhoi to cancel the attack plan.

Only two hours later, when York City suffered a second wave of severe damage, Kuznetsov reported to him that the Minsk had recovered its combat effectiveness after repair and would continue to attack according to the plan formulated at noon. He asked those RO2s landing on Midway to return quickly.

This news surprised Nimitz. He could understand the miraculous repair of York City before. After all, York City already has relevant experience, and to be honest, the damage should be lighter than Minsk. After all, York City was only shot, but Minsk was actually hit. How could Minsk create a miracle?

Nimitz even thought that this was the Russians bragging in order to save their face. But soon he learned from the contact officer sent to the Red Navy Special Mixed Fleet that the Minsk had indeed recovered its combat effectiveness!

The liaison officer told Nimitz: "The Minsk armored flight deck is better with damage-bearing. The enemy planes only damaged some of the ship's stern decks. There was almost no damage to the hangar. The Russians also had a set of damage pipes. After covering the rupture with the armor plates that had been prepared long ago and strengthened it immediately, it would not affect the take-off and landing at all."

Of course, what is more important is that the carrier-based aircraft in that era was not as bulky as the jet era, and Minsk was hit by the deck at the root of the ship, which had little impact on takeoff and landing here, so the Minsk could quickly recover its combat effectiveness. After the Battle of Midway, Minsk returned to Pearl Harbor immediately for repair. Of course, the repair work was also very simple and it was completed in a few days.

The Minsk has recovered its combat effectiveness and Sukhoi and Kuznetsov's attack plans can continue, which is a very bad news for the Japanese. In fact, the Japanese have not received any good news since noon.

"The Kaga, Akagi and Aolong were attacked by enemy 6-based aircraft and carrier-based aircraft and are burning violently. We plan to fight against the enemy aircraft carrier with the Flylong. At the same time, we will temporarily retreat north to assemble troops."

This was a telegram from Abe Hiroyi to Yamamoto Ioruku and Kondo Nobutake when he was briefly appointed as the commander of the mobile force. At that time, this "heartbroken report immediately cast a thick cloud on the Yamato combat command room."

Indeed, this was a bolt from the blue. The United Fleet had never received news of the defeat of the Nagamo mobile force since the war started, and this fundamentally shook their beliefs. The self-righteous Japanese always believed that the ending of Midway Island must be the great victory of the Imperial Kingdom and the American beast fled in a panic. At least the people on the Yamato thought so. At this moment, the Japanese had to change their attitude and no longer considered "what brilliant victory will we achieve," but began to consider "how much losses we can recover."

Although before the Mi-Royalty operation, Yamamoto's staff also thought that they would suffer losses, but they could just keep losing one aircraft carrier. The loss of two was just a bit unworthy. But now they lost three at once, which is "a huge loss that they had never expected!"

Therefore, at this moment, the staff members in the Joint Fleet Command who were boasting about their minds at the beginning became cold and sweating. The Black Island Turtle Man was furious and slapped the table in an anxious manner, and cried from time to time. However, this temperament was appropriate for the actors, but it seemed a little artificial for the soldiers (to be continued.)

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