"I haven't received sufficient night take-off and landing exercises, and I have been flying and fighting for 5 hours. The pilots are exhausted physically and mentally. Can they lose a lot?" Horitiki smiled faintly. "I still remember the words of the Envoy Corres. 'A plane can fly for 5 hours, where are the people?' You see, I arranged to attack Pearl Harbor, and it was not close to more than 500 kilometers before I started. I don't know the reason why it is safer to be far away, but it is difficult for the pilots to complete the mission and return safely if they are far away."

Chiaki Matsuda agreed with this judgment, but he still said unyieldingly: "Sir, even if this is the case, it is profitable. I used only 80 units and 120 aircraft to exchange for 2 aircraft carriers..."

"First of all, you made such a decision when you are clearly aware of the strength of both sides. Now the bait fleet and the Kakuda fleet are in the sight of the US commander. If you decide to fight, the normal logic is to fight the bait fleet that is easier to fight. If you take a step back, even if the Americans choose to fight Kakuda, I still make profits..." Horitiki smiled slightly, "You can fight the US military even if the Five Aviation Battles are in battle. Don't forget that I have two Yunlong-class and Chitose in my hands. The Americans organized a rapid column to advance, which certainly shortened the distance with Kakuda, but also shortened the distance with the Five Aviation Battles? The Five Aviation Battle's maximum speed is 29 knots, with 169 aircraft, and can organize at least 150 attack groups. How many Essexes do you think you can sink after attacking?"

"There may be difficulties for two ships, maybe only one ship."

"That is to use two Yunlong class to 1 Essex class, which is slightly a loss on the surface. When Tsukahara arrives tomorrow morning, what do you think when facing the US fleet with its shrinking strength?"

The other party blurted out: "That's much easier to fight!"

At this point, Chiaki Matsuda understood Hori Teiki's intention: the bait fleet of Yano Hero and the quickly exposed Kakuda fleet are essentially baits that hope that the US military will attack. It is nothing more than that of the US decoy fleet, and Kakuda's own losses, and no matter which loss, Halsey cannot escape unscathed. Not only can he not escape unscathed, but he also needs to close the range of 800 kilometers to release the attack group, the US rapid column must be at least 600 kilometers to be sure to receive the return aircraft group, otherwise the 1,600 kilometers round-trip range alone can kill the US attack group...

Now Chiaki Matsuda is beginning to worry that Halsey will still move forward together, ignore the bait, and even slow down slightly. He believes that it will be difficult to deal with this tomorrow.

Horitiki smiled: "This is OK. At least Kakuta's oil shortage problem can be properly solved. We are sure of tactics and cannot focus our hopes on the enemy's actions according to our intentions. We should give the enemy two or more choices. No matter how the enemy chooses, we should think of a way to deal with it and ensure the smooth implementation of our strategic intentions."

Chiaki Matsuda said: "Although the enemy did not organize a rapid force to break out in the afternoon, I still have a question: What if the enemy organizes a rapid column to pursue at night and launches an attack directly at dawn? I think this is likely to lead to an encounter between the three parties hitting their hair in the early morning."

"I guess it's here." Hori Teiki smiled slightly, "I'm not afraid of using the fast column's head-hitting tactic... Americans only have 2 South Dakotas in their hands, Nishimura has Musashi, King Kong and several heavy patrols, the bait fleet has nearly 20 torpedo boats, and a bunch of destroyers. In terms of artillery battle level and lightning strike level, who do you think is more powerful when fighting night battles?"

Matsuda Chiaki was stunned, then reacted and sighed repeatedly: "The chief has made every decision, I admire him so much."

"It is impossible to calculate the plan without permission. Is there such a person in the world?" Hori Teiki smiled faintly, "Otherwise, how could so many strategies in front of me fail?"

"If the enemy does not make major decisions and changes, we should still be carried in a group and pressed over. What will the commander plan to fight tomorrow morning?"

Hori Teiki did not answer directly, but asked first: "How many ways does Tsukahara Kan have to leave the enemy fleet?"

"Comprehensive the location of the afternoon notice and the acceleration tonight's announcement, it is expected that it will be shortened to about 900-1,000 kilometers tomorrow at around 7 a.m., and it is more certain to start the war in the afternoon."

"As long as this US fleet does not turn around and run away tonight, he will not be able to run tomorrow... Even if he runs now, he can only run some of it tomorrow. But if the enemy always hangs together, it will take some effort to eat the opponent at the lowest price tomorrow." Horitiki sighed, "The enemy has 550 carrier-based aircraft, of which at least 250 are fighter aircraft. It will cost a significant price to break through the air defense system that hangs together. I am still considering how to fight: I am afraid that I and Kakuda will not be able to defeat the opponent. Even if Tsukahara's strength is added, there will be a considerable loss. There must be a better solution..."

At night, the five-way battle in Hori Teiki was in charge of high speed at 27 knots, and accelerated the convergence with Kakuda and Bait fleet. There was no need to meet face to face, and cooperated in combat 200-300 kilometers apart.

Hori Teiki had only one problem: he and Kakuda had only 350 combat aircraft in total, and at least 100 were left for defense, and only 250 aircraft were invested in offense. He estimated that Halsey would dispatch 250 fighters to intercept. If this fight, the aviation army would probably lose half of it. It is hard to say that it could completely destroy the opponent.

If the US military takes advantage of the situation to counterattack, he believes that it is extremely difficult to bear to pay some price to win the US Pacific Fleet. However, since he has made up his mind to seize Hawaii, the fleet's strength cannot be consumed too much. How to organize Halsey, who has always been in a group, will be a troublesome tomorrow. Even if he releases the attack group earlier, as long as the US military releases the attack group before the arrival of its attack group, it will be an extremely tragic battle with both sides.

He repeatedly looked at the charts, and even drew on paper with his own hands, as if weighing and calculating life. All the staff officers, including Chiaki Matsuda, looked at him quietly, fearing that he would disturb the commander's thoughts. Five minutes later, Hori Teiki smiled at the corner of his mouth: "I have it!"

"Fast! Maximum speed!"

"Fast! Maximum speed! Rush!"

These two identical commands were given to each of the troops by Hero Yano and Kiyoshi Kakuda.

As soon as the night came, the two fleets rushed to the road with all their might, eager to rush over and join. As long as the two armies met, the situation of the entire fleet would be greatly improved. Therefore, they all issued a dead order. Regardless of whether there were US submarines on the road, they would rush over and talk about it.

In fact, there were really two US submarines in the middle, but before they could prepare, the Kakuda fleet had already rushed across the interception line like a wind. On the night of late October, Kakuda was sailing at a speed of 27 knots on the North Pacific Ocean, which was very hard to survive.

Arima's main text calculated that if he could not receive the bait fleet tomorrow morning, Musashi would only have 50-80 nautical miles of fuel left at most, and would completely cut off the oil during the day and be beaten. Therefore, Nishimura Shoji was walking on thin ice and personally took charge of the command in the engine room.

Time passed minute by minute, and by 9:30 pm, two fleets of rushing to successfully reduce the distance to 500 kilometers, and they can enter the visual position in another 6 hours.

Also late at night, Spruins and Nimitz discussed the enemy situation and response methods with a group of staff in the command room. Both of them felt restless, as if they didn't think about anything carefully, but they couldn't remember it for a while. Finally, Spruins suddenly suggested going to chat with Turner, having a cup of coffee to relieve their emotions before talking about it...

Nimitz knew that he proposed to chat and go to drink coffee was an excuse, and asking Turner was the real thing. Sometimes outsiders could see more thoroughly than insiders.

Spruenz and Turner had always had a good relationship. He called and welcomed him immediately and enthusiastically prepared coffee and pastries at home.

As soon as he arrived at Turner's house, Spruins, who had no intention of drinking coffee, used the simplest and clear logic to tell the whole battle situation.

Turner listened silently. Although he did not have a professional command, he had been a naval officer and chief of staff for so many years. He had no shortage of complete sets of detailed charts and staff operations. He quickly marked the detailed location and movement direction of the two fleets on the map and quickly thought about it.

Turner was not the person involved two days ago, and was not affected by Hori Teiki's two false moves, so he looked at the problem differently. He started to push back from Halsey's idea of ​​attacking in the early morning, and muttered: "Attack! Aattack! Aattack... It's broken! William and you are fooled!"

"Why?"

"Think about it, at 5 a.m., assuming that the enemy is really in that position, is William expected to be 500 kilometers away from the enemy?"

"Yes, it's almost the same."

"Then what distance should be at 3 a.m.?"

Spruins was a little confused when he asked: "It's less than 600, and I guess it's almost done if I have to calculate it."

Turner immediately said: "I guess it's almost the same number... OK, when was Pearl Harbor attacked this time? Where did the enemy plane take off?"

"Ah!" Hearing this sentence, Spruins was so devastated that he seemed to be shocked by an electric shock. He jumped up and finally understood what was the reason for his uneasyness.

Nimitz's hands were trembling too, and he sprinkled the entire cup of coffee on the chart. Turner's words made the two understand the harm of the problem in an instant: Since the Japanese army can fight Pearl Harbor at night, they can also fight Halsey at night. Don't think that they can't do it or the enemy can't do it.

The three knew very well that in addition to the gap between fleet aircraft carriers, the United States and the axis of the carrier-based pilot field was even bigger: the only small number of pilots who could sail at night were still elite bases left by Nimitz after the Battle of the South Atlantic, but Japanese pilots generally had night flight capabilities. This is not a speculation but a fact. Otherwise, why would Pearl Harbor be bombed at night?

Turner followed up with the final blow: "There is no need to wipe out William's troops. The enemy only needs to dispatch 60-80 elite attack aircraft and find two Essex-class aircraft to attack. If the Essex-class take-off and landing capabilities are destroyed, the entire fleet will be destroyed. After dawn tomorrow, the Japanese will come over again. Is there still a way out for the fleet?"
Chapter completed!