The specific situation of the US aircraft carrier is Cole telling the Japanese Navy senior management that Hoffman said: After the Battle of East Solomon, the USS Enterprise was severely damaged and forced to go to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii for a one-month overhaul. The main U.S. troops in the Pacific became three aircraft carriers with the Wasp, Saratoga and Bumblebee as the core. On August 31, Saratoga was injured by torpedoes launched by the Japanese submarine "Isratoga" and needed three months of maintenance. On September 14, the Hornet was hit by three torpedoes launched by the Japanese submarine "Isratoga" and was finally abandoned and sunk because the damage control team could not contain the subsequent fire. In the second half of September, the US Navy had only one

An aircraft carrier is called the "September Crisis" - this is the weakest time when the US aircraft carrier formation has been in power since Pearl Harbor. By late October, the Enterprise, which had been urgently repaired, returned to the South Pacific waters. Although the US aircraft carrier formation in the Pacific has recovered, the number is still only two, of which only one aircraft carrier, Bumblebee, is intact. At this time, Japan still has two aviation teams, including the three ships Shohe, Ruihe, Ruifeng in the 1st Air Force, and the Falcon Eagle and Feiying in the 2nd Air Force (originald was also equipped with the Longxiang Light Aircraft Co., Ltd., which sank in the end of August), has a total of two large and three small aircraft carriers. In terms of the number of aircraft carriers on both sides, it is about 169:280 in terms of the number of carrier-based aircraft.

"Combining the above factors, the commander decided to mobilize all warships near the Truk Sea to advance into the Guadalam Sea to seek a decisive battle against the US aircraft carrier formation." Horikichi looked at everyone with a bright look and said word by word, "This battle is commanded by myself, leading all warships including the Yamato to attack, with Yamato as the flagship."

Using Yamato? Everyone was confused. This was something that had never happened since the war began. Someone immediately retorted: "But the Yamato is a symbol of the Imperial Navy and cannot be used easily."

"Why not?" Hori Teiki said solemnly, "The warships were built for war, not for anchorages as hotels. Not to mention the Yamato, if the Musashi, which has been rectified, I would not hesitate to use them if they were here now."

The Yamato battleship has always been called Yamato Hotel, and the Joint Fleet Command maintained a luxurious life on it, which made the base camp, especially the army, very unhappy.

"But... Your Majesty... the Navy... the Military Command has different opinions?"

"Since I was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Joint Fleet, I had the right to mobilize all warships. Before I took office, Yamamoto Kai told me in a blind date that the Ministry of Navy would never interfere with military orders, and Chief Fushimi Miyagi Hakukyu also advocated calling all warships according to combat needs - even Yamato would not allow me to use them, so I might as well resign as soon as possible." Yamamoto Iroku had always been hesitant about using the main battleship, especially Yamato, Nagatomon, Muroo and other warships. Hori Teiki was obviously more courageous than him.

"We are afraid that if the warships, especially Yamato, will suffer losses, will be detrimental to the superiors."

"This is not something you should consider. This is something that the commander of the Joint Fleet should consider, or do you think you need to help the chief take this responsibility?"

"Don't dare!"

"Now issue combat orders."

"What?" Everyone was shocked and thought they were here to discuss how to advance the next step of the battle, but they didn't expect that the commander had even thought about the combat order.

"Please read the combat orders of Chief of Staff of Caolu, and submit the specific plan to you before dawn tomorrow."

"The artillery fleet is formed with the 1st and 2nd Fleets as the core to attack the US military in Guadalam; the 3rd Fleet is formed with the 1st and 2nd Fleet as the core to be responsible for combating the US aircraft carrier formation. The artillery fleet is personally directed by the commander-in-chief of the Joint Fleet, and the mobile fleet is commanded by Lieutenant General Tsukahara Nikesu. If necessary, the artillery fleet obeys the combat requirements of the mobile fleet." Kuroru Renyi ignored the whispers in the venue, "The specific teams are as follows..."

Armored fleet organization

Total flagship: Yamato

Team 2 (battleship): Nagato, Muro, Fusang, Yama Castle

Team 4 (heavy cruiser): Atago, Maya, Kaohsiung

Team 5 (Heavy Cruiser): Myogao, Haguro

Team 6 (Heavy Cruiser): Aoba, Yika

Team 9 (light cruiser): Go north, Dayi

Mobile fleet organization

Flagship: Xianghe

1st Air Force (Aircraft Carrier): Xianghe, Ruihe, Ruifeng

2nd Air Force (Aircraft Carrier): Falcon Eagle, Flying Eagle

Team 3 (Combat Tour): King Kong, Hazelna, Biru, Kirishima

Team 7 (Heavy Cruiser): Kumano, Suzuya, the top

Team 8 (Heavy Cruiser): Ligan, Tsukimo

Team 10 (light cruiser): Nagaliang (serving as the deporting formation leads the ship)

"The main change in this reorganization is to cancel the 11th Team (Hiya, Kirishima), and organize it into the 3rd Team, which consists of four King Kong-class battlecruisers and ships to quickly guard the war. The rest remain unchanged. All destroyers and other ships will be grouped in a unified manner according to the original fleet."

Nobutake Kondo thought: If the artillery formation is missing two ships, the strength of the King Kong-class battle patrol will be greatly weakened, but considering that the general flagship Yamato is accompanied by the artillery fleet, this loss of force is enough to make up, so he also agreed.

But Hori Teiki immediately followed the second half and made him unable to sit still: "The key to this battle is to discover the enemy first and attack the enemy first, so he is ready to use the shelling fleet as bait to lure the enemy aircraft carrier formations and create opportunities for our mobile fleet to annihilate the enemy."

Nobutake Kondo rushed up like a cat with his tail stepped on: "Sir, the battleship is the main force in the decisive battle, and it should not be thrown lightly."

"In my mind, this battle is a decisive battle. If the enemy aircraft carrier formation cannot be eliminated, our combat mission will be completely defeated, let alone implementing the Indian Ocean strategy..." Hori Teiki said lightly.

"But……"

"It's nothing, I will take all the responsibility by myself," Hori Teiki said with a sigh.

"yes!"

"The general code for this battle is: the Sky combat." Hori Teiki said, "In view of the repeated deciphering of the Empire by Britain and the United States, the base camp decided to introduce hundreds of the latest cipher machines from Germany, and the first batch of 40 of the 50 Taichung were transferred to the joint fleet for use. After the meeting, the latest cipher table was issued to each team. It is necessary to ensure that one warship of heavy cruisers or above level will be enabled. In addition, from 12:00 tomorrow, the new password will be enabled. Before that, you must first use the old password to reveal some news to the Americans and tell them that we are about to launch a counterattack."

What? Everyone was shocked. This should be a situation that was fully confidential. Why did the chief actually say that he would disclose it to the Americans?

"If you don't reveal it to the Americans, how can they send aircraft carrier formations to fight?" Horitochi smiled slightly, turned his head to Kuro Ren and said, "Organize all ships to send telegrams with the goal of counterattacking Port Moresby in New Guinea..."
Chapter completed!