At three o'clock in the morning on January 1, 1943, a huge naval special-mix fleet appeared in the thin mist on the sea 200 nautical miles northeast of Midway Island.

On the battleship of the USS Pennsylvania, the US Pacific Fleet flagship, Admiral Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet and the Pacific Theater, stood in the command cabin with a serious expression, looking at the dark sea outside through the glass window in front.

Behind Nimitz were also a group of admirals and staff officers. They were all solemn at the moment, as if waiting for the arrival of a sacred moment.

During World War II, the U.S. Navy had a series of regulations on naming ships.

Among them, the battleship, which is the main battleship, must be approved by Congress, and is usually named after the states of the United States, such as Tennessee, Washington, Iowa, and the USS Pennsylvania battleship in front of you.

In fact, when the Pearl Harbor incident occurred, the USS Pennsylvania, the flagship of the US Pacific Fleet, was already sunk during the Japanese Navy's sneak attack, and was later salvaged and repaired by the Japanese army.

In order to humiliate the Americans, the Japanese Navy even salvaged the battleship that was successfully repaired and rebuilt was still named as the Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania battleship in front of us is a new Pennsylvania-class battleship that the United States began to build during 1940.

For inspiring purposes, after its completion, the US Navy named it the Pennsylvania and designated it as the flagship of the US Pacific Fleet.

Its ship is 185.3 meters long, 32.4 meters wide, 10.2 meters draft, 32,000 tons of standard displacement, and 39,000 tons of full load displacement. Its military equipment includes 12 triple 356mm main guns, 22 127mm secondary guns, and the crew is 1,358 people.

The armor protection level of the USS Pennsylvania battleship is very high. The armor thickness of the main armor belt on the side waterline is 343 mm, and the partition thickness between each watertight compartment is between 330 mm and 203 mm.

The front armor thickness of the main turret is 533 mm, the side armor thickness of the main turret is 228 mm, the rear armor thickness is 127 mm, and the bridge command tower armor thickness is 406 mm.

Before officially embarking on the battlefield, the Pennsylvania underwent a large-scale modernization modification, with the US military installing dozens of 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 20mm anti-aircraft guns, as well as the latest air-to-sea search radar.

After looking down at his wrist watch, General Nimitz turned around and looked at the naval officers, and said loudly in a sonorous voice: "Order all attacking troops to launch an attack on Midway Island according to the established combat plan, and the remaining troops remain highly vigilant to deal with various emergencies!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Abide by the order!"

As Nimitz finished speaking, all the naval officers in the room became alive, and beams of radio waves quickly penetrated the void and transmitted orders to the ships.

"Report to the commander, General Nimitz has officially issued an offensive order!"

Soon, Liu Qiang, who was located on the heavy aircraft carrier of the Tiger Navy flagship, also received relevant orders.

"I finally waited for this moment!"

Liu Qiang took a deep breath and immediately issued a series of combat orders, "Tell me that the first, second, and third flight regiments of fighter planes will take off immediately to attack Midway Island.

40 minutes later, the first, second flight regiments of the bombers, and fourth, fifth and sixth flight regiments of the fighters took off.

An hour and a half later, the third bomber flight regiment,…”

After a long period of preparation and despicable development, the Huber Navy aircraft carriers reached 12, the various carrier-based aircraft reached more than 500, the total number of various ships reached 52, and the total force reached 12,000!

This landing operation was the first show of the Hu Ben Navy on the Pacific battlefield. All 12 aircraft carriers of the Hu Ben Navy participated in the battle, and all the officers and soldiers were so motivated that they acted as fast as possible after receiving the order.

Soon, 30 bombers and 60 fighter jets took off one after another from the deck of the aircraft carrier, formed a bomber formation in the air and flew quickly towards Midway Island, 360 kilometers away.

At the same time, the first attack wave composed of more than 200 combat aircraft of the US military also took off from various aircraft carriers and rushed to Midway Island together.

Midway Island is a coral atoll with a circumference of 24 kilometers. It has a land area of ​​5 square kilometers and consists of Sand Island, East Island and Spit Island, with a subtropical climate.

Midway Island was first discovered by the United States in 1867, and air stations and submarine bases were built in 1939. It became one of the important naval bases in the United States.

Although the total land area of ​​Midway Island is only 5 square kilometers, its special geographical location determines the importance of its strategic position.

The island is 2,800 nautical miles away from San Francisco, the United States and Yokohama, Japan, and is halfway through the Pacific route between Asia and North America, hence the name Midway Island.

1,135 nautical miles away from Pearl Harbor, it is an important military base and transportation hub in the Central Pacific region, and a gateway and outpost in Hawaii.

The famous Midway Battle occurred here in history. Not only did the US Navy successfully repel the Japanese Navy's attack on the Midway Atoll in this battle, but it also gained the initiative of the Pacific War Zone, which became a turning point in the Pacific War Zone.

However, in the current time and space, the reverse has happened. The Japanese army has long occupied the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island. Now it is the turn of the Sino-US joint fleet to attack Midway Island.

Before the war began, the Allied forces had multiple intelligence reconnaissances, and there were more than 4,000 Japanese Marines on Midway Island, as well as about 2,000 people including pilots and auxiliary forces in the Naval Air Station.

In addition, the Midway Port also docked on more than 20 large and small surface ships.

The combat goal of the Sino-US joint fleet is to chew Midway Island, fire the first shot on the Pacific battlefield, and create prerequisites for the recovery of the Hawaiian Islands.

Although the total Japanese army on Midway Island was only 6,000 or 7,000, the Allied forces did not dare to be careless. This time, the Sino-US joint fleet was almost full.

Because login combat is very difficult, and it is easy to have prolonged combat, and once the battle starts, you must do your best to do your best and must not be wasted.

This requires preventing the Japanese joint fleet from coming to rescue the Hawaiian Islands, and preparing for a large-scale naval battle with the Japanese Navy.

"Nani? What are these?"

"Baga! No, the enemy air force is coming to attack. Sound the air defense alarm!"

The distance of 360 kilometers is not long or short. After more than half an hour of flight, the Allied fighter jets arrived on the sea surface more than 100 kilometers northeast of Midway Island.
Chapter completed!