Last year's "Decisive Battle of Midway" completely reproduced the bloody, life-and-death battle of the century sea and air that took place more than 60 years ago.
The "Battle of Midway" was an important turning point between the United States and Japan in the Pacific battlefield. After this battle, the balance of power between the United States and Japan had undergone tremendous reversal changes. The United States took the initiative in an all-round way, and Japan could only passively defend.
On December 7, 1941, Japan undeclared war and attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Various U.S. ships were sunk and more than 40 ships were damaged. , that is, on the battleship Arizona, was burned to coke.
In retaliation for the despicable sneak attacks of the Japanese Empire, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle of the US Air Force led a squadron of B-25 bombers, which took off from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet and bombed Tokyo.
Although the bombing did not actually cause any major losses, the psychological blow was huge. The Japanese did not expect that the Americans had such an offensive capability, which surprised the emperor.
In order to avoid such an incident from happening again, Yamamoto, Commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, made up his mind that the primary operational goal of the next stage is to annihilate the American aircraft carrier. So he began to gradually formulate a battle plan for the "Battle of Midway".
Midway Island is actually a small island reef. It is located at the center of the Pacific Ocean, so it is called "Midway Island". Its distance to Japan and the west coast of the United States is almost equal.
The battle plan finally determined by the Japanese side is as follows: separate troops to attack the Aleutian Islands and Midway Island at the same time, forcing the US fleet to disperse its forces to weaken the strength of the US fleet in the waters off Midway Island, while the main force will covertly approach Midway Island and suddenly occupy the island And annihilate the US Pacific Fleet that came to support.
This is a typical method of encircling and fighting for reinforcements, that is, attacking and occupying Midway, a strategic point that the US military cannot give up, so as to mobilize US reinforcements, while the main force of the Japanese navy ambushed halfway and wiped out the US reinforcements in one fell swoop.
During the Chinese Civil War, this method of encircling points and fighting for aid was a tried and tested method of the People’s Liberation Army. The National Army was unable to crack it from beginning to end. It fell into the dilemma of being ambushed halfway to the rescue, and the strategic points were isolated and conquered if they were not rescued. Jinzhou in the decisive battle of Liaoshen was that point, and the result was that Jinzhou was conquered. In the previous Yunnan-Burma battlefield, the New First Army and the New Sixth Army with outstanding military achievements were completely wiped out as reinforcements, and the national army was completely destroyed.
However, in the decisive battle of the Japan-US naval battle, the new US Pacific Fleet commander-in-chief, Admiral Nimitz, took his plan into consideration. Before the Japanese army, all the troops were concealed and assembled in the waters northeast of Midway Island for standby, and patrol aircraft and ships were arranged to be closely reconnaissance and alert. , After discovering the Japanese warships, they immediately seized the favorable fighters and launched a surprise attack. The Japanese navy failed to do so, and instead fell into a trap designed by the United States.
In the movie, what we saw from the first dive perspective is the thrilling scene of Best and his comrades flying the carrier aircraft, using the cover of clouds, to suddenly attack the Japanese ship, the flagship of Nagumo Chuichi Akagi. The aircraft carrier was hit by 2 bullets, and the planes and bombs on the full deck exploded continuously. The Kaga was hit by 4 bullets, causing a raging fire.
Yamaguchi, the commander of the last Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu, immediately dispatched planes to attack the American aircraft carrier Yorktown, which was sunk by Japanese submarines after being severely damaged. However, Hiryu was also discovered by the US plane. Best and his comrades attacked again, hitting 4 bombs on Hiryu. Yamaguchi sank with the ship. This episode fully demonstrated the courage and fortitude of the enemy Japanese pilots and the personality of seeing death as home, as well as the tragic ending of the coexistence and death of Japanese generals and battleships. Some emotions of human beings are common, and this is not because the film respects and sympathizes with the soldiers on the battlefield.
At this point, all four aircraft carriers of the 1st Mobile Formation of the Japanese Combined Fleet were sunk.
It has been nearly 70 years since the smoke of the Battle of Midway dissipated, and people have been discussing the reasons for the defeat of the Japanese navy.
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