If Shoukaku and Ruihe participate in the naval battle of Midway as planned, will the United States still win?

If the two ships, Xianghe and Ruihe, participated in the naval battle of midway, and the United States lacked the Lexington aircraft carrier, the situation in Japan would certainly be much better, and Japan would hopefully win the battle of midway. However, Japan has to pay a considerable price, and it is likely that the aircraft carrier formation will lose more than half.

The Battle of Coral Sea before the Midway naval battle greatly affected the result of the Midway naval battle. In this campaign, the US military lost the heavy aircraft carrier Lexington, destroyer 1 and tanker 1, lost 66 aircraft and killed 543 people. York city? The American aircraft carrier was badly damaged. The Japanese army lost the light aircraft carrier Xiangfeng, the destroyer 1 sank, and the heavy aircraft carrier Xianghe suffered heavy losses, with 77 aircraft lost and 1 074 people killed.

Although judging from the results of the war, the losses of the US military are heavier. However, the "York City" aircraft carrier returned to Pearl Harbor, and the Americans made extraordinary efforts to repair it, so that the aircraft carrier could participate in the naval battle of midway, while the Japanese "Xianghe" could not participate in the war because of injury, and the "Ruihe" was because the pilot lost too much. There are only 46 fighters left in the two ships, and only 39 can fight. In addition, pilots can't get supplies in time, and they can't participate in the naval battle of midway.

This is equivalent to the loss of an aircraft carrier in the United States, and two Japanese aircraft carriers cannot participate in the war. The carrier ratio of Midway naval battle was changed from 6 to 4 to 4 to 3. In this way, coupled with the land-based aviation power of Midway Island itself, the US military actually surpassed Japan, laying the foundation for the US military to win the naval battle of Midway Island.

If the Japanese can be as efficient as the United States, Shoukaku and Ruihe can join the war in time like Yorktown. Then, according to the design, Shoukaku and Ruihe each carried 84 aircraft, actually 63 aircraft, including Zero War, Type 99 Ship Explosion and Type 97 Ship Attack 2 1 aircraft. In this way, at least 126 fighters will be added to Japan's Nanyun fleet, and Nanyun will have more choices in the battle.

In the naval battle of Midway Island, Nanyun Fleet had 26 1 fighter planes, including 84 in Zero War, 84 in Ship Explosion and 93 in Ship Attack. His opponent, the US fleet, has 233 fighters, including 79 fighters, dive bombers 1 12 and 42 torpedo planes. There are 1 15 planes on midway island, including 27 fighter planes, 27 dive bombers and 48 torpedo planes. There are 4 heavy bombers B- 17 and B-26, and 32 water reconnaissance planes. The number of aircraft that the US military can put into the battlefield is 348.

From this comparison, Nanyun's fleet is at a disadvantage. However, if Shoukaku and Ruihe go to war, then Nanyun can have at least 387 planes, thus surpassing the US military. If the quality of Japanese pilots far exceeds that of American soldiers and the performance of Zero fighters is superior, Nanyun Fleet will be in a certain dominant position.

Shoukaku and Ruihe's No.5 air battle was established at the latest, and the quality of the pilots on board was the worst. However, even pilots of this quality have achieved the same results as the US military in the Coral Sea naval battle. Therefore, the advantages of 1 and 2 air combat composed of the most elite Japanese HNA pilots are more obvious to the US military. It is conceivable that if the two sides fight a decisive battle honestly, the US military will undoubtedly lose.

The trump card in the hands of the US military is to decipher the password of the Japanese army and know the Japanese army's battle plan like the back of his hand. The plan is accurate to the point where the time, place and orientation are clear. At the same time, the Japanese army has no radar and relies entirely on visual inspection. This means that the Japanese army is in the Ming dynasty and the American army is in the dark. The U.S. military can use this favorable condition to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese army.

Although the Japanese army has added two aircraft carriers, Shoukaku and Ruihe, according to the operational situation in the Indian Ocean, Japan will not adopt the mode of centralized take-off of one aircraft carrier and preparation of the other, but will also adopt the mode of decentralized take-off of all aircraft carriers. In this way, when the Japanese aircraft carrier takes off to recover the aircraft, the most vulnerable moment still exists. It depends on whether the us military can have the luck to catch it. If caught, it will definitely give the Japanese a heavy blow. It is possible to defeat the Japanese army.

If we can't catch it, the Japanese army will find the American fleet again, and the American army is likely to be defeated by then. The remaining three aircraft carriers will be sunk and midway will be occupied.

However, even if the Japanese army wins, it will only be a disastrous victory. The Japanese army will pay a heavy price. According to Japanese data, during the planned exercise, the take-off plane of Nanyun Fleet was bombed by enemy land planes while attacking Midway Island. As a referee, the officer rolled the dice according to the rules to judge the bombing results, and determined that the Japanese aircraft carrier was hit nine times, and Chicheng and Kaga were listed as sunk.

We can imagine that Japan did not include the simultaneous attack of American carrier aircraft. If this situation is added, the losses of the Japanese army will be even greater and the aircraft carrier will be sunk more.

Therefore, from the above analysis, we can judge that if Shoukaku and Ruihe can catch up with the Battle of Midway like Yorktown, Nanyun's situation will be improved. However, if the US military seizes the opportunity, Nanyun may still fail. If Nan Yun wins by luck in the Japanese army, it will also be a disastrous victory. Japan's aircraft carrier team will lose most of its combat effectiveness for a long time, and Japan will not be able to launch a big offensive.