General Hansel determined that a night-laying mine offensive would be launched against Rìben and escalated the idea to General Arnold. Admiral Arnold was also very impressed with the plan, and immediately instructed them to start the relevant research, and at the same time he contacted the navy, asking the navy to send relevant experts to cooperate in the completion of the plan.

The relationship between the US Navy and the Army is not good, and there are many times when they laugh at each other on some small matters, but, unlike Rìmoto, the Navy and the Army can still sincerely help each other on major issues. Unlike the U.S. Navy and Army, the other side is a much lower enemy even if it is an enemy, and the No. 1 enemy must be the Congress, then the German Army, and finally the other side. In contrast, perhaps because Rìben's parliament was too weak to control the troops, and as a result, in the absence of this most important common enemy, the navy and army were at loggerheads, wishing that I would destroy you, and you would destroy me.

So, the Navy reacted quickly, and two days later, a Navy plane sent five relevant experts to Saipan.

"General Hansel, General Ron, hello!" A large major who was more than 1.9 meters tall raised his hand to Hansel and Ron and saluted, "Major William, commander of the Navy's submarine force, has been ordered to report to the commanders!" ”

Then, with his hands on the sides of his pants, he straightened up and looked like a jīng dry. Ron saw General Hansel's mouth deflated, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he said, "Young man, won't you introduce me to your companions?" ”

The other four people who came with William did not have any military temperament, and at a glance they knew that most of them were civilians.

"We're here to help." Major William said, "Please let me introduce you to my companions. This is Dr. Cox, an expert on seafloor topography, ocean currents, and hydrology; This is Captain Terry, an expert in communications; This is Hanks, an expert in mines, and this is Soman, an expert in shipping. ”

General Hansel and Ron shook hands with each of the experts, and then led them to the war room.

After three busy days, the plan was basically made, and according to this plan, the fast transport fleet from Pearl Harbor transporting all kinds of mines was quickly prepared and began to sail to Saipan as fast as possible, but it was expected that it would take them a few days to arrive. Therefore, in the past few days, the troops have been seizing the time to train in the technique of night flight and mine throwing. Throwing mines requires a speed of no more than 300 kilometers and an altitude of no more than 50 meters, and it is a very dangerous thing to fly at such a low altitude in the dark night and on the dark sea. Relevant training is mandatory. At first, both Ron and General Hansel decided that only the most experienced crews could carry out such a mission.

The bombers used for night mine dropping were also modified, as Ron had done on Kuah Island, with two searchlights, one red and one blue, mounted at fixed angles under the wings on the left and right sides of these bombers to help pilots determine their altitude. Thus, when the first cargo ships laden with mines arrived on Saipan, the 21st Bomber Wing on Saipan already had more than 100 bombers capable of completing the task of dropping mines at night.

On the afternoon of the second day after the arrival of the cargo ship, an offensive mine-laying operation codenamed "Triphorse" began. At this time, it was already the end of October, and under the slightly westerly sun, more than a hundred bombers B-29 bombers took off and took off towards their targets. Once again, Ron volunteered to board a B-29 bomber.

Ron's bomber was on a relatively safer mine-laying mission, dropping mines near Sasebo on the island of Kyushu in Rìmoto, rather than crossing land and flying into the Seto Inland Sea.

By the time the plane arrived near the Ryukyu Islands, it was already completely dark. At a radar station in Okinawa, Private Jiro Watanabe was on duty. During the day today, a group of American bombers bombed Osaka, but it did not cause much damage. Moreover, the Warriors of the Reich also shot down four B-29 bombers by ramming. In general, Americans rarely launch night attacks with bombers, so people on duty at night are often uncomfortable with idleness. Take a sneak nap? That's not good, Captain Miyamoto may come back to check on the post at any time, and if he sees that he is napping, it will be very troublesome. In the rì army, corporal punishment and beating are absolutely commonplace, and the last time Songgang took a nap was discovered by Captain Miyamoto, and as a result, Captain Miyamoto beat him like a pig's head, and his face was so swollen that he couldn't open his eyes. Watanabe was sure that even Matsuoka's mother was here, and he would never recognize the soldier with a pig's head as his son.

At this time, a raised waveform suddenly appeared on the radar display, and then a series of waves. Watanabe's eyes immediately widened, then he picked up the phone and shouted: "Discover a group of American bombers, at least thirty or more!" ”

This news was immediately transmitted to Rì's own air defense command, and Rì's night fighter unit was immediately given the order to attack

Second Lieutenant Keizo Yokoji, the Navy's moonlight night fighter pilot, quickly boarded the fighter plane that was ready to take off, and his backseat radarman Du Qiu Zongren also climbed in. Then Yokoji started the two engines, the propellers began to spin, and the moonlit night fighter slid along the runway, and soon took off and disappeared into the night sky.

Following the guidance of ground-based radar, which at the time could only provide an approximate location, the moonlight night fighter flew to the sea near Sasebo. But it was here that the signals of enemy aircraft disappeared from ground-based radars. Yokoji estimated that most of the enemy's bombing targets were Sasebo's port facilities. So he took control of the plane and flew in the direction of the port. At the same time, his backseat radarman also activated the airborne radar and began to search for targets.

Most of the Moonlight Night Fighters are not equipped with authentic air search radars, but sea search radars. However, the Moonlight Night Fighter in Yokoji is the latest and improved model, and the aircraft mounted on it is also an authentic anti-aircraft search radar. However, the performance of this authentic air search radar is not much better than that of those sea search radars, and the failure rate is surprisingly high. Basically, there is no time to fly out without a breakdown.

"Du Qiu, do you see anything?" Yokoji asked.

"Didn't see anything." Du Qiu replied.

In fact, at this time, the distance between their fighter and the B-29 bomber that Ron was riding was not far, but at this time, Ron's bomber had dropped to an altitude of about 300 meters, while the moonlight night fighter on the cross road was flying at an altitude of about 3,000 meters. The radar of the Moonlight Night Fighter has no downward vision at all, so they simply cannot detect the B-29 bomber hidden in the dark. However, those in the bomber also did not know that not far above their heads, there was a night fighter of Rì himself.

"We're near the target area." Navigator Salde said.

"Now lower the altitude to 100 meters and turn on the searchlights." Captain Victor ordered.

The B-29 bomber began to continue to descend in altitude, all the way down to a hundred meters. The sea and the sky were dark and dreary, and nothing could be seen outside. The pilot can only rely on the instruments to judge the attitude of the aircraft. In this case, the pilot is very prone to illusion and misjudge the attitude of the aircraft, which eventually leads to the destruction of the plane and the death of the person. However, Victor is an experienced captain, and he knows that at this time, the instrument is much more correct than his personal feelings, and he must eliminate all interference and fly honestly according to the display of the instrument.

It didn't take much time for the plane to descend to an altitude of 100 meters, at an altitude of 100 meters, Victor leveled the plane, then turned on the searchlights under the wings, and the two beams were immediately thrown into the sea, shining two spots on the surface of the sea. Victor carefully controlled the plane to continue its descent until the two flares coincided completely.

"Prepare to drop the bomb!" Victor gave the order, the bombardier pressed the bomb button, the magazine of the B-29 opened, and one mine after another was dropped......

Yokoji's moonlight night fighter circled around the port of Sasebo, but found nothing, so he turned to the surface of the sea again.

"Du Qiu, have you found anything?" Yokoji asked.

"No...... Oops, something went wrong again. This thing is really ...... I'm going to turn it off first, wait a little while and get a little cooler before turning it on. Radar officer Du Qiu replied.

But Yokoji didn't answer him, because he saw that something seemed to be shining on the surface of the sea.

"Du Qiu, do you see what's glowing on the surface of the sea?" Yokoji said.

Du Qiu stretched his neck and looked at it for a while, and said, "It can't be a jellyfish or something, right?" I know of a species of jellyfish that emit glow-in-the-dark and they often come to the surface at night......"

"Shut up! Idiot! Can a jellyfish move at such a fast speed? This must be an enemy bomber! Henglu scolded Du Qiu while pressing the head of the machine and began to descend in height. As the altitude decreased, the spot became more and more obvious, and indeed, as Yokoji judged, this spot of light was illuminated by a B-29 bomber.

"Prepare to attack!" Yokoji quietly piloted the Moonlight Night Fighter to force up. The Moonlight Night Fighter had two 20mm guns mounted downward and upward. Yokoji leaned over the B-29 bomber, intending to attack with a downward sloping gun.

Already close to the target, Yokoji pressed the fire button, and two strings of shells headed towards the B-29 Shè that Ron was riding in with bright yellow flames.