Imperial Capital".

After the last fighter was lifted into the air, Bai Zhizhan came to the open-air cloister outside the commander's bridge.

It was a replacement air defense fighter, and the last of the fighters on the attack mission had flown off an hour earlier, and the ground crew, who had been busy all morning, could finally take a breath.

In fact, Bai Zhizhan was also relieved.

At the beginning, a report was received from a reconnaissance aircraft, the Third Air Force was spotted, and the pilots visually confirmed that it was the aircraft carrier of the small fleet "Longxiang".

Although the "Fengxiang" has not yet been found, it is enough to find the "Longxiang".

Of the two aircraft carriers, the most threatening is the "Longxiang".

The key point is that the "Longxiang" was discovered by the accompanying "Wasp", and the accompanying "Flying Fish" was intercepted at a great distance.

That said, Major General Kakuji of the Third Air Force may still feel unexposed.

In addition, it depends on whether the tactics proposed by Zhou Yongtao can work.

Although he felt that this proud second lieutenant staff officer was whimsical, or rather taken for granted, in this situation of ten out of ten stability, Bai Zhizhan did not mind giving young people more opportunities. Besides, Zhou Yongtao also made a military order, and the bet was his future.

This set of tactics is very complicated to say.

After the reconnaissance planes were dispatched, the carrier-based planes carrying out the attack mission took to the air one after another, and after the formation, they flew westward in the direction of Ashishima in the form of a group. If the reconnaissance aircraft did not find the enemy ship, then after an hour and a half, the attack group turned back to the task force.

In this case, the biggest losses were the bombs and torpedoes on the fighters, as well as the fuel burned by the round-trip flight.

The point, after the reconnaissance aircraft found the enemy ship.

This time, the reconnaissance operation was no longer a solo flight, but two carrier-based planes flew together, but the positions were reversed, so that the torpedo planes flew at high altitudes and the bombers flew at low altitudes. The two carrier-based aircraft maintained a distance of about 10 kilometers and kept in touch with each other by shortwave voice radios. After the torpedo planes in front of the attack were intercepted, the bombers in the rear had to immediately look for cover and continue to fly in the same direction. The point was that the torpedo planes, after getting rid of the enemy planes, which were not very powerful, had to return to their original course and wait for the rendezvous with the bombers.

It's really a bit complicated, and Zhou Yongtao almost got himself into it when he introduced it to the pilot.

In addition, each captain had in his hand a chart showing the flight path of the attack group, showing the time when the group had reached several reference points.

After spotting an enemy ship, the faster bomber can converge with the attack group and lead the attack group to attack.

Here's the key.

Unless something unexpected happens, such as the Third Air Force not being in the predicted sea area or being intercepted by enemy fighters in the middle of the flight, the attack group must fly west to the southwest of the Watcher Strait and then turn around and attack from the southwest or west.

As a result, the round-trip range will increase by hundreds of kilometers, which may exceed the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft.

In this regard, Zhou Yongtao proposed that after the attack was decided, that is, after finding the Third Air Force, the fleet would turn to sail towards the Watchman Strait to shorten the flight distance of the attack group to return home. If there is no way to return, the pilot is allowed to make a forced landing after running out of fuel.

In Zhou Yongtao's words, after taking out the Third Air Force, even if there are no carrier-based aircraft, there is no need to worry.

If you can't beat a battleship, you can always run it.

Bai Zhizhan was a little speechless about Zhou Yongtao's statement, but he didn't refute it. He only added that after discovering the Third Air Force, the reconnaissance plane used the communication channel of the Imperial Navy to send a message to Ashshima to prepare the 1st Carrier Air Wing, which had already been stationed in Ashshima.

Not to involve the 1st Carrier Aviation Wing in attack operations, but as a substitute.

That's just two small fleet aircraft carriers.

As long as it is taken by surprise, the fleet of the 3rd Air Task Force will be able to do so, and there is no need to launch a second strike in order to sink other warships.

Besides, the Watchman Strait is more than 500 kilometers away from Foot Island, which is outside the strike range of carrier-based aircraft.

The aircraft group of the 3rd Air Task Force attacked from the southwest, disguised as the 1st Carrier-based Air Wing, and if it were to do it again, there would be no point in camouflage.

If you're lucky, you might be able to catch the No. 1 main team in the afternoon.

Since the first main force came from the south, if you want to quickly get to the Watcher Strait, you have to take the closest route close to Ashishima, so at that time, the carrier-based aircraft stationed in Ashishima are more valuable, at least after launching an attack, you don't have to worry about not being able to fly back.

The most critical point, Zhou Yongtao didn't say it, but Bai Zhizhan knew it.

Why deceive your opponents?

Worried about being hit after exposure?

Apparently not.

The sea area where the Third Air Task Force is located is thousands of kilometers away from the mainland of Sagi, and the closest land is the North and South Sadou Islands in the northwest.

After taking out the Third Air Force, there is nothing to worry about.

Why is that?

Fundamentally, it is to stay in the Guia.

If the winner can be decided through this battle, even if it is not completely annihilated, as long as the permanent fleet is driven away, there is nothing to say.

What if there is no winner or loser?

Don't forget, the Third Air Task Force has only two aircraft carriers, and carrier-based aircraft are only enough to launch an attack, and then you have to wait for hours!

Even if everything is ideal, carrier-based aircraft will be able to be dispatched again in the afternoon.

To make matters worse, there were not many torpedo attack aircraft.

Before the outbreak of the Great War, the Imperial Navy conducted many live-fire tests. Against capital ships such as battleships, torpedo machines were much more useful than bombers.

The main thing is that the damage of torpedoes to battleships is far greater than that of bombs.

Although aviation armor-piercing shells are very good against unprotected and lightly protected warships, and the bomb hit rate of dive bombers is higher, aviation armor-piercing shells are often powerless against heavily protected targets, and sometimes even if they hit, they cannot cause serious damage.

The reason is also very simple, treaty-type battleships attach great importance to horizontal protection, and the former treaty-type battleships have also increased the thickness of horizontal armor in the mid-term life extension improvement, as for the post-treaty battleships that have been built in recent years, the horizontal protection is even higher.

Many new battleships were required to be able to block sixteen-inch armor-piercing shells weighing more than a ton, and it was natural to deal with much smaller aerial bombs.

Perhaps, this is the key to Liu Xiangzhen's reluctance to pursue the mobile fleet.

It can be seen that even if the Third Air Task Force exerts its strength, it may not be able to inflict heavy losses on the two main teams before dark.

Who can guarantee that Takano won't gamble on everything?

If Takano were to enter Asahi with the remnants of his warships, the home fleet would definitely meet it, and it would be a decisive battle near the Watcher's Strait.

This kind of battle with huge artillery bombardment, it is very cruel.

In the end, the only one who can come out to clean up the mess, to be precise, pick the fruits of victory, and control the Watcher Strait is the Third Air Task Force.

In addition, it is necessary to stop the transport fleet of the Narrow-minded Navy.

If necessary, the remnants of the enemy ships must be annihilated.

Under these circumstances, it would certainly be more advantageous for the Third Air Task Force to remain in the vast Guia Ocean than to return to the narrow Asahi Sea.

It was precisely in this way that Bai Zhizhan adopted the attack tactics proposed by Zhou Yongtao, even if everyone else was against it.

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