At 8:40, the 97 ship piloted by Genda attacked and dropped the torpedo, and by 8:55 the last 99 ship exploded and dropped the bomb, a total of 15 minutes before and after.

Inside the harbor, black smoke was already billowing out.

On the other side of the deep-water dock, the twelve battleships that were under special care were all burning, and there were small explosions from time to time.

The pier was also filled with smoke and dust, and fires were lit in several places.

War, is that how it broke out?

"Dazuo!"

"Send the report, the raid was a complete success!"

At the time of Genda's order, the telegraph operator activated the long-wave radio station again, emitting three simple characters.

"Tiger Tiger Tiger!"

This is a code sign that the sneak attack was successful and the raid operation was a complete success.

Genda didn't delay much, and called the last few shipblowers who dropped bombs to return together.

It's just that Genda didn't feel the slightest bit proud, because there was no intelligence in the harbor that mentioned the four aircraft carriers belonging to the two special fleets.

Next to the pier, where the aircraft carrier was supposed to dock, were four oil tankers.

There must be no mistake, that is, an oil tanker, or a fleet oil tanker unique to the Liangxia Navy.

This 30,000-ton oil tanker is equipped with a heavy cruiser-class power system, with a maximum speed of more than 25 knots, and can accompany the fleet on combat missions. Normally, it is also assigned to the task force directly under the naval command, and its main mission is to provide fuel for aircraft carriers in battle.

In appearance, fleet tankers are somewhat similar to aircraft carriers, for example, they are both flat-deck ship types, and the tonnage is not small. 、

It's just that Genda must have admitted that he was not mistaken.

The bridge of the fleet tanker is at the rear of the hull, and the island of the aircraft carrier is on the starboard side; There is a lot of debris on the decks of fleet tankers, and the flight decks of aircraft carriers are neat.

All four fleet tankers are there, where did the four aircraft carriers go?

Genda didn't think much about it, because it was useless to think about it.

He was the first to attack, and by the time he dropped the torpedo, the shipblaster group had already flown over the harbor. As a result, when he drove the plane to the sky, the harbor was already filled with gunsmoke. Anti-aircraft guns on several anti-aircraft positions, and some warships are already firing back.

The situation is a bit chaotic, hundreds of fighters need to be coordinated and commanded, even if Gentian has three heads and six arms, he can't be distracted.

Don't look at the training for the sneak attack operation for several months, but after going to the battlefield, Genda found that there are many things that cannot be obtained through training and exercises.

Imitation may be able to learn vividly, but it can never grasp the essence.

It is possible that four aircraft carriers will be elsewhere.

Even if the four aircraft carriers are not in Chengjiang Port, what can they do?

Before Genda sent a report, the second wave of planes commanded by You Yongzhongzuo had already lifted off and was heading for Chengjiang Port at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

Because there were no accidents and the combat operations were carried out strictly according to plan, the second wave of aircraft was mainly based on ship attack.

To put it simply, it is to concentrate on attacking the warships parked in the harbor.

A total of more than seventy ships attacked, and three-quarters hung aviation torpedoes!

It can be seen that regardless of whether the four aircraft carriers are in the harbor or not, they must carry out a second wave of bombing according to the plan, and then make adjustments.

As for how to adjust, it will be determined by the results of the second wave of bombing.

Because he flew faster when he returned, after about forty-five minutes, Genda would encounter a group of Yuyong planes flying from the southeast.

At this time, Chengjiang Port is about 500 kilometers to the south, and the foot island is about 200 kilometers to the south.

The flagship of the 2nd Air Task Force, inside the bridge of the commander of the "Yokoe".

After eating breakfast and coming to the commander's bridge, Liu Xiangzhen has been standing in front of the chart. It's been almost two hours since I just stood there motionless.

Only, no one was surprised.

This is Liu Xiangzhen.

When thinking about the problem, there is absolutely no nonsense, there is no small action, and the feelings are not big living people, more like a sculpture.

Of course, this caused a lot of inconvenience to others.

The main thing is that the commander bridge is too narrow!

If anything, this is the worst part of the aircraft carrier, the internal compartments are generally smaller than those of the battleship, and in many places it looks extremely cramped.

It's just that this is also something that can't be helped. Both are 25,000 tons, and the battleship has more than 1,000 officers and men, while the aircraft carrier is more than 2,000. In addition, the aircraft carrier also has hangars capable of accommodating dozens of carrier-based aircraft, as well as fuel tanks capable of carrying hundreds of tons of bombs and thousands of tons of aviation gasoline.

As a result, aircraft carriers with larger hull volumes have tighter interior space.

Take the Commander's Bridge as an example, on a battleship, it is definitely very spacious, able to accommodate dozens of staff officers, and can also set up a panoramic chart table. The commander bridge of the aircraft carrier can be crammed into a dozen officers and men at most, and because the space is not large enough, the nautical chart can only be hung on the wall.

To be precise, it is actually a glass wall panel placed at the door that can be used as a screen.

The biggest advantage of this design is that it can be used on both sides. Generally, the chart is hung on the outside, and the tactical map is hung on the inside to achieve the effect of being clear at a glance.

It is precisely like this, the officers who come in and out have to pass by Liu Xiangzhen.

Fortunately, Liu Xiangzhen is not the kind of person who likes to cause trouble for his subordinates, even though he is now the commander of two air task forces.

Yesterday afternoon, a telegram sent by the Navy Command pushed Liu Xiangzhen to the forefront.

In fact, this is also to be expected.

Liu Xiangdong was promoted to vice admiral, dismissed from the post of commander of the Second Air Task Force, and went to the Southern Fleet to serve as the interim commander. Liu Xiangzhen was promoted to commodore and concurrently served as the interim acting commander of the Second Air Task Force and temporarily served as the chief commander of the aviation task force.

In other words, the First Air Task Force was also temporarily commanded by Liu Xiangzhen.

Subsequently, Liu Xiangdong took a seaplane back to Chengjiang Port.

However, this is still secondary.

The main body of the telegram was a piece of intelligence.

On the evening of the 23rd, a submarine of the home fleet spotted the heavy cruisers "Pensacola" and "Salt Lake City" of the Nuland Navy outside the San Bernardino Strait south of Nanzhuhai, followed the two warships into the strait, and judged that the two warships were preparing to return to Mara City.

Now, it's fun.

Although the "Pensacola" and the "Salt Lake City" were the first two treaty heavy cruisers built by the Nuland Navy, their performance had long been backward, otherwise they would not have been sent to the West and East to play the main role in the regional fleet, but these two warships have always been the symbol of the Nuland Navy in the West and East in the West and East Navy.

Strictly speaking, these two warships are the big stick of the Nuland Federation's colonial rule in the South Pearl Kingdom.

Crucially, the two warships had previously conducted joint exercises with the permanent fleet of the Saoyi Navy north of Nanzhuhai.

The exercise is not over yet, how did they return to the sea?

Could it be that the exercise is over?

The key is that the two Nuland warships did not take the shortest route, entered the Yanhai Sea from the Shuangche Strait, and then went south to Mara City, but went to the San Bernardino Strait to make a big circle, which was definitely not a decision made by the commander on a whim, but for a very important reason, such as to hide his whereabouts.

To make a detour to the south, two heavy cruisers will burn at least a thousand tons of heavy oil, which is not cheap!

So, where did the permanent fleet of the Sagami Navy go?

What to do in South Zhuhai?

Or has it entered the sea of flames!?