At this time, the "Yokoe" was on board.

"Commander!"

When the telecommunications officer sent the telegram, Zhou Yongtao took it.

This style is very similar to Li Mingbo.

"The attack has begun." When Bai Zhizhan looked over, Zhou Yongtao said: "The one sent back by Shen Pu has already found the permanent fleet. ”

After speaking, Zhou Yongtao handed over the message.

Bai Zhizhan shook his head and did not answer the message.

To put it so clearly, it doesn't matter if you look at it or not.

"When you get back, remember to remind me."

"Don't worry, I won't forget." Zhou Yongtao agreed in one mouth, and also used the Yuzhou dialect he had just learned.

It's a pity that Bai Zhizhan's mind is not here, and he obviously didn't notice it.

What Bai Zhizhan said was that after returning home, he would write a special report emphasizing that the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft should reach at least 600 kilometers when fully loaded.

The "Flying Fish" and "Wasp" have short legs, which is too prominent.

Even the range of the "Roaring Sky" fighter is not enough, especially when it is carrying bombs to carry out bombing missions, and its combat radius is comparable to that of the "Typhoon".

Interestingly, the fuselage space of the "Roaring Sky" is not used very thoroughly, and there are several places where fuel tanks can be placed, which can increase the fuel load by several hundred kilograms. It is not used for the time being, mainly because the power of the engine is not enough, and in order to ensure flight performance, the take-off weight can only be controlled by reducing fuel.

The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft is too short, and the direct consequence is that when a strike is launched, the fleet commander will be timid.

There is also the possibility of missing fighters.

All in all, there is certainly nothing wrong with increasing the range of carrier-based aircraft.

If anything, we really have to learn from the narrow navy in this regard.

In addition, the White Stop War actually has a lot of responsibility.

Before the war, Bai Zhizhan always believed that the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft was sufficient, and there was no need to sacrifice other aspects of performance for a larger range.

The reason is that if a complete attack operation lasts too long from departure to return, the combat efficiency of the carrier-based aircraft will be affected.

In addition, the attack action is determined by the results of reconnaissance, and the search range of the reconnaissance aircraft is directly proportional to the quadratic of the flight radius, so every time the flight radius is doubled, the search range needs to be tripled, and the reconnaissance planes need to be tripled, and the fleet will certainly not carry too many reconnaissance planes.

All in all, the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft is not as large as possible.

In theory, there is certainly nothing wrong with that.

The Zero War of the Narrow Navy is actually a typical example of the opposite.

In order to pursue the range, special emphasis was placed on maneuverability, and as a result, the protection and firepower of the Zero Combat were far inferior to those of the carrier-based fighters of the same era.

However, the White War ignored a very critical issue.

The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft is obviously not just enough, but there must be a certain amount of redundancy to deal with possible unexpected situations.

In addition, the combat radius of a carrier-based aircraft is actually determined by speed, especially the cruising flight speed, that is, the flight speed determines the time required to complete an attack operation, and also determines the efficiency of the reconnaissance plane in carrying out the search mission.

As the flight speed of carrier-based aircraft increases, the combat radius is correspondingly extended.

Fortunately, the Imperial Navy has already changed its thinking, and the "Roaring Sky" fighter is a typical example. After replacing the engines of the later batches, the range will be extended to more than 2,000 kilometers, and the corresponding combat radius will exceed 700 kilometers, and it will also be able to reach 500 kilometers when performing strike missions.

In the first half of the night yesterday, a "White Swan" patrol plane spotted the oil tankers, but they did not approach to reconnoiter because they were worried that they would be discovered.

Shortly thereafter, another "White Swan" spotted several narrow-minded warships heading east.

Based on this, the White Stop War also concluded that the permanent fleet was evading to the east, and that only a few Nuland tankers were sailing north on the original route.

At the time, it was only speculation, not discovery, of the White Stop.

After dawn, the "White Swans" disguised as 97 boats set off again, focusing on the search for the eastern route away from the North Malaysia Islands.

Shortly thereafter, a "White Swan" flying eastward again spotted four oil tankers heading north.

Who would have thought that the telegram sent by the "White Swan" was intercepted by the "Longjiang", and last night, Liu Xiangzhen had already received a telegram from the Navy Headquarters, knowing that the First Task Force under the command of Bai Zhizhan was also in the Guia Ocean and was searching for Lan Yun's permanent fleet.

I don't know what Liu Xiangzhen was thinking, but he actually dispatched a carrier-based aircraft to launch an attack at noon.

Because the distance was really far away, and in the landing operation, the "Exocet" carrying out the horizontal bombing mission was the main force for dropping bombs, so Liu Xiangzhen only arranged for four squadrons of "Wasps" to attack oil tankers and escort destroyers, all of which took off from the "Imperial Capital" and "Companion Beijing," and hung 100 kg of bombs mainly against small warships and civilian ships, so as to increase the combat radius.

When he received the news, Bai Zhizhan had a big head.

He also immediately thought that Liu Xiangzhen's arrangement was actually to warn him not to fight for merit.

In terms of deployment, in fact, it can be seen that Liu Xiangzhen is ready to deal with the permanent fleet, such as sending four fast battleships to the landing site.

The four fast battleships did not hide and kept supporting the landing force.

The Sagai Navy must have known that there were four fast battleships in the landing field.

Then, in the case of not being able to find the special mixed group, it is very likely that the Narrow Navy's will lock on to these four fast battleships and let Lan Yun go to the decisive battle.

At least, that's what Liu Xiang really judged.

If that's the case, do you still need Bai Zhizhan to act as Cheng Biting Jin?

Sending a group of "Wasp" planes to attack an oil tanker more than 500 kilometers away is tantamount to putting a white stop war, and making Bai stop fighting the idea of attacking the permanent fleet.

After losing the opportunity to surprise the war, relying only on one aircraft carrier and dozens of carrier-based aircraft, it is difficult for Bai Zhizhan to make a difference, even if it is the god of war of the navy today.

It's just that after taking off, it takes two hours for those "wasps" of the special swarm to fly over the oil tanker.

It was within these two hours, just after one o'clock at noon to be exact, that Lieutenant He Weigui, who had always been known for his good luck, once again showed great courage. His "White Swan" spotted the permanent fleet, several heavy cruisers to be exact, and thus roughly inferred the sea area where the permanent fleet was located.

To the northeast of the 1st Task Force, the distance is about 350 km.

It can be seen that the permanent fleet sailed north at full speed all night yesterday, because last night the 1st Task Force was also sailing north at a speed close to 30 knots.

The distance was not significantly shortened, indicating that the speed of the permanent fleet was also around 30 knots.

To be precise, the speed of the first task force was slightly faster, so the distance was shortened by tens of kilometers.

Now, both sides have left the North Malaysia Islands.

As expected, the permanent fleet would turn westward after dark, and in the early morning of the 20th, it would reach the landing ground and shell the landing fleet there.

Bai Zhizhan did not intend to let Lan Yun be martyred, nor did he think about letting Liu Xiangzhen take revenge.

This is war, and some are national feuds, not personal vendettas.

Besides, Liu Xiangzhen is not polite, why does Bai Zhizhan want to talk about etiquette?

Also consider the thousands of officers and men of Task Force 1.

After running wildly in the Guia Ocean for so long against the cold wind, I can't go home empty-handed.

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