Over the northern waters of the Yanhai Sea.

When he turned again, Genda glanced at his watch, and at exactly 9:15, he had already piloted the 97 ship to attack the ship twice.

"Dazuo, the remaining fuel can fly for fifteen minutes at most."

"Did the other squadrons find out?"

"Nope." The navigator replied crisply.

If it hadn't been for Genda's insistence, he would have turned back ten minutes ago.

Genda let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that the reconnaissance plane made a mistake." Call a nearby squadron, do it, and don't waste any more time. ”

With Gentian's order, about 60 kilometers to the south, twelve 99 warships took the lead in attacking.

Attack?

That's right!

However, the target of the attack was not the Third Air Task Force, nor the fleet aircraft carrier, but a fleet oil tanker with a speed of more than 20 knots.

In addition, there is a destroyer that escorts tankers.

As early as twenty-five minutes ago, at 8:50 a.m., Genda, who was in the lead, spotted the fleet's oil tankers and destroyers.

Looking down from a high altitude, it does look a bit like an aircraft carrier.

It's just that if you look a little closer, you can see that it is a fleet oil tanker unique to the Liangxia Navy, which can continue to sail at a speed of 24 knots, so it can follow the activities behind the aviation task force, provide fuel for the aircraft carrier at any time, and act as the wet nurse of the aviation task force.

Looking at the world, only the Liangxia Navy has built a refueling ship that can sail quickly for aircraft carriers!

Yesterday, in the port of Chengjiang, there were four such fleet oil tankers, and all of them were sunk.

There is no doubt that this ship is part of the 3rd Air Task Force.

Because the fleet's oil tankers follow the activities of the air task force, and in dangerous sea areas, they are generally behind the air task force, so there is reason to believe that the third air task force is nearby, and it only turns to evade it immediately after being discovered by reconnaissance planes.

Genda didn't dare to delay, and immediately let the other fighters search separately.

Unfortunately, after tossing for nearly half an hour, the search range was expanded to 80 kilometers, and a few Zeros even flew 100 kilometers in each direction to the east and west, but still did not find the Third Air Task Force, not even a single battleship, and only a few small fishing boats were operating nearby.

In order to save time, all the fighters are running at full power.

The fuel burned in those twenty-five minutes is enough to fly at cruising speed for an hour!

In fact, this is also the fuel reserved for attacks.

Genda was very puzzled, or couldn't figure it out.

If the reconnaissance aircraft made a mistake, how can the fleet tanker explain?

Fleet oil tankers are not ordinary oil tankers, because the configuration of the power system is too high, and the cost is very expensive, almost as high as half of the aircraft carrier. Like the cost, the use and maintenance of fleet tankers are extremely expensive, and even if they can afford them, they may not be able to afford them.

Even the wealthy Liang Xia Navy treats the fleet oil tankers as baby bumps.

The point, what is the reason for the fleet tankers to operate alone!?

Could it be that the commander of the Third Air Task Force had the foresight to know that the mobile fleet would send reconnaissance planes to the area, and would use the fleet oil tankers as aircraft carriers, or would he conclude that the task force was in the vicinity after discovering the fleet oil tankers, and then call the mobile fleet to attack?

If that second ancestor named Liu Xiangbin was really so powerful, the Liang Xia Navy would have been invincible in the world a long time ago!

Of course, I can't think about it that much now.

Fuel is limited, and if you don't return, you can't go back.

Of course, the fleet tanker, which is worth half an aircraft carrier, must not be spared.

When Genda arrived by plane, the 99 shipburst that was the first to hit had already blown up and sunk the destroyer, and dozens of shipbursts and shipships were attacking in the air, lining up to drop bombs.

It's a bit of a waste, but it can't be helped.

No one thought about returning with torpedoes and bombs during the sortie, so the fuel for the return did not include the additional consumption of heavy loads.

For this reason, the return fuel is only a third of the total fuel volume at most.

If you don't drop the torpedoes and bombs, you won't be able to fly back!

In addition, ship attacks and bombs cannot be carried down on aircraft carriers with heavy and extremely dangerous torpedoes and bombs, so even if they can return with bombs, they must be thrown away before landing.

Genda did not queue.

No one dared to reproach him, after all, he was a legend of the mobile fleet and a wing commander.

Besides, Gentian cut the queue in order to be in a hurry.

After dropping the torpedo, Genda didn't even care if it hit or not. At the time of the climb gave the order to the navigator, immediately report to the fleet.

At this time, the flagship of the special group.

After waiting for half an hour, the radar of the "Beihe" still found the same fighters that had been lifted into the air before, and did not find any enemy planes.

Not to mention Liu Xiangzhen, even Zhuang Bisheng and others were very puzzled.

Because the previous departures were all fighter planes, the two aircraft carriers only needed to maintain a speed of more than 25 knots, and did not need to sail against the wind, so they kept sailing eastward, so theoretically, the enemy flying from the east would arrive in advance and would not delay until after half past nine.

The attack aircraft group of the mobile fleet is lost!?

Obviously, that is impossible.

So what the hell is going on?

It's one thing to be confused, Liu Xiangzhen didn't plan to continue wasting time. After nine o'clock, he personally went to give Li Hengjia an order. If it is not attacked, let the carrier-based aircraft rise into the air at 9:30. To be on the safe side, still let the fighter take to the air first. If you're attacked, attack after withstanding the attack. In order to save time, in this case, the torpedo plane had to take off first.

It's just that you don't have to wait that long.

By the time the telecommunications officer arrived, it was almost 9:25.

"Commander!"

Zhuang Bisheng was even more excited, and snatched the telegram from the telecommunications officer's hand.

Liu Xiangzhen didn't say much, just nodded at the telecommunications officer.

It was a telegram from Ashishima that had something to do with the Third Air Task Force. Just after seven o'clock in the morning, the fleet tanker, still sailing south, was spotted by a reconnaissance plane of the Narrow Navy. However, the reconnaissance plane was then shot down by the fighter planes that arrived at it, and the fighters came from Ashishima and belonged to the reserve of naval aviation, and they went to cover the Third Air Task Force according to yesterday's arrangement.

As for why the fleet tankers did not turn, it was because the long-wave station at Ashto Port was out of order, and the telegram order, that is, the order that Bai Zhizhan sent seaplanes in the early morning, did not send out in time, so the fleet tankers did not receive the order and still sailed south according to the original plan.

"Do you think it's going to be ......?"

Liu Xiangzhen pressed his hand and told Zhuang Bisheng to shut up.

Obviously, Liu Xiangzhen also thought of it, but he couldn't believe it at all.

Did the reconnaissance planes of the mobile fleet use the fleet oil tankers as aircraft carriers, and then send a telegram, and the mobile fleet sent a group of aircraft to attack the fleet oil tankers!?

If that's the case, wouldn't it be in vain to wait for more than half an hour?

However, who can guarantee that the dozens of 97 ship attacks and 99 ship explosions are flying north, not west?

At this moment, the telecommunications officer, who had begun to deliver the message, came running again, and in a very hurry, looking very anxious.

"Commander, just received ......"

The ink of the message had not yet dried, and the handwriting was very sloppy, so it must have been copied in a hurry.

After taking the telegram and only glancing at it, Zhuang Bisheng was stunned.

Liu Xiangzhen didn't ask much, and snatched the message.

First stunned, then he burst out laughing.

"That's really...... It's really the Empire of God's Help, the Empire of God's Help! ”