Mobile fleet, "Jiahe".

As the first Zero roared out of the flight deck, Operations Staff Officer Kitamura Osa came outside the bridge.

At this point, it's exactly seven thirty o'clock.

"Commander."

Lan Yun turned around, but Kitamura closed his mouth, just shook his head with a serious face, indicating that he had never received the telegram from the reconnaissance plane again.

As expected, the 97 ship attack that the "Jiahe" sent out to carry out reconnaissance missions had already been shot down.

It's just that it's not a bad thing.

At about 6:50 a.m., the 97 ship sent a telegram reporting that about 400 kilometers northeast of the fleet, the fleet of the Liang Xia Navy had been spotted, and it was visually confirmed that there was at least one fleet aircraft carrier. Investigation reports were sent only twice, and according to the regulations, they had to be sent at least three times.

Apparently, that reconnaissance plane must have been shot down by fighters.

If it was an anti-aircraft gun, the reconnaissance aircraft would certainly have reported in telegram that it had been attacked. What's more, reconnaissance planes can spot warships on the sea from a distance of more than 10 kilometers, and there is no need to observe them at all, so under normal circumstances, reconnaissance planes will not enter the range of antiaircraft guns at all.

This indirectly testifies to the discovery of the reconnaissance aircraft.

There are aircraft carriers of the Liangxia Navy there.

As expected, it's the Third Air Task Force!

Unfortunately, by the time the reconnaissance report was received, the carrier-based aircraft sent by the Fifth Air Force had already arrived and were landing on two aircraft carriers one after another.

These carrier-based planes flew directly over Nanzhu and flew more than 1,000 kilometers in about three hours.

The remaining fuel is only enough to stay over the mobile fleet for half an hour, so it must land as soon as possible without any delay.

Of course, without these carrier-based aircraft, the mobile fleet could not launch an attack.

It was tossed until 7:15 that all carrier-based aircraft were accepted.

Because the holes on the flight deck of the "Jiahe" were only sealed with a few thick wooden planks, and the strength was not high, and it may not be able to withstand the heavy 97 ship attack, especially the impact force generated by the landing, so what landed on the "Jiahe" were 20 Zero Battles and 33 99 ship explosions. A total of 42 97 ship attackers, as well as 12 Zero Battles and 10 99 ship explosions, were all arranged on the "Feilong".

Another reason for this arrangement was that the ammunition depot on the "Jiahe" loaded with aviation torpedoes was flooded by the sea.

Although the torpedoes can continue to be used after processing, there is no equipment on board the carrier, and similar high-risk maintenance operations must be returned to the factory.

Of course, this also comes with a benefit.

Without the 97 ship attack, it is certainly much easier to replenish fuel and reload for the zero battle and the 99 ship explosion, and the burden of service support is much lighter. The reason is very simple, in the process of refueling and reloading, the most troublesome thing is to mount an aviation torpedo for the ship's attack, which requires the concerted efforts of seven ground crews to complete.

This is undoubtedly the best news for the ground crew on the "Jiahe" who are so tired that they can't stand up.

It's just that right now, time is precious.

According to Kitamura's arrangement, the two aircraft carriers each sent half of their carrier-based aircraft to launch an attack on the Third Air Task Force, and then decided whether to launch a second wave of strikes according to the situation.

In this way, the "Jiahe" only needs to dispatch 10 Zero Battles and 18 99 ships.

The key is that the Zero can be reconstituted in the middle of the flight deck and then take off from the front end, without interfering with the 99 ship explosion that is being reconstituted at the rear end of the flight deck.

The "Feilong" received 42 97 ship attacks, and it took more time to complete the pre-departure preparation work to dispatch 20 ships to attack and 10 Zero. According to the news just sent, the "Feilong" will send its first Zero Combat 20 minutes later, that is, at 7:50 a.m.

If you can't catch up with it, you can only fly your own way.

Actually, this is also a standard attack tactic.

In previous training and exercises, no one emphasized that the carrier-based aircraft carried by the two aircraft carriers must be dispatched and attacked together.

Kitamura is the operational staff officer of the First Air Force and also serves as the operational staff officer of the mobile fleet.

Maybe the ability is not as good as Tian Shi, but it won't be much worse.

The key is that now Lan Yun is the only one who can rely on him.

There is a question that Lan Yun has never figured out, and he asked Kitamura at the beginning, and the answer given by the combat staff officer made Lan Yun not very satisfied.

The reconnaissance planes discovered that the sea area of the Third Air Task Force was near the southern entrance of the Ashishima Strait, less than 200 kilometers away from the mainland of the Liangxia Empire, but 500 kilometers away from the southernmost tip of the Shuangche Strait, which already exceeded the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft, and even reconnaissance planes could not fly so far.

Isn't this position too far behind?

Kitamura's explanation is, or rather inferred. The Third Air Task Force has only just joined the ranks, and it has not yet formed a complete combat strength, so it may not dare to go south to blockade the Shuangche Strait, or it may just be making a show outside the Ashishima Strait and playing the role of a suspicious soldier to buy time for the task force that is chasing behind.

The key is that the temporary acting commander of the Third Air Task Force is Liu Xiangbin, an out-and-out second cargo.

Liang Xia's two major admirals, known as the left green dragon and the right white tiger, are also nicknamed the door gods, but they are often secretly called the second general, Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen, who served as commanders in the first and second air task forces respectively, must be lacking in skills now.

In addition, the reconnaissance aircraft mentioned in the telegram that the aircraft carrier was heading south, and judging by the length of the wake track, the speed would not be lower than twenty knots.

In addition to aircraft carriers, what other large warships are capable of sustaining at a speed of twenty knots?

Of course, there are fast battleships, but fast battleships are all with aircraft carriers.

All of this proves Kitamura's speculation.

Lan Yun didn't ask much, he was the commander of the mobile fleet, but he was only the commander.

In fact, Lan Yun also knew that Kitamura wanted to seize this opportunity to prove himself more than anyone else!

I like to perform, and it's not a bad thing.

If you don't even have the desire to perform, that's the problem.

No matter how good Beicun's ability is, it is also conscientious, and he is loyal to Lan Yun, and he is one of the few subordinates who can be regarded as confidants.

While Lan Yun was thinking about this, Kitamura had already returned to the Commander's Bridge.

A few minutes later, the 10th Zero took off, and the ground crew began to tow the 99 shipburst, which had been filled with fuel and had been hung with bombs, to the corresponding take-off point.

The flight deck was a bit messy, mainly because a lot of the fluid that had been drained hadn't had time to be cleaned up.

There is no way to do this, the ground crew has been busy for almost 20 hours, and they have hardly rested, and many officers and soldiers are about to collapse.

"Whew-"

When the terrible air defense siren sounded, not to mention the others, even Lan Yun didn't react.

However, it was only a few seconds.

"Over there!"

Kitamura rushed out, bringing an extra telescope. After handing the telescope to Lan Yun, he pointed towards the Cumulonimbus cloud layer in the northwest direction.

The clouds are more than 10 kilometers away and less than 1,000 meters high.

Critically, below the clouds, a plane that was hit and caught fire was falling, followed by a fighter jet that continued to fire and strafe.

It was a reconnaissance plane that was shot down!

Lan Yun didn't ask much, and looked back at Beicun.

"A telegram has been sent."

As soon as Kitamura said this, Lan Yun closed his eyes and let out a heavy sigh, and his hands holding the binoculars were bruised from excessive exertion.

Luck, why is it so bad?

Could it be that the god Amaterasu worshiped by Emperor Narrow is also a child of the Liangxia Empire!?