In Dongdu Bay, not all of them are playing false.

The "Hengjiang," posing as the "Longjiang," was heavily armed and carried 72 "roaring" fighters, ensuring that when the ceremony was held, three groups of fighters would be dispatched in turn, and 24 of them would patrol the skies over Dongdu Bay at any time to intercept enemy planes that might be killed.

What carrier-based fighters provide is actually the last line of defense.

Army aviation deployed more than 200 long-range fighters at airfields in the western part of the island.

From dawn until the end of the ceremony, 50 long-range fighter jets are on patrol and alert on the periphery of Dongdu Bay at any given time.

The deployment of fighter jets at airfields in the western part of the island, mainly in the eastern airfields, could not keep up.

Of course, these long-range fighters have a large enough range, a long enough time in the air, and a strong enough firepower. Although the speed and maneuverability of long-range fighters are slightly inferior to those of carrier-based fighters, there is certainly no problem in intercepting Newland bombers.

In addition to the two air defense lines, in Dongdu Bay, the anti-aircraft firepower of those warships that went to participate in the surrender ceremony was extremely powerful.

In addition, all ships were on combat alert, all officers and men were on duty, all boilers were running, and sufficient steam pressure was maintained to ensure that they could set sail immediately after receiving the alert and evacuate within fifteen minutes to avoid being bombed together.

Dongdu Bay is open enough to allow dozens of warships to maneuver and evade.

The key is actually the six air defense alert ships deployed outside Dongdu Bay.

That's six heavy cruisers equipped with anti-air search radars.

These six warships are all east and south of Dongdu Bay, and the two adjacent ships maintain a distance of about 70 kilometers to ensure that low-flying enemy aircraft can be detected by radar.

Behind each of the six battleships, there was a light cruiser responsible for filling the gap.

In terms of specific deployment, the light cruiser was actually between the two heavy cruisers, and was about 30 kilometers behind, responsible for staring at the radar's search blind spot.

Even if an enemy plane enters from an ultra-low altitude and is detected at a distance of about 40 kilometers from the air defense warship, it will not be able to fly over Dongdu Bay until 20 minutes later.

The 20-minute warning time provided by the air defense alert ship is enough to evacuate important personnel to safety and prepare the warship for combat.

Of course, it was enough for air defense fighters over the Dongdu Bay to go into battle.

As a matter of fact, in the vicinity of each air defense alert ship, there are four carrier-based fighters and six long-range fighters, and they are directly under the dispatch and command of the air defense alert ship.

This is actually the tactics of the fleet's air defense operations, and it must be a breeze for the Imperial Navy.

As for the "Yokoe," it was operating in the warning network formed by these six air defense warning ships.

And that's not all.

Nearly 100 "White Swans" deployed in the volcanic archipelago were all dispatched to search the eastern and southern seas of the main island.

Although it is impossible for the sortie rate of these old-fashioned patrol planes to reach 100 percent, many of the patrol planes were used beyond the standard in the previous strategic blockade of the narrow country, and some of them are about to be scrapped, but no matter how low the sortie rate is, it will definitely reach 70 percent, and there are about 80 of them.

All of the patrol planes sent out, not to mention covering the northwest and the west, and covering the western part of the Guia Ocean, are absolutely no problem.

If anything, this is also the last time that the "White Swan" will carry out an important combat mission.

According to the Navy's arrangement, in early January next year, the first batch of new patrol planes will be accepted, and the "White Swans" serving in the front-line units will be replaced one-to-one.

None of these "white swans" will be immediately decommissioned, and after proper maintenance, they will be transferred to second-line units for search and rescue and anti-submarine patrol missions, and many will remain in service until the end of the war. Even after the war, there were still many "white swans" who served in other countries.

In fact, the performance of the "White Swan" is not bad.

According to the standards of long-range patrol aircraft, the performance of the "White Swan" on the battlefield can be said to be quite excellent.

One of the main reasons for the replacement of the "White Swan" was actually that the production line of the "White Swan" was closed before the war.

Restarting a production line requires a lot of investment, and it is better to invest in producing a more capable patrol aircraft.

After taking off in the early hours of the morning, these 180 "White Swans" were able to fly in the Guia Ocean in the northwest and east for a whole day, and only returned after sunset.

In the face of such a large number of long-range patrol aircraft, any fleet commander will have a tingling in the scalp!

It's just a patrol plane, that's fine.

In any case, the bulky patrol aircraft are easy to detect and easy to intercept.

As long as the arrangements are made properly, under the command and guidance of the radar, the forward air defense fighters can often launch surprise attacks on patrol planes.

The raid was successful, and the patrol aircraft could not send a telegram.

Obviously, by the time the Liang Xia Navy discovered that a patrol plane had an accident, it was already night.

The real big killer is actually 22 broken cruisers and more than 100 seaplanes carried by these broken cruisers.

According to the deployment of the Imperial Navy, these broken cruisers were evenly distributed in an arc with a radius of 1,000 kilometers centered on Dongdu Bay. Like those six anti-aircraft alert ships, each of the breakaway cruisers had a specific position, and the two adjacent ones kept a distance of about 100 kilometers.

Last night, all of these broken cruisers arrived in the predetermined sea area.

The point is, all the broken cruisers carried seaplanes, and at least 4 of them!

For this purpose, the Imperial Navy also dispatched dozens of seaplanes from other large warships to follow the broken cruiser on a mission.

After daybreak, the breaker cruisers will sail east and south, sending seaplanes to search the nearby seas.

The key is that the search radius is about 50 kilometers, that is, within the working distance of the voice radio!

In this way, even if an enemy fighter plane is attacked, the seaplane pilot can use the voice radio to sound the alarm in time.

The point is, the distance between these broken cruisers is too close.

Unless all the Newland ships are able to sneak, they will definitely be discovered!

A fleet of 1 fleet aircraft carrier, 2 small fleet aircraft carriers, and more than 10 escort warships have a width of more than 30 kilometers in the normal sea area.

In theory, the Nuland fleet would not be able to quietly pass through the search line formed by broken cruisers anyway.

Perhaps, it is not enough to get to the broken cruiser.

In several of the most threatening directions, particularly to the east, the Imperial Navy deployed several temporarily requisitioned and piloted distant-water fishing vessels by naval officers and sailors.

Crucially, the fishing boats were not searching for the Nuland fleet, but were responsible for radio listening.

For this purpose, all are equipped with radio monitoring stations.

As long as it is close enough, not to mention a long-wave signal, even a short-wave signal, it will definitely be intercepted.

According to tests conducted by the Imperial Navy, as long as the correct operating frequency is found, the radio monitoring station can also intercept the electromagnetic waves emitted by the radar.

These distant-water fishing vessels are between 1,500 and 1,700 kilometers away from Dongdu Bay.

Theoretically, the monitoring station can intercept radio signals in a range of 200 to 300 kilometers, extending the monitoring range to 1,700 to 2,000 kilometers.

It can be seen that with such a tight defensive deployment, not to mention the Nuland fleet, even if it is a bomber group, it will definitely not be able to appear quietly in the sky over Dongdu Bay.

Whether it is the discovery of the fleet or the discovery of bomber groups, as long as there is a discovery, everything is easy to say!