It was only half an hour after returning to the commander's bridge, and the telecommunications officer delivered the first battle report.

Report from the lead captain of the aircraft, forwarded by the escort fighters.

The "Typhoon" encountered the Zero Fighters of the Narrow Navy, and after a fierce battle, the "Typhoon" relied on numerical superiority to expel the Zero Fighters.

At this point, it was 4:37 a.m.

This battle report, like the first firecracker exploded on Chinese New Year's Eve, lit a fuse and detonated a large string of firecrackers hanging on this fuse.

In the following ten minutes, dozens of battle reports were received one after another, with an average of three per minute.

That's right, it was the battle report sent back by the first group of attack aircraft.

In fact, this is also an ability unique to the "Imperial Capital" level.

Because the power of the catapult is greater, the torpedo planes and bombers carried by the "Imperial Capital" class can take off with overload, and all command aircraft, that is, the landlines of the group leader and squadron leader, are equipped with long-wave radios, which can act as a front-line command platform when carrying out attack missions.

Of course, it is also possible to report the engagement to the mothership by radio during the battle.

To this end, the number of radio stations carried by the "Imperial Capital" class was three times that of the "Longjiang" class, and the area of the telecommunications center was more than doubled, with a total of 16 stations. In addition to the one station used to communicate with the naval command, which must be kept online at all times, it can keep in touch with fifteen fighters at the same time when performing combat missions, and to be precise, it can receive telegrams sent by fifteen fighters at the same time.

At that time, such communication capabilities could be said to be seriously excessive.

Located on both sides of the deck, dozens of retractable antennas like fishing rods have become the most conspicuous appearance feature of the two "Imperial Capital" classes.

If anything, it was that the telecommunications officer had to keep sending in the war telegrams he had received.

The whole battle lasted more than ten minutes.

At 4:43 a.m., under the cover of the accompanying escort fighters, the attack plane group of the 31st Group, that is, the 1st Group of the 3rd Carrier-based Aviation Wing carried by the "Imperial Capital," flew over the enemy fleet, and eight torpedo planes and eight bombers, under the leadership of the group leader, launched an attack on the No. 1 enemy ship "Xianghe", and achieved the result of hitting two bombs and three mines, and three torpedo planes were shot down.

At 4:52 a.m., the group of planes of the 32nd Brigade carried by the "Accompanying Beijing" arrived. With almost no interception, it launched an attack on the No. 2 enemy ship "Ruihe" and hit three bombs and three mines, but did not lose a single one of its own, and all 16 torpedo planes and bombers retreated.

However, five "Typhoons" were shot down by anti-aircraft guns while diving and strafing the escort battleships.

The point is that throughout the battle, the attack aircraft group was not intercepted by enemy aircraft, and it seemed that the Fifth Air Force had given up resistance.

How can it be!?

Even if it is a fat pig in captivity, it will desperately resist when it is slaughtered.

What's more, it was a fleet controlled by nearly 10,000 professional soldiers, built with the most powerful industrial machines, and fully armed!

Although dozens of war reports were received in a row, Bai Zhizhan was always skeptical.

At first, he even thought that the attack aircraft group had found the wrong target.

Ze San can't do it again, and he shouldn't be so negligent.

Don't forget, the patrol plane, with its voice radio on, hovered around the Fifth Air Force for more than 10 minutes, during which it was intercepted by Zero.

As long as Zesan has the slightest sense of crisis, he will immediately dispatch fighter jets to strengthen air defense.

However, according to the report sent back by the group, there were less than 10 fighters in the sky above the Fifth Air Force, and they were scattered by the escort fighters that came out.

What about the other Zeros?

Could it be that among the carrier-based aircraft replenished by the Third Air Force, there are not many zero-battles?

Of course, skepticism is skepticism.

After the attack, the captain of the 31st Group, who commanded the battle, sent a final battle report, confirming that two fleet carriers had been heavily damaged.

However, neither aircraft carrier was sunk, and it is recommended that the second round of attacks still focus on hitting two aircraft carriers.

This time, there is certainly no fake.

The battle report confirming the results of the battle must not only be visually determined by the pilot, but also taken with a camera and brought back for screening, which will serve as evidence to certify the results.

The point is that it is reported that "heavy blows", not "sunks".

Because it is necessary to carry out supplementary strikes, the captain who submitted the report will definitely not talk nonsense.

If the report claims to have sunk two aircraft carriers, there is no need for a second strike to doubt whether it is credible.

Just so easily and happily took out two fleet aircraft carriers!?

The Fifth Air Force is so vulnerable??

Bai Zhizhan always had a feeling of dreaming, always feeling that those battle reports were not real, as if they had heard it wrong, and it was more like an illusion that only existed in a dream.

It wasn't until five o'clock that the communications staff officer delivered the telegram he had just received.

Forwarded by the command of the Navy, it is still a war report.

At about half past four, the Ashishima shore-based air force dispatched 30 twin-engine medium bombers to launch a surprise attack on the second main force under the cover of 20 fighters.

The attack aircraft group tried their best, but did not achieve the slightest commendable result.

The point is that the fleet was intercepted by dozens of Zeros.

As a result, eleven bombers were shot down before they were dropped, eight more were shot down after they were dropped, and three crashed on their way back.

In the end, only eight bombers were out of the fight, and it was questionable whether the three of them would be able to fly back to base.

In addition, eleven escort fighters were shot down.

Of the fifty sorties, thirty-three were lost, not counting the ones that had to be scrapped when they flew back!

Although there are no statistics on how many zeros there are over the second main team, in more than ten minutes of fighting, so many bombers were shot down, which must be a lot.

This just explains the doubts of the White Stop.

At least, his doubts were partially explained.

Obviously, those zero battles covering the second main team are all from the Fifth Air Force. It was precisely because the fighters were sent out that when the fleet of the Third Air Task Force arrived, there were only a few fighters in the sky over the Fifth Air Force.

At this point, Bai Zhizhan can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, Li Mingbo suggested that the second attack aircraft group that had just departed should be contacted to make appropriate adjustments to the attack tactics. To put it simply, don't use all your ammunition on the two aircraft carriers that have already been heavily damaged, and try to take out a few more large warships.

It's just that Bai Zhizhan did not agree.

The reason is also very simple, there is no need to intervene in the pre-war briefing made by Li Yunxiang himself.

In addition, giving pilots a chance to act on the fly is also training them. When you encounter a similar situation in the future, you can make the right choice immediately.

However, Bai Zhizhan was not complacent.

It's not time to celebrate yet!

After receiving the battle report forwarded by the naval command, that is, after five o'clock, he gave orders to four heavy cruisers and four light cruisers. Form a cruiser formation and head south at full speed after dark to find and destroy the narrow-range warships it encounters in the area where the Fifth Air Force is attacked. Before dawn, they turned westward and went to the east of the Shuangche Strait to keep an eye out for enemy ships coming out of the strait.

Why?

Carry out a reconnaissance mission to search for the first main team that is rushing east in the strait.

This arrangement perfectly demonstrated Bai Zhizhan's ability to grasp the fighter.

It is also worthy of the nickname "Crazy White".