"Lao He?"

"You go to the back and help, and tell me as soon as the radio is fixed. Don't forget, use the voice radio to call patrol planes in the vicinity. There is no need to wait for someone else to answer, just report our current position when calling, and let the patrol plane that listens to it immediately send a report to the military port. ”

While instructing the co-pilot, He Weigui took the throttle to the minimum gear.

At the beginning, when he saw the Zero Fight rushing from the bottom left, He Weigui's first reaction was that this time it was dead.

In addition, he regretted it and felt that he was simply unlucky.

Shortly after departing from Ashto Port, while doing a test, the telegraph soldier told him that one of the parts inside the longwave radio was broken and could not be used properly.

If it had been discovered before departure, it might not have been sent out on a reconnaissance mission.

Subsequently, the telecommunications corps reported that it would take some time to repair the long-wave station, and it was uncertain whether it would work properly after the repair.

This means that even if he thinks it has been repaired, it has not actually been repaired.

Doesn't that mean nothing was said?

Fortunately, the voice radio installed a few months ago is good, and according to previous tests, the voice radio has a working distance of more than 100 kilometers.

That is, if there is another patrol aircraft nearby, it will be able to contact with a voice radio.

For this reason, He Weigui dispelled the idea of returning home.

All the patrol planes in the port of Zudong have been dispatched, and they are all operating in the waters north of South Zhuhai, and there must be patrol planes within a radius of 100 kilometers.

After that, it flew all the way to the southeast.

About fifteen minutes earlier, he had seen the heavy cruiser through a gap in the clouds.

It is a "Ligun" class.

The four main gun turrets stacked in the bow of the ship like a grave in a mass grave, and the huge seaplane crane behind the auxiliary mast are unique exterior features.

If He Weigui was a little less courageous, or did not have such a strong sense of responsibility, then at this time, he should have piloted the patrol plane to turn back.

According to the information obtained before departure, the two "Ligen" class ships of the Sagayi Navy are all in the Fifth Air Force.

The main thing is that the Sagai Navy has only four fast battleships, so it can be provided to the Fifth Air Force, and the only ones used to cover the aircraft carriers are heavy cruisers.

It was precisely because there were not enough fast battleships and could not afford to build fast battleships specifically for air defense that the narrow navy found another way to build cruisers based on heavy cruisers, which were much smaller in tonnage and size, and much cheaper in cost.

The name is beautiful: an aviation cruiser.

In the Narrow-Sized Navy, the anti-aircraft firepower of two "Ligen" class ships is only below that of four "Golden Steel" class.

In addition, the "Ligen" class can also carry a full six seaplanes, and its main purpose is to carry out reconnaissance missions and reduce the combat burden of aircraft carriers.

It can be seen that these two heavy cruisers were born to accompany aircraft carrier operations.

It's a pity that He Weigui's sense of responsibility is too strong.

As a result, after chasing the heavy cruiser for more than ten minutes, the aircraft carrier of the Sagai Navy was not found, but the fighter was encountered.

A Zero, flying at an altitude of less than a thousand meters, seemed to be on the landing path to the aircraft carrier.

The fog over the sea still hasn't lifted, the cumulonimbus cloud layer is very low, it's still raining from time to time, and the visibility is so poor that you can't see it clearly from a few thousand meters.

Facing the rushing Zero Battle, He Weigui was scared into a cold sweat.

The "Fat Swan" is not only slow to fly, but also very clumsy, even if there is an eight-millimeter machine gun on both sides of the rear engine room and the tail cabin, it will have to be slaughtered when it encounters fighters.

Fortunately, He Weigui did not panic.

Before he could react, the "fat swan" burrowed into the cumulonimbus cloud again.

Hidden in the clouds, it is considered safe for the time being.

It's just that He Weigui doesn't know how long it will be safe, because in the clouds, it is impossible to know how big the coverage area of the clouds is.

It is precisely because of this that He Weigui received the lowest gear of the throttle and slowed down the speed.

Now, one can only pray that this cumulonimbus cloud layer is big enough.

More than 10 kilometers away, the aircraft carrier "Xianghe".

When the staff officer came to report, Major General Sawazo was looking at the charts and considering how to carry out the battle orders issued by Admiral Takano himself.

This is not a simple command like "sortie" or "return".

The telegram sent three letters, which were three orders.

First: The 5th Air Force went north to join up with the 3rd Air Force and assist the 3rd Air Force, as well as the 2nd Main Force that went north last night to block the Watchman Strait; After the arrival of the convoy, it assisted the landing force to capture and control the Shoudao and Wangdao islands in the north and south of the strait.

Second, a reconnaissance plane was dispatched to search the waters in the northern part of the Shuangche Strait and the southeast of Ashishim.

Thirdly, if the Third Air Task Force is discovered and there is enough time, it is necessary to organize carrier-based aircraft to launch an attack and try to destroy the task force.

Now, it's fun!

Because these three commands, which were sent almost at the same time, at least the first command and the next two orders were contradictory.

To join up with the Third Air Force, you would have to sail northeast, far from the Shuangche Strait, let alone close to Foot Island to the north of the Strait. If the second and third orders were to be carried out, it would not be possible to sail in the direction of the convergence with the third air task force, at least until the afternoon.

In addition, it is combat effectiveness.

Almost all of the carrier-based aircraft of the Fifth Air Force were replenished to the mobile fleet, while the Third Air Force mainly sent zero battles and ship explosions in the morning.

Actually, the fleet from the 3rd Air Force has just arrived.

Because there was not much fuel left, the ship's explosion was landed first, and the Zero War was left behind.

At present, there are only 18 97 ships attacking and 42 99 ships on the two aircraft carriers of the Fifth Air Force, and there are nearly 60 Zeros.

There are so many fighters, but it's useless!

Zesan is very big-headed, but he knows very well why Gao Ye sent the next two orders.

If the task force of the Liang Xia Navy is southeast of Ashishim, then the first main team where Takano is located will be caught up as soon as this afternoon and tomorrow morning at the latest. Because it was not covered by fighters, the first main team would definitely be destroyed.

Takano must have been sure enough to let Swasan search the waters southeast of Ashishima.

With so many reminders, it is actually hoped that Zesan can seize the opportunity to annihilate the Third Air Task Force, which has become a lone army, who is acting alone.

It was at this time that the patrol plane came out.

Very suddenly, without warning!

If it weren't for the fact that the Zero Combat that flew from the Third Air Force happened to be nearby, and the pilots were also very vigilant, I am afraid that when the patrol plane flew over the "Xianghe," it might not have been discovered.

In addition, the patrol plane had been making announcements since it had penetrated into the clouds, but it had been using a high-frequency radio.

When the staff officer rushed to report, Zesan thought he had misheard.

The transmitters are all low-frequency long-wave radios, because the short-wave is easy to attenuate and the transmission distance is very close, so the high-frequency radio stations are not suitable for sending telegrams.

Could it be that there are still enemy aircraft near the fleet?

Or was the Fifth Air Force already exposed, and the patrol plane, which was leading the way for the attack group, began to call the bombers behind after spotting the aircraft carrier?