When Lieutenant General Cayario was frightened when the Japanese plane group appeared again, a strange scene suddenly appeared in the distant air group.

A plane dragged black smoke out of the group, dropped sharply in altitude, and plunged headlong into the sea in his sight.

What's going on? What are the Japanese doing?

When the group flew over the fleet, Cayario realized that it was a false alarm, and that what appeared in the sky was his own group that was going to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier formation.

There were originally less than 15 planes left in a formation of 40 planes, and more than half of them were damaged in battle.

The surviving planes hovered over the fleet, but no trace of the aircraft carrier was found.

As the group of planes hovering over the fleet like headless flies, Cayario reacted quickly and gave the order for the surviving planes to land on the island of Diego Garcia.

As for whether the plane's fuel will be able to support them to fly to Diego Garcia Island, it is not in Cayario's consideration.

Under Cayalia's orders, all the surviving battleships of the Italian Indian Ocean Fleet turned around and headed for Sri Lanka in the north.

If the fleet can escape to the combat radius of Sri Lanka's own land-based air force before the next Japanese attack wave arrives, the fleet still has a chance of survival.

However, it backfired, and nearly three hours later, the sirens sounded again, and hearing the loud noise of the aircraft engines coming from outside the bridge, Cajario shouted angrily: "Let the anti-aircraft guns prepare for the final decisive battle with the Japanese." ”

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In western India, on the sea leading from Mumbai to the Gulf of Aden, Chen Dao stood on the deck of the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen, inhaling the humid air on the sea, and looking gloomily at the ships around him.

Before Chen Dao and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen were about to leave the port of Mumbai, the British administrator of the port suddenly came to the door, hoping that the Prinz Eugen would be able to accompany a British merchant fleet that was about to return home, on the grounds that the Japanese fleet had entered the Indian Ocean and its whereabouts were unknown, and with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen with it, the fleet's ability to resist risks would be greatly strengthened.

Chen Dao hesitated slightly, thinking that although he had taught the Indians to sharpen their knives secretly, on the surface, he still wanted to maintain a stable and united situation with the British, so he agreed to the British's request.

The merchant fleet of the British consisted of eight merchant ships and two destroyers, and because of the drag of merchant ships, the entire fleet could only sail at a speed of eight knots.

Chen Dao stared at the bulky merchant ships around him for a while, and then walked around the Prince Eugen, chatting and farting with the officers and soldiers of various positions on the deck.

After more than an hour, Chen Dao returned to his bedroom, sat at his desk, and stared at the three books on the table with relish.

While in India, Chen Dao transported two books from Chongqing via the Hump route, one was the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the other was the Book of the Later Han Dynasty.

Coupled with the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" at hand, Chen Dao used his self-created "Chen's Comparative Reading Method" to read three books at once, study the history of the Three Kingdoms diligently, and improve his fighting skills.

In the hard study, Chen Dao spent the first day on the way home.

The next morning, Chen Dao was still studying.

At noon, after having lunch with Mandol in the dining room, the two walked to the deck for a walk to eat.

"I didn't expect that Nagumo was still quite capable of fighting, and almost completely annihilated the Italian Indian Ocean Fleet at one time, and Mussolini's bald man would definitely go berserk when he received the bad news. Fortunately, our first aircraft carrier group returned home ahead of schedule and avoided a pointless battle. I don't know where Nagumo's next goal will be? I hope it doesn't run into our second aircraft carrier group, if we do, it will definitely be fratricidal and cheapen the Americans and the British for nothing. ”

The results of the naval battle near the island of Diego Garcia had reached Chen Dao's ears, and the result of the battle was that only three destroyers of the Italian Indian Ocean Fleet escaped, two aircraft carriers and two battleships, and seven light battleships were sunk, and the losses of the Japanese were unknown.

Before the start of the Indian Ocean Sweep War, the German 1st Aircraft Carrier Group had already departed from the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka and was ready to return home to carry out the second round of refit of the two Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers and install beveled decks, just avoiding a meaningless battle.

The second aircraft carrier group, which took over from the first aircraft carrier group, did not go directly to the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka, but first went to the island of Madagascar, and also avoided the battle with the Nagumo fleet.

Mandol heard Chen Dao's words, thought for a while and said: "The Indian Ocean is too small to accommodate the simultaneous existence of two large fleets, and our fleet will definitely encounter the Japanese and then fight, it is only a matter of time." ”

"Yes, there is a Chinese proverb that one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, unless there is one male and one female, neither we nor the Japanese will be tigresses, once they collide, they will definitely fight."

Chen Dao clasped his hands on his chest and touched his chin to consider whether he should contact the Japanese Combined Fleet through Hiroshi Oshima, so that Nagumo could accept it when he saw it and return to China early, so as not to have an unnecessary battle.

Chen Daozheng hesitated, but he didn't know that on the sea directly south of the fleet, a periscope was exposed to the sea, and it was slowly turning with the movement of the fleet.

When the fleet was far away, the periscope slowly rose, the sea suddenly parted, and a submarine rushed out of the sea like a monster of the deep sea.

Soon, an electric wave flew away from the submarine.

In the aircraft carrier Akagi, the adjutant hurriedly walked up to Nagumo and sent a telegram to Nagumo.

"The I-26 submarine found a merchant fleet heading west, of British nationality, numbering eleven ships, including two destroyers, and a heavy cruiser."

Nanyun's face was full of red light, with the joy of winning the battle just now, and said with a smile: "Finally caught the prey again, let the reconnaissance plane attack and track first, and the Canglong is ready to attack." ”

About an hour later, Chen Dao strode into the bridge of the Prinz Eugen and asked the captain, Colonel Reinhardt von Franz, "What are you looking for me?" ”

"Something is not right, the radar room reports, there is a plane circling around us, it is clear that this is not our plane." Colonel Franz said.

Chen Dao frowned and said: "It's not our plane, it's the Japanese plane, how long has this plane appeared?" ”

Colonel Franz looked at his watch and said, "It's been almost ten minutes." ”

"If this plane is really a Japanese plane, maybe the Japanese attack aircraft group has already taken off, and we are in danger now." Chen Dao felt sweat flowing unstoppably on his forehead.

The fleet was in the sea between India and the Gulf of Aden at this time, and it was too late to enter the Gulf of Aden or return to Mumbai.

Chen Dao kept a straight face and let the sweat flow on his face, and after thinking for nearly a minute, a sentence suddenly came out.

"It's time to gamble on character, give me paper, I'm going to write a telegram."

Chen Dao finished writing the telegram and handed it to Colonel Franz.

"Immediately let the communication room send a telegram in clear code, three times in a row, and then it will depend on our character, well, we also have to bet on the character of the Japanese."

Colonel Franz hurriedly read the contents of the telegram and asked in astonishment: "Are you sure you want to send this content?" ”

"I'm sure, we don't have time, I'll send a report right away."

About twenty minutes later, Nagumo looked at the clear-code telegram intercepted in the communication room in his hand in a daze.

The content of the telegram was shocking: Nagumo Tadaichi, I know you are nearby, if you are a man, come and fight, come to 63.1 east longitude, 15.4 degrees north latitude, I am waiting for you here.

The signature of the telegram was Heinz von Rosen.

After reading the telegram, Nanyun was stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly asked: "This coordinate, is it the coordinates of the British merchant fleet we found before?" ”

The adjutant said, "Yes." ”

A fine layer of sweat immediately appeared on Nanyun's shiny bald head.

"Oh no, the attack aircraft group should be there soon, if General Rosen is really there······"

Nagumo instantly remembered a recently world-renowned and powerful surname, Student.

The sniper of the army red deer wounded General Rosen, and the Germans immediately sent a poisoner surnamed Bootent to retaliate, if their own fleet killed or maimed the general Rosen, the poisoner surnamed Bootent might not be able to do anything.

Besides, if he injured General Rosen, wouldn't he have degenerated to the same level as the army red deer, and he would definitely become the laughing stock of the Navy in the future.

Nagumo figured out the crux of the problem and hurriedly shouted: "Immediately give an order to the attack aircraft group and let them return." ”

"It may be too late."

"Then order them not to attack that heavy cruiser, yes, that heavy cruiser, or a battleship with a German flag on it, go right away, what are you doing here?"

With Nagumo's roar, the adjutant rushed out of the room and delivered the order.

"Anameasu blesses, it must come in time, it must be in time."

Nagumo was praying, and Chen Dao was praying as well.

"Character bless, Nanyun is a good comrade, he should stop in time."

Colonel Franz looked at Chen Dao, who was thinking something in his mouth, and couldn't help asking, "Is it really good for you to do that?" ”

Chen Dao threw over a sentence with a straight face: "You don't understand." ”

Colonel Franz really didn't understand, Chen Dao was talking the other way.

Generate electricity with a password, without a codebook, Nagumo will definitely not be able to understand it, so it can only be sent in clear code.

However, when you send a telegram in clear code, you can't just say, I, Heinz von Rosen, am here, don't hurt your allies by mistake, and you should leave immediately.

Forced to be helpless, Chen Dao could only tell Nanyun Zhongyi that he was here in a dating tone, and after sending the telegram, he could only gamble on his character.

After a few minutes, Chen Dao suddenly stopped praying and looked out of the bridge with angry eyes.

Colonel Franz said: "It's the siren, the Japanese are coming." ”

Chen Dao scolded: "Nanyun Zhongyi, you bald, conscienceless guy, don't let me meet you again." ”