"We have to find the location of the American aircraft carrier." On the aircraft carrier Zuizuru, Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi, who quickly came back, said to the person in front of him.

They are now in a two-carrier group, the Zuihe and the Xianghe, both of which are the latest aircraft carriers in service on the island, and these two aircraft carriers were ordered to blockade the Indian Ocean against the remnants of the British navy, and then, after receiving the order, rushed back to the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean.

Now they already know that the aircraft carriers of the Americans have appeared, and they need to find the aircraft carrier formations of the Americans!

Right now, it's not very bright outside.

"Yes, we must find the other side's aircraft carrier as soon as possible." Rear Admiral Tadaichi Hara, who was in charge of air operations, said: "Now, we will take off six groups of carrier-based planes to search for the enemy in the sea area in front of us. ”

On the deck, the lights were bright, and Captain Masao Sato, piloting his own Zero fighter, took off from the deck quickly, and behind him, one Zero after another took to the air.

Although it is still pitch black, when they fly over the sea where the target is likely to be, the sky will be bright, and the advantage of the long range of the Zero will have a great advantage in such an operation.

Twelve aircraft, divided into six groups, searched for the enemy at a distance of 250 nautical miles between 180 and 270 degrees.

In this era, radar is still a luxury, and the technical performance is very outdated, at sea, at most, it is only a few tens of kilometers, and it cannot meet the search for aircraft carrier formations at all.

Even Germany is now figuring out how to deploy radar on carrier-based aircraft to search for targets on the sea, even with miniaturized transistors, which is a rather difficult task.

In fact, even in later generations, it is a difficult problem to search for the opponent's aircraft carrier formation on the sea.

In this day and age, there is no choice but to rely on the naked eye of the pilot!

Captain Masao Sato has a lot of experience, he has flown thousands of hours on the Zero fighter, and he has achieved twelve shot downs, and now, he flies the light Zero Fight, according to the display on the compass, towards the opposite side.

At sea, it is easy to feel lonely, and the sea and sky are a line, except for blue or blue, people will feel their insignificance, however, as naval aviation, they have long been accustomed to this kind of flight.

The other party is also an aircraft carrier formation, and in this kind of aircraft carrier duel, whoever can find the opponent first will have the advantage!

After more than an hour of continuous flight, the sky had begun to brighten, and Captain Masao Sato was in contact with his wingman on the radio, and the two were in charge of half of the airspace and began to observe.

Time passed little by little, and half an hour later, two targets appeared in Captain Masao Sato's field of vision, and in an instant, he became excited: "Targets found, aircraft carriers, cruisers, one each, in the thirteenth sea area!" East longitude ***, south latitude***. ”

In order to avoid irritating the other party, Captain Masao Sato did not rush closer, but hid farther away and went into the clouds to follow the other party.

Now, the other side is in the sailing stage, and even a escort plane has not taken off, and a sneak attack at this time is the most able to achieve good results, and if he goes over, startles the snake, and lets the other side release the carrier-based aircraft, it will be unfavorable to his own attack.

The Americans, as long as they are discovered by their own side, will never be able to escape!

Discover the target! After receiving the report of its own search plane, the island nation's aircraft carrier formation became busy in an instant.

"Speed up, sail at full speed, and get ready to fly the carrier-based aircraft!" Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi shouted: "Release 50 Stuka bombers, 20 Zero fighters, and launch an attack on American aircraft carriers!" ”

Hearing his words, Rear Admiral Hara Tadaichi couldn't help but pause: "50? Will it be more? We deal with one aircraft carrier and one cruiser, 10 Stuka is enough. ”

The Stuka bombers played a major role in the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which made the islanders very satisfied, so the islanders ordered a batch of new ones to speed up the elimination of the existing Type 97 ship attack and Type 99 ship explosion, and they already planned to use this bomber as their main naval bomber, and it was the most suitable to carry out the anti-ship mission.

Zuizuru and Xianghe are the latest aircraft carriers in service, with a full load displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and each aircraft carrier is equipped with more than 80 fighters, and the attack power is quite strong, which is why Vice Admiral Takagi Takeo intends to release 50 aircraft at a time.

He was the commander-in-chief of the fleet and had the power to decide, and now, he said to his generals: "There may be more warships hiding behind, we must kill them all at once!" ”

The navy of the island country has strength, and if they want to dispatch, it is a large formation, and they must send all the US aircraft carrier formations to the bottom of the sea!

Take off, take off!

The 8 slogan ship-based special burning boilers began to burn at full power, and the steam pressure reached the maximum, and the 4 ship-based steam turbines burst out with 160,000 horsepower, and the two aircraft carriers quickly accelerated to 30 knots.

Takeoff!

Having been lifted to the deck of the aircraft carrier by the elevator, Captain Akira Sakamoto, the leader of the Stuka bomber, piloted his own Stuka, was the first to leave the aircraft carrier, and rushed towards the inevitable direction at full speed.

On the Xianghe, carrier-based aircraft are also constantly taking off.

The two aircraft carriers quickly released 50 Stukas and 20 Zero Battles, forming a large group of aircraft and rushing towards the target 300 kilometers away!

Under the belly of Captain Akira Sakamoto, hung the most expensive PC1000RS bomb, which had proven to be quite effective weapons in the attack on Pearl Harbor, enough to take out a large battleship in one piece!

At the same time, this kind of weapon imported from Germany is also quite expensive, and it must be cherished and used, so this time, only four of the 50 Stuka are equipped with this kind of bomb, they are specially prepared to bomb US aircraft carriers, and even the 10,000-ton warship they can't look down on, and they can be sunk by the 500 kg bombs mounted by ordinary Stuka.

The flight was boring, but fortunately, it didn't take long to wait, and the target finally appeared in front.

The other party still has no reaction, this is the best chance for your own side to attack!

Once again, Captain Akira Sakamoto, who was flying at the forefront, had already begun to enter the course of the attack, and the propellers of his fighter were spinning rapidly, inverting the wings of the seagulls, so spectacular.

Closer, closer, and suddenly, Captain Akira Sakamoto rubbed his eyes, as if he didn't believe his 5.0 vision, he looked over again, and finally it was certain.

"It's not an aircraft carrier, it's an oil tanker!" Captain Akira Sakamoto pulled up his plane and withdrew from the attack route.