There are many good things, and Tan Renhao can only comfort himself with such thoughts. That night, the wind and waves on the sea were stronger, and later the Navy Command also sent a telegram that a tropical storm was moving north, and the typhoon season in the western Pacific Ocean had arrived, and this year's storm did not move in the direction of the continent to the west, but to the north! This is certainly one of the worst news, and if the storm comes, then the fleet will definitely not be able to attack, or even leave the intended course.

"The storm arrived about two hours after dawn, and we should have avoided it westward." Lei Shaoqing quickened his pace and kept up with Tan Renhao.

When he walked outside the aviation war room, Hao Dongjue greeted him. "Ren Hao, the officers of the wing have arrived."

"Did you tell them about the storm?" Tan Renhao stopped.

"It's all been said, and now they're discussing it."

Tan Renhao nodded, hesitated slightly, and then walked into the aviation war room.

More than two dozen pilots were discussing the impact of the storm on the fleet's operations. Only two-thirds of the fighters could stay in the hangars of the three aircraft carriers, and the other one-third had to be tethered to the flight deck. And when the storm comes, these fighters tethered to the flight deck must be very unsafe. However, this is not the most important thing, if the lateral wind speed exceeds eight meters per second, or the wave height exceeds four meters, then none of the three aircraft carriers can take off and land fighters. The problem of wind speed is easy to solve, as long as you try to keep sailing against the wind, this is beneficial for the take-off and landing of fighters on the aircraft carrier, but if the waves are too large, then the aircraft carrier will not be usable, which is equivalent to losing its combat capability. In addition, the storm will also affect the bombardment of the enemy fleet, and it may not even be possible to find the shadow of the enemy battleship, so how can you attack?

The pilots were well aware of the impact of the storm on the operations of the fleet, which was what they feared the most. After seeing Tan Renhao come in, the pilots were all quiet, they were only responsible for carrying out orders, and it would be the chief of aviation operations staff who made the decision.

"Everyone, please be seated." After the more than 20 officers of the aviation unit had sat down, Tan Renhao said, "The situation is already obvious, this sudden storm has completely disrupted our offensive arrangements. Now, we have two options, one is to return to port and end this combat operation, so that, in two or three days, you can sleep peacefully in your bed and have nothing to worry about. The second is to continue the offensive and launch a fatal blow to the enemy fleet before the storm comes. Perhaps, this will make us take risks, perhaps, some of us will never go back, but I believe that this will make the Fifth Fleet, the Fifth Air Wing, immortalize the history books, and become the first unit of the Imperial Navy to launch a counterattack against the enemy in this great war, and we will become the most glorious members of the Imperial Navy. ”

"Colonel, the risk of an attack is high, and we are not very sure that we will be able to successfully defeat the enemy fleet." Luo Jinming's words represent the pilot's opinion.

"Yes, but I think it's not about the success of the attack, it's about what you do or not." Tan Renhao paused slightly, "I have decided to send a water reconnaissance plane three hours before dawn to search the sea area where the Japanese fleet may be active. In this way, we will receive the information about an hour and a half before dawn, and then we will send our attack force, and by the time we reach the sky over the enemy fleet, it will already be dawn, and the attack and return time will be about two hours, during which the fleet will sail in a northwesterly direction, so that we can buy half an hour to land the returning troops. Guys, are you sure? ”

Luo Jinming frowned slightly, then nodded.

Tan Renhao glanced at the other aviation officers again. "So, let's get ready, the first reconnaissance planes will depart in half an hour."

After leaving the aviation war room, Tan Renhao met his command center, and Hao Dongjue was responsible for the specific attack arrangements, and Lei Shaoqing followed Tan Renhao to the command center.

"Renhao, don't you think it's a bit risky?" Lei Shaoqing admired Tan Renhao's courage, but he was worried about Tan Renhao's repeated dangerous moves.

"Shaoqing, what I'm worried about is not the storm, but the enemy on the other side." Tan Renhao smiled and lit a cigarette, and then walked to the navigation table with Lei Shaoqing, "You see, if the weather report given by the Admiralty is not wrong, then we will always be out of the periphery of the storm circle in the first wave of attacks, and the fleet will not be greatly affected." If the first wave of attacks does not completely crush the Japanese fleet, we can even launch another attack. ”

Lei Shaoqing frowned slightly. "By the time the second wave of bombers returned, we were already within the storm's reach."

"Yes, but the second wave of bombers can land directly at the airfield on Jeju Island without returning to the fleet." Tan Renhao glanced at his companion, "The question is, it has been a full six hours since we last received intelligence from the Japanese fleet, will they still stay in the original sea area, or will they still move forward according to the scheduled route?" If the Japanese fleet had changed course, would we have been able to find them in time? If we can't find the Japanese fleet, what should we do? These are the things we should be most concerned about. ”

Lei Shaoqing also lit a cigarette, and Tan Renhao's worries were not unreasonable, but very reasonable.

"Two hours, in these two hours, will decide whether we will be able to defeat the enemy and win this battle."

Both of them fell silent, the weather was an uncertain factor, the course of the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet was an uncertain factor, and there were many other uncertain factors, all of which were added together, and no one could have predicted what the outcome of this impending naval battle would be.

Chang Jianxin rushed over from the bridge of the navigation ship. "Ren Hao, Commander Wu Xianyu has agreed to send a reconnaissance plane, but he asks us to complete the attack as soon as possible so that the fleet can avoid the storm. Most of the destroyers in the fleet are not able to withstand tropical storms. ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and then looked at the navigation clock. "Then let the reconnaissance planes set off, whether to fight or not, it depends on whether we can find the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet."

Chang Jianxin nodded and returned to the navigation bridge. Five minutes later, the first seaplane catapulted off from the large cruiser "Li Jing", and then more seaplanes left the other heavy cruisers. The operation of the Fifth Fleet began.