When Jiang Wenhan was fished out of the sea by a fireboat and came to the aircraft carrier wet, he was so angry that he was about to jump, and he rushed directly to the command cabin of the aircraft carrier without even taking off his flight suit.

"Whose order is this, and why let all the bombers land before it is our turn?"

Jiang Wenhan is the acting captain of the aviation wing, half a level higher than the captain, so he also dares to yell at the captain.

"This is the commander's decision, the American fleet has completely collapsed."

Jiang Wenhan was stunned for a moment, and his momentum immediately decreased a lot. "What do you mean?"

"The First Task Force was bombed, and both aircraft carriers were heavily damaged, among which the fate of the 'Daihai' is still unknown. That is to say, the US military has no bombers to use, and now that the four US aircraft carriers have been hit, we do not need to think about the problem of fleet air defense, and by tomorrow, the airfield on Wake Island will be able to restore partial use capability, and the commander wants us to ensure the number of bombers as much as possible to prepare for the next sortie. ”

Jiang Wenhan took off his gloves, and then slammed them to the floor, he glanced at the captain of the colonel, and then left the command cabin quickly. Lei Shaoqing's decision was not wrong, at this time, one bomber was more useful than ten fighters. But his personal feelings were difficult to accept this decision, because his own landline had to make a forced landing on the sea because of insufficient fuel, and few of the more than 3o fighters he led could return to the aircraft carrier!

When they came to the aviation operations center, Deng Zi, Zhang Naiding, and Yang Shihong were all eating convenience food, and all three of them landed smoothly on the aircraft carrier. They also knew about the new decision, so after seeing Jiang Wenhan with an angry face, they didn't take the initiative to provoke this top boss.

"Let's have something to eat." Yang Shihong brought Jiang Wenhan a bottle of canned fruit, "Don't think about it so much, after you go back, maybe there will be a new fighter." ”

"Damn, I forgot to bring the amulet!" Jiang Wenhan didn't get angry with Yang Shihong either, he knew that Yang Shihong was a good man. "Damn. Wait a few of you to be happy, I'll just be able to watch the excitement from the back! ”

"Lao Jiang, don't be angry, or I'll let you sit in the navigator's position, how about it?" Zhang Naiding walked over and saw that Jiang Wenhan didn't look like he wanted fire, so he joked with him.

"Be your navigator?" Jiang Wenhan glanced at this old friend. "Come on, if you sit in the back, I can consider partnering with you."

Everyone laughed, Jiang Wenhan was flying a fighter jet, and he didn't know what difficult flight maneuvers he could make with a bomber.

"Hurry up and get some rest, too!" Jiang Wenhan patted Zhang Naiding on the shoulder, and then stood up, "I'll stay here later, wait for your good news, don't forget to help me shoot a few more shuttle bullets from the American battleship, which can be regarded as representing me." ”

"No problem. I'll be back when I've run out of bullets! Deng Zixian agreed to Jiang Wenhan's small request.

Jiang Wenhan smiled at Deng Zi and nodded. Then he looked at the captains, squadron leaders, and squad leaders in the room.

Everyone nodded. The acting wing captain's request is not excessive, and the machine gun bullets they bring with them are rarely used in normal times, even if they are warm-ups.

After Jiang Wenhan left, Deng Zi and the others chatted for a while, and then they each leaned back in their chairs to recuperate. The aircraft carrier still needs two or three hours to shorten the sortie distance, and they have already flown for four hours before that, and the most important thing is to seize the time to recuperate.

While the pilots closed their eyes and recuperated, the service personnel on the aircraft carrier were busy. In fact, three hours was enough time for them to get the more than 12o bombers on the aircraft carrier ready for takeoff. In normal times, one aviation service group was responsible for three bombers, but now it is also responsible for four. To refuel a bomber. It takes at most half an hour to hang up the bomb (torpedo) and do the pre-takeoff inspection, which means that they actually only need two hours to complete the job, which gives the aviation crew an hour to spare for tea and chat.

At 9:30 a.m., the course of the aircraft carrier was adjusted to the sea area where the 51st Task Force was located and the direction in which the aircraft carrier "Yorktown" had escaped. But the most important thing is that before the bombers come out, that is, before 12 o'clock, they must obtain information once, otherwise, they will not be able to accurately judge the position of the "Yorktown" aircraft carrier, and in the extreme strike radius, the bombers simply do not have the fuel to find the aircraft carrier on the sea, and if there is no intelligence, then the attack time will be delayed until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, or even 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

This task fell to the reconnaissance planes that landed on Wake Island.

The airfield on Wake Island was the first to be bombed, and then it was continuously shelled by the US military, and it has been paralyzed ever since. When Han Shaofeng left the US artillery fleet, he immediately ordered the engineers to repair a section of the runway. The reason why Han Shaofeng gave this order was not that he realized that he needed to let the carrier-based reconnaissance plane land, but that he urgently needed a batch of medicines and medical supplies, and in addition, he also needed to have a transport plane come over to pick up a group of seriously wounded people. As a result, this runway played a far more local role than Han Shaofeng's influence.

The reconnaissance planes that took off from Task Force 1 and Task Force 2 flew for a maximum of five hours, that is, they had to land before ten o'clock, and the runway on Wake Island was repaired before nine o'clock. Although this section of the runway is only 5oo meters long (just enough for a transport aircraft), it is enough for a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft to land and take off without a drop fuel tank.

The first reconnaissance aircraft landed on Wake Island at 9:20 a.m. Because the refueling equipment on the island to refuel the bombers had been destroyed, Han Shaofeng could only organize a group of HNA service personnel to find other ways to refuel these reconnaissance planes. As a result, this took much longer than the preparation time on the aircraft carrier. It wasn't until half past ten that the reconnaissance planes left Wake Island, and by eleven o'clock, the 24 reconnaissance planes sent by the two task forces (the other 12 reconnaissance planes had no way to fly to Wake Island, and they all made a forced landing near the first task force, and the pilots were fished out) all completed the work of replenishing fuel and left Wake Island.

During this period, Lei Shaoqing asked the chief of aviation operations staff who followed him to the aircraft carrier "Changsun Wuji" to make a reconnaissance plan according to the course of the "Yorktown's" final retreat, and sent a telegram to Wake Island (it took 2o minutes to report the time).

At that time, the "Yorktown" was retreating to the north. The degree will not exceed 12 knots. Even if he changed course, he would have to retreat to the east, or northeast, with Wake Island to the west and Task Force 2 to the south, and Spruance would not be stupid enough to let this carrier die. In addition, its degree is restored to a maximum of 18 knots. Coupled with the delay in between, it is actually possible to roughly calculate the sea area where a US aircraft carrier must exist. and the extent of the sea area where it is most likely to exist. In fact, these are the duties of the chief of staff of aviation operations, and any chief of staff of aviation operations knows how to plan reconnaissance operations with these most basic information.

24 reconnaissance planes were enough to search the waters where the "Yorktown" was located. Of course, it takes time, and an hour and a half is enough for these reconnaissance aircraft to complete their tasks. However, as a result, it was not these reconnaissance planes that really found the "Yorktown" aircraft carrier, but a seaplane that took off from Wake Island and headed for the sea area where the 52nd Task Force was located to salvage the pilot who had fallen into the water. In addition, there was a seaplane that went to the sea area where Task Force 51 had previously been located, and the pilot seaplane that had fallen into the water was now the aircraft carrier "Essex", which was slowly retreating northeast at 8 knots.

The news soon reached the cruiser "Changsun Wuji", and Lei Shaoqing immediately gave the order to attack. As soon as the aircraft carrier "Lake Bell" received the telegram, it immediately sounded the battle horn, and it was only 10:58 a.m. Those landed at the seaplane moorings on Wake Island. Refueling. The seaplane, which came out at half past nine and was so slow that it was so slow, actually found these two aircraft carriers by mistake, and this luck cannot be said to be bad.

"The aircraft carrier Yorktown is about 34o nautical miles away from us. It is heading northeast for 1 line, about 14 knots, there are no air defense fighters, and there are less than five escort warships. The aviation staff of the aircraft carrier battle group marked the specific location, course, and degree of the aircraft carrier "Yorktown" on a sea chart hanging on the blackboard. "In order to ensure the destruction of this aircraft carrier, there will be two squadrons of bombing maneuvers, first taking out the aircraft carrier, and if there is any remaining ammunition, then blowing up the escort warship. This wave of aircraft was commanded by Zhang Naiding and Deng Zi. You can decide the order of attack according to the situation. Two, do you have any opinions? ”

Zhang Naiding and Deng Zi both shook their heads, they got the biggest piece of cake, what else was the problem.

"The location of the USS Essex aircraft carrier battle group is probably here." The aviation operations staff marked a new location on the chart, "about 32 nautical miles away from us, 8 knots, retreating to the northeast, escorting four warships, no fighters." The aircraft carrier is already seriously flooded. So it's not difficult to sink it. The attack aircraft group consisted of a squadron, as well as all the other bombers, and the second group took off, commanded by Yang Shihong, is there a problem? ”

Yang Shihong shrugged his shoulders, anyway, as long as Zhang Naiding and Deng Zi are there, he will not be able to get the best part, he is used to it, and being able to transform from a reconnaissance plane pilot to a bomber pilot allows him to get so many results, which is already very good.

"Three, this is our last attack. Now our reconnaissance planes are on their way to find the two carriers of Task Force 52, but there is little hope of finding them before dark, and by tomorrow they will have escaped to cover from the shore-based fighters at Midway.

So, it's likely that this will be the last battle of the campaign. The major staff officer glanced at the three captains who were two ranks higher than him, "General Lei has repeatedly told us that we must not let these two aircraft carriers escape, no matter what method is used, we must kill them and win the final victory." General Ray will be here in the afternoon, he has prepared champagne for you, and I hope you will come back with good news to celebrate the victory! “

There is no need for the major to cheer up the pilots, after receiving the news of the current American aircraft carrier, Deng Zi and they have already become excited, they have missed the most exciting and critical stage of the battle, they can't miss this last battle, and they are the only troops that can be used on the battlefield now.

After the aviation combat staff left, Deng Zi and Zhang Naiding gathered the squadron leaders and captains under them. Yang Shihong also went to gather the squadron leader and squad leader who followed him to bomb the "Essex" aircraft carrier. They had to talk to these officers individually and make a good plan for the war. In the past, this task was actually carried out by the chief of the operational staff of the aviation of the fleet, or the chief of staff of the fleet.

Although at this time, there were not many bombers on the "Lake Bell", its combat effectiveness was absolutely strong. When arranging the landing of bombers, it was the officers who landed first. Because considering the next battle, it's completely different from what it used to be. Therefore, at that time, the people who were able to take off were officers, and they were all experienced commanders. Deng Zi, Zhang Naiding and Yang Shihong don't need to say anything to them at all, as long as they see the American warship, they know how to fight, these squadron leaders and squad leaders have been cooperating with Deng Zi and several of their captains for several years, and they are very familiar with tactical arrangements.

Of course, Deng Zi and they had enough time to make detailed mission arrangements, and the fleet had to sail for at least an hour before the bombers could take off, and there was enough time for Deng Zi and them to take a shower before leaving.

When the order came, Deng Zi and the others immediately rushed out of the aviation operations center, they did not take off the flight assistant after they got on the aircraft carrier, and there was almost nothing to replace except for asking the navigator to bring a new navigation chart.

Before boarding, Deng Zi and the others all looked towards the ship island, Jiang Wenhan was standing outside the navigation bridge and waving to them, and there were several fighter squadron leaders and squad leaders beside him. None of these fighter pilots were able to take part in this final attack, and they had to see off the other bomber pilots.

The motive roared, and Deng Zi nodded to Jiang Wenhan, who was smiling at him, and then pulled the glass cover of the bomber's cockpit. The "sea eagle" was towed onto the catapult, and Deng Zi only felt that the plane was blocked by something. Then he turned the motor throttle to the maximum power, and then gave a thumbs up to the orderly who was in charge of the ejection work on the left, and at the same time as the orderly waved his arm, Deng Zi released the brakes of the bomber, and a huge force ejected the bomber weighing several tons......