While waiting, time flies slowly. After Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing chatted for a while, they both felt dry, and both of them quieted down later. Later, Hao Dongjue and Chang Jianxin also rushed over, but both of them were "invited" by Tan Renhao to their respective places. Hao Dongjue was in charge of the operations of the aviation unit, so he should naturally stay in the operations center of the Fifth Air Wing (where the pilots listened to the briefings), and Hao Dongjue was in charge of navigation and fleet defense operations, so he should naturally stay on the bridge of the navigation ship.

Tan Renhao also had a worry that he didn't tell Lei Shaoqing, that is, Japan's Southwest Combined Fleet was also using the Fifth Fleet as bait. It's not very likely, but it's not impossible. From a rational point of view, if Japan wants to capture Jeju Island, then seizing sea supremacy in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea is the most crucial. In order to ensure sea supremacy in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the elimination of the Fifth Fleet is the most crucial thing. At the very least, the Fifth Fleet remained a great threat to the Japanese fleet, as well as the landing force, as long as the Fifth Fleet existed. Then the Japanese Navy will definitely plan combat operations against the Fifth Fleet.

This is what Tan Renhao is most worried about. The nominal commander of the Japanese Navy is now Nagano Seotomi, but the actual commander-in-chief is Admiral Yamamoto 65. Tan Renhao had never met Yamamoto Sixty-Five, but he had seen Yamamoto Sixty-Five's resume in the Navy's intelligence materials. The commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet (nominally the Combined Fleet, but in fact a command body similar to the Imperial Navy Command between the Japanese Admiralty and the fleets) had spent three years in the Reich as a visiting scholar after the war. During these three years, Yamamoto Sixty-Five not only mastered a lot of naval knowledge, but more importantly, within three years, Yamamoto Sixty-Five had visited almost all the big cities and industrial centers of the empire, and had an extremely good understanding of the situation in the empire. In fact, when Yamamoto 65 decided to launch this war against the Empire, he chose a risky gambling strategy, using sneak attacks to defeat the Imperial Navy, gain sea supremacy at the beginning of the war, and then take advantage of the Imperial Navy's inability to fight back, determine Japan's hegemony in the western Pacific, and finally force the Empire to recognize Japan's status.

From this point, Tan Renhao directly judged that Yamamoto Sixty-Five was an extremely difficult opponent, and it could even be said that he was a terrifying opponent. A person who can decide to risk the fate of the country is not only a gambler, but also a gambler who dares to make decisions on the spot. If it had been Yamamoto 65 who had determined the campaign, he would have chosen the Fifth Fleet as the target, not Jeju Island.

Tan Renhao didn't tell Lei Shaoqing about this worry, nor did he tell anyone else, because he didn't want to affect the mood of other staff officers because of this. Of course, Tan Renhao had already thought about it, if the situation was not right at that time, then retreat immediately and not launch a campaign, which would be much better than losing the last fleet of the empire.

After waiting for nearly two hours, the communications staff officer finally trotted to Tan Renhao's side and sent a telegram to the colonel.

Tan Renhao quickly glanced at the contents of the telegram, then laughed, and then handed the telegram to Lei Shaoqing.

"Immediately contact General Wu Xianyu, the fleet will turn to the 15 direction as planned, advance at maximum cruising speed, and all carrier-based aircraft units will be ready for combat." Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, "At five o'clock tomorrow, the first batch of reconnaissance aircraft will be sent to look for the Japanese fleet." Captain, keep an eye out for news from the Navy Command. ”

"Yes!" The captain officer immediately returned to his post.

Lei Shaoqing came over at this time. "The decision has begun?"

Tan Renhao nodded and said, "There must be a time to start, at least, there is no sign of a decisive battle with us in the Japanese Southwest Combined Fleet now." ”

Lei Shaoqing nodded and didn't say anything more.

After a short time, the aircraft carrier "Taizu" began to turn with the fleet. With the issuance of various orders to prepare for war, the atmosphere on each battleship also became tense. Tan Renhao quickly contacted Hao Dongjue and asked him to start deploying strike operations and arranging tasks for each bomber squadron. And the sailors on the battleships have also entered a state of combat readiness, and at the speed of the fleet's sailing, after dawn tomorrow, they will launch an attack on the Japanese Southwestern Fleet.

After dinner, Tan Renhao went to rest for a few hours. He forced himself to lie down on the single bed, which was less than a meter wide. This is the widest bed on the aircraft carrier, originally this cabin belonged to the captain of the aircraft carrier, but after Tan Renhao came to the "Taizu", this place was "occupied" by him.

At night, the fleet was evacuated into anti-submarine formation. At night, the threat of submarines is greatest, and for a fleet sailing in dense formations, a salvo of a few torpedoes from a submarine is enough to sink several warships to the bottom. Of course, the fleet has always maintained a speed of 24 knots, and it is impossible for any submarine to keep up with this speed.

Tan Renhao stayed outside the Commander's Bridge after eating some supper. After several experiences of life at sea, he found that the night sky on the ocean is the most beautiful, not only is the starry sky brighter, but he can also stop at the sound of the sea when he calms down. It's just that all he can hear now is the noise of the aircraft carrier as it sails, and the voices of the communications officers in the cabin.

"Can't sleep?" Lei Shaoqing also followed, "I can't sleep either, it's going to be dawn in eight hours, I really don't know what kind of tomorrow awaits us." ”

"I don't know, but I'm sure the weather should be fine tomorrow, right?" Tan Renhao took the cigarette handed by Lei Shaoqing, "Anyway, we have done what we should do." The so-called plan is in people, and success is in heaven. Now, we've done our best, and it's not up to us to decide what the outcome will be. ”

Lei Shaoqing lit a cigarette, and then smiled and spit out the cigarette. "That being said, who wouldn't want to take their fate into their own hands?"

Tan Renhao laughed. "However, not everyone can do it, and the vast majority of people are unlikely to be in control of their own destiny."

The two looked at the starry sky to the north, hundreds of nautical miles away, what kind of ocean and what kind of sky were waiting for them?