Chinese journalists reported: "On Iki Island, all the people are still asleep. "At least there is no one on duty in the island's air defense forces on duty, which is not surprising given the status of Iki Island. As soon as a few bombs were dropped, the oil depot on the island caught fire, and the anti-aircraft guns did not have time to fire, and the fighters were not visible. When the island's radio station alerted Tokyo at maximum power, a bomb blew it up. At 7:05, the mission was completed and the commander reassembled the group. "I'm Dai Le," one of the pilots replied, "my plane caught fire, I went to the east side of the island to land, and everything else was fine." Sure enough, a burning plane was descending with smoke in tow. Lieutenant Pei Xuanfeng followed, hovering over the head of the plane and watching it land on the surface. Lieutenant Dai Le and his machine gunner Li Ming quickly left the plane and boarded their pale yellow lifeboat. Bei Xuan looked at them sharply and waved at them helplessly, full of sympathy, but unable to do anything. Dai Le and Li Ming looked up at their companions and gave them a thumbs up in a very optimistic look. After that, they rowed their lifeboats vigorously and left Iki Island.

Kagoshima, Tanegashima, Tsushima Island, and Iki Island, although these operations were small in scale, were very important for those new recruits who were newly added to the Chinese Navy. Together with the new aircraft carriers they are seated in, they will play an important role in future battles.

On August 8, 1945, dark clouds filled the sky, and about 500 nautical miles northeast of the coast of Australia, a badly damaged Chinese aircraft carrier was heading east under the clouds. The upper deck had been blown open with a large gap, and there were scorched marks around it; On the lower deck of the upper deck, forty coffins were placed side by side, and at each end stood guards with guns; The infirmary was crowded with the wounded. This is the aircraft carrier "Caifeng". It left the waters of Australia, which had just experienced the first naval battle of the Pacific War. In this battle, none of the warships on the sea exchanged fire, but he lost one aircraft carrier and several transports (for landing on the northern coast of Australia); China lost the aircraft carrier "Taian", and the aircraft carrier "Caifeng" suffered heavy losses. This is the record of the air battle between the United States and the United States. Now, the "Caifeng" is returning to the port of Truk. On the ship, everyone thought that the "Caifeng" would stay in the port of Truk for a long time, and it was even possible to send it to China for a major renovation.

However, the "Caifeng" sailed into the port of Dalian on 27 June and set sail offshore on 30 June, not to China, but to join the same fleet. The speed with which the "Caifeng" was repaired was unprecedented in a Chinese shipyard. As soon as the "Caifeng" entered the port, the barges of the maintenance team came over and immediately began to rush to repair them. Before the cable was tied, the sound of the steam hammer resounded on the ship, and it continued to sound for three days and three nights. Each team of workers takes turns to work so that there can be no delay in working hours. It was not until the "Caifeng" left the berth that the last cranes and barges were withdrawn. Although the rush to repair was in a hurry, it was enough for the "Caifeng" to sail normally and even participate in the battle.

However, there were no naval battles on the ocean. There was no sign of the ship, and even the entire Pacific Ocean seemed unusually quiet. There are no signs of an offensive from the Chinese side. So, why so much hurry?

The reason is that the Chinese intelligence agency has already received information. Although there was no sign of the navy, the Chinese High Command was informed that a fleet had sailed away from the navy. The High Command has been informed of the general composition of this fleet, and has accurately known that the target of this fleet is Guam.

Although Guam has been fortified since it was recaptured by the Chinese [***] team, it is impossible for a reef island to become a fortress in a few weeks, because every shell and bag of cement from the Chinese mainland has to travel long distances. With regard to the attack planned by him, it is clear from the preliminary information he has received that Guam will undoubtedly fall if the Chinese Pacific Fleet does not send out all its troops to come to the rescue. That's why the mutilated "Caifeng" should be recalled immediately and repaired at full speed. On August 2, 1945, the two task forces converged northeast of Guam. Rear Admiral Fu Renxuan arrived with "Caifeng", as well as two heavy cruisers and five destroyers; Rear Admiral Lu Zhishen arrived with the aircraft carriers "Longwang" and "Xingkaihu", as well as 5 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser and 9 destroyers; 35 submarines are deployed. The fleet was commanded by Rear Admiral Gu Shaolong; The aircraft carrier was commanded by Rear Admiral Fu Renxuan. Wu Qianlong was treating skin diseases at the time. Fu Renxuan was 40 years old that year, the same year as Wu Qianlong. However, Fu Renxuan's surname is diametrically opposed to Wu Qianlong, his feelings are implicit but not revealed, and his speech does not contain half a foul word. People call Fu Renxuan a "living machine". His facial expressions show that he is calm, cold, ruthless, shrewd and capable. At the age of 8, he decided to become an admiral. He does not engage in any physical activity other than walking.

On Guam, the officers learned that the threat was approaching and anxiously awaited the arrival of the rescue fleet. The fortifications of the island's coastal batteries were reinforced, and anti-tank mines were laid on the beaches. The only 24 fighters on the island are the Skylark, which is already somewhat outdated. It seems impossible to send another fighter jet to Guam, because the fighter planes themselves cannot fly that long distance, and the aircraft carrier has another task and cannot transport planes to Guam. Previously, the army sent several bombers, both light and heavy. In total, the air force assembled on Guam consisted of: 23 Skylark fighters and 34 Shark or Javelin dive bombers, which were used by the Marine Corps; 6 "Javelin" torpedo aircraft; 4 "Sky Raid" bombers were used by the Army; In addition, there are 17 "Quick Knife" bombers and 30 bulky "Seahorse" seaplanes. This kind of seaplane, the pilots made it up to a smooth slip, which roughly means: "not only for airplanes, but also as a small boat, go out to fly in the air, and return to float on the water." "It shows how safe and durable it is.

China's Naval Intelligence Bureau reported that a fleet of four aircraft carriers, four battleships, seven cruisers, and 22 destroyers had departed. However, patrol aircraft took off from Guam several times a day and found no targets. The sky was clear, blue, and only a cloud floated 300 nautical miles northwest of Guam. Time passed day by day, and the patrol plane still saw the vast and endless sea.

Looking down from the sky, the sea is as smooth and serene as a concrete floor. In the early morning of 3 August, Lieutenant Wang Lide flew a "Seahorse" seaplane over the southwest of Guam when he suddenly spotted a line of black things the size of ants motionless attached to the calm sea. He immediately sent a telegram. Pilots of reconnaissance planes generally have to either stop using the radio (so that they do not notice it) and return to the base to report or send back a telegram immediately, depending on the situation at the time. Most of the seaplane pilots sent telegrams, because they estimated that they were unlikely to be able to return home normally. On one occasion, the pilot of a seaplane spotted him, and he sent a telegram reporting his whereabouts, but at the end of the telegram he said, "Please tell my relatives." ”

Wang Lide discovered that the fleet included cruisers, transport ships, and destroyers, a total of 11 ships, and there were no aircraft carriers. Shortly after receiving Wang Lide's telegram, nine "Kuaidao" bombers took off from Guam. By the time they flew over the fleet, it was getting late, and it was nearly 1,000 kilometers from Guam. There was no plane in the air, and there was no doubt that he did not expect to be attacked at such a distance. These Chinese pilots have never fought yet. They dropped bombs, hitting several targets. Returning to the base, they believed that at least two battleships had been hit. The naval officers questioned them and learned that a cruiser and a transport ship had been hit and caught fire, and that several others had suffered minor damage. There is no doubt that the fleet is continuing to march toward Guam.

Between the ports of Guam and Dalian, telex machines are working intensely. Shen Honglie, commander-in-chief of China's Pacific Fleet, watched the movements of the fleet from his office. It seems that this fleet is only a part of the fleet that participated in the war. And where are the aircraft carriers and battleships? The patrol aircraft sent out during the day did not find any targets. Shen Honglie looked at the map, and the two Chinese task forces were still in the sea northeast of Guam, and they were too far away from the fleet, even if they sent planes, it would be useless. At this time, only the planes on the island can take off to meet the already discovered fleet. However, the fleet is still outside the radius of activity of the Chinese Navy's dive bombers and torpedo aircraft. Night fell. The bomber pilots of the army lacked experience in night battles at sea, then, all that remained was the bulky "Seahorse" seaplanes. The commander of the Guam Air Force decided to use these slowest and most vulnerable seaplanes. He firmly said that the night would protect them. Each seaplane loaded a torpedo and took off.

All seaplanes were on patrol for the whole day during the day. In order to continue the patrol, it was necessary to select seaplanes that could take off immediately, and in the end 4 were found, and they were immediately refueled. Although the pilots were all tired, they volunteered to go on a night mission, and as a result, several of the strongest endurance were selected. Soon, four seaplanes took off like four hulking whales, the powerful air currents whipped up the waves on the lagoon, and the roar of the engines resounded through the night sky of Guam. The moonlight shines through the sparse clouds on the silent ocean. It was a quiet night, and only these 4 seaplanes were rumbling. Soon, even the rumble died down.

The planes that had gone out at night moved slowly over the sea. Under the bright moonlight, the sea seemed more open and quiet than during the day, and the frozen sea was as lifeless as the wilderness on the moon. There were seven crew members in each "Seahorse" plane, all of them silent. This small group of aircraft was commanded by Lieutenant Wang Lide.

At 1:20, the observer on Wang Lide's landline reported to him: "The target has been found. Wang Lide immediately saw the ship, a large black warship lined up in two columns, followed by slightly smaller ships. The path of the fleet ploughed through the sea was clearly recognizable, as if a straight, stiff tail was dragging behind. Wang Lide first pulled the plane up, and then, after going around, he clicked on his small group, but only saw a plane following behind him. He patrolled the air for several minutes, hoping that the other two planes would catch up; Behind him was the silent companion. Wang Lide didn't want to wait any longer, he rushed straight towards a group of ships, and then aimed at a ship that was the largest and thickest on the sea. He thought it might be an aircraft carrier. However, no, the ship had appeared, in sight, and was speeding towards him, and the bright moonlight illuminated the ship clearly, and it turned out to be a cargo ship. The ship's superstructure was short, thick, and jagged, and had the same bizarre shape as all other ships. But it is indeed a cargo ship. Wang Lide clearly recognized the cargo hatch cover on the deck, but the deck was empty. At this moment, tracer bullets rose from the bow and stern with a dazzling light, shining all the way to the front of the plane, intertwining with the ballistics fired from other ships. Wang Lide glanced at it with his pilot's alert gaze, and everything was clearly visible. The chimney of the cargo ship was still smoky as if it had been in peacetime. But the cabin must have been crowded with the people who had advanced 4,000 kilometers from the book. Wang Lide threw the torpedo and immediately turned around and went up. Wang Lide's co-pilot and rear machine gunner saw the cargo ship catch fire, and a puff of smoke rose into the air.

A column of searchlight pierced the pre-dawn night sky. Then the searchlights came on one after the other. The belly of the second seaplane was illuminated brightly, but it descended desperately, dropping torpedoes. When the ship saw the torpedo attacking, it immediately turned its rudder and avoided it. The anti-aircraft guns did not hit the plane. A few seconds later, the second seaplane turned behind the long plane, the tail still illuminated by searchlights. After a while, the beam of light of the searchlight swayed, searching for targets in the air.

The third seaplane wandered around for a while before it found its target. When it arrived, it was said that the fleet was regrouping. It threw a torpedo, and it didn't know whether it hit the target, so it turned around and flew low against a column of ships, and swept it with a machine gun. Although the plane was not hit, it was forced to land at sea because the trek ran out of gas. Four days later, the crew was contained by a destroyer. The fourth seaplane lost contact and never found its target, and at dawn ran out of fuel and returned to Guam. It is generally believed that these four "Seahorse" seaplanes were fortunate to have achieved such results. Obviously, he was continuing to approach Guam, and his main force had not yet been discovered.

On 4 August, as the day began to rise, Lieutenant Aidan was sailing on the edge of a cloud system 320 kilometers northwest of Guam in a "Seahorse" seaplane, and he spotted a seaplane flying low in a cumulonimbus cloud, which was obviously not a Chinese plane. The co-pilot opened the photo album of the plane and handed it to Aidan, who took the photo album and saw that the plane was the "Kawanishi Type 94" catapult aircraft. The pointed ends of the pontoons were visibly exposed at both ends of the wing. Its hazy shadow swam regularly across the gray sea, flying southeastward, and soon disappeared from the **. The Seahorse seaplane emerged from the clouds, only to find a lone cruiser in front of the left. The four main gun turrets on the foredeck were clearly visible, and on the aft deck there were two catapults on one side. Aidan wondered if he should take a telegram, but before he could send it, he encountered a cloud and the cruiser was out of sight. A few minutes later, the sun was shining again. Several pilots who were looking ahead exclaimed in unison, and a line of warships appeared at the junction of the sea and the sky.

With his left hand, Aidan pushed the switch on the transmitter's indication "receive" to "broadcast-receive". He lowered his head slightly and said word by word into the microphone: "I'm vanilla, I'm vanilla." At...... Found many ships. Heading southeast. Two aircraft carriers, I'm talking about two aircraft carriers. Two more heavy, presumably battleships. Cruisers and destroyers, the number to be reported. I'm vanilla, I'm vanilla. Found many ship ......"

A minute later, Lieutenant Tsai Shangli flew southeast of the first seaplane in another Seahorse, and he watched as a swarm of enemy planes flew towards Guam at full speed like a swarm of bees. The fleet was densely formed, with about a hundred bombers, and there were fighter escorts next to them. When Aidan saw the two aircraft carriers, the planes on board had already taken off. Cai Shangli reported the news loudly into the microphone. A minute later, the sirens on Guam were screaming. It was 6 o'clock.

All the planes in Guam took off in time. The "Skylark" fighters pounced in front of the group to meet the plane, and the other planes took off to meet the fleet. The first bombs fell on Guam at 6.30 a.m. It is said that the planes attacked Guam from the north in several echelons, each with 60 to 80 aircraft. An eyewitness counted 180 aircraft over Guam. It is said that the bomber first flew at an altitude of 3,000 meters, dropped a heavy bomb, and then dived and dropped light bombs and machine gun strafing, and the escorting "Gale" fighters followed on the left and right. It can be said that there are no Chinese fighters in the air. Ground air defense units were fighting hard, but their artillery was almost drowned out by the thunderous explosions and the incessant rumble of dive bombers. The military base was empty (everyone else got into bunkers). Only the brave anti-aircraft units fought in isolation, the bombs stirred up puffs of smoke and dust, and the wreckage of all sorts of things was thrown into the sky one after another. Gasoline canisters burned and huge fireballs soared into the sky. He seems to have air supremacy over Guam. Gale fighters sped back and forth like swarms, shooting whatever they saw in the smoke.

(To be continued)