The black clouds in the air pressed the field, and the overwhelming group of fighter jets roared past, wave after wave, which made people's hearts tremble when they heard it, and people with dense phobia fell down in an instant.

In less than six hours, the Chinese Imperial Air Force had launched more than a dozen waves of air raids, with an average of one wave every half an hour.

If the number of German fighters in the air is small, the fighter group of the Imperial Chinese Air Force will rush up and inflict heavy damage on the German fighters. If the number of German fighters in the air exceeds 200, the fighter group of the Chinese Imperial Air Force will go around in circles from afar, forcing the German fighters to be in combat condition at all times.

This was the fatigue tactic, the small number of German fighters in Monrovia, and every time the Chinese Empire attacked it, all German fighters were forced to take to the air to fight, which exacerbated the fatigue of German pilots.

"Report, the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy fleet has been found in the bay!"

Shi Lifen immediately became nervous when he heard this, hurried to the west, looked from a distance, and sure enough, he saw a dense group of warships appearing on the horizon.

"Order the coastal fortresses to enter combat condition, and as soon as the enemy ship is within range, immediately open fire!"

With Schrifen's order, the German artillery units facing the coastline quickly tensed up.

However, the Imperial Chinese Navy had no intention of getting closer, and kept its troops at sea and maintained a high pressure state.

Eight Zhenyuan-class aircraft carriers were lined up, protected by hundreds of warships in the center, wave after wave of fighters were constantly rising into the air, wave after wave of fighters were landing on ships, in short, one or two hundred fighters were put into battle at every moment.

With the arrival of the Imperial Chinese Navy in the Bay of Monrovia, the frequency of take-off and landing of naval carrier-based fighters increased, and a wave of air strikes every half an hour was now further shortened, forcing the German pilots to have no time to rest at all.

"It seems that the Imperial Chinese Navy has no intention of attacking immediately!"

Tirpitz saw that the Imperial Chinese Navy was at sea, but he did not intend to launch a general attack, but kept flying fighter jets to harass him, and immediately guessed the strategic intentions of the other side.

"Damn, if this continues, our pilots will be exhausted to death!"

Shi Li was furious, knowing that this was a fatigue tactic, but there was nothing he could do. He really wanted to let the German pilots rest for even half an hour, but then the air supremacy would be gone, and hundreds of Imperial Chinese fighters only needed one dive to set fire, which was enough to destroy the Monrovia air base and destroy all the German fighters on the ground, so that Monrovia would completely lose air supremacy.

"Sunset is still a few hours away, let the pilots grit their teeth and hold on a little longer! In the evening, it's time to rest! ”

Although he has rich combat experience, he lacks understanding of air force tactics, after all, the aircraft has only been invented for a long time, and air combat is also a new war science.

The spirit of the German army in Monrovia was highly tense, but the Imperial Chinese Navy on the sea was very comfortable, especially the soldiers who were protected by the battleship group in the center of the aircraft carrier formation, troop carriers, supply ships, etc., were all forced to sleep at the moment to recuperate.

On the bridge of the battleship First Emperor the Great, Lin Yongsheng came to watch the battle after taking a nap in the afternoon.

"How's the battle going?"

"Report, at the moment our army has lost forty-two fighters and shot down three hundred and eighty-seven German fighters!"

Lin Yongsheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said angrily: "Ma Dan! Isn't the battle loss ratio one to thirty? How did it get down to one to eight! ”

A bridge staff officer hurriedly explained: "Report to the commander, the German pilots have gradually become familiar with the tactics of our pilots, and at the same time, the command of our air force has adjusted its combat strategy, no longer engaging in head-on engagement, and mainly harassing the tired enemy, so the battle loss ratio has decreased." ”

Lin Yongsheng frowned suddenly, although he was the commander of this fleet, the fleet was divided into two camps, one was the surface combat camp, with battleships as the main force of sea surface warfare, and the other was the naval aviation camp with eight aircraft carriers as the main force.

The order for this combat operation was issued by Li Yuanhong, and the first phase of the battle was centered on aircraft carriers, so the tactics and tactics were all under the command of Vice Admiral Chen Jinkui, who was in charge of commanding the eight aircraft carrier battle groups.

Both of them have the rank of vice admiral, so Lin Yongsheng is in trouble, and he wants to call and scold each other directly. But he also knew that once he quarreled, Chen Jinkui would not give in, but would become more and more noisy, and finally make a fuss.

Since the World War, the internal division of the Imperial Chinese Navy has divided into three factions, the aircraft carrier faction, the battleship faction and the submarine faction, of which the submarine faction is the weakest and the battleship faction is the strongest, but with the construction plan of the eight Zhenyuan-class super battleships was cut and changed to the Zhenyuan-class large aircraft carrier, the strength of the aircraft carrier faction has increased greatly recently, and there is a vague momentum to counter the battleship faction and replace the dominant position of the navy.

Although Lin Yongsheng is nominally the commander-in-chief, Chen Jinkui of the eight aircraft carrier strike groups is also with the rank of lieutenant general, but Li Yuanhong deliberately made this operation mainly harassed by aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft, directly dug a pit for Lin Yongsheng, and deliberately disgusted him.

"Hemp eggs! This kind of battle loss ratio is really a shame for our navy! Since the day the Imperial Navy was created, there has never been a time when the battle loss ratio was so low! ”

Lin Yongsheng continued to scold, remembering the glorious achievements of the Imperial Navy in every naval battle, and couldn't help but be intoxicated.

On the other side, the aircraft carrier Zhenyuan commanded the bridge, and through the glass window, Vice Admiral Chen Jinkui stared at the extremely wide deck.

At this moment, one after another F18 carrier-based fighters on the deck were replenishing fuel and ammunition, and then they were towed to the take-off area and lifted off one after another.

"Ahh

"Someone must be yelling at me!"

Chen Jinkui smiled, took out a handkerchief and wiped his nose.

The adjutant next to him said with a smile: "The chief said that he was joking, General Lin is a dignified lieutenant general and has a higher education, how can he scold you behind his back!" ”

Chen Jinkui interrupted him and said, "You're wrong!" When can a reader talk nonsense? When you become a professor, you can talk nonsense and scold whoever you want. This Lin Yongsheng is nominally the commander, but I don't buy his account, if he doesn't scold me, then something will be wrong. ”

"Report, General Lin Yongsheng asked us about the battle damage and asked if you wanted to help?"

When Chen Jinkui heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Look, I just said that this thing was scolding me just now!" Reply to him and let him stay honest! ”

The adjutant said helplessly: "Do you want to inform General Lin?" We can't hide our tactical actions from him! ”

Chen Jinkui waved his hand and said, "You tell him our tactics now, he thinks the plan is very good, so he has to step in, do you want to share his credit?" If we don't tell him, he will definitely be sneering, and will sit back and wait for us to be deflated, and when he finally finds out that our operation has succeeded, the cliff will be shocked. Lao Tzu just wanted to see him, Lin Yongsheng's face with a strong smile and congratulations! Ha ha! ”

There was laughter in the bridge.

In Port Roberts, in the combat hall, Li Yuanhong was discussing countermeasures with a group of operational staff officers.

The big war is imminent, and the headquarters is busy.

"Report, Feng Guozhang was ordered to come and report!"

"You've come just in time! How's the team doing? ”

When Li Yuanhong saw Feng Guozhang, he immediately came over and asked.

Feng Guozhang said: "Report to the commander, all the members of the special operations team do not need to rest, they are always ready!" ”

Li Yuanhong said with a smile: "Are you unhappy that I suddenly transferred you back from the front line?" ”

"Report to the commander, we are not upset, the military takes obedience to orders as their duty!" Feng Guozhang replied loudly, but his expression betrayed him.

In recent months, Feng Guozhang has been leading a special combat team to compete with the German Gestapo special combat team, and the two sides have fought inextricably in Liberia, with each other's victories and losses, and sacrifices.

Not long ago, Feng Guozhang saw that the Gestapo had been forced into a desert brink, but suddenly received an order from Li Yuanhong to withdraw to Roberts Port.

For Feng Guozhang and his special combat troops, they have already killed their eyes, and they have formed a mortal enmity with the German Gestapo, they are very unhappy to receive this order, Feng Guozhang replied several times and postponed, but the result was vetoed by Li Yuanhong, and finally had to withdraw.

"Nonsense! Even I can see you're not happy! ”

Li Yuanhong scolded with a smile: "Don't worry, the German Gestapo special forces will be your dish sooner or later, and no one will rob it." I have a more important mission to hand over to you here, and I have the confidence to complete it. ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Feng Guozhang took the battle order, opened it and read it quickly, and roughly knew the content.

"Commander, didn't you put your main attack on Monrovia? Why do we need to cooperate with the troops to fight Tubmanburg? ”

Seeing Feng Guozhang's puzzled face, Li Yuanhong was immediately happy.

"Even you think our main attack is in Monrovia, and it looks like our strategy is perfect enough to outshadow the enemy on the other side."

Feng Guozhang was stunned for a moment, he had always been conceited about his strategic judgment, but he didn't expect that this judgment was wrong.

"It's not Monrovia, it's Tubmanburg?"

Seeing Feng Guozhang's doubts, Li Yuanhong explained slightly: "You are not an outsider, I will reveal a little to you." If we attack Monrovia with heavy troops, we can indeed fight a decisive battle with the Germans, but once the Germans are defeated, they will inevitably retreat to the rear and retreat into the mountains of Liberia, in which case, the war will be confusing, and it may become a protracted war. ”

Without waiting for Li Yuanhong to explain, Feng Guozhang almost understood.

"If we attack Tubmanburg and quickly break the German defenses, then we can counter-encircle the main German army in Monrovia, fight a beautiful encirclement and annihilation battle, and wipe out the main German army in Liberia in one fell swoop, so as to avoid being dragged into a protracted war."

Li Yuanhong's eyes lit up, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It's worthy of Feng Guozhang!" I read you right! The kid has two hits, this time if your special combat team can cover the main force to cross the Bomi River and attack Tubmanburg, the first credit will be yours! ”

"Thank you, Commander!" Feng Guozhang suddenly said happily.

Li Yuanhong reminded: "Don't be happy too early!" The plan could not keep up with the change, and if the navy failed to contain in the direction of Monrovia, it would change from an assist to a main attack. In the same way, if your Bomi River defense line can't be opened quickly to alert the enemy, it will immediately change from the main attack to an assist, and the opportunity is given to you, seize it yourself! ”

Feng Guozhang said with a straight face: "Yes! Please rest assured, sir, and resolutely complete the task! ”

Over Monrovia, the sky darkened as the sun sank into the sea.

Gradually, the hum of the fighter jets became quieter and quieter, and when the last of the Chinese Imperial fighters left the sky over Monrovia, the German pilots breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the airfield.

From 8 o'clock in the morning to 8 o'clock in the evening, the air battle lasted for a full 12 hours, so that the German pilots were exhausted one by one, and returned to the dormitory and fell asleep.

Schliefen saw all this, but he was still nervous.

"Do you think the Imperial Air Force of China will come to attack again tonight?"

Questioned by Schrieden, Tirpitz replied, "Probably not!" Night take-off and landing fighters are very dangerous! In particular, carrier-based aircraft on naval aircraft carriers risk their lives when landing during the day, let alone at night. ”

Shi Richen did not seem at ease, and asked, "What about their army aviation?" Will it continue to harass? ”

Tirpitz laughed, "Then let them harass it!" We have a strict curfew at night and turn off all lights! Even if the army aviation fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force flew in, they could not do anything. ”

Shi Lifen nodded and said, "Turn off the lights at night, whether they come to harass the fighters or bombers, it won't be a big problem for us." ”

After being nervous all day, Shi Lifen finally breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he was old and suddenly felt exhausted.

Tirpitz then proposed, "Go back and rest!" I'm on duty! ”

Schribian nodded, leaving Tirpitz in charge of coastal defense, and Governor Perrault in charge of land defense in other directions, while he went back to rest for a while.

The night passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, it was early in the morning.

Most of the German troops slept, but they couldn't sleep at all, because he knew that the war had begun, especially in the direction of the coastline, where thousands of warships of the Imperial Chinese Navy were moored and would attack at any time.

The German army had been frightened by the strength of the Chinese Imperial Army, and had a psychological shadow, and did not dare to sleep too hard.

At two or three o'clock in the morning, most of the German troops really couldn't hold on, they were too sleepy, thinking that it was so late that there should be no fighting, and thinking that there would be a big battle tomorrow, so one by one finally fell asleep.

At the same time, the ships of the Imperial Chinese Navy outside the bay suddenly began to assemble.

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Chinese Imperial Army slept for a whole day and half a night, and when they couldn't even sleep, the commander also approved sleeping pills for them, which directly confused them.

Now one by one is in good spirits and fully armed.

The flight decks of eight aircraft carriers were lit up, and the propellers of more than five hundred F18 fighters were activated.

Unlike during the day, at this moment, each F18 fighter had a 100-kilogram aviation egg full of belly, took off in a roar, and headed straight for the fortress of Monrovia.

At the same time, the Cape Town Air Force, the Suez Air Force, and the Cape Verde Air Force of the Chinese Empire, a total of 2,000 F20 bombers, were already on their way to Monrovia.

Originally, the Imperial Chinese military did not plan to drop too many bombers on the battlefield in Liberia, all because a few months ago, the German bomber group bombed Monrovia, which made the Imperial Chinese military pay attention to it, so today, a few months later, the number of bombers has tripled, and it has prepared retaliatory actions to raze Monrovia to the ground again.

When the roar appeared over Monrovia, Schripin was awakened.

Looking at the dark sky, Shi Lifen was not afraid, he knew that the planes of the Chinese Empire could not see the ground clearly at all.

The next moment, however, for some reason, the entire sky of Monrovia was lit up.

At that moment, Shi Lifen's whole person didn't feel good.