During the three days, Ji Xiaobin took Tan Renhao to investigate the situation in the surrounding sea areas, and kept in touch with the fleet and the bomber troops, and sent the new data obtained to the bomber units twice a day to ensure that nothing went wrong during the bombing process. In the past three days, Tan Renhao has also mastered a lot of knowledge, especially how much influence hydrology, weather and other factors can have on naval battles. This can be said to be very critical, in the military academy, Tan Renhao only learned theoretical knowledge, and now, he can understand this knowledge more from the actual operation, and at the same time, the proficient operation is more critical.

On the fourth day, the day the bombing was carried out, Tan Renhao and his wife collected information for the last time in the morning, and returned to the cruiser "Bolanghe" at noon. After lunch, he went to the back deck. The seaplane that had sent them over was docked next to the rear deck of the cruiser, and the two pilots were leaning against the railing of the deck and smoking.

Hao Dongjue immediately went up and chatted with the two pilots, who had a common language. Chang recommends the new equipment for observation, anyway, he likes to find something to do, so he can't be idle. Tan Renhao felt a little nervous. He didn't know why he was nervous, maybe he was worried about the future.

"Ensign, you look a little nervous!" Ji Xiaobin seemed to suddenly appear behind Tan Renhao, "There's nothing to worry about, we have made the most comprehensive preparations, if even two dead fish-like battleships can't deal with it, then there is no reason for the Fifth Fleet to exist." ”

Tan Renhao smiled awkwardly, took two deep breaths, and slowly calmed himself down.

Ji Xiaobin looked at his watch. "In half an hour, you'll be on the seaplane, and the bombing will start in an hour, no problem, right?"

Tan Renhao quickly shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Ji Xiaobin patted him on the shoulder. "Staying calm, at all times, that's the best thing to do, understand?"

Tan Renhao smiled awkwardly, he was too young compared to Colonel Ji Xiaobin.

Twenty-five minutes later, Tan Renhao took Chang Jianxin and called Hao Dongjue, who was still chatting with the two pilots, to board the seaplane. Two pilots also immediately got on the plane. After allowing the engine to idle for two minutes, the seaplane slowly detached itself from the light cruiser "Bolanghe", and then began to taxi and accelerate on the surface of the sea, and when it reached a speed of 80 knots, the seaplane broke away from the water like a heavy swan and rose into the air.

"Sir, we will fly at an altitude of five hundred meters." The captain, a sergeant, pointed to the battleship "Dongting Lake" in front of and below, "We will circle about two kilometers away, if there are other requirements, you can tell me in time." ”

"Can't you fly a little closer?" Tan Renhao frowned slightly, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice.

"This is the minimum safety distance that is stated. However, it is possible to fly a little higher. ”

"Then fly a little higher!" Tan Renhao patted the sergeant captain on the shoulder, "It's best to go to a height of one thousand meters, the clouds are very high today, and they won't block our view." ”

The seaplane climbed to an altitude of 1,000 meters, and then the battleship "Dongting Lake" was the center of the circle, and flew in circles on a circular channel with a radius of about 2,000 meters. Tan Renhao and the three of them also hurriedly prepared the equipment for observation and recording. Each of them had a pair of binoculars, and the other three had a clamp with a hardwood board pinned to the side and top view plans of the battleship "Dongting Lake" and the heavy cruiser "Jiading". In order to ensure that there is no big error in the results of the observation, the three will observe the impact point of the bomb and the hit point of the torpedo respectively, and then compare and analyze the conclusions reached by the three people, so that a more accurate conclusion can be drawn.

Time passed quickly, and when the sergeant captain alerted the three bomber formations to the appearance, they immediately looked at the sky in a southwestern direction.

Dozens of small black dots were densely packed like a swarm of mosquitoes, and the bomber formation was rapidly approaching, and then, more than a dozen "gannet" torpedo bombers began to lower their altitude, while the other two bombers began to climb. According to the bombing plan, torpedoes were to be dropped first by torpedo bombers carrying the least amount of fuel, then by dive bombers, and finally by horizontal bombers.

"Here we go!" Hao Dongjue's eyesight was the best of the three, and he reminded his two companions.

On the sea, the 12 "gannets" divided into three formations and swooped down on the battleship "Dongting Lake" at an altitude almost close to the sea. The pilots on these twelve bombers were specially trained. The four bombers of the first group accurately dropped four torpedoes at the intended entry point, and then four less obvious torpedo trails appeared on the surface of the sea. Four bombers of the second group followed and again dropped four torpedoes. This time, however, only three wakes appeared on the surface.

Tan Renhao observed the torpedo entry point again, and then turned his head to look at Hao Dongjue next to him.

"There must have been a torpedo hitting the reef at the bottom of the sea!" Hao Dongjue's expression was a little unsightly, because he proposed to lower the flight altitude to reduce the depth of the torpedo after entering the water.

Tan Renhao quickly recorded this, even if it was not too glorious, but he would not shy away from the question.

At a distance of 1,500 meters, it will take only two and a half minutes at most for the 35-knot "Swordfish" fish of the aircraft carrier. When the torpedo entered the water, Chang Jianxin had already pressed the timer of the running watch in his hand, and at the same time he was still reading the time quietly, and it was not until the last five seconds that he shouted out loudly.

"Five...... Four...... Three...... 2. ......"

Before the number of Chang recommended new numbers reached "one", suddenly the "Dongting Lake" on the sea shook violently, and two huge white water columns rushed up from the side of the battleship on the port side, and the battleship weighing tens of thousands of tons was almost lifted out of the water, and then smashed down, and then two violent explosions came from almost at the same time, and the seaplane also trembled slightly. Just when the three young officers were amazed, suddenly the battleship shook again, and then the third column of water soared into the air, and the battleship let out a "squeak" moan like a wounded whale, and the violent explosion almost drowned out the roar of the seaplane engine.