Chapter 036: Pursuing Head-on
The four early warning planes of the Beiyang Fleet were all dispatched, and they searched in four directions, although it is unlikely that the US fleet will appear in the southeast two directions of Nantori Island, and at this moment there is a huge disparity in strength between China and the United States, but they have to be careful, otherwise one of them will be wiped out by the whole army.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the first wave of search was completed, and in the two northeast directions, which were the key search directions, they sent reconnaissance planes to continue searching for targets.
At this moment, the Alaska fleet was heading in a north-easterly direction, and they pretended to be indifferent, and pretended not to find the Chinese fleet, but the Chinese fleet found that they had not taken the initiative to attack for so long, which made the officers and men of the Alaska fleet led by Dave have been living in fear, and they were in anxiety.
A sailor on a destroyer said: "Damn, where the hell are the Chinese, how come they haven't come out yet." ”
Another sailor said: "God, do you want the planes of the Chinese to appear, knowing that if they appear, we will have to go to hell." ”
"Of course not, my people want to live, and the beautiful and charming Aunt Susan is still waiting for me to go back and comfort her." After that, he laughed obscenely a few times,
"Haha, Jack, you're really obscene, but isn't that kind of mature woman in her forties really tasteful?"
"Of course, Paul, I swear I wouldn't be interested in those green apples again if I tasted them."
"Hearing you say that, I feel a little itchy in my heart."
"Haha, Paul, if we can or go back, I will introduce you to Aunt Susan."
"Great, but Jack, are you willing?"
"Of course, we're good friends."
"Haha, that's right, I can't wait."
The two talked about women, but if they didn't want to be adulterous now, they wouldn't have a chance at that time.
To Vice Admiral Dave, he looked very anxious, can find Chinese submarines, that means that the Chinese fleet must still be there, but why did the Chinese fleet not appear, is it not the most appropriate time to bomb the Alaska fleet now, what kind of conspiracy does the Chinese have,
Spruance was also puzzled, the Chinese clearly discovered the Alaska fleet, why not attack,
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the submarine searching east sent a telegram that they had spotted an American fleet, no doubt flying the American flag, with two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, and a battleship, among several other ships.
The reason why they didn't see the other ships clearly was because they were discovered by the Americans, and they were fighting at the moment, of course they were the ones who were hit, so they were sinking rapidly to avoid the attack of depth charges.
The telegram was sent back to the Beiyang Fleet, which gave people a very tricky feeling, the submarine was accidentally discovered, this is not a good thing, since the American fleet has already noticed it, it will inevitably be prepared, and it will not be so easy to carry out an air attack,
Huang Feihu took a look at the location of the discovered US fleet, which was only 500 kilometers away from Wake Island, and he was 500 kilometers west-northeast of Wake Island.
Huang Feihu is anxious, if the submarine is not discovered, then now is a very good time to attack,
"I'm looking at the gamble, maybe the Americans don't think about it."
"No, the Americans are not pigs, we can't take risks, if their land-based aviation is ready, our carrier-based aircraft group will have no return, and then the entire fleet will be very dangerous."
"Commander." Everyone looked at Huang Feihu, waiting for him to decide,
Huang Feihu thought about it for more than four or five minutes, and finally said with a dark sigh: "Don't fight." ”
"But Commander, if you miss the opportunity, you will miss it completely."
"I know, but I still have to think about these thousands of brothers, and I have to keep the seeds for the Chinese Navy."
"Pass the order, stay calm, and continue to monitor this US fleet."
"Yes." The people receive the command,
At this moment, the officers and men of the 14th Fleet are busy, and they have just discovered a Chinese submarine, and when a submarine is discovered at this time, the Chinese fleet is probably in this area, and they have to immediately prepare for battle, and China's carrier-based aircraft may arrive soon.
However, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening, and the Chinese plane did not arrive as scheduled, and the officers and men of the 14th Task Force were greatly surprised.
At this time, the land-based air force sent a telegram informing Vice Admiral Mack, commander of the 14th Fleet, that they must return, otherwise it will be dark and not conducive to landing.
Vice Admiral Mack thought for a moment and agreed to the request of the US land-based air force, and it is very difficult for the land-based air force to land at night, not to mention the aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft that are tossed in strong winds and waves.
Even if the Chinese carrier-based aircraft have flown now, the 14th Task Force still has a large number of carrier-based aircraft to deal with, and the Chinese carrier-based aircraft are destined to fly back and cannot land, for that kind of suicidal attack, Mike can not understand, and he does not think that the Chinese will do this, after all, the current situation is all in favor of the Chinese, and the Chinese will not sacrifice the weak navy in exchange for this victory,
Mike reported the situation to Spruance, Spruance was also surprised, he couldn't figure out what the Chinese were doing, could it be that the Chinese fleet really left, now it's just a few submarines to confuse the US military, otherwise it really doesn't make sense why the Chinese didn't attack the Alaska fleet and the 14th task force, is there a better chance than this,
Spruance ordered in his depression to open from the northwest direction of Nantori Island, and the Alaskan fleet in the northeast direction should not go around at night, just go east at a low speed, and see what the Chinese are doing,
The 14th Task Force continued to search for Nantori Island, and Chinese submarines continued to monitor the two American fleets, but Huang Feihu repeatedly told him to be careful not to be discovered.
At 7 p.m., when the sky darkened, the helicopter carrier formation composed of two helicopters, one cruiser, three destroyers, and more than a dozen other ships and submarines slowed down the speed of the helicopter formation composed of two helicopters, one cruiser, three destroyers, and more than a dozen other ships and submarines after experiencing high speed.
The Chinese helicopter carrier formation pursued the Alaska fleet at a cruising speed of 15 knots, and the Alaska fleet advanced at a cruising speed of 5 knots,
At this time, the distance between them is only 150 kilometers, and at the current speed, if nothing else, they will catch up with the Alaskan fleet in 9 hours, and then there will be a big battle,
Wang Kai, as the commander-in-chief of this operation, is full of expectations for this operation, he can capture two aircraft carriers in seven hours, and by then with this credit, he is likely to be the captain of one of the aircraft carriers.
"Damn it." As the cruiser snapped to a halt, and with inertia, the officers and men of the cruiser stumbled and fell to the ground or on the iron sheet,
"What's going on?" The captain shouted,
"I don't know." A junior officer reflexively said,
"Then why don't you go check it out."
"Yes." The officer answered and left,
But the repairmen on the cruiser moved faster than them, and they immediately went out to check what was wrong with it.
The captain quickly reported the situation to Dave, Dave was speechless for a while, at this time dropped the chain, fortunately it is not daytime, otherwise there are not a few planes, and there is such a rotten thing, it is difficult not to die, it is now night, at least there is no need to worry about the enemy's aircraft attack, artillery attack, they are not afraid of the Chinese, the Chinese play artillery, especially this giant shipborne gun has only been a few years, the Americans used him to fight from the Spanish-American War to World War II,
Dave ordered all the ships to defend themselves, and wait for the repair of the cruiser before leaving, none of the officers and men of the Alaska fleet cared about anything, in this big night, the cruiser could not be left behind, after all, there were still Chinese submarines active here, in case they were discovered, as long as they aimed at the vital point, a torpedo could kill the cruiser,
The officers and men of the Alaska fleet do not think that it is dangerous now, the Chinese submarine has discovered them, everyone knows this, there is no attack during the day, the Chinese will not attack at night, which is even more unfavorable for the Chinese fleet,
The cruiser's repairmen searched for a long time and did not find out what the problem was, and they were very surprised, so they had to investigate slowly and methodically in the dark.
However, it is very inconvenient to investigate in the dark, the repairmen asked the cruiser captain to turn on all the lights to find out the reason, the cruiser captain has no objection to this, the repairmen on the cruiser are all expert-level figures, they spent more than 20 minutes without finding out the reason, which means that there is a very unpredictable problem with the cruiser,
Dave is dissatisfied with the cruiser turning on all the lights, isn't this purely for the fleet to find death, although the Chinese fleet may not be nearby, but if the submarine force of the Chinese fleet is nearby, it will bring great danger to their fleet.
After the cruiser captain explained repeatedly, Dave didn't say anything more, just told him to hurry up, and the repairmen were nervously looking for the reason for the problem.
And the Chinese submarine quickly sent the situation to Wang Kai, Wang Kai had a hunch, God helped, but they can't speed up, big night, strong wind and waves, the current speed is more dangerous, in short, they now have the ability to attack at night,