In this naval sortie, Xie Baozhang personally commanded the Shandong as the flagship, and sailed out of Qingdao Port surrounded by 10 light cruisers, 20 destroyers, and the heavy cruiser Dingdong.

At this time, Qingdao had been recovered and was managed by the East China Political Axe, and the original thousands of Germans had been properly settled, and for the sake of neutrality, the East China Political Axe did not allow them to return to the country, after all, these German troops were the eyes of the Entente.

Out of the port of Qingdao, the East China Fleet sailed north.

The cold wind was blowing in the bleak wind, the five-color flags hoisted by the fleet were blown and hunting, and the speed of the fleet was beyond imagination.

The light cruisers of the East China Navy reached a speed of 35 knots, while the highest speed of light cruisers in the navies of other countries in this era was only 30 knots.

The speed of the destroyer reached 37 knots, which was far beyond the destroyers of this era.

The busiest is the Shandong, which was converted from the Fusang, with a speed of only 26 knots, and the Dingdong is better, with a speed of 33 knots.

The East China Fleet has connected to Wendeng Airfield, and the two sides have begun to coordinate operations.

The reconnaissance plane was soon dispatched and began to reconnoiter in front of the East China Fleet in order to find a trace of the Combined Fleet.

…… On the bridge, Xie Baozhang and the naval staff were discussing the route of advance.

"Our ultimate goal is to blockade the Bohai Sea in order to cut off the sea supply of the Japanese army, and the goal of the combined fleet is to defend the sea supply. Therefore, we will inevitably encounter the Combined Fleet in the blockade of the Bohai Sea, the question is only when. Xie Baozhang said: "If the sky is too dark, although the air force can still be dispatched, the bombing effect is not high." ”

"What is certain now is that the Navy is not in the Bohai Sea, because the Air Force reconnaissance planes have not even been able to find them, and they are likely to be outside the 250-kilometer bombing radius."

"We will first blockade the Bohai Sea, and then wait for an opportunity to find the combined fleet."

The operational thinking has long been decided, and the specific operational trend will be determined in response to changes in the current situation; at this time, it is obvious that the combined fleet is not in the territory of the Bohai Sea, and it is extremely easy to blockade the Bohai Sea.

As a result, the East China Fleet began to sail towards the waters around Longkou.

…… At this time, the combined fleet had already regrouped, and with the successive commissioning of the Fuso-class battleships and Kongo-class battlecruisers, the strength of the navy had already surpassed the previous level.

At the same time, he also purchased six South Carolina-class battleships from the United States for refitting, which became one of the air defense forces of the combined fleet.

In addition, in terms of air defense, almost fifty destroyers were equipped with anti-aircraft guns, in addition to a large number of depth charge delivery slots.

The commander of the Samoto Navy was still Yuzaburo Kato, and at this time the combined fleet was gathering in the waters of Korea, and Yuzaburo Kato had a circle centered on the Wenden airfield on the map in front of him.

The radius of the circle is 250 kilometers, which is the range radius of the Heavy Hammer 3 bomber of the East China Air Force, and the range of the Heavy Hammer 3 bomber is 500 kilometers, plus the return home, then the combat distance is only 250 kilometers, which is still the maximum.

"According to army intelligence, the people of China are equipped with a lot of new bombers, and I don't know how much range it has." The staff officer said worriedly to Yuzaburo Kato.

"It's a real headache." Kato Yuzaburo nodded and said, with the attack range of 250 kilometers of the Heavy Hammer 3, it is enough of a headache, and now that the new bombers of the East China Air Force have come out, they don't know the specific data of these bombers at all, "But no matter how far the planes of the people can fly, if we want to maintain the smooth flow of sea lines of communication, we will inevitably meet them, and then we will meet on a narrow road." Yuzaburo Kato said, "This is a problem that must be faced sooner or later, so gentlemen, let's move forward!" ”

"Yes!"

The huge combined fleet began to sail towards the Bohai Bay.

…… At 10 o'clock in the morning, the combined fleet of the Navy's navy reached the sea area 150 kilometers from the end of the Shandong Peninsula and had already entered the Bohai Sea Siege.

Under the search of the air force, the East China Air Force soon discovered the mighty combined fleet, which was a huge fleet with more than 200 warships.

Of course, most of them are small warships, destroyers, torpedo boats, and so on. But there were also more than fifty battleships, battlecruisers, light cruisers, which had a large number of anti-aircraft guns and depth charges.

In order to ensure the smooth flow of sea lines of communication, the political axe has indeed put a lot of effort and money into the navy.

However, even such a configuration cannot surpass the combat superiority of aircraft over surface ships.

After the reconnaissance plane reported the situation to the command, the people in the command immediately concentrated.

"The little devil is really slow." Xia Jun stood up with a smile, picked up the phone and ordered Wendeng Airport: "The Air Force strategic bomber formation and torpedo aircraft formation will attack immediately." ”

"Yes."

"Let's wait for the good news!" Xia Jun put down the phone and looked very calm, only Jiang Baili in the staff department looked a little confused about the bombing, and asked: "Commander-in-chief, it seems that there are a lot of anti-aircraft guns in this navy!" ”

"That thing is useless against our Air Force." Liu Wenhong explained to him: "It's not that they don't play high enough, it's that they don't react fast enough and don't play low enough......"

Hit low enough?

Jiang Baili was a little confused, and Xia Jun said to him: "Sir, you have to learn new tactical ideas as soon as possible!" ”

"That's what the Commander-in-Chief said." Jiang Baili nodded and humbly accepted.

Jiang Baili and Cai Yi are among the three outstanding non-commissioned officers in modern China, but Jiang Baili cannot be regarded as a military strategist, but can only be regarded as a military scientist or a literati.

Jiang Baili is a genius, this genius refers to his ability to never forget, like a person who has this kind of unforgettable, in later generations it is called human flesh Google, everything that has been seen, can be displayed on a screen in front of him that is invisible to others, and the search speed is faster than Google.

People with such abilities generally have some talents, especially in the ancient imperial examinations, and they have an advantage, which is simply a strong cheating ability.

Song Yingxing, who wrote "Beginning of Heaven" at the end of the Ming Dynasty, is also a literati with this ability, and when you open the history books, you can always see that many ancient officials have this ability...... This kind of ability belongs to the category of natural awakening, like this kind of people are still a lot of people, and most of the local gods and women are some groups that have awakened their abilities, but the awakened abilities are different, and many of them are not very useful, only for pretending to be gods and ghosts. This ability to remember is one of the more useful abilities.

Abilities can also be cultivated, which is called supernatural powers. After the invention of the Inner Danshu, that is, after the late Tang Dynasty, the three religions began to converge, and the concepts of the three religions were different, but the cultivation methods were the same, among which the cultivation of Confucianism was not so common.

Buddhism belongs to the religion of empty talk about Buddhism and erases reality, and its predecessor of Mahayana Buddhism was the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Buddhism is not a religion in Middle-earth, monks can eat meat, marriage, such as in China, Buddhism absorbed the Taoist Inner Danshu, and copied many Taoist theories, and from the Wei and Jin Dynasty metaphysics to get out of the Mahayana Buddhism, and then evolved into the Qing rules of not eating meat and not marrying, which is mainly because the cultivation of Neidan must be away from the mundane reasons.

Taoism pays attention to inaction, which can be described as extreme laissez-faire, turning into depravity and self-willingness. Under the banner of Taoism, there is an immortal family, and the immortal family pays attention to change, which is an extreme swim against the current. In the Tang Dynasty, the Inner Danshu appeared, so no one practiced the Outer Dan of the Immortal Family, because many people in the Tang Dynasty made alchemy, and they were poisoned to death because of the method, such as the carp crossing the river, and even the Immortal Family itself gradually began to doubt whether the Outer Danshu was correct.

Later, the Inner Dan technique appeared, and the people of the Outer Dan also fell into the arms of the Inner Dan, after all, if you refine the Outer Dan, a golden pill will be stored for twelve years, and I don't know if it can be successful. Nedan is simple, quick to achieve, progress is visible, and people often go sanctified.

In modern times, there are still some immortal families, but there are few of them, and few monks will study the Dan Sutra of "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", and even if they do, they can't do it. The original text of "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" is included in the "Daozang" of the past dynasties, and is known as the king of the ancient Danjing, but there are many terms and hidden words in it. People who don't understand the "Book of Changes" can easily misunderstand the meaning, and they are definitely the king of the eternal pits!

Most of the monks and Taoist priests who practice the Inner Dan have special abilities, but they rarely involve the world, which is mainly determined by the cultivation method. The monk is hiding in the temple and pretending to be a Buddha, and the Taoist priest is hiding in the mountain and pretending to be a mountain god.

Many people who have the ability to never forget this kind of achievement, the achievement is not too high, mainly for a variety of reasons, some because of this ability and just read hard, but did not study seriously, this is the so-called five skills and poor, although the king itself is not a trick to eat all over the world, but many people have not realized the second trick.

Jiang Baili has not commanded any wars in history, but has always been among warlords, playing the role of a staff member.

Later, Jiang Baili put forward the concept of China's War of Resistance, which also became the way of the later War of Resistance between the Kuomintang and the Communist Army.

Therefore, Jiang Baili was called a military scientist in later generations, not a military strategist.

At this time, Jiang Baili spent a lot of time reading books, and the East China Army had many new combat concepts and methods, all of which were the first in the world.

In particular, the application of aircraft, as well as the appearance of combat vehicles.

However, Jiang Baili did not know the specific effect of the chariot, although the East China Army had many tests on the combat effect of the chariot, but it had not experienced actual combat.

These two new weapons are precisely where the East China Army laid the foundation for victory.

At this time, Cai Yi, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang and others all went to the army to command, and only Jiang Baili remained in the command headquarters.

Jiang Baili has the ability to never forget, and he is indeed a very capable staff officer, he can memorize all kinds of operational information in the fastest time, so Xia Jun intends to keep him in the command headquarters.

Talent is rare!

…… Huhuhu...... The propellers began to rotate, and the Mosquito bombers and Mosquito torpedo planes at the Wendeng strategic bombing airfield began to rise rapidly into the air and flew toward the combined fleet of the Navy, which had been locked by reconnaissance planes in the distance.

Fifteen bomber formations, 2,250 Mosquito bombers, five torpedo formations, 750 Mosquito torpedo planes, these Mosquito bombers took off one after another.

At this huge airport, it only took nearly 20 minutes for all these planes to take off.

However, by the time 20 minutes had passed, the Mosquito bomber, which had taken off first, had already flown over the sea area where the combined fleet of the Navy's United Fleet was located.

The Mosquito bombers were still a few kilometers away from the Combined Fleet, and the whole plane flew almost close to the surface of the sea.

Ultra-low-altitude bombing!

The Mosquito bomber will revolutionize the concept of low-altitude bombing, and it can fly at altitudes as low as three meters.

However, on this sea surface, the pilot did not dare to go so low, because there was a lack of reference on the sea surface, and if he was not careful, he would fall headlong into the seawater, and many warships of this navy were more than ten meters high, and it was easy to hit them headlong.

These mosquito bombers flew at an altitude of about 10 meters and 20 meters, and rushed towards the combined fleet of the Navy.

The Combined Fleet sounded the air raid siren, but what caught them off guard was that the planes of the Zhina men flew too low.

This is completely different from the situation during the exercise.

If the enemy's planes flew high, then the anti-aircraft guns of the entire combined fleet could pour shells into the sky, but now these planes are flying so low, then many anti-aircraft guns will hit their own people in front if they are lowered.

Moreover, at low altitudes, not every warship can lock on to the target, and some large-caliber anti-aircraft guns cannot be suppressed for firing at all, even if there are no ships in front of them.

And in a low-altitude situation, the approaching aircraft is flashing by, and it is simply too late to aim.

The air strike began.

The 1st Strategic Torpedo Bomber Group first roared away from the United Fleet of the Navy's Combined Fleet at a height of 15 meters, and when it got close to the warship, a torpedo was dropped from the magazine, and then the 15 old torpedo bombers pulled up the fuselage slightly and roared over the head of the Combined Fleet.

150 torpedoes were thrown into the sea, and the torpedo engines began to run at high speed, and the buoyancy of the torpedoes caused the torpedoes to float quickly, and they roared towards the warships of the Combined Fleet in the distance.

White waves appeared on the surface of the sea, and a lot of foam was produced between the rotation of the engine.

Yuzaburo Kato saw these planes flying so low with a telescope, and his mood suddenly fell to underestimate, and he knew that this time it was not easy to deal with.

"Order the ships to dodge freely......," Yuzaburo Kato ordered.

"Hay......"

(To be continued)