The plane was jolting violently, and the violent north wind turned the huge transport plane into dead leaves in the wind. Tan Renhao tightened his seat belt, and then looked at the mountains below It is the land of the empire, the land of the motherland, and all the soldiers of the empire are desperately defending the "mother" under the plane Tan Renhao didn't think of so much, he only thought of his wife's words before leaving. If it is said that when falling in love, Liao Yingyu gave Tan Renhao a headache and was a pampered eldest lady, then after getting married, Liao Yingyu is an absolutely virtuous wife. Since the day she got married, Liao Yingyu has had a new role, and she has been working hard to do a good job in this new role, because she loves her husband, this new family, and every member of the family. Tan Renhao can clearly feel the love emanating from his wife, his wife's meticulous care for her parents-in-law, and her care for her little sister, these are all ways for her to express her love for this family. … Mobile station N

Every time he thought of this, Tan Renhao felt guilty. He also understood what the principal said to him, that the fate of many people is not in his own hands. As a soldier, after the battle horn sounds, he must leave his relatives, throw everything behind, and rush to the front line desperately to fulfill a soldier's promise to the motherland. At this time, fate is not in Tan Renhao's hands, and he can't even have it for a few short hours, let alone the fate of a person? And all he can do is guilt, guilt for his wife, for his parents, and for all his relatives. But at the same time, he also understands a truth, the loss of the present is equal to the possession of the future, every point he pays, the more safe his relatives will be, his contribution in the front, every drop of sacrifice he makes is to defend the newly established home, to protect everyone he cares about.

"General, we're almost there."

Tan Renhao was slightly startled, and immediately looked out the window. The plane is descending, and the city of Guangzhou has loomed ahead. Hao Dongjue shook his head and got up from the chair, even when the plane was the most turbulent, he wouldn't wear a seat belt, he was a fighter pilot, if he had to wear a seat belt when he took a transport plane, he was afraid that he would be laughed to death by his peers.

"We're here?"

Hao Dongjue wiped his eyes.

Tan Renhao nodded. He handed him a cigarette. "It's coming soon, and the promotion order has probably been sent in advance. Dongjue, you kid is a general this time, and he is still the chief of staff of the fleet, so you should be more serious in the future, set a good example for your subordinates, and don't let me knock on you often. ”

Hao Dongjue immediately nodded and laughed, he felt like he was in a dream. After lighting a cigarette and taking a few puffs, Hao Dongjue woke up a little, he was not dreaming. It's all true. He has been promoted to Commodore Chief of Staff of the Task Force. And after arriving in Guangzhou, he can go and prepare a general's dress for himself.

Fifteen minutes later, the plane landed at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. The officers of the 1st Task Force Command (the Shore Command, whose headquarters was transferred to Guangzhou after the 1st Task Force moved to Nanyang) who had come to greet them had been waiting at the airport for more than half an hour.

"General Tan, this is the general situation of the First Task Force."

Coming to greet Tan Renhao was Wei Junping, a major staff officer of the headquarters, who was the supreme commander of the headquarters who stayed behind.

Tan Renhao directly handed the document to Hao Dongjue. "Now, Hao Dongjue is the chief of staff of the First Task Force, and he will report directly to him if there is anything in the future. The specific letter of appointment will be delivered shortly. ”

"Okay, then I'll report directly to the chief of staff in the future."

Wei Junping immediately nodded at Hao Dongjue, and then took out another telegram, "A telegram from the Navy Command." This is the specific loss of Task Force 1, but it is not the final loss report, and no one knows how many warships will return safely. ”

Hao Dongjue immediately took the telegram and opened it.

"Let's discuss it in detail when we get to the headquarters."

Tan Renhao lit a cigarette, "Major, how many staff officers are there in the headquarters now?" ”

"Counting me, there are twenty-two people in total, and they are basically intelligence and logistics systems, and the other staff officers have gone out with the fleet."

This is the practice of the fleet. When the expedition was due, only some of the staff officers in charge of intelligence and logistics would remain in the rear, while most of the other staff officers would set off with the fleet.

"Organize them all and get to the base ......"

Tan Renhao pulled off his sleeves and looked at the time on his watch, "Before dinner, I will give you a lecture." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it as soon as I get back."

"Leave two communications officers on duty, and if there is any new information, send it to us immediately."

Hao Dongjue added.

Wei Junping nodded immediately, he was still very unfamiliar with the two new chiefs. In the past, he had only heard the story of Tan Renhao, the most outstanding young general of the Imperial Navy, but when Jiang Zhongmin and Fan Peikun (especially Fan Peikun) were the commanders and chief of staff of the First Task Force, they did not have a very high evaluation of Tan Renhao, so most of the staff officers of the First Task Force (except for a few who had followed Tan Renhao in battle) also felt that Tan Renhao's achievements were false. Now, Wei Junping would definitely not think like this, when he saw Tan Renhao for the first time, he felt that this young major general must be a powerful character.

Half an hour later, Tan Renhao and the others came to the port of Guangzhou, and the headquarters of the First Task Force was in the port, which was partly taken out of the port command department and temporarily used as the headquarters of the First Task Force. Because the fleet now does not have a fixed headquarters (in fact, the level of the fleet has been reduced a lot) and will only temporarily arrange the headquarters close to the theater when there is a need for operations, so in most cases, the fleet headquarters is in the port, for example, the headquarters of the second task force is located in Qingdao and Naha successively, and now it is the territory of the borrowed Naha port headquarters.

Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue were directly "stationed" in the fleet commander's office, because the territory was really limited, so the fleet commander and the chief of staff shared a large office, but they were separated by wooden planks in the middle. Wei Junping also sent the two here, and Hao Dongjue asked his adjutant to familiarize himself with the situation here (Du Xing didn't come along, Tan Renhao let him stay in Zhoushan, ready to go to officer training) "This is the first battle report. ”

Hao Dongjue's hand holding the telegram was trembling slightly, "This time, if Jiang Zhongmin and Fan Peikun don't go to the military court." At least one must go to court-martial, otherwise it will be too unreasonable! ”

Tan Renhao is not so excited, Jiang Zhongmin and Fan Peikun have backgrounds, how the prime minister will deal with these two defeated generals, that is the prime minister's business, not the two of them. When Tan Renhao took the telegram and saw the loss on it, his eyes immediately widened in surprise.

The battle took place at half past eight in the morning of Tokyo time in Japan (Iwo Jima time, which is also the time of the sea area of war) (at this time Zhoushan should be around half past seven) American reconnaissance planes discovered the first task force about half an hour after dawn (through the arrival time of American bombers), and the fighters who carried out the first round of air defense patrol missions during the day had just begun to take off (this was actually a mistake, if Tan Renhao had been in command, he would have let the first batch of air defense fighters take off half an hour before dawn, and not take off half an hour after dawn) and none of the radars in the fleet were turned on, so the American reconnaissance plane hiding over the clouds was not detected. Subsequently, Task Force 1 dispatched the first reconnaissance planes during the day, while seaplanes carrying out reconnaissance patrols at night returned to the fleet at about 7:20 a.m., and there was an hour-long gap in reconnaissance. This was also a serious mistake on the part of the fleet commander.

The reconnaissance planes of the First Task Force spotted the US task force at around 8:25 a.m. And it is certain that there are at least three aircraft carriers and more than a dozen escort warships in the US fleet! It is a great pity that the reconnaissance aircraft actually judged that the US fleet had not yet attacked. Because no planes took off from the aircraft carrier. In fact, the American fleet had already begun to take off the bomber group at 7:10, and by the time the reconnaissance planes of the Tang Empire discovered the American fleet, two waves of bombers had already left the American fleet and were killing the first task force!

Jiang Zhongmin did not hesitate (this is a good thing, but also an absolutely bad thing) he gave the order to attack at 8:30. But at that time, the fleet was not ready for an attack, and the first wave of bombers consisting of 72 bombers and 36 escort fighters did not take off until 8:45 a.m., and at this time. The first wave of American bombers was already less than fifty nautical miles from Task Force 1. What's even worse is that at this time, the air defense battleships in the first task force did not turn on the radar, Jiang Zhongmin and Fan Peikun also thought that they were not discovered and could raid the US fleet, so they still maintained radio silence and did not use radar! At that time, there were only two squadrons of 24 fighters in the skies above the fleet on air defense patrols, and the first wave of American bombers had hundreds of bombers and fighters.

Fortunately, the American bombers and escort fighters were separated halfway through (the group also had to maintain radio silence). Moreover, the US pilots are participating in the war for the first time, and they have no experience, and nervousness is a problem) Otherwise, the First Task Force may not even have the strength to fight back.

It was also before the first wave of bombers had fully taken off that the battle began. The result was predictable, the 1st Task Force was not prepared for any air defense, and if the pilots of the American bombers were replaced by the pilots of the Japanese naval aviation at the beginning of the war, the 1st Task Force would have been completely destroyed. In an emergency, a large number of bombers that were already preparing to take off were pushed into the sea, and the service personnel pushed the fighters onto the catapults, and all three aircraft carriers began to catapult fighters. The heroic performance of the escort ships is commendable, but this does not completely solve the problem.

At 9:10 a.m., when the second wave of American bombers arrived, both the "Taizu" and the "Yangtze River" had already suffered heavy damage, and only the "Xuanzong" was fighting alone. Although at least 48 air defense fighters had already gathered over the fleet at this time, the ultra-long range of the "Hayabusa" played a key role, and most of the fighters had enough fuel to not need to return to the carrier. In addition to the 24 escort F4Fs that could arrive with this wave of bombers, there were also 36 F4Fs that were separated from the first wave of bombers. That is, there were more escort fighters of the American bomber group than there were air defense fighters over the 1st task force.

The battle ended at 9:25 a.m., and the "Taizu" was hit by 18 bullets (mines), and although the officers and men worked hard to rescue it, the aircraft carrier was completely finished. At 9:55 a.m., the two destroyers fired a salvo of 18 torpedoes at the "Taizu," ending the aircraft carrier's combat career, and finally the "Taizu" disappeared from the sea at 10:08 a.m., sinking to the bottom of the sea at a depth of more than 4,000 meters along with more than 700 officers and men on the battleship.

The "Yangtze River" was also hit by four bombs and two torpedoes. Fortunately, the damage management personnel on the battleship filled the ammunition compartment with water as soon as possible, avoiding the explosion of ammunition (a bomb exploded near the ammunition compartment, if it was not filled with water, then the aircraft carrier would definitely be finished), but the aircraft carrier also lost its combat effectiveness, and at 9:35 a.m., covered by three destroyers and a heavy cruiser, it broke away from the battlefield and returned first.

The "Xuanzong" suffered a near-miss, but it still had combat effectiveness. If Tan Renhao was in command, he would definitely concentrate the remaining forces on this aircraft carrier to launch a counterattack without giving the opponent any chance, but as a result, Fan Peikun (Jiang Zhongmin was already wounded), who was in command of the fleet at that time, ordered to retreat, and left all the pilots of the first wave of bombers who had already departed, allowing the aircraft carrier to escape as fast as possible!

Seeing this, Tan Renhao's hands trembled. This kind of behavior is enough to be shot, abandoning comrades, this is the greatest shame for the Imperial soldiers, and Van Peikun is abandoning those comrades who are avenging the fleet and fighting the enemy! The first wave of bombers was completely lost, more than a hundred pilots were killed, and dozens more became prisoners. Although these pilots managed to damage two American aircraft carriers, they were abandoned, shamefully abandoned!

"!"

Tan Renhao slammed his fist on the table, shaking the teacups on the table, "There is such a person, damn, this bastard should be shot on the spot!" ”

Tan Renhao's cursing was even heard by the staff officers outside the door, and those staff officers who had followed Tan Renhao in the battle knew that this commander, who rarely got angry, was completely angry!