The cruiser USS Ryukyu, which had never been far away, had been paying attention to the Mississippi since nightfall, but Wu Hongyuan was not in a hurry to eat this piece of meat, and the American battleship finally ran aground in the coral reef area on the east side of its own sea, and although the Americans did their best to try to reduce the damage to the battleship, the Mississippi must have been damaged in the huge impact of the beach. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Originally, he planned to let the destroyer sneak up to the torpedo launch range after nightfall, and fire several fan salvos to completely bury the Mississippi on the beachhead...... But the report from Base Command made him realize that a Mississippi blown up to scrap metal was far less valuable than a half-crippled battleship USS Mississippi.

At 8:55 that night, the Zhuzhou destroyer, which was reconnoitring on the periphery, encountered the American destroyer at a close range of less than 3,000 meters, and as a result, it was attacked by a series of heavy artillery attacks.

The U.S. Grand Fleet arrived as scheduled, although it was impossible to make effective observations due to fog after nightfall, but Wu Hongyuan still made this judgment, if he was the commander of the U.S. Grand Fleet, he would not easily give up the battleship Mississippi, after all, even if there was damage, after damage management and repair, no matter how slow the battleship was, it would still be a powerful firepower projection platform.

"The whole fleet, keep the distance between the two chains, and ...... to the west in order Evacuate further south! "Briefly, by telegram it was delivered at once, and the fleet was already under control of the lights, so that even if the darkness of the night was not conducive to observation, it would not give the enemy any chance.

On the battleship North Dakota, Vice Admiral Abel also looked suspicious, and it was reasonable for the Chinese to cruise around the battleship Mississippi, but it was very strange that the Chinese did not launch a surprise attack on the stranded battleship an hour before they arrived, and this was an excellent opportunity to hit a fixed target, even if a torpedo was fired four or five kilometers away, it could be obtained.

But since Chinese gave him this opportunity, he naturally would not give up easily, and the supply ship Hull sailing with the fleet had a complete set of surface maintenance capabilities in addition to its huge tonnage and inventory, and he had already communicated with the damage management officers, and they were very sure that the Mississippi would be able to restore its sailability......

However, tonight's night was really not strong, the visibility was extremely poor, and the damage management team was also surprised by the damage to the main rudder of the battleship Mississippi that ran aground on the beach, the explosion made the gearbox controlled at the stern of the ship almost scrapped, and the main shaft of the steering gear was also deformed because of the explosion.

At the same time, Vice Admiral Abel naturally did not sit idly by, but let the battleships of the Grand Fleet sail in a zigzag manner, and the destroyer group carried out a patrol around the perimeter, he was very sure that there was obviously only a small Chinese fleet with cruisers, at least theoretically, unless the other side wanted to fight at close range, it was almost impossible to launch an attack on the battleship formation, and even more beware, a torpedo attack on the Chinese......

All this caution seems to be a bit overdone...... Staying up until three o'clock in the morning, except for the dark sky that night and the strong wind blowing in the second half of the night, there was no sign of the existence of Chinese military force in the surrounding area.

At 3:40 a.m., the anxious Vice Admiral Abel finally got the good news that he had waited too long, after overnight repairs, the battleship Mississippi had just repaired its main steering gear, but the hull damage caused by the entire battleship when it ran aground made the entire battleship have to seal more than 45 watertight compartments, most of which have been filled with seawater.

The battleship Mississippi with a displacement of 15,000 tons increased its displacement by 1,500 tons, but fortunately, the power system of the battleship was not damaged much, and the tail servos that had been repaired could barely control the navigation, but considering the problems of draft and hull damage, the idea of high-intensity tactical maneuvers was obviously unrealistic.

When the clock slowly pointed to 5 o'clock in the morning, and the sky behind Guam in the east had already revealed the morning light, the hapless American battleship entered the deep water under the tow of two destroyers, and slowly moved, and half an hour later, Vice Admiral Abel finally saw the staggering battleship in the light of the rising sun in the east.

"Report, Commodore Stehl sent a report that the battleship USS Mississippi had applied to rejoin the sequence...... In addition, I just received a call back from Lord Dieters, predicting that their location is around 180 kilometers due south of Guam! In the dim light, a telegram from the officer in the telegraph room brought Abel back to his senses, who was meditating in front of the chart

"Tell Commodore Stehl to approve the USS Mississippi into the sequence and let him follow the fleet on Plan 2!" Abel did not raise his head, very succinctly issued his own order, the raid on Guam, the difficulties encountered were obviously far beyond imagination, even if he successfully shook off the interception of the Chinese fleet, but the Chinese's defense force for Guam still greatly exceeded their expectations.

The whole day of frontal bombardment of the Guam military port, seven battleships and 52 large-caliber main guns fired a total of 730 shells, according to the report of the hot air balloons released, one-third of the port was shelled, and a serious fire was ignited, but the Chinese fortress battery on the right side of the gun position was hit by at least 100 heavy guns, although there was a collapse, but the gun chamber was hardly damaged.

This means that its own plans to try to open a gap in China's Guam base are on the verge of bankruptcy...... Thinking of this, he had to give the middle finger to the British again, the John Bulls were concerned about their own interests all day long, Lord Dieters did not carry out the plan of joint attack he proposed at all, and the fleet was always operating in the sea 200 kilometers away from Guam, saying that it was to assist in intercepting attacks that could come from the direction of Luzon!

Lord Dieters had also sent a telegram four hours earlier, saying that he had intercepted two Chinese supply ships, and that he was refueling some of the warships overnight, considering the situation of the Royal Navy's fast fleet, but this was a complete betrayal of the interests of the Alliance, and if the British had been able to devote half of their fleet to the battle of Guam, instead of watching from the periphery, they might have launched a landing war long ago.

Thinking of this, he turned his head sideways to the staff officer Max, who was surveying the route, with a gloomy face, and said, "Colonel, you immediately telegraph Plan 2 to Lord Dieters and ask for ...... No...... I ask them to come and fight with us within 5 hours! ”

Colonel Max put down the pencil in his hand, stood up straight and looked at the lieutenant general with a bad face, his mouth opened as if he wanted to say something, but he still popped up, "General, okay!" ”

At 5:33 a.m., at the Guam Military Airport, Lieutenant Colonel Shen Mingyuan, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 4th Army Aviation Division, was standing in front of the runway staring at the eastern sky...... He had been standing here for a full two hours, and his brow was not relieved until the dark sky had grown brighter last night and the clouds of the eastern sky had revealed a faint glow...... God helps!

"Plan A...... Plan A ......" Shen Mingyuan roared in a low voice, and then, the tight whistle sounded immediately, and a large group of airport auxiliary soldiers appeared on the runway, nervously checking the hanging bombs loaded half an hour ago, and the pilots climbed onto the fighters without hesitation, and just 7 minutes later, at 5:40, the first Tianyi I torpedo attack aircraft had appeared at the end of the channel.

Under the faint morning light, with the whistle of the officer waving the command flag, the two Tianyi I torpedo planes let out a huge roar and jumped up, and after climbing to an altitude of 1,000 meters, they began to turn and circle, at 5:51, the first squad of four fighters had been lifted into the air, and at 5:58, the second squad had assembled over the airport......

Shen Mingyuan tightened his fur hat and gave a military salute to Lin Yongsheng, the commander of the Guam garrison who was standing not far away at the moment, as a native of Fuzhou, he is the base commander of this fellow township, and he understands the inheritance of Fuzhou people in the army, which is the commitment to join the army to protect the country and defend the interests of the nation, and the tradition of the Nanyang Navy Division who sacrifices his life and forgets his death.

Lin Yongsheng quietly watched the 24 fighter planes rise into the air, and behind him, a military motorcycle drove at a high speed, and an officer jumped down quickly without waiting for the motorcycle to stop, and handed him a telegram in three steps and two steps......

Unfolding the telegram, Lin Yongsheng was also taken aback, he immediately explained a few words to the commander of the army aviation beside him, turned around and left quickly. (To be continued.) )