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At 10 o'clock in the evening of January 27, the main warships of the East China Sea Fleet slowly sailed out of the Zhoushan Islands under the guidance of barges.

The day after arriving at the Okinawa Military Port, which had been under martial law, the main force of the South China Sea Fleet and the East China Sea Fleet smoothly converged, and the two fleets formed the Huaguo Combined Fleet. Admiral Lu Hai, commander of the Combined Fleet, ordered the fleet to reorganize as planned in the ocean east of Okinawa, and then sailed to the eastern coast of Japan.

The combined fleet consists of three armies: an assault fleet, an advance fleet, and a special attack force. The assault fleet was the main force of the attack, including air attack forces: four general-class fleet carriers, the Baiqi, Huo Quai, Weiqing, and Zhang Liao, were tasked with dispatching carrier-based aircraft to attack the U.S. battleships and other large warships anchored in Yokosuka. The four fleet carriers carried 412 aircraft, and the HNA pilots had to make sure that all of them sank the U.S. warships.

The alert force in the assault fleet includes 20 Guangzhou-class destroyers of the 1st Destroyer Group and the 2nd Destroyer Group, whose mission is to provide alert for air attack units and supply units, and mainly to guard against torpedo boats, destroyers, and submarines approaching by enemy countries.

The support forces in the assault fleet include: four Empire-class battlecruisers, the Daqin, Dahan, Datang, and Dasui, and seven Nanhai-class light cruisers.

The supply forces in the assault fleet include: six large sea supply ships, responsible for refueling the formation at sea, because it is not far from the port of Yokosuka, and there are relay bases such as Okinawa and Kagoshima port on the way, so the logistics are worry-free, so only six supply ships are carried, mainly because of the extension of time caused by accidents.

The Special Attack Force consisted of two Gogatake-class battleships, Taishan and Huashan, four light cruisers, and six destroyers, and was mainly responsible for supporting the assault fleet against American battleships attempting to get close to the assault fleet.

The advance fleet consisted of 25 as-is submarines, which departed ahead of the combined fleet, arrived at the Kagoshima submarine base, and arrived at the periphery of Tokyo Bay at the agreed time, and were responsible for providing the combined fleet with preliminary intelligence, vigilance, and post-battle surveillance, and attacking ships that the US military might launch a counterattack.

In the choppy western Pacific Ocean, the cold air made the breath of every soldier on deck carry a white mist. After moving from the subtropical sea into the temperate sea, the cold air begins to erode the Combined Fleet, and there will be a lot of snow near the Japanese island in winter, although the weather forecast department has concluded that the weather in Tokyo Bay will remain clear until February 10.

Weather is one of the important influencing factors in aircraft operations, Bai Zhai, who was standing in a daze in the specific smoking area of the aircraft carrier, watched the logistics maintenance personnel of the fighter wearing blue vests busy inspecting the aircraft on the deck. The sunny and good weather did not make Bai Zhai's mind relax much, and he had more important work to worry about.

As the aviation combat commander of the aircraft carrier Bai Qi, Bai Zhai was transferred from the Air Force to the Naval Aviation in early 1908, and after a series of training and training, he boarded the aircraft carrier and conducted take-off and landing training with the pilots of the Navy. The navy values Bai Zhai for his excellent command ability in the Air Force, and the combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers is mainly reflected by aircraft, and how to take off and land planes efficiently and in a timely manner according to the battle situation is of great importance to the fleet.

What makes Bai Zhai nervous is not his lack of ability, in fact, he is most assured of his own ability, when he received the training, Bai Zhai was surprised to find that his instructors were experienced, the content of the learning materials was rich and clear, and there were even plans for take-off and landing according to different combat situations, Bai Zhai only needed to recite and understand in a cramming style, and then go to the aircraft carrier to practice!

In this case, their own instructors can fully assume the post of aviation commander, so why choose themselves? This was Bai Zhai's question, but he didn't get an answer, so he could only go up hard. Until now, even greater doubts still linger in my mind, the aircraft carrier is an unprecedented combat weapon, and its combat effectiveness is amazing, which is irrefutable, but where did the instructor's experience and those teaching materials and programs come from? If it was imaginary, Bai Zhai would never believe it, but there were too many unanswerable doubts in the army, and Bai Zhai could only give up the investigation.

Compared with the stormy Atlantic, the Pacific Ocean is relatively calm and warm, and the White Rise can easily fight with planes piled up on the deck, but if it is in the Atlantic, the planes will be eroded by the sea, causing terrible flight accidents.

A naval second lieutenant officer wearing a large-brimmed hat ran to Bai Zhai: "Lieutenant Colonel Bai Zhai, the order of the fleet commander, please go to the bridge." ”

Bai Zhai smiled and nodded, and then followed him to the towering bridge, unlike other naval officers, joining the navy halfway gave him the identity of an "outsider", not only was he ostracized by the naval officers, but also had to bear the dissatisfaction of the naval aviation officers. It is well understood that the aviation commander can completely choose from among the officers of the Navy, and it is unreasonable to let a lieutenant colonel of the Air Force serve as him!

"It's been two years in HNA, haven't you adapted yet?" In the bridge command room, Lu Hai handed Bai Zhai a cup of coffee and asked with a smile. Although he didn't like this drink, Bai Zhai still didn't show a look of embarrassment, compared with the army and the air force, the people in the navy were more foreign, and there was a kind of aristocratic style between their demeanor, their food standards were second only to the air force pilots, and they would enjoy it more because of the space of the battleship.

"There is no adaptation or discomfort, the cooperation of the Baiqi aviation is very good, and the officers and pilots understand their responsibilities and do it perfectly." Bai Zhai replied dryly, seeing that Lu Hai had no intention of continuing to ask, Bai Zhai sighed in his heart. The reason why they have not been integrated into the navy for nearly two years is that those high-ranking naval officers do not interfere in the affairs below at all, while the middle- and lower-ranking officers do not interfere with their superiors and act more unscrupulously. Bai Zhai didn't know that the senior officers were all genetic people, and they couldn't understand the origin and process of the infighting between human beings.

"An hour later an aviation combat drill with three other aircraft carriers made the pilots nervous, and soon we will be at the target, and I don't want to see any American warships spared because of the pilots!" Lu Hai issued an order, and the Baiqi served as the flagship of the fleet, and the signal corps of the headquarters immediately conveyed the order to the other warships. It is worth mentioning that due to the advancement of communication technology, wireless signals can completely replace signal flags to command operations, of course, if wireless equipment is damaged in battle, it is two words. For example, the fleet is now practicing navigation under radio silence, and shortly after leaving Okinawa, the fleet enters a state of radio silence, and the entire fleet is communicating with each other with lanterns and flags, because of the radio silence, each warship is using this relatively primitive means to communicate with each other. The radio silence was not broken until the start of the simulated battle, but this time was short-lived, and after the drill the fleet would enter silence again until the target was reached.

The lack of confrontation with his subordinates did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Bai Qi Aviation Brigade, the officers squeezed out Bai Zhai, but did not use crooked tricks to force Bai Zhai to leave, and Bai Zhai's ability also convinced some officers and pilots, which is why he was able to hold out for two years. It's just that infighting is the nature of the Chinese people, and some officers still have complaints about Bai Zhai.

A terrible siren sounded on the horn, and the pilots rushed to the hangar and the plane on the deck after listening to the operational briefing, and the staff members in various colored vests were busy and did their jobs. Nearly two years of training have made these people proficient aircraft carrier sailors, and in the equally chaotic aviation command room, Bai Zhai is arranging for fighter jets to take off and prepare bombs for bombers.

The fleet increased its speed to 22 knots, slightly adjusted the course and went into a headwind state, the fighter squadron took off first, then circled over the fleet, and the dreadnoughts with bombs and attack aircraft flying torpedoes took off afterwards. The Huo Quai, Wei Qing, and Zhang Liao also released their fighters at the same time, and the nearly 200 planes carrying out the exercise were densely packed, and the commanders in the sky arranged formations, and then flew the drills to predetermined targets and carry out tactical maneuvers, with fighter planes covering, bombers diving, and torpedo planes taking the opportunity to release torpedoes.

After the attack drills, the planes threw the bombs and torpedoes they carried into the empty sea, and then returned to land in formation. This completely simulated real combat exercise caused the fleet to lose a batch of ammunition, but the ammunition carried by more than 200 aircraft was not worth mentioning compared to the amount stored in the ammunition depot.

Bai Zhai then left the aviation command room and submitted a report on the drill to the captain of the Bai Qi, but the atmosphere in the command center was a little solemn, and the captain of the Bai Qi motioned to Bai Zhai to put the report aside and wait aside.

In bad news, a Project 075 submarine of the advance fleet of the Combined Fleet was discovered outside Tokyo Bay, and an American supply ship accidentally discovered the newly emerging Huaguo submarine, and this discovery was passed on to an American destroyer, but fortunately, the Project 075 submarine had left before the destroyer arrived, and it was even more fortunate that the US fleet in Yokosuka did not conduct a large-scale search and arrest. (To be continued.) )