In the early morning of October 12, the Laute Island Air Base was in a state of noise from 3 a.m. onwards. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Laute Island is 13 kilometers long from north to south, 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west, with an area of about 30 square kilometers, and is only about 500 kilometers away from Cam Ranh Bay.

On Laute Island, there is the largest airfield in the northwest of Lanfang, and there are not only the latest torpedo planes, but also reconnaissance planes, fighter planes, and other types of aircraft.

Laute Island was the main base of the Lanfang Air Force to strike at the Japanese southbound fleet.

At 5 a.m., the first group of reconnaissance planes took off and headed for Cam Ranh Bay to determine the location of the daily southbound fleet.

At the same time, torpedo machines began to mount torpedoes, preparing to take off for the first real combat.

There were a total of six reconnaissance planes in the first batch, and their task was to determine the location of the Japanese southbound fleet so that the torpedo planes could strike at it, and the reconnaissance plane that served as the leader of the temporary formation was still No. 3025, and the captain was still Zhao Xingguo, who had previously discovered the Japanese southbound fleet.

"The altitude is 1000, the speed is 300, the course is unchanged, keep the communication open......" Zhao Xingguo issued an order, and the telegraph operator on the plane immediately sent a telegram.

"Head, visibility is too poor, at this altitude, I can't see anything." Observer Zhan Junda howled at the top of his throat.

"I don't need you to look at it now, wait for an hour to officially start work, and then you can open my eyes wide......" Zhao Xingguo glanced at the sky that had just been a little white, and then looked at the clouds under the belly of the plane, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Today's weather conditions are not good, the clouds are very low, and there is some mist, if you want to get the best reconnaissance effect, the altitude actually has to be reduced to about 200, but this is still far from Cam Ranh Bay, Zhao Xingguo doesn't want to fly at ultra-low altitude now, it's too tiring.

Long-haul flights can be tedious, even on an airplane with a good view, and if all you see is a sea of clouds, it can feel tedious.

"Lao Wang, leave me some chocolate." Zhao Xingguo asked the co-pilot Wang Yunchang to eat.

Wang Yunchang rolled his eyes innocently, and handed the chocolate in his hand to Zhao Xingguo: "You were asked to eat it just now, you don't eat it......

"I didn't have an appetite just now......," Zhao Xingguo took the chocolate and munched on.

Zhao Xingguo has no appetite, and Qin Zhiyuan's appetite is not bad.

"Your food here is okay." Qin Zhiyuan looked at the dishes in front of him and had an appetite.

"Hehe, pilot, it's the least to eat well." Zhou Hongguang also held a plate in his hand and sat opposite Qin Zhiyuan.

The next battle was too important, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as related to the fortunes of the country, Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to sit in the palace and wait for news, so he and Foch also came to Laute Island to supervise the battle in person.

Lan Fang's army or originally good, the air force food is second to none, the staple of breakfast is dumplings and fried rice, dishes include beef stew, fried yellow croaker, pork cutlet and vegetable salad, fruit is even more hearty, as long as you can imagine, the restaurant has everything.

"What about Lao Dou? Why didn't you see him? Qin Zhiyuan asked while eating a salad.

The meaning of the Chinese language is rich and colorful, and the word "Lao Dou" may sound ambiguous if it is a southerner, but it will sound normal to a northerner, and it will not have an extended meaning when it comes out of Qin Zhiyuan's mouth.

"Lao Dou was leading the pilot of the torpedo plane to a tactical meeting early in the morning, and he estimated that he would not be able to eat, so he would eat it together after completing the task." Zhou Hongguang obviously didn't think crookedly.

"Rub, let you say that, I'm a little unsavory." Qin Zhiyuan said so much, and he didn't stop clicking his hand.

People are iron and steel, and only when they are full can they be energetic to work, which is a habit that Qin Zhiyuan developed when he was in Europe.

Dou Yongyi, the commander of the Second Wing of the Air Force, also has his own habits, pilots, it doesn't take too long to fight a battle, if you win the battle, you will have a meal, and if you are strong, you will save a meal.

"I thought you wouldn't be nervous...... "Foch was full after eating an egg and drinking a glass of milk.

"Hehe, Ferdinand, I'm the king, no matter how nervous I am, I won't say it, Tarzan will collapse before and the color will not change." Qin Zhiyuan was still in the mood to drag the text, and it didn't seem to be too nervous.

"Don't you often say that you should despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically, since you have already formulated a battle plan, then think about it, let's do everything we can, and leave the rest to the Lord." Foch can think about it.

Foch has been in the barracks for most of his life, and he has seen all the winds and waves in his life, and Foch has survived several times in the world war, and now this situation is just a drizzle in Foch's opinion.

Foch is indeed not worried, just yesterday evening, the US ambassador to Lanfang, Greenton Augustine, and the British ambassador to Lanfang, Sir Will Jonathan, issued a joint statement that if Japan dared to shell Coconut City, it would be tantamount to declaring war on Britain and the United States.

This is the British and American way of expressing their attitude towards the war between Lanfang and Japan.

The British and Americans are not optimistic about the Lanfang people, and this statement is, in a sense, the protection of Lanfang by the British and Americans.

The British and Americans were powerless to dissuade Qin Zhiyuan from stopping the war, but they also did not want Lan Fang to be destroyed in the Japanese artillery fire, no matter what the consideration, the British and Americans needed Lan Fang to form a counterbalance to Japan in Asia.

The Japanese have become more and more arrogant in recent years, and their naval battleships have been among the best in the world since ten years ago, a situation that has aroused the alarm of the British and Americans.

"Why leave your fate to the Lord, isn't it good to take your fate into your own hands?" Qin Zhiyuan is assertive.

"Poof...... You 'hypocrite', I don't know what the Pope likes about you. Foch was very dissatisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's disrespectful remarks towards the "Lord".

"It is precisely because my faith is not strong enough that the Pope wants to influence me, and if my faith is as strong as yours, then no matter how much I respect the 'Lord', it has become a matter of course." Qin Zhiyuan's fallacy stunned Foch.

Just when Qin Zhiyuan was unabashedly expressing his doubts about the "Lord", Zhao Xingguo was also doubting his eyes.

"Only the Hiei and the Yamashiro?" What about Haruna' and Hinata? Zhao Xingguo piloted the plane and circled over the Japanese fleet, questioning the observers in the cabin over and over again.

"There are no 'Haruna' and 'Hinata' found, so we want to expand the search area." Zhan Junda's head was sweating like rain, and the clothes on his body were already soaked.

Just below the belly of the 3025 plane, more than a dozen Japanese warships were neatly arranged on the sea, as if mocking the reconnaissance planes in the sky. The observers were already well aware of the appearance and characteristics of the Japanese warships, and they had reached the point where they could determine the model at a glance, and they could naturally see that there were no "Haruna" and "Hyuga" in the Japanese fleet below.

You don't need to look at the specific model, just look at the size of the Japanese fleet, and you can determine that the Japanese army has divided its forces again.

"Enlarge the fart! Immediately send a report to the base, and ask the base to send another reconnaissance plane to immediately search for the 'Haruna' and 'Hyuga' around Laute Island. Zhao Xingguo was decisive, and the palm of the hand holding the joystick was slippery and greasy.

There are only "Hiei" and "Yamashiro", and there are no "Haruna" and "Hinata" found, so the biggest possibility is that "Haruna" and "Hinata" went to the Isle of Wight,

"Isle of Wight...... Not necessarily, the hydrological conditions over there are harsh, and the Japanese may not know the shipping lanes. Zhan Junda has a different opinion.

"I don't know what a fart! The Japanese are not clear, but the Dutch can not be clear? As long as they can deal with us, do you think the Dutch will not provide the Japanese with information on the shipping routes? Zhao Xingguo was heartbroken.

Zhao Xingguo knew that this was when he had just gone out in the morning, and he had made an empirical mistake, and if the reconnaissance planes had been flying at a low altitude in formation at that time, then they would definitely have been able to discover the Japanese fleet in time and would not have stabbed such a big basket.

Now Zhao Xingguo only hopes that the Japanese fleet has not yet reached Laute Island.

Laute Island is only 13 kilometers long from north to south and 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west, and the artillery on the Japanese warships is enough to threaten the airfields on the island, and the torpedo planes are indeed sharp weapons against naval warships, but if the torpedo planes are on the ground, they do not pose the slightest threat to the warships when they have not yet flown up.

As Zhao Xingguo's telegram was issued, the sirens in the Laute Island Air Base were immediately sounded.

"Alert? What's going on? Qin Zhiyuan and Zhou Hongguang, who were eating, were still in shock, and Foch had already made the most correct response: "Don't eat, go to the command room immediately......"

In fact, the island is already in chaos, full of chaotic crowds, and the restaurant is also a pot of porridge, almost everyone is running out, and the order is chaotic.

"Rub, you have to do a few more drills like this when you go back, otherwise sooner or later there will be a big mess!" When Qin Zhiyuan hurriedly walked out of the restaurant, he was still making a request to Zhou Hongguang.

"After this battle, I'll give them the next day." Zhou Hongguang was about to cry.

"Report, 3025 called, Cam Ranh Bay only found 'Hiei' and 'Yamashiro', not 'Haruna' and 'Hinata', 3025 asked us to immediately send another reconnaissance plane to search around Laute Island." As soon as Qin Zhiyuan came out of the door of the restaurant, a staff officer hurriedly came to report.

"Rub, Zhao Xingguo, Lao Tzu killed you!" Zhou Hongguang knew that Zhao Xingguo had made a mistake when he heard it.

"Immediately release all the reconnaissance planes, order Dou Yongyi, immediately release the ordinary torpedo planes, and be ready to attack the Japanese warships at any time." Qin Zhiyuan was decisive.

Now is not the time to hold accountable, and to get through the crisis at hand.

Just as the reconnaissance planes and torpedo planes on Lauter Island were scrambling to take off, on the sea 15 kilometers east of Lauter Island, the "Haruna" emerged from the mist, revealing its huge and hideous figure.

"Your Excellency, the fleet is about to arrive at the shelling position, and it is estimated that within ten minutes, Laute Island will be within the range of the main guns." The captain of the battleship "Haruna" Naoma Taniguchi looked respectful.

"Go ahead and start shelling as soon as you reach the shelling position." The commander of the southbound fleet, Yamaya, was full of voices.

"Hay!" The voice of the response was neat and loud.

(To be continued.) )