"Is this true?" On the ocean hundreds of nautical miles southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, Lin Luo, the commander of the Second Air Fleet of the Ming Dynasty, looked at the telegram in his hand with a surprised expression and asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Yes." His chief of staff hurriedly replied: "This is a telegram from the Red Sea. Tong Haifeng said that Halsey had left only two aircraft carriers near Hawaii, and he speculated that Halsey had now taken the main force of Task Force 57 south to ambush us. ”

“...... Why didn't the command of the Pacific Fleet send us a telegram ?! Squeezing the telegram in his hand hard, Lin Luo's brows furrowed tightly, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

In fact, the Pacific Fleet Command did not fail to send a telegram to Lin Luo, and after receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane, they ordered the radio station to send an urgent telegram. However, at that time, the carrier-based aircraft on the two Lexington-class aircraft carriers happened to launch a fierce bombardment of the Ming military base on Oahu, and the long-range communication radio transmission tower was destroyed in this attack. In a panic, after activating the backup radio tower, the operators thought that the previous telegrams had already been sent and did not reissue them, which almost led to a big mistake.

Throwing away the telegram in his hand, Lin Luo leaned over on the navigation table and carefully studied the chart. After a moment of silence, he got up and looked at his chief of staff, "It is impossible for Tong Haifeng to talk nonsense at such a time, I trust his judgment!" The fleet was ordered to immediately enter the air defense operation. The reconnaissance plane was released to conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance in the waters to the northeast and northwest. Air defense fighter units urgently took off to prepare for air defense operations. The formation of attack aircraft of all ships immediately prepared for an attack! ”

After a pause, Lin Luo then ordered, "All shipborne air defense radars are turned on!" ”

"This ......," said the chief of staff, with some embarrassment, "is it too anxious?" The fleet command has not yet sent a telegram......"

The power of the air defense radar is very powerful, and it is a beacon for the radio detection department. Once turned on, it is very likely that your location will be exposed. In addition, this telegram should theoretically have been sent by the Pacific Fleet Command, but this telegram was sent by Tong Haifeng. Once you actively expose yourself, it will cause unnecessary trouble.

"Execute my orders. Now, immediately! Lin Luo, whose face was gloomy and was about to drip water, almost shouted out with a roar.

These front-line commanders all have a keen intuition that is almost beastly, and compared to those sitting in the office in the Pacific Fleet Command, Lin Luo trusts Tong Haifeng, who is also on the front line.

Lin Luo and Han Dongwen's fleets were all driving at high speed, and they did not release fighter planes and reconnaissance planes at this time. At the same time, the radar will not turn on. But none of that matters at this point anymore.

Soon after the radar of the large warships in the Second Air Fleet was turned on, there was an unidentified target in the clouds near the fleet.

"Bastard!" Seeing the air defense fighters that had scrambled into the air force a US reconnaissance plane out of the thick clouds and quickly shot it down, Lin Luo did not have any joy in his heart. He knew his place had been exposed!

"Sir." The telecommunications staff officer, who looked a little pale, ran into the bridge, swallowed his saliva, and shouted, "The telecommunications department has detected that the reconnaissance plane has been sending telegrams all along. ”

"Got it." Lin Luo, who was expressionless, waved his hand.

Lin Luo, who was standing next to the side of the ship, looked indifferently at the blue sky and the endless ocean outside the porthole, and the waves in his heart were turbulent and difficult to calm down.

Lin Luo didn't know how long the US reconnaissance plane had been hiding over the fleet, he only knew that he had been exposed under Halsey's nose. Maybe Halsey's attack aircraft are already flying towards him right now.

"Huh~~~" raised his hand to untie the wind and discipline buckle at the neckline, and Lin Luo suddenly felt a trace of secret happiness in his heart.

If it weren't for Tong Haifeng's telegram, he might not have known until now that Halsey was preparing to ambush him. As long as he thought that if there was no telegram from Tong Haifeng, when the overwhelming group of fighters flew over the fleet, not a single plane in his hand would have taken off, and the fleet would not have any air defense formation, Lin Luo would feel a shudder! Fortunately, Tong Haifeng's telegram gave him a little time to prepare!

Judging from the telegrams sent by the fleet command in the past few days, he had always believed that Halsey would stay near the Hawaiian Islands to support the sea. I didn't expect Halsey to sneak in. This hand is too clever to play across the world.

"What now?" The chief of staff is also a little dispossessed. No one knew how long the reconnaissance plane had been there, or how far away Halsey was from him. It is not even more known how long it will take for Halsey's attack aircraft group to fly over.

"Command!" After thinking about it quickly in his mind for a moment, Lin Luo suddenly turned around and looked at the staff officers in the bridge, and ordered loudly: "The attack aircraft unit has given up the preparation plan, and each ship has released reconnaissance planes to conduct a large-scale reconnaissance towards the northern sea area at the fastest speed. All the air defense fighters took off and let them out! ”

After a pause, Lin Luo continued, "Send a telegram to Han Dongwen and ask him to organize the attack aircraft unit immediately, and wait until the reconnaissance plane unit has the position of Halsey, don't leave your hands and launch an attack immediately." ”

The size of the Second and Third Air Fleets was so large that it was impossible to form a huge surface fleet. In fact, there are tens of nautical miles between the two fleets. Lin Luo's decision was simple, he used his Second Air Fleet as a meat shield to defend against Halsey. The task of launching a counterattack was left to Han Dongwen's fleet, which was dozens of nautical miles behind him.

Lin Luo wasn't sure how much time he had left, he had to prepare for the worst.

Lin Luo didn't think about immediately dispatching an attack aircraft group, setting off with the reconnaissance plane unit, and immediately attacked when he discovered Halsey's traces.

It is also not without thought that the attack aircraft unit will be ready on the deck of the aircraft carrier and take off as soon as there is news of the reconnaissance aircraft.

But flying a large number of fighters not only takes a lot of time, but also accelerates the aircraft carriers in the fleet against the wind. Once Halsey's attack fleet arrives at this time, the aircraft carrier's deck is covered with fuel and ammunition, and the hangar is full of fuel trucks and bombs and torpedoes, which will inevitably turn into a huge powder keg under Halsey's attack. In that case, the entire fleet would be destroyed.

Lin Luo was unwilling to take this huge risk, and he chose to resist rather than rush to fight back.

After releasing reconnaissance planes and a large number of air defense fighters, the aircraft carriers in the Lin Luo fleet soon returned to the core of the fleet. The warships around had already sounded the air defense alarm and lined up in a tight air defense formation.

Lin Luo's decision was the right one. Just over 20 minutes after the aircraft carrier returned to the core area of the fleet, the anti-aircraft detection radar on the heavy cruiser Shaoxing, the northernmost part of the fleet, discovered that a large number of dense light spots were surging towards their fleet!

From beginning to end, Halsey believed that his actions were concealed, that he had concealed all the Ming troops. He didn't even tell the headquarters about the battle plan this time. At this moment, Nimitz believed that he was still supporting the landing force in the waters off Hawaii. It must be said that his adventure was a success. If it weren't for Tong Haifeng's resolute and decisive attack, he would have become a peerless general and a hero of the entire country.

"What?!" Halsey looked shocked and took the telegram in his hand and shouted, "The Lexington and the Saratoga are attacked?!" How is this possible?! ”

At this moment, the time has come to 10:21 a.m., and the first wave of attack planes has been released, and Halsey, who is releasing the second wave of attack planes, is at the time of complacency.

He was confident that he had won. However, after suddenly receiving a telegram that the Third Aircraft Carrier Squadron, which had been left in the waters near the Hawaiian Islands to serve as a camouflage mission, had been raided, the whole person was not calm. For the US Navy at this moment, any aircraft carrier is a more precious asset than gold.

"Yes." Kim Riley said in a somewhat dry voice, "Bryant said that his fleet was attacked by the aircraft carrier aircraft unit of the Ming Army from the northern seas. The Lexington and Saratoga were caught off guard by multiple bombs and torpedoes, and the battleship caught fire. The situation is not optimistic. ”

"This idiot !!" Angry, Halsey slammed his fist on the sailing table, glaring at him and gasping for breath, "Two to one!" How could you be so careless and be raided?! Why not send reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the northern seas? Why?! ”

Bryant said he didn't think the Ming aircraft carrier would go south to attack. Moreover, the radio monitoring department said that it had heard the constant telegrams from the Ming fleet, which was hundreds of nautical miles away, all morning before the attack. So he focused on ground support, saying that Fletcher was urging ground support very tightly......"

"Idiot! Idiot!! Enraged, Halsey shouted, "Two fools! This is the battlefield, and the most basic vigilance is not there? What's wrong with that Ming fleet, which keeps sending telegrams all morning long on the edge of the distant battlefield? Don't have any judgment at all? Is there something wrong with Fletcher's brain? What is the point of ground attack support? If you can't defeat the main force of the Ming naval fleet, and you can't control the sea, what is the use of occupying all the islands in Hawaii? As soon as the Ming army counterattacked, they were all recaptured! There is no fleet, there is no sea supremacy, and the island landing operation is a fart! ”

"Whew~~~" The red-eyed Halsey gasped hard, and then shouted angrily, "I must send them all to court-martial!" ”

"Woo~~~" Halsey was about to say something, but suddenly heard the sound of air defense sirens. Hurriedly ran to the porthole and looked at the sky, and soon found that several US fighters were constantly chasing a Daming fighter with gull-shaped wings.

Halsey's face sank suddenly. He knew he had been discovered. (To be continued.) )