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At 4:35 a.m., the Maritime Resistance Army lost a water reconnaissance plane.

Li Guang's heart sank suddenly, this seaplane is probably more than lucky.

If the pilot reports the word "enemy aircraft" in the midst of a crisis, then there is only one possibility - the Japanese devils. If it is a fighter plane of another country, the pilot will definitely report the country, and those who do not know will also say that they do not know the fighter.

"Raise the battle flag."

The battleship and the two air defense destroyers had their own Zheng Xuechang gave an order, and Li Guang quickly ordered the water reconnaissance planes to take off, and all the land-based planes took off at once.

It is clear on the charts that the area of the accident, that is, the area where the unidentified submarine was found, is currently at a distance of 100 kilometers from the warship, 150 kilometers from the seaplane carrier, and 450 kilometers from the Yemeni airport.

Hu Bofeng and several operational staff officers had already reported the time it would take for the troops to arrive: "Baxia and Jairus will arrive in one hour and twenty minutes, seaplanes will arrive in fifty minutes, fighter planes will arrive in one hour and twenty minutes, and bombers will arrive in one hour and fifty minutes." The battleship formation arrived in two hours and forty minutes. ”

Li Guang pondered for a moment and gave an order: "The whole fleet will turn around and sail directly to Yemen at full speed." Call the bully to move closer to the home team. ”

Since there were Japanese planes, although it is not clear what kind of planes they were, there is no doubt that the Japanese at least dispatched seaplane carriers or aircraft carriers. In this case, it is not a small war, but a big one.

Li Guang sighed secretly, he was still not sensitive enough. The discovery of the Japanese submarines, the order of Baxia and Jairian to go to reinforcements was correct, but it was extremely undesirable for the battleship formation to continue to sail forward for half an hour and a full twenty kilometers.

Zheng Xuechang also issued a series of orders in an orderly manner, and one of the orders for the battleship Pacific - eat immediately. Li Guang glanced at Zheng Xuechang and secretly praised in his heart, this captain is a lot more mature, and it is not easy to think of this when the Pacific is in battle for the first time.

At this time, the sea area where the battleship Pacific was located had protruded more than 150 kilometers from the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, and it was obvious that the Japanese army's plan was to intercept the sea resistance forces here.

The sea area chosen by the Japanese army is very ingenious, this position is on the route of the naval resistance fleet to Ceylon, if you go deeper into the Arabian Sea, the Japanese army has a large number of water reconnaissance planes or fighters that are difficult to search for the naval resistance warship formation.

It seems that the Japanese army is not without brains, they did not intercept the exit of the Gulf of Aden, I am afraid that they are worried about the interference of the British Navy, once blocked by the British Navy in the Gulf of Aden, I am afraid that it is not a tactical passivity, but the possibility of annihilation.

At this moment, the water reconnaissance aircraft on the PC has already taken off. It is clear on the charts that now the Japanese fleet has only two possible directions.

To the northwest is the direction from which the Naval Resistance Fleet came, that is, the direction of the Gulf of Aden. Due to today's good weather, three water reconnaissance planes have been cruising around the fleet. There should be no Japanese battleships that have slipped through the net.

The southeast is the main direction of search by water reconnaissance aircraft, and it is at least certain that there will be no Japanese fleet within a hundred kilometers.

Then the Japanese army, most likely, was located on both flanks of the naval resistance fleet. Although the analysis is simple, it is difficult to really confirm whether the opponent is on the left or right. Li Guang did not know what the size of the Japanese army was, but no matter what the size was, the battlefield must be in an area that is favorable to him.

The area conducive to the Naval Resistance Army is, of course, in the direction of Yemen, and the closer it is, the more convenient it will be for fighters to support.

On the chart, Hu Bofeng and several other staff officers are already analyzing various possibilities. First of all, the reconnaissance plane of the Maritime Resistance Army discovered the Japanese submarine, and then half an hour later the Maritime Resistance Army lost a water reconnaissance plane.

It is assumed that it was not a coincidence, but an action made by the Japanese army based on the intelligence sent back by the submarine. Then the Japanese aircraft carrier is within half an hour's range, that is to say, between 100 and 150 kilometers, 100 kilometers for water reconnaissance aircraft, and 150 kilometers for fighters.

A circle is drawn on the chart to indicate the most likely area.

The crux of the matter is that this location is a full 600 kilometers from Yemen's airport. The P40 fighter can fly there and return, but the combat time will not exceed five minutes. It is extremely unfavorable for the air force of the naval resistance forces.

The Arabian Sea breeze is beautiful, but the hearts of the officers and men of the Navy and Air Force are full of war clouds. The fleet had reached the speed limit by this time, and the whole fleet was heading straight for Yemen at a high speed of twenty-two knots. Even at this speed, it would take four hours to reach the mouth of the Gulf of Aden. Anything can happen in four hours on the battlefield.

In fact, even if you enter the Gulf of Aden, it is not safe. The Japanese devils may not know, but Li Guang understands very well that the British fleet, whether in Ceylon or Africa, is very small, there are no battleships and no aircraft carriers, and the largest one is nothing more than a cruiser. Even if the anchor is lifted immediately, it will take more than 15 hours to reach this sea area, and it will not provide much support to the naval resistance forces. Entering the Gulf of Aden was just psychologically putting pressure on the Japanese army.

War is like this, even if it is just a nihilistic psychological pressure, Li Guang has to take advantage of it.

Thirty minutes later, five p.m.

The Baxia and Jairsa sent back a message and were attacked by six Japanese fighters and bombers.

Not a water reconnaissance aircraft, at least a little bit of the fact that the Japanese army had at least one aircraft carrier.

Until this time, the eight water reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army still failed to find the Japanese fleet. Li Guang's palms clenched.

It was at this time that the anti-aircraft observation post shouted: "Enemy aircraft. ”

Sure enough, there was a Japanese fighter plane in the western sky, and when Li Guang saw it, the enemy plane was already three kilometers away. The Japanese pilots took advantage of the interference of the afternoon sun and approached the naval resistance fleet from the west. If it weren't for the back-rays of the sun, such a sunny day, the observers would never have waited for the Japanese fighters to get so close to find out.

Not a fighter.

Li Guang saw clearly, and the two pontoons under the seaplane were clearly conspicuous.

Without waiting for the anti-aircraft artillery fire of the Navy, the little devil's water reconnaissance plane did not test the air defense strength of the Navy and Air Force, and flew away in a circle.

The fleet leaked.

Li Guang understood very well that in the first stage of the war, he fell into disadvantage.

Li Guang, who was at a disadvantage, gained in this hour, but at least he knew that the forces used by the Japanese army were absolutely powerful, at least one aircraft carrier, one seaplane aircraft carrier (miscalculation), and one submarine. Such an organization would not have been possible without destroyers and cruisers, and the key was whether the Japanese devils also used battleships and other warships. How big is it?

Ten minutes later, good news came over the radio: in the sky directly south of the fleet, two water reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army followed the Japanese water reconnaissance planes.

Two against one.

The air battle had not yet taken place, but Li Guang was well aware of the level of pilots of water reconnaissance planes. It's a lot worse than a fighter pilot, not to mention the fact that only half of the skilled hands were transferred a few days ago.

Water reconnaissance planes are two-seater aircraft, and although the pilots on each fighter plane have a skilled hand, the so-called skilled hand is only after nine months of training. The skills of air combat are very unskilled. More importantly, the performance of the maritime reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Army is much worse than that of the Japanese army's water reconnaissance planes.

Combat is never ready for anything, and the enemy will come to the door when you have trained your soldiers and are ready for everything. Even though Li Guang knew that his own water reconnaissance planes did not have an advantage, in order to interfere with the information of the Japanese fleet as much as possible, the two seaplanes still began to pursue the opponent without hesitation.

Compared with this small-scale air battle, Li Guang was more concerned about the safety of the two warships, Baxia and Jair.

The two battleships had only three anti-aircraft guns and more than a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns, and their air defense capabilities were not strong. It was very difficult to escape from the threat of Japanese fighters.

Li Guang was worried about Baxia and Jairus, but in fact, Baxia and Jairus had survived the initial panic and were now very stable.

There were quite a few Japanese fighters, but they were all fighters, and there were no bombers and torpedo planes.

The Japanese fighters dropped bombs in turn, but they were easily dodged by the overlord and Jairus, and did not cause much damage.

And the machine-gun fire of the Japanese fighters was like a tickle for Jairus and his subordinates. The protection capabilities of the Baxia and Jairus are several levels higher than those of destroyers, and even comparable to light cruisers.

The machine guns were of no use against the tyrants, and after ten minutes, they were even volleyed by the stabilized anti-aircraft gunners to blow up a bomber.

After the Japanese fighters ran out of bullets, they withdrew from the battlefield, and the two battleships continued to move closer to the main team at high speed. In a small contact battle, the training of the Maritime Resistance Force showed results. The battleship was able to dodge the dive bombardment under the threat of six fighters, and it was almost a perfect score. The intelligence transmitted back from the battlefield told Li Guang that the Japanese fighters were not the imaginary Zero fighters, but the 96 fighters. The appearance of the 96 fighter and the Zero fighter is very imaginary, but the wheels of the 96 fighter are fixed, and it looks like it is wearing boots from a distance. The wheels of the Zero fighter can be retracted, and the wheels cannot be seen in the flight state.

Li Guang breathed a sigh of relief. Now it's up to you to see the results of your eight water reconnaissance planes. If the Japanese fleet could not be found, the air power of the navy and air force would not be able to be brought into play. Li Guang had a hunch that whether or not he could give full play to his air power would be the key to success or failure in this battle.

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