Chapter 169: Finding the Target
After agreeing on the matter of the factory, he said goodbye to Lei Tianzheng and the others, and then Su Dao also began to arrange the defense of Jinxi. The defense of a city is no better than the defense of a field, and the trenches are dug and waiting for the other side to attack.
There are many aspects involved in the defense of the city, and these aspects have never been involved in the Ninety-ninth Army before, there is no experience to learn from, and it is impossible to close the gate to defend the city, so how to prevent the Kwantung Army from infiltrating Jinxi City is also a very critical issue, maybe the infiltration of their small forces will not bring any big disaster to Jinxi, but it is no problem to disrupt the order of Jinxi.
In the event of a war in the future, the instability of order in the city will be a serious problem. Moreover, Su Dao planned to place the first batch of factories in Jinxi, so the security problem in Jinxi was particularly important.
In the next period of time, after two days of rest, the troops were sent by Su Dao to Jinxi on Thursday to garrison, a small patrol force kept patrolling around, and the air force was also practicing nervously while patrolling. However, the navy, which had already entered the Bohai Sea area, suddenly disappeared, and the air force had basically reconnoitred the entire Bohai Sea area, but it failed to find the shadow of the navy.
This is not good news for Su Dao, I don't know where the enemy is, I don't know how to focus on defense, in case of fighting, my side will suffer, and the time is not ripe now, Su Dao can't suddenly get the radar station up, in order not to arouse people's suspicion, Su Dao can only wait first, at least wait until the batch of equipment arrives and then exchange the radar station.
"Where have you been?" Su Dao looked at the huge map, his eyes swept over every corner of the map from time to time, and he muttered in a low voice.
Immediately, Su Dao's eyes couldn't help but aim at a place on the map, and his heart was suddenly shocked, and he immediately thought that the fleet from Germany should have entered the Bohai Sea by now if it was calculated according to time, and today's search by the Air Force did not find any large fleet on the Bohai Sea.
Will the German convoy without naval escort be intercepted by the Navy? If the fleet wants to enter the Bohai Sea, it will inevitably pass through the Kwantung Prefecture in the occupied area, and it will be easy for the army to intercept German merchant ships there. After thinking of this, Su Dao's face instantly darkened, and he hurriedly called the communications staff officer and ordered the air force to search near Kwantung Prefecture to find the German fleet.
In the combat readiness duty room of the airport, Li Fei and a kind of pilots sat there boredly smoking cigarettes, chatting about some tips on how to fight, and those novice pilots also learned with relish, and from time to time took a pen to record what Li Fei said.
A communications staff officer hurried into the combat readiness duty room, which is where the pilots are on standby in peacetime, and next door to them is the airport command center, and the distance from the runway here is only a few hundred meters, and the pilots who are running can board the plane in about half a minute and take off in less than five minutes.
The second batch of 100 fighters that Su Dao had promised is also about to arrive, so the airport has strengthened the original runway on the one hand, and on the other hand, a new runway has been built on the side of the runway.
"Captain Li, there's a new mission." The communications staff officer handed Li Fei the order he had just received from the military headquarters.
According to the number of fighters in the Air Force, the entire Air Force is divided into three squadrons, each squadron has nine fighters, and the remaining three fighters do not belong to any of their squadrons, but at the same time belong to each of their squadrons, and the three fighters under the air belong to the support surname, so the pilots of those three fighters have to stay in the duty room every day to be on standby, but when there is a mission, they are also the last to be sent to the battlefield.
According to the regulations, one squadron of the three squadrons is on combat readiness duty every day, and the other two squadrons can take a short break or study; today it is Li Fei's squadron's turn to be on duty, removing the two fighters that are already patrolling in the sky, plus the three pilots who are supporting, there are a total of 10 pilots in the duty room at this time.
Li Fei took over the task and looked at it, he didn't understand the purpose of this mission, but he soon thought that this mission must be very important, otherwise the military department would not personally order him to patrol there, and after thinking of this, Li Fei no longer hesitated.
"Peng Yongchang, Yang Jun, Sun Xizi, follow me to carry out the mission, and the rest are on standby." Li Fei directly called out the names of the three pilots, according to the normal situation, patrol missions are generally completed by two fighter crews, it is precisely because Li Fei noticed the important surnames of this fleet, and it is also in order to find them as soon as possible, so Li Fei decided to take four fighters into the air at a time and carry out carpet reconnaissance.
When the combat readiness task reaches the squadron on duty, how to arrange tactics and the number of people to deal with is not something that their communications section can deal with, even if Li Fei orders all the pilots to be sent out to carry out the mission, they will not have any doubts, and the clear division of labor allows them to experience the benefits of doing so, so under normal circumstances, few people will cross the line to meddle in other people's affairs.
After receiving the task, Peng Yongchang grabbed the flight cap that was put aside, quickly ran out of the duty room, and ran directly to the position of his fighter, and the ground crew who had been staying next to the fighter plane also stepped up to make the final preparations for take-off after seeing Peng Yongchang and others running out quickly.
The combat readiness duty state requires the pilot not to wear a helmet all the time, and other items such as flight suits, self-defense pistols and other items must be worn on his body to ensure that he can enter the mission state as soon as he receives the mission.
"Lao Wang, the fuel and ammunition are all full, right?" Peng Yongchang stepped on the wing and got directly into the cockpit with a tiger leap, and his skillful movements saved him a lot of time. Peng Yongchang asked the ground staff on the ground while fixing his body to the seat, fastening his seat belt and checking his parachute and other equipment.
"Don't worry, don't worry, my old Wang is doing things, it's all full, and even the bullet holes on the fuselage have been plugged." Lao Wang replied with a smile, he was still very confident in his skills.
Immediately afterwards, Peng Yongchang checked the data on the fighter one after another, and after making sure that it was correct, he waved his hand at Lao Wang, and the ground crew who had been waiting for a long time quickly pulled away a few wooden blocks that were blocked under the wheels, and the fighter began to move forward slowly, and soon rushed into the blue sky.
After the four fighters were formed in the air, they quickly flew towards the southeast, and the main task points of the two fighters sent to reconnoiter today were in the sea area to the east and the north and northwest directions, and the air force needed to join the confrontation with the Soviets, so naturally there was no time to take care of the fighters of the 99th Army at this time, so this created two Chinese fighters and dared to fly over Jinzhou, while the Kwantung Army on the ground could only point at the fighters and scold angrily, as for the air defense artillery, don't mention it, as soon as the cannon was fired, the other party immediately pulled the fighters up, Until they get to a place where they can't hit, and then continue to show off their might.
On the one hand, the air force of the 99th Army was scouting the situation on the battlefield, and at the same time, it also let the people below see the hope of recovering the northeast, and even after seeing the news that the Huaxia Air Force was flying over his head, but did not see the air force of the Kwantung Army coming out to meet the battle, many people began to inquire about what was going on? I have to say that I have done a good job of secrecy, and so far most of the civilians in the northeast have been kept in the dark, and they don't know that the 99th Army has recovered five cities.
"Captain, if you find a similar target fleet, they may be in trouble." Peng Yongchang reported his discovery to Li Fei by radio, and since entering the waters of the Bohai Sea, the four fighters have directly dispersed for the purpose of searching for a large area, and the original two-plane patrol has become a single-plane patrol, but the distance between the two fighters is not far, and they can arrive within five minutes after discovering the target.
The fighter plane piloted by Peng Yongchang was in the middle, so when he found the target, it would only be a few minutes for the fighters on both sides to get closer to him at most.
"Pay attention to the surrounding situation, those German fleets are loaded with our arsenal equipment, we must ensure their safety, I will ask for reinforcements." Li Fei replied.
Just now he had already contacted the ground, and he also learned the important surname of the target they were going to search for, and the ground also clearly told him that he must report after discovering the target, and all the fighters of the entire air force except for the two fighters that were patrolling were already on standby at the airport.
Li Fei turned the nose of the plane and flew in the direction of Peng Yongchang, and urgently contacted the ground to report the situation here.
And just after Peng Yongchang discovered the target on the sea, the Navy also discovered the fighter plane in the air, and the Navy of Yueben, who originally planned to force the fleet to stop for inspection, had to urgently enter a state of war. Originally, they had planned to launch an attack on the 99th Army from the sea, but the Kwantung Army Headquarters reversed itself and urgently stopped the attack.
The angry Navy turned around and left, not planning to care about the affairs here, and at this time, the Navy learned that there was a German fleet sailing to the northeast, and from the waterline, it could be roughly guessed that it was carrying very heavy things. German fleet, to the northeast? Carrying something heavy? This made the Saimoto Navy, which supported the northeast, suspicious, and ordered two light cruisers of the aircraft carrier group to patrol this sea area.
After discovering the Chinese fighters in the air, the two warships of the Navy, while urgently making defensive preparations, asked the formation not far away for fighter support, and as soon as the fighters entered their range, the anti-aircraft weapons on the cruiser instantly sent out ferocious firepower. (To be continued.) )