The detachment of the British Far East Fleet is still heading north, and the reconnaissance planes of the Chinese Navy are still hovering over the fleet.

Major General Miller and Chief of Staff York stared at the Chinese plane high above their heads, and their hearts were extremely shocked. Through the binoculars, they could see the sleek curves of the two-powered Thunderbird bomber-converted reconnaissance plane, which was like a perfect work of art. As a navy, they are naturally not uncommon in the British Royal Navy's seaplanes, which are simply rudimentary in comparison.

"Hell, three hours, it's been three full hours above our heads, what kind of plane is this."

The fear in Major General Miller's heart is unimaginable, knowing that it is at least 500 kilometers away from Chinese mainland, and the round trip is 1,000 kilometers, although Europe is not without planes that can fly so far. But what is the concept if the plane is still hovering in this airspace for 3 hours? And how terrifying will the combat radius of this aircraft be?

Colonel York's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth: "It seems that it does not have the slightest desire to retreat, which shows that the combat radius of the Chinese's aircraft is far more than five hundred kilometers, and may even reach a thousand kilometers." If war breaks out, it will be impossible for us to escape the pursuit of Chinese planes. ”

Rear Admiral Miller's face is already like the bottom of the pot, his fleet, as far as his flagship "William" is a gas hybrid is relatively advanced, other warships are troubled old-fashioned coal-burning steam engine power, such a warship cruising speed is only 12 knots, the maximum combat speed is only 18 knots, that is to say, the speed basically needs to be controlled within 30 kilometers per hour, and ten hours is only 300 kilometers, of course, in fact, it is even more impossible to run so far, because the maximum power of the steam engine power can not be turned on for more than two hours, Otherwise, the boiler will explode if it is overloaded, and then there will only be a deceleration, and the speed will drop to about 14 or 15 knots, that is, in fact, such a fleet will run at most 500 kilometers a day. If the fleet is chased and bombed by the aircraft group for a day, in terms of the ability of the Chinese Air Force to sink the capital ship, it must not be blown to slag.

"Airplanes! A lot of Chinese planes! There was an exclamation from the sailors outside.

Major General Miller and York couldn't think about it, and hurriedly rushed out, and sure enough, they saw a group of planes coming at high speed in the air not far away.

"A total of 22 planes came, including 18 small planes and 4 large planes." York held up the binoculars, quickly reported the number of planes in the group, and paused, "According to the establishment of China Hainan Airlines, this is a Haiyan squadron and a bomber squadron. ”

Major General Miller was also holding a telescope to observe, and his face was even more gloomy: "Look carefully, the Chinese Haiyan fighter has a heavy bomb under the belly. If you guessed correctly, it was a five-hundred-kilogram aerial bomb, the power of which could sink a battleship. ”

York hurriedly took a closer look, and sure enough, he saw a huge bomb mounted under the belly of the Haiyan fighter, and cold sweat instantly gushed out, and he said in horror: "Damn, are they really going to kill us?" ”

"How do I know!?" Miller roared in a hateful whisper, then shouted, "Battle alert!! ”

"Woo-" The sharp battle siren sounded, and in an instant the entire fleet was busy, no matter how frightened the sailors were, they all rushed to the combat posts, and the anti-aircraft weapons of the fleet moved one after another, aiming at the sky.

The Haiyan squadron fighters circled around the British fleet in a neat formation in the air.

Gao Zhihang could clearly see the British warship below, and as a rookie, he was excitedly waiting for the order. Suddenly, the long plane came with an order: "Attention to all squads, attention to all squads: Take the squads as a unit to carry out a submissive attack on the enemy ship without dropping bombs to deter. Repeat"

"Boss, what if this is a high-speed dive and the bomb slides out by inertia?"

Changji replied coldly: "That can only blame foreign devils for bad luck." But an order is an order, and it must be strictly followed. ”

"Understood!" Gao Zhihang couldn't help laughing, and with the same answer as other old birds, you must know that even if the fuse is not triggered, almost all the impact bombs that land violently in the air will detonate, and the "small" warships below can't withstand such a bombshell.

Miller and York returned to the command cabin, staring at the sky, and suddenly saw that in the Chinese fleet, six Haiyan fighters suddenly swooped down almost vertically with a sharp roar, and that thunderous attitude almost suffocated him. It felt like the whole sky was pressing down on him, and his heart was almost beating out of his throat.

"Commander, let's open fire, or they'll all kill you." Some staff officers and military dependents couldn't help but howl.

"Shut up!" Miller gasped and roared, staring at the plane diving down at high speed, he could even see the smiling face of the pilot on the Chinese plane, and just as he was almost bursting, suddenly, the plane pulled up, whistled over the roof of the warship, and then quickly soared into the sky. At this moment, Miller had a sense of detachment for the rest of his life, and almost wanted to sit down on the warship, but at this time, he suddenly smelled a strange smell, and when he looked over, he saw that two of the staff officers had a large wet trouser leg and fell to the ground softly. Deng Shi made his face cloudy, and he rushed over in anger and kicked twice in a row, shouting: "Coward, get out of here!" ”

York hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the furious Miller and shouted, "General, you can't blame them, the situation just now is really terrible." We must evacuate immediately, or we will die here sooner or later. Just because they didn't drop a bomb the first time doesn't mean they won't drop a bomb the second time. ”

The "Dididi" telegram sounded, and soon the telecommunications staff officer urgently shouted: "General, the Chinese are again asking us to leave. ”

Miller glared viciously at the two frightened officers, looked at the sky again, and saw another small group of six fighters in the Chinese fleet ready to dive. Gritting his teeth, he turned back and shouted: "Telegraph to the Far East Fleet Command and the Admiralty that our fleet is 'surrounded' by a large number of Chinese fighters, who are fully armed and carrying heavy bombs and are diving towards our fleet, asking for the right to fire!" ”

Yorke was stunned by this order from Miller and could not believe his ears: "General"

Suddenly, Miller leaned in to York and whispered, "The above won't agree." But then his face changed, and he said sharply: "This is an order!" Execute it now! ”

"Yes!" York's expression was relieved, and he quickly gave the order.

A radio wave quickly spread, and as the terrifying swoop of the second squadron of the Chinese aircraft group swept over the fleet's heads, the sound was like the call of death, and the British naval officers and men of the entire fleet felt as if they were in hell.

"Third Squad Assault!"

Gao Zhihang heard the command of the long plane on the radio, his spirit was greatly lifted, and he unconsciously recited the process of this dive attack, and soon operated the plane to dive down at high speed, and the feeling of galloping made him feel that the blood in his whole body seemed to be burning

Almost at the same time, the Singapore base of the British Far East Fleet Command was boiling in an instant, and the sharp sound of war sirens was stirring. Almost all the officers and men of the navy and army were busy in an instant, and the officers and men outside rushed to the base like crazy, while the faces of the expatriates in Singapore lost their blood in an instant.

In Europe, which has experienced world wars, almost everyone is familiar with the battle siren, the kind of sound that will give them nightmares.

The phone in the Prime Minister's office rang frantically, interrupting Baldwin and Churchill's conversation.

Baldwin made an apologetic gesture to Churchill, then gracefully picked up the phone, and was about to speak, when he heard a roar on the phone: "You idiot! Do you know what you all did? The huge fleet of Chinese aircraft is diving towards our detachment, and our entire detachment will be wiped out immediately, you know? Idiot! ”

Baldwin was so dazed by this sudden scolding that he could of course hear it as the Admiralty's voice, and he was so startled that he jumped to his feet and exclaimed, "What? Did the Chinese really attack? ”

"It's a pity that our fleet still exists, but not necessarily in the next second. Baldwin, now the commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Miller, demanded the right to open fire, lest he be killed by the enemy before he even had time to fight back. Your Excellency the Prime Minister, please tell me how I should reply! ”

Baldwin breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, he found that his underwear had been drenched in cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, please don't be so excited, believe me, the Chinese will not attack us at this time." I promise! ”

"Shit! Do you convince me that the guarantees of politicians are worth the lives of a fleet and hundreds of good officers and men of the Royal Navy of the British Empire? ”

Churchill's face was also ugly, he could hear the voice on the phone, but he knew that when he made a-for-tat decision, it was decided that it was a game of fire, a heartbeat. He said very calmly: "Your Excellency, I dare to guarantee that the Chinese are just bluffing, and they will definitely not dare to attack!" ”

At this moment, a staff member directly broke into the prime minister's office and shouted: "Your Excellency, the Imperial Embassy in China has an urgent telegram. ”

Seeing that the staff was so flustered, Baldwin couldn't help but temporarily stop the call and asked, "What's so urgent?" ”

"The railway south of the Chinese has suddenly been put under martial law on a large scale, and the southwest region has entered a state of first-class combat readiness; the Chinese military has announced that it will conduct a super-large-scale military exercise of more than 200,000 troops in five armies and fifteen divisions in Guangxi. The embassy suspected that the Chinese had entered a state of war mobilization. ”

This news hit Baldwin and Churchill like a thunderbolt from the blue, and the two of them were petrified almost instantly.

"It's—it's impossible." Churchill stammered, rushed up and grabbed the telegram, and at a glance he looked at it, his face became gloomy and ugly at every line, and he could not imagine what would become of the Far East if war had come at this time.

Baldwin was even more dead on the couch, and the phone in his hand fell to the ground, and the company was dead for a moment, but the voice of the Secretary of the Navy came from the phone, "You idiots." The voice seemed to irritate Baldwin, and he suddenly grabbed the phone and yelled, "Shut up." Listen to me, I warn you, don't fire, don't take a step back! Otherwise, you will be responsible for all the consequences! ”

Churchill was stunned by Baldwin, who was suddenly furious, and couldn't help but say: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you"

Baldwin gritted his teeth and said viciously, "By now, we have no way out. We only bet that the Chinese will not dare to fire, this is not in their interests, they will definitely not do it" But despite this, the muscles of his face and arms were distorted by tension, and his old face looked extremely hideous