The aircrew on deck were greeting the pilots and saying words of blessing. Wang Hongsheng and his two companions climbed into the plane and got into the cockpit.

"Hey, let's have a betel nut, it helps to refresh yourself!" Lin Hao, the observer and communication hand behind him, handed over a piece of betel nut, most of the pilots of Hainan Airlines are from Fujian, and they have the habit of eating betel nuts.

"Okay, we're going to bomb the Russians!" Wang Hongsheng threw the betel nut into his mouth and chewed it.

"No problem, I've wanted to clean them up for a long time." Lin Hao said later, and he turned to Yang Zi, the bombardier at the back, and said, "You have to throw it on the enemy's head." ”

On the flight deck, 12 torpedo bombers were in the last position, and there were about two dozen planes waiting to take off in front, and it was still early, the engines were roaring, and the torpedo planes were loaded with two heavy bombs, half of the wings were still stacked on the fuselage, and they could not be lowered until the fighters stopped at the departure line.

The Fiat BR.22 was a twin-engine bomber with a maximum range of 2,800 km, which was much longer than the average fighter was acquired. The aircraft is armed with two 12.7 mm machine guns and one 20 mm cannon as self-defense weapons, and can also participate in air combat. However, due to the large fuselage and poor circling and cornering performance, none of the pilots took it lightly to engage in aerial combat with nimble fighters.

After waiting in the cabin for about half an hour, it was Wang Hongsheng's turn to take off.

The commander of the aviation raised the red flag in his hand on the bridge and signaled: "Ready to take off!" ”

Wang Hongsheng released the brakes slightly, and the plane slowly slid to the take-off line. Torpedo machines, due to their large weight, took off much farther than fighters and dive bombers. He looked up at the commander on the bridge and saw that he had raised the white flag, which meant to start taking off. So he turned his gaze to the take-off commander on deck.

The deck commander shook his baton rapidly in his hand and motioned for him to open the throttle. Increase the engine speed. After about 20 seconds, he pointed the stick straight ahead, which was to give the pilot the command to take off.

Wang Hongsheng turned the engine to full speed, and the plane began to taxi quickly on the deck, getting faster and faster.

Wang Hongsheng's take-off was not very smooth, and his movements were a little sluggish. Maybe it's because I'm a little nervous. After leaving the deck, the fuselage of the Fiat BR.22 bomber sank a little, and it was less than 10 meters above the sea before it staggered and began to climb upwards. He turned the rudder slightly to the right, and the plane turned sideways and began to rise into the sky. The sky was blue, and the sun was shining right from the front.

At the request of the Chinese side, the Italians changed the canopy to an Austro-Hungarian one-piece cast curved cockpit, and the pilot's vision was very broad, he retracted the landing gear and the flaps to assist in take-off and landing, and looked at the constantly swinging instrument panel. The plane was piloted to a place about 2,000 meters away from the warship to form a formation.

At an altitude of about 1,200 meters, the entire squadron circled in level flight, waiting for the fighters to take off after it to join the formation, and the fighters on escort duty circled the formation and patrolled higher ground.

Almost all the fighters on the two Chinese aircraft carriers were dispatched, but the Austro-Hungarian side was able to leave two squadrons of fighters to escort the entire fleet. This is the advantage of aircraft carriers with a larger displacement, their aircraft carriers have a displacement of more than 40,000 tons, can carry 42 more fighters than the "Fujian", and can retain a squadron of fighters for escort.

Wang Hongsheng could see on the sea far away from him. On the aircraft carrier, which has become like a few benches, the take-off is still proceeding slowly. Time is slowly fading. It took about twenty minutes for all the torpedo bombers to complete their takeoff.

Subsequently, a squadron of dive bombers, 14 dive bombers, and a squadron of torpedo planes, 12 bombers, under the protection of 16 fighters, began to fly in formation in a south-easterly direction.

The Caucasus is located between the Black Sea and the Black Sea, and its territory is mostly mountainous, but the Baku oil field, near the Caspian Sea, is one of the largest in the world. More than 15 million tonnes of crude oil are produced annually. The Caucasus Federation became independent from Russia at the end of the European War, and with its rich oil resources, the economy of the Caucasus Federation has always been quite rich, but in addition to the oil industry, it is relatively developed. Other industrial systems are not perfect.

According to intelligence provided from the Army, the Soviet troops in the Caucasus numbered about 350,000 people, in addition to the support of the Russian Caspian Flotilla. The Caucasian Federation had an army of about 350,000 men before the war, but now it has lost nearly half of it, and after receiving reinforcements from the Austro-Hungarian army, it has finally stopped the Soviet attack on the Kola River.

The first batch of fighters was engaged in a fierce battle with the Russian Air Force, and according to what was heard from the blockade wire, the number of Soviet fighters dispatched was twice as large as that of the Austro-Hungarian side, but because the Austro-Hungarian fighters were superior to the Soviet and Russian air force fighters in terms of performance, the two sides were now fighting inextricably.

From the Black Sea take-off site to the skies over the theater of operations, the distance is about 350 kilometers, and the plane flies at cruising speed, which takes an hour. About 20 minutes later, Wang Hongsheng saw the white coast below the front, and when he reached the land, the scenery below became richer. The Caucasus is full of huge peaks that rise into the sky, many of which are covered with perennial white glaciers.

There are several narrow valleys that stretch from west to east, and you can tell what several roads look like.

After entering the land, the radio on the plane was allowed to turn on, and after another ten minutes, the voice of Captain Chang Youting came from inside: "Ten minutes later, we will arrive over the target area, and all planes will prepare to drop bombs after the formation of Austro-Hungarian bombers!" The commanders of each formation pay attention to the targets below. ”

Two squadrons of fighters began to accelerate forward, and two more squadrons of fighters flew above the accompanying bomber formation to protect the bombers from enemy fighters.

When Wang Hongsheng and the others arrived at the battlefield, the fighters that had arrived in advance had already engaged in an air battle for an hour and a half, and everyone had already begun to collect their troops, and the second batch of fighter formations that took off just caught up with the tail of the air battle.

"Watch ahead, bombers ready to drop bombs! Fighter pay attention to protection! The captain's voice came through the headphones.

Wang Hongsheng glanced down at the front, and there were balls of fireball on the ground, and the squadron of dive bombers had already begun to attack, the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns on the ground were spewing fire, and clouds of black smoke exploded about 200 meters below the front, and the sky was streaked through the white tracer light brought out by the shells.

"Alright, get ready to drop the bomb, keep the direction!" Lin Hao, the observer behind him, said.

Wang Hongsheng controlled the plane at a horizontal altitude of 1,200 meters.

"Put!" As Lin Hao's voice sounded, he felt the plane light, and then began to pull the plane up. However, he felt that the two bombs should have missed their targets. (To be continued......) R1292