The flagship of the moving fleet "Dapeng".

In the pilot's waiting room below the island, dozens of naval pilots who are about to leave are receiving their tasks.

"What are mines?"

Qi Bing raised his hand in confusion and asked. After being released from the confinement room, she cut off her ponytail and replaced it with a hearty short ear-length hair, which was very fresh and lovely.

Wing Captain Cai Yong was speechless and touched his bare and shiny skull: "So, Second Lieutenant Qi, what do you think?" ”

"Because...... Because knowing that the existing torpedoes and bombs are useless? ”

"Clever."

"But, how do you know the Tao without trying?"

"Clever."

"That ......"

"Our mission is not to destroy the canal," Cai Yong smiled slightly, "What do you know what is the Dao for?" ”

"Because ......" Qi Bing blinked and froze.

"I don't know either, it's a secret." Cai Yong shrugged his shoulders and smiled, and immediately put on a serious appearance again, "Listen, everyone, the key to the success of this mission is to maintain the formation, and it is strictly forbidden to leave the formation and act without authorization under any circumstances." Emotionality, personal heroism, all thrown into the sea for me. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

Qi Bing knew that Captain Dao's words were pointing, and shrunk his neck with a red face.

"Don't worry, I'm here to protect you this time."

Cai Guolan on the side coldly whispered in Qi Bing's ear.

"Sister Cai......" Qi Bing unconsciously retracted his cat's paws.

"Fool, originally the ship battle in the formation was to protect the ship attack, okay, this time I will fall again, don't come, this time there is no land landing, the plane will be over if it falls."

"What if I fall......" Qi Bing looked at Cai Guolan pitifully.

"Suicide." Cai Guolan straightened her face. "Fighting a war is not a game, that time on Oahu, if I really can't escape, I made up my mind to kill you and then commit suicide, can you imagine what will happen if we fall into the hands of the Americans?"

"Can't ......"

"You're really—don't cry when you don't see the coffin!" Cai Guolan turned her head away with a snort.

"Sister Cai, don't be like this, I'm going to commit suicide......"

Cai Guolan was completely speechless.

On the other hand, in the aviation bridge on the top level of the island, Vice Admiral Liang Shuming, commander of the mobile fleet, silently looked at Panama Bay in the dark, and his heart was uneasy.

Pre-war training of aircraft carrier units focused on attacking enemy ships. He has never been systematically trained to attack such a large ground target as the canal, and according to the information available, the Panama Canal is dug into a rocky mountain, and the river channel is extremely strong, and the gravity dam-type Gatong Dam is made of reinforced concrete tens of meters thick, and the steel locks are more than one meter thick, far beyond the power of the "Thunder Eagle" ship's main attack weapons -- 450-meter aerial torpedoes and 250-pound aerial bombs.

In this way, like Zhang Liang burning the plank road, the possibility of destroying the canal in one go is very slim.

Fortunately, the goal of the "plank road" operation was not to completely destroy the canal, but to "make it unusable for two to three months." Delay the reinforcement of the U.S. Navy to the west coast so that our forces on the Hawaiian side can concentrate on carrying out all kinds of fortification operations, especially the shipwreck clean-up operations to restore the functions of Pearl Harbor and Honolulu.

The Lahana anchorage, which is open to sea on all sides, is by no means a permanent residence for the garrison fleet. First, it is difficult to defend against enemy attacks, and second, ship-to-ship replenishment operations are inefficient and susceptible to wind and waves, and the combat effectiveness of the stationed fleet will be greatly reduced.

However, it is impossible to build a so-called "air fortress" with Oahu as the core by relying solely on the beach-rushing transportation of landing ships, and the strengthening of Hawaii's defense also depends on the early opening of ports.

On the other hand, since the strategic intention of seizing Hawaii from the base camp is to use it as a "magnet" to attract the strength of the United States, the complete destruction of the Panama Canal is obviously contrary to this strategy -- if the United States temporarily abandons its counteroffensive against Hawaii because of the destruction of the canal and goes all out to turn to the strategy of first Europe and then Asia, the pressure on Germany and Austria will be greatly increased, and if Germany and Austria are quickly destroyed. The East Asian Alliance will not go far......

It can't be destroyed, and it can't be destroyed, so it has to be blocked.

The arrival of the battleship force in the blockade was too risky, and there were also problems with supplies. The General Staff ruled out this item as early as the stage of weapon deduction.

Liang Shuming personally prefers to use submarines to blockade, but the chief of general staff from the army said very lightly: "Submarines must be sent, and aircraft carriers must also contribute." Bray. A ship-attacking squadron has 18 ship-attacking squadrons on top of a submarine 4 aircraft carriers, and our whale-headed ocean-going submarines have a total of less than 20. Besides, after the submarine lays mines, it has to run thousands of nautical miles back to replenish, how far does the plane have to run? It's much more convenient. ”

What he said is not unreasonable, but Liang Shuming's single-minded desire is to annihilate the enemy fleet and prove that his aircraft carrier force is the real main force of the navy.

"The Mobile Fleet should continue to make persistent efforts to pursue San Diego in one fell swoop, and then destroy the enemy ships that escaped from Pearl Harbor. If the remnants of the enemy fleet are not in San Diego, search along the west coast, port by port, and bomb each port with or without enemy ships, so as to really stimulate the United States and force them to devote their main efforts to defending their homeland. ”

After the end of the Hawaiian war, Liang Shuming stated the above thoughts to Commander Sa Zhenbing in person.

Commander Sa replied: "There are 500 specially made air-dropped mines on the transport ship over there, load them on your ship, sail them to the Bay of Panama, and before they are discovered by the enemy, throw them into the designated sea area of the plank road, and the plank road operation will be completed." ”

"Can we strike the West Coast after that?"

"It will give you electricity, and it is expected to meet in the waters of Guadalupe."

Guadalupe Island, about 160 miles west of the California Peninsula, is owned by Mexico, 300 miles from Los Angeles to the north, Hawaii 1,800 miles to the west, and Panama 3,800 miles to the south.

"What does the commander mean is that he is going to personally go out and pack up the remaining American warships?"

"Suffice it to say that since we have reached this point, it is unwilling not to fire a few shots at the continental United States before returning home. Again, I know your thoughts very well, in fact, why don't I want to fight with the American fleet in a dignified manner? This is our last chance, so take advantage of it. ”

Liang Shuming remembered that he was too excited when he saluted, and he lifted off his military hat.

What is Panama, what is it to throw mines, attacking military ports and destroying enemy ships is the right thing for the mobile fleet!

Blockade of the Panama Canal? Wrong, the core of this mission should be to destroy the enemy fleet guarding Panama! The first three waves of planes should all have torpedoes and bombs hung and wiped out the enemy fleet, so what can you do?

The crux of the matter is where is the enemy fleet...... It's not like Pearl Harbor and stupidly put out the fire and die in the harbor waiting to be bombed, right?

Why is it not dawn yet, I want to send a reconnaissance plane......