"Jinpeng" chart room.

“…… Reconnaissance of the waters around Guadalcanal is the sole responsibility of the base's aviation unit, which is mainly responsible for searching the waters around the islands of Malaita and Cristobal and the Santa Cruz Islands...... According to reconnaissance reports prior to the Sixth Air Battle, ground airfields and seaplane anchorages were found on the islands of Cristobal and Rennell, but the exact number of deployed aviation forces could not be confirmed......"

"It's hard work, let's get here first."

Major General Pan Guochen, the special commissioner of the base camp, politely interrupted the introduction of Colonel Zhao Zixi, chief of staff of the Solomon Mobile Force, and tilted his head towards the Dongfang High School General who was accompanying him with his back hand: "This commissioner is here, just to observe the military situation and observe the war on behalf of the emperor and the base camp, and has no intention or right to interfere with the command, which is completely different from the ancient supervising army, and I hope that the Dongfang commander does not have to care too much." ”

Dongfang Gao nodded and smiled: "You're polite, you're polite, Commissioner Pan's comments in the First Air Battle, this commander has also heard a little, so naturally there is nothing to care about, I just want Commissioner Pan to have a clearer understanding of the battle situation, and I can report to the emperor and the base camp in detail after I go back." ”

Pan Guochen thought to himself: "It's good to understand, it's better to be a prison army, it's better to be a prison army, I am the emperor's eyes and ears, everything I see and hear will be fed back to the emperor's mind just as well - see that you are old, just be polite to you." ”

He smiled and said, "Thank you Commander Dongfang for your understanding, then I might as well be respectful and obey my orders-Chief of Staff Zhao, please continue." ”

Zhao Zixi raised his eyes and looked at Dongfang Gao, and continued to point out on the chart with an expressionless face.

"In addition, there are also airports and seaplane bases found on Russell Island in the Louisiad Islands to the west of Kuah Island and Onde Island in the Santa Cruz Islands in the east-southeast Islands, and it is also impossible to determine the size of the aviation forces stationed there."

Pan Guochen raised his hand and twisted his chin that had been shaved bright early in the morning, suddenly thought of something, took the folding ruler and the compass and compared it twice, squinted his eyes and asked: "Judging from the map, in addition to Ende Island, the other enemy aviation bases you mentioned earlier are all within 600 kilometers of our army's Monda base on New Georgia Island, and the 'Sea Thunder' heavy land attack of the Sixth Aviation Warfare Equipment has a combat radius of more than 800 kilometers. ”

Dongfang Gao did not move his back, and replied on behalf of Zhao Zixi: "I asked Commander Zhang this question, and the commander's reply is: The Monda base was only put into use at the end of May, and before that, the number of 'Sea Thunder's 'Sea Thunder' was still very limited could only take off from the Buin base on Bougainville Island to carry out the mission, and it was difficult to maintain even the basic search density and intensity, let alone launch a suppression operation. ”

Pan Guochen patted the back of his hands and smiled: "I'm sorry, I forgot, this is not the theater command, this question really shouldn't be asked to you." ”

"Commissioner Pan doesn't have to mind, as long as we know the truth, we will answer all questions, and we will never dare to say a word of falsehood."

"Thank you for your support - this time, not only will you be ready to intercept the enemy fleet that has come to reinforce you, but you will also have to take on the heavy responsibility of suppressing the enemy's many air bases around Kuah Island?"

This time, Zhao Zixi quickly took over the problem: "The task of suppressing the aviation bases, the Sixth Air War will share a part, but these bases have exceeded the combat radius of the land-based fighters of the Monda base, and the land attack team can only launch an attack alone, and the suppression effect is difficult to predict." ”

As if sensing the new question flashing in Pan Guochen's eyes, Zhao Zixi followed up and added: "It is not impossible for the shipboard fighters of the mobile force to cover the land attack team, not to mention the difficulties in organization and coordination, which will inevitably weaken the air defense capability and mobility of the mobile force itself, and we cannot take this risk until we confirm that there is no enemy mobile force around the theater of operations - or completely destroy it." ”

Pan Guochen nodded, took out a palm-sized notebook from the black leather bag in his hand, took out the ballpoint pen pinned to the notebook, turned to a blank page, and scribbled casually: "If I'm not mistaken, Chief of Staff Zhao should have served in the carrier-based aircraft wing before?" ”

"Wing Commander of the 4th Carrier-Based Wing of the Saker." Zhao Zixi replied very loudly.

"Very well, now I only have the last question, between the two tasks of suppressing the enemy base and annihilating the enemy's mobile forces, which do you think is the highest priority, or for which one can you give up the other?"

Zhao Zixi did not hesitate: "Of course, it is a mobile force." ”

"Understood, I don't have a problem."

Pan Guochen memorized a few more lines, closed the book with both hands with a "snap", and nodded to Zhao Zixi and Dongfang Gao respectively while stuffing it into his bag.

"I'd like to take a look at the pilot's standby room, is that okay?"

"Commissioner Pan, please take care of yourself."

Dongfang Gao looked relieved.

"I'm not a plague god."

Pan Guochen secretly laughed at himself in his heart, but still said "excuse me", picked up the briefcase and went straight to the waiting room.

A minute later, Pan Guochen, whose back feet had just left the gangway, and whose front feet were about to cross the threshold of the standby room, bumped into something heavily......

"It hurts...... You ...... thing."

The other party took a step back with his hands on his chest, and his reddish cheeks and arrogant eyes instantly made Pan Guochen's heart ripple.

"I'm sorry, I was thinking about the problem when I came down and didn't notice it...... You're all right, are you? ”

Pan Guochen was at a loss for a while, and a villain in his heart was slapping himself: "Hey, what are you thinking about, you already have a fiancée, and you just want to kneel on the computer motherboard given by Her Majesty the Empress?" Confess to Miss Mirror, confession, 10,000 times of confession......"

"Uh...... It's okay, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't pay attention to the road......"

The other party obviously immediately noticed the general star on Pan Guochen's shoulder, and hurriedly bowed and apologized.

Pan Guochen waved his hand again and again: "No, it's all my fault......"

"Sir, it's my fault, let me ......"

"Let you come?"

Before Pan Guochen came back to his senses for a while, the other party was already half-kneeling on the ground, and took the initiative to reach out and grope for the space below his waist.

"No, I'll ...... it myself"

"Sir, I'll just come......"

"Wait, don't move yet......"

"You're welcome, it's all my fault......"

"I told you to stop! That's an order! ”

The female pilot, whose soft ponytail was still dangling behind her head, froze in place, her hands still resting on Pan Guochen...... Scattered papers at your feet.

"These are classified documents, and you don't have access to them - this, I didn't mean to be so cruel to you, I mean ......"

Pan Guochen waved his hand in the air, as if trying to drive away this temporary unhappiness, and then squatted down, gathered up the documents all over the ground three times, and stuffed them back into the black briefcase that he had just forgotten to fasten.

"Okay, it's all right—you're a pilot?"

"Squadron Leader of the 512 Ship Battle Squadron, Captain Cai Guolan."

Cai ...... Guolan? Have you ever crashed a plane on Oahu? ”

"Yes...... Yes, sir, I'm really sorry...... I really didn't mean ......."

Captain Cai Guolan's eyes were half innocent and half worried.

Pan Guochen's heart tightened, and the virtual villain slapped him a few more times: "What are you thinking, brother and wife, don't bully, you are not afraid that one day Liang Gensheng will kick you off the airship at an altitude of 6,000 meters...... Wait, how did she end up here? ”

As soon as his thoughts turned, Pan Guochen slapped the damn villain and said as sincerely as possible: "Captain Cai, wait a minute, do you have a mission?" ”

Cai Guolan blinked inexplicably: "I just finished flying the first batch of guard planes, and the next mission should be an hour and a half later." ”

"Can I have a cup of tea or something? Nothing else, in fact, it's one of my tasks. ”

"Of course...... No problem, sir, but I want coffee. ”

Pan Guochen suddenly felt sunny, picked up his briefcase and nodded and smiled: "Then it's even more fine." ”

…… V