On the bridge of the "Dapeng" commander, Lieutenant General Liang Shuming, commander of the mobile unit, was reclining on the high chair next to the chart table, his eyes half-squinted, and his gaze slowly wandering slowly on the chart two or three meters square.

From the discovery of the enemy fleet by the reconnaissance plane of the "Yunpeng" to the sinking of the "Penglai" flying carrier, from the storm raging in the eastern Indian Ocean to the convergence of the mobile unit and the reconnaissance unit, the changes in the situation have gradually pressed Liang Shuming's personal ambitions and made him more and more impatient.

If you can defeat the enemy with mobile troops alone......

What is it not?

According to a series of reconnaissance reports sent by the "Shark 3" submarine last night, Liang Shuming speculated that at this time, the enemy's fleet vanguard should be within 150 to 250 nautical miles southwest of the mobile force; if there is no major problem with this speculation, it will not be long before his own reconnaissance planes -- perhaps including the enemy's reconnaissance planes -- can easily find their targets in this good weather when the weather is clear after the rain and the clouds are clear.

Between now and nightfall, there are still about six hours, and even if the report of the reconnaissance plane can be received in two hours, the remaining time will be enough to launch two waves of attacks, and all 162 ships attacking, excluding the eight that are the command planes, can carry a total of 154 torpedoes, and with the average hit rate of 40 percent of the ship's attack force on the ship's lightning strike drill a month ago, if you count 30 of them, it is enough to sink most of the four aircraft carriers of the enemy's advance guard forces and five battle patrols?

Defeat the most threatening battle cruisers and aircraft carrier forces on your own carriers, in the next day's battle, your mobile forces can more easily detect and safely attack the opponent's slow-moving battleship forces, even if they lose half of their torpedo planes in the previous battle, the remaining attack force should be able to launch two waves of attacks, and the goal does not have to be to sink enemy ships, only to damage some enemy ships. It will affect the overall mobility of the enemy fleet, so that our main forces and reconnaissance units, which have absolute superiority in mobility, can launch a general offensive together. Reenact the overwhelming "H" maneuver in the naval battle of the South China Sea of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet, and completely annihilate the Combined Fleet of the Entente at a very small cost!

It's just that the old-fashioned generals who are full of big ships and huge guns still firmly control the navy, and Bi Lingbo, who is the most capable of the aircraft carrier force and also believes in the theory of aviation victory, has gradually been unable to keep up with his thinking. Only the "Pearl Harbor miracle", which has passed for more than half a year and is gradually fading from public opinion, remains.

If his plan succeeds, even if those old men are unhappy, the results are there, and the victors should not be condemned, and their own theories will be carried forward by this, and then replace the current artillery battle decisive faction, leap into the mainstream of the navy, and their future is even more limitless!

Even if this early attack doesn't have the intended effect...... The first task of the mobile unit is to attack the enemy aircraft carrier, and the fighters are fleeting, once the enemy aircraft carrier is found. It was supposed to strike first, and that's what it needed to save itself - as long as they could sink one or two carriers, those guys wouldn't have much to say.

So...... Now is no longer the time to hesitate, now is ...... It's a time to make up your mind!

With a "bang", the hatch behind Liang Shuming was rudely pushed open.

"Spot the enemy fleet!"

The young adjutant, Lieutenant Zhou Zhou, excitedly waved his hand and rushed in, but Liang Shuming tilted his neck and glared coldly. Immediately realizing his gaffe, he straightened up like an electric bolt, stretched out his arms and read the telegram: "83 degrees 34 minutes east longitude, 15 degrees 78 minutes north latitude, aircraft carrier 3, battle cruiser or battleship 8, 13:17." Unit 09. ”

Colonel Wang Zilong, the chief of staff who was waiting on the side, got up like a spring, picked up the compass and the angle ruler, and marked the position reported by Zhou Zhou on the chart three times and twice.

"The needle is 230 in azimuth, 17 nautical miles from the ship!"

Sure enough, in the southwest!

Liang Shuming clenched his fists suddenly.

"The order, first, immediately take off the third wave of reconnaissance planes, focusing on the vicinity of the location that has been seen. Each aircraft maintains regular contact with the flagship. ”

"Second. Each mothership immediately prepared the first attack wave, target: the enemy avant-garde forces. Focus on attacking enemy aircraft carriers and battle cruisers! The whole team turns to the needle azimuth 230, and the maximum combat speed is to engage the enemy. ”

"Third, inform Commander Yuan that the enemy aircraft carrier force has been discovered, and at the same time our team has been detected by enemy planes, our team will meet the enemy at full speed and attack first, and ask the reconnaissance unit to accompany the cover."

Hearing this, Wang Zilong paused for a moment: "Enemy plane? How can I ......"

Liang Shuming was angry, glared at him fiercely, and finally made him stop.

"Immediately transfer to the signal department when you are ready, pay attention, the use of radio is strictly prohibited!"

In the skies over the mobile force composed of four aircraft carriers, six new-type patrol ships, six light cruisers, and 16 destroyers, six "Haiyun Electric" fighters of the 504 Ship Battle Squadron were circling back and forth in an evacuation trapezoidal formation at an altitude of 1,500 meters, closely guarding the airspace over the ground of more than 10 nautical miles around the fleet.

Suddenly, Captain Cai Guolan, who was in the squadron leader, clearly saw several red and green flares fired into the sky one after another from the direction of the mothership "Dapeng".

"Escort rotation? It's too fast, and there's still half the oil......"

muttering like this, his hands and feet skillfully moved: the wings swayed, attracting the attention of the wingman, making a "follow me" gesture, and leading the wingman to turn into the landing course......

Ten minutes later, Captain Cai Guolan's "504-01" landline briskly approached the back of the "Dapeng" flat flight deck, at the moment when the wheels were about to land, the tail hook cleanly hooked the No. 2 blocking cable, and the steel cable connected to the hydraulic buffer device made a "buzzing" trembling sound, and after being taken out by the fuselage for several meters, it firmly stopped this "little toy" with a total weight of seven or eight hundred kilograms. If the difference between the approach attitude of each aircraft and the number of blocking cables hooked by the tail hook is negligible.

Cai Guolan jumped off the landline with her wings and heels, lifted the stuffy leather flight cap, and showed off her supple and shiny ponytail - it is said that this "flower of the first team" was once given the secret royal hair distribution when she met the empress, so ......

In front of the mission blackboard next to the entrance of the ship island, Colonel Cai Yong, the commander of the first carrier-based wing of the "Dapeng" and also Cai Guolan's uncle, stood solemnly with his hands behind his back, and cast an expectant and worried look at Cai Guolan with a questioning face.

Around the deck elevators, workers in various vests rushed back and forth like ants on a hot pot, mechanically and neatly sending one after another freshly landed fighters and reconnaissance planes off the deck, and one after another attack planes with thick torpedoes hanging on their bellies to the deck, pushing them back and forth in the order of take-off, and arranging their positions......

Seeing this tense and hot scene, Cai Guolan immediately understood something, when she dodged the running workers and approached the shipyard, before Cai Yong could speak, she had already preemptively asked: "Are you going to attack?" ”

Cai Yong folded his arms and nodded: "Your squadron is in the first attack wave, prepare it, and after half an hour, the mission briefing will be launched within an hour at the earliest." ”

"Yes."

Cai Guolan raised her hand and saluted, not wanting to ask more, and was about to walk straight into the entrance of the ship island, but was stopped by Cai Yong, who was hesitant.

"Wait...... In fact...... You can not go, before this voyage, the wing received your transfer order, and the destination is the Dagu base, where an ace with rich combat experience like you is needed as an instructor, but he was stopped by Commander Liang, saying that this operation needs to gather all his strength...... After sailing, we received a telegram from the Admiralty, asking us to ensure your survival, so that as a model for propaganda, and return to China to inspire the people......"

Cai Guolan was stunned for a moment, and involuntarily said in his mouth: "Could it be ...... That's what he said...... Will we meet again? No...... I don't want this kind of care, I have never been, and I will never be able to rely on men to survive......"

"Guolan, I thought that my uncle's identity was not good for giving you any advice," Cai Yong was still weighing the gains and losses as a niece, so he only lowered his voice and continued, "It's just that, to be honest, if you don't go, you won't have any losses, you are still a heroine admired by the military and the people, a Mulan in the new era, and you have a bright future." If you must go, I will not and cannot stop you, I can only remind you that this attack is much more dangerous than any before...... We were facing an opponent of equal strength, and in the event of a crash, it was extremely difficult to rescue, and we were either killed in the belly of a fish or in a prisoner of war camp until the end of the war...... You...... Do it yourself. ”

Cai Guolan listened quietly, pulled the flying fur hat in her hand casually, and looked back: "Report to the chief, please rest assured, the lower official will return triumphantly...... If...... I haven't come back for a while, please help me send the letter under the pillow out of Lu, that's it—the official has taken his leave. ”

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