The eastern sky was slightly white, and the night was slowly dispelled. The fleet was still breaking the waves, when suddenly a shrill siren sounded over the fleet. In the rest cabin, Li Tie, Ma Kai, and Brigade Commander Wang hurriedly got up. "It's a battle alert, it's possible that we've encountered the enemy fleet," Ma Kai said sharply as he got dressed. The three brothers dressed up and immediately ran to the command cabin, at this time, Dai Hui and Nie Fengwu were standing with majestic expressions in the command cabin, and a communications officer was making a report, and the atmosphere was very tense.

"Report 503, 504, sonar found 5 degrees northeast directly ahead, about 48 kilometers away to find the enemy fleet!" Dai Hui said calmly: "Order the fleet to stop advancing and immediately form a battle formation to meet the enemy." Order the submarine hunters to be on high alert to prevent enemy submarines from sneak attacks. The combat personnel in the command cabin began to get busy, Dai Hui's expression was very calm, and his expression was relaxed when he watched the staff officer make marks on the chart. Nie Fengwu asked, "It's so hard that you don't want to know the size of the enemy fleet in the Dao Dao?" ”

"It is necessary to know the way of the enemy, know oneself, and know that the other side can survive a hundred battles, and first find out the details of the enemy's fleet in order to command the battle efficiently." Dai Hui said lightly: "I already know that there are about 600 combat ships in the US Pacific Fleet, and the more the merrier, I hope that all of them will be dispatched, the purpose is to strike a fatal blow and break their will." As for the situation of the enemy fleet, it is natural to know when the two armies face each other. Order all reconnaissance submarines to retreat, order all sonars to be turned on, and keep a close eye on the movements of the enemy fleet. ”

At dawn, on the US flagship Trailblazer, the captain of the ship reported: "Your Excellency, the enemy fleet is still 20 kilometers away. Buck ordered: "The fleet stops advancing and immediately forms a battle formation to meet the enemy." The torpedo boat brigade was ordered to go forward and stand by. "The two sides started to be tense and very nervous without seeing each other. Now that it's face-to-face, it's a release of stress. "Report, forward warship report. The enemy fleet coincided with the reconnaissance situation and did not have any discrepancies. "Good. Immediately forward, I want to go to the front to command the battle! ”

Buck's expression was suddenly hearty, and he wanted to go to the front to watch the enemy formation. Soon the Trailblazer arrived at the Frontier Sea, and Buck took a telescope to look at it. "Your Excellency, how can the battleships of the enemy fleet not be seen." "Hide in the back!" "What kind of tactic is this?" "No matter what tactics he has, order the torpedo attack boats to attack on all fronts!" At the sound of an order, more than 200 torpedo attack boats. Jumping out of the battle formation and rushing forward at high speed, the formation seemed to be unstoppable and unstoppable.

On the flagship of the opposing camp, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dai Hui held the binoculars and sneered: "Carving insect skills." Actually let the torpedo boat take the lead in attacking, this is what the master has played, then let the master play with the apprentice. Order: Carrier-based aircraft are on standby, and frigates form battle formations to meet the enemy. "An order. 10 frigates lined up. The frigate formed a line in front of it. The side sides were always aimed at the attacking torpedo boats. I saw that the gunners skillfully manipulated the artillery, and soon entered the combat preparation.

The frigates on this expedition of the Empire were all equipped with rotating machine guns on the left side and 130mm guns on the right side. The caliber of the rotating machine gun is 12.6 mm, and the effective firing range is 1500 meters. Each rotating machine gun had a double repeating barrel with a rate of fire of 30 rounds per minute for a single barrel and 60 rounds per minute for two barrels. This time, the rotating machine gun modified for the expedition can not only strafe from the left and right at 180 degrees. It can also shoot at the air and has a certain air defense capability.

The rotor cannon on the left side of the frigate is 18 units. Specialized against torpedo attack boats. At this moment, the roar of the motors on the battlefield was piercing, and the torpedo attack boats came at high speed. Torpedo attack boats can only be effective if they fire torpedoes within 500 meters, otherwise the fired torpedoes will sink into the sea before they hit the target. On the flagship Trailblazer, Rice excitedly said: "The formation of the enemy fleet has been disorganized, and the torpedo boat attack has played a role. ”

Buck said with a solemn expression, "Don't you think it's suspicious? The torpedo boat has already entered the effective firing range, why does the other side not open fire? What are they waiting for? "Yes! What tricks the Chinese play! Rice, the chief of staff, suddenly became nervous when he heard the chaos. Suddenly, the other party let out a low cannon sound, and then the cannon sound was like a muffled thunder. Under the dense rain of bullets, I saw sparks flying from the torpedo boats, and the sailors on the boat were killed and killed, and some jumped into the water to escape.

Buck felt bad, seeing the torpedo boat in front of him turn on his back, one torpedo boat first lost control, because the pilot was killed by the rain of bullets, the torpedo boat rushed forward for some distance, and then began to turn right, which was convenient for the torpedo boat on the right to collide, and the violent impact caused a torpedo to explode, and the two torpedo boats were immediately blown to pieces, and were quickly obscured by thick smoke. "Immediately order the torpedo boats to stop attacking and retreat!" With the loss of a dozen torpedo boats in the blink of an eye, Buck was anxious to realize that the other side was on guard.

It is easy to retreat, it is easy for the rear team to change from the front team, and it is not easy for the front team to change from the rear team. Buck closes his eyes and blames himself for his stupidity. "Your Excellency, the enemy is prepared, and it is very clever to strike the crew." Buck said: "When the Japanese military port of Nagasaki was attacked, Japan's offshore torpedo boats attacked, and as a result, they were hit hard, and I studied the history of the war at that time. It is believed that this is due to the aging performance of Japanese offshore torpedo attack boats. Today, we are equipped with such advanced torpedo boats, but they are still the same, which shows that the enemy's hunting is more powerful, and it can be said that the road is one foot higher and the magic is one foot higher. ”

Buck turned pale and continued: "The enemy's frigate is full of rotating machine guns on one side, which is specially designed to deal with torpedo attack boats. Now that there are no secrets about naval battles, I am a little naïve. Order the main battleship to prepare, let's fight with naval guns in a dignified manner! "Your Excellency, you don't have to blame yourself, it's just a small setback. The enemy can use rotating machine guns to deal with torpedo attack boats, but against battleships is to tickle. ”

In less than an hour, the torpedo attack boats were deserted, and several torpedo boats were floating and groaning on the sea. Dai Hui put down the binoculars and said, "Order the frigate to return to its original formation." The enemy fleet is annoyed and angry, and will definitely attack as a whole. Carrier-based aircraft were ordered to take to the skies to launch a free attack, and the fleet as a whole moved forward. Nie Fengwu put down the binoculars and said, "I did a rough calculation, the enemy fleet has about more than 500 large and small warships. There are 4 big guys in the middle, and the other dozens are slightly smaller, but they are also larger than our tonnage. If there is no carrier-based aircraft. We are not opponents at all. ”

"The president was indeed far-sighted, and he judged that if America were to use its war machine, its vast industrial manufacturing capacity would be immense. The huge group of battleships in front of us is proof that the Americans are sad that we have a killer weapon, and it is a killer weapon that you can't fight back. Let's witness a wonderful scene in a moment, and see how the Empire's warplanes attacked the ship. The enemy fleet did not have anti-aircraft fire at all. It should be said that it was a one-sided battle. ”

The flagship Han Wudi fired a red flare, and on the deck of the Beijing aircraft carrier, flight team leader Gao Xiang and Zhanfei sat in the wheelhouse and waited. The crew was already in place. Seeing the red flare, the captain of the aircraft carrier gave the order to take off. I saw that the ground crew stepped forward and quickly shook the propeller, a puff of black smoke came out of the nose, and the motor began to roar. The propeller spun up quickly. Gao Xiang stretched out two fingers. Then the joystick was pushed.

The fighter moved and began to taxi, the No. 001 fighter taxied some distance, and Zhanfei piloted the No. 002 battleship and began to taxi. The two fighters began to accelerate one after the other. Gao Xiang took the lead in pulling up the nose of the plane, and his beautiful flight posture was like a Kunpeng spreading its wings, and Zhanfei was not to be outdone, followed closely behind, and the two fighters were inserted diagonally into the sky. On the watchtower of the flagship Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Ma Kai, Li Tie, and Brigade Commander Wang looked at the aircraft carrier Beijing without turning their eyes, and their mood was extremely nervous.

"And voila! Fly! Fly! Li Tie shouted loudly. Get carried away with excitement. "It's beautiful, it's like a big bird!" Brigadier Wang was also overjoyed. "The eagle of the empire made a shocking appearance. This moment will go down in the annals of naval warfare. Ma Kai was excited. The soldiers on deck cheered and waved their arms. Other aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft were also lifted into the air one after another, and the entire fleet was boiling. "I'm proud of the Empire!" Seeing such a spectacular scene, Nie Fengwu raised his hand excitedly.

Because the two fleets were so close together, the fighters took off from the deck of the aircraft carrier and reached a certain altitude to get close to the enemy fleet. In response to this situation, their tactic is to adopt a free attack mode. In the command module of the flagship Trailblazer, Buck blushed and ordered the entire fleet to move forward. In such a large-scale naval battle, the flagship would not participate in the battle unless it was absolutely necessary, so the flagship stood still. Seeing his own group of warships advancing forward, Buck's gloomy mood was half gone.

A bad start did not bode well, and the torpedo attack boats had just launched, and the losses had not yet been counted. Buck mentally estimated that at least 20 torpedo boats were lost, which was a big blow to morale. The opponent is too cunning, even if you have an absolute advantage, you can't take it lightly. At this time, the chief of staff Rice exclaimed: "What is that?" Buck hurriedly raised his binoculars and said: "It's an airplane, we have seen airplanes at the Detroit Air Base, but I didn't expect the enemy to actually arrange planes on the deck, as far as I know, airplanes are not capable of combat, they can only play a reconnaissance role." ”

"One more ??? 3rd, 4th, 5th???????。 One of the adjutant exclaimed, counting. Buck remained composed: "The plane I saw at Air Base Detroit is not like this, it is a biplane. The Reich High Command was preparing to use aircraft in land warfare, studying how to fight in the air. "Thinking of the airplane fighting in the air, Buck's head suddenly exploded." Not good, if the reconnaissance planes will not rise so much, what are they going to do? "Your Excellency, Commander, the enemy's planes are still in the air!" Chief of Staff Rice was somewhat panicked.

Buck broke out in a cold sweat and suddenly realized: "We were fooled, and now I understand why the enemy came on an expedition. Their aircraft, already capable of real combat, ordered the fleet to stop the attack. "Your Excellency General, even if the enemy aircraft has actual combat capabilities, it is not enough to destroy the battleship!" "Confused, what are the consequences if the enemy aircraft target the guns on the battleship?" All the generals opened their mouths in astonishment.

Buck continued: "If the guns of the battleship are destroyed, the battleship will be a pile of scrap metal, and our enemy is too terrible. Order all the main battleships to retreat, and the frigates and destroyers take cover in place. Buck, who had always been calm, was in turmoil, and he didn't know what the next disaster would be. However, the fact that the enemy has placed a large number of fighters on the deck of the battleship shows that they have a mature tactic, otherwise it is impossible to use fighters to attack the ship?

It can be said that Buck is the saddest commander of the American Navy, and he is already at an absolute disadvantage before the two sides are at war. Buck knew in his heart that the entire US-British coalition fleet had no anti-aircraft artillery fire, let alone a sense of prevention and control. The only strategy now is to retreat and try to avoid losses. At this time, the commanders of the ships of the US fleet had not yet realized that the disaster was coming, and they all watched with curiosity as the dense array of warplanes in the sky rushed over, and many sailors appeared on the deck to watch the sky...... (To be continued......)

PS: Carrier-based aircraft turned out to be born.