Lieutenant General Nomura, the commander of the air force, who was originally desperate and stretched his neck and waited to be stabbed, after hearing the chief of staff, Major General Takahashi, a flame of hope ignited in his heart, and from the bottom of his heart, Nomura did not want his future in the military circles to be ruined like this, but whenever there was a slight opportunity, he would turn the tables, even if this opportunity was full of unpredictability and danger.

According to Takahashi's intentions, all the bombers were dispatched and immediately began to act, even if the Chinese fleet had aircraft carriers, they would have to fight to the death, but Nomura didn't think so, after the bloody lesson of Le Yiqin's air force fighting many times and returning with a disastrous defeat, Nomura no longer dared to despise any Chinese air force.

Although he didn't know that this was the fleet under the command of the devil Tang Qiuli, he didn't dare to take it lightly, and the result of the discussion between Nomura and Takahashi was to send all the reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter the situation of this fleet in all directions, especially whether there were aircraft carriers, and the four bomber wings immediately entered the first level of combat readiness, standing by on the runway, ready to take off at any time.

More than a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes took off one after another and flew away in the direction of the Zhongsha Islands, and in the air force headquarters, Nomura and Takasaki had no intention of talking, anxiously waiting for the results, and their nervous heads were full of stinky sweat.

On the rough waters of the South China Sea, a huge fleet is sailing at full speed in the direction of the Strait of Malacca, more than 80 warships, guarding the two aircraft carriers at the core, plowing the deep blue water, leaving a long wave trail at the stern, around the fleet, there are dozens of small high-speed gunboats, as flexible as swallows piercing the clouds, and behind, under the deep seabed, are more than 20 submarines. Far behind the fleet, vigilantly watching the movement at the bottom of the sea.

These high-speed and flexible gunboats are the secret killers of the first division fleet, and they are speedboats equipped with naval combat-type "Thunder" rocket launchers and torpedoes, which have been improved many times by the Special Equipment Research Institute of the Military Industry Bureau of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone. This small gunboat, with a tonnage of more than 130 tons, was equipped with two high-speed thrusters and reached an astonishing speed of more than 27 knots.

Such a speed even exceeded the speed of a torpedo on every gunboat. In addition to carrying six torpedoes, it also prepared two 32-hole naval warfare-type "Thunder" multiple rocket launchers and two rapid-fire guns with a caliber of 42 mm.

The only drawback. It is for bad sea conditions, the resistance is poor, and its own range is insufficient, however, in the speedboat formation. Based on the love for this kind of low-cost, practical and effective speedboat, Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the fleet, personally named this kind of speedboat "Assassin," and organized it into three brigades. It is Tang Qiuquan's trump card.

** Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, commander of the divisional fleet, stood in the war room of the flagship "Canglang" with his hands behind his back. His eyes were firmly fixed on the large nautical chart, and there was always a shadow in his heart, where the four Japanese reconnaissance planes that had disappeared and could not determine their destination came from. Is it Hainan Island or some other Japanese fleet?

He, like Tang Qiuli's worries, did not want to capture the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet in this mission. When it was not yet completed, it was not Tang Qiuquan who passively avoided the war when he encountered any Japanese naval fleet and fought a naval battle that he did not want to fight, because he knew his own affairs, and his younger brother was like an eyeball to this fleet, and he would not allow the fleet to fight a head-to-head naval battle with the Japanese fleet without absolute certainty.

The first deputy commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Amosierv, from time to time in fluent Chinese, gave various instructions to the fleet, the former captain of the aircraft carrier of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, who has lived in China for more than three years, has fully integrated into the life of the Chinese, except for the unchangeable Caucasian characteristics on his body, all his qiē is no different from Chinese, even the language, if you don't listen to it face-to-face, you will never believe that this is a foreigner speaking Chinese.

After Amosyev gave an order, he looked up at Tang Qiuquan, who had not moved for a long time, and he knew what his commander was thinking and worrying about!

"Commander, I have ordered the 1st Group of the 1st Regiment of Carrier-based Aircraft to take off and conduct an all-round vigilant search within a radius of 250 nautical miles with the fleet as the center, and I have ordered the 1st Brigade not to engage in battle if it finds any suspicious situation, and to return to the ship immediately after reporting the situation," Amosiyev said to Tang Qiuquan.

Tang Qiuquan turned around and looked at his deputy with appreciation, more than three years of getting along day and night, the two cooperated tacitly and formed a deep friendship, Amosyev always inadvertently solved many important problems for Tang Qiuquan, with him, the burden on Tang Qiuquan's shoulders was lightened by more than half, for example, just now, sending a carrier-based aircraft to conduct vigilant reconnaissance was an idea that just appeared in Tang Qiuquan's mind.

Tang Qiuquan instinctively felt that the Japanese reconnaissance plane would come again, and for the first time, he was chased and ran away in a panic, only to go around the periphery of the fleet from afar, and did not bring back any valuable information, and any commander of the Japanese fleet or air force had to figure out the strength of his own fleet, and Amosiev had not only thought of it, but had already done it.

Looking at Tang Qiuquan's gaze, Amosiev smiled humbly, this kind of gaze, he has seen many times, but every time there is a feeling of excitement and warmth, this may be the Chinese say "the soldier dies for the confidant" artistic conception!

As soon as Tang Qiuquan was about to speak, the communications officer walked into the war room, "Report to the commander, deputy commander, radar report, about three hundred nautical miles to the northwest, fourteen planes, unidentified, are flying in the direction of our fleet. ”

Tang Qiuquan and Amosyev glanced at each other, northwest? At this time, another staff officer came in, "Report to the commander, deputy commander, and carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance group that about 100 nautical miles to the northwest has found an unidentified aircraft, and judging by the course, the target is the position of our fleet." ”

In the northwest direction again, how to say, what the radar and reconnaissance brigade found was the same batch of planes, and the eyes of Tang Qiuquan and Amosyev invariably looked at a place name on a large nautical chart, "Hainan Island!" "Yes, this is the case, if it is a reconnaissance plane from Taiwan or other fleets of the Japanese Navy, it will come in the direction of due east or southeast.

Tang Qiuquan looked at Amosiyev and said, "Deputy Commander, what do you think?" Amosiev replied succinctly: "It should be the Japanese reconnaissance plane at the Yulin base on Hainan Island, judging by the current speed, it will reach the sea area where the fleet is located in about an hour, and it is impossible to evade it, commander, what is your opinion?" ”

Tang Qiuquan smiled and said, "If you come, you will be safe, think we are easy to bully?" Just now, I received a report from the division commander on the battle situation, and all the Japanese fighters stationed at the Yulin base on Hainan Island were killed by our Southern Flying Group. ”

Amosyev's blue eyes blinked a few times, and he held back a Chinese idiom: "Heroes see the same thing!" Tang Qiuquan laughed, "Order the carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance team to send more than a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes over so that the Japanese can see enough, and then, don't alarm them, follow them back, and determine whether they belong to the Japanese army aviation unit on Hainan Island." ”

Then, he said to the communications officer: "Send a report to the division commander that our fleet can basically confirm that the Japanese reconnaissance planes that appeared over the waters of our fleet today belong to the air force of the Japanese Southeast Asian Dispatch Force on Hainan Island. In addition, the division commander was asked to provide details of the Japanese Nomura Air Force. ”

Receiving Tang Qiuquan's telegram, Tang Qiuli frowned and thought, from the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Brother Qiuquan to fight this battle, any battle contained danger, he couldn't let his fleet take this risk, this was not in line with his original intention, moreover, the time of the fleet's delay, would it lead the half-crippled Third Fleet to get a chance to breathe and slip away calmly?

But Brother Qiuquan's determination was very great, but Tang Qiuli was a little hesitant, he handed the telegram to Tang Qiusheng and said: "Brother Qiusheng, you see, the opinion of the fleet is that between Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands, fight a battle with the Japanese air force, what do you think?" ”

Tang Qiusheng carefully read the telegram and said, "Fight or not, can the fleet get rid of Nomura's attack?" Tang Qiuli was suddenly shocked, Brother Qiusheng's words, to the point, since the fleet was discovered by Nomura's reconnaissance plane, it was impossible to get rid of Nomura's attack, it was better to fight, from Brother Qiuquan's telegram, it can be seen that their determination is based on the annihilation of all the Japanese fighters, otherwise, they would not ask for the details of the Japanese Nomura Air Force.

Tang Qiuli no longer hesitated, and ordered: "Xinlan, record the telegram, the fleet headquarters, the division commander agrees that your department is in the current sea area, against the Japanese Nomura Air Force, the specific operational command, the division commander will no longer ask, and send the detailed information of the Japanese Nomura Air Force with the telegram, this is the first battle of our fleet, I hope to treat it carefully, looking forward to the good news of victory!" ”

The telegram was sent, Tang Qiuli relaxed instead, since it was inevitable, he would meet it head-on, he was now used to it, after formulating a complete strategic plan, the specific campaign command was assigned to several deputy division commanders and corps commanders, and he was also happy to be idle.

Besides, Brother Qiuquan's fleet, thousands of miles away in the South China Sea, commanding naval battles, is a layman, and he doesn't do stupid things like pointing fingers and commanding remotely! Brother Qiuquan is a good bully?

(To be continued)