Unbeknownst to Remus and his sailors, Gao's submarine had been following Boston's ocean-going fleet all along. Gao Yujie originally belonged to the Eastern Ocean Fleet sequence, and due to the significance of this battle, most of the submarines belonging to the Eastern Ocean Fleet operating on the Storm Ocean were withdrawn, which also made the Boston Escort Fleet on the Storm Ocean a little easier.

Gao Yujie commanded the Project 1085 submarine with the AIP system to adopt the same low speed of eight knots, and followed the Boston fleet for a day and a night, during which he once ventured to release a communication buoy and use ultra-longwave radio to communicate with other submarines, and gathered many partners.

This time, Gao Yujie did not use military passwords, but used clear code words and used some seemingly ordinary sentences to send his own coordinates, which was discussed in advance. Since the Boston fleet was very large, filled with a large number of civilian ships, and Remus was too careless to ask for radio silence, there were quite a lot of clear telegrams here, and he was not afraid of being spied on.

Under the guidance of Gao Yujie, the submarine forces within a hundred kilometers of the vicinity gradually gathered near the Oahu Islands, and even many Seawolf 2 submarines came to join in the fun, of course, without the AIP system, they could not dive for a long time, and they could only stay away from the fleet, waiting for the opportunity to go up and bite again.

While the Eastern Ocean Submarine Force was sharpening its knives and preparing to launch an underwater sneak attack on the Boston Ocean Fleet, the USS Langley had already arrived on the high seas 300 nautical miles off the coast of Guinea with his two destroyers.

"Alas, it's finally here." Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Burke sighed. Burke, the former commander of the Axis Mediterranean Fleet, sat bored in his chair and looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance. Due to the long distance and the slow speed of the 'Langley', his small fleet walked for half a month before it reached the sea near Zhonghua Island, and the next step was to send carrier-based aircraft to conduct aerial reconnaissance.

Since the inexplicable defeat in the last naval battle in the Mediterranean, Burke, a rising admiral, has been directly stripped of his command and demoted by two ranks. Since he was recommended by Nimitz, he also made Nimitz carry a lot of black pots, and Nimitz's removal this time has a lot to do with the last incident.

Remembering the last defeat, Lieutenant General Burke was indignant, at that time no one in the entire Boston Empire knew about the existence of missiles at all, so how could he prevent it. Burke also knew that his removal was somewhat related to his civilian status, and at the same time, there must be someone who was dissatisfied with Nimitz and wanted to embarrass him.

Vice Admiral Burke stood up, walked to the glass window of the wheelhouse, looked at the carrier-based aircraft that were busy preparing on the deck, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Remus was really too bullying, and actually let such a small fleet test the island of China.

What kind of place is China Island, it is the place occupied by the most powerful Chinese consortium in the world, it is a consortium with private armed forces that can easily wipe out the government forces of most countries in the world. For this mysterious area that is famous all over the world, who knows how strong the defense force will be, this temptation seems to Burke to be a matter of no return, and it is a question of whether he can even send the message back. However, as a soldier, Lieutenant General Burke knew that he was looking for death, but he could only complete his task meticulously, which was his ethics as a soldier.

"General, everything is ready, whether to start the operation." The aviation staff officer came over and reported.

Burke nodded: "The first batch of reconnaissance troops should be sent out, let them pay attention to the ultra-low-altitude approach, don't be careless." The aviation staff officer agreed, turned around and went to give the order.

Ten minutes later, four Corsair fighters took off into the air and headed off into the distance. Since there are no specialized carrier-based reconnaissance planes, they can only use fighter planes to conduct reconnaissance, but fortunately, the Corsair fighters have a long enough range, and they can also attach auxiliary fuel tanks to carry out such a mission, so that they are enough to complete the reconnaissance mission with a range of 800 kilometers.

At Moore Air Force Base in Moore Harbor, a group of Predator pilots were surrounding several new planes. These planes arrived at the base only two days ago, and after two days of commissioning, today they are officially on active duty, but the young men of the fighter unit have only simply learned the operation of this new aircraft on the ground simulator, and the specific operation of various tasks has not yet been practiced.

Fighter pilots have only been trained in simulators, and the operation of this aircraft is very different from the previous ones, so many veteran pilots have a feeling of amazement, so they are eager to know what this new aircraft will look like. After the arrival of the new aircraft, the pilots were surprised by the avant-garde shape of the aircraft, and they kept circling their aircraft for the past two days, wanting to learn about the new aircraft as soon as possible.

"Captain, this guy looks weird." Pilot Zhou Pingfeng touched the huge delta wing of the new plane.

The squadron leader Gao Yi on the side said with a smile: "This is the latest Golden Eagle 6 aircraft, our squadron is the first to be installed, haven't you read the pilot's manual?" It is no longer an old-fashioned mechanical operating system, and the new aircraft adopts a dynamic unbalanced design, relying on a four-degree fly-by-wire system to operate, which is much more flexible than the previous aircraft. ”

Zhou Pingfeng said: "I read the manual, but I was still very shocked to see the real plane, I didn't think that the plane could be made like this, the wings in front are short, and the wings in the back are long." ”

Gao Yi said: "This is a near-canard coupling layout, the latest masterpiece of aerodynamics, it is said that this aircraft is very flexible, much better than the Golden Eagle 5 fighter we used before." ”

Gao Yi looked at his watch and said, "You guys go and learn about the performance of the aircraft with the mechanics, and you will be ready to start the test flight in two days." Zhou Pingfeng nodded, and the other two pilots immediately walked towards the mechanic who was inspecting the plane.

Miles carefully piloted the pirate fighter and led his three subordinates to fly directly towards the interior of China Island at an ultra-low altitude. They thought that as long as they flew at an ultra-low altitude, they could completely avoid the radar search, and such an action was indeed very effective for the radar of the Boston Empire, but they did not know that there were a large number of giant airships floating in the sky around the entire China Island.

In order to avoid blind spots on ground radars, the Iron Blood Army has always used the Sky Eye early warning aircraft to monitor the surrounding sea areas, but the early warning aircraft consumes a lot of fuel, and frequent take-off and landing also has a great impact on the life of the aircraft engine. As a long-term early warning work, the use of AWACS aircraft is obviously very uneconomical, so the Predator Army has activated the airship that has long been retired from active service.

Airships rely on airbags to float in the air, and they do not need to continuously consume fuel, while the newly built giant airships are larger and can carry more powerful radar antennas than AWACS, so they are much more economical and combat-effective than AWACS.

The only disadvantage of airships is that they are more susceptible to weather interference and slow at the same time, so these airships are only a powerful supplement to early warning aircraft, which are used as high-altitude early warning radars in fixed areas, and have ground base station maintenance, and their attendance rate is still very high. With the joint search of these AWACS airships and AWACS aircraft, the formation of Corsair fighters led by Myers was detected by these radars as soon as they took off.

After the joint confirmation of several early warning radars, the news of the discovery of the enemy plane, together with the exact coordinates, was quickly telegraphed to the nearest military port of Moore. "General, an enemy plane has been spotted two hundred nautical miles off the coast and is approaching Zhonghua Island." A communications staff officer reported to a major general on duty.

"What?" The major general stood up suddenly, he looked at the staff officer and said, "Has it been confirmed?" ”

The staff officer nodded, "Yes, General." The AWACS airship confirmed that the four planes were the Pirate fighters of the Boston Empire, and they were flying at an ultra-low altitude to approach the island of China. According to the analysis of the intelligence services, there may be a fleet of Bostonian aircraft carriers in the open sea, and these planes are nothing more than reconnaissance units. ”

The major general on duty at the military airfield turned around twice in place with his hands behind his back and muttered: "Aircraft carrier fleet? Are they going to attack the island? The general raised his head sharply and said to another staff officer next to him: "How many planes are there in the base now that can take off?" ”

The staff officer said: "Report to the general, because we are going to replace it with new fighters recently, all the Golden Eagle 5 fighters in the base are being overhauled and mothballed, and they cannot fight at all, but there are quite a few Vulture 2 attack aircraft." ”

The general touched his chin and said, "Isn't there a fighter escort?" Who knows how many aircraft carriers and planes they have nearby, if there are no fighter escorts, it is a little more dangerous, not to mention that the combat radius of Vulture 2 is only nine hundred and eighty kilometers, and the continuous combat capability is too low, in case the opposing fleet is too far away from us, it will be troublesome. ”

The general walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of the aviation control tower with his hands behind his back, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed to the four planes parked on the airport and said: "Can those latest Golden Eagle 6 fighters fight?" ”

The staff officer nodded: "Yes, they have just completed the final commissioning and can take off, but the pilots have not actually flown it, they have only used simulators." ”

The general nodded and said: "I remember that the Golden Eagle 6 aircraft has nine hardpoints, a combat radius of 1,500 kilometers, and it is completely capable of attacking the sea. ”

"Yes General." The staff officer opened a document at hand and said: "The Golden Eagle 6 fighter has a maximum level flight speed of Mach 2.2, a combat radius of 1,500 kilometers, two 30-millimeter aerial guns, 12 television-guided bombs and two air-to-air missiles can be selected from nine external hardpoints, and if it carries out a sea attack, it can also mount the YJ-3 air-launched anti-ship missile. ”