With their backs to the morning light that appeared on the antenna of the Eastern Sea, dozens of large and small warships headed by the "Pinghai," the general flagship of the United Fleet, slowly sailed into the mooring ground.

As soon as the "Pinghai" came to a stop, several motorized boats surrounded it.

Three generals dressed in snow-white military uniforms and wearing short swords at their waists stepped on the foredeck of the "Pinghai" one after another: Admiral Liu Guanxiong, commander of the East China Sea Front Fleet and Fifth Fleet, Vice Admiral Li Xiang, commander of the Sixth Fleet, and Vice Admiral Liang Shuming, commander of the Mobile Fleet.

"Please follow me." A staff officer draped in a golden tassel was already waiting at the gangway.

"It's a big cannon, this one turret should be on top of several submarines." Li Xiang, who was in charge of commanding the submarine force stationed in Hawaii, looked up at the two 380-mm twin main guns on the foredeck, and couldn't help but sigh.

Liang Shuming crossed his waist proudly: "It's big, it's not a decoration, this time I finally fired at the mainland of the United States, although I couldn't see it with my own eyes, but it must be a very spectacular scene, it's just ......." ”

"Did you hit the American fleet?" Liu Guanxiong asked with concern.

Liang Shuming shook his head regretfully: "I only caught a few small miscellaneous pieces, and the main force must have fled to the Atlantic Ocean through the canal - if I were the commander of the US side, I would do the same." ”

After the blockade of Panama on the "plank road", the mobile fleet moved north along the coast of Mexico on 26 January, and on the 22nd on the island of Guadalupe with the third > led by Commander Sa Zhenbing., after a little addition, began on the 24th to sweep the West Coast of the United States "Typhoon."

The basic strength of the Third Mobile Force includes the four sea-shaped battleships, the largest and most advanced of the Combined Fleet, the second battleship "Fubo" and "Jiabo" of the second battleship temporarily transferred from the Fifth Fleet, and the "Xunlei" and "Lightning Thunder" of the second battle patrol team, making a total of six warships. Battle Patrol 2, the escort force is 4 Leopard light cruisers of the 1st Light Patrol Squadron, 16 Wolf destroyers of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons, and 8 fast oil tankers are escorted by the 4 light cruisers of the 2nd Light Patrol Squadron, following the rear of the combat troops.

On 24 July, the mobile fleet dispatched four waves of more than 300 sorties to attack ships in the harbor and bomb port facilities, sinking one Virginia-type warship (later identified as the "Nebraska"), one Denver-type cruiser (the "Des Moines"), and two medium-sized ships. Several tugboats and barges bombed the naval shipyards, oil storage tanks and warehouses, according to the Whale 17, which was lurking outside the harbor.:; "After the military port is still on fire at night, it is as bright as day......"

With the support of school-firing planes, the eight capital ships of the Third Mobile Unit launched a long-range attack on coastal forts, military ports, and urban areas with 380 and 350-mm guns, firing 816 rounds of 380-caliber artillery shells and 738 rounds of 350-caliber artillery shells. The "Weihai" had one medium-large-caliber and one medium-caliber shell, and the rest of the ships were swept by shrapnel from near-misses. The losses were minor, 7 killed and 31 wounded.

On 25 July, a "typhoon" swept through Los Angeles, and the mobile fleet attacked the port in three waves with 200 sorties of carrier-based aircraft, blowing up and sinking many ships, while the capital ship unit shelled the city for several days, firing more than 1,000 huge bombs. During this period, the capital ship unit was struck by enemy submarine ships, and the destroyer unit escorting it dropped depth charges one after another, forcing the enemy submarine out of the water. After capturing the crew, he sank the seriously damaged submarine, and it was from these crews that the information about the retreat of the enemy's main fleet to the east coast was obtained.

On the whole, the last hope of a decisive battle with the remnants of the enemy's main fleet was on the verge of being dashed, and on the 27th, after a hasty sweep of San Francisco. After asking for instructions from the base camp, Commander Sa announced the end of the "Typhoon" operation, and the troops participating in the battle returned to Hawaii.

Between words. The crowd had reached the door of the Commander's Office, and after the Chief of Staff had reported for instructions, he pushed the door and stepped over the sill—the Commander's Room, located below deck, without exception, had a rubber-rimmed watertight door.

"It's all here, sit down—" Sa Zhenbing put down the pen in his hand and greeted the generals kindly.

"Commander, hard work." Liu Guanxiong's mouth is still sweeter.

Sa Zhenbing smiled happily: "Well, it's going to be hard for you and Commander Li next." ”

"Are you going to go back to your homeland?"

"Refuel and go, and the mobile fleet will also be with you—" he said, glancing at Liang Shuming, "After running this lap, the oil tankers are almost empty, and Hawaii can't afford to support us anymore." ”

After a slight pause, he said freely: "This time we did not catch the main force of the enemy fleet, in fact, it was also expected, the original intention of the typhoon operation was to give the Americans a little color, and force them to devote their main efforts to the defense of their homeland, so that they could not send troops to Europe for the time being." In the future, you will launch a second and third typhoon to prevent them from sleeping peacefully......"

"Now that the main force of the U.S. fleet has withdrawn to the east coast, the blockade of the canal has been completed...... Doesn't the base camp have a plan to land in the Americas? Liu Guanxiong asked curiously.

"No instructions have been received for this." Sa Zhenbing replied lightly. "It's just that in order to carry out the South Sea operation and maintain the garrison of the Pacific islands, especially the troops stationed in Hawaii, the tonnage of ships occupied is already very considerable, and before the end of the South Sea operation and the restoration of Pearl Harbor's function, it is very unlikely that a large-scale landing operation in the Americas will be launched.

"Let me ask you, do you think that relying only on the Lashana anchorage can sustain the long-term high-intensity operations of the stationed fleet?"

Liu Guanxiong hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "No, after all, it's just a temporary anchorage, open to the sea on all sides, can't avoid much wind, and there is no wharf, the transportation and replenishment are all ship-to-ship help, it's okay when the wind and waves are calm, but it's dangerous if the wind and waves are a little stronger, and the storm a few days ago overturned a few motor boats......

"This is still the case for your stationed fleet, not to mention the Grand Fleet that launched the Americas War, of course, soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and if the base camp insists on doing so, we will have to do our best to defeat the enemy."

"Yes......"

"Commander Li, is the reorganization of the Sixth Fleet complete?" Sa Zhenbing turned to Li Xiang again.

"Yes, the whole team is reorganized and ready to attack-"

"Very well, immediately start the operation of Zhan 2, turn Panama Bay into a restricted area for ships, and this important task will be handed over to your Sixth Fleet for the time being."