In addition, although the Fifth Division of the Army, which was selected as the landing force, was well-equipped, the price of a higher degree of mechanization and stronger firepower was that there were too many vehicles and heavy equipment, and the division had been stationed in many places in Japan before, and it would take time for it to suddenly assemble, so it was not until nearly ten days after the Red 15th Army captured Fengtai that the Japanese naval task force sailed into Bohai Bay, and as a matter of course, it launched an air attack on Fengtai first, but at this time the Fengtai warehouse had already been moved to the bottom. The air raids by dozens of Japanese bombers did nothing but cause casualties among more than 100 soldiers and civilians in Fengtai, but instead gave Hu Weidong, who was still in Tianjin, a wake-up call

If others received the telegram that Fengtai had been attacked by air, they would definitely think that the Japanese army had built a new airfield somewhere, or sent planes from Dalian, but Hu Weidong, who was a traverser, had always been jealous of Japan's powerful naval aviation, and immediately realized that the Japanese army might have sent troops from the sea. After proving his conjecture based on the characteristics of the aircraft according to the oral accounts of eyewitnesses, Hu Weidong immediately convened a meeting of cadres at and above the regimental level of the whole army, including the aviation unit, to discuss countermeasures, because according to his inference, the Japanese army would soon launch an air raid on Tianjin. And the devils even have dispatched aircraft carriers, and they will definitely not just come over to drop some bombs, Hu Weidong suspects that the devils may also use the navy to transport part of the army ashore, which also makes sense logically, if the devils do not want to start a full-scale war with China for the time being, it is obviously easier to control the scale of the war by sending troops from the sea than letting the Kwantung Army enter the customs.

Without waiting for the generals of the army to speak, Gao Zhihang, the commander of the only flying regiment of the Red Army at present, took the initiative to ask for battle on behalf of the pilots who came to Tianjin (originally they came only to drive the captured planes back), and also proposed to let the planes from the Taihang Mountain Field Airport also come to help in the battle, but Hu Weidong flatly refused, he knew that the pilots had trained very hard in the past few months, and with the assistance of the air defense forces, they might not necessarily be able to defeat this Japanese carrier-based aircraft formation, after all, it was estimated from the number of Japanese bombers. This time, the devil probably only came to a medium-sized aircraft carrier or two light aircraft carriers, a total of fifty or sixty aircraft, of which the number of fighters was only more than thirty at most. But even if this kind of battle with no advantage in strength is won by chance, the losses will definitely be very large, and these pilots are the seeds of the Chinese Air Force in the future, and Hu Weidong is reluctant!

At this time, Shen Chongyu, the leader of the independent bomber squadron who was able to attend the meeting because of his special arms, put forward a bold jihua, "Instead of fighting planes, it is better to bomb aircraft carriers, we have just captured twelve Japanese bombers, and the paint on them has not had time to be changed, even if the Japanese army can react, it will take time, and we have a great chance to force the Japanese fleet."

Although from a strategic point of view, China's main enemy is the Japanese Army, and in order to take advantage of the contradictions between the Japanese Navy and the Army, it seems that it is not appropriate to excessively provoke the Japanese Navy, but if the actual threat of Japan's carrier-based aircraft group cannot be lifted now, and it is bombed again and again, not only will the Red Army in Tianjin suffer heavy losses, but the local people will also be affected, and the sinking of the Japanese aircraft carrier is a temptation that is difficult for any Chinese to resist. But just when Hu Weidong couldn't help but agree, he thought of a practical problem, "The speed of the 93-style heavy bombardment is too slow, even if you succeed, as long as the Japanese army still has one or two fighters in the sky to be on guard, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to retreat with your whole body."

When Shen Chongzhi heard this, he resolutely replied, "If you want to defeat the enemy, how can you not sacrifice it? If we say that we have lost a life with the devils, then even if we lose all twelve bombers, it will definitely be a big profit to be able to exchange them for the devil's aircraft carriers, not to mention that our bombers also have machine guns, and if there are only one or two Japanese planes on alert, they may not be our opponents. ”…,

Hu Weidong couldn't help but be moved, but he had always been thoughtful, and he asked another question, "But how do you know where the Japanese fleet is?" ”

"Since the Japanese army is preparing to land, then the fleet must be in the Bohai Bay, at least on the way to the Bohai Bay, and the planes we captured have been installed with radio stations that can talk (the volume of the airborne radio can be made relatively large, and the difficulty of Jishu is low, and the scientific research team led by Shu Xingbei has been successfully trial-produced at the end of February 1936. When the time comes, you can scatter the search, the search area will be much larger, and you will definitely be able to find it. Shen Chongzhi said with confidence.

Under the great temptation of sinking the aircraft carrier, Hu Weidong agreed to Shen Chongzhi's military adventure, but he didn't notice the decisiveness that flashed in the young man's eyes

"What? The machine gunners were all kicked off the plane? Only two people per bomber? What does this Shen Chongzhi want to do? Gao Zhihang, who has never had a good temper, was furious when he learned about it, but suddenly he understood Shen Chongxue's intentions, "If you can use the machine gunner in this mission, then it will almost definitely fail, and it doesn't make sense to bring it, it's better to die less."

"Bastard!" Gao Zhihang scolded angrily, and then ordered, "All the pilots of the fighter brigade will gather at the airport immediately, and ask the ground crew to quickly refuel the fighters, the bombers need protection!" ”

"Do you want to ask the chief?" , one of the pilots asked weakly.

"It's too late, just send a telegram back on the plane." Gao Zhihang bit his lower lip and said, in fact, it was enough to ask for instructions during the time when the plane was refueling, he was simply afraid that Hu Weidong would refuse the request of the fighter group to attack, because of Shen Chongzhi, Gao Zhihang, who was known for his unruliness when he was in the national army, once again made a good claim

The speed of the Type 95 fighter was much faster than that of the Type 93 heavy bomber, but by the time the planes all took off, it had been almost half an hour since Shen Chongzhi and them left, which made Gao Zhihang anxious, but considering the fuel consumption speed of the plane, he couldn't fly at the fastest speed, and he was even more anxious in his heart, "Shen Chongzhi, you stinky boy, don't die!" ”

At this time, on the sea more than 200 kilometers southeast of Tianjin, a huge fleet of more than 30 ships, including the requisitioned civilian ships, was heading toward Tanggu at a speed of about 10 knots