time, nine minutes until twelve o'clock; The sea area, 50 nautical miles south of Matsu Island, on the surface of the East China Sea." In the captain's room of the heavy cruiser Mogami, in front of the left porthole facing the "Akagi", Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, supported by Inoue Narumi, watched in amazement as the "Akagi" and the "Flying Dragon" leaned little by little, and the complexion on his face was as if he had just undergone major surgery.

On the deck of the "Mogami", Rear Admiral Masahiro Nagasugi shouted angrily: "Quick, hurry up and save people!" Captain Yamamoto is still on the ship! ”

"Bring the emergency equipment and see if you can close the hole!"

"Hachige, what are you doing?"

……

Amid his shouts, on the deck of the Mogami, which was still smoking everywhere, soldiers in sailor uniforms were rushing around like ants on hot pots.

Just when Inoue Narumi was worried about whether to find a military doctor to come over and give His Excellency the Commander a good look, Mitsumasa Yonechi finally had a trace of anger in his eyes, and he asked weakly, "The 'Akagi' is about to sink?" ”

Inoue Narumi lowered her head and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

"The 'Akagi' is the flagship of our Combined Fleet?!"

"Yes."

"Inoue, am I getting confused?"

Inoue Narumi exclaimed: "Your Excellency?!" ”

Mitsumasa Minai broke free of his hand, stepped forward a little unsteadily and held on to the porthole, and said lightly: "The rest of my life will be spent in prison, right?" Suddenly, he remembered something, changed his look and tone, turned to stare at Inoue Narumi and asked anxiously, "What about Yamamoto-kun?" Hurry up and save him. ”

"Your Excellency, someone has already been sent, but Yamamoto-kun said that as the captain of the 'Akagi', he should be with the ship-"

"—Hachige, bastard, does he want to give up? Is his ability only enough to be the captain of the 'Akagi'? Inoue, go, I'll pick him up personally! ”

Under the leadership of Tie Linfei, the last batch of fighter planes of the Cadet Corps to carry out the "Sink It" air raid operation returned home. In this battle, they bombed and sank two aircraft carriers, one heavy cruiser, and one light cruiser Japanese ship of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, and severely damaged two aircraft carriers and many other types of ships. However, whether it was Tie Linfei or the other pilots and combat personnel, on the way back, everyone did not have the slightest sense of joy.

Compared with the losses of the Japanese army, the Cadet Corps only lost a few dozen fighters, and in terms of the ratio of battle losses alone, they made a lot of money. Tie Linfei once thought of the Japanese plane returning from Wuyi Mountain, and suddenly found the embarrassment of having no aircraft carrier to land, and his face couldn't help but smile. However, when he turned back and suddenly found that the Japanese planes that he regarded as a great enemy and had to hastily launch the most rear-end attack suddenly fell several kilometers away from the Combined Fleet, his face was not so good-looking.

I still lack experience in actual combat command, why didn't I calculate that these Japanese planes have experienced such a long voyage, and there is not much fuel left? Isn't the biggest flaw of the Type 96 shipboard attack aircraft the poor ability to stay in the air? Damn, I didn't even think of this - if I hadn't given the order for a quick battle and adopted a steady and steady tactic, presumably Zhang Zhiyuan and they wouldn't have easily chosen that extreme attack method, right?

The L-19 piloted by Zhang Zhiyuan played back in his mind before it hit the "Flying Dragon", Tie Linfei didn't feel the abnormality, and naturally thought that it was because of Zhang Zhiyuan's choice that such a tragedy would be caused.

L-19 is the lifeblood of the commander-in-chief, although this time an aircraft carrier was sunk, but the cost is also huge, this battle, can not be regarded as a complete victory - the "Akagi" aircraft carrier was initially built with a displacement of 29,500 tons, after two modifications, the displacement exceeded 40,000 tons, which can be regarded as a sea giant. Therefore, although three large holes were opened in the left side of the hull, the sinking speed was extremely slow, which ensured that Mitsumasa Yonechi and others could find Yamamoto Isoroku before it sank.

Yamamoto Fifty-six was ready to be martyred, his clothes neatly packed, his appearance upright, and he was sitting quietly on a deck that had not burned. Seeing Mitsumasa Yonechi climb onto the ship with the help of Inoue Narumi, he was startled, got up and shouted, "Your Excellency, Commander, it's dangerous here!" He blamed Inoue again: "Inoue-kun, in this situation, how can you let the commander come up?!" ”

"I insisted on coming over myself! Yamamoto-kun, I admire your courage in martyrdom, but I don't agree with your actions. Don't you feel like you're shirking your responsibilities by doing so? ”

"Your Excellency?!" In front of Mine, Yamamoto behaved very humbly, quickly lowered his head, and stood respectfully.

"Yamamoto-kun, we lost this battle, but the combined fleet is not over!" You know the significance of the Akagi to the Combined Fleet, and I know it, but can the Combined Fleet be disbanded because of the destruction of the Akagi? ”

"What? Your Excellency, you want to disband the Combined Fleet? ”

"Of course I don't have that power, but if you're determined to die, I don't mind letting those people in the War Department succeed."

"Your Excellency?!"

Mitsumasa Minai waved his hand and said a little gloomy: "You, the captain, are still temporarily appointed by me, if someone really has to die on the ship, that person is also me." This defeat is a great shame for our Navy Ministry, and it may even affect the position of the Navy Ministry's position in the military department and in the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor. But should we give up? China is on the coast on all sides, and if we want to develop, we can only go out of the ocean. Therefore, having a modern and powerful navy is the way to become a rich country and a strong people. Yamamoto-kun, I'm already old, and the reason why I caused so much damage to the Combined Fleet this time was precisely because of my mistake in decision-making. Yamamoto-kun, listen to me - you and Inoue-kun are still young, the future of the Navy Province will belong to you, we are called the Iron Triangle of the Navy Province, it can be said that the development of the Imperial Navy to such a scale today is inseparable from our efforts. How? Are you willing to watch it become a supporting role in the War Department because of this defeat? …… Yamamoto-kun, do you know the way? You're the next commander of the Combined Fleet, which I fancies! ”

"Your Excellency, I, I was wrong!"

"Alright, let's go! Let's go to the Mogami and salute together and give the Akagi the last ride! ”

"Hello!"

Time, 1:46 p.m.; Location, Changbaishan Airport.

When the LZ-I piloted by Tie Linfei completely stopped at the airport, Ouyang Yun immediately led a group of people from the Air Force Command to meet the unsettled sand and dust on the airport.

The gangway was erected, the cabin door of the wheelhouse opened, and Tie Linfei, who looked haggard, appeared at the door of the cabin, and when he saw Ouyang Yun, he stood upright, solemnly saluted, and shouted: "Commander-in-chief!" ”

Ouyang Yun returned the salute, walked to the bottom of the gangway with a smile, looked up at him and said with a smile: "My Iron Commander, who has won a big battle, why do you still look sad?" Two aircraft carriers, and the 'Akagi', what if you lose one L-19? We're making a lot of money! ”

"Commander-in-chief-" Tie Linfei smiled bitterly and stopped, he turned around, slowly climbed down, and as soon as his feet landed, he was turned around by Ouyang Yun grabbing his shoulders with both hands.

Ouyang Yun was really happy. The knowledge accumulated in that time and space made him more aware of the power of the Little Devil Combined Fleet than anyone present. In fact, until the first batch of returning fighters landed and learned the specific battle situation from the pilots, he did not dare to conclude that this operation would be successful. His most optimistic estimate was that this time the fighters would be able to return to one-third of their voyages, and they would be able to severely damage two of the aircraft carriers, so that they would not be able to go to sea for half a year, and "sink" would be considered a success!

The combined fleet that once successfully attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States, the "Akagi", a super aircraft carrier with a maximum capacity of 91 aircraft! What a powerful being? Can it really be sunk by itself?

It wasn't until he got in touch with Tie Linfei in the navigation tower, and it wasn't until he personally admitted that Ouyang Yun dared to believe that it turned out that he had really sunk the aircraft carrier of the Combined Fleet, not only the "Akagi", but also another one! Moreover, this time, the fighters who participated in this operation, just contrary to his prediction, lost only a third, which did not make him ecstatic.

The whole process of the air raid, from the mouths of the pilots who landed in the previous batches, he already knew something. Hearing Yu Jian smash the plane into the flight deck of the "Akagi", he gritted his teeth and praised: "Good job! When he heard that someone else was doing this again, and even regarded it as a tactic, his feeling changed, but until he saw Tie Linfei, understood the entire air raid process, and learned that the fall of the "Flying Dragon" was directly related to Zhang Zhiyuan's desperate collision, he didn't think too much, he was just proud of these fighters, and he was proud. Because these people are all soldiers under him, they really dare to fight with their lives in order to beat away the little devils.

At this time, he hadn't realized what kind of "bad" impact Yu Jian's collision with his body would have on the Cadet Army Air Force.

Escorting Tie Linfei off the plane and on the way back to the Air Force Headquarters, he thought that his mood was not high and had a direct relationship with Yu Jian and them, so he enlightened Tie Linfei like this: "Lin Fei, Yu Jian and Zhang Zhiyuan, I already know about them. This shows that there has never been a shortage of soldiers who dare to sacrifice their lives for the country! They are the pride and pride of our cadet army! They are the soldiers you brought out, and you should be proud and proud of them! Lin Fei! You've done a miracle! I dare to assert that your feat today will be unprecedented, and your name, and the name of Yu Jian, will go down in history as a result of this battle—"

"Commander! I know that they have no regrets about choosing to do this, but I just have to think that if I had more combat experience, I didn't give that damn order for a quick fix, maybe they wouldn't have died. Commander, I killed them! Tie Linfei said, tears in his eyes.

And it wasn't until he said these words that Ouyang Yun understood why he was so out of shape. subconsciously compared with him in my heart, and I was immediately ashamed. That's right, this time the "let's sink" operation did achieve brilliant results, compared with the results achieved, this little loss of the air force is almost negligible, but because of this, can you be ecstatic? If you do your work a little more carefully, will the loss be smaller......

Tie Linfei didn't expect that because of his apologies to Zhang Zhiyuan and others, it would cause the commander-in-chief to think deeply, which would raise the latter's realm to another level - this is a later story.