At that moment, Fillettman and all the officers felt as if their brains were buzzing and exploded, their hands and feet were stiff, their breathing almost stopped, and the entire fleet seemed to be frozen in an instant by cold ice. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

You never thought you'd meet an airship here, because it's located in the middle of the Luzon Sea, and it's 400 kilometers away from the coastline of Luzon!

Philitman froze, looking at the moving lights in the dark night sky, he only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and the coffee he had just drunk seemed to have become hundreds of times stronger and returned to his mouth, staining the whole tongue coating.

As the world's most powerful empire, with a huge fleet that the latter few combined could not match, Britain attaches great importance to the hydrographic survey of the world's pools, and has sixteen large hydrographic survey ships, and it is this inconspicuous hydrographic fleet that gives British naval officers the courage to cross the seas even if they close their eyes.

So Philitman is very aware of the surrounding environment, he has been cruising here since he got rid of the tracking with the fleet, and then counting the time passing little by little, as long as he waits for the arrival of the Indian support fleet, he is ready to forcibly break through the Bass Strait and enter the South China * Sea back to Hong Kong.

According to his expectations, as long as he met with the Indian support fleet, he would have a ratio of thirteen to ten with the battleships of the Chinese Navy, and the cruisers were in the lead in an all-round way, but at this critical moment, this little bit of bean light in the sky stung him and the entire fleet like a sharp needle.

He really didn't expect that there would be an opponent's airship here, because he had done a thorough study of this type of weapon after the British Huā had spent a lot of money to buy the airship, and later he also learned about the Chinese navy equipped with reconnaissance airships, and calculated their approximate cruising range according to the signs that appeared.

Their navy-type airship is far smaller than the big guy of the Air Force, so according to calculations, the range should not exceed 1,000 kilometers, according to the experience of using airships in Britain, the large distance is not the combat distance, "because it also has to take into account factors such as return voyage and fighting strong winds, even if it can fly 1,000 kilometers, if it is used for reconnaissance, it can only fly more than 400 kilometers before returning, otherwise there will be a tragic fate of running out of fuel and drifting with the wind."

He took all these into account when he set off, so he did not take the narrow Taiwan Strait, "so as not to be blocked by the other side in the narrow strait, nor did he sail along any coastline, just for fear of being discovered by the other side's airships, and after arriving here, he carefully demarcated the lurking and cruising sea area, strictly controlled the fleet's activity distance, and never touched the 400-kilometer bottom line!"

This is all he can do, but he still didn't expect that an airship would swagger above his head, "And this can't be an airship going to Guam and their Great Summer, because if you go straight through the Luzon Sea, even if the airship is carrying twice as much fuel."

"Or is the well a ruck?"

Several officers behind him quietly came to a conclusion, but Philitman obviously didn't find the joke funny, and he could only hope that the thick cumulonimbus clouds in the sky would continue to obscure the light of the stars and moon, making the sea darker!

In the moving bean light, the co-pilot looked at the fuel gauge and glanced at the clock next to him, "Shaking his head and sighing, the fuel tank is already half empty, if it weren't for the extra two barrels of oil, maybe they should have returned to the flight before, although they have survived until now" But if you don't go back, I'm afraid everyone will have to see Granny Feng's mood today, so I immediately reminded: "Head" It's time to go back, it seems that today is in vain. ”

The captain glanced at the dark night sky outside the window, and frowned.

Today is obviously not a good day for him, this damn cloud is so thick that it has completely obscured the starlight, and there is no point in continuing to search, not to mention that it may rain heavily for a while" You must know that flying in the rain is extremely dangerous, and an air force reconnaissance airship on a mission in Borneo two months ago was destroyed and killed because of heavy rain and lightning, so the General Staff has strictly forbidden flying in the storm.

If the weather is good, maybe you can take a little more risk, but for the safety of everyone, let's honestly retreat.

Thinking of this, the captain immediately began to pull the rudder and shouted: "Heading, BO, radio begins to locate, we." "Wait......" Hearing the captain's shout, the observer Shuangxi interrupted suddenly, scratched his head and pointed to the east and said urgently: "Captain, can you go a little further?"

"Further on? Double happiness, you don't want to go back, do you? The son-in-law of the Dragon Lord is not easy to do......." The correspondent replied to him with a smile as he began to orient the return home through the radio signal every half minute. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

The captain and co-pilot also looked at Shuangxi curiously, I don't understand that this guy who was still holding the pillar and didn't want to get on the boat when he first came, what's wrong today, I like the feeling of flying in the sky, and I should pick the time, right? Flying at night is already adventurous, and there are cumulonimbus clouds, which is no different from desperate!

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Shuangxi was also a little embarrassed, but when he thought of the flash in front of his eyes, he always felt that something was calling him in front of him, and after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "Captain, I don't know how to say it, but I think there seems to be something over there." ”

"Over there"

The captain and co-pilot both looked in the direction of Shuangxi's fingers, but the black pressure couldn't see anything at all, and the captain hurriedly said: "Shuangxi, this can't be a joke, what did you see*......"

"I don't know, when the clouds cracked just now, I seemed to see a few black outlines, but now the cloud cracks are closed again......." Shuangxi also stomped his feet in annoyance, constantly complaining in his heart about how his usual good eyesight was useless at a critical moment.

Seeing Shuangxi's expression, the captain smiled slightly: "Come on, don't be annoyed, I'll fly forward a little further, but you remember, it's only three minutes, if you can't find the black shadow within three minutes, we have to go back!" ”

"Yes!"

Double Happiness also knew that he couldn't joke with everyone's lives, so he immediately climbed to the observation window and widened his eyes, maybe the captain was just trying to make Double Happiness die, maybe it was for the order of the Admiralty, or it was a fateful coincidence, when the three-minute time limit was about to arrive, the clouds in the sky cracked a gap again.

In the gap, a ray of starlight leaked down, and when the glimmer retreated into the sea, "Shuangxi, who had been lying in front of the observation window, suddenly stiffened, and only saw a few kilometers away, several huge black shadows were quietly undulating with the waves.

Hand ~ machine * look at the captain of the 258O "machine", it is a fleet, one, a fleet, with at least six large ships! ”

In Shuangxi's trembling voice with excitement, the captain got up violently and rushed to the window, and many of them were stunned by the scene in front of them.

"Could it be mistaken?"

"Mammoth" is ready to fire flares! Xiaohou, start positioning, pick up the signal station! Double Happiness, your eyes widened, this time I can see clearly! ”

The captain shouted and hurriedly climbed back into position, and as he slammed the rudder and turned in the direction of the black shadow, a bright and dazzling light suddenly appeared in the night sky.

The sudden appearance of the fire ball was like a lightning bolt that "pierced the dark night sky and stabbed the eyes of all the British ** officials."

"The British fleet! It's the British Far East Fleet! One, two, three, four, "five! Five, five battleships are all here! "The slowly descending light cluster illuminates the nearby sea," Shuangxi, an observer who had been trained to identify the appearance of each ** ship, immediately shouted.

"Found it! Found them! In the shouting of the four people, several warships in the darkness in the distance were also lit up at the same time, and at the same time as several searchlight pillars shone on, a series of fire balls also erupted from the deck.

"Be careful!"

Seeing the captain of the fire group screaming violently and pulling the rudder hard, the small sea eagle suddenly climbed rapidly as if it was caught in a violent wind.

Since the appearance of the airship, "all countries have begun to pay attention to and study how to defend, but after all, the time is relatively short" The anti-aircraft guns are not yet mature, so they are fired by several gunners with a large firing angle on the deck, but the airship is more than 10,000 meters away and quickly climbs to an altitude of 2,000 meters, so these shells not only failed to scare the other party, but exposed themselves.

"Have you made contact with the signal station?!"

Seeing that the British fleet began to turn the rudder, the captain was sweating profusely, and the communications officer almost wanted to get into the radio station and fly back, seeing that several British ** ships stopped firing and went into the darkness again, and finally a familiar ticking sound came from the radio.

The radio is on!

"Report*......"

"The Seahawk No. 7 on the island of Galayan reported that at 7:23 p.m. on September 8, four hundred and seventy kilometers southeast of the Bass Strait, the main force of the British Far East Fleet was discovered, and at present our ship does not have much fuel left, and I request that someone be sent to take over the surveillance immediately!"

The captain shouted as he looked at the fuel gauge, and when the telegram departed, his heart fluttered.

A few minutes later, a reply was received on the radio, two reconnaissance ships that were nearby had begun to rush in, but the problem was that the nearest one would take at least two hours to arrive, and now that the British Navy had begun to move, it would be ...... if they were to disappear into the darkness again when it was so dark!

The news made the air in the Sea Eagle VII solidify at once, and the joy of discovering the enemy suddenly disappeared, and after working hard, risking flying at night, and even running under the cumulonimbus clouds, all this is to find the enemy, if you return now, without the guidance of the airship radio, the reconnaissance ship will not be able to find the enemy who has been away for a long time in two hours!

The co-pilot took a deep breath, Shuangxi pinched the telescope and gurgled, and the communications officer also took off the headset, and adjusted the radio to the navigation state of sending a signal every half a minute, and all his eyes were aimed at the captain's acquaintance and acquaintance, and they flew together, so that the four of them had a tacit understanding, so after seeing everyone's firm eyes, the captain understood that everyone had already made a choice in their hearts.

Suddenly, he felt his nose sour, nodded, and laughed with tears in his eyes: "Brothers, I'm very happy to work with you!" ”

"Huh." , the co-pilot rubbed his hands:, "Captain, didn't you say that?" We are sea eagles, eagles flying in the sky in the navy! So, we can't die, maybe Granny Feng will send us back directly in a while*......"

"I think, it's better to send it to England and shoot them twice in the head, how cool." , the communications officer patted the pistol on his waist and laughed too.

"I still have a grenade!"

Double Happiness pulled out a grenade, scratched his head and smiled, and shook it.

"Report, Sea Eagle VII reported that the British Far East Fleet had spotted them and was heading northwest at full speed, and now they were tracking" However, they reported that they were carrying a short number of flares, and could only hold out for another two hours at a rate of ten minutes. ”

"In addition, both the Listening Wind and the Hurricane have reported that they have received an autopilot signal from the Sea Eagle VII and are currently rushing there at full speed and are expected to arrive in two hours."

The sound of the report made the general staff command hall who had just been cheering because of the discovery of the British Far East Fleet fall silent, everyone already knew in the previous telegram that the Sea Eagle 7 was already running out of fuel, and the time calculation of their departure from the base should have reached the limit, but they didn't expect them to be still insisting at the moment!

Although Filitman was already running towards the Bass Strait, it seemed that he was helping the airship to return home, but the problem was that there were still ten hours before dawn, and it was already very difficult to fly at night, not to mention the distraction of tracking the enemy fleet, so the fuel was definitely not enough for them to return to even the nearest island!

Similarly, the Seahawk 7 should be well aware of their situation, but they still chose to turn on the radio navigation transponder button, and then resolutely dragged the remaining fuel to bite the enemy!

They are real soldiers, real national backbones!

"Yuanshou, I must bring them back to me completely!" Li Enfu stared at Chen Ping with red eyes, and the latter also nodded immediately: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will do my best!" ”

After speaking, he took out a cigarette and calmed his breath, and continued to ask: "Where is Ji Weishan?" ”

"After receiving the news, the First Fleet immediately sent three destroyers to speed forward, and the capital ship group also began to speed up, and has now passed through Yonaguni Island" It is expected that the main force will arrive at Lanyu Island between the Bass Strait and Taiwan at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and judging from our calculations, they "are very likely to arrive in the Bass Strait at the same time as Philitman!" ”

Zhang Zuoshuang said as he walked to the map and drew two dotted lines with his pen centered on the Bass Strait. Judging by the graphics, "The First Fleet, Filitman and his Far Eastern Fleet", as well as the Bass Strait, form an equilateral triangle.

As soon as he finished drawing the route diagram, there was a rush of footsteps behind him. "Report" Sea Hawk VII news that five British destroyers and three small cruisers began to accelerate, and the target was suspected to be the Bass Strait * ......"

The news, so that Chen Pinggang put down the cigarette that he just raised to his mouth, and it was obvious that Philettman also thought of taking advantage of the speed advantage of small ships, wanting to preemptively jam the Bass Strait and ensure that the capital ships passed through the South China Sea!

On one side are the three defense-class Rui sent by Ji Weishan, and on the other side are the three second-class cruisers and five torpedo ships of Philettman!

There is no doubt that after discovering the opponent, this naval battle has entered the second and key link, is it the defense class that has the advantage, or the number of Philitman first?

Everyone knows that no matter which side wins, it will lay a solid foundation for tomorrow morning's decisive battle!

"Seven o'clock!"

After reading Zhang Zuoshuang's circuit diagram, Chen Ping glanced at the floor clock in the corner, and the cigarette butts on his fingers lit up and went out.

The wind howled through the open portholes and poured into the bridge, and it seemed that there was no intention of stopping, and continued to rush inward along the corridor, and then rushed down the stairs to the telegraph room at the top.

The cramped cabin was crowded with people, and the sound of ticking telegraphs was endless, and one by one, one by one, one by one, connected the fleet with the outside world through the telegraph lines.

At this moment, the No. 6 radio communications officer, who had been in charge of contacting the reconnaissance ship that had been in charge of the outgoing reconnaissance ship, jumped up violently, he waved his fist vigorously, his whole face turned red, and then took off the headset in everyone's shocked eyes, and shouted: "Rescued!" The Listening Wind rescued all four people on the Sea Eagle Seven! ”

"Great!"

"Seahawk Seven, well done!"

"Go and tell the commander and captain the news, they must be in a hurry!"

The news from Radio No. 6 immediately made the telegraph cabin boil, and when a staff officer was just about to deliver the good news, the alarm bell in the corridor rang violently.

The shouts and footsteps drowned out the Duke and the entire fleet, and countless sailors and officers flew into their positions, dressed themselves, and rushed out of the rest cabin and into their positions.

And when they had just taken their positions, the ship's chefs, who had been busy all night, immediately carried out the steaming buns and sauced beef that had been prepared, walked up to the deck, got into the turret, went down to the coal bunker, and rushed into the power room.

They turned their heads and watched the red anti-collision emergency lights draw a stream of colors under the sea breeze, but their hands were busy, and when they put away all the dishes, they immediately took off their aprons, rushed into the aisle, sat next to the sailors on standby, and became a member of the damage management team.

But as soon as they were seated, a rush of footsteps came from the corridor above their heads, and the footsteps rushed forward along the corridor and disappeared in the direction of the bridge.

"Report, Lan Jianshu reported, they have discovered four enemy destroyers and three second-class cruisers, and they have now started to exchange fire!"

The news made the officers in the command tower, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because they had rescued the Sea Eagle 7, nervous again, only Ji Weishan didn't seem to hear the news, just raised his wrist and looked at his watch.

"There's still an hour and a half!"