Even though it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the average daytime temperature in the South Pacific is close to around 32°C. This temperature is acceptable for the crew of the Brandenburg-class and Duke-class Type 23 frigates, but it is simply torturous for the traversers on the Dreadnought II.-class destroyers.

The ship built by Mao Zi is almost not particular about the living environment of the crew, and the 38th task force of the "Dreadnought II" class destroyer 650 with a full load displacement of 8,900 tons is a model of it. In fact, even the captain of the ship, Yang Guang, himself felt that it was a miracle that the 650 ship had not been lying down in the hot South Pacific region for so long.

The poor living conditions on the ship directly led to the reluctance of the rough embryos on the 650 ship to stay in their own bunks in the cabin, and the radar soldier Panda was one of them. As a radar operator, Panda prefers to stay in the radar room even when he is on shift, because the air conditioning is always on to ensure the proper functioning of the electronics there.

Panda, who was hiding in the radar room and blowing the air conditioner, turned on the "twin-column" anti-air search radar of the 650 ship when he was bored, and the unexpected move of this heat-resistant Shandong man soon paid off.

"I'm rubbing, there's a plane there!" Panda couldn't believe her eyes when she saw that reflected signal on the screen.

The six AV-8B "Sea Harrier" attack planes of the "Warship Bird" and "Red-headed Gull" attack groups were quietly placed in the hangar of the "Mistral-class" amphibious assault ship L9013. In the green paint area, only big guys like AC-130U and Tu-160 can fly to the Liaodong Peninsula, but these two goods can't only show such a small reflected signal on the screen?

"Sir, there's planes moving northeast of us." Panda reported his findings to Captain Yang Guang.

"Airplane!? Where did the plane come from? Hearing Panda's report, Yang Guang was also stunned.

Traversal had the idea of letting AC-130U airdrop diesel generator set accessories to the L9013 ship, but the "director team" of the pit father put all the aviation fuel in the second deck of the L9013 ship, and the aviation fuel in the green paint area was only enough to maintain the military operation in Yantai, and the airdrop plan was quickly rejected by the Interim Executive Committee.

Yang Guang, who had just had a routine call with the green paint area last night, of course knew that the interim executive committee had rejected the decision to airdrop diesel generator set accessories to the L9013 ship, and the plane that Panda found on the screen of the "twin-column" air search radar would definitely not be from the green paint area. Could it be a plane transmitted by the "director's team"? Is this Nima going to adjust the rhythm of difficulty directly from Hardmode to Hell Mode, and actually started the trick of directly teleporting personnel equipment without notice?

"Sir, judging from the speed of this plane, it is either a malfunction or a deliberate slowdown to search for something, or it is not a modern plane at all, its speed is too TM!" Panda continued.

Could this be a plane that doesn't belong to the Crossing Crowd? Judging from the behavior of the 650 ship not turning on the anti-aircraft radar on a daily basis, the traversers basically ignore the threat from the air from top to bottom.

As everyone knows, because the earth's surface is a curved surface, the search range of the radar on warships is limited, especially the search range of the sea radar is very small, taking the sea search radar on the Eagle Sauce's main missile destroyer "Burke-class" as an example, its search range is only about 80 kilometers. The detection range of the air search radar is much larger, generally more than a few hundred kilometers.

Considering that in this era, no other country has a decent aircraft except for the crossing itself, the warships that travel through the crowd have always only turned on the sea search radar. Even if it is because of the export of a lot of aircraft manufacturing technology, even if the planes that the great powers can build are at a distance visible to the naked eye from the warships, the anti-aircraft weapons equipped on the warships can crush them to slag. Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles, Seawolf anti-aircraft missiles, and naval guns that can shoot at the air, which of these wooden planes can handle?

"Distance?" Yang Guang asked Panda about the distance between the plane that appeared northeast of Task Force 38 and Task Force 38.

"About 150 kilometers." Panda replied.

"Did you get a message on your phone from the 'director team'?" Yang Guang still wanted to confirm once again that the plane did not belong to the crossing side.

Judging from the speed and size of this aircraft displayed on the air search radar screen, it is at most an early aircraft from the First World War. Of course, there is also the possibility that it is a modern aircraft that has malfunctioned and used stealth materials.

"It's not going to be the British's plane, right, but you've been ordering the technology tree of the seaplane?" Marcos, the captain of the Brandenburg-class frigate, said on the radio.

During their communication with Lu Xiaobei, Marcos learned that John Bull had abandoned his plan to research large cargo planes and instead invested resources in the development of smaller seaplanes. In the minds of the arrogant British, the cannons of the giant ships are the masters of the seas, and the planes are just tools for the navy to search for targets.

"Even if Britain produces seaplanes that can be used for reconnaissance, shouldn't it be prioritized for the Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet?" Guo Wei, the captain of the Duke-class frigate F237, asked.

Although the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet is the third largest fleet in its establishment, after the Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet, the strength of the Far East Fleet is actually very different from the two fleets mentioned above because of the weakness of its opponents in the defense area.

Two second-class battleships of the "Centurion" class with a standard displacement of about 10,000 tons are the main force of the Far East Fleet, and Guo Wei really found it difficult to imagine that the British would equip this fleet with seaplanes that they had just configured.

In fact, if it weren't for the large number of ironclad cruisers in Maozi, John Bull wouldn't even want to build a second-class battleship like the "Centurion" class. When the "Centurion" class was designed, the combined fleet in the Far East, except for the Beiyang Naval Division, could be regarded as a strong army, and the navy did not need a standard displacement of 10,000 tons to beat these two John Bulls.

"Turn on the radio and follow the program to call the person who is being teleported." Yang Guang said to the signal soldier.

Based on the previous downing of the "North American Mustang" OV-10 attack plane and the confrontation between the "Dreadnought" destroyer and the "Duke" frigate, Yang Guang still maintained a cautious attitude towards this aircraft, which was not like a modern product in terms of reflection area and speed.

Task Force 38's call went unanswered, and the "twin-column" anti-aircraft radar display showed signs that the plane was turning around and heading away from the fleet.

"Let one of the AV-8Bs of the 'Warship Birds' group take off and see what's going on over there." Yang Guang said.

The traversers who were broken by the "director team" still didn't dare to be careless even if they didn't receive a corresponding response on the radio. In case this time it was really unscrupulous "director team" adjusted the difficulty, the plane that appeared on the radar screen was a malfunctioning plane that had just been teleported, and the 38th Task Force did not come to the rescue in time, it would be a big deal!