Nov. 25, 3 p.m., lots of clouds.

North Atlantic, 100 km off the coast of Virginia.

A white albatross-type reconnaissance airship flickered in the clouds, a four-seater, stubby small rigid airship, a special reconnaissance boat developed by the British Admiralty Airship Factory after the Battle of the Gretel Passage. Because attempts to use airships for air combat or air raids were completely abandoned, airships of this type no longer "made bigger", but began to "make small". Compared to the previous large airships that could drop man-powered gliding bombs at high altitudes, the size was more than half, and the crew was reduced to just four people. The cruising range has also been greatly reduced, to about 2,500 kilometers - at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, a range of 2,500 kilometers is a continuous flight of 25 hours, which is enough!

However, the Albatross type reconnaissance airship has also improved compared with the original types of airships, first, the ceiling has been greatly increased to 5000 meters - this allows the airship to climb up to take refuge in case of danger; Second, a short-wave radio station of better quality has been installed on the airship so that it can communicate with ground bases and surface ships at any time; Third, the environment of the airship cabin has been improved a lot, not only with comfortable seats and cabins that can be completely enclosed with heating and oxygen supply, but also a rest room for the crew to take a rest.

But Diodorus, who commanded this airship. Lieutenant Bailey still expects to be able to fly a truly combat-ready plane into the skies, rather than floating slowly in the skies in an airship that is only suitable for sightseeing.

Outside the window, the white clouds floated like cotton wool, clumps and flowers, making people feel calm and comfortable, as if the war was still very far away from them.

But Lieutenant Bailey and his crew had been told that the despicable yellow race had invaded Texas without declaring war, and that the American mainland could be attacked, so they had to spot the enemy fleet hiding in the Atlantic Ocean in advance in order to defend the United States from the Yellow Peril.

The two scout lookouts in the back seat held binoculars and carefully observed the sea, no one teased each other, and no one said yellow jokes, and the atmosphere was very solemn. Several people on this airship knew that they were now off the coast of Virginia, which was only a little more than a hundred kilometers away from Norfolk Military Port, the home port of the US Atlantic Fleet, and only two or three hundred kilometers away from Washington, the capital of the United States!

If the fleet of the "Yellow Peril" has already reached this area, then ...... Will Washington's White House burn down again? If that were the case, then the fate of the United States of America would be miserable enough. Just opened, he fought with the world's second power, "Ying Dad", and it was not fun to fight once, and he had to fight for the second time! finally reconciled with the "British father", and the world's first power, the "Yellow Peril", the Ming Dynasty, colluded with the Mexican Empire again, and sent their lackeys to Texas, the Japanese. Now a heavily armed fleet has been sent, and it is said that there are also one or two aircraft-carrying battleships and dozens of aircraft in this fleet!

If the Atlantic Fleet cannot drive out or eliminate such a fleet, will the coastline of the United States become a battlefield?

So Lieutenant Bailey, they'd better find this "Yellow Peril" fleet from the vast ocean as soon as possible!

But the problem is that the albatross-type airship is only armed with two machine guns, and if it really encounters the "Yellow Peril" fleet and the "Yellow Peril" carrier-based aircraft, their small, clumsy, and almost no resistance airship will not be shot down, right?

As soon as Lieutenant Bailey wanted to suppress this terrible thought, Henry, the lookout behind him, suddenly shouted: "Captain, three o'clock, 2 biplanes!" ”

Lieutenant Bailey hurriedly looked, only to see two black dots in the distance coming out from under the clouds, and quickly approached, and the boat hurriedly shouted: "Everyone sit down, it's time to raise the altitude, Henry, step up and get ready to shoot...... Cook, prepare to send a telegram! Send the telegram anyway! ”

"Yes! Captain......"

"Captain, this is a new aircraft, single-engine and biplane...... God, it's beautiful! ”

"Captain, they don't seem to have noticed us."

The ensuing report from the crew relieved Lieutenant Bailey slightly, but then realized that something was wrong. If these little planes didn't find themselves, why did they take to the skies? Also, where do they come from? There should be enemy aircraft-carrying battleships underneath, right?

Just then, Lieutenant Bailey saw two more biplanes crash into the clouds, and then circled behind the butts of the two small planes that had flown up earlier.

"Captain, over there!"

Following the direction of the co-pilot Cook's finger, Lieutenant Bailey saw the pillar of smoke, and then, regardless of the risk, he turned the direction of the airship and flew towards the position of the column of smoke.

A moment later, a fleet appeared in front of them. Lieutenant Bailey saw that on the two large warships with beveled flight decks, biplanes like small black dots were flying one after another, and on the left, right, and in front of each of the motherships that were flying planes, there was a cruiser of three or four thousand tons serving as an escort.

"Six Guogong-class, and two aircraft-carrying carriers of unknown type!"

"Two motherships are casting planes...... These planes are so fast! ”

"Where are these planes going? Is it to attack our patrol detachment? ”

The three crew members talked to each other, and immediately came to a very frightening conclusion!

Bailey hurriedly ordered: "Quick, hurry up and send electricity to the Pennsylvania!" ”

......

"Lieutenant General, the Albatross-type airship has spotted the enemy's fleet, fifty or sixty nautical miles east of the Norfolk base...... In total, there were 2 motherships, 6 armored cruisers of the Koku-class class...... Moreover, the enemy's mothership is casting planes! ”

With the telegram he had just received, Major Farragut hurried over to the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, David Farragut. Lieutenant General Potter's side. According to Dave. Porter's order, his Atlantic fleet is now divided into three, Rear Admiral Perry led a detachment of battleships to the Yucatan Peninsula to block the gates, Colonel Halsey led a detachment of cruisers to continue to besiege Texas Bay, and he himself led a detachment of armored cruisers with two airship carriers and some fast cruisers and destroyers, out of the Florida Strait into the Atlantic, and then followed the trail of the "main formation" in the Texas Sea, all the way north.

Although there were British airships from Port of Spain assisting, and a cruise ship from the White Star Company met the fleet of the Texas Sea and informed them of their location. But it's still difficult to "catch" them!

And since Vice Admiral Potter did not have aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft in his hands, he did not dare to approach the enemy's formation during the day, but only dared to follow from a distance during the day, and then suddenly soared at night, which was too passive.

"How far away are they?" David. Beads of sweat popped up on Lieutenant General Porter's forehead.

"Almost 60 nautical miles!"

"Damn it," David. "We must be within range of their attacks...... I ordered, turned around, turned...... Full! ”

"Yes, sir!"

The helmsman responds loudly while turning the steering wheel vigorously.

With a standard displacement of 13,000 tons, the Pennsylvania immediately drew a graceful arc on the sea, and the bow of the ship changed from north to southwest. However, the Pennsylvania had just turned around and had not yet begun to accelerate its escape, when Major Farragut suddenly shouted loudly again: "Lieutenant General, the Albatross airship reports that the enemy's two motherships have released a total of about 80 aircraft, all of which are heading west...... They flew to the land of the United States of America! ”

"Fly, fly to the land of the United States?" David. Potter was taken aback, "What do they want to do?" ”

Major Farragut's face suddenly changed: "Lieutenant General, I think, I think they want to bomb the Norfolk base!" ”

"Norfolk Base...... "David Murphy." Lieutenant General Potter yelled, "Quick, send electricity to the Norfolk base and get them ready to meet the enemy from the air!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Major Farragut reminded: "But, but Lieutenant General, there is no anti-aircraft fire in the Norfolk base!" ”

David. Lieutenant General Potter roared, "Then with a rifle, with a pistol...... Fight with whatever weapon he can use! ”

"Yes, sir......"