Even if a huge fleet consisting of hundreds of various warships wants to completely disappear in the vast East China Sea, it is almost impossible.
After all, the Japanese government, which has received the news, has deployed a large number of reconnaissance aircraft on all routes to Japan for all-weather patrols. Once the Chinese expeditionary force fleet enters the patrol range of the Japanese air force and exposes the target, there is no doubt that even the commander-in-chief
Liu Hua, there is nothing he can do about this.
Early in the morning, Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua walked onto the aircraft carrier command podium facing the rising sun. Navy Commander Chen Shaokuan followed closely behind him and said slightly nervously: "Commander-in-Chief, from now on, our fleet has
Entering the patrol waters of Japan's Okinawa Air Force. If nothing happens, our fleet will expose its target in the near future. You see..."
"The exposure target is certain. We are attacking the Japanese mainland. Even if we want to make a sneak attack, it is impossible. You are an expert in naval warfare. I have only one request for you. Delay the exposure time of my fleet as far as possible. Think of a way
, before the enemy patrol plane discovers us, we will give them a preemptive strike and kill them first..." Liu Huadao.
"Commander-in-Chief, please rest assured. As long as the Japanese aircraft dare to appear in our sight, I can guarantee that they will never come back..." Chen Shaokuan was obviously very happy about Liu Hua's delegation of power and replied with a confident face. Then,
After paying a military salute, he quickly walked into the aircraft carrier command room...
Commander-in-Chief Liu Hua stood on the command podium of the aircraft carrier, looking at the vast sea in front of him. While he was deep in thought about the future of the expeditionary force, the deafening roar of engines could already be heard on the huge deck of the aircraft carrier. Following closely behind, a huge
A wave of air hit him. An American fighter jet, under Liu Hua's gaze, quickly roared away from the flight runway beside him, left the flight deck, and soared into the sky...
In less than ten minutes, an entire squadron of twelve fighter jets formed several cruise formations in the airspace above the aircraft carrier and spread out to patrol the entire fleet.
At the same time, at the Japanese military airport on Okinawa, several reconnaissance planes soared into the sky with a long roar, starting a day of routine patrol and reconnaissance...
A group of two Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and a squadron of three cruiser-based aircraft from the expeditionary force collided with each other in the airspace less than five kilometers away from the formation...
Seeing the very conspicuous plaster flag on the Little Japanese plane, the wingman pilot responsible for the investigation immediately let out an excited exclamation...
"Reconnaissance plane, reconnaissance plane of the Japs... Captain, we have meat to eat. They are reconnaissance planes of the Japs. And there are two of them..."
At the same time, the Japanese reconnaissance plane also saw the Chinese fighter plane rushing towards it. While shocked, without the slightest hesitation, it directly pulled up the plane's control stick and wanted to retreat. You know, no matter when or where.
Once a reconnaissance plane collides with a fighter jet, there are only two outcomes: one is a lucky escape, the other is being directly destroyed.
At this moment, facing a Chinese fighter formation that was one more numerous than themselves. Coupled with the huge intelligence they had discovered about the Chinese fleet, the first thought of the two little Japanese pilots was not death in battle, but death in pieces.
Escape.
However, for the three Chinese pilots, the two Japanese reconnaissance planes had already become fat meat. How could they spit it out? Seeing the reaction of the Japanese reconnaissance planes, a flash of light flashed across the face of the cruise formation squad leader.
With a look of excitement and anticipation, he gave direct orders to the two deputies behind him.
"Brothers, the little devil wants to run away. The first team will attack immediately. Stop them and destroy them. Quickly..."
“Rumble…”
As soon as the order was given, the power of the fighter jets was instantly increased to the maximum. The three fighter jets, like three arrows off the string, quickly chased after him.
How could the flying speed of the reconnaissance plane be comparable to the combat effectiveness? Although the little Japanese pilots had increased their power to the maximum, they only lasted less than two minutes before three Chinese fighter planes appeared behind them.
The distance was getting closer... Just as the Japanese reconnaissance plane entered the range of the three fighter planes, three thick tongues of flame appeared behind them.
"Baga, the cunning Chinese actually attacked..."
The leader of the Japanese aircraft reconnaissance team relied on his rich driving experience to turn around and just avoid the tongues of fire behind him. However, his partner beside him did not have such good luck. He was baptized by two tongues of fire at the same time.
The reconnaissance plane was directly hit by the fuel tank. In an instant, it turned into a huge fireball and slowly fell to the sea.
Seeing that his colleagues around him had perished in the flames, the leader of the Japanese reconnaissance team had no time to grieve, so he had to concentrate highly on dealing with the crisis he needed to face next.
After taking out one of the reconnaissance planes, the three pilots immediately set their sights on the other Japanese reconnaissance plane. The three fighter jets, like hungry wolves pounce on food, pounced directly on the reconnaissance plane that had just escaped the disaster.
machine.
Although the leader of the Little Devil reconnaissance team relied on his rich combat experience to shuttle back and forth between the three fighter planes, escaping from fatal blows again and again. However, after all, it was difficult for the two fists to defeat the four hands. Less than a minute after the battle started,
A thick tongue of flames swept directly across the right wing of the reconnaissance aircraft. Under the action of huge kinetic energy, the wing of the aircraft was directly cut off by the waist with countless bullet holes.
Suddenly, the Japanese reconnaissance plane, which had just been as nimble as a falcon, lost one of its wings, and was like a kite with its string cut off. It was spinning in circles without any command at all. It was heading towards the sea while billowing thick smoke.
Dive down.
"boom…"
A huge and violent explosion sounded on the air combat battlefield. The Japanese reconnaissance plane, which had been unable to escape, was directly hit by a tongue of flames that followed and exploded in the air...
"Brothers, you did a good job. Return immediately and report to the command post. My first patrol team encountered two Japanese reconnaissance planes and shot them down. Please ask for next combat instructions..." I saw that they had slowly disappeared into the sea.
On top of the wreckage of the plane, the squad leader who had won the first battle gave a decisive order while being excited.
A telegram from the captain of the first patrol team was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves for the entire expeditionary fleet. Less than five minutes after receiving the telegram, Liu Hua, Zuo Quan, Chen Shaokuan and others had expressions on their faces.
Appearing nervously in the huge war room.
As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Liu Hua first spoke: "Comrades, Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared around us. I won't go into details about the seriousness of the matter. Everyone knows it in their hearts. Commander Chen, you are the commander of the navy. For
What do you think about this matter?"
"Commander-in-Chief, although the Japanese reconnaissance plane has been shot down, we do not rule out that before the plane was shot down, the pilot had reported our position to their headquarters via telegram. Of course, even if there was no report, the two reconnaissance planes disappeared for no reason.
, The top brass of the Japanese army can also determine our approximate location through the patrol area of reconnaissance aircraft. So, I think the question now is not whether the Japanese army has discovered us, but what kind of emergency preparations we should make..." Chen Shaokuan said with a look on his face.
He replied solemnly.
"Commander Chen is right, no matter what time, we must consider the worst plan. Therefore, now we must immediately prepare to deal with the first round of Japanese air strikes. Commander Chen, you are one of us
As the only naval warfare expert in the world, you have the final say on what to do..." Liu Hua nodded in agreement and ordered with a serious look on his face.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief..."
"According to the conventional method of naval warfare, if the Japanese army wants to come up with a motive group to attack our fleet, it must determine our specific location. And the two reconnaissance planes just now, according to the report of the first patrol team, were shot down before they discovered our fleet.
.In other words, the current Japanese army can only determine our approximate range at most."
"Judging from the direct distance between our fleet and Okinawa, plus the range of Japanese bombers and fighter jets, the Japanese Air Force stationed in Okinawa will definitely send out a new round of reconnaissance immediately after learning the approximate range of our fleet.
aircraft to determine the specific location of our fleet. Then, dispatch all fighters and bombers to first eliminate our aircraft carrier fleet and the carrier-based fighter jets that pose the greatest threat to its fleet..."
"If I am not mistaken, a new round of reconnaissance planes sent by the Japanese army may be on their way..." Chen Shaokuan analyzed with a serious face.
"Your analysis is very good. Even I, an army officer, can't find any fault with it. Now that we have analyzed the possible tactics of the Japanese army, how should we respond..." Regarding Chen Shaokuan's superb
After analysis, even Liu Hua, who came from a later generation, couldn't help but nodded in agreement. While feeling emotional, he asked immediately.
"Once again dispatch a carrier-based fighter squadron to expand the cruise range. Once a new round of Japanese reconnaissance aircraft is discovered, they will be destroyed immediately. The specific location of our fleet must not be discovered by the other party. At the same time, the entire fleet will immediately be placed in the following air defense formation
"With the aircraft carrier as the center, the cruiser as the second, the transport ship in the middle, the destroyer as the outermost, the gunboat cruises in the middle of the formation, acting as a mobile anti-aircraft battery."
"The last one is also the most important one. Even if the fleet is attacked by the Japanese aircraft fleet, the entire fleet cannot stop at any time and must accelerate forward. It must be clear that once our warships are in motion, coupled with the dense concentration of the entire fleet
The air defense firepower network will reduce the hit rate of the Japanese aircraft fleet to the lowest state."
"Commander-in-Chief, that's all my orders. I wonder if you have anything to add..." Chen Shaokuan ordered with a serious look on his face.
"Nothing to add...Chief of Staff, immediately send Commander Chen's order to every captain in the fleet in its original text..." Liu Hua ordered with a serious look on his face.
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