Chapter three hundred and eighty third hide and seek
The weather in September is refreshing, and the blue sea is filled with white seagulls flying freely on the sea, chasing several fishing boats out to sea.
"Buzz buzz..."
There was a sound of aircraft engines in the sky. Under the dusk sunset, an Aichi E13a "0" water reconnaissance aircraft painted in sky blue camouflage emerged from the clouds and quickly dropped to two hundred meters.
meters low in the sky. Below it, a fleet flying the rising sun flag sailed on the sea in a mighty manner. It looked really spectacular.
After the Aichi reconnaissance plane circled along the fleet, it aimed at an aircraft carrier in the middle and slowly lowered its altitude. Then it landed on the deck, the cabin opened, and the three pilots jumped out one after another.
Soon a group of ground crews swarmed around, quickly hauling the oil pipe and refilling the depleted fuel tank.
When the three pilots jumped off the plane, three other pilots immediately ran over and jumped on the plane. More than ten minutes later, the ground staff signaled that the fuel tank was full, and the pilots immediately started the plane. The Aichi reconnaissance plane immediately
He increased the throttle and slid forward, and soon he was flying towards the sky.
On the island-style bridge of this aircraft carrier, Fleet Commander Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro stood by the guardrail of the bridge and quietly watched the takeoff reconnaissance plane and said to the captain of the Hosho aircraft carrier, Akikunaga Mamoru, Ichisana: "
Qiu Yongjun, we are going to launch a night attack on Guangzhou Port in the early morning of the day after tomorrow. Is your air force ready?"
Qiu Yongshouyi solemnly said: "Commander, please rest assured that our total of twelve dive bombers and eighteen Zero fighters are ready for battle. We will launch an attack on the port just waiting for your order."
"Yoshi!" Takasu Shiro nodded: "As long as we hide...well, wait for two more days, I believe the Chinese people's search intensity will be reduced. Then it will be time for us to attack, with the Fengxiang aircraft carrier
Twelve bombers plus sixteen bombers from the Zuiho aircraft carrier. You have enough power to destroy the Guangzhou port, but I am worried that the bombers' bombing accuracy at night will be too low."
Akinaga Shouichi said respectfully: "Commander, please rest assured that even if there is a slight error, we have twenty-eight bombers to bomb the port together. I believe that the numerical advantage will make up for the slight error."
"Well, that's good." Takasu Shiro was very pleased to see his subordinates' high morale, and then said: "Guangzhou is the most important port for the Chinese people in Guangdong, and their defense will be very tight, so
We can't let the battleships approach and shoot like we did a few times before. In this way, the fighter planes on your aircraft carrier will be of great use."
Hearing this, Qiu Yongshou curled his lips. Those warships have been stealing the show these days. They bombarded the ports of Shantou and Shanwei to pieces, causing great losses there, but the consequences were also very serious. This
For several days, the aircraft of the Seventh Army were like locusts patrolling within a hundred nautical miles of the Guangdong coast, hoping to find the main force of the Japanese fleet. In order to ensure the safety of the main fleet, Takasu Shiro had to withdraw the fleet two hundred miles.
sea to avoid detection by the Seventh Army.
In fact, when it comes to depression, Takasu Shiro's depression is not inferior to that of Shu Rui. I think of him as the majestic fleet commander of the Japanese Empire. He was so embarrassed when he came to China before. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, China's territorial waters were like the Japanese Navy's
You can come and go as you please in your own back garden. When did you have to be so sneaky?
Well, now, after sneak attacks on two ports, he ran out to sea like a thief to avoid the Chinese people's detection. If this was reported back to the country, his colleagues would laugh to death. But he can't do it now if he doesn't hide.
The hundreds of aircraft of the Seventh Army are not vegetarians. If they discover the traces and hundreds of fighter planes swarm in, they will be killed. Therefore, Takasu Shiro will pretend to be a grandson no matter how unwilling he is.
Safety first is not just a matter of words, it must be implemented in real actions.
In order to avoid the detection of Chinese aircraft, Takasu Shiro not only ordered the fleet to retreat two hundred nautical miles, but also sent out all the reconnaissance planes. The six reconnaissance planes in the fleet were constantly listening for movements in all directions in order to prepare for
Fleet warning. Continuous high-intensity reconnaissance made the pilots on the reconnaissance aircraft exhausted. Later, other pilots had to be mobilized and adopted a rotation method. This ensured uninterrupted reconnaissance by the six reconnaissance aircraft.
At this moment, a staff officer hurried over and said to Takasu Shiro: "Report to your Excellency, Commander, that the No. 3 reconnaissance plane came with an urgent telegram and found two Chinese aircraft in the southeast and northwest fifty nautical miles away from our fleet.
P47 Thunder Fighter, now the two Thunder Fighters have discovered them, and now the reconnaissance plane is attracting them to the north."
"Baga, how come the Chinese fighter planes are so close to us? Have they expanded the search area again?" Takasu Shiro's expression suddenly changed.
Colonel Qiu Yongshou's expression also changed. Fifty nautical miles is equivalent to 92.6 kilometers. At first glance, it seems quite far, but for an airplane, it is only about ten or twenty minutes away. If there are such two
If a plane suddenly flies over their fleet, the fleet's position will be immediately exposed, and the consequences will be serious. Therefore, Akihito Shouichi quickly said: "Your Excellency, Commander, should we order the fleet to retreat again? What if?
It would be troublesome for the Chinese to discover our location!"
Takasu Shiro glanced at him and shouted: "Akiunaga-kun, calm down! The plane hasn't arrived yet. Why are you so panicked? How can you contribute to the empire and the emperor in the future?"
"Hai, Commander, your criticism is right! I was too panicked!" Akiunaga quickly bowed to Takasu Shiro to express his apology.
"Let's do this." Takasu Shiro pondered for a moment and then said immediately: "Order the fleet to change direction immediately and head towards the male side."
"Sir, this is too risky. If we head south, wouldn't it be closer to Guangzhou? That is the home base of the Seventh Army. There must be more planes in that direction. Didn't we fall into a trap in the past?"
"No..." Takasu Shiro shook his head proudly: "This is not called falling into a trap, but being caught unprepared. I have decided to advance the plan and attack Guangzhou tonight. I must raze the Guangzhou port to the ground."
"Is this...is this okay?" Qiu Yongshouyi asked worriedly.
A cold light flashed in Takasu Shiro's eyes: "Of course you can. Isn't there a saying in the Chinese art of war that "attack the enemy when he is unprepared"? The Chinese are only focused on searching for us in the north, but they never expected that we would do the opposite.
Let's move forward in their direction. We only need to quietly lurk more than a hundred nautical miles away from Guangzhou. At dawn, our bombers can take off and bomb their ports. When Guangzhou's port is bombarded by us,
Fragment, I want to see the expression on that Suri’s face!”
Qiu Yongshou thought for a while and felt that Takasu Shiro's words made sense, but there was always a trace of worry in his heart. The Guangzhou port is the only channel for the Chinese to receive aid supplies to China, and they will definitely guard it tightly.
Will the plan succeed?
Time passed little by little, and the setting sun quickly disappeared on the sea level, and the night hung in the sky again. Only the crescent moon emitted a faint light, and the entire sea fell into silence.
In the tower of Guangzhou No. 3 Airport, more than 200 kilometers away from the Japanese Third Fleet, Su Rui was sitting at his desk, listening to Zheng Shaoyu, commander-in-chief of the Seventh Army Air Force, reporting the war situation to him.
"Sir, at around 16:26 this afternoon, our two Thunder fighter planes discovered a Japanese reconnaissance plane two hundred nautical miles away from Shanwei Port. The reconnaissance plane immediately spotted our fighter plane.
It was like fleeing to the north, but was overtaken by our fighter planes and shot down. Our troops then searched a hundred nautical miles around the place, but found no whereabouts of the Japanese fleet and suspected that it had fled to the open sea."
Su Rui thought for a while, picked up a pencil and drew a circle in the southeast of Guangzhou on the map on the table, then asked: "Have you searched for this place or that one?"
Zheng Shaoyu took a look and nodded: "We searched here early this morning and found nothing unusual."
Suri pondered for a moment and then asked: "Has the night-type Vixen fighter that was equipped to you a few days ago achieved combat effectiveness?"
Zheng Shaoyu thought for a while and said with some embarrassment: "Fighting at night is no better than during the day. Although our pilots have trained hard for several days, they can only take off and land at night. As for fighting at night, it is more difficult. If we want to let them
It will take another month for a pilot to master this skill proficiently."
"No!" Su Rui shook his head. "I can't give you a month. We must send out these night fighters for patrol tonight. We must ensure that there are no Japanese aircraft or fleets within a hundred kilometers around the port."
Zheng Shaoyu was slightly startled and asked tentatively: "Sir, do you suspect that the Japanese will come back to attack the port tonight?"
Su Rui shook his head and said: "It's not about suspicion, it's about taking precautions before they happen. You must know that Little Japan's favorite thing is to play sneak attacks. In the past few days, we have searched almost all along the coast, but we can't find any trace of them.
, we are anxious, but the Japanese are also anxious, so if they want to attack our port, it will only be in the next few days, so we must not relax our vigilance."
Zheng Shaoyu gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I will send out all the night fighter squadrons. As long as the Japanese dare to come, we will fuck them!"
"That's right!" Su Rui patted Zheng Shaoyu on the shoulder, "The Japanese fleet is floating on the sea and consumes a lot of fuel and supplies every day, so I conclude that if they want to take action, they can only do this.
Oh my god!"
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Thank you cjj71, Longteng Tianxia 12th grade for the reward!