Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Nomura, the commander of the air force, who was originally hopeless and stretched his neck waiting to be stabbed, after hearing the suggestion from the chief of staff, Major General Takahashi, a fire of hope ignited in his heart. The future is ruined like this, but whenever there is a chance, he will come back, even if this opportunity is full of unpredictable and dangerous.

According to Takahashi's intention, all the bombers were dispatched and immediately started to act. Even if the Chinese fleet had an aircraft carrier, it would be a desperate battle, but Nomura didn't think so. Nomura never dared to underestimate any Chinese air force.

Although he didn't know that this was the fleet under the command of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, he didn't dare to take it lightly. The result of the discussion between Nomura and Takahashi was to send out all the reconnaissance planes to scout the situation of the fleet in all directions. Without the presence of an aircraft carrier, the four bomber wings immediately entered the first level of combat readiness, standing by on the runway, ready to take off at any time.

More than a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes took off one by one and flew towards the Zhongsha Islands. In the air force headquarters, Nomura and Takasaki were talking with each other, waiting for the result anxiously. Sweaty.

On the turbulent South China Sea, a huge fleet is heading towards the Strait of Malacca, sailing at full speed, with more than 80 warships, guarding the two aircraft carriers at the core, plowing through the dark blue water, leaving a long tail at the stern. Wandering, around the fleet, there are dozens of small high-speed gunboats, as nimble as swallows piercing the clouds, and behind them, under the deep seabed, are more than [-] submarines.Staying far behind the fleet, vigilantly watching all the movements on the bottom of the sea. [

These high-speed and flexible gunboats are the secret weapons of the Grand Division fleet. The speedboats equipped with naval warfare "Thunder" rocket launchers and torpedoes have been improved many times by the Special Equipment Research Institute of the Military Industry Bureau of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone.This small gunboat with a tonnage of more than 100 and 27 tons is equipped with two high-speed thrusters, and its speed has reached an astonishing speed of more than [-] knots.

This speed even exceeds the speed of torpedoes, on every gunboat.In addition to carrying six torpedoes, two 32-hole sea-combat "Thunder" multiple-barrel rocket launchers and two 42mm-diameter rapid-fire artillery can not only participate in naval battles, but also provide fire support for landing troops. Ru Yan, high-speed and flexible, quite a feeling of elusive.

The only downside.It is that the ability to resist the harsh sea conditions is poor, and its own range is insufficient. However, in the speedboat formation.Equipped with a supply boat, this problem is solved very well. Based on his love for this kind of speedboat with low cost and good practical effect, Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the fleet, personally named this speedboat "Assassin," and compiled it into three brigade.It was Tang Qiuquan's trump card.

Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the ** Division Fleet, stood in the war room of the flagship "Canglang" with his hands behind his back.His eyes were fixed on the large chart, and there was always a shadow in his heart. Where did the four Japanese reconnaissance planes that disappeared and could not determine their destination come from?Is it Hainan Island or another Japanese fleet?

Like Tang Qiuli's worry, he did not want to capture the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet this time.Before it was finished, he encountered any Japanese naval fleet and fought a naval battle that he did not want to fight. It was not that Tang Qiuquan was passively avoiding the battle. In the absence of absolute certainty, the fleet will not be allowed to fight a head-on naval battle with the Japanese fleet.

The first deputy commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Amosiyev, uses fluent Chinese from time to time to give various instructions to the fleet. The former Soviet Pacific Fleet aircraft carrier captain has lived in China for more than three years and has fully integrated into China. Except for the Caucasian characteristics that cannot be changed, everything about a person is no different from that of a Chinese. Even the language, if you don’t listen to it face to face, you will never believe that this is a foreigner speaking Chinese.

After Amosiyev gave an order, he looked up at Tang Qiuquan who hadn't moved for a long time. He knew what his commander was thinking and what he was worried about!

"Commander, I have ordered the first battalion of the first regiment of carrier-based aircraft to take off and conduct an all-round alert search within a radius of 250 nautical miles around the fleet. I have also ordered the first battalion not to go into battle if any suspicious situation is found. , report the situation and return immediately," Amosiyev said to Tang Qiuquan.

Tang Qiuquan turned around and looked at his deputy with admiration. They had been together day and night for more than three years. The two cooperated tacitly and forged a deep friendship. Amosiyev always solved many important problems for Tang Qiuquan inadvertently. The problem, with him, the burden on Tang Qiuquan's shoulders has been reduced by more than half. For example, just now, the idea of ​​sending a carrier-based aircraft to conduct alert reconnaissance just appeared in Tang Qiuquan's mind.

Tang Qiuquan instinctively felt that the Japanese reconnaissance plane would come again. For the first time, he was chased to death and ran away in a panic. He only circled around the fleet far away and brought nothing of value back. Any Japanese fleet or air force commander must figure out the strength of his own fleet. Not only has Amosiyev thought about it, but he has already done it.

Looking at Tang Qiuquan's eyes, Amosiyev smiled honestly. He has seen this kind of eyes many times, but every time there is a feeling of excitement and warmth. This may be what the Chinese say "a man is a bosom friend" The conception of "the one who dies"!

Just as Tang Qiuquan was about to speak, the communications officer walked into the war room, "Report to the commander and deputy commander, and the radar reports that about [-] nautical miles northwest, [-] unidentified planes were found flying towards our fleet."

Tang Qiuquan and Amosiyev looked at each other, northwest?At this time, another staff officer came in, "report to the commander and deputy commander, and the carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance team reported that an unidentified aircraft was found about [-] nautical miles to the northwest. Judging from the heading, the target is where our fleet is located." s position."

It was the northwest direction again. How should I put it, the radar and the reconnaissance brigade discovered the same batch of planes. The eyes of Tang Qiuquan and Amosiyev both looked at a place name on the large chart, "Hainan Island!" Yes, this is right here. If it is a reconnaissance plane from Taiwan or other fleets of the Japanese Navy, it will come in the due east or southeast direction.

Tang Qiuquan looked at Amosiyev and said, "Deputy Commander, what do you think?" Amosiyev replied succinctly: "It should be the Japanese reconnaissance plane at Yulin Base on Hainan Island. In an hour or so, we will reach the sea area where the fleet is located, and there is no way to avoid it, Commander, what is your opinion?"

Tang Qiuquan smiled and said: "If you come here, you will be safe. Do you think we are easy to bully? Just now, I received a war report from the division commander. All the Japanese fighter jets stationed at Yulin Base in Hainan Island were killed by my Southern Aviation Group. There is no more. Fighter, I would like to see what that Nomura is planning, if the timing is right, I would not mind fighting him, what do you think?"

Amosiyev blinked his blue eyes a few times, and choked out a Chinese idiom, "Heroes see the same thing!" Tang Qiuquan laughed, "Order the carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance brigade, send over a dozen Japanese reconnaissance planes, let the Japanese Let’s see enough, and then, don’t disturb them, follow it back to determine whether it belongs to the Japanese army aviation unit on Hainan Island.”

Then, he said to the communication officer: "Send a report to the division. Our fleet has basically been confirmed. The Japanese reconnaissance plane that appeared above the waters of our fleet today belongs to the air force of the Japanese Southeast Asian Expeditionary Force on Hainan Island. Now, the Japanese army's No. The second batch of reconnaissance planes are on their way, and the Fleet Command suggested that at the right time, they should deal a heavy blow to the invading Japanese planes! In addition, please provide the detailed information of the Japanese Nomura Air Force.”

After receiving Tang Qiuquan's telegram, Tang Qiuli frowned and thought about it. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Brother Qiuquan to fight this battle. Any battle contained danger. He couldn't let his fleet take the risk. Risk, this is not in line with his original intention. Furthermore, will the delayed time of the fleet give the half-disabled Third Fleet a chance to escape calmly? [

But Brother Qiuquan was very determined, but Tang Qiuli was a little hesitant. He handed the telegram to Tang Qiusheng and said, "Brother Qiusheng, look, the fleet's opinion is that between the Zhongsha Islands and the Nansha Islands, What do you think about fighting the Japanese Air Force?"

After reading the telegram carefully, Tang Qiusheng said, "Will the fleet get rid of Nomura's attack whether to fight or not?" Nomura's reconnaissance plane discovered that it would be better to fight a fight if they could not get rid of Nomura's attack. From Brother Qiuquan's telegram, it can be seen that their determination was based on the annihilation of all Japanese fighter jets. Otherwise, the details of the Japanese Nomura Air Force will not be asked.

Tang Qiuli stopped hesitating and ordered: "Xinlan, record the telegram, the fleet headquarters, the division commander agrees that your department is in the current sea area to fight against the Japanese Nomura Air Force, the specific combat command, the division commander will not bother you, and follow up." Telegram the detailed information to the Nomura Air Force of the Japanese Army, this is the first battle of our fleet, please treat it with caution, and look forward to the good news of victory!"

After the telegram was sent, Tang Qiuli felt relieved. Since it was inevitable, he went forward. He is used to it now. After formulating a complete strategic plan, the specific battle command will be shared among several deputy division commanders and corps commanders. , I am also happy at leisure.

Besides, Brother Qiuquan's fleet is far away in the South China Sea thousands of miles away, commanding naval battles, and he is a layman, so he doesn't do stupid things like pointing fingers and commanding remotely!Brother Qiuquan is a bully master?

(To be continued)