Age of Rebirth

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuquan paused, pondered for a while, and then corrected: "It's not shooting down, but expulsion. We must drive away our troop carrier formation, and we must convince the Japanese reconnaissance and patrol planes that this is an attack. A chance encounter!"

"Also, order the submarine detachment, also centered on the troop carrier formation, to expand the alert area, especially in the direction of Sumatra Island, to ensure that the Japanese Navy's submarines can't smell us!" Tang Qiuquan continued to order.

After pondering for a while, Tang Qiuquan issued another order: "Immediately send a telegram to Wu Zhenjiang, the commander of the Eastern Indian Ocean Cruise Area of ​​the Southern Aviation Group, ordering all land-based fighter units at the base of the Chagos Islands to enter a state of first-level combat readiness and be ready to take off at any time." Combat! The ground radar station focuses on monitoring the Japanese Air Force No.15 on Sumatra Island. Similarly, just expel the Japanese reconnaissance planes!"

Xu Mangen quickly recorded the order and repeated it accurately.After saluting the two of them, he left quickly.

Tang Qiusheng kept paying attention to all this, and when Xu Mangen was gone, he asked in surprise, "Qiuquan, why is there still a submarine force?"

Tang Qiuquan explained: "Although the main fleet of the Japanese Navy is located on the east coast of the United States, there is a naval base in Jibas, Sumatra Island, which belongs to the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy. There are not many surface ships. , can’t make big waves, but in the Jibas base, there is a submarine force of the Japanese Navy, which sneaks into the East Indian Ocean from time to time!”

"When the Anglo-American Allies and the little devils fought inextricably on the Australian battlefield. We were responsible for delivering supplies to the Australian Allies, and this little devil's submarine force tried to destroy the sea line of communication. Get over with these bastards Lots of tricks!"

Tang Qiusheng suddenly became nervous, and asked: "Our huge sea formation, isn't it easy to be detected by the submarines of the Japanese Navy!"

Tang Qiuquan scratched his head in embarrassment, he really didn't know how to explain all this to his cousin, the so-called "interlaced lines are like mountains apart?"

"Brother Qiusheng, to put it simply. My submarine force has formed a huge net on the bottom of the sea where we pass. Our submarines are equipped with radar functions that far exceed those of the Japanese. Therefore, they can kill Japanese submarines." .Stay out of sight of our troop carrier formation and sink it!"

"In addition, in the part of the battle plan you formulated, regarding the part about approaching Australia secretly, the troop carrier formation and the escort fleet sailed from the edge of the eastern Indian Ocean. I also referred to my suggestion. Although this route is far away, it can be avoided. Open the range of the Japanese army's land-based reconnaissance aircraft! Since you have already prepared, what are you worried about?"

Tang Qiusheng said with a smile, "I'm relieved now. Thanks to your suggestion!"

"Let's go, brother Qiusheng, it's time to eat breakfast. I especially told the cooks to prepare more generously. You should also try our navy's meals!" Tang Qiuquan said to his cousin with a smile, "It's better than the army's! "

Tang Qiusheng, who had nothing to worry about, felt relieved, and said to his cousin without joking: "I have known for a long time that most of the funds for the independent division are spent on the navy and aviation. Xiaoqiu sent me more than one Complaining, saying that the navy is a bottomless pit, and it can never be filled!"

"Uncle Quan, the head of our logistics department, always nags me every time he returns to Yangon. Your naval fleet spends the most money. Why don't you see how distressed he is! It's like cutting flesh from yourself!"

"Hahaha!" The two brothers laughed and walked side by side to the dining room of the warship. While walking, Tang Qiuquan defended himself, "Brother Qiusheng, Uncle Quan has been stingy for half his life. Since we met him in the Northeast, That's it, I'm always short of money, I'm used to it!"

"However, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang's airmen are also big spenders! Why don't Uncle Quan's eyes be on the airmen?"

"You don't know, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, seeing Uncle Quan is like a mouse seeing a cat. Every time Uncle Quan sees one of them, he scolds a prodigal son!" Tang Qiusheng shook his head while said with a smile.

The sky is already bright, and a round of red sun gushes out from the eastern sky, dyeing the vast sea in the East Indian Ocean with a layer of light gold. The waves on the sea surface are shimmering like countless jumping golden snakes. It's another wonderful feeling.

However, for Lieutenant Kubota of the No.15 Air Force of the Japanese Army Air Corps stationed in Sumatra Island, the No. [-] Squadron of the Reconnaissance Aircraft Brigade, the magnificent sunrise on the sea is monotonous and boring. The sunrise on the sea will be too lazy to take a look.

Since the No.15 Air Force entered Sumatra, Captain Kubota, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane, drove the reconnaissance plane to take off from the base on time at this time almost every day except for the bad weather, and then headed for the Chagos Islands Reconnaissance in the direction is a routine flight!

As for the direction of the Andaman Sea to the north, there is a ferocious tiger squatting there - the airspace controlled by the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division Air Force, known as the restricted area of ​​the Imperial Air Force, the lunatic commander of the Chinese Air Force, commanding this tiger, It has eaten up several air teams of the empire, so there is no place where any aircraft of the No.15 air team would dare to set foot!

Sometimes, Captain Kubota is very envious of those fighter and bomber pilots. They can stay in the field airport all day long, and after eating and drinking, those energetic guys can go out to find flower girls, or, Here's a more exciting one, just grab the local women into the airport, and let them go after they've had enough fun.

In all fairness, Captain Kubota would never think that dark-skinned, short-skinned local women are better than imperial women. If possible, of course, it is most comfortable to sleep with a gentle, fair-skinned imperial woman, but the Air Force Military discipline does not allow, junior officers have local women around them.

Only those officers can bring imperial women with them and wait on them day and night. It just so happens that Captain Kubota belongs to him for almost a year, and he can't touch a part of the body of a local woman, so the local woman has become a sought-after commodity!

Captain Kubota looked at the dashboard. He had already reached the farthest airspace in the usual reconnaissance flight distance. If he went further, he might encounter the China fighter jets on the Chagos Islands. At that time, he was not sure whether he could fly back. Airports in Sumatra.

Normally, Lieutenant Kubota would have turned around and returned without thinking, and flew back along another route to complete the day's reconnaissance mission. However, today, he did not know what evil wind was blowing up, or it was a whim. With his curiosity and impulsiveness, he went to the Chagos Islands and went a hundred kilometers or even further. He didn't believe that his luck would be so bad that he happened to meet the fighter jet patrol of China?

Just do it when you think about it, "Mr. Kitamura, do you want to go around the Chagos Islands occupied by the Chinese?" He said to his deputy with an excited tone.

Lieutenant Kitamura, who was driving another reconnaissance plane, was terrified immediately, and hurriedly called: "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the brigade has regulations. The reconnaissance range ends here, and you must not go deeper to avoid accidents!"

"What are you afraid of?" Captain Kubota said nonchalantly, "Kun Kitamura, take a risk, otherwise, today's routine reconnaissance would be too boring!"

At the Chagos Islands Naval and Air Force Base, inside the ground and air fingers, Colonel Wu Zhenjiang, the commander of the Eastern Indian Ocean cruise area of ​​the Southern Aviation Group of the Independent Division and the commander of the Navy and Air Force Base, was yelling on the phone with his eyes burning, "Damn it! Where the hell did those two little devil's reconnaissance planes come from? Why hasn't the ground radar found it before?"

"Coincidentally, the course is still heading towards our troop carrier formation and escort fleet! Is it the little devil's reconnaissance plane that found something, so it approached unconventionally for further reconnaissance?"

The major station chief of the ground radar station, who was trained by Wu Zhenjiang so that his forehead was sweating, said very aggrieved: "Commander, it's not a problem with the ground radar. Before that, the Japanese reconnaissance plane had never approached our base at such a close distance. According to my analysis, it should be an accident, otherwise, according to the usual practice, the Japanese reconnaissance plane should return quickly at this moment!"

"Radar is closely monitored!" Wu Zhenjiang said simply, and then put down the phone with a bang, and turned around the room a few times. He knew very well that this was to ask Commander Tang of the Fleet again, and the time must be too late. In a few minutes, the huge troop carrier formation and escort fleet will be exposed under the noses of the Japanese reconnaissance planes!

The best solution is to kill the two little devils' reconnaissance planes, but Commander Tang's order of the fleet is to expel them, and he cannot violate the order.

This is an absolutely unexpected situation. Wu Zhenjiang has been at Chagos Naval and Air Force Base for several years, and the Japanese reconnaissance plane on the opposite Sumatra Island has never dared to get so close, and they come and go in a hurry, like a rabbit afraid of being beaten. , turned around and ran back from a long distance, today these two little devil's reconnaissance planes came here on a rampage, as if they had been bewitched by evil spirits!

"It's so fucking evil!" Wu Zhenjiang muttered, time was waiting for no one, he gritted his teeth, and ordered: "The first squadron of the third battalion of the fifth fighter regiment, which is patrolling in that direction, immediately encircled the two fighter jets. Get rid of the little devil's reconnaissance plane!"

After more than 20 minutes, the reconnaissance plane piloted by Captain Kubota and his subordinate, Second Lieutenant Kitamura, had already flown more than 100 kilometers into the airspace of the Chagos Islands. At this distance, the possibility of encountering the Chinese patrol fighter jets became infinite. , followed by Second Lieutenant Beicun, with cold sweat dripping down his face.

Captain Kubota also felt that flying forward would be very dangerous. Besides, his curiosity was satisfied, and he couldn't afford to continue taking risks. He was just about to turn the nose of the plane, when suddenly his eyes widened in horror.

(To be continued)

aaa: On New Year's Eve in Mengdong, fireworks were already blooming outside. It was really not night. A year of deep blessings, to every book friend who accompanied Xiaojin! (To be continued..)