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    When Liu Yu and Lei Shaobao began to return home, Yamaguchi Dawen was also forcibly taken aboard the Yukikaze destroyer by officers.  (Literary Museum) At the same time, the "Sichuan" and "Guizhou" cruising in Yaeyama also recovered the twelve patrol Lightning fighter jets that took off in the morning.  The air crew had to help the second batch of patrol planes take off, refuel the landing Lightnings, and clear the deck to welcome the returning attack planes, so they were very busy.  But Yang Guochang's mind was not here. He had already received the news that all four target ships had been hit, but he knew that his fleet was still in danger because the attack fleet did not find a single Japanese attack aircraft.

    This is impossible. Any aircraft carrier will carry attack aircraft unless it is on a special mission.  However, not a single Japanese aircraft was visible on the Zuiho and Hosho aircraft carriers, which shows that the Japanese navy attack aircraft set off long before the attack fleet arrived.  "I don't like fighting like this, like two blind men slashing with knives. Increase the speed to 25 knots, heading 51, approach Keelung, and call the Penghu Aviation Group to prepare for support. All radars are turned on, and each ship opens its position to form a circular air defense formation.  ." In the bridge of the Dinghai, Yang Guochang started to adjust the fleet after nagging a few words.  As a traditional military officer, even if he can accept the aircraft carrier era, he is still not used to this kind of combat method where the enemy cannot be seen.  Therefore, when choosing the flagship, I still chose the battleship Dinghai.

    "Who made the style of naval warfare change so quickly? I estimate that in a few years, planes will have to sort out the airspace before going out." Lin Ruosheng took the telegram from the electronic communications officer, replied with a smile, and raised his eyebrows.  Joy flashed: "Commander, the reconnaissance plane has confirmed that the Matsushima broke off and sank, the Zuiho and Hosho began to sink, and the Itsukushima also started to catch fire."

    "Good job. It seems that we can divert to Guam at night." After Yang Guochang finished speaking, he pointed at the two Lightnings taking off and ordered: "Let out all the remaining fighter jets. The first batch of twelve will be in the middle of the night."  It will take off within an hour. By the way, who will lead the team?" He was still worried, so he increased the number of patrol fighter jets originally arranged to twenty.  "Zhang Peng personally led the team." Lin Ruosheng scratched his head, feeling that it was a bit of a fuss.  Because the first batch of escort fighter jets had been flying for nearly four hours, the plane had to land to refuel, and the pilots also needed to drink water and eat something to replenish their strength.  What's more, the target has been basically destroyed.  Even if Japanese planes attack, twenty fighter jets and fleet anti-aircraft firepower can deal with the remaining Ryukyu attack planes.

    "There's nothing wrong with being careful." Yang Guochang chuckled.  In fact, he didn't know that the fleet was in extreme danger. He did this simply because he didn't know how many attack aircraft were left in Ryukyu.  Moreover, the big victory has been obtained, and there is also the idea of ????keeping the fruits of victory and going to Guam safely.  But it turned out to be a wise decision, of course.  This is also related to the fact that he left behind thirty-two Lightning fighter jets.  Ten minutes later, all twenty Lightnings took off, and the remaining twelve began to refuel.  In order to save time, the pilots who had just landed had to squat on the deck and simply eat some chocolate to replenish their energy.  Just as the air crew was taking the time to inspect the aircraft and prepare for the coming attack group, the patrolling Lightning discovered two "bright spots" approaching quickly.

    "Eagle No. 8 is calling the Eagle's Nest. Eagle No. 8 is calling the Eagle's Nest. At ten o'clock, at an altitude of 4,000 meters, two unknown targets are found approaching. Please give instructions." Major Zhang Peng, who led the patrol group, is from the Fifth Aircraft Carrier of the Sichuan aircraft carrier.  The "captain" of the brigade.  This "captain" does not refer to his own military position.  But it means having the best flying skills in the group.  Even Lei Shaobao, who has always been fearless, has no temper unless he can also get forty-one missions and shoot down thirty-seven aircraft, including six Soviet bf109s and nineteen IL-2s.

    "Eagle No. 8, No. 9, No. 22, and No. 23 go to intercept. The other aircraft follow my orders and climb to 5,000 meters. Assemble in the direction of ten o'clock." Upon hearing the call, Zhang Peng immediately sent four  He flew a Lightning to intercept, and at the same time led the remaining fighter jets scattered around to accelerate to the northwest.

    "It's a Type 97 seaplane, wait, and more! Repeat, there are about ten to twenty Japanese planes behind the Type 97 seaplane." As soon as the four Lightnings heading to intercept got out of the clouds, they found something was wrong, because on the water  Behind the plane, there is a series of bright spots.

    "Throw away the auxiliary fuel tank and prepare to intercept." After Zhang Peng heard this, he immediately threw away the auxiliary fuel tank and got out of the clouds.  A moment later he saw two Japanese 970 seaplanes followed by a dozen or so bright spots.  These aircraft were Yamaguchi's attack fleet. In order to find Fleet 23, Yamaguchi specially divided the fleet into five groups, starting from Ryukyu Island and radiating to the southwest in a fan shape. Finally, they were discovered at 12:40 noon.  Lightning fighter on patrol.  There were patrol planes, indicating that the aircraft carrier was nearby, so the Japanese planes also began to accelerate towards the 23rd Fleet.

    ¡°There is no Type Zero, it¡¯s the 96th Ship Battle and the 99th Ship Explosion.¡± The pilot who had seen the color spy photos of the Japanese aircraft secretly thought it was a pity, because he also wanted to fight against the legendary Zero fighter.

    Zhang Peng doesn¡¯t care about so much. He operates the lever with his right hand and puts his left hand on the oil.Standing on the ground, his feet stepped on the rudder board, a pair of eagle eyes coldly locked on the approaching Japanese aircraft, and issued an attack order with inflammatory words: "Brothers, do you want to be an ace? The opportunity has come, go for it!" Twenty  The J-5 Lightning fighter jets maintained a two-plane formation and launched an attack from an altitude of 5,000 meters.  Amidst the roaring dive, the four nearest Lightnings used twenty-four fiery red beams to shroud the two 970 seaplanes first.

    The West Sichuan Type 97 seaplane, also known as the Type 97 flying boat, has four 1,300-horsepower engines, a solid structure and a long range. It is a very excellent seaplane.  But like all seaplanes, it was bulky and slow, and had weak self-defense firepower. However, the 20mm cannon mounted on the tail of the aircraft scared a Thunderbolt that was about to bite its tail to attack and quickly evaded it.  The two Type 97 seaplanes were caught in flames. When it seemed that they would not survive, Zhang Peng also led the rest of the lightning into the Japanese fleet.

    The commander of the Japanese fleet had good experience and knew that he was no match for the Lightning, so he immediately disbanded the formation after receiving the report from the seaplane to avoid being blamed.  But the plane he had was really bad, and he met Zhang Peng, an ace captain who had fought with the Soviet Air Force for a year in the northwest, so in one encounter, five slower-flying 99s exploded.  Shot down.  After crossing the Japanese aircraft group from top to bottom, Zhang Peng immediately climbed and turned, taking advantage of the vertical climb of the fighter jets, and launched a second wave of dive attacks before the Japanese aircraft group could make the next tactic.  Quite a number in itself.  The equipment gap was huge, so the remaining Japanese aircraft after the two waves of dives were too frightened to fight any more and dispersed one after another.  Zhang Peng originally wanted to pursue him, but news came from his earphones that four more groups of Japanese aircraft had been discovered.

    It turns out that after discovering Fleet 23, this Japanese fleet began to summon friendly forces that dispersed and searched.  When the other four groups of Japanese aircraft received the news and accelerated their arrival, they were immediately captured by the radar of the surrounding destroyers.

    "How many are there?"

    "About sixty to seventy." Zhang Peng was slightly stunned after asking about the number of Japanese aircraft.  It can be seen from the numbers that the Japanese Navy is working hard, and it is estimated that it has pulled out all the fighters that can be mobilized near Ryukyu.  But he wasn't nervous.  Judging from the news that Lei Shaobao sent back before, the zero battle near Ryukyu was basically concentrated on protecting the two aircraft carriers.  As long as there is no difficult Zero War, he won't be too worried.  His most difficult question was how long it would take to clean up this batch of Japanese aircraft. He had to know that the attacking group would come back in an hour, and the Japanese aircraft were coming from three directions.  If the sky cannot be cleared before then, it may affect the landing of the attack fleet. It would be really embarrassing if everyone is forced to land in the sea because there is no fuel.

    Probably because they learned that someone was coming to help, the remaining five Ninety-Six Ship Attackers that were being chased by Lightning actually sneaked back around.  This made him angry and laughing, but he didn't have time to deal with these small fishes without much attack power now, after leaving behind four Lightnings.  Lead the main force to greet the Japanese army cluster.

    On the sea, Yang Guochang also thought about the problem of the takeoff and landing of the attack fleet after returning home, and immediately ordered all the remaining twelve Lightnings to attack, making sure to stop the Japanese fleet outside the fleet's air defense circle.  "Commander. Commander!" At this moment, the electronic communications officer suddenly grabbed him and handed him a radio listening statistics table: "Commander, take a look at this."

    "What's wrong?" Yang Guochang put on his glasses.

    "This is what we discovered when we monitored the Japanese aircraft's contacts. You see, most of them are short intercom signals, but a few signals have not been interrupted since they were discovered. Look at this again. This is what we did two hours ago  The spectrum of the radio signals detected is exactly the same as them." Yang Guochang was a little confused.  Electronics was too difficult for him.  However, Lin Ruosheng saw some clues and asked: "You mean, these Japanese planes have been sending signals since they took off?"

    "Yes!" The electronic communications officer nodded heavily: "We didn't pay attention at first and thought it was a signal sent by Ryukyu or Japan Radio. Because after the aircraft fleet takes off, the radio silence will only be lifted when the target is found, and only the radio station will send  This is a short-wave constant signal that does not contain information. But after the destroyer reported that enemy aircraft appeared in three directions at the same time, we found that there were actually three signal sources, and the direction was the location where the enemy aircraft appeared."

    Yang Guochang was still confused and said in a deep voice: "Simply put!"

    "Yes!" After the electronic communications officer realized the mistake, he immediately corrected it: "They do not use silence, but send the constant signal required for navigation for a long time. I think they are doing some kind of radio guidance work!"

    Yang Guochang¡¯s heart skipped a beat: ¡°Like a navigation station?¡±

    "Yes!"

    Radio navigation is no longer an advanced technology in this era. Countries will use radio signals to navigate aircraft, and positioning calculation methods such as triangulation positioning calculation methods have also emerged.  The Republic of China itself had a large number of wireless navigation equipment. Most of these equipment were installed in radio stations. Special meaningless constant signals were emitted unexpectedly through the radio station's transmission tower.? signals to guide the aircraft.  The military's equipment is more advanced and complex, but the basic principles are similar.  So Lin Ruosheng was full of disbelief: "Are you paranoid? There can be no more planes in Ryukyu."

    "I don't know either." The electronic communications officer scratched his brows: "The radio navigation facilities in the Yaeyama Islands were blown up by the Penghu Brigade last night, and all radio broadcasts in Taiwan and southeastern my country have also stopped broadcasting, so this signal cannot be It is sent from the ground. It takes up to two hours to travel from Ryukyu Island. Japan has been very familiar with the sea and landforms here since it has ruled Ryukyu for many years. It does not require long-term navigation unless you are from the Philippines or other places."

    The electronic communications officer is the most important senior petty officer in the fleet. His rank is not high but he is very important, so his words made Yang Guochang wary.  But Yang Guochang, like Lin Ruosheng, didn't think there were planes in Ryukyu. As for the Philippines and Japan, he didn't even think about it, because the distances were beyond the range of the Japanese Navy's main 97 ship attack and 97 ship blast. As for high-altitude horizontal bombers, he  Not worried.  As for Yamamoto Isoroku's main force, he turned around in his mind a few times, but even based on the maximum speed, Yamamoto's four aircraft carriers would not be able to enter the maximum combat radius until at least 2:30, so it was still rejected.  But regardless of whether it was a misjudgment or Japan's ulterior motives, Yang Guochang decided to take precautions first: "Call the Penghu brigade for support, let the escort fighters of the attack group speed back, and all land on the Sichuan. Notify the air crew, and the plane will replenish fuel and fuel after landing.  Ammunition, pilots are not allowed to leave the cockpit. Order all warships and personnel to prepare for air defense! Have nearby seaplanes prepare to rescue pilots who have fallen into the sea."

    After all the orders were issued, Yang Guochang turned to look at the electronic communications officer: "I hope you are wrong."
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