"I finally met it! I guess the Japanese will think that they are lucky!"

After receiving the message from the reconnaissance plane, Zhu Bin was not nervous at all and made fun of him with a smile.

Chen Shaokuan, who was opposite him, couldn't laugh anyway. He nervously and tensely, repeatedly gestured on the map, and then looked up and asked, "Hanchen, can your combat plan be guaranteed? You must know that there are unexpected situations in the world, and it is not so easy to induce the Japanese army to be deceived."

Zhu Bin pointed his head indifferently: "Everything is in our control. Although the South China Sea is large, there are only a few available waterways. If the Japanese army wants to ensure the results of the battle, they must find our true body. The best way is to follow the reconnaissance planes, or cast nets all over the ground to find it, but the initiative is not in their hands."

Fighting hard? Just fools do that. As the saying goes, the battle is about the right time, place, and people. We should not just compare weapons and equipment. This is the last step. Especially when the military is not as good as humans, we should be more creative and use more external moves to minimize the gap between the enemy and us.

"Our first move is to divide his troops first!"

The task force used reconnaissance aircrafts are all long-legged. They can easily run five or six thousand kilometers by flying slower, and they also have night vision capabilities. As long as he doesn't want to get down, there will be no problem in the sky for a day and a night. Moreover, the firepower of the equipment is not weak. If you really fight, the Japanese water reconnaissance aircraft are not a big deal.

The two reconnaissance planes were entangled in the South China Sea, as if no one could do anything to each other. The two big guys on Zhu Bin turned around and ran away. But they didn't know how to return in a straight line. Instead, they flew high towards the Philippine Islands on the east side of the Zhongsha Islands. After receiving the report, several reconnaissance planes distributed in that area of ​​the Japanese immediately intercepted, but they were not as flexible and bold as the other party. They were not as good as the other party and had no enough oil to chase after them. They watched the other party run in, and they could already find the abnormal movement of the American fleet below, so they had to return.

But this did not distract the Japanese army. Several other reconnaissance planes opened the search surface of 500 kilometers wide and advanced the reconnaissance with the Zhongsha Islands as the center. It took nearly a day to discover that the opponent's fleet was turning a corner toward the east, as if they were going to enter the Philippine Islands to seek asylum for US troops!

"We can't let them slip!" Mine Hiromasa made a quick decision and ordered the "King Kong" to lead three heavy cruisers and half of the light cruisers, and the destroyers to move forward at high speed. They intercepted and took off forty fighters to bomb, and never allowed the other party to escape successfully!

Zhu Bin has a great relationship with the Americans! After three years of escort cooperation, he gave a lot of money to several fleets in the Pacific Ocean in vain, but he fed those guys enough. If he hid in Luzon, they would have to stare at him!

Mine Hiromasa did not notice that the distance between them was nearly 350 kilometers, which was exactly half the range of their carrier-based aircraft. If they could rush over and launch an attack directly, they would leave after the fight, and they could still go back. If they chased for a while, they would be difficult to deal with!

Just as forty fighter jets had just flew out more than 100 kilometers, the entire task force suddenly turned again and turned south and headed towards the Nansha Islands!

The Japanese army crew changed direction and pursued without hesitation, and was about to fly to the other party's head. They could clearly see their relatively compact formation figures, pulling out a series of tracks on the sea surface. The special square stern looked extremely strange. However, the fuel meter of all the fighter jets "beeped" and called the police with a red light!

Only then did they notice that they had already flew out four hundred kilometers away. If they turned around directly and flew forward dozens of kilometers, they could still catch each other. But it is hard to say whether they could go back.

What to do? After urgently asking the fleet for instructions by telegram, twenty Japanese fighter jets unwilling to throw away the bombs. They accelerated dive and rushed towards the group of broken destroyers, trying to use heavy machine guns to show the opponent's color.

Just as they were approaching a distance of 15 kilometers, three dual-equipped 127mm high-level dual-purpose cannons fired together on the scattered destroyers. Hundreds of cannons formed a seemingly sparse but actually very threatening barrage on the scattered destroyers, first stopping their origin!

The speed of twenty Japanese aircraft was enough, but the armor was as weak as ever, and it could be injured with a little shrapnel. In addition, there were too many unlucky things encountered in the air force bombing before, and the shadows left were too large. I hurriedly avoided it. This circle took a few minutes, and the opponent's artillery fire density was obviously amazing. Every few seconds there was a barrage. What's more excessive is that thick smoke rose wide on all the warships, and soon it was connected to the smoke that exploded in the air. It was too difficult to see their true bodies clearly!

"Damn it! Shameless coward! Use this method to avoid the battle!"

Seeing that the extra range after losing the bomb was exhausted, a group of fighter jets turned around and returned helplessly. They had just flew twenty or thirty kilometers away, and saw the fleet below turning again and continuing to head towards the Philippine Islands.

After receiving the report, Mine Hiromasa's face changed several times. Her eyes turned rapidly and thought for a while, then said decisively: "Order the squadron to continue to be dispatched to intercept, be sure to make sure that they cannot escape!"

Fleet Chief Staff Tashi Miki proposed: "Commander, we believe that the main force can advance southward and directly force the opponent's fleet to strike head-on! At the same time, the United States will not accept the Chinese fleet and interfere with the war between us. US President Roosevelt also had such an agreement last year, which should meet our conditions."

Mine Mitsumasa said calmly: "You can't place luck on Americans keeping their promises! Those guys who have no moral integrity can buy them if you have money! In addition, you don't realize that it is not intentional for Chinese people to choose here as a battlefield?"

"Is there any intention?" The staff officer led by Tashi Miki was shocked and quickly returned to the map to carefully study. Only then did he notice that this place was in the middle part of the South China Sea, the Indochina Peninsula, Hainan Island, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Huangyan Island, and the Philippine Islands lined up in a line, dividing the sea surface thousands of kilometers wide into six pieces to form six different channels. The other party deliberately seized time to run here, so that he could flexibly choose to cross the channel. If his fleet rushed over, the other party would have a lot of room for escape!

Miki Taichi was very ashamed. They didn't even see this group of staff. They couldn't help but punch the map and shouted: "Baga! The cunning Chinese people have made such an idea. Unfortunately, under our air force investigation, he was destined to be unable to succeed! The commander chose to intercept here, which is very wise and wise!"

Mine Hiromasa was not happy at all, and poked his finger south and said, "It's not stopping yet! You should note that the south is the Nansha Islands with vast territory, numerous islands and complex and dangerous sea conditions! We cannot rule it out. They want to induce our fleet to pursue it. It's hard to say what dangerous situation will happen at that time!"

This... Miki Tashi dare not agree. In such a complex place in the Nansha Islands, large ships may hit the reef if they are not careful. The Japanese Navy is very familiar with the sea conditions there. Are the Chinese? Is their fleets so dilapidated, so who will come to investigate the hydrology here?

Mine Hiromasa seemed to see through their thoughts and said, "Don't forget! That Chinese man Zhu Bin made many secret transactions with the nations. It is not ruled out that they obtained detailed hydrological data and sea conditions maps!"

"Hi! I understand!" Miki Taichi really admired him. The Commander thought so thoughtfully. People who are not very familiar with international affairs will not think of this kind of thing.

The second wave of pursuit of the air force flew quickly, but encountered the same problem as the first wave. The other party calculated the distance accurately, and what was very annoying was that it seemed to be calculating their takeoff time. When they chased after him, they could just see them turning south again, as if they really wanted to hide in the Nansha Islands!

The squadron led by the "King Kong" had crossed the false dividing line at this time and reached the south of Huangyan Island, reaching more than 100 kilometers. The task force seemed to have no courage to fight at all. The reconnaissance planes swayed at high altitude and ran south without hesitation. When it was dark, the forward flagship had already entered!

"Looking for death!" Captain Kanmoto Kakoji Kishimoto hummed contemptuously and ordered the fleet to slow down and destroyers and submarines to prevent the other party from attacking. He didn't believe it. These guys would really hide in the archipelago and not come out. If they really wanted to escape, they could run along the safe channel!

In the cold tropical monsoon climate that has not been cold all year round, the suitable temperature in the South China Sea makes people feel invigorated. After the sun sets, the cool wind blows across the deck. The coolness makes the naval officers and soldiers who have been nervous all day long so comfortable that they can't lie down.

However, no one of the task force that had penetrated half of the archipelago dared to relax. He carefully followed the radar navigation and circled out of the dangerous waterway, and then deviated to the safe waters outside. Taking advantage of the night, he accelerated to the north!

On the bridge of the 201 ship, Chen Shaokuan looked up at the starry sky and asked Zhu Bin worriedly: "It is dangerous to launch an attack in such weather! The Japanese army's night observation ability is very amazing! It is said that the eyesight is the best. With the help of moonlight and starlight, you can find targets three kilometers away. The overall night battle ability is strong, so you have to be careful!"

Zhu Bin said with great confidence: "Sir Chen, please relax. I won't do anything I'm not sure about! A storm will come tonight. No matter how good their eyes look, they will only be like blind people!"

The South China Sea has rainy all year round, especially this area, which is the main way for tropical storms to blow from the Pacific Ocean. From time to time, a strong wind and heavy rainfall can make people drink a pot. Now they can't see changes above their heads, but at high altitude, they can find that there are already dense rain clouds passing by in the offshore areas of the Philippine Islands.

Twenty warships circled in a big circle and quietly walked around the side of the Japanese squadron from more than 100 kilometers away on the west side. At about three o'clock in the morning, the radar showed that the distance between them was more than 50 kilometers away. At this moment, a strong wind of level 6 or 7 swept across a rain cloud four or 500 kilometers wide and swept across the sea from the east. The squadron led by the "King Kong" battleship happened to fall into it. In an instant, the ship shook violently with the waves, and the heavy rain covered the sky, making them unable to see anything!

Colonel Kishimoto Kakoji's face suddenly turned dark! This situation was so bad! If the opponent's fleet took the opportunity to escape, it would be difficult to find its traces. Even if it only took seven hours in one night, it would be enough for them to escape to an area where even the fighter planes could not find it and take a detour!

"Notify the Fleet Commander! Beware the Tifan Chins to escape!"

After he gave the order, he immediately ordered the ships: "Be vigilant! Prevent attacks by Chinese submarines! They have the kind of weapons made by Germans!"

The Germans were not kind enough to say that the matter of making warships in China was seriously insufficient. Although there was no specific number and performance indicators disclosed, the news was undoubtedly confirmed. In addition, in exchange for the Japanese aircraft carrier technology, they had to provide information they were interested in, which made the Japanese Navy very nervous.

Japan's submarine force is relatively large, and its combat ideas are different from those of ordinary people. Other countries know that this thing is mainly used for breaking the warships. Unless necessary, it is best not to fight against warships.

But the Japanese don't think so. Their guiding ideology is to face the enemy warships head-on, so the displacement is very large, and the gun barrels are getting thicker and thicker!

In the current bad weather, they took it for granted that the other party's submarine would not miss such a good opportunity. Although the underwater conditions in this sea area are very complicated, if the submarine attacks at night, who may die first!

But he never expected that as the destroyer and light cruiser formed a warning circle inside and outside the battleship, he was trying to open the sonar with his eyes wide open and scanned everywhere, two amphibious assault ships with six 280mm cannons quietly advanced to about 30 kilometers. A total of twelve gun barrels were trying hard to stabilize under their respective fire control radar shootings, and suddenly opened fire together at the moment when the waves were surging!

"Boom! Boom!" Twelve large tubes spewed out blazing flames, and instantly evaporated all the dense raindrops in the space with a diameter of nearly 100 meters. Bulk shock waves formed in front of the twelve slender shells, crushing and evaporating the rainwater. In the sky, strange holes were broken, and perfect arcs swarmed towards the Japanese ships shaking violently between the dark world in the distance!

More than ten seconds later, a shrill roar like a train passing a cave fell from the sky. The destroyer on the outside suddenly heard the rumbling of thunder above his head, and suddenly sounded the alarm in horror. Before the "King Kong" could react, he heard a series of deafening explosions around him, and water columns more than 100 meters high were pushed into the sky by shining fire balls!

"Enemy ship shelling!" A shrill shout tore through the night sky!
Chapter completed!