In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, Morikawa launched two water reconnaissance aircraft from the heavy cruiser Kaohsiung early to look for traces of the Hakuin Pacific Fleet. Japan's coastal defense radar technology is not as good as the Hakuin Army, and the sea conditions around Mindanao are complicated. , this allows Morikawa to have limited reconnaissance methods, and can only rely on surface reconnaissance aircraft and submarines.
The raid fleet does not have an aircraft carrier. Although the heavy cruisers equipped are equipped with three fighters, and the Min-01 submarine is equipped with six, this is obviously not enough to compete with the Pacific Fleet. The raid fleet has a total of only eighteen fighters. The three aircraft carriers of the Pacific Fleet carry nearly 200 fighter planes, and there is a huge disparity in strength. This is the fundamental reason why Koizumi defined this mission as a tentative attack. Koizumi’s arrangement is obviously reasonable based on reality, but Morikawa did not resolutely The meaning of execution is that so far, the Japanese Navy has sunk six aircraft carriers and captured one in the hands of the Xuebing Army. This is a great shame for the Japanese Navy people, who are always present from top to bottom. Thinking of revenge, when an opportunity to sink the Xuebing Army aircraft carrier was presented to Morikawa, the little devil became crazy.
Morikawa knew that if he wanted to defeat the Academy Pacific Fleet through conventional naval battles based on the strength of the raid fleet alone, sinking one or two Academy aircraft carriers would be tantamount to a dream, so he made the decision to sink an Academy aircraft carrier at all costs. After making the decision, he began to consider what tactics he should adopt to achieve his goal. Launching a surprise attack while the Pacific Fleet was responding to the retreat of the ground forces would be their only chance. If he wanted to make a single attack effective, all he could rely on was fifty special attacks. He has high hopes for submarines, because he believes that if he imitates the Pacific Fleet and hastily formed an army, it will definitely lack anti-submarine experience. Implementing submarine operations against them should be able to achieve unexpected results, but he believes that it will definitely make his dream come true in the end. Fifty special attack aircraft, but eight Fifty special attack aircraft alone are obviously not enough, so the Seiran special attack aircraft and the fighters carried on the two heavy cruisers became the bait to cover the Fifty special attack aircraft to launch a fatal blow. Based on this guiding ideology, he only sent out two reconnaissance planes, and repeatedly told them not to act rashly and to do everything possible to save themselves, whether they discovered enemy fleets or traces of enemy aircraft.
Morikawa had a limited number of fighter planes, so he only dared to send out two reconnaissance planes. Chen Shichang did not have this trouble. For safety reasons and to train his troops, he flew fighter planes in groups, stipulating that each reconnaissance unit must maintain at least Chen Shichang formed a two-plane formation and expanded the reconnaissance radius to about 100 kilometers. Chen Shichang's caution earned him rich rewards. A Japanese reconnaissance plane appeared in the airspace 80 kilometers southwest of the Pacific Fleet and was intercepted by two Whiteback Dolphins. It was discovered that this reconnaissance unit is piloted by Lian Xiaosheng, the squadron leader of the second fighter squadron on the Yandi aircraft carrier. The naval aviation cadets of the Pacific Fleet are mainly composed of three parts, one part comes from the experienced army aviation unit, and the other part is Some of the overseas Chinese young people recruited by Gu Lianyun in the United States are outstanding graduates of Guangzhou Aviation School. For example, Lian Xiaosheng came from the Army Aviation. Before joining the naval aviation unit of the Pacific Fleet, his He already has the glorious record of shooting down two Japanese planes and has rich combat experience, which makes Lian Xiaosheng more and more eager for actual combat. He takes the lead with his wingmen and flies at the front, hoping to encounter the enemy planes and then attack them. After a test of his skills, his caution now paid off. From a distance of five or six kilometers, he saw a small black dot flying quickly directly in front of him. He couldn't help but grinned and shouted on the intercom: "Gu Village, when the opportunity comes, climb higher."
Gu Cun was the wingman pilot. He also discovered the enemy plane at this time. As a new recruit of Hainan Airlines, his emotions seemed a bit complicated, he was excited and a little nervous, and at the same time he also had a little expectation, because this would be His first battle, "Received, I will execute it immediately." After replying on the intercom, he followed Lian Xiaosheng to pull up the fighter plane, and pulled it up to an altitude of about six thousand meters.
Their opponent, the Japanese air force piloting the water reconnaissance plane, was also an experienced veteran named Okamoto Yamaji. Due to the limitations of the aircraft type and the needs of the mission, Okamoto did not fly very high, and was about three meters away from the sea. At a distance of one thousand meters, Okamoto was very alert. When the distance between the two sides was still about three thousand meters, he habitually looked left and right, up and down, and saw two Baijis rushing down towards him. ." Okamoto cursed angrily in his heart, and then pushed the joystick to control the aircraft to fly towards the sea. The water reconnaissance aircraft he was flying had only one machine gun on board. He understood the performance of the main fighter aircraft of the Xuebing Army. , he knew that unless he had the opportunity to directly aim at the cockpit of the China fighter jet and fire within a distance of 800 meters, otherwise he would not be a threat to the opponent even if he could seize the opportunity. In terms of speed, although the reconnaissance aircraft was good at speed, it was not He can't compete with the white-tailed dolphins and Chinese sturgeons of the Xuebing Army. He can't fight or escape. He can only use his skills. This will be his only chance. Okamoto is ambitious. Even under such adversity, he still wants to complete the reconnaissance mission. , in his mind, since the enemy plane has appeared here, its fleet should be nearby. While he was flying the plane to dive towards the sea, as if he was about to rush into the sea, he turned on the intercom switch to report his findings, hoping that his audio signal Can be picked up by submarines towing nearby,
Okamoto's reaction was beyond Lian Xiaosheng's expectations. According to common sense, he should actively climb up to avoid the head-on attack, but he did the opposite. Although he could avoid this round of attacks, However, they still maintained a high altitude advantage and could easily adjust their direction before swooping down to capture him. "Gu Cun, you fly directly over to block his retreat. Leave the front to me." Lian Xiaosheng made an instant decision and pulled his fighter. Make a left turn, make slight adjustments, and then pursue Okamoto's phone again.
Okamoto still maintained his dive attitude, but when he was still about 100 meters away from the sea, he suddenly pulled up the control stick, increased the throttle, and once again avoided Lian Xiaosheng's attack with a beautiful climb and tail swing to the left. Lock, he did this maneuver beautifully, which made Gu Cun feel dazzled. When he flew over his head and made a 180-degree turn maneuver, he had already lost the Japanese plane in his field of vision, and suddenly lost the enemy plane in the air battle. Traces, which meant that the enemy plane appeared behind him and even locked onto him. This made Gu Cun panic. He subconsciously had to make climbing and turning maneuvers based on his usual training. At this time, Lian Xiaosheng used tracer bullets for him. Pointing out the direction of the enemy plane, his visual nerves were stimulated by the light emitted by the tracer bullets. He turned his head and looked to the right, and saw the enemy plane speeding towards the south in a slightly embarrassed manner. "Cunning Japanese." He thought in his heart. He quickly controlled the machine and chased after him.