The Japanese were happy too early, because just when Akiyama Hero led his troops to break away from the main fleet and began to rush towards the location of the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet, Chen Datou and others faced the five main echelons of Somura Ichiro's department. After landing on their respective aircraft carriers, Akiyama Heroes led his troops to fly close to the sea and indeed hid the many air defense radars of the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet. However, they could not escape the eyes of Xu Kai's submarine lookouts. The Xuebing Army's current aircraft carrier construction Although its capabilities are still very weak, and it can even take half a year to complete one ship, the construction capabilities of destroyers, frigates and submarines are no less than those of the United States and Japan. Starting from the Ming class to the Song class, the Xuebing Army only took one year. Over time, now, the Pacific Fleet alone has more than twenty Song-class submarines, including the latest "Song III" and "Song III", with a displacement of more than 2,700 tons and a endurance capacity of More than 7,000 kilometers, in addition to the standard configuration of sixteen large-caliber torpedoes, it is also equipped with six Poseidon ship-to-ship missiles. The submarine force has now become the second main ship type in the Pacific Fleet after aircraft carriers. Of course , because the Japanese have not suffered losses at the hands of the submarine force so far, so they have not been alert,
The use of submarines by the Pacific Fleet is somewhat similar to that of Japan and the United States, but not entirely the same. The similarity is that the establishment of submarines is also devolved to specific aircraft carrier fleets. The difference is that in addition to aircraft carrier formation training, more often than not, submarines automatically It is organized into a system and trained separately, and this is even more obvious during combat. For example, now, the twenty-six submarines under the jurisdiction of the Huangdi aircraft carrier fleet are divided into three parts, and a few of them are incorporated into the anti-submarine force and escort fleet. , the others formed separate teams and formed a assault fleet. When the reconnaissance planes of Wang Hai's naval aviation force were looking for the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet, the assault fleet led by Xu Kai was not idle either. They were divided into three small groups. The clusters were cruising in the left, middle and right directions of the main fleet, looking for fighters. As soon as the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet appeared, Xu Kai gave an order, ordering the second and third fleets to move closer to him, and then personally led the third fleet. A fleet sneaked past to the northwest,
In the Pacific Fleet, Chen Shichang is the actual supreme commander, Wang Hai is the supreme commander of the corresponding naval aviation force, and Xu Kai, while serving as deputy commander-in-chief of the fleet, is also in charge of the work of the submarine force. It can be said that these three Personally, the status of the leadership of the Pacific Fleet is the first, second and third officers. For the Third Guadalcanal Battle, the first, second and third officers of the Pacific Fleet were dispatched at the same time. This is enough to show the importance that the Chinese Supreme Command attaches to this campaign, and For Xu Kai, because the submarine force failed to play a decisive role in the Timor Sea battle, he felt ashamed of the commander-in-chief's expectations for the submarine force, so he defined this battle as a battle for the submarine force to speak out, " The Commander-in-Chief has invested so many resources to build up the submarine force. He hopes that we can play a decisive role. Brothers, it is time for the Commander-in-Chief to hear our voices." Xu Kai said at the pre-war mobilization meeting. His subordinates said this. Under his encouragement, the captains of the assault fleet held their breath from the beginning. For them, the opportunity has finally come.
The assault fleet quietly sneaked towards the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet. They were still about 100 kilometers away from the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet. They first discovered the fifty special attack aircraft units rushing towards the sponge. Xu Kai heard his men's Report, regardless of the danger, ordered the submarine to surface, and then personally observed with the periscope. After mastering the number of Japanese aircraft, he immediately reported to Chen Shichang and reminded them to prepare for air defense.
"The missing Japanese fighter plane has been found." Chen Shichang did not hesitate at all this time and immediately relayed the discovery to Wang Hai and asked him: "Stop it at all costs."
Wang Hai originally intended for the intercepting force to separate out fighter jets to find the location of the missing Japanese aircraft. After receiving the order from Chen Shichang, he directly gave an order to Chen Datou and others, asking them to take off again within five minutes, and then stop the raiding aircraft carrier group at all costs. Japanese machine cluster,
When Wang Haixin's order was issued, Chen Datou had just got off the fighter plane. After receiving the order, he climbed into the cabin again without saying a word, turned on the power switch, checked the oil dial, and then reported to the control tower that he could immediately take off to meet the enemy. Under the enemy's plane, several ground crews were preparing to load missiles on him. When the release order came from the control tower, they quickly pushed the missile-loaded cart out of the way. In a moment, Chen Datou was again under the command of the navigator. Lifting off, behind him, his brothers reboarded the cabin one by one, and then glided into the air.
In less than five minutes, a cluster of about thirty fighter planes gathered in the sky above the aircraft carrier cluster. Seeing this scene, Jin finally understood the reason why Chen Shichang was so calm. If the HNA troops under his command could also be so efficient, he must have Like this young Chinese general, he can maintain a calm attitude at all times. Unfortunately, the US naval aviation force has a longer history and higher tactical literacy, but it does not have this ability.
When Xu Kai ordered the command boat to surface so that he could identify the size of the raiding Japanese aircraft group, Hero Akiyama also saw this "Song III" submarine. The little devil had no idea that China was now capable of producing such large submarines, so He was very surprised at the time, but after scanning the nearby sea surface and discovering several periscopes and antennas, he felt a thump in his heart and realized that Tsukahara Er43 had underestimated the enemy.
Whether it is a special attack tactical force, a special attack submarine force, or a fifty special attack aircraft force, because it has special combat methods that can never come back, its officers and soldiers are treated much better than ordinary troops. Correspondingly, heroes like Akiyama who can stand alone The status of a commander is also higher than that of ordinary army officers of the same rank. In the words of Koizumi Miichiro, "Samurai are not even willing to risk their lives. Is it wrong for them to enjoy more material and respect while they are alive?" Therefore, Even though Tsukahara 243 was the commander of the Wuwei aircraft carrier fleet, he still showed enough respect when facing the hero Akiyama.
Akiyama ordered the fleet to slow down, and then called Tsukahara 243. After getting through, he said in a bad tone: "Sir, we have discovered the Chinese submarine force. Their target should be the main force of the fleet. I request that the target of the raid be changed. "
"Submarine, ha, Akiyama-kun, your target is the Chinese aircraft carrier." Tsukahara 243 did not pay attention to it. He replied firmly,
"Your Excellency." Akiyama insisted, but he heard Tsukahara Er43 say: "Akiyama-kun, please don't forget Yamamoto-dono's teachings."
Yamamoto Isoroku is the god in the hearts of Japanese navy people. Hearing what Tsukahara said, Akiyama was stunned for a moment, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Accelerate, assault."