In order to find the Japanese fleet as quickly as possible, the Chinese fighter plane did not take any means to avoid the enemy radar. Therefore, when he just saw the light appearing in the distance, the Japanese radar soldiers had already verified his information.
The report was sent to Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi didn't pay much attention at first. The report said that an enemy plane was found. Of course, he thought it was a reconnaissance plane sent by the Chinese fleet, so his reply was "continue to monitor", but only five Minutes later, another report came over. When he saw the words "a large number of enemy planes found" on it, the old Japanese jumped up from his chair: "Nani, Mr. Ozawa, come here quickly."
"Yamaguchi-kun, what's wrong?" Ozawa walked over calmly. As he approached, he realized that Yamaguchi's face looked wrong and asked quickly.
Sweat was already pouring from Yamaguchi's forehead. What he thought was impossible happened happened. This kind of psychological pressure would make everyone look like this at this time. Yamaguchi handed the report in his hand to Ozawa and asked: " How are our pilots capable of fighting at night?"
Ozawa lowered his head to look at the report in his hand. After a brief glance, his eyes suddenly widened. He looked up at Yamaguchi and whispered: "How is that possible? What do the Chinese want to do?"
"Ozawa-kun, you haven't answered my question yet."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Yamaguchi. You know the situation of our naval aviation force. Our night fighting capabilities are very limited. Do we need to implement a blackout immediately?"
"If our fighter planes cannot take off to meet the enemy, then this is the only way. But based on my understanding of Bai Chongxi, he will never fight an uncertain battle, so I guess the silence of the lights will not play a decisive role, Colonel Aida, Sound the alarm, Xiaodao, open the command channel for me, I want to issue orders to the entire army."
The Japanese Combined Fleet is still well-trained. From the time Yamaguchi issued the order, it took less than ten minutes for the more than 100 ships of the Japanese Combined Fleet to complete the lights and silence. At the same time, except for submarines, all surface ships turned off their main engines. , only auxiliary engines are reserved for emergency use.
Yamaguchi's prediction was good. Since Bai Chongxi dared to launch air strikes at night, he naturally had a magic weapon to rely on, and this magic weapon was the night vision device that had just been sent from China. Compared with the night vision devices of later generations, the night vision device produced by Xuebing Research and Development Institute This kind of night vision device, which is still a sample, still has the shortcomings of being too large and insufficient in measuring distance. This batch of night vision devices used for actual combat testing was divided into three by the Pacific Fleet. Chen Ce specially approved it and gave it to Xia Quanyong. Two. After the Japanese Combined Fleet implemented a blackout, these two fighters equipped with night vision devices became the eyes of the raiding fleet. Under the guidance of Li Hao, the pilots flying the two Golden Eagles lowered their flying altitude to About 500 meters away from the sea, it searched and flew forward in a Z-shaped pattern.
Only about twenty minutes after Chen Ce issued the "attack order" to Xia Quanyong, the search team formed by Li Hao and others made a discovery. When the night vision mirror in the cab of one of the Golden Eagles displayed an infrared image, The student sitting directly behind the night vision device immediately shouted: "002 report, 002 report, target found, location..."
"Tiger Shark receives it and lights up the pilot light immediately."
"002 received."
After Xia Quanyong ordered 002 to light up the guidance light, he switched to the public command channel and shouted: "Everyone is here, bearing...attack."
Yamaguchi and Ozawa believe that it is impossible for the Chinese fleet to launch an attack at night. They are not just conjectures, because according to the fighter technology they understand, if an air attack is launched at night and without ground guidance, then it is impossible to find a target. The target was launched as scheduled, but it was very difficult to maintain the stability of the attack aircraft array during the flight. In the opinion of the more professional Ozawa, even if the Chinese fighter jets could maintain the stability of the array through beacon lights, they would not be able to maintain stability when arriving. After attacking the location, how to launch an effective attack on the target is still a problem.
What they thought was absolutely impossible, China's young HNA officers and soldiers taught them a good lesson with practical actions.
Because they wanted to know the number of incoming enemy planes as soon as possible, Yamaguchi and Ozawa had already turned the radar room of the Takeku aircraft carrier into a temporary headquarters. The Chinese raiding fighters were mainly Chinese sturgeons, supplemented by golden eagles and white-tip dolphins. , among them, the golden eagles are the fastest. They were organized into the first echelon by Xia Quanyong. Their mission is mainly reconnaissance and cover, supplemented by ship attack. When Yamaguchi and Ozawa just entered the radar room, the first echelon was already full. Entering the range of the Japanese radar, Yamaguchi and Ozawa saw that the red dots on the radar screen were only about a hundred. Their first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief. What they thought at this time was that even if the Chinese fighter jets could It should not be a problem to carry out precision strikes and use the air defense capabilities of the combined fleet to resist these more than 100 fighters.
Yamaguchi changed the order at that time and ordered all captains to be prepared. Once the China fighter jets were able to carry out precise strikes, they would immediately turn on all anti-aircraft searchlights to fight head-on.
Ozawa: "It seems that the Chinese people still have some scruples. They sent more than a hundred fighter planes probably for profit."
Yamaguchi nodded and was about to answer, but found that a large number of light spots suddenly appeared in the upper center of the radar screen. His expression immediately changed, "What's going on?" He asked the radar soldier on the side.
This sudden change made the radar soldier's captain look horrified. He panicked and replied: "It should, it should be that our radar is malfunctioning."
"Fault, then these light spots may be misdetection."
"No, that's not the case, Your Excellency. It should be that our radar's actual monitoring distance is not enough, so, so..."
"What did you say?" Before Yamaguchi answered, Ozawa couldn't hold back his anger, grabbed the colonel by the collar, and shouted.
Yamaguchi: "Eight grids." Then, as if he came to his senses, he picked up the microphone and shouted loudly: "Quick, all ships start the main engines immediately, and each frigate immediately moves closer to their respective main ships, and then turns towards the Palau Islands. " He let go of the microphone and said to Ozawa: "Mr. Ozawa, it seems that the Hainan Air Force must be dispatched. China's fighter planes are dispatched in full force."
At this time, the light spots on the radar screen had become so densely packed that it made Ozawa's scalp numb. "Hai," he replied almost instinctively, and then quickly rushed out of the radar room.
"Sound the siren, sound the air raid siren." Behind him, Yamaguchi hissed.
A shrill siren sounded, and at the same time, the lights on the Japanese ship, which had been completely extinguished, lit up one after another, suddenly turning the sea area as bright as day.
Seeing this change, Xia Quanyong, who had already flown to the front line, was also shocked. He murmured to himself: "What kind of trick are you guys playing?" Then, he shouted in the command channel: "The target is right in front of you, brothers, do it. Damn it."