"The Japanese have reminded us to be wary of sneak attacks by the Chinese. What do you think?" Li Mei said to Captain Cooley of the Hornet on the side, looking at the message just handed over by the communications staff in her hand.
LeMay knew that his level of naval warfare was limited, so he paid great attention to borrowing the strength of others. Among these people, Cooley, a naval veteran of the Pacific Fleet, was the most valued by him.
"It seems that the Japanese have really begun to pay attention to our ally. If I am right, general, the Japanese must have been hit hard by Chinese fighter planes. Here is a Chinese idiom, they finally realized the truth of 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold'
Already."
Cooley did not agree with the combined fleets of Japan and Japan doing their own things. Therefore, when Li Mei proposed this combat plan, he was immediately convinced. In private conversations with some old partners, he even thought that Li Mei was more powerful than
King is more suitable to serve as commander of the Pacific Fleet.
Li Mei thought for a while and said: "We will survive or die together, not only for the Japanese, but also for us. The Chinese submarines and torpedo speedboats we discovered before now seem not simple. Major Cooley, know that I am the most
Are you worried about anything? What I am most worried about is that the Chinese have known about our existence from the beginning! If so, there must be traps waiting for us ahead!"
"From the intelligence provided by the Japanese, the Chinese dispatched almost all their fighter planes to attack their aircraft carriers. So, even if the Chinese really prepared something for us, it couldn't be an air attack. Could it be said that the Chinese expected to use torpedo boats?
Attack us like they attacked Jivan?"
"It's entirely possible! Shit! It's a pity that our pilots are too weak in night flying. Otherwise, with them as the eyes of the fleet, we wouldn't be so passive!"
Li Mei was sighing sadly when he suddenly heard the alarm sound of "beep beep...". He was startled and asked around: "What happened? Why did the alarm sound?!"
Just as he finished speaking, he saw that the door of the command room was kicked open, and then John, the watch leader of the radar room, ran in and shouted to him: "General, enemy planes! A large number of enemy planes were spotted in the northeast!"
Li Mei was sitting on a chair and stirring the coffee in her hand very quickly. After hearing this, she stood up and ran to the radar monitoring room below. While running, she shouted: "Add an order immediately and have everyone enter the fighting position immediately! Immediately
!”
When the "beep beep beep" air defense siren sounded, the American soldiers had already habitually rushed out of the cabin. Now with Li Mei's additional order, their goals became clearer and they rushed towards the targets of their respective squads.
Assembly area, and walk to their combat positions under the command of the squad platoon leader.
"Have the figures been calculated?" Li Mei bent down and stood in front of the radar screen, her eyes fixed on the light spots above, her voice serious.
"Between one hundred and one hundred and thirty, there is a more than 90% chance that it will be a 'Flying Fortress' long-range bomber!"
"How much time do we have?"
"A quarter of an hour, a quarter of an hour at most!"
"Give me the microphone - soldiers! There is a siren warning. I believe everyone knows that after a while, we will encounter a Chinese aviation force. Gentlemen! Are you afraid? George said he is not afraid,
He also asked me if I was afraid! Gentlemen, I gave him a blow on the head, because I told him that if we have this time, it is better to prepare for battle immediately, because who knows if this is an opportunity for us to prove ourselves to the world? America
The Pacific Fleet is the real Invincible Fleet in the Pacific!"
Li Mei was using his unique way to boost morale. As for the Chinese Sky Fortress Cluster, Zhang Xiaolin looked through the porthole at the dots of lights not far away. He tilted his mouth, picked up the microphone and put it to his mouth, and pressed send.
The keynote said: "Typhoon, typhoon, this is the eye of the typhoon. The eye of the typhoon announced that the typhoon reform operation has officially begun! Brothers! Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
More than a hundred flying fortresses, except for Zhang Xiaolin's command plane, which still maintained a flying altitude of nearly 13,000 meters, the others descended one after another, and squadrons were used to outflank the sea area where the US aircraft carrier formation was located. Zhang Xiaolin was slightly surprised.
Yes, in just five minutes, the Sky Fortress had not yet gained combat range, and the enemy aircraft's photoelectric signal had already appeared on the radar screen in front of him.
"Three, five! Twelve! Commander-in-Chief, there are already twenty-one enemy planes, and they are still increasing. Do you need to adjust your tactics?"
"No need! Typhoon No. 1, eye call!"
"Received on the 1st, please give instructions! Complete!"
"You personally lead a squadron to lead the charge. The focus is on releasing flares, and be careful to keep a distance from those behind you! Do you understand what I mean?"
"No. 1 understands!"
"Smoke bombs! Stun bombs! Use tactical bombs if you can, don't be afraid of wasting them!"
"Understood, received on the 1st!"
As LeMay said, his American airmen did not lack courage, but in night battles of this era, without the help of auxiliary equipment and auxiliary technology, courage was just courage and could not be the decisive factor at all.
The response of the U.S. aviation force was very quick, and probably in order to provide immediate support to the Japanese, most of the fighter planes on duty on the flight deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier were equipped with air combat weapons. In other words, as long as these fighters can rise to the
The sky can immediately engage in air combat, which will immediately pose a threat to China's air fortress cluster.
In less than five minutes, there were nearly thirty more friendly fighters in the sky. Li Mei was very satisfied and even a little proud of this. "This attack by the Chinese is really unexpected. I don't even know it now."
Where do these fighter planes come from, and how do they implement long-range and precise positioning? However, I have absolute confidence in defeating the Chinese conspiracy. The Chinese underestimate us. At this time, their pilots should be feeling in a dilemma, right?"
The Americans also have Flying Fortress, and Li Mei naturally knows the weaknesses of this long-range bomber. In his view, as long as enough of his own fighters successfully take off, it will be a counter-hunt.
"Head, what should I do?" Lan Sheng, the captain of the First Battalion code-named "Typhoon No. 1", was calmly directing the fighter planes to sink when this question came from the headset.
The pilot who asked this question was named Zhang Yugen, a recent college graduate.
"What should I do? Forgot Special Training Course No. 113? Just follow what the instructor taught at the time!"
"Ah?! That was a lecture, but now it's actual combat?"
"Then how do you know that the content of the lecture cannot be used in actual combat? Have you tried it? How would you know if you don't try it?"