It took Iwo Jima to the south to Truk, about 1,200 miles; it was about 1,200 miles to the north to Dankun Bay. Such coincidental figures make people suspect that this exercise was not a bet between Yang and Marshal Fushimiya in impulse, but a combat conspiracy planned very early. The seemingly consistent distance between Iwo Jima and the bases of both sides was the most important flaw. At the same distance, the Chinese fleet had been waiting for it in the waters of Iwo Jima.

On the flagship of the Joint Fleet, the Muro was short, with thick white and long beards between his lips and noses. The majestic General Kato Hiroji Masahisa stood on the bridge with a golden sword. He didn't take the exercise this time, but after all, it was of great importance, so he squeezed the former commander General Nobuka aside and personally served as the commander of the Joint Fleet. Nobuka au was only the deputy commander.

Unlike Kato's seriousness, the last letter looked at the afterglow of the sunset. At sunrise and sunset, even when it was far away, the silhouette of the fleet was easily discovered by the enemy, so he looked into the distance with a telescope, hoping to discover it, and hoped to avoid something. This behavior was very consistent with the Duke of Nishimotoji's evaluation of him: "The last time is like a cat, always alert and never rest."

Next to General Nobuka, Nagano's slim general Masato looked at the Kaohsiung cruiser not far away to recover the water reconnaissance aircraft. According to convention, the enemy's reconnaissance is completed by water reconnaissance on the cruiser, but the newly equipped Type 96 water reconnaissance aircraft has a flight time of only five hours and a range of only more than 390 nautical miles. This is not enough for the vast sea area.

Major General Kondo Nobutake, the chief of staff of the joint fleet, glanced over the bosses beside him, but was calculating the attack range of the enemy carrier-based attack aircraft. Based on this range and the efficiency of the water reconnaissance aircraft, he was calculating how many water reconnaissance needed to fill this circle with the attack distance of the carrier-based aircraft as the radius, so that his side could discover and attack in advance.

Just as he came up with a rough figure, the radio monitoring room was in chaos. The monitor with headphones heard the radio telegram that was close to him. At this time, the entire fleet was in a state of radio silence. This was obviously not a telegram sent by his army, but only an enemy aircraft or submarine nearby.

"It must be a Chinese submarine!" Chief of Staff Major General Kondo Nobutake frowned after receiving the report. This is the Japanese side's request to use Iwo Jima Airport to agree to China's proposal, allowing two submarines from both sides to join the exercise and enter Iwo Jima waters in advance.

"Luckily it's already dark!" General Shin-chi, who was tightly holding the telescope in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief. He had gone deep into the submarine force a few years ago and carried out the devil training of "Yueyue Fire Water Wood Gold Gold". When he thought of torpedoes, he thought of torpedo bombers, and he was very uneasy.

"Well..." General Kato Hiroji, who maintained his majesty, turned his mechanical head and breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Chinese Navy selected the exercise location and method, the specific departure time of the fleets of both sides during the exercise was determined by our side. The purpose was to send troops to land at night in Iwo Jima at dusk, so as to increase the number of combat aircraft of our side.

"But you still have to keep alert." General Nobuka reminded the last time. "Akiyama-kun once said that when Chinese planes attacked Puyan Port, they took off in the dark, and that was more than twenty years ago."

The last time Nobuma mentioned Akiyama Matsu, Kato Hiroji did not dare to be careless. He immediately ordered: "Notify all ships to form an air defense formation and enter the security state."

It was already dusk. The lanterns from the Muroo made the entire fleet begin to change and turn, forming a round of air defense with battleships as the center. This is the formation learned by the Japanese air carrier formation under the management of the Chinese Navy. Seeing this, Major General Takasu Shiro, the commander of the air carrier fleet on the Akagi, would feel indescribable. The friendship of the Chinese navy made him feel ashamed, but at this time the air carrier troops trained by the Chinese state had to fight against the Chinese air carrier in turn. Although this feeling was an exercise, it made him extremely uncomfortable.

"It's coming!" Major General Ozawa Shiro, who has always been generous and generous, is worried and is known as the "Ghost Tile", said a blank expressionlessly. He is capable and calm, and is considered more suitable for the commander of the air-coated mobile force than Miben Izuki. He predicted very early that the result of the exercise would be the combined fleet's defeat. Although he was defeated, he always saw those old antiques. Ozawa hoped that this day would come soon. The only thing that made him a little worried about this process was: Marshal Togo, who was in poor health, was on Iwo Jima at this time. Once the combined fleet was defeated, what would the marshal react?

At more than 170 nautical miles southeast of the Japanese Combined Fleet, six aviation aircraft, including the Changning, were sailing in highway windwards and two hundred nautical miles into the Iwo Jima Sea. The aircraft carrier combat officer issued a preparation order, and the mechanics and air crewmen on the ship began to prepare for the first wave of strike aircraft from 3:00 in the afternoon. Although the aircraft carrier is an open hangar, many carrier-based aircraft were parked directly on the flight deck at this time, so everyone could only refuel, locate and load the aircraft in the scorching sun. When everything was done, the next step was to wait for the preparation order. Once the order was received, the mechanic would take fifteen minutes to warm up the plane, and then the indicator light on the deck would light up to prepare for takeoff.

But unlike in the past, after receiving the preparatory order, the fifteen-minute warm-up time had passed, and the pilots who should have appeared on the deck were missing at all. They were still listening to training in the training room, and the fleet commander General Zhu Tiansen personally trained them.

"Twenty-two years ago, the former Qing Dynasty Beiyang Fleet and the Japanese Joint Fleet encountered fierce battles. Japan won and the former Qing Dynasty lost. These are already known. However, what many people don't know is that from then on, China and Japan have reversed their national destiny, and I have been on the custody of fish and meat. Fortunately, the Prime Minister led us to revive China. After three years of Shenwu, the national destiny was reversed again. However, that battle was only a victory of the army, only a victory of the submarine, not a victory of our navy. At that time, the Navy asked for war and the Prime Minister once taught: The bears in Liaodong did not hunt for the first year, but now the bear year is 25 years old, so it is long time to hunt.

You guys, although China and Japan are allies now, their old grievances must not be forgotten; it is because they are allies that they should be able to cooperate sincerely, otherwise they will not be able to cooperate sincerely in the future. The Prime Minister has taught that if they do not beat the Japanese, they will be ten cows and cannot be pulled back. The Sino-Japanese alliance is almost meaningless. As long as they are beaten, it is best to "sink" the flagship Muro. Only by turning them back into the right direction can the Sino-Japanese joint fleet be formed and meaningful.

So, show your true abilities! The more you fight, the more smooth the Japanese will be. The more battleships you have to 'sink', the better the future of the Chinese and Japanese navy. Otherwise, once a strong enemy attacks, the entire navy will be wiped out, and China will retreat to the state of the former Qing Dynasty. At that time, the future of the nation, your descendants, will never have a bright future. Work hard! You guys!"

Admiral Zhu Tiansen, who fully understood the significance of this battle, said that, he saluted the pilot in front of him solemnly, and then picked up the prepared Erguotou and drank it all. Without waiting to wipe the wine at the corner of his mouth, he tried to "clang" and threw the porcelain bowl "clang". He did this, and the pilot was the same, so the porcelain bowl "clang" kept shattering. He saluted the chief of the Changning, Major Deng Yueming, shouted: "Everyone sets!" After that, he was the first to rush out of the training room and run towards the flight deck. The other pilots followed him out and rushed towards their own planes.

The late pilot finally arrived. The mechanic who was thrown on the flight deck adjusted the speed of the aircraft engine to 1,000 rpm and made the final cleaning of the aircraft. At the same time, the green indicator lights on the center line and sides of the deck began to light up. After the pilot routinely checked the engine, flap, and rudder, they shouted loudly to the mechanic who was on the side: "Ready!", and then, the report of "Ready" was transmitted to the air flight command station above the bridge. At the same time, the combat adjutant Major Guan Rong shouted on the radio: "The pilot is ready and can take off!"

Twenty years ago, there was only one aircraft carrier in combat, but now it was a formation of six aircraft carriers. As before, the USS Changning, which was sailing in the wind at the combat speed of No. 4, had obtained enough wind speed. However, if the carrier-based aircraft taking off from the six aircraft carriers wanted to form a brigade without wasting fuel, it must work closely before taking off. Therefore, the USS Changning, who learned that the six aircraft carriers were ready, raised the bow flag as usual and sent light signals to each ship: "The first wave of attack team is ready to set off!"

It seemed that at the same time, the speed of the propeller on the deck increased sharply. The wind from the propeller drilled out and blew the green uniforms of the aircrew on standby under the aircraft. The pilots of the four "Haidongqing" carrier-based fighters lined up in the front all raised the sign lights on their right hands, and the wing lights of the plane were all turned on. Seeing this, the air flight command station above the bridge once again sent light signals to the other ships: "Notify again, prepare to set off!"

"Sir, can you set out?" On the bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zixuan, the combat officer of the Changning, saluted to Captain Major General Tan Gen and Fleet Commander General Zhu Tiansen.

"Authorize to set off!" General Zhu Tiansen ordered, he had been waiting for too long at this moment.

Although the Japanese Navy's air carrier unit also conducted night take-off and landing training under the guidance of China, because the fleet and aviation factions in the Japanese Navy were separated from each other and were hostile to each other, the fleet factions did not believe in night combat. Not to mention taking off and landing at night, it would be difficult to complete just searching for enemy ships. This is simply a provocative statement of the aviation faction, and it is not enough to believe it. But in fact, the Chinese Navy had solved the problem of night carrier-based aircraft searching for enemies a few years ago. Even though Yang Rui did not change history, he asked the Japanese Hideji Yagi to develop practical high-power magnetrons. In 1936, the British Royal Navy was established. In the first airborne radar test the following year, the USS Ronider battleship eight kilometers away was discovered by relying on a 1.5-meter miwa radar.

It can be said that bringing the radar onto the aircraft is really just a matter of thinking, not an alien technology. Since the 22nd year of Shenwu, the General Staff Operations Department has stipulated that the aircraft carrier attack formation must be equipped with a gray goose radar aircraft, which is modified from the guillotine four-type torpedo aircraft. The ten-centimeter-wave radar it equipped can detect aircraft carrier formations 80 kilometers away, and submarines sailing on the water at a distance of 20 kilometers can be found, which makes the submarine troops that are reluctant to give up their hull artillery finally accept the new submarine and completely disappear on the sea surface.

When aircraft carriers fight at night, they rely on airborne radar to search for enemy fleets. When diving and dropping bombs, they have to rely on another high-tech weapon, active infrared night vision instrument to solve the line of sight problem. This is not an extraordinary technology. In 1934, the Dutch Horst invented the first active infrared night vision instrument. Of course, China, which already has technical background, does not need to purchase ready-made invention patents everywhere like twenty years ago. The infrared active night vision instrument equipped by naval pilots was completely developed by the Optical Laboratory of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

Although the first generation of products is backward, the large current and large space provided by the airborne make the active infrared night vision instrument have a working distance of more than 400 meters, between 400 and 1,000 meters. Therefore, the General Staff Operations Department also stipulates that the night combat of aircraft carriers should be mainly torpedo bombers and dive bombers as the auxiliary. This is because the dive bombers are too fast, and four hundred meters will arrive in an instant. If they really can't get up, then the kamikaze special attack will be.

From the perspective of future generations, such vulgar technology and tactics are not worth mentioning at all. Because Yang Rui was extremely excited when facing the report, the naval generals were extremely calm. Active infrared, such a simple thing! What he really wanted was a thermal infrared imager, but this was impossible before semiconductor technology was completely mature. The only thing worth comforting is that the radar was finally a centimeter wave, although it was only ten centimeters, and it was still on the edge of the centimeter wave.

Then, something that was not worth mentioning in Yang Rui's eyes was an incredible magical skill in the eyes of the Japanese! At 8:21 pm, the air raid alarm sent by the watchman of the Bridge Pagoda made General Kato as a wooden chicken, but when he saw the staff officer who rolled and crawled in one after another, he realized that he was not dreaming, but since he was not dreaming, how did the Chinese plane find itself? This was the dark moonless night he specially chose!

"Your Excellency..." As the guns were heard outside, General Nobuo, Chief of Staff, was about to suggest lifting the light control. When he turned on the searchlight, his feet shaking violently like an earthquake. At the same time, there was a loud bang, and the entire battleship was trembling.

"Baga! Didn't you agree to reduce the charge of medicine?" The Nagano Climbing General on the side was both frustrated and angry. The Japanese side finally asked the Chinese side to agree to reduce the charge of torpedoes and bombs on the grounds that the price of the warship was thousands of times that of the aircraft, but the firepower charge remained unchanged. The actual damage result was calculated by the exercise referee on the ship based on the numerical value, but the Chinese people broke their promise.

"Maybe the turret ammunition depot was destroyed by death!" The last moment said. Sure enough, as the speed was greatly reduced, the pale captain Sang Zee Eizaburo ran in to report: "Your Excellency, the ammunition depot of the port-5 sub-cannon has exploded..."

After Sang Zee Eizaburo finished speaking, he stopped and saw several exercise referees following him. Nobumasato asked uneasily: "So... what's going on now?"

Hearing the deputy commander's question, Sang Zee Yingzaburo lowered his head and stood at the front of the referee was Colonel Li Guotang of the Chinese Navy. He saluted and said: "Reporting to the Chief: In the attack just now, the ship was hit by four torpedoes, two dive armor-piercing bombs, and one near-missile bomb, so the referee team determined that the ship had suffered a severe blow and began to tilt. Moreover, considering that the attack was still in progress,..., the referee team believed that the ship would sink within two hours. Please ask all the commanders..."

"Baga!" Kato Hiroji roared. Although he was mentally prepared, he could not accept such a sinking.

"Please forgive me. I am just performing my referee's duties!" To be honest, Li Guotang was extremely happy. As a member of the aircraft carrier, he did not expect that the carrier-based aviation force was so powerful.

"It's so rude!" The deputy commander of the fleet, General Nobusa, suppressed Kato, who was angry with shame, and greeted Li Guotang. However, Colonel Li Guotang did not mind the anger of the Japanese, and the Japanese flagship had sunk. It would be strange if he was not angry.

There were still guns and cannons outside the bridge. Under the random illumination of searchlights, four 127mm anti-aircraft guns, four 76mm anti-aircraft guns, and ten triple-mounted 25mm anti-aircraft machine guns were firing aimlessly at the extremely dark night. Everyone knew that they were masturbating, but no one knew where the plane was, and there was almost no fire in the air where the plane exploded. Only the roaring and howling of the plane engines that were approaching their eardrums.

He sighed a long time, and the last time General Shin-chan broke the silence of everyone, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, abandon the ship!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!