Volume 10, Battle for Domination Volume 66, Iron Stream 5
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In that huge cave in Beijing, Zhao Gang was listening to a report from a meteorological expert.
"It is now judged that two tropical cyclones meet. Although this situation is not common, it will occur every few years. In most cases, these two cyclones will cancel each other's power and become a weak tropical cyclone. However, this time, after these two relatively strong tropical cyclones meet, they become a super terrifying tropical cyclone. Although the range is not large, the intensity has been greatly enhanced."
Zhao Gang's face turned pale and asked:
“How strong is it?”
"Equivalent to the intensity of 15 standard typhoons and the degree of 3 strong typhoons."
Zhao Gang's appearance suddenly became a little decadent. He waved his hand to let the weather expert go out and fell down on the sofa. A small hand touched his forehead and gently pinched his temples for him. Zhao Gang knew that this person was Xiao Xiaoyan and said gratefully: "Wife, thank you!"
"What are you grateful for? The old couple is still so flirting with you. Aren't you worried at all? Didn't you think you could dominate everything a few days ago? Why are you so decadent today? This is not the man I like!"
Zhao Gang did not fight back this time, but instead moaned and said:
"Swallow, you are still young and don't know what's going on. Actually, I'm not afraid of anything else, but God!"
Xiao Xiaoyan smiled, a little disagreeing:
"What's there to be afraid of God? You are still a materialist, so why did you start to be feudal superstitious?"
Zhao Gang said seriously:
"Don't disbelief. In the past twenty years, I can feel it every time I want to make some changes. The corrective ability naturally arises in history. This time, I am worried about whether history will change and swallow up all my efforts!"
Xiao Xiaoyan's heart also raised, but she could only comfort Zhao Gang, and at the same time comforted herself:
"Not knowing, you have to believe that the children of Mingxing will definitely break through!"
At this moment, the weather expert ran over excitedly and shouted loudly:
"Good news, the intensity of that super tropical cyclone has begun to weaken significantly, and now there is only the intensity of a standard strong typhoon."
Zhao Gang's heart began to be beating happily with the news. Without caring about other things, Zhao Gang picked up the microphone and said loudly: "Check me with the Navy Department, and inform me whenever there is any contingent news, no matter day or night!"
In the task force at this time, the situation of the Han Wudi was quite good. The worst was a supply ship, which had sank 38,000 tons, and a large hole in the ribs made it disappear quickly in the storm. The maker of this hole, the new battleship, was unscathed.
After this tragic collision, the fleet had to increase the distance between ships, and it was impossible to contact them by lights. It is conceivable. If the wind and waves remain unchanged, then a few days later, the task force will be scattered within a range of hundreds of nautical miles, and then hundreds of aircraft will start searching, and it will take more than five days to reorganize the entire fleet.
At that time, we can only count on God to open our eyes. The Americans did not notice the raid fleet, but what is the chance of such a thing? If it really reaches that point, the fleet commander Tan Fenglin may have to order the cancellation of the scheduled route, honestly join the attack direction of the South China Sea Fleet, and defeat the US fleet with its strength.
Fortunately, the storm decreased at this time. Although the wind and waves on the sea surface were still very large, there was no such huge waves that could flood the aircraft carrier command tower, and there was no more waves to rush to the deck. In this case, the aircraft carrier could even risk taking off some medium-sized aircraft.
Zhao Mingxing, who had been working hard for a day and a night, was finally able to rest, but the captain was still worried that something would go wrong, so he explained: "Wake me up immediately if there is any problem!" Then he staggered back to the captain's room, pierced his head on the bed, tied himself up with a few straps, and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, Zhao Mingxing woke up. The storm that had been raging a few days ago had subsided. The ocean was calm and the waves were shining under the rising sun. The storm a few days ago seemed to be a dream experience, and only Zhao Mingxing knew what kind of hell the gates his love ship had passed through.
Not long after, Zhao Mingxing received a flag-tongued notice that all the captains and the squadron captains of the Navy Air Force went to the flagship "Beijing" to discuss the next combat method. Zhao Mingxing's face was a little wrong. This order shows that at least some of the situation had changed, forcing the fleet to modify the combat plan.
The following meeting confirmed Zhao Mingxing's concerns. In the face of this super storm, all warships had withstood the test, and even the lightest Warring States heavy cruisers had no problems. However, those supply ships had problems. They paid too much attention to load capacity in their design, and their ability to fight wind and waves was slightly poor. One was hit and the other was overturned and sunk.
Another ship had a crack, and had a speed of 10,000 tons of water, and its speed could no longer keep up with the large army. However, with only one supply ship, it was impossible to supply all warships. In this way, a choice was needed to drop some ships and advance at regular speeds, and the remaining ships continued to advance at high speed.
However, the abandonment of those ships caused controversy among many generals. As older generals, most advocated the loss of aircraft carriers, while Zhao Mingxing and others advocated the loss of battleships. The two sides immediately started a quarrel:
"What's the use of aircraft carriers? There is no way to sink battleships. They can only solve those light ships. Battleships can only be solved with battleships!"
Zhao Mingxing and others disagree with this concept:
"The combat radius of an aircraft carrier is several hundred nautical miles, while the combat radius of a battleship is only twenty nautical miles, which means that the aircraft carrier can attack the battleship. However, the battleship cannot attack the aircraft carrier. Besides, in the same case, the fuel consumption of a battleship far exceeds that of an aircraft carrier. Losing these burdens will only make the aircraft carrier faster and more powerful!
Don't hesitate anymore, Commander-in-Chief, please give orders quickly, drop the battleship, send a formation of aircraft carriers and heavy cruisers, and quickly insert it into the rear of the enemy's land. Get a brilliant victory.
Finally, Tan Fenglin had to agree with Zhao Mingxing and others' conditions. He threw down twenty battleships and allowed them to advance at economic speed. The main force was fifty aircraft carriers and a small number of heavy cruisers. In this way, the offensive strength of the raid fleet was basically not much weakened, but its defensive strength was greatly weakened. It can even be said that as long as a few hundred aircraft, it could severely damage the fleet.
Five days later, on 331, 1917, the raid fleet finally arrived quietly at its destination. Under the cover of the sunset
In order to enjoy the sunset for the last time, more than 70 officers and soldiers on the ships were on the deck, staring at the snow-white islands and reefs, and silently imagining. Afterwards, each ship held a banquet of thriving.
On the flagship of the First Aviation Team, Major General Zhang Baolong, the commander of the pilots, was first given a lecture.
Then, Captain Zhao Mingxing took the stage to speak. He swore:
"For thousands of years... the country has not declared its war and has ruined my fellow villagers. As a member of the empire, we have the responsibility to eliminate these invaders and protect our families. Now we have passed eight thousand miles of clouds and moons and overcome many obstacles. Finally, we have arrived here, a beautiful island and reef.
This was once our territory, where our people worked hard to cultivate and harvest joy. But the Americans invaded this place without reason. They snatched this beautiful province from us, and millions of brothers and sisters suffered inhuman treatment. Do you think we can tolerate these things going on?”
The angry roar of the soldiers overwhelmed everything, Zhao Mingxing continued:
"The rise and fall of the empire is here. The reason why we devote ourselves to the navy is to be able to have today, and to make us fight to the death. We also resolutely fight with the enemy to the end... Emperor Wu of Han once said: Those who offend me and strong Han will be punished even if they are far away! What I want to say now is those who offend me and strong China will be punished even if they are far away!"
Zhao Mingxing's words quickly spread throughout the fleet and later spread throughout the land of China, that sentence.
His words seemed to contain some kind of magic. More than 3,000 famous officers and soldiers in the audience were excited. Then, Zhao Mingxing seized the spare time before attacking and led everyone to sing military songs. This military song is called "Loyalty for the Country", which is Xiao Xiaoyan's favorite song. Under her influence, Zhao Mingxing also fell in love with this song.
The smoke of wolf rises and looks north
The dragon rises and the horse is neighing like frost
My heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River
Who can resist in the past twenty years
The sword is aimed at by the long sword
How many loyal souls of hands and feet are buried in other places
Why do you regret your family and country?
I feel speechless and bloody tears are everywhere
Horse hooves go south and people look north
Looking north at the grass green and yellow dust flying
I'm willing to defend my territory and open my borders again
China wants to make all sides
Come and congratulate
Thousands of soldiers were thrown into the song "screaming" loudly, echoing on the warm sea surface of the islands and reefs.
After the military song chorus commanded by Zhao Mingxing ended, all the officers and soldiers were extremely excited. Zhao Mingxing turned around and ordered the official on duty standing behind him and said: "Let the soldiers have a good meal today and set off in the early morning tomorrow."
The duty officer nodded, expressed his agreement, and immediately called the logistics staff and ordered: "Open the convenience store."
In each cabin of the sailors, the seat of each dining table was filled with delicious food delivered by the captain. Everyone was very happy to eat, but unfortunately, there was no wine to drink. Some people took the soup to make wine and persuaded each other to "wine":
"Drink quickly!"
"Yes, we will be ready for battle from tomorrow, so we will temporarily ban alcohol..."
"I'm afraid it's not for the time being. This may be the last time I drank in my life!"
Zhao Mingxing quietly returned to the captain's room and fell asleep. He knew that there would be no such much rest time in the next half month, and every minute was precious.
On 191741 + 5:00 am, the captain of the "Beijing" reported: "The flagship sends a signal, raises an anchor, and prepares to leave the port." At this time, the most powerful mobile force in the history of the Chinese naval led by Tan Fenglin embarked on the journey in the face of the rain and fog that fell from time to time.
The 46 aircraft carriers led by the "Han Wudi" slowly sailed out of the large islands and reefs and left. The naval flag at the tail of the ship was flying rustling in the warm morning breeze of the South Pacific. The military flag will soon be replaced with a combat flag. However, the arrow has not left the bowstring yet, and it is still just a bow to be launched.
10:00 am on the 41st
The mobile troops finally received a telegram:
"Combined Fleet Position xx Degree xx"
This is a password telegram. After the translation of the password machine, Tan Fenglin immediately knew the specific location of the US fleet. Tan Fenglin was satisfied that the US fleet was only 350 miles away from his fleet, which was a suitable distance. The mobile troops began to head north at a speed of 24 knots and approached the US fleet at a high speed. The aircraft began to set up flight decks of 46 aircraft carriers next to each other, and began to do the last inspection.
At this time, the flagship "Beijing" received a telegram from Beijing:
"Feng Changying, shoot the Tianlang!"
The telegram was immediately conveyed to all the personnel of the mobile fleet. The Beijing-" raised the battle flag. Tan Fenglin remembered clearly that 23 years ago, the flag was hung on the Japanese sea for the first time, and then the powerful Japanese Navy fell. The two latest battleships did not stop the battle flag.
Then there are the British, Russian, French, and Americans. No matter how powerful the enemy is, as long as the flag is there, these powerful enemies will fall. This flag seems to condense all the blessings of the world, allowing Tan Fenglin to achieve victory after victory.
"Long live, long live the empire!" All the crew members were excited and cheered. The sailors on other ships also raised their combat flags together.
On the deck of the "Beijing", the soldiers who were looking forward cheered excitedly: "Long live! Long live the empire"
Looking at these brave soldiers, Tan Fenglin suddenly felt his nose sore. What is the future of the war? How many naval soldiers are going to be buried at the bottom of the sea? Everything is incalculable. In the silent silence, amid the surging waves, the Marshal's heart is surging and has a lot of thoughts.
Zhang Baolong, the commander of the air strike brigade standing under the pilot of the "Han Wudi", had another feeling at this time. As the captain of the air strike brigade, he was commanding more than 2,000 aircraft to raid the battleship formation of the US military. Zhang Baolong felt that he was writing history, and this feeling made him tremble all over.
As the flag was turned over, the first batch of aircraft finally took off. After sorting out the formation, they began to assault the US battleship formation.
Chapter completed!