.Chapter 30: Circle

When it was almost dawn, Mu Haoyang returned to the fleet combat command center.

Although he had guessed the results of the night reconnaissance, he still asked Yan Yingbo to inquire about the situation.

"The reconnaissance plane is returning and arrives in ten minutes. If the communication equipment has not malfunctioned, it would have been a waste of work tonight."

"It seems that the Japanese are much more wiser than we imagined." Mu Haoyang smiled, he didn't feel depressed.

"Maybe, the Japanese fleet did not sail towards this side at all."

"Why?" Mu Haoyang took out a cigarette. Because he knew that Yan Ying would not be able to fight, he lit it himself.

"According to Lao Zhou's judgment, if the Japanese fleet advances at full speed, it will enter the attack range tonight. The current situation shows that the Japanese fleet does not advance at full speed."

Mu Haoyang nodded and waited for Yan Yingbo to continue talking.

"So, why didn't the Japanese fleet move forward at full speed?" Yan Yingbo glanced at Mu Haoyang and said, "After our merchant ships were discovered, the Japanese fleet commander must have thought that we would accelerate the pursuit, and that the fleet would sail south as quickly as possible, or change its course. The problem is that we did not chase after it, so the Japanese fleet commander would think that we gave up the pursuit. Obviously, we could not let the Japanese fleet go, and we would make a judgment on the route of the Japanese fleet and ambush ahead."

"That is, the Japanese fleet commander guessed that we would wait here."

Yan Yingba nodded and said, "If I were the commander of the Japanese fleet, I wouldn't go north directly. I would either make a big circle in the South Pacific or wait patiently for a few days."

"wait?"

"So far, we have not been in the wild, nor have we gone to Pakistan, so it is impossible for the Japanese fleet commander to know that we have been to the Indian Ocean. In his opinion, if we have not been to Pakistan, we must be somewhere in the Indian Ocean or the southwestern Pacific. If we have gone to Pakistan, we will dispatch another fleet and come from the Philippine Sea. The Marines have already boarded Iwoyo Island and the First Fleet provides air support, so the Japanese fleet commander has enough reason to believe that we are somewhere ahead. The problem is that we cannot wait forever, so the Japanese fleet will go north at some point."

"when?"

"When we can determine our whereabouts, we at least think we are still active in the Indian Ocean."

Mu Haoyang nodded thoughtfully, as if he had thought of something.

At this time, Ma Mingtao and Zhou Yusheng rushed over. Yan Ying did not delay much, so he went to the aviation command center and arranged for the reconnaissance plane to recover the return flight.

“Not found?”

Mu Haoyang shook his head and said, "Yan Yingbo went to the pilot to ask about the situation, but there was most likely no hope."

Ma Mingtao sighed and said, "No matter what, at least it can be confirmed that the Japanese fleet is still somewhere south."

"I talked to Yan Yingbo. He felt that the Japanese fleet was likely to slow down on the way, and it was likely to delay the northbound several days." Mu Haoyang glanced at Zhou Yusheng, briefly said Yan Yingbo's analysis, and said, "I think we should encourage the Japanese fleet."

"Push?" Zhou Yusheng immediately frowned.

"The Marine Corps has boarded Iwoo Island. Starting today during the day, the support mission will be mainly undertaken by the artillery formation. Yang Yu's side will send a reconnaissance plane to search for the waters east of Iwoo Island, and look like he is looking for a decisive battle between the joint fleet. Of course, the first fleet must stay west of Iwoo Island." Mu Haoyang called out the sea chart from the computer and displayed on the desktop screen. "In addition, let the Indian Ocean Fleet leave Gwadar Port, sail south, and bring a fast combat support ship to meet with the Second Fleet. Don't overdo the confidentiality work, and make sure that the Japanese intelligence agencies can make accurate judgments and make the Japanese Navy believe that we are still active in the Indian Ocean."

"Search for the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet?" Zhou Yusheng asked.

Mu Haoyang nodded and said, "If we have been searching in the Indian Ocean, the fuel on the two fast combat support ships that accompanied us will almost run out of fuel."

"I'll send a telegram before dawn."

"You can't send a telegram." Mu Haoyang called Ma Mingtao and said, "I asked Yan Yingbo to arrange a carrier-based transport plane. You arranged an intelligence consultant to take a plane to East Timor and send messages through the embassy. We must remain hidden and cannot go wild."

Ma Mingtao nodded and immediately went to find the intelligence adviser he brought.

Without Mu Haoyang's instructions, Zhou Yusheng called Yan Yingbo and asked him to arrange a transport plane.

The so-called carrier-based transport aircraft is the zy-1 carrier-based early warning aircraft that dismantle radar and other electronic equipment. To be precise, it is the platform of the carrier-based early warning aircraft.

Twenty minutes later, after the last reconnaissance plane landed, the carrier-based transport plane took off.

Because it is necessary to fly during the day, the pilot and the boarding intelligence officers both wore special radiation protection suits and even put radiation protection objects before taking off.

Even so, the flight was full of dangers.

No one can guarantee that the equipment on the transport plane will not fail under a strong particle storm.

Fortunately, the transport aircraft has a fully mechanical control system, and the probability of failure is much lower than that of the electronic control system, and it only needs to safely arrive near the coast of East Timor. If it is unable to return to the fleet, the pilot will abandon the transport aircraft and go to the Chinese Embassy in East Timor with the intelligence staff.

As long as the tactical deployment information can be sent out, losing a transport aircraft is nothing.

Of course, the result was not so bad. The transport plane returned to the fleet at noon and successfully landed on the Yellow River. Both pilots were safe and sound.

When the transport plane took off, the Japanese Indian Ocean fleet entered the Tasman Sea.

Two days ago, the commander of the Japanese fleet realized that the Chinese fleet did not catch up. Because in the Chinese fleet, except for frigates, other warships were nuclear-powered, and could reach 33 knots as fast as 33 knots, while the Japanese Indian Ocean fleet could only reach 30 knots, and two fuel supplies were also carried out in the middle. If the Chinese fleet pursued in the rear, it would be able to catch up on July 23, and it would definitely not be able to drag it until after July 24.

After making this judgment, the Japanese fleet commander ordered the speed to be reduced to 18 knots.

Prior to this, for insurance, the Japanese Indian Ocean fleet had been sailing at a speed of thirty knots, rather than slowing down immediately after reaching southern Australia's waters.

Of course, this is also related to Australia's attitude.

It can be said that only the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet has the ability to turn the situation around.

As long as you enter the Philippine Sea in time, the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet can divert the attention of the Chinese fleet, and then deal with the Chinese fleet to gain enough time for the joint fleet.
Chapter completed!