Expedition to Europe

On the morning of October 12, the Laut Island Air Force Base was in a commotion from 3 a.m.

Laut Island is 13 kilometers long from north to south, 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of ​​about 30 square kilometers. It is only about 500 kilometers away from Cam Ranh Bay and is the closest airport to Cam Ranh Bay in Lan Fang.

On Laut Island, the largest airport in the northwest of Lan Fang is built. The airport is not only equipped with the latest torpedo planes, but also reconnaissance planes, fighter jets and other models.

Laut Island is the main base for Lan Fang Air Force to attack the Japanese southbound fleet.

At 5 a.m., the first batch of reconnaissance planes took off and headed to Cam Ranh Bay to determine the location of the Japanese southbound fleet.

At the same time, the torpedo planes began to mount torpedoes and prepare to take off for the first actual combat.

There were a total of six reconnaissance planes in the first batch. Their mission was to determine the location of the Japanese southbound fleet so that the torpedo planes could attack it. The reconnaissance plane that served as the temporary formation captain was still No. 3025, and the captain was still Zhao Xingguo, who had previously discovered the Japanese southbound fleet.

"Altitude 1000, speed 300, heading unchanged, keep communication open..." Zhao Xingguo issued an order, and the telegraph operator on the plane immediately sent a telegram.

"Boss, visibility is too poor. At this altitude, I can't see anything." Observer Zhan Junda screamed.

"You don't need to see it now. Wait an hour to start work. Then you open your eyes wide..." Zhao Xingguo looked at the sky that just turned a little white, and then looked at the clouds under the belly of the plane, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Today's weather conditions are not good. The clouds are very low and there is some mist. In order to obtain the best reconnaissance effect, the altitude should actually be reduced to about 200. However, it is still far from Cam Ranh Bay. Zhao Xingguo does not want to fly at ultra-low altitude now, which is too tiring.

Long-distance flight is actually a very boring thing. Even on a plane with good vision, if all you see is an endless sea of ​​clouds, it will be boring.

"Lao Wang, leave some chocolate for me." Zhao Xingguo asked the co-pilot Wang Yunchang for food.

Wang Yunchang rolled his eyes innocently and handed the chocolate in his hand to Zhao Xingguo: "I told you to eat it just now, but you didn't..."

"I didn't have an appetite just now..." Zhao Xingguo took the chocolate and ate it.

Zhao Xingguo had no appetite, but Qin Zhiyuan's appetite was not bad.

"The food here is pretty good." Qin Zhiyuan looked at the dishes in front of him and his appetite was aroused.

"Hehe, as a pilot, eating well is the minimum, right?" Zhou Hongguang also held a plate in his hand and sat opposite Qin Zhiyuan.

The next battle was too important, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was related to the fate of the country. Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to sit in the palace waiting for news, so he and Foch came to Laut Island to supervise the battle in person.

The food of the Lan Fang army was good to begin with, and the food of the air force was second to none. The staple food for breakfast was dumplings and fried rice, and the dishes included stewed beef, fried yellow croaker, fried pork chops and vegetable salad. The fruits were even more abundant. As long as you can think of it, the restaurant has everything you can think of.

"Where's Lao Dou? Why don't you see him?" Qin Zhiyuan asked while eating salad.

The Chinese language has rich and colorful meanings. The word "Lao Dou" may sound ambiguous to southerners, but it sounds normal to northerners. It will not have any extended meaning when Qin Zhiyuan says it.

"Lao Dou led the torpedo pilots to hold a tactical meeting early in the morning. He probably can't eat, so he will eat together after completing the mission." Zhou Hongguang obviously didn't think wrongly.

"Damn, now that you said that, I'm a little tasteless." Qin Zhiyuan said so much, and his hands didn't stop.

People are iron and rice is steel. Only when you are full can you work hard. This is a habit Qin Zhiyuan developed when he was in Europe.

Dou Yongyi, the commander of the Second Air Force Wing, also has his own habits. As a pilot, it doesn't take too long to fight a battle. If you win, you can eat together. If you win heroically, you can save a meal.

"I thought you wouldn't be nervous..." Foch, who was full after eating an egg and drinking a glass of milk, was restrained.

"Haha, Ferdinand, I am the king. Even if I am nervous, I will not say it. I will not change my face when the mountain collapses in front of me." Qin Zhiyuan was still in the mood to show off, and it seemed that he was not very nervous.

"Don't you often say that we should despise the enemy strategically and pay attention to the enemy tactically? Now that the battle plan has been formulated, let's think about it. Let's do everything we can and leave the rest to the Lord." Foch is open-minded.

Foch has been in the military camp for most of his life. He has seen all kinds of storms in his life. Foch survived several times in the world war when Paris was in danger. Now this situation is just a drizzle in Foch's eyes.

Foch is really not worried. Just last night, the US Ambassador to Lanfang, Glynton Augustine, and the British Ambassador to Lanfang, Sir Will Jonathan, issued a joint statement. If Japan dares to bombard Coconut City, it will be tantamount to declaring war on Britain and the United States.

This is the attitude of Britain and the United States towards the war between Lanfang and Japan in their own way.

The British and Americans were not optimistic about the Lan Fang people. In a sense, this statement was a protection of the Lan Fang people by the British and Americans.

The British and Americans were unable to persuade Qin Zhiyuan to stop the war, but they were not willing to see the Lan Fang people destroyed by the Japanese gunfire. No matter from which perspective, the British and Americans needed the Lan Fang people to form a balance of power against Japan in Asia.

The Japanese have become more and more arrogant in recent years. Their naval battleships have been among the best in the world since ten years ago. This situation has aroused the vigilance of the British and Americans.

"Why should we leave our fate to the Lord? Isn't it better to take it into our own hands?" Qin Zhiyuan had his own opinion.

"Pfft... you 'hypocrite', I really don't know what the Pope likes about you." Foch was very dissatisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's disrespectful remarks about the "Lord".

"It is precisely because my faith is not firm enough that the Pope wants to influence me. If my faith is as firm as yours, then no matter how I respect the "Lord", it has become a matter of course." Qin Zhiyuan's fallacy made Foch dumbfounded.

Just as Qin Zhiyuan expressed his doubts about the "Lord" without disguising himself, Zhao Xingguo was also doubting his own eyes.

"Only the 'Hiei' and the 'Yamashiro'? What about the 'Haruna' and the 'Hyuga'?" Zhao Xingguo circled the Japanese fleet in his plane, questioning the observer in the cabin over and over again.

"The 'Haruna' and the 'Hyuga' were not found, we have to expand the search area." Zhan Junda was sweating profusely, and his clothes were soaked.

Just below the belly of the 3025, a dozen Japanese warships were neatly arranged on the sea, as if they were mocking the reconnaissance plane in the sky. The observers were already familiar with the appearance characteristics of the Japanese warships, and they were able to determine the model at a glance. Naturally, they could see that there was no "Haruna" and "Hyuga" in the Japanese fleet below.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

There is no need to look at the specific model, just look at the size of the Japanese fleet, and you can be sure that the Japanese army has divided its forces again.

"Expand your ass! Send a telegram to the base immediately, and ask the base to send another reconnaissance plane to immediately search for the "Haruna" and "Hyuga" around Laut Island." Zhao Xingguo was decisive, and his palms holding the joystick were slippery.

Only the Hiei and Yamashiro were found, but the Haruna and Hyuga were not found. So the biggest possibility is that the Haruna and Hyuga went to the Isle of Wight.

"The Isle of Wight... not necessarily. The hydrological conditions there are bad, and the Japanese may not know the waterway." Zhan Junda disagreed.

"Not sure! If the Japanese don't know, how can the Dutch not know? As long as they can deal with us, do you think the Dutch will not provide the Japanese with waterway information?" Zhao Xingguo was distressed.

Zhao Xingguo knew that he had made an empiricist mistake when he just went out in the morning. If the reconnaissance aircraft formation had flown at a low altitude at that time, it would definitely have discovered the Japanese fleet in time and would not have caused such a big mess.

Now Zhao Xingguo only hopes that the Japanese fleet has not yet reached Laut Island.

Laut Island is only 13 kilometers long from north to south and 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west. The artillery on the Japanese warships is enough to threaten the airport on the island. Torpedo planes are indeed powerful weapons against naval warships, but if the torpedo planes are on the ground and have not yet taken off, they will not pose any threat to the warships.

As Zhao Xingguo's telegram was sent, the alarm in the Laut Island Air Force Base was immediately sounded.

"Alarm? What's going on?" Qin Zhiyuan and Zhou Hongguang, who were having a meal, were still in shock. Foch had already made the most correct response: "Don't eat, go to the command room immediately..."

In fact, the island was already in chaos, with people running around in a mess. The restaurant was also in a mess. Almost everyone was running out, and the order was in chaos.

"Damn, we have to conduct more such exercises later, otherwise there will be a big mess sooner or later!" Qin Zhiyuan was still making demands to Zhou Hongguang when he hurried out of the restaurant.

"After this battle, I will give them a visit every other day." Zhou Hongguang was about to cry.

"Report, 3025 called, only the 'Hiei' and 'Yamashiro' were found in Cam Ranh Bay, but the 'Haruna' and 'Hyuga' were not found. 3025 asked us to send another reconnaissance plane immediately to search around Laut Island." Qin Zhiyuan had just walked out of the restaurant when a staff officer hurried over to report.

"Damn, Zhao Xingguo, I'll kill you!" Zhou Hongguang knew that Zhao Xingguo had made a mistake as soon as he heard it.

"Release all reconnaissance planes immediately, and order Dou Yongyi to immediately release ordinary torpedo planes and be ready to attack Japanese warships at any time." Qin Zhiyuan was decisive.

Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, let's get through the crisis first.

Just as the reconnaissance planes and torpedo planes on Laut Island were vying to take off, the "Haruna" emerged from the mist on the sea 15 kilometers east of Laut Island, revealing a huge and ferocious figure.

"Commander, the fleet is about to reach the bombardment position. It is estimated that within ten minutes, Laut Island will be within the main gun range." Captain Taniguchi Naomasa of the battleship "Haruna" looked respectful.

"Keep moving forward. Start bombardment as soon as you reach the bombardment position." Commander Yamaya of the southbound fleet said sternly.

"Hai!" The response was uniform and loud.