The Chinese Air Fleet and the Austro-Hungarian 4th Air Fleet arrived outside the Sukhumi Port together, and wandered back and forth at sea for two days.￥f The Austro-Hungarian Army sent liaison officers to the fleet and all aircraft carriers. Fearing that they were bombed by Soviet aircraft, Admiral Yankel ordered the fleet to sail to a location about 7,80 nautical miles away from the coast. This huge aircraft carrier formation was turning around the sea, waiting for the issuance of combat orders.

Wang Hongsheng seemed to be idle in the pilot standby room of the "Fuzhou". Since he was fighting on the ground, the pilots of the Fiat br.22 torpedo aircraft basically did not arrange any tasks. It is expected that each ship mainly dispatched fighter jets to fight with the Russians for air supremacy in this area.

The pilots have received an order that the use of radio is absolutely prohibited. Because they are worried about being bombed by enemy planes, after the battle begins, the aircraft carrier will not send any radio return signal. The pilots have to return to the departure location based on their own experience.

In the standby room of the 2nd torpedo squadron, the pilots sat down and chatted boredly, some playing poker, and some continuing to sleep in large recliners. Several were staring at the map of the Caucasus region hanging on the wall, smoking cigarettes and discussing the war situation in the area.

The Austro-Hungarian Army and the Caucasus National Army fought fiercely along the Kola River together with the Soviet army. In the three months after the outbreak of the war, nearly 300,000 Austro-Hungarian troops had entered the Don River and the Caucasus region. The Soviet offensive was temporarily stopped, but more and more Soviet troops entered this area, and now their total force on this line has exceeded one million.

In Ukraine, with the support of the German army, the Ukrainian Republican army defended Zhitomir, the Ukrainian government had moved south to Odessa, and the Ukrainian Republican army had basically lost the entire Dnieper River defense line and retreated to the southwest region.

Chang Youting, the squadron leader of the 2nd torpedo aircraft squadron, is a short and strong pilot with 6 years of flying experience. He stood in front of the map and pointed at the front line of the Kola River on the map, explaining the situation on the battlefield. Several young pilots listened to his analysis of the battlefield situation with relish.

"Due to insufficient number of airports, the Austrians could only be equipped with less than two aviation divisions on the front line. There were about 400 aircraft. The Russians had already captured most of the territory and occupied important cities such as Baku and Tbilisi, which had about 1,300 aircraft here. Because they were unable to obtain air supremacy, the war on the front line of the Kola River was very fierce, so Austria hoped to dispatch naval aircraft to provide support to the front line."

Chang Youting was like a combat staff member, as if he knew the situation on the entire battlefield. But in fact, the navy did not know much about the land battle situation, but only knew that after a hard battle between the Austro-Hungarian and the Caucasus coalition, they finally withstand the Soviet offensive. The two sides are currently fighting fiercely around the Kora River.

"The torpedo squadron is not going out, why are you doing so much trouble?" Wang Hongsheng thought to himself. He stood up and went to the deck outside to get some breath. The smoke smell in the room was too strong. A layer of tulle-like white clouds hung in the sky, and the sea was covered with a cool northwest wind. The environment on the ship was much better than when it was hot in the previous summer. The battleship was advancing at a high speed of 20 knots, and "swish" waves came from below. At the back of the flight deck, several rows of planes lined up together were shining under the sun. Some pilots were squatting or sitting on the deck, chatting with the ground crew on the ship. While watching the mechanics check the planes.

Wang Hongsheng noticed that a large number of aviation bombs had been raised next to the elevator, each four piles were placed on the ammunition rack. There were 250 kilograms of aviation bombs, and some small aviation bombs mounted by fighters.

"It seems that they will participate in the battle soon!" He thought that in fact they were more willing to fight with the Japanese, and that country was invading China. In fact, the Russians were also invading China, but most Chinese people were not so hating Russia because the Russians were just occupying China's land. They did not think about swallowing China and enslaving the Chinese, but the Japanese wanted to do this and were doing this.

When there is no room for survival, the Chinese people's resistance becomes very strong.

"Woo wow wow wow..."

"Combat Alert. Enter the combat post immediately."

The sudden battle alarm from the warship echoed on the wind-blown flight deck, and the voice of Captain Sa Shijun sounded from the tweeter. The sailors put on steel helmets and life jackets, and endlessly surrounded the crowded deck. Some ran to the cannon position, some rushed to the side of the plane, and the fire brigade on the deck spread the fire hose on the deck.

Wang Hongsheng slowly returned to the standby room. Their plane was still under the deck, and he didn't want to go out now.

"The 3rd Fighter Squadron and the 3rd Diving Bomber Squadron, board the plane immediately!" The command of the aviation commander came from the high horn. The fighter pilots jumped up from their chairs, and their heavy leather boots were shaking on the wooden deck, with nervous and enthusiastic expressions on their faces.

This time, it was the first time most of them participated in a real battle.

Wang Hongsheng ran back to the standby room of the 2nd torpedo bomber squadron, but captain Chang Youting disappeared.

"Where is the squadron leader?" he asked Lin Chaohua.

"I went to the meeting above. Do we also need to take action?" Lin Chaohua said.

The atmosphere in the standby room of the torpedo bomber squadron was a bit unusual. Most people were smoking, some were muttering, guessing that they might carry out bombing missions. The Fiat br.22 could also carry two 450 kilogram heavy bombs to carry out horizontal bombing missions. The pilots were waiting nervously.

The door opened, and Captain Chang Youting followed an Austrian major and a major staff officer on the ship into the war room behind him.

"There is a new task. Now please ask Major Oli and Staff Shen to explain the task to everyone." Chang Youting said.

The pilots in the room looked at each other, and they really guessed it.

Major Oli walked to the big map hanging on the blackboard and said a lot. There were Austro-Hungarian or German consultants or flight coaches in the Chinese airline, and most of the pilots could understand some German. However, Major Oli spoke with a strong accent and spoke very fast, and most people could not understand what he was saying. However, when he saw the two straight lines he drew with a red pen on the map, everyone still understood that it might be going to bomb the Soviet army's position on the front line of the Kola River.

Major Shen translated Oli's words and the mission was clear: the four torpedo bombers squadrons on the aircraft carrier will carry aviation bombs to bomb the Soviet artillery positions behind the front line of the Kola River.

Chang Youting was not worried about not being able to find the target. The Austro-Hungarian Air Force opened the way in front and they followed the action behind.

The 36 formal crew members of the entire squadron, led by Chang Youting, ran to the flight deck with northeast winds under the sun. The entire squadron was turning in the wind, with the fleet headed by the four aircraft carriers of the Macedonia, Moravia, Jiangsu, and Fujian, as well as a large circle of escorted battleships, cruisers and destroyers all advanced parallel to the sea at a high speed of 30 knots. The fighter squadron that set out in advance was forming over the fleet, and the dive bomber squadron was still taking off, and there were dense groups of aircraft in the sky.

Behind the flight deck side, a torpedo bomber was being sent from the hangar below to the flight deck through the lift. The machinery and ground crew were busy opening the folded wings and installing aviation bombs on the abdomen of the aircraft.
Chapter completed!