After the Marine Corps landed on Jeju Island, the Japanese began to order land-based aircraft from Kyushu and other places to take off for support in order to prevent Jeju Island from falling.

Japanese aircraft encountered China's advanced jet fighters that were as fast and elusive as ghosts over Jeju Island.

When facing jet fighters, propeller-driven fighters had no room to fight back. The Japanese pilots did not even see the enemy fighter clearly before the fighter underneath them was blown up.

One after another, there were shrill screams of panic coming from the radio.

Japanese planes were crushed and pilots were dominated by fear.

Various information was transmitted to the battleship Nagato, the flagship of the First Fleet.

Although the specific performance of the Chinese jet fighter is not yet known, the commander of the First Fleet, Takasu Shiro, can feel the helplessness of being crushed.

He was praying to Amaterasu, praying that the number of jet fighters equipped by China would be scarce.

The development of Japan's jet fighter has been launched, but due to continuous attacks on industrial capabilities, the progress of the development work has been very unsatisfactory.

Since the performance of the carrier-based aircraft is not as strong as the opponent's, it can only rely on tactics and numbers to make up for it.

After struggling and thinking for a long time, Takasu Shiro decided not to attack Jeju Island directly, but to make a large circle to the south first.

Under the cover of darkness, we kept radio silence and spent one night going around to the eastern waters of the Jeju Strait.

Takasu Shiro believed that the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group was hiding in the north of Jeju Island, and the fleet could take a preemptive strike by detouring to the Yellow Sea in the east.

The most optimistic scenario is that China's jet fighters have no chance of taking off from the aircraft carrier.

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Due to the influence of the curvature of the earth, sea search radar does not start at a distance of two to three hundred kilometers like air search radar.

In fact, the maximum range of sea search radars equipped on the aircraft carriers and other ships of the three major fleets does not exceed 30 kilometers.

Such a distance can only buy the fleet a few minutes of warning time.

Therefore, when the Japanese fleet maintained radio silence and sailed under lights, it was not easy for the Bohai and East China Sea fleets to detect traces of the Japanese fleet.

In the early morning of December 13, the Bohai Fleet flagship Beiping was on board.

"One thing can be confirmed, the Japanese fleet did not come directly to Jeju Island, but was playing hide and seek with us!" Bohai Fleet Commander Yang Wanquan said:

"The reconnaissance plane finally discovered that the Japanese fleet was in the sea 200 kilometers south of Jeju Island. From the picture, it can be seen that the Japanese fleet has made a big circle and will probably appear to our north and east."

Commander of the East China Sea Fleet Zheng Fenghua said with a smile:

"The little devil was frightened by the air battle on Jeju Island and didn't dare to show his face easily!"

"Lao Yang, isn't the combat radius of your reconnaissance plane seven to eight hundred kilometers?"

"No matter where the Japanese fleet is hidden, they must be within this range."

"The Yellow Sea is like a big bathtub for super aircraft carriers. Reconnaissance planes are dispatched in all directions, and they will definitely be able to dig out the Japanese fleet."

Yang Wanquan nodded. He glanced at his watch and found that it was close to 7:30, and said:

"The reconnaissance plane on the Fengtian took off immediately and conducted reconnaissance in all directions as Lao Zheng said."

"All warships have entered a state of first-level combat readiness. Once the Japanese fleet is discovered, attack immediately!"

"Strive to defeat the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy today and fight the first battle of the super aircraft carrier battle group beautifully!"

"yes!!!"

Fengtian super aircraft carrier.

With the help of steam catapults, five reconnaissance aircraft quickly rose into the blue sky.

The maximum flight speed of the J-3 jet carrier-based aircraft exceeds Mach 0.8, which is 1,000 kilometers per hour.

It takes less than an hour to fly across the Yellow Sea.

At 8:05 a.m., a reconnaissance plane flying in a southeasterly direction discovered anomalies on the sea.

The pilot of the carrier-based aircraft quietly lowered his altitude, opened his eyes as wide as possible, and finally saw clearly the situation on the sea.

At that moment, the carrier-based aircraft pilot was more excited than ever before. He took a few deep breaths before reporting to the radio report:

"The Japanese aircraft carrier was discovered, repeat, the Japanese aircraft carrier was discovered!"

The pilot's excited voice reached the aircraft carrier Fengtian and the flagship battleship Peking.

Then it was quickly spread to every warship in the Bohai Fleet.

At a certain moment, all the naval officers and soldiers in the fleet were stunned, digesting the sudden good news.

After a moment, everyone cheered involuntarily.

"Got you!"

Even the fleet commander Yang Wanquan waved his fist fiercely several times.

The goals of the three major fleets are not only Jeju Island, but also the Koryo Strait. The naval officers and soldiers also want to confront the enemy fleet and blow up the Japanese aircraft carrier into the sea.

Day after day of training, continuous exercises, but no real aircraft carrier battle!

The officers and soldiers of the Bohai Fleet have been waiting for this day for a long time!

"Two aircraft carriers, three battleships..."

The reconnaissance aircraft pilots began to report more detailed intelligence, and the combat staff matched it one-to-one with the previously obtained First Fleet intelligence.

At 8:10, the staff suppressed the maneuver and said to Bohai Fleet Commander Yang Wanquan:

"Confirmation of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet departing from Nagasaki!"

Yang Wanquan glanced at the location of the Japanese fleet on the chart and ordered in a deep voice:

"All fighter-bombers take off immediately, the target is the Japanese Eagle and the aircraft carrier Zuiho!"

"yes!!!"

The fleet entered the first level of combat readiness very early, with carrier-based aircraft filled with fuel and ammunition loaded.

After the fleet commander's order was issued, the four steam catapults and four elevators operated efficiently at a speed of ejecting eight fighters per minute.

At 8:20, all 30 fighter-bombers and 10 escort fighters took off.

After completing the formation, Zhang Aiguo, captain of the carrier-based aircraft group, took the lead and attacked the Japanese aircraft carrier.

At the same time, the entire Bohai Fleet turned around and headed towards the location of the Japanese aircraft carrier.

Although it has been known for a long time that aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft are the core of the battle group, the naval officers and soldiers on other warships also very much hope to participate in the large sea battle.

The distance between the enemy and ourselves is no more than 200 kilometers, which is a distance that can be reached by reaching out in the aircraft carrier decisive battle.

Because the reconnaissance plane hid in the rising sun, the lookouts on the Japanese warships did not detect the reconnaissance plane immediately.

At 8:20, the Japanese on the observation deck of the Nagato battleship discovered an abnormality in the sun's rays. Against the sunlight that made his eyes sore and made him want to cry, he finally saw the outline of the plane clearly.

"Enemy reconnaissance plane!"

As soon as the lookout finished speaking, a rapid siren sounded.

Takasu Shiro, who was planning how to catch the Chinese fleet by surprise, rushed out of the combat command room.

Under the guidance of the people on the side, he saw the reconnaissance plane hidden in the sun's rays.

After just a quick glance, Takasu Shiro returned to the battle map again.

It's obvious that his fleet has been exposed.

However, the location of the Chinese aircraft carrier is still uncertain, and preemptive strike is no longer possible.

It is almost certain that China's carrier-based aircraft has already taken off.

The pressure suddenly came to Takasu Shiro.

Because the target of this sortie was the enemy's aircraft carrier, Takasu Shiro did not need to hesitate whether to attach bombs or torpedoes to the fighter plane.

The biggest question is which direction should the fighter planes attack? Why haven't the reconnaissance planes discovered the enemy's fleet yet?

In his hesitation and struggle, time passed by minute by second.

The Japanese in charge of air defense had already entered the combat position and were looking at the sky above their heads in horror.

At 8:28, Takasu Shiro ordered all Zero fighters to take off and the torpedo bombers to the deck to stand by.
Chapter completed!