Nagasaki Naval Port.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, spent a night in agony. He finally saw the sun on the 13th.

He basically had no rest that night and asked for news about the First Fleet every half hour.

Since the First Fleet maintained radio silence, the reply Yamamoto Isoroku received was that no contact had been made.

Yamamoto Isoroku's most trusted subordinate was also an expert in aircraft carrier operations in the combined fleet. Nagumo Chuichi rushed to Nagasaki overnight, and with him came a fleet with a combat aircraft carrier as its core.

In order to defend Jeju Island and prevent the Chinese from controlling the Koryo Strait and threatening the Japanese mainland at all times, Yamamoto Isoroku began to transfer the main force of the navy back from the southern front.

At 8:20 in the morning, just when Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagumo were finally discussing the next step of action, the communications staff rushed in quickly.

"Your Excellency, Commander, telegram from the First Fleet."

"The fleet has discovered the Chinese reconnaissance aircraft, but has not yet discovered the opponent's aircraft carrier."

Yamamoto Isoroku snatched the telegram and read it at a glance.

After reading it, he handed the telegram to Nagumo Chuichi and then buried his head in the map.

Nagumo Chuichi also quickly joined the ranks of looking at the map.

Both of them looked a little anxious and panicked.

Obviously, the First Fleet has not yet discovered the location of the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group, but the opponent has already locked its own aircraft carrier, which is very dangerous.

There is not much time left for Takasu Shiro to make judgments and preparations, and every next minute is crucial.

"We don't know the performance of jet carrier-based aircraft, and we can't estimate the position of the opponent's aircraft carrier through corresponding data!" Nagumo Chuichi used various tools to mark several areas on the map that he thought were more likely, but

There's no guarantee at all.

At 8:30, the second telegram arrived.

All Zero fighters took off, ready to intercept enemy bombers.

The reconnaissance aircraft flew in several possible directions, trying to discover the location of the enemy aircraft carrier as soon as possible.

The battle started very passively, which made Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagumo Chuichi look bad.

"Your Excellency, Commander, do you want my fleet to attack immediately? If you rush over now, you might be able to provide some support to the First Fleet?"

Nagumo Chuichi put down the tools in the picture, took a deep breath and asked.

Yamamoto Isoroku shook his head.

"Don't worry, we must first understand the combat effectiveness of the enemy's super aircraft carrier and jet carrier aircraft!"

At 8:40, the telegram came again.

The reconnaissance plane heading northwest of the fleet encountered a Chinese attack aircraft group during its flight.

The reconnaissance pilot reported the enemy's attack aircraft group to the aircraft carrier at the last moment of his life.

'There are at least 30 fighter planes, extremely fast, and they are close in the blink of an eye!'

Isoroku Yamamoto and Chuichi Nagumo were not talking. They knew that the next ten minutes to half an hour would determine the outcome of the first major collision between the Chinese and Japanese navies.

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Aboard the battleship Nagato, flagship of the First Fleet.

The fleet commander, Lieutenant General Takasu Shiro, could no longer stay calmly in the combat command room. He came to the bridge and kept looking to the northwest with his telescope.

When the reconnaissance plane received the report, the Zero fighter aircraft carrier Zuiho and Taitaka aircraft carrier had not yet completed takeoff.

At this moment, there are less than two squadrons of Zero fighters in the sky.

Takasu Shiro's heart was beating like a drum.

As the commander of a huge fleet, his mentality should not be so bad.

This situation occurred mainly because the delusion of taking the initiative failed and the fear in the heart of the unknown Chinese super aircraft carrier battle group.

The staff on the aircraft carrier's plywood were busy constantly, directing the subsequent Zero fighters to take off.

This is not an easy task, and it cannot be completed in a short period of time.

8:42, Takasu Shiro could not wait any longer, and ordered in a deep voice:

"The torpedo bombers take off immediately and search for traces of enemy aircraft carriers to the northwest!"

"Hiyi!"

There were only 24 Zero fighters in the sky, and the remaining 10 or so Zero fighters temporarily stopped taking off and gave up the flight deck to torpedo bombers.

Takasu Shiro did not want to fall into a passive situation of being beaten. He had to let the torpedo bombers take off to attack the enemy's aircraft carrier before the enemy's carrier-based aircraft attacked his own aircraft carrier.

Regardless of whether the attack is effective or not, it must be shown that the Imperial Japanese Navy has been on the way to attack.

At 8:45, dark planes began to appear in the northwest sky.

A battle siren sounded on every warship, and all naval soldiers entered combat positions.

Takasu Shiro looked through the telescope and found that the Chinese jet fighter was extremely fast and larger than his own Zero fighter.

In just a few blinks, the opponent's fighter plane had gone from a blurry black spot to a distance where its outline could be clearly seen.

The 24 Zero fighters that had completed their formation in the air faced them without fear.

At this time, there were only five torpedo bombers taking off from the two aircraft carriers.

Shiro Takasu did the same thing as all Japanese naval soldiers. They looked at the sky for a while and then looked at the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

"I hope the Zero fighter can shoot down as many enemy fighters as possible!"

Many navy soldiers thought in their hearts.

But what happened next directly shocked Takasu Shiro and the Japanese naval soldiers.

At the moment before the two fleets were about to meet, the Chinese fighter jets accelerated again!

The speed of the fighter jets increased to more than 1,000 kilometers per hour, and they had passed the center of the Zero formation before the Zero fighter pilots could react.

It's like a gust of wind.

All the Japanese pilots and soldiers on the warships who witnessed all this were stunned!

"Baga!"

Takasu Shiro mechanically spit out this curse word.

Not all fighters increased their speed to the fastest speed. About 10 fighters still maintained their original speed and collided directly with the Zero fighter.

The pilots of the Zero fighter planes couldn't care less about what was happening behind them. They shook their heads to snap their thoughts back from the shock and tried their best to deal with the enemy in front of them.

The ones that passed through the Zero fighter fleet were fighter bombers, and those that stayed behind were escort fighters.

At 24:10, the Zero fighter pilots were confident of keeping the enemy out of the fleet.

The enemy's actions just now simply ignored the Zero fighter, teasing and insulting the Zero fighter pilot.

They stared at the 10 fighter planes in front of them with hatred, and secretly vowed to avenge their past humiliation and teach the Chinese people a lesson.

When the two sides reached a certain distance, the Zero fighter pilot was deceived and prepared to fire or directly collided with the other side.

The Chinese fighter jet suddenly made a very difficult tactical maneuver.
Chapter completed!