Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

West Coast of Australia,

A Mengtian-2 anti-submarine attack aircraft cruised back and forth at an altitude of about 100 meters above the sea!

Captain Chen Shaojun gripped the joystick tightly, his eyes fixed on the gray-blue sea below. This was a routine anti-submarine patrol mission carried out by the Haizhou Navy on the west coast of Australia. The clouds were low and visibility was extremely poor, but he felt a sense of uneasiness inexplicably.

"Prepare to deploy the sonar buoy!" Chen Shaojun said into the microphone.

Wang Yu, the rear attacker, pressed the button, and the mechanical arm slowly pushed out the cylindrical sonar buoys. With a "bang", the three buoys fell into the sea in a triangular formation, stirring up white waves. After entering the water, these silver devices quickly deployed sonar probes and began to emit detection sound waves into the deep sea.

A few minutes later, the sonar display in the cabin suddenly flashed wildly. Attacker Wang Yu stared at the screen, his voice trembling with excitement: "An abnormal sound pattern was found! Azimuth 285, depth about 50 meters, suspected to be a submarine!"

Chen Shaojun immediately changed course and flew towards the target area.

Seeing the erratic signal on the sonar screen, Wang Yu reported loudly,

"The submarine is accelerating!"

Chen Shaojun decisively ordered: "Deploy two more sets of sonar buoys to establish a three-dimensional tracking network!"

Six new sonar buoys were launched into the water one after another, forming a tight monitoring network on the sea surface. On the screen, the movement trajectory of the submarine was clearly outlined.

"It's now!"

At Chen Shaojun's command, two depth charges fell under the wings.

The bomb dragged a black trail straight into the sea. After a few seconds, the sea surface suddenly trembled violently, and a huge column of water rushed up into the sky. A dull explosion sounded from underwater, like the roar of a deep-sea monster. Through the porthole, Chen Shaojun saw a large area of ​​oil and bubbles on the sea surface, and various debris continued to float to the surface!

"Beautiful, Wang Yu, let's take a picture! We can get the medal when we go back!" Chen Shaojun was in a good mood. After patrolling this sea area for a month, he finally got a chance!

South Australia,

on the sea,

A fleet of three aircraft carriers is moving slowly forward.

"Zuo Zongtang!" On the aircraft carrier,

Lieutenant Colonel Lin Jiwen, commander of the 1st Task Force, issued today's combat mission.

"Each ship will dispatch two reconnaissance aircraft to search the eastern waters, with a search radius of 400 nautical miles! All submarines must be on guard underwater and report any suspicious targets immediately!"

Lin Jiwen is an officer that Tang Yantian has focused on training as part of his effort to implement the rejuvenation of the navy's cadre base. The navy itself is a brand-new branch of the military, and a large number of officers over the age of 35 have been assigned to local posts by Yin Xinjun. Therefore, the navy is vigorously promoting rejuvenation!

There are only three generals in the navy, Lieutenant General Tang Yantian, Major General Yuan Canhai and Major General Guo Qiang. Most of the captains of the warships have the rank of major, including the captains of several aircraft carriers, who are only from major to lieutenant colonel!

In the command room, a signalman stood up and handed a telegram to Lin Jiwen.

Lin Jiwen said to Song Kui, the captain of the Zuo Zongtang,

"Boss Tang, let us retreat. The main fleet is coming over! Keep a distance of about 200 nautical miles!"

Song Kui was a little surprised and asked,

"The main force is coming over? Are they preparing to officially start the fight?"

Lin Jiwen shrugged his shoulders.

"How would I know?"

He turned to the signalman and said,

"Order all ships to adjust their course to 270 degrees!"

"Yes!"

At 9:26 in the morning,

The signalman sent another urgent telegram.

This was sent from the ship-borne Black Eye reconnaissance aircraft: "A U.S. warship formation has been discovered, with more than 280 ships, heading northeast, 22 nautical miles away, at a speed of knots, heading southwest!"

The Navy's black-eyed two-seat reconnaissance aircraft allows the scout in the back seat to perform operations such as observation, taking photos, sending messages, etc.!

Lin Jiwen and Song Kui stood up immediately.

The two came to the nautical chart.

"Oh my goodness, this might be directed at us!"

"Orders, all ships accelerate westward, signalman, send a message to General Tang immediately, our unit is moving westward, the main fleet of US warships is coming now!" Lin Jiwen ordered loudly!

The radar soldier suddenly shouted,

"Radar detected two enemy planes, heading northeast, 155 nautical miles away!"

Song Kui immediately said,

"It must be a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft!"

"Order, fighter jets take off! Shoot down these two reconnaissance planes. We can't let them find us!" Lin Jiwen ordered decisively.

The detection range of airborne radar is only about 80 kilometers, which is much smaller than the 300 kilometers of shipborne radar!

If the enemy's carrier-based aircraft discovers the specific location of the aircraft carrier, it will definitely lead to a large number of carrier-based aircraft attacks, which will be troublesome!

Four Yue Fei fighter planes rushed into the sky from the "Zuo Zongtang!" and "Qi Jiguang!" aircraft carriers and flew towards the direction of the US reconnaissance plane!

At 10:15, Yue Fei's returning fighter plane reported that it had shot down a US reconnaissance plane, but the other one could not be found!

At 10:47, a Navy Air Force Xuanwu air command plane took off from Reed Field and flew over the 1st Task Force.

This airborne command aircraft is equipped with high-power communication equipment and radar, which can provide early warning. The radar detection range reaches 200 kilometers, and the radio instant voice communication range of the electronic communication equipment reaches 800 kilometers!

However, due to its large tonnage and long taxiing distance, it is not suitable for taking off from an aircraft carrier! Therefore, it can only be deployed on land. Once a naval battle occurs, it will fly over the battlefield. Fortunately, the Xuanwu transport aircraft has a long range and can stay in the air for up to 5 hours!

12:03,

The radar soldier reported again that three enemy aircraft formations, totaling 22 aircraft, were found! This was clearly the beginning of the enemy's tentative attack!

Lin Jiwen immediately ordered Yue Fei's fighter planes to take off and intercept.

After 63 Yue Fei fighter planes took off, the first air battle broke out between the two sides.

At the height of the battle,

The radar soldier reported again that two enemy aircraft groups totaling 175 aircraft were approaching the aircraft carrier formation!

The atmosphere is extremely tense!

Lin Jiwen understood that the enemy must have roughly determined the location of their aircraft carrier by intercepting the fighter jets' course from the radar!

There is no way around this!

Lin Jiwen quickly asked Tang Yantian for help, but unfortunately, at this time, Tang Yantian's main aircraft carrier was still 470 nautical miles away from him, which was even beyond the combat radius of carrier-based aircraft! Although the distance between the two sides was getting closer, it would take at least 4-5 hours for the aircraft of the main aircraft carrier to take off!

Sure enough, the second interception of the enemy planes was full of loopholes. While the two sides were fighting fiercely in the air, at least 33 enemy planes directly broke through the blockade line and rushed towards the aircraft carrier!