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Halsey looked very relaxed, and Hewitt was full of confidence. He even poured himself a glass of martini to celebrate the victory of the battle in advance.At this moment, the staff officer reported again that a plane was approaching.Everyone became nervous again, and when Halsey picked up the binoculars and saw the plane, his face turned pale.

"That's a single-engine seaplane, a carrier-based aircraft." Hewitt exclaimed, at this time he was no longer in the mood to drink.

Halsey analyzed it carefully, and said calmly: "Don't panic, there are single-engine seaplanes, but it doesn't mean that the opponent's main fleet is nearby. As long as Hualan's warships are above the cruiser level, they are equipped with seaplanes. It's not surprising that they all take off with catapults. Besides, even the inspectorates everywhere have their own single-engine seaplanes."

Although he said so on his mouth, he was extremely anxious in his heart.Although he kept saying that there were single-engine planes in the sea inspection department of Hualan State, the emblems were different, and this seaplane circling in the sky had the shining Hualan Navy emblem.

The Hellcat fighter jets of the Halsey Fleet acting as a guard in the sky immediately separated out six of them, and rushed towards the seaplane belonging to the Hualan Navy, trying to shoot it down.However, the flexibility and speed of that seaplane were quite excellent. When the opponent made a change, it turned its nose and left, without giving the opponent a chance to pursue it.Six Hellcat fighter jets chased for more than 30 kilometers before they had to return angrily.

The seaplane they encountered was the Haixun [-] water reconnaissance plane that took off from the battleship Zhongbeihua in Xiao Jinguang's fleet.This kind of reconnaissance aircraft is directly refitted from the Sea J-[-] carrier-based fighter with buoys installed, and its performance is only a little worse than that of the Sea J-[-] fighter.

Because of the use of conformal buoys and brackets, although this seaplane cannot retract the landing gear, it can still reach a top speed of about 680 kilometers per hour.The purpose of the Haichao [-] reconnaissance aircraft is very clear, to act as the eyes of the fleet, so it is endowed with extremely high airborne capabilities.On this plane, not only was the fuel tank placed in the wing for the first time in the history of Hualan Kingdom, even one-third of the volume of the buoy was used as a honeycomb fuel tank to increase the range.

It is precisely because of such measures to increase the voyage that the fleet can fly the Sea Reconnaissance 150 reconnaissance plane in advance, and detect the movement of the Halsey fleet before the carrier-based plane takes off.Xiao Jinguang quickly received the latest coordinates sent back by the reconnaissance plane. At this time, his fleet was only [-] nautical miles away from the opponent.

Xiao Jinguang sent twenty reconnaissance planes at a time to find the location of the Halsey fleet so quickly.After receiving the detailed location, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and the carrier-based aircraft on each aircraft carrier quickly received the launch order.

The carrier-based aircraft took off one after another, and they quickly rose to an altitude of 5000 meters, formed a large fleet, and rushed towards the direction of the Halsey fleet.

Halsey was frowning at this moment, thinking about the direction of the battle.After discovering the Sea Reconnaissance [-] reconnaissance plane, he was very worried, so he immediately ordered the seaplanes on the warships to take off, and use the fleet as the origin to conduct aerial reconnaissance within a range of [-] degrees to the north.

After the reconnaissance plane was dispatched, Halsey began to consider this issue.If the reconnaissance plane finds the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet, it must be the first important target.Only by destroying Hualan's aircraft carrier can he successfully capture Port Moresby, otherwise the White Eagle fleet may be wiped out by the carrier-based aircraft fleet at any time.

But at this juncture, the bombing of the land cannot be relaxed either. Only by continuously bombing various key points on the land can the army land easily.Only then will he have complete strategic initiative.

He was obviously hesitant about the two choices of eliminating potential dangers and gaining the strategic initiative. "General Halsey, what do you think we should do? Should we guard against the sneak attack of the Hualan fleet, or continue to attack land targets?" Lieutenant General Hewitt obviously had the same concern. Seeing that Halsey did not speak at this time, He couldn't help asking out loud.

As if sensing Halsey's hesitation, Hewitt added: "We must make a decision quickly. In another hour, the second attack fleet to attack Port Moresby will return."

Halsey is naturally very clear about the meaning of Hewitt's words.Because the Avenger torpedo aircraft cannot afford the high-intensity action of dive bombing, and horizontal bombing poses almost no threat to moving warships, they must be replaced with torpedoes to attack warships.If you want to continue to attack Port Moresby, the attack fleet must be equipped with heavy bombs, and if you choose to deal with the fleet that may exist at sea, you must mount torpedoes instead.

The attack fleet that is preparing to take off at this time is equipped with heavy bombs, and such weapons will obviously be very disadvantageous against the fleet.But to replace the torpedoes, it will take at least 10 minutes, and another 10 minutes for the fleet to take off, so that the second wave of attacking fleets can return.

This approach is the most appropriate. The two aircrafts will not interfere with each other in the deck operation area, and the offensive rhythm can run smoothly.If Halsey can't decide for a long time, when the second wave of planes comes back, the first wave of planes can no longer continue to take off, because the second wave of returning planes is about to run out of fuel, if they wait for the first wave of planes After taking off and landing again, I am afraid that most of the second wave of aircraft will crash into the sea due to exhaustion of fuel.

The first thousand and 350 chapters and eight electronic jammers

If the takeoff of the first wave of aircraft is suspended and the second wave of flights is allowed to land first, the newly landed aircraft will block the tarmac and prevent the first wave of aircraft from taking off again.They had to wait until the second wave of planes took off with full fuel and bombs before restarting takeoff operations. In this way, there would be a vacuum period of at least one and a half hours over the aircraft carrier.In the course of the battle, a vacuum period in the aircraft carrier's air power is very dangerous, and may even determine the life and death of the fleet.

The biggest problem now is that the attack of the Halsey fleet is a surprise attack, and it cannot be a sustained operation.In order to succeed in a surprise attack, in addition to launching an attack with lightning speed, you must continue to carry out air strikes until the strategic goal is achieved.If there is any delay in one's own side, it will give the opponent enough time to react. Once the opponent deploys troops from other areas to support Port Moresby, his early adventures will be in vain.

However, if the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet is nearby, it is a deadly threat. Even at the risk of wasting effort, this deadly threat must be resolved first.The problem now is that he only guesses with one plane. If he guesses wrong, it may delay both ends. After all, there is no sign of the opponent's aircraft carrier yet.

"Change the torpedo." In the end, Halsey decided that saving his life was the most important thing, even if the opportunity to attack was delayed, he could only be patient.

Ten minutes after Halsey issued the order to replace the torpedoes, the reconnaissance planes began to send back reports. Seven or eight reconnaissance planes in a row all reported that they had not found the Hualan aircraft carrier fleet.As more and more scout planes reported unseen fleets, Halsey's heart began to waver.He thought that he might be too sensitive. Under the feint attack of the Spruance fleet, it was impossible for the opponent's main fleet to come in this direction.Unless they grow wings, even if they find out their main attack direction now, it will be too late to return to defense.

"General Halsey, we seem to have made some mistakes in our judgment." Lieutenant General Hewitt said suddenly at this time.

"Do you have any ideas?" As the commander of the fleet, Halsey wanted to hear the opinion of the chief of staff.

Lieutenant General Hewitt said: "According to the current reconnaissance results, even if the opponent's aircraft carrier fleet exists, it is not near us. If our carrier-based aircraft hangs torpedoes and waits for an enemy that does not exist, it is a big mistake. It's a waste of our precious fuel and time, which I don't think is appropriate."

"So what do you think we should do?" Halsey asked, leaning back in his chair.

Lieutenant General Hewitt said confidently: "In my opinion, even if there is an aircraft carrier fleet of the Hualan people in the Coral Sea, it will not be too close to us. The team sent to continue bombing Port Moresby, and then put another group of aircraft on standby to mount torpedoes. After three waves of bombing, Port Moresby should have lost its combat capability, and we can start landing. Once the Hualan Navy arrives at that time, we can use carrier-based aircraft to carry out torpedo attacks, and at the same time use battleships to cover the landing operations. When a large number of soldiers and planes are transported ashore, they will be able to support us powerfully, making it difficult for the Hualan people to bear."

As if to show his own cultural connotation, Hewitt searched his stomach for a long time before saying: "According to the words of the Hualan people, this is called fighting against the enemy at every step. At that time, we will have the home court advantage and start a decisive battle with the inferior enemy."

Feeling that Hewitt was right, Halsey decided to take a gamble. After all, if he succeeds, he will take the overall initiative, and he feels that the chance of success is very high.

Following Halsey's order, the logisticians on the deck became busy again.Because there was not much time for replacement, they had to push all the heavy bombs onto the deck, and after replacing the torpedoes, they remained on the side, hanging up the bombs first.

Looking at the busy scene outside, Halsey asked casually: "Have all our reconnaissance planes sent back reports?"

"North Dakota's flight number [-] has not responded, nor have any other signals come in," said an aviation staff officer.

"What's going on here?" Halsey asked, turning his head.

Hewitt explained from the side: "Maybe it's a radio failure, which is also a common thing, so don't make a fuss."

Halsey nodded and didn't say anything. He knew that Hewitt had said something, but he was still a little worried, so he ordered: "Let the North Dakota send another reconnaissance plane to see what it found matter."

Soon, another water reconnaissance plane took off from the battleship North Dakota, flying north along the route of No. [-] plane.Halsey didn't know that the radio of his No. [-] reconnaissance plane was indeed broken, or rather the whole plane was broken.

It turned out that the No. [-] reconnaissance plane was not malfunctioning, but encountered an irresistible danger.After Xiao Jinguang discovered the White Eagle fleet with a reconnaissance plane, he was wary that Halsey would use the same method to search for him, so a Haiyu [-]E electronic jamming plane was ordered to take off and serve as a security mission in the air.

This electronic jammer modified from the Haiyu [-] torpedo plane adopted some black technology that is not prevalent in the world today. It removed all weapons, but installed a high-power radio jammer in the cabin.This jammer has the ability to interfere with the entire band within a radius of [-] kilometers, which is enough to make any radio communication dumb, and even Hualan State's own shipboard radar will be greatly interfered.

When White Eagle's No. [-] reconnaissance plane approached to the fleet and was still [-] kilometers away, it discovered the huge Hualan Navy fleet. The No. [-] reconnaissance plane tried to turn around and escape, and at the same time sent a report to the fleet, passing on the coordinates of the opponent's fleet. However, the Haiyu [-]E electronic jammer had already been turned on in advance, and the Sea J-[-] fighter jets, which were on guard over the fleet, quickly chased after it.

The Wildcat seaplane that was backward in the White Eagle Country was not Hualan Country's Haiyan [-] water reconnaissance plane. It was shot down without any suspense.When the replacement reconnaissance plane took off, reconnaissance plane [-] was already lying on the warm seabed of the Coral Sea, with the reef sharks.

"Urgent call, we found Hualan Kingdom's large battleship group, 150 kilometers away from our fleet." The new reconnaissance plane that took off in place of No. Unexpected.

Halsey's face changed suddenly, and he immediately ordered to reinstall the torpedoes. As for when the second wave of fleet would arrive, he had no time to think about it.

The first thousand and 350 chapters nine wanton air strikes

"We should suspend the replacement of weapons and let the anti-aircraft fighters land first. They have been hovering in the air for two hours and are about to run out of fuel." Hewitt said.

"The second wave of the fleet is more than 30 kilometers away from the fleet, and it will arrive soon." The communications staff also reported the aircraft call heard to Halsey.

Halsey frowned tightly. In his hesitation, the situation began to become uncontrollable, which was simply the worst situation.At this moment, the reconnaissance plane sent out a second telegram: "The large warship group of Hualan State detected is actually a submarine rescue ship, a large supply ship and its escort fleet. It was reported just now that there are error."

After receiving this report, Halsey was relieved, and he immediately ordered the deck to be vacated, let the anti-aircraft fighters land first to refuel, and then let the second wave of the fleet also land, and then take off after replenishing fuel and ammunition.Halsey didn't know how serious the consequences of his order would be.

When the air defense fighter jets landed one after another to refuel, the lookout post suddenly sounded a shrill air defense siren.Halsey grabbed the binoculars and looked into the distance.In the clear blue sky, a black cloud was rapidly approaching, and as the deafening sound of motors approached from far and near, Halsey's heart sank gradually.

"Oops, we were fooled." Halsey wailed in despair, and he ordered all the fighters that could take off to take off immediately, but it didn't help.

Rear Admiral Nie Fengzhi, who led the huge fleet, stared wide-eyed at the sky above the empty White Eagle Fleet.He could hardly believe his eyes, how could there be no escort fighter jets in the sky of such a large fleet, this was simply a low-level mistake that only novices would make.

Regardless of why there were no escort fighters, at least they were lucky.Nie Fengzhi greeted, and led the attack fleet like a tiger with its fangs bared, pounced on the White Eagle fleet.

According to historical development, the aircraft carrier of the White Eagle Kingdom in this era should have installed the SK radar made by GE.However, due to the sudden emergence of Hualan Kingdom's electronics industry, and Zhao Shouhong's extensive search for talents from all over the world in the early stage, which severely suppressed the development of science and technology in various countries, the various types of radars that were once used in the White Eagle Kingdom's navy were not available at all. invention.

The disadvantage of not having a shipborne air search radar became a fatal flaw at this time, so it was not discovered by the lookout post of the White Eagle Kingdom until the fleet led by Nie Fengzhi entered the visual range.

"Air defense formation, use air defense formation, block them." Halsey ordered loudly, even if he didn't issue an order, the entire fleet had already begun to deploy air defense.

The anti-aircraft guns lined up on the battleship pointed to the sky, firing tongues of flame, blocking the opponent's advance.The dense bullets intertwine into a solid metal wall, warning the attack planes of the Hualan Navy not to go too far.

However, the determined naval pilots did not hesitate at all. Under the heavy anti-aircraft fire, they rushed towards the surrounded aircraft carrier fleet without hesitation.A Haibo-5 bomber jumped down from the sky and dropped the two [-]-ton high-explosive bombs mounted on it at the same time.

The heavy bomb was like a death-threatening scourge, and it rushed straight towards the warship. The helmsmen could only do their best to avoid the bomb's attack.However, how can a cumbersome aircraft carrier avoid free-falling bombs, let alone such a tight formation.

A bomb rubbed against the starboard side of the Bunker Hill aircraft carrier and fell into the water. The huge waves caused almost caused the aircraft carrier to roll up to fifteen degrees.However, the roll of the aircraft carrier has not yet recovered, and another bomb immediately hit the bridge directly.