The west of the mobile fleet is about two hundred kilometers.

When Wei Chengwen arrived with his wingman, the air was already in chaos. Dozens of fighter planes on both sides flew up and down, just like holding a masquerade party that used blood and life as collateral for admission, using machine guns as weapons, and only the winner could leave alive.

The voice channel is almost full of curses, and occasionally you can hear a few cheers.

In fact, the battle situation is almost one-sided.

Although the fastest flight speed, climb rate and other performance are not worse than zero war, the firepower is more fierce and the protection is much better, the "typhoon" is too far worse in terms of crucial maneuverability, such as the turning radius is almost twice that of zero war, and the rolling speed is much slower.

In one-on-one fighting, "Typhoon" is definitely not the opponent of Zero War.

What you want to say is enough to be solid.

As long as you are not hit by the vitals, even if you are hit by the 7.7mm machine gun of Zero War, the "typhoon" will be like nothing.

In the air, almost everyone was chasing the "typhoon" and fighting.

Within one minute, three "typhoons" were shot down by Zero War.

Wei Chengwen wanted to rush over, but he had to pull back the joystick, steer the fighter, and chase the attack aircraft group that was still flying eastward.

At the beginning, Wei Chengwen received an order from the captain to cover the attacking aircraft group.

Of course, it was not a single order given to Wei Chengwen, but an order given to all fighters who did not encounter Zero Warfare, but there were less than ten in total.

Whether the attack aircraft group can break through the peripheral air defense network of the mobile fleet depends on the performance of the escort fighter jets!

At this time, the "Hengjiang" was on the roster.

When the telecommunications officer came to report, Liu Xiangzhen looked at the watch and it was already past one o'clock in the afternoon.

Now, he has to make a crucial decision.

Should we send more air defense fighter jets and expand the fleet's air defense range?

According to the news just received, the attack aircraft group of the maneuver fleet flying east to west on the foot island is also operated separately, with squadrons as the basic combat unit.

But, there are a few problems.

First, the scale is not clearly stated, that is, how many squadrons are there, how many of them are dive bombers, and how many are torpedo attack aircraft.

Liu Xiangzhen has asked the staff to conduct cross-comparison analysis of the telegrams, but he may not be able to draw a clear conclusion.

Second, the attack aircraft group of the mobile fleet is flying westward.

This is very clear. All telegrams have defeated this point, that is, the enemy planes flew westward and did not fly to the waters where the special group is located.

But, this is the problem.

Wouldn't the enemy plane turn during flight?

Don’t forget that the attack aircraft group dispatched by the special mixed group is actually flying northeast, and when encountering enemy aircraft, it is in the southwest direction of the enemy aircraft.

Third, no report mentioned the specific situation after encountering enemy aircraft.

The key is, how many zero wars continue to provide cover for the attack aircraft group? Are these zero wars that perform escort missions in front of the attack aircraft group? After the encounter, did the attack aircraft group of the mobile fleet gather together, or did they still fly west in a dispersed manner?

In fact, these problems are all caused by chaos.

No one can blame anyone. After all, when fighting with the enemy, even experienced pilots are difficult to remember everything they see and hear while watching the six directions and listening to each other, and then report to the rear without any mistakes to ensure that the reported situation is exactly in line with the actual battle situation. In the fierce battle, it is already commendable that the pilots seated in the narrow cabin still remember to report the battle situation to the flagship.

It is these questions that make Liu Xiang really embarrassed.

What's in a dilemma?

Should we temporarily give up the third round of attacks in order to strengthen air defense?

However, it's only a few minutes.

After thinking quickly and having a clearer judgment on the situation, Liu Xiangzhen issued an order to strengthen air defense.

To be precise, it will put the fleet into air defense combat.

Liu Xiangzhen made this decision only one thing: if the fleet cannot be protected, what should he use to launch the third round of attack?

In terms of time, even if there is only one squadron of enemy aircraft to find the right direction, they will definitely be able to reach the third round of attacks before the special mixed group launches.

It was twelve:55.

Within ten minutes, the two aircraft carriers of the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet dispatched six fighter jets each, but these were also the last few fighter jets.

The key is to stop aviation operations related to offense.

After the fighter plane was released, the service personnel began to send the bombers and attack planes parked on the flight deck for maintenance and loading operations back to the hangar.

Of course, you must release the fuel, remove the bombs and torpedoes.

In addition, the formation of warships is adjusted based on aircraft carrier combat groups.

After Liu Xiangzhen issued an order, to be precise, all fighter planes were launched, the fast battleship "Nanjiang" that was originally several thousand meters away chased after it.

Finally, the battleship appeared on the right side of the Hengjiang River and maintained a distance of about one thousand meters.

At this distance, the Nanjiang can provide cover for the Hengjiang River with anti-aircraft guns and intercept enemy aircraft that are aimed at the Hengjiang River from other directions except the northwest.

At the same time, a heavy cruiser and two light cruisers affiliated to the Special Mixed Fleet appeared on the left and front and back of the Hengjiang River respectively.

Simply put, the "Hengjiang" was surrounded by four escort warships!

In addition, the speed of the formation has always been maintained above thirty knots!

If it weren't for the drag of the "Nanjiang" and the speed could reach 33 knots, it would be the fastest speed that the "Longjiang" class could achieve under normal circumstances.

It took less than twenty minutes, before 1:15, the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet were all ready for air defense.

It is the credit for the fleet exercise that they can enter the state so quickly!

During the annual fleet exercises, a lot of time will be spent on collaborative training to integrate the fast battleships that are usually affiliated with the combat fleet into the special mixed fleet.

The only drawback is that the value of the fast battleship has not been fully utilized.

Bai Zhizhan proposed to the Navy Command three years ago that the rapid battleships were allocated to the special mixed fleet and act as air defense command ships in the fleet.

Unfortunately, this matter is related to the combat fleet, and there has been no follow-up after Bai Zhizhan was proposed.

Now, the two aircraft carriers have obtained triple protection, the outermost air defense fighter jet, the middle air defense battleship, and their own air defense firepower.

But it's not perfect.

The one who covers the "Linghe" is the "Yuejiang".

Although this fast battleship has been improved many times, its air defense firepower is very fierce and is definitely not under the "Nanjiang", it did not receive special care during the last improvement and was not equipped with the secret weapon specially developed for air defense.

The worst thing is that during air defense operations, the farther the distance between the aircraft carrier battle groups, the better.

If the "Linghe" aircraft carrier battle group is attacked by enemy planes, it may be in danger.

But, at this time, I can't control so much.

According to the report of the escort fighter, if the attack aircraft group of the mobile fleet turns in time, it can arrive at as fast as 1:30.

Even if you don’t turn in time, you will arrive before two o’clock.

In other words, the time left for the Second Air Special Mixed Fleet is only more than ten minutes!
Chapter completed!