The Japanese pilots kept complaining, and soon they pulled up the nose of the plane, but could not find the infantry but could find the Tang army's tank. However, they soon found that the 7.7mm caliber bullet, even with an additional initial speed attached to the plane, could not penetrate the armor of the Tang army's tank, even if it was a light tank.

The Nakajima fighter can carry two 30 kilogram aviation bombs. Although it is more childhood-like than the Tang army's 500 kilogram aviation bombs, it is still very threatening to the Tang army's ground forces. Unfortunately, the Japanese fighter jets were searching for Tang army fighters for air combat this time, and did not carry air bombs, so the Tang army escaped.

The Japanese fleet hovered in the air for more than an hour, and they successfully stopped the Tang army's offensive.

At the same time, the first Japanese squadron also arrived near Majuluo Atoll.

Zheng Shaoqiu, commander of the Tang Army's First Marine Division, saw that the situation was not good, immediately ordered the Tang army to hold on to their respective positions and turn off attack to defense.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The guns of two Japanese heavy cruisers, three light cruisers and four destroyers opened fire violently, and the Tang army artillery regiment position deployed on Ainigu Island opposite Jarit Island was immediately bombarded violently.

The Tang army's artillery regiment dared not fight against the Japanese fleet's firepower, so Zheng Shaoqiu urgently ordered the artillery regiment to withdraw from the position.

Seeing the Japanese ship showing off his might on the sea, the Tang army could only watch but had no choice but to do anything.

Zheng Shaoqiu immediately sent a telegram to the Supreme Commander Zhang Meng for advice. Zhang Meng was also shocked when he learned about this emergency and urgently ordered the First Land War Division to stand by and wait for assistance.

"This Kobayashi is worthy of being a famous Japanese naval general. He really has some skills!"

Zhang Meng sat down slowly, took the grape wine handed over by Yang Yi, and slowly tasted it.

Although Kobayashi saw through Zhang Meng's tactical deployment, he still could not reverse the situation of this naval battle. Instead, his limitations of the times still tied him up.

"It was our intelligence error, and several submarines responsible for monitoring the Japanese joint fleet failed to report the situation in a timely manner."

"This is a matter of no way. The night planes cannot detect, and the speed of the submarine cannot catch up with the fast fleet. We can get rid of the Japanese army's reconnaissance while the night is dark, and the Japanese army can also take advantage of the night to shake off our reconnaissance."

Zhang Meng paused and continued: "It is undeniable. Kobayashi Jizao is indeed a genius in traditional naval warfare, but unfortunately he does not understand the use of aviation troops and is destined to be unable to defeat us."

Li Haichen asked, "Your Highness. Since we know that the two Japanese aircraft carriers are near Majuro, should we kill these two aircraft carriers first?"

Zhang Meng nodded and said, "Yes, order the electronic combat ships to search for the location of the Japanese aircraft carrier immediately. They must also be looking for our aircraft carrier locations everywhere. Therefore, they order each aircraft carrier to always keep a squadron of fighter jets in the air alert."

"yes!"

"That would be great if there was a radar!"

“What is radar?”

"A topic we are speeding up our research, equipment that can discover enemy ships in fog and dark nights!"

"If we have radar, then enemy ships will have nowhere to hide. Wouldn't our planes explode whoever they want, and they will be invincible?"

“That’s the theory!”

Zhang Meng nodded with a smile, without explaining too much, so he could understand it.

Li Haichen was immediately overjoyed and admired Zhang Meng even more. He knew that the young commander in front of him was the one who truly created myths. When he first followed Zhang Meng, Li Haichen had no idea. Until now, he believed in Zhang Meng more and more. Only with whom Zhang Meng could he reach the peak of his military career and fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a world-famous general.

At this time, all the first wave of fighter jets completed the recovery mission.

Zhao Changzhi and Li Jianhui walked in happily, gave Zhang Meng a standard military salute, and then began to talk big about how they abused and killed the Japanese devils.

"The next task is to find the two Japanese aircraft carriers and then do everything possible to sink them. As long as the two Japanese aircraft carriers are destroyed, we will definitely win this war. In other words, the next battle is very critical. I hope the two of you will work together to make another contribution to the Tang Empire."

"Please rest assured and complete the task resolutely!"

Zhang Meng nodded and asked again: "How are those Siberian tigers?"

Zhao Changzhi and Li Jianhui looked at each other, and the former said: "Report to Your Highness, the running-in is basically smooth. After they learned that the National Government had no intention of taking back the Northeast, they had settled down. When they taught the little Japanese devils a lesson, they shouted the fiercest and fought the fiercest. I believe that in the next battle, they will prepare for the war more actively."

Li Jianhui added: "I have to say that Gao Zhihang, Zhao Wenyi, Wan Xianzhang and others have a much higher technical level than us. They were not very familiar with new fighter jets before. Now Raptors and Hellfire have played more tactical performance in their hands and are no longer conservative to us. They have taught us many air combat stunts and opened our eyes to learn a lot of techniques."

Li Haichen smiled and said, "I am worthy of being an elite student of Paris Aviation School!"

Zhang Meng nodded and said, "That's good! There will be a fierce battle with the Japanese aviation army next. Although we have the advantage of equipment, the Japanese army has the advantage of the number of aircraft and the well-trained pilots. You must prepare well."

"Please rest assured and be ready at all times!"

Zhao Changzhi and Li Jianhui shouted in unison, looking full of confidence.

Zhang Meng nodded with satisfaction and signaled them to go and prepare quickly.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Tang army electronic combat ship, which was responsible for monitoring radio signals around the Marshall Islands, intercepted the telegram of the Japanese aviation army's return. Then the electronic combat ship drove at full speed and used a radio directional instrument to measure the approximate locations of the two Japanese aircraft carriers.

Subsequently, a FC-1 torpedo reconnaissance aircraft of the Tang army discovered two Japanese aircraft carriers and several escorted destroyers over the Jewo Atoll 90 kilometers north of Majuluo Atoll.

"They are not far from Majuro Atoll, and they seem to be with the first Japanese squadron."

"There are only a few destroyers escorting, and they obviously don't know how powerful we are!"

At this time, the Japanese reconnaissance plane had not yet discovered the Tang army aircraft carrier battle group. The opportunity was rare, so Zhang Meng decisively ordered.

"Order, all aircraft carriers are ready to sail immediately and prepare to attack the enemy aircraft carrier!"

When the order was issued, a rapid battle sirens sounded from the four aircraft carriers of the Tang army.

"All personnel have noticed that this ship will start preparing for flights at 9:13 and perform combat missions at 9:38! Repeat, this is not an exercise!"

At 9:38, the four aircraft carriers of the Tang army completed their preparations, and the Raptors and Hellfires that took off successively were divided into three echelons.

The first echelon consisted of eighteen Raptors and eighteen Hellfires bombing, and they continued to go to Majulu Atoll to carry out bombing missions against the Japanese army. This time they acted as bait, aiming to attract the attention of the aircraft on the Japanese aircraft carrier and lead them away from the aircraft carrier.

The second echelon consists of 108 Raptor heavy carrier-based fighters. Their goal is to stay near the Japanese aircraft carrier, and they still intend to divert the Japanese escort aircraft away.

The third echelon consists of eighteen Raptor carrier-based fighters and one hundred and forty-four Hellfire carrier-based bombers. Their first goal is to sink the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga, and then have the opportunity to kill several surrounding escort destroyers together.

In addition, the Tang army also has a backup echelon.

Eighteen Raptors remained as air defense missions for aircraft carrier fighter groups, and twenty-four Fc-1 torpedo reconnaissance aircraft were also placed on the flight decks of their respective aircraft carriers. They were equipped with aviation torpedoes and used as the final reserve team.

After learning about the location of the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group, Kobayashi immediately ordered the First Squadron to attack quickly. At the same time, his main fleet would also arrive at the Majuro battlefield in eight hours.

At the same time, Kobayashi also asked the commanders of the two aircraft carriers, Akagi and Kaga, to organize preparations for the fight against the Tang army's bomber group, and asked them to send fighter jets to escort the First Squadron, and also asked them to send torpedo attack aircraft to attack the four aircraft carriers of the Tang army.

Kobayashi completely ignored the opposition of Uno Himesan and others. He, an airline layman, insisted on using Japanese aircraft in dispersed manner, which completely eliminated the Japanese army's original numerical advantage on the aircraft.
Chapter completed!