ps: I went out to Chongqing for two days today. The automatic update has been set. Is it still two updates? Thanks for the support...

Shortly after the order was issued, at 9:35, new news came to Washington: The b-25 appeared in the waters north of Aruba in Venezuela, with three light aircraft carriers... But before there was enough time to report more, the brave aircraft was shot down.

"Three light aircraft carriers?" Admiral Jin frowned into the character "Sichuan". Didn't it mean that there were 7 aircraft carriers? Why did it report that there were only 3 aircraft carriers? What about the other 4?

"Are our planes nearby?"

"It's gone. If the return flight is returned, the shot down will be shot down. Unless you call enough aircraft from another reconnaissance direction, it will take at least one hour, and the range may not be enough."

"No matter how long it takes, we must adjust again! We must fully grasp the enemy's movements. Now the fleet's reconnaissance aircraft cannot control this far. Katerina is too slow, and B-25 must be used as the fleet's eyes and ears." Speaking of the reconnaissance aircraft, Admiral Jin was full of grievances. The front line reported to him that the Japanese water reconnaissance was running fast, expressing his envy and strongly demanding that similar products be obtained. Admiral Jin searched for him. Only the Seahawk water reconnaissance aircraft project of Curtis Company meets the requirements, which can reach a maximum flight of 5oo kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 105 kilometers. The problem is that this thing has not been finalized on the drawing board, let alone a prototype. He can only urge Curtis Company to speed up.

The order was issued, but combined with the information received from the initial feedback, it was now his turn to be in trouble. He could not understand the enemy's arrangements at all: some of the enemy aircraft carrier formations had run to Aruba, Venezuela, and the artillery formations were still in the direction of Barranquilla. They were 60 kilometers away from each other and I never heard of the distance between the battleship formation and the aircraft carrier formations so far; the second was that the reconnaissance aircraft only found three light aircraft carriers, and the most important four fleet aircraft carriers disappeared, where did they go?

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't find out the point. He could only copy the telegram to Cohen and Fletcher, asking them to judge based on the current situation and report their subsequent combat ideas.

15 minutes later, Cohen's call came. To General Jin's surprise, Duncan clearly opposed the next combat plan of the Joint Conference. The reason was that according to the existing information, the Nicaragua base was over 90 kilometers away from the enemy's shelling formation and 15 kilometers away from the enemy aircraft carrier formation. If the attacking shelling formation is now, the aircraft will have to fly more than 2 hours. If the attacking shelling formation is to attack the aircraft carrier formation, the aircraft will have to fly nearly 4 hours. This period is enough for two enemy fleets to run away for a long distance. Based on the current level and experience of the air force, he believes that the air strike aircraft carrier formation cannot be done even if it is air strike shelling fleet.

As for the reason why it cannot be done, General Jin knew it well. Pilots and commanders with air strike experience either died or disappeared. The newly arrived pilots were completely disgraced at the situation in the war zone. It was really difficult for them to attack targets 1 ooo kilometers away for them. As for the attack on the sea 16 ooo kilometers away, it was completely out of the limits of the aviation force. It was impossible. It was not a battle, it was a death sentence!

Cohen's suggestion was very simple: Since the enemy fleet is fleeing eastward, it is enough to maintain some of the combat forces in Nicaragua, and there is no need to continue to reinforce. The focus is on increasing troops to Puerto Rico. The Atlantic Fleet should dispatch carrier-based aircraft to weaken the enemy forces this evening. Tomorrow, 6-bit and aircraft carrier-based aircraft will work together to completely eliminate the enemy fleet. Marshall and Arnold readily accepted the suggestion: There are too many people who died in 6 Airways. In the past two days, waves of pilots have been dying, and they have reached the limit they can bear.

General Jin thought about it and finally had to admit that Cohen's idea made sense: there were still 7 hours before the carrier-based aircraft could attack. After 7 hours, the enemy fleet left Nicaragua at least 12oo kilometers and was indeed unable to strike. If we force the 6th Army air force to appear now, it would be equivalent to putting the battle alone and unable to form a joint force. Basically, the rhythm of the destruction of the entire army was the rhythm of the destruction of the entire army two days ago, the 6th Air Force could continue to consume the enemy's strength. We cannot do this again today. We must comprehensively consider the relationship and balance between the 6th Navy.

So he readily agreed to the suggestion, and the others from the Joint Conference immediately agreed to put their troops in Puerto Rico, which means that they would not be able to enter the attack the next day.

Just as General Kim sighed, Hori Teiki was also worried. He looked at the chart and then, but he could not find a good way to get out of trouble: the fleet was getting farther and farther away from the US troops in Nicaragua and closer to the US troops in Puerto Rico. He had a vague premonition that the enemy Atlantic fleet should have rushed down from the north, but he didn't know where the current distance was.

"The mobile fleet reported that the First Guerrilla Detachment had been revealed by the enemy..."

"Where is the headquarters of the Mobile Fleet?"

"The inference has not been revealed, but there is a certain possibility."

"This..." Facing the situation report submitted by the staff officer, Cao Lu Renyi had no choice.

"Sir, what should we do? Our distance from the mobile fleet continues to increase, and the possibility of combat aircraft covering us is getting smaller and smaller."

"If you were the US military, which one would you fight first when facing battleship formations and aircraft carrier formations?"

"This..." Kura Deer couldn't say anything, so she could only comfort Hori Teki. "Sir, maybe the situation is not as bad as you think. Our distance from Nicaragua will soon be 1 ooo kilometers and more than 11 ooo kilometers from Puerto Rico. As time goes by, before the sun sets today, our distance from Puerto Rico will be reduced to 9 ooo kilometers. This distance basically exceeds the range of enemy aircraft strikes, so don't worry too much."

"Luck is crucial to us. I didn't expect that I am so superstitious about luck until now." Hori Teiki sighed and asked, "Has the reconnaissance plane gained?"

“Nothing has been gained for the time being.”

"The fleet keeps its current voyage unchanged and continues to move forward." Hori Teiki thought for a while, "Remember to remind me when entering the 9oo kilometers of Puerto Rico."

The third thing that was uncomfortable was Fletcher. His aircraft carrier formation was over 850 kilometers away from the axle artillery fleet and 90 kilometers away from the axle aircraft carrier formation. It was all long-distance that could not be carried out unless he did not want the attack aircraft fleet to return, and Nicaragua's 6 aircraft fleet could not cooperate with the cooperation. Puerto Rico could only enter the battle the next day. If you want to attack today, the carrier-based aircraft must go deep into the deep. The cautious Fletcher did not dare to entrust this and finally called General Jin: "This fleet will continue to advance and decide whether to launch an air strike until around 4 pm." (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!