You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a Tiger tank?

The thing in front of Lin Feng was none other than the famous "Fritz X" guided anti-ship glide bomb from World War II in the original timeline.

Official name: PC-1400X Armor-Piercing High Explosive Aerial Bomb.

This is the first guided weapon in human history to be used in actual combat.

In the original timeline, the Hans Air Force used this very thing to directly blow up the pride of the Italian Navy—the 40,000-ton battleship Rome.

"This is good stuff."

Lin Feng stepped forward and touched the cold body of the Fritz X.

However, he quickly calmed down.

Although the Fritz X is terrifyingly powerful, it uses radio command guidance.

The aircraft must drop the bomb horizontally at an altitude of over 5,000 meters, and the aircraft must maintain stable flight during the glide of the bomb. The bombardier must manually guide the bomb by visually aiming at the target through a radio joystick.

In the airspace above a fleet that may have a large number of aircraft escorting it, the carrier aircraft would be a sitting duck.

Moreover, using armor-piercing shells specifically designed to target the thick horizontal armor of battleships against the Japanese heavy cruisers with their lightly armored treaty-controlled ships was somewhat like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

At the same time, cruisers can be more maneuverable than battleships when they turn.

For the time being, he still has more faith in the mature torpedoes when dealing with the Japanese cruisers.

As for the Fritz X, it was left as a trump card for the few battleships that hadn't moved from their home base in Japan.

If the Japanese dare to send battleships again, then let them eat a big bomb!

In the original timeline, the Japanese relied on Type 1 and Type 96 land-based attack aircraft to send John's Z Fleet to its knees with torpedoes.

The battleship HMS Prince of Wales was hit by 7 torpedoes, and the battlecruiser HMS Repulse was hit by 13 torpedoes.

Lin Feng dusted off his hands and made a decision.

Once the torpedo is dropped, it can directly strike the most vulnerable part of the warship below the waterline underwater, killing it instantly.

Following the same method, Lin Feng spent 6,000 merit points in one go to purchase a total of six He-111 H-6 bombers.

"Everyone assemble!"

At Lin Feng's command, the six captains immediately ran to him and lined up.

Lin Feng took out a nautical chart from his pocket and began to assign tasks.

"The Japanese warships departed from Shanghai, so they must have appeared from the southeast sea area."

Lin Feng drew several fan-shaped areas on the nautical chart using red and blue pencils:

"Each aircraft was carrying two LT F5 aerial torpedoes for this sortie."

Divide your six aircraft into three pairs, each with a 30-degree interval.

Conduct a comprehensive search of three fan-shaped areas to the southeast.

Lin Feng looked up at the captains:

"Considering that the Japanese might be wary of our air force, they might choose to stay out to sea and wait until night to bombard us."

I command the search distance to be set at 250 nautical miles.

This is roughly the maximum distance the Japanese fleet can cover in one night, making a round trip.

"Later, I will launch six more BF-110 heavy fighters to provide you with high-altitude escort."

Lin Feng solemnly instructed:

"Remember, your primary task is reconnaissance."

Once you locate the Japanese fleet, do not launch an attack immediately.

Immediately maintain a safe distance and report the enemy ship's accurate coordinates, course, and speed to command via radio.

Afterwards, I will gather overwhelming strength and launch a final assault on them.

"Understood!" the six captains replied in unison.

As for how to gather an overwhelming advantage?

Lin Feng didn't say anything.

It's actually quite simple: once the reconnaissance plane finds the target, he'll sit in this newly repaired airport and frantically click the redemption button.

Using the gold and silver plundered from the Japanese treasury, they unleashed a barrage of Stukas and torpedo bombers to teach the Japanese navy a lesson.

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"Commander, please proceed to the bridge!"

At the command of the officer on duty, all the Japanese officers and sailors on the bridge of the Izumo armored cruiser stopped what they were doing, stood at attention, and bowed their heads.

Lieutenant General Kojiro Oikawa, dressed in a crisp white naval uniform and holding a pair of white gloves, stepped expressionlessly across the high threshold of the watertight door and into the command room.

He had only recently succeeded Kiyoshi Hasegawa as Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet and the China Area Fleet.

Before I could even get comfortable in my seat, those old men from the Military Command kicked me into this scalding hot pit.

"Is there anything unusual?"

Koshiro Oikawa walked up to the nautical chart table, and without even looking at the person next to him, casually asked a question.

"Sir, everything is normal."

Captain Takeda, captain of the Izumo, immediately stepped forward and respectfully replied:

"The fleet is currently sailing north in the Yellow Sea at an economical speed of 15 knots."

Each ship maintained its air defense wheel formation.

Neither radar nor lookout posts detected any Chinese aircraft or submarines.

Koshiro Oikawa scoffed.

submarine?

Do the Chinese have submarines?

No, it's hard to say.

That Lin Feng, who can buy advanced Hans aircraft, might also be able to buy submarines.

In an instant, Oikawa Koshiro felt hot and irritable.

He tossed the white gloves onto the table and looked down at the enormous nautical chart.

On the nautical chart, the location of Qingcheng Port has been marked with a large red cross by the staff officer.

Just two hours ago, a telegram arrived from headquarters.

With the complete fall of Qingcheng Port, the naval base commander, Kuwahara Aone, abandoned his troops and fled to Weihaiwei by speedboat.

The army and marines in the city were completely wiped out.

"Those army idiots who only know how to shout 'Banzai' and charge!"

Oikawa Koshiro gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly:

"The garrison of over a thousand men, along with the city's formidable defenses, couldn't even hold out for three days."

They've brought shame upon the empire! A bunch of shameless bastards!

Despite his cursing, Oikawa Koshiro's mind was in complete turmoil, extremely conflicted.

He was a typical political bureaucrat, smooth-talking and cautious, never fighting a battle he wasn't sure he could win.

He rose to his current position not by banging on the table and cursing like Nobumasa Suetsugu, but by knowing how to protect himself in the factional struggles within the Navy.

Now, Qingcheng Port has been lost.

His original tactical objective of supporting the defending troops had completely disappeared.

Given his cautious nature, the wisest course of action now would be to immediately order the entire fleet to turn around and return directly to the Huangpu River anchorage in Shanghai.

Are you kidding me?

Lin Feng holds in his hands a terrifying air force capable of sinking the Ryujo aircraft carrier.

Now let him lead the Izumo, an old, outdated armored cruiser left over from the Russo-Japanese War, which is as slow as a tortoise.

In addition to the two Imperial Navy's prized heavy cruisers, Ashigara and Nachi, they were to go to the coastline of Qingcheng Port.

He wasn't as confident as those bigwigs in the fleet faction.

Without a regular aircraft carrier to provide air superiority, surface ships entering the combat radius of enemy bombers are like living iron coffins!

"Sir, should we... continue?"

Captain Takeda, observing Oikawa Koshiro's unpredictable expression, cautiously probed for a question.

Oikawa Koshiro suddenly raised his head and glared at Takeda.

retreat?

Would he dare to back out?