Chapter 1389 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! (First update, please subscribe)
It was seven o'clock in the morning. The sky in the eastern United States had already brightened and the Virginia Peninsula was shrouded in bright spring light. For the people on the peninsula, it was just an ordinary Sunday.
There were few clouds over the wide Hampton Roads, and various seabirds were circling in the sky and foraging on the sea around the anchorage.
In the Hampton Roads, the Great White Fleet that once shocked the world is now basking in the morning sunshine. Transport boats in the anchorage are carrying officers on duty on or off the ships. Everything is just like usual.
After completing their circumnavigation of the world, the fleet returned to Hampton Roads, where they set out and returned. Now all they needed was repairs, and then the Pacific Fleet would return to its anchorage on the west coast via the Strait of Magellan.
However, the tense situation since March made them dare not set off easily, because the Ming Empire had deployed several fortresses in the Strait of Magellan, and they could block the entire strait at any time if they wanted.
As for the Drake Passage, it is still under consideration. Once all the warships of the Pacific Fleet have completed maintenance, we can almost set off for the return voyage.
But they never thought of it. The Ming Empire had no intention of sending this large fleet into the Pacific Ocean from the beginning. After all, for the empire, the Pacific Ocean is the top priority for future operations!
Flying over the Virginia Peninsula, the moment the anchor came into sight, Lu Deren shouted.
"Surprise attack!"
The air attack group that has approached the target area begins to expand from the navigation formation to the preparatory attack formation. On the way to the departure point of the group, each formation follows the commander's plane closely and forms a dense formation. Before starting the attack, each team should occupy a favorable position in advance according to its own attack method. In order to facilitate the launch of torpedoes, the torpedo fleet needs to lower its flight altitude.
If it is a surprise attack, the torpedo fleet will take the lead. That is, the torpedo fleet rushes into the enemy's position before the enemy discovers it, in order to achieve the greatest surprise effect. Then, the bomber fleet will start attacking one after another when the torpedo fleet attacks.
But if it is a violent attack, everything will be completely different. First, the bomber team will use bombs and machine guns to cause chaos in the enemy's formation, and contain and attract enemy anti-aircraft firepower - after all, the US warships are now equipped with a lot of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns. When the bomber team attracts the enemy's attention, the torpedo team will take the opportunity to launch a torpedo attack on the enemy ship.
But should it be a surprise attack or a violent assault?
This all had to be judged by the commander-in-chief when he gave the order to launch the attack. Because only reconnaissance planes and a few command planes were equipped with radio stations, in order to command the air forces, they could only use signal flares to distinguish between surprise attacks and strong attacks.
When the attack was unexpected, they fired one flare, and then fired two more. After seeing the flare fired by Lü Deren's plane, the attacking teams immediately understood what their commander meant.
Surprise attack!
Then they began to deploy the attack formation as planned.
After the two assault aircraft formations spread out in the air, they immediately cut into South Hampton Roads from the Virginia Peninsula. As Britain's earliest colony in North America, the peninsula was dotted with farms and small towns. At this time, the civilians who were driving horse-drawn carriages with their families to church, when they heard the roar coming from overhead, looked up at the sky, their eyes widened in surprise.
What is flying in the sky?
At this time, eleven dreadnought-class battleships were scattered around the South Hampton Roads. The American naval officers and soldiers who had finished raising the flag on each ship were going back into the cabin in twos and threes, or going to the restaurant according to the division to enjoy a simple breakfast, or returning to the cabin to wait for the meal. Everything was the same as usual.
After breakfast, they will gather again and worship under the leadership of the pastor.
Of course, the officers ate at their respective homes on shore and then went to church for worship.
Rear Admiral Robbie Evans, the fleet commander, was having breakfast in the dining room as usual.
As for the officers, most of them were either at home or eating in the ship's restaurant.
Peace... Peace always makes people numb!
As for the sailors who were eating or waiting for their meals on the ship, most of them were talking about topics between men, and women were always included. The sailors on the side who had finished their breakfast were smoking cigarettes and bragging. None of them noticed that a black dot was faintly appearing among the thin clouds in the northeast.
7:20 ET.
Lu Deren's plane was the first to arrive over the sky above Hampton Roads. The Hampton Roads was as blue as indigo without a trace of waves, and a string of warships of various sizes and tonnages were quietly moored there. These warships were motionless and defenseless, as if they had not yet woken up from a dream!
Lu Deren could hardly believe what he saw.
The sky is full of Imperial Navy planes!
The ground! It's full of warships...warships without any defense!
The surprise attack will definitely succeed!
Although no results had been achieved yet, Lu Deren was so excited that he could hardly control himself and shouted loudly to Sun An.
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
Sun An immediately broke the radio silence and sent back the code indicating a successful surprise attack!
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" I heard that this code name came from His Majesty's handwriting.
No one knows why His Majesty chose "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" as the code name for the successful operation, but what is certain is that tiger... is also quite auspicious.
However, the reason why Emperor Zhu used this code name was simply because he was lazy, and of course it also had a bit of a mocking tone.
Just be a tiger to the Americans twice!
At this time, on the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the fleet was moving slowly. On the bridge of the aircraft carrier "Jingwei", the fleet commander Wu Anping, who seemed calm and composed, was actually troubled by some kind of anxiety. Waiting was the most anxious thing. Ever since the order to attack was given, he became a little anxious.
"It's almost time. Did we succeed? What if we fail and alert the enemy? We will have to return at full speed, but the aircraft carrier is slow, the fastest is only 18 knots, we can't outrun the enemy. The escort team only has two armored cruisers. Oh, it seems that the aircraft carrier converted from merchant ships is still not enough. We need to design a special aircraft carrier. Unfortunately, if we fail, we won't have a chance to propose it..."
Wu Anping was constantly calculating the various possibilities of failure, and even determined that if an accident occurred, he would die with the ship. Suddenly, a communications officer shouted loudly.
"Tora! Tora! Tora! ... The telegraph room is receiving a message... Tora! Tora! Tora! The surprise attack was a success!"
the communications officer with the headset shouted.
"Sir! The air force has sent back a signal that the surprise attack was successful!"
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(End of this chapter)
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