The status and position of the island countries determine that they will inevitably regard the Pacific Ocean as their battlefield, and the navy of the island country also needs to be able to gallop across the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, historical facts can only show that the submarine forces of the island countries exist like slag, with no record at all, and the surface ships of the Navy have even caused the Pearl Harbor incident, which has made the island countries excited for a year or two.

The submarines of the island nation, however, are doing nothing.

This is also related to their thinking, now, German submarines have begun to pay attention to underwater speed, so that submarines have the most suitable body shape underwater, resulting in underwater speed exceeding water speed.

However, the submarines of the island countries still spend most of their time on the water.

For example, now, the I-74 has a speed of 23 knots on the water, which is quite strong, but it only has a speed of 8.2 knots underwater, and at the same time, when it enters the water, even if it travels at a speed of 3 knots, it has a range of only 65 nautical miles.

These defects are destined to be able to maintain a state of navigation on the water in normal times, and will only dive when attacking, which is the biggest difference with German submarines, and now, German submarines, at most, only float at night, most of the time, are in a snorkel state.

This time, they had successfully completed their mission, and they could have gone out day and night and returned slowly, but the US Navy, which had recently been in the Pacific Ocean, suddenly went crazy looking for submarines at sea, and in order to prevent accidental damage, the base camp asked them to quickly return to the sea and stay away from right and wrong.

In this way, they will not be able to sail underwater at low speed with batteries, float to the surface of the water, use diesel engines, can drive to a high speed of more than 20 knots, and go back in a few days.

Saburo stood on the conning tower, observing the sky, and soon, he spotted a black dot in the distance, which was flying towards him quickly!

"Report, a suspicious target has been found." Saburo shouted down.

"Keep watching." Captain ** said the third deflated.

Now, you are on the way back, and you are in a floating state, even if you find any suspicious targets, can you still attack yourself?

"Yes." Saburo continued to keep his eyes open and looked at the target in the sky in the distance, and soon, he could tell that it was an American seaplane!

Before the advent of radar, reconnaissance/observation aircraft played the role of the eyes of the fleet, and these aircraft deployed at coastal bases or ships were able to search hundreds of miles of surface water in the air, monitor the movements of enemy submarines and surface ships, observe the impact points of their own warships, carry out shipwreck rescues, and so on.

Founded in 1917, Chance-Walter is the U.S. Navy's leading manufacturer of water observation aircraft, producing a series of Corsair carrier-based biplanes for U.S. cruisers, destroyers, and other warships.

And now, they have developed the latest model, the monoplane OS2U-1 Kingfisher reconnaissance aircraft, which was designed and manufactured in 37, and in 38, it began to be gradually delivered to the US Navy.

Pilot Chris, sitting in the front seat, and behind him, in the cockpit with a wide view, was his companion Schroeder, who served as a tail gunner as well as a radio operator and observer.

The 450 horsepower Pwhut Whitney R-0985-48 star-shaped air-cooled engine in front was rumbling, driving the reconnaissance plane to fly above the sea, and at the same time, the eyes of the two kept turning to the sea.

Half an hour earlier, they had ejected from the destroyer USS Lawrence Taylor, and their mission was clear: to search for German submarines on the surface!

A few days ago, an American cargo ship was destroyed by an unknown target in the process of crossing the Pacific Ocean, and almost all the facts are that it was the Germans who did it, and now they need to pull out the German submarine and sink them!

Let the Germans know that the Pacific Ocean is not their stage!

However, this is also very difficult, after all, they have already received definite information that the German submarines are equipped with snorkels, which means that they cannot see the German submarines floating on the sea surface at all, only a small snorkel.

If the time is postponed for another year or two, waiting for the development of radar technology and underwater listening technology, so that they can more easily detect the submarines of the Germans, and now, they do not have a surface search radar to scan the snorkels on the sea, they can only use their own eyes!

They flew very low, and as they flew, they constantly searched the sea, which was definitely looking for a needle in a haystack, and at the same time, there were more than a dozen detachments, all of which, like them, were searching aimlessly, hoping to find a target.

Suddenly, Chris in front of him was excited: "Ahead, I found a submarine floating on the sea!" ”

As a pilot, you have to have a pair of sharp eyes, and when he found the submarine over there, he was extremely excited.

Living in the small space of the submarine for a long time, smelling the smell of volatile diesel in the air, and listening to the continuous noise of the engine, it is easy for the submariners to suffer from various psychological disorders, in particular, the German submarines are bypassing half the world, they must be more lonely, and it is completely okay to float and blow the sea breeze when it is safe.

Finally caught by his own side!

He pushed the throttle stick, and the engine in front of him burst into a louder roar, flying towards the opponent at maximum power.

"What flag are they flying?" After flying a few kilometers, I could see more clearly, and I could see the flag flying high in the wind, but I couldn't see what it was.

Schroeder, who was in the back seat, poked his head out, faced the air current, and tried to observe.

"Black, I saw that there was black on it, it looked, it looked like a black flag, well, and red, red background, black, it was the flag!" Schroeder said with certainty.

"Quick, send a telegram to our mothership, we have spotted the German submarine, currently in a submarine, azimuth 27-0-36, request an attack!" Chris shouted excitedly.

The Germans, so careless, and so arrogant!

Sailing on the sea, and at the same time daring to fly the national flag, aren't they looking to be beaten? Don't think it's okay if it's a float!

Kingfisher reconnaissance aircraft, not just a reconnaissance aircraft, it can also carry weapons.

At the nose at the front of the nose, there is a fixed Browning .30 machine gun, and at the back there is a .30 machine gun that can be tilted and turned. At the same time, the Kingfisher had a bomb mount under each wing, and now, exactly one 100-pound aerial bomb was hung on each.

Chris is furious at the thought of these sneaky submarines attacking cargo ships indiscriminately.

The Pacific, which belongs to the US Navy, cannot be left to the Germans to wreak havoc!

The Kingfisher reconnaissance plane, with a swift momentum, pounced on the unsuspecting "German" submarine on the sea!