Demon Beast Forbidden Area
Chapter 007: Fierce Battle in the Air
The signal from the commander of the flying team: "The 2nd and 3rd squadrons will fly northwest to the west and engage in aerial combat with the enemy planes to protect the ship-borne torpedoes.”
More than 20 American Corsair fighter jets flew northwest and fought with Japanese fighter jets. The Corsair fighter jet that Josh was piloting belonged to the Third Squadron, so Josh followed the fleet and flew northwest.
The vanguard had already engaged in a fierce aerial battle with the Japanese Zero fighter jets. The sound of machine guns firing could be heard. Suddenly, a Japanese fighter jet came out of the clouds. It was too sudden. Josh didn't notice at all. The tires of the enemy plane rubbed against the body of the fighter jet he was piloting. The entire body shook violently, and the entire fighter jet suddenly sank. Josh and Lena were shocked.
"It's a hostile plane! Shoot it with the machine gun!"
" I don't know how to shoot. I've never used a machine gun before!" Lina smiled bitterly.”
"Pull the trigger and the bullet will shoot out!”
Lena pulled the trigger with all her might, but the machine gun couldn't shoot. She cried,"I pulled the trigger, but the bullet still won't shoot?”
Josh turned around and was dumbfounded."The safety of the machine gun isn't open. Hurry up and pull the safety!”
"Where is the insurance?"
"Right in front of the lever, there is a square card.”
"I pulled it down, but the bullet still can't be fired?”
Josh turned around and almost fainted. It turned out that Lena hadn't even loaded the gun. He couldn't help but say angrily,"You stupid woman! The bullets weren't even loaded, so how could they fire the bullets? Quickly reload!"
"How do I load the bullets?"
"Pull the lever back, insert the bullet belt into the chamber, push the lever forward, and load the bullet.”
Lena followed Josh's instructions and loaded the bullets. Da! Da!" Several bullets were fired. Lena was shocked. Her entire body bounced back and bumped into Josh's head.
"It hurts! Why did you hit my head! What's wrong with you?"
"I didn't expect the reaction force to be so strong and the gunshot to be so loud! I was so shocked that my ears were about to go deaf.”
Josh saw the enemy aircraft flying from behind and warned Lena,""The enemy has appeared. Shoot down the enemy quickly! This was a moment of life and death. Either the enemy died or he died.”
Lena pulled the trigger. Da! Da!" Bullets shot out wildly, and flames scattered in all directions. Lena was afraid. She didn't dare to look and only pulled the trigger with all her might. In a short period of time, hundreds of bullets were fired. Coincidentally, it hit a fighter jet dozens of meters behind them. The fighter jet's engine caught fire and exploded. The plane lost its balance and the entire plane fell down, emitting clouds of smoke.
"I hit it!" Lena shouted excitedly. I shot a plane!"
Josh turned around and saw that Lena had shot his friend's plane, a US Corsair fighter plane. Josh almost fainted.
"Heavens! You stinky woman! You shot your own American plane! You're really incapable of doing anything, but you're more than good at ruining things!”
" Don't scold me," Lena cried." I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't want to kill them."”
There was a miserable wail. The plane was covered in black smoke and fell straight into the sea, causing a violent explosion. The people on the plane died without a complete corpse.
When Lena saw this, she was shocked. She put her hands together and prayed,"Namo Amitabha, Jesus, Holy Mother Mary, the gods will bless you to go to heaven after you die.”
Following that, a series of intense explosions could be heard. The plane was shaken by the wind from the explosion and kept shaking up and down. Black clouds exploded in the surroundings.
"We've already entered the Japanese fleet's anti-aircraft firing zone. We must hurry up, we might be blown to pieces at any time!”
The commander of the Japanese Second Fleet, Lieutenant General Kurita, was known as the Invincible Fleet. He had the super large battleships Yamato and Musashi. The two giant warships belonged to the Second Fleet and were known as unsinkable warships. The construction of the Yamato warship cost 150 billion yen, had a displacement of 730,000 tons, and was equipped with nine 18-inch cannons. At that time, the largest warship cannon in the United Kingdom and the United States was only 14 inches. If an ordinary warship was hit by an 18-inch cannon, it would definitely sink. The speed of the giant ship was twenty-eight nautical miles per hour. This kind of ship building record was something that no country in the world could match.
At that time, in the Sibuyan Sea, the giant ships Yamato and Musashi were twelve nautical miles away from each other. They were surrounded by Titan, Hazel…and other warships, cruisers, and destroyer. The American fighter planes had already been caught in the net of Japanese warships 'anti-aircraft shells.
This time, the UA dispatched 25 Torpedo Bombers and continued the air raid for an hour. Torpedo after torpedoes were thrown into the sea and quickly rushed towards the Japanese warships, producing a series of violent explosions. The flagship, Atago, and two warships were sunk by torpedoes. The Takashi and Maya were also heavily damaged. At the same time, three torpedoes hit the starboard bow of the Musashi. The huge explosion caused the outer steel plate of the Musashi to be torn and rolled. Unable to sail freely, the speed dropped to 22 nautical miles per hour.
The Musashi was the second Yamato warship built by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was also the last giant ship built by the Japanese Navy.
Toshihei Inguchi was the captain of the Musashi. His mastery of warship artillery was known as the God of Cannon in the Japanese Navy.
When Musashi was hit by the first torpedoes, it was equivalent to the explosion of 400 kilograms of explosives. Although the damage caused to the hull of the ship that could withstand 500 kilograms of explosives was negligible, the shock caused by the explosion caused the main cannon's positioning disk to malfunction. The malfunction of the aiming device prevented the main cannon from firing at the same time.
In the following air raid, Musashi was hit by three torpedoes on the port side. Some of the cabins on the side were flooded with water, and the speed was still maintained at 22 knots. Due to the increased resistance from the damaged hull, Musashi gradually separated from the fleet.
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