The ground crew of the two aircraft carriers, Zhoushan and Magic City, were mounting torpedoes and bombs on the ship-borne attack aircraft. The two captains were helping the pilots.
On the Shanghai, Wang Yijun raised his wine bowl and said to the 30 pilots," According to the military regulations, when carrying out combat missions, we are not allowed to drink. However, today is an exception. This time, our opponents are completely different from the last time in Shanghai. The enemy has more warships and more intense anti-aircraft artillery.
We are all soldiers, and it is our duty to obey orders. Since the commander has given us the order to destroy the enemy ships, we have to carry it out, no matter how difficult it is. Perhaps many of you will not be able to return. If anyone wants to withdraw, you can ask. I can order him not to participate in the battle.”Wang Yi Jun's goading method was a little clumsy. No one stood up, and no one spoke.
The 30 pilots all raised their wine bowls and looked at him quietly.
"Alright, since no one has quit, then let's drink this bowl of wine and celebrate our victory in advance.”After saying that, Wang Yi Jun gulped down the white wine in his bowl and threw it into the sea.
The pilots who had finished drinking the liquor in one go also threw their bowls into the sea, raised their hands, and shouted," Victory!”
When it was 1:30, the pilots ran to their landlines one after another. At the same time, the ground crew began to command the carrier-based aircraft to take off with flags. After the pilots saluted the ground crew, they closed the glass cover and prepared to take off.
Once the carrier aircraft took off, all the warships would maintain radio silence to avoid being detected by the enemy. Who knew if there were any enemy submarines in this area?
"Commander, the enemy fleet is 120 nautical miles away from us. Their direction is southeast, and their cruising speed is 15 knots.”The signal soldier ran in and said to the commander of the aircraft carrier formation, Wang Yijun.
"Send the information of the reconnaissance plane to Squadron Leader Chen, who is escorting the fighter planes, and tell them that the mothership will maintain radio silence from now on and advance to the designated location.”Wang Yi Jun nodded. It seemed that the enemy was not prepared. If they launched a surprise attack, the success rate should be quite good.
" Yes." The signalman immediately ran back and prepared to send information to the carrier aircraft.
Twenty minutes later, the two aircraft carriers formed a fleet and began to climb high into the sky. Because they were carrying heavy torpedoes and bombs, the attack planes and bomber planes were a little slow.
There were 54 carrier-based aircraft, including 20 escort fighter jets, 25 Torpedo attack planes, and 9 bomber planes.
Torpedo was the weapon that could cause the greatest damage to a warship. Due to the insufficient number of bomber, coupled with the thick skin of the battleship, even if they hit it, the effect would not be very good.
At this moment, the Japanese fleet was still leisurely cruising, completely unaware that a group of uninvited guests had their eyes on them.
"This is Captain Eagle. The enemy fleet is located at latitude XX and latitude XX, heading southeast and south. It is 100 nautical miles away. Time required to contact the enemy is 25 minutes.”After the squadron leader passed the information to the fleet, he didn't say anything. This was to avoid being discovered by the enemy.
Perhaps God was on Wei Chenghong's side. There were many clouds in Donghai today. With the exact location of the enemy, the carrier aircraft group was not afraid of not being able to find the enemy.
Fighter planes and bomber planes were flying together at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters. Due to the cloudy sky, the warships below could not be seen clearly. There was a group of planes above them, and the torpedoes were behind them. They needed the fighter planes and bomber planes to attract the firepower first. Battleships were not aircraft carriers. If they wanted to sink a battleship, they had to rely on torpedoes.
Seeing that they were almost in position, the commander of the fighter squadron, Chen Zhongyan, opened the channel and said," Everyone, eliminate the enemy's four King Kong. The fighter jets and bomber will dive down first.”With that, he controlled the fighter jet to fly down.
It was not until the bomber came out of the clouds and dove to an altitude of more than 1500 meters that the Japanese warships reacted and hurriedly sounded the air defense alarm.
The four battleships of the Japanese fleet were not together. The one targeted by the bomber was the Haruka battleship. In order to ensure the accuracy, the bomber dropped the bomb at an altitude lower than 1000 meters. Then, the bomb became bigger and bigger in the eyes of the Haruka crew.
The ship was hit by a barrage of bombs, and the sea next to it was also blown up into countless splashes. Probably due to luck, a few bombs fell into the chimney, causing the power system of the ship to be almost useless. The sailors in the boiler room were basically all dead, and the ship was in a sea of fire.
The cruisers and destroyer on the left and right sides of the ship were firing at the air, chasing away the bomber and fighter planes, protecting the heavily damaged ship. However, they did not know that the damaged ship was no longer worth repairing. Although there was no water, the fire was difficult to control. It was only a matter of time before the ship sank.
The Japanese escort fleet was very large, but because it was a single file, the effect on the air was very poor. Up until now, they had not shot down a single carrier aircraft on Wei Chenghong's side.
As the squadron leader of the fighter jet, Chen Zhongyan's flying skills were naturally needless to say. He was the ACE of the current carrier-based aircraft. Sitting in the cockpit, he braved the dense artillery fire and flew towards the rear of the enemy. In order to avoid the enemy's firing in advance, his flight path was not fixed. From time to time, he flew past the enemy's warships, causing the Japanese air defense gunners to curse. A few Japanese gunners did not have time to stop and fired their shells on other warships.
"This is Captain Eagle. I have spotted an enemy battleship. It is located at the 17th position of the enemy fleet, seven nautical miles away from the Falcon Battalion, heading northwest. Eagle Captain, call all the eagles to win a chance for our falcons.”
The Falcon was a Torpedo Plane, the Eagle was a Fighter Plane, and the Eagle was a Bomber Plane. In addition, almost all of the bombs were given to Zhen and had already returned. However, it was not very smooth. Three of them had already been shot down by the dense air defense cannons and fell into the sea.
Following Chen Zhongyan's order, the remaining fighter jets flew over many warships and arrived near the second battleship.
"Pass on my order. Pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times. These fighter jets don't have the ability to attack warships.”Yamaguchi Takeri was an expert in aviation. He knew better than anyone else that these fighter jets were just a bunch of flies. They had no ability to attack his ship.
From a bird's eye view, one could see that the sea was densely covered with small black spots. Those were all anti-aircraft artillery shells.
At low altitudes, the 25mm anti-air cannons on the battleships posed the greatest threat to the fighter jets. However, they only had a capacity of 15 rounds, so their shooting effects were not very good.
The criss-crossing trajectories were too dense. Chen Zhongyan saw with his own eyes that several of his subordinates were shot into a ball of fire by the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire because of his order, and then plunged into the sea.
" As I expected, send a flag signal to the flagship immediately. There are enemy aircraft attacking from the left, and their target is the flagship's Titan. Tell them to be prepared.”Yamaguchi Munta saw the torpedoes attached to the attack planes. When he looked at the direction of the enemy planes, he immediately knew that their target was Titan.?
Furthermore, he was very familiar with the model of the aircraft. It was the Empire's Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft. Judging from their aggressive appearance, they were definitely not allies.
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