The three Japanese reconnaissance planes were far behind the Shanghai and Zhoushan carrier planes. Their mission was to find the mothership and inform their fleet.
At 3:30 p. m., Wei Chenghong was sitting in the conference room, staring blankly at his phone. At 3:00 p. m., he had already received the news that one battleship, two cruisers, and one destroyer had been sunk.
Half an hour had passed, and there was no movement at all. That meant that the mission was likely to have failed.
Wei Chenghong sighed and put his feet on the table. He leaned against the boss 'chair and said to Tatsumi," Go and ask if the air force has returned."”
"Then I'll go out." Tatsumi looked at Wei Chenghong, then walked out of the conference room and headed to the island.
"Did it fail?" Lin Lei, who had always been invisible, actually spoke.
"It seems like it. What we need to do now is to leave this place. If we expose our location, the Japanese fleet will pounce on us like sharks.”
"Do you think they can come back?"
"I don't know, but I believe them.”Wei Chenghong felt a little stifled, but after thinking for a while, his mood improved. Victory and defeat were common in a war. In the end, the number of planes was too small. If there were 200 attack planes, he was confident that he could take down the Japanese fleet.
About a hundred kilometers away from the Prideful Sky, Chen Zhongyan of Eagle No. 1 had climbed to an altitude of nearly 4000 meters. The three enemy reconnaissance planes were two kilometers below him.
Chen Zhongyan held the control lever and pressed it down. At the same time, he pulled the throttle valve back with his left hand. This way, the fuel tank would stop supplying gasoline to the engine. If the throttle valve was still open during the dive, the speed of the dive would be very fast.
The structure of a Japanese plane had always been very fragile. It could not withstand a dive speed that was too fast. If the speed exceeded 450 kilometers per hour, which was 243 knots, the plane would be directly overloaded and dismembered.
Chen Zhongyan's initial template was an ace pilot. Unlike other inexperienced pilots, as an ace pilot, Chen Zhongyan was rich in both skills and experience. In order to make his sneak attack successful, his plane had its back to the sun. The weather in August was very hot, not to mention the sun. Even though it was almost four o'clock, the sun was still high and the sun was very dazzling.
1000 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters.
It was not until this moment that the operator of the reconnaissance plane noticed something unusual. He turned his head and saw Chen Zhongyan's 96 warship firing wildly. The operator's mouth had just opened when bullets rained down, shattering their glass cover and penetrating his head. The rear cockpit was covered in blood.
The three reconnaissance planes were all old biplanes. If they were classified according to their type, they should be considered heavy and bulky like the bomber. They were not a match for the agile 96 warship.
The reconnaissance plane that had been hit spewed out black smoke and plunged into the sea.
" Baka, when did this happen? It's the Empire's Battleship 96. We can't beat them. Scatter and run, Kobayashi."”The pilot of one of the reconnaissance planes was a little more experienced and immediately recognized Chen Zhongyan's vehicle. It was the Type 96 warship that had just been deployed on the Kaga aircraft carrier.
"Ha Yi."
The three reconnaissance planes flew in a triangular formation. The distance between them was about 200 meters. For a fighter plane, 200 meters was just a blink of an eye. How could a biplane reconnaissance plane compare to a professional naval fighter plane in terms of mobility?
Pushing the throttle to the maximum, the 96 Warship caught up with a reconnaissance plane in ten seconds. The other party made a maneuver to avoid Chen Zhongyan's lock.
"He's a rookie, idiot." At a distance of 200 meters, Chen Zhongyan had already put the other party's body into the aiming device. He pressed the firing button, and the two machine guns arranged on the left and right wings sprayed bullets, hitting the reconnaissance plane.
"Is it not powerful enough? Then let's beat the wings." 7.7 The power of a millimeter-caliber machine gun was still too small. If it was replaced by a 20mm-caliber machine gun, a few shots would be enough to take the opponent's life. Even a.50 (12.7mm) caliber machine gun would have a better effect.
A short burst of fire could only fill the opponent's body with bullet holes, but it could not shoot down the opponent. Therefore, Chen Zhongyan changed the place where he shot, which was the wing of the enemy plane.
The two machine guns of the 96 Battleship were blazing, and hundreds of bullets were like water splashing. As the reconnaissance plane was a biplane, its structure was not very reliable. The bullets broke the steel cables that fixed the wings of the reconnaissance plane, and the right wing began to sway.
Chen Zhongyan smiled knowingly and did not choose to continue shooting. Instead, he turned around and chased after the last reconnaissance plane that had flown more than a kilometer away.
"I can't take it anymore. I can't control it anymore. It's going to fall apart. Oda-kun, I'm going to crash.”Unfortunately, his teammates could not even protect themselves and did not have the ability to help him.
"Baka, why did the Empire's Battleship 96 become our enemy?”The man called Noda looked behind him. Chen Zhongyan's plane was very fast and would catch up to him in a while.
"Zhenghe-kun, I've implicated you." The pilot, Noda, said to the telegram operator in the back seat.
"No, as a soldier, I knew this day would come.”
To Chen Zhongyan's surprise, the other party dived down in one breath, and at a very fast speed. When it was more than 300 meters from the sea, the plane directly disintegrated, and all the fragments fell into the sea. It was estimated that the pilot would not survive, and the survival rate was almost 100%.
"Don't you want to die at the hands of the enemy? I respect your choice." Chen Zhongyan didn't chase after him and shoot him down. The other party was deliberately seeking death, so he chose to fulfill his wish.
On the Proud Sky, Tatsumi Hengshan only returned after half an hour. She also made them a cup of lemon tea.
"Admiral, the air force is back, but the situation is very bad.”Tatsumi sat next to Wei Chenghong.
Wei Chenghong raised his hand. He knew that the situation wasn't good even without the girl's words. He took out his phone and took a look. Another ship was sunk. After burning on the sea for nearly two hours, a big explosion finally occurred because of the fuel problem. Everyone who didn't want to leave the ship was dead.
"Your Excellency, Commander Wang of the aircraft carrier fleet requests for the supply of fighter jets and pilots to launch the second wave of attack.”A messenger came in and said.
"No, we've already lost our chance. We can't stay here anymore. Order all the warships to speed up and leave the East China Sea.”
"Commander, Commander Wang hopes to wait another ten minutes because there is still one more pilot who has not returned. Commander Wang said that he is his most outstanding subordinate.”
Ten minutes later, Wei Chenghong looked at his watch. Normally, if there was nothing important, the soldiers and officers recruited by the system would not disobey his orders. In other words, the pilot was indeed very important.
"Just wait for 10 minutes.”
" Yes." The messenger saluted and left.
"Admiral, why didn't you launch the second wave of attack?”Tatsumi looked at Wei Chenghong and asked.
"The enemy has too many warships. I can't afford to gamble.”Wei Chenghong knew that if he made a wrong move, the entire fleet would be buried. He couldn't afford to lose.
The carrier aircraft had returned, but the numbers were a little bleak. There were five bomber aircraft, fourteen attack aircraft, and five fighter aircraft. More than half of the aircraft were damaged, and one of them could be scrapped. The pilot was able to fly it back and park it on the aircraft carrier. His skills were really amazing.
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