The Japanese special forces ignored the aircrafts that were heading towards the Japanese capital. They turned around and headed towards Wei Chenghong's fleet. More than 200 aircrafts from the four aircraft carriers flew towards Wei Chenghong's fleet.
The distance between the two fleets was about 100 nautical miles. The two fleets would meet in the evening, but before that, Wei Chenghong's fleet would have to face the attack of the Japanese.
At this time, the Japanese planes did not have a radio, and they used sign language to communicate, so their coordination was very poor. The pilots of the fighter planes fought alone.
At 3:50 in the afternoon, Liang Chen No. 12, the flagship with a radar cruiser, was the first to discover the Japanese planes. The air defense alarm sounded throughout the entire warship, and soon the news of the enemy's attack spread throughout the fleet.
"Quickly form an air defense formation to protect the aircraft carrier. Tell the flagship to pay attention to the enemy's submarine.”Ma Ran knew that the cruiser and destroyer had gone to protect the aircraft carrier. The battleship might be attacked by the enemy submarine.
On the surface of the sea, the cruiser and destroyer gave up their vigilance and approached the five aircraft carriers.
"Fire, altitude 2600.”
From the very beginning, Wei Chenghong paid special attention to the problem of air defense. This awareness was very advanced at this time, because at that time, the role of carrier-based aircraft was not prominent.
From the small destroyer to the large aircraft carrier, every warship had anti-air firepower, especially the aircraft carrier. The left and right sides were filled with small-caliber anti-aircraft guns. Although the range was a little, it was almost lethal to low-altitude torpedoes. However, the effect was very poor against the bomber that came from the sky.
In the Battle of Midway, the five aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy were all destroyed by the armor-piercing missiles of the American aircraft. Therefore, at this time, they needed the large caliber anti-air cannons of the cruisers and the destroyer to protect them.
Countless shells flew towards the Japanese fleet and exploded, forming countless black smoke dots of various sizes.
Generally speaking, unless they hit the aircraft directly, the anti-air cannons would rely on shrapnel to kill the aircraft. Therefore, the density of the firepower was very important. If they could not pull up the barrage, the threat to the enemy aircraft would be very low. Unless it was at close range, the accuracy of the anti-air cannons would be better.
On the flagship, Huaxia, countless marines appeared and rushed towards the various anti-air cannons and machine guns. The secondary cannons had already started firing into the air, and the sea was filled with smoke after the shells were fired.
"The enemy commander is indeed not a person who sticks to the rules. However, if you want to take down my aircraft carrier, you still need a good pair of teeth.”In the control room on the third floor of the island, Wei Chenghong used his binoculars to look in the direction of the enemy's attack. At a glance, there were countless black spots. Some were enemy planes, and some were the explosion points of anti-aircraft cannons.
One by one, the Japanese aircrafts were hit by anti-air cannons or damaged by shrapnel, and they fell into the sea with black smoke. The Hainan Airlines was not a military aircraft. The pilots of the military aircraft might have a chance of survival if they jumped out, but the pilots of the Hainan Airlines could not. They could only die in the sea.
This was also the reason why the Japanese navy could not defeat the American navy. Their ace pilots were all exhausted in the early stages of the war, while the Americans chose to send them back to their countries to be instructors and train new pilots. This way, the strong would become stronger and stronger, and the weak would become weaker and weaker.
The four battleships did not join the fleet protecting the aircraft carrier because the battleships were also targets. They moved slowly and stayed with the aircraft carrier. Were they thinking that the Japanese Torpedo Fighters did not have enough targets?
"Enemy planes are coming. They are above us. They are three to five hundred meters, no, three thousand meters.”China's radar controller saw a red dot appear on the radar.
However, the fleet soon flew past the four battleships. Their target was the aircraft carrier formation.
The anti-aircraft cannons of the four battleships all opened fire. However, the height was a little high. After a few minutes, only two were taken down.
"Using fighter jets as bait?" Wei Chenghong said. His four battleships were now in front of the fleet, and in the middle was the aircraft carrier formation. In front, back, left, and right were the cruisers that came to protect the aircraft carrier.
One by one, the bomber planes began to dive, and they were very fast.
The largest ships, the Wenzhou and Chenmei, were naturally a thorn in the side of the Japanese navy pilots. They were all from aircraft carriers, so they understood the importance of aircraft carriers better than anyone else. Without them, those aircraft that attacked the Japanese capital would end up in a miserable state.
"This ship is very similar to our mothership, but I won't be lenient.”In order to ensure a low hit rate, the Japanese only dropped the bomb after flying for almost 500 meters. His plane could not pull up the nose, so it crashed onto the deck of Chenmei. After two to three seconds, the armor-piercing bullet he threw hit the front deck of Chenmei.
"Commander, Chenmei is under attack.”
"I saw it. Besides, do we still have the time to worry about others? I can't even protect myself." Wang Yijun had a premonition that if there were 50 Zeros, it would not be a problem for them to take out the Japanese carriers. However, Wei Chenghong rejected it because the attack planes needed enough fighter jets to escort them. Even if the pilots of the Japanese Army Airlines were not as good as their Hainan Airlines, their Army Airlines had enough fighter jets.
The front deck of the Chenmei was directly penetrated, and the bomb exploded in the hangar. Fortunately, there was almost nothing there. Only some equipment was damaged, and it was not fatal. The only trouble was that a fire broke out, but the sailors of the Chenmei had already begun to put out the fire.
The second and third Japanese bomber followed suit. Although they were not as crazy as the first bomber, they chose to drop their bombs from a very low distance. One after another, the bombs hit the deck of the Chenmei.
The worst part was the core area of the Chenmei. The engine system had been damaged, and the aviation fuel was on fire. It was the same as the Red Castle that had sunk at Midway Island.
Other than the power in the middle, the lift at the tail had also taken a bomb and exploded in the hangar. Unlike the previous ones, there was a large amount of ammunition placed there, which was directly detonated. Chenmei's situation became more and more serious.
From afar, Wei Chenghong could see the black smoke rising from Chenmei. He cursed," The first blood was taken away just like that. Chenmei is finished."”
" My level-8 aircraft carrier, little Japan. I'll remember this debt.'Wei Chenghong's heart was bleeding. That was a heavy aircraft carrier. In his heart, it was second only to the flagship Huaxia and the Wenzhou aircraft carrier. It was one of the three most important warships in his heart.
Probably because they saw that the fire on Chenmei was out of control, the other Japanese bomber planes let it go and attacked the flagship of the aircraft carrier, Wenzhou. They were ready to take down the second blood.
Wei Chenghong rushed to the bridge and grabbed a radio headset from the signalman. He said to the signalman," Open the public channel for me. I want to talk."”
The signalman moved quickly. After a while, he nodded at Wei Chenghong, indicating that he could speak.
"I'm your commander, Wei Chenghong. Ma Ran, what are your cruiser fleets doing? Don't bother about those fighter jets and torpedoes. First, shoot down all the bomber planes. Otherwise, without the Wenzhou, do you want our pilots to go to the sea to feed the fish?”
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