The Americans on the escort carrier didn't care much about the approaching Zero fighter. The Zero fighter was only a light fighter, and the weapons it could carry to attack ships were quite limited. It could only carry two 60-kilogram missiles.

It’s just a small fry. (Kamikaze version

Zero War can hang a 250-kilogram bomb. Such a small bomb is still a threat to small things like destroyers, but it does not pose a fatal threat to a 10,000-ton escort aircraft carrier. And on the escort aircraft carrier

There was enough anti-aircraft firepower to drive them away.

The Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier has a 127mm high-level dual-purpose gun and 12 20mm guns. It was originally proposed to replace these 12 20mm guns with Bushmaster's 6-barreled 20mm Gatling cannon. However, considering

Gatling guns are much heavier and more expensive, so the Navy feels that on warships such as escort carriers that do not need to be on the front line, ordinary 20mm guns are enough.

Under normal circumstances, the 20mm cannon has a good killing effect against Japanese fighter jets, but it is insufficient to deal with suicide aircraft. This is not because suicide aircraft are stronger than ordinary aircraft. In fact, in terms of the structural strength of the body, it is "magical"

"Wind" version of Zero War

There is no difference from ordinary zero combat, and for the sake of economy, many things originally used to increase the survivability of the aircraft have been removed. Therefore, just like ordinary zero combat, as long as one or two 20mm cannons are hit, the aircraft will

It is basically guaranteed that this plane will not be able to fly back.

However, the "kamikaze" type zero battles are not intended to fly back in the first place. As long as they do not explode instantly after being hit, they may still hit them directly. Therefore, small-caliber anti-aircraft guns that are enough to fight against ordinary aircraft

, when fighting against "Kamikaze" type aircraft, it will appear to have insufficient firepower. To deal with "Kamikaze" type aircraft, you must be able to ensure that one hit will immediately cause it to bloom in the air.

The Zero fighters responsible for escorting Guan Xingnan and the others have already joined forces with those from the escort aircraft carrier.

The f4fs that took off were fighting together. It has been a long time since Zero Fighter had to contend with a fighter plane that far exceeded its own performance, but this time, the rare Zero Fighter finally encountered a fighter jet whose performance was not as good as its own.

And considering that Zero War has made some improvements over the years, although the effect of the improvements

It’s not particularly significant. It’s not like the improved models of the Spitfire or BF-109, which have almost made radical progress, but compared with the initial version, there is still more or less progress. The American F4F fighter has already

would have taken a back seat, if not for their huge retention

The Americans have completely retired them a long time ago. Now, when they are used on escort aircraft carriers, they are used more as attack aircraft for ground support. In this way, of course they are not willing to spend money to

Improved it. So now the f4fs encountered by the zero battlers are not the same as those at the beginning of the war.

It hasn't changed much, it's just older. However, the one-sided victory in the early days of the war has not been repeated. This is because the US military's aircraft have an overwhelming advantage in numbers, which makes up for the performance gap. Secondly, it is also because

The level of Japanese pilots is far behind those at the beginning of the war.

However, among these low-level pilots, there is still a super master. That is Nishizawa Hiroki. As the ace of the Japanese Navy, Nishizawa Hiroki is said to have shot down hundreds of enemy planes. This number is higher than that of US military pilots.

The highest kill record is much higher. Of course, the Japanese statistics may not necessarily be

Reliable, but in any case, this number also shows how terrifying Nishizawa Hiroki is. If we also consider that since the middle and late stages of the war, he has to constantly compete with fighter jets that have significantly better performance than Zero Fighter, and

He can continue to gain results, which shows how terrifying he is even more.

An F4F has been caught in the halo of the shooting sight by Nishizawa Hiro. The aircraft moved too hard when trying to attack Nishizawa Hiro from the 8 o'clock direction. Nishizawa Hiro just pulled the aircraft lightly.

He avoided his attack by turning his head and let him rush to the front. Then Nishizawa Hiroyuki just gently pushed the rudder,

He just bit the F4F. And relying on the better acceleration performance of the Zero Fighter 52, he quickly approached the opponent. Then, without even testing the machine gun, he directly fired a burst with the 20mm cannon.

He accurately hit the F4F and ignited it, causing the F4F to fall towards the sea with thick smoke.

But now Nishizawa Hiroyuki could not care about admiring the crash of the enemy plane, because there were several enemy planes also eyeing him at this moment, including even two F4U pirates who ran away from nowhere.[

Nishizawa Hiroki's escort aircraft group tried to attract the enemy's attention as much as possible, while Guan Xingnan led 6 "Kamikaze" zero-fighters to approach several US military escort aircraft carriers.

"According to the plan, we are divided into two teams and attack the two aircraft carriers closest to us respectively." Guan Xingnan gave the order. Then his earphones were immediately filled with shouts: "The Emperor is on board!" "Kudan Sakami!" and so on.

The voice was high-pitched, sharp, and very harsh. Guan Xingnan knew that this was the result of the combined effect of the children who had not yet finished changing their voices and the large amounts of methamphetamine they had taken.

The 127mm guns on the US escort aircraft carrier and the destroyer next to it began to fire at them.

"Spread out!" Guan Xingnan ordered. Japanese pilots who experienced the Mariana naval battle all remember the terror of the VT cannon used by the US military's 127mm high-level and flat dual-purpose cannon. This cannon, which can automatically explode when approaching an enemy aircraft, once brought

It gave the Japanese a painful memory. Guan Xingnan even saw it with his own eyes. A 127-gun blast exploded in a dense group of aircraft, knocking out 3 aircraft at once. Making the formation a little looser is because the Japanese are now interested in this kind of artillery.

The only way.

When passing through the screen of 127mm anti-aircraft guns, two "Kamikaze" Zero Fighters were hit by American artillery fire, and they suddenly turned into gorgeous fireworks. The effect of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns on small aircraft has always been

It is quite bad. But the emergence of VT has changed this situation. In many cases, their attack efficiency against small aircraft is even higher than that of small and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

Now Guan Xingnan's fleet only had four planes left. They flew in groups of two and rushed towards the predetermined target.

The 20mm anti-aircraft guns on the US escort aircraft carrier opened fire. The dense rain intertwined to form a large net, covering Guan Xingnan. Guan Xingnan worked hard to control the aircraft, avoiding the enemy's fire as much as possible while heading towards

The enemy ran straight into it.

Since all available space was filled with explosives, the entire aircraft was several hundred kilograms heavier than an ordinary Zero Fighter. In addition, a 250-kilogram bomb was hung under the wing, which made the "Kamikaze"

The flying performance of the "Zero War" version has been greatly reduced and it has become much clumsier. Therefore, even though Guan Xingnan tried his best to avoid it, several rounds of 20mm cannons still hit his aircraft.

Half of the right wing of his fighter plane was knocked off, and the plane began to roll uncontrollably to the right. At this time, another cannon shot hit the root part of the left wing, knocking off the entire left wing.

As a result, the plane rolled uncontrollably to the left. At the same time, flames and thick smoke also rose from Guan Xingnan's plane.

But these could no longer stop his attack, because the distance was too close. Now the flight deck of the enemy aircraft carrier had filled his field of vision, and the distance between them was no more than a hundred meters. He saw that it was on the route between him and

, the enemy's anti-aircraft gunner dropped the anti-aircraft gun in panic and fled in other directions. He saw...

Just like in the original history, Guan Xingnan's fighter plane crashed into the USS Clinin Bay escort aircraft carrier. The difference is that in the original history, for some unknown reason, Guan Xingnan's fighter plane just crashed into the aircraft carrier.

on the deck, but there was no explosion until another suicide plane followed him.

The plane crashed into it, causing a huge explosion. But this time, Guan Xingnan's plane exploded normally, blowing a big hole in the unarmored flight deck of the escort aircraft carrier Clinin Bay. Immediately afterwards, another God

The wind plane hit this unlucky aircraft carrier again, and a fire began to break out on the aircraft carrier.

On the other side, a kamikaze plane crashed into the sea when it was about to hit the escort aircraft carrier Saint Lo. Before the Yankees on the escort aircraft carrier Saint Lo had time to take a breath, the second kamikaze crashed straight into it.

came up, so thick smoke also rose from the escort aircraft carrier.

Only five suicide planes severely damaged two escort aircraft carriers in one attack. Such combat efficiency was difficult for even the Japanese aviation force in the early days of the war to match. In the original history, the escort aircraft carrier Saint Lo was the god of the Japanese.

The aircraft carrier was sunk under the attack of the Wind Commando, and the escort aircraft carrier Clinging Bay was severely damaged. But here

In this space, the escort aircraft carrier Clinging Bay, which suffered two collisions, was significantly more seriously damaged. The fire had spread to the aviation fuel warehouse and triggered a series of explosions. So, an hour after it was hit by the kamikaze aircraft

After that, the captain issued the order to abandon the ship. At this time, the air defense siren sounded again...

…

The sky above the Ozawa fleet is empty, and there are almost no fighter jets used for air defense. In fact, the four aircraft carriers of the Ozawa fleet used as decoys only have a total of 108 aircraft. With such a small number of aircraft, plus the pilots, they are all

Rookie, the result is that these aircraft are simply not enough for the 8 ships in Halsey's main fleet.

The aircraft carriers of the fleet were attacked. The ones that were hit three times, five and two were wiped out. Now looking at the empty decks of the four aircraft carriers of the Ozawa fleet, everyone knows that this guy is really thinking about being a bait. However,

Even if it's a bait, you can't let it escape. Anyway, now that you don't have any worries, you can eat without any worries.

However, Ron, who borrowed an F4U Corsair from Halsey, saw two super weird warships in Ozawa's fleet - the Ise and the Hyuga aviation battleship. The so-called aviation battleships are known to the Japanese

After realizing the huge power of the aircraft carrier, and because of insufficient shipbuilding capacity, it was difficult to quickly build a new aircraft carrier, the idea of ​​​​refitting was hatched. So the older battleships Ise and Hyuga became the targets of refitting.

.Due to limited time, the Japanese did not even have time to change them into aircraft carriers with fully accessible decks. They just dismantled the turrets at the back and built a 70-meter-long flight deck. A flight deck of this length can only be repaired and taken off.

Operations cannot provide the taxiing distance required for landing, so once their carrier-based aircraft take off, they must land on other regular aircraft carriers and then be shipped from other ships.[

Such a landing process can be described as miserable, and taking off from such an aviation battleship is also not an easy task. Although there are launchers, the most Japanese-style tower in front is as tall as a castle tower.

The mast-like tower blocks the deck wind tightly, and in order not to affect the firing of the main gun in front, the launcher is also installed diagonally. This makes the deck wind blowing not from the front when the aircraft takes off, but from the front.

Blowing from the side greatly increases the difficulty of taking off.

Ron's fighter plane has no bombs or rockets, and the enemy's fighter planes have long been cleared away, so now he can only move around in circles outside the range of the enemy's anti-aircraft guns. From time to time, he takes out his camera and takes pictures.

Some photos for bragging in the future. But after the battle, when Ron developed the photos, he found that the photos were all messed up. In Scott's words, it was a waste of what he lent to Ron.

Leica camera and the latest color film inside.

In just one attack, all four Japanese aircraft carriers burst into smoke. The other warships were also injured to a certain extent.

In line with the principle of eating them all and leaving no one behind, Halsey organized several more rounds of air strikes until the last ship of Ozawa's fleet was sent to the sea. Then the proud Manniu gave the order and the main force

The troops began to return.

"Guys! We have to hurry up! Willis Lee just said that they encountered the enemy's battleship force. Let's rush back and have another big meal!" Halsey, who had just eaten the bait, obviously hadn't eaten yet.

Full. But it is not that easy to catch Kurita. Kurita almost discovered the enemy's battleship

After that, he immediately said: "Ozawa is cheating on me!" and then gave the order to pull off. He took the fleet and ran away. Willis Lee wanted to ensure the safety of the landing site, so he did not dare to pursue it. He just let

The carrier-based aircraft launched two rounds of pursuit, and finally left the heads of the battleship King Kong behind.

It was at this time that Halsey received another report about a suicide plane.

When he received this report, Halsey, who was busy rushing back to deal with Kurita's fleet, did not pay much attention to it. It was not until nightfall, when Halsey was sure that he could not catch up with Kurita, that he seriously read the report.

"Go ahead and call General Ron. I have something to ask him about." Putting down the report, Halsey said to his adjutant.

…

"General, do you have something to ask me about?" Ron walked into Halsey's office and saw Halsey grinding his teeth while staring at a report.

"Oh, Ron, have you had enough fun at my place these days?" Halsey said, "Little Japan has come up with a new trick again. Come and see." He handed over the report in his hand.

Ron.

Ron took the report and read it:
To be continued...