Chapter 374 Feed the fish
"Dadada!" On a merchant ship, Japanese soldiers set up Type 96 machine guns and fired into the sky. The fastest update attempt was to use the bullets of this light machine gun to block the aircraft of the anti-Japanese and rescue carrier-based aircraft troops.
However, light machine guns are not suitable for air shooting. The bullets are too light and they are completely floating when fired. In addition, the range cannot pose too much threat to targets in the air.
For these merchant ships and Japanese soldiers on transport ships, such self-defense firepower is nothing more than nothing.
"Hmph! You dare to fight back and sink them!" A small team leader of the anti-Japanese and rescue carrier-based aircraft unit ordered.
Two SBD2 dive bombers rushed towards the merchant ship. One was standing in the air, and the other launched an attack.
During the attack of the dive bomber, a thousand-pound aviation bomb hit the merchant ship. The fragile merchant ship hull was directly blown off the keel during the explosion of the aviation bomb. The hull was broken into two pieces at once and then sank into the sea.
The merchant ship was transported by hundreds of Japanese officers and soldiers, many of which were killed on the spot, and the rest fell into the sea.
"How could they use this despicable tactic?" Lieutenant General Kazura Sakanichi cursed.
"The Chinese must be worried that they will not be our opponent on the Thai battlefield, so they adopt this despicable tactic." Lieutenant General Jing Ren looked very confident.
However, war is a life-and-death battle. In order to defeat the enemy, they do everything they can. It is completely reasonable to take some measures. What's more, the methods used by the anti-Japanese and rescue ** are completely in line with the rules of war. At least, they will not even use chemical weapons on the battlefield like Japan himself.
"Massacre, this is clearly a massacre!" Some Japanese officers looked at all this in horror.
The carrier-based aircraft that fought against Japan and rescued ** were like a devil, sank the Japanese transport ships and merchant ships one after another. The Japanese sailors on the ship were either bombed to death or fell into the sea.
This battle became increasingly unfavorable to the Japanese army. Once this transport fleet was wiped out by all the carrier-based aircraft troops that were rescuing Japan, it would also cause the Japanese army to lose two divisions again on the battlefield in Thailand. After losing two divisions, it is very difficult to say whether they can defeat the anti-Japanese and rescue the Japanese.
Lieutenant General Kazura Sakanichi and Lieutenant General Ikegen knew about this problem. Unfortunately, they had no choice but to report the news of their heavy losses to the 2nd Army Command.
In order to escape, these Japanese transport ships no longer maintained a dense formation, but were scattered and sailed around, wanting to escape from the battlefield and avoid being sunk by carrier-based aircraft that resisted Japan and rescued.
However, these merchant ships and transport ships are slow in speed and cannot be compared with aircraft at all. Their escape seems so slow in front of these aircraft.
"Xiao Chen, launch an attack." The voice of the pilot of the aircraft was transmitted to the ears of the pilot Xiao Chen through the radio.
Xiao Chen is a new recruit. With his extraordinary performance in the training of the aviation force, he was selected into the carrier-based aircraft unit. This time, it was his first time to go to the battlefield.
"Don't be nervous, just like you usually train. Just lower the height and drop the torpedo at the right height." The long aircraft slowly guided.
The carrier-based aircraft troops that fought against Japan and rescued the ** also regarded this attack on the Japanese transport fleet as a practical training. This is closer to actual combat than usual simulation training. There are not many such opportunities.
Xiao Chen drove a TBD torpedo attack aircraft and began to descend to a height. He dropped a torpedo only one thousand meters away from a merchant ship of the Japanese army.
The torpedo hit the sea heavily and sank into the sea. Then, it floated up again. Then, it quickly ran towards the Japanese merchant ship ahead. The torpedo sailing at high speed left a clear water mark on the sea.
"Torpedo, Chinese torpedo!" The Japanese soldiers on the merchant ship also found the incoming torpedo. Several Japanese soldiers roared heart-wrenchingly.
However, this is useless at all. The merchant ship was too slow to escape the attack of torpedoes. There were no close-defense weapons on the merchant ship, so they could only watch the heavy torpedo kissing.
"boom!"
The torpedo kissed the side of the merchant ship. A violent explosion sounded, and the fierce explosives in the torpedo warhead exploded violently. The huge power easily destroyed the side of the merchant ship.
The fragile hull of merchant ships is unable to withstand heavy torpedoes.
Although this torpedo could not directly sank the Japanese merchant ship. However, after a large hole was blown out on the side, the sea water was frantically pouring into the hull. The sailors on the ship knew that there was no possibility of plugging the loophole at all. Therefore, they did not implement any loss control, but jumped into the ship and escaped.
Soon, the merchant ship discovered the tilt and eventually overturned on the sea.
These Japanese transport ships and merchant ships were sunk one after another under the attack of the anti-Japanese and rescue carrier-based aircraft troops.
Countless Japanese soldiers jumped off transport ships and merchant ships and floated on the sea.
Those who are more lucky have grabbed the lifeboat, while those who are less lucky can only hold the floating wooden board tightly. Those who are most lucky can only float on the sea by themselves.
It can be said that the fate of these Japanese troops has almost been determined. Even though the sea water is very warm, it is relatively common. After soaking in the sea for a long time, it will still be frozen and frozen to death. What's more, it is impossible for a person to swim dozens of kilometers and escape to the shore. The sharks in the sea pose a fatal threat to these soldiers.
The battle ended for only more than half an hour. All the Japanese merchant ships and transport ships on the sea were sunk. A large number of Japanese soldiers were floating everywhere on the sea.
"Da da da da!"
Even at this time, the carrier-based aircraft that fought against Japan and rescued the ** did not give up these Japanese troops. The 4u fighter jets fired the Japanese troops on the sea.
Many Japanese soldiers were shot and shot alive. They cursed desperately, cursing the cold-blooded and cruelty of fighting against Japan and rescuing **. They seemed to have forgotten that they were not good people themselves. They have done so much.
Blood flowed out of these Japanese soldiers, dyeing the sea water red. At the same time, the smell of blood also attracted the torpedoes that ate the delicious meal. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!