Chapter 293 Attacking the Japanese aircraft carrier

"Quickly replenish ammunition and fuel, attack aircraft and bombers prepare to take off, follow their planes to bomb their airports and Qingdao Port!" At 7:23, Nagashima Takaichi said in a low order. At this time, the plane of the Pioneer Army had just retreated, and their airports should not have much defense.

"Enemy attack!" But at 7:32, just as the first 96 land attack aircraft took off, an alarm came from the reconnaissance plane that had just risen.

"Enemy attack?" Nan Yunzhong raised his eyebrows, and the doubt in his heart was instantly washed away by the roar of the engines of more than 70 aircraft in the sky.

"Behind them, they come from behind!" someone shouted loudly. Nan Yunzhong jumped in his heart, and suddenly thought that in the battle just now, the direction he ordered the reconnaissance aircraft was only on the land direction, and the fleet on the sea surface, he did not believe that anyone could challenge the Imperial Navy. In the battle just now, in addition to the reconnaissance aircraft that went out to continue monitoring the land trends, several reconnaissance aircraft around the fleet were either driven or shot down, and there were only two left in the sky just now.

They are also concerned about possible attacks from submarines on land and sea surfaces. When the large number of aircraft behind them emerged from the clouds, they discovered it was too late.

"Emergency takeoff!" Nagashikazuo closed his eyes in pain. At this time, the deck was filled with ammunition and oil, and it would be detonated if it was accidentally detonated. If the deck could not be cleaned out, how many planes could it fly?

There are still eight alert 96 ship battles above the Akagi. The air battle just now consumed a lot of fuel and ammunition. Faced with the large number of enemy planes that were swarming over, they couldn't support them for long.

Because the leader of the Akagi escaped temporarily, the Fengxiang, which was behind, was first attacked.

The Fengxiang aircraft carrier, with the title of the world's first real aircraft carrier, is very famous. But by this time it has become a second-rate aircraft carrier. Its fastest speed is only 25 knots, and only 21 carrier-based aircraft. It originally had only 4 140mm artillery and 2 76 guns on it. However, in the 35-year Fourth Fleet incident, it was damaged due to the challenge of the typhoon and was modified. In 36 years, 140 guns were removed and an anti-aircraft machine gun was installed.

In the battle just now, three fighter jets on it lost. At this time, it received an order from Tadichi Nagamo to prepare to take off the first ship explosion. Because it carried few aircraft, 15 commonly used and 5 spare ones, only ship warfare and ship explosion aircraft. The torpedo of the ship explosion aircraft is most suitable for dealing with ships in the harbor. Before the Japanese came, they decided to completely sink the Ashita and Izumo this time.

Fighters lacking air defense and no protection are now facing the vanguard aircraft rushing in the sky, they can only be passively beaten.

The unique problem of the 25mm anti-aircraft gun was exposed again when facing the thick armored SBD-5 fearless dive bomber that dived down. Three bombs were thrown on the fearless hood that was dived down from high altitude.

"Haha, I hit it!" Huang Banyang laughed loudly. There were traces of anti-aircraft machine guns hitting his front windshield, but the Type 5 windshield had bulletproof measures and was not injured. However, the 726-kilogram bomb under his fuselage was accurately thrown over the head of the Fengxiang. The rising flames and smoke rushed straight into the sky. In the smoke, dozens of aircraft passed through this curtain full of death prologues and rushed straight towards the Longxiang and Akagi who were walking together. The two planes that took off urgently and eight warning planes on the Akagi met together.

But the Pioneer Army's aircraft was led by 32 F6f-3 Hellcat carrier-based fighters. The same six 12.7mm powerful Browning machine guns intertwined in the air to form a fire net and directly tore the three 96 ships in front to pieces.

A ship battle also flew on the Longxiong, but it was soon hit by 12 fearless aircraft that rushed up. There were two 12.7m2 machine guns on the wings of the fearless dive bomber, and 24 large-caliber machine guns attacked a 96 ship battle, leaving it with almost no time to respond and dragged black smoke.

"Boom!" At 7:41, another loud bang came from the Fengxiang number, and the accumulated ammunition and oil were detonated by a 45-kilogram bomb falling on the deck. The explosion sounded continuously, and the attack waves rolled up with flames swept across everything on the deck.

At the same time, the first explosion also sounded on the Longxiong.

Another ship battle on the Longxiong was destroyed on the deck runway. The flying debris stopped a nearby 25mm double anti-aircraft artillery position. Five of the seven people there fell, leaving only two Japanese shouting loudly with blood on their faces.

The four double 25mm guns on the Longxiong were still useless in the face of the flying dive bomber. The 24 13mm guns were even worse. As long as they did not hit the key points, they would not work for the thickened armored Fearless 5 at all. Only those four double 127mm dual-purpose guns were somewhat threatening, but their low rate of fire was not very useful to the group of planes that rushed up. A 725-kilogram bomb fell on the deck of the Longxiong, penetrated the two decks and exploded inside. The waves of air directly pushed the two 96 ships near the sea into the sea, and rolling smoke rose from the big hole.

"Didn't the fuel and ammunition detonate?" Chen Qiguang looked back at his battle results and said a little dissatisfied. For the sake of the bomb's throw, he just got a 13mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullet in his fuel tank, but Wuwei 5 added rubber to the fuel tank, which had the function of self-release of the fuel tank.

"Look at me!" Huang Xinrui shouted and rushed directly from more than 3,000 meters. A parabola threw out the bomb hanging under the belly and quickly pulled it up. The cluster bomb below had exploded in the air, and the sub-bombs exploded everywhere, igniting the oil replenished on the ship. The fire allowed the smoke to block the sight of the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, but the Longxiong below was a very good target.

The TBF-1c Avenger torpedo attack aircraft driven by Jiang Bichuan took advantage of the thick smoke to sweep across the sea and flew closer to the Longxiong. The bomb bay on the belly of the aircraft had been opened, and the 907-kilogram torpedo fell into the water, arousing white waves and headed straight towards the Longxiong in the distance.

Shinji Watanabe was flying a 96-Six-Ship War and just climbed up from the deck of the Akagi, and found Jiang Bichuan's torpedo plane and directly pulled the 7.7-mm machine gun to drive it out. However, the machine gunners on Jiang Bichuan also opened fire. The two 12.7 machine guns on the wings directly destroyed the left wing of the 96-Ship War. Shinji Watanabe relied on his superb personal skills and stabilized the imbalanced plane and walked around the back of the Avengers.

But the machine gunner Feng 345 then opened the rear-seat power turret, and the 12.7 mm above immediately opened fire and swept towards the 96-Six-Ship battle at Watanabe Shinji.

"Why is the firepower of the torpedo aircraft stronger than that of the fighter jet?" Shinji Watanabe let out a sorrow in his heart. He could no longer control the battle of the 96 ships, which had been hit by several bullets. He was spiraled into the sea water in an imbalance.

"Boom" The moment Shinichi Watanabe fell, he saw huge waves rolling up on the right side of the Ryuzu.

When the Avengers first served, they were criticized for their poor performance, but later they found out that it was a torpedo. The American torpedo was the same as the Germans. Because of the deviations in pressure and magnetic field problems, the Pioneer Army had long had such experiences. They used later improvements in production, and these problems no longer existed.

At 7:47, the torpedo accurately hit 1.8 meters below the Longxiang waterline, tore open a large hole, and a large amount of sea water poured in.

The aircraft carrier is similar to the battleship. The explosion and combustion on the deck can only damage him, but it is not fatal. At this moment, the deck of the Fengxiang is already full of flames and smoke, but it is still sailing. But it is only temporary. It has lost its air defense capability and was soon hit by a torpedo plane driven by Lin Rizun.

At 7:52, Lin Rizun's torpedo directly gathered in the middle of the Fengxiang. After a muffled sound, the Fengxiang suddenly lifted up and sank again. As soon as they fell, it damaged its hull structure and the damage at the break was even greater.

"Fight!" Takeo Takagi was anxious while staying on the Mu Ao. Facing the planes in the sky, all they could do was bombard the bombardment from afar, but these planes were far away from them, and even the few White Lou-class destroyers in front of them were not useful. At this time, the Japanese did not pay much attention to air defense. Even though the newly built White Lou-class destroyers had only five weapons on them, the weapons on them were only five 127mm three-year artillery and two single-mounted 13mm machine guns. The air defense could only be cured.

The Pioneer Army aircraft ignored these ships and attacked the Japanese aircraft carrier with all their might. This time, all 69 aircraft on the Canglong were dispatched, leaving only the bare Canglong on the sea. At this time, in addition to the protection of two submarines there, Meng Xiang took a gamble.

The planes on the land airport in front acted as bait. When the planes on the Japanese aircraft carrier were almost consumed, they were the prey of the Canglong who slowly moved over from behind. As expected, the Japanese were arrogant and ignored the attacks from the sea, including battleships and planes exploring the sea surface, and they leaked the sky behind them.

The plane taking off from the land airport ahead covered the approach of the Canglong.

Before the retreat signal of the Pioneer Army's Army Aircraft was issued, all the planes on the Canglong took off and lined up in formation to wait for the withdrawal signal to be issued. When the Pioneer Army Aircraft was evacuating, they flew towards this side. At this time, the Japanese plane was landing and replenishing supplies.

At this time, with the attacks of the entire group of aircraft dispatched, better results were enough to offset the possibility of Canglong being sunk.

However, even if the Canglong is sunk, the aircraft with higher value can still fly directly to the land not far away without much impact. After all, the cost of the aircraft in the team formed by Meng Xiang is the big one. Even if the Canglong is rebuilt, the base is not as cheap as the aircraft, let alone repair it.

At 7:57, with a "boom", another torpedo was hit on the somewhat tilted Fengxiang, which accelerated its sinking.

At this time, the only one who was not attacked was the Akagi, which was emitting black smoke. The guard planes beside him blocked the initial attack. However, facing the firepower of nearly 200 large-caliber machine guns of 32 aircraft, 7 of the nine aircraft that were defending had been shot down, but three of them quickly flew up on the deck, continuing to block the Hellcat's pounce.

"Hurry, fly up!" Captain Mizuno loudly directed the plane on the deck, "Push the debris into the sea and push the oil barrel down." The oil barrel that was not too late to carry was only a hidden danger on the deck, and the others were no longer cared about. The most important thing was to save your life.

"Each anti-aircraft artillery personnel will take their place to support the air!" At this time, there were more planes in the sky, and fewer planes in the Japanese. There were more planes in the Pioneer Army, and more planes were bombarded in the sky.

However, Tadaichi Nakamoto commanded the fleet to approach and used the anti-aircraft guns on each ship to build a fleet air defense network. Fighting alone would only lead to each one being defeated.

"Boom!" A tall water column rose from the water near the Akagi.

"Cast shells!" the devil shouted immediately.

"Boom" another pillar of water rose, higher than the fighting plane.

"Are there gunboats around?" Judging from Shuihua, it was caused by the shells of large-caliber artillery, Tadakaichi Nagamo couldn't help asking.

A reconnaissance plane hiding in the distance sent back the message after the third shell sounded. No warships were found within thirty nautical miles around, and the direction of the shells was fired was in the distant land.

"Land? Is this place almost thirty nautical miles away from the land?" Nagashikazu said in surprise. In this way, the cannons there can be at least 55 kilometers.

"They have giant cannons, but the caliber of the shell seems to be up to 350 mm. What kind of cannon is this?" Nan Yun's judgment was quite accurate. The caliber of the first-class French cannon fired from a distance was only 280 mm, and the power of the ultra-high initial velocity could be comparable to the bombardment of a 350 mm naval gun.

"Why can't you hit it accurately!" Because the battle was close to the coast at this time, although the shore cannons could not be fired, the French giant cannon could indeed hit it. The accuracy rate within 60 kilometers was no problem, but Meng Xiang was still a little handy when operating.

"If I can't hit it, I will slowly use the shells to kill you!" Meng Xiang looked at the aiming cross circle displayed on the screen and kept the red dots that were not displayed by the radar, and couldn't help but say angrily.

"Boom!" The first-class French giant cannon fires at a rate of one minute. The shells that kept falling next to Akagi were not only splashing water columns, but also accidentally hit the Liangfeng destroyer. This Bailu-class destroyer, which was just completed last year, was cut off by the French giant cannon shells and sank into the seabed.

At 8:12, the Akagi finally got a shell, and half of the island-shaped superstructure was smashed. Tadukkake Nagamoto crawled out of the command room in a panic.
Chapter completed!