When the enemy planes roared from the left rear, all the officers and soldiers on the Hengjiang River were shocked.

It was not until this time that the light cruiser behind the Hengjiang River and the heavy cruiser on the port side opened fire.

Then, the anti-aircraft gun of the "Hengjiang" also roared.

However, almost all anti-aircraft guns were firing at the enemy planes flying in front, and few anti-aircraft guns were firing at the enemy planes behind.

The ones flying in front are fighters!

That's right, it's a zero battle that defeats the "typhoon" in air battles.

These fighters have a streamlined auxiliary fuel tank on their abdomen, which looks like an aviation bomb, and are regarded as bombers by anti-aircraft gunners.

The key is, where are the bombers flying so low and so fast?

The horizontal bombing mission is generally torpedo aircraft. Only when bombing ground facilities and fixed targets such as warships anchored in ports will the horizontal bomb drop tactics be adopted. In dealing with high-speed navigation warships, the hit rate of horizontal bomb drop is not guaranteed at all.

Those fighter jets rushed in front, just to attract firepower for the torpedo planes behind.

In addition, machine guns can be used to strafuse anti-aircraft guns on warships.

"Fire at the attack aircraft behind, let the anti-aircraft guns hit..."

"careful!"

While shouting, Zhuang Bisheng had already rushed to Liu Xiangzhen and threw him down directly.

"Bangbang--"

Almost at the same time, it was actually less than a second later, and a shuttle of bullets hit the porthole in front of Liu Xiangzhen.

This is an aviation bridge, not a commander bridge. The ordinary glass installed on the porthole cannot block machine gun bullets.

Fortunately, Zhuang Bisheng reacted quickly, otherwise Liu Xiangzhen would have become the first naval general to die in the battle to die in the war.

A roar came from the air, and the Zero Battle that was stragging the bridge roared over the Hengjiang River.

"Commander, you're not injured, are you?"

"I'm fine." Liu Xiangzhen got up, nodded to the combat staff, and expressed his gratitude. "Quickly issue an order to intercept the torpedo planes behind."

Zhuang Bisheng didn't say anything, and grabbed the microphone for internal communications.

In fact, when he was knocking down Liu Xiangzhen, he had already seen the five enemy planes lined up, quickly wiping their belly against the Shanghai surface, and flying quickly.

There is no doubt that it must be a torpedo aircraft, the famous 97 ship attack.

Soon, the twelve anti-aircraft guns deployed on the outside of the port side of the aircraft carrier, that is, the outer floating deck. To be precise, the twelve four-unit forty-mm anti-aircraft guns turned the muzzle, aimed at the enemy plane approaching from the rear of the left, and shot the shells out.

The enemy plane is less than three thousand meters away from the aircraft carrier and may be dropped into aviation torpedoes at any time.

If you don’t have time to aim, it doesn’t matter if you can’t hit it. The shells fly by near enemy planes or land on nearby seas can interfere with the pilots of enemy planes.

Even the best pilots are difficult to be calm in the rain of bullets.

Under the control of fear that may be shot at any time, not only are they easy to make mistakes, but simple movements that have been mastered will also be distorted. For example, the moment the torpedo is dropped, the hand holding the joystick shakes slightly a few times, and the direction of flight is thus deviated.

Any of these factors may make the attack fail.

In just a blink of an eye, the two 97 ships on the left were covered by bullets.

After being hit by a forty-mm shell, the two torpedo planes looked like drunk strong men and fell into the sea, but in fact they were smashed to pieces on the sea.

However, the other three 97 ships took the opportunity to shorten the distance to two thousand meters.

None of the twelve anti-aircraft guns had time to re-target.

Perhaps because of fear of being shot down, the three 97 ships all dropped torpedoes at this time, and then turned and changed the attack channel.

An alarm sounded.

It is not an air strike alarm, it is a torpedo impact alarm.

Almost at the same time, the Hengjiang began to turn at full speed.

According to the evasion tactic, the "Hengjiang" should turn left, that is, aim the bow of the ship at the direction of the torpedo. After all, the bow of the ship is hit by a torpedo, and the aircraft carrier can still sail. If the stern of the ship is hit by a critical strike, the propulsion system and steering system will be finished, and the aircraft carrier will be unable to sail.

However, the enemy plane approached from the rear left.

In other words, if you turn left, the course needs to be turned about 130 degrees before you can aim at the direction of the torpedo attack.

On the contrary, if you turn right, you only need to turn fifty degrees.

No matter which way you turn, you cannot turn your wide side toward the torpedo, so you have to complete the steering as soon as possible and reduce the projection length of the battleship in the direction of the torpedo attack.

This is a basic tactic that any captain understands.

The range of aviation torpedoes is short but not slow, while the steering speed of the aircraft carrier may not be very fast.

The Hengjiang River does not have a rudder on the left, but a rudder on the right.

When he was turning at full speed, Liu Xiangzhen had already returned to his position, which was actually a position given up by a staff officer from the Aviation Operations Center.

The three 97 ships had already flew away, one of which was dragging black smoke, and it seemed that it would crash soon. As for those zero battles, they had already flew without a trace.

On the right, the anti-aircraft gun of the "Nanjiang" is firing.

It was a 130 mm anti-aircraft gun, and it was firing northeastward. It seemed that it was intercepting approaching enemy planes.

This 40-caliber large-caliber anti-aircraft gun is specially developed for air defense, with an effective range of about ten kilometers.

Soon, black smoke clouds of anti-aircraft artillery shells appeared in the distant sky.

You can see some black spots that are moving quickly, but you can't see clearly. It may be fighter jets or dive bombers.

At this moment, the lights in the bridge went out.

What's going on?

Liu Xiangzhen was stunned for a moment, and also grabbed the railing beside him.

In just a blink of an eye, a huge force came from the floor under his feet, throwing all the officers and soldiers in the bridge, including Liu Xiangzhen, into the air.

Hit by a torpedo!?

After hitting the ceiling, it fell heavily to the floor.

Liu Xiangzhen didn't understand it at all, and didn't even hear the explosion. She fainted after hitting the ceiling.

I don’t know how long it took, but when he woke up, he was sent to the flight deck where a medical staff member was bandaging his wound.

In fact, it was the severe pain caused by using iodine to clean the wound that woke him up.

At the rear end of the flight deck, near the stern of the ship, thick smoke rose. There were many officers and soldiers near the fire point, but no one went to put out the fire.

What's the point!?

The headache was so pierced, which made Liu Xiangzhen much more awake.

It was the black smoke produced when the rubber burned, and it was deliberately made to make the enemy planes in the air think that the "Hengjiang" was almost out of service.

However, Liu Xiangzhen also discovered that the "Hengjiang" had slowed down and its speed was less than ten knots.

I must have been torpedoed, otherwise I wouldn't have been so slow.

"Commander, OK."

"Thank you, go and help others."

The military doctor didn't talk much, so he picked up the first aid kit and ran away.

At this time, Liu Xiangzhen stood up.
Chapter completed!