The sky above the Pacific Ocean was unpredictable, and in a flash, it was already covered with clouds.

Although Uno Hizo doesn't agree with Kobayashi's blind command, he has no choice but to execute the orders.

A loud bang came, and the Akagi aircraft carrier trembled violently.

During the process of recovering the fighter plane, another Nakajima fighter was in danger when landing. The plane slipped on the deck and ran several times to hit the island next to it and exploded.

Another fighter plane was lost, which made Uno Himiya feel distressed.

For aircraft carrier-based aircraft, such accidents are frequent. Even Tang Army aircraft carriers, which are twice as wide as the Japanese aircraft carrier, still have such accidents.

However, because the Nakajima fighter is Japan's first domestic ship war, many of the technology does not meet the standards and many equipment quality is poor, such accidents occur frequently.

Perhaps today is the first time that the Japanese aircraft carrier pilots participated in actual combat, and their tensions in their hearts have exacerbated the occurrence of such accidents.

In just one attendance mission, Kaga and Akagi lost seven aircraft and four pilots. Although the spare aircraft in the hangar quickly filled the vacancy, the four pilots could not be replenished. They needed to return to Japan to be replenished after approval by the Japanese Army Air Force. This is also the most direct manifestation of the Japanese army's lack of importance to the aviation force.

"Clear the flight deck immediately, and the Honda Brigade is ready to take off to fight the Tang Army Aircraft Group!"

Honda Brigade is the main brigade of the Akagi aircraft carrier, led by Honda Yunasa. He is an old pilot who has participated in World War I and has rich combat experience. The Honda Brigade trained by him is strong in combat.

Thirty minutes later, 129 Nakajima fighters from Honda Brigade took off and joined forces with 126 Nakajima fighters from Tsukatsu Air Force, which took off from the Kaga aircraft carrier.

The only two points of the Japanese Nakajima fighter are that it can serve as a fighter or carry an aviation bomb as a bomber. It also carries a light torpedo weighing only 300 kilograms.

In the eyes of the Japanese, this is the advantage of the Nakajima fighter, and they gave him the best name to be a versatile player. But in the eyes of the Tang army, this type of fighter is a carrier-based aircraft that is easy to use and easy to use, and is a purely useless product.

Honda Air Force 129 fighter jets were used for escort missions, and each aircraft was equipped with two 30-kilogram aviation bombs under the belly to serve as bombers. They will follow Kobayashi's orders to attack the Tang army troops on Majuro Atoll to assist Tomomi Inada to recapture Majuro Atoll.

The 126 fighter jets of the Tinto Air Force taking off by the Kaga aircraft carrier were ordered to attack the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group. Due to the limitation of the takeoff weight, the air force was equipped with only one-third of the base machine gun ammunition for its own defense, and the other weights were allocated to a light aviation torpedo weighing 300 kilograms under the belly. The warhead was loaded with 25 kilograms and the range was 3 kilometers at the combat speed, which was required to be within 3 kilometers of the enemy ship before it could be released.

The first Japanese squadron left two destroyers to suppress the Tang army's firepower on Majuluo Atoll and delayed the speed of its attack on the Japanese army on the island. Other warships sailed towards the location of the Tang army's aircraft carrier battle group.

The escort warships of the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group are light cruisers and destroyers. There are no larger surface warships, while the Japanese First Squadron has two heavy cruisers, the Soda and the Hachiha, and its powerful firepower is not something that the Tang Army light cruisers can fight against.

The Japanese planes and warships set out with confidence.

Although the Japanese aircraft carrier developed earlier than the Tang army, it is a pity that the Japanese aircraft carrier has not undergone actual combat inspection since its completion. Their aircraft carrier tactics are completely about crossing the river. It is different when sent to the Tang army. Although it has not been formed for a long time, under the guidance of Zhang Meng's tactics, they use advanced and classic aircraft carrier tactics.

Before the two sides formally fought, the Tang army had already occupied the strategic commanding heights and controlled the overall situation of the entire battlefield.

The abnormal movement of the Japanese First Squadron was immediately discovered by the Tang army's reconnaissance planes and submarines nearby, and immediately reported the situation to the Tang Army Fleet Command.

The Japanese aircraft carrier commander who lacked the experience in aircraft carrier combat had certain military capabilities, but unfortunately, he was blindly commanded by Kobayashi, a guy who didn't know anything about aircraft carriers, which resulted in the dispersion of the Japanese aviation force.

But the most deadly thing is that the Japanese commander left less than 30 fighter jets for aircraft carriers to defend themselves. These aircraft were originally spare aircraft in the warehouse, but were now taken out to serve as aircraft carrier defense missions.

After learning about the movements of the Japanese army, Zhang Meng was a little surprised. He had overestimated the tactical ability of the Japanese aircraft carrier commander, and he worked very hard to design three attack echelons for this. Now it seems that they are not useful. But think about it, it is early 1932. When the Japanese naval aviation was dominating, it should have started after 1937, because the Japanese army trained a large number of excellent aircraft carrier commanders and pilots through the war of aggression against China, which made them dare to fight the Americans after 1941.

Now that the Japanese aviation force is still very young, Zhang Meng felt even more relieved. He immediately ordered the aircraft carrier battle group to be transferred to the designated sea area of ​​No. 2, and notified the commanders of each air force that they would fly directly to the designated sea area of ​​No. 2 after they completed their mission.

Since the Tang army fighter jets are equipped with airborne radio systems, every Tang army pilot soon learned about the notice of the mothership being transferred to the No. 2 waters.

On the other hand, the Nakajima aircraft of the Japanese Air Force did not have this function, and even the air force commander's plane did not have radios installed. Once they left the aircraft carrier, they rely entirely on the commander's gestures and wingman to cooperate, while other aircraft could only follow the commander's movements.

The Japanese air force's air command and combat system was too backward. The Tang army air officer could convey his orders to every pilot, so that the Tang army's aircraft group could not only operate in large formations, but also disperse each team to operate separately. In terms of scientific and technological equipment, the Tang army had another advantage.

Zhao Changzhi and Li Jianhui learned that the Japanese army fleet was sailing against each other, so they led their respective fighter fleets and bombers to start climbing altitude. The maximum ceiling of Raptor Heavy Ship War and Hellfire Heavy Ship Knock was about 9,500 meters, while the maximum ceiling of Japanese Nakadao fighters was only 6,000 meters, so the Tang army fleet could easily seize the commanding heights.

The clouds above the Marshall Islands are usually at a height of 10,000 meters. It is rainy season, and the sky is covered by cumulus clouds. Some places have turned into gray thunderstorm clouds, and the height has dropped to about four or five thousand meters.

Due to structural problems, Japanese aircraft generally do not fly more than 4,500 meters in height. When they encounter thunderstorm clouds, they can only fly below 2,000 meters.

In this way, they could not see the Tang army group above the clouds.

Using cloud cover to conduct dive raids is a compulsory course for Tang army pilots to train on weekdays.

Although the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group had been transferred, for safety reasons, Zhao Changzhi decided to intercept a group of Japanese fighter jets halfway. Anyway, the intelligence shows that there are not many aircraft left by the Japanese aircraft carrier to protect the aircraft carrier, so it is better to clean up the Japanese bomber group first. After all, they are also a threat to the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group.

The Tang army ground submarine discovered the Japanese Jindu Air Force and quickly issued a radio report. Zhao Changzhi, who received the information, immediately ordered six Raptor fighter squadrons to prepare for battle.

"I am responsible for the command of the three squadrons on the right wing, Gao Zhihang, you are responsible for the command of the three squadrons on the left and right, and we will attack the enemy together!"

"I understand! The Fourth Squadron follows me, the Fifth Squadron and the Sixth Squadrons follow."

Zhao Changzhi divided the six squadrons into two parts, attacking the Japanese Jindu Air Force left and right.

Three minutes later, the Jindu Air Force appeared.

"There is no escort. These Japanese are really brainless!"

"Where did the beast get the brain?"

"Haha, that's right! Get ready for battle!"

"clear!"

After a brief conversation with Gao Zhihang, Zhao Changzhi immediately started to take action.

On the clouds, 108 Raptor fighters of the Tang army were divided into two parts, symmetrically apart several kilometers apart.

The landlines of Zhao Changzhi and Gao Zhihang were rolling sideways and dived down almost at the same time, followed by their wingman, which also moved almost at the same time. What is even more amazing is that the Tang army fighter planes on both sides actually made sideways and dived down in a symmetrical manner.

The pilots on both sides were able to do such uniform movements because they had trained many times and had an extremely tacit understanding of each other.

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Raptor fighters came out of the thick clouds. Because they were cumulonimbus clouds, they made a special sound when they came out.

They still wore it symmetrically from left to right, and all the movements were so harmonious and perfect.

"If I hadn't tried to see who shot down more enemy planes?"

"If you lose, you will pay a month's salary to treat you!"

Zhao Changzhi and Gao Zhihang looked at each other through the water-drop-shaped glass cockpit. They couldn't see each other's expressions clearly several kilometers apart, but they both showed confident smiles at the same time, and at the same time stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the enemy plane downward. Other Raptor fighters followed closely behind.

"Buzz—Buzz—Buzz—Buzz”

The Raptor fighter made a unique buzzing sound when diving and accelerating, and several Japanese pilots subconsciously looked up.

There were more and more small black dots in the sky, getting bigger and bigger. I gradually saw it clearly, and I couldn't help but feel scared and sweating.

"Enemy attack!"

A Japanese army shouted loudly, but no one could hear it. He hurriedly called sign language to his companion next to him.

When the companions next to them saw his gesture clearly and looked up at the sky, it was too late.
Chapter completed!