Chapter 196: The Flying Sortie (3)
As soon as Yu Xiuzhu turned on the radio, she received an urgent telegram: The Air Force had dispatched two escort fighters and five bombers to the direction of Haicheng, and the take-off time was an hour and a half ago, and it should be almost to Haicheng at this time.
Li Meng: "Let them go in the direction of us at ten o'clock, where it should be the main force of the enemy." ”
Yu Xiuzhu immediately sent a report to the General Staff Office.
The operator of the No. 3 drone suddenly said: "The No. 3 drone has reached the vicinity of the target, found one destroyer, three cruisers, and found a huge ship, the model is unknown, is this an aircraft carrier?"
Li Meng hurriedly walked to the No. 3 remote control terminal,
"This is an aircraft carrier, turn down the flight altitude, retreat, don't alarm them, where are the other drones?"
The operator of Aircraft 5 reported: "Ten minutes to reach the target. ”
Li Meng: "All the drones that stayed over the destroyer Yongjin returned, there is no need for close observation, those with bombs immediately go to the sky above the aircraft carrier at ten o'clock, and those with no bombs return to reload and fly at low altitudes, the enemy planes are ready to take off, hurry! Target, the planes on the deck of the enemy ship, prevent them from taking off." ”
Yu Xiuzhu had already sent Li Meng's order, and the destroyer Arrow was heading towards the destroyer Yongjin at full speed, the destroyer Yongjin had already felt bad, the main guns and auxiliary guns were all seriously damaged, and the anti-aircraft guns had also lost more than one-third.
The problem was that the destroyer Yongjin suffered three 400-mm main gun shells, and its power was damaged, and its speed was greatly reduced, and it was simply unable to escape the enemy's pursuit.
"Move closer to the main fleet at full speed, call for support!"
The commander of the destroyer Yongjin was in a hurry, he could not be the commander of the first destroyer to be sunk by the enemy, and the shame of whether the other party was a group of mountain fishermen or a group of untrained freshmen, this shame was unacceptable.
The distance is ten kilometers, which is already a close distance.
Li Meng: "Full speed ahead, sink the destroyer Yongjin, and catch up with him!"
It was a little difficult for Li Erdan to understand those coordinates, but now that the enemy was already in front of him, he didn't need the coordinates anymore.
"The main and secondary guns are fired freely, destroy the enemy, whoever hits, Lao Tzu sends him a pot of old wine, and fires it freely!"
The fighters at the anti-aircraft gun position looked anxious all night, and the range was out of reach, and their palms were stained with sweat.
Although the destroyer Yongjin had already tried very hard, being pressed by the enemy within 10 kilometers was simply sending the neck to the opponent's blade, and even one shot of the 400-mm main gun was enough to kill it, and the three shells just now were simply lucky that they did not sink or cause the ammunition to detonate.
But good luck didn't always accompany him, and two shells accurately hit the destroyer Yongjin, and the destroyer shook for three seconds before immediately breaking into two pieces and falling to the bottom of the sea forever.
The soldiers on the destroyer Arrow could already clearly see the figures running on the enemy ship.
"Victory!"
Li Meng: "Advance on the left full rudder!, target the enemy's main force." ”
"Where is our bomber formation? The drones are concentrated on bombing the decks and planes of the opposing aircraft to prevent the opposing side from taking off. ”
Yu Xiuzhu replied: "The bomber formation has turned, two hundred miles away from us, and the time is fifteen minutes, and Deputy Captain Gao is the leader of the team this time." ”
"The drone is being recovered, and the fifth machine has reached the sky over the other side, is flying at a low altitude, and drops the bomb thirty seconds later. ”
He Sanshui reported: "It is 40 kilometers away from the other side, and it is expected to enter our range in ten minutes." ”
Drone No. 5 reported: "The opposing bomber is taking off, the bomb is ready for five seconds, 4, 3, 2, no, it collided with the opponent's bomber, we lost one drone, No. 5." ”
"Drone No. 7 reported an explosion on the deck of the opposing aircraft carrier, an explosion occurred on a bomber, and drone No. 7 reached the target a minute later. ”
The destroyers USS Arrow and USS Shenhuo were like ghosts in the night, heading at full speed towards the main force of the enemy's Southern Fleet.
Fifty kilometers, forty-five kilometers, forty kilometers, and thirty-five kilometers.
He Sanshui said suddenly: "The enemy bombers have discovered us, destroy them, the direction is just ahead, there are only two, the main gun is fired, the maximum range, directly ahead; ”
Yu Xiuzhu also reported: "Captain Gao has reached directly above me, has found the target, and will strike at the enemy aircraft carrier in three minutes." ”
Li Meng also gave the order for the main gun to bombard at the same time, and the destroyer Arrow once again stretched out its fangs in the dark night.
"Thirty kilometers directly ahead of the target, the main guns are fired freely, and the target aircraft carrier formation is ......"
The carrier formation that caught fire became simply the best target, and there were only six bombers capable of taking off, and they were the first to spot the charging cruiser Shenhuo.
The bombers that took off from the aircraft carrier Nanjin also spotted the destroyer Arrow at the same time: "The enemy destroyer was spotted, thirty kilometers southwest of the direction, and dived and dropped bombs......."
Tonight's Xindu Staff Office was particularly lively, and almost all the commanders of the attendant room, the navy, and the staff office gathered here or by the telephone, and the calls were made one by one, and everyone's eyes were focused on the bomber formation and the telegram sent by Yu Xiuzhu.
"What? Is it true that the destroyer Yongjin was sunk?"
Li Changzong was ready for the fall of the destroyer Arrow, and it was a big deal that he had not been captured, it was already worth it, we only lost some fuel, and the enemy lost at least one destroyer and one cruiser.
Now we have earned two destroyers and a cruiser, and it's worth it!
Lin Ya: "Yes, President, this is what Captain Yu saw with his own eyes, she will not lie, our bomber formation has reached the skies above the battle. ”
"Give me the phone to the staff office, I want to hear the telegram from the front as soon as possible......"
Wu Zheng, commander of the Southern Fleet of the Black Moon Country, was completely stunned at this time, how could he be so unlucky! The bomber that was taking off actually exploded, and the entire deck of the aircraft carrier was in flames, and the bombers and fighters behind were no longer able to take off, and Commander Wu Zheng was stunned for five seconds until the staff officer reminded him.
"Urge the Northern Fleet, ask for help from our Army Aviation Department, let them urgently take off bombers and fighters, order the aircraft carrier Nanjin to sail east and leave the battlefield, and all cruisers and submarines will closely protect the rear, be sure to stop them, hurry!"
The staff officer said with a worried face: "Commander, is your flagship retreating together?" ”
"No! Can't our destroyer, together with the cruisers and submarines around it, fight to the death with them? Obey my order, the destroyer Wuzheng will meet it, and the whole fleet will charge except for the aircraft carrier Nanjin, which will retreat eastward!"
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When Gao Jin's bomber formation arrived at the battlefield, he was immediately happy, and it was really too difficult to find a target this dark night, but tonight was different, the enemy's aircraft carrier Nanjin actually burned into a raging fire, isn't this the best target? What is even more rare is that the enemy's cruiser and destroyer have actually been separated from the aircraft carrier, and this aircraft carrier has become a naked lamb, and at least 30 planes of various types have stayed on the deck.
"Guys, free attack, all dive bombing at close range aft, cut in from the rear, fighters strafe freely. ”
There was neither cruiser air defense nor aircraft escort, and the aircraft carrier Nanjin was so nakedly exposed to the night, and the fire on the deck illuminated more than 30 planes waiting to take off, loaded with fuel and bombs, what kind of spirit is this?