Chapter 72: Facing the Japanese Fleet (2)
The flight deck of the Fengxiang was damaged, unable to allow the fighters in the hangar to rise into the air, and the entire mixed fleet lost most of its anti-aircraft artillery fire, making the mixed fleet completely a piece of fat to be slaughtered. From time to time, fighter planes roared down and dropped torpedoes in the belly, while the mixed fleet, which was already in disarray, was already in disarray, and with the sound of rumbling explosions, some ships distributed around the fleet continued to burst into flames and smoke, and some seriously damaged Japanese ships sank to the bottom of the sea one after another.
A corvette was hit by a torpedo in the stern in the confusion, only a loud 'clang' was heard, and a cloud of black smoke rose from the stern, and then the hull of the Yakumo began to tilt, and the tail sank into the sea first, and the frigate quickly sank to the bottom of the sea amid the terrified howls of the sailors on board. In contrast, large warships like the Kago are more likely to be hit by torpedoes, and those frigates are smaller at first and at the same time faster, and can generally be dodged by judging the torpedo trajectory unless it is out of order.
Zhang Yunjie, the leader of the second attack formation, had been rushing to the front, and before he could drop the bomb, he had already seen smoke rising from the deck of a large warship in the Japanese mixed fleet, and although he didn't know what the big warship was called, he knew that it was an important target, so he immediately lowered the fuselage and dived down towards the big warship. Zhang Yunjie was targeted by the heavy cruiser Gagu that had just been ravaged by rockets, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Gagu was not only greatly damaged, but also the ship's main guns suffered heavy blows, in the face of the menacing Zhang Yunjie, the Gagu saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately turned around and fled to the open sea at full speed, but the Gagu had just turned around for a while, Zhang Yunjie had already driven the bomber to dive down.
"Boom... When the bomber piloted by Zhang Yunjie raised the nose again, the two heavy rockets in the belly of the plane had been accurately dropped on the deck of the Gagu. After two loud bangs, not only was a big hole directly blown out of the deck of the Gagu, but the rear turret of the Gagu was also hit by a heavy rocket dropped by Zhang Yunjie. The Umbrella Company's heavy rockets are only 200 kilograms, and although they are powerful, they cannot penetrate the deck of a heavy cruiser like the Kagu in one go. The heavy rockets dropped by Zhang Yunjie were only able to blast a big hole in the foredeck of the Gagu, mainly because they took advantage of the light of the first attack group.
The air-to-ground rockets that hit the foredeck of the Gagu had already caused great damage to the foredeck of the Gagu, and the heavy rockets dropped by Zhang Yunjie also picked up this advantage, making the already damaged foredeck of the Gagu even worse, and finally making the damaged part into a big hole.
Zhang Yunjie dropped a heavy rocket and directly blew a big hole in the front deck of the Gagu, and the other fighters following Zhang Yunjie swarmed up when they saw this. After a series of bomb drops, one fighter plane finally managed to drop a heavy rocket through a hole in the foredeck of the Kagu, and then a dull explosion was heard from inside the Kagu's hull. The fighters that swooped down from behind also dropped their bombs on the Gagu, what does it mean that ants bite and kill elephants? This is how many ants bite and kill elephants! The Kagu was bombed by one fighter plane after another, causing the internal boiler to be blown up, and the whole ship was directly paralyzed in place, and the ship was on fire, although it was subsequently extinguished by sailors, but the lost power of the Kagu could not run at all.
Boom Boom! The flagship of the mixed fleet, the Fengxiang, was also surrounded by a group of fighters and took turns throwing bombs or diving and strafing, and the Fengxiang, which had lost its anti-aircraft firepower, was more like a lamb to the slaughter. When the first attack echelon, which had returned to the airfield with ammunition and fuel, returned to the battlefield, the entire hull of the Fengxiang had already ignited a raging fire on the sea, and the Japanese sailors on the ship wanted to put out the fire, but they could not extinguish it, and the smoke gradually engulfed the entire ship.
The No. 1 Attack Aircraft Group, which had returned to the battlefield, continued to carry out rocket attacks on the Japanese mixed fleet, which had been disorganized, and after the rocket attacks regardless of consumption, the existing ships in the mixed fleet had completely lost their so-called means of air defense, and the entire fleet was like a woman stripped naked, and could only let the attack aircraft group of the Umbrella Company do whatever it wanted.
For this air raid against the mixed fleet of the Japanese army, Zhuo Fei had already transferred to Bago more than 100 fighters divided into three attack echelons, plus Bago was not too far from the coastline, so after the operation began, with the efforts of a large number of ground crews, every half an hour of isolation, there would be a wave of attack aircraft loaded with fuel and ammunition to the battlefield.
"Boom" tried to turn around the Fengxiang was hit by a torpedo in the middle of the hull, directly in the bottom of the ship to blow a hole, the sea water frantically surged towards the bottom of the Fengxiang, but the rough-skinned Fengxiang did not sink immediately, still tried to continue to escape in the direction of the open sea, but its speed has become turtle speed, and the hull is slowly sinking, the more it sinks, the slower the speed, and finally it can't run. Seeing that the Fengxiang was almost unable to move, the fighter pilots circling in the air simply stopped continuing to attack the Fengxiang, because it was meaningless to continue attacking the Fengxiang at this time.
It is impossible for the Fengxiang to return to Japan, and there are only two options left for it, either to sink off the coast of Burma or to be captured by the Independence Army. The Fengxiang and the Gagu suffered heavy blows in succession, and the other ships in the mixed fleet also did not escape the catastrophe, although some ships were desperately counterattacking the fighters in the air, and also shot down a few fighters, but they had lost most of their anti-aircraft firepower and had actually become lambs to the slaughter. With the sound of continuous explosions, flames and smoke rose one after another, and more and more Japanese ships turned around and fled to the open sea, and under the pursuit of a large number of fighters, most of them were destined to sink in this sea area.
More than 100 fighters of the Umbrella Company are like locusts, constantly coming and going between the airport and the battlefield, and it is precisely because of their madness that the mixed fleet of the Japanese army can be defeated here. The open sea of Yangon Port was filled with smoke, the wreckage of sunken ships was everywhere, and there were Japanese sailors who had fallen overboard, and in the eyes of these Japanese sailors, it was as if they were in hell at this time. The sea was full of smoked mixed fleet ships and warplanes flying in the sky. "Could it be that Amaterasu is punishing your descendants?" A Japanese sailor watched the planes in the sky swoop down on his battleship like locusts, and an inexplicable sadness rose in his heart.
"Boss, the attack aircraft group sent back a message, the meat is cooked, when will you go to the banquet." The combat staff officer, who had been guarding the radio, rushed into the war room and laughed wildly at Zhuo Fei and the officers who were waiting anxiously. The meat is cooked, when to go to the feast, this is a secret phrase of the flight team. This sentence means that the Japanese mixed fleet that rushed to Burma to help in the war has no power to fight back, and if Zhuo Fei has no intention of capturing a few Japanese ships, the flying team will sink those Japanese ships that can be captured.
"Call back immediately, the meat will rot in the pot." Zhuo Fei and his entourage are plotting the whole of South Asia, how can they do without ships in their hands, and the flying team in front of them has successfully disarmed most of the forces of the Japanese mixed fleet.
On the periphery of the Yangon port battlefield, a periscope suddenly emerged from the water, submarines! It's just that the number of submarines that appear on the periphery of the battlefield is really smaller, and there are only two lone ones. Two German-style submarines can appear on the periphery of the battlefield, and it is really thanks to Vivian, if it were not for Vivian's insistence, Zhuo Fei might have refused the two submarines given to him by the Germans. If it weren't for Vivian's insistence, perhaps Zhuo Fei would have given the two German-style submarines to the Chongqing government, instead of being hidden in the Coco Islands early in the morning.
Marven, the commander of the No. 1 submarine, was looking at the battlefield a few miles away from the periscope, and the sea was full of Japanese warships emitting black smoke into the sky, and those Japanese warships that wanted to escape had not yet run far. was overwhelmed by the swarming warplanes. Among the more than 20 warships of the Japanese mixed fleet, except for a few small ships, each of the other warships had quite a few fighters staring at them and dropping bombs on those warships one after another.
"Those guys from the flying team are so fierce." After looking at the battlefield in the distance, Marven finally couldn't help but complain. Marven is actually right, at this moment, most of these Japanese ships have almost no room to fight back in front of the flying team, and the flying team has only more than 100 fighters to completely control the entire battlefield, compared to the performance of the flying team, the performance of this Japanese mixed fleet is really not worth mentioning. "Float up, go full speed ahead, don't let the madmen of the flying team have all fished out the meat." The two submarines that had been waiting on the periphery of the battlefield finally showed their heads, which also made the Japanese ships that were already about to collapse even more frightened.
"Signal them to surrender immediately, or we're going to torpedo them and sink them completely." The two submarines that surfaced approached the battlefield and, by order of the command, began to send signals to those Japanese ships that had lost power. Faced with a group of planes hovering in the air and enemy submarines cruising around the side of the hull, six or seven Japanese ships, including the Fengxiang and Kagu, made a choice one after another.
The heavy cruiser Kago had completely lost power, and under the strong orders of Commander Arakiden, the Kago chose to ignore the signal sent by the submarine and chose to sink itself to the bottom of the sea. The scarred Fengxiang, which had lost its combat effectiveness, had to choose to surrender to the two submarines after being continuously warned by the fighters in the air, and the other three frigates chose to surrender together, this unexpected result made Zhuo Fei and others who were waiting in Bagu ecstatic.