Because the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires made no secret of it, the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy soon knew that the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires and a number of aircraft carriers had gathered together and were heading straight for the port of Zatvina.

After deliberation, the nine commanders of the Nine Nations Navy Combined Fleet decided to gather all the warships of the Nine Nations Navy Combined Fleet and start a decisive battle with the main force of the Han and Tang Empire's Royal Navy near Fairy Reef, about 150 kilometers from the port of Zatvina.

In the early morning of October 28, 1550, the sea was calm, but this calm was broken by an unusually large fleet.

In the bridge of the Bird's Nest aircraft carrier, Zhang Zongtao, the captain of the Bird's Nest, took a telegram and walked quickly to Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

"Commander-in-chief, the reconnaissance plane discovered the main force of the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy in the waters near Fairy Reef, which is about 280 kilometers away from us."

When Song Limin heard this, he hurriedly picked up a ruler and began to measure on the chart.

When Song Limin put down the ruler, he ordered Zhang Zongtao in a deep voice: "Order the first wave of attack aircraft to take off immediately and carry out an air attack on the combined fleet of the nine navies." ”

This time, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires concentrated a total of 100 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers, 24 Dongying Guoxianghe-class aircraft carriers, 30 American Essex-class aircraft carriers, and 86 escort aircraft carriers.

It carried a total of 5,570 F4F Wildcat fighters, 5,580 SBD dreadnought dive bombers, 4,980 TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft, 480 Dongying Zero fighters, 768 Dongying 97 carrier-based attack aircraft and 768 Dongying-99 carrier-based dive bombers, totaling 18,146 carrier-based aircraft.

Before the war, Song Limin divided the 18,146 carrier-based aircraft into four parts, including three waves of attack aircraft and a protective aircraft group composed of more than 3,000 carrier-based fighters.

The first wave of attack aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was composed of more than 5,000 carrier-based aircraft, including more than 1,000 carrier-based fighters, more than 2,000 carrier-based dive bombers and carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft.

And not long after the reconnaissance planes of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires discovered the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy, the reconnaissance planes of the Joint Fleet of the Nine Nations Navy also discovered the huge fleet of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

In the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy Giant Lion's all-main gun battleship, the Golden Lion Empire's Admiral Minister Raff slowly put the telegram in his hand on the table, "It's finally here!" Today's naval battle will surely go down in history!

Order the first wave of attack aircraft groups of aircraft carriers of various countries to take off, targeting the main naval force of the Han and Tang Empires! ”

At present, the combined fleet of the nine navies has gathered a total of 707 escort aircraft carriers, and if we add the 1,152 carrier-based aircraft carried by the 12 Stinger-class aircraft carriers, the number of carrier-based aircraft in the joint fleet of the nine navies will be 14,346.

In order to facilitate the command, the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy, Raf, divided the 14,546 planes into three parts before the war, including two waves of attack aircraft and an air defense group, and the air defense group was composed of about 2,500 carrier-based fighters.

The first wave of attack aircraft of the joint fleet of the nine navies included about 7,000 carrier-based aircraft, including more than 1,000 carrier-based fighters, nearly 3,000 carrier-based dive bombers and nearly 3,000 carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft.

After receiving the order to attack, Chen Yang and his machine gunner Feng Bao hurried to the deck to wait for boarding.

Chen Yang saw the machine gunner Feng Bao's nervous face, and couldn't help patting Feng Bao's shoulder and said, "Xiaobao, don't be nervous, just follow the usual training, and if you find an enemy plane, you will aim and shoot with a machine gun." ”

Feng Bao showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Squadron Leader, my legs and stomach are trembling right now." ”

Although Chen Yang is only 26 years old, he is an old pilot, and when the Zhou Air Force was just established, Chen Yang was transferred to the Air Force and became a pilot.

About a year ago, Chen Yang was transferred to the Royal Navy, where he became a carrier-based aircraft pilot and also served as a squadron leader.

Feng Bao was a recruit who only joined the army at the end of last year, and after three months of recruit training, he was transferred to an American Essex-class aircraft carrier and became a machine gunner for an SBD dreadnought dive bomber.

Chen Yang comforted: "It's normal for recruits to be nervous when they go to the battlefield for the first time, and when we fly, you won't be nervous." ”

Feng Bao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Squadron Leader, can we still come back?" ”

Chen Yang didn't give Feng Bao a punch without much force, "You kid can't say something nice, Lao Tzu hasn't married a daughter-in-law yet!" ”

When the SBD dreadnought dive bomber piloted by Chen Yang and Feng Bao flew into the air, Feng Bao looked at the warship on the sea and couldn't help but say with emotion: "How many ships are there?" ”

Chen Yang said with some pride: "I heard that a total of about 7,500 warships have gathered, and it can be said that the essence of our Han and Tang Empire's Royal Navy has gathered here."

Xiaobao, immediately contact the rest of the squadron by radio and form an air formation as soon as possible. ”

In addition to serving as a machine gunner, Feng Bao controls a 7.62 mm machine gun and also acts as a radio operator.

When the first wave of attack aircraft was all lifted into the air, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, immediately ordered more than 3,000 carrier-based fighters of the protection group to take to the air to guard against the air attack of the enemy's carrier-based aircraft.

After all the more than 3,000 carrier-based fighters in the protection group took to the air, Song Limin ordered the second wave of attack aircraft to attack.

More than 5,000 carrier-based aircraft of the first wave of attack aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires flew for less than one hour and appeared in the sky above the combined fleet of the nine navies, thus opening the prelude to this naval and air war.

"Da Da Da-" Feng Bao aimed his machine gun at a Flying Wolf Imperial Air Force fighter behind him and fired at it, and finally hit the fuel tank of this Flying Wolf Imperial Air Force fighter, blowing up this Flying Wolf Imperial Air Force fighter.

The reason why the combined fleet of the nine navies put the battlefield of this decisive battle at sea in the area of Fairy Reef near the port of Zarwina is that in addition to considering that the sea area in this area is the only way to enter the port of Zarwina, the most important thing is that the Fairy Reef is not far from the port of Zarwina.

At present, at the field airfield around the port of Zatvina, the air forces of the five countries of the Golden Lion, the Black Bear, the Silver Wolf, the Flying Leopard, and the Wild Bull have gathered more than 3,000 fighters.

At this time, more than 1,000 fighters of the air forces of the five countries flew over the combined fleet of the nine navies, and in cooperation with the air defense aircraft group of the joint fleet of the nine navies, they launched a bloody air battle with the first attack aircraft group of the royal navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

"Little treasure! Fight well, just hit like that! Chen Yang couldn't help shouting excitedly when he saw Feng Bao blow up an enemy plane that was biting the tail of his plane.

"Squadron Leader, when are we going to drop the bomb?"

"Don't worry, let's bring a big guy, we have to find a suitable target for it."

The SBD dreadnought dive bomber piloted by Chen Yang only hung a 700-kilogram aerial bomb under the centerline of the fuselage, so Chen Yang hoped that the 700-kilogram aerial bomb would have to be given to at least a full-main gun battleship or a battle cruiser.

However, when Chen Yang used two 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns at the front of the fuselage to shoot down two enemy carrier-based fighters in a row, Chen Yang suddenly discovered a more worthy target - the Golden Lion Empire Stinger-class aircraft carrier.

Chen Yang asked Feng Bao to contact the other dive bombers in the squadron to jointly attack the enemy's aircraft carrier, while controlling the aircraft and diving directly towards the Stinger-class aircraft carrier.

"Boom-boom-"

Chen Yang himself didn't expect that his luck would be so good.

The 700-kilogram aerial bomb dropped by Chen Yang penetrated the flight deck of the Stinger-class aircraft carrier and landed in the hangar, detonating a number of torpedo attack planes and torpedoes that were being loaded in the hangar.

These carrier-based torpedo attack planes were assigned to the second wave of attack aircraft of the combined fleet of the nine navies, and as a result, the second wave of attack aircraft of the combined fleet of the nine navies had not yet had time to take off, and the first wave of air attacks by the imperial navy of the Han and Tang empires arrived.

In the end, the Stinger-class aircraft carrier, in a series of explosions, quickly disappeared into the sea.

Just when the first attack aircraft group of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires launched an attack on the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy, the first attack aircraft group of the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy also flew above the Royal Navy fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

Sun He was originally an ace pilot of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, and in the previous Southern Front battlefield, Sun He piloted a White Dove fighter, that is, a French 406 fighter, and shot down a total of 11 enemy fighters, including 9 fighters and 2 bombers.

According to the current regulations of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, if you shoot down more than 10 enemy planes, you can be called an ace pilot.

Later, because the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires established a naval aviation unit, Sun He was transferred, and now Sun He is the captain of the carrier-based fighter flight group of a Bird's Nest-class aircraft carrier.

When a dense array of coalition carrier-based aircraft appeared in the distance, Sun He immediately led his 18 F4F Wildcat fighters to meet them.

Originally, Sun He's flight group had a total of 38 F4F Wildcat fighters, but 19 F4F Wildcat fighters were transferred to the three-wave attack group.

The F4F Wildcat fighter is equipped with six 12.7 mm carrier-based machine guns, with a maximum speed of up to 512 kilometers per hour, and its performance far exceeds that of all carrier-based aircraft of the coalition forces, including the carrier-based fighters of the three elven countries.

Coupled with Sun He, the ace pilot, in less than 20 minutes, Sun He piloted the F4F Wildcat fighter to shoot down 10 coalition carrier-based aircraft, becoming a double-star ace pilot.

According to the regulations of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, those who shot down more than 10 enemy planes were called ace pilots, and those who shot down more than 20 planes were called double-star ace pilots, which meant twice as many as aces.

Sun He was a little regretful at this time, although there were still enemy carrier-based aircraft in the sky, it was a pity that the F4F Wildcat fighter piloted by Sun He, and the bullets of the 6 carrier-based machine guns were left.

Sun He could only fly the plane back to the aircraft carrier to replenish ammunition, and could not continue to work hard with the three-star ace pilot.

Before returning home, Sun He temporarily handed over command to a flight squadron leader under his command.

However, just as Sun He was returning home, he was suddenly bitten by a carrier-based fighter of the Nature Spirit Empire.

Sun He pulled up the plane, did a few drum flips, and quickly switched places with this carrier-based fighter of the Nature Spirit Empire.

"Da Da Da-" Sun He instantly used up all the remaining bullets from the six carrier-based machine guns, and exploded the ship-based fighter of the Nature Spirit Empire in the air.

"Eleven."

After Sun He muttered, he immediately controlled the plane and flew towards the Bird's Nest-class aircraft carrier where he was.

Sun He's Bird's Nest-class aircraft carrier is called Birdnet, and when Sun He piloted the fighter plane and flew over the Birdnet aircraft carrier, Sun He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although in the air battle, the carrier-based fighters of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires occupied an absolute advantage, there were too many carrier-based aircraft dispatched by the coalition forces, and many warships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were hit by aerial bombs or torpedoes dropped by the carrier-based aircraft of the coalition forces.

Fortunately, there was no loss from the Bird Net aircraft carrier, and Sun He radioed the control tower of the Bird Net aircraft carrier, and soon piloted the fighter plane and landed on the flight deck.

Without Sun He having to speak, several pilots rushed over to help Sun He's flight reload and refuel.

At this time, an officer on the flight deck came over and asked loudly to Sun He in the cockpit, "Old Sun, can you still fly?" ”

Sun He did not pull the cockpit canopy and gave the officer a thumbs up.

The officer then shouted to several pilots: "Once the fuel and bullets are full, let this Wildcat take off again!" ”

Then the officer asked Sun He again: "Old Sun, how many enemy planes have you killed?" ”

Sun He still did not open the cockpit canopy, but he stretched out two index fingers and made a "11" gesture.

"I'll go—Lao Sun, give you back your cow!"

Be careful, come back and invite you to drink! ”

When the first wave of air raids by the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires ended, the second wave of air raids soon descended on the combined fleet of the nine navies.

And at this time, the first wave of air raids launched by the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy also ended.

It's just that compared with the first wave of air raids by the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, the first wave of air raids by the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy can be regarded as a very failure.

Because all the carrier-based aircraft of the joint fleet of the nine navies have a considerable gap in performance compared with the F4F Wildcat fighters of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

As a result, the first wave of attack aircraft of the combined fleet of the navy of the nine countries suffered heavy losses in the air battle, and the intensity of the attack on the warships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires inevitably decreased a lot.

In the end, the 7,000 carrier-based aircraft of the first wave of attack aircraft of the joint fleet of the nine navies sank less than 20 warships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires at the cost of losses of more than 5,500 aircraft, of which the capital ships were only one Fuso-class all-main gun battleship of the Second Fleet and one "Jie"-class battlecruiser of the Twelfth Fleet, and two escort aircraft carriers.