Genda did not know that when he was steering the plane, the "Longjiang" of the First Air Task Force was about 30 kilometers away in front of him, and the "Mohe" was a little farther away, but it was only about 50 kilometers, and two "Typhoon" fighters were flying towards him.

If it had been a few minutes late, even if it was only two minutes, Genda would have encountered air defense fighters, and then he would have known that the 1st Air Task Force was ahead. As long as he doesn't think about returning to the mobile fleet, and succeeds in getting rid of the fighters, Genda will definitely be able to find the 1st Air Task Force.

It's just that there is no such thing as ifs.

In addition, Genda also did not know that he had created several historical firsts.

Under Genda's organization and command, the mobile fleet's carrier-based aviation set a record for the first sinking of an aircraft carrier in the history of naval warfare with two 250-kilogram bombs and four aviation torpedoes, at least in terms of the timing of the attack.

According to the Imperial Navy's battle report, the "Linghe" received the first bomb at 1:43 a.m., and then another bomb and four torpedoes in the next five minutes. Although the two aerial bombs inflicted heavy damage on the aircraft carrier, not only killing and wounding hundreds of officers and men, but also destroying the entire flight deck and hangar, and destroying half of the antiaircraft guns, it was actually the four aviation torpedoes that were really deadly.

Torpedoes, to be exact, fired from the left rear.

Because the torpedo machine approaching from the right rear was the first to be spotted, the "Linghe" made a right turn and tried to point the bow at the enemy aircraft. When making a turn, the starboard side was exposed to the 97 shipblast group flying from the left rear, and it was attacked by nine aviation torpedoes.

As a result, three torpedoes were hit from this direction!

The hit parts are all below the waterline!

The resulting severe water ingress became the first cause of the rapid sinking of the "Linghe".

At about 2:20 a.m., the "Linghe" sank.

According to the investigation after the fact, it was not only the torpedo below the waterline that caused the sinking of the "Linghe", but the result of a number of factors. For example, in order to control the displacement, the anti-torpedo compartment is almost non-existent. There is also the increased tonnage of the damage control system that automatically fills the aviation ammunition depot with water after being hit by an aerial bomb. It also includes serious casualties that make it impossible to carry out the damage management work normally.

Although it is impossible to prove that the torpedo dropped by Genda hit the "Linghe", the attack was organized and initiated by him, and it was also the aviation torpedo dropped by the ship's attack squadron led by him that severely damaged the "Linghe" and caused the "Linghe" to sink, and the results of the battle were credited to his name.

As a result, Genda became the first pilot in history to fly a plane to sink an aircraft carrier.

It's just that at that time, Genda didn't know that the "Linghe" would sink, and he didn't think about it. After the attack, the only thing he wanted to do was to take the time to rest and recuperate on the way back to make sure he could go out again when he returned to the mobile fleet.

Don't forget, according to the plan drawn up by Tian Shi, there will be another attack in the evening.

Flying out of the engagement area, after confirming that there were no fighters from the Liang Xia Navy behind him, Genda adjusted his course and then handed over control to the navigator behind.

This is a feature unique to the captain of the pilot, which can be piloted remotely by the pilot.

It is said that it is remote control, which is just a small range of control of the throttle and rudder, and fine-tune the course. If a vigorous maneuver is required, it is still necessary to be piloted by the pilot. The original intention of setting up this remote control system was actually to allow the commander to concentrate on directing the battle. However, in actual use, the main thing is to complete the combat operation, that is, to let the commander seize the time to rest on the way back.

It didn't take long for Genda to fall asleep groggyly.

Actually, it's just a shallow sleep.

If I had to say it, Genda would have been exhausted a long time ago. Other pilots, just on missions. He is a commander, and he is also responsible for deploying combat operations and directing battles, communicating with the commander of the mobile fleet, and even having to worry about small things like repairing fighters.

I don't know how long it took, but the noise from the headphones woke up Gentian.

Then, Genda glanced at his watch.

It's almost half past three, and I slept for an hour and a half!

"Dazuo, look!"

By the time the navigator shouted, Genda had already seen the fighter that had dived down, but the fighter did not fire.

It's not an enemy plane, it's a Zero.

In addition, the navigator shouted loudly, not to alert Genda to the fighter, but to the smoke ahead.

Black smoke!

On the sea ahead, a half-sunken battleship, to be precise, was burning above the sea, and there were many officers and soldiers on the nearby sea, some of whom had not even had time to put on life jackets. Not far away, there was a light cruiser, as well as several lifeboats.

Is that......

That's the flagship of the mobile fleet, the aircraft carrier "Chicheng"!

At the top of the mast behind the island hangs the flag of the flagship, which symbolizes the status of the flagship.

In addition, there is a person on top of the mast.

I couldn't see it clearly, but I was wearing a dress that I wouldn't normally wear at all.

That's the captain of the "Chicheng"!?

Judging from the oil traces on the sea, the "Chicheng" sailed for more than 10 kilometers after being hit, and then sank because of serious water ingress into the hull.

The stern of the ship has sunk under the surface of the sea, and it must be hopeless.

A few kilometers ahead, the "Jingang", which was covering the "Chicheng", was turning.

The front and rear decks of the battleship were on fire, billowing black smoke coming out, but it looked like a smoke screen of lit rubber.

At this time, a Zero Battle flew over, shook from side to side a few times, and motioned for Genda to follow.

Flying more than ten kilometers, Yuantian saw the "Jiahe" that was also burning.

It was also deliberate, as in the case of the "Golden Steel", the "Jiahe" was not attacked, but only ignited the rubber and pretended to be injured.

It's just that "Jiahe" was hit by a bomb before and lost its aviation combat capability.

At present, the aircraft carrier can only recover the returning carrier-based aircraft, and cannot dispatch carrier-based aircraft.

Yuan Tian was very puzzled, because when he landed on the "Jiahe", he would definitely not be able to make another sortie in the evening.

Also, what about the "Canglong" and "Feilong"?

If those two carriers were there, even if they belonged to the Second Air Force, they should have landed in the past so that they could participate in the third wave of attacks in the evening.

The 2nd Air Force was also attacked!?

The thought that suddenly came out of nowhere startled Gentian.

It's just that right now, there's no time for him to think about it.

Five minutes earlier, the fuel indicator had been lit, meaning that the remaining fuel would have to fly for up to ten minutes before landing on the carrier as soon as possible.

It wasn't until Genda piloted the ship into the landing channel that the Zero turned and flew away.

On the flight deck, recovery nets have been pulled up, mainly the nose of the deck has been destroyed, and after the landing failure, there is no way to return to flight.

Of course, it usually doesn't fail.

Aiming at the runway, Genda retracted the throttle and tightened the lever as the landing guide raised the green flag and shook it quickly.

After the violent impact, the attack bounced again, but then the barrage was hung.

After rushing out of dozens of meters, the ship's attack came to a steady halt.

At this time, Genda had already seen Tian Shi Shaozuo who came out of the ship island and was looking towards him, and Vice Admiral Lan Yun who was standing in the commander's bridge.