The time when the "Feilong" was attacked was only a few minutes later than the "Jiahe".

Of course, thanks to the 97 ships that flew over and landed.

If there was no 97 ship attack to lead the way, to be precise, to indicate the direction of the "Feilong", the attack aircraft group would have spent some time searching.

At 11:20 a.m., the first batch of eight "Typhoon" fighters flew into the sky above the "Feilong."

This time, it didn't go so well.

Not that the news was received a few minutes in advance, but that the Zero Battle, which was preparing to land on the "Feilong", was on standby nearby, and the flight altitude was not low.

The point is, flying at high altitudes is more fuel-efficient.

Don't forget that the "Feilong" has more carrier-based aircraft, so it will take more time to recover, and the fighter that lands last will have to fly longer.

It's just that it doesn't change anything.

Of the first attack group, only eight Zeros took off from the "Feilong", so only eight returned to the "Feilong" and landed.

All these eight Zero Combat can do is to keep an eye on the eight "Typhoons" and cover the attack of the 97 ships below.

But what's the point?

At half past eleven, that is, after the explosion of the "Jiahe", the first group of attack planes arrived, and it was two squadrons that killed at the same time.

What's worse is that they are the "Wasp" squadron and the "Exocet" squadron.

At the same time that eight "Wasps" swooped down from a high altitude, eight "Exocets" struck from a low altitude.

At this moment, the coordinated attack skills that the Imperial Naval Aviation had been training for more than ten years were perfectly displayed.

Sixteen carrier-based aircraft, like sixteen gods who stepped on thunderclouds and held thunderbolts, roaring!

Now, even if the "Feilong" becomes the legendary nine-headed sea monster, it will definitely be doomed.

Moreover, the "Feilong" was inferior to the "Jiahe" in terms of air defense firepower, and it was the worst of the four main fleet aircraft carriers of the Sagi Navy.

At the time of its completion and service, the aircraft carrier had only a dozen anti-aircraft guns. After several strengthened modifications, it only increased to more than 40 pieces, mainly 25-mm machine guns. In yesterday's battles, it was proven that the performance of this small-caliber machine gun was very poor.

Within five minutes, the "Feilong" had received three bombs and four torpedoes.

Although there was no major explosion like the "Jiahe", after being severely damaged, the "Feilong" completely lost its ability to navigate.

Before the attack aircraft group flew away, the "Feilong" was already paralyzed on the sea.

After several attempts, none of the officers and men on the "Feilong" were able to plug the hole on the left side of the hull and prevent seawater from pouring into more compartments.

At 11:50 a.m., the captain of the "Feilong" issued an evacuation order and forcibly transferred the officers and men of the command of the Second Air Force, headed by Rear Admiral Yamaguchi. Next, hundreds of officers and men who had been wounded in the battle were sent to several warships that had rushed to meet them.

Because there was no hope of repair, and there was also a fear of a second round of attacks, an hour later, after receiving Lan Yun's acquiescence, the commander of the Second Air Force, Rear Admiral Yamaguchi, gave the order to sink the "Feilong", and two accompanying destroyers fired four heavy torpedoes at it.

A few minutes later, the "Feilong" capsized due to severe flooding on the left side of the hull.

At this point, all four aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet were sunk.

Comparatively speaking, the officers and men of the "Feilong" were the luckiest, except for more than 300 people who died in the battle, most of the others returned to the Sayi mainland alive. A few survived to the end of the war, and the last sailor on the "Feilong" died at the age of 103 in the new calendar 183.

Fearing another attack, before half past twelve, Lan Yun, who had boarded the "Golden Steel", gave the order to retreat.

However, this naval battle did not end there.

Because a large number of pilots were forced to land, after giving the order to retreat, Lan Yun asked the two destroyers to stay behind to search for and rescue the pilots. The search and rescue operation continued into the afternoon, and a total of dozens of pilots were rescued. In the early morning of the next day, the two destroyers were ambushed by submarines in the Shuangche Strait, and one of them was torpedoed, and more than 300 officers and men and dozens of rescued pilots were killed in the sea.

The destroyer that escaped returned to Sagi a few days later, and the ship survived several catastrophes until the end of the war.

Among the pilots who followed the ship back was Osa Genda, who broke his head during a forced landing.

As a result, Genda became the only survivor of all the flying officers who participated in the first round of assault operations in the sneak attack on Chengjiang Port on the 25th.

The other warships of the mobile fleet turned south at half past twelve.

After the loss of four aircraft carriers, Lan Yun completely lost his fighting spirit. What he was thinking about now was how to return to Sagi mainland with the remnants of the warship.

Takaya?

The main team is about to enter the Shuangche Strait, and it is not within the strike range of the task force in the west, where does Lan Yun need to worry?

Besides, after focusing on the mobile fleet, the task force was also unable to deal with the main team.

Although he can't talk about doing his best, Lan Yun has done his best, and now it's time to think about himself and the soldiers who follow him.

Of course, that's all for later.

At 11:40 a.m., that is, after the "Feilong" was hit by bombs and torpedoes in succession, Zhu Huasheng, who had already arrived by plane, sent a telegram.

used the special code given to him by Li Hengjia.

The attack went so smoothly that Zhu Huasheng didn't know what to say, so he simply used a special code to save himself from talking nonsense in the telegram.

Liu Xiangzhen did not break the radio silence, and did not recall the second attack group, and still let Shenpu launch an attack as planned.

The swarm was killed after one point.

Because the mobile fleet did not expect to go south, the two destroyers that buried the "Feilong" were sailing east at full speed, so the group of aircraft led by Shenpu was led to the east. In order to catch up with the fleeing mobile fleet, Shenpu did not give the order to attack the destroyer, but found nothing, and dropped the bomb and torpedo as he turned to return home. As a result, the two destroyers were lucky to avoid annihilation.

There is nothing to regret, in this sea battle, two destroyers are at best two small shrimps.

Even at this time, Liu Xiangzhen did not break the radio silence, but arranged for a staff officer to fly back to Foot Island on a torpedo plane.

Afterwards, many people thought that Liu Xiang really did it on purpose.

Because of his arrangement, Bai Zhizhan did not receive the news of the destruction of the mobile fleet in time, and he was unable to make adjustments in time according to the changes in the battle situation.

It was not until the evening that the White Stop War received reliable information.

Strictly speaking, only the previous speculation was confirmed.

At noon, a telegram was sent from the naval command, and the monitoring radio intercepted a large number of telegrams from the narrow warships, and the place of transmission was in the northern part of the Yanhai Sea. From this, Bai Zhizhan concluded that the mobile fleet had been hit, and there must have been damage to warships, and perhaps aircraft carriers had been sunk.

But this is just a speculation about the White Stop!

Do not forget that the annihilation of the mobile fleet is the number one priority. Everything else is to be put aside until this task is completed. According to the original arrangement, the special task force commanded by Liu Xiangzhen served as the main force, and the third air task force under the white stop war was used as a substitute, or the second line of insurance.

After Liu Xiangzhen went all out, if the mobile fleet was allowed to slip away, especially those aircraft carriers, Bai Zhizhan would have to bear the main responsibility.

Although there is no military order, it is no joke to take responsibility in battle!