"Dazuo, the remaining fuel is only enough to return home!"

After the navigator reminded him again, Genda reluctantly controlled the 97 ship attack to turn around and embark on the voyage to the east to return to the mobile fleet.

Although he didn't find the two aircraft carriers of the other task force, which made Genda feel a little regretful, but he was very satisfied with killing two aircraft carriers in one sortie. It's just that You Yongzhong of the Second Air Force was martyred, which made him feel extremely sad.

If this battle is won, You Yong will definitely be the number one hero.

Genda had already thought about it, and after he returned, he proposed to Commander Takano to apply for a funeral house for Yui Nakasa, which symbolized the highest honor of the Imperial Army. As long as you receive the offering, you will be remembered by the people of the imperial kingdom for thousands of years to come, and you will always live in the hearts of the people of the imperial kingdom.

Of course, that's all for later.

Because they did not encounter the fighters of the task force, to be precise, they received the news in time, lowered the flight altitude to the bottom of the clouds, and skillfully avoided the air defense fighters, so the ship-attack squadron led by Nakasa Yunaga rushed to the front and discovered the task force first.

At this time, You Yong did a crucial thing.

Commanding the battle in place of Genda.

At that time, the situation was almost out of control.

For the same reason, the ship-attack squadrons and ship-blast squadrons that had scattered the assault were again intercepted by fighters without warning.

The pilots of those fighters seemed to have clairvoyance, and they could see the planes of the Sagami Navy from a long distance, and then they seized the advantageous position, and they climbed as high as they could, attacking from a high altitude, that is, from the direction of the zenith, and the pilots of the Sagami Navy were caught off guard.

Don't forget, it's noon and the sun is overhead.

Almost all of the pilots who participated in the attack took part in the raid on Chengjiang Port, and many of them did not even eat lunch, let alone rest.

Who would be fine staring at the sun overhead!?

As a result, after a sudden encounter with the fighters, most of the pilots of the attack and explosion were caught off guard and dropped their bombs and torpedoes one after another. Even if a few pilots reacted and dealt with it calmly, it would not make much sense, because they were all shot down by fighters immediately afterward.

In just a few minutes, several squadrons in front were completely wiped out, and not a single ship exploded or successfully dropped bombs under the attack.

At that time, I didn't even know where the task force was!

It was at this critical juncture that the squadron led by You Yong arrived.

Under his leadership, several ship-attack squadrons turned south to avoid anti-aircraft fighters, and also lowered their flight altitude in advance and entered attack mode.

Subsequently, You Yong discovered the flagship of the Second Air Task Force, the aircraft carrier "Hengjiang".

That's right, on the left and right sides of the island, as well as the front of the flight deck, there is a huge number "3" painted on it, which is the port number of the "Yokoe". In the Liangxia Navy, the code of "Hengjiang" is "103", the first number 1 represents the fleet aircraft carrier, and the last two digits are the serial number of the battleship.

You Yong did not delay, and under the cover of several zero-battle planes that arrived, he led the four 97 ships accompanying him to attack.

Unfortunately, Yooyong's luck was very bad.

Before the torpedo could be dropped, his plane was hit by an anti-aircraft gun.

Fly so fast, and fly so low, being hit directly by a forty-millimeter shell, even if it is not torn apart by the shell, it will be thrown alive when it falls into the sea.

Besides, You Yong's plane sank quickly after crashing into the sea, and there was no time for the pilot to escape.

Before the outbreak of the war, the Sasai Navy had several similar accidents during training, and after the ship crashed into the sea, not a single crew member survived.

It's just that You Yong has made a great contribution.

Three ships of the squadron led by him successfully dropped torpedoes, at least one of which hit the stern of the "Yokoe".

Immediately after being hit by a torpedo, the speed of the "Yokoe" slowed down, and a fire broke out in the tail.

The "Yokoe" may not sink as a result, but it will certainly lose its combat capability. If the main structure of the hull is damaged, I am afraid it will take several months to repair. This means that in the next few months, this powerful fleet aircraft carrier will be sunk.

The point, Yuyong's attack, managed to attract all the nearby air defense fighters!

The flagship was attacked, and one of the planes approached with a machine gun to strafe the island of the "Yokoe," aiming at the front of the commander's bridge, and the nearby "Typhoon" fighters rushed over like hornets that had been stimulated, and went all out to deal with the enemy planes attacking the flagship.

At this time, the group led by Genda arrived.

Not just one squadron, it's a full three!

Two ship-attack squadrons, and the other is a ship-blast squadron.

In addition to the ship-attack squadron under Genda's direct command, the other two squadrons were encountered during the flight, and the shipburst squadron was from the "Canglong" where Yunaga was located.

Because the "Yokoe" had already been heavily damaged, and the thick smoke from the fire obscured the sky and affected the attack, Genda spared the aircraft carrier. The point is that when the shipburst squadron was climbing to a high altitude, it discovered another fleet aircraft carrier in the northwest direction.

That's right, it's the "Linghe".

Genda didn't think much about it at all, and immediately gave the order to attack the "Linghe".

In fact, before setting off, Tian Shi Shaozo repeatedly emphasized that the first purpose was to severely damage and paralyze the aircraft carrier, and then consider sinking.

The truth in this is very obvious.

Three squadrons, 19 ships attacked and 8 ships exploded.

The shipburst squadron took the lead and launched an assault from a high altitude.

Although five 99 ships were shot down before the bombs were dropped, they successfully attracted the attention of nearby warships and created an excellent opportunity for the 97 ships to attack from a low altitude. For a time, the fast battleships and heavy cruisers on the left and right of the aircraft carriers were all firing at the high-altitude group of ship-blasting aircraft.

Eleven ships led by Genda approached from the left rear of the "Linghe", and the other eight attacked from the right rear.

Flanked left and right, the "Linghe" will definitely die!

The point is that behind the "Linghe" there is only one light cruiser with weak anti-aircraft firepower! On the aft deck of this light cruiser, there were a total of six anti-aircraft guns, only two of which were quadruple 40-mm "snap" guns, which could deal with up to two enemy aircraft at the same time.

In such a short period of time, it was simply impossible to stop the attack of more than a dozen 97 ships that had accelerated.

In addition to the four that were shot down, the other 15 ship-attacking ships successfully dropped torpedoes, and 13 of them were successfully relocated after the mine.

Genda saw with his own eyes that at least three torpedoes hit the "Linghe".

Prior to this, the "Linghe" had also been hit by a 250-kilogram aerial bomb dropped by the 99 ship. Several violent explosions in quick succession were seen especially clearly in the air. The splash from the torpedo explosion almost engulfed the aircraft carrier, giving the illusion that the aircraft carrier had been blown up and sunk.

That aircraft carrier, even if it had not been sunk, would have lost its combat effectiveness.

It's just that after completing the attack mission, Genda did not turn to return home.

According to Tian Shi's arrangement, if all four aircraft carriers are not found, Genda will have to continue to search in the southwest direction after completing the attack mission.

For this purpose, two 100-liter soft fuel tanks were also stuffed into the cabin.

The extra 200 liters of gasoline can make Yuantian's landline fly for about half an hour longer.

Unfortunately, half an hour is far from enough.