On the Aquila, Crank also humbly asked Ozawa for advice: "Why don't you release the second attack wave immediately after the first attack wave is successful, but wait for a while?" ”

"Although I don't know exactly why, I suspect that this is a tactical arrangement, and the most likely reason is that the commander suspects that there is an enemy fleet around, and we must retain some means of attack, at least he can't release all the attack planes until the dive bombers are back in attack. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"So, is there really a U.S. fleet nearby?"

"I don't think so, the reconnaissance plane has searched repeatedly to no avail, and we haven't found any enemy reconnaissance plane, but the commander may be more careful......"

In contrast, Tsukahara knew the inside story better than Ozawa, and he specially instructed Shigeji Murata, who was about to lead the attack, to say: "The commander originally hoped to shoot down the American plane in the counterattack, but now it seems that the Americans have not recovered, and you lead the team to continue to attack the airfield, focusing on destroying the remaining enemy planes." ”

"Or the airport?" Shigeharu Murata was deeply stunned, "Don't go to blow up the canal? ”

"Leave the Canal Zone to the battleships." Tsukahara pointed to the artillery formation that was advancing at full speed, "It is difficult to destroy the canal with aerial bombs, and your task is to continue to destroy enemy airfields and repeatedly weaken their aviation strength, do you know why the second attack wave was delayed?" ”

"This ...... To be honest, didn't figure it out. ”

"The commander estimates that the repair time of the US military airfield is about 6-8 hours, and if you bomb it again, basically the airfield will not be able to operate successfully before the shelling begins." Tsukahara explained the reason to him, "The commander was very shocked when the water reconnaissance report came back yesterday, and the airport must continue to be paralyzed - otherwise the US military will continue to move troops from the mainland, and we will be consumed." ”

"Yes."

"Be safe during the bombing and make sure you come back alive." Tsukahara once again admonished, "The enemy's anti-aircraft fire is very fierce, and the losses caused by the low-altitude bombs dropped by dive bombers are very large, and the commander is very sad, you are horizontal bombing, you are responsible for your comrades, and you must bring them all back!" ”

"Got it!"

At a quarter past 10 o'clock, 68 JU-98s (Tianshan Gai) took off under the cover of 36 BF-219s and launched a second round of attacks, at this time the aircraft carrier group had arrived 200 nautical miles from Panama, and after the attack aircraft group was released, a tight anti-aircraft formation was discharged, and the artillery fleet continued to advance at a speed of 25 knots.

Shigeharu Murata was also surprised when he led a group of attack planes over the Canal Zone: The wreckage on the airfield had been basically cleared, and the American engineers were working hard, and one bomb crater after another had been roughly filled in and covered with steel plates, and if it had been a few hours late, the airfield would have almost been repaired.

He saw the anti-aircraft artillery fire sprayed from below and the American fighters that rushed over to meet them, but there were not many of them, and he took a closer look and found that there were only about 10 fighters, and the BF-219s first dropped the small bombs carried under the belly of the aircraft and rushed to meet them.

Shigeharu Murata aimed at the intercom and issued an order: "Each formation will carry out the No. 2 plan ......"

The Japanese pilots were most satisfied with the radio, which had clear calls, long distances, and very stable quality - after using this thing, it was almost impossible to spit it out if they used it in Japan, so Horikichi bought 2,000 sets of radios from the good Horiyokichi in a big purchase.

Lieutenant General Ross thought that these bombers were coming to bomb the airfield again, and had ordered the anti-aircraft guns to adjust the firing of all the yuan, and opened intensive fire over the airfield, and the 40mm M1 anti-aircraft guns pulled out a blazing barrage, firmly blocking all angles of the enemy planes descending and dropping bombs, but he did not expect that the enemy plane group had just shown its face over the airfield, and the fighters were entangled in their own fighters and then all rushed to the direction of the canal, so anxious that he shouted in the command center: "Anti-aircraft guns, adjust the firing range, and defend the canal......

As a result, the frantically defended air defense units turned their guns to another direction and opened fire fiercely, and because the smoke released by the defenders was still there, the gunners had to distinguish the enemy planes in the smoke, and no longer repeat the uniform barrage just now.

Seeing that most of the US anti-aircraft fire had been attracted to the direction of the canal zone, Shigeharu Murata, who had already pounced on the locks, couldn't help but sneer: "Stupid, it's a lie to you......" After speaking, he adjusted his speed to the maximum and pounced again in the direction of the airport with a dexterous arc.

"Boom!" Bombs fell in patches on airports, control towers, hangars, runways, and other facilities.

Lieutenant General Ross sat down on a stool, and when he saw the enemy plane suddenly turning around, he knew that the situation was not good: he had calculated and guarded against everything, but he did not expect to be tricked by the enemy.

The JU-98s dropped bombs horizontally in a dense manner, and because of the medium-altitude bombardment, and the anti-aircraft fire was attracted to most of it, Murata Shigeji's attack was a great success, and the steel runway that the engineers had managed to repair was once again blown into pieces or twisted into strange shapes, and the remaining hangars and planes were also mercilessly greeted by the bombers.

At noon, Kusaka Ren reported to Horikichi with a happy face: "Sir, the second attack wave was successful, Murata Shigeharu reported another heavy damage to the airfield, destroying at least 20 planes on the ground, in addition, the fighter captain Akamatsu Sadaaki reported that 8-10 enemy fighters were shot down, and our army lost 3 planes, the enemy's new fighter is fast, climbs strongly, has a strong body, and adopts a unique inverted seagull wing, which is much more difficult than the F4F, if it weren't for the general technology of the US pilots and the absolute numerical superiority we have, The exchange ratio may drop even further, and the film in the camera gun will soon be developed. ”

Akamatsu Sadaaki's military rank is very interesting, he is an old qualified carrier-based aircraft pilot, because he has not attended the naval academy, the military rank has not been promoted, at the age of 19, he served as an aviation corps until the age of 33 is still a military cao (sergeant major), but he performed very well in the "aviation school" on Socotra Island, and many German ace pilots did not fall behind, after witnessing his performance and knowing his rank, Marshal Richthofen became a great love for talent, thinking that with his qualifications, experience and technology in the German Navy is qualified to serve as a captain, Preparing to confer on him the rank of captain and hoping that he would remain in Germany, Ozawa persuaded him to stay.

Akamatsu Sadaaki himself was quite moved, and Horikichi was embarrassed to take a stand on this matter, and it was Kusaka Renchi and Tsukahara who took turns doing ideological work to keep him in the fleet. However, Japan's military rank system is obviously not something that Horiyoshi can break at will, at least he has to wait until he returns to the Ministry of the Navy to have a chance to be promoted, and in the end Richthofen still awarded the rank of captain to Sadaaki Akamatsu, so he led the troops to fight as a captain in the German Navy, which was also unique in the Japanese Navy.

This incident had a great impact on the thinking of the Japanese Navy: At the beginning of the Battle of Midway, Captain Nagajo, a teammate of the Air Force's commander-in-chief, said, "We are just consumables of the war......," and then launched a decisive attack with a wounded plane with only one-way fuel. After the vigorous expansion of the Luftwaffe, the number of qualified pilots graduating each year could reach 5,000, and the German HNA had established a reserve of no less than 600 people in addition to a steady stream of replenishment from the Air Force, but even so, it still attached great importance to the lives of pilots -- even if the Japanese HN, which considered pilots to be cheap consumables, expanded its pilot team by eight times, the number of qualified pilots did not exceed 500, and there was only a sigh in contrast.

"This is a problem, and I really hope that the new carrier-based aircraft will be put into service soon." Horikoshi Yoshirin had seen the DO-412 test flight before departure, and it surpassed the BF-219 in terms of speed, firepower, climb rate, and attack resistance, and the range was slightly larger than the latter, and he also knew that Jiro Horikoshi had launched the BF-319 (Gale Modification) project in cooperation with Messerschmidt immediately after arriving in Germany, so he had high expectations for the new aircraft. He suddenly thought that Cao Lu Ren didn't seem to report the loss of the attack plane just now, so he asked: "How much did the attack plane lose?" ”

"0."

“0？” Horikichi looked up in surprise, "Really? ”

"There should be no mistake in Murata Shigeharu's personal report - he played a big trick when attacking." He was also a little unsure of the loss, and finally added, "I have asked Tsukahara-kun to send someone to re-examine it." ”

"Well done, well done, give him a good credit."

"In addition, the water scouts sent a telegram, they searched for two dive bombers that were wounded and fell into the sea and forced landing, one is ours and the other is German, and the pilots are still alive, but the two water scouts have no spare space, so they can only stay at the scene for protection, and I have arranged for other planes to rush to the rescue."

"Eject all the water scouts out and search to see if there are any survivors, and they must all be rescued."

While he was talking, a staff officer reported that the escort fighter had discovered and shot down an enemy reconnaissance plane, but the enemy plane had already sent out a telegram.

"Let them come after us." Horikichi smiled slightly, "The 9 battleships are here, let's see how many they can bomb." ”

Vice Admiral Ross felt his hands tremble when the reconnaissance planes reported that no enemy aircraft carriers had been found, but that nine large ships, six medium ships, and a number of small warships were speeding towards the canal, and now he finally understood why the Axis fleet had twice spared no bombing of the canal zone -- the enemy had not considered using bombs at all, and they had made up their minds from the beginning to destroy the canal with naval guns.

"Damn, we don't even have a boat ......"

Not only did he not have a single ship, but even 14 planes remained, and the vicinity of the airfield was full of potholes, except for a little anti-aircraft guns, and he completely lost the ability to protect himself.

"Send a telegram to Washington asking for reinforcements, let them send planes to bomb, the more the merrier." (To be continued.) )