Just when Yasui Hisanoshi met the group of aircraft from Hangzhou that had rushed to reinforce him, the fleet commander Yu Huantang was also nervously waiting for the news from the front on the Chicheng aircraft carrier. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This time, the three Japanese aircraft carriers sent more than 130 planes to attack the port of Taizhou, including 85 of the latest Zero fighters, and the rest were all 97 carrier-based bombers.

But having said that, he didn't dare to send out all the planes in the fleet, and he had to leave some troops to protect the fleet, so when he made the plan, he also kept a hand, and specially left twenty-five Zero fighters to watch the house, which was also the last air power of the entire fleet.

After staying on the bridge for a while, but the mood was becoming more and more annoyed, Yu Huantang couldn't help but come to the deck, the morning sea breeze kept blowing on his cheeks, bringing a trace of coolness, dozens of seagulls were also chasing in the air, such a beautiful scenery was his favorite to watch on weekdays, but at this time he didn't have the slightest mood to appreciate, his hands grasped the guardrail and stared straight at the west, his expression was solemn and abnormal.

At this time, Yu Huantang was in a very bad mood, the plan that should have been perfect was destroyed by a reconnaissance plane that inadvertently broke in, Yu Huantang can be sure, the reconnaissance plane must have reported the location, size and aircraft group of his fleet to the Third Army, and whether the aircraft group commanded by Yasui Hisaka can severely damage the French fleet before the reinforcements of the Chinese arrive This is still unknown, if the loss of the aircraft group is too great, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to explain after returning to Japan.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Yu Huan didn't need to look back to know who it was, and sure enough, the slightly hoarse voice of Kusaka Ryunosuke came from behind him: "Your Excellency General, you don't have to worry, although the people of China have discovered our fleet, they don't have enough time to react, and when they arrive, our fleet will already hit the French fleet hard!" ”

Yu Huan twisted his head and glanced at Kusaka Ryunosuke, Kusaka Ryunosuke is a typical Hokkaido person, with rough eyebrows, flat cheeks, thick knuckles on both hands, and a more impulsive personality, it stands to reason that such a person is not suitable for the position of captain, but this guy somehow went into the eyes of Admiral Yamamoto Fifty-six, the commander of the Combined Fleet, and was climbed to the position of captain of the Chisei.

Although Yu Huantang didn't like the person of Kusaka Ryunosuke very much, he still bowed slightly for the kindness expressed by Kusaka Ryunosuke and said: "Kusaka-kun, Su Jin is different from ordinary Chinese generals, and his troops are the same. I have dealt with him a few times, and I have come to the conclusion that you must not underestimate Su Jin, nor can you underestimate the Third Army, otherwise you will definitely regret it! ”

In the face of Yu Huantang's teachings, Kusaka Ryunosuke didn't dare to slack off, and bowed respectfully and said, "Hai, the chief's teachings must be remembered in his heart!" ”

Looking at Ryunosuke Kusaka, who was impeccable in both attitude and etiquette, Yu Huantang sighed lightly and turned around to look at the sea without making a sound, at this time his heart was all filled with the war in Taizhou, where was he in the mood to pay attention to other things.

At this moment, a mournful sound of air defense sirens suddenly sounded over the fleet. Yu Huan, who was pondering, was entangled in his spirit, and quickly turned around and ran towards the bridge, and Kusaka Ryunosuke also followed him, and when the two ran to the bridge out of breath, a staff officer hurriedly reported to him: "Your Excellency General, our alert fighters have found a large number of fighters flying from the west, the number and type are unknown!" ”

"Unknown?" Yu Huan was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Baga, are the alert planes in the sky blind, why can't you even see the number and type of enemy planes clearly!" ”

"Your Excellency, I'm ......" the staff officer stammered and was about to explain, but was interrupted by Yu Huantang, "Immediately order the fleet to form an air defense formation, release all the Zero fighters, and ...... immediately." Immediately! ”

"Hah...... Hail! The staff officer, who was frightened by Yu Huan's stern tone, didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly stammered to convey the order!

Four or five minutes later, the entire fleet had just set up an anti-aircraft formation, and just as the gunners who had just entered the post were setting up machine guns and waiting for them, planes appeared in the sky, and the first to appear were two Zero fighters, behind these two Zeros, two fighters with blue sky and white sun badges painted on their wings were chasing them behind, and from time to time there were a rain of metal bullets passing around them.

Seeing that the fighter planes they were proud of were so embarrassed by the Chinese people in the sky above the fleet, the sailors below the fleet were furious one by one, especially those gunners who were responsible for controlling the anti-aircraft guns, they clenched their hands and aimed the crosshair at the fighters in the sky, and stepped on the pedal of the firing, just waiting for the commander's order to shoot down the two daring enemy planes in the sky once the order was given. It's just that those commanders looked at the four fighters tightly entangled in the sky, and none of them dared to give the order to open fire, after all, there were two fighters of their own people on it, and they were so close, once they accidentally shot down their own planes, who would it be?

At this moment, planes began to take off from the aircraft carrier Kaga on the side, and they were also the only remaining fighters in the fleet. Just as these Zero fighters joined the battle, a group of black pressure planes flew in the sky, attracting everyone's ideas, and more than a dozen Zero fighters that had already taken off hurriedly responded to those planes when they saw this, and soon a fierce battle began in the sky above the fleet.

They consisted of the first and second squadrons of the 1st Flying Regiment of the 1st Air Division stationed in Hangzhou, the Stuka dive bomber squadron and the B-25 bombing squadron that had just been formed.

The commander of the air group was Chen Zhiming, deputy commander of the 1st Air Division and commander of the 1st Flying Regiment, who was driving a shrew fighter to patrol at high altitude, and when he saw more than a dozen Zero fighters wanting to welcome them, his face showed a trace of coldness, and he pressed the microphone button in his throat and said: "The first squadron will immediately meet the enemy and solve these zeros of the little devil for me." Immediately after the settlement of the Zero in small Japan, the 2nd Squadron was ready to open a bombing channel, the dive bomber squadron was ready to bomb, and the B-25 squadron was ready to fire along the fleet. ”

Today, in order to teach the Japanese fleet a lesson, Su Jin also let it go, it stands to reason that the B-25, which is specially designed to perform ground bombardment, is not suitable for this kind of occasion, but the reason why Su Jin let it come is because this B-25H bomber is a rare bomber equipped with 75 mm caliber guns in this year, plus a total of fourteen 12.7 large-caliber Browning machine guns, although it is difficult for these weapons to cause too much damage to the thick-skinned warship, but it is always possible to use it against the personnel on the deck.

Soon, thirty shrews and twenty Zeros faced each other over the fleet, and the numerical superiority plus the quality of the fighters was not as simple as one plus one equals two, and soon the twenty Zero fighters were lost under the ferocious firepower of the shrews, and after seeing the loss of their own fighters, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese fleet became more ferocious, and one shell after another continued to explode, dyeing the originally clear sky gray and black.

"Hurry up and open a bombing channel!" The pilots of the second squadron heard Chen Zhiming's voice in their ears, and soon one after another shrew fighters began to roam flexibly around the Japanese fleet, although the machine guns of these planes could cause any damage to the Japanese ships, but the Japanese gunners on the deck did not have the ability to be invulnerable, under the ferocious firepower, many Japanese gunners fell on the gun position, whether the Japanese wanted it or not, their attention was indeed attracted by those shrew fighters.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Chen Daoming hurriedly ordered the Stuka dive bomber squadron and the B-25 squadron to join the battle group, and he led the first squadron that had just returned to be on guard at high altitude.

Seeing the arrival of Stuka, the firepower of the Japanese ships became more urgent, and a gunner desperately raised the muzzle of the gun to fire at the sky, and the 75 mm, 40 mm and 25 mm shells continued to explode at high altitude, and the shrapnel flying everywhere continued to fall like a goddess scattering flowers.

"Woo woo woo ......"

A Stuka fighter plane that flew over the aircraft carrier Chicheng suddenly lowered its nose at an altitude of three thousand meters, and began to dive down towards the Chicheng, and the siren installed in the belly of the aircraft began to sound a terrible siren, when it flew to the height of 600 meters of the warship, the 800 kg bomb under the belly broke away from the hook and fell towards the Chicheng at high speed, and this Stuka began to change to level flight after the bomb broke away from the fuselage to try to get out of the range of fire of the Japanese fleet, but its action was still too slow, It was overtaken by a 75-millimeter shell from the battleship Kirishima next to it, and it smashed it to pieces in the air.

"Get out of the way...... Right full rudder! ”

At this time, Yu Huantang couldn't care about anything else, his eyes were red, he ordered the warship to evade, and a few seconds later, less than fifty meters away from the Chicheng, a huge column of water rose into the sky...... (To be continued.) )