Chapter 487: Aircraft Carrier Raids the Suez Canal

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However, Hu Zhen never intended to adopt the benevolence, righteousness and morality that has lasted for thousands of years in Chinese civilization, but to learn the diplomatic habits and rules of Europe for hundreds of years.

Therefore, while negotiating with the British Empire, a large army was sent to attack Australia, and an aircraft carrier fleet was sent to attack the Suez Canal.

While the two sides were beginning negotiations on the Jiangshan freighter, the fleet of the Chinese Empire arrived in the Red Sea under the command of Zheng Dingbang.

The reconnaissance plane that flew earlier sent back a telegram to the fleet: "One cruiser flying the English flag and two patrol gunboats have been found at the Red Sea exit of the Suez Canal ahead!" ”

Almost without thinking, Zheng Dingbang gave an order to the fleet: "The 24 bombers and 24 torpedo planes of the Luban will take off immediately, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Lu Shengan, rush up and sink them!" ”

The bombers and torpedo planes on the Luban, which were all ready, immediately took off one after another, rushed into the sky, formed an air formation, and flew towards the mouth of the Suez Canal.

Attacking the enemy's three ships with a total of 48 planes is a bit like killing chickens with a knife no matter how you look at it.

However, Zheng Dingbang was determined to follow Emperor Hu Zhen's principle of prudent first battle, and in the first battle of the expedition to the Suez Canal, he completely annihilated the enemy ships he encountered.

Lieutenant Colonel Lu Sheng'an was one of the earliest pilots in the Chinese Army, and he had several years of experience in piloting airplanes, and had participated in the Northeast Theater of Operations to bomb the Japanese Army, the South China Sea War, and the annihilation of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Lu Sheng'an commanded the air force that took off from the aircraft carrier Luban, and in just twenty minutes, he discovered three ships at the mouth of the Suez Canal, and immediately ordered: "...... The first wave was a formation of three torpedoes and four planes, each attacking an enemy ship. ”

Twelve torpedo planes, like falcons, roared down on the three enemy ships.

"Aerial Aircraft!" When the huge roar of the aircraft group sounded in the air, the three British ships had already noticed it, and the legendary air demon suddenly appeared in front of them, and the officers and men on the British ships panicked and did not know what to do.

There was no shortage of smart people in the British army, and they immediately thought of the seriousness of the problem: "Be careful, this air demon will shoot torpedoes and throw bombs!" ”

The captains roared hoarsely: "Hurry up and get out of the way!" ”

But how to avoid it, how to adjust the angle? In the face of this unprecedented attack, no one knew what to do.

Under the watchful eyes of the British lookouts, twelve torpedo planes swooped down, skimmed the sea and flew to a distance of 300 meters from the enemy ship, dropping six 350 mm torpedoes.

In the first wave of attacking torpedo planes, six fighters threw six torpedoes in three twin formations, forming six rapidly extending waterlines and rushing towards the enemy ships.

"Circumvent the torpedo!"

Under the command of the captain, the various posts worked closely together to skillfully maneuver the bow of the ship in the direction of the torpedo, and fired fiercely at the direction of the torpedo machine with heavy machine guns and all artillery fire, in an attempt to knock down the plane.

However, when the British ships had completed their turn, six more torpedo planes rushed down from the flanks in three twin formations and fired six torpedoes at each of the three enemy ships.

This is a torpedo cross-attack tactic commonly used by the Chinese naval aviation unit, locking the enemy ships in the middle, and the probability of hitting is very high.

Sure enough, five out of twelve torpedoes hit.

The tonnage of the two patrol gunboats, which was less than 1,000 tons, exploded and sank as soon as they were hit by a 350 mm torpedo, and one of the patrol gunboats was hit by two torpedoes and was blown to pieces in an instant.

The tonnage of the cruiser, which was about seven thousand tons, lost speed after being hit by two torpedoes, but did not sink immediately.

In the panic of the British troops, none of the shells and bullets fired hit them, and all twelve torpedoes were safely pulled away.

"Nima's, this English cruiser is really a stone in a pit, smelly and hard!"

Lu Shengan saw that the enemy still had a cruiser that had not been sunk, so he was so angry that he cursed and ordered: "Go down four more torpedo planes and destroy this stinky stone for us!" ”

As a result, all four torpedoes fired this time hit the cruiser, blasting it out of the sea, before it burst into six pieces and countless fragments, and all sank into the sea in less than three minutes.

After sinking these three enemy ships, Lu Shengan felt that he should not waste the aviation gasoline for this sortie, but should take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy more enemy ships, so he asked Zheng Dingbang of the fleet command for instructions through a wireless intercom:

"The Luban Air Formation has already destroyed three enemy ships, and I would like to ask the fleet, except for the sixteen torpedo planes that have fired their torpedoes to return home, can the rest of the planes continue to advance along the Suez Canal and strike at the enemy's warships?"

Zheng Dingbang's idea was exactly the same as that of Lu Shengan, and he immediately approved this proposal: "Agree to the proposal to continue along the canal, and sink any English warship that is found!" ”

After approving Lu Sheng'an's plan, Zheng Dingbang also immediately ordered the bombers on the Zhang Heng and Cai Lun to take off and go to bomb the docks of Suez City, the barracks of the British garrison, the forts, and other facilities.

The bombs rained down from the sky with a roar of death, stunning the normally invincible British troops.

The British troops in Suez City had no idea of such an unheard-of air attack, and were not prepared for any of them, and all the British troops, both officers and soldiers, were scurrying around like some headless flies.

Only a small part of the British army fearlessly picked up their rifles and sprayed bullets into the sky, and some wanted to set up crane guns to shoot into the sky.

After many battles, the flight team of the Huaxia Army already had a good experience in bombing the ground, and they were generally divided into two teams, one team bombing the ground, and the other team was responsible for monitoring the ground for the reserve team.

Under the ferocious strafing and bombardment from the air, all the British troops finally gave up their resistance, allowing the planes of the Huaxia Army to rush down in waves.

The barracks, forts, and wharves were all wiped out, and all the ships and ships flying all the British flags on the wharf were all blown into the water by the Huaxia Army, and all British warships along the Suez Canal in the direction of Port Said were bombed by the Huaxia Army. (To be continued.) )