Chapter 243 Raid on the Aircraft Carrier Formation

The terrible sound of air defense sirens resounded across the sea, and many Japanese soldiers living on the ships were still asleep. Awakened by the sudden sound of the siren, many of the soldiers who woke up felt a little dazed.

It's just that in the past training, they still reflexively dressed and rushed out of the cabin where they were resting. As soon as they stepped out of the hatch, these confused Japanese soldiers saw a scene that shocked them.

"Na! American fighters! They came out of there! ”

Many Japanese soldiers who woke up knew that it was still early in the morning. Although the sky has brightened, many people should be asleep at this time. Even if the pilots on the aircraft carrier have not woken up yet!

But the problem is that these US fighters in front of them just appeared at this most unlikely time. So are there U.S. aircraft carriers and warships nearby, or are these fighters originally hidden on Mindanao?

In addition to these two possibilities, many Japanese officers and soldiers could not imagine where these fighters took off. At least they can confirm that it is impossible for these US fighters to fly from the Australian side.

If that's the case, then they can only fly at night. And many of the current planes do not dare to try to fly at night easily. After all, with one careless word, there is a high probability that the plane will get lost at night.

What's more, they all experienced the heavy rain last night. Then the most likely situation is that these US fighters are very likely to be hidden on the island of Mindanao, where they are attacking. But why didn't their reconnaissance plane find it earlier?

It's just that it's too late for these bewilderments, looking at the formation of US fighters that began to attack, the Japanese commanders on countless warships shouted desperately: "Enter the combat post, enter the combat post, prepare for air defense, prepare for air defense!" ”

Countless Japanese soldiers, awakened by the sound of sirens, began to enter the combat positions of the warships at the urging of their respective commanders. Of course, these combat posts, all of which are anti-aircraft machine guns installed on warships.

As the Japanese anti-aircraft machine guns began to fire, Li Tianbang, who was responsible for destroying the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower, commanded the fighters under his command and said: "Take the small detachment as a unit and go all out to destroy the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower!" ”

The fighters who changed direction in the air and evaded the Japanese anti-aircraft fire also began to destroy the Japanese anti-aircraft fire on the warship with all their might. The machine guns of both sides shot tongues of fire in the air, and from time to time fighters crashed into the sea, and Japanese soldiers were killed on warships.

Watching the machine gun fire of the two sides coming and going, Li Tianbang was worried that his side would suffer too many casualties, and quickly sent a signal: "Request the second brigade for support!" A large group, all fighters focused on dealing with Japanese aircraft carriers and opening a passage for bombers! ”

As Li Tianbang piloted the fighter plane, he flew towards the Japanese aircraft carrier again. A US fighter plane that was hit by the aircraft carrier's anti-aircraft fire suddenly made an astonishing move, and the rickety fighter plane went straight to the deck of the aircraft carrier.

"Xiao Wu! Don't! ”

The pilot who looked at the fighter plane did not jump ahead of time, but drove the fighter plane straight to the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier. When the plane crashed heavily on the deck and caused an explosion, the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier soon became a mess.

With the first fighter plane to do this, as long as the fighter pilots who were not immediately destroyed in the back would try every means to crash into the Japanese aircraft carrier. This suicidal attack caused heavy casualties among the officers and men of the Japanese aircraft carrier in an instant.

In the face of such an attack, even Li Tianbang strictly ordered the pilots not to do so in a telegram. However, many pilots of fighter planes did not hesitate to crash the fighter into the Japanese ships on the sea before it crashed.

The US bomber pilots who stayed behind to watch the battle were also deeply shocked when they saw the tragic side of the sea. The navigator of the bomber saw that the Japanese anti-aircraft fire on the aircraft carrier was basically destroyed.

Then he said: "Brothers, it's time for us to go!" ”

At this time, the Japanese aircraft carrier formation, which was fighting fiercely with a large group of the Air Force, suddenly saw dozens of Japanese Zero fighters appearing in front of it. Seeing these Zero fighters suddenly appeared, many Navy soldiers were very happy.

But soon a soldier said: "Why is the flag of the plane red?" ”

Faced with the soldier's inquiry, an officer soon woke up and said, "Baga, that's an enemy plane!" That's not our fighter! Quick, organize air defense, can't let them rush over! Quick, organize anti-aircraft fire to intercept these enemy aircraft! ”

The Japanese Zero's plaster flags were painted white instead of red. At the moment, these Zero fighters that suddenly appeared over the battlefield, all the plaster flags were painted red, and there was obviously something wrong.

But when they reacted and realized that these fighters were not sent by reinforcements, but enemy planes attacking the aircraft carrier formation. Even if some Japanese soldiers hurriedly adjusted the firing angle, the fighters flying over the ship had already opened fire.

The First Brigade of the Air Force, which was fighting hard, saw that the fighters of the Second Brigade had finally arrived, and Li Tianbang immediately said: "The brothers of the Second Brigade are here!" Hurry, hurry up and destroy all the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese army! ”

The fighter groups of the two air groups began to take alternate cover to destroy the anti-aircraft fire on the Japanese ships. The US bombers, which were already ready for bombing, immediately dumped ammunition over the aircraft carrier.

"Bomb dropping!"

As the pilot pressed the bomb drop button, strings of powerful aviation explosives began to fall from the sky. Many of the surviving officers and men of the Japanese aircraft carriers also desperately shouted and jumped into the sea as they watched the bombs falling from the sky.

When several aerial bombs successfully landed on the deck and command module of the aircraft carrier, a huge explosion sounded, and the Japanese aircraft carrier, which had been transferred from the mainland, was soon shrouded in the flames of the explosion.

The rest of the U.S. bombers began to bomb the Japanese ships at low altitudes. Without the anti-aircraft fire network, these huge warships are living targets for bombers.

On the other hand, the bombers of the 2nd Group, which were preparing to participate in the war, soon received orders from the base camp. Bombing of Japanese troops assembled outside Davao City. Let the little devil feel what it's like to be bombed by his own fighters.

The fierce battle on the sea before, the Japanese infantry division staying outside the city naturally heard it. It's just that they can only watch the aircraft carrier fleet being attacked by US bomber groups, and they can't provide any help at all.

Even though the commander of the infantry division was very shocked and puzzled when he heard the news, he immediately sent a telegram asking for help to the garrison on Luzon Island, and informed the aircraft carrier formation of the news of a sneak attack by a group of US bombers.

The commander of the Luzon garrison, who received this telegram for help, said in disbelief: "What about it? The US bomber group is sneaking up on our aircraft carrier formation? At this time, where did those US fighters fly over? ”

"General, the current situation is unknown! However, a telegram was sent from the infantry division that fierce fighting was taking place at sea. Our aircraft carriers did not take to the air in time and only counterattacked with anti-aircraft fire. I'm afraid I won't be able to last long! ”

"Baga, order the air force to take off immediately, rush to Mindanao, and be sure to destroy the enemy planes attacking the aircraft carrier formation!"

It was only the Japanese flight formation stationed on Luzon Island, and it naturally took a lot of time from the time it received the order to load its weapons and take off to the time it flew over the warring seas. And this time was enough for two flying groups to destroy the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet.

Even in order to severely damage the Japanese infantry division that landed, Zhao Tiehu did not suffer any losses when he learned that a large group of bombers had arrived. On the contrary, it was a large group of fighters, which crashed quite a bit in the engagement.

Even if he felt distressed, Zhao Tiehu knew very well that he was mentally prepared for this battle damage. After all, it is simply impossible to defeat one of the Japanese aircraft carrier formations with only one air force group.

At present, there are no losses in the US bomber group of the first group, which means that these US bombers can completely destroy the Japanese aircraft carrier group. Then the remaining bomber group of the 2nd Brigade naturally had to be left to the Japanese infantry division that landed.

A few days ago, Japanese planes bombed Davao City, and today it is their turn to feel what it is like to be bombed by their own planes. Looking at these planes flying over the barracks, the commander of the infantry division also felt desperate.

In the end: "Air defense, break through!" Order the troops to disperse! ”

Staying in the makeshift camp, they are a live target for these bombers. Even if they carried some anti-aircraft weapons, but the planes appeared too suddenly, and the air defense positions simply did not have time to build, let alone organize air defense forces.

Looking at the group of bombers that flew over the temporary camp and began to dump ammunition downward, many Japanese soldiers said in disbelief: "Yaki God is above, why are our fighters bombing us!" ”

Along with the countless aerial bombs poured down, the rest of the fighters who could not help on the sea also flew outside Vaud one after another. The pilots of these fighters also poured fire on the fleeing Japanese troops.

In the face of the machine-gun fire of the fighter bombardment, many Japanese soldiers who escaped from the temporary camp were also defeated. At this time, the garrison of the Xinghua Army assembled on the periphery also launched a siege on the rout of the Japanese division.

When the two air force flying groups received orders from their base camps, a large group of US bombers, looking at the large Japanese warships on the sea, had basically been destroyed and lost their combat effectiveness, and many warships had capsized on the sea.

As for the Japanese aircraft carriers that were bombed, only one end was left on the surface of the sea at this moment, and the other end had sunk to the bottom of the sea. Looking at it like this, I'm afraid that it won't be long before this aircraft carrier will all sink into the sea.

There were a few small ships left on the run, and the bombers were not very interested at all. In the eyes of the pilots of a large group of bombers, this Japanese aircraft carrier group was completely abandoned, and the other ships had little bombing value.

In order to ensure the safety of the remaining fighters, Zhao Tiehu ordered the two fighter formations to start their return flights. As for the remaining Japanese warships and infantry, it was no longer a concern for Zhao Tiehu. And the rest of the Japanese army is retreating or fighting, I'm afraid that it will have another headache!