Qiu Gengbo was the first to dive towards the "Franklin" aircraft carrier, and he would not go to the trouble of those small aircraft carriers, and the 500-kilogram armor-piercing bomb hanging under his plane was for the most important aircraft carrier, not for the small ones. And Qiu Gengbo must be regarded as the second craziest pilot in the Imperial Navy, and after Deng Zichao's sacrifice, he must be regarded as the craziest pilot.

The bomber he piloted dived all the way to an altitude of nearly 400 meters, and only when the bomber was about to lose control did he drop the bomb, then grazing the mast on the island of the aircraft carrier and pulling it up, and then quickly flew forward, and when he was close to the large cruiser on the port side of the aircraft carrier, he did not forget to strafe a few shuttle machine gun bullets at the cruiser. Then, the "waterfowl", which was almost doing aerobatic flights, pulled up at the edge of the cruiser's anti-aircraft gun fire net, and all the anti-aircraft shells that were fired at it fell behind the bomber's butt, and the anti-aircraft guns on the cruiser did not rotate at a speed that could keep up with the bomber's speed!

"Lao Qiu, you kid scared me to death, I thought you were going to do a suicide attack!"

", I don't want to be done so soon." Qiu Gengbo wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Do you see where the bomb landed?" ”

"The red star in the middle should have fallen behind the ship island, not too far from the rear elevator, and it exploded inside the ship." When the bomber is out of the bombing channel, the navigator's task is to observe the impact point.

"Yes,, we've got it again." Only then did Qiu Gengbo let out a sigh, "Greet the other brothers and let these four aircraft carriers climb down." Don't waste bombs! ”

"Be careful—"

Qiu Gengbo pressed down the bomber like a conditional launch, and then several rows of machine-gun bullets flew past the glass cover of the cockpit, followed by an F4U over the bomber. Soon, a "Falcon" swooped down from a high altitude. The F4U, which had missed the attack on Qiu Gengbo, was hit by the ground cannon fired from the "Falcon" fighter before it could turn around.

"Fuck me, you attacked me."

"Lao Qiu, you damn hurry up and guide the bombing, I'm behind your ass!"

Hearing Yao Boyan's voice, Qiu Gengbo immediately laughed. "Old Yao. You should also be careful, we are now in the anti-aircraft artillery fire network of the US army, don't you want to be shelled? ”

"Leave me alone, you go and lead the bombing, remember the chief of staff's explanation."

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Qiu Gengbo said as he let the bomber return to level flight one day, "Just keep an eye on it, don't let the son of a bitch come to attack me again, otherwise." U.S. pilots make a lot of money! ”

In the air, dozens of bombers shuttled between them, as Qiu Gengbo bombed the "Franklin". Several other squadron leaders and squad leaders were also responsible for coordinating the bombing operations of the group, and when Qiu Gengbo finished dropping bombs, Qiu Gengbo should be responsible for distributing the strike force and coordinating the bombers of each group to coordinate the operation. And not a separate assault.

This is the role of a super "bombing ace" like Qiu Gengbo on the battlefield. Although there was no shortage of bombing aces in the First Task Force at that time, there were few people who really had the ability to guide and direct bombing, and among them, Qiu Gengbo and Yang Qinkai were the best. Not only are they responsible for taking out the most threatening targets on the battlefield first, but after completing the bombing, they are also responsible for assigning tasks to the other bombers and guiding the other bombers to enter through the gaps in the opponent's anti-aircraft fire network to achieve the best bombing effect and try to escape as much as possible instead of being shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft guns.

In order to reach such heights, in addition to the extremely rich combat experience, there is also a very important point, that is, the keen observation ability, the decisive judgment ability, and the intuition of the battlefield environment that not everyone can have. This is also the reason why so many bombing aces can have those people with superb bombing and guidance ability, and many of these important factors are innate, not obtained by accumulating experience. This is also the reason why Deng Zichao's sacrifice will have a huge impact on the strength of the Second Task Force.

A minute before the Franklin was bombed, the Independence was bombed, and this was the first aircraft carrier to be bombed.

At that time, the "Independence" was at the very rear of each fleet, in the southwest direction of the "Franklin", about 8 nautical miles from the "Franklin". And this is also where the Fifth Fleet's anti-aircraft fire is weakest. Spruance left two of the three large cruisers near the "Franklin", while the other was north of the "Princeton", and near the "Independence" there was only one light cruiser and two destroyers.

It is precisely because of this that when Qiu Gengbo began to assign tasks, a small group of "waterbirds" pounced directly on the "Independence", and as a result, the first two groups of eight "waterbirds" all successfully dropped bombs, and at least three bombs hit the unlucky small aircraft carrier before and after (in fact, there were two, and the other one fell on the sea more than ten meters away next to the aircraft carrier, and was misjudged by the pilot to hit the aircraft carrier). The four "waterbirds" of the third group did not continue to bomb the small aircraft carrier, because they all knew that the mission this time was to first disable the four aircraft carriers, and then sink them if they had excess capabilities. All four "waterbirds" turned to the small aircraft carrier "Princeton" in front of the "Independence", that is, to the east.

When the "Franklin" aircraft carrier was bombed, the "Princeton" was also attacked by two groups of dive bombers, and eight dive bombers in front and behind killed the aircraft carrier, as a result, three of them were killed by the anti-aircraft guns of the large cruiser next to them before the bombs were dropped, and one was concentrated in the final dive stage, and the bombs were dropped, but they fell several hundred meters away. Four dive bombers dropped bombs, only one hit the "Princeton", and one was hit by the cruiser's anti-aircraft guns while withdrawing.

"Kill the Franklin first. The second squad, pay attention to cooperate with the torpedo machine, go on together.

Pay attention to the speed and control the speed......"

More than half of the bombers that broke through the fighter interception were besieging the aircraft carrier "Franklin".

Nine "water birds" in one squad and seven "sea eagles" in another squad rushed to the aircraft carrier at the same time, and Qiu Gengbo was responsible for providing guidance for the two groups of bombers. The bomb that he began to blow up the aircraft carrier did not slow down the aircraft carrier. And the aircraft carrier did not lose its ability to maneuver as a result, judging by the sight. The catapult at the front of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier can even be used, which means that the aircraft carrier is not completely incapacitated, so it is necessary to ensure that this aircraft carrier is incapacitated in the first place!

The "waterbirds" were the first to be killed, but at least 10 F4U followed and rushed into the anti-aircraft artillery ground fire network.

"Fighter jets follow, old Yao. Keep your fighters up, damn it, don't let the son of a bitch attack my bombers! ”

"Go up, the fighter goes up, you quickly guide the bombing!"

Several "Falcons" also rushed over, but they were a step too late, and two "Shooting Birds" had already been hit by the F4U and were falling to the sea, and the "Falcon" that followed the dive immediately knocked down the two F4U that took the lead, and at the same time forced the F4U behind to quickly turn. Abandoned the "waterfowl" in front.

"Get into the swooping channel and don't miss your chance!" Qiu Gengbo also seized this opportunity, "The torpedo machine followed. Quickly bypass, to the left, to the left is the air defense hole, go around from the front of the cruiser! ”

The remaining 7 "Shooting Birds" at the beginning of the dive. Three more were hit by anti-aircraft guns one after another. It was also at this time that seven "Sea Eagles" went around the front of the cruiser from the port side of the "Franklin", that is, to the north, and only one was hit, and did not immediately fall, and continued to fly in formation.

"Number 302, get out, get out, damn it, pull it up-"

Qiu Geng's roar failed to save the "sea eagle" that was hit. As soon as the bomber slowed down, it was immediately enveloped by more anti-aircraft shells, and then turned into a fireball in the air.

"Fuck it, rush up there and take out that carrier!" Qiu Gengbo had already watched five bombers shot down, and he simply didn't have time to judge whether the pilots on these bombers had survived.

No power can stop the last four "water birds" and six "sea eagles"

Attack on the aircraft carrier "Franklin". The four bombers began to dive almost simultaneously, and the four dive bombers dropped ground bombs in a diamond-shaped direction, so that at least one bomb could hit the carrier, and if you were lucky, it was even possible that all four bombs would hit the carrier. Six torpedo bombers dropped torpedoes on the left front of the aircraft carrier, and the six torpedoes were fanned so that no matter how the carrier turned, at least one hit, and if you were lucky, maybe two, or even three, hit the aircraft carrier.

"Old Qiu, be careful, turn quickly, don't dive!"

Qiu Gengbo reflexively pressed down the lever, and then he slammed down the lever to the left, and the bomber made a large left turn as it dived. As a volley of machine-gun bullets passed by the bomber, an F4U flew past the bomber's belly. Then, the "Falcon" piloted by Yao Boyan also swooped over, and the F4U, which failed to attack Qiu Gengbo, was immediately hunted by Yao Boyan.

", what's going on? Isn't it possible for a son of a bitch to hit me? Fuck, is his fighter stronger than my bomber? Fuck it, come on, son of a bitch, come on, come on and hit me! ”

"Lao Qiu, calm down, damn it, pull it up, I don't want to finish with you!"

The "Shooting Water Bird" pulled up again, and Qiu Gengbo was so excited that he almost jumped out of the cockpit. The navigator in the back seat was still vigilantly watching the surrounding sky, and when Qiu Gengbo guided the bombers to bomb, his task was to pay attention to the surrounding situation and report the danger to Qiu Gengbo in time.

"Old Qiu, damn it, I found you to be a good bait!" Yao Boyan also quickly returned to the back of Qiu Gengbo's ass, "However, you kid be careful, the U.S. military must have found out that you were guiding the bombers, otherwise their fighters wouldn't be desperate to knock you down." If you can't go back, we can play mahjong without one! ”

", don't curse me!" Qiu Gengbo wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Next time, don't think about the son of a bitch sneaking in!" ”

"Don't worry, I'm keeping an eye on it!"

"How many more bombers did we have that didn't drop bombs?" Qiu Gengbo asked about the partner behind him this time.

"It's just four over there." The navigator recorded the bombers that had dropped the bombs, and "the 'Franklin' had lost its combat effectiveness, and now only the one in front remained, as if it were the 'Blauwwood.'" ”

"Only four bombers?"

"Yes, there are only four 'waterbirds' and bombs."

"Damn, let the other bombers get out first." Qiu Gengbo gritted his teeth, and while operating the bomber to fly towards the small aircraft carrier that was not bombed, he said to Yao Boyan, "Old Yao, arrange your fighter to cover the returning bomber, and we will resolutely drop the last aircraft carrier and return!" ”

"No problem, I'm following you, there's already fighter jets over."

"Damn, this time it must be blown up!"

"Lao Qiu, look, fuck it!"

Qiu Gengbo was startled, and immediately saw that the front of the bombers of the group in front of him was hit by an anti-aircraft shell and fell straight towards the sea, and at this time, only three bombers were still hanging bombs.

"It's Xiao Luo's, damn, they don't seem to be finished!"

"Don't worry so much, beckon the other three to come with me!" Qiu Gengbo gritted his teeth, "Brothers, swoop after me and drop the bomb when I pull up!" ”

"Old Qiu, what are you going to do?" Yao Boyan screamed in the back.

Qiu Gengbo didn't pay attention to Yao Boyan at all, but pulled down the headphones he was wearing.

"Lao Qiu, don't fucking mess around, you don't have any bombs anymore, are you crazy?" Yao Boyan was anxious, he knew what Qiu Gengbo was going to do, "Damn, you quickly quit, don't go to death!" ”

It was too late, and Qiu Gengbo's plane quickly flew to the front, and the first one began to dive, and the other three "waterbirds" also swooped down. The anti-aircraft artillery fire on the US aircraft carrier was almost entirely aimed at the bomber that took the lead, but in fact, there were no bombs under Qiu Gengbo's plane, and he was there to attract the anti-aircraft fire of the US troops!

The "water birds" made strange noises, the altitude became lower and lower, and the aircraft carrier on the sea surface became larger and larger, and Qiu Gengbo was reluctant to turn his landline into a bomb......