The officers of the Fleet Staff on the Akagi, as well as Kazutada Nagumo, witnessed the attack on the Kaga, which was located to the north of the fleet. Eight torpedoes dropped at a distance of 500 meters could not be avoided at all. What's even worse is that those dive bombers overhead attacked while the "Kaga" was evading torpedoes and ignoring the situation overhead!

At least four torpedoes hit the Kaga, one of which hit the engine room of the Kaga, and the destructive power of 350 kg of high-explosive ZHA was enough to cover the power of a 450 kg explosion, and the most powerful "Lance" torpedo in the world at that time was only 500 kg *. The "Kaga", which was struck by lightning, shook violently a few times, and then slowed down. At this time, the 4 "Kingfishers" above it also reached the lowest point of the dive, and 4 500-kilogram aviation armor-piercing shells broke away from the hook in the belly of the bomber. At the same time that the 4 "Kingfishers" pulled up, all 4 bombs hit the aircraft carrier.

In order to achieve maximum destructive power, the "Kingfishers" carried all 500 kg of bombs this time, which made them have to return to the ship immediately after completing the bombing, otherwise they would not carry enough fuel to return to the fleet. At the same time, during the attack, these "Kingfishers" could only choose the most direct route, and could not make a detour, all because after hanging 500 kg of bombs, the fuel carried by the "Kingfishers" had to be reduced by 20%, resulting in a shortened combat radius of nearly 100 kilometers, and at that time the fleets of the two sides were already on the limit combat radius of the "Kingfishers", so they could only reduce the evasive actions during the bombing and use the most direct method to drop bombs.

The "Kaga", which was hit by four torpedoes and four bombs, did not sink immediately, but stubbornly floated on the sea. Deng Zichao also discovered this when he raised the plane to an altitude of 1,500 meters and was about to command other groups of planes to attack. He immediately summoned four more "Kingfishers" and again dropped 4 bombshells on the "Kaga". However, when the smoke cleared, the "Kaga," an aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of nearly 40,000 tons, was still stubbornly floating on the sea. At this time, Deng Zichao didn't dare to mess around, he couldn't waste ammunition on an aircraft carrier that had been scrapped martial arts. As long as the other three aircraft carriers are destroyed, the next wave of bombing will still be able to kill the "Kaga"!

The second aircraft carrier to be attacked was the "Soryu". The aircraft carrier is located 5 nautical miles south of the Kaga, the northernmost part of the inner circle of Japan's 1st Air Fleet. This time, the attacking torpedo bombers and dive bombers arrived at the same time, and the pilots who had worked hard in training to coordinate attacks finally understood why Colonel Tan Renhao wanted them to pay attention to cooperating with each other in the bombing. The reason is simple, if both bombers enter at the same time, then the anti-aircraft fire on the battleship will be greatly disturbed.

Under the command of Major Deng Zichao, the 12 "Ospreys" and 8 "Kingfishers" were divided into two groups and killed the "Canglong". However, it was not these bombers that attacked the "Canglong" first, but four "sparrowhawks" under Major Jiang Wenhan.

At this time, Jiang Wenhan had already taken more than 20 "Sparrowhawks" to entangle the "Zero Battle" over the Japanese fleet, and as soon as these four "Sparrowhawks," which could not find air targets for the time being, saw so many warships on the sea, the four pilots immediately dived down, and the aircraft carrier they chose was the "Canglong."

The machine guns on the "Sparrowhawk" are very powerful against fighters, but against huge aircraft carriers, I am afraid it is just an itch. However, the anti-aircraft gunners on the Japanese battleships immediately regarded these four "Sparrowhawks" as dive bombers (because they all used Wind 12-star engines, the noses of the three fighters equipped by the Tang Imperial Navy at that time were very similar from the front), and directly aimed their guns at these four "Sparrowhawks". And the fighter pilots had to deal with the anti-aircraft artillery on the Japanese aircraft carriers. Immediately, two "sparrowhawks" were hit, and then screamed and crashed headlong into the sea. However, these two heroic pilots did not die in vain. Just when the anti-aircraft gunners on the Japanese battleships were dealing with these "Sparrowhawks," the first batch of six "Ospreys" and four "Kingfishers" had quietly approached the "Soryu" aircraft carrier.

By the time the lookout on the "Soryu" spotted the six "Ospreys" coming around from behind a nearby heavy cruiser on the sea, it was too late. Six "Ospreys" dropped torpedoes at a distance of about 850 meters from the "Soryu".

", why don't you come closer!" Deng Zi shouted loudly, if it was him, there would be such a good opportunity, and he would definitely drop the torpedo at the shortest torpedo drop distance of 400 meters. In this way, six torpedoes are guaranteed at least three or four hits to the target. And at a distance of 850 meters, I'm afraid you can only hit a torpedo.

The result was exactly the same as Deng Zichao's judgment. Two torpedoes hit the amidships and stern of the "Soryu" respectively. The huge destructive force of the explosion almost lifted the aircraft carrier from the water, and the torpedo in the amidships of the aircraft carrier was especially concentrated, because it was set at a depth of 6 meters, and it exploded almost near the keel of the aircraft carrier.

The speed of the "Canglong" slowed down at once, and when evading the attack of the dive bombers, if the aircraft carrier lost its speed, it was equivalent to being captured. Although the first diving Kingfisher was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from the aircraft carrier, the next three Kingfishers all successfully dropped bombs. Two bombs landed on the flight deck, while the third exploded under the sea 5 meters away from the port side of the aircraft carrier.

The smoke surrounding the "Canglong" had not yet cleared, and the second batch of six "Ospreys" and four "Kingfishers" also dropped their torpedoes and bombs almost at the same time. In the event that the aircraft carrier loses speed, such an attack is simply a "training" of the pilots. Of the 6 torpedoes, 4 concentrated the aircraft carrier, and the other two also grazed past the aircraft carrier. All 4 bombs hit their targets.

By the time the bomber group left the sky over the "Canglong", the aircraft carrier, which had a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons and could carry 72 fighters, had become a bonfire at sea. The officers and men of the battleship were busy extinguishing the fire caused by the explosion, while closing the watertight hatches on the battleship to prevent the influx of seawater. However, all six torpedoes that hit the starboard side left six large holes in the aircraft carrier with a diameter of more than 4 meters, and it is difficult to stop the influx of seawater than to climb into the sky.

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