The life of the 1st Task Force was not easy, and even Tan Renhao was a little surprised, the opponent actually sent more than 100 fighters, and after the 16th Task Force deducted the air defense fighters for self-defense, how many planes could still be used?

When Tan Renhao put the First Task Force on the gambling table, in addition to expecting Lei Shaoqing to play a key role at a critical moment, he also did not tell anyone, that is, the judgment of the American commander. Tan Renhao put the commander of the US fleet in a relatively high position, and considered the commander of the US fleet as much as possible. It was with this in mind that Tan Renhao believed that the commander of the US fleet would definitely put the second task force in the position to be attacked. As long as the second task force is not exposed too early, then it is very likely that the US task force will retain most of its forces to attack the second task force, at least, the temptation of three aircraft carriers is greater than that of two aircraft carriers, and the defense of a fleet with three aircraft carriers is also stronger than that of a fleet with only two aircraft carriers.

This is actually Tan Renhao's gamble, if the commander of the American fleet does this, then the first task force has a chance to turn the tables, and there is a good chance of winning. With the defensive capability of the 1st Task Force, Tan Renhao was confident that he would be able to withstand the attack of 50 fighters (he made this judgment based on the efficiency of the US fleet's aviation during the "First Battle of the Marianas"). By then, the bombers of the Second Task Force will also be on the road, and they may have already succeeded, and the bombers of the First Task Force will do supplementary bombing!

There are too many "ideal" conditions in this gamble, and there is almost no possibility of winning, of course, if you win, it is a complete victory, and even if this gamble is lost, the two task forces still have the ability to turn the cost. When Tan Renhao saw more than a hundred bombers coming. He also knew that now he only had a chance to turn the book, and this opportunity was not in his hands!

The first place where the US bomber group struck was the "Yangtze River" aircraft carrier formation located in the southwest direction of the fleet, while the "Xuanzong" aircraft carrier group was always located on the northeast side of the fleet, but it was not attacked first.

The sound of the screeching bomber when it dives is terrifying, it is the whistling sound of death, the bomb delivery accuracy of the dive bomber is the highest of all the bombers, and the skillful dive bomber pilot can make the bomb hit more than fifty percent (the bombing aces in the Tang Imperial Naval Aviation have this level.) Like Zhang Naiding, a bombing ace of the same level, it can even be achieved in 1000 hits) Even the average pilot's bomb hit rate is about 30%. Relatively speaking, the average hit rate of torpedo bombers is only about 20%, and the hit rate of horizontal bombers is even lower, and it is almost difficult to reach 10%! And for an aircraft carrier that does not have a thick horizontal armor defense, the destructive power of an aerial bomb is by no means under a torpedo!

The aircraft carrier is making a left pass at the maximum angle, and in the face of dive bombers, the aircraft carrier's means of resistance are also the weakest, and it is difficult for anti-aircraft guns to hit high-dive bombers. After taking out the Japanese fleet. The Imperial Navy of the Tang Dynasty once made a statistic. Shoot down a Japanese bomber and consume 3ooo shells! And that's just the average, shooting down a dive bomber costs at least twice as many shells! And the best way for an aircraft carrier to avoid dive bombers is to be generous, turn in a big corner. In particular, after it is determined that the dive bomber has entered the dive channel, the aircraft carrier can effectively avoid the bombing by turning quickly, because it is difficult for the bomber to modify its course on a large scale in the few seconds before the dive bomber drops the bomb.

"Be careful—"

When Hao Dongjue screamed, Tan Renhao had already climbed down. He also sensed from the change in the sound when the bomb fell, this time, the aircraft carrier would definitely not be able to escape! In the sharp evasion, the "Yangtze River" has avoided at least five bombs, this is the sixth, and this time it cannot escape.

Violent tremors came first. When Tan Renhao was shaken up, the sound of an explosion came. Almost everyone in the command cabin was shaken off the floor, and a few staff officers who didn't have time to climb down broke their bones.

"Back deck!"

Hao Dongjue was the first to get up, and he was the fastest to avoid the time and place.

Tan Renhao staggered to the porthole behind the left, the glass on the porthole had been completely shattered, and the ground was full of broken glass blocks, and there was a creaking sound when he stepped on it. When he looked in the direction of the aircraft carrier, he immediately saw that smoke was already rising from the rear of the aircraft carrier's flight deck.

"It's close to the ship. Probably landed at the tail end of the flight deck! ”

Hao Dongjue also left, and blood appeared on his forehead. "Renhao, you're injured!"

Tan Renhao wiped his nose, it must have been cut by broken glass. "It's the same with you, you probably have broken skin on your forehead."

"Little things ......"

Before Hao Dongjue's Ha finished speaking, another sound of a dive bomber came, and the two approached, this time, the frequency of the sound was higher, that is, the bomber dropped the bomb at a lower height!

The "Yangtze River" aircraft carrier was like a wounded beast, speeding wildly on the sea, dodging bombs from the sky. But the smoke rising from the aircraft carrier is like a blooming flower, attracting the "bees" in the sky, but those are deadly "bees" The aircraft carrier has been hit hard, and the aerial bomb should have exploded below the flight deck, perhaps destroying a certain steering gear behind, and the steering of the aircraft carrier is no longer so flexible.

"Oops, it's two bombs!"

Hao Dongjue only had time to call out, and before he could pounce on Tan Renhao, the two bombs fell. One bomb landed on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier, and the other bomb fell directly above the aircraft carrier's island, and the command cabin was on the third floor of the island, and above it was the aviation command bridge, which was the top layer. Hao Dongjue only felt a huge force pressing on his body, and then his eyes went dark, and the whole person fainted. When he got up, his vision was blurry, and it was dark in the command cabin, as if the sunlight outside could not shine through.

"Commander, Chief of Staff......"

A group of damage management team members wearing asbestos fireproof clothing rushed in (the damage management team members are actually officers and soldiers who have no posts on the battleship for the time being, and there is no special fire brigade on the battleship) Hao Dongjue got up, he felt a lot of pain in his back, he reached out and touched it. I felt some slimy liquid, it was blood, and there were a few pieces of iron stuck in his back, which must have been hit by the bomb after it flew away.

"Where's the chief of staff, get there, medic—"

Several members of the damage management team immediately rushed up, helped Hao Dongjue and walked outside.

"I'm fine, I'm fine......"

Hao Dongjue pushed away the two soldiers who were supporting him. "Go find the commander, he's here, has anyone found the commander?"

No one answered Hao Dongjue, except for the two damage management team members next to Hao Dongjue, several other damage management team members were flashlights, looking for survivors in the smoky command cabin, and the bodies of those dead staff officers were carried out and temporarily placed in the aisle outside the command cabin.

"Found the commander, medic, call medic—"

The medical officer with the first aid kit immediately left the two wounded staff officers. Swiftly rushed in. Hao Dongjue also immediately broke away from the hands of the two damage management team members. Walk towards the dark inside of the command module.

"Chief of Staff, you'd better be outside and have the medical officer examine your wounds......"

"I'm fine. How's the commander, tell me, how is the commander? ”

Hao Dongjue was almost about to roar.

The damage management team looked back, he was only a temporary firefighter, not a doctor, and the only thing he could tell was that when he found the commander, the commander was still alive.

"Stretcher, ask someone to bring the stretcher!"

The two sailors immediately rushed in with stretchers, and after a short time, Tan Renhao was carried out. When Hao Dongjue saw that he was covered in blood. When his partner, who already had several holes in his clothes, was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"Chief of Staff, don't get in our way......"

"What's wrong with him? Commander, what's wrong with him? ”

Hao Dongjue suddenly reacted and grabbed the medical officer.

"The commander has not died yet, we will do our best, and now you delay us, you are delaying the time to rescue the commander!"

Hao Dongjue suddenly let go of his hand as if he had been electrocuted, and at the same time took two steps back. The medical officer gave the chief of staff an apologetic look and immediately rushed out.

The battleship shook suddenly. Explosions immediately came from the left side of the battleship, followed by a second, a third. Hao Dongjue was immediately awakened, he is now the supreme commander of the battleship, although he is also injured, but the fleet needs to have a commander. He immediately went around to the left side of the ship's island. The entire exterior gangway on the left had been blown up, and several steel plates were hanging in mid-air, swaying to the ground. Black smoke came out from the port side of the battleship, several American torpedo bombers were pulling up, the anti-aircraft guns on the port side of the battleship continued to fire, and a torpedo bomber that was a little slower to get rid of was immediately hit by a shell, dragging black smoke into the sea, and before the bomber sank, the pilot in front climbed out of the cockpit......

"Chief of Staff, there are three mines on the port side of the aircraft carrier, and more than half of the port compartment has been flooded!"

Needless to say, Hao Dongjue knew that the left side of the aircraft carrier was hit by a few torpedoes, and most of the cabins on the left side were flooded, indicating that the reserve buoyancy of the aircraft carrier was already lower than the weight of the aircraft carrier itself, and if it could not be drained, then the aircraft carrier would definitely sink!

"Chief of Staff—"

Hao Dongjue was taken aback, and immediately said: "What about the captain, and the chief of staff of the battleship, what about the first mate?" ”

"It's all over, they're all blown up!"

The second lieutenant officer was agitated, or rather saddened.

"Can the battleship still be salvaged?"

Hao Dongjue was not from a seafaring background, and he didn't know much about warships.

"The aircraft carrier is leaning to the left, and it must be filled with water into the right compartment, but half of our pumping machines are not working, and if it is filled with water, the aircraft carrier will ......"

"Abandon the ship, abandon the ship immediately, let the officers and men get on the lifeboat, and beckon the nearby warships to come over!"

Hao Dongjue knew that the aircraft carrier was not saved, and the second lieutenant officer was just about to leave, when Hao Dongjue grabbed him. "In addition, arrange a group of officers to take care of the commander, send the commander to the lifeboat first, transfer to the 'Li Jing', and inform the 'Li Jing' that it is now the flagship!"

As soon as the second lieutenant officer ran away, Hao Dongjue looked in the direction where the "Xuanzong" aircraft carrier was located. The US bombers had not yet finished dropping their bombs, and about 20 bombers were rushing towards the "Xuanzong," and most of them were dive bombers. In the skies above the fleet, more than 10 "Hayabusa" fighters, which had just won the air battle, were bombed, and they all swooped down from a high altitude, ignoring the threat posed to them by the fleet's air defense fire, and directly pounced on the US bombers.

"Chief of Staff, the lifeboat is ready, come down quickly!"

"No, let the wounded get on the lifeboat first, then the aviation service personnel, and the officers will stay behind!"

Hao Dongjue hesitated slightly, "I'll be the last one to get on the lifeboat, let everyone withdraw first, has the 'Li Jing' come?" ”

"Over there, it's already here!"

The "Li Jing" is slowly approaching, and the anti-aircraft artillery above it is still firing at the American bombers, but now there are no US bombers coming, and the first target of the US bombers is the aircraft carrier, not the cruiser!

Hao Dongjue sighed, even if he was not from a seafaring background, he also knew the rules of the Imperial Navy, after the order to abandon the ship was issued, the highest-ranking officer on the battleship must be the last to leave, this is an iron rule, only at this time, can the sailor feel the benefits of being a soldier. Of course, the Imperial Navy did not require the death of its captain, and it did not advocate such reckless, as suicidal acts.

The lifeboats were put on the surface of the sea one by one, and the officers and men got on the lifeboats in an orderly manner. The first to leave the ship were the seriously wounded, then the remains of the fallen officers and men (most of the remains could not be found), then the lightly wounded, then the aviation service personnel (these people belonged to the aviation establishment, not the fleet establishment, and the aircraft carrier was a bit like their in-laws, not their mother's family), then ordinary sailors, and finally officers.

Hao Dongjue stayed at the back, as he had promised. At this time, the "Li Jing" had already approached, and a fireboat drove over, which was sent by the "Li Jing." When boarding the fireboat, Hao Dongjue glanced back at the "Yangtze River" aircraft carrier burning in the fire, and suddenly two tears rolled down, at this moment, he seemed to feel that he was bidding farewell to a comrade-in-arms!