After Zhang Naiding dropped the bomb, the battle had just begun. He attacked the nearest aircraft carrier, which was a rule of the group, the leader of the plane should drop the bomb as soon as possible, and then guide the other bombers to attack, so the lead plane attacked the nearest warship. The bomb landed exactly behind the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, probably between the fifth and eighth blocking cables, and the smoke from the explosion obscured Zhang Naiding's vision, making it impossible for him to accurately judge the impact point. One thing is for sure, the bomb must have penetrated the flight deck of the aircraft carrier and exploded inside the hull. And below this position are the steam turbines of the aircraft carrier, and there should be a power compartment nearby, which is the most vulnerable place on the aircraft carrier.

The battle was not one-sided, when Zhang Naiding pulled up the bomber and reached more than 3,000 meters in the air, he suddenly discovered that the group that attacked several other aircraft carriers suffered quite heavy losses, and, ://.. Cn

"Colonel, the firepower of the enemy escort battleships is too fierce, fuck, those cruisers are too perverted!" The navigator had noticed this a long time ago, and it wasn't until Zhang Naiding was free that he called out. "We had 6 bombers taken out and only two of the torpedo fleet escaped, fuck it!"

"Don't worry, we've already hit an aircraft carrier, let's gather the other bombers first!" Zhang Naiding's mood can be imagined, but he can't be excited now, he must deal with it calmly.

The bombers that did not drop point bombs and torpedoes quickly gathered, and as a result, there were only 14 "water birds" and 16 "sea eagles". This surprised Zhang Naiding very much, after consuming nearly three-quarters of the ammunition, only one aircraft carrier "Qishazhi" was hit, the other two aircraft carriers all avoided the attack, and more than 30 bombers were shot down, and several fighters who rushed to support were shot down by anti-aircraft guns. At that time, Zhang Naiding didn't have time to count how many fighters were shot down by anti-aircraft guns, and he had to complete the attack as soon as possible!

"The bombers split into two lanes. The torpedo planes were on standby first, and then they entered after the bombers had dispersed the anti-aircraft fire of the American troops. Zhang Naiding began to direct the siege of the second aircraft carrier, the CV-47 "Philippine Sea". "Pay attention to the speed, let the fighters go first, disperse the anti-aircraft firepower of the US army, and the bombers will follow in, don't give the son of a bitch!"

Eight "waterbirds" were divided into two groups and outflanked from the front and rear of the starboard side of the "Philippine Sea". Jiang Wenhan's four "peregrine falcons" flew in front. These "peregrine falcons" began to dive first, using shells from 20mm guns to sweep the anti-aircraft gun positions on the two nearby escort cruisers, allowing more American anti-aircraft guns to start dealing with these "nasty" fighters. Immediately after that, the "waterfowl" entered the attack course and pounced on the aircraft carrier.

"On the torpedo plane, follow up, the US military didn't notice!"

On the sea, 8 "Sea Eagles" quickly turned and flew towards the middle of the two cruisers. At this time, most of the guns on the American battleships were dealing with the fighters and dive bombers overhead. Only a few anti-aircraft guns on the starboard side were directed towards low altitudes. By the time the ground air defense commander of the U.S. warship realized that danger was approaching from above the sea, it was already too late. Eight "Sea Eagles" flew through the two American cruisers like shuttles. The angular velocity of the anti-aircraft guns simply could not keep up with the flight speed of the bombers, and the shells hit the rear of the bomber's channel one after another.

"Yes, the birds. It's your turn to get on, don't care about the anti-aircraft fire, the US troops are already in chaos, rush up and drop bombs! ”

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the US military to scramble to deal with the torpedo bombers approaching over the sea, the eight dive bombers divided into two groups quickly changed to dive. The two groups of bombers began to dive into the ground almost at the same time, and in order to avoid collision in the air, the angle of the dive was controlled at about 75 degrees, so that the bombs were thrown out, not directly down. The two groups of bombers entered the course at an angle of approximately, 120 degrees. No matter which direction the aircraft carrier on the sea is evaded, it is impossible to avoid the bombs dropped by two groups of bombers at the same time.

The shrill whistling sound of the dive bombers was the greeting of death, and the American troops went crazy. In the "Philippine Sea" aircraft carrier battle group, the most powerful anti-aircraft fire is not the escort cruisers, but the aircraft carriers themselves. Just like the fleet aircraft carrier of the Tang Imperial Navy, the aircraft carrier itself is an air defense warship, hundreds of ground anti-aircraft guns make the aircraft carrier become a hedgehog, and the bombers that have broken through the anti-aircraft gun fire network of the escort battleship have to break through the aircraft carrier's anti-aircraft gun fire network if they want to drop bombs on the aircraft carrier!

The two "water birds" that flew at the front were unfortunately concentrated by the shells. Dragged the smoke towards the sea.

"Jump, damn it, jump—" the navigator shouted, as if his comrades on the two bombers could hear his shouts.

The acceleration of a bomber that lost control at the time of the fall was considerable, and the pilot was most likely injured or killed. Zhang Naiding watched the two bombers crash into the sea, splashing two white splashes. The pilot was not able to parachute before the crash, in which case the probability of the pilot's survival was less than one in ten, and it was almost impossible to escape from the hit bomber.

Several dive bombers that followed closely behind took advantage of the opportunity of the US anti-aircraft guns to concentrate their fire on the two planes in front and quickly dive and drop bombs. When the U.S. military shifted its target and aimed its guns at these bombers, it was too late, and the four dive bombers dropped bombs in less than ten seconds, and the last two bombers also completed the bomb dropping work, but at the moment of changing the dive, the anti-aircraft shells flew over, enveloping the two bombers who had not had time to level up.

"Shit, shit!" Zhang Naiding couldn't help but scream, and his grief made him have to shout. Both bombers exploded in volleys, and it must have been that the fuel tanks of the planes were hit by large-caliber shells.

The "Philippine Sea" aircraft carrier writhed its fat body frantically, like a big bear dodging the attack of bees. The aircraft carrier miraculously avoided the first three bombs, and the fourth bomb fell less than ten meters from the starboard side of the aircraft carrier, and the powerful impact force generated by the bomb when it exploded under the sea surface must have caused some damage to the aircraft carrier, but it was not fatal damage. What really cost the aircraft carrier were the two bombs that fell at the end. It only takes more than 10 seconds for the bombs dropped by the dive bombers to hit the aircraft carrier, and the "Philippine Sea" has reduced the speed of the aircraft carrier a lot when it dodges the attacks of the first four bombs, and the aircraft carrier is making a large left turn, so it is impossible to quickly change its course, and it is difficult to avoid the attack of the other two bombs that follow closely.

In less than five seconds, two 500-kilogram aviation armor-piercing shells hit the left side of the "Philippine Sea" and the elevator behind the island. The destruction of the previous bomb was devastating. The flue of the aircraft carrier passes through here, and below it is the boiler compartment. The second bomb was much less sabotage, the starboard elevator of the "Essex" class aircraft carrier was actually outside the hull, and after hitting the elevator, the bomb did not hit the hull directly, but only exploded at a very close distance from the hull, causing damage to the hull. However, this aircraft carrier cannot escape the bad luck.

When the dive bombers were raining bombs. The US antiaircraft guns were all aimed at the sky, and the eight torpedo bombers that advanced on the sea ground broke through the artillery interception of the escort warships without any loss, and quickly approached the aircraft carrier's side. Just as the dive bombers began to dive and drop bombs, the eight torpedo bombers quickly seized the advantageous position in front of the starboard side of the aircraft carrier, and when the aircraft carrier began to turn left, its fat body was exposed in front of the torpedo bombers. By the time the anti-aircraft gunners on the aircraft carrier reacted and were ready to intercept the torpedo bombers, it was already too late. Only one torpedo bomber was hit while dropping the torpedo, the other seven torpedo bombers all successfully dropped the torpedo and machine-gun strafing the anti-aircraft gun emplacements on the carrier before withdrawing from the battle.

Seven aviation torpedoes pierced the aircraft carrier "Philippine Sea" like seven javelins passing under the surface of the sea. In order to avoid the bomb, the aircraft carrier is making a left turn at the maximum angle, and it is simply impossible to turn right at this time. Point the bow of the ship in the direction where the torpedo came from. In order to avoid torpedo attacks, and to continue to turn left, it will only cause the aircraft carrier to expose the widest side to the torpedo. The captain of the aircraft carrier reduced the angle of the left turn at this time. It was precisely because of this that it was not able to avoid the ground bombs falling overhead, and caused a bomb to directly hit the vital point of the aircraft carrier.

The most important thing is the three aviation torpedoes that hit the aircraft carrier in a row, and the three-sevenths hit rate is already quite high in the torpedo attack, and if it were not for the very accurate occupancy of the torpedo bomber, it would not have been possible to achieve such a high hit rate, and this is the direct manifestation of the quality of the pilot in battle. Experienced torpedo bomber pilots, under the guidance of the more experienced Colonel Zhang Naiding, knew very well from what direction they would be able to strike at the enemy most effectively. And the enormous destructive power of three aviation torpedoes is absolutely not to be underestimated.

The first aviation torpedo hit the underside of the carrier's starboard elevator, the bomb that hit the elevator did not cause much damage to the aircraft carrier, while the torpedo that hit the aircraft carrier's hull directly caused fatal damage! Less than 2 meters behind the hull of the aircraft carrier was the engine room of the aircraft carrier's No. 4 engine, and the great power of the torpedo blew through the hull of the aircraft carrier. It also blew through the steel plates of the engine room, and the sea water rushed in, and this torpedo, in addition to depriving the aircraft carrier of a quarter of its power, also caused water to enter the engine room of the fourth engine, as well as at least five adjacent compartments!

The second torpedo hit the underside of the aircraft carrier island, and after blowing through the anti-torpedo barrier, it also blew up the No. 2 boiler compartment inside. In addition, two soldier cabins nearby, as well as a heavy oil tank, were blown up. Although the U.S. military closed the heavy oil tanks in time. And poured water into the heavy oil tank, which did not cause a fire, but this torpedo directly caused more than four large cabins to be flooded, and also killed hundreds of American troops nearby, including three loss management teams!

The third torpedo hit the bow of the ship, causing minimal damage, in addition to blowing off a large chunk of the bow of the aircraft carrier, it also caused water in several soldier compartments in the bow. The small compartment structure used in the design of the "Essex" class played a big role, and the influx of sea water was quickly controlled.

The power of the three torpedoes can be described as deadly. Within 10 minutes, the No. 4 boiler room of the Philippine Sea was shut down, and then the No. 3 engine room, which was adjacent to the No. 4 engine room, was also forced to close. At this point, only one power system on the aircraft carrier was still functional, and with the blowing up of the bow and the influx of more than 2,000 tons of seawater, the speed of the aircraft carrier was reduced to less than 12 knots. In addition, two of the three power bays on the aircraft carrier were destroyed by bombs, and only one power bay was still in use, and the power output could not support all the pumping machines on the aircraft carrier. With the rapid rise in the air temperature inside the hull, the fire continued to spread, and the cabins on the aircraft carrier were constantly closed, and the captain had to order the ammunition tank, aviation gasoline tank, and heavy fuel oil tank on the aircraft carrier to be filled with water. And the direct result of this is that the water intake of the aircraft carrier will further increase, and the outcome of the aircraft carrier can be imagined in the case of the inability to pump out the seawater inside the ship.

Under Zhang Naiding's precise guidance, 8 "Shooting Water Birds" and 8 "Sea Eagles" basically solved the "Philippine Sea", and only 5 bombers were shot down, this loss is also acceptable, the only thing that makes Zhang Naiding feel sad is that none of the pilots on these 5 bombers successfully escaped, and all of them died!

"Colonel, Yang Shihong, they're almost there!"

"I know, how many more bombers did not drop ammunition?"

"4 'birds' and 8 'eagles', they are rushing over."

"Let them gather, this time let the 'sea eagle' go up first!" Zhang Naiding stabilized his mood, "In addition, let Jiang Wenhan send a few more fighters over, without the support of the fighters, these bombers will not play much role." ”

Under Zhang Naiding's call, the 12 bombers quickly concentrated near the last aircraft carrier of the 53rd Task Force that was not bombed, that is, the CV-32 "Wright". Soon, Jiang Wenhan personally led a team of "peregrine falcons" to fly over. At this time, the escort fighters of the second batch of bomber groups had already arrived, and the air supremacy task on the periphery of the fleet was handed over to the newly arrived fighter group, and Jiang Wenhan could also cooperate with Zhang Naiding boldly with confidence.