After Hao Lingheng reported back the combat situation of the first batch of bombers, Huang Xiaotian immediately arranged for the ten fighters with the most fuel to stay in front to try to expel the US fighters and warships and prevent the US troops from salvaging those pilots who fell into the water. Then, Huang Xiaotian sent ten seaplanes full of fuel and carrying oversized fuel tanks to search for pilots who had parachuted or made a forced landing in the waters where the enemy fleet was located.

At that time, the reconnaissance planes that had departed before dawn had already returned to the fleet one after another, and Huang Xiaotian had not yet decided whether to let these reconnaissance planes hang bombs to bomb the Fifth Fleet, because the bomber group of the Fifth Fleet would also arrive soon. If the bombers are bombed when they take off, then the aircraft carriers in the fleet will lose the cover of the escort warships, and they will definitely be bombed intensively, and the result will be unbearable.

Just when Huang Xiaotian was hesitating whether to let the bombers take off urgently, he received a report from Zhang Zhiyun that the second group of bombers was chasing another task force of the US army. At this time, Huang Xiao and Tian thought that there was a chance for the Fifth Fleet to lose all its aviation combat capabilities, as long as it withstood the counterattack of the US military, then he could let 72 "water birds" to kill the Fifth Fleet. It was also at this time that two radar alert ships patrolling the south of the fleet raised a combat alert, and the bomber group of the American army arrived!

These American bombers flew from several different directions, and the size of each batch was not very large, and the radar on the destroyers played a large role. At this time, 12 "Golden Eagles" led by Colonel Zhu Cheng were operating south of the fleet. The 12 fighters immediately divided into three groups and headed for the three largest groups of US military aircraft. The 12 pilots knew very well that behind them was the fleet, and as long as the US bombers broke through their line of defense, they would be able to bomb the fleet, and it was unwise to expect the anti-aircraft guns on the battleships, and they had to shoot down as many US bombers as possible to reduce the threat to the fleet.

Zhu Cheng and they were greeted by a group of F6Fs, which made Zhu Cheng a little annoyed. He wasn't going to waste ammunition, especially time, on these fighters.

"Don't get entangled with the Yankees, our mission is to deal with bombers!"

Under the leadership of Zhu Cheng, the four "Golden Eagles" immediately accelerated, broke away from the slightly slower F6F, and flew towards a group of American bombers to the west, but the problem was that those F6Fs would not let Zhu Cheng go.

After being intercepted by two groups of Yuwen Cui Lei and Wang Zhihua. The F6F that can continue to fly near the fourth task force must be considered relatively "outstanding". These US fighter pilots were also panicked when they saw the "Golden Eagle" where they had been killed, and they already knew the gap between themselves and their opponents, but when they found out that there were only four "Golden Eagles," they immediately became bold. This is also the principle of "the number of people is overwhelming", and perhaps no US pilot dares to fight Zhu Cheng and them alone. But a group of U.S. military pilots were together. Then they have the courage to challenge the pilots of the Tang Empire who are more powerful than them.

"Colonel, those American fighters are so annoying, fuck them!"

Zhu Cheng was also very annoyed. F6F follows their ass like a ghost that can't be dispelled. "Let's pester the U.S. fighter jets, damn it, don't force me!"

"Don't push me!" It is Zhu Cheng's mantra, the wingman pilot knew that Zhu Cheng was on fire after hearing this, maybe it had something to do with his surname "Zhu", Zhu Cheng's fire was the largest of the three fighter leaders, and as long as he fought, he would not care about his life or death, but his luck was better than Wang Zhihua, and he was not shot down many times like Wang Zhihua.

The four "Golden Eagles" turned around and killed them, and the US pilots were startled, but then they all gained courage, weren't they just four fighters? They can play more and less, even if the quality is not as good as that of their opponents, the numerical advantage is still very obvious. But the US military pilots forgot a little, will Zhu Cheng fight with the F6F? Air combat is not a group fight, even if quantity can compensate for the qualitative problem to a certain extent, but in air combat. The quality of the pilot is certainly the most important.

Zhu Cheng and they did not fall behind, the pilots of the Tang Empire were good at the tactics of "hit and run", and the maximum speed of the "Golden Eagle" exceeded that of F6F. However, the problem is that there are too few 12 "Golden Eagles," and US bombers are flying in from all directions, and even if these fighters have three heads and six arms, it is impossible to take care of enemy planes from six directions at the same time.

The first to be bombed were the two radar alert ships on the south side, which were not easily captured, and their 80-mm, 40-mm, and 20-mm anti-aircraft guns were not easy to mess with. In addition, the radar on the destroyer was able to guide the anti-aircraft guns to intercept American bombers. Among them, the destroyer in the east killed at least three bombers before being bombed, and the destroyer in the west was even more crazy, shooting down four bombers in a row in the minute before being bombed! But the tigers are hard to beat the wolves, and it is probably the fierce artillery fire on these two destroyers that angered the American pilots, and after receiving 1,000 pounds of aviation armor-piercing shells, the two destroyers sank into the sea like broken iron barrels.

After receiving the news that the two destroyers were sinking and a large number of officers and soldiers did not have time to escape, Huang Xiaotian and Yan Yulong could only stare at each other. Except for the escort warships near the aircraft carrier, and the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carrier, they no longer had any way to stop the approach of the American bombers. The only hope for the two was that more U.S. bombers would fly in the wrong direction and miss Task Force 4, so that they could not threaten Task Force 4. After all, the radar alert ship is about 30 nautical miles away from the nearest aircraft carrier battle group, and not all US bombers are flying directly in the direction of the Fourth Task Force, and perhaps a group of US bombers will fly in the wrong direction. But the two also knew that this hope was extremely slim, as long as a group of American bombers discovered the Fourth Task Force and sent a signal, then all the other bombers with bombs and torpedoes would fly over.

The staff officers constantly reported the results of the fighters, and occasionally the news of the downed fighters would be sent in. Zhu Cheng and the others had done their best to intercept the US bombers, but the problem was that there were too many enemy planes, and within 10 minutes, seven batches of more than 80 US fighters had arrived, and 12 fighters could not support the fleet's air defense network.

When the first batch of US bombers were 20 nautical miles away from the "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group, the air defense sirens sounded. The Fourth Task Force could not escape, and the group of eight bombers was rapidly approaching the "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group. Judging by the height, it should be SB3C. Not long after, Huang Xiaotian saw the smoke of artillery shells exploding in the sky south of the fleet, and the air defense operation of the "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group began.

Only two of the eight SB3Cs attacking the "Honghu" succeeded in penetrating the defense, and the quality of the US pilots was once again exposed. Although this group of US pilots already has experience in bombing ground targets, the battleships are not stationary, and they simply have no experience in dealing with aircraft carriers covered by numerous escort warships! The anti-aircraft guns on the large air defense cruiser "Lion" alone shredded 3 SB3Cs, "Du Ruhui" killed 2, and the other 1 was killed by a destroyer. And the bombs dropped by the 4 SB3Cs that successfully penetrated did not threaten the aircraft carrier. And all were shot down when they withdrew from the battle.

This can be regarded as a "good start", but the battle has only just begun at this time. In less than five minutes, two other groups of bombers were killed, and these two groups of bombers must have acted together, including 6 SB3Cs, as well as 9 TBFs. The "Honghu" aircraft carrier is facing a severe test, especially since the nine TBFs have gone around to the west of the relatively weak anti-aircraft fire of the battle group, where there is only one cruiser and one destroyer.

The aircraft carrier battle group was making a rapid turn and at the same time had to break away from the fleet. Huang Xiaotian and Yan Yulong watched the "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group turn southward, and they both knew it. This is the captain of the aircraft carrier in order to attract American bombers. The decision was made to cover the other two aircraft carrier battle groups, otherwise, he should have turned north altogether. Huang Xiaotian didn't know if the "Honghu" would be able to come back. If his life is great, maybe he will be able to see this aircraft carrier.

Less than 10 minutes after the "Honghu" aircraft carrier battle group was attacked, the "Chaohu" aircraft carrier battle group, which was located in front of the "Taihu" aircraft carrier battle group to the right, was also attacked. At this time, a large number of battle reports were sent, and Huang Xiaotian and Yan Yulong could not take care of the entire battle situation at all, so they could only let the commander of the aircraft carrier battle group direct the battle.

The first to attack the aircraft carrier "Chaohu" was not bombers, but 6 F6Fs. The fighter pilots of the US military are indeed brave and at the same time very ignorant, if they rush up one step later, they will be able to cover the group of SB3Cs that are following behind. In order to disrupt the anti-aircraft fire of the battleship and create an opportunity for SB3C to penetrate the defense, these fighters rushed into the anti-aircraft artillery fire network of the battle group 5 minutes in advance, and the result was that the 6 F6Fs were all torn to pieces by shells, and the anti-aircraft gunners did not care whether they were fighters or bombers, as long as the fighters approaching the aircraft carrier were the targets of the attack, even their own air defense fighters were no exception!

The group of SB3Cs that rushed up to the ground successfully approached the "Chaohu" aircraft carrier when the anti-aircraft gun fire was concentrated in the inner circle. It was a great nirvanal opportunity, with 5 of the 7 SB3Cs successfully entering the dive channel. Five of them dropped bombs. The "Chaohu" aircraft carrier did its best to avoid the bomb, but it was still hit by a bomb in the stern, a steel flight deck with an area of more than 10 square meters was blown into the air, and several anti-aircraft guns at the stern of the ship were also destroyed.

The third batch of SB3Cs also arrived quickly, and the battle also stimulated the blood of the officers and men of the Imperial Navy. The two "Golden Eagles", which had been intercepting this batch of SB3Cs, collided with the two bombers flying in front of them at the fastest speed, but this still could not stop the four bombers behind. The officers and men of the Navy on the "Chaohu" aircraft carrier also began to fight for life and death.

Less than five minutes after the "Chaohu" aircraft carrier was hit by the first shot, the good fortune of the "Honghu" aircraft carrier, which had successfully evaded three groups of US bomber strikes, came to an end. An SB3C that was shot during a dive crashed into the right side of the aircraft carrier's island and almost crashed into the aircraft carrier's hangar, fortunately, the pilot of this SB3C must have been finished before hitting the aircraft carrier, and before he had time to remove the bomb insurance, the 1000-pound aviation armor-piercing bomb drilled into the hangar and landed in front of more than a dozen damage management team members, but it did not explode! But just two minutes later, an aviation torpedo dropped by TBF hit the "Honghu", and this time the aircraft carrier's luck was not so good, this torpedo hit more than 30 meters behind the nose of the nose of the nose of the bow of the aircraft carrier, blowing up several compartments there!

The fleet's flagship "Taihu", that is, the aircraft carrier where Huang Xiaotian and Yan Yulong are located, was the last to be attacked, but it was also attacked by the most US bombers. While Huang Xiaotian and Yan Yulong were nervously watching the air defense operations of the other two aircraft carrier battle groups, a group of more than 30 US bombers chased up from the west of the fleet, that is, behind the buttocks. This group of bombers must have gone in the wrong direction, and they only came after receiving a call from other bombers, otherwise they wouldn't have killed from the west!

It is almost impossible to block more than 30 bombers arriving at the same time with anti-aircraft guns. When the US bomber group appeared in the western sky, Huang Xiaotian, Yan Yulong, and a group of senior staff officers of the fleet headquarters were forcibly sent to the cabin under the hangar. Originally a food storehouse, it was the safest place on the battleship, surrounded by heavy armor, and its purpose was to provide a "refuge" for the commanders and officers of the fleet command in battle.

The feeling of two dozen people crammed into a small cabin was very unpleasant. Huang Xiaotian didn't want to come here, it made him feel like a prisoner, and a prisoner who was about to be executed, but he couldn't "convince" the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps. Ever since several fleet commanders were wounded in battle, the Navy Command has given orders to the Marine commanders on each task force flagship, that in the event of a battle, or when the flagship is threatened, the Marine Corps must protect the senior generals as their first task, and they can forcibly move them to a safer location. That is, at this time, the officers and men of the Marine Corps will not obey the orders of the fleet commander.

Huang Xiaotian squatted on the floor, the aircraft carrier was moving at high speed, and it was constantly changing course, and occasionally there was a dull explosion, which made him feel terrified. Suddenly a violent vibration came, followed by a huge explosion, Huang Xiaotian jumped up as if there was a spring under his feet, and at the same time looked up at the ceiling, the aircraft carrier was shot!