The first wave of bombers, led by Colonel Luo Jinming, did not immediately spot the Japanese fleet when they reached the sea area reported by the submarine. The colonel immediately divided the 12 fighters into three groups and searched them to the north, northwest and west. Nearly two hours had passed since the submarine sent the information, and the Japanese fleet would have left the area as fast as possible if it had spotted the Imperial Navy submarine. In this way, the Japanese fleet is probably already dozens of nautical miles away. The air defense fighters led by Luo Jinming were about 50 nautical miles in front of the bomber group that followed behind, so he had to find the Japanese fleet for the bombers.

Luo Jinming was responsible for searching in the southwest direction, which was the most likely course for the Japanese fleet. 50 nautical miles, for a fighter cruising at 250 knots per hour, that is, a flight of more than ten minutes. However, Luo Jinming only waited for ten minutes before he found the target.

"Colonel, there are ships on the sea, no, it's the fleet, oh my God, there are more than twenty warships!"

Luo Jinming was in charge of air vigilance, and as soon as he heard the wingman pilot's shout, he immediately shifted his gaze to the sea. Sure enough, in the northwest, under the thin clouds, more than twenty, nearly thirty warships were sailing in a neat queue at maximum speed, moreover, fighters on three of the aircraft carriers were taking off.

"Immediately call other fighters, inform the bomber formation. Brothers, it's time for us to show our hands! ”

Luo Jinming: The time when they came was very accurate. The 8 "Zeros" that carried out anti-aircraft patrol missions over the Japanese fleet landed right on the deck, and the other 8 fighters that were replaced had just risen into the air and were climbing. Although the lookouts on the Japanese battleships had already spotted the fighters of the approaching Tang Empire, and the three aircraft carriers were also beginning to turn around to allow more fighters to take off, it was already too late.

Under the leadership of Luo Jinming, four "Sparrowhawks" quickly swooped down from a high altitude, and those "Zero Battles" who were still climbing were like little sparrows. In the first round of diving, the "Sparrowhawk" cleanly shot down three "Zeros". Then, the four Sparrowhawks quickly climbed away, broke away from the anti-aircraft fire network of the Japanese fleet, and prepared to dive again to attack. If compared to agility, the Sparrowhawk is definitely no match for the Zero, and its maximum speed is also a lot worse than the Zero, and the only advantage of the Sparrowhawk is that it is smoother and faster when diving. In their pre-war training, Luo Jinming placed great emphasis on dive attacks, adopted the tactics of hitting and running, never fought with the "zero battle", and made full use of the characteristics of the "Sparrowhawk" with good diving performance and a stronger fuselage to deal with the more flexible and faster "zero battle".

More than a dozen "Zero Fighters" that took off urgently surrounded the four "Sparrowhawks" like crazy, and more "Zero Battles" were taking off from the aircraft carrier. The Japanese fleet on the sea was panicked at first, but when they found that only four fighters were attacking, the Japanese officers and men on the battleship were also relieved. However, the warships still quickly entered their positions, and the three aircraft carriers also returned to the fleet after releasing all the fighters.

In less than five minutes, two "Sparrowhawks" were already hit by the "Zero Fight" aviation machine guns, and the pilot of one of the fighters jumped out and pulled out his parachute in mid-air.

"Damn it, Colonel, the little devil is firing at the little bell!"

Luo Jinming was startled, and quickly glanced at Zhong Pingtao, who was parachuting, and two Japanese fighters were shooting at him! However, now Luo Jinming can no longer take care of the pilots who parachuted. "Don't get distracted, follow me, damn it, why haven't our fighters arrived yet?"

Luo Jinming took his wingman to shuttle through the fire net of more than two dozen Japanese fighters. The performance of "Sparrowhawk" was almost exerted to the limit by Luo Jinming. In order to dodge Zero's rear-end attack (which is the best tactic to use Zero's agility), Sparrowhawk had to dive repeatedly, then spiral upwards and then dive again.

The Japanese pilots also immediately discovered that the pilots on the two Sparrowhawks were no ordinary opponents. As a result, more and more "Zero Battles" joined the "encirclement and suppression" action against Luo Jinming, but not many "Zero Battles" paid attention to the situation in the surrounding sky. Luo Jinming also fought and left, he didn't want to die on the battlefield so soon, and he had already realized that as long as he diverted the air defense fighters over the Japanese fleet, then he would be able to create opportunities for the bombers who arrived later. Therefore, Luo Jinming did not retreat to the southeast, but flew directly in the direction of Jeju Island.

The officers and men of the Japanese battleship were "watching" this drama unfolding in the sky, and they did not know that the real danger was approaching. Just when Luo Jinming and his wingmen avoided the "encirclement and suppression" of the Japanese fighters again and again, 72 bombers, under the cover of the other 8 escort fighters, approached the Japanese fleet from the southwest. The two "Zeros" in charge of patrolling in this direction were immediately beaten into "firebirds" by the "Sparrowhawks" that swooped down from a high altitude. Then, 72 bombers entered the bombing line without hindrance.

The 36 dive bombers quickly rose to an altitude of 3,000 meters, while the 36 torpedo bombers circled and descended to an altitude of about 500 meters above the surface. Subsequently, under the command of Major Zhang Naiding, torpedo bombers first launched a surprise attack on three aircraft carriers at the core of the Japanese fleet.

"The first squad, which entered in two groups, attacked the 'Hosho' in the south, the second squad, attacked the 'Akagi', the third squad attacked the 'Kaga', and the fourth squad was on standby." Major Zhang Naiding quickly arranged the attack mission, and during the exercise and training, these pilots mastered that a coordinated attack with a group of torpedo bombers could maximize the attack effect.

On the sea, 36 "Ospreys" had already broken into three formations and pounced on the three Japanese aircraft carriers. By this time, the anti-aircraft warships in the Japanese fleet had already spotted them and were intercepting the torpedo bombers with heavy artillery fire. The 12 torpedo bombers of each formation were divided into three groups, each group of four, and the four torpedo bombers entered the attack channel at the same time, and then dropped torpedoes at the same time, so as to ensure that the torpedoes hit the target to the greatest extent.

While the Japanese air defense warships were busy dealing with torpedo bombers flying close to the sea, the "Kingfisher" also dived down from a high altitude. These dive bombers used two aircraft formations, each time two of them entered the dive channel together and dropped bombs. All three aircraft carriers in the Japanese fleet were sailing at maximum speed, and the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carriers were also aimed at the approaching torpedo bombers, but ignored the threat overhead!