Tan Renhao also soon discovered that the "eagles" that were carried by the "zero war" not only did not play the role of air defense, but on the contrary disrupted the interception action of the "sparrowhawks," and more than a dozen Japanese bombers had already drilled out of the loopholes in the air defense network and were killing the aircraft carrier formation.

"**, let those army bastards intercept the bombers!" Lei Shaoqing almost roared, and he could see it very clearly. Army Aviation's fighter jets are not helping, they are doing the opposite.

It was already too late, and after eight "99 ship explosions" and six "97 ship attackers" passed through the fire network of the air defense fighters, they directly rushed towards the "Xuanzong" aircraft carrier located in front of the formation. At this time, the heavy cruiser "Xiaohan," which was responsible for providing close air defense cover for the "Xuanzong" aircraft carrier, was not in place at all, and the anti-aircraft fire on the aircraft carrier was not enough to intercept all these bombers.

Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing both rushed to the porthole in front. At this time, the "Xuanzong" had already begun to make a rapid turn. The officers and men of the battleship already had a wealth of experience in naval warfare and knew what to do at this most critical juncture. Still, to avoid so many bombers, it's not much different from dreaming.

Leading the dive is Mishio Fuchizu Nakasa. His bomb-throwing skills are certainly top-notch, and at the same time, his guts are the greatest. Now the "99 Ship Explosion" he piloted is already an improved model, and the bomb drop height can be reduced to 450 meters. And with him swooped down there was also a "99 ship explosion". As a result, the pilots on this bomber did not have as much guts as Mishio Fuchizu, or rather. Unfamiliar with the ground performance of the new bomber, the bomb was dropped at an altitude of 650 meters, and then quickly changed the dive course. Fuchitsu Mishio was not in such a hurry, he held on for an extra second, and only dropped the bomb when he was sure that the "Xuanzong" was sailing with a full left rudder.

The first bomb fell on the sea 20 meters away from the port side of the "Xuanzong", however. The second bomb fell directly to the rear end of the aircraft carrier's flight deck, and the 250-kilogram bomb directly penetrated the flight deck, which was covered with a layer of iron. It fell near the anti-aircraft artillery ammunition depot below before a violent explosion occurred.

In addition to the energy of the bomb itself, the detonated 120 mm and 40 mm anti-aircraft shells also caused great damage to the aircraft carrier. When the "Xuanzong" sailed out of the smoke of gunpowder, Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing were both shocked, as if they had been bitten by some monster on the butt of the aircraft carrier, and the stern waterline was two meters. The entire rear section of more than 30 meters was blown away. However, the two were even more surprised that the "Xuanzong" still maintained a maximum speed of 33 knots, as if it had to run faster after receiving a bomb.

The "Xuanzong" did not sink, and except for the loss of a piece of "meat", it was as if there was no. Several other bombers also rushed up at once, it seems. Those Japanese pilots were also outraged. A bomb in the stern of the ship slows down the speed of the battleship, let alone an aircraft carrier without much armor defense?

Tan Renhao and Lei Shaoqing looked at each other, and when the two of them were worried about the fate of the "Xuanzong", suddenly on the side of the deck under their feet, the "Taizu" quickly leaned to the right. It's time for them to fear for their safety.

The attack on the "Taizu" was carried out by four "99 ship explosions". This was the second group of Japanese bombers to break through the defense line of the fleet's air defense fighters. The lookout on the "Taizu" quickly spotted the four Japanese dive bombers, and then the aircraft carrier left its original channel and began to evade the bombers' attacks. Perhaps, Tan Renhao should feel fortunate that Lieutenant Commander Li Wenlong, the captain of the "Taizu," can be regarded as a good hand, and he has operated this aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons as flexibly as a taxi speeding through a crowded street.

All four bombs missed, which is a blessing in misfortune, and. At the time when the aircraft carrier evaded the bomb. The 40-millimeter machine gun on the No. 3 gun position on the port side also hit a "99 ship explosion" into a volley, and the anti-aircraft guns on the heavy cruiser "Gu Yu" on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier also shot down a "99 ship explosion" in time. But. The heavy cruiser's curtain call was not over yet.

At the end of the attack of the four "99 ship explosions," the six "97 ship attacks" gave up the attack on the "Taizong" and made a sharp turn to aim at the "Taizu," which was facing them from the side. However, before the six "97 Ship Attackers" had time to drop torpedoes, the anti-aircraft guns on the "Gu Yu" killed four of them almost instantly, while the other two, after dropping the torpedoes, were enveloped by the anti-aircraft shells on the "Gu Yu" as soon as they turned around. All six "97 Ship Attackers" were shot down.

When the "Taizu" narrowly avoided two torpedoes, the third batch of 12 bombers killed. And these 12 bombers were not targeting the "Taizu", but the heavy cruiser "Guyu", which could be described as "brave" before. It was as if the Japanese pilots on these bombers believed that they would not be able to get close to the "Taizu" without taking out the heavy cruiser "Guyu".

The "Gu Yu" was not afraid of the four "99 shipbursts" that were diving at the same time, and its fierce anti-aircraft fire immediately knocked down the one that took the lead, but the other three "99 shipbursts" all dropped bombs smoothly. The anti-aircraft fire of the "Gu Yu" once again took out a pulled bomber. However, at this time, the "Gu Yu" was no longer able to return to the sky. While the anti-aircraft artillery on the battleship was in full force against the dive bombers, 8 "97 Ship Attackers" dropped torpedoes almost simultaneously.

A scene that made Tan Renhao a little unbelievable happened, when the "Gu Yu" was hit by the first bomb on the commander's bridge, the anti-aircraft artillery on it also beat down a "97 ship attack" that had finished dropping torpedoes and was turning. However, this is also the last result of the "Gu Yu". In less than ten seconds, the heavy cruiser was hit with two bombs, three torpedoes. As a result, in less than ten minutes, it broke into two pieces and disappeared from the sea. Of the more than 400 sailors on the battleship, less than 50 escaped. Before being sunk, the "Gu Yu" shot down 10 Japanese bombers, and finally made the last sacrifice to cover the "Taizu" aircraft carrier.

When the "Gu Yu" sank, Tan Renhao closed his eyes, and the Japanese aircraft group also ended the attack. Perhaps, Tan Renhao should not mourn for the sacrifice of "Gu Yu". Because the "Gu Yu" has completed its mission!

After flying for an hour and 40 minutes, the "Kingfisher" group led by Zhang Naiding finally discovered the "fleet" on the sea. However, when he dived down, what he saw was not a Japanese aircraft carrier formation, but a large oil tanker and two Japanese destroyers escorting it.

"**, this is not the Japanese fleet!" Zhang Naiding quickly pulled up the plane, and he did not drop the bomb. "Immediately search the surrounding seas and look for the Japanese fleet."

"Major, what about the three Japanese battleships below?" The navigator in the back seat asked.

Zhang Naiding gritted his teeth and said, "Blow them up, **, we don't have much fuel." ”

At this time, the "Kingfisher" was almost all left with fuel for the return home, and there was no time for them to delay. Zhang Naiding also did not want to "waste" bombs on these Japanese battleships. But if he hadn't dropped the bomb, he wouldn't have been able to return to the fleet at all, because the "Kingfisher" with the bomb was slower, and the fuel was consumed faster.

For the Japanese tanker on the sea, as well as two destroyers, it was attacked by dozens of bombers. It's literally lifting them. Of course, this was a huge disaster for the Japanese soldiers on those battleships.

After dozens of "Kingfishers" rushed down in turn to drop bombs, the "Osprey" group led by Deng Zichao also arrived. Like Zhang Naiding and the others, the "Ospreys" led by Deng Zichao also ran out of fuel, and they had to drop their torpedoes within five minutes and then return home. Therefore, Deng Zichao also made the same choice as Zhang Naiding, even if dozens of torpedoes were used to attack an oil tanker, the two destroyers were suspected of being wasted. But. Without losing the torpedoes, they simply won't be able to return to their carriers.

The entire attack lasted only ten minutes. Three Japanese ships disappeared from the sea. However, this did not end there, and the 12 "Sparrowhawks" escorted and swooped down. These escort fighters were equipped with air combat fuel, so not only were they enough to return home, but they could also use machine guns to strafe the Japanese naval officers and sailors who were floating on the sea. In the absence of encounters with Japanese fighters, they did not skimp on machine gun bullets.

The fighters fired at the Japanese soldiers who had fallen into the water for several minutes, and after making sure that the blood on the surface of the sea was enough to attract a large number of sharks, they were satisfied and caught up with the returning bombers.

When Zhang Naiding and Deng Zichao arrived in the sky above the fleet, they couldn't believe their eyes. In the fleet, only two destroyers were protecting the "Taizu" aircraft carrier, while the "Xuanzong" was rising thick smoke, and the "Xiaohan" cruiser was spraying seawater at the "Xuanzong" with high-pressure water cannons to help the officers and men on the aircraft carrier extinguish the fire.

When the "Taizu" and "Guyu" were bravely resisting the Japanese planes, four "99 ship explosions" attacked the "Xuanzong," and the aircraft carrier suffered two more bombs, one of which landed in the middle of the flight deck, causing the aircraft carrier to lose its ability to receive returning bombers, and the other fell next to the island, killing and wounding most of the officers and men on the inland part of the navigation bridge, and the captain was also wounded. However, neither of the 250-kilogram bombs penetrated the hull and exploded, otherwise the damage would have been even worse.

One bomber after another landed on the "Taizu" aircraft carrier, and at that time, a number of "Sparrowhawks" that had consumed about the same amount of fuel in air defense operations had already landed on the aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier was simply unable to receive all the returning bombers. As a result, Tan Renhao had to have a group of seriously damaged fighters thrown into the sea, and at the same time let the fighters with refueled fuel take off urgently to find the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet, and at the same time let the bombers make an emergency landing, replenish fuel, load bombs, and use this last force to bomb the Japanese First Air Fleet. At this time, Tan Renhao also knew that the powerful bomber group he sent was only a Japanese oil tanker!

There was chaos on the flight deck, and the aviation crew was already busy. That is, to let the fighters on reconnaissance missions take off, and to land the bombers. This is simply a test of the competence of these aviation service personnel. As a result, a mistake went wrong in the busyness, and a returning "Osprey" collided with a "Sparrowhawk" on the foredeck that was preparing to take off. Fortunately, there was no outbreak, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable. Tan Renhao also had to let the fighter take off first, and then let the bomber land. As a result, within 10 minutes, the three "Kingfishers" that had run out of fuel could only make a forced landing on the sea, and the pilots could only swim to the small boat that had come to their rescue.

After an hour of busyness, the more than 50 bombers returning home filled up their fuel, reloaded their bombs and torpedoes, and then took off one after another. At this time, the reconnaissance planes that came out of the front had not yet found the Japanese fleet, but Tan Renhao did not want to delay any longer, and as soon as the reconnaissance planes discovered the Japanese fleet, they immediately transmitted the information to the bomber formation behind. In addition, the "sparrowhawks" that came out also played a certain escort role.

As soon as the bomber group left, Tan Renhao received news that the army aviation was ready and hoped that the task force would provide the specific location of the Japanese fleet so that the army aviation bombers could strike at it. However, now Tan Renhao has nothing to offer, so he can only ask the Army Airlines to also send reconnaissance planes to search for the Japanese First Air Fleet. As long as the Japanese fleet can be found before evening, it cannot be allowed to escape.

By noon, the reconnaissance planes of the Army Aviation replaced the reconnaissance planes sent by the fleet, but there was still no trace of the Japanese First Air Fleet. At this time, Tan Renhao was even more annoyed, could it be that the Japanese aircraft carrier could be transformed into a submarine? However, instead of sending the bombers back home with bombs and torpedoes to make another urgent sortie, he decided to wait until there was news of the Japanese fleet before attacking. Now he still has more than 50 bombers in his hands, and there is enough ammunition. As soon as the Japanese fleet is discovered, it will be able to deal a fatal blow to it. The problem is that the Japanese fleet seems to have disappeared from the sea, that is, it was not found by reconnaissance aircraft!

As time passed, Tan Renhao also became impatient. If the Japanese First Air Fleet is not found before dark, then it is very likely that the Japanese will slip away. Moreover, now that the Japanese Second Battlefleet is gone, the situation on the battlefield has become confusing, which makes Tan Renhao feel more and more nervous.