"General, the first batch of enemy aircraft arrived, judged to be medium bombers."

"Medium bomber?" Hao Dongjue rushed ahead and asked, "Doesn't the US military have tactical bombers?" ”

"I don't know, it's probably a B-25, and the fighters of that squadron led by Colonel Ellsler have already gone up."

Tan Renhao walked over. "Take over the channel between Ansjoy and his wingman."

When the air defense operation of the fleet is carried out, the combat operations are commanded by the commanders of each battle group (that is, the captains of the aircraft carriers), and without special reasons, Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue will not interfere, that is, at this time, the two of them actually have nothing to do but wait for news.

Soon, the voice of Ellsler came from the speaker.

"Brothers, keep up, it's a medium bomber of the U.S. military, this time, let's add a few more results. Pay attention to mutual cover, enemy fighters should be nearby! ”

"Lao An, the front, the enemy aircraft group, damn it, their fighters are in the bomber formation."

"See, the 2 and 3 squads are responsible for attacking the bombers, and the 1 squad is entangled with the opponent's fighters with me, don't let the enemy slip away!"

The U.S. bomber group arrived in batches, and the first to arrive was this batch of B725 medium bombers.

"General, there are about 40 bombers in the enemy aircraft group, and about 20 escort fighters."

"Do you want to let Yao Boyan's fleet pass over?" Hao Dongjue asked at this time.

Tan Renhao shook his head and said, "There's no need, Ansle and they should be enough to intercept these bombers." ”

At this time. On the fighter plane in front, Ansler had already rushed over with his squad.

"Lao An, do you see it. Those bombers seemed to have torpedoes hanging on them. ”

"Torpedo?" Ellor hesitated, "Yes." It was supposed to be an aviation torpedo. Damn, don't care what they're hanging, even if we send invitations to the White House to the banquet, we can't get these bombers to the skies over the fleet. ”

"Be careful, the escort fighters are coming!"

, do not lead、The team immediately bypassed, and it was up to us to entangle the enemy's fighters! After giving the order, Ellsley was the first to dive.

The fighters on both sides encountered first, and the US pilots were surprised to find that on the fighters of the Tang Imperial Navy rushing towards them, there were several, or even dozens of markers of achievements, next to the cockpit of each one, that is to say, almost all of these pilots were ace pilots! In just one rendezvous, seven U.S. military escort fighters were shot down. None of the fighters of the squad led by Ellsler were damaged.

"Damn, why is Yankee's technology so bad?" Ellsle quickly pulled up the fighter, "Brothers." Don't be relentless, this is the best chance to increase your performance! ”

On the aircraft carrier "Xingkai Lake", Tan Renhao, who heard Ansler's crazy scream, also laughed.

"The quality of the US Navy's shore-based aviation has always been worse than that of carrier-based aviation, and probably this time we met a group of novices." Hao Dongjue explained beside him. "Even if they are unlucky, when they encounter this madman Ansler, I'm afraid none of them will be able to escape back."

"It's still early, the outcome has not yet been decided, so there can be no carelessness."

Hao Dongjue stuck out his tongue and stopped talking big.

The shore-based aviation of the US Navy is commanded by the Marine Corps, and the quality of its pilots is indeed much worse than that of the fleet aviation. In fact, this situation also existed in the Tang Imperial Navy, where the best pilots were definitely given priority to carrier-based aviation, and the rest of the land was selected by carrier-based aviation units before they were assigned to shore-based aviation units. Therefore, the quality of these US pilots is much worse than that of the pilots of the Fifth Fleet, and even worse than the fighter pilots of the First Air Wing, the most elite of the Tang Imperial Navy.

"The fifth, damn!" An Shile glanced at the falling American fighter jet, "Are there any enemy fighters?" ”

"No, there are two more over there,, shot down!"

The last two F4U were shot down by two "Falcons" that swooped down as they fled, and the first batch of US fighters to arrive were all killed within five minutes.

"Keep attacking the enemy's bombers, don't let a bomber slip away from us!"

In this one-sided air battle, only two "Falcons" were shot down, one of which was shot down by the self-defense machine guns on the bombers. Ellsloth had already added five wins to himself, and he still had enough ammunition to intercept the American bombers.

"General, the second group of enemy aircraft has arrived."

"Let Yao Boyan's squadron pass." Tan Renhao had to give an order at this time, "In addition, contact Ann Shile and ask him to move faster, the US military has at least two batches of bombers behind." ”

Yao Boyan's group was patrolling over the east of the fleet, and while Ellor intercepted the B-25s, he was flying to the second group of arriving American bombers, a bomber formation composed of SBDs and TBDs, with a total of about 50 bombers, and about 10 fighters responsible for covering.

Yao Boyan is not as crazy as Ellsle, and he hardly speaks a word of nonsense in battle, so some people nicknamed him "The Silent Killer". This is enough to prove that Yao Boyan is not much worse than Ellsler, if his luck can be a little better, maybe the record will have surpassed Ellsler.

The battle on Yao Boyan's side was almost one-sided, with more than a dozen F4Us quickly dispersed, and then the US bombers were besieged by fighters. Tactical bombers have much worse firepower for self-defense than medium bombers, and they are also easier to destroy. The only advantage of a tactical bomber is that it is more flexible, but the problem is that in the face of a good fighter, no bomber is flexible, and if it is flown by an inferior pilot, it is even more problematic.

Ten minutes later, the third group of American bombers arrived, but this time Ansler was unable to intercept this group of American bombers in time, and only caught up when they reached a distance of about 25 nautical miles from the fleet. Immediately after, the fourth group of American bombers arrived. At this time, Yao Boyan had not yet solved the second batch of US bombers.

After receiving the report, Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue had no choice, and the air defense fighters had already done their best to intercept the US bombers. And to hit this point, you can only look at the monochrome of those fighter pilots. And how much power can be exerted by the anti-aircraft guns on the battleship!

The third batch of more than 40 SBDs and more than 20 TBDs first rushed to the rear of the Weihe fleet, that is, the "Gaoyou Lake" aircraft carrier in the north. When the U.S. bombers were about 8 nautical miles away from the carrier battle group, the 120-mm anti-aircraft guns on the cruiser opened fire first, and then the 80-mm anti-aircraft guns on the destroyer and cruiser also began to fire.

The fighter group commanded by Ellsler did not withdraw from the battle at this time, but followed closely behind the butts of the American bombers. Passing through the rain of anti-aircraft guns and ground shells, from time to time they knocked down the American bombers who avoided the shells and forgot that there was danger behind their butts.

The fourth batch of more than 30 SBDs and more than 20 TBDs came directly towards the "Xingkaihu" aircraft carrier battle group, which was located at the front of the fleet, that is, in the southeast. The fighter group led by Yao Boyan followed behind this group of US bombers. Like Ansle, these fighters did not stop outside the killing range of the anti-aircraft guns, but quickly penetrated into the fire network of the anti-aircraft guns, and used the intermittent time of the anti-aircraft guns to attack the US bombers in front.

"Let the fighters all go, damn it, do they want to be shot down by their own people?" Tan Renhao was anxious at this time.

"It's useless." Hao Dongjue sighed, "Before all the American bombers were shot down." They are not going to retreat! ”

"!" Tan Renhao slammed his fist on the table next to him.

The battle is still going on, the aircraft carrier "Xingkaihu" is turning to the right, and the aircraft carrier is slightly tilted. Then, the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carrier also sounded, which proved that the US ground bombers were only 5 to 8 nautical miles away from the aircraft carrier.

Tan Renhao walked to the porthole on the left side and looked towards the eastern sky.

The bomber pilots of the American army were brave. However, they lack sufficient experience and technology. Under the joint strangulation of fighters and anti-aircraft guns, one US bomber after another was beaten down. Most of the US bombers that were hit by the bombs fell with black smoke in tow, and only a small number of bombers that were directly hit by large-caliber antiaircraft shells were hit by volleys and exploded.

This is no longer a close battle, but a one-sided slaughter. Tan Renhao had to admire the heroic spirit of the US pilots, but in war, courage alone is not enough. Even if courage is the most important quality that a soldier should have, in the absence of technology and ability, courage will only bring unnecessary casualties.

The US bombers attacking the "Xingkaihu" aircraft carrier battle group were routed within 10 minutes, and several bombers that had fled were quickly shot down. At this time, Tan Renhao breathed a sigh of relief, and then he looked in the direction of the "Gaoyou Lake" aircraft carrier, where the battle was still continuing.

", it's a bomb!" Hao Dongjue also walked over.

Four SBDs flew over the aircraft carrier "Gaoyouhu", and then two "Falcons" rushed over, but unfortunately it was too late, and the first "Falcon" was actually hit by the aircraft carrier's anti-aircraft guns! While the aircraft carrier was turning to the right at full speed, an SBD was hit by an anti-aircraft gun and tilted its head and crashed into the sea. Then, three more SBDs dropped bombs, and the one that followed, the "Falcon", shot down only one SBD that had not yet changed its dive course.

Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue's hearts both rose to their throats. The aircraft carrier is like a big bear attacked by a hornet, turning frantically on the sea, and it only takes more than ten seconds for the bomb to fall, and in this time, the aircraft carrier sails at most two-thirds of the length of the hull, or turns 10 degrees. In other words, whether the aircraft carrier can avoid the bomb depends not only on whether the captain can accurately judge the landing point of the bomb and give the order to evade it as quickly as possible, but also on how accurate the bomb dropping rate of the enemy plane is!

The first bomb landed on the sea in front of the aircraft carrier, blowing up a column of water hundreds of meters high, and then the second bomb landed on the port side of the aircraft carrier. When the third bomb fell on the rear of the aircraft carrier and the water column flew into the air, Tan Renhao and Hao Dongjue breathed a sigh of relief.

"The spread range of the bombs is too large, and the quality of these US pilots is definitely not very good, and if the landing point is a little more dense, then the 'Gaoyou Lake' will definitely be shot!" Hao Dongjue made a professional analysis.

Of all the U.S. bombers that came to attack Task Force 1, only these three successfully dropped bombs, and none of them hit. And in the end, there were only a handful of US fighters that escaped.

Soon, the results of the air defense operation were counted, and at least 192 American fighters were shot down, while only 22 fighters were lost in the air defense battle (several others were seriously damaged and eventually all scrapped). Tan Renhao was a little incredulous at first, after all, more than 200 US bombers came to attack, and not a single battleship in the fleet was shot.

"The American bombers are gone, and the radar does not detect them."

"Send a seaplane back to Midway Island, and let Han Shaofeng arrange a batch of fighter jets for us as soon as possible." Tan Renhao wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Is there any news from Yang Qinkai and Qiu Gengbo?" ”

Hao Dongjue nodded. "Yang Qinkai sent back the news half an hour ago, the first round of bombing did not fully achieve the goal, Qiu Gengbo's report was only sent back, basically destroyed the US airfield, and we lost a total of more than 20 bombers."

"Let HNA replace the lost fighters and bombers for us as soon as possible." Tan Renhao calmed down, "Arrange a seaplane to rescue the people who fell into the water." When Yang Qinkai returns, you will have a detailed understanding of the situation and determine whether you need to carry out supplementary bombardment during the day. ”

"Then I'll go to the Aviation Operations Center now!"

Tan Renhao nodded, and at this time, the first group of bombers they sent had already arrived near the fleet and was preparing to land.

When the first batch of bombers landed on the aircraft carrier, Tan Renhao called the navigation staff over. "Let the artillery formation prepare for departure, strive to reach Gardner Island in the afternoon, and before the US military repairs the airfield, shell Gardner Island and destroy the infrastructure of the US army as much as possible."

"Do you need to arrange a night shelling?"

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment, he glanced at the bombers outside that were preparing to land, and said, "Yes, night shelling is needed." Also, go tell the communications staff officer, contact the marines, and get the landing fleet and transport fleet ready for departure. ”

The nautical staff officer glanced at the commander in surprise.

"Go ahead, don't waste time."

Tan Renhao turned around, the news of the failure of the US bombing will definitely affect Spruance's operation, and if Spruance is to be fooled, it is necessary to prepare a little bait.