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Chapter 177 The dust has settled

When the Japanese fleet of the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Task Force was hit by a double attack by submarines and air raids, the ships of the Japanese assault fleet that were passing through the minefield were also attacked. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Church

Squadrons of air force bombers and HNA torpedo planes bravely rushed to the Japanese warships, which had no air defense formations to speak of, and one of its air force dive bomber squadrons was given the task of dealing with the high-speed battleship "Haruna".

In the face of the air raid by the Anjia military aircraft group, the 10 Type 8 100-mm twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns, 24 40-mm Bofors machine guns, and 14 20-mm Erly air guns on the "Haruna" battle patrol fired fiercely into the air.

Suddenly, a dive-forward B2 bomber was hit by artillery fire, and before it could drop an aerial bomb, it turned into a fireball along with the plane, followed by two more fighters being hit by shrapnel.

"Ge Laozi, the firepower is so fierce, I led the first and second squads to attract the enemy's firepower, and the other three squads resolutely killed it!" The voice of Captain Pu Tianyu, the fourth captain from Chengdu, Sichuan, from Chengdu, Sichuan, appeared unusually calm.

Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou watched the captain lead the five B2 bombers, dived down from a distance, twisted his body desperately at low altitude, and dodged left and right with the black smoke that frequently exploded, and his heart was extremely worried. At this time, a torpedo dropped by a torpedo plane of the Navy that happened to be nearby killed a destroyer, and the violent explosion made the Japanese air defense troops on the "Haruna" battle patrol look at each other, and they had scruples about the dive bombers hovering at low altitudes, and nearly half of the anti-aircraft fire could not help but be attracted.

Seeing the opportunity that the captain and his comrades-in-arms fought for with their lives, Zhang Xiaoou took a deep breath, put the flaps of the landline in the cruising position, adjusted the elevator and rudder, and released the speed brake.

The wind and black smoke were blowing in the face, the place where the anti-aircraft artillery shells exploded was no longer far away, the "bang" explosion sounded almost in the ears, and the planes kept shaking because of the concussive air current, a small part of this change in the air flow came from the monsoon in the Bohai Sea, and the rest was caused by the anti-aircraft shells of the Japanese ship group below.

The B2 bomber swooped down at high speed, and in Zhang Xiaoou's eyes, the outline of the high-speed battleship that was the flagship of the assault fleet became clearer and clearer, and the 2,194-meter-long and 3,102-meter-wide hull of the enemy ship was like a steel island floating in the sea, and the four 356 mm 45 times caliber main turrets were so majestic and majestic. For the current Nanhua, only the battlecruisers "Honor" and "Glory" of the "Dunkirk" class are comparable to their strength, and the battleships of the "Richelieu" class "Dawn" surpass the "Haruna" in firepower.

Because after the second modification of the "Haruna" battle patrol, 30 oil-coal mixed boilers were replaced by 11 heavy oil boilers, even at the critical time of escaping from the air raid, the black smoke coming out of the thick chimney was not thick, but in front of Zhang Xiaoou at this time, there were large puffs of smoke rising from this battleship, which was the result of the death of four 250-kilogram bombs and two 305 mm caliber fortress guns dropped by the B1 bomber last night, and now the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets of the "Haruna" were seriously damaged. However, this did not affect its power system in the slightest, and the high-speed battleship was constantly heading towards the western sea area at a speed of 20 knots, trying to break free from the minefield as soon as possible so as to carry out a large air defense evasion.

If it were not limited by the minefields on both sides, the "Haruna" would have reached 30 knots at high speed, which would be advantageous for evading air raids. The light of dawn, the constant flickering of fire on the enemy ships, was clearly visible, and it was the traces of as many as 134 anti-aircraft guns and machine guns of various types firing desperately.

After passing through the smoke screen formed by the explosion of the anti-aircraft shell, Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou suddenly saw a series of flashes in front of his eyes, which were machine artillery shells and machine gun bullets with tracer agent, and the B2 bomber piloted by the three comrades-in-arms just now was shot down by these seemingly beautiful bright spots when it was diving.

Zhang Xiaoou kept glancing at the readings on the dashboard out of the corner of her eyes, at this time the landline she was piloting, was diving down at a high speed of nearly eighty dives and a speed of more than one kilometer, her hands were tightly gripping the joystick, the elevator had become extremely heavy at this time, as a female pilot with weak physical strength, she had to spend a lot of effort to adjust her aiming point.

In such a sea and air battle, the "Haruna" was almost out of the minefield, and the B2 bomber piloted by Zhang Xiaoou was less than eight meters away from the "Haruna".

"Knock knock—"

Three 127 mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullets hit the motor armor shell of the B2 bomber impartially, and the fleeting but very dazzling spark surprised Zhang Xiaoou, she frowned, and prayed in her heart that there would be no problems with the motive of her landline.

However, if the motive stopped turning at this moment, Zhang Xiaoou would not hesitate to choose to crash headlong into the enemy ship, and I believe that Sergeant Tan Yan, the machine gunner sitting behind him, would not have any objection to this.

The bullet that bounced off the armor grazed the cockpit of Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou, fortunately there were no problems with the propeller and the motive itself, Zhang Xiaoou was overjoyed, and when the corner of his eye glanced at the altimeter again, it happened to show a very suitable bomb dropping height.

However, Zhang Xiaoou was unmoved, and the fighter plane still dived down at a very high speed, and she waited for a short distance to obtain a high bombing essence.

Next to a two-pack 127-millimeter machine gun on the port side of the "Haruna" battle patrol, a Japanese naval air defense officer wearing a steel helmet pointed to eight silver-gray fighters that were rapidly diving, and shouted loudly.

At this time, a thick pile of shells had been piled up on the deck, and the ammunition suppliers on both sides were holding bullets loaded in tin boxes, and as soon as the gunfire stopped, they quickly replaced the two-pack machine gun with cartridges full of bullets.

When he finally got his wish and put the Anjia Army fighter in front of him into the machine gun sight, the Japanese air defense soldier in charge of shooting screamed in horror and fled from the firing position almost reflexively. The others didn't know why, but when they looked up, they saw that three black aerial bombs had already left the fighter plane and were directly above their heads in an instant.

Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou threw the bomb and endured the huge centrifugal force brought by the plane when it broke out of the dive state, and the fighter plane was able to sweep over the mast of the "Haruna" battle cruiser, and only after flying a certain distance did it return to normal and quickly climb into the air. Behind her, the "Haruna", which had three 500-kilogram bombs, exploded violently and rose with billowing smoke.

Within a minute of Zhang Xiaoou's bombing, the remaining seven bombers all succeeded in breaking through the air defense network of the Japanese warship and threw 21 five-kilogram bombs on the "Haruna." The battleship was surrounded by violent explosions and incessant bursts of fire, blocking the mine-covered passages on both sides, and motionless.

Behind the "Haruna", the Japanese fleet that spread out in the shape of "one" was destroyed almost at the same time, and with the successive forces of torpedo planes and dive bombers, the Japanese warships that could not avoid it were sunk one after another.

At seven o'clock, the shore-to-ship missile unit fired a second round of anti-ship missiles, and the seven Japanese aircraft carriers were again fatally attacked.

The whole battle ended at 11 o'clock in the morning, as the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese fleet was basically destroyed, about three helicopters carried out the landing operation on the Japanese battleship floating in the sea, and after destroying all the stubborn Japanese troops on the ship, the seven aircraft carriers that were seriously damaged and slowly sinking were controlled by the sailors of the Anjia Army and began to carry out rescue operations.

What is particularly incredible is that the battlecruisers "Kongo" and "Haruna", which had caught fire in many places on the hull, flooded the compartments, and had been heavily tilted and abandoned by the Japanese army, were also miraculously preserved, and as long as the Lushun and Dalian shipyards repaired them, they could join the naval sequence of the Anjia Army.

In this battle, the three divisions of the Japanese army were completely wiped out, more than 30,000 naval officers and men were killed and captured, and all light and heavy cruisers, "Qiuyue"-class destroyers, landing ships, and transport ships were sunk.

The Anjia Army's anti-landing operation was a complete success.

November 10 at 3 p.m., on the streets of Nanjing.

"Outside the number, outside the number, the Anjia army in the Yingkou area of the Bohai Sea has completely annihilated the enemy!"

"Outside the ship, outside the ship, the Japanese Navy suffered an unprecedented defeat, including seven aircraft carriers, two battleships, four cruisers, and more than thirty destroyers, all the ships in the sand were sunk!"

"Outside, outside, the commander of the third aircraft carrier task force of the Japanese Navy, Admiral Tsukahara 243, will die in the bombing of the Anjia Air Force, and the commander of the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army, General Kato Hajiro, will also sink into the sea!"

"Outside, outside the number, General Yang Fei, deputy chief of general staff of the Anjia Army, announced at a press conference held in Beijing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon: The East Asian coastline from Miaojie to Xingzhou is under the strict protection of the Anjia Army Air Force, and all the officers and men of the Anjia Army are confident that they will repel all aggressors!"

General Stilwell, chief of staff of the Allied Asia-Pacific Theater, was driving on a mountain road when he heard the sound of newsboys outside, and Stilwell's heart moved and he motioned to the driver, Sergeant David, to stop.

Soon, the secretary and translator Liu Yaohanxiao bought several newspapers and periodicals, and after the car started, he sniffed and read them to Stilwell.

The streets are crowded with people, people are celebrating, and vehicles are moving slowly. After hearing this, Stilwell was greatly excited, and immediately said to the driver: "David, let's go back to the rest house immediately, I want to discuss with Chairman Chiang again about sending troops, God, the Japanese Navy has lost a whole aircraft carrier formation, in addition to the loss of ships, the Japanese Navy has lost at least more than 2,000 people for the key naval aviation, so that the balance of strength between the enemy and us has changed greatly, and the agreement we reached with the Nationalist Government to send troops should be started in advance!" ”

Stilwell's adjutant, Colonel Dou En, smiled bitterly:

"As the commander-in-chief of the Allied Asia-Pacific Theater, Chairman Chiang, who deliberately preserves his strength so that it can be used in the civil war in the future, I am afraid that he will not change his original intention According to the agreement, Chairman Chiang will only agree to send troops after our navy captures Ceylon and Madagascar and ensures the safety of the Indo-Ocean sea route!"

Stilwell was frustrated when he heard this, and then said angrily:

"This peanut, I don't know what his elm head thinks, our troops withdrawn from the Philippines, this is not allowed, the Pudong military camp in Shanghai is two or three years old, and even the participation in the recovery of Shandong and North China is not allowed, but the communist brain is quite pioneering and enterprising, worthy of cooperation Jiang is really a nervous villain, I really don't know how he sat in this position today!"

Dou En echoed: "That's right, a total of 30,000 troops have been sent to West Africa by transport planes of the South China Air Force to train with the troops of the Free France, and I see that I will soon be able to join the North African battlefield, but Chairman Chiang, as the commander of the Allied Forces in the Asia-Pacific region, has not moved so far, and the plan to form an expeditionary force has not been traced so far, which is unacceptable."

When Stilwell heard this, he calmed down: "Now that the South China Army and the Communist Army have shown enough sincerity, I think Chairman Chiang, who urgently needs to be recognized by all countries in the world, will definitely not be able to sit still, if he does not want international public opinion and national public opinion to fall behind, he will inevitably make changes, I believe that it will not be long before the expeditionary force will be formed!" ”

As a Chinese citizen, Liu Yaohan listened from the sidelines, and because the topic involved the senior leader, he did not dare to speak up, and his attention was turned to the window -- countless Nanjing people took to the streets with colorful flags and slogans in their hands to celebrate another great victory in the war against Japan.

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