At this time, the 3rd and 1st Fleets had a total of three aircraft carriers.

One of the 3rd Fleet, the Fengxiang aircraft carrier, is the world's first real aircraft carrier, built in 1921 and officially commissioned in 22 years.

The other two are the 1st Fleet's Kaga and Akagi, both of which are products of the 88th Fleet's planning period, and both are converted from battleships.

Most of the three aircraft carriers are equipped with Type 98 carrier-based fighters and Type 99 carrier-based attack aircraft.

The three aircraft carriers, together with the reconnaissance planes carried by other cruisers and the sea-based air base of the Marine Corps in the concession, have a total of nearly 200 combat planes of various types.

The 1st Fleet was attached to the 9th Division and the Marine Corps to attack Zhabei.

The 3rd Fleet was responsible for covering the 5th Division's attack on Jiading and other places, and in order to facilitate the take-off of carrier-based aircraft and at the same time provide strong naval artillery support for the attacking forces, the aircraft carrier Fengxiang of the 3rd Fleet was anchored at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Most of the more than 20 planes of various types on the Fengxiang have already left the mothership and flown to the positions of the [***] squadron in Jiading and other places.

Around the Fengxiang, a large number of light cruisers and anti-aircraft gunboats of several thousand tons were cruising in the waters of the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River, on alert, and by the way, providing some naval artillery fire support for the army's offensive troops.

As for the direction of the open sea, it is the world of the navy, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Ozawa Kawai is an ordinary sailor on the Fengxiang, usually responsible for the guidance of carrier-based aircraft to take off and land.

At this time, most of the carrier-based aircraft had already taken off, and Ozawa Kawai had nothing to do for the time being, so he and his companions leaned against the deck railing to smoke and chat.

"Ozawa-kun, remember, your hometown is from Hokkaido?" Another devil sailor asked boredly, smoking a cigarette.

"Yes, I'm from Hokkaido." Ozawa Kawai nodded busily.

"Your hot springs in Hokkaido are good, but unfortunately I haven't had the chance to try them." The devil sailor said with some sighs.

"It's very good, especially in winter, it's good for your body to soak in hot springs, and I heard that it can also prolong your life." Ozawa Kawai nodded.

"By the way, Ozawa-kun, I heard that you have a custom that you can do that kind of thing in a hot spring with a beautiful woman when you are soaking in a hot spring, isn't it?" The devil sailor suddenly asked with a silver smile on his face.

Ozawa Kawai smiled a little proudly: "You know this? I'll tell you the truth, I once a nineteen-year-old girl in a hot spring, and it was really cool. ”

"Yo Xi, that must be very cool." The devil soldier nodded and smiled, "I really want to try it if I have a chance." ”

"After returning to China this time, I'll take you to Hokkaido to try it on vacation?" Ozawa Kawai said with a smile.

"Big drops." The devil soldier's eyes lit up and he nodded.

The two of them finished smoking a cigarette, and at this moment, a deafening roar of engines suddenly sounded in the sky far north of the deck.

Ozawa Kawai hurriedly said to his companions: "Quick, our fighter plane has returned, ready to guide and pick them up." ”

The two hurriedly ran towards the place of work, but as soon as they were halfway through, the sharp-eyed Ozawa suddenly listened to the small steps, and his companion asked puzzledly: "Ozawa-kun, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ozawa Kawai stared at the group of fighters in the sky that was getting closer and closer, and finally his face changed drastically, and he pointed at the group of planes and said loudly: "That's not our plane, it's an enemy plane, an air attack by enemy planes!! ”

At the same time that Ozawa Kawai discovered the abnormality, the lookout soldiers of the Yue army also discovered that something was wrong, and the entire Fengxiang aircraft carrier suddenly fell into tension and chaos.

At this time, the anti-aircraft firepower of the Fengxiang body was very weak, with only 2 40 times the diameter of the three-year anti-aircraft guns, and the rest were all 14cm caliber single-mounted naval guns.

Soon, Gao Zhihang led twenty Zero fighters and thirty HE111 bombers to attack the behemoth of Fengxiang.

By the time the alert ships on the periphery of the Fengxiang discovered and opened fire on air defense, it was too late.

The speed of the plane was extremely fast, almost in the blink of an eye, and the anti-aircraft fire on the devil's anti-aircraft gunboats and cruisers basically fell short, and one after another anti-aircraft fire swayed in the air like a kite rope slanted by the wind, swaying behind the butt of the fighters of the Northeast New Army.

Although the two anti-aircraft guns on the Fengxiang desperately opened fire to block the attack, they could no longer stop the fighters piloted by Gao Zhihang and his subordinates.

Gao Zhihang personally piloted the fighter plane, and under the cover of two wingmen, he flew straight to the deck and hangar of the aircraft carrier.

The devil sailor Ozawa Kawai and his companions who were stunned on the deck did not see a barrage of bullets fired by the sky plane and poured down on the deck, and the deck suddenly sparked.

They came to their senses and turned around and ran for the distance.

After piloting the fighter plane to strafe the deck, Gao Zhihang immediately pressed the button to drop the bomb, and several bombs weighing 50 kilograms suddenly smashed towards the devil's hangar with a piercing whistling sound.

Although the power of the 50-kilogram bomb could not be compared with the heavy bomb, the "boom boom ......boom" 50-kilogram bomb still destroyed the devil's hangar, and the deck was blown up with several large holes, and the hangar caught fire, and several reserve planes inside exploded one after another.

After the first wave of bombs was dropped, Gao Zhihang immediately pulled up, and the two wingmen who followed his plane also dropped bombs and strafed one after another, and then pulled up.

When Gao Zhihang flew a few hundred meters before pulling up and turning over, more than a dozen fighters and 30 HE111 bombers piloted by the other pilots had already flown by, launching carpet bombing and strafing on the Fengxiang aircraft carrier.

The strafing and bombing of the Zero fighters were not enough to inflict fatal damage on the Fengxiang, but the aerial bombs carried by the thirty HE111 bombers weighing hundreds of thousands of catties were different.

As a series of explosions sounded, the entire Fengxiang aircraft carrier was plunged into a sea of fire, and in the firelight, the huge explosion continued.

Only the first wave of attacks, the aircraft carrier Fengxiang is already in danger.

After deciding to be attacked, there was no way to save the large warship of the Yue army (Gao Zhihang did not know that they were attacking one of his own aircraft carriers), and Gao Zhihang did not delay the precious voyage and ammunition.

It is possible to order the troops by radio to pounce on the ground forces of the Japanese army that have already landed.

The 5th Division and the 9th Division of the Army were attacked by air raids by the Northeast New Army Flying Regiment.

In the end, Gao Zhihang led 20 Zero fighters to the skies over Shanghai, with more than a dozen Navy carrier-based planes of the Fengxiang that had returned after hearing the news.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle in the skies over Shanghai.

On the ground, countless Shanghai soldiers and civilians burst into tears, rushed to tell each other, pointed to the air and shouted like crazy: "Compatriots, look, that's our air force, that's our Chinese air force!" ”

More and more Shanghai citizens gathered on the streets, worried about the Chinese air force fighting in the sky.

Soon, however, they were pleasantly surprised to find that their worries were completely unfounded.

The two sides fought fiercely in the air for more than 10 minutes, and all the planes that were shot down and destroyed were plastered flags, and not a single fighter plane of the Chinese Air Force was stunned.

When Gao Zhihang completely annihilated this group of military planes, and led his fighters to constantly circle over Shanghai, he paid tribute to countless Shanghai citizens.

Tens of thousands of Shanghai citizens suddenly fell into a state of madness and ecstasy, and many of them cried under the impact of the huge sense of joy.

It is difficult to empathize with a country that has no sea power, no air supremacy, cruising on the sea, and flying in the sky is full of enemy ships and aircraft.

And because their own troops do not have air supremacy, they are in a passive position to control the sea, and they have to pay heavy sacrifices to defend their homeland.

It is conceivable how sad and disappointed the citizens of Shanghai who witnessed all this were in their hearts.

The emergence of the Northeast New Army Air Force led by Gao Zhihang has given the people hope and pride.

When Gao Zhihang led his subordinates to annihilate the arrogant and domineering Yuji for a long time, many people could no longer control their long-suppressed emotions.

They need to be released, completely released.

After calculating that the voyage was about the same, Gao Zhihang led the team to start the return voyage.

However, at this time, the Fengxiang aircraft carrier located at the mouth of the Yangtze River had begun to enter the water in large quantities, and half of the hull had already sunk into the water.

Around it, many large and small ships were busy trying to force the officers and men of their own navy on the Fengxiang aircraft carrier, and trying to prevent the sinking of the Fengxiang and save the aircraft carrier, which represented the honor of the Imperial Navy.

But all this is in vain, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Fengxiang, which has suffered heavy losses, has no way to save it, and all that awaits it is to sink and break.

About three hours later, Gao Zhihang led the mixed group of flying regiments to successfully return to the Tongliao base area.

Since he did not know that they were attacking an aircraft carrier, Gao Zhihang's report to Zhang Xinghan only mentioned that he had destroyed and sunk a large tonnage enemy naval warship, which might be a heavy cruiser or a battleship.

Zhang Xinghan didn't take it to heart, after all, this time he sent the air force to Shanghai to attack the army, focusing on political influence, and as for the results of the battle, it was not the most important thing.

Two days later, the Blue Coat Society's secret service learned of the shocking news.

Dai Li knew that this matter was of great significance, and did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly went to Nanjing to report to President Jiang.

"Principal, the student has just received definite news that the ship sunk by the Northeast Air Force at the mouth of the Yangtze River two days ago is undoubtedly one of my aircraft carriers named Fengxiang." In the guest room of the Jiang Guild, Dai Li reported with some excitement.

"What do you say? The Northeast Air Force sank one of my aircraft carriers? Principal Jiang was also taken aback when he heard this.

"Yes, principal, as far as I know, this Fengxiang aircraft carrier is the world's first new aircraft carrier, and it is of great significance to the Navy, and even to the global navy." Dai Lian nodded.

"Niang Xipi, the Northeast Air Force did a beautiful job this time, and actually killed an aircraft carrier of my own? It's unbelievable. President Jiang was also excited, and said: "Immediately make this news public to the world, so that the whole [***] people, and also let Western countries see the strength of our Chinese Air Force."

Oh, by the way, I'll send a telegram to Zhang Xinghan again, asking who is leading the team to command the air raid this time, what is his name, and I want to reward him. ”

(To be continued)