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The mouth of the Yangtze River.

The sea is widening and large warships are able to sail unhindered, and a large fleet is docked in this area.

This is a fleet of the small Japanese navy, the main force of the Japanese fleet on the Chinese side, including a large aircraft carrier, a large heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, in addition, destroyers, frigates, gunboats, etc., plus auxiliary ships, a whole large area, nearly twenty warships of all sizes.

There are so many warships, the number of small Japanese navies is at least thousands, and on the deck of a huge aircraft carrier, a Japanese vice admiral is facing the sea breeze, looking at the downtown area of Shanghai not far away.

The Chinese Fleet of the Japanese Navy was formed in October 1937 as the general name of the naval fleet sent by the Japanese High Command to China to carry out aggression missions. The Japanese Navy began operating along the coast of China and the Yangtze River in April 1884, and has since increased the number of ships.

The Japanese Chinese fleet was dealt a heavy blow by the new Sixth Army, and the aircraft carrier "Kaga" and the battleship "Fuso" were all sunk by the bomber group of the new Sixth Army.

Under the heavy losses, the Japanese Chinese fleet seemed to have been silent for a while, and many warships returned to the dockyard on the Japanese mainland for refitting, greatly enhancing anti-aircraft firepower, and recently replenished several main warships, including the "Soryu" aircraft carrier.

The Canglong was commissioned in December 1937, was put into the coastal waters of China the following year, and was incorporated into the Chinese fleet last year. Its carrier-based aircraft assisted the Japanese Army in the war of aggression against China in the Yangtze River valley and in South China.

Last year, the Japanese fleet on the Chinese side was reorganized, and Senior General Shiro Kawakoshi was appointed commander. It has jurisdiction over the 1st Dispatch China Fleet (Vice Admiral Tanimoto Mataro is the commander and is responsible for the Haijiang operation in central China), the 2nd Dispatch China Fleet (Vice Admiral Takasu Shiro is the commander and is responsible for operations in the northern waters of China), the 3rd Dispatch China Fleet (Vice Admiral Nomura is the commander and is responsible for operations in the southern seas and coastal areas of China), and the 13th Squadron and the 2nd Air Force.

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The focus of the attack of the new 6th Army has been in Suzhou, and the ground forces attacking in the direction of Lu and Shanghai have basically suspended their offensive. However, the air force units did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and a large number of "Flying Fortress" bombers have been bombing the little devils in the Shanghai area.

Ye Feng has already gotten the information. The main force of the Japanese Chinese fleet has arrived in the vicinity of Shanghai, and there is also an aircraft carrier, dozens of aircraft, and these planes plus the remaining planes at the Shanghai airfield. The Japanese army has more than 100 planes in the vicinity of Shanghai.

A large number of "Flying Fortress" bombers were not escorted by a single fighter. They were still carrying out a fierce bombing of the Japanese troops in the vicinity of Shanghai, the purpose of which was naturally to lure the snakes out of their holes, attract small Japanese planes to come over, and then annihilate them.

There are still so many little devil planes in Shanghai, in Ye Feng's opinion, this is absolutely not allowed, and there are no small Japanese planes in the Shanghai area, or even in the entire Yangtze River Delta. The new 6th Army must control absolute air supremacy.

The western suburbs of Shanghai.

Due to the feint attack of a large number of tank groups of the new 6th Army, a large number of Japanese troops gathered in this area. This area is one of the key bombing areas for a large number of "Flying Fortress" fighters.

Dozens of B-17 "Flying Fortress" bombers, possibly two squadrons, led by a colonel, are bombing the imps in the area, and the bombing has been going on for a relatively long time, and each bomber has almost dropped its own bombs.

When everyone was about to return home, the colonel received news from the direction of Hangzhou Airport that a large Japanese fighter formation was flying towards here.

Receiving such news, the colonel with the tie not only did not feel the slightest nervousness and worry, but was overjoyed in his heart, and the tactic of luring the snake out of the hole was successful.

Although their own bombers, but there are a lot of them, and the firepower is not weak, otherwise this kind of bomber would not be called a "flying fortress", in addition, the bomber group in the Shanghai area is not only one, what is there to worry about.

Through the radio communication system on the plane, the colonel shouted loudly: "Brothers, the little devil's fighter plane is coming soon, everyone is in position and ready to fight!" ”

Each "Flying Fortress" has a number of light and heavy machine guns, and it has 13 heavy machine guns, which is a veritable "Flying Fortress". The machine gunners who operated these machine guns were immediately ready, wielding the machine guns, and looking intently at the outside of the plane, waiting for the arrival of the group of imp fighters.

The two squadrons of "Flying Fortress" bombers, dozens of Flying Fortress bombers, also began to change formations and prepare for battle.

In just a few minutes, the soldiers saw a huge group of planes coming in the distance, densely packed with a large area, which was hundreds of fighters. Little Japan's Shanghai airfield, as well as most of the fighters on the "Soryu" aircraft carrier, all rose into the air, forming a huge fighter formation, flying towards the group of fighters.

It is possible that the little devils who were bombed on the ground have already sent back the news that the Japanese side knows that dozens of bombers are bombing here, and in order to attack these dozens of "Flying Fortress" bombers, the Japanese side has dispatched hundreds of planes.

With so many planes, hundreds of fighters, this is a huge amount of air power, and the little Japanese side thinks that it has a good chance of winning, because its target is only a few dozen bombers.

The leader of the team was a devil navy Dazuo, who personally piloted a "Type 96" carrier-based fighter, which is a fighter with relatively advanced performance in the Japanese Navy and is also the current main carrier-based fighter of the Japanese Navy.

Along with these carrier-based fighters were dozens of Nakajima Type 97 fighters from the Shanghai airport, and hundreds of small Japanese fighters flew over in a murderous manner.

Piloting his own fighter plane, the devil navy Dazuo had already seen the bomber group in the distance ahead, and saw that this bomber group was "fleeing" in the direction of Hangzhou, and this devil Dazuo was full of joy and excitement.

"Yo Si! Warriors, our chance has come, kill it, catch up, and annihilate these bombers. After saying that, the devil Dazuo increased the throttle, and the plane flew fast, flying towards the group of dozens of B-17 bombers in the distance.

Through the radio communication system between the planes, almost all the devil pilots heard their own orders, and saw the bomber group in front of them with their own eyes, these devil pilots screamed excitedly, and they all accelerated their speed and flew towards this bomber group.

The soldiers have been engrossed in the battle and maintained a fighting state, and everyone naturally saw the group of devils flying over, and when they saw such a large number of planes, the soldiers responded calmly.

Many fighters in the combat position, seeing that the devil's group of planes was very fast, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly shrinking, these fighters preemptively attacked and fired at these fighters of the little devils with the heavy machine guns on the plane.

The 12.7 mm heavy machine gun bullet was not small, and the range of the heavy machine gun was not short, so many young Japanese pilots were taken aback.

One, two, three......

In a short period of time, almost in the blink of an eye, many soldiers began to shoot, and the dense bullets gave these devil planes a head-on blow.

Each B-17 bomber is an air fortress, the firepower is fierce, each aircraft is equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, many B-17 fire at the same time, the firepower is very terrifying.

The little Japanese pilots were absolutely unfamiliar with the B-17, and they never thought that as a bomber, there was such fierce firepower, and they were completely immersed in joy and excitement, and these devil pilots were not at all defenseless, and they were suddenly caught off guard.

In a short period of time, several of the devil fighters flying in the front were shot, and two or three of them even plummeted into the ground with thick smoke, and these two or three planes were actually shot down.

The leader of the team, Dazuo, looked at the scene in shock, his mouth was wide open, dumbfounded, he could stuff two eggs in his mouth, and his mouth was wide open and did not close for a long time.

After two or three planes were shot down, the pilots of Little Japan reacted and fired at the fighters' bombers while evading.

Many of the fighters' B-17 bombers were shot quickly, but the fighters of Little Japan generally used 7.7mm bullets, which were much less powerful than the 12.7mm bullets used by the fighters, and the fighters of Little Japan were generally equipped with two machine guns.

On a B-17 bomber, a soldier saw that his plane was shot one after another, and small holes were punched one after another, and a small Japanese Nakajima plane was chasing and shooting at him.

The soldier, who was in the rear position of the plane, immediately operated his heavy machine gun and fired at the Nakajima plane, and the thick and dense bullets hit the Nakajima plane one after another, and soon, the plane was plumped with smoke and planted headlong on the ground.

Soon, the little Japanese pilot found that in a one-on-one situation, he was no match for these bombers at all, and as long as the two sides fired at each other, they would soon be shot down, and this bomber that fired at the little devil only had some more bullet holes, and it seemed that there was no big problem.

As a result, the pilots of the little Japanese immediately changed their tactics, relying on their numerical superiority, often three or five planes to strike one B-17 bomber at the same time.

Finally, a B-17 was hit by three or four small Japanese planes, thick smoke rose and swayed, and it seemed that it would not work, and the soldiers on the B-17 bomber had no choice but to open the hatch and parachute.

Seeing that their tactics worked, many little devil pilots cheered, and after being shot down more than a dozen planes, they finally shot down a bomber of the newly formed 6th Army.

The leader of the team, the devil Dazuo, happened to see the B-17 bomber shot down, and the devil Dazuo felt a little relieved in his heart, and his ugly face was a little better.

However, soon the face of the devil Dazuo changed, because a huge group of planes in the distance was simply covering the sky and the sun, flying towards this side.

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Today's three watches, the third watch will be sent. (To be continued......)