The "Longxiang" was one of the main ships of the 3rd Fleet of the Japanese invasion of China, and committed heinous crimes in China. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It began construction on November 26, 1929, was launched on April 2, 1931, and completed on May 9, 1933, making it one of the newer aircraft carriers owned by the Japanese Navy at the time. The bridge of the Longxiang was crossed below deck. Although the displacement is not large, it can accommodate more than 30 aircraft, and is generally used to support landing operations. The idea was to fill the remaining tonnage restricted by the treaty, so the design of the aircraft carrier was not successful. Built from the hull of a cruiser, it was originally designed to be built into a single-story hangar, but during construction it was changed to a double-decker. After the completion of the aircraft carrier, there were weak weapons; Problems such as poor stability and overload. Immediately after entering service, it was refitted, including strengthening the hull structure and reducing the number of large anti-aircraft guns, and the state of the modification was: full load displacement of 13,650 tons, main dimensions of 175.4 x 20.7 x 7 meters, establishment of 924 people, armament of 4 twin 127 mm dual-purpose guns, 4 twin 25 mm guns, 24 13 mm machine guns. The ship is 175 meters long, 20 meters wide, with a full load displacement of 13,000 tons, and carries a total of 48 fighters, attack aircraft and bombers (including 12 reserve aircraft).

In fact, at the pre-departure coordination meeting, there was a discrepancy between the information provided by the Chinese pilots and the actual situation, because although Japan's Type 96 carrier-based fighters had already been deployed to invade China, they had not yet had time to reequip the aircraft carrier. Japan's aircraft carrier was still two years after the Type 96 warship battle -- Lin Jun was very sure of this, of course, provided that he did not interfere too much with history. Maybe after the Japanese baby aircraft carrier lets itself be "sent" into the sea, little Japan will speed up the pace of updating carrier-based fighters, but this time Andlupuv and they should be facing the "Longxiang" with a double-winged Type 95 carrier-based fighter.

Although Lin Jun knew the situation of the fighter models carried by the Japanese aircraft carrier, and also informed Andlupf, he also reminded him: Once the "Longxiang" is attacked, the Japanese airfield in the Songhu area will definitely send fighter jets to intercept it, and at this time they will encounter the 96 ship battle. The time for this attack was set for the early hours of the morning, which was exactly the usual time for Japanese planes to take off from aircraft carriers, and the visibility was just right for launching an attack, so the attack aircraft group did not need to worry much about the counterattack of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, as long as they were prepared for the anti-aircraft artillery fire of the "Longxiang" and its frigates. In fact, it was the Japanese carrier-based aircraft that launched a counterattack, and Andlupf's escort detachment could easily solve it, which was not only the reason for the quality advantage of the fighters, but also the absolute superiority of the Soviet fighters in terms of flight altitude and the number of fighters.

The arrogance and carelessness of the Japanese gave the Chinese and Soviet air forces an excellent opportunity to attack, and the attack formation was basically victorious! Although victory was in sight, Lin Jun and Andlupf, as commanders, did not dare to take it lightly: the pilots of both China and the Soviet Union were ready to die at any time; In particular, the Soviet pilots were told during the selection before coming to China: once they are shot down by the enemy and they are deep in the enemy-occupied area, they must not be captured when there is no hope of breaking through!

At night, the Daxiaochang airport was a busy scene, and the ground crews of both sides of China and the Soviet Union were preparing for the dawn attack. Lin Jun couldn't sleep, and he kept checking the preparations at the airport.

At midnight, Sergeant Major Vasily and Andlupuv found him, and the two of them had something to discuss with Lin Jun.

"Captain, I have an idea, I discussed it with Comrade Andlupuf just now, and he also thinks my idea is feasible." said the sergeant major.

"What's the matter?" Lin Jun knew that what the sergeant major said must be a good thing, and it was very important.

"I want to temporarily remove the cannons of all the 12 aircraft of the assault detachment, so that the remaining weight can also be mounted on the 200-liter auxiliary fuel tank, and I only add half of the fuel in the auxiliary fuel tank, which will not cause much trouble for the flight, so that in case of interception by enemy aircraft on the way back, the assault group will also have fuel to counterattack."

"Did you calculate the weight load? Also, is it too late to change clothes? ”

"Captain, don't worry, I've already calculated it, and there's no problem." Vasily was full of confidence.

"Andrey, it's worth it. Even if the cannon is installed, there is no fuel, and it is also a decoration. ”

"Alright, just do as you say."

Lin Jun understands very well: although there is only 200 liters of fuel more, sometimes the extra 200 liters is a life-saving game.

After forcing Andlupf to rest, Lin Jun also ran to the ground staff to help. Watch as the mechanics unload the cannons from the wings, close the barrel openings, and load the planes with half-full fuel tanks. Before these modifications were carried out, the 12 IL-16s of the assault detachment had already been hung up, and the swarthy bombs under the belly of the aircraft were smearing with the smell of death -- their fuses were also attached to the safety pins with strips of cloth attached.

12 200-kilogram armor-piercing bombs, plus six 500-pound and 24 100-pound American-made explosive bombs on the six "Northrop" bombers, are enough for the "Longxiang" to drink a pot! Lin Jun was not afraid that the design of the light aircraft carrier "Longxiang" -- would not be able to sink the bomb -- there was a problem in the first place, and the design of the Japanese aircraft carrier was also "quick success," and its damage resistance could be said to be extremely bad. But for the sake of insurance, all the bombs planned will fall on the head of the "Long Xiang", and not one will take care of those escort ships.

I didn't sleep all night, and a large number of agents from the Political Department arrived at the airport at half past three in the morning, and Lin Jun knew that Lao Jiang was about to arrive. At four o'clock in the morning, ******'s convoy arrived at the Daxiao Factory, and to Lin Jun's surprise, Kong Xiangxi, Song Ailing, and Song Meiling also came together. At this time, on the tarmac of the colonel's factory, 31 Chinese and Soviet planes (Lin Jun also lent his plane to a reserve pilot) were ready, and the pilots had already eaten breakfast and were making final preparations before departure.

At 4:30, in order to keep it secret, Lin Jun personally gave the order to attack in Chinese and Russian on the tarmac, and the airport was suddenly filled with the roar of airplanes. Thirty-one planes took off in batches, divided into three formations, and whistled southeast in the pre-dawn night. The entire formation will remain silent on the radio until the attack, in order to take it by surprise, which will be a test for the pilots of the temporary formation and the two sides who do not understand the language.

Looking at the fleet of planes flying farther and farther, Lin Jun felt that his heart was also taken away by them: "Brothers, good luck to you!" ”

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In order to maintain the concealment of the attack, the flight formation climbed to a cruising altitude of 8,000 meters under the guidance of Xu Zhuoyuan, the leader of the Chinese bomber squadron, after flying together, and climbed to a cruising altitude of 8,000 meters after half an hour. Although oxygen is required at this altitude, it is not suitable for ground personnel to detect its course, and it is also good for saving fuel consumption.

In September, the land of southern Jiangsu is still covered with hot heat, but the plane is cold and biting when it reaches high altitude. Andlupv led the escort detachment to fly at the top of the formation, and the Soviet pilots were relatively better off than their Chinese counterparts, because their planes were designed with cockpit heaters for flying in cold climates, and the I-16-3 cockpit was designed to be the most advanced airtight cockpit, which did not require oxygen masks to be worn all the time.

Being high in the sky, Andropf had already seen a glimmer of light in the east—it was almost dawn.

After flying over Suzhou, Prokofiev's assault fleet threw off the fuel tanks, which had run out of fuel, and in front of them was the battle-like Shanghai. Andlupuf kept his eyes on the Chinese bomber 100 meters below his head, and he could even see the nearest Northrop bomber, and the young backseat navigator turned his head and took off his oxygen mask and smiled at himself.

Seeing that the pilot "Northrop" shook its wings, all the planes in the formation followed the pilot plane to make a small right turn: after a while, they will make a second course adjustment at sea, and more than 100 kilometers ahead will be the target area, Dajiyang.

Along the way, they did not encounter Japanese fighters, first, it was still early, and second, those arrogant Japanese did not expect that there would be planes that would dare to bomb the aircraft carriers of their "Great Imperial Japanese Navy".

At 6 o'clock in the morning, the attack formation flew in a herringbone formation over the sea of the Oji, and the planes of Andlupuf and the escort formation dropped the auxiliary fuel tanks. At an altitude of 8,000 meters, Xu Zhuoyuan, a Chinese long-term aircraft, was carefully searching for targets on the sea, and now the sun had risen in the east, and the rays of the rising sun shone on the sea, and the visibility was very good.

Suddenly, Xu Zhuoyuan found that there was a ship formation composed of three warships on the sea in front of him, one of which was the "Long Xiang", and near it were two destroyers escorting the escort.

Zhuo Yuan was looking up and looking up, and saw that the Soviet plane's long plane was swinging its wings - they had also found the target.

"Spot the target, target 1 o'clock direction, distance 25 km, reduce the altitude! Prepare to attack! Xu Zhuoyuan excitedly gave the order. Just as he began to descend altitude, he heard a call in Russian from his headset -- it was a Soviet plane giving the order to attack.

"Attention all, attention to all! At 1 o'clock in the target direction, according to the original plan, the assault aircraft group launched an attack and covered the aircraft group at an altitude of 4,000 meters. Attack all! "Andlupuf gave the order to attack.

The group began to lower altitude, and at this point Andlupuf found dozens of planes lined up on the flat deck of the "Longchamp", and the chimney was emitting smoke, heading due east, headwind, and at a speed of 50 kilometers (the "Longchamp" was at a speed of 29 knots) - it was preparing for takeoff.

"God help me!" Andlupuf thought. In the current situation, when launching an attack, the "Longxiang" will either choose to evade the serpentine maneuver, so that it will not be able to take off fighters to intercept it; Either fix the route and force the take-off of the fighter, then it is a live target! Moreover, it was taking off against the rising sun, and the original disadvantage of the attack aircraft group in the face of sunlight no longer existed.

7,000 meters, 6,000 meters, 5,000 meters, at this time it was only a little more than 10 kilometers away from the "Longxiang", and the Japanese only found out at this time that there were three groups of planes behind them rushing towards them! A terrible anti-aircraft siren sounded on the deck of the "Longxiang," and all anti-aircraft fire was directed in the direction of the enemy planes, and they opened heavy fire.

It is a pity that the "Longxiang" only has four twin 127-mm dual-purpose guns, four twin 25-mm guns and 24 13-mm machine guns. Soon, the gunners discovered that the incoming aircraft had entered the dive phase, which was so fast that they did not even have time to adjust the angle of fire.

At an altitude of 4000 meters, Prokofiev gave the command "at an angle of 50 degrees, all dive attack." At this time, the "Long Xiang" was still sailing against the wind, and the Japanese fighter pilots were desperately entering the cockpit to prepare for a forced takeoff.

Keeping an eye on the target in front of him, Prokofiev's I-16 entered directly behind the "Longxiang" and aimed its aim at the middle of the deck of the aircraft carrier. The plane made a terrible sound, and as the speed got faster and faster, the hissing sound from the high-speed air flow became louder and louder, which strongly stimulated the pilot's nerves. Prokofiev's adrenaline rush made him feel excited.

Ignoring the red altitude warning lights, Prokofiev continued to dive, firmly placing the aiming cross ring in the middle of the flight deck of the Dragon.

At an altitude of almost 500 meters, Prokofiev pressed the bomb dropping button, and the armor-piercing bomb fixed under the belly of the aircraft broke away from the body and roared down. Pulling the lever up violently, increasing the throttle to the maximum, the huge overload pressed his body on the seat, Yi 16 slowly raised the nose of the plane, and roared over the "Long Xiang". At this time, behind him, the 200-kilogram armor-piercing bomb accurately hit the middle of the deck of the "Longxiang", but did not explode immediately, but penetrated two decks in succession, and directly drilled into its lower hangar before exploding violently. In an instant, the lower hangar of the "Dragon Horse" became a hell on earth, and everything was destroyed. Everyone on board the "Longxiang" felt a shake in the hull: their aircraft carrier had been shot! But the people on deck did not know that now there was already a fire in the lower hangar. This was not the end, the planes that dived down from behind dropped bombs one after another, and the armor-piercing bombs only exploded after penetrating the flight deck.

Before the six Northrop bombs were dropped, there was already a hellish scene on the "Longxiang": the blown steel plates were twisted, the whole ship was emitting smoke like a big fireball, and more than half of its anti-aircraft gun positions had been destroyed.

At high altitude, Andropf saw that the destroyers escorting the destroyers on both sides were firing fiercely at the assault group, although they had not yet hit their own planes, they posed a great threat, and just as Prokofiev dropped the bomb, the "Longxiang" with two wings on the 95 warships had already forcibly taken off.

"Attention to all cover groups, one detachment will deal with those two Japanese fighters, and two detachments will strafe the enemy destroyers and suppress their anti-aircraft fire!" When he finished calling, he pressed the nose of the plane and pounced on the two Japanese fighters.

The strength of the I-16 is the dive attack, and this time it has the advantage of speed and altitude, and in the blink of an eye, the I-16 piloted by Andlupf has already rushed behind the two 95 ships that are turning. As soon as he pressed the machine gun launch button, two lines of ballistics clearly crossed the sky, and the Japanese fighter in front of him was shattered. Andlupuf swung the nose of the plane, not caring about the fate of the other Japanese fighter, aimed the nose at a Japanese destroyer a kilometer ahead, and pressed the gun firing button when he approached 500 meters. The 20-mm Schwark cannon smashed the death and justice shells at the destroyer at a rate of 750 rounds per minute, sending it flying in all directions, while the Japanese sailors on the deck danced a death dance - their bodies torn apart by scattered shrapnel.

After the team behind Andlupuf "divided" the Japanese fighter plane, they also joined in the strafing of the Japanese destroyers, and suddenly the two destroyers became like hell, with blood and human fragments everywhere, and their anti-aircraft gun positions were all destroyed.

At this moment, there was an awkward cry of "comrade, comrade, comrade" from Andlupf's headphones, and the code words for the return flight were booked. When Andlupf looked in the direction where the "Longxiang" was located, he saw that the aircraft carrier, which was more than 10,000 tons, was already in flames, emitting smoke that covered the sky and the sun, and that this series of explosions was still occurring, and at this time its own ammunition was detonating -- the "Longxiang" had already run out.

"Attention all, attention to all! Don't fall in love with war, don't fall in love with war, save ammo and go home! All return! "Andrupf decisively gave the Soviet formation the order to return.

At the very moment when Andlupuf decided to suppress the firepower of the Japanese destroyers, the slower "Northrop" bombers also flew into the sky above the "Longxiang", and the "Longxiang" in front of Xu Zhuoyuan was already riddled with holes.

"It's better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers!" To be on the safe side, Xu Zhuoyuan commanded all his bombers and launched a dive bombing campaign against the "Longxiang".

The 500-pound explosive bomb left a large hole in the flight deck of the "Longxiang" that was seven or eight meters square also detonated the bomb mounted by the Type 96 attack plane parked at the rear of the deck.

After all the planes dropped their bombs, Xu Zhuoyuan saw that the "Long Xiang" on the sea was already crumbling and weak, so he issued an order to return home.

The joint attack formation that broke away from the target climbed all the way up until it was leveled at an altitude of 4,000 meters, and the navigator behind Xu Zhuoyuan told him: The smoke rising from the "Longxiang" was more than 2,000 meters high!

At this time, after assembling the planes on his side, Andlupuf carefully counted the number: 25 Yi-16 planes on his side were quite a lot, and the six bombers of the Chinese Air Force were also safe and sound -- this sortie was a complete victory.

"All attention, I'm Andlupf, report if there's any loss."

Another commando member reported that his plane's right-wing landing gear had been hit by a small-caliber anti-aircraft shell and that it might need to make a forced landing on the airfield, but it had no effect on the current flight, and the wing fuel tanks had not been punctured. Hearing the team's answer, Andlupuf put down the big stone in his heart: the bombers of the Chinese brothers over there didn't look much of a problem, and this bombing has been a complete victory so far!

Although it was a complete victory, Andlupuf did not dare to take it lightly, because there was a high risk that he would be intercepted by Japanese fighters on the way back.

As Andropf had expected, only 20 minutes after the return flight began, six Japanese monoplanes flew in at three o'clock.

"Enemy aircraft were spotted in the middle direction of three o'clock! The height is 4000, a total of six, and it is a Type 96 ship battle! The escort detachment will come with me, and the other planes will continue to return! Andlupuf turned the nose of the plane and led the escort fighters behind him to climb at three o'clock at great speed.

He didn't pay attention to these latest Japanese fighters at all, now he has enough fuel and ammunition, and he has thirteen fighters on his side, and the vertical performance is better than that of the Japanese army, as long as he occupies the height, these six Japanese planes are not enough for his subordinates!

Prokofiev continued to lead the assault detachment home, ignoring the battle on Andlupf's side, knowing that his commander and the comrades of the escort detachment would be able to resolve the battle with ease. His mission now was to return home with his Chinese brothers, and to guard against follow-up planes that the Japanese had come to intercept. The Chinese brothers' light bombers are not very capable of fighting, and now they are their "escort formations," and all the planes of their detachment still have about half an hour of combat fuel left, so as long as they do not encounter enemy planes twice as large as their own, they will not have an accident.

The 96 ship battle was the best Japanese fighter at that time, but compared with the Soviet Union's I-16 III, it had no advantage in other indicators except for the horizontal hovering performance, and compared with the I-16, its firepower can be said to be weak -- the Type 96 ship battle at that time only had two 7.7 mm machine guns. And it also has the usual characteristics of Japanese fighters: a little bit.

These six Japanese fighters were planes of the 2nd Combined Air Force stationed in Songhu just yesterday, and the leader of the squadron was Squadron Leader Ono Guitian. This morning, he learned from the radio that the Chinese Air Force was attacking the Imperial Navy's aircraft carrier "Longxiang," and immediately led all the fighters at hand that could take off urgently to take off to support the "Longxiang." It's not that this Ono doesn't want to bring a few more planes, it's that the other planes in the squadron are being overhauled - they didn't expect the current Chinese Air Force to take the initiative to attack.

When Ono spotted the formation of planes in the distance, he couldn't help but gasp with great excitement - how could there be so many Chinese planes?! And when he saw the appearance of the more than 10 fighters that pounced on him, he couldn't remember which country this strange fighter was, but Ono was sure of one thing: these whizzing fighters were faster than the speed of the 96 ship battle that he was proud of!

While Ono was still "studying" the aircraft model, Andlupuf gave the order to attack: "Take the two planes as a unit, and fight quickly!" ”

The Japanese fighters on the opposite side did not know whether they were "brave" or stupid, and they rushed straight towards Andrupf, and they were also inferior in altitude - the climb performance of the I-16 was better than that of the 96 ship battle.

"Since you are looking for death by yourself, Lao Tzu is not welcome!"

Because it was head-to-head and relied on courage, Andlupuf had already aimed at the Japanese long plane at 600 meters, and pressed the cannon and machine gun firing buttons at the same time, and now it was less than the maximum firing distance of the 96 ship battle.

Ono on the opposite side was gritting his teeth and facing the enemy plane directly in front of him, thinking that the time had come to make a contribution! To his surprise, the opponent opened fire at a distance far beyond the range of his own aircraft machine guns! Ono didn't have time to make evasive moves, and saw a series of ballistics hit his landline.

"It's the Soviet Union's I-16!" At this time, Ono's last thoughts before returning to the sky.

After Andlupuf hit the opposite plane, he turned around at great speed, and then found that the other 5 formations were fighting with the 3 Japanese fighters: ten against three, there was not much suspense at all, and only 30 seconds later, all the Japanese fighters were hit by a volley explosion.

"All return and catch up with the big formation." Andlupuf again gave the order to return.

"Machines report losses."

"Captain, my plane's wing fuel tanks have been punctured."

Andlupuf knew that it was Sasha of the 1st Squadron who was talking, "Can you insist on returning to land?" ”

"The oil leak is not very serious, and there is no problem to return to land, but it is estimated that it will not reach Nanjing."

"Then I made a forced landing halfway through, and if I didn't have the right terrain, I would parachute. After Shanghai, it is all your own territory. ”

"Yes, Captain."

At the same time as Andrupf and Sasha were talking, Prokofiev and the others also encountered a group of Japanese fighters who came to intercept them, but they encountered five Ki-10s of the Japanese Army Air Force. These last biplane fighters of the Japanese army were no match for Prokofiev and them, and four of them were easily eliminated, and only one escaped with wounded - originally this guy couldn't escape, but thinking of escorting those six bombers and paying attention to fuel consumption, Prokofiev did not pursue.

Here Andlupuv led the escort detachment to catch up with the formation in front, and the two sides informed the air battle just now: 10 to 0, the Soviet Air Force won a big victory!

And the self-sealing fuel tank of the Yi 16 III is better than expected, because Sasha's estimate is wrong, and its plane still has spare fuel even if it flies to Jurong. To be on the safe side, under the guidance of two "Northrop" bombers with little fuel, Sasha landed at Jurong Airport with two Chinese bombers.

After watching his pilots land safely at the airport, the planes of Andlupf and the escort detachment, which had been delayed for cover, turned around and flew to Nanjing.

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During the period when Andlupuf and them attacked, Lin Jun in the airport of the Daxiao Factory was living like a year, but Lao Jiang and them were relatively calm.

In fact, Lao Jiang and the others are also emotionally complicated: because there is no way to know what the battle situation is, but it is still not as uncomfortable as Lin Jun - he is a pilot, and he has always been on the front line before, but now he stays at the airport to see the blue sky, which is more uncomfortable than killing him: "How are the comrades?" He kept thinking.

If you weren't a pilot, you couldn't feel Lin Jun's mood at this time, so Kong Xiangxi asked out of kindness: "General Andrei, they're coming back soon, right?" ”

Lin Jungang wanted to rush to say: You ask me, I ask who to go! Fortunately, I didn't say it.

"Vice President Kong, it's okay, the pilots who attacked this time are all experienced, and they will definitely be able to complete the mission and return home safely. Don't learn from me, I'm not worried about the safety of the sortie group. ”

Lin Jun is trying to calm down.

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