Chapter 243: The Kaga sinks

On the sea, the small Japanese fleet fled in panic, and with Kitajima Kazura's order, these warships turned around in a large radius, turned around, and fled at full speed and speed.

In the sky, the fighters' bombers did not stop, they kept bombing at their targets.

When an air colonel who led the bombing mission saw that the little Japanese fleet was about to escape, a slight sneer could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth, and he said to his radio communication system: "Brothers, aim carefully at the target and drop bombs, don't let these warships escape." ”

The speed of warships is much slower than that of airplanes, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for these warships of small Japan to run.

"Boom, boom, boom"

Violent explosions occurred one after another, and these warships were shot one after another, and the anti-aircraft weapons on some warships were seriously damaged; even the 12 120-mm antiaircraft guns of the "Kaga," which had powerful anti-aircraft firepower, were blown up in most of them, and many places on the aircraft carrier caught fire, emitting thick black smoke.

The situation of the battleship "Fuso" was similar due to the continuous bombing, and it was also blown out of several large holes, smoke in many places, and fires in many places, and many little devils on the battleship were putting out the fire at the risk of being bombed.

Kitajima Kazura was in the warship command room, looking at the warships that were on fire everywhere, his face was very ugly, as a vice admiral of the Japanese army, Kitajima Kazura was the first time to encounter such a bad situation.

A devil Shaozuo ran over with a black face and was embarrassed, and reported sadly: "Your Excellency, Commander, our power system has been blown up, and the 'Fusang' can no longer drive. ”

"Yaga !!"

Hear such terrible news. Kitajima Kazuyoshi was so angry that he shouted, and the group of devil officers around him were also sad and angry, and everyone knew it. When the "Fuso" loses power, it becomes a live target and will be blown up sooner or later.

Sure enough, after the "Fuso" stopped, the "Flying Fortress" bombed a much higher hit rate, and stationary targets were more likely to be hit by bombs, and one bomb after another exploded on the "Fuso."

No matter how strong a battleship is, it can't resist the bombardment of so many heavy aerial bombs. Gradually, the "Fuso" began to enter the water and began to tilt. It was a matter of time before it sank.

In the command room of the battleship, a group of devil officers all had sad faces, and the captain of the "Fuso", a Japanese naval officer, said in a sad and loud voice: "Your Excellency the commander." Our 'Fuso' is finished. We must abandon the ship immediately. ”

At this time, many of the remaining little devils on the battleship had already begun to jump into the sea with a lifebuoy, and on the sea, a little devil rose and fell with the waves.

Kitajima Kazura looked at the little devil who jumped into the sea through the window of the command room, and said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and the sea is our destination." ”

Apparently. Kitajima Kazura was not ready to abandon the ship and jump into the sea, preparing to sink with the "Fuso". Hear the words of Kazura Kitajima. The little devil officers in the entire command room all showed desperate looks.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion exploded next to the command room, and a heavy aerial bomb was dropped here, and the explosion was earth-shattering, most of the little devils in the command room were killed, and those who were not killed were also stunned.

Kitajima Kazura was also stunned, bleeding from the corners of his mouth, and fell to the ground, and after the explosion, the entire command room was in shambles.

In the sky, many soldiers had already seen the battleship "Fuso", which had lost its power and was slowly sinking with smoke and flames, and many soldiers happily waved their fists in the air.

The colonel, who led the bombing mission, also happily said loudly through the radio communication system: "Brothers, the 'Fuso' of Little Japan has been completed, and the main target of everyone is the 'Kaga' aircraft carrier of Little Japan. ”

At this time, although the "Kaga" aircraft carrier did not lose power and was still sailing at full power, the situation was not much better, and the aircraft carrier was also on fire everywhere, emitting black smoke.

After 10 minutes of bombing, the "Kaga" aircraft carrier was already seriously damaged, and as the "Fuso" was basically reimbursed, quite a number of "Flying Fortress" bombers targeted the aircraft carrier.

After such a long period of bombing, many "Flying Fortresses" have not carried many bombs, and three "Bombing Fortress" bombers have crashed into the sea, and some "Flying Fortress" bombers have been damaged to varying degrees.

The situation in little Japan was even worse, the "Fuso" began to sink, the "Kaga" was heavily damaged, several other cruisers were also seriously damaged, and a heavy cruiser with a displacement of tens of thousands of tons also lost power and stopped on the surface of the sea with black smoke and fire.

After several rounds of bombing, the "Kaga" aircraft carrier also lost power and could no longer continue to drive, and the anti-aircraft artillery on the aircraft carrier had been completely lost, and it basically no longer had air defense capability.

The anti-aircraft firepower of the entire small Japanese fleet was already very sparse, and the threat to the fighters' "Flying Fortress" bombers was very small.

"Brethren, lower the bombing altitude and drop all our aerial bombs."

Hearing the command from the radio headset, the fighters lowered the heights one after another, and one after another the "Flying Fortress" bombers descended all the way to an altitude of several hundred meters before stopping.

The altitude was reduced, the bombing accuracy was greatly improved, and most of the bombs could hit the target. Braving the sparse anti-aircraft fire of the Little Japanese fleet, one "Flying Fortress" bomber after another began to carry out precision bombing, and one bomb after another accurately hit one small Japanese warship after another.

The "Kaga" aircraft carrier was still a key bombing target for the fighters, and one bomb after another exploded violently on the aircraft carrier, which had lost power, and suddenly, the entire aircraft carrier was in a mess, dilapidated, and almost blown off, and thick smoke, flames, and explosions were intertwined.

The aircraft carrier is flooding everywhere, and a large amount of seawater is pouring into this aircraft carrier. This sturdy aircraft carrier was like this, and several other cruisers were even more heavily damaged, and the heavy cruiser of more than 10,000 tons also began to sink slowly.

"Captain, I don't have any more bombs."

"Captain, I don't have any more bombs."

"Captain, I've dropped all my bombs."

The colonel of the 1st Air Division, who led the team, kept hearing the voices of the fighters in his headphones, and the soldiers reported that they had dropped all the bombs.

Looking at the small Japanese warships on the sea, especially the aircraft carrier "Kaga" and the battleship "Fuso", which were beginning to sink, the colonel was very satisfied.

Although the price was paid for several "Flying Fortress" bombers, however, the price for small Japan was much greater, and the entire fleet was heavily damaged, and the main battleships, the aircraft carrier "Kaga", the battleship "Fuso", a heavy cruiser of tens of thousands of tons, were reimbursed.

In addition, some destroyers, frigates, transport ships, and auxiliary ships were blown up and sunk, and even the other light and heavy cruisers were also heavily damaged, and it is still unknown whether these cruisers can return to the sea.

"The Brethren Return !!"

One after another, the "Flying Fortress" bombers began to return in formation, while the 120 "Messerschmidt" fighters that had disappeared into the distant sky killed one more horse gun and fired at these warships at low altitudes.

On the sea, many little devils on the warship were killed by dense machine gun bullets, especially those who jumped into the sea, most of them turned into corpses one by one.

After all the bullets were emptied, the 120 fighters also began to return in formation, leaving behind a series of smoke-emitting and burning warships on the sea.

At 10:26 a.m., the fire spread to the gasoline tank and caused a large explosion, breaking the hull into two and then sinking into the sea.

Not long after the sinking of the aircraft carrier "Kaga", the battleship "Fuso" also exploded violently, and then also sank like the sea.

Ye Feng's 1st Air Division confronted the small Japanese navy for the first time, and although the means of attack were relatively simple, it still achieved good results, and at a small cost, it severely damaged the small Japanese Chinese fleet and sank almost all the main warships of the fleet.

The aircraft carrier "Kaga" and the battleship "Fuso", these two giant battleships were also sunk by the fighters' "Flying Fortress" bombers and sank to the icy bottom of the sea

After a large battle in the sea area near Ningbo in the morning, the mechanized infantry division, the 3rd infantry division, and the 5th infantry division in the Shangyu area began to take the initiative to attack.

Three days later, these three troops approached the Ningbo area, while the 18th and 29th Divisions of the small Japanese were defeated and unable to resist the advance of the fighters.

In these three days of fighting, the 18th and 29th divisions of small Japan suffered a lot of losses, and tens of thousands of little devils were annihilated by the soldiers.

The mechanized infantry division opened the way, two infantry divisions followed, and with a large number of heavy artillery, the 18th and 29th divisions retreated to the Ningbo area, and some little devils retreated to Ningbo City, preparing to rely on Ningbo City to make the last resistance.

In the area north of Hangzhou, after the fighting of the past few days, the intensity has gradually decreased, and it may be that Okamura Ningji knows that the general trend of the road has gone, and it is no longer possible to break through the defense line of the newly formed 6th Army.

In the event of a major war in the area of Hangzhou, Okamura Ninji mobilized so many troops, and many places in the entire East China and Central China appeared to be insufficient, and the vast number of Nationalist troops took the opportunity to recover many cities, and the New Fourth Army was also very active, and also recovered several county seats.

All this put Okamura Ningji under great pressure, and after thinking twice, he was ready to temporarily abandon the attack on the newly formed 6th Army, and ordered the 18th Division and the 29th Division in the Ningbo area to shrink their forces.

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Today's two watches, the first one is sent. (To be continued......)