The monotonous roar of engines swept across the sea, and a group of "Sea Falcon" dive bombers flew in a trapezoidal formation at high speed northwest in the bright sunlight, 1,500 meters above the sea surface.

In the cockpit of the "Sea Falcon" in the lead, Zhang Yiwu was easily piloting this slightly clumsy dive bomber, and at this moment, an aerial bomb weighing 500 kilograms was hanging on the belly bomb rack of this "Sea Falcon" dive bomber, which made the plane a heavy burden.

Like other "sea falcons", the dive bomber piloted by Zhang Yiwu is also in a closed cabin flight state, that is, the cockpit canopy is completely closed, at this time, the speed of the aircraft can reach the fastest, which is stipulated in the combat regulations, because an actual combat assault is about to be carried out, in order to reach the target airspace as soon as possible, all combat aircraft are absolutely forbidden to open the hatch, although this feeling of opening the hatch cover to fly is indeed very windy.

Zhang Yiwu raised his head, looked upward, and saw a group of "Sea Hawk" fighters flying at an altitude of 2,500 meters above the group of dive bombers.

Moving his gaze back to the dashboard, Zhang Yiwu glanced at the fuel gauge, the fuel of the two auxiliary fuel tanks mounted on the wings was almost consumed, and the auxiliary fuel tanks could be abandoned in a few minutes, and then, the flight speed of this dive bomber could be further improved.

Next to the fuel gauge is a flight logbook, and the cover is a photo with a clip, the photo is a girl with a sweet smile, is the wife of Major Zhang Yiwu, and is now a foreign language teacher at a university, this photo was taken a few years ago, before the expedition, Zhang Yiwu deliberately picked out this photo from a bunch of photos and took it with him, and the soldier also has feelings.

Major Zhang Yiwu's wife is not an ordinary person, this lady is the daughter of General Ji Yulin, it is difficult for ordinary people to contact this circle, Zhang Yiwu was born in a peasant family, although he is an instructor of the Air Force Aviation School, but generally speaking, it is difficult to know Miss Ji, and the person who connects him with Miss Ji is not an ordinary person, it is Zhao Qiwen, the son of Zhao Bei, the president of the Republic of China.

Zhang Yiwu is Zhao Qiwen's first flight instructor after joining the army, and it is this relationship that makes Zhao Qiwen play the role of a matchmaker between him and Miss Ji.

Zhang Yiwu's military experience is simpler than Zhao Qiwen, since he joined the army, Zhang Yiwu has been staying in the air force, never left the army, Zhao Qiwen went to Spain to participate in the international column before also invited Zhang Yiwu to go over, but Zhang Yiwu refused after thinking about it, he didn't want to get involved with foreigners.

Zhang Yiwu knew who the famous "Gargamel" on the Spanish air battlefield was, but he also promised Zhao Qiwen to keep it secret, sometimes thinking about it, he also envied Zhao Qiwen a little, in terms of adventurous spirit, he was indeed willing to lose.

Compared with Zhao Qiwen's "cleverness", Zhang Yiwu's characteristic is "calm", so when he applied to join the naval aviation, he chose a dive bomber as his landline, because compared with a fighter, this kind of aircraft is "flat and stable", which is determined by the tactical purpose, the dive bomber requires extremely high bombing accuracy, so it can not be too flexible, which also determines that the dive bomber cannot attack alone, and must act under the protection of the fighter.

The "Sea Falcon" is a naval version of the "Falcon" dive bomber, with basically the same structure and performance, and there are also two members, one pilot and captain, and the other is a rear-seat machine gun shooter and navigator.

Zhang Yiwu was the captain of the dive bomber formation and the captain of the first assault echelon, and at this moment, the machine gun shooter and telegraph operator sitting in the back seat of him was receiving a telegram from the aircraft carrier "Nanhai", and while Zhang Yiwu was staring at the photo of his wife, the telegraph operator had already translated the entire contents of the telegram.

"Captain, the telegram that just came was an order from the fleet commander himself, and he ordered us to immediately adjust the course to ××× and change the coordinates ×××. This is because according to a report received by a reconnaissance plane more than 10 minutes ago, in the sea area 50 nautical miles west of the British Battlefleet, the reconnaissance plane discovered a large aircraft carrier flying the British flag, which was preliminarily confirmed to be the British Royal Navy's 'Ark Royal,' and the commander ordered our first assault echelon to change the target of attack and lock on to the British aircraft carrier. ”

The telegraph operator immediately relayed the newly received telegram order to Zhang Yiwu through the intercom, which surprised the captain who commanded the assault force.

"British aircraft carriers? Was it to pick up the British battlefleet? ”

Zhang Yiwu guessed the intentions of the British aircraft carrier formation, but he didn't think much about it, now that the order has been issued, what he needs to do is to command the first assault echelon to change course, pounce on the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, and then throw the heavy bomb mounted under the belly of the "Sea Falcon" to the deck of the British aircraft carrier.

The first assault echelon commanded by Major Zhang Yiwu is composed of 18 "Sea Falcon" dive bombers, 18 "Exocet" torpedo attack planes, and 18 "Sea Hawk" fighters, and the attack power is quite powerful. Torpedo attack aircraft flew at the end of the formation.

This was Zhang Yiwu's first combat mission since joining the army, this was not a drill, he was somewhat nervous, and before putting on the oxygen mask, he took off the photo of his wife that was clipped to the cover of the flight log, and then put it in the pocket of his close-fitting shirt.

"All pay attention, the maximum speed, after the attack is launched, regardless of whether the bombs and torpedoes hit the target or not, immediately withdraw from the battlefield and return to our aircraft carrier, the fighter formation is responsible for covering, and leave the two aircraft numbered behind as the rearguard to observe the effect of the attack."

Zhang Yiwu once again emphasized the focus of this assault, and said this to calm the nervousness of the team members, after all, everyone is a "rookie", and no one can guarantee how many pilots can fly back to their aircraft carrier after this battle.

A few minutes later, the fighter, who was on the leading mission, finally made contact with the target.

"Enemy aircraft spotted! Spot enemy aircraft! All 'Sea Hawks' are ready to fight! Enemy fighters, 'Sea Fire', 'Fighters'! ”

Through the radio station, Zhang Yiwu immediately received the news that the leading detachment had encountered the enemy, and at this time, he looked at the time, and it was 8:29 a.m., and this sea and air battle officially started at this moment.

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"Dada...... Dadada......"

Strings of orange-red tracer bullets streaked across the sky, some of which trailed very close to the cockpit, almost clinging to the propellers.

Zhang Yiwu didn't have time to take care of these bullets from the aviation machine gun fired by the enemy plane or the friendly plane, he now put all his mind on finding a suitable bomb dropping point, he had tried it once just now, but before he could enter the dive route, he was hit by a series of bullets fired by a British "Sea Fire" fighter jet on the right wingtip, and had to interrupt the attack and dodge for the time being, but fortunately it did not hit the vital point of the plane, and a "Sea Hawk" arrived in time to shoot down the British fighter. Zhang was able to start looking for an attack again two minutes later.

At this time, the battle has lasted for almost ten minutes, the first heavy aerial bomb dropped by the Chinese naval aviation has fallen on the starboard side of the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier "Royal Ark", it is a near-miss bomb, although it did not directly hit the hull of the warship, but the fuse of the bomb still successfully detonated the bomb weighing 500 kilograms, the strong shock wave may affect the underwater part of the British aircraft carrier, although it may not be fatal, but there is no doubt, The bomb made the British even more panicked, and the "Ark Royal" had to turn again to avoid the attack.

Looking at the past from Zhang Yiwu's point of view, the current sea area seems to be boiling, the sky is the planes of the warring sides fighting fiercely, the sea is the British escort fleet desperately projecting a rain of bullets into the sky, shells of various calibers exploded in the sky that was already full of gunpowder smoke and shrapnel, and then those shrapnel and shells that did not explode fell back to the sea under the action of gravity, splashing those large and small splashes on the sea, and at the same time, the bombs and torpedoes dropped by the planes also sent out their roars on the boiling sea.

From time to time, planes dragged black smoke from the sky, plunged headlong into the sea, turned into fragments, and sank into the waves of the Indian Ocean.

At this time, no one thinks about anything else, and it's good to be able to do your job well.

Zhang Yiwu had no time to pay attention to other things, although the shouts of his comrades could still be heard in the headphones of his flight cap, but at this moment, Zhang Yiwu had already focused on entering the dive route, and at the same time pulled the bomb fuse control lever on the left to adjust the fuse of the aerial bomb to delay the detonation.

"Enter the dive!"

Zhang Yiwu subconsciously shouted, and then pressed the joystick, the clumsy "Sea Falcon" immediately jumped down, the nose of the plane fell headlong, almost instantly, the feeling of weightlessness began to appear, Zhang Yiwu desperately grabbed his left hand on the fixing bolt on the dashboard, and pulled himself hard, so that his eyes were always focused on the eyepiece of the bombing sight on the front windshield, in the eyepiece, the deck of the British aircraft carrier became larger and clearer.

500 meters at height, 400 meters at ......

It wasn't until a height of 100 meters that Zhang Yiwu pulled the control stick up, and at the same time, under the action of the automatic bomb dropping device, the bomb stick of the plane was unlocked, and the bombshell was thrown out before the nose of the plane was raised.

The bomb began to pounce along Major Zhang Yiwu's original dive course, and under the action of inertia, it rushed to the starboard deck of the "Ark Royal" at an extremely high speed, and smashed into the deck in a very short time, and the deck of the warship, which could only withstand 200 kilograms of aerial bombs, was instantly torn out of a gap, and the 500-kilogram aerial bomb suddenly drilled under the deck, smashing through the two lower decks in one go, and the time-delay fuse detonated at this time.

The violent explosion shook the deck of the warship, and the strong shock wave instantly swept across the lower deck and hangar, looking from the sky, the aircraft carrier did not seem to be affected by this bomb, but Zhang Yiwu knew that the bomb he threw down had completed its mission, and it was time to return.

Flying high in the air, Zhang Yiwu flew the plane sideways for a while, and found that a torpedo attack plane swooped down from the sky with black smoke, and dropped the torpedo before it fell, and a few seconds later, the torpedo hit the port side stern of the aircraft carrier and successfully detonated, and the pilot and machine gunner of the torpedo attack plane did not see them parachute until they fell into the sea.

Zhang Yiwu raised his right hand, saluted the wreckage of the rapidly sinking torpedo attack plane on the sea, and then gave the order to the machine gun shooter in the back seat through the intercom in the plane.

"Mission accomplished, let's go home."

But without answering, Zhang Yiwu looked back and found that the machine gun shooter in the back seat was leaning his head against the side of the cockpit cover, and his neck was red with blood.

"We ...... Return. ”

Zhang Yiwu turned his head, repeated the command to the intercom in a low voice, and then gently pulled the joystick, and the plane turned around and flew south.