Because the excitement of sinking the aircraft carrier did not last long, Shigeru Itaya discovered that his good German friend Hirschmann Jr. was a crow's beak - this is of course a European parlance, and in Japan a crow is not a symbol of bad luck. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But Shigeru Itaya, no, it should be the entire Japanese naval aviation that needs to use parachutes.

When Shigeru Itaya flew up in the Crit of the Comet that had finished dropping bombs, he suddenly realized that the era of the Zero fighter was over. Because there are still many American F4U and F6F in the sky - this was not possible in the past, and by the time the dive bombers have done their job, the Zero should have also wiped out all the American F4Fs.

But this time...... The air battle clearly continues!

"Shaozuo! There is an American plane above! ”

Itaya Shigeru's ears sounded the voice of bombardier Yamada, who hurriedly looked up, only to see an American plane that should be F4U diving, looking at it at an angle as if it was a dive bomber!

However, the target of this F4U was not Itaya Shigeru's plane, it swept two or three thousand meters in front of Itaya Shigeru's plane like lightning, and quickly dived, obviously to attack the Japanese plane below.

Itaya hurriedly looked down and saw that a Zero Type 52 was doing S-shaped evasion, but unfortunately it still didn't dodge the F4U shell, and it was smashed to pieces on the spot!

"Kudanzaka has seen you!" Shigeru Itaya muttered a low word, and continued to hover the plane to an altitude of 5,250 meters - an altitude where the Comet's engines could exert maximum efficiency, and the plane could reach speeds of up to 580 km/h, which is said to be enough to throw off most American fighters......

"Shaozuo, an American plane is chasing us!" Shigeru Itaya had just turned up the plane's horsepower when bombardier Yamada shouted loudly again.

Pursue? Can you catch up?

Itaya Shigeru looked back, and his face immediately darkened, it was an F4U, according to Little Hersman, it could fly more than 700 km/h at the earliest!

At the time, I thought it was the crow's mouth that was, but now it looks like it's real!

Itaya knows that it is not possible to fight for speed, but to fight for mobility...... But he's flying a dive bomber now! Fortunately, the dive performance of the Comet aircraft is still good.

He gritted his teeth, pushed the joystick all the way down, and began to dive again. The F4U also followed, but it was a fighter jet, and there was no speed brake, so it wouldn't take long to let Itaya Shigeru go.

"Onboard!" Another cheer came from Shigeru Itaya's headphones, and then the bombardier Yamada shouted: "Your Excellency, we have sunk another American aircraft carrier!" ”

Another ...... But there is still a lot more in the United States! Shigeru Itaya suddenly had a negative idea that the US aircraft carrier could not be blown up at all.

However, this negative thought quickly dissipated, because Itaya Shigeru did not have the time to think nonsense, and his plane was bitten by an American plane. This time it's an F6F!

Itaya knew that it was impossible for his plane to throw off an F6F, and the current altitude was not enough, there was no room for a dive. The only way was to rush into the anti-aircraft fire nets of the anti-aircraft guns of the American ships on the surface and use the anti-aircraft guns of the Americans to throw off the American planes.

However, Hesman Jr.'s curse was still at work, and when Shigeru Itaya piloted the plane close to an American battleship that was about a heavy cruiser, the ammunition fired by the Americans' 127mm high-level dual-purpose guns actually exploded near his plane, as if they had eyes (the radio proximity fuse was blowing), and Shigeru Itaya's plane trembled violently a few times, and then it became difficult to control, apparently something was hit by shrapnel.

"Shaozuo! The plane was hit! Bombardier Yamada cried and reported.

"Baga!" Shigeru Itaya cursed, and then he found that his plane had passed over the American warship, so he said, "Yamada-kun, you can parachute!" ”

"Shaoza, I didn't bring a parachute...... Yamada was about to cry when he replied.

"Baga!" Itaya scolded, "Don't cry!" The Emperor's soldiers are not afraid of death! Emperor, onboard! ”

When he shouted here, he suddenly remembered that he had a parachute, so he reached out and pulled open the cabin cover, unbuckled his seat belt, climbed out quickly, and then parachuted......

The parachute opened very smoothly, and when it fell, nothing fired at him. But when Itaya fell into the warm waters near the equator, he suddenly remembered something terrible.

It seems to be a long way from the First Mobile Fleet! Moreover, the Japanese naval aviation does not seem to have a tradition of sending seaplanes to salvage and search for pilots who have fallen into the water...... How do you get back to the USS Akagi?

"Man, are you alright?"

Shigeru Itaya was in a hurry when someone suddenly talked to him, and it was in English!

He hurriedly looked around and saw a scene that made him regret it for the rest of his life - it turned out that he was not the only one in the water, but there were many "Yingmi ghost animals" who looked similar to Little Hesman, all floating in the water wearing life jackets.

At this time, someone had already discovered that Itaya was a Japanese devil and began to shout.

"It's a Jap!"

"Catch him!"

"Don't let him run!"

"Beat it up first after you catch it......"

"Baga, you ghost beasts!" Itaya understands English, he is a naval soldier, when he heard that the Americans in the water were going to beat him, he immediately became angry, Lao Tzu is the emperor's samurai, he will be afraid of you, thinking of this, he also reached into his waist to touch the knife, and then he remembered that he gave the knife away......

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When Shigeru Itaya was beaten, Takahashi Hiroshi Nakasa, who commanded the air raid, had already piloted the plane to an altitude of 5,000 meters, and he was lucky not to be targeted by the American plane. But he didn't fly away right away, but was looking at the sea below—he was counting the results.

The three US aircraft carriers on the surface of the water are either burning into a fireship or sinking, and it seems that they are hopeless. Two of the three cruisers were also finished, one was blown in two and sunk. The other one also became a fireship, and even if it didn't sink in the end, it would turn into a hull. Only one 10,000-ton heavy cruiser (the Wichita, which had 8 127mm high-level guns, 24 40mm guns, and 18 20mm guns) with very heavy anti-aircraft firepower was also on fire, but it did not appear to be seriously damaged.

However, the results of the battle with 3 aircraft carriers and 2 cruisers are not bad, but Takahashi Koichi's brows are tightly wrinkled. Because he has discovered that the plane fight in the sky is not over yet.

And the Zero fighter did not have the upper hand, but fell into a bitter struggle!

Takahashi thought to himself: "If it weren't for the high-speed penetration capability of the Comet ship, today's battle would probably be a different result, right?"

Could it be that the era of the invincibility of the Imperial Japanese Navy is really coming to an end? ”

Just when Takahashi was thinking wildly, the voice of Shigeharu Murata, the "God of Thunder Explosions", came from the on-board radio.

"Takahashi-kun, there is a US military aircraft group in the southeast of the battlefield, it is likely to be P51!"

This is supposed to be the P51 flying from Panama! Kasaichi Takahashi knew that this was another kind of opponent that would be a headache for the pilots of the Zero fighter. At least on the European theater of operations, the Germans did not dare to confront the P5000 at altitudes above 5000 meters.

"Gentlemen, the attack mission has been completed, now evacuate the battlefield." Takahashi knew that he couldn't be caught up by these fast and powerful P51s, so he hurriedly gave the order to retreat.

But what happened next was beyond Takahashi's imagination, and the Americans' P51s were unforgiving, and they actually followed the retreating Japanese aircraft group, as if they wanted to find the location of the Japanese aircraft carrier by tracking.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief of the First Attack Wave, Kasaichi Takahashi, reported that the attack was a great victory, sinking 3 aircraft carriers, 2 heavy cruisers, and damaging 1 heavy cruiser. However, our aircraft suffered more losses......"

On the aircraft carrier Akagi, the chief of staff of the First Mobile Fleet, Keizo Furumura, was frowning and reporting the news of the victory to Jizaburo Ozawa.

"Furumura-kun, is there any bad news?" Ozawa asked as he looked at Furumura, whose brows were getting tighter and tighter.

"Your Excellency, Commander," Furumura replied, "Takahashi also reports that approximately 100 P51s arrived near the battlefield before the first strike wave retreated, and then followed the retreating fleet of our aircraft all the way. ”

"They want to find us?" Jizaburo Ozawa shook his head, "But the Americans should know our general location." ”

"Your Excellency, Commander," Furumura said, "perhaps the Americans want to attack?" ”

"P51?" Jizaburo Ozawa asked rhetorically.

Now the location of the 1st Mobile Fleet was carefully chosen, essentially on the edge of the circle of attack of American aircraft in the Panama Canal Zone. Aircraft such as the P51, B17, B24 and B25 are available, but dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft, which pose a greater threat to surface ships, are hard to come by, unless they ...... What new long-range attack aircraft do the Americans have!

"Your Excellency, the P51 can also carry bombs...... On the European battlefield, the British often used the P51 to carry out sea and ground attack missions. Furumura said with some concern, "In addition, the Americans began to develop remote-controlled gliding bombs as early as the beginning of 42." ”

"Send all the Zeros out and let the Germans send out the FW-190T." Jizaburo Ozawa did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately gave the order for the fighter to take off. "Another ......"

Halfway through Ozawa's words, the communications staff officer of the 1st Mobile Fleet suddenly shouted: "Your Excellency, Commander, the reconnaissance plane has discovered an American aircraft carrier!" North San Juan Bay in the Caribbean! Quantity...... At least 3, all large aircraft carriers! (To be continued.) )