"It's okay if my super battleship doesn't come out, and this aircraft carrier doesn't come out, but it's a bit unreasonable." Chu Yangwei looked at the smoke-filled shore in the distance, and his brows gradually furrowed.

"Maybe they're trying to use Nagasaki as a bait to get all of our planes to bomb us, so they can launch a surprise attack on us." Zhang Enming said.

"Then the price for them is a bit big." Chu Yangwei said thoughtfully.

"We have been fighting Nagasaki for two days and two nights, and judging from the photos taken by the reconnaissance plane, the damage to the port is almost complete, and it will take some time and effort for me to take a break again." Zhang Enming said, "Let's take it when we see it." A decisive battle with the enemy's aircraft carriers does not necessarily have to be rushed this time. ”

"Two more rounds." Chu Yangwei said, "Make sure to destroy all the factories and oil depots before leaving." ”

"It's okay to save the tail." Zhang Enming nodded and said.

"Report! Reconnaissance aircraft spotted the enemy fleet! ”

Hearing the communications officer's report, Chu Yangwei's eyes were full of excitement.

"Your uncle! It's finally out! ”

Chu Yangwei took the report and looked at it carefully, while walking quickly to the command tower.

Chu Yangwei and Zhang Enming came to the chart table, and the mapping officer checked the position of the enemy fleet according to the report and marked it on the chart.

"The USS Qiulong is the closest," Mr. Zhang said, "and they should be allowed to attack immediately." ”

The "Qiulong" aircraft carrier belongs to the "Dragon King" class large fleet aircraft carrier, and at this time, together with the two "Jingwei" class light aircraft carriers, is located on the right flank of the main fleet.

"Cheap Tang Haisheng, this kid." Chu Yangwei snorted from his nose. Rear Admiral Tang Haisheng is the youngest son of the founding father, Marshal Tang Jing, and the commander of this aircraft carrier detachment.

"He's not cheap, don't forget that the report says that there are two super battleships in this fleet, most likely the 'Yamato' and 'Musashi'." Zhang Enming smiled, "If we don't help him, he will fight very hard." ”

"Those two monsters can be dealt with directly with a plane." Chu Yangwei also laughed, "Before we support him, let's take it as a test for him!" ”

Rear Admiral Tang Haisheng, commander of the 2nd Detachment of the 1st Task Force of the Chinese Navy, stood on the bridge of the aircraft carrier "Qiulong" and looked out.

The "Qiulong" aircraft carrier is the pride of the Chinese Navy, and it is a large aircraft carrier designed and built by China itself. Launched in 1940 at the Dalian Naval Shipyard, the ship has a displacement of 59,800 tons, a waterline length of 281 meters and a width of 37 meters, and can carry 140 combat, attack, bombing and reconnaissance aircraft of various types (up to 168 aircraft). As early as the end of World War I, China began to design and manufacture its first aircraft carrier on its own. Since then, about every two to three years, China has an aircraft carrier built and put into active service. By the time the Pacific War broke out, China had 22 large aircraft carriers and the capacity to build 800,000 tons of ships per year.

At present, this behemoth, which is about a dozen stories high floating on the sea, is heading south at full speed, and on both sides of it, there are more than 20 warships, including the light aircraft carriers "Baifeng" and "Qingfeng," the light cruiser "Jiaomujiao," and the destroyers "Chunlan," "Xiazhu," "Qiuju," and "Dongmei," which are following in formation. There is no doubt that this is a formidable aircraft carrier assault group. The 2nd Detachment was originally on a cruising mission in the Bohai Bay, but with the arrival of three other Chinese aircraft carriers and the beginning of a full-scale attack by the Chinese Navy on the port of Nagasaki, Rear Admiral Tang Haisheng was ordered to lead his detachment to carry out combat missions in the waters on the right flank of the main fleet.

I have just received information that a large fleet of the Navy's fleet is heading here.

Tang Haisheng looked down on his own fleet in his heart.

It's not like he hasn't seen the huge steel monsters he built. In his early years in the army, he accompanied his father, Marshal Tang Jing, to visit Yueben. The place he visited the most was the naval base in Zoben.

As one of the first people in China to come into contact with airplanes, my father had an instinctive preference for airplanes, and this instinct was passed on to him. When he was a child, his room was filled with all kinds of model airplanes, and when he was a little older, his father took him for a ride.

When he grew up, he volunteered to join the Air Force, but his father followed the advice of Uncle Yang and let him enter the Navy.

In Yueben, Tang Haisheng was most impressed by the battlefleet.

If after World War I, the strength of the fleets of China and China was still between the two countries, then ten years later, there was a world of difference in the strength of the Chinese and Chinese navies: the fleet had more than 200 large surface combat ships of various kinds, with a total tonnage of 2 million tons, ranking third among the world's navies, but most of them were battleships with strong armor and huge guns; At that time, the Chinese Navy had more than 170 large combat ships of various types, including less than 20 battleships and battle cruisers, with a total tonnage of less than 1.6 million tons. But the Chinese Navy is more of an aircraft carrier.

As a naval officer, Tang Haisheng has not seen the power of the battleship's main gun roaring salvo, it is the product of the development of naval ships with artillery as the main weapon to the extreme, reflecting the highest power of naval warfare, but Tang Haisheng knows that battleships are not the whole of the navy, nor are they the masters of the sea.

Aircraft carriers are the direction of future naval warfare.

Although there were also people of insight who realized the role of aircraft carriers later, at that time China was already ahead of the aircraft carriers.

In order to calm down the controversy, there are two "Fuxi" class super battleships today, although his father was quite dissatisfied with the Admiralty's agreement to spend a huge amount of money to build these two giant ships, but Tang Haisheng understood the real intention of Uncle Yang of the Ministry of Finance.

And today, he will have the opportunity to prove that he and Uncle Yang are right.

Rear Admiral Tang Haisheng stood on the bridge and slowly moved the telescope. He saw that the sea was calm and calm, the smoke and waves were vast, and the sea was so big that he couldn't even see the shadow of a fishing boat at this time.

After the bombing of Yanjing by the planes that took off from the aircraft carrier, Admiral Shen Honglie, commander-in-chief of the navy, on behalf of China's political axe, ordered an all-out attack on the coastline of the city, and all the ships were seized or sunk. In just one week, he led the 2nd Detachment Fleet to resolutely sweep the southern coast of Yueben from north to south, sinking and destroying countless merchant ships, cargo ships, and fishing boats, and the carrier-based planes also violently bombed the coastal cities and ports of Yuanben all the way. However, as a glorious commander of the Chinese Navy's fleet, his ambition was not only to turn China's coastal areas into a no-man's land, but also to personally seize those despicable and sneak attack aircraft carriers, beat his own fleet into smoke, and watch them fall apart and sink into the sea to feed the fish.

The seaborne reconnaissance aircraft returned to report that the enemy fleet had appeared in the sea area ahead. Tang Haisheng was greatly overjoyed when he heard the news, and he personally gave the order for carrier-based planes to attack, so the "Qiulong" aircraft carrier quickly turned around and faced the wind, and 52 carrier-based attack planes of the first attack wave took off from the deck one after another. Half an hour later, 64 carrier-based planes of the second attack wave took off again and flew towards the bombing airspace after completing the formation over the aircraft carrier.

For Tang Haisheng, when he sees the enemy, there is no reason not to fight.

At the same time, Tang Haisheng ordered the light cruiser "Jiaomu Jiao" to lead the destroyer battle group to deploy an air defense formation in order to prevent enemy aircraft from attacking.

Just as he had predicted, shortly after the attack group had taken off, his plane appeared over his fleet.

The Chinese "Wind and Thunder" carrier-based fighters, which had been waiting in the skies over the fleet for a long time, immediately pounced on the incoming group of military planes like hungry tigers and sheep, and the antiaircraft guns of the Chinese cruisers and destroyers on the sea also opened fire one after another, weaving a dense net of death fire.

Despite the superb combat skills of the pilots, under the ferocious interception of the Chinese fighters, the planes of the attack group were hit one after another and fell into the sea and crashed.

Because the Chinese "Wind and Thunder" carrier-based fighters were heavily armoured, and the Chinese pilots completely ignored the interception of the Yuben escort fighters and single-mindedly attacked the Yuben dive bombers and torpedo attack planes, although they were repeatedly hit by the escort "Gale" fighters, the Chinese fighters suffered very few losses, and as a result, the Yueben attack aircraft group suffered a terrible blow.

Finally, in the fire net woven by Chinese planes and warships, two Yu Ben dive bombers bravely attacked and hit the Chinese aircraft carrier, and one bomb landed on the right deck of the "Qiu Long" aircraft carrier and exploded, but the power of his own bomb was not strong enough, and only a few planes that were refueling were damaged. Under the heavy antiaircraft fire of the escort fleet, both planes were hit and crashed into the sea, while the torpedo bombers that rushed to the front hurriedly dropped their torpedoes and fled. Only one of the "Gale" fighters hit by the Chinese "Wind Thunder" fighter tried to ram the "Qiulong" with thick black smoke, but it passed over the deck of the "Qiulong" and accidentally hit a Chinese destroyer and exploded.

Compared with the heroic deeds of this fighter, the results of Second Lieutenant Okuda, the pilot of the fighter squadron escorting the fighter, were much inferior.

During this sortie, 12 "Gale" fighters of the escort squadron were ordered to carry out escort and cover attacks, and the "Gale" fighters piloted by Second Lieutenant Okuda were unfortunately hit by artillery fire fired from Chinese destroyers, and he was forced to abandon the plane and parachute.

An even more unfortunate chance factor was that his parachute was blown crookedly in the direction of the artillery fire when the sky was blowing about a southeast wind of about three levels, and then landed impartially on the deck of a Chinese light aircraft carrier ("Baifeng").

When the unlucky pilot descended from the sky, the Chinese sailors certainly would not let go of this "heaven-send" gift. A group of Chinese sailors in steel helmets rushed over with submachine guns, and the cats surrounded them in a skirmish line.

Second Lieutenant Okuda heard his own heartbeat.

The pace of the Chinese sailors was getting closer and closer, and he could judge that there were at least a dozen enemies without waiting and seeing. The sad pilot still felt a chill down his spine, and his heart was like ashes. The Chinese sailors who gathered around could not know exactly how the second lieutenant felt about war and life at this time, but it is said that he was seen lying motionless on his back on the deck, his eyes full of tears, and his fingers pressed against a small pistol.

Under the clear blue sky of the Saiben Sea, the bright sunlight scorched the face of the pilot, and the Chinese sailors finally approached, and the heroic and unyielding pilot Ensign Okuda sat up from the ground, and as soon as he aimed his pistol at the enemy and pulled the trigger, a series of submachine gun bullets drilled into his body.

Ensign Okuda saw that his eyes were red, and the sun seemed to have dimmed......

At that time, the newspaper publicized the deeds of Second Lieutenant Okuda to the fullest, and the Osaka "Daily Shimbun" published the news that had just come from the front in a reverent tone, but it was only later that the deeds of Second Lieutenant Okuda were brought to a slump and no one mentioned them.

And the courage of the pilots who would rather die than be taken prisoner also won the admiration of the martial Chinese. Afterwards, the Chinese sailors also displayed in the shop window of the ship's shop the flight suit, parachute, pistol, bullet casing, and other objects used by Second Lieutenant Okuda, the "flying warrior of the day." A few years later, the Chinese sailors on the "White Phoenix" handed over the above-mentioned objects to the Chinese History and Military Museum, so that later generations could know the deeds of the second lieutenants Okuda.

The plane's attack was quickly repulsed, and calm returned to the sky, but Commander Tang Haisheng felt a little annoyed.

The enemy's attack can be said to have been successfully stifled, and the losses were heavy, and such a result was certainly satisfactory. But the problem was that the bomb dropped by the plane just now exploded less than a few dozen meters away from the bridge, and Tang Haisheng saw with his own eyes that several carrier-based planes were blown up and burst into flames. As a ship-loving Chinese naval commander, a perfectionist, he simply could not tolerate the enemy inflicting such damage on the aircraft carriers under his command.

And judging by the enemy's weak attack just now, what he is facing may be a fleet with only one aircraft carrier!

In fact, just as Tang Haisheng judged, the Yuben fleet that came to attack him was indeed a small fleet.

His fleet and this fleet are the "bait" of this large-scale naval battle!

At about the same time, the attack aircraft group sent by Tang Haisheng also exchanged hands with the Yue army.

"Wouldn't it? How is there only one aircraft carrier? And...... Still so small? ”

"That's because of my genes! Hahaha! ”

When he heard the laughter of his comrades-in-arms coming from the microphone, Captain Xu Liangwei, who was in charge of coordinating the attack, did not laugh.

He held a telescope and carefully observed the situation on the sea, and the explanation was that there was only one light aircraft carrier and its direct frigate on the sea, as everyone said.

The legendary two super battleships "Yamato" and "Musashi" did not appear.

At this time, the aircraft carrier on the sea had already discovered a large area of Chinese planes in the air, and the destroyer group had deployed a defensive formation and drawn arc tracks on the sea surface.

The leader of the captain plane gave the signal to attack, and Captain Xu Liangwei immediately saw one after another fighter planes swooping down and rushing straight towards the warship.

Several "Gale" fighters roared towards and tried to intercept the Chinese planes, but they were immediately blocked by the escorting "Thunder" fighters, and the "Javelin" attack planes carrying high-explosive bombs and torpedoes broke through the defensive artillery fire of the destroyer group and launched a deadly attack on the aircraft carrier.

The design requirements of the "Javelin" carrier-based attack aircraft particularly emphasize the play of bulletproof armor and offensive force, its strong fuselage is equipped with a "Dawn" 24U type 18-cylinder double radiation air-cooled engine, the power can reach 2800 horsepower, the aircraft adopts a low straight single wing, the left and right leading edges of the main wing are equipped with 4 20 mm cannons, there are 15 weapon device points under the fuselage and wings, and the general weapon carrying capacity is more than 3600 kg, and its high battlefield survival rate and toughness. Miracles such as being able to return safely even after being hit by anti-aircraft artillery fire to the point of being scarred by bullets were not uncommon in the Pacific War. The ability to stay in the air for up to 10 hours, the low-altitude strafing attack that is only as high as the treetops, and the bomb attack angle that is similar to the vertical landing and dive down with a vertical of 85 degrees, such superior capabilities are by no means beyond the reach of this aircraft.

The aircraft carrier twisted its body, desperately trying to evade, and drew a huge circle on the sea, but his efforts were still in vain, and soon, Xu Liangwei saw clouds of smoke rising from the deck of the aircraft carrier, and on its side, there was a high column of water.

"We hit!"

"I hit it! My torpedo hit it! ”

"Don't rob me! It was my bomb that hit first! ”

"I dropped the bomb!"

Xu Liangwei ignored the shouts coming from the microphone, he concentrated on observing the aircraft carrier that had been hit hard, now it had stopped, just now Xu Liangwei observed at least 6 bombs and 4 torpedoes hits, for a light aircraft carrier, these attacks are fatal, there is no force to help it avoid the fate of destruction.

"Call an aircraft carrier, call an aircraft carrier! Sink an enemy light aircraft carrier! Sink an enemy light aircraft carrier! After Xu Liangwei confirmed the results of the battle, he sent out a battle report by radio.

"No enemy battleships found! No enemy battleships were found! At the same time as he reported, he did not forget to add such a sentence.

When Tang Haisheng received the battle report, he didn't feel much joy, on the contrary, after learning that no enemy battleship had been found, his brows furrowed.

(To be continued)