"They're coming!" The report from the radar room plunged the entire formation into an inexplicable mood. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info all the previous air defense fighters had already landed, refueled, and then took off again. With shore-based fighters, a strong line of defense was formed. But this is war after all, and when there are bombs hanging overhead, no one can be heartless and indifferent.

"Hmm." Tong Haifeng squinted his eyes and looked at the captain of the Poyang Lake on the side, and said softly, "The rest is up to you." ”

The Captain raised his hand with a solemn expression and saluted, and turned to the rudder. As the captain of the ship, he will personally control the fate of his beloved battleship.

"How is that possible?!" Yongyou Wenshi Shaozo looked at the dozens of oncoming Fighting Falcon in disbelief and yelled.

The Japanese are naturally not weak in intelligence collection for the Ming Navy, and they also know how many fighters an aircraft carrier of the Ming Navy can carry. Previously, the reconnaissance aircraft reported that there were only two aircraft carriers, and after removing the escort force that had previously gone to the bombing fleet, there were not many fighters that the Ming army could use for air defense. But there were dozens of Fighting Falcon in front of him at this moment!

However, it soon became clear to the city that this was a shore-based plane flying from the island of Java. The squinting Nagatomo Fumichi quickly commanded his group of planes to disperse, "Don't do anything, we will only attack enemy aircraft carriers!" ”

"Why are the Japanese so weird?" Han Dongwen was puzzled: "What are you doing when the torpedo plane flies so high?" And how did you not see the Zero War? ”

What puzzled the officers and men of the Ming Navy was that the Japanese attack aircraft group was not divided into two groups at all, allowing torpedo bombers to attack from the sea and dive bombers to attack from the fleet.

After all, it is simply impossible for a torpedo carried by a torpedo bomber to be dropped at an altitude of thousands of meters. Unless the Japanese pilots thought they could make the torpedo hit the battleship on the surface as accurately as a bomb. But now those Japanese fighters have no intention of lowering their altitude at all.

"Hmm." Tong Haifeng was also puzzled in his heart, but he just answered. Tightening the telescope in his hand, he looked at the fierce battle in the sky with some nervousness. Exactly what is going on, it will soon be known.

The Fighting Falcon's powerful performance was evident in the face of Japanese fighters. Powerful firepower, ultra-high speed and excellent handling performance make it easy for the Fighting Falcon to blow up one Japanese fighter after another. Especially when the Fighting Falcon used high-speed dive attack tactics, almost every high-altitude dive attack was able to shoot down Japanese fighters.

If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese pilots were all elites, if it weren't for the large number of Japanese fighters. Even Fighting Falcon and long-range anti-aircraft fire alone were able to destroy these Japanese fighters.

The air defense of the Ming fleet is very strong, the long-range 120 mm and 88 mm anti-aircraft guns are powerful, and the 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns in the middle and near layers are also excellent. The 88-mm all-purpose anti-aircraft gun designed by Zhang Cheng is an imitation of the famous German 88 gun, while the 40-mm combined gun is an imitation of the famous Bofors.

Although the proximity fuse has not yet been developed, this powerful anti-aircraft firepower is enough for the Japanese army to drink a good pot.

A dense rain of bullets almost obscured the nearby sky, and there were clouds of explosions emitting black smoke everywhere. Japanese fighters, which were not very strong, could easily be shot down. In particular, Zhang Cheng specially designed and built a large air defense cruiser for the Navy. This large air defense cruiser with the physique of a battleship was like a hedgehog with artillery sticking into its body.

This large air defense cruiser, named after a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, was large in size to provide a stable firing platform for gun emplacements. However, Zhang Cheng did not raise the cost to an astonishing extent like the Americans when designing.

The main gun used three triple 200 mm turrets, with a length of more than 220 meters, a width of 26 meters, and a draft of 9 meters. However, it has greatly weakened the heavy armor, which is extremely costly. The standard displacement is more than 24,000 tons, and the total installed horsepower reaches 150,000 horsepower.

In fact, this battleship looks like a formidable battleship, at least in size. However, it is indeed a complete commodity, with weak attack power against the sea and weak defense force. It was designed for air defense and had no other use.

Armed with eight twin L40 x diameter 120 mm high-level guns, the air defense cruiser will be extremely powerful when the proximity fuse is developed to equip the battleship. 16 twin 88 guns, 16 40-mm twin L60 Bofors anti-aircraft guns, 32 20-mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns, and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns. is a real sea hedgehog.

This air defense cruiser is equipped with a main gun fire commander, two secondary gun fire commanders and eight 40-mm anti-aircraft gun commanders. An 8-meter optical rangefinder, an electromechanical solver, and a first-generation sea radar. Gyroscopes and anti-aircraft artillery ballistic solvers were also added to the pre-war modifications. Its formidable anti-aircraft capabilities are daunting.

The Tanghe and the large air defense cruiser Chang Yuchun escorted the Poyang Lake aircraft carrier, forming a defensive fire circle with other warships. Heavy shelling of Japanese fighters was launched several kilometers away.

Less than half of the fighters led by Shosa Nagatomo Fumichi were able to break through to the attack trajectory after being intercepted by the Fighting Falcon and the 120-mm 88-mm long-range anti-aircraft guns. This is also because these Japanese pilots are all the best elites. If you change to a rookie, the loss will be even greater. This incident also prompted the navies of various countries to explicitly stipulate that such an attack should not be launched without escort fighters.

Dozens of Fighting Falcon shot down nearly 50 Japanese fighters, and this kind of furious record is completely open.

First, the long-range radar detects the target in advance, and then the Fighting Falcon gathers in all directions to intercept it. Secondly, the Japanese did not have escort fighters, and the self-defense firepower on the bombers alone could not threaten the heavily armored Fighting Falcons. Then there is the excellent performance of the Fighting Falcon, the firepower is powerful, and the strike force against the Japanese aircraft is extremely strong.

After entering the attack trajectory, the Japanese dive bombers began to accelerate and prepare to enter the dive channel. The torpedo machine gradually lowered its altitude to approach the Poyang Lake. Although dozens of fighters were shot down, there were too many Japanese troops, and the remaining forty or so fighters also posed a huge threat to the Poyang Lake.

It wasn't until the distance was closer that Tong Haifeng, who was holding the telescope, was surprised and said, "Those torpedo machines are actually bombs?!" Then Tong Haifeng suddenly realized that these Japanese fighters did not take off from the two Japanese aircraft carriers that were not discovered, but the fighters who had gone to bomb Bali before. Although it was not clear why they did not have a zero battle escort, Tong Haifeng was slightly relieved in his heart.

Don't look at the Poyang Lake's current defense strength is extremely strong, but under the siege of dozens of fighters piloted by Japanese elite pilots, it is basically a dead end. Now that he found that the Japanese army was hanging high-explosive bombs attacking ground targets, especially when there were no torpedoes that posed a great threat to warships, Tong Haifeng was really secretly glad in his heart.

The Japanese torpedo bombers actually carried out horizontal bombing missions with bombs. These torpedo bombers pose little threat to battleships. The real threat to the Fifth Fleet at this time was the group of dive bombers that had already reached the skies over the fleet. Of course, because the Japanese were not technically adequate, the dive bombers were suspended with 250-kilogram bombs. And this time these dive bombers were suspended with high-explosive shells designed to bomb ground targets, and not aviation armor-piercing shells with time-delay fuses installed.

At this moment, the Japanese group was already very close to the Poyang Lake, and all the warships in the entire formation were frantically spitting tongues of fire into the sky. The intensity of anti-aircraft fire is staggering! There were even two Fighting Falcon chasing Japanese fighters that strayed into the range of anti-aircraft fire and were shot down by their own men's intensive artillery fire.

In order to improve the accuracy of hitting, the Japanese torpedo planes were lined up in a dense formation, trying to destroy the target by using dense formations to carry out concentrated bombing as much as possible. This led to their complete exposure to the effective range of 40 mm or even 20 mm guns. The slow, dense formation of the Japanese torpedo planes were all shot down. The bombs they dropped did not have any effect.

The real threat comes from those dive bombers overhead. As the leader of the team, Yongyou Wenshi Shaozuo was the first to launch a dive attack, and then more than 20 dive bombers pulled out a terrible cry and rushed towards the Poyang Lake, which was dodging like a giant whale.

The large air defense cruiser again made a meritorious service. Zhang Cheng had already considered the problem that the elevation angle of the anti-aircraft gun was too low, which was not conducive to dealing with dive bombers. After modification, these anti-aircraft guns were able to effectively attack bombers in a dive. The Ming naval aviation units, which were deeply influenced by Zhang Cheng, basically accepted Zhang Cheng's suggestion to modify the battleship, which played a huge role at this moment.

Tong Haifeng pursed the corners of his mouth and tightly grasped the guardrail on the side. He did not interfere with the command of the captain of the aircraft carrier. At this time, he could not command the operation of the aircraft carrier, after all, he was not the captain. It is the captain's job to evade an air attack, and the captain of an aircraft carrier knows better what they have to do to avoid the bombs overhead.

The Japanese 99 ship explosion was basically only able to drop bombs at an altitude of about 800 meters due to performance reasons. The higher the height, the lower the hit rate. The 99 ship explosion and the Raptor equipped by the Ming Navy are technically one era apart. If you want to hit the target, in addition to the pilot's skill, the greater hope is to put it on luck.

When a large number of 99 shipblasts with a sharp whistling sound dropped bombs one after another on the Poyang Lake, all the officers in the bridge clung to the handrails on the side. The Poyang Lake, which has soared to a speed of 32 knots, frantically makes a sharp turn, one to the left and the other to the right. It feels like you're on a roller coaster. (To be continued.) )