[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 10031: Sneak Attack Success (Ask for Subscription!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

In the face of such a threat, the Chinese Navy and Air Force were determined to sacrifice their lives for the country, and launched successive attacks, finally inflicting heavy damage on the Izumo, which greatly boosted the anti-Japanese morale of the Chinese people. However, due to various reasons, although the Izumo was repeatedly damaged, it miraculously did not sink, and was worshiped by www.biquge.info the Japanese Navy and Air Force as well as the Japanese people, and it can even be said that before the battleship Yamato and the battleship Musashi were put into service, the Izumo almost became the spiritual pillar of the Japanese people.

More importantly, the purchase of the Izumo armored cruiser was also made by the Chinese to Japan, and this money was part of the huge indemnity that Japan received from the Qing government after the victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and the Izumo cruiser was used to order armored cruisers from the British.

Although after World War I, the Izumo was incorporated into the second-line forces due to its large tonnage and heavy firepower, and at its peak commanded more than 90 warships. As early as the 128 Incident in 1932, the ship led the Japanese fleet to blockade China's coastline, leaving the Chinese Navy powerless.

"Be sure to blow up the Izumo!"

This was the voice of all the officers and men of the Kuomintang navy and air force who participated in the war at that time, including Wang Zhengyang, who knew that if the Izumo ship could be blown up and sunk, it would not only be of great military significance, but would also greatly boost the anti-Japanese morale of the Chinese people.

The enthusiasm of the young soldiers comes entirely from their courage, and if we talk about military strength, they really can't compete with the Japanese army. Taking the navy as an example, the warships of the Chinese Navy are generally small in tonnage and poor in quality, most of the main warships are relics of the late Qing Dynasty, and the total tonnage is about 5% of the Japanese fleet, and the largest cruiser "Haiqi" is only 4,300 tons, which is more than 40 years old.

The situation of the Air Force was similar, and the combat aircraft, both in number and performance, could not be compared with the Japanese army. Perhaps the only advantage is that the pilots are well-trained and determined to sacrifice their lives for their country. This can be seen from the Chinese pilots led by Gao Zhihang, who fought so fiercely that the Japanese pilots were terrified and suffered heavy losses.

In order to sink the Izumo, from 37 to 40 years, the Chinese Air Force warriors repeatedly formulated detailed battle plans, in order to completely send this 10,000-ton giant ship that the Japanese people will never sink to the bottom of the sea.

On August 14, 1937, Sun Tonggang, deputy captain of the 2nd Air Force Group of the Nationalist Government, led 21 Northrop bombers to take off from Guangde Air Base in Anhui Province and fly 220 kilometers in a straight line to the sky over Shanghai, with the main goal of bombing the "Izumo" and its frigates. They were divided into two formations, one to bomb the enemy's headquarters, docks, warehouses and other military facilities, and the other to bomb ships such as the Izumo. Relying on its temporary superiority, the Chinese Air Force began a bombing campaign for several days.

A week later, newspapers on both China and Japan reported that the Izumo had been repaired, and at 4 p.m. on the 21st, they began shelling houses in Pudong for half an hour.

The repeated bombing of the Izumo ended in failure, and finally one day a captured Japanese pilot, and a former Japanese instructor of Wang Zhengyang and others, gave them an idea, and this captured Japanese pilot was just trying to test the courage of Chinese pilots.

According to the plan of the captured Japanese pilots, the Chinese Air Force was to send a pilot to the chimney of the warship and die with it. As long as the mission is successfully completed, even if it does not sink the Izumo immediately, it can be severely damaged.

This plan has been repeatedly demonstrated by the Aviation Committee, and it is believed that the feasibility is very high, but it is difficult for the Aviation Committee to send anyone to carry out this task, after all, whoever is sent there is going to die, and there is absolutely no hope of deep return. But unexpectedly, as soon as the plan came out, all the pilots expressed their willingness to carry out this mortal mission.

The pilot's pride in not fearing sacrifice greatly shocked the aviation committee, but who to send was really a problem, and everyone was arguing and wanted to carry out the order. In desperation, the Aviation Committee had no choice but to get a life and death lot, and whoever drew the death lot would go, and as a result, Le Yiqin, one of the "Four King Kongs" of the Chinese Air Force, was selected, and the bombing mission fell on him.

Soon after, Le Yiqin, who was determined to die, drove a plane into the Izumo ship, causing the Izumo ship to suffer serious injuries, and he died a martyrdom. Unfortunately, a series of bombing campaigns by the Air Force did not completely disable the Izumo.

To tell the truth, before he came, Wang Zhengyang knew that the Izumo had arrived in Tianjin, so he had the idea of sinking the Izumo armored cruiser to avenge Le Yiqin, but Wang Zhengyang knew better how powerful the Izumo was, and it was probably difficult to sink it by ordinary means, so he deliberately installed a large amount of explosives on his plane.

At 6 o'clock in the morning on July 1, the sky was bright, and the Tianjin Port Naval Base was still silent, except for the roar of the sea, there was no other sound.

At 6:25, Xue Bicheng led a total of 102 fighters from the 1st and 2nd Bomber Brigades to Tianjin Port, each with eight 1,000-pound bombs, eight 500-pound bombs, and 35 other bombs.

After arriving at the port of Tianjin, the planes immediately divided into two groups according to the original plan: one group flew to the port to bomb the enemy Izumo warship and other surface ships anchored there, and the other group went through the port of Tianjin to bomb the enemy army garrison headquarters.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

When hundreds of fighters swooped down, the soldiers of the Japanese naval fleet were stunned, and their minds did not have time to switch to combat mode, and disaster had already struck.

The first to be bombed was the Japanese heavy cruiser Izumo, the flagship assigned by the Japanese naval command to the Third Fleet, the largest of the entire fleet, with obvious targets.

The quality of the pilots trained by Wang Zhengyang and others was very good, and the deck of the Izumo aircraft carrier caught fire in the first round of bombing. The whole bombing process lasted half an hour, and after the second bomber group arrived at the battlefield, Wang Zhengyang immediately flew to Nanyuan Airport in Beiping with the first bombing group to replenish fuel and ammunition.

At 6:55, the second round of bombers arrived at Tianjin Port, and the second round of bombers was personally commanded by Wang Zhengyang, with a total of 47 fighters, each carrying 50 fighters. After arriving at the battlefield, they were bombed in groups of three planes from 5,000 feet to 7,000 feet, with the Izumo still the primary target.

However, because the Japanese Navy was already prepared at this time, the bomber group dropped bombs about 30 meters away from the enemy ships, and after all of them broke out, the enemy ships immediately fled to the east, Wang Zhengyang and others continued to pursue with persistent efforts, and finally hit the command room of the Izumo in the third bomb drop, and then two more bombs exploded on the stern of the Izumo, causing one of its boilers to explode and lose power.

Then dozens of warplanes flew towards the Izumo one after another, and the bombs continued to explode on the Izumo's body, and after two rounds of bombing, the entire Izumo burst into flames, and a huge hole was blown out of the hull, and a large amount of seawater began to pour in.

Immediately after that, the boiler room and ammunition depot exploded one after another, and the ship began to roll over on its side. Wang Zhengyang could see clearly in mid-air that the Izumo was finished. At the same time, he also let out a long sigh that he finally didn't have to fly the plane to die with the Izumo.

The bombing of the enemy's headquarters also achieved brilliant results, and the Japanese army's oil depot and ammunition depot were destroyed one after another, and after the bombs were dropped, many fires broke out in the south and west of the Japanese garrison headquarters.

Half an hour later, a team of more than 70 Japanese fighters came to the rescue, but unfortunately the Japanese air force came from Jinan, and when they arrived at the battlefield, they found that the Chinese fighters had already gone away.

Subsequently, Ma Zheng, who had been waiting anxiously in Zhangjiakou all morning, finally received an "OK" telegram from Beiping Airport, informing him of the news of the successful sneak attack.

In this battle, the Japanese navy and air force suffered heavy losses, 14 ships, including the Izumo, were sunk, and the remaining 20 or so ships were all damaged. The officers and men of the navy and army suffered heavy casualties, more than 1,200 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle, and a large number of officers, including Takasu Shiro, were wounded.

After this battle, the strength of the Japanese navy and air force in North China suddenly dropped to the freezing point. Although Ma Zheng's air force also suffered considerable losses, with 16 fighters shot down, the results were extremely brilliant.