According to Liu Hua's understanding, the maximum climb altitude of the Japanese bombers in service was only 10,000 meters. The heavy anti-aircraft guns equipped with them also have an effective firing range of 10,000 meters. That is, no matter how the Japanese army in the sky climbed, it was always within the range of more than 400 heavy anti-aircraft guns.

This, combined with the fact that bombers are not as dexterous as fighters, their slow rate of climb, and their bloated fuselage make them the first target of choice for ground-based anti-aircraft artillery ....

"Sixty degrees in elevation, at three o'clock, give me a hard beating..."

On the deck of a transport ship, with the order of an air defense commander, a whole battalion of heavy antiaircraft guns, a total of 12 antiaircraft guns, as if they had been rehearsed in advance, with barrels several meters long, were directly aimed at the intended firing airspace.

"Open fire...."

"Knock knock...."A series of dull explosions rang out on the deck, and 12 anti-aircraft guns, at a rate of more than three hundred shells per minute, began to fire at the predetermined area.

For a moment, a bomber that was preparing to climb was directly in front of it, and it was instantly enveloped by a dense barrage. Before the stunned little devil bomber could make any reaction, the bomber that was climbing at high speed crashed directly into the barrage that the ground air defense forces had prepared for him in advance.

"Boom....", accompanied by a fiery red fireball rising in the air, a violent airspace explosion also reached the ears of every artilleryman on the deck.

However, the hundreds of gunners of the entire anti-aircraft artillery battalion did not have any unusual expressions because of the destruction of this bomber. Because, just above them, there were nearly 100 Japanese flying frames fleeing in the middle of the barrage, waiting for their aiming and shooting.

Before the more than 300 artillery men had time to catch their breath, the commander who had redetermined the new target once again gave the order to adjust the firing position of the antiaircraft artillery group.

"The elevation angle is 75 degrees. Six o'clock direction. Open fire..."

Another burst of dense artillery and explosions sounded in the air, and a bomber was directly disintegrated by the volley. Machine parts that become scattered ....

"Twenty-one...... Twenty-two... Thirty-five ... Thirty-six....... forty-six..."

On the deck of the ship, one by one, the artillery men ignored the biting cold wind on the sea. When he was bare-chested, he kept sending shells into the chamber. On the command platform of the 'Beijing' aircraft carrier, Navy Commander Chen Shaokuan was holding a telescope, observing the fierce battle overhead, and at the same time using his trembling voice to calculate the number of Japanese planes that had exploded...

The planes were clear about the range of the anti-aircraft guns, and finally scattered and fled, all of them after leaving the airspace above the fleet. Dense artillery fire on the ground. It also slowly stopped.

At this moment, the entire command platform, except for the commander-in-chief Liu Hua. Still standing confidently by the handrail, motionless. Others. Including the face of Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, there was a smile of shock and excitement...

"Commander-in-Chief. Forty-six, a full forty-six fighters were shot down by us....The little devils were shot down by us more than a third of the bombers before they officially attacked... It's amazing, the anti-aircraft artillery air defense tactics you have formulated are simply the natural enemies of the imp group..."Chen Shaokuan said with emotion.

For Chen Shaokuan's excitement, Liu Hua nodded if he could. However, in his heart, he does not admit that there are no natural enemies. Because he knows that although his dense air defense network is very tight, as long as the enemy has enough bombers to launch a steady stream of saturation attacks on him, then no matter how many anti-aircraft artillery he has, it will not play any role.

However, as the commander-in-chief, the reason why Liu Hua dared to take this risk with more than 300,000 elites of the expeditionary force was very simple. After the Japanese government concentrated its financial resources to deal with the Pacific theater, they simply could not use so many bombers to deal with themselves at home, so there was no so-called saturation bombing. And his own air defense tactics have correspondingly become the natural enemies of the Japanese army cluster that can never be destroyed..........

Seeing the envy and worship of the subordinates around him, Liu Hua waved his hand and said helplessly.

"Comrades, don't be too blindly confident, after all, no tactical method of combat can be invincible, and there are ways to crack it. As for the first round of fire exchanges between us and the Japanese army, one of the important reasons why we were able to achieve such great results is that the Japanese army does not know that we are equipped with so many army anti-aircraft guns, and there are more than 400 heavy anti-aircraft guns with a range of 10,000 meters..."

Seeing everyone's nodding in agreement, Liu Hua changed his words and continued to speak.

"So, in the next air defense, we can't afford to be careless. According to the nature of the Japanese, this time they suffered such a big loss for no reason, and they must not be willing to retreat, but to launch a larger-scale attack..."

"Now that the Japanese fleet has learned about the equipment in our hands, if nothing else, they will definitely change their bombing strategy ... Commander Chen, you are a veteran in this regard, what do you think the little devil will do next? Liu Hua asked directly.

"Since the commander-in-chief named him, then I will talk about my opinion?" After winning the first battle, Chen Shaokuan's ambition in his heart was also aroused. Seeing Liu Hua's gaze, there was no prevarication, and he spoke directly.

"If the Japanese carry out dive bombing from a high altitude, it is obvious that in order to reach the optimal bombing altitude, they will inevitably be hit by several rounds of our anti-aircraft artillery. I believe that with the density of our anti-aircraft firepower, it is almost impossible for the Japanese to break through these anti-aircraft networks. And with the number of bombers left in the Japanese army, in order to achieve their goals, they will definitely not choose this kind of bombing method, which is tantamount to sending them to death..."

"High-altitude dive bombing is not possible, and the only thing that the Japanese aircraft group can use is low-altitude horizontal bombing... From low altitudes, that is, some air defense blind spots of our fleet, they forcibly break through our air defense fire network and break through the airspace above our formation at low altitudes to drop bombs."

"Of course, if I were the commander of the Japanese army, I would not only use the low-altitude breakthrough horizontal bombing scheme. At the same time, all bombers, like wolves, will be ordered to attack from all sides in order to disperse our limited flank anti-aircraft fire...."

"Well said...."Liu Hua nodded noncommittally.

However, what surprised everyone. Analysis of Chen Shaokuan. As the commander-in-chief, Liu Hua's confident look on his face not only did not disappear, but became even stronger....

And at this very moment. Zuo Quan, who was still pensive just now, smiled. Because from the middle of the current formation of the fleet, combined with the performance of the army's anti-aircraft artillery, he served as the chief of staff. Suddenly discovered the ingenuity of the commander-in-chief's deployment. At the same time, I also saw that the commander-in-chief in front of me had already been prepared for this kind of Japanese attack...

"Chief of Staff, can you introduce to everyone...."Seeing the smile on Zuo Quan's face, Liu Hua continued to name him.

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief...."

Zuo Quan walked directly to the handrail of the command platform, pointed to the huge formation and said.

"Comrades, please look at the current disposition of my formation, remember, look around from the center. You'll find some of them...."

"Aircraft carriers, cruisers, transport ships. Destroyer... Only from the deck height of the individual ships. From high to low, layer by layer..."Chen Shaokuan replied sharply.

"Yes. That's why...."Zuo Quan replied affirmatively.

Immediately, he continued to speak to everyone with a mysterious face: "In addition, I am telling you something. All the anti-aircraft guns we are equipped with can fire not only from the back, but also from the ground. More importantly, the density of fire fired horizontally is definitely no worse than that of upward fire. "So, our fleet can not only arrange four anti-aircraft fire nets in the air, but also four anti-aircraft fire nets on the sea...."Zuo Quan said confidently.

Seeing everyone thoughtful, Liu Hua spoke: "Comrades, what the chief of staff said is very correct. Therefore, no matter which direction the Japanese aircraft group attacked, it was impossible to approach our formation. Besides, with the fighters they have left, it is impossible to attack us indefinitely..."

"Now I order, all air defense units, ready for the second round of attack by the Japanese aircraft group ...."

Compared with the high morale of the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the aircraft carrier, the nearly 100 Japanese fighters in the airspace southeast of the entire formation who had reassembled were all shrouded in low morale. Even the commander of the formation, after listening to the results reported by the various squadrons, was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot...

"Yaga, how can this be... 16 fighters, 30 bombers, how could the Chinese formation have such strong anti-aircraft firepower, why can their anti-aircraft guns cover an altitude of 10,000 meters, who can tell me, what the hell is going on..."Facing his demoralized subordinates, the commander roared with anger on his face.

At this moment, a bomber squadron leader who had experienced the Pacific theater spoke.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, I am certain that in the air defense battle just now, the Chinese army used the heavy anti-aircraft artillery and light anti-aircraft artillery of the American Army. These antiaircraft guns are very common in the Pacific theater, and their anti-aircraft firing range can reach 10,000 meters, and the rate of fire is very high. It's just that what the humble officials didn't expect was that the cunning Shina people would actually equip the army anti-aircraft artillery on the naval ships...."

"Is there a solution?"

After a short period of contemplation, the commander also knew that in such a stalemate, his fleet would not need to be attacked by others, and would sink to the bottom of the sea because of the lack of fuel, so he asked directly.

"With the dense air defense network of the Chinese people, if high-altitude dive bombing is used, it is tantamount to sending them to death. Therefore, it is proposed to use low-altitude horizontal bombardment, from the low-altitude shooting blind spot of this anti-aircraft artillery, to break through the anti-aircraft fire network of the Chinese people....", the squadron leader who had just spoken, suggested.

"Yo Xi, very good....Now I order, all bombers, in small formations, to disperse and assault from low altitudes and launch an attack on the Chinese Expeditionary Force fleet..."The Japanese commander, who couldn't think of any other way, directly ordered with a murderous face.

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