During the period from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock, although the US military did not achieve brilliant results, it was still considered to have taken the lead. The deck of the Zuihe aircraft carrier was damaged and had lost its combat effectiveness, and the US military was considered to have won by this time.

In contrast, by nine o'clock, the group of little devils had not even found the two aircraft carriers of the US military.

For this, it can only be said that this day in the coral sea is not lucky for the little devil. War is not only a game of strength, but also an ethereal luck manipulating, and it is extremely mysterious.

The next moment, when the flight captain of the Japanese army, Takahashi Kuichi Shaoza, was burning in his eyes, he coincidentally discovered a Japanese reconnaissance plane.

The Japanese reconnaissance plane had been monitoring the US aircraft carrier formation for several hours and was running out of fuel. Ignoring the fact that fuel was running out, this reconnaissance plane took Hiroshi Takahashi and Sho Kazu to fly directly to the US aircraft carrier formation.

When the Japanese aircraft group swooped down on the US aircraft carriers, the US fleet's air defense radar played a huge role. There were still a hundred kilometers to go, and the US military had already discovered the Japanese aircraft group.

Rear Admiral Fletcher immediately ordered more than 50 warplanes of various kinds to take off from the two aircraft carriers Lexington and Yorktown, intending to intercept the Japanese fleet.

The superiority of the US military's equipment showed its might at this time. 100 kilometers, a full 20 minutes of warning.

Twenty minutes on the battlefield is enough to do a lot of things, and the US aircraft carriers are ready for everything.

When the U.S. military attacked the Japanese aircraft carrier, the Japanese discovered the fighter plane in the air. And the US military itself wasted another five minutes. In other words, only five minutes of warning time were given to the Ruihe.

When Japanese fighters attacked the US aircraft carrier, they gave the US military 20 minutes to prepare.

Five minutes and twenty minutes are enough to decide the outcome of an air battle.

If we had made a summary of the battlefield at 9 o'clock in the morning on 8 May, the US military would have the upper hand in all respects at this moment.

But when the clock entered 9:20, the superiority of the American army turned into a joke.

The training level of the Japanese pilots brought back the disadvantage.

On such a thunderstorm, the Japanese army had seventy-two fighters. The formation was well maintained, and it was neatly divided into three groups during the flight. Each fleet is twenty-four fighters.

The US military took off more than 50 fighters from the two aircraft carriers, and at least 30 of them were Wildcat fighters. However, with such a powerful air force, the Japanese fighters intercepted were only one of the three formations, and it was also the weakest one, the fighter formation on the light aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

Nine twenty.

Two Japanese aircraft groups reached the sky over the US aircraft carrier ring formation. The two aircraft carriers of the US military were unobstructed by devil pilots.

Takahashi Kazuchi Shaosa took a fancy to the USS Lexington at a glance for a simple reason. With a full load displacement of more than 43,000 tons, the USS Lexington is really big enough. Takahashi Shoi divided his troops decisively, twelve fighters attacked the Yorktown in a restrained manner, and thirty-six fighters pounced on the Lexington in unison.

A rain of bullets fired from nearly 200 anti-aircraft guns aboard the Lexington was overwhelming. It was the first time that the Japanese air force had seen such a fierce anti-aircraft fire, while the US Navy had seen such a fierce and sharp attack.

Japanese fighters had just begun to attack. The annular formation of the American army was scattered. The first Japanese torpedo fleet to fly to the US ship was the USS Yorktown.

The devils dropped bombs and mines, and the Yorktown had to maneuver to evade. Although the Yorktown dodged a Japanese torpedo attack in the first few minutes. However, as a result of the fact that both aircraft carriers in the ring alert sequence are evading on their own, the distance between the two ships is rapidly increasing. The alert ships were then split in two, weakening the anti-air defenses.

What makes Americans even more helpless is that. His own escort fighters were unexpectedly beaten by a dozen Zero fighters. It was difficult to interfere with the Japanese torpedo planes and bombers.

Takahashi Koichi participated in the Pearl Harbor attack, and he was also a well-known aviation officer in the Japanese First Air Force, with considerable combat experience. Although the evasion of torpedoes by the two US aircraft carriers is quite standard, it is obvious that the evasion actions between the two US aircraft carriers are not coordinated.

The distance between the two ships was slightly widened, and there was an anti-aircraft gap on the flanks of the Lexington. Kazuichi Takahashi immediately commanded the torpedo machine to pounce.

The Fifth Air Force was not considered elite in the Japanese First Air Fleet. But there are quite a few masters among the pilots. The torpedo machine and machine coordination tactics were quite good, with two planes attacking on the same flank, and two planes attacking from both sides of Lexington.

The U.S. Navy was in a panic, and every wave of Japanese torpedo attacks was extremely threatening. The means of flanking and attacking from both flanks simply made the US military unable to defend against it.

Two Japanese torpedo planes approached obliquely from the bow and sides. At this time, the US anti-aircraft artillery fire was already like crazy inclined fire, and the gunners were staring at the Japanese fighters in an extremely nervous mood, and they did not even care about the US warships in the distance, so they kept shooting.

The Japanese pilots behaved extremely desperately, and in the face of dense anti-aircraft artillery fire, they did not dodge or dodge the artillery fire in the sky.

The Japanese torpedo planes flew extremely low, only about 20 meters above the sea, and one torpedo plane was flying almost close to the water.

A Japanese torpedo plane was hit by artillery fire, and the devil pilot dropped the torpedo before he died.

If the American artillery did not hit, these Japanese pilots would have rushed to a distance of 800 meters before dropping torpedoes.

The Japanese pilots did not care about their own casualties and went forward like hungry wolves. Such a frantic attack made the powerful artillery fire of the US army appear sparse.

Not long after, the Lexington behemoth was hit by two torpedoes, two bombshells.

A majestic warship has only been carried for thirteen minutes before it has become a dead fish on the Coral Sea.

The Lexington quickly began to tilt, and in a short time it was already tilting 7 degrees, and the hull was on fire in several places, and the form was precarious.

The Yorktown was in slightly better shape, hitting only a bombshell, and although the smoke was billowing from the wolves, it was not seriously injured.

The air raid lasted only 13 minutes. The U.S. military spent thirteen minutes in a nightmare. The Japanese fighters had already withdrawn, and the American antiaircraft gunners were still panicking, and sometimes just the clouds and mist in the sky moved, which would lead to an artillery bombardment.

The frightened bird is the most appropriate description of the US military at this time.

The Japanese fighters also suffered heavy losses, and the power of the hundreds of antiaircraft guns on the US aircraft carriers and cruisers could not be underestimated, and less than 20 of the 48 fighters returned home.

Takahashi was full of unwillingness, if 72 fighters attacked together, it would be difficult for one of the two US aircraft carriers to survive. However, the results were not bad, and in the eyes of the Japanese pilots, the Lexington was already certain to be finished.

It was 10 a.m. on May 8.

On the Japanese side, the Zuihe aircraft carrier was seriously injured and could no longer take off and land fighters, and the Xiangfeng light aircraft carrier was intact. On the U.S. side, the Lexington was seriously injured and the Yorktown was slightly damaged, which did not affect the take-off and landing of fighters.

Comparing the losses of the two sides, the Japanese had the advantage. But with the remainder of combat power, the US military has an advantage.

The battle has reached this point, and it is not yet the endgame, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer. (To be continued......)

PS: Two changes today. The next shift is around eight o'clock in the evening.