Chapter 239: The Battle of Nanjing: The Peerless Light Cavalry (Part II)

With the terrible sirens of the aircraft carriers, the destroyers cruising nearby began to move towards the flanks of the aircraft carriers, and the destroyers used antiaircraft guns to aimlessly block and shoot at the rulers, and on the other hand, they drove themselves to the flanks of the aircraft carriers to prevent torpedo attacks by the torpedo planes of the Chinese Air Force.

Heavy aircraft carriers, on the other hand, need at least oil and pressurization, and it takes at least an hour to maintain the minimum speed for navigation.

The Chinese pilots flew 21 "Nospou" light bombers of the 2nd Group, 12 "Douglas" light bombers of the 6th Group, 9 "Hengle" light bombers of the 8th Group, and 37 BF-109F multirole fighters of the Flying Tigers with a launch launch, while 32 I-5 light bombers of the Soviet Support Air Force for China formed five attack waves.

The "Douglas" light bomber and the "Northpro" light bomber formed the first and second wave of attack formations, the "Northpro" light bomber and the "Douglas" light bomber were the products of the Boeing Company of the United States in the mid-20s, and the other was the product of the McDonnell Douglas Company in the early thirties. It was not installed on a large scale.

Before the large-scale intervention of the United States in World War II, the Air Force had a readable air force system, but the army also had a readable aviation unit, and the navy also had a readable aviation unit, equipped with two types of fighters of the same type: roadbed and sea-based.

During World War II, the United States P-40 fighter, P-47 fighter, P-51 fighter, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-29 Super Fortress, etc., but it does not mean how good the surnames of the "Northpro" light bomber and the "Douglas" light bomber can be.

Both the "Northpro" light bomber and the "Douglas" light bomber have a bomb load of less than two tons, and the bomb racks in their engine rooms can only hold four 500-pound bombs.

Moreover, these two types of light bombers are basically land-based and are used for dispersing bombing, and they are very unsuitable for bombing sea targets, both the "Nospou" light bomber and the "Douglas" light bomber.

Because the "Nospouro" light bomber and the "Douglas" light bomber are neither horizontal bombers nor dive bombers, and the pilots of the Chinese Air Force are extremely inexperienced in attacking sea targets, why is it always popular in various countries in the world to separate land-based air force units from sea-based air force units, and the combat conditions that the army and navy deal with are different, and there is also a big gap in the surnames of the aircraft types they deploy.

Therefore, the bombers of the Chinese Air Force should try their best to risk intruding into the close air defense fire circle of the Japanese army, and the danger of this pair of light bombers, which is extremely weakly protected, breaking into the air defense fire network composed of aircraft carriers, destroyers, light cruisers, and heavy cruisers of the Japanese army, is almost like suicide.

In the distance, the battleships of the Chinese army also began to catch fire, and as more and more warships of the Chinese army entered combat positions, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese army also began to intensify and become intense; due to the excessive sea breeze and the fierce anti-aircraft artillery fire of the battleships, less than 10 "Nospou" light bombers and "Douglas" light bombers that participated in the first two waves of attacks entered the attack position.

However, the light bombers of the Chinese Air Force, which broke through in the scorching anti-aircraft fire of the Chinese army, were immediately shot down by the Chinese army and damaged one.

The damaged Chinese Air Force "Nospro" light bomber was a No. 1029 "Nosporo" light bomber with the crew of Captain Gao Haitao, co-pilot Zeng Hongbo, correspondent Qi Liming, bombardier Li Ji, and tail machine gunner Hao Huaide.

One of the two engines has stopped, the tail machine gunner Hao Huaide and the bombardier Li Ji have been sacrificed, Gao Haitao turned around and glanced at the co-pilot and the communicator with a farewell gaze, Zeng Hongbo, who was hit by shrapnel in the chest and stained red with blood, pointed at the military battleship and nodded vigorously.

The Nospro light bomber Nospro 1029 rushed straight to the Yaeyama heavy cruiser with billowing black smoke.

The captain and first mate of the Yaeyama Navy on the bridge of the Yaeyama were already dumbfounded? Looking at the larger and larger light bombers, the army let out a desperate shout!

No. 1029 "Nospro" light bomber with four 500-pound high-explosive bombs directly hit the Yaeyama viaduct and the first main chimney, the violent explosion directly destroyed the Yaeyama's bridge at the same time, but also severely damaged the Yaeyama's boiler system, four of the six rotary oil-fired boilers broke and stopped, the Yaeyama anti-aircraft heavy artillery immediately stopped rotating, the Yaeyama lost power and ignited a fire, the lost power water pump could not pump water, plus the aircraft a large amount of fuel fuel combustion effect, Smoke billowed from Yaeyama.

The Kaga aircraft carrier was the first target of the Chinese Air Force's attack, and after several misses at close range, a 500-pound high-explosive bomb directly hit the rear fighter elevator of the Kaga, and the Kaga suddenly emitted billowing smoke, and several Japanese soldiers covered in fire jumped into the sea.

The attack target of the BF-109F multi-role fighter belonging to the Flying Tigers of the Rehe Regiment hit the Fengxiang, and the 100-pound aerial bomb could not cause heavy damage to the Fengxiang at all, but the bomb hit rate of the BF-109F fighter was extremely high, and the continuous swarming bombs of the 37 BF-109F blew the Fengxiang all over the body, and the Fengxiang sank the 11th Destroyer Team in the evasion.

Originally, the BF-109F aircraft group came to fight for air supremacy, but after the six Type 96 carrier-based attack planes on alert over the aircraft carrier of the Chinese army were shot down, the aircraft carriers of the Japanese military did not turn one after another to prepare for the release of the aircraft? And there are no fighters on the deck of the military aircraft carrier? In addition, the fire of the air defense of the military fleet reacted very quickly? Where did my plane go?

What did Gao Zhihang, the captain of the attack team suddenly realize? Said that all my planes were dispatched? According to the calculation of the time when his own plane group attacked the Yue army, Gao Zhihang was suddenly shocked into a cold sweat, and all the BF-109F multi-role fighters were equipped with radios, and Gao Zhihang immediately called the command plane and sent a report to Nanjing and various field airfields, saying that the military plane group would surprise the field airfields of our army around Nanjing.

After calculating the wind direction and time, Gao Zhihang simply estimated the fuel volume of his fighters, and after the report was over, Gao Zhihang decided that all the fighters would immediately return to intercept the group of planes returning from the army.

Zhang Xuewu, who was anxiously waiting for the telegram from the attack group ahead, closed his eyes with a cup of tea, Huang Fei'er looked at Zhang Xuewu, who was very tired, hesitated, or called softly: "Commander Zhang?" Commander Zhang? Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou telegraphed. ”

Zhou Zhirou's telegram? Zhang Xuewu took the telegram a little inexplicably, only to see that it was written that the Eighth Brigade of the National Political Axe had been approved to dispatch nine "Henger" light bombers to attack the aircraft carriers.

Zhang Xuewu held up the telegram suspiciously and said to Huang Fei'er: "Zhou Zhirou is the commander of the Air Force? What did he mean by giving me this telegram? Do I need my approval for how many aircraft to fly and what type of aircraft to deploy? Or let me know? ”

Since Zhang Xuewu lost his temper after drinking that day, Huang Fei'er deliberately avoided Zhang Xuewu, Huang Fei'er glanced at Zhang Xuewu with a strange gaze, shook her head helplessly and said: "This plan was proposed by you, you are the supreme garrison commander of Nanjing, and all the requirements you put forward are to support you with all your efforts at this moment." ”

Zhang Xuewu frowned and looked at Zhou Zhirou's telegram again, Huang Fei'er continued: "The nine "Hengel" light bombers of the Eighth Brigade are said to be a kind of short-range bombers, in order to be able to increase the bomb load, they removed the defensive weapons and auxiliary fuel tanks, and the nine "Hengel" light bombers of the Eighth Brigade only have one-way fuel capacity, and their fighters were all damaged in previous battles, and they were originally not allowed to take off, but all the pilots decided to violate the order and forcibly attack, including two nephews of Commander Zhou. ”

"Peerless Light Rider?" Zhang Xuewu slowly put the telegram back on the table, not only millions of ordinary people sacrificed their relatives in this war, the nine "Hengle" light bombers of the Eighth Brigade of the Air Force are undoubtedly the contemporary desperate light cavalry that resists the invasion of foreign humiliation! They deserve this title.

The Chinese Air Force, as the only one in the Chinese [***] team that resisted the invasion of the Chinese Invaders in history, did not have a single person captured and surrendered, and the four heavenly kings were all bloodstained in the sky, tragic and tragic to the point of no return, and the heroes of the Chinese Air Force who rose up to resist to death without regrets in a desperate situation injected a stimulant into this numb and decadent era, an era needs heroes, and a nation needs heroes!

Zhang Xuewu knew very well that he was holding on to Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which was strategically impervable, but tactically almost undefendable, and the land of gold dust.

Nanjing City has been full of fat powder gas since ancient times, and there are beautiful women! But Zhang Xuewu is determined to rebuild the steel spirit of Nanjing with unsurpassed sacrifice, the enemy has steel bullets, I also have flesh and blood, Kou has bushido, and I also have the soul of China!

The telegram sent by Gao Zhihang shocked Zhang Xuewu's spirit, but then he immediately became nervous, and immediately issued an alert and evacuation order to Nanjing and all field airports!

I don't know if it's too late? Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath, was there really such a coincidence? Said that I chose the same tactics as myself? Or even on the same day?

(To be continued)