Some of the performance of the Zero fighter may be outstanding, but there is a fatal weakness, poor protection ability is the biggest flaw, after being hit, it is easy to become a big fireball, including the pilot, it is difficult to survive, many valuable experienced pilots just died, for Japan is definitely a huge loss.

But the Japanese did not seem to be aware of it, and still desperately attacked the Chinese blockade line, and the Zero planes were shot down continuously, and less than ten planes in the first wave of attack aircraft managed to break through the blockade, but they were soon attacked by escort ships, and under intensive fire, all of them were shot down, and finally only one light cruiser of China was injured.

Japan's first attack wave ended with few successes. And the Chinese attack has only officially begun, and this time China sent one hundred and twenty-six aircraft to form a powerful strike group and hit the Japanese aircraft carriers directly.

Skimming the vast sea, the Chinese planes finally discovered the Japanese fleet, the two huge aircraft carriers of the Soryu and the Flying Dragon were just above the sea, surrounded by a large number of warships to escort them, like a monarch on the sea, the Chinese pilots did not have any politeness, and pounced on it.

At this time, the Japanese also knew that the first wave of attacks had failed, and that they had lost nearly half of their carrier-based aircraft, and now there were less than 50 planes that could be lifted into the air to intercept, and the situation was very critical. But the Japanese did not hesitate, and the battle between Zero and Phoenix was once again staged in the sky.

The Zero fighter that swept the Pacific Ocean finally met a strong enemy, the Phoenix has no weaker maneuverability than the Zero, and with a strong engine, the speed is more than the Zero, and the most important thing is that the Phoenix has installed bulletproof glass and protective armor for the pilot, even after being shot, it will not cause serious damage. This is something that a defense-fragile Zero can never match.

More than thirty Zero fighters were shot down. Japan's barricade net has been shattered. The Chinese carrier-based aircraft quickly rushed towards the Japanese fleet, and the focus of the attack was on the aircraft carrier Soryu, which was relatively close.

The Soryu aircraft carrier is the first full-time aircraft carrier built by the Combined Fleet after Japan's crushing defeat at the hands of China, which is different from the situation in history. With a full load displacement of more than 25,000 tons, the Soryu was once seen as a symbol of the Japanese Navy's regaining its feet.

In the battle of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and the engulfment of the South Seas, the Canglong made great achievements. In other words, it was also burdened with countless blood debts, and this time the end of the Canglong had finally arrived, and the first to attack the Canglong was the Chinese torpedo machine.

There were more than a dozen torpedo planes that targeted the attack on the Canglong, all the anti-aircraft firepower on the Canglong was turned on, and the dense rain of bullets shot into the air, forming a series of fire nets, and three Chinese torpedo planes were shot down, but due to the lack of cooperation from other warships, there was only so much that the Canglong could do.

Other torpedo planes broke through to within twenty meters of the Soryu and dropped deadly torpedoes. Six torpedoes hit the Soryu from different directions, and the violent explosion tore through the Soryu's side armor. Violent explosions followed, and the fire spread rapidly.

All the planes on the deck fell into the water due to the violent shaking, and the oil, bombs and other items began to explode, and the entire warship was shrouded in fire from beginning to end, and the Japanese sailors let out a terrible howl of hunger. Some people were engulfed in flames, and some were unwilling to jump into the sea to escape, but the Canglong aircraft carrier quickly broke into three pieces and quickly sank underwater.

The sinking of the warship caused a huge whirlpool, dragging all the Japanese soldiers who jumped into the sea into the deep sea, completely losing their lives, becoming rations for fish and shrimp on the bottom of the sea, and the aircraft carrier Soryu sank completely.

Due to the entanglement with the Zero, China's first wave of attack aircraft also consumed most of the fuel, so it could only be quickly withdrawn, waiting for the second wave to attack the Flying Dragon.

In fact, the Japanese originally planned to use shore-based aircraft and carrier-based aircraft to cooperate with each other to carry out shuttle bombing of Chinese aircraft carriers, and eventually offset the numerical superiority of Chinese aircraft carriers.

However, this is destined to be wishful thinking on the part of the Japanese, most of their first wave of attacks were shot down by China, and the remaining Zero fighters have also lost their fighting spirit, how can they continue to attack, and there are serious problems with the cooperation of shore-based aircraft.

It was not until the end of the carrier-based aircraft attack that they were late, and Shen Honglie knew that China had the advantage of power, and the most important thing in this situation was to avoid making mistakes and avoiding Japan from taking advantage of loopholes.

If you carefully study the war, you will find that many battles are not a competition of how much the two sides have done right, but a competition of who can make fewer mistakes on both sides, especially when the strength is superior, and it is not possible to be greedy for merit, so Shen Honglie has not used all his strength, and the carrier-based aircraft have not all been sent.

All the carrier-based planes on the Jingyuan aircraft carrier were not dispatched, but were responsible for guarding the entire fleet, and the attack planes were all taking off from the Jingyuan and Fuyuan, and now the Japanese shore-based planes attacked, and all the carrier-based planes on the Jingyuan took off and began to intercept the Japanese planes.

Carrier-based pilots are the essence of a country, and as for shore-based pilots, most of them are hairy boys who have just been sent to the battlefield as soon as they know how to fly airplanes, especially in countries like Japan, which itself does not have enough pilot reserves, and now it has suddenly expanded its territory several times over, and it has to defend everywhere.

The limited number of troops is like sprinkling pepper noodles, and they have to be taken care of everywhere, but there are loopholes everywhere, and most of these Japanese shore-based pilots are novices who have only more than 100 hours of experience, and they do not understand the meaning of air combat at all.

They don't bother to compete with this kind of opponent at all, but this is a battlefield, and they can't pay attention to chivalry, and the Chinese pilots still mercilessly hit the Japanese planes, and the sea surface is like dumplings, and planes are constantly shot down, and the Japanese planes have inherited the same tradition, and their defense capabilities are very weak, basically a disposable lighter, as long as it is hit, it will become a big fireball.

In just a few dozen minutes, more than 60 planes were shot down, and this time Japan took off more than 100 planes in total, and more than half of them had already been lost, and the remaining pilots either fled in panic or attacked the Chinese warships desperately, but their blind attacks had little effect, and only one destroyer was sunk on the Chinese side, and the rest of the warships were unharmed.

At this time, the first wave of China's attack group had also returned, and after they joined the battle group, the Japanese group was even more crushed and fled in disarray.

After recovering all the planes, nervously reloading fuel and ammunition, the second wave of attacks was immediately launched, at this time the Japanese already knew the news of the sinking of the Soryu, and their hearts could not help but rise a trace of bad feelings, the Soryu sank, the Wyvern was difficult to support alone, but fearing that it would also be dangerous, and hurriedly ordered to retreat to the Java Sea.

The retreat of the Flying Dragon was tantamount to handing over the sea control over the waters off Singapore to China, and the Japanese, which had attacked Singapore by more than 100,000 people, lacked the sea supremacy, and the result can be imagined.

However, China would not let go of the Japanese, and the carrier-based planes then pursued the past, and at this time, the Japanese planes that took off from Sumatra also rushed to the battlefield, and just collided with the second wave of Chinese attack planes.

However, with their interference, China's pursuit plan was interrupted, and night had fallen, the South China Sea was more complicated, if it was ambushed by Japanese submarines, the consequences would be unimaginable, so Shen Honglie ordered the fleet to retreat north and leave the battlefield.

After a major war, Japan lost one aircraft carrier, more than 200 aircraft, and a large number of excellent pilots, which can be described as a head-on blow to the Japanese Navy.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent congratulatory messages one after another, expressing their hope that China would play a more important role in the war.

Japan needs to be beaten badly, or even completely crushed to death, but it cannot let Japan die too quickly, and it is also necessary to let Japan continue to impact the old world pattern, and besides, Japan still has a lot of combat effectiveness that it has accumulated over the years, and it is not easy to completely defeat Japan.

After the end of this war, China's next attack will focus on a comprehensive attack on Japan's industrial potential, and the entire World War II is a competition of production capacity, and only by defeating a country's industrial capacity can the war potential of the other side be completely destroyed.

Long before declaring war on Japan, China had built a large number of military airfields in North Korea and deployed more than 200 long-range bombers at the same time, and after the outbreak of the war, the number quickly reached 500, and the range of these newly commissioned bombers could reach 3,500 kilometers, which was more than 500 kilometers farther than the American Aerial Fortress, and the bomb load was similar to that of the Aerial Fortress.

These bombers took off from the north of Korea and were fully capable of covering the southwest of Japan and even the Tokyo area, and the distance between China and Japan determined that once China launched an attack on Japan, Japan would be full of flaws and weaknesses.

With the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the burden on Britain's shoulders was much lighter, and China withdrew the pilots, with the impending outbreak of the Asia-Pacific theater, Wu Kaijie participated in many bombing operations against German industrial areas in Europe, and he had very rich combat experience, and this time he was also full of confidence in attacking Japan.

Of course, there are also differences between the bombing of Germany and Japan, for example, the German factory area is built with strong buildings and needs to use high-explosive bombs, while Japan is full of small workshops and should use incendiary bombs, and more than 200 bombers with deadly incendiary bombs are flying into the sky, aiming directly at the Japanese archipelago. (To be continued.) )