Chapter 234: The Clash of Steel (7) Adding a Supplement for the Alliance Leader (2)

No matter how bad their personality is, the Japanese are a people who are good at learning. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info they imitate the Ming everywhere, trying to get the power to surpass the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty commanded the world by attaching importance to the navy, and the Japanese also tightened their belts to start the navy. Even the military uniforms are almost identical.

The Ming Navy developed battleships, and the Japanese followed suit. The Ming Dynasty launched aircraft carriers, and the Japanese built more than a dozen aircraft carriers in a very short period of time, and figured out the tactics of using aircraft carriers on their own.

The Japanese tried their best to catch up with the Ming Dynasty, but they were more of a kind of more than enough to be able to do so. Of course, as a country with tens of millions of citizens, the Japanese Navy still has good technology with the support of the whole people.

Although the Japanese Navy did not have close-to-fuse shells, they still had a good air defense force. The four Kongo-class battleships were bulky and very stable. As a good firing platform, it is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons.

As for the top heavy cruisers and a large number of destroyers, they were also equipped with many anti-aircraft weapons after the start of the war. Therefore, when the fighters of the 12th Task Force broke through the encirclement and interception of the Japanese air defense fighters, they successfully entered the inner circle of the Japanese fleet. From 120 mm anti-aircraft guns to 12.7 mm machine guns, they all shot tongues of fire at the Ming fighters in the sky.

At this extremely dangerous moment, the pilots of the Ming Dynasty carried forward the brave spirit of being soldiers on the battlefield. They braved the flying artillery fire and rushed straight to the Japanese aircraft carrier formation in the core area. The first to bear the brunt are the two Xianghe-class ships that are majestic and located outside.

Before the sinking of the Akagi and Kaga, and the completion of the Shinano's conversion into an aircraft carrier. In addition to the Taiho, the Shozuru-class sister ships are the most powerful weapons of the Japanese. At this moment, they are under the noses of the Ming attack aircraft group.

Gao Lan, commander of the carrier-based aircraft wing of the Taihu aircraft carrier, who was piloting, carefully observed the battlefield and judged that his aircraft group was not capable of launching an all-out attack on as many as six Japanese aircraft carriers. At this time, the Japanese were obviously in a state of complete defense, the sky was full of air defense fighters, and the firepower on the sea was extremely fierce. In this case, the most likely dispersion attack is that even one target cannot be sinked.

Gao Lan quickly assigned the attack mission, and the hundreds of Ming fighters that successfully broke through the defensive circle quickly split into two parts and flew towards the sister ship of Xianghe. As for the other goals, I really can't take care of them for the time being. This time, the size of the Japanese fleet was so large that the farthest Taiho was even more than a dozen nautical miles away!

Looking at the Daming aviation units that began to enter the state of attack, the Japanese were anxious. They are poor, and the loss of any of them is something to be mourned by the whole country. They can not care about human life, because there are tens of millions of people. But they couldn't afford not to care about these precious ships, because they were treasures and they couldn't be built in a short time.

The Japanese, frantically blocking the shells, turned the barrels of the anti-aircraft guns red. The ferocious shelling also knocked down one Ming fighter after another, but this could not stop the remaining fighter group from advancing firmly. The soldiers of the Eastern Army did not lack the courage to look at death as if they were home.

The Daming aviation unit launched an attack without sacrificing their lives. Dive bombers began to climb high, torpedo planes began to enter sea-skimming flights. The brave pilots swooped down on the Xianghe sister ships under cannon fire from all over the sky.

Although these pilots are only reserve carrier-based aircraft pilots who are transferred from shore-based forces to aircraft carriers. They are not elites, but they do not lack the spirit of bravery. After being shot down by dozens of fighters one after another, they managed to approach the Xianghe sister ship.

"Ammunition! Ammunition! Get the ammo! "On an anti-aircraft gun emplacement on the Xianghe aircraft carrier, a Japanese second lieutenant with Danrenhu was desperately ordering the soldiers transporting the shells to hurry up and send the shells over. In the direction of the port side of the Xianghe, in the firing direction of this gun position, more than a dozen torpedo planes of the Ming Air Force were rapidly skimming the sea and approaching. Next to those torpedo machines were everywhere huge columns of water stirred up by shells. The torpedo machine is like a shadow in the water column of various specifications, but it will not be shot down! The officers and men on the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions were going crazy.

Like a mad bull, the Shozuru spun its body desperately to avoid the oncoming up-and-down attack. The gun emplacements on the Shozuru and the nearby Japanese battleships were about to blow up the barrels of the anti-aircraft guns.

After shooting down several torpedo planes one after another, the remaining Daming torpedo planes approached less than 800 meters away from the Xianghe without hesitation before dropping torpedoes one after another. At this distance, there is basically no possibility of completely avoiding the sheer size of the Shozuru.

Seeing those torpedoes with white tracks rushing straight towards him, the captain of the Shozuru, Takaji Daisa, desperately beat the rudder to the end, and his face was hideous. The entire massive battleship began to slowly turn like a whale, trying to dodge the deadly torpedo.

The original brave and fearless Ming pilots instantly became the retreating vanguard who took their lives first after throwing away the torpedo, and they scrambled to turn the fuselage and escape. They've done their thing, and the next thing is to struggle for their lives.

By this time, the Japanese anti-aircraft fire had stopped paying attention to them, and almost all the Japanese firepower that could be obtained was firing at the torpedoes that were speeding at high speed. Trying to nip deadly danger in the bud.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, even though Shiroshima Takasa had tried his best, he still couldn't avoid his battleship being hit by a torpedo. An aviation torpedo hit the buttocks of the Shozuru, and the huge force of the explosion caused the stern of the Shozuru to be lifted almost up.

"Pipe loss! Hurry up and salvage the battleship! Shiroshima Takasa Osa, who had been knocked to the ground and broke his head because of the impact, suddenly pushed away the chief of staff who stepped forward to help him up, and shouted at the staff officers to save the battleship, and then he didn't even have time to wipe the blood on his forehead before he pounced on the rudder again.

At this time, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire could no longer take care of the Daming torpedo plane, which was like a fire on the buttocks, and frantically fled for its life. Above their heads, more than a dozen dive bombers were already rushing down with a sharp whistling!

The anti-aircraft guns of the Japanese were limited in elevation angles, and there was little to do against dive bombers that descended almost vertically. I could only watch as those dive bombers threw bombs on their own warships.

This attack played a decisive role. Although Jojima Takasa managed his battleship to dodge despite the blood flowing from his forehead, the Shozuru was still hit by three armor-piercing shells weighing 500 attacks.

Armor-piercing shells easily pierced through the weak wooden decks used by the Japanese. While wooden decks have an unbeatable advantage in terms of repair and replacement, their defensive power is beyond compliment.

Three armor-piercing shells exploded inside the hangar, causing great damage to the cutting-edge warship. If it weren't for the previous sortie, all the planes in the hangar were released, and the refueling trucks and various ammunition were also recovered. Then this battleship will inevitably face a catastrophe.

Rao was like this, and the Xianghe was still heavily damaged, and had to choose to withdraw from the battlefield after barely controlling the fire. Along with the Shozuru who withdrew from the battlefield was its sister ship, the Zuizuru.

The Zuihe, which was also besieged by dozens of fighters, miraculously escaped the siege of more than a dozen dive bombers. However, the Zuihe also ate two torpedoes, causing a large amount of water and tilting of the ship's hull. He had to withdraw from the battlefield with his sister ships in an attempt to return to the naval base for repairs. It has to be said that the fate of the sisters is not good, because in the destroyer fleet that escorts them, there are times when the rain is there.

The huge attack formation of nearly 200 fighters was left with less than 60 planes when it retreated, most of which were still Fighting Falcons. These Ming pilots proved their worth with their bravery and made contributions to the country and the nation. They are well-deserved heroes, and all those who are willing to fight for their country are heroes!

The two regular aircraft carriers were heavily damaged, and it stands to reason that the Japanese should be crying bitterly at this time, and a group of people are shouting for seppuku. But in fact, at this moment, there was an atmosphere of joy and excitement in the bridge of the Wyvern. The reason is simple, the first wave of attack aircraft of the Japanese has just inflicted heavy damage on the aircraft carrier formation of the Ming Dynasty.

Like the pilots of the Ming Dynasty, the pilots of the Japanese Navy were also brave soldiers. Not long after the Daming Air Formation launched an attack on the Japanese naval formation, the first attack wave formation led by the flight captain of the Flying Dragon, Mizu Yusa, entered the radar detection range of the 12th task force.

The actual detection function of the second-generation air detection radar has not been expanded much, and it is more than 30 kilometers away when the weather is clear. The reason why it is said to be the second generation is mainly because of the improvement of some equipment that is easy to wear and tear, so that the start-up time and service life of the radar are greatly extended. It is no longer necessary to maintain and maintain every day.

The radar and air defense fighters of the 12th Task Force detected the incoming Japanese fighter formation almost simultaneously. Dozens of Fighting Falcon then quickly caught up with them. This time, the attacking and defensive sides happened to change roles from the previous Ming attack aircraft group when they attacked the Japanese fleet.

This time, the Fighting Falcon fought against the Zero and Super Zero (due to the production volume, the Japanese fleet could not fully equip the new Super Zero, and still used a lot of the old Zero Battle. Desperately assault bombers and torpedo planes that pose a great threat to aircraft carriers.

Behind the seemingly dramatic scene is actually the blood and lives of countless soldiers who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country! (To be continued.) )