Looking at the fire on the deck of the Akagi, which had been controlled by the damage management team, Nagumo Zhong breathed a sigh of relief. Although the bombing just now was not small, the hit rate was pitiful, and the Chinese bomber group probably dropped 6 or 700 bombs on the Akagi, and in the end only two hits, and judging from the fire mass they emitted when they exploded, at most 250 kg of armor-piercing bombs, although they could blow through the deck of the Akagi, but they would not sink the aircraft carrier, unless the fire caused by the explosion was not controlled, causing a series of explosions on the aircraft carrier, and finally burning the aircraft carrier into an empty shell. However, this is unlikely to be the case with the current Akagi, because carrier-based aircraft that are prone to chain explosions have already been dispatched, and since there is only one planned attack, the aircraft carrier does not carry too much ammunition.

"The commander, the captain of the damage management department, reported that the bow and amidships of the Akagi had each received a 250-kilogram bomb, the flight deck had been punctured, and both bombs had exploded in the hangar...... However, the fire caused was not serious and has now been brought under control. The communications staff officer put down the phone in his hand and loudly reported the damage to Nagumo.

"Ask about the damage of other ships again." Nagumo looked up at the sky, at this time the first wave of Chinese bombers had finished and was retreating southwest, probably to the Chinese-controlled island of Palawan, where the Chinese had built a new medium-sized airfield, where the planes could land and refuel before flying to the airport in Borneo.

"The Kaga was hit by a bomb in the stern, and the aviation deck was punctured; The Zuihe was hit by two bombs, both in the bow, and two large holes were blown out of the aviation deck; The four motherships Xianghe, Canglong, and Shenlong were each hit by a bomb, but the damage was not serious. It does not affect the take-off and landing of aircraft. In addition, the bow of the light cruiser Oi was hit by a 250-kilogram armor-piercing projectile, which was blown out of a large hole and poured hundreds of tons of seawater, which is currently being rescued with all its might. ”

After listening to the report of the communications staff officer, the corners of Nagumo's mouth hooked, revealing a wry smile, is there still carrier-based aircraft in the 10th Air Fleet that can take off and land? He sighed and ordered, "Go south at full speed into the Philippine Sea, and then cross the Surigao Strait into the Pacific Ocean." "An aircraft carrier without carrier-based aircraft naturally loses its combat effectiveness ◆ It is meaningless on the battlefield, and it can only be withdrawn to the mainland first.

Without waiting for the fleet to adjust its course, the communications staff officer reported loudly again: "Commander, the heavy cruiser Atago reports that their radar has spotted a group of Chinese bombers!" Azimuth xxx, altitude xxxx, the number is about 300, the distance is about 80 kilometers, and they are flying towards us! ”

"What! Another 300 bombers! Nan Yunzhong felt a blackness in front of him, and he almost fainted to the ground. The chief of staff beside him, Kuroshima Kameto, held Nanyun and suggested loudly: "It seems that the Chinese bombers are coming at us, immediately ask the 21st and 22nd Air Brigades for help, and ask them to send Zero fighters to reinforcements!" ”

"Yes. yes, let them send Zero Fight quickly. "Nagumo Tadaichi is now in a state of confusion, and he doesn't want to think about how these Chinese bombers could fly to the head of his own aircraft carrier if the Zero fighter fleet of the 21st and 22nd Air Brigades is still there?

A distance of 80 km is nothing more than a blink of an eye for a bomber formation flying at a speed of 400 km/h. The 8th bomber division of the Chinese Air Force launched the attack with 40 F-200 heavy bombers, 80 Ju-88 medium bombers and 120 E-111 medium bombers. In addition, 60 BF-110 heavy fighters served as escorts. The tactics of the 8th Bombardment Division were exactly the same as those of the 7th Bombardment Division, with 240 bombers divided into 6 formations. Bombs rained down on six Japanese aircraft carriers and rained down again.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the Akagi aircraft carrier was fierce again, and Nagumo Zhongyi saw another string of flames rising into the sky on the deck of the aircraft carrier, and the damage management team members who were struggling to extinguish the fire were immediately cut down by a large piece of shrapnel scattered after the bomb exploded!

"Baga! This is a high-explosive projectile! Nanyun couldn't help but want to scold, these Chinese are also sloppy, bombing warships should use armor-piercing bombs, how can high-explosive bombs be used? That was used to bomb ground targets. In fact, Nagumo did not know that this high-explosive bomb was not "mistakenly loaded" on the bomber because of the carelessness of the ground crew of the Chinese Air Force. Rather, there is no sufficient number of 250-kilogram armor-piercing bombs in the ammunition depots of the Second Air Army, they are the Air Force after all. Naval aviation that is not professionally dealing with the fleet. So you had to use 125 kg or 50 kg of high-explosive bombs to make up the number, except for the bombers of the 7th Bomber Aviation Division, which launched the first round of air raids, which carried all armor-piercing bombs. The rest of the bombing aviation divisions were a mix of armor-piercing and high-explosive shells.

The 8th Bombardment Aviation Division also dropped thousands of tons of bombs in this round of air raids, but because it was a high-altitude horizontal bombing, the results were not satisfactory. Six Japanese aircraft carriers were hit with one to three bombs each, in addition to a heavy cruiser with a 250-kilogram armor-piercing bomb, and a turret was lifted into the sky. However, in this round of naval and air battles, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese 10th Air Fleet also shot down two E-111 medium bombers.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the 8th Bombardment Division flew away, the third round of air raids arrived as scheduled! 240 medium and heavy bombers chased after the six scarred Japanese aircraft carriers for 30 minutes before they flew away, and the sea was full of thick black smoke warships, but fortunately, although most of the 28 ships of various types of the 10th Air Fleet were damaged, none of them sank!

The Chinese, who had failed to sink the Japanese aircraft carrier with 720 medium and heavy bombers, also seemed to be discouraged, and the final round of bombing did not come as scheduled. Thirty minutes after the end of the third round of bombing, the Akagi received the "good news" that the two major military airports in Manila and Sukebi had been attacked by Chinese planes, and the officers in the command center of the Akagi breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed to have a feeling of the aftermath of the disaster, their flagship suffered two 250-kilogram armor-piercing bombs in the first round of bombing, a 125-kilogram high-explosive bomb and a 250-kilogram armor-piercing bomb in the second round of air raids, and two more 250-kilogram armor-piercing bombs in the third round of air raids. The front and back have been hit by five 250-kilogram armor-piercing bombs and one 125-kilogram high-explosive bomb! There were five large smoke-emitting holes on the flight deck, and although there was no danger of sinking, it was inevitable that they would have to be overhauled when they returned to Japan...... If there is another round of indiscriminate bombing, no one dares to guarantee that this warship will be spared.

The situation of the other five aircraft carriers was not much better, and the most damaged Kaga suffered seven 250-kilogram armor-piercing shells, one of which hit the aft power compartment, destroying two steam turbines, leaving the Kaga without half of its power, and its top speed dropped to 15 knots. The damage to the Canglong is also quite serious. An oil depot in the bow of the ship was ignited by a fire caused by a bomb explosion, and although the fire was eventually brought under control, the bow of the Canglong was severely damaged, and it was impossible to restore its combat capability without more than half a year of overhaul after returning home. The damage to the three ships, Zuihe, Xianghe, and Shenlong, was slightly better, but the aviation deck was blown out of a few holes, and the hangar was blown to the ground, but it was not difficult to repair.

"What a loss." Nanyun Zhongyi took the damage report sent by Kuroshima and couldn't help but shake his head: "The three ships Ruihe, Xianghe, and Shenlong will need to be repaired for at least two months, and the remaining three motherships will only be repaired in five to six months." ”

"It's worth it," the Black Island Turtle Man barely managed to squeeze out a few smiles. "Our more than 700 kamikaze aircraft will soon return the color to the Chinese aircraft carrier!"

……

"Oh my God! is a Chinese fighter! ”

When Second Lieutenant Hiroshi Nishizawa flew a Zero fighter out of the clouds, he was immediately stunned by what he saw. Because he saw that the sky in the distance was densely packed with Chinese fighters! Most of them are F-190s, and a small part are twin-engine BF-110s. There are always three or four hundred!

"Looks like this is where I'm buried!" While Hiroshi Nishizawa was secretly thinking, a voice that seemed to take a lot of effort to shout came out of the on-board radio.

"All note, I'm Shibata Takeo Nakasa, and I'm in charge right now. Kamikaze Charge! Don't worry about the planes of the China, their aircraft carriers are your target! ”

"All Zero fighters. Rush with me. Teach those China pig planes a hard lesson! ”

"Rush!"

With the shouts of the commander of the Ryuchamp Air Force, nicknamed "Brave Shibata", all the Japanese pilots seemed to forget that they were flying planes, not bayonet infantrymen! All of them pulled their control sticks sharply and shouted and rushed towards the opponent's fighter group, although the enemy's aircraft had an overwhelming advantage in performance, and the number was not small, but only one-third of the Type 99 kamikaze special attack aircraft were able to break through the blockade line of the enemy aircraft, and it would also severely damage the Chinese fleet in the Zhanjiang military port!

This style of play, which seems to be an airplane fighting bayonets, really plays a role. The hundreds of Chinese F-190 and BF-110 were also a little flustered for a while. Although from a distance, these Chinese fighters are almost obscuring the sky. But in fact, the gap between them is very large, and it is impossible to intercept the sudden and decisive attack of more than 500 Type 99 kamikaze special attack aircraft and more than 30 Zero fighters. From a distance. There seemed to be two huge silver clouds flying at high speed in the sky, and they collided violently, and as the flames flashed, dozens of small dots dragging long black smoke were planted from the sky one after another. If you look closely at the dots that are crashing into the sea with a telescope, you will see that they are Japanese fighters with red sun markings painted on the wings and fuselage.

However, the Japanese planes that had suffered heavy losses showed no sign of retreating at all, except for about 20 Zero fighters who pounced on hundreds of Chinese planes as if they had gone crazy and were then smashed to pieces by countless firestreams, the vast majority of the Type 99 kamikaze special attack planes did not seem to see these Chinese fighters who came to intercept them at all, and they just charged with their heads covered. After discovering that so many fighters on their side did not stop these deadly kamikazes, the Chinese F-109 and BF-110 did not hesitate to turn around and chase, following behind these kamikaze special attack planes that were probably bent on death, relying on their own high-speed powerful firepower, tightly biting each other and constantly firing. There were planes in the sky that were constantly hit by bullets and caught fire, but those Type 99 kamikaze planes that had not yet been shot down still rushed forward vigorously.

"Air raids! Air raid! ”

The mournful sound of air raid sirens immediately sounded over all the ships of the Chinese Navy's Second Fleet. Speaking of which, the Second Fleet was really unlucky, and their original mission was to stay in the Zhanjiang Military Port as bait. However, no one expected that the Japanese aircraft carrier would be discovered by a Chinese reconnaissance plane in the Philippine coastal waters 1,300 kilometers away from the Zhanjiang Military Port. After discovering the Japanese fleet, Zhao Zheng was naturally reluctant to let these valuable warships continue to stay in the harbor to be bombed, but let them leave the military port. But just as they opened the mouth of Guangzhou Bay, the first wave of Japanese kamikaze attacks actually arrived! Moreover, in a very short time, it broke through the interception of more than 300 F-190s and BF-110s and appeared in the sky above the Second Fleet, at which time the hapless Second Fleet had not even had time to put up an air defense formation.

At the same time, there was a cheer from the cockpits of the desperate Japanese kamikaze planes being chased by F-190 and BF-110 fighters. Four aircraft carriers, three battleships, four heavy cruisers, and ten light cruisers and more destroyers seemed to lay defenseless on the sea! Didn't even an air defense formation be completely set up ♀, didn't it be clear that the big guys would not die in vain? If you pull an aircraft carrier to accompany the funeral, you will be willing to die!

With this mentality, the more than 150 kamikaze attack planes that had not yet been shot down by Chinese fighters all rushed down their noses and swooped down towards the flight deck after seeing the Chinese aircraft carrier, hoping to crash headlong into it.

The Chinese Second Fleet also seemed to be busy making mistakes, with three battleships, four heavy cruisers, and six light cruisers all circling around two of the aircraft carriers, weaving a protective web of fire with hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. However, there were two smaller aircraft carriers with only a few destroyers to escort them, as if they had been abandoned.

However, those Japanese kamikaze pilots who were in a dead end anyway did not pick their mouths, and the order from above was to find them to find aircraft carriers and die together. The size of this aircraft carrier is also not regulated, is it? Be small, be small. As a result, more than half of the more than 150 kamikazes had their noses aimed at the two seaplane carriers.

"Boom ......"

A flame rose next to the island of the Chongming Island seaplane carrier, and Lieutenant Commander Hu Dingxin, the captain of the Chongming Island, felt a strong force throw himself aside, and then the whole person hit the cold steel plate heavily. As soon as Hu Dingxin supported the ground with his hand, he felt a sharp pain in his arm, and he didn't know if it was broken.

"Sir!" A naval lieutenant with a bloody face hurriedly helped him up, and Hu Dingxin looked around again, and the inside of the command tower was in a mess, and seven or eight officers were lying on the ground, and their flesh and blood were blurred. I don't know where the fire is going on under the island. Plumes of smoke are pouring in from all directions.

"Report the damage." Hu Dingxin made up his mind, and the two staff officers who had not yet lost their lives hurriedly called the captain of the damage management team, and it took a while to figure out the situation. A kamikaze plane crashed into the island, exploded under the island, and set fire to two Min-25 seaplanes on the deck, slightly damaging the flight deck, and the damage management team was desperately trying to extinguish the fire.

Hu Dingxin frowned, just about to say something to calm people's hearts. Another loud bang was heard ♀, and the seaplane carrier USS Arctic Island (an island near the Arctic Ocean) commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Qiao Ghua was hit by a kamikaze, and a ball of flames was rising high from the 10,000-ton battleship......

"Commander. The seaplane carrier Chongming Island reported another bomb, and the hangar of the seaplane carrier Arctic Island caught fire and exploded. The fire is spreading, and Captain Joe asks to abandon the ship......"

In the bridge of the battleship Zhenyuan, the flagship of the Second Fleet, there was also a tense atmosphere of battle at this moment, and the communications staff officers were constantly reporting on the damage to ♀ the ships belonging to the fleet, and the main targets of the Japanese kamikaze attack were two aircraft carriers and two seaplane carriers of the Second Fleet, and the 18,000-ton Heilongjiang-class aircraft carrier, which had been transformed from merchant ships, was hit by two and three kamikaze planes respectively, and the two seaplane carriers were hit by three kamikaze planes, of which the Arctic Island was the most seriously damaged, and the whole ship was on fire. The captain of the ship, Qiao Ghua, even made a request to abandon the ship.

"Commander, why don't you let the Arctic Island give up......" Looking at the raging fire on the Arctic Island, Rear Admiral Song Da, chief of staff of the fleet, tightly twisted ♀ his brows The battleship burned into this appearance is indeed not much of salvage value, even if it is a fluke, the cost of repair is estimated to be not much cheaper than building another one.

"Not yet." The commander of the Second Fleet, Yu Yanshou, shook his head, "Let them hold on a little longer, the Japanese are treating it as an aircraft carrier, and we need to use it to attract the attention of Japanese kamikaze aircraft." ”

"But......" Song Da glanced at the dozens of kamikaze planes that were still hovering in the sky, and just as he wanted to open his mouth to ask for permission to abandon the Arctic Island again, the radar director's voice rang out: "Enemy planes found!" The number of 160 planes, at a distance of 100 km, is rushing towards us! (Your support is my biggest motivation.)