Many scholars in the 11th Region after the war regretted Yamaguchi's order and the major mistakes of the Japanese Admiralty intelligence. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They all believed that if it weren't for Yamaguchi Wenta's wrong judgment at the critical moment, if it weren't for the fact that Japanese intelligence officers didn't discover that the Ming Navy had an extra aircraft carrier task force before the war. The history of that war will be rewritten.

And this is nothing more than the empty talk of the literati. Even if the Japanese knew that there was still a fleet nearby, what could they do? The difference in strength between the two sides is not large, and both already know each other's coordinates. At this time, at best, both sides will lose, and the outcome of the whole war will not change in any way.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the Japanese win this time, what can they do? With Zhang Cheng's character, even if he transferred the Pacific Fleet back to the Hawaiian Islands to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese, he would not choose to negotiate peace with the Japanese.

Will the Japanese still be able to afford to fight by that time? Daming can afford to lose because Daming has almost endless human resources and industrial strength. What was lost was quickly replenished. But what do the Japanese with weak foundations to supplement?

No matter what Yamaguchi does to Wenta, the final outcome will not change. At most, it will only make the war more brutal and fierce, and the time will drag on longer.

The Japanese naval fleet began to evacuate, giving way to aircraft carriers in the core area of the fleet to prepare for the release of fighters. As a result, the originally tight air defense formation began to become chaotic.

The aircraft carrier drove out of the core area of the fleet, and the group of air defense fighters hovering in the sky began to reduce altitude and prepare for landing. And in the hangars of the four large aircraft carriers, elated Japanese ground crews were busy reloading ammunition and fuel for the third wave of fighters preparing to attack. Once the air defense fighters have landed and recovered, these fighters will quickly rise into the air and fly into the distance to send all those Ming warships to the bottom of the sea.

The busy refueling and reloading work was carried out in a burst of laughter. The Japanese ground crews joked with each other and placed bombs, torpedoes, and fuel trucks in the hangar. They didn't feel any danger at all. In their minds, the battle has been victoriously over, and now it is only a matter of expanding the results.

If Zhang Cheng saw this scene at this time, he would definitely be very surprised, because this seemingly similar scene had appeared in the history of the modern time and space from which he was born. In that decisive naval battle, the Japanese navy was completely annihilated because it was attacked while reloading ammunition!

Different time and space, similar scenes. This scene repeats itself again.

"Sir!!"

The officers on the bridge of the Wyvern chatted and laughed with joy, boasting about the victory. There were even a few staff officers who went out of the bridge to smoke outside. Originally, the Imperial Majesty was strict with Yamaguchi Wenduo, but after the big victory, it was rare to let go of control. Let the officers and soldiers under his command also feel the joyful atmosphere.

At this moment when everyone is satisfied, everyone begins to relax. A communications staff officer suddenly pushed open the hatch, and staggered to the front of Yamaguchi Wenduo amid everyone's surprised gaze, shouting with trembling voices in his voice: "The radar room reports that a large number of unknown planes are rapidly approaching our fleet!" ”

The words of the communications staff officer made everyone stunned. There was a sudden silence in the bridge, and the quiet pin drop could be heard. Many people had beads of sweat on their sideburns on the spot, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Is it the first attack wave of Fuchida Daisa?" A moment later, Chief of Staff Onishi Takijiro asked in a trembling voice.

"There are too many." The communications staff officer shook his head: "The direction is even more wrong!" They're coming from the south! ”

It was so quiet inside the bridge that everyone was startled by the news. It is no exaggeration to say that the First Air Fleet at this moment is at its weakest, and it will be a tragedy if it encounters a sudden attack.

Everyone doesn't understand that the fleet has obviously sailed south to avoid Jeju Island in the north, where did this attack formation come from? From the island of Taiwan? No way, they can't fly that far!

While everyone was confused, Yamaguchi's temples were bruised, and his eyes were bloodshot. He remembered those few Daming aircraft carriers that were considered to have not yet been officially commissioned! The soldier's instincts told him that his guess was correct! Daming also has an aircraft carrier fleet nearby!

"What are you still doing?" Yamaguchi gritted his teeth and whispered, "Why don't you get ready!! ”

"Coax~~~" Many officers who were originally in a stupid daze, unable to accept this fact, suddenly woke up from a dream. Quickly disperse the busyness.

"Send a telegram immediately to see if it's our plane!" Still unable to accept this fact, Takijiro Onishi ordered the communications staff officer to immediately get in touch with the group. He still holds on to the hope of what happens.

Yamaguchi was still able to keep his cool at this time. After glancing at the panicked bridge, he shook his head slightly, stood up and went to the porthole and raised the telescope in his hand.

In Zhang Cheng's eyes, the original radar of the Ming Dynasty was just an old-fashioned antique, but the Japanese radar was not as good as the Ming radar. They can only be equipped on large warships, and the radar-to-air detection range is not far. After confirming that something was wrong, the attack aircraft group flying from Task Force 11 was almost there.

At this moment, the Japanese air defense fighters have been flying in the sky for a long time and have experienced a big battle. There is not much fuel or ammunition left. Most of the Zeros lowered their altitude and circled near the carrier, waiting to land. And the air defense fighters that changed their defenses had just taken off.

This directly caused the 1st Attack Wave Group of the 11th Task Force of the Ming Dynasty to meet almost no decent resistance and slaughtered within the core defense circle of the 1st Air Fleet of the Japanese Navy. There was no Zero to stop it. Things went smoothly so that Lieutenant Colonel Wu Hao, who was leading the pilot, almost couldn't believe his eyes, it was even easier than when he was training.

After the sinking of the Poyang Lake, Colonel Yang Jing chose to return to the Naval Academy as an instructor. In the Battle of Java, Captain Wu Hao, the commander of the dive bomber unit who hit the Chicheng aircraft carrier for the first time, was exceptionally promoted. He was promoted directly to the rank of lieutenant colonel and, after the departure of Colonel Yang Jing, took on the role of captain of the new Poyang Lake aircraft carrier flight wing. Although it is an agent, if you don't die after winning this battle, the word agent will be canceled.

"The Japanese are crazy?" Wu Hao looked at the scattered Japanese fleet on the sea with an expression of disbelief. The aircraft carrier, which is the core of the fleet, actually ran to the periphery of the fleet, and there are no air defense fighters in the sky. A large number of aircraft are hovering near the aircraft carrier.

But soon Wu Hao understood what was going on. "Brothers, we're in luck!" Wu Hao picked up the microphone in his hand with excitement and shouted: "The Japanese are flying fighters!" Here's our chance, take them out! ”

The grieving Japanese suffered the most powerful blow when they were at their most lax. These attack aircraft groups, mainly pilots who participated in the Battle of Java, are not only the elite of the HNA, but almost everyone wants to avenge the Poyang Lake!

Realizing that something was wrong, the Japanese Zerofighters desperately began to pull up fighters when the ships sounded the air defense siren, trying to prevent the Ming fighters from approaching their mothership.

It's a pity that the climbing speed of Zero Battle is too poor to pull up in a short period of time. And they basically don't have any fuel and ammunition left, and even pulling it up is useless.

"All ships stopped taking off and landing planes, immediately returned to the center of the fleet, deployed air defense formations, and fired at each ship in the air! Hurry up, hurry up! Seeing Yamaguchi Wenduo standing by the porthole without saying a word, looking at the Daming group of planes coming straight to the aircraft carrier in the distance. Chief of Staff Onishi Takijiro roared and gave the order.

The four aircraft carriers frantically accelerated to turn and prepare to escape, and the escort warships around them quickly surrounded and tried to defend their carriers.

However, a warship that is considered very fast on the sea is of little use compared to a high-speed aircraft. When the sky began to scatter shells, the Ming group had already begun to enter the attack position.

The goal of the Ming pilots was very clear, and all the fighters pounced on the four aircraft carriers on the sea.

The Zero fighters, who were in a hurry to pull up, had no choice, and some pilots drove their own fighters without ammunition and crashed straight into the Ming fighters. But there are too many fighters in the Ming army, and it is too late for time.

More than a dozen dive bombers approached the outermost aircraft carrier Dafeng at high speed. After entering the dive course, it descended into the sky with a high-pitched whistling sound. After three waves of attacks, the largest aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy in active tonnage was hit by four armor-piercing shells.

Although the Taiho is the only aircraft carrier in the Japanese Navy with an armored flight deck. However, under the attack of the 500-kilogram armor-piercing bullets of the Ming Naval Aviation, they were still penetrated like paper paste.

The bomb exploded inside the hangar after penetrating the flight deck. Because it was preparing to release the fighters, the hangar of the Dafeng was full of fighters filled with fuel and ammunition. There are also fuel tankers parked next to it. These things soon had a second detonation, turning the entire aircraft carrier into a giant torch. All kinds of martyrdom continued.

What happened to the Dafeng is just a microcosm. The Japanese Navy's First Air Fleet, with the exception of the Shozuru-class sister ships, which had withdrawn from the battlefield, were all intensively attacked. Without the escort of fighters and without entering the air defense formation, four aircraft carriers were hit with bombs and torpedoes one after another.

The Great Phoenix, the Cloud Dragon, the Amagi, and the Wyvern soon burst into flames under the massive attack, and the thick black smoke gathered almost hundreds of meters high.

These aircraft carriers were preparing for an attack before, and those bombs, torpedoes and fuel all became talismans to bury themselves! (To be continued.) )