326 Midway: The End of the Dragon
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Without waiting for the Japanese pilots to catch their breath, the forty fighters on the US aircraft carrier formation swarmed again.
Although the Flying Dragon aircraft carrier was only hit by one bomb, the fire and black smoke caused by this bomb actually gave a good guide to the fleet of aircraft that were looking for the Japanese aircraft carrier.
The results of these more than 40 fighters were much better than those of the previous 28. They already knew the news that all four aircraft carriers of the US-Tang coalition were injured, and they fought quite hard.
In the melee, the aircraft carrier Hiei was hit with one bomb, and the aircraft carrier Wyvern was hit with two bombs again. But the torpedo machine still did not hit even one.
During the entire Battle of Midway, the US torpedo planes seemed to be nothing more than attracting firepower, and they fought for a day, but still no results appeared. Not only are the torpedo machines of the US military poor, but even the torpedoes are extremely rubbish. So far, in the entire Battle of Midway, the result of the US-Tang coalition is only a torpedo thrown by Shao Fuxuan. If all the torpedo planes of the US military were replaced by dive bombers, the results would definitely not be the same. Originally, the pilots of the US military were not very good, and the quality of fighters and torpedoes seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the US military.
The result of this fierce battle, as usual, was the victory of the Japanese army. The U.S. military again lost 19 fighters, and the result was that 10 Japanese Zero fighters were shot down.
Although the air battle was still a failure. The U.S. military, especially the fighter pilots, had a feeling that the Japanese pilots didn't seem to be so scary, and the Zero fighters didn't seem to be much stronger than the Wildcats.
Although the losses of the American army were still much higher than those of the Japanese, the battle loss ratio was significantly improved, especially the loss of only four Wildcat fighters.
The feeling of the US military is still very correct.
You must know that these Japanese pilots, from the morning to now, almost no time to get off the plane, there is almost no rest time in between. It's just that during the time of landing on the aircraft carrier to refuel and hang bombs, I ate a rice ball. Some pilots still carry rice balls on the plane.
The comfort of the aircraft in this year is not even as good as that of the tractors of the 21st century, and the weather at high altitude is cold, even in flight suits, it is difficult to resist. The little devil is very tough, but no matter how tenacious he is, it is difficult to resist physical fatigue and mental exhaustion, and it is even more difficult to resist the hunger in his belly.
After nearly ten hours of intense fighting, now the Japanese pilots were not only hungry, but even their hands and feet were sore, and their flight movements had been deformed.
What's more, many Japanese pilots are now doing a dive maneuver. Can be dizzy. The planes flying in the air could not be seen clearly with a blurred eye, and the ability of the Japanese pilots to catch the target was seriously reduced. Dizzy and headlong into the sea, this situation has already appeared among Japanese fighters.
It was precisely because of the poor state of the Japanese army that the US fighter pilots achieved good results. If only it were normal. The two armies fought each other, and the US pilots fought to the death. I'm afraid it's hard to escape.
After a scuffle. Although there are still more than 20 Zero fighters in the Japanese army, they are already at the end of their crossbows.
Most of the U.S. fighters were able to escape as long as they could get rid of the Japanese Zero fighter once. Many bold US fighter pilots were even able to re-ascend to a high altitude to launch another attack on the Japanese army. This was something that had not happened at all in the previous battles of the US military, and the more US pilots fought, the more courageous they became, and four fighters tasted the sweetness. They began to continuously attack the Japanese Zero fighters and launched guerrilla warfare in the air.
To say that the American pilots were also tired, but the American pilots rested for an hour or two on Midway Island and relied on chocolate to replenish their strength. The hungry Japanese pilots were getting hungrier and hungrier.
Yamaguchi Tawen was considered a famous general in the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army's inherent innate disregard for human life limited his thinking. He didn't think at all that pilots would get tired. No matter how strong the spirit of bushido is, it can't stop the hungry.
Although the results of the US bombing were not significant, the impact was enormous. The continuous explosions and the rising smoke from the Wyvern attracted a fleet of aircraft from the Naval Resistance Army.
The aircraft group of the Maritime Resistance Army led by Liu Gensheng finally discovered the battlefield. The steamed buns are no longer fermented, they are ripe.
When sixteen fighters of the Naval Resistance Army arrived in the sky above the Flying Dragon. The total number of Zero fighters on guard by the Japanese army was only about 20.
Seven or eight of them are still chasing and killing US fighters and have not yet returned home. There are still a few planes hovering at low altitudes, and only eight of them remain above the aircraft carrier formation, and there are already loopholes in the air warning circle.
It was these eight Japanese zero fighters, and only three of them could rush to intercept Liu Gensheng at the first time.
The pilots of the Maritime Resistance Army are also tired, but there are chocolate to supplement calories and Babao ginseng pills to replenish energy, and at this moment, Liu Gensheng is in a very good state as a pilot.
In the first round, the Japanese fighters were deflated again, and the three Zero fighters were smashed to pieces.
When the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army climbed again and reoccupied the high altitude, the Japanese Zero fighters arrived sparsely.
By the time the Japanese Zero arrived at the battlefield, it was already a little late.
Whether or not the attack of the dive bombers can be intercepted, the critical time period is a short moment when the bombers occupy a high altitude and form a formation. When the dive bomber starts to dive, the fighter simply cannot intercept it.
Fighters can deal with bombers, for no other reason than speed and agility. If the Zero wants to pursue a bomber with a high-speed dive, it naturally needs a high-speed dive.
In the high-speed dive, the drawbacks of the Zero fighter appeared. It's not flexible at all.
The little devil was anxious, and he ignored the threat of Liu Gensheng's fighters, and desperately launched an attack on the bombers of the Naval Resistance Army.
There was immediate chaos in the skies over the Wyvern.
On the sea, the anti-aircraft artillery on the Wyvern was firing desperately.
The dive bombers of the low-altitude naval resistance army are rapidly approaching. It was followed by the Japanese Zero fighters, and then by the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army.
The Japanese anti-aircraft artillery could not distinguish between its own men and the enemy. For fighters at high altitudes, it is completely indiscriminate shooting.
With the hit of the first bomb of the dive bomber of the Naval Resistance Army, the aircraft carrier Feilong, which was maneuvering at high speed, immediately slowed down.
The bomb of the Maritime Resistance Army hit the rear deck of the Wyvern, and the explosion position happened to be the position of the pillar of the deck, and the violent explosion distorted the flight deck of the Wyvern. Aircraft carriers can no longer recover fighters.
The bombs hung up in this wave of attacks by the Naval Resistance Force were 1,000-pound bombs by the US military. The Navy's own 800 kg of bombs had been depleted in months of fighting. Although the armor-piercing ability of the 1,000-pound bombs of the US army is slightly weaker than that of the 800-kilogram bombs of the Naval Resistance Army, the charge is larger and the momentum of the explosion is more powerful.
The Wyvern, which slowed down, could only become a target. No matter how desperately the Japanese army erupted anti-aircraft artillery shells, no matter how crazy the Japanese pilots were, it was difficult to resist the attack of the Maritime Resistance Army.
The first bomb hit. The Japanese again lost two fighters. One was shot down by the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army, but the other was the result of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery.
After the second dive bomber of the Naval Resistance Army dropped the bomb, the Japanese Zero fighters had already shot down three more planes.
Without interference, the hit rate of bombs dropped by the Naval Resistance Army increased in a straight line. The four bombs in the back all achieved results.
The third bomb hit the deck near the bridge of the Wyvern, breaking through three floors in a row, causing the Wyvern's engine room to be blown up in a mess.
The fifth bomb hit here again, putting the final nail on the Wyvern's iron coffin. This bomb not only caused heavy casualties to the little devils on the Wyvern, but most importantly caused the explosion of an ammunition bay.
This time the explosion was different, the power was too powerful, and the dive bombers of the Naval Resistance Army were already three or four hundred meters away from the Feilong, but they were still shocked and lost control and plunged headlong into the sea.
This was the only fighter plane lost in this wave of strikes by the Naval Resistance Army.
Under the shocking explosion, the Wyvern was already crumbling.
Liu Gensheng glanced at the Flying Dragon and made a judgment, in fact, he didn't need to judge, anyone could see that after such a wave of explosions, the Flying Dragon would definitely be finished.
Seeing that the rest of the Japanese Zero fighters were about to besiege again. Although Liu Gensheng also discovered that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Zero fighters had seriously declined, the Naval Resistance Army shot down eight Japanese fighters in a short period of time, and they did not lose a single one, and it was even more miraculous that not even one was injured.
However, as the old saying goes, it is not in the interests of the naval resistance army to fight with the Japanese army at all, and Liu Gensheng immediately issued an order to retreat. Liu Gensheng felt that it was unbelievably smooth, it was smooth to kill the Japanese aircraft carrier, it was smooth to shoot down the Japanese fighters, and the retreat was extremely smooth.
The mad dog-like pursuit of the Japanese fighters did not appear at all. The Japanese pilots were really out of energy, and after only a few minutes of pursuit, they were run away without a trace by the naval resistance army.
Yamaguchi Tawen was stunned by the earth-shattering explosion, and ten minutes had passed since he woke up.
A large aircraft carrier is not easy to sink. The reason why the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and Shozuru were destroyed by a few bombs was actually the most important reason for the bombs piled up on the deck.
It was the Japanese devils' own bombs that destroyed themselves.
And the final explosion of the Wyvern was still the explosion of the ammunition depot, which caused uncontrollable damage. Own shells destroyed themselves.
The fire is together, and there is no possibility of extinguishing it. Yamaguchi Tawen understands very well that this kind of fire, no matter how complete the firefighting system is, will not stop at all if the fuel is not burned out. And the fuel is burned out, I'm afraid that this aircraft carrier is also finished.
After a few minutes, Yamaguchi had lost all hope. The explosion not only made the Wyvern blazing, but more importantly, the violent explosion destroyed the side of the Soryu, and the sea water was already surging in, and it was already a luxury for the Wyvern to support until the fire was completely extinguished.
Yamaguchi smelled like a soulless wood carving, and stayed for a few minutes. Yamaguchi regained his courage and began to give orders--- he would continue to fight. (To be continued......)