At 11:45 a.m., all 36 fighters of the Naval Resistance Army took off.

Li Guang had no way to get in touch with the US military, and he was worried about the bombing of the Liberty Dragon by US fighters and the strike of the Liberty Dragon by Japanese fighters.

But in any case, the aircraft group on the Liberty Dragon could only strike at the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng first.

Escorted by ten P40 fighters, fifteen dreadnought bombers flew straight to the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

There were too few fighters on the Liberty Dragon, only thirty-six in total. These 25 fighters are already the largest force that can be mobilized. In the skies above the Liberty Dragon, only eight P40s were on alert. (The three reconnaissance planes had not yet returned at this time.) ）

If it was discovered by Japanese fighters, it would not be unjust to have a fight. But if the rookie pilots of the U.S. military find out that the Liberty Dragon has been attacked, it will be the real injustice. 、

Li Guang was anxious and could not think of a good way to get in touch with the US military directly. At this moment, Yue Peng, a communications staff officer, said: "Clear code, use clear code."

A word to wake up the dreamer.

The Liberty Dragon began to send reports one after another, directly reporting the coordinates of the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

Li Guang was still not at ease, and used a clear code to indicate his identity. However, he did not dare to report the coordinates and location of the Liberty Dragon.

At this moment, a reconnaissance plane of the Naval Resistance Army over the US military formation has been spotted by the US radar, and four F4F fighters are catching up. Fortunately, the reconnaissance planes of the Naval Resistance Army were dreadnought dive bombers, and the US troops could not figure out whether they were fighters on the Yorktown or the Lexington, so they did not fire directly. Otherwise, it would be difficult for one bomber to evade the attack of four Wildcat F4Fs.

On board the USS Yorktown, Rear Admiral Fletcher had received a telegram and immediately ordered the four warplanes not to open fire.

As soon as Fletcher gave the order, the Japanese fighters had already pounced on the defensive circle. In the first wave of Japanese air raids, US radars found something at a range of about 100 kilometers. But this time. The Japanese planes pounced on the Yorktown less than 50 kilometers before they were discovered.

The radar of this era is very sensitive to changes in the weather, and in the direction where the Japanese aircraft group is flying at this time, there are not only cumulonimbus clouds, but also thunderous rain. Seriously interfered with the search of the radar.

However, ten minutes was not enough, and the U.S. military was basically fully prepared.

At twelve o'clock sharp, the Yorktown was attacked by a Japanese dive bomber.

The U.S. military was defenseless and did not know where a Japanese dive bomber had come out. Almost all the US officers and soldiers did not find out in advance.

The pilot of this Japanese fighter plane was obviously a master, and he did not hover for reconnaissance at all, and directly dived down from an altitude of three or four thousand meters. By the time it passed through the clouds, it was less than a kilometer away from the Yorktown.

What made the US soldiers even more frightened was that this fighter plane was able to adjust the angle slightly in such a high-speed dive, so that the fighter plane rushed straight to the aircraft carrier Yorktown.

It was less than 300 meters before Japanese fighters released bombs. With the roar of warplanes. A bomb slammed into the Yorktown like a meteor.

At such a speed, the huge aircraft carrier simply cannot dodge.

An earth-shattering explosion. Immediately there was fireworks aboard the Yorktown.

The deck of the USS Yorktown is not the wooden deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuizuru. Although the flight deck of the Yorktown is also covered by a wooden floor. But underneath it was two inches of alloy armor.

The flight deck of the Freedom Dragon is a three-inch high-carbon steel armor, which is thick and heavy, but not much stronger than the alloy deck on the Yorktown.

The Japanese dropped a 500-kilogram bomb, which not only penetrated the first flight deck, but also penetrated the second hangar with huge inertia.

Fortunately, the second-story hangar of the US military is also a two-inch high-carbon steel deck, which has not been broken down again. But the explosion of this bomb was too powerful. Like a clean street, the manic shockwave swept away all the facilities in the hangar and the spare fighters.

There were at least 50 US officers and soldiers in the hangar, and none of them survived. And a powerful shock wave. When they rushed out of the hangar and reached the anti-aircraft gunners, dozens of more people were rushed directly into the sea.

The damage caused by this bomb to the Yorktown did not stop there, and more than a dozen US officers and men in charge of telecommunications were also shocked to the point of bleeding from their mouths and noses, and the communications facilities were shattered to pieces.

Rear Admiral Fletcher was in the command bridge of the ship island at the moment, and his internal organs were also moaning, and he was so uncomfortable that he just wanted to vomit.

The Japanese fighter plane caused so much damage to the Yorktown with just one blow that many American officers and men were frightened. You must know that there are still one or two dozen torpedo planes and bombers behind, and no one is sure at this moment that Yorktown will survive.

When the U.S. military is somewhat desperate, there is always a miracle on the battlefield.

This miracle was caused by the mistake or helplessness of the Japanese army. Of the 24 Japanese fighters in the air, there were 12 Zeros, but only 6 torpedo planes and 6 bombers.

Seeing that the aircraft carrier was damaged, the rookie also began to exert its might and attacked the Japanese fighters at any cost. One was shot down, the other pounced again, and dozens of warplanes strangled in the air. At this time, the American pilots once again received a death order from Major General Fletcher that they must block the Japanese fighters.

For a long time, the Japanese always thought that the US military was just a fool and did not dare to go to the battlefield at all. However, in desperation, the American pilots taught the Japanese army a good lesson.

Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, and the Americans will be desperate.

A total of more than 40 US fighters of various types, regardless of the type of aircraft, were engaged in a struggle with more than 20 Japanese fighters.

Among the more than 20 fighters of the Japanese army, there were 12 Zero fighters. In the struggle, Japanese fighters gained the upper hand. One volley after another of US fighter planes was blown up.

At first, the U.S. military still had a few F4F fighters that could barely support it, but as the fuel ran out, the U.S. pilots had to parachute to escape. Fighter planes crashed into the sea one after another, and some US pilots simply did not have time to parachute, but plunged into the sea, only stirring up a few waves on the surface of the sea.

However, more than a dozen bombers and torpedo planes of the US army intercepted the Japanese fighters at any cost, and they fought with the Japanese fighters without regard for their own inferiority, but they were shot down one by one.

The performance of the Japanese bombers and torpedo planes was very astonishing. Six torpedo planes and six bombers turned out to go their separate ways.

Six of the torpedo planes actually pounced on the Lexington, which was already billowing wolf smoke. Only six bombers were working against the Yorktown.

What's going on? It turned out that the six torpedo planes were the remnants of the fighters on the aircraft carrier Xiangfeng. And the six bombers were fighters on the Zuihe.

The pilots on the two Japanese aircraft carriers were not unified at all, so at such a moment there was a split attack.

The six torpedo planes on the Xiangfeng easily achieved results. At this time, the Lexington was busy evacuating officers and soldiers, and there were not even many people on the anti-aircraft gun emplacements to defend it.

Therefore, the six torpedo planes actually achieved good results in two out of six shots. Only two torpedo planes were shot down by American anti-aircraft fire.

You must know that the pilots on the Xiangfeng aircraft carrier are one level lower than the Fifth Air Force. Among the Japanese aircraft carrier formations, the 1st and 2nd Air Forces were undoubtedly first-class, while the pilots of the 5th Air Force Zuihe and Xianghe could only rank second-rate.

The Japanese pilots on the Xiangfeng aircraft carrier were only able to rank third-rate, and the six torpedo planes were able to break through four of them, and two of them hit, which was really an excellent achievement.

Twelve o'clock. The heavy aircraft carrier Lexington is at a dead end at this moment. A few hours later, the aircraft carrier, with a displacement of more than 43,000 tons, sank into the sea, accompanied by thirty-six warplanes.

After withstanding the earth-shattering blows, the Yorktown was able to avoid the bombing of the Japanese dive bombers again and again. The anti-aircraft gunners fired desperately, shooting down at least five Japanese fighters of all kinds in less than ten minutes.

When the battle is over. Of the 12 F4F Wildcat fighters that the US military was responsible for guarding in the air, only four survived. More than half of more than two dozen bombers and torpedo machines of other models were also lost. The Japanese lost sixteen of the twenty-four fighters. There were only eight fighters left, and almost all of them were wounded and returned home. Both sides suffered heavy losses.

But in any case, the Yorktown's injuries were not painful, and it was easy to withstand the air raid.

But at the moment, the air defense of the Yorktown was in addition to anti-aircraft artillery. There is almost no air power and is in an extremely dangerous state.

Rear Admiral Fletcher rushed to attack the Mizuru and the U.S. aircraft group returned home. But at this moment he realized that the telegraph had been blown into parts. I had to use the radio in the bridge to call desperately.

Twelve fifteen. The battle on the Coral Sea is still uncertain.

On the US side, the Lexington has been absolutely scrapped. The Yorktown was slightly wounded. Sixty-four warplanes from the US military fleet are tracking the USS Zuihe at the moment. And the air defense of the Yorktown was already extremely weak. What's even more dangerous is that although the Yorktown was only directly hit by one bomb, there were two bombs that were almost close to the Yorktown, although there was no loss of hull, but the power was damaged, and it could only sail at a speed of less than ten knots at the moment. At this speed, let alone dodging bombs, nothing can be dodged. At this moment, it doesn't take much, only three or five torpedo planes or bombers can send the Yorktown to the Dragon King.

On the Japanese side, a total of 16 fighters of the second wave of the Xiangfeng aircraft carrier had already taken off half an hour ago. The third wave of fighters is also already preparing to strike. The first wave of warplanes has completed their bombing, and the remnants of the warplanes are on their way home.

The clarity of the situation came at 12:15 a.m. Twenty-five fighters of the Naval Resistance Force finally found the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

When the Japanese army had just finished its attack on the Yorktown, the aircraft group led by Liu Gensheng finally found the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

Although the reconnaissance planes of the Maritime Resistance Force have reported their directions, it is not very simple to search for enemy ships in the vast sea, especially in bad weather. The sea area where the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng is located is overcast.

Fortunately, Liu Gensheng played a role again, and 25 fighters flew in a row in the rain and fog at low altitudes, tossing back and forth twice, and only then did they find the Japanese aircraft carrier Xiangfeng.

This kind of search result really can't be considered bad. Although the distance between the two ships is only 1780 kilometers, under such weather conditions, it is definitely not bad for the Maritime Resistance Force to be able to achieve such a level.

At this moment, the Xiangfeng aircraft carrier has no protection at all, except for anti-aircraft guns. On the deck are the fighters that have just been recovered, not to mention the hanging bombs, and they haven't even refueled.

With Liu Gensheng's order, the twenty-five fighters began to ravage the poor Xiangfeng aircraft carrier like twenty-five vicious wolves.

The Xiangfeng had only twenty anti-aircraft guns. The anti-aircraft firepower is seriously insufficient, and there are no fighters to protect her in the air, so at this moment, she is like a stripped little daughter-in-law, waiting for the fighters of the Naval Resistance Army to be lucky.

The Xiangfeng had only 8 Type 89 127 mm anti-aircraft guns and 12 Type 96 25 mm anti-aircraft guns. AMONG THEM, EIGHT 127MM LARGE-CALIBER ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS ARE FULL OF POWER, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE MAXIMUM ANGLE OF FIRE FROM THESE EIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS IS ONLY 80 DEGREES.

Although the angle of dive bombing of the naval resistance force is also within this range, the operation of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns and large-angle shooting is very inflexible. If it is against torpedo machines, this anti-aircraft gun is still quite powerful.

Therefore, these eight powerful anti-aircraft guns are of little use at all in the face of the dive bombing of the Naval Resistance Army, except for causing noise and providing psychological deterrence to the pilots.

AND THE 12 25MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS SIMPLY COULD NOT FORM A TIGHT ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE NETWORK.

The dive bombing tactics of the naval resistance warships include a formation of planes and a formation of three planes. There are aircraft formations that dive on the same side or both sides of the board together. The three-plane formation generally dives on the same side, and there are also masters who can do one fighter dive from one side and two fighters from the other side.

Although the current pilots on the Liberty Dragon are not the highest level of the Naval Resistance Force, they are enough for the little devils. Moreover, the speed of the Xiangfeng is not high, the maximum speed is only twenty-eight knots, and at the moment it is only maneuvering at a speed of twenty-two knots to dodge. For the pilots of the Naval Resistance Force, the bombing difficulty was not very high.

Twenty-five warplanes, in just ten minutes, completed the bombing.

Twenty-five votes, fourteen hits. The hit rate is as high as sixty percent. Although they are not all elite pilots, the results are no worse than those of elite pilots.

If it is facing a large aircraft carrier of the Japanese army, whether it can be sunk or not still needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. However, for this small aircraft carrier with a displacement of only 12,300 tons, there is no need to observe the results of the battle, and the Xiangfeng aircraft carrier will undoubtedly sink. You must know that among the fourteen hit bombs, there were nine 800-kilogram bombs, not to mention aircraft carriers, even battleships could not withstand it.

Only one of the fighters of the naval resistance army was damaged in the wing, and not a single pilot was lost. Winning is neat and tidy.

There is no doubt about the victory of Liu Gensheng's side, but the Liberty Dragon is in danger at the moment. (To be continued......)