There was a life-and-death collision of steel behemoths in the South China Sea, and the Japanese were actually very much looking forward to this kind of battle, and they were almost a little frightened by the air power, as long as those nasty Chinese planes appeared on the battlefield, whether at sea or on land, it would be a nightmare for Japanese soldiers.

Without the participation of aircraft, they would have had full confidence in fighting Japan with battleships alone, and they had reason to be proud, the Japanese Navy was the undisputed first among Asian countries, and the Washington Conference put the Japanese Navy on the third place in the world.

Although it is the third in the world, but the United States is a two-ocean navy, and Britain needs global defense, counting in the East Asian land of the Japanese combined fleet is a well-deserved boss, although the Chinese Navy also has a battleship, but the Japanese did not look at it at all, that is just German goods, whether the Chinese can master it or a mystery!

Even most of the Japanese naval officers thought that those cowardly Shina people could not withstand the stimulation of naval warfare at all, as long as the cannon sounded, the Shina people would be out, after all, army artillery and naval artillery are completely different concepts, in the army 150 mm caliber is already considered heavy artillery, and this is not at all eye-catching in the navy, not even grandchildren.

The main guns of the battleship Mutsu have reached 410 mm, and as long as the caliber of the guns increases a little, the power will increase exponentially, so the naval artillery bombardment is indeed very different from that of the army.

The distance between the two sides was more than two hours, and when the Fuso called for help, the Mutsu could only rush over as fast as possible, but when they arrived, they could only see chicken feathers.

There were all kinds of garbage floating on the sea, and a few Japanese soldiers were lucky not to die, and they were struggling to die at sea, and seeing such a miserable scene, the commander of the Mutsu Nobunari Yamane almost burst into flames. Chinese warships sank two Japanese battleships so quickly. It was simply incredible, and a great sense of shame welled up in the hearts of every Japanese Navy.

The defeat of Japan in this kind of steel bombardment is simply unimaginable, and the Japanese warship was sunk by planes, and Japan can blame the government for being mediocre and developing aircraft without an end, so that the heroic soldiers died in vain. Now both sides are using battleships, and Japan has lost the confrontation, which can only show that the Japanese Navy is not as heroic as the Chinese Navy, and there is no elite Chinese battleships.

As long as this is admitted, it is tantamount to overthrowing the lofty status that the United Fleet has worked so hard to build, and even two converted broken ships cannot deal with it. Why does the Combined Fleet enjoy huge naval funding every year?

It is necessary to sink the Chinese warships and wash away the shame of the combined fleet!

Yamane Nobunari gave the order to die, all the cruisers and destroyers scattered in all directions, quickly looking for traces of the Chinese battleships, and soon a destroyer found that black smoke appeared in the northeast direction, which was the trace of the Chinese warship, and immediately reported it to Yamane Nobunari, who did not hesitate to command the Japanese warship to chase over. Little did he know that a huge trap awaited them.

The current commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet is Kanji Kato. He was now on the flagship battleship Kaga, and the essence of the Japanese Combined Fleet was all in his hands. The battleships Kaga, Nagato, Akagi, Hosho, and a large number of cruisers and destroyers were undoubtedly the most powerful force in the seas of East Asia and the most powerful proof of Japan's identity as a great power.

Why can a small island country unscrupulously bully an old empire, isn't it these weapons, Kato Kanji is still full of ambition at this time, his current mission is to defeat China again on the road to the sea like his predecessors, and completely crush the nascent navy of the Chinese people.

Kato is not very suspicious of defeating the Shina people, he has the most powerful battleships in the world, and he also has the most experienced soldiers in East Asia, there is no reason why he can't win, he can't help but want to sing the king's generation!

However, there is another voice in Kato's heart, the Battle of Qingdao and the sinking of the Furutaka seem to tell the Japanese Navy something, air power may be able to change the form of naval warfare, and it must not be ignored.

The worst thing now is that Japan has only two aircraft carriers, one large and one small, while China has three aircraft carriers, one large, two small, and this disparity in power makes Kato Kanji worry.

However, as the army quickly approached the Chinese coastline, Kato's mood improved again, China's defense force was not as strong as imagined, and the Japanese fleet did not encounter any obstacles along the way, only occasionally found some merchant ships from the north and south, the Japanese did not hesitate to sink these ships, after several hours of sailing, the Japanese warships were less than 100 kilometers away from the Zhoushan Islands.

The carrier-based aircraft aboard the Akagi had already flown and flew towards the Zhoushan Islands, the largest of which are off the coast of China, south of the mouth of the Yangtze River and east of Hangzhou Bay, right at the halfway point of China's north-south shipping route.

The Zhoushan Islands are the most important fishing grounds along the coast of China, and a large number of Chinese fishermen rely on the fishing grounds near the Zhoushan Islands to survive, and there are a large number of fishing boats here every year, which are very busy, and since the outbreak of the war between China and Japan, the fishermen have not been able to go into the water to fish normally, and can only survive with temporary subsidies from the government.

Zhoushan has also lost its former busyness, the Chinese Air Force has built two airfields here, stationed nearly 20 planes, mainly to ensure the safety of this southern gate of the Yangtze River, two Chinese reconnaissance planes were on routine patrols, just in time to spot the attacking Japanese carrier-based aircraft.

Soon the observers on the ground also spotted the Japanese planes, and the terrible air defense alarm was sounded, and the Chinese pilots who had been stationed in Zhoushan immediately took to the air in their planes, preparing to meet the Japanese.

These pilots are all young people who have just obtained their pilot licenses, and most of them have only about 100 hours of flying time, and they are complete rookie pilots, and they should not be allowed to go to the battlefield at all, according to normal speaking, they should not be allowed to go to the battlefield at all, but China's maritime frontier is too long, and there are too many important nodes that need to be defended.

These little rookies had to be allowed to go to the battlefield in advance, although the military knew very well that this was sending them to the most dangerous situation, but in the life and death of such a country, there was no choice.

But these rookies are not disappointed, on the contrary, their morale is high, and their desire to make achievements is far more than those of the veteran pilots. They flew into the air in Suzaku fighters. And by this time, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft formation had already flown over.

The Akagi sent a total of twenty fighters, twelve bombers, and the Chinese side also had twenty planes into the air, and the two sides quickly fought together.

Usually the pilots of the navy are much more elite than the pilots of the army, because they have to take off from the undulating aircraft carriers, and although the aircraft carriers are wide, the flight deck of only more than 200 meters is still much worse than that on land. Without superb flying skills, there is simply no way to serve as a pilot of a carrier-based aircraft.

Therefore, as soon as the Chinese and Japanese aircraft groups met, two Chinese planes were shot down, and the two young rookies had no time to experience the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The cruelty of the war, the ferocity of the enemy taught the rest of the Chinese pilots a bloody lesson, but the more times like this. The more you can't retreat, only bravely fight, these rookie pilots put aside all romantic aspirations, war is a contest of blood and fire, without any exceptions.

Although they are not as experienced as each other, and they do not have skilled skills, they have a lot of blood and iron bones!

One Chinese plane after another was shot down. One young life after another has passed away. But none of them chose to retreat, and there was no way back for them. Behind it is the mainland of the motherland, Huaxia Shenzhou!

Finally, a Japanese fighter was hit by the engine, which turned into a spark in the air, and the pilot was also killed, followed by another Japanese plane being shot down.

China's rookies finally matured quickly on the battlefield and learned how to shoot down their opponents, but to shoot down a Japanese plane, China often had to pay the price of two or three, and soon most of the Chinese planes were shot down, and Japan also lost five fighters and two bombers.

Although the proportion is a bit disparity, but it is still very beneficial to China, Japan only has these strictly trained pilots left, one less dead, while China still has sufficient reserve forces, but Japan still obtained air supremacy over Zhoushan at this time, and launched a crazy bombing of airports and ports and other facilities, and in an instant the flames soared, enveloping the entire Zhoushan.

This time, Japan also brought a large number of landing troops, and they had long planned to turn the Zhoushan Islands into a springboard for Japan to attack the mainland, and after taking Zhoushan, the Japanese did not relax at all, and all the carrier-based planes immediately dispatched to launch a bombing operation against Ningbo, which was next to Zhoushan.

The secondary guns of the Kaga and Nagato also began to bombard the city, not to mention other warships, during the shelling, the naval guns showed great power, a shell fell, the area within a radius of 100 meters will become a ruin, especially those old houses have no resistance at all, even if they are far away, they will be affected by violent vibrations, and become dangerous houses.

The bombardment was followed by a fire, and most of Ningbo was shrouded in flames, as if it were hell, and although China had issued an order to evacuate, more than 500 citizens were still killed in the shelling and bombardment.

However, Japan's real target is not Ningbo, the Japanese most hope to destroy Shanghai, the pearl of the Orient, Shanghai is located in the Yangtze River Delta, the geographical location is unique, from the moment China was forced to open the country, Shanghai has developed rapidly, has become the most dazzling star in the Far East, after Qiao Yu took power, the magic capital changed the previous colonial economic model, the core competitiveness continued to increase, becoming more dazzling.

The goal of the Japanese is to turn Shanghai into a ruin, and at this time the Chinese Air Force also mobilized a large number of planes to gather in Shanghai, ready to fight to the death with Japan, the commander responsible for defending Shanghai is Wu Peifu, according to the original plan, the Chinese Air Force can concentrate more than 100 planes in an hour, but obviously this estimate is too optimistic, so far, Wu Peifu has only 60 planes in his hands can rise into the air to fight, but Wu Peifu can't care about anything, and hurriedly ordered the Air Force to dispatch quickly, At this time, Japanese planes have also flown over Shanghai, and the surging Huangpu River is about to witness this most tragic air battle! (To be continued.) )