Chapter 1292: A Downpour
Rear Admiral Sato, the newly appointed commander of the Third Fleet, was very troubled, and the group of planes of China put on a cat-and-mouse posture, just outside the range of the fleet's anti-aircraft fire, circling with great force.
He no longer has the sense of anger and shame of being teased, the air defense battle has been fought for more than 10 minutes, and not a single fighter plane has swooped down to attack, and the rain of bullets flying in the sky looks spectacular and beautiful, but it has no practical effect.
Sato didn't dare to order to stop firing artillery, the fighter planes of the Chinese people would immediately turn to a substantive attack, if it was an attack on a warship, it would not be terrible, but it was terrible for the Chinese fighters to attack the troop carrier, which was a civilian ship that had no ability to resist at all, could it be that it would fight all the way to the port of Yangon. There are still two hours to go, and there will be problems with ammunition.
Sato's temples made a jumping "ho-ho", he groaned, and hugged his head with both hands, "Within a day, Hasegawa Kiyoshi vomited blood and died, and his cerebral blood vessels burst and died, which really became a great shame for the Imperial Navy" He thought to himself.
Sato was depressed, the pilots of the second echelon of the ** Division Southern Flight Group were even more troublesome and greedy than Sato, seeing so many little devils below, they were stunned not to let them fight first, and tossed up and down like a monkey play, can this kill the little devils? I don't know what the commander thinks?
Complaining is complaining, but none of the pilots violated Le Yiqin's orders, these air battles, the pilots who fought with real knives and guns, really did not pay attention to the Japanese air defense fire, the second echelon of more than 250 fighter pilots, among them, at least more than 80, relying on superb flying skills, approached the Japanese warships at an ultra-low altitude, fiercely came with a few shuttle bullets, and then, unscathed, returned to the formation unscathed.
Although there are still more than 50 "Type 92" carrier-based aircraft on the three aircraft carriers, which can take to the skies for combat, Sato absolutely does not dare to take this risk. There are more than 200 fighter jets in China, with a ratio of five to one, so isn't that going to die? This little bit of his own family background will soon be submerged in the fleet of the Zhina people. The last bit of capital is gone, and I really have to go to court-martial.
Flying up and down, circling for more than twenty minutes, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese fleet was still so fierce and dense, and in the second echelon, I didn't know that clever ghost. Turning his face in the cabin, he saw the two auxiliary fuel tanks hanging from his landline, and he had an idea, and immediately called his partner.
"Three-two-five attention, three-two-five attention, I will throw away a pair of auxiliary fuel tanks, you shoot and blow up the auxiliary fuel tanks, let's give the little devil's warship." How about a downpour? "Pilot No. 325 admires this, otherwise how can I say that he is a long plane. The brain is enough, this attention is absolutely absolute, ruthless enough, the sky is full of fire, how can it fall on the little devil warship a little, then there are these guys good-looking" 325 understands, 324, please do action immediately" The pilot of 325 agreed repeatedly.
Three-two-four jumped sharply, under the wings. Two silver glittering oblong objects, in the shape of a free-falling body, swayed and drifted towards the Japanese fleet, and the nose of the No. 325 fighter jetted out a string of tongues of fire, which just hit the auxiliary fuel tank that fell in front of him with a "boom" sound. A fire burst into the air.
The sudden fire and explosion frightened all the pilots of the second echelon, thinking that it was the Japanese anti-aircraft fire, which had reached this height, and the echelon commander was even more shocked, and was just about to order the aircraft group to climb the altitude again, and found that it was not like that, the two fighters of the aircraft group had just returned to the unit, and the number on the fuselage was clearly visible.
"Three-two-four, three-two-five, what are you doing, report the situation" The echelon commander asked sternly, the pilot of No. 324 stuck out his tongue and said his intentions, and at the end, he added a few words, "Didn't Commander Le say it, throw the auxiliary fuel tank on the little devil's head, and he will ask for credit for the front!" ”
The echelon commander grinned happily and said: "Your kid's head is good, there are many ghost ideas, and the idea is good" Then, open the communication channel of the whole echelon, "Attention to each machine, throw away a pair of auxiliary fuel tanks, and give the little devil a fire rain according to the action of 324 and 325 just now, of course, you can throw away both auxiliary fuel tanks, and then, you can return to the sea" He also did not forget to threaten.
The pilots of the ** division, all of whom had flexible brains, took the brigade as a unit, in the sky over the Japanese warships, took turns throwing away the auxiliary fuel tanks, and then exploded in the air, the sky was full of fire and rain, and the smoke screen made by the shells fell down, and the sailors on the Japanese warships were working hard, especially the Japanese sailors who carried the ammunition, they were all bare-chested, and the shells in the ammunition compartment were rapidly reduced.
When the first group of firelight fell, the Japanese sailors cheered, thinking that they had hit the plane of the ** division, which was after the explosion, the debris that fell, and it took more than 30 minutes to see the effect.
However, the rain of fire that fell from the sky stunned all the Japanese commanders and sailors, right? Could it be that in just a short period of time, all the fighters of the people of China were knocked down? The shells of the Imperial Japanese Army are also amazing!
The rain of fire fell, and more than 250 fighters, more than 500 auxiliary fuel tanks, and the entire Japanese Third Fleet "exhaled" a cloud of burning fuel oil, which happened to fall at the feet of Commander Sato, who was staring blankly, and Sato, who was burning into a red sky, was still trying to figure out, could it be a Chinese fighter carrying a new type of bomb?
Of course, he will not have a tendon in his head like an ordinary Japanese sailor, believing that all the fighters of the ** division were shot down: "Commander, your shoes are on fire!" His adjutant exclaimed.
The sharp pain in the heart, Sato jumped up, a staff officer was quick-eyed, picked up a bucket of dirty water, and splashed it over with his head and brain, the fire was extinguished, and His Excellency the commander was like a chicken in the soup, dripping all over his body, the straight major general's uniform was like a rag, and a pair of shiny leather shoes were ruined, just like the staff officer was busy with Sato.
Sato yelled angrily: "The new bomb of the Shina plane, immediately organize fire extinguishing, and the air shooting cannot be stopped!" "Although this fire rain could not cause serious damage to the Japanese warship, it did not cause a lot of damage to personnel and equipment.
The burning fuel fell on the Japanese sailors and spread rapidly, and the Japanese sailors who operated the artillery on the gun emplacement, with flames on their bodies, still cared about firing the artillery, hurriedly ran away shouting, and some of them didn't even have time to take off their clothes, they couldn't bear the pain, and plunged into the sea.
However, on the surface of the sea, there were also burning tongues of fire, which aggravated the disaster, and all the warships of the Japanese Third Fleet, including the three aircraft carriers, were emitting black smoke and flames everywhere.
Sato's order was naturally impossible to execute, and the spirit of bushido could not withstand the tongue of fire that burned the skin and flesh, and the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire in the air immediately dropped to a negligible level.
Seeing this, the commander of the second echelon was an excellent opportunity, and immediately ordered: "Disperse the attack, enter from all sides, the focus is on the carrier-based aircraft on the little devil aircraft carrier and the little devil on the warship, let's have a good fight!" ”
More than 200 fighters, through the smoke clouds, goshawks fighting rabbits, rushed to their respective targets, the Japanese warships, everywhere were busy extinguishing the fire Japanese sailors, the fighters swept at low altitude, strings of bullets poured down, the deck splashed sparks, the Japanese sailors screamed and fell on the deck, each fighter swooped down, will take the lives of several or even a dozen Japanese sailors.
If it were not for this fire, the Japanese sailors would not have concentrated on the deck, and there would not have been such a large number of casualties, and a pilot's wit achieved unexpected results, basically meeting the requirements of the division commander Tang Qiuli for the aircraft group "without causing damage to the warship, killing and injuring a large number of Japanese sailors and weakening the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army." ”
Those three aircraft carriers were the key targets of the attack, and they were also the fault of more than 50 carrier-based planes that had not yet advanced the hangar, and more than 60 fighters of the ** division were divided into three groups and pounced on the aircraft carriers.
After a long strafing fire, the fighters of the ** division took turns to go into battle, and the dense rain of bullets, like an iron broom, swept the flight deck of the aircraft carrier "Yunhui, Yunxiang, and Yunteng" of the Third Fleet, sparks splashed everywhere, warheads flew indiscriminately, and one fireball after another raised fragments and fuel from the explosion of the "Type 92" carrier-based aircraft on the flight deck from time to time, causing even greater disasters to the Japanese sailors who put out the fire.
After a few back and forth, Hasegawa Kiyoshi had the last bit of his family, all of which turned into burning scrap metal, and the smoke and fire on the three aircraft carriers were much more powerful than the Japanese warship, Sato was on his flagship, ignoring his feet that were red and swollen like cooked pig's trotters, and shouted quietly: "Aircraft carrier, my aircraft carrier!" ”
The commander of the second echelon accepted it when he saw it, he knew that this downpour of fire did not cause much actual damage to the Japanese warships, once the little devil reacted, his own echelon would be covered in the fire net, although the little devil's artillery shells were not much left, but it was enough for himself to drink a pot, is it too much of a reason" All pay attention, immediately get out of the battle, climb the altitude, air formation, and continue to consume Japanese ammunition. He gave the order.
The fighters of the ** division, one after another, drilled out thick smoke, in the air formation, hovering over the Japanese fleet, there was a fighter, even passing in front of Sato, the crazy temporary commander Rear Admiral Sato, pulled out his gun, towards the ** division fighters who had drifted away, and shot all the bullets in the gun in one go.
Then, he let go of his hand, dropped his pistol on the deck, and said to the adjutant beside him in a dumb voice: "Immediately count the casualties and battle damage of the ships, especially the specific situation of the three aircraft carriers, to be detailed" He wanted to know whether the Third Fleet had the ability to continue to resist the attack of the Chinese fighters after being hit twice in succession.! ~!