The blue sea and sky, cloudless, a group of fighters are flying in the northwest direction, this is the first wave of carrier-based aircraft group of the Chinese Expeditionary Fleet, a total of 60 fighters, 18 fighters, 22 bombers, 20 torpedo planes, this is a large group of flight combat formation, a total of three squadrons.

Suddenly, the voice of the pilot who was leading the way at the front of the flight formation sounded in the headphones of the group leader Sun Changhe and all the pilots: "Group leader, five enemy planes have been found, which are suspected to be Austro-Hungarian naval aviation fighters, which are suspected to be similar to the fighters of the first generation of our country. ”

At the beginning of this year, the Austro-Crarian Navy set up a naval aviation unit, which sent naval officers to receive flight training, and was equipped with German-made aircraft, including the Fokker AIII, Fokker EIII, Lufthansa-Brandenburg B.I, Lufthansa-Brandenburg D.I, and Fokker D.VII, as well as a small number of Austro-Hungarian aircraft, such as the Lohner L. In the past two months, more than 20 fighters have been imported from Germany, and this kind of fighter is similar to China's first-generation fighter plane, and its combat effectiveness is stronger than that of other types of fighters.

Captain Sun Changhe thought for a moment when he heard this, and immediately said: "The first squad of the fighter squadron accelerated forward to meet them, drove them away and dealt with them, and the others continued to move forward with me!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Li Hanliang, the leader of the first squad of the fighter squadron, agreed.

"Brothers, follow me!" After Li Hanliang finished speaking, he accelerated forward to catch up, and the wingman and the other two small group fighters also quickly followed.

Brethren, the word is good and affectionate. Only an officer who truly treats his soldiers as brothers uses this word to refer to his soldiers, he does not regard them as his subordinates. Instead, they became brothers.

The first squad sped up its flight speed and broke away from the group to meet the five Austro-Hungarian fighters flying on the opposite side, and the five Austro-Hungarian fighters also wanted to see the size and type of the Chinese fighter group before flying head-on. When they saw the size of the Chinese fighter group clearly, they found that six fighters came up to meet them and opened fire on them, and they immediately made a sharp turn and flew to the side under the leadership of the leader fighters.

"Catch up, each of them is responsible for an enemy plane and cooperate with each other," Li Hanliang gave a pursuit and tactical order into the headset.

Compared with the first-generation fighters, the third-generation fighters are much stronger in terms of speed, range and flexibility, and there is a second-generation fighter between the two.

The captain of the Austro-Hungarian fighter Maot piloted the fighter plane and saw the bullets fired from behind constantly flying on both sides of his fighter, no matter how he drove the fighter to dodge and roll away, the fighter behind him could always catch up and follow him, he couldn't help but curse: "Damn." What the hell is this plane? How can it fly so fast and so nimble? Damn, I'm being targeted, glued like kraft candy! ”

Maott knew that if he didn't think about it, he would soon be killed by the other party, and the other party would have the opportunity to fire at his fighter plane, and if this situation continued, his luck would run out sooner or later, but when his luck ran out. That's when he was shot down.

"Fight!" Due to communication, Maot was unable to get in touch with the rest of the team, and he had to take measures on his own, and he jerked the joystick. The fighter plane immediately raised its head and flew in the direction of high altitude, and the pilot of the pursuing Chinese fighter behind him immediately pulled the control stick as soon as he saw it. Raise the plane's head and make it start rolling, winding around it like a spiral in a certain flight trajectory. Staring closely at Maot's fighter at super-high speeds, just as Maot's fighter was about to change direction. The Huaguo fighter behind it seemed to have anticipated its next move.

"Dadada??????" The pursuing Chinese fighters opened fire.

"Boom-" Maott's fighter was hit by the airborne machine gun and exploded in the air, the death of the leader made the remaining four Austro-Hungarian fighters confused, they originally had the idea of trembling with the Chinese fighters, but the death of the team leader made them no longer have this idea, and the backwardness of the fighters made them Austrian-Hungarian pilots, who were not very skilled in aircraft technology, no longer have the courage to fight in the air with Chinese fighters.

The remaining four Austro-Hungarian fighters no longer had the courage to fight, they wanted to run, but they forgot that their fighters flew at a speed like a toddler in front of the Chinese fighters, and the Chinese fighters always hung behind them and shot them down one by one. It can be seen how terrible it is to lose the will to fight in battle.

After the last Austro-Hungarian fighter plane was shot down, Li Hanliang shouted into the earphone: "Sir, all five enemy planes were shot down by us, and there were no casualties on our side, please instruct!" ”

At this time, the flying group happened to arrive in the sky above the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet, and Sun Changhe listened to Li Hanliang's words and said: "The brigade has arrived in the sky above the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet and is preparing to attack the enemy ships. ”

"Yes, sir!"

After Sun Changhe finished speaking, he said to the earphones: "Everyone pay attention, the attack is about to be carried out, there is one thing to remind everyone, according to intelligence, some large-tonnage warships in the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet are basically equipped with anti-aircraft weapons, although the number is not very large, and the layout is not very reasonable, but those anti-aircraft weapons can still cause enough danger to us, whether it is a fighter or a bomber when attacking an enemy ship, if the opponent's air defense weapon is discovered, it must be killed as soon as possible, do you understand?" ”

"First Squadron received!"

"Second squadron received!"

"The third squadron received!"

"Okay, listen to my orders, attack!"

One after another fighter planes pressed down the nose and swooped down on the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet on the sea, and the pilot Wang Xiaogang stared at a large-tonnage battleship, and when he saw the appearance of this battleship, Wang Xiaogang remembered the situation of the enemy ships introduced to them by the captain in the combat conference room before departure, and he found that this fighter plane was very similar to the "United Forces" battleship of the Austro-Hungarian naval fleet introduced by the captain Sun Changhe.

The Combined Forces battleship is the lead ship of the Combined Forces class of battleships, and there are four battleships of this class, they are the United Forces, the Tegethoff, the Prince Eugen, and the Istvan.

In fact, in 1910, the Austro-Hungarian Navy raised its own funds to start construction of two dreadnoughts without the approval of the Austro-Hungarian Parliament, and was almost abandoned in the middle of construction. In 1911 the Austro-Hungarian Parliament finally approved a budget for the construction of 4 dreadnoughts, by Crown Prince Franz? Produced by Archduke Ferdinand.

The combined-force class battleships were of a flat-deck ship type, with a compact overall layout and a short hull. It is mainly active in the offshore waters of the Mediterranean Sea, so it does not have high requirements for seaworthiness. The combined-force battleships are equipped with 12 305 mm guns, four triple gun turrets, and two symmetrical knapsack arrangers along the center line of the hull. Due to the ammo lifting channel of the main gun turret, the ammunition supply speed is limited, and the advantages of its main gun configuration cannot be fully utilized. The ship is equipped with four triple main turrets on a shorter hull, and its center of gravity is raised. The defense structure under the waterline of the hull is outdated, and the underwater mine protection performance is poor.

The "Combined Forces" began construction in 1910 and entered service in December 1912; "Tegerhoff" began construction in 1910 and entered service in July 1913; The "Prinz Eugen" began construction in 1912 and was commissioned in November 1915; "Saint? The "István" began construction in 1912 and was commissioned in July 1914.

The standard displacement of the combined-forces class battleships is 19,698 tons, and the full load displacement is 21,730 tons; The ship has a length of 152.2 meters, a width of 27.3 meters, and a draft of 8.3 meters. The power is 12 boilers, 2 steam turbines, the main engine output is 27,000 horsepower, 4 shafts, and the maximum speed: 20 knots; Endurance: 4200 nautical miles / 10 knots, armament: 12 triple 305 mm guns, 12 150 mm secondary guns, 18 70 mm guns, 4 533 mm torpedo tubes, armor: waterline armor 280 mm, turret armor 200-305 mm, deck armor 48 mm, conning tower 280-356 mm, crew: 1087 people.

Although these four dreadnoughts look very powerful, and they are a little stronger than the first dreadnoughts built by Britain, France and Germany, but now many of the super dreadnoughts of Britain, France and Germany have been built. For example, the British Orion-class battleships, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, the German Bavaria-class battleships, the American Nevada-class battleships, the Japanese Fuso-class battleships, and their successors can all be regarded as typical superdreadnoughts. The commissioning of the Super Dreadnought has made dreadnoughts that have only been built for a few years obsolete.

Wang Xiaogang saw that it was the United Force, and immediately became excited, he pressed down the nose of the plane and pounced on the United Force, the fighter plane dived down and let out a piercing scream, and a burst of continuous gunfire suddenly sounded on the United Force, and the air defense machine gun on the ship continued to shoot bullets at the bomber piloted by Wang Xiaogang, but because the bomber's dive speed was too fast, and the bomber flew sideways, the bullet was like throwing out a long curved whip and was always left behind by the bomber.

But when the machine gun rang out, Wang Xiaogang immediately noticed that two clusters of light were emitted from the United Force, and the two anti-aircraft machine guns were spraying flames, and before the bomber passed the United Force, Wang Xiaogang threw several aerial bombs to blow up a 305 mm triple main gun turret.

After skipping the battleship, Wang Xiaogang immediately pulled up the nose of the plane, and then controlled the fighter to turn around, at this time the two anti-aircraft machine guns on the United Force had shifted the target, which was the best for Wang Xiaogang, he immediately controlled the bomber to fly towards the United Force again, changed the direction and then dived again, when he dropped a few bombs, the two anti-aircraft machine guns on the fighter plane were blown into scrap metal before they could react, and the personnel operating the air defense machine guns were also lost.

Wang Xiaogang, who had solved the anti-aircraft machine gun, was in a good mood, which meant that the Combined Forces battleship no longer had any weapons capable of threatening him, and he began to throw bombs on the United Forces with impunity. (To be continued......)