Chapter 927: The Great Attack (9)
"Woo~~" As soon as Shunroku Hata's words fell, there was a sharp whistling sound of an airplane in the sky. Shunroku Hatata's face changed drastically, and he rushed to the observation port in two by three and looked at the sky with a telescope.
When he saw the dense tiger shark fighter planes in the sky, Shunroku Hatata's heart suddenly turned cold. The Navy has refused to strike again, and the planes of the 3rd Flying Group are now suffering heavy losses and are unable to fight again.
The entry of these fighters into Shanghai's airspace now is tantamount to entering a no-man's land, and it is easy to say at night. As long as the lights are controlled, then they will not be able to detect the Japanese airfield for the time being.
But it's just over one o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun is thick. These Wehrmacht fighters were able to easily locate the Japanese airfield with a single search. At that time, the remaining more than 100 fighters could not be saved.
"Kinoshita-kun, immediately retreat urgently with your remaining fighters!" Shunroku Hata quickly made a decision: "It won't be long before these Wehrmacht forces will find out your location, and you won't be able to leave if you want to!" ”
Kinoshita Min obviously thought of this stubble as well, his face changed color, and Tie Qing bowed nervously to Shunroku Hata before rushing out of the headquarters. This time the losses were heavy, and Kinoshita Toshi definitely didn't have any good fruit to eat after he went back.
But if you can't keep even the last 100 or so fighters, then it's not a matter of dismissal. Most likely, he will face a trial by a military court.
These fighters are the most advanced fighters of the Japanese army at present, and it can be said that these fighters carry the hope of the Japanese army and the Wehrmacht Air Force in combat. If it's all consumed, Tokyo's base camp will immediately go berserk.
And after Kinoshita Toshitoshi rushed out of the headquarters, Shunroku Hata once again observed the fighters in the sky. He prayed in his heart that these fighters would not find their hidden fortifications, so that the Japanese could hold on for a little longer.
Perhaps his prayers worked, and the fighters ignored the Japanese Army in Shanghai. Instead, he thought directly about flying to the port, and Shunroku Hata first breathed a sigh of relief. But then his face changed!
It's obvious. The target of these Wehrmacht fighters was not the Japanese army in Shanghai at all. It's the naval units that use naval guns and aircraft to support the army in the harbor!
But Toshiroku Hata didn't quite understand how the Wehrmacht wanted to sink those naval warships. You know, the armor of these naval warships is not weak.
He had seen the methods of Wehrmacht fighters, and in his opinion they could not penetrate the armor of the battleship.
But this idea was instantly understood by Shunroku Hata when he saw those tiger head moths with huge "maces" hanging from their abdomen through the binoculars. These fighters are basically going to bomb warships with bombs that blow up the underground fortifications of the position!
"Inform General Shimada immediately that the Wehrmacht has dispatched a bomber unit! Please let the fighter plane take off immediately to block it, and at the same time ask the navy to completely evacuate!! A cold sweat broke out on his back and he roared at the adjutant.
Unfortunately, his announcement was too late......
"Woo~~" The tiger moth quickly climbed to a sufficient height with its own speed. Swooped down directly at the Japanese warships in the harbor.
The first target of the tiger moths is the aircraft carriers moored in the harbor! And those tiger sharks are constantly using their speed and firepower to clean the runways on the aircraft carriers and prohibit the Japanese fighters on those aircraft carriers from taking off.
"Tom tom tom...... The sound ......of cannons and explosions suddenly resounded into a ball, and when more than 200 warplanes were besieging the warship, this kind of uneventful scene was extremely grand.
At one time, the Japanese Navy burst into tears at such a scene. Because the object of their attack was the US Navy at Pearl Harbor. And it was their fighters who did it.
But now it was their turn to be attacked, and they felt the desperation of the US Pacific Fleet at that time. Anti-aircraft fire on warships had little effect, but those nimble fighters did great damage to the battleship.
The fighters on the aircraft carrier wanted to take off, but in this case it became a luxury. The tiger sharks took turns diving to kill the Japanese pilots who tried to board the plane.
And the duty on those planes simply has no way to command from the deck. Anyone who appears on the deck will now be the target of strafing from the cannons and on-board machine guns.
"Chirp...... Rumble!! Finally, the tiger moth swooped down into the air, and the huge "mace" smashed like a long arrow on the deck of the Wyvern under inertia, gravity, and rocket thrust.
The huge impact tore through the deck of the Wyvern in three or two blows, and most of the navy in the early years thought about being attacked from the sea. For example, torpedoes. And the armor protection on the deck was relatively weak.
Although the Japanese army had already been modified before, the result of the "Gong" heavy rocket-booster bomb with a charge of one ton was ......
"Boom!!" A huge fireball exploded on the Wyvern, and the entire battleship was even visible to the naked eye! And those remnants of the fighters and the wreckage of the fighters on the deck were directly knocked into the sea by the shock wave of the explosion!
The huge flames of the explosion even erupted from the side of the ship. The hit deck was like a blown can grinning and giggling on the surface of the sea.
The captain of the Wyvern, Ryuzo Takenaka, was hit by a huge shock wave in the command room of the bridge as early as the moment of the explosion, and there were hardly any people on the ship who were still awake.
All the Japanese Navy soldiers looked at the Fire-breathing Wyvern in horror, helpless. They never imagined that a bomb could be so powerful.
"Quick! All warships immediately evacuate the port! Fast!! Shigetaro's voice resounded sharply on the battleship. Orders were constantly passed on to the warships along with the flags.
The captains of several battleships also knew that if they didn't withdraw, they were afraid that they and others would have to explain here. It was they who desperately commanded the warship to move at full speed outside the port.
Fortunately, the Navy was originally going to evacuate. I had already lifted anchor early and was ready to leave the port.
But the Japanese army moved fast, but not as fast as the tiger moth in the sky. After the first Tiger Head Moth was stopped, the rest of the Tiger Head Moths carrying the "Mace" type also began to bomb the Japanese warships on the sea.
"Boom! Rumble!! Boom ......" mushroom clouds rose over the battleships on the sea, and countless Japanese naval officers wailed in despair.
The battleship Ise was the second to suffer, and due to its relatively strong anti-aircraft firepower after the reconstruction, the Tiger Moth formation decided to use two "mace" to deal with it.
Directly hit two "mace" type, the current situation of the battleship Ise can be imagined. After a violent explosion, smoke billowed from the center and bow of the ship.
The fire on the battleship was severe, and the sound of squeaking steel twisting was heard in the air.
"Boom!!" It was a fire that burned into the ammunition compartment and caused the explosion, and the Japanese soldiers on the battleship who tried to put out the fire or escape were completely destroyed after this explosion.
The explosion blew the battleship straight through, and seawater began to pour into the battleship. The huge battleship Ise began to sink at a speed visible to the naked eye......
Shigetaro Shimada's Kaga aircraft carrier was no better, and the tiger moth smashed a "mace" type into the Kaga. And this "mace" type directly penetrated the deck, hitting the boiler of the Kaga and exploding.
Flying steel shards and flames engulfed the Kaga's inner compartment, and the miserable howls of the Japanese soldiers inside the ship resounded throughout the harbor.
Shunroku Hata couldn't help but chill when he looked at the miserable scene of the navy through the binoculars, and suddenly howled like a wolf at his adjutant: "Quick! Let Kinoshita Toshitoshi take off right away and support the navy!! ”
"But ......" The adjutant hesitated, just now Kinoshita Toshitoshi had already indicated that the Third Flying Group was unable to fight again. And Shunroku Hata also let them evacuate, and then let them fight......
"I don't want it! All I know is that if the Navy is completely lost here we will go back to the court-martial! Shunroku Hata roared, and the adjutant didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly rushed out to telegraph the order.
Kinoshita Toshita's mouth was full of bitterness after receiving the order, and he knew that he had to fight. Helplessly, he motioned to his adjutant with his eyes to tell the pilots to go out, and he stood in the airport yard for a long time.
One fighter after another took off into the air, and Kinoshita Min closed his eyes in pain. These are the elites of the Third Flying Group, but I don't know how many people will be able to come back in this death battle.
"Boom!!" The second ship of the Ise-class battleship, the Hyuga, was hit, and a huge fireball erupted into the air at once. This was the ship's oil depot that was hit, and the flames engulfed the entire battleship at once.
A cry of helplessness sounded on the battleship, and the captain of the battleship Hyuga, the captain of the battleship Yotani Kiyoshi, struggled to get up from the pool of blood and ordered everyone to abandon the ship immediately......
The battleship Fuso chose to abandon the ship early, and the captain of the battleship Fuso, Tsutomu Sato, boarded the lifeboat under the strong frame of the first mate and the other sailors of the ship, with bandages on his head.
"O Empire! Imperial Navy!! Sato Mian burst into tears and raised his head to the sky and roared. The Japanese Navy had never suffered such heavy losses before, and perhaps they had fought too well all along. Unexpectedly, he fell into the siege of the Wehrmacht in Shanghai without any defense.
The huge piercing force of the "mace" type gave the Japanese Navy its first glimpse of what it means to be a one-shot soul. It only takes one shot for an expensive battleship to float like driftwood on fire.
Shigetaro Shimada was covered in blood and was carried onto a lifeboat under the escort of the Kaga aircraft carrier Kubo Kutsu Navy Osa and others. The Kaga is finished, and the sinking ship has even sucked some of its lifeboats directly into the whirlpool.
None of the Japanese navy supporting Shanghai escaped this fate, and four battleships and two aircraft carriers were tragically silent in the harbor......
"Tom tom tom...... Rumble!! "This is the Tiger Sharks sniping the Third Flying Group that are trying to stop the Tiger Moth, but there are less than a hundred fighters, and the Tiger Sharks intercept them with ease.
After completing the task, the tiger moths immediately pulled up and flew towards the airport......