Strictly speaking, the naval battle in the Yellow Sea between the Royal Navy and the Japanese Combined Fleet has nothing to praise and learn from at the tactical level. Whether it is the East China Sea or the Yellow Sea, these two marginal seas of China are too small for carrier-based aircraft with a combat radius of nearly 1,000 kilometers, that is, more than 500 nautical miles.

Not to mention the Hurricane-class submarines and reconnaissance planes that dotted the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, Yamamoto Isoroku's clever plan to hide the sky and cross the sea did not play a big role at all under the strict monitoring of the Royal Navy.

The battle, from the very beginning, was unfair. But how can there be any fairness in the war, and when the Japanese army relied on advanced equipment to abuse the Chinese army, wasn't it also extremely arrogant?

The 8th Sentai Tone, the leading detachment of the Combined Fleet, and the sister ship, the heavy cruiser Tsukuma, were the first to pass through the Great Black Mountain Islands and appeared in the waters of China, preparing to fly a maritime reconnaissance plane to find the location of the Han Navy. But before the crane could put the plane into the water, the two heavy cruisers, known as the best in Japan, found that a flock of warhawks had flown far away.

The captain of the Tone reported the direction of the enemy aircraft to the commander of the attacking fleet in the rear as fast as he could, while the Tone and Chikuma increased their speed and opened full anti-aircraft fire.

But the aircraft group in the air did not begin to forage for food, but there were two heavy cruisers, and the carrier-based aircraft group of the first aircraft carrier battle group of the Northern Fleet did not take it seriously, and their targets were Zuizuru, Xianghe, and Akagi...... It's Japan's so-called large aircraft carriers.

The group of planes roared above the heavy cruise, and Gao Jian, the commander of the Northern Fleet's naval navigation, just snorted in the communicator, "Is there anyone interested in them?" ”

No one answered. Gao Jian snorted, "You boys, your taste is high, Lao Tzu was in Phillip Bay ...... at the beginning."

"Five fighters were shot down with H-5s in Phillip Bay, and old British battleships were like wolves seeing fresh meat. Captain, you've said this more than 20 times. A pilot stole the conversation.

There was a burst of laughter in the channel, and Gao Jian's face was also a little red, "These boys don't know how to respect their predecessors at all!" "However, since the new fighters replaced the old J-5 and H-5, the ace pilots in the Royal Air Force and the Navy's troops have become endless, and Gao Jian's best record of shooting down enemy planes has long been broken, and the latest record holder is Gao Shuangmu, a young pilot of the Air Force Tianlong fighter unit, with a record of 58 aircraft! The highest record of the naval aviation unit is 36, only 3 more than Gao Jian, and Colonel Gao's goal this time is to take back the first place in the navy and launch an attack on the record of the whole army.

"Wait for Lao Tzu to get back the first one, see what these boys have to say!"

"Captain, the target has been discovered, and there is a large group of ships on the sea fifty kilometers ahead...... There should be some planes taking off! "A poisonous dragon with a dismantled cannon is equipped with a high-power radar, which can have a search range of about 50 kilometers. I'm afraid this is the world's first "AWACS aircraft" put into actual combat, right?

Fifty kilometers is only a few minutes away for a fighter flying at high speed, and Gao Jian shouted loudly in the public channel: "Prepare for battle!" The pterosaur climbs, the sea dragon accelerates, and the poison dragon follows! ”

This is a regular tactic of the Royal Navy Aviation Unit, but every time he performs a mission, Gao Jian can't help but shout once, reminding the formation, and also cheering for his comrades!

Soon, the Sea Dragon fighters in front of them were already able to see the Japanese carrier-based aircraft in their sight, "It's the Zero!" "I don't know which pilot shouted it out on the public channel. The Japanese army actually secretly developed the Zero carrier-based aircraft model, and besides, did the Japanese Navy also master the catapult technology?

There is no time to dwell on these issues, which are what the intelligence services should worry about after the battle. Nine Zeros flew out from the direction of the sun and swooped straight for the Pterodactyl group.

There was no need for Gao Jian to give any more orders, the Sea Dragon pilots switched the channel back to the two-plane formation channel, and the long plane called his wingman to attack his prey.

Perhaps the Japanese naval pilots were not very familiar with the Zero, Gao Jian felt that they were much easier to deal with than those shore-based Zeros, and with the cooperation of his wingman, the harvest of the two enemy planes was so-so, and the naval record was still one short. The Sea Dragon Squadron fought more and fought less, and the zero type was completely wiped out, but three pterosaurs, one poisonous dragon were shot down, and one poisonous dragon returned injured, which made everyone really unhappy.

Fortunately, the devil fleet is not far ahead, and the pterosaurs and poisonous dragons have a lot of opportunities to avenge their comrades, Gao Jian whistled at the communicator on his lips, "Old Han, don't be depressed, it's time for you to behave!" Let's pull up on the alert! ”

"Roger, rest and watch us!" Lao Han is the commander of the bomber unit of the 1st Carrier Battle Group. 45 HH6-A Pterodactyl carrier-based bombers and 46 JH37-B Venom Dragon fighters, the formation began to prepare for the attack.

The fleet that was discovered was the so-called attack fleet, the commander of which was Vice Admiral Toshitake Kondo aboard the heavy cruiser Atago. The attack fleet consisted of two battleships, four heavy cruisers and ten destroyers, as well as an aircraft carrier, the Kaga, from which the Zero carrier-based aircraft took off. The Pterodactyl bomber group commanded by Lao Han first set its sights on the Kaga and gave priority to attacking the aircraft carrier, which is also one of the operational regulations of naval aviation.

The Poison Dragon Group was responsible for dispersing the anti-aircraft fire, competing with the dozen or so heavy cruisers and destroyers, and as for the two old battleships, the Ise and Hyuga, not many people paid attention to them, allowing them to spray far from dense fire into the sky like old cows panting.

After the air raids on the left bank, the Japanese Navy paid a lot of attention to air defense, and many destroyers under construction were equipped with enhanced anti-aircraft firepower, and several heavy cruisers were also refitted with four anti-aircraft heavy machine guns and 37-mm anti-aircraft guns. After the end of World War I, due to the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Japan converted the capital ships Amagi and Akagi under construction into aircraft carriers, and later due to the Great Kanto Earthquake, the Amagi in the shipyard was scrapped due to the twisting of the keel, and the battleship Kaga, which was originally scheduled to be stopped and destroyed, replaced the Amagi and converted it into an aircraft carrier. Because of the base of the battleship, the 127-mm twin anti-aircraft guns characteristic of the Kaga were even more ferocious.

The plane still has a chance to return after being hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun and being damaged, and once it is hit by a 127 twin anti-aircraft gun, it must have exploded in the air. The Pterodactyls attacked at an altitude of 1,500 meters with precise aim and horizontal bombing, which was very effective for attacking fixed targets on the ground, but the hit rate of ships moving at sea was much lower. Although the second-generation Laughingfisher electronic sight was strong enough, the bombs dropped by the six Pterodactyls still did not cause fatal damage to the Kaga, and the best bomb also fell on the foredeck, blowing a large hole in the upper deck.

The attack was unsuccessful, Lao Han frowned and ordered the second group to continue the attack, five pterosaurs tried to descend to 1000 meters before they began to drop bombs, but the first one was hit by twin anti-aircraft guns, and the bomber full of ammunition exploded continuously in mid-air, and the falling parts fell to the deck of the Kaga, which actually caused a fire, although it was quickly extinguished, but the pilot of this pterosaur did not die in vain, taking advantage of the short chaotic time of the Kaga, the other four pterosaurs quickly lowered their altitude, approached at different angles, and put the huge aircraft carrier into the sight, More than a dozen 500-kilogram and a half-kilogram armor-piercing aerial bombs slammed into the Kaga in a graceful lone line.

The pilots who quickly pulled up the Pterodactyl bomber heard the cheers of the bombardiers in the rear cabin, and three bombs hit the middle of the flight deck of the Kaga, and the successive explosions even flattened all of its superstructure, and the flames accompanied by billowing smoke passed through the three decks and came out of the large hole.

There was a burst of cheers from the public channel, and Lao Han couldn't help but wave his left fist, "Beautiful!" ”

After being shot, the speed of the Kaga slowed down significantly, and the aircraft carrier, which was fully loaded and had a displacement of more than 38,000 tons, lost its duty in the battlefield, whether it was taking off or retracting the aircraft, and the large hole in the middle of the deck could not be remedied in battle.

The dragon fighters also used the small and medium-sized bombs they carried to get two destroyers, some daring pilots took advantage of the excellent diving ability of the dragon to play vertical bombing, although it was only a hundred kilograms of armor-piercing shells, but still brought great damage to the Suzuya heavy cruiser, the Suzuya heavy cruiser that lost power in the boiler explosion was immediately besieged, and the three Pterodactyl heavy bombs sounded the final death knell for it, and the 12,000-ton Suzuya heavy cruiser became the first capital ship to be sunk in the battle.

The fire greatly reduced the density of anti-aircraft fire on the Kaga, and the sinking of the destroyers Shinonome and Terutsuki made a hole in the air defense network of the Japanese fleet.

Lao Han lowered the microphone at the corner of his mouth, "Operation Tuna!" ”

Torpedoes in the Royal Navy are named after tuna, the most famous being bluefin tuna, albacore, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, etc. Each of the 12 Pterodactyls carried four albacore tuna airdrop torpedoes. The presence of a hole in the Japanese air defense network meant that the time had come to drop torpedoes by air.

Lao Han commanded the other bombers to continue the siege, while the torpedo-carrying Pterodactyls quietly lowered the altitude on the periphery of the Japanese fleet and launched the first round of torpedo attacks, focusing on the slow Kaga, of course.

Six albacorein tuna hit the three destroyers that were fighting the fire and rescue the Kaga, and four missed, only two torpedoes hit the Kaga, and one of them hit the side of the Kaga, tearing a large hole, and what was even more deadly was that the explosion ignited the aviation fuel tank, and the flames rolled up and the smoke soared into the sky!

Lieutenant Commander Toshitake Kondo on the Atago slammed his right fist on the podium, "Kaga...... Finished! ”

The order to abandon ship was given, but all three destroyers around the carrier were sunk by albacore, faithfully fulfilling their duty to guard the carrier. The Myoko Shigecru slowly approaches the Kaga, where the fire is getting bigger and bigger, ready to rescue the crew of the abandoned ship. But Lao Han was not ready to give them such an opportunity, "Fighting snakes is not a three-point crime, and the tiger returns to the mountains to harm his own family." "The Kaga and the Akagi are the main forces of the navy that invaded China, and the Songlu War of Resistance, the carrier-based aircraft on these two aircraft carriers are the most arrogant, let them go, Lao Han himself will not forgive himself!

"One more round of tuna, the third set of horizontal attacks!"

In order to pursue the power advantage of a single ship, the 10,000-ton cruiser built by Japan by concealment means was only in the early stage of the war of aggression against China, and it was only in the early stage of the war of aggression against China that it bullied the weak navy China, and in the face of the air attack of the Royal Navy, the ten twin 203mm main guns of the Myoko lost their temper, and a bomb hit its front turret causing a fire, and was hit by three tuna in a panic! Unable to save people, they hitched themselves on the other, and the Myoko, which was broken into three pieces by the sound of violent explosions, soon sank to the bottom of the Yellow Sea. Not far away, a thick column of smoke from the Kaga rushed up several hundred meters into the air, as if to tell the crew of the Myoko, "Don't worry, wait for me on Huangquan Road, so I can have a companion!" ”

Two heavy cruisers and five destroyers were sunk, the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese fleet was no longer systematic, and the pterosaurs were relieved to reduce their altitude for more accurate bombing, and the old battleships Ise and Hyuga suddenly became the favorite of the pterosaurs because of their low speed and huge body.

Lao Han, who has always been serious, also rarely allowed the pilots to attack freely, and watched with a smile that the Hyuga was hit by the tower first, and then the rear main gun and the flank chord were hit by heavy bombs one after another, and the hull made an ugly "creaking" sound, it should be the momentum brought by the explosion of the keel, and the Hyuga is actually about to disintegrate!

Lao Han's face also showed a smile, he had heard that the design of this class of Japanese battleships was unreasonable, and too much emphasis was placed on firepower, but now it seems that this thing is true, and three bombs will make it ...... "Old Han, the mothership has been attacked, we and the poisonous dragon will return first, you pay attention to safety." ”

The sudden sound from the headset made the smile on the face of the proud bomber captain freeze suddenly!