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After receiving Yama's telegram, Yamaguchi Tawen made up his mind to devote all his strength to counterattack. Because the losses last night were too great, and the country needed to replenish the DPRK, after some intense scheduling, he finally managed to come up with seven Type 97 heavy bombs, five Mitsubishi Type 96 army attack planes, nine 97 ship attack planes, and 11 99 ship bombs, and even sent out the eight 97 water boats that had escaped the bombing with bombs and torpedoes, and finally added 16 ship bombs and ship attacks from two aircraft carriers to form an attack aircraft group of 56 planes. After the attack was resolved, the escort made him nervous again. After considering leaving behind 47 Zero and 12 Army Falcon fighters, the remaining 33 fighters, including the Type 96 carrier-based fighters that had been eliminated by the Navy, were sent to escort the ship. At the same time, he also ordered the Furutaka to lead thirteen destroyers to Miyakojima to see if there was a chance to carry out a torpedo sneak attack. It also ordered all submarines in the Ryukyu waters, the East China Sea, and the Yellow Sea to attack all Chinese ships they saw.

Shan Fifty-six did not forget to stir up the chaos in the north, causing him not to pay attention to the 15th Fleet secretly transferred by the Republic of China Navy, so he strictly ordered the Sixth Fleet to continue to reduce the encirclement, and it was necessary to completely annihilate the 15th Fleet to ensure the safety of the northern shipping lane.

At 10:30 a.m., after Yamaguchi Tabun had sent off the attack planes, he accepted Takeo Shibata's suggestion to let the Hayabusa of the Army Airlines expand the reconnaissance circle to the south, and at 11 o'clock sharp, another 12 Zeros took off. At this time, the first dive squadron led by Lei Shaobao was less than 100 kilometers away from Qingliangma. Looking at the emerald islands in the distance, he lifted the radio silence: "The crow calls the eagle, the crow calls the eagle, disperse to expand the search area." ”

The Type 37 Yaksha dive bomber is similar to the Air Force Ghost Car, but the former is a larger, two-seater version. The engine is Meteor Comet V, which benefits from the standardization concept proposed by Yang Qiu more than ten years ago. The interface of the engine is common to the Airbus Twin Mustang, and 50% of the spare parts are interchangeable, with a maximum output of 1950 horsepower. By reducing the wing load, the speed has been increased to 470 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 2,100 kilometers, and an 800-kilogram bomb can be mounted without modification, and there are four 762-mm self-defense machine guns in the front and rear. On paper, the Yaksha is already one of the best carrier-based dive bombers in the world, but it is inferior in self-defense. In particular, after hanging 500 kg of bombs, the speed and maneuverability dropped significantly, so Lei Shaobao handed over the search task to the escort fighter squadron.

After getting the order. The six lightning planes immediately accelerated towards the sea area of Kerama in a two-plane formation, and the remaining six planes quickly climbed to an altitude of 6,000 meters. This is done to ensure that if a fish slips through the net approaches, they can dive down quickly. From this small tactic, it can be read that there is actually a big difference between the HNA and the Air Force, which is one of the reasons why HNA does not like to cooperate with the Air Force. Shortly after the departure of the search fighters. Lei Shaobao found that there were six black dots in the northeast and quickly approaching: "Two o'clock position!" Goal Six! Follow me to the west to circumvent. ”

After spotting the enemy plane, the six lightning planes in the sky swooped down quickly with a scream like a shark smelling blood. "Don't show off fighting, use more climbs and dives!" Although the Chinese and Japanese naval aviation had never fought each other, there was a lot of information about the Japanese fighters, so Lei Shaobao led the squadron to evade in the direction of the East China Sea, and at the same time reminded the fighters not to engage in conventional combat with the Japanese planes that were strong in flexible circles. After a year of combat testing in the Northwest. Whether it is lightning or lightning, it has undergone many improvements, and I dare not say that the F8F that surpasses the template will not be much worse. So Lightning immediately gave up the idea of performing maneuvering abilities. Adopt the energy tactics of high-speed dive and one-hit detachment developed by the northwest.

The attack was carried out by six Japanese Army Air Ki-43 Hayabusa fighters. Because the tactical thinking is still stuck in the aerial combat of European warfare, the Falcon fighter is light in weight and has a large range, and its horizontal hovering ability is very good, but its protection and vertical maneuverability are very poor. The Army is actually not satisfied with the Hayabusa. However, due to the need to share with the Navy in Zero War, the production is insufficient. That's why I decided to purchase Hayabusa. Seeing the lightning swooping down, the Japanese pilot immediately used his circling ability to try to avoid the dive, but the lightning dive speed was extremely fast, and the two led planes only took ten seconds to plunge more than 2,000 meters, and also leveled behind the two falcons and quickly completed the turn. Unlike the Thunderbolt, which uses two 25mm cannons and four 127mm machine guns, the Lightning has six 127mm machine guns, two nose and four wings, and has very strong firepower. The two Hayabusa, whose tails were bitten, also tried to use their excellent hovering ability to avoid to the left, but were intercepted by their wingmen. The 127-mm semi-armor-piercing incendiary bomb quickly shattered the wing of the first Falcon, and the plane plunged into the sea with black smoke. The other Falcon also failed to escape the pursuit of the long plane, and was directly smashed into the cockpit after three strafing shots.

As soon as they made contact, two of them were shot down, and the target's dive bomber dodged far away to avoid flying. According to normal tactics, the remaining four falcons should immediately retreat and regroup, but the stubbornness of the Japanese pilot, even Lei Shaobao admired it, and still did not give up the opportunity to rush towards him. But the lightning that had just opened the meat allowed the opponent to break through so easily, and stopped the remaining four with an extremely ferocious blow and detachment tactics. However, Hayabusa's efforts were not in vain, and before Lei Shaobao could find the exact location of the aircraft carrier, more than a dozen Zero Fighters took advantage of the opportunity of the escort fighters being pinned down and quickly pounced from the direction of the Ryukyus.

Compared to the Falcon, Zero is faster and much more difficult to deal with. Fortunately, the twelve lightning planes escorting the Sichuan dive squadron learned the news and quickly arrived to stop the enemy. In an instant, dozens of fighters flew up and down in the sea and sky, and a series of drills cut through the void. Seeing that there were more and more Japanese planes, but the aircraft carrier was not found for a long time, Lei Shaobao was hot-tempered and could not carry out the second plan, so he dropped the bomb on Naha Port. Just when he was most anxious, the signal finally came, and a team of searching lightning spotted two aircraft carriers and two battleships that were quickly dodging north in the Hachi Inland Sea.

"Damn, this guy must be a mouse!" Lei Shaobao took the map from the navigator's hand, and scolded after finding the Feather Inland Sea. I don't blame him, it's really the environment of the Hachi Inland Sea is very special. Located to the north of the Yaetake Peninsula jutting out into the East China Sea, there are two blockades of Kouri Island and Yaga Jiji Island at the exit of the bay. And most importantly, this bay is narrow and shallow, so the previous reconnaissance aircraft did not expect Yamaguchi to dare to bring four warships with a deep draft into it.

"Follow me, maintain an altitude of 2000 meters, and pay attention to enemy aircraft and ground anti-aircraft artillery." Lei Shaobao threw away the map and increased the throttle, and the Yaksha under the seat immediately rushed north. To save time. He decided to cross directly from the peninsula. "Enemy planes, ten o'clock position!" As soon as they approached the peninsula, more than a dozen Zeros swooped down from the direction of Ie Island. Since most of the escort lightning had not yet followed, the rear seat navigator immediately opened fire with twin machine guns. But the self-defense machine guns were of little use against the Zero, so several Zeros quickly broke through the formation.

"Chen Biao was hit!"

"Be careful!"

In order to protect the aircraft carrier, the Japanese pilots went on a crazy rampage, and three Yaksha were shot down in just thirty kilometers. Even Lei Shaobao, who was usually babbling, became anxious, and when he saw a Zero Fight rushing towards him, he quickly avoided it with a flick of the operating lever. At the same time, he loudly reminded his comrades: "Keep in formation!" Don't be washed away! "Seeing that there were more and more enemy planes, the six lightning planes that had just gone to reconnoiter finally arrived in time, and the high-morale Eagle squadron did not hesitate to use tactics and performance to shoot down several zeros in a row, and finally fought a passage.

"See. I see it! ”

The backseat navigator points to the left and reminds loudly. Looking down from the cockpit, the two Japanese aircraft carriers were speeding north against the coast under the protection of the battleships Matsushima and Itsukushima and seven or eight destroyers. Dense shells began to fly on the island and the sea at the same time, and hundreds of balloon explosion fireballs appeared in the blue sky. Seeing the aircraft carrier, the crow squadron quickly changed from a two-person formation to a column as if it had been beaten with chicken blood, and one after another rushed towards the enemy ships from the gap torn by lightning. "I'll come first. Cover me! Lei Shaobao had just arranged the bombing sequence, and after the two Yaksha in front simply rolled and adapted, they swooped down towards the Fengxiang led by one after the other.

"Left full rudder, serpentine maneuver evasion! Concentrate your fire! "I saw two Yaksha rushing towards me. The Fengxiang immediately turned right, and the escort ships around it also concentrated all their firepower. Yaksha, who was fighting for the first time, was obviously inexperienced, and was forced by artillery fire to drop bombs before reaching the optimal distance. The bomb landed on the left side of the Fengxiang, stirring up two columns of water without causing any damage. Lei Shaobao secretly shouted that it was a pity. After all, not everyone has the opportunity to go to the northwest to fight. So he immediately burst into a shout: "I'm coming!" "With a push of the joystick, the wingman is at a 70-degree angle. Drawing an arc, it roared towards the center of the Fengxiang's wide deck.

Amid the violent hissing of the engine, the speed of the Yaksha was already as high as 720 kilometers, and the overload of more than 7 g pressed Lei Shaobao to the seat, and the adrenaline was violently secreted, deeply stimulating every nerve. If it were an ordinary person, he would have screamed in horror, but he especially liked the feeling of falling into the air and falling into the air. In his words, it's more energetic than conquering the prettiest woman. In order to reduce the altitude to ensure the hit, he even secretly turned off the automatic changer in violation of the regulations. The deck in his pupils expanded rapidly, the dark red glow from the anti-aircraft fire rushed to his face, and the shattered shrapnel swept around the fighter, and with his excellent physical fitness, the dive stun effect did not appear on him. When the navigator behind him was afraid that the excitement would be too high, and shouted to report the count from 500 meters to 50 meters, the fuselage suddenly trembled.

At the moment when the 500-kilogram aviation armor-piercing projectile broke away from the pylon, Lei Shaobao jerked the operating lever, swept over the Fengxiang ship island at high speed with the help of honeycomb speed plates and flaps, and then pulled up from the bow of the ship. With an inaudible sound from the engine room, the bomb penetrated the deck from ten meters behind the central elevator and penetrated five decks in a row into the power compartment before exploding. The 120-kilogram TNT and aluminum-magnesium mixed explosives were so powerful that when Lei Shaobao turned his head to look, a black-red fireball mixed with a large number of wood chips (the deck was wooden) was already rising into the sky. The shockwave swept away the thirty-meter-long deck, revealing a large, smoking black hole. Flames also spilled violently from the lower deck, and looking down from the sky, the Fengxiang was like a giant beast full of fire, but it was dying.

The captain's blow boosted everyone's morale, and one after another Yaksha swooped down aiming at their targets. A moment later, the dive squadron of the Sichuan, which had heard the news, also joined the battle. But what made Lei Shaobao angry was that dozens of bombs were dropped, and in addition to the paralyzed and tilted deck of the Fengxiang, Songdao, Itsukushima and Ruifeng were still open. In particular, the Itsukushima was able to maintain a high speed of 24 knots after eating three bombs, and the Zuifeng also maintained a speed of more than a dozen knots. "Grass, you mother! Is the information accurate? Fucking it's a super battleship, or a lightly modified aircraft carrier and a classic ship of the European war! Lei Shaobao's whole body was bruised, and his comrades-in-arms behind him hurriedly persuaded him, for fear that he would be excited and collide with the plane directly.

"Do you want to bump into it? I'll wait for you for a few minutes. "Before the fire of Captain Lei was extinguished, there was a joking sound in the headphones." Liu Yu. You bastard! Don't be happy, it's because of our lack of experience. Lei Shaobao was so angry that his neck thickened, looking at the torpedo machine formation flying from below, his fingers shook twice on the machine gun trigger, and he couldn't wait to shake his hand and shoot Liu Yu down.

He was right, the lack of experience was indeed the main problem. Although many pilots have gone to the northwest for training, land targets are completely different from ships that can evade them at high speed at sea. Moreover, it is the first time for everyone to participate in the actual battle, and the mood is inevitably nervous, not to mention the low hit rate. Bad luck is also bad, and the hit part is not harmful. "As I said, it's torpedoes that solve the battle!" Liu Yucai didn't care about him, and after coldly dropping a sentence, he immediately began to torpedo attack. Seeing him was decelerating severely. Ruifeng, who was almost a live target, Lei Shaobao's eyes were dark: "Liu Yu, you are really shameless!" ”

Liu Yu drooped his eyelids and ignored Lei Shaobao. He was not a fool, and even if the Itsukushima escaped, it would be nothing more than an old-fashioned Indefatigable battlecruiser, and it was impossible for the Japanese Navy to continue to waste money on it to refit it. The Ruifeng is different. Previous naval battles have proved that aircraft carriers are destined to replace battleships as the new hegemon at sea, and in the case that Fengxiang cannot move, the Ruifeng aircraft carrier, which can still move, is of course the first target.

After lowering to three hundred meters. Liu Yu aimed the nose of the plane at the port side of the Ruifeng, which was ten kilometers away. The Ruifeng's anti-aircraft firepower was much better than that of the Fengxiang, with eight single-mounted 127-mm high-level dual-purpose naval guns and eight 25-mm rapid-fire guns. But because the dive bombers were still descending, the eight 127-mm anti-aircraft guns were all pointing at the sky at the moment, but the destroyer Yukikaze was following behind like a loyal guard. Divert all anti-aircraft fire. Liu Yu didn't have time to control the destroyer, and kept gently swinging his wings to avoid artillery fire. The optimal distance is calculated by means of a transparent scale on the hatch cover.

The Osprey is mounted on the Navy's main Fish 7 aviation torpedo, nicknamed "Halberd". It is four meters long, 550 mm in diameter, weighs 1,100 kg, has a range of 42 knots/2,000 meters, and a maximum range of 33 knots/5,000 meters. The warhead weighs 250 kilograms and is filled with 170 kilograms of Octokin explosives. More than a ton of torpedoes turned the osprey into a bulky gannet, but fortunately, the Japanese ship's anti-aircraft fire was very poor, so Liu Yu rushed until a distance of 1,300 meters before he and his wingman pulled the launch button. After the torpedo disengaged, the osprey suddenly rose lightly, and through the cockpit, it could be seen that the two "halberds" pulled out a long white line and rushed straight towards the Ruifeng, which was only 12 knots.

"Torpedo spotted!" The observer in charge of watching from the side of the board pointed at the lightning trail and pointed it at the microphone and screamed in horror. "Evasive action, left full rudder!" The iron-colored and iron-blue mountain pass was hoarse when he heard it, and gave the order to turn around sharply to avoid it. He knew that if he hadn't dodged the torpedoes, the fleet would probably have been here today. "Full rudder left!" The helmsman was dripping with sweat and repeated the command loudly as he desperately turned the rudder. However, at this time, the power of the Ruifeng dropped severely, and the original dexterous aircraft carrier became stiff and sluggish, so it was only before the reconnaissance avoided the first torpedo, and the second galloping "Halberd Ge" crashed into the port side of the ship's island.

Although the torpedo warhead is lighter than an aerial bomb, the squeezing effect after the underwater explosion contributes to the explosion power. Rumble! With a loud bang, a huge column of water immediately rose on the port side of the Ruifeng, and then the entire warship was pushed several meters away by the sea water to the right.

"Report the loss."

"Power cabin, debriefing."

"Start the pump."

While the Zuiho, which had eaten the first torpedo, was in disarray, and while the officers and sailors were busy plugging the leak, two more Yaksha dive bombers and six Ospreys rushed from the left and right sides and overhead, respectively. This scene made Yamaguchi Tawen close his eyes in despair, and now his only hope was that Yama Fifty-six's counterattack would work, and sinking the two Sichuan ships would also be regarded as revenge for him. "Boom, boom." After eating a few bombs and torpedoes, the 14,200-ton Zuifeng made a tooth-aching creak, and the port side, which was the heaviest for the first time, quickly entered the water and sank, causing the sailors on the deck to fall overboard. Yamaguchi wanted to die with the ship, but was forcibly dragged away by several officers to save his life.

At the same time that the Ruifeng was hit, the Fengxiang, which had been the most seriously injured before, was also hit and sunk by two torpedoes. The Itsukushima, which Lei Shaobao hated, also ate four more torpedoes and three bombs, and finally couldn't run anymore and began to spin around the sea. The Matsushima was the worst, not to mention eating nine "halberds", three of which actually hit the starboard side of the No. 1 turret in the bow, and the hull broke directly from here, and the first one disappeared into the sea.

The fireballs that exploded one after another made his heart uncomfortable, and Lei Shaobao, who was left to observe, raised his eyelids. I also wanted to argue with Liu Yu for a few words, because he felt that if it weren't for the dive bombers interfering and destroying a lot of anti-aircraft fire, the torpedo planes would definitely not be so smooth, but just as he was about to speak, he saw two Zeros on Liu Yu's left, and immediately forgot about his poor mouth, and hurriedly straightened his waist and shouted: "Liu Yu, be careful on the left!" ”

Liu Yu was also taken aback by the two red-eyed Zero Zhan who rushed madly, seeing that he couldn't dodge, the four Tianquan, who were beautiful in appearance and had an eagle's head logo painted on the wings, rushed down from a high altitude to stop Zero Zhan.

The two squadrons of the Air Force finally arrived.

Watching the swarming Tianquan join the battle circle and converge the lightning to chase down the remaining Zero Battle and Falcon Style, Liu Yu and Lei Shaobao glanced at each other from afar, and at the same time chose to speed up and return to meet the new mission