Chapter 643: The Decisive Battle on the Island (5)
Before the Eastern Ocean Fleet could make adjustments, the second wave of attacks came again, and at this time the escort planes had not much fuel, but they still rushed forward without hesitation, plus more than 60 planes were lifted into the air between battles, and these more than 100 escort planes went out of the fleet 100 kilometers away and launched an attack on the Boston Air Force group. Hundreds of Corsair planes rushed out again, entangled these escort planes, while a larger number of Boston dive bombers and torpedo planes launched attacks on the Eastern Ocean Fleet from all directions.
On the warships of the Eastern Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Empire, all the sailors knew that this was the most serious moment, and if they could not withstand this attack, the Eastern Ocean Navy would suffer heavy losses, and all the fire control radar soldiers were nervously directing the anti-aircraft missiles and super-high-speed guns to attack, and on the high-level dual-purpose guns used by manpower, all the gunners were also firing shells at the fastest speed.
Although the Eastern Ocean Fleet's anti-aircraft firepower was the best in the world, it was still unable to defend against every Boston plane, and casualties began to appear one after another under the attack of Boston planes like flying locusts. Several more destroyers were sunk, one 'Zhonghua'-class battleship was seriously damaged and lost its combat effectiveness, and after several air defense warships were damaged, a gap was opened in the anti-aircraft fire net, and the bombs of the dreadnought dive bombers finally fell on the aircraft carrier.
A dreadnought dive bomber, with an indomitable momentum, swooped down with a vertical angle of more than 80 degrees and the sound of the wind, dropping a 500-kilogram bomb at an altitude of 300 meters. The pilot successfully dropped the bomb and immediately operated the plane to change the dive state, but before he could complete the operation, a dense rain of bullets from the super-high-speed gun hit the rear of the plane, and the entire tail was instantly torn to pieces.
Although the dive bomber was shot down, the 500 kilograms of bombs he dropped flew down and smashed straight on the foredeck of the shipwreck. Heavy bombs exploded in the hangar through several layers of steel decks, and more than a dozen planes were instantly surrounded by flames, and the ground crew who were undergoing maintenance were killed and wounded, and thick smoke rose with flames into the sky, covering the entire deck. The damage management personnel immediately drove the fire truck to the place where the bullet was hit.
The dense network of fire was intertwined, shooting down the Boston attack planes one after another, but the other Boston pilots still rushed down without hesitation, rushing towards the road of death with a sharp wind, that is, to bring death to the enemy and to themselves.
This is a contest of national fortunes between the two superpowers, and no one has room to retreat, because retreat can only lead to the destruction of the country or even the extinction of the species, and there is no second way to go. Both sides are desperately attacking, and at this time the hundreds of Corsair fighters that intercept the escort planes have been exhausted, and there are only more than twenty escort planes left, these are the second batch of planes to take off, the first batch of planes have all run out of fuel and forced landing on the sea.
The early warning planes that were on alert at an altitude of 20,000 meters were quite safe, because the maximum flight altitude of the opponent's planes did not exceed 12,000 meters, but at this time, the people on these planes were also anxiously watching the situation on the battlefield, and they wished that their planes could also strafe those Boston planes with a few machine guns, but the early warning planes had no weapons, and they could only do it in a hurry.
One by one, the warships of the Eastern Ocean Fleet were hit and caught fire, but the aircraft carriers protected in the innermost ring were not very damaged, and after an hour of fierce fighting, the Boston attack aircraft group was almost completely annihilated, and the Eastern Ocean Fleet also suffered heavy losses.
The Nanming-class aircraft carriers sank and were injured, three Zhonghua-class battleships were seriously damaged, and the most miserable was the destroyers, more than 30 destroyers were sunk and more than 100 were wounded, and those supply ships were not attacked because they were transferred in advance.
By this time, the cruiser fleet that had gone on a missile attack mission had rushed back, and the damaged pipes on the warships were busy extinguishing the fire and repairing the hulls, and the intact warships began to rescue the soldiers who had fallen overboard. Feng Ju let out a sigh of relief, he had already survived the most difficult time, according to his estimate, there was not much left of the opponent's plane, and now it was time for him to annihilate the opponent.
Feng Ju soon issued an order to reorganize the warships that had not been damaged, and in addition to leaving some destroyers to protect the damaged warships and rescue the people who had fallen into the water, the reorganized fleet approached the enemy warships under the guidance of early warning aircraft, and the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier immediately began to refuel and reload bombs, carry out various pre-war inspections, and be ready for a second sortie at any time.
More than a dozen stumbling Corsair fighters with scars all over their bodies, landed on the aircraft carrier of the Boston Navy, and one even crashed directly on the runway due to the poor operation of the aircraft during landing, the broken fuselage crossed the entire runway with flames, and the leaked aviation fuel pulled out a line of fire on the runway, which not only caused a fire on the aircraft carrier, but also killed the pilot, but fortunately, the fuselage crossed the deck obliquely, and narrowly avoided the bridge, otherwise the loss would have been greater.
Due to the total interference of the electronic warfare aircraft of the Chinese Navy, all radars and radio communications of the Boston fleet were rendered useless, so it was not until the Corsair fighter pilots brought back news of the battlefield that Remus knew that his own planes had been lost, and the enemy's losses were definitely not more than ten percent.
Receiving this news, Remus instantly felt that his whole body was cold, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Originally, the Admiralty judged that the Eastern Ocean Fleet of the Chinese Empire had been destroyed, so it would let the entire Ocean Fleet sail with such a large number of army soldiers, but this news had been proven to be false, and the other party's Eastern Ocean Fleet was not damaged at all.
After discovering that the destruction of the opponent's fleet was false news, Remus planned to fight for both sides and lose most of the opponent's fleet, but after he overestimated the Eastern Ocean Fleet as much as possible and sent all the carrier-based aircraft to attack, now he found that he still underestimated the opponent's combat power.
The carrier-based aircraft force has been almost completely annihilated, and now the aircraft carriers of the Boston Navy have no combat effectiveness, and the defeat of Remus is already doomed. Remus knew at this time why the other party was playing such a scene at Pearl Harbor, it turned out that they were trying to lure their fleet out and let them escape from the protection of shore-based aviation, so that they could completely annihilate the Boston Imperial Ocean Fleet in one fell swoop. The thought of the imminent annihilation of the vast Boston Imperial Ocean Fleet sent chills through his body.
Seeing the ground crew on the aircraft carrier trying to check the Pirate fighter that had just landed, Remus felt bitter in his heart, why is the level of scientific and technological research in his country so poor, other people's jets can take off and land on the aircraft carrier, their own side can only use propellers, people can attack with missiles, but they can only sprinkle those tin foil strips to defend, such a battle is really impossible to fight.
Staring at the plane, Remus suddenly thought of a question, he had always thought that there were ninety-one planes on his aircraft carrier, and the aircraft carrier of the Chinese Empire was larger, so there should be more planes, but he was also from the Air Force, and he knew very well the size of propeller planes and jets, and the average jet plane was twice as large as the propeller plane, which required more space on the ship to place the plane.
Based on the data obtained by the Ministry of Intelligence, Remus believes that the number of carrier-based planes of the Chinese Empire's 'Nanming' class with a displacement of more than 80,000 tons will not exceed 80, while the planes that attacked in the air just now definitely exceeded 1,000. What's more, according to intelligence, there are still many so-called special aircraft on the opponent's aircraft carriers that cannot directly participate in the battle and only carry out various auxiliary work, so that the opponent's aircraft carriers will definitely not be more than twelve, or even more than double.
Thinking of this, Remus's heart was already cold, he knew that his fleet would definitely not be able to be saved, and glanced at the nearby Ville Island, Remus gritted his teeth and said: "Order all troop carriers to transport the army troops to the island as soon as possible, and destroy the Chinese garrison at all costs." ”
The combat staff officer on the side exclaimed: "But the island of Veil is so big, and if the troops can't show it, the casualties will be very large." ”
Remus shook his head and said: "There is no time, if they don't let them land on the island, they will have to sink to the bottom of the sea in a while, immediately carry out the order, and all the army equipment will be transferred to the island as much as possible, especially the anti-aircraft weapons, and the artillery positions will be set up immediately when they are transported to the island." ”
Now Remus is just doing his best, and he prays that his army can completely occupy the island of Veil, so that there is still room for bargaining with the Chinese Empire, and the army's anti-aircraft weapons can also give him a little help after the deployment of anti-aircraft weapons.
The entire Boston transport fleet was busy, and both intact and wounded troop carriers were heading for the island's small docks in turn. The wharf on the island of Vail was not large, and only two troop carriers with a displacement of no more than 5,000 tons could be docked at a time, and in order to speed up the delivery, only the transports carrying equipment were docked and unloaded, and the merchant ships carrying soldiers were docked near the island and allowed the soldiers to go ashore in rubber boats.
The soldiers whose ships were destroyed and fell into the water also rowed to the shore with rubber boats thrown from the destroyers, and for a time the sea was densely packed with rubber boats carrying soldiers. Seeing the other party's large-scale landing on the island, the defenders on the island were extremely anxious, but their forces were too weak, and it was a little difficult to resist the three divisions of the Boston Army that landed on the island in advance, not to mention preventing the landing, they could only do their best.
The soldiers who had landed first on the island of Veil immediately rushed into the tunnel, strongly supporting the three divisions that had entered earlier. After all, the capacity of the tunnel is limited, and after a large number of Boston soldiers entered the tunnel at any cost, the space for the 331st Marine Regiment to operate became smaller and smaller, and their casualties began to rise rapidly.
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