Chapter 413: Air Raid on Tunisia

"We've arrived at the port, everyone is on alert, and we'll see the balloon soon." Several of the captains of the team instructed their pilots.

The first time they carried out a night mission, it was still a sneak attack on a heavily guarded place like a military port, and all the pilots had an inexplicable nervousness, but the nervousness was nervous, and the operation of these excellent pilots who had undergone rigorous training was not chaotic at all, and everyone started to act in an orderly manner according to the original plan.

The first few Exocet reconnaissance planes at the front were the first to raise altitude and fly southeast, and their mission was to provide night lighting for the bomber group to help them avoid obstacles. With the advantage of high altitude and high speed, several Exocet reconnaissance planes quickly rose to an altitude of 6,000 meters, and it was impossible to stop the balloon at this altitude.

The planes flew over the entire naval base at full speed and then dropped flares from several directions at an altitude of six thousand meters in a predetermined order.

The residents of Port Tunis, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly felt that it was as bright as day, and they were surprised to get up to check, only to find several huge sun-like fireballs hanging in the sky, and the rumbling engine sound was already resounding in the night sky.

Sun Xiaohu closed his eyes slightly, sitting in the bridge of the aircraft carrier 'Zheng Ming', looking very calm on the surface, only the knuckles that were slightly white because of his clenched fists could show that he was also very nervous at the moment.

Based on the information sent back on the radio, the staff officers judged the current position of the group. "Commander, the surprise attack was successful." A staff officer said excitedly to Sun Xiaohu. Sun Xiaohu straightened up and sat on the chair, he didn't open his eyes when he heard the staff officer's words, he just nodded slowly, although it seemed that his expression had not changed, but his clenched fists had been released, obviously his mood had relaxed.

The pilots who entered the port of Tunis from the northwest piloted their planes, taking advantage of the bright light to skillfully dodge left and right, bypassing one steel cable after another, passing through the gaps, and soon entering the harbor and quickly approaching the warship berthing area.

The first few Swordfish attack planes finally broke out of the balloon barrage zone, and they quickly lowered their altitude, almost touching the water and swept towards the huge shadow, and before the Allied navies could react, the huge torpedoes under their fuselages broke off the hook, and the torpedoes entered the water and caused a huge splash.

Losing its heavy torpedo, the Swordfish attack plane was steep and lightweight, and with this force, the pilot operated the attack plane to climb rapidly, and at the moment when the attack plane broke away from the attack position and climbed altitude, a waterline was already speeding towards his target.

Not only was this torpedo fired, but a large number of attack planes swept over the sea in a neat attack formation, one after another, and one after another the torpedoes drew a straight line of water, and from all directions they struck the warships anchored in the harbor.

As bursts of explosions sounded, the Allied warships anchored in the harbor were hit and caught on fire, the explosion was deafening, and a huge column of fire smoke slowly rose, pointing out the target for the follow-up attack aircraft.

Not to be outdone, Exocet reconnaissance planes with bombs and some Swordfish attack planes without torpedoes were not to be outdone, and torpedo-mounted attack planes took over the warships in the harbor, while they became killers on land.

Some of the planes first threw bombs at the hidden anti-aircraft guns, blowing up most of them, and then the remaining attack planes went out one after another, braving the already extremely sparse anti-aircraft fire on the ground, boldly flying at a low altitude, and accurately dropping the bombs under the belly of the aircraft into the oil depots, ammunition depots, barracks and other key areas of the port, and the huge explosion resounded in the sky, and the port of Tunis suddenly turned into a sea of fire.

Forty minutes later, the first wave of attack planes had used up all their ammunition and had not much fuel left, and the carrier-based planes of the Chinese Navy began to return one after another.

But the nightmare in the port of Tunis was not over, the first wave had only been gone for ten minutes, and the sailors in the port were still busy fighting the fire, and the rumbling of engines could be heard again in the sky. The same flares lit up again, and then the second wave of attacks began.

The second wave of planes was less numerous, and there were no torpedo planes, but this did not weaken their attack capability in the slightest, and with the continuous sound of explosions, the injured battleships that had just survived the death suffered heavy damage again, and under the intensive care of the pilots, some large warships that had survived the last bombing had to reluctantly begin to sink slowly.

Many Saar and Nantes had fallen into a state of stupor, they no longer put out fires and no longer used a few anti-aircraft guns and residual anti-aircraft guns, but stupidly watched the raging Chinese Navy carrier-based aircraft, such a fierce blow was beyond the limit of what they could bear, when these people came to their senses and began to look for anti-aircraft machine guns to fight back, the second wave of attacks had ended, and they had successfully returned home.

"Old Sun, the battle has been fruitful, should we let the first wave of planes that have landed immediately refuel and hang up bombs, and strive to take off before the second wave of planes come back for the third bombing, if we don't hurry up and prepare now, the second wave of planes coming back will occupy the runway." Wan Yong rubbed his hands excitedly on the side, reminding Sun Xiaohu.

Sun Xiaohu finally opened his eyes, slowly stood up, looked at the sky that had gradually turned white, and said: "We have achieved enough results, but don't forget that the Entente still has dozens of submarines in the Mediterranean, and there are also Allied land-based bombers on the shore, and this is their main area of activity." Our mission now is not to bomb the destroyed port of Tunis, but to get back to ours safely. ”

After speaking, Sun Xiaohu turned his head and said with a smile: "Lao Wan, we can't get carried away if we win, we must keep a cool head at all times, and remember to save ourselves when fighting the enemy." ”

Wan Yong nodded: "Yes, we can't lose the main warship, so wait for the second wave of planes to come back, and we will return immediately." ”

Sun Xiaohu nodded and looked into the distance and said, "I believe that such a result can make the young master feel more at ease, and this combat report can be easily written." ”

The surprise attack on the Tunisian military port became a turning point in the world war, and Sun Xiaohu created an unprecedented feat with the carrier-based aircraft of three aircraft carriers.

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