When the first attack wave returned, Cai Guolan's 504 Ship Battle Squadron was arranged to be responsible for covering at the rear of the formation.

At 11:30, the squadron leader shook his wings slightlyQi, probably worried that the wingman would fall behind, casually poked back, and was immediately surprised: a strange team of four-engine planes followed closely behind the group!

Calm down, calm down - you have to report to the captain first.

Cai Guolan pulled down the accelerator, rushed to the right front of the squadron commander, and reminded him to look behind him with gestures.

The squadron leader looked back and gestured back to her: "Go and inform the commander." ”

Then he violently shook his wings and led the planes to turn around and kill him.

Cai Guolan complied with the order, rushed to the front of the commander at the front of the formation, that is, her uncle Cai Yong, and reported the situation with gestures.

Cai Yong nodded to her, and quickly fired two signal flares, one red and one green, indicating that "there are enemy planes in the air" and asked the escort fighters to immediately enter the battle.

After Cai Guolan finished reporting, she stepped on the rudder and turned around to go back to chase the squadron, she would never give up this good opportunity to kill the enemy.

Use the exploits of shooting down enemy planes to wash away the shame of being shot down over Pearl Harbor - this is Cai Guolan's idea.

Pushing the throttle to the end, he quickly caught up with the squadron, and before he had time to seize the position, he insisted that an enemy plane rushed head-on, 500 feet, 400 feet, 300 meters......

Fire!

When the trigger is pulled, the enemy plane seems to fill up the entire field of vision ahead!

Cai Guolan didn't close her eyes, but reflexively pulled the lever, and the plane trembled violently, almost rubbing against the other party's wings and bouncing.

Cai Guolan did not put the lever, and at the same time pushed the throttle enough. The plane climbed along an arc, the nose of the plane was raised higher and higher, and after passing the zenith, it sank backwards suddenly, Cai Guolan felt a redness in front of her eyes, and the plane completely overturned!

It's now – with a natural acuity, a perfect roll before the plane turns into a dive, and it's especially important to quickly return from inverted to level flight. After completing this series of actions, the nose of the machine pointed at the butt of the prey just now.

Less than 200 meters!

In an instant, a string of tracer bullets shot head-on, whistling past the flight cap.

"You've lost!"

At the same time as the roar, the two Jinling heavy machine guns mounted in the nose of the aircraft made a densely woven red line from between the propeller blades - 1,000 rounds per minute, suffer death!

The first round of long burst fire knocked the uninteresting Heavy in the tail to his stomach, and at the same time pulled back the throttle and slowed down slightly—almost using the propeller to slash the opponent's horizontal tail.

When the distance reached fifty or sixty meters, the engine aimed at the left inner side fired another series of bullets, and soon black smoke came out. In order to avoid being smoked, the rudder is slightly kicked. Turned to the right of the enemy aircraft.

Aiming at the cab for another shuttle, then the engine on the right, igniting one of the ground and then disengaging from the attacking position - to avoid the oncoming black smoke and debris.

The enemy plane that lost its two engines dragged a black arc in the blue sky and fell rapidly, Cai Guolan followed closely above it, ready to make up a few shuttles for it at any time, until it was clear that the wings on both sides were completely covered by the fire, and the remaining two engines also stopped turning, so he reassuredly pulled the rod to climb and began to look for new prey......

Eleven of the sixteen American planes of the first attack wave were shot down in just a quarter of an hour, and nine of them were the result of the 504 Squadron. Deputy Squadron Leader Lieutenant Cai Guolan alone took all three of them - the results of the battle were confirmed by the footage taken by the camera gun.

The remaining US planes dropped their bombs and fled into the cumulonimbus clouds to the east, and the escort fighters of the first attack wave did not pursue them because of lack of fuel.

As soon as Cai Yong returned to the deck of the mothership, he was called in front of Commander Liang Shuming.

"How's it going?"

The other party seems to have noticed it. fled to the sea, the counterattack ground fire was extremely fierce, and the evasion maneuver was also decent...... Kindness. The confirmed result was that 1 battleship was hit, 2 cruisers, 2 destroyers, and there was, and there was not a seaplane. ”

Liang Shuming frowned: "I received a report from Colonel Situ just now, and the attack on the airport was not successful, although the airport facilities were bombed, not a single plane was caught. ”

"That'...... Do you want to continue? ”

"What do you think?"

Cai Yong gestured: "When I returned home, I found a group of land-based planes trailing behind. ”

"Oh?"

"Of course, it was handed over to the escort fighters, confirmed to shoot down most of them, and the rest dropped their bombs and ran away. In my opinion, the enemy here is quite alert and aggressive, and compared to the attack on Pearl Harbor, this operation was carried out without intelligence support, and it was completely impossible to achieve the effect of a surprise attack...... Also, until now, the east and south sides of the reconnaissance, because of the weather, are still in the dark, I am worried about ......"

"Think you can't destroy the enemy fleet, but will take advantage of it?" Liang Shuming simply asked clearly.

Cai Yong took off his flying hat and rubbed his head in embarrassment: "Yes, in the final analysis, our mission is not to fight the enemy army in Panama, what Commander Sa means should be to ...... before the enemy finds out."

"Do you want to say that I tampered with the commander's orders?"

"My subordinates don't dare, but now that they have been startled, and the enemy's situation is unknown, it is better to complete the mine-laying task as soon as possible, quickly go north to meet with Commander Sa, and sweep the west coast of the United States together, which is a safe plan."

Liang Shuming paced back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, sighed regretfully, and said leisurely: "Pass the order: the first, the third attack wave will be equipped with mines and start mine-laying operations." Second, the second attack wave in the air and ground was generated, the attack force was divided into two, the torpedo carriers continued to search and attack the enemy fleet, and the bomb-carrying planes returned to the port after bombing the harbor without delay! ”

Before the words fell, there was an exclamation in the transmission tube: "Lightning traces have been found in front of the port side!" ”

"What!"

Liang Shuming and Cai Yong hurriedly rushed out of the bridge, came to the open-air flying bridge, followed the instructions of the lookout, and sure enough, they saw a white thunder trail galloping straight towards the "Dapeng".

Distance - 500 meters!?

Suddenly, the hull of the ship tilted violently, and the mothership began to turn left at full speed to evade, and at the same time, a sailor ran onto the flybridge and called Liang Shuming: "Commander, captain, please pay attention to your safety, please go to the command tower——"

"No need, it's too late, I'll see his ship manipulation skills here with my own eyes." Liang Shuming replied nonchalantly.

"Commander, it's dangerous here!" Cai Yong was about to make a move, but he heard Liang Shuming say peacefully: "It's worthy of the fact that I worked hard to dig up the expert who operated the ship, and I was saved——"

Cai Yong looked down again, and the torpedo was long gone.

"Rubbing the bow of the ship...... It was a submarine who did it, and he had the guts. Liang Shuming breathed a long sigh of relief and patted Cai Yong's shoulder, "It seems that this is really not a place to stay for a long time." ”