Chapter 1730: Echelon Attack
Rear Admiral Faulsed, commander of the British task force in Australia, finally paid the due price for his arrogance and prejudice, and after the Japanese Fourth Fleet launched an attack, the commander, Vice Admiral Masao Gangmura, discovered the strangeness.
In the sky, the fighter group of the independent division, which was beating its own carrier-based air group, seemed to care little about the safety of the British fleet on the sea, or in other words, the fighter group of the independent division had the only target of carrier-based aircraft in the air.
Lieutenant General Gangcun was not stupid enough to arrogantly believe that the fighter group of the Independent Division did not have the ability to attack its own warships, so it was obvious that the aircraft group of the Independent Division had the upper hand, and his own carrier-based aircraft group was beaten to the point that it was only able to parry, but had no power to fight back, and it was a hard support.
Lieutenant General Gangmura put down his binoculars and muttered to himself: "To the west, the fighter group in China does not seem to be tasked with providing air cover for the British fleet, and convey my order, all warships, do not have to worry about the fighters of the Chinese people, and attack the British warships with all their might!" Vice Admiral Gangmura saw that the fighters of the Independent Division were not interested in his own fleet, but he would never dare to withdraw the carrier-based aircraft, which was his own act of seeking death.
More than 70 Japanese warships, cannons, small guns, main guns, and broadside guns opened fire together, and shells rained down on the British warships, and the British sailors were bitterly beaten, and the British sailors were crying bitterly, Rear Admiral Forshid was completely dumbfounded, and if he continued to fight like this, it would be a matter of several hours for his own fleet to be annihilated!
He grabbed the intercom in a rage, and this time, it was a direct threat, "Colonel Wu, commander of the Chinese Air Force, I will file a complaint with the Allied General Headquarters for your despicable behavior of not saving you from death." You are responsible for all the losses of our British Empire task force! ”
It's a pity that in the microphone, there was only the sound of "rustling", and the Colonel Wu was like a deaf man, and there was no echo at all, when a Japanese carrier-based aircraft suddenly swooped down from a high altitude and broke through the anti-aircraft fire of the British warship. Flying over the flagship of Major General Forshid in an instant, three tongues of fire erupted from the nose, "Da Da Da!" A few strings of visible fire slippers rushed straight to the command module.
In the flagship command cabin, gunsmoke suddenly filled the air. Shattered glass shards, flying in all directions. After the Japanese carrier-based plane swept by. The British officers in the command cabin got up in horror and were shocked to find their commander, His Excellency, lying in a pool of blood, motionless.
A couple of daring staff officers. Lifting the commander's body, several black holes appeared on the rear admiral's uniform of His Excellency the commander, and red blood appeared. Don't come out like money, hurriedly called the military doctor, and after the military doctor hurriedly checked it, he shook his head regretfully and said: "Your Excellency the commander has been killed, and the fatal wound was a heart pierced by a large-caliber machine gun bullet!" In other words, no one can save the life of Major General Forshid except for the manifestation of God.
Wu Zhenjiang didn't know what had happened, and the command formation was fighting happily, beating the Japanese carrier-based planes all over the sky, and after a scuffle, he had already shot down 23 Japanese carrier-based planes, and he had only eight fighters shot down.
Wu Zhenjiang ordered: "All crew members pay attention, immediately get out of the battle and move closer to the second echelon airspace!" ”
The Japanese carrier-based aircraft, which were beaten to the point of wolf, were able to take a breath, and did not dare to make a pursuit or entanglement action at all, Wu Zhenjiang was just about to give the order to organize the formation in the air, and a bunch of small black dots appeared on the radar screen, coming from the direction of the Australian mainland.
In an instant, Wu Zhenjiang came to the judgment that it was the Japanese army's land-based aircraft, which rushed to help in the war, if the British still had air power, they would not need the aircraft group of independent divisions to escort it, Wu Zhenjiang's heart sank, "The little devil is really fucking cunning, it is the right time, it is just the fuel of his own aircraft group, and it can't support the air battle for long, if he is entangled by the land-based fighter of the little devil, there is no way to return!" ”
He hurriedly turned on the intercom, "Report to the commander, in the airspace of our echelon engagement, we found a group of Japanese land-based fighters, the size of which is about two wings!" Rapidly approaching our group, please instruct the commander! ”
Le Yiqin smiled coldly and ordered: "Wu Zhenjiang, the first echelon will immediately leave the air combat area and return, and the third echelon will arrive immediately, and the Japanese army's land-based aircraft group will be handed over to them to deal with!" ”
Wu Zhenjiang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered: "All crews, return immediately, pay attention, don't entangle again!" Wu Zhenjiang was very satisfied with this battle, not only beating the little devil's carrier-based aircraft, but also using the little devil's hand to teach the British a hard lesson.
Wu Zhenjiang's echelon began to leave the battlefield, and the carrier-based aircraft group of the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy did not have any intention of intercepting, and they were busy with their ships, not because Vice Admiral Gangmura did not want to take this opportunity to fight, but because they were unable to do it, and after fighting for most of the day, the fuel of the carrier-based aircraft was basically exhausted, and they could only watch the fighter group of the independent division, take advantage of it, and go away.
However, Vice Admiral Gangmura did not feel guilty, and vented his anger at the fighter group of the Independent Division on the British task force, on the sea, there were more than 20 British warships that had sunk and were burning, although the carrier-based aircraft lost more than 40 planes, it was enough for the book, and the British fleet was almost completely wiped out by themselves.
The commander of the Kashima Air Force's air formation, Nishiyama Daisa, who reinforced the Japanese fleet in the Coral Sea, was an extremely smart and cunning guy, he calculated the time to come, according to his calculations, the fighters of the two wings, when they arrived at the air combat battlefield, it was the time when the fuel of the fighters of both sides was consumed, so that he could pick up a cheap fight, and when the fighters of the independent division had no ability to fight again, he would definitely be able to achieve an excellent result!
It is true that if Wu Zhenjiang's echelon is entangled by Xishan's fighter group, the loss will definitely be very large, and after Xishan Dazuo arrived at the battlefield, what he saw was the carrier-based aircraft of the Fourth Fleet, busy with the ship, and the fighter group of the independent division was busy retreating.
Nishiyama Osa was very proud, smiled happily, and ordered: "All fighters, immediately pursue the retreating Shina fighters, the warriors of the Kashima Air Force, the glory will always belong to the Army Air Force!" Kill the machine to give! ”
It's a pity that no matter how well Nishiyama Daisa's abacus played, he couldn't stand the fighters of the two wings of the Japanese Kashima Air Force, which had been prepared for by Le Yiqin, and collided headlong with Le Yiqin's third-echelon fighter group.
Le Yiqin's second echelon and the first and third echelon fighters combined, more than 800 of them, black and oppressive dark clouds, pressed over, picked up the cheap Nishiyama Daisa, saw that his eyes were round, the back of his head was in a cool breeze, and he screamed in his heart, "My Amaterasu, why did so many Shina fighters come out all at once?" ”
To be precise, the first and second echelon fighter groups of the Southern Flying Group belong to the nature of assault units, in order to consume the combat effectiveness of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, and the real main attack aircraft group is the fighter group of the third echelon, and the mixed aircraft group of the fourth echelon, bombers and fighters combined, there are more than 900 planes.
Without waiting for Nishiyama Daisa's order, the third-echelon fighter group bit the fighter group of the Japanese Kashima Air Force into its mouth, flew up and down, crackling for a while, Nishiyama Daisa left more than 20 fighter wreckage, and fled, fortunately, Nishiyama Daisa picked up a life, but it was just a plane on the fuselage, lined with bullet holes, and His Excellency Dazuo was also honored to hang the lottery!
The first echelon and the second echelon fighter groups have completed their tasks, and when it is time to return home, the rest of the battles will be completed by the third echelon fighter group and the fourth echelon mixed aircraft group.
Le Yiqin carefully explained to the commanders of the two echelons: "Escorting the British and Australian troop carriers is our only task, just repel the Japanese fleet, not to do a deeper pursuit, not to sink the Japanese warships for the purpose, the British and Australian fleets docked, that is, to complete the task, remember, do not fall in love with the war, withdraw from the battlefield in time!" ”
The first two echelons were in full swing, especially the first echelon of Wu Zhenjiang, when they returned to cross with their own aircraft group and contacted each other, the triumphant strength made the two echelon commanders swallow and spit, and they couldn't wait to rush over and fight.
Vice Admiral Shirakawa and Vice Admiral Okamura secretly complained in their hearts that the carrier-based planes that had just landed on the ship to refuel and refuel after a fierce battle with the fighter group of the Independent Division had just landed on the ship to refuel and refuel their bombs, and even if they took off again to fight, it would take dozens of minutes to fight, but the situation on the battlefield could not help them.
There was no way, Vice Admiral Shirakawa and Vice Admiral Gangmura had to command their respective fleets, while organizing anti-aircraft fire to defend with all their might, while retreating, the battlefield gradually moved away from the British and Australian troop carrier formations, as the strange planes in the sky went away, as the Japanese warships could no longer be seen, the sky finally quieted down, and the smoke of gunpowder all over the place gradually dispersed.
Chief of Staff Wagnardze, sat on the chair with his ass, his whole body was weak, this time it was completely safe, the terrible Japanese fleet, had been beaten far away by Chinese fighters and bombers, and would never come back to attack his own fleet.
The large-scale air battle just now, which was full of aircraft, frightened the chief of staff of Wagnerdze, and if there were no Chinese fighters, at this moment, he and 100,000 soldiers would have become corpses soaked in the sea.
For a long time, Chief of Staff of Wagnardze, who had regained his mind, ordered the staff officers around him: "Immediately count the number of casualties among the soldiers, the damage to the ships, and, contact the bastards of the fleet!" ”
(To be continued) (To be continued.) )