The air defense sirens sounded violently, and the heartbeat of many devils who were washing on the troop carrier suddenly accelerated, and they ran to the door of the cabin, looked up, and saw a dense array of fighters attacking, many people were stunned, directly petrified, and some people threw off the towel or something, pulled their legs and ran to the cabin, and then carried their own 38 big cover out. Load the bullet, pull the bolt, and aim, until the front sight traps a fighter, they react, the distance is so far, the range of the 38 cover is simply not reachable.

On the "Jinjiang Maru", Muto Akira was applying a towel soaked in hot water to his face under the service of his adjutant, and the air defense siren sounded, Muto Akira's heart jumped suddenly, and he ran out of the river as soon as he tore off the towel on his face.

In the cabin next door, Toyoshima Botaro also ran out, and the two of them looked up, and then roared at the same time: "Eight grids! ”

The captain of the "Jinjiang Maru", Toyoda Hideshima Nakasa, hurriedly ran over with a few of his men, and when he saw them, he nodded and shouted: "Your Excellency, commander, a large number of enemy planes have been found in the northwest direction, please instruct." ”

"Convey the order of air defense operations to the ships! Order all the people of the 1st and 2nd Guards Divisions not to leave the cabin! ”

"Hay!"

"Your Excellency, this is by no means an accident, I suspect that our time at sea was detected by the Chinese people!" Toyoshima said to Muto.

Muto wanted to scold, "Nonsense, isn't this clear," however, thinking that he should be in the same boat at this moment, he couldn't help but be impatient, and said, "Toshima-kun, now is not the time to discuss this, now, we should dispatch a convoy to protect the large troop carriers." ”

"Yes, I'll do it!"

Toyoshima went to the captain's office and conveyed Muto's order to Toyoda Hidejima, asking him to command the signal corps to wave flags to the ships of the escort fleet, summoning them to come over to protect several large troop carriers such as the "Kinko Maru", and at the same time, asking him to send a telegram to the "Soryu" so that Tsukahara could immediately take off fighters to meet the enemy.

They had just finished making arrangements on their side, and an air battle had already begun in the sea area about three kilometers or so in front of the "Jinjiang Maru." The signal soldiers of the "Jinjiang Maru" waved the signal flag and waved the flag again and again, so that all the gunboats of the escort fleet moved closer to the sea area where the "Jinjiang Maru" was located, but it was almost ten minutes, and not a single battleship responded to its call. All the warships rushed towards the "Soryu" aircraft carrier, which made Toyoshima extremely angry, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Tsukahara two-four-three, this bastard, is really too blind, doesn't he know his mission?" ”

The task of the escort fleet is to escort troop carriers, but now it's okay, all the warships are escorting the "Canglong" aircraft carrier, what is this called? Toyoshima went to see Muto with a blue face and said, "Your Excellency, you have seen that none of the ships in the convoy obey orders. Bage, is the ship powerful or the lives of the imperial army important? These bastards of the Combined Fleet, if I can go back, I'm going to sue them in a court-martial! ”

Although Muto Zhang's face was also very unsightly, his mood was much calmer than his, and while watching the air battle not far away, he said: "It's no wonder that they, the people of China must have realized the threat of the 'Soryu' aircraft carrier, so they took the ship as the target of the first round of air raids." Is there any information from the 'Wangshan' and 'Nobukawa Maru'? ”

The "Wangshan," "Shinkawa Maru," and "Geumko Maru" were the three ships with the largest tonnage and number of troops in the reinforcement fleet, and among them, in addition to the "Geumjiang Maru," which had a certain air defense capability, the other two were originally only passenger ships and cruise ships, so they did not have air defense power at all. These three ships were loaded with nearly 15,000 officers and men, so it was no wonder that Muto Akira was so nervous.

"They've slowed down and are heading back to the rear of the fleet."

"Good, tell them not to get too far away. Ships and warplanes can't compete with speed, and if you want to escape this fate, you have to count on the performance of the escort fleet. ”

"I know it!"

Xue Changkong was still piloting the Flying Fortress numbered 0008. As in previous air strikes, the aircraft will play the role of an AWACS and command aircraft. Flying over the battlefield, it was already confirmed that there was only one aircraft carrier, the "Canglong", Xue Changkong was condescending, and with the assistance of radar, he found that the small formation led by the enemy plane numbered 1003 posed the greatest threat to the aircraft group, and decisively ordered: "Left Anzhao, target, five enemy planes in front of the right, shoot them down at all costs!" ”

Zuo Anzhao: "Yes! Follow me, brothers! ”

It was the Yamabegawa Sankey who drove the 1003. Under his command, the six-plane formation led by him was like a harrier, pecking one bite in the east and one bite in the west, and dispersed the 12-plane formation led by Xiu Minghai, so that the latter's numerical superiority could not be brought into play, but it lost three fighters in the air battle one after another.

In terms of the quality of the pilots alone, the Japanese army was still a step ahead, but as Xue Changkong had a bird's-eye view of the battlefield and personally commanded the entire battle, the advantage gained by Yamabe and others with their outstanding flying skills quickly disappeared.

The sacrifice of the Xiu Minghai Brigade won Wang Hai time to suppress the group of planes waiting on the flight deck of the "Canglong", and one after another white-sided dolphins swooped down at the risk of being hit by anti-aircraft weapons, first shooting down several enemy planes in the run-up one by one through strafing, and then dropping the only two bombs they carried at random. Five or six bombs exploded at the front of the flight deck, and although they failed to tear the flight deck, it was so badly deformed that it was impossible for the fighter to take off.

A Hayabusa, under the control of a devil named Yamane Daikumo, rushed onto the transformation flight deck without believing in evil, and then, the speed that had just been added was suddenly reduced, and in the exclamation of dozens of devils, it plunged headlong into the rolling seawater.

"Stop, stop, take off from behind!" Tsukahara 243 appeared in front of the hangar despite the dissuasion of his men, and he shouted with a fist waving. Several warplanes clumsily stopped, turned, and rushed towards the end of the flight deck.

All the devil pilots were enraged, the sinking of the "Akagi" and the sinking of the "Flying Dragon", the scene of raging flames and thick smoke kept replaying in their minds, and they were really unwilling to follow in the footsteps of the "Canglong", and a conviction rose in their hearts, feeling that they should do something to save the "Canglong". So, under the crazy command of Tsukahara, even though they knew that the result of taking off from the rear deck was likely to be only to fall into the sea, they still rushed towards the rear deck without hesitation, and then, in the exclamation of many devils, it was like dumplings, one after another Hayabusa and Type 99 fell into the sea one after another, as if they were committing collective suicide.

"These devils are tough!" When many students saw it, their hearts were shaken.

"I'm just dying!" Xue Changkong sneered. Under his command, several white-sided dolphins swooped down, and the rear deck of the "Canglong" was also hit by several bombs, and the flight deck was completely useless.

The flight deck is no longer functional, which is equivalent to declaring that the "Canglong" has been abolished.