"Old Xue. Did you say the commander was making a big fuss? Xia Quanyong, commander of the 2nd Air Division, looked at the Japanese ship supply fleet not far away and said loudly on the public channel.

It is not an exaggeration to say that 60 new fighters are dealing with such a fleet with only three main warships.

Xue Changkong didn't pay attention to him, but calmly began to issue orders. Under his command, 24 Dolphins and 24 other medium bombers split off on both sides, and 12 Flying Fortresses rumbled towards the Japanese ships.

"What a big plane!" On the Japanese ships, the devils who witnessed this scene looked at the rapidly approaching cluster of air fortresses, and many people let out desperate exclamations.

Before the cluster of enemy planes appeared, there was a glimmer of hope in the city's heart that the enemy plane that suddenly appeared was likely to be on a reconnaissance or patrol mission, in which case, although the fleet's whereabouts were exposed, it would not be attacked immediately. When the dense warplanes appeared in the northern airspace, his heart jumped wildly, and his emotions became hesitic because of despair.

"That's the flying fortress of the China, right?" Sakurai looked up at the 12 enemy planes that were the first to approach the fleet and muttered.

"Order all ships to be ready for battle and snipe at all costs......" Castle stood at the door of the captain's room and roared at the signalman, who frantically waved his flag amid his roar. Then the ships began to move.

The Japanese ships were just about to disperse, and Xue Changkong had already given the order to attack. Immediately, the twelve air fortresses lowered their fuselages and began to press down on the supply fleet below in the form of Tarzan pressing.

The largest tonnage of these supply ships organized by Kobayashi is only about 12,000 tons, and the smallest tonnage is only 3,000 tons. Among them, there were nearly 30 merchant ships that he had temporarily requisitioned.

The Japanese navy has dominated the South China Sea for a long time, and relying on the powerful force of its own navy, Japan's merchant sailors have never imagined that any country or organization would dare to attack them. When the requisition order of the Taiwan Governor-General's Office was delivered, the merchant ships from the boss to the sailors were all proud and proud to be able to contribute to the country, and now, when the sickle of death has been put on their necks, this huge psychological contrast has made many people feel terrified, they are like ants on a hot pot running back and forth on the ship, or meaninglessly shaking up the small naval guns that were originally used for naval warfare......

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In order to increase the accuracy of the bomb as much as possible, the Flying Fortress was lowered from a cruising altitude of 8,000 meters to about 3,000 meters before the bomb was dropped. At an altitude of 3,000 meters, nearly 1,500 bombs dropped by 12 air fortresses instantly set off a tsunami in the sea area where the supply fleet was located.

The sound of "booming" explosions sounded one after another, and huge mushroom-shaped fireballs rose up on the ships that were directly hit, and some ships were hit in the power compartment, and the next moment there was a martyrdom, and in the continuous explosions, the bow of the ship suddenly turned up, and soon, only the bow of the ship was exposed on the sea.

In this round of bombing, one of the three capital ships serving as escorts was hit by four bombs, one of which hit the high-rise building of the ship, so after a loud bang, many devils, including the captain of the ship, were torn to pieces. Then, in the sound of continuous explosions, a third of the ship's anti-aircraft armament was destroyed, and the maneuvering system was damaged, losing the ability to steer.

Compared with this hapless frigate, the "Kagu" was much luckier, although it was hit by a bomb, but it only lost one anti-aircraft machine gun and three devils.

Twelve aerial forts bombarded and sank 19 supply ships, including the largest merchant ship of the largest tonnage, which was supposed to carry coal. In this round of bombardment, only three small merchant ships were almost unscathed.

Nineteen supply ships slowly sank, and hundreds of devils struggled on the burning sea.

12 air fortresses flew over the burning sea, Xue Changkong carefully observed the results of the battle, and said in the public channel: "It's not ideal, but only this is the result." ”

Fang Jiyun, the captain of the Second Brigade of the First Air Division, continued: "Division, what you said is a bit excessive!" You can't just be happy and let us run for nothing, can you? ”

Xue Changkong smiled and said, "Okay, it's up to you next." Don't be fierce, come up with some real skills. ”

"Hey, hey, you're done!"

After the bombing of the 12 air fortresses was completed, except for the 0008 piloted by Xue Changkong, who served as the command aircraft, continued to stay, and the other 11 began to return. Immediately following them, 24 white-sided dolphins scattered in pairs and began to start precision strikes around the "Kagu" and two other battleships.

Each white-sided dolphin carried only two bombs, and the fifty-pound bomb had little ability to directly sink any of the ships below. Therefore, their main combat mission is to smash the air defense capabilities of the three capital ships through machine gun and machine gun fire, and create a safe environment for the bombing groups behind to carry out dive precision bombing.

In the round of bombardment just now, nearly a quarter of the anti-aircraft weapons of the three capital ships were destroyed, and what was left was not enough to completely block the airspace on a certain side.

Twenty-four white-sided dolphins shuttled back and forth, swooping down as soon as they found a gap in the anti-aircraft fire. The two machine guns and one cannon equipped with the fighter plane fire at the same time, and often a single dive can kill all the devils in an air defense position. In this way, the battle lasted about five minutes, and although most of the anti-aircraft weapons on these capital ships were intact, there was a serious shortage of soldiers, and many battle positions were not replenished, and some sailors and even officers began to devote themselves to the battle.

One after another, fighter planes that glowed silver in the sunlight shuttled back and forth, looking from afar as if a flock of seagulls were surrounding the fish-flooded sea in search of food opportunities.

So far, the battle has gone quite well, and none of the fighters have been injured. However, as soon as he calculated the time, Xue Changkong became impatient, and he suddenly shouted: "Fang Jiyun? Can you do it? It's been ten minutes? If you can't solve the battle in fifteen minutes, drop the bomb and go back! ”

Among the 60 fighters, 12 Flying Fortresses and 24 new bombers of various types have the longest stay time in the air, while the 24 White-sided Dolphins have a relatively shorter stay in the air. Considering that they have been adopting a mobile and frequent combat mode, which will aggravate fuel consumption, in order to avoid an oolong incident in which they cannot return to Baiyunshan Airport because of the fuel run out, Xue Changkong had to restrict their combat time.

Xue Changkong's words obviously made Fang Jiyun deeply stimulated, and he shouted: "Brothers, if you hear the words of the master, you will show Lao Tzu the housekeeping skills!" We only have five minutes. ”

On the "Kako", Narumi Shirogami and Tetsuaki Sakurai were worried that the towering bridge target would become a priority target for enemy aircraft if it was too obvious, so they all moved to the deck to direct the operation.

Under the continuous attack of 24 white-sided dolphins, the air defense personnel suffered serious losses, knowing that as long as they held on for a while, the enemy planes would have to return because of lack of fuel, and Narumi Shirigami and Tetsuaki Sakurai had already pounced on the air defense positions. Two people and one of the adjutant on the city personally operated a 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun, and the city was personally responsible for aiming and shooting, and he frantically pulled the trigger while shouting something, completely in the posture of an outlaw.

"Your Excellency, left, left!" Sakurai suddenly screamed.

The city had just hit a white-sided dolphin "and run" (his own feeling), and when he heard it, he immediately turned the muzzle of the gun, and then, he had just found the target reminded by Sakurai with his sights, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and the next moment, he was hit by more than a dozen bullets in the chest, and the whole person flew backwards......

Fifteen minutes passed, and the white-sided dolphin swarms had to leave the battlefield one after another. Fang Jiyun didn't know that he had killed the commander of the supply fleet in a round of strafing just now, so when he suddenly realized that the bomb hadn't been dropped yet, he regretted it was not too late, and sighed repeatedly: "Grandma, it's a shame and a big deal now." ”

The 24 white-sided dolphins did not achieve the task assigned before the war - to completely destroy the anti-aircraft armament of the capital ships, but compared to the 24 bombers, the only remaining dozen anti-aircraft weapons on the three Japanese ships that could still maintain combat status were not enough to pose any threat to Wang Yong and them.

Twenty minutes later, Operation Break came to an end when the Gagu ammunition compartment was ignited by an armor-piercing explosion.

Thirty-one of the forty-six Japanese ships were sunk on the spot, and in the days that followed, five more were sunk. In the end, only an armed supply ship of more than 3,000 tons arrived on Hainan Island.