Chapter 425: Breaking Through the Air Defense Network (Sixth Update)
"Attack that destroyer on the left! Kill it, and then attack the USS Shozuru. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "ordered the squadron leader of the 3rd dive bomber squadron.
Suddenly, four SBD2 dive bombers launched an attack on the destroyer, which had a displacement of just over two thousand tons. This destroyer is none other than the destroyer Chaoshio. For such a destroyer, it only takes one heavy aviation armor-piercing projectile to hit, which can be inflicted heavy damage. If you're unlucky and you get hit in a critical position, you can sink it in one fell swoop.
"Fire! Lay down the plane of the China. "The captain of the destroyer 'Asahio', Yoshii Goro Shaosa, shouted loudly at the top of his voice.
He knew very well that the small body of the destroyer 'Chaochao' was too weak for the heavy aerial bombs used by the dive bombers of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army. Once hit, it's a devastating blow.
"Knock knock!"
The anti-aircraft guns on the destroyer "Asahio" opened fire frantically. Shells rained down in the air, forming a tight anti-aircraft fire net. At the same time, the antiaircraft guns on the aircraft carrier "Shozuru" were also firing at the air to support the besieged destroyer "Asahio."
"Damn, the target of the Shina is the 'Chaoshio'. If the Asagio is sunk, we will be in danger. The captain of the aircraft carrier 'Shozuru' Arima Masafumi scolded.
"Let's have our anti-aircraft firepower support the Asahi as much as possible. Hopefully they can hold it up. Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa sighed. The strength in their hands was still too weak, so that when they were besieged by so many fighters of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, there was no way to resist it. He had to admit that he had asked too much about the strength of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, so that they would suffer a big loss this time!
Four SBD2 dive bombers dropped bombs at an altitude of only 500 meters from the Asahio. Four heavy aerial bombs weighing 1,000 pounds smashed into the destroyer "Asahio."
The destroyer "Asahio" rushed to the left and right, sailing at high speed on the sea in an attempt to avoid the bombs falling from the sky.
I have to admit that there are still benefits to the smaller displacement of the battleship. At the very least, it is much more difficult for a dive bomber to hit a small ship than it is to hit a large one.
None of the four aerial bombs were able to hit the destroyer Asahio. Let it be avoided dangerously. Moreover, when the four SBD2 dive bombers were pulled up, they were also hit by anti-aircraft fire from the aircraft carrier "Xianghe". An SBD2 dive bomber, having its wing broken, lost its balance and plunged to the surface.
"The dog was hit by the anti-aircraft guns on the aircraft carrier 'Xianghe'." The squadron leader of the 3rd Dive Bomber Squadron scolded when he saw that one of his men had been shot down.
"The 1st Fighter Squadron, suppress the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese * himself and create favorable conditions for our attack."
"Okay, no problem at all. Brothers, come after me! "The squadron leader of the 1st Fighter Squadron immediately gave the order to attack.
Twenty F4U fighters swooped down from a high altitude and launched an attack on the Japanese destroyer "Asahio" and the aircraft carrier "Shozuru." Although, their aviation machine guns, it was impossible to inflict much damage on these battleships. However, the gunners of the exposed anti-aircraft guns could not withstand the fire of these machine guns. If you get hit, you're dead. In this way, the purpose of suppressing the anti-aircraft fire of the Japanese army was achieved. Dive bomber units and torpedo attack aircraft units can take this opportunity to launch attacks without interference.
"Da Da Da!" The aviation machine guns of these F4U fighters were wildly strafing, and the dense bullets swept the Japanese anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
Many Japanese sailors were directly beaten into a sieve. Many Japanese anti-aircraft gun emplacements involuntarily began to chase these F4U fighters with shells. And this also made a loophole in the Japanese army's anti-aircraft fire network.
"Good chance, launch an attack, this time you must kill the destroyer of the Japanese * himself." The squadron leader of the 3rd dive bomber squadron, shouted an order.
"Fools, stop attacking the fighters of the China, our targets are the dive bombers and torpedo attack aircraft of the China." The commander of the air defense of the Japanese army, who also found the problem, shouted loudly.
It's just that it's too late. The dive bombers of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army have already launched an attack.
Four SBD2 dive bombers once again attacked the destroyer Asahi. After entering the dive channel, quickly pounce on the destroyer. At an altitude of five hundred, all four SBD2 dive bombers dropped bombs.
This time, they attacked, got hits. Of the four bombs, two hit the destroyer Asahio.
A bomb hit the stern of the destroyer Asahi and blew up the entire stern. The sea water poured into the battleship in a frenzy along the loophole.
Another bomb hit the port side of the destroyer 'Asahio'. Not only blew up two anti-aircraft guns, but also tore a large hole in the port side.
"How's it going? Can the loopholes be plugged? Yoshii Goro asked.
"Your Excellency, the loopholes are too big for us to do anything." In the face of such trauma, there is simply nothing that can be done by damage management personnel.
"Baga, I don't care what you do, you must plug the loophole." Yoshii Goro Shaozo roared with red eyes.
However, even if Yoshii Goro Shaozo gave such an order. But these damage management personnel are still powerless. With a large amount of seawater pouring into the destroyer Asahi Tide, the battleship had already begun to sink.
Destroyers with a displacement of just over two thousand tons with limited buoyancy. After entering too much, balance is not guaranteed. Soon, the destroyer capsized on the sea. The two hundred and thirty crew members, including Goro Yoshii, sank into the sea along with the battleship.
The sinking of the destroyer "Asahio" has caused a huge hole in the anti-aircraft fire network on the left side of the aircraft carrier "Shohe." Now it can only be defended by the aircraft carrier's own anti-aircraft fire. If you want to resist the attack of the carrier-based aircraft of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, the difficulty is not ordinary!
"Well done, below, attack the aircraft carrier of the Japanese * himself, take out this aircraft carrier!" The squadron leader of the 3rd Dive Bomber Squadron fought for his life.
The passage to attack the aircraft carrier "Xianghe" has been opened. Now they just need to sink the aircraft carrier with bombs and torpedoes.