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When the US attack formation, composed of more than 400 fighters, attack planes, and bombers of various types, was about to fly over the target in a majestic manner.

From the western sky, a large number of Black Crush Hunters have also been killed, and they have been waiting in the nearby airspace for a long time.

Yamamoto had already coordinated with the commander of the Eighth Front, Admiral Imamura, who ordered his 2nd Flying Division to fully support the Combined Fleet's operation.

The 2nd Flying Division was transferred from the Kwantung Army and had three flying regiments under its jurisdiction: the 2nd, 7th, and 8th Flying Regiments.

Each flying regiment is composed of three flying squadrons, each of which is equipped with 12 fighters.

The standing quota for a flying regiment is roughly 108 aircraft, and the number of flying divisions is about 324.

However, at present, the number of flying regiments has reached 120, and the number of flying divisions has reached as many as 400, and the balance is all spare aircraft.

For the gambler general, the most gratifying thing for him was that the 2nd Flying Division had been raised in the Northeast for many years, and all the pilots were veterans with many years of experience.

Moreover, when they arrived at the forward base in the Solomon Islands, all kinds of combat personnel were still in a state of full strength, and there was no shortage, which was regarded as a "flying wild boar" from the Kanto region.

After receiving the order to take to the air, the division and regiment went out in full swing, and the three flying regiments provided 261 fighters to take to the air.

The 7th Flying Division, which fought alongside it, also mobilized 192 fighters to participate in the unprecedented scale of the interdiction.

Considering the poor maintainability of the ME-262 jet fighter and the long return time (mainly because they have not figured out how to repair it quickly, they can only be used as "airport defenders" at present), so the army aviation dispatched TA-152 and DO-335 this time.

Although there was little difference in the number of troops invested by the air forces of the United States and Japan, all the fighters involved in the Japanese army and air forces were fighters.

There are 187 TA-152s, and as many as 266 Do-335s have flown from the Solomon Islands, for a total of 453 aircraft.

This is just the force dispatched by the Army Aviation, it is a service, and the gambler general also put his "killer weapon" - the 250th Flying Regiment into battle.

The admiral once claimed at the wine table that the strength of the flight regiment was completely comparable to that of a flying division of the Army Air Force.

There is no other reason, because this team is based on the Baonan Air Team, which has given birth to a bunch of aces.

It's just that masters like Koichi Sasai and Toshio Ota have already soared in last year's air battles.

Saburo Sakai was also fighting on Kuah Island, but he suffered an eye injury, and his eyesight was not restored after surgery, so he had to be transferred to the rear as an instructor.

Now the leading aces of the team are Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Soichi Sugitada, Toru Iwamoto and others, who have been training in the rear due to the care of the gambler generals and have not taken on combat missions.

Because Yamamoto knew that if these people were released rashly, or directly absorbed into the carrier-based aircraft unit, I am afraid that after World War I, many people would become tablets.

But by the time of the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Combined Fleet had already given everything it had, and there was no need for the 250th Flying Regiment to continue to hide in the snow.

"Follow me, let the bombers go, and take out their dive attack planes first!"

As the arrowhead of the entire team, Hiroshi Nishizawa can decide the specific tactics of his team.

Unlike the obsessive guys of the Army Airlines who went straight to the B-17, he flew the DO-335 and chose to attack the SBD "Dreadnought" dive bomber.

It was somewhat difficult for the relatively clumsy DO-335 to rob and kill the TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft flying close to the sea.

I don't know if I don't wait to shoot the target, I have to shoot on the sea, this cargo is not as flexible as the "zero" type.

"Okay! Everyone disperses! Start the attack in a four- or two-plane formation! ”

Squadron Leader Sugita Sho gave the order to act, and behind him and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa were seventy DO-335s.

Although the top brass of the Navy gave great help to this team, after working hard for a long time, they could only barely make up the pilots of two teams.

After two vicious battles in a row, the carrier-based aircraft unit of the naval aviation unit lost too much blood and urgently needed to be replenished, and almost all the qualified pilots that could be scavenged were put on board.

Admiral Gambler is almost maintaining the minimum standard of air operations for Task Force 1 - four aircraft carriers.

"Humph! It's not that easy to shoot us down! ”

The F-6F "Hellcat" that was attacked from the side of the battle, despite the clanging of the fuselage, Hiroshi Nishizawa was full of confidence in his car.

HNA's land-based pilots received orders from their superiors to prepare for the new warplanes, which were available in three different models.

Considering the requirements of the range, only the ME-262, which is full of science fiction, and the TA-152, which is close to the Japanese fighter in terms of control performance, can be excluded.

Some reluctantly chose what seemed to be an imitation of an American fighter - DO-335!

At first sight of the "anteater", the pilots of the HNA almost thought that it was not a fighter at all, but a dive bomber or a torpedo attack plane.

It's ugly, it's weirdly designed, it's two propellers in the front and rear, and I really don't know how I'm supposed to drive it.

The extremely bad first impression almost made the 250th Flying Regiment ask for a return, and the superiors must have sent it to the wrong place.

But when I asked my colleagues in the Army, the reaction was that this thing was superb, and they were full of praise for the DO-335!

In a skeptical manner, the HNA pilots expressed cautious reservations about their exaggerated assessment.

After a real fight, there will be a fundamental change in this thinking......

The "Zero" fighter fights the US military's F-4F "pirates" and has to use all its strength.

And as long as the "anteater" rushes over at full speed, the other party will not dare to accept it at all.

"Tom tom............ Rumble! ”

The F-6F "Hellcat" was completely unable to withstand the attack of the 20-mm MG-151 cannon, and the fuselage was knocked out of several large holes at the moment of being shot.

Although the US pilots have been reminded not to go head-on with this "freak" fighter steel, try to give full play to their advantages of maneuverability and flexibility.

However, when a large group of "anteaters" slaughtered the SBD "Dreadnought" dive bombers, the "hellcats" could only choose to sacrifice their lives and forget about their lives.

Neither side will give up because the other side is too strong, and in the blink of an eye, 72 DO-335s of the 250th Flying Regiment and 97 F-6Fs responsible for protecting the "Dreadnought" are scuffled.

Hiroshi Nishizawa is the ace of the Japanese Navy, but all of the "Hellcats" come from Task Force 61, commanded by Vice Admiral Fletcher, which is the elite of the U.S. Navy's carrier-based aircraft force.

Without any real skills, it is impossible for the US carrier-based aircraft unit to fight with the Combined Fleet Mobile Fleet in the waters near Kuah Island for nearly a year, and there is still no sign of decline.

“…… They are flexible! Watch out for alternate covers! ”

After two rounds, Hiroshi Nishizawa found that his car could not bite the US fighter plane at all.

The only way to shoot down a target is to dive from high to low, or to use the attack-and-disengage&re-attack loot bomber tactic.

The F-6F Hellcat is clumsier than the Zero, but when it comes to circling with the DO-335, it looks like it's at ease.

"Hell! So resistant??? ”

The problem is that the "Hellcat" was developed on the basis of the elimination of the "Zero" type and its derivatives, and the steel front simply cannot defeat the "anteater".

On one side are six 12.7mm Browning machine guns, and on the other side are a 30mm cannon and two 20mm cannons.

If the two sides shoot at each other, the results speak for themselves.

The combat targets of US carrier-based aircraft pilots are usually of the "zero" type, as well as the "zero change" that has recently emerged, that is, "Gale"!

But the "Gale" is still a fighter with very Japanese characteristics, and it is not at all the same level as the fat and strong "Anteater".

With the help of the second-class youth, Mitsubishi developed the A7M2 - "Gale" fighter in advance to replace the old "Zero" type.

It's just that the current production capacity is extremely low, as high as 50 planes per month, which makes the long-awaited navy feel scratched by its claws.

All the "Gale" that was mass-produced in April lost very little in the Second Battle of Kuah Island.

As a result, Task Force 1 now has four "Zeppelin"-class aircraft carriers, waiting for carrier-based fighters to arrive.

It was also necessary to use the "zero" method to make up the numbers, so that the gambler generals did not dare to send attack aircraft groups to settle accounts with the US special task force.

The standard configuration of the "Zeppelin" class aircraft carrier is BF-109T, this kind of "short leg in the air", don't think about attacking the US aircraft carrier.

Fortunately, the other party didn't know that the "gale" was almost exhausted, so Yamamoto Fifty-six had to play tricks and let the US generals guess at will.

"Finally biting you!"

"Tom ............"

"Boom~!"

After three minutes of grappling, Hiroshi Nishizawa managed his first "Hellcat".

It seems that actual combat is really very different from training, and the opponent is not as amiable as the wingman.

After the prey turned into a ball of fire, the ace of the 250th Flying Regiment was a little relieved.

In order to allow his comrades to hunt down and kill dive bombers, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa and others took the initiative to take on the heavy task of blocking the F-6F.

In order to launch a dive attack on battleships on the sea, the Dreadnought would have to pass through the defensive network formed by the DO-335 at high altitude.

The 42 SBDs that participated in the battle were shot down by Japanese fighters before they could dive to the bomb dropping height.

In terms of protection capabilities, it may be more appropriate to let "thunder and lightning" fire and "anteaters".

But all the P-47s were busy escorting the B-17 "Flying Fortresses" that came to bomb, and there was no time to come over.

"Bastard! Why are they so high??? ”

"Captain, it's climbing too fast, I can't keep up with the target!"

“…… Here we go again, immediately do a drum maneuver to circumvent! ”

The "Thunderbolts" were attacked violently from above each time, causing everyone to complain.

The practical ceiling of the DO-335 was 11400 meters, and the P-47 reached 12800 meters.

And the TA-152 is up to 14,800 meters, and the ceiling is two kilometers higher than the "Thunder"!

The TA-152 is a high-altitude interceptor developed by the German army to fight Allied bombers, and its firepower is on par with the DO-335.

Even with the full support of the machine gun group that came with the "Flying Fortress", the P-47 pilots still felt extremely difficult in defensive battles.

If the B-17 wants to attack the Japanese battleship formation on the sea, it is necessary to greatly reduce the altitude before dropping the bomb, otherwise it will simply be a fish bombing operation.

But when it comes to the middle and low altitude positions, it has to face the crazy bite of a large group of "anteaters".

The pilots of the Japanese Army Aviation had an innate curiosity about the big prey.

Seeing the "big fat meat" falling from the sky, many people chose to give up the target they were looking for and pounced directly on the stupid B-17.

In less than five minutes of air combat, 13 of the 48 "Flying Fortresses" that participated in the battle had been shot down and 9 had been damaged.

The TA-152 formation was able to achieve extremely rich results after the first dive attack on the US bomber formation because it occupied a favorable height before the attack.

The DO-335, which is good at going straight, withstood the whizzing 12.7mm bullets, ignored the resistance of the P-47's bodyguards, and launched a siege on the "Flying Fortress".

"What a bunch of idiots! Don't they know what the aircraft that poses the greatest threat to our battleships??? ”

You actually put dozens of TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack planes and don't fight, go to catch B-17s, people are here to blow up fish!

Seeing that the gods made the adults angry, no one dared to come forward to comfort them, anyway, it was the army aviation troops who took the blame.

At this time, the Navy will not say good things about the simple-minded army aviation idiots.

"Whoosh...... Boom Boom! ”

The bombing scene of the "Flying Fortress" was very shocking, but sure enough, most of the bombs were thrown into the sea.

Two light cruisers and four destroyers of the bombardment fleet unfortunately won the prize, but none of the five capital ships were damaged.

The hasty bombing of the B-17 did not achieve the desired effect, but it was a great help to the "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft.

With a displacement of tens of thousands of tons, the H-41 battleships and the Scharnhorst-class battlecruisers could not successfully evade both vertical and horizontal attacks at the same time.

21 "Avengers", which broke through the network of anti-aircraft fire, flew to three super-battleships in the shelling fleet.

"Four torpedoes found on the port side!"

"Immediately the right full rudder evasion!"

But the order of Arima Shin Daisa did not spare the "Mino", and three of the four torpedoes that came on fire hit the target.

"Rub! What are so many anti-aircraft guns for??? ”

Seeing the "Mino" that became hot again, the young man of the second cargo was very dissatisfied with its performance.

It is said that the "Yamato" that cannot be fought is a five-star hotel, and Wakatsuki now thinks that the "Musashi" is at least a four-star hotel.

Because the crew of the "Mino", including the captain, were from the battleship "Musashi", a few torpedo planes made them scramble.

The information that pops up in the system shows that the battleship "Musashi" has not fought in real combat at all since it entered service......

"What a bunch of rice buckets!"

Compared to the "Four Sisters of King Kong" who have been fighting on the front line of Kuah Island, the servants of the "Yamato Twins" are simply weak!

If it continues to fight like this, how many times will it have to undergo emergency repairs to ensure that the "Mino" can still float on the sea?

As the captain of a battleship of the same class, Masao Nishida felt a little gloating in his heart!

When the four captains of the "King Kong" class were drinking in private, they said that their subordinates made up a smooth mouth, shouting: The brave man drives the "King Kong", and the stupid pig drives the "Yamato"!

It means that "Yamato" will not participate in front-line battles anyway, and it doesn't matter who will be the captain, even if it's a pig!

All four original "King Kong" class ships were sunk on the Kuah Island front line (the Hiei was seriously damaged and later sunk by itself), and the two "Yamato" were really carefree in the rear.

Even the logistics staff jokingly said that these two super battleships, which cost a record amount, came to the equator for vacation!

At the critical moment, when it is necessary to show their true skills, some people will show their timidity......