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Although in the first wave of attacks, the US aircraft group suffered heavy losses, and as many as 41 planes were shot down by anti-aircraft guns, "big urchins", and "Zero" fighters.

However, it was not empty-handed, the amidships of the "Omi" were hit by two aerial bombs, and the starboard side of the "Mino" was hit by three torpedoes.

This time, Nanyun Zhongyi took a shit luck, and the two thin-skinned aircraft carriers of his Seventh Fleet lineup, the "Cloud Eagle" and the "Chong Eagle", were actually undamaged.

It's just that the carrier-based fighters piloted by the pilots of the 6th Airlines have to land at the airfield on Savo Island after taking off.

The two cargogo, having lost their air protection, quickly turned and retreated under the escort of a heavy cruiser.

"Tell all the ships in the formation that the US military will soon organize a wave of larger-scale air raids, and you must not be careless!"

Thought that this point of fighter jets flew over, symbolically tickling and it was over? Dream on!

As long as the artillery fleet can still threaten the safety of the US ground forces on the shore, Halsey will not let these warships go.

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The Omi' is close to our ship and is ready to be repaired! ”

Masao Nishida is the microphone of the second-class young man, and he can also take advantage of the situation to get past the addiction of the deputy commander.

The "Omi"-class battleship, which was beaten by a US fighter plane, was lucky enough to accept a quick repair from the divine envoy this time.

The wound of the "Mino" is underwater, and even if the three large holes are not blocked, with its large displacement, it will not sink for a while.

For this small-scale inshore assault by the Japanese fleet, Admiral Halsey has not yet guessed the true intentions of the other side.

After learning of the situation, Nimitz, who was far away in Hawaii, calmly reminded the general: "We must always be vigilant against the counterattack actions carried out by the Japanese army on the island, and the navy should give full support!" ”

This is not just words, Admiral Ni has always been a guy who doesn't talk much.

To report little Willis? Augustus? The 64th Task Force led by Major General Lee was heavily damaged by the Japanese army, and the battleship "Washington" (North Carolina class) and the battleship "South Dakota" (South Dakota class) were sunk in a sea of blood.

Washington has ordered the USS Indiana, USS Massachusetts, USS Alabama (all three of which are of the South Dakota class) and the battleship USS North Carolina (of this class) to be assembled.

A new task force 64 was formed, commanded by Lieutenant General Kincaid, who had participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea, to replace Major General Lee, who was recovering from his wounds.

Four treaty-type battleships, together with two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers, and twenty-five destroyers, rushed to the Iron Bottom Strait.

Because the furious Director Luo has already given a death order: I don't care what method your navy uses, in short, sink that bastard battleship that is scurrying around, the "Izumi"!

This is the name of the ship that I learned from a Japanese newspaper, and because of the previous southward operation, the ship achieved brilliant results and was featured in the Japanese media.

"Let the task force planes go out and sink those well-bred Japanese battleships!"

In addition to the resurrected Task Force 64, Admiral Halsey now has the 61st Task Force under the command of Lieutenant General Fletcher, and the 17th Task Force under Lieutenant General Spruance.

The former consists of two large aircraft carriers, the USS Lexington and the USS Bunker Hill (both of the Essex class) and two light aircraft carriers of the Independence.

The latter has four "Sangamon"-class escort aircraft carriers and two "Borg"-class escort aircraft carriers, although the degree is relatively slow (the merchant ship is refitted, only 18 knots), and the armor is also very thin, which cannot withstand the full force of the Japanese fighters.

But the fleet was also escorted by four Turtle battleships, the USS Tennessee, the USS California, the USS Colorado, and the USS Maryland (with a maximum voyage of 21 knots).

So after two consecutive battles with the gamblers in May, Halsey still has the counterattack force in his hands that the opponent should not be underestimated.

The US task force can completely encircle Kuah Island and skillfully maneuver with the Japanese Combined Fleet, which is full of murderous spirit and is trying to annihilate itself in one fell swoop.

In addition to Kuah Island, the US Sixth Army Air Force has built field airfields on Florida, San Cristobal, Espírito Santo, Malaita, and Makila.

As long as the navy can deliver the aircraft it needs in time, they can rely on these strategic nodes to fully support the Kuah Island battlefield.

"Wow~! Sure enough, it's a big boo~! ”

A large number of small bright spots appeared on the radar of the battleship "Hequan", the number of which was not less than a hundred, and it seems that Admiral Ni and Admiral Mai were not idle during this time.

At 1o o2 minutes, with more time to prepare, the second air raid carried out by the US military was not as hasty as the first.

This time everyone according to the commander of the 1st Army, Robert? Under the instructions of Lieutenant General Eichelberg, the fighters taking off from several nearby islands completed their assembly in the air, formed a large attack formation, and pounced on the extremely fat Iron Bottom Strait of the target.

In the last "Operation Tuna", the US military spent a lot of effort to sink the bastard battleship, and this time it must fulfill the unfulfilled wish of the Pacific Command and Washington.

The U.S. military dispatched 62 F-4F "Wildcat" fighters, 58 TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft, and 45 SBD "Dreadnought" dive bombers, totaling as many as 165 aircraft.

Although fierce battles began in May, with its strong industrial strength and relatively high population quality, the US military has no shortage of fighters and pilots.

Plunging Japan into a protracted war of attrition is what Washington would most like to see, and it will greatly accelerate the course of the war.

Offsetting Japan's high-priced battleships with cheap fighters was a bargain.

Even if you lose a hundred fighters, as long as you can sink one of the enemy's battleships, you can get an incomparably rich reward.

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

In the era when targets were identified with the naked eye, as long as suspicious black spots in the air could be seen, the anti-aircraft guns on each ship could open fire at will.

The repaired "Omi" and the ship "Izumi" in coordination with the divine envoy were in front of the formation, and the "Mino", which had been wounded for the time being, was located at the back of the formation.

Without the protection of their own carrier-based fighters, the destroyers on the periphery of the fleet took on the first layer of interdiction mission.

However, with the help of the cover of a large area of clouds, the US fighters successfully approached the position of the Japanese fleet two or three kilometers.

The 4o-mm "Bofors" anti-aircraft gun and the 2o-mm F1AK-36 anti-aircraft gun are both excellent anti-aircraft weapons.

Mikawa's Eighth Fleet and Nagumo's Seventh Fleet were beaten too many times, so they were not a division of fish belly.

However, the excessively thick cumulonimbus clouds obscured the sky and the sun, which seriously affected the firing effect of the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, allowing the US fighters to easily fly over the target.

The weather in the tropical sea is so rapidly changing, but this kind of mountain rain is coming, but it is not raining, but it is very conducive to the US military's air raid operations.

"Attention! Note! Enemy aircraft at 11 o'clock! ”

The Japanese 6th Army Air Force on Savo Island was equipped with more than 100 Ta-152s, and at a critical moment, they finally rushed to the battlefield.

The Ta-152 is a veritable little short leg, inheriting the mini-range mantle (12oo km) of the Bf-1o9 and F-19o predecessors.

However, Savo Island is extremely close to Kuah Island, and the problem of the fighter's short range can be ignored.

Savo Island's flying squadron (brigade establishment) is under the command of the 6th Flying Division, and it has been nearly three months since it was equipped with new fighters.

Although it had experienced many air battles before, in order to rescue the lone army on Kuah Island, the 6th Army still went all out.

The level of pilots flying these fighters is much stronger than that given to the Navy's carrier-based aircraft units, and there will generally not be a situation in which they will not be able to win two fights and one fight.

"Damn! It's so fast! ”

The US pilots flying the F-4F "Wildcat" fighters watched the new Japanese fighters in front of them, displaying unparalleled dive performance.

In addition to its short range, the Ta-152 has thick armor, strong firepower, high ceiling, and good hovering performance.

In actual air combat, the plane often takes advantage of the ceiling to occupy a vantage point at high altitude, condescendingly charges, and takes turns to kill US formations.

There are no U.S. bombers over the battlefield, but the Ta-152 can completely destroy those relatively clumsy "Avengers" and "Dreadnoughts" as strategic bombers.

Wildcat fighters, whose combat performance has fallen behind, will not easily evade the surprise attack of the Ta-152, let alone attack aircraft in formation.

From now on, the planes of both sides were strangled together within a minute, and they were still under the heavy bombardment of anti-aircraft shells.

After learning that the Japanese army was equipped with three new fighters, the United States had already started research on new fighters, but the most advanced fighters were still the P-51 "Mustang" and the F-6F "Hellcat."

The modified P-51D "Class Mustang" has not yet been developed, and the F-6F "Hellcat" has just achieved mass production.

The front-line units are still using the old F-4F "Wildcat" to prop up the façade, and they suffered a big loss in the desperate struggle with the Ta-152.

"Boom ......"

One after another, the "Wildcats" were hit into volleys and exploded, turning into a ball of fireball and debris, and finally disappeared into the hazy sky.

So far, no US fighter has been able to withstand the heavy blows of the MK1O8-3O mm guns and the two MG151-2O mm guns.

The two caliber shells fired by the Ta-152 will at least make the opponent pull up black smoke as long as they can hit the target.

In contrast, the F-4F "Wildcat" is armed with six 12.7mm heavy machine guns, which is like a joke in air combat.

Unless it hits the canopy or propeller of an enemy aircraft directly, it will be difficult for the Wildcat to shoot down these extremely difficult opponents.

Forward pilots have already suggested to the Pentagon that the F-6F Hellcat be equipped with more powerful weapons.

But the first batch of production versions of "Hellcat" still use toys of point 50 caliber......

The result should be similar to the current situation in air combat.

After the Battle of Midway and the fierce battle of Kuah Island for more than half a year, the quality of Japanese pilots has declined significantly.

But with the excellent performance of the fighter jet, the second-hand young man still pulled them to the same level as their American counterparts.

This time, the number of Ta-6s dispatched by the 152 Army Air Force was about twice as large as that of the "Wildcat", and if it could not win the battle, there would be nothing to say.

The Combined Fleet's dispatch this time was entirely to cover the 17th Army, which was struggling on the island.

But if the 6th Army Air Force can't even protect the naval warships, what is there to talk about continuing to fight???

Therefore, in order not to let the navy below see the joke, the pilots of the 6th Army had to fight for life and death.

“………… Well, not bad! ”

The young man who was looking at the bustle with a telescope saw that there were many more US fighters falling from the sky than the Japanese army.

At present, the artillery fleet is making every effort to resist the onslaught of the US aircraft group, and there is no time to salvage the pilots of both sides who have fallen into the water.

Anyway, it is a tropical sea here, and the Iron Bottom Strait is equivalent to half an inland sea, and the sea conditions are not too bad, and you can't die if you soak in it for a few hours.

"No! Jack! He bit me! ”

"Vincent! Elevating! Pull up! ”

"Hell! I've been shot! The plane is out of control! ”

As the air battle became more intense, the radio of the US military fleet was filled with shouts like these.

Originally, each pilot had his own number in the communication regulations, so as to avoid calling his real name in case he was detected by the Japanese army.

But at the critical moment, everyone can't care about the relevant regulations, and maybe in the next second, they will hang up.

5/28/43, which happens to be Friday!

In the West, this is a very unlucky day!

In contrast, the Japanese pilots were much calmer, because below them was their own fleet.

If you can't continue to control the fighter after being shot, it's a big deal to parachute and escape, and you will soon be picked up by the destroyer.

"A torpedo machine on the starboard side! More than 10 crosses! ”

The sharp-eyed lookout saw a group of TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack planes sticking to the rainforest on the island and flying high towards the ship in a low-altitude attitude.

The "Izumi" and "Omi" were selected targets, and there were no hard and fast criteria, and they generally hit whichever one was caught.

“…… All right! It's sho-time time for the deity again! ”

At this time, we must not be careless, otherwise the "Izumi" will really be sunk by US fighters.

There were fifteen "Avengers" attacking, and if they really managed to achieve a one-sided hit, this class of battleships would directly overturn on its side.

At the same time, eight SBD Dreadnought dive bombers also successfully broke through the anti-aircraft fire network, intending to deliver a fatal blow from the dead end of the enemy fleet, directly above.

"Woo woo ............"

The screeching engine sound of the "dreadnought" dive sounded the horn of this two-way pinch attack.

Although the timbre of this product is a little worse than the sharp voice of "Stuka", it can also make people shudder.

"Hehe, you guys came in time!"

There are many steel plates and "big urchins" on the Three Kingdoms side, so it's time to give them to you to try.

“…… hat？？？ ”

The pilot of the "dreadnought" dive bomber suddenly appeared in a big black thing, and suddenly straddled his path.

It was a defensive barrier made up of hundreds of steel plates, and any high-motion object would not die or cripple if it hit head-on.

The TBF "Avenger" torpedo attack aircraft was served by the unprecedented "Great Sea Urchin"!

At a distance of less than a kilometer from the target, all the planes were smashed into the sea to feed the fish.

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