"No, there are only 2 Ganguts!"

With the help of the starlight, Meng Xiaodong, who had just turned to fly the Night Owl Dive Bomber, changed his face suddenly, because under his wings, there were only 2 Gangut-class battleships, which made Xing Chong rush to prepare for a big fight at the same time disappointed at the same time, he felt a little bad.

Before he could continue shouting, the two Brooklyn-class light cruisers below opened fire, searchlight posts piercing the sky like sharp swords, and at the same time, strings of crimson shells had already drilled up from the sea.

", let's kill the cruiser first!"

Meng Xiaodong believed that after getting his own warning, the team in charge of reconnaissance would definitely disperse to find the two more important Queen Maria-class battleships, so he led 16 night owls and took the lead in rushing to the Gangut formation on the sea.

The reason why it makes sense to choose the cruiser first now, as early as entering the Caribbean Sea and learning the hole cards in Jericho's hand, the Fifth Task Force gave a special tactical explanation, and compared with the Gangut-class battleships with only a few anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns, the Brooklyn-class light cruisers that have once again strengthened their air defense capabilities are more dangerous, they not only installed a centralized air defense control tower with reading power for the first time, but also more than 20 multi-linked anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns and a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, which are much more dangerous to the aircraft group than the Gangut-class.

Strings of crimson shells swept by, and finally let Meng Xiaodong experience why intelligence said that the air defense capability of American cruisers needs to be paid special attention, under the heavy pressure of the dragon wings, the United States finally began to pay attention to the real fleet air defense, and at any cost to improve this ability, just the Brooklyn class has such a strong air defense capability, but I want to update the Atlanta class that is constantly being launched.

The night owl, as its name suggests, shuttles through the middle of the fire net like a light ghost, and the closer he gets to the light patrol, the more pressure he feels, especially after the anti-aircraft machine gun fires, the strings of 7.7 mm and 7.92 mm bullets are more like a torrential rain to the sky.

After the first Sea Eagle biplane, to the dragon's tooth murder, and now to the night owl service, the Royal Naval Aviation of the Imperial Empire has continuously increased its attack methods, and the attack sequence and means have also been continuously optimized in the war. Today, the Night Stalker has become the obvious choice for the first wave of attacks, as the dive bomber's overhead vertical attack, which targets the deck, can deal with the all-important anti-aircraft fire, clearing the way for subsequent dragon's teeth.

That's why Meng Xiaodong gave the order to attack without waiting for the torpedo plane to arrive.

After dodging left and right and finally reaching the sky, Meng Xiaodong turned on the pronunciation, shouted "I'll come first" into the microphone, and then pushed the longitudinal rod forward.

"Boom."

Like a scream tearing through the air, it attracted two thick columns of searchlights, and the dazzling light shone on the windshield through the windshield, making him feel a little dizzy, but now he has entered the dive channel, and if he exits, he will be tracked and bombarded by anti-aircraft fire, so he can only grit his teeth and continue to rush down.

The strange feeling of blood surging came again, the safety belt strangled the shoulder, and when the airbrake was opened, the fuselage began to tremble violently, and seeing the mast approaching little by little, Meng Xiaodong finally dropped the 250 kg armor-piercing bullet.

The night owl drew a big U and pulled it up again, but what made Meng Xiaodong strange was that there was no dream explosion below, and even the water column did not come out.

"It can't be a dud, right?"

Meng Xiaodong was a little dumbfounded, although he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and was still the captain of the attack aircraft wing, he still felt very bad about the first dud, maybe others would laugh at him for being superstitious, but in fact he really had a feeling of uneasy heartbeat, what was the problem?

At the same time that Meng Xiaodong left the passage, the two night owls behind him had already swooped down, and in the sharp and piercing whistling, the first hit bomb finally appeared.

250 kg armor-piercing shells may not be enough to deal with battleships, but they are definitely a big killer against cruiser-level warships, especially special armor-piercing shells, so when the bomb penetrated the horizontal deck from the stern and entered the stern, a violent fireball suddenly rushed from the cruiser that was hit.

With the first hit, the night owls turned on their sounders, and the dragon wings, who had not grabbed their positions, began to extend the battle to the two Gangut-class battleships next to them.

Seeing this scene, the uneasy feeling in Meng Xiaodong's heart gradually dissipated, but just as the first armor-piercing bullet exploded on the deck of the Gangut, a voice suddenly sounded from the earphones: "Nine o'clock, enemy plane!" ”

A large group of camel F2 fighters, under the cover of night, rubbed the sea and suddenly wrung into the battle circle, and one night owl that was diving and could not be avoided was hit by the bullets fired by two camels, as a result of which the entire plane crashed into the middle of the chimney of the light cruiser.

"Cover attack aircraft." The escorting bumblebee reacted immediately and rushed towards the camel group in the distance, Meng Xiaodong, who was stimulated by the loss of a fighter, even forgot that he was flying a night owl dive bomber, and also used the 7.62mm machine guns on both sides of the nose to catch one of them.

The sudden appearance of the camel fighter immediately alerted the dragon wings, because it showed that there must be an Allied aircraft carrier nearby.

After shooting down the unlucky camel, Meng Xiaodong immediately let the planes that had completed the bombing scatter to search around, and at the same time, 16 night owls and 24 dragon tooth torpedoes/bombers followed behind also arrived at the battlefield, because there were still aircraft carriers and 2 Queen Maria-class battleships that suddenly disappeared strangely, he didn't dare to use up all his strength, so he stopped everyone from rushing up to beat the water dogs, leaving half of the ammunition.

At this moment, Meng Xiaodong didn't know that it was his order that saved the navies of Colombia and other countries.

In the firelight, 3 swarthy "fish bones" simultaneously rushed to the Sevastopol, which was hit by an armor-piercing shell and began to catch fire on the rear deck.

The Sevastopol was the third battleship in the Gangut-class battleship, a new type of battleship that began to be built after the Battle of Sibilu Island, and the Gangut-class was hailed as the pride of Russia at the time, and even attracted the attention of the British for a time.

The main reason is that the Gangut class is equipped with 4 triple L52/305 mm main guns, and the secondary guns are also strengthened to L52/120 mm rapid-fire guns, and the tonnage has also reached a full load of 25,850 tons, which once exceeded the British capital ships in service at the same time.

Therefore, after learning of Lenin's rebellion, Britain was really reluctant to let these warships be seized by the Soviet power, and happened to send troops into Russia, and it happened that because of the heavy losses of Deland and the urgent need to recover, they took all 4 Gangut and 3 Queen Maria-class battleships out of Russia, but when they finally passed through the strait, they were still besieged by the German navy, and finally lost 3 ships.

Originally, Britain wanted to replace the hard-won four battleships to strengthen the anti-aircraft rapid-fire guns, but the successive losses and the urgent need for new battleships made the British have no energy and no ability to refit again, so they only hastily added some twin 7.7mm Lewis machine guns.

Because of this, the dragon's teeth that swept into the sea at low altitude almost did not encounter any decent firepower, and if it weren't for the two light cruisers with fierce firepower just now still catching fire and drifting on the sea, it is estimated that everyone would have thought that they had encountered an old-fashioned fleet.

Although the Sevastopol had opened the bolts of the mine net used on both sides of the mooring, when the first fish bone hit the mine net and exploded, the fragile net pocket was immediately torn apart, and one of the remaining two successfully passed through the broken net and accurately hit the port side.

In the explosion, a high column of water rose from the amidships of the Sevastopol hull, and it was funny that the water column poured up to the deck and actually extinguished the flames ignited by the armor-piercing shells there, but the shocking cracks in the hull made the British sailors who were working on this Russian [***] ship not happy.

But the dragon wings also scratched their heads, as they found that the port side wound hit by the fishbone was significantly smaller than usual.

It turned out that no one thought that the Gangut class was actually the first in Europe, like Xinhua, in order to prevent torpedoes or mines from causing major damage to the battleship, the new battleship adopted a double-layer hull, and extended from the bottom to the deck of the battleship, perhaps there are deficiencies in other aspects, but the ability to prevent torpedoes is much stronger, especially the charge of the fish bone is less, and the effect is even more obvious.

After eating a torpedo and an armor-piercing shell, the Sevastopol, which had not slowed down in the slightest, angered the Dragon Wing, and the five Dragon Tooth torpedo planes formed an arrow and rushed towards the port side again.

Seeing this situation, the captain had to order an immediate turn, don't look at the Sevastopol using an advanced double-hull structure, but the seaworthiness is really poor, and the steering ability is far inferior to the tonnage of British and American warships, so in the end I can only watch the five "fish bones" pull a long white line, and rush over with murderous energy.

Three of the five fish bones that came from the port side again hit the massive hull, and the double-hull Sevastopol could not withstand this level of attack, and when it finally slowed down, the two night owls were already aiming at the wide deck with piercing screams.

Before a single shell of the 12 L52/305 mm low-pressure heavy shell guns, which are claimed to be the most powerful in the world of the same caliber, the hull began to tilt to the left and a raging fire broke out, in which case the captain had to give the order to abandon the ship.

While the sailors of the Sevastopol frantically jumped into the sea to escape, another Gangut began to sink slowly.

Although the two Gangut-class battleships and the two Brooklyn-class light cruisers never escaped, the haze of never finding the two Queen Maria-class battleships weighed on the hearts of every pilot. Meng Xiaodong believed that since the camel plane appeared, the two Queen Maria-class battleships that disappeared must also be nearby, but just as he was about to continue the search, he got bad news.

The 3rd battleship formation was attacked by two waves of torpedo aircraft from the direction of Dominica and the Virgin Islands.

"Go back!"

(To be continued)