1:20 a.m....

The battle had been going on for more than two hours, and the Yamato had been hit by several heavy bombs, and black smoke was billowing from many places on the deck, and the situation was precarious.

A 155-pair gun was blown up to the point that only half of the turret remained, and the raging fire caused by the explosion burned the little devils in the operation room to charcoal, and it seemed that it was about to spread to the ammunition room next to it...

Japanese sailors dragged in several high-pressure fire hoses and desperately sprayed water into them to put out the fire, trying to stop the spread of the fire.

At the risk of dying at any moment, several veterans struggled to pry open the turret ammunition room and lift the shells inside one by one.

Whoosh...

The Hellcat fighters in the air roared past, the cannons swept across the deck, the bullets pierced the high-pressure water pipes, the water began to splash uncontrollably everywhere, and several little devils were also beaten to a bloody blur.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg on the battlefield ...

Aerial bombardment is not the only threat that the Japanese fear, at the moment... Twenty-four F4U Corsair fighters that took off from the British Navy's aircraft carrier "Tejour" have arrived on the battlefield.

"Phew! Lads... Ready to go big? Grunt... Gollum..."

At this time, a rough and unrestrained voice came from the radio of the formation.

After Andrei finished speaking, he didn't forget to take a sip of vodka in his mouth, and this fighter formation was the air support team of the expeditionary force led by him.

"Zizi... Received, ready to perform..."

"Nourish...... Haha Colonel, Rykatov can't wait, and so am I, but don't get drunk and be careful of crashing into the deck of the Japanese. ”

The companion's answer made Andre laugh dumbly, and he tasted a little bit again before putting down the flask,

As a Soviet, I was exhausted without a few sips of vodka before the battle.

Andrei received Liao Mingyu's order as early as half a month ago, and then flew from Mandalay to the northwest of Yangon with a formation of fighters, and after a transfer, arrived at the aircraft carrier Guanghui where the British sailed along the coast.

At present, the large warship that the British can get their hands on in the Far East is such a Excellence-class aircraft carrier.

However, this Excellence-class aircraft carrier Radiance has very few carrier-based aircraft, and is more of a "logistics personnel" role, usually doing some work to deliver supplies to the US military and serve as a tarmac, and its surface combat capability is almost zero.

But no matter what, this is still a sea monster that Liao Mingyu envies, just like they were originally unable to participate in the mission of besieging the Yamato fleet because of the distance, but with the aircraft carrier as a bridgehead, this problem is no longer difficult.

Turning his head to look at the battlefield outside the cockpit, Andrei's expression gradually became serious, he picked up the radio again and began to give orders:

"Attention of all units, the 1st and 2nd groups, commanded by Lekatov, immediately joined the Allied attack echelon, targeting the anti-aircraft artillery group of the Japanese ship, and opened fire freely."

"Group 3 will follow me, form a low-altitude attack formation, and feed me your torpedoes to these Japanese dwarfs!"

"Lekatov received!"

“… Roger that! ”

Twenty-four F4U "Corsairs" then began to split up.

At this moment, the third group of US attack formations had just finished their baptism of fire on the Japanese fleet, and a hole was broken in the middle deck of the Yamato, and the anti-aircraft gun group on the port side received a serious blow, which was seriously damaged, and thick smoke rose from many weapons depots.

However, under the desperate resistance of the opponent's anti-aircraft fire, the US military itself also suffered considerable losses.

There were more skydiving pilots in the sky, and at least they were lucky, because some of the unlucky guys didn't even have a chance to skydive.

The seaplanes were busy going back and forth to the rescue, and at the same time, they had to deal with the attack of the Japanese destroyers, and the anti-aircraft machine guns on the bow of the ships did not dare to get too close.

Other fighters also had to return early to replenish fuel and ammunition due to consumption problems, and the next batch of attack echelons was still on the way.

The frequency of the U.S. attacks began to decline, and only a few Hellcats in the sky were still looking for opportunities to dive and shoot from time to time, which also gave the Japanese a chance to breathe.

Andrew's new force just made up for this time, and the 1st and 2nd groups of eighteen fighters carrying ground attack weapons immediately began to dive and strafe and attack the Yamato with rockets.

While these weapons did only a limited amount of damage to the Yamato as a whole, they were lethal to the soldiers above.

Whenever the cannon sweeps over, it will always leave a wreckage on the deck, and the tragic situation of broken hands and feet and bursting intestines abounds, and the devil's corpse collection team will not have time to clean up, and they may become one of them themselves in the next moment.

The Japanese casualties soared, and the second-line personnel in the cabin had to rush to the deck to help, and the scene became more and more chaotic

Kamio and Uchida almost stepped on the corpses and blood of their companions before they reached the entrance of the lower level.

At this time, the cabin was also a mess, the few warehouse staff were busy cleaning up the corpses, countless remains and supplies were piled up into a small mountain, the air was filled with the smell of blood, and the sound of wails and screams was all in the ears.

The two Kamio duo didn't have time to look more, so they hurriedly ran to the ammunition depot and carried two boxes of 25mm shells.

As soon as they reached the deck, the bomb whizzed and landed near the door of the cabin, leaving a string of bullet marks on the wall.

The rockets followed, and in an instant, the deck was ablaze, and Uchida, who was walking in front, bore the brunt of the attack and fell in a pool of blood in an instant.

"Uchida!"

The god tail, who was still in the hatch, shouted anxiously, because he was injured by the stick two days ago, so he walked relatively slowly, and he was lucky to avoid this wave of attacks.

But Uchida, who was in a hurry to rush back to support, was not so lucky, the power of the 127mm rocket could easily destroy even a tank armored vehicle, how could the fragile human body withstand it?

The hapless Uchida's thighs and stomach were shattered by shrapnel and shockwaves, tearing two-thirds of his abdomen, leaving only a bit of flesh and skin tissue to link to the lower half of his body.

At this moment, Uchida has not yet lost his breath, and he is speechless, only to see his eyes blurred and black blood flowing out of his mouth, and the only right hand that can still move is slightly raised, as if he wants to catch something at the last moment of his life...

At the same time, the cruisers on the periphery of the little devil were entangled by the US forces, and the two destroyers, the Chaoxia and the Xinyi, also sank into the sea under the continuous attack of the US forces, which was an excellent opportunity to attack at this moment.

The six pirate fighters led by Andre were flying at a low altitude, and they deliberately chose this weakly protected direction to quickly approach the Yamato under the cover of friendly fighters.

A few minutes later, the observers on the Yamato's conning tower spotted Andrei and hurriedly reported up.

This low-altitude formation flight is obviously the state of the torpedo attack aircraft preparing to attack, and the torpedo on the belly of the plane is clearly visible, and even many soldiers can see it with the naked eye!