The little devil on the entire left chord exploded in an instant, and the anti-aircraft artillery had to attack and intercept it at a flat angle.

Anti-aircraft machine guns and artillery shells formed a dense network of fire in the air, preventing Andrei and others from approaching.

But the six pirate fighters couldn't make much evasive maneuvers, and they braved the fire to keep their way as far as they could, and could only evade the threat by simply maneuvering up and down.

Torpedo bombardment does not mean that it will definitely hit if you put one in the direction of the target, because the target itself is moving at high speed, and the torpedo can only move in a straight line and have traces, if you don't calculate the distance, angle and advance, it will only waste ammunition.

To put it bluntly, torpedoes don't bend, you throw them from a distance, and when you get to the people in front of you, they will turn to dodge early, and if you want to get closer and throw them, then you have to bear the key care of the naval artillery fire network.

Moreover, the plane has to fly close to the sea level, and the evasion space is already small, which is much more dangerous than high-altitude dive bombing, and the risk is not ordinarily large.

The Japanese also realized the threat of the enemy's torpedo planes, and the captain immediately ordered all the artillery on the left string to intercept the opponent with all their might.

"Zizi...... Colonel, the Japanese are crazy! ”

"Shut up, pay attention to evasion, don't get bitten by anti-aircraft guns!"

Andrei also felt the pressure doubling, and the aircraft formation increased the distance and tried to avoid the incoming shells.

The concussion of the bullets through the air was felt in the cockpit, and some of the sparse shrapnel of the explosion rattled against the fuselage, making it difficult for them to completely evade the sudden concentration of fire of the Japanese troops.

One of the F4U Corsair wings was unfortunately blown through by the 127 anti-aircraft gun, and the fighter plane fell straight down like an eagle with folded wings.

It was so close to the sea that the pilots didn't have time to parachute...

"Report the situation!"

“… Plane No. 4 crashed! Brad is finished..."

"Unit 3 was shot! The third machine was shot! Ahh The propeller is faulty and I have to skydive! ”

"Colonel, my hydraulic pipe is leaking, the wing is somewhat uncontrollable ... Need to go back..."

“ублюдк！”

The report on the radio made Andre angry and scolded, causing them the loss of two fighters in an instant, and his own wingman had to break away from the formation due to a malfunction.

The Japanese fire on the port side was focused on the incoming torpedo planes, ignoring the air threat for the time being, and at this moment, the other Hellcats and F4U pirates hovering high in the air took the opportunity to attack the port side of the Yamato again.

The large-caliber cannon was poured on the Yamato as if it were not asking for money, and the rockets burned everywhere they went, and the deck where shrapnel stumps flew was once again severely damaged, and several anti-aircraft gun emplacements were destroyed one after another......

Kamio walked through the smoke-filled deck and returned to the air defense point where the squad was located, but by this time his comrades and the squad leader had already died.

The bodies of the Japanese were scattered in the vicinity of the anti-aircraft guns, and none of them were intact. Some of their upper bodies were smashed by machine guns, and their internal organs flowed to the ground, and some had most of their heads blown off, leaving only a row of teeth on them.

The bright red minced meat on the ground was like beef and mutton on the meat stall in the vegetable market, east and west, making Shenwei couldn't help but tremble, and kept impacting his heart all the time.

"敵の雷撃機を撃て! Ha Ya Ku! ”

"Fire!"

"Sine!"

…

The enemy planes in the sky were still pouring firepower, and the survivors were still operating the batteries to fire into the sky, shouting incessantly, but they were in a dilemma.

Kamio looked at the approaching torpedo bombers, and he seemed to understand that he could no longer sit still.

I don't know where the courage came from, the recruit rushed to the anti-aircraft gun position with ammunition, replaced the empty magazines one by one, and then pushed away the mangled body of the gunner and sat down on it.

There were still a lot of bloody minced meat hanging on the gun emplacements and rudders, but Kamio didn't care about the disgust, and immediately aimed the crosshair at the three torpedo planes in front of him...

"Ahh Go to hell!!

…

Andrei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, with friendly air cover, their remaining three pirates finally approached the Yamato. At this moment, the distance is about 800 meters, and it has reached a distance where torpedoes can be fired.

"Bomb drop on plane two!"

"Bomb drop on machine six!"

His teammates dropped torpedoes one after another and immediately climbed, but just as Andrei opened the weapon rack safe, a tongue of fire suddenly burst out from the Yamato, and the 25-mm anti-aircraft gun fired frantically at him.

Andrei could only give up the throwing action for the time being, and quickly pulled the fuselage up to dodge this wave of attacks, but he was not a vegetarian, and immediately twisted the control stick to make the fighter make a drum maneuver, and once again dodged the strafing of the shells.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the Yamato, and that he was about to miss the throwing opportunity any further, Andre was engrossed in holding the operating lever, this distance of nine out of ten, he must not give up easily!

Through the cabin, you can see the figure of the Japanese soldier on the anti-aircraft gun, who almost released the launch rod against the opponent's artillery fire.

"Boom!"

Almost at the moment when the torpedo entered the water, Andrei's fuselage was also hit by anti-aircraft guns, black smoke immediately rose from the nose of the aircraft, even the windshield of the cockpit was shattered, and the scattered glass cut several bloody cuts in his face.

The fighter plane was badly damaged, and all the instrument panel pointers in the cockpit failed, and Andrei's face was covered with blood at this time, and no matter how he pulled up the operating stick, he was indifferent, and the fighter could only pass over the head of the Yamato under inertia.

At this critical moment, Andrei immediately unbuckled his seat belt regardless of the pain, jumped out of the cockpit without hesitation, and pulled the pull tab of the parachute before he fell unconscious...

Rumble!

The destroyers of the Hyuga rushed to the flank of the Yamato, and with a loud bang, they stopped one of the torpedoes with their own hull, but they were also heavily damaged, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.

Several of the Yamato's steam turbines were at full power, increasing their speed to the extreme, and the colleague's rudder was able to dodge another torpedo.

On the deck, Kamio was still congratulating himself on the fact that he had managed to take out an enemy fighter plane, when suddenly a column of rushing water rose high in front of him.

Lady Luck no longer favored the Yamato, and Andrei's last torpedo hit the middle of the port side, and the ensuing violent vibration made the Japanese soldiers on the entire deck unstable.

The Japanese soldiers in the Yamato's cabin were in disarray, and the sea water continued to pour in from the breach, swallowing them mercilessly.

The entire hull of the ship also began to tilt to the left, and the Japanese sailors became more and more panicked, and everyone thought that the ship was about to sink when it was over

Ito immediately ordered the soldiers to use anti-flooding devices to block the incoming seawater.

The tilting trend was quickly curbed, and the Yamato's hull slowly regained its balance. However, the speed of the ship has also begun to decrease, and it is no longer possible to use the speed to dodge torpedo attacks as much as it did at the beginning.

Seeing that the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable, Ito immediately made corresponding tactical adjustments, trying to take the overwhelming power of the Americans away from the Yamato.

The Yaqiu and its sister ships abruptly broke away from the fleet and fled quickly north to distract enemy fighters.

This strategy was so effective that the American fighters thought that the two light cruisers were going to escape, and immediately organized some fighters to pounce on them.

But the price was great, and the two cruisers became the target of public criticism.

Half an hour later, a group of torpedoes fired by US torpedo attack planes concentrated in the engine room of the Yaqiu, and the crew suffered heavy casualties and the hull of the ship lost power.

(End of chapter)