Growth has to pay a price. Unfortunately, this time, when the young student Air Force paid the price for growth, it was in front of the enemy.
One moment a Chinese fighter plane was performing a difficult vertical maneuver, and the next moment it suddenly and inexplicably fell into the sea. Many Japanese soldiers saw this scene and smiled crookedly with joy, "Look, the Chinese will The plane went into the sea." "Didn't we shoot it down?"...
"Stupid Chinese people." In the end, some Japanese commented that the morale of the Arima Squadron suddenly increased by at least 10 percentage points.
The sound of anti-aircraft gunfire became louder. In the left airspace of the Yamashiro, near-misses exploded one after another. 1113 dodged and moved. Xiang Yong's eyes instantly became bloodshot and turned red. "Xiao Zhu, this is for you," he said softly. , flexibly manipulated the lever, and the fighter plane suddenly pulled up, then dived down, then turned sideways and flew towards the port side of the Yamashiro, "Click, click, click..." The onboard cannon roared, and orange-red flames flashed at the muzzle. Beating, second by second, more than a dozen shells hit the port side air defense platform of the Shancheng. In the rumbling explosion, three Japanese soldiers were blown away, and two of them were blown into the sea.
What happened to Xiao Zhu made all the students sweat. The white-tailed dolphin was too heavy and would sink if it fell into the water. As for Xiao Zhu, if he didn't commit suicide, he would definitely become a prisoner of the Japs.
The other two Baijis also swooped down. One of them, 1115, dropped an incendiary bomb when it passed by a cruiser. On the cruiser, a group of Japanese soldiers were lowering their escape boats towards the sea. The Baiji's engine room and cockpit were well sealed. , after a fierce dive into the sea, it actually floated up. The cruiser was very close to 1114, and the captain of the ship began to think of capturing the fighter plane and the Chinese pilot alive.
Zhang Jun, who was driving 1115, saw this, so he risked being hit by artillery fire and dived over and dropped an incendiary bomb.
The burning point landed very precisely, hitting the front deck of the cruiser. After a loud "boom", a huge fireball exploded. In an instant, the front deck of the ship was completely enveloped in flames. Once the napalm burned, , it can reach thousands of degrees Celsius in an instant. The next moment, the bombs in the main gun emplacement on the front deck could not withstand the high temperature and exploded. The explosions occurred continuously. The front half of the cruiser was immediately plunged into a sea of flames.
A cruiser blocking the left wing of the own ship suddenly exploded and caught fire. Many Japanese soldiers returned to war mode. They gritted their teeth and pulled the triggers and pull ropes. The sound of anti-aircraft gunfire became intensive again.
"It's an American incendiary bomb." Hidezaburo Ishikawa recognized the goods and immediately determined the origin of the incendiary bomb.
The Japanese had purchased this extremely destructive bomb from the United States, and had used it when bombing the Dongshan Naval Base of the Gakuin Army. Therefore, Arima knew something about the performance of this bomb. He once had a confident look on his face. It finally became gloomy. He turned his head and looked behind him, cursing: "Ba Ge, why haven't Tsukahara's aviation troops come over yet?"
The fighter planes taking off from the Kaga and other aircraft carriers are already rushing to the battlefield, but the distance of fifty kilometers will take some time, and out of their understanding of the performance of Xuebingjun fighter planes, the Japanese pilots do not dare to take risks alone, they need to form a formation In order to maintain the numerical advantage, this will inevitably take a certain amount of time. Therefore, although it has been nearly twenty minutes since the war started, the main force of the Japanese aviation force still failed to arrive on the battlefield.
After four Baijis, three Sky Fortresses finally appeared on the upper left side of the Yamashiro. Their huge bodies passed by the Yamashiro one after another, dropping hundreds of butterfly bombs along the way.
The seven reconnaissance planes released by the Yamashiro were very responsible. The Japanese pilots who flew them worked very hard to complete the mission of sniping and attracting firepower. However, the performance was too different and they had almost no weapons. So from the initial confrontation to the present, it seems Like tails falling behind Manjiang, they are more like spectators than participants in the war,
Butterfly bombs, this kind of bomb named by Ouyang Yun himself, were originally used to deal with airports or infantry phalanxes. The single hero asked Lan Huoshan to use them here, but they were used to destroy the artillery combat capabilities of enemy ships. From the very beginning, the single hero never thought about defeating the combined fleet. Therefore, the strategies he formulated were all aimed at repelling the enemy forces. Instead of using heavy bombs or even torpedoes, he only used butterfly bombs. Incendiary bombs are based on this strategy,
Facts have proved that his decision was correct and effective.
The bombs were falling all over the sky. Even if only one tenth could hit the target, the destructive power would be enough for the little devil. Three air fortresses passed by the Yamashiro, and at least 500 of the nearly 4,000 butterfly bombs hit the target. , in an instant, the Yamashiro was surrounded by fireworks set off by continuous explosions,
Explosions came one after another, and 70% of the Japanese ship's air defense platforms were attacked. The Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Immediately, screams and wails could be heard on the Yamashiro. Although the explosion radius of each butterfly bomb was only about three meters , but the destructive power is quite astonishing. Anyone within the explosion radius or an anti-aircraft weapon will be riddled with holes or deformed in an instant.
"Boom." Suddenly, a water reconnaissance aircraft exploded. In a dazzling fireball, the water reconnaissance aircraft disintegrated in the air. The torn body, including the pilot's limbs, splashed everywhere, as if a huge bomb had been released. fireworks,
"Ba Ge, you stupid pig." Arima cursed, his face turned green with anger.
The Japanese pilot flying the water reconnaissance aircraft did not know how to assess the situation. He continued to pursue the situation, and ended up being caught in a rain of butterfly bombs. At least three butterfly bombs hit the water reconnaissance aircraft, and the above scene occurred.
Xiang Yong's attack was just the beginning. The Yamashiro had just been bombarded by a wave of butterfly bullets, leaving the ship numb. Blue Volcano rushed to the battlefield with eight other White-Jined Dolphins.
After a simple handover with Manjiang, Lan Huoshan took over the command. As soon as he spoke on the public channel, he brought bad news to everyone: "Brothers, Manjiang Deputy Brigade and Wuzhishan Radar Station have just discovered... The main fleet of the Little Devils has already taken off. We don’t have much time. Now, let’s continue to attack the flagship. Remember, one wave of attacks. No matter what the results are, after the attack, we will immediately leave the battlefield and fly straight to Guangzhou. Do you understand? .”
"Yes." The students agreed loudly,
At this moment, other fighter planes led by Man Jiang had approached the waters where the Yamashiro was located. Blue Volcano gave an order, and the fighter planes launched the attack first. Then, the other seven teacher bombers also joined in, and finally, the two Sky Fortresses,