Chapter five hundred and sixty-eighth hits the Kirishima
The Japanese anti-aircraft troops on the twelve Japanese ships had already been in their positions. They were originally vigilant in the front, but now they received new orders. They shook the handles or directly turned the platforms and gunshots. Soon, they were ready to attack. In preparation, the twelve Japanese ships were all equipped with heavy anti-aircraft guns that could shoot up to 8,000 meters high. These anti-aircraft guns were the first to attack Xu Mengyong's troops. The guns roared, and flames spewed out from the twelve Japanese ships one after another. Around Xu Mengyong's headquarters, clouds of smoke suddenly exploded, or shells roared past. The Tiger Shark was a dive bomber, each equipped with two 500-kilogram heavy aerial bombs. Twenty-four Tiger Sharks, They will also be the first to launch an attack. They form a formation of two aircraft. Under the leadership of their respective lead aircraft, they are divided into three small groups in an orderly manner and attack the three battleships. As the distance gets closer, the Japanese ship launches There are more anti-aircraft weapons. From Xu Mengyong's perspective, on the sea surface with streaks of water, on the front and right side of them, twelve Japanese ships are arranged in a Z-shaped formation, with three destroyers rushing forward, and then three Behind the battleships, there are three heavy cruisers, and between the battleships and the heavy cruisers, there are three destroyers. The gunfire on the battleships is the most intense. From a bird's eye view, all you can see is tongues of flames, and there are tracer bullets that make obvious bullet marks. Flying over at a high altitude, it seems that it can hit its vehicle in the next moment; the scale of artillery fire on the heavy cruiser is slightly smaller, but perhaps because it is equipped with more machine guns, it has the highest firing frequency; compared with battleships and heavy cruisers In comparison, the artillery fire on the destroyer was much weaker, but it covered the flanks of the battleship very well and did not give our own side a chance to make a surprise attack.
"Steady, let me reiterate, target, main gun emplacement." Xu Mengyong shouted on the intercom, then controlled the fighter, made a sharp left turn, and turned the throttle when the wing was at an angle of about 180 degrees with the sea. When it is increased to the maximum, turning the fuselage sideways and sweeping quickly can reduce the bomb-receiving surface. This is often a common method for fighter planes to break through the ground (sea) air defense fire network.
As soon as Xu Mengyong made this move, his wingman pilot immediately deflected the fuselage and followed him quickly over a distance of more than 300 meters. After them, the other three two-plane formations of the cluster followed. They also followed suit. Suddenly, the eight Tiger Sharks turned around like eight swifts and rushed towards the battleship Hyuga.
Takasu Shiro was looking up in the captain's room of the battleship Hyuga. He saw that although the artillery fire from his side was strong, it could not hit the enemy aircraft. He was quite dissatisfied with the performance of the air defense force and was very dissatisfied with the captain of the Hyuga on the side, Matsuda Chiaki. The colonel said sharply: "Matsuda-kun, how do you usually train, why can't you stop the Chinese people?"
In a contest between fighter planes and battleships, no matter how fierce the battleship's anti-aircraft firepower is, it still belongs to the shield side. In the contest between spears and shields, spears have an inherent advantage. The Hyuga battleship and three frigates have dense air defense firepower. Yes, but it is impossible to completely cover the entire airspace. Moreover, the fighter planes of the Xuebing Army are known for their speed, and those who launched a surprise attack on them at this moment are obviously the elite of the Xuebing Army's Pacific Aviation Force. They failed to complete the medium and long-range interception. , it is normal. Of course, there is a strict hierarchy between superiors and subordinates in the Japanese army. Matsuda dared to think this in his heart, but he did not dare to say it with his mouth. He bowed repeatedly to show his respect, then said that he would personally take command, and then exited the captain's room. , personally went to an anti-aircraft turret next to the captain’s room to take command,
The eight-machine group led by Xu Mengyong took the lead in launching the attack. However, it was the Zhang Jinyun group responsible for attacking the Kirishima that made the first achievements. After Zhang Jinyun's unit broke through the Japanese ship's medium-range air defense firepower network, he was concerned about the enemy ship's approach. Cheng Cheng had too many anti-aircraft weapons, so he ordered each formation to move freely, and then he and his wingman performed continuous roll maneuvers, lowering the fighter planes to a height of only tens of meters above the sea. At this time, they were only a thousand weapons away from the stern of the Kirishima. The distance of 3 meters immediately attracted indiscriminate bombardment from multiple anti-aircraft batteries at the rear of the ship. At the most dangerous time, bullets even hit the cockpit and almost penetrated the armor of the cockpit. I heard Zhang Jinyun broke into a cold sweat at the harsh sound of metal collision coming from the front of the fuselage. He immediately pulled up the fighter plane, climbed sharply, and passed by the Kirishima under the "farewell" of nearly ten anti-aircraft machine guns. , during the rapid sweep, the shadow of the Kirishima's main gun would appear in the bombsight's sight, so he pressed the throw button and then pulled the fuselage sideways to be perpendicular to the sea level.
Separated by a distance of about two hundred meters, two heavy bombs roared down. One hit the Kirishima's No. 3 main gun battery at the stern, and the other hit the sea less than two meters away from the stern. , two bombs exploded one after another, the former with the most astonishing force. Not counting the dismemberment of the bombed main gun and the Japanese inside, it also created a bomb with a diameter of more than thirty meters and a height of more than fifty meters. The mushroom cloud, while the latter set off a huge wave of tens of meters, tore a large gap in the stern of the Kirishima, directly exposing the propeller below that was deformed by the impact.
During the violent explosion, the Kirishima shook violently. Many Japanese were unable to stand and fell to the ground. The more unlucky ones even bumped into the deck or bulkhead, causing a bloody head. The ship's anti-aircraft firepower was stagnant, and the time for which the anti-aircraft firepower was stagnant was not long, only two or three seconds at best. However, it was enough for the other students in Zhang Jinyun's group who had been looking for a breakthrough. Zhang Jinyun Wingman Bao Lingquan took the lead to seize the opportunity and dropped the bomb. However, I don’t know if it was affected by the shaking of the Kirishima, or if the height of the bomb he dropped was too high. Although he was aiming at the No. 4 main body of the Kirishima, The bombs were dropped by the artillery battery, but they accidentally missed the target. None of the two bombs hit the ship's hull. They only exploded on the sea surface on the left wing within ten meters of the Kirishima, setting off waves of dozens of meters, causing the fog to rise. The Island had a big turbulence,
After Bao Lingquan dropped the bombs, he did not forget to look back when he pulled up the fighter plane. He saw no new mushroom cloud, only two waves. He was filled with hatred and cursed: "NND, you missed the target."
Zhang Jinyun had already raised the fighter plane to a certain height at this time. When he turned around, he saw the Kirishima experiencing violent turbulence. The Japanese anti-aircraft soldiers on the ship stood up and fell down. Many people collided with each other. Hearing this, he encouraged: "It's okay, it works." Not bad either.”
The effect is of course good. Zhang Jinyun just stopped the anti-aircraft firepower on the Kirishima. Now, the Japanese soldiers are unable to get up in the violent turbulence. The anti-aircraft firepower has almost stopped completely. As a result, , but gave the remaining six Tiger Sharks a great opportunity to perform. Just when Zhang Jinyun encouraged Bao Lingquan, four Tiger Sharks dived down, although one of them was hit by anti-aircraft fire during the dive. Hit, the fuselage exploded and caught fire, but the four Tiger Sharks successfully completed the bombing. Five of the eight heavy bombs hit the Kirishima, and four of them hit the middle front of the Kirishima. The four main turrets of the Island, No. 1 and No. 2 located in the front are closely adjacent, and were hit by two bombs one after another. They were completely torn into pieces in the violent explosion. Not only that, the bridge was also hit by one bomb, including the bridge. and the main engine chimney were all blown away. At this point, the Kirishima had actually lost its combat effectiveness. In other words, the Zhang Jinyun cluster had completed its mission.
(Old Poisoner: I’m back from Xuzhou, but I have to make up for my colleagues’ shifts first, so I’ll try to resume three days and six updates from the day after tomorrow)