"Sir, the submarine force has discovered the target location!" The command center of the Taishan was very busy, and the communications consultant was reporting the latest situation to Cheng Yaoheng.9
Cheng Yaoheng stood at the chart table, and the combat staff had placed the models representing the US fleet in their current position based on intelligence. "Ogasawara Islands? The enemy seems to be prepared." Chief of Staff Gao Xianshen said.
"The direction of the Japanese fleet?" Cheng Yaoheng thought for a while, then suddenly asked.
"I only know that after leaving the Kii waterway, the submarine forces could not track them." The combat staff replied.
Cheng Yaoheng nodded, ordered the fleet to turn northeast at full speed, widen the distance from Japan, and the fleet was serpentine anti-submarine maneuvering on the sea. He considered it and ordered the "Wuhan" and "Guangxi" to send bombers.
The torpedo fleet launched a counterattack against the US fleet between the Ogasawara islands 160 nautical miles away.
It is definitely not true that you just get beaten but don’t fight back.
About 16 US fearless dive bombers flew from the east to avoid the interception of Republican fighters and rushed into the defense circle of the Republican fleet from the sea. The "Jingjiang" frigate responsible for external defense first discovered the raided enemy.
The six 105mm main guns on the frigate opened fire immediately, intending to disperse the invading fleet.
The six aviation ships, as the main force, are nervously preparing to recover the first wave of attack fighter jets. The deck personnel of each ship are cleaning the decks and preparing for the return fighter jets to land.
Reconnaissance fighter jets have continuously issued reports of enemy aircraft approaching. The enemy's fighter jets come from both southeast and eastward. Judging from the number of aircraft, the US military has at least three aviation ships. Cheng Yaoheng soon realized that he was in a huge position.
In danger, the Americans set up a trap on their own, took advantage of the opportunity of the Republican army to attack Yokosuka, found out where the Republican fleet was, and then began to attack.
The only way to get rid of the current predicament is to fight back.
All 15 torpedo aircraft and 24 fearless attack aircraft that took off from Lexington and Saratoga were shot down. Although the f4f wildcats that escorted these bombers had good protection, their maneuverability and combat performance were poor, and they were basically
It is not the opponent of the FJ-108 Falcon-hunting fighter jet with a speed of 630 kilometers per hour in the Republican Navy. The 87 aircraft that took off from these two aviation ships were simply unable to break through the interception network of the Republican Navy's carrier-based aircraft.
But a squadron of fearless dive bombers taken off the Enterprise dodged radar search and quickly approached from a low altitude of more than 30 meters above sea surface. "Enemy bombers, 16° on the port side, approached at low altitude!"
The "Cobbdo" air defense cruiser in front also discovered the enemy planes approaching at high speed. Later, a team of torpedo planes also appeared in the sight of the eye.
The two teams of US fighter jets ignored the dense air defense firepower and threw away the escort warships, clinging to the sea, and rushed straight to the "Guangdong" located on the far left side of the fleet.
HNA fighter pilots risked being shot down by their own anti-aircraft artillery fire and rushed towards the enemy bombers. Most of the US torpedo planes hurriedly dropped torpedoes on the sea, but several aircraft still broke through the blockade of the anti-aircraft fire network.
Go straight to the "Guangdong".
Only five enemy Avenger torpedoes left dropped torpedoes on the sea before they were dropped. Several torpedoes rushed towards Guangdong with their white tracks. Guangdong was madly on the sea.
Massing evasion, the distance of 600 meters only takes 5 or 6 seconds for the torpedo sailing at 50 knots. Guangdong struggled to avoid two torpedoes, and another torpedo was too close to the bomb drop.
Passing under the hull of this ship, two torpedoes hit the port side of the warship.
Two dull explosions came from the bottom of the ship one after another. After that, a huge column of water rose from the front of the port side of the Guangdong, and the warship shaking violently on the sea surface.
Behind the Guangdong, the Kunlun Mountain battleship was also hit with a torpedo and two bombs, and thick smoke was emitting from the chimney of the warship.
"Oh my grandma, send all the remaining bombers on the ship and sank the American airships!" Cheng Yaoheng was furious. This was the first time he had suffered a great loss since he joined the war.
Without even seeing the enemy's shadow, the fleet ate several torpedoes and bombs in a row.
The Republican Navy's Jiangsu-class aviation ship is equipped with 6 flight squadrons, with a total of 102 carrier-based aircraft, while the Tianjin-class, with a displacement of 35,000 tons, is equipped with 7 flight squadrons, with a number of 124 carrier-based aircraft, and two waves of bombings at Yokosuka Port.
The operation dispatched about half of the aviation force, and then dispatched five squadrons of carrier-based aircraft from the "Wuhan" and "Guangxi" to launch a counterattack against the US fleet.
Cheng Yaoheng also sent out the only four bomber squadrons left on several warships.
Colonel Li Danyang, commander of the 6th Air Wing, led the first wave of counterattacks to approach the position of the US fleet reported by the submarine. He had two fighter squadrons, three attack aircraft squadrons and one torpedo aircraft squadron, a total of 101 aircraft.
airplane.
The target location is about 200 nautical miles away from the Republic Fleet. The 12th Fighter Squadron, which first arrived at the designated sea area, did not immediately find the US fleet operating in this sea area. Li Danyang immediately ordered the 18 fighter jets to be divided into three groups, east, southeast and
Search in three directions southwest.
According to his estimate, it was an hour and a half since the time when the submarine sent the telegram. The US fleet was likely to retreat immediately after launching the attack. Generally speaking, they would run 40 to 50 nautical miles away.
15 minutes later, Li Danyang and his team discovered the target on the sea.
"Col. At the direction of 13 o'clock, the enemy's fleet!" At this time, the fighter jet formation on the lower right side of his reported to him, "Oh my God, there are more than twenty warships!"
Li Danyang turned his gaze to the sea on the right. Sure enough, about ten nautical miles ahead of the right, under the clouds, he found the enemy's main force, and these warships were sailing at high speed in the southeast.
About thirty fighter jets took off from the two aviation ships, flying towards them, and the fuselages of the "big-headed fighter jets" painted with blue-gray camouflage flashed with metallic luster.
"All bomber formations should pay attention to the target, the target is about 50 nautical miles southeast of the scheduled location!" Li Danyang pulled his fighter jets to a high altitude. He needed to command this battle, rather than fighting with the enemy.
The other five fighter planes flew over to the enemy's fighter plane without fear.
Compared with the "Hunting Falcon" equipped with liquid-cooled engines, the f4f "Wild Cat" produced by Grumman looks thick and clumsy due to the air-cooled engine equipped. The thick radiator of the air-cooled engine also affects the fuselage.
The streamlined performance has a great impact on the improvement of speed.
The 11th Fighter Squadron and Bomber Group quickly flew over the battlefield, and the Republican Army quickly gained an air advantage...