The "Kaga" aircraft carrier is a Nagato-class aircraft carrier designed and built by Japan itself. It was built by the Kobe Kawasaki Shipyard in 2021. The original design was a battleship. Later, subject to the restrictions on battleships under the Washington Naval Treaty, it was transformed into an aircraft carrier.
, it was completed and delivered to the Navy in 2008. The "Kaga" was stationed in Sasebo in 34
The naval shipyard carried out modernization and modifications and converted it into a full-passage flight deck. The upper flight deck was lengthened and widened, and the structure was strengthened and extended to the bow of the ship for column support. After the modification, the "Kaga" has a full load displacement of 42,541 tons and a main engine output of 127,400
horsepower, a maximum speed of 28 knots, and a carrying capacity of 81 aircraft.
Since its commissioning, the "Kaga" has been organized into the First Air Force with the aircraft carrier Akagi. Since then, the two ships have jointly performed missions and participated in the December 28th Incident that broke out in Shanghai in 2032. Several carrier-based aircraft of the Kaga have
It bombed Suzhou and Hangzhou respectively, and had the experience of fighting against the weak aviation force of the Anjia Army at the time. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the "Kaga" has been operating in Chinese waters and is currently temporarily assigned to the command of the Second Fleet.
Lieutenant General Zengo Yoshida, commander of the Japanese Second Fleet, is 52 years old this year. It has been less than a month since he was transferred from the commander of the training fleet to the current commander of the second fleet.
At present, the Second Fleet has more than 40 large and small ships, including the "Kaohsiung" and "Maya" under the jurisdiction of the fourth team, which can be called the most powerful heavy cruisers of this era, and the "Nachi" and "Haha" of the fifth team.
There are three 10,000-ton heavy cruisers "Black" and "Ashigara", and the 11th mine squadron of the Second Mine Squadron has the light cruiser "Kamitsu" as the command ship.
The Fourth Mine Squadron consists of ten destroyers with the "Kiso" light cruiser as its flagship, and the Second Diving Squadron consists of seven submarines with the "Kiso" class submarine carrier as its flagship. In addition, it is specially strengthened for the execution of missions.
The Kaga aircraft carrier gave fleet commander Zengo Yoshida an exciting and complacent mood to look down on all living beings.
At 1:25 noon, the fleet commander's office on the heavy cruiser "Kaohsiung", the flagship of the Second Fleet.
"General, except for the two Tamakis, all the twenty-four fighters of the First United Air Force's sortie returned safely. Colonel Totsuka and Colonel Sanami called to thank the soldiers for the sortie!" Lieutenant Colonel Toshihei Inoguchi, the fleet staff officer, said happily.
He opened the door and reported to Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo.
Zengo Yoshida was in front of the window at this time, looking at the sparkling sea and trying to figure out the latest instructions from the military headquarters. He turned his head when he heard the sound and scolded: "Baga! Why did you come in without knocking? Don't you know that you can't do anything casually in the commander's office?"
Breaking in and out?"
Inoguchi Toshihei was so frightened that he quickly bowed and apologized, secretly complaining in his heart, wondering why I had forgotten the temper of this new commander?
It turned out that Yoshida Zengo, who graduated from the Naval War School and Naval University, was very picky about everything and hated being unorganized. Whenever he had free time, he would go to the ships under the fleet to ask about trivial matters. He seemed to be uneasy about everything, such as
He had to revise the documents drafted by his staff officers word for word every time, and even the particles used in the messages had to be revised one by one.
He often scolded the generals around him for trivial matters, so much so that his auxiliary officers suspected that he was "a little neurotic." Yoshida Zengo rarely ate with the officers and soldiers, and never drank alcohol.
He never eats dried fish because he thinks it is unhygienic. It can be said that Zengo Yoshida is a person with eccentricities that makes everyone around him tremble.
Yoshida Zengo took a glance at the telegram and put it on the table. When he saw Rear Admiral Miki Taichi, the chief of staff of the fleet, following Toshipei Inoguchi into the room, he frowned and said:
"In response to an unescorted China transport plane, two Imperial fighter planes crashed. You still want to take credit for such a poor performance? What do you think of the Imperial Navy's meritorious service?"
Miki Taishi waved his hand, signaling Inoguchi Minpei to step back, and said to Zengo Yoshida with a smile:
"Commander, no matter what, the First United Air Force has cleared the biggest obstacle to the empire's conquest of China, and we should congratulate it both logically and rationally. Now that the storm has subsided, but Totsuka-kun sent the United Air Force that It was a storm, but there was thunder and lightning. To be able to take off and land safely in this kind of weather and successfully shoot down the China General's plane is already a quite remarkable achievement."
Zengo Yoshida did not want to refute the face of Major General Taiichi Miki, who was also the commander of the fifth fleet under the fleet, and said in a polite manner:
"Okay, in the name of the Second Fleet Headquarters, I would like to congratulate the officers and soldiers who have made great achievements. We will ask the Navy Department for awards later."
Miki Taiichi nodded, came to the door and called in the staff officer Inoguchi Toshihei who was waiting for orders, and Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo dictated the message.
Shortly after Toshihei Inoguchi left, a burst of cheers and shouts came from the "Kaga" in the distance. Zengo Yoshida pointed out the window with a straight face:
"Look? These people can't be too indulgent! What's the point of making such a quarrel? I hope they don't drink too much. Otherwise, don't blame the ruthless military law!"
"Haha, don't worry, the boys will not disappoint the commander. By the way, when will we..." Before Miki Taishi finished speaking, there was a dense "buzzing" sound in the sky The roar of the aircraft motor.
Zengo Yoshida's brows were raised: "Bagya Road! Not long after it became quiet just now, why did Totsuka Michutaro send fighter planes to the sky again? Don't you know that the fleet is about to return?"
Chief of Staff Taichi Miki's expression changed, and he quickly rushed out of the room and ran towards the side of the ship. Zengo Yoshida thought something was wrong and ran out as well. Miki Taiichi held on to the railing and saw that the sky was densely packed with fighter planes. The shadows were overwhelming and fell towards the stagnant fleet.
Miki Taiichi's expression changed drastically, and he looked at the equally pale Yoshida Zengo, and panicked and yelled at the staff officers who had gathered around and looked up in stunned silence:
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Sound the battle alarm! Sound the battle alarm!"
"The fleet will start immediately and avoid the open sea!"
In the sky, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Bangqiang, leader of the 4th Squadron of the Air Regiment, who had just emerged from the clouds, saw the densely packed Japanese ships on the sea below and shouted in excitement:
"We found the Japanese fleet, which is only about eight kilometers away from us. The entire fleet lowers its altitude! Get ready to attack!"
Colonel Zhou Yunlai, the captain of the 1st Squadron who rushed to the front of the entire fighter group and was automatically promoted to commander during the battle according to the command line of the 1st Air Regiment, quickly issued the battle order:
"All attention, all attention! The target is the Japanese fleet in the one o'clock direction. The fourth and fifth squadrons are the first to attack the Japanese aircraft carrier. The first, second and third squadrons cover it, and the sixth squadron is on alert. Remember: Wait for the solution. After finishing the aircraft carrier, look for other Japanese warships to be unlucky. All attack!"
As the fighter jet group rapidly approached the enemy ship, every pilot saw the current battlefield situation clearly: They probably did not expect to be attacked. The formation of this fleet was loose and spread out in a long snake formation.
, the mighty ships extend for two or three nautical miles, as can be seen from the huge muzzles of many warships pointing slantingly at the sky.
This is definitely the main fleet of the Japanese army. As they were waiting for their fighter planes to return, the entire Second Fleet did not set sail. On the deck of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier at the rear of the fleet, there were more than 20 fighter planes neatly arranged.
Many people on the deck saw the threat appearing and looked up blankly, somewhat at a loss.
As fighter planes came over the Japanese warships, the Japanese woke up from a dream. The air defense sirens sounded shrilly. The five destroyers surrounding the "Kaga" aircraft carrier panicked, and many Japanese officers and soldiers ran around helplessly.
Go. Since the Japanese Navy's famous "Qiuyue" class air defense destroyer has not yet been developed at this time, all destroyers
The number of anti-aircraft artillery equipment for destroyers is basically zero. However, most of the main cruisers of the fleet that are far away from the aircraft carrier have anti-aircraft firepower, but the combat personnel are not available for a while. Therefore, in a short period of time, the "Kaga" aircraft carrier can only rely on its own equipment.
The 22 Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft guns fired fiercely at the direction of the incoming Chinese fighter planes.
However, the Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun has begun to lag behind the times. First of all, it is small in power, and the 25mm caliber has very limited effect on aircraft equipped with armor protection. Secondly, the range is short. The firing height of the Type 96 25mm cannon is only three meters.
Kilometers are useless for bombers that are diving to attack. The clear point is that they fire after seeing the bombers dive and drop bombs, and at this time the enemy plane has already dropped the bombs and left; the third is
Since the 25mm anti-aircraft gun uses a 15-round fixed magazine supply method, it must stop firing every time the magazine is changed, which greatly reduces the air defense efficiency, which is less than one-third of the theoretical rate of fire; the fourth is the Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun
The machine gun is not equipped with armor protection. This is mainly because if armor protection is installed, it will increase the weight and stability of the warship, which is not conducive to the maneuverability of the warship, which means sacrificing the life of the gunner.
Therefore, the tragedy of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier was doomed from the beginning.
Keeping an eye on the target in front of him, Lieutenant Colonel Huang Bangqiang, leader of the 4th Squadron of the Air Regiment, piloted an AB26 bomber, swooped down from the sky above the "Kaga", and aimed the bombing point at the middle of the deck of the aircraft carrier.
The ab26 made a shrill scream. As it rushed down faster and faster, the screams made when the high-speed airflow rubbed against the body became more and more harsh. This kind of sound that usually makes goose bumps sounds, but now it
It was as if the sound of nature strongly stimulated Huang Bangqiang's nerves. He couldn't help but roar loudly, and pressed the bomb release button only two to three hundred meters away from the deck of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier.
The bomb bay was quickly opened, and the armor-piercing bombs quickly detached from the aircraft body after ejection, and roared down to the deck below. Most of the celebrating Japanese pilots boarded the fighter planes before the crisis came, started the engines one after another, and prepared to take off to meet the enemy.
Huang Bangqiang smiled slightly, yelled "It's done" at the intercom, and then yanked the nose of the plane, exerting the power to the extreme with a huge impact, pressing his whole body firmly on the seat. Xufu Aircraft Factory Experience
The AB26, developed over many years by Bo Zade, the leader of bombers in the United States and the United States, passed like lightning from a hundred meters above the "Kaga" aircraft carrier.
At this time, behind the ab26 bomber, an armor-piercing projectile weighing 50 kilograms accurately hit the middle of the deck of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier. However, it did not explode immediately, but penetrated two consecutive layers.
The deck, like a slippery monkey, entered the lower hangar of the aircraft carrier before it began to exert its power and exploded violently.
Almost instantly, the hangar of the "Kaga" aircraft carrier became the flashpoint of disaster. In the violent explosion, everything was swallowed up by the flames and shrapnel.