When the main fleet of the Japanese Third Aircraft Carrier Task Group encountered a double attack from submarines and air attacks, the ships of the Japanese assault fleet that were passing through the minefield were also attacked. The Temple
Groups of Air Force bombers and Hainan Airlines torpedo planes bravely rushed towards the Japanese warships, which had no air defense formation at all. One of the Air Force's dive bomber squadrons was assigned the task of destroying the "Haruna" high-speed battleship.
Facing the air attack of the Anjia military aircraft group, the "Haruna" battle cruiser had sixteen Type 98 100mm twin anti-aircraft guns, twenty-four 40mm Bofors cannons, and ninety-four 20mm Oerlikon cannons.
The cannon fired violently into the air.
Suddenly, a diving B2 bomber was hit by artillery fire. Before it could drop aerial bombs, the plane turned into a ball of fire, and then two more fighters were hit by shrapnel.
"Brother Ge, the firepower is so fierce. I will lead the first and second teams to attract the enemy's firepower, and the other three teams will kill it resolutely!" The voice of Captain Pu Tianyu, the leader of the 4th Squadron in Chengdu, Sichuan, came from the communicator.
, seemed unusually calm.
Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou watched the squadron leader leading five B2 bombers dive down from a distance, twisting his body desperately in the low altitude, dodging left and right in the black smoke that frequently exploded, and felt extremely worried. At this time, there happened to be a HNA nearby
fish
The torpedo thrown by the torpedo plane hit a destroyer. The violent explosion made the Japanese air defense troops on the "Haruna" battle cruiser eclipse each other. They were wary of the low-altitude dive bombers, and nearly half of the anti-aircraft firepower could not help but be attracted.
Seeing the opportunity that the squadron leader and his comrades had fought for with their lives, Zhang Xiaoou took a deep breath, put the plane's flaps to the cruising position, adjusted the elevator and rudder, released the speed brake, and then the nose of the plane sank, and the blue sky
The sea and the target—the battle cruiser "Haruna" appeared directly in front of her field of vision.
The wind and black smoke blew towards my face. The place where the anti-aircraft shells exploded was no longer far away. The "bang bang" explosion sounded almost in my ears. The plane was shaking constantly due to the oscillating air flow. This air flow
A small part of the change came from the monsoon winds in the Bohai Sea, and the rest was caused by the anti-aircraft shells of the Japanese fleet below.
The B2 bomber dived down at high speed. In Zhang Xiaoou's eyes, the outline of the high-speed battleship as the flagship of the assault fleet became increasingly clear. The enemy ship's 219.4-meter-long and 31.02-meter-wide hull looked like a ship floating in the sea.
Steel island, four-seat 356
The 45mm main gun turret is so powerful and majestic. For today's Nanhua, there is only the "Dunkirk" class "Honour", and the "Glorious" battlecruiser is equivalent to its strength.
The Richelieu-class battleship Dawn had more firepower than the Haruna.
Since the "Haruna" battle cruiser was refitted for the second time, 36 oil-coal mixed-fired boilers were replaced with 11 heavy oil-fired boilers. Even at the critical moment of escaping from the air attack, black smoke came out of the thick chimney.
It was not dense, but in front of Zhang Xiaoou at this time, there was a large plume of thick smoke rising from the battleship. Those were the four 25-mm missiles dropped by the B1 bomber last night.
As a result of the hits from 0kg-class aerial bombs and two 305mm-caliber fortress gun shells, the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets of the "Haruna" are now seriously damaged, but this has not affected its power system at all. This high-speed battleship is operating at
At a speed of twenty knots, it continued to sail towards the western sea area, trying to break away from the water minefield as soon as possible in order to conduct maximum air defense evasion.
If it were not restricted by the minefields on both sides, the "Haruna" could reach a maximum speed of thirty knots, which would be more advantageous for evading air attacks. In the dawn light, the enemy ships were clearly visible with flashes of fire. There were as many as 134 guns.
Traces of various anti-aircraft guns and machine guns firing desperately.
After passing through the smoke screen formed by the explosion of anti-aircraft shells, Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou suddenly saw a series of bright spots in front of his eyes. They were machine gun shells and machine gun bullets with tracers added. The B2 bomber flown by three comrades just now was in
I was shot down by these seemingly beautiful bright spots while diving.
Zhang Xiaoou kept glancing at the readings on the instrument panel out of the corner of her eyes. At this time, the plane she was driving was diving downward at a high speed at a dive angle of nearly 80 degrees and a speed of more than 600 kilometers. She held her hands tightly
The control stick and elevator had become extremely heavy at this time. As a weak female pilot, she had to spend a lot of effort to adjust her aiming point.
In such a sea-air battle, the "Haruna" had almost sailed out of the minefield, and the B2 bomber piloted by Zhang Xiaoou was less than 800 meters away from the "Haruna".
"Dong dong dong——"
Three rounds of 12.7 mm anti-aircraft machine gun bullets hit the armored shell of the B2 bomber's engine without any bias. The fleeting but very dazzling sparks shocked Zhang Xiaoou. She frowned, praying in her heart that the engine of her plane would not be damaged.
Something went wrong.
However, if the engine stopped rotating at this moment, Zhang Xiaoou would not hesitate to choose to ram into the enemy ship. I believe that the machine gunner Sergeant Tan Yan sitting behind him would not have any objection to this. ""
The bullet that bounced off the armor grazed the cockpit of Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou. Fortunately, there were no problems with the propeller or the engine itself. Zhang Xiaoou was overjoyed and glanced at the altimeter again out of the corner of his eye. It happened to show very high
Appropriate bomb drop height.
However, Zhang Xiaoou remained unmoved, and the fighter plane continued to swoop down at a very high speed. She waited for a shorter distance to obtain higher bombing accuracy.
Next to a two-mounted 12.7mm machine gun on the port side of the "Haruna" battle cruiser, a Japanese naval air defense officer wearing a helmet pointed at eight silver-gray fighter planes that were diving rapidly and shouted loudly. The naval air defense officer sitting in the shooting position said,
Rapidly turning the horizontal rotating handle, the whole body vibrated at an extremely high frequency. Almost every second, a string of yellow bullet casings were thrown out from the machine gun ejection port.
At this time, there was already a thick pile of bullet casings piled up on the deck. The ammunition feeders on both sides were holding bullets packed in iron boxes. As soon as the gunfire stopped, they quickly replaced the two-machine gun.
A magazine filled with bullets.
When the Anjiajun fighter plane at the front was finally put into the machine gun sight, the Japanese air defense soldier in charge of shooting screamed in terror and fled from the shooting position almost reflexively. The others didn't know why and looked up.
, only three black aerial bombs were seen leaving the fighter plane, and in an instant they were directly above the head.
Second Lieutenant Zhang Xiaoou dropped the aerial bomb and endured the huge centrifugal force caused by the aircraft coming out of the dive. The fighter plane barely passed the mast of the "Haruna" battle cruiser, flew a certain distance before returning to normal, and quickly climbed into the air.
Behind her, the "Haruna" was hit by three 500-kilogram-class aerial bombs. Thick smoke billowed out after the violent explosion.
Within one minute after Zhang Xiaoou dropped the bomb, the remaining seven bombers successfully broke through the Japanese warship's air defense net and dropped twenty-one 500 kilogram-class aerial bombs on the "Haruna". The warship was violently
Surrounded by explosions and blazing fire, it blocked the entrance of the passage lined with mines on both sides and became motionless.
Behind the "Haruna", the Japanese fleet spread out in a "one" shape, and almost simultaneously encountered disaster. As torpedo planes and dive bombers launched their force one after another, the Japanese warships that could not escape were hit by bombs one after another, and were sunk by torpedoes.
At seven o'clock sharp, the shore-to-ship missile force launched a second round of anti-ship missiles, and seven Japanese aircraft carriers were fatally hit again. At this time, dive bombers also targeted these seven big guys, causing continuous violent explosions, resulting in
The number of Japanese air defense combat personnel on the aircraft carrier was rapidly reduced.
The entire battle ended at 11 o'clock in the morning. With the Japanese fleet's anti-aircraft firepower basically destroyed, about 300 helicopters carried out rappelling operations on the Japanese warships floating on the sea. After wiping out all the Japanese warships who were stubbornly resisting,
Seven severely damaged aircraft carriers that were slowly sinking were taken under the control of Anjiajun sailors and began rescue operations.
What is particularly incredible is that the battlecruisers "Kongo" and "Haruna", which had multiple fires on their hulls, water in their compartments, and were already tilting heavily and were abandoned by the Japanese, were miraculously preserved.
After repairing at the Lushun and Dalian shipyards, you can join the Anjia Army navy sequence.
In this battle, three Japanese army divisions were wiped out, more than 30,000 naval officers and soldiers were killed or captured, and all light and heavy cruisers, "Akiyue" class destroyers, landing ships and transport ships were sunk. Because the Bohai Sea is very shallow,
These ships can be salvaged using floating docks for repairs.
The Anjia Army's anti-landing operation was a complete success.
...
At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 16th, on the streets of Nanjing.
"Outside, outside, the Anjia army in the Yingkou waters of the Bohai Sea will wipe out all the invading enemies!"
"Extra, extra, the Japanese navy suffered an unprecedented defeat. All ships including seven aircraft carriers, two battleships, four cruisers, and more than 30 destroyers were sunk in the sand!"
"Off the mark, off the mark, the enemy leader, Lieutenant General Tsukahara 243, commander of the Japanese Navy's third aircraft carrier task force, died in the bombing of the Anjia Army Air Force, and Lieutenant General Kato Torajiro, commander of the Japanese Army's Seventh Army, also died in the sea!"
"Extra, extra, General Yang Fei, deputy chief of staff of the Anjia Army, announced at a press conference held in Beijing at 2 p.m.: The East Asian coastline from Temple Street to Xingzhou is under the strict protection of the Anjia Army Air Force. All officers and soldiers of the Anjia Army
Have confidence to repel all invaders!"
General Stilwell, the chief of staff of the Allied Asia-Pacific Theater, was driving in a car on Zhongshan Road. When he heard the cries of newsboys outside, Stilwell felt something in his heart and signaled the driver, Staff Sergeant David, to stop.
Soon, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Yaohan, the secretary and translator, bought the extra issues published by several newspapers. After the vehicle started, he read the news to Stilwell one by one.
The streets were crowded with people, people were celebrating, and the vehicles were moving slowly. After hearing this, Stilwell was very excited and immediately said to the driver: "David, let's return to Qilu immediately. I want to discuss the dispatch of troops with Chairman Chiang again...
..Oh my god, the Japanese navy is completely missing.
In an aircraft carrier formation, in addition to the loss of ships, the Japanese Navy's most critical naval aviation force lost at least more than 2,000 people. As a result, the balance of strength between the enemy and ourselves has greatly changed. The troop dispatch agreement we reached with the National Government should be advanced
"As the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Asia-Pacific Theater, Chairman Chiang, who deliberately conserves his strength for future use in the civil war, will probably not change his original intention...According to the agreement, we can only wait for our navy to capture Ceylon and Madagascar and secure the Indian Ocean
Only after the sea route was secured did Chairman Chiang agree to send troops!"
Stilwell was quite frustrated when he heard this, and immediately said angrily:
"This peanut, I don't know what his elm head is thinking. The troops we withdrew from the Philippines were not allowed to do this or that. They stayed in the Pudong Military Camp in Shanghai for two or three years. They even participated in the recapture of Shandong, China.
The North China region is not allowed. On the contrary, the leader of the Communist Party is quite pioneering and enterprising and is worthy of cooperation... Chiang is really a mentally retarded villain. I really don’t know how he got to where he is today!"
Dou En echoed: "Yes, Japan has sent 30,000 troops to West Africa by South China Air Force transport planes to train with the Free French army. They will soon join the North African battlefield, but as the Asia-Pacific Alliance
The commander-in-chief of the army, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, has yet to stand still, and the expeditionary force that was supposed to be formed in the plan has yet to be seen, which is unacceptable..."
Upon hearing this, Stilwell calmed down: "Now that the South China Army and the Japanese Army have shown enough sincerity, I think Chairman Chiang, who urgently needs to be recognized by all countries in the world, will definitely not be able to sit still. If he does not want to be recognized by international public opinion and
If China is at a disadvantage in terms of public opinion, it will inevitably make changes...I believe it won't be long before an expeditionary force will be formed!"
As a Chinese, Liu Yaohan listened on the sidelines. Since the topic involved the Supreme Leader, he did not dare to say a word and turned his attention to the window - countless Nanjing people took to the streets with colorful flags and slogans in hand to celebrate the achievements of the war against Japan.
A great victory.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ps: Please subscribe, recommend tickets and monthly tickets, thank you!