The captain of this Japanese bomber was a veteran. He used the cover of the sun to quietly approach the two submarines below. He planned to fly straight to within 2,000 meters and then dive down. He would drop two bombs in a row and sink one first.
But just after approaching a distance of about 5,000 meters, the Japanese pilot realized something was wrong - two thick lines of fire flew straight up towards him, grazing the front end of the aircraft, and almost hit it. Immediately afterwards, another submarine did the same "
"Fly up." Two bright lines of fire almost hit the wings of the bomber. The front decks of the two submarines were violently spitting flames.
"No, I was discovered!"
The captain cursed lowly, pulled the control stick, and the plane tilted over and ducked to one side. Unexpectedly, the two Ming submarines were so alert as soon as they left the Zhoushan Islands. He was "invisible" with the help of solar flares, so far away
The distance was discovered... The submarine below had to keep its eyes on the sun.
This was a twin-engine bomber. It moved slowly. The four lines of fire from the two 40mm Bofors cannons below were chasing it. Bright tracer bullets were flying in the front, rear, left and right of the aircraft. The crew of the Japanese bomber was all naked.
I was sweating profusely and my heart was in my throat. I never expected that the Ming army's submarine anti-aircraft fire was so powerful. It must be a 40mm machine gun to be able to fire so powerfully at a distance of several thousand meters.
"I'll go around to the back of the enemy ship!" the captain shouted through the headset, "and then dive. The machine gunner is going to strafe to suppress it! The bombardier!"
"roar!"
"As soon as I start my dive, open the magazine and prepare to aim!"
"Hi!"
The heavy bomber roared, turned its body, tried its best to get rid of the pursuit of the 40mm shells, and circled in the air.
No matter how bulky a bomber is, it is still an airplane, and its maneuverability cannot be compared to that of a submarine. After a while, the bomber moved behind the two submarines. The Bofors cannon on the front deck of the submarine was blocked by the control tower and could not be fired backwards. The Japanese aircraft entered
The blind spot of the 40mm gun was eliminated.
"Yoshi!"
The Japanese captain showed a ferocious smile, pulled down his goggles, and revealed the "Long-term Military Luck" sun flag strip wrapped on his forehead. He slowly pushed down the control stick, and the plane began to tilt and dive downwards.
His eyes were slightly squinted behind the goggles, and every muscle on his face was tense, staring intently at the submarine below.
The machine gunner under the seat was holding the gun handle and aiming at the submarine below, preparing to fire as soon as it entered the shooting range. The bombardier behind had already pushed the magazine open and his eyes were on the sight. The blood of the entire crew was boiling, ready to fire.
"Slaughter" the two submarines below.
"They should have dived long ago..." the captain said with a grin, "but it's too late now..."
After that, I saw that the fire was covered in front of me. With a loud noise of "Ding Ding Dang", the machine gunman screamed in the headset, and then there was no sound.
The captain was stunned, stared, and murmured three syllables:
"Ma...Masaka..."
"Bah bang bang!"
The cockpit glass was covered with several large white spots, and several thumb-thick bullets were smoking and spinning on the ground.
“Bang!!!”
A 20mm artillery shell hit from under the instrument panel and completely tore it off. Suddenly, there was a crackle of electric sparks in the cockpit.
The captain had a piece of broken glass stuck in his chest and was bleeding profusely. He gritted his teeth and tried hard to pull the control stick, trying to pull the plane up, but it was no longer possible. The plane no longer obeyed orders and kept turning to the right.
It seems to be spinning.
"Captain! Captain!" the bombardier shouted in panic in the headset, "The left wing...the left wing...is gone!!!"
The captain was shocked. He gritted his teeth and turned his head to look outside. Sure enough, the left wing, from the left engine outward, had all been cut off, leaving only some fragments swinging in the wind. The left engine was burning backwards with flames.
, dragging a long line of thick smoke.
It’s over!!
The captain was heartbroken, pressed the control stick hard, stared with red eyes, aimed at a submarine below and crashed into it. - However, the target of the submarine was too small, and this was another submarine that was almost out of control.
Aircraft. In its current state, even if there is an aircraft carrier below, it is difficult to say that it can hit it directly.
The distance is getting closer quickly, 4000 meters... 3000 meters... 2000 meters...
However, this plane was destined to fail to fly the last 2,000 meters.
A 40mm anti-aircraft shell penetrated the cockpit and exploded directly. The cockpit was suddenly a sea of fire, and the captain's upper body was blown to pieces. He shook twice, lay down on the dashboard, and stopped moving, allowing the raging fire to engulf him.
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The artillery fire below turned into a chorus, 40mm, 20mm, and 12.7mm, all heading towards the bomber. At this time, the entire aircraft was like a broken kite, and it was impossible to talk about it.
What course was it on? It was just dragging black smoke all the way, turning and falling. It was a ceasefire now, and even if it went, it was basically impossible to hit the submarine.
However, the girls on the gun crews of the two submarines all had red eyes and were extremely nervous. They still controlled all the guns and tilted the ammunition towards the "wreck" every second.
“Bang!!!”
The "wreck" exploded into a ball of fire, disintegrated in the air, and scattered into the sea piece by piece. Only then did the gun crews of the two submarines cease firing.
A large group of girls wearing steel helmets, their faces covered with sweat, stared with lingering fear at the distant wreckage falling into the sea piece by piece. The largest piece of wreckage was burning with raging fire, and when it plunged into the water, a white cloud suddenly appeared on the sea.
gas.
It took a long time before the people on the decks of the two submarines came to their senses and understood what they had just sat on. But no one cheered, everyone had lingering fears, their chests were beating wildly, and their cheeks were either red or pale.
"Okay, okay..." the captain of the Qingzhi put down the telescope, turned around and said, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Well done. Observation post, shift change."
Then he took one last look at the sky and got into the boat.
The two submarines suffered no casualties and easily killed a Japanese bomber, winning the first battle.
The Qingzhi immediately encoded a brief code of the battle and sent it back to the East China Sea Fleet base. The East China Sea Fleet immediately sent this news to the Nanjing Maritime General Staff.
Half an hour later, the good news was broadcast in the central command hall of the headquarters. The hall was filled with applause and cheers.
Of course, this was not to shoot down a Japanese aircraft - just for this alone, there was nothing to applaud, and there was no need to even report to the General Naval Staff. Everyone applauded because this was a preliminary verification that this kind of anti-aircraft submarine would not be able to defeat an aircraft when faced with an aircraft.
The huge power also preliminarily verified the feasibility of this tactic.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the Qingzhi and Yitian had sailed to a place 80 nautical miles east of the Zhoushan Islands. Here, they encountered Japanese aircraft again.
This time it was two fighter jets, obviously carrier-based aircraft. Because this place was far beyond the flight radius of Japanese land-based fighter jets. Both submarines understood that this was flying from the Mutsu squadron, that is, from the Akagi.
Out for a reconnaissance cruise.
Because it is afternoon now and the sun has already set to the west, this time the two fighter jets still flew from the east, that is, they flew against the sun's rays, and were discovered by the submarine observation post very far away. As soon as the two fighter jets discovered the submarine
, immediately launched a dive and attempted a strafing attack.
Anti-aircraft submarines are now facing a new test. Although the fighter jets do not have bombs and do not pose a fatal threat to the submarine, the fighter jets have stronger strafing and lethality, and the fighter jets are more flexible. The key is that this time there are two.
The Qingzhi and the Yitian each took charge of one, and just like last time, they used their 40mm cannons to fight from a few kilometers away. However, the two fighter jets were very flexible and both dodge dexterously. The fighter speed was very fast, and the distance was shortened.
It got close very quickly. In the blink of an eye, a large number of the submarine's 20mm cannons and 12.7mm heavy machine guns came into use.
The Japanese fighter jets obviously did not expect to encounter such strong firepower and were defenseless. The lead fighter in front was immediately hit by several bullets and exploded in the air, scattering a large area. The wingman behind was suddenly horrified and increased the accelerator in an attempt to escape.
Two submarines passed by at high speed, and then
It pulled up. But it was over. Just as it passed over the submarine, at least two 40mm shells, six 20mm shells, and 10 12.7mm bullets were fired into the fighter's body. The wingman was also reduced to a ball.
Fireball, volley explosion.
In the blink of an eye, the second air defense battle was over. This time, two Japanese fighter jets were shot down as if for fun.