The Qingbao and the Yitian shot down a Japanese bomber and two Japanese fighters in one day without any damage to themselves. Since then, the morale of the two submarines has greatly increased, and their self-confidence has quickly expanded. They were originally optimistic about this time.
The anxiety of setting sail is now gone
Empty. For a moment, it seemed as if no matter how many Japanese planes came, they could be easily shot down. The girls in the boat were working and singing in unison, and the two submarines cut through the waves on the calm sea.
Rushing forward like two light dolphins.
However, the two captains knew what they were doing and knew not to be overly optimistic. After shooting down three Japanese aircraft, one of them must be able to contact the rear. Now, the Japanese base camp has probably learned that there are two such ships accompanying each other in the East China Sea.
submarines. And they will probably know that these two submarines have powerful anti-aircraft fire and can easily shoot down Japanese aircraft.
In other words, the next time you see Japanese aircraft, there will probably be more than one or two. If you encounter a Japanese aircraft cruising alone, then it is easy to say that you can still shoot it down relatively easily. But if you encounter a Japanese aircraft specially sent on a special trip
The aircraft coming to search for them must be a small fleet. By then, the submarine may have to make an emergency dive.
The reason why Xiang Xiaoqiang dares to build an anti-aircraft submarine is because of this concept: when a submarine encounters an aircraft, it can attack if it can beat it, and hide if it cannot. However, no matter how powerful the surface ships are, once they are entangled by the enemy's aircraft fleet, they will
Then it is equivalent to a black bear encountering a swarm of bees. It can only be beaten and cannot escape, such as the Bismarck and Yamato. This is not the case with submarines. Whether to fight or run away, the initiative is in their own hands. They can dive underwater at any time.
No matter how many planes there are, they can't be found.
Of course, when diving, you will definitely face a "death gate", which is the plane dropping depth bombs. But because you are facing an airplane, it is just a "death gate" and it will pass. Several planes can drop a few depth bombs at most, and the explosion will be
If you can't explode, you can't explode. It's not like facing
Destroyers have to be bombed for a long time after diving, and they have to fight bravely. The god of death is always hovering overhead. Moreover, the endurance of the aircraft is very limited, and it is impossible to stay on it like a destroyer and wait for the submarine to come out of the water. The submarine is in the water.
After hiding for two hours, the plane had to return anyway.
It was now past five o'clock in the afternoon and almost dusk. Both submarines knew that after the current hour, there would be no air threat.
However, at six o'clock, when the dusk was getting darker, the Aoba spotted two more planes flying over from the south. Both of them were fighter jets. The distance between the two sides narrowed to about 6,000 meters, and the Aoba recognized that it was a plane flying over from the south.
The Japanese fighter jets just reminded the Yitian to prepare for a fight, but the two Japanese planes suddenly changed their course, separated, and made a wide circle from a very far periphery. It seemed that they did not intend to close the distance, but just
This is how we observe Ming army submarines.
This distance was beyond the range of the submarine's weapons. The two submarines did not dive. They just maintained their original course and continued to sail eastward. At the same time, they always aimed their numerous guns at the enemy aircraft and were ready to prepare.
While the Japanese planes were observing in circles, the captain of the Aoji climbed up to the control tower, picked up the telescope and observed for a moment in person, and said:
"They must have heard of our existence, otherwise they would have pounced on us long ago. Now they must be reporting to the base. We also have to report to the base. After all, this is still our military's air supremacy area."
Immediately afterwards, she gave the order. The communications officer of the Qingzhi began to send a report to the East China Sea Fleet base. While the Japanese aircraft reported the position of the Ming army submarine, the Ming army submarine also reported the position of the Japanese aircraft.
Just a few minutes later, two Japanese fighter jets suddenly rolled over and dived down at the same time.
"The Japanese seem to have finished their report," the captain of the Qingzhi stared at them and said nervously, "I plan to try my skills. Okay, let's practice with him... Girls, shoot them down!!"
With that said, she got into the control tower. There were only a few gun groups left outside the submarine.
“Bang bang bang bang—!!!”
The 40mm Bofors opened fire first. But the two Japanese fighter jets did not dodge and dived over at extremely fast speeds. At the same time, flames were spitting out from both sides of the fuselage. Two rows of small snow-white water columns suddenly exploded on the sea in front of the submarine.
All the way to the submarine deck.
There was a clanking sound on the submarine deck, and sparks flew from the light armored steel plate. A burst of sparks also flew from the armor baffle of the Bofors electric gun mount on the front deck. The three female soldiers of the gun crew huddled tightly in the shield.
Behind the board, there was no injury.
As soon as the fighter jet passed over the submarine, it immediately increased its power and climbed. The Japanese pilot also saw the submarine's powerful firepower, which was beyond his mental preparation. Moreover, when he dived just now, he knew that his plane was already behind him.
After being hit by several bullets, we could only break away from the battle as soon as possible and could not fight anymore. The fuselage was hit by at least two or three machine gun bullets. In addition, the vertical tail was not very flexible and was probably chipped by the 20mm cannonball.
However, it was no longer up to him. The fighter jets could not fire backwards, and now was a great opportunity for the submarine's guns to "pursue" him. Even if he stepped on the gas pedal, he immediately felt a few strong "ping-ping-pong-pong" vibrations -
—Immediately afterwards, I felt that the plane was no longer in control.
The Japanese pilot was sweating profusely. He turned around and looked out. A hole as big as a bowl had appeared on the right wing, and black smoke was spraying out. Then, "swish", fire burst out of the wound.——
It was obvious that not only the wing was severely damaged, but also the fuel pipe in the wing was damaged.
Before he could think of what to do, the right wing suddenly flew out, and the sky and sea suddenly rotated rapidly. The pilot's eyes turned black, he let out a miserable howl, and shouted with his only consciousness:
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!!!"
On the Qingmao, the gun crew members watched the fighter jet spit out fire from the right side, dragging black smoke, and turned towards the sea. This time they all had experience, and they no longer meaninglessly "shot down the drowned dog"
, but quickly turned the gun muzzle and coordinated with the Yitian to attack another fighter jet.
The first Japanese fighter jet dragged a long smoke and rushed into the sea. It fell to pieces and splashed a long string of white waves. The other Japanese fighter jet made a smart choice and did not dive anymore.
Instead, it turned around and climbed as hard as possible, trying its best to increase the distance. Gradually, it flew out of the range of Bofors.
The fighter jet circled the sea area and flew far away to the south.
This time, happy cheers rang out on the decks of the two submarines. The girls were sweating profusely and their cheeks were red. They all took off their helmets, shook them desperately, jumped on their feet, shouted loudly, laughed and danced,
Crazy to vent the tension just now.
They have fully realized their power and are no longer afraid. From the nervousness and fear when they first set sail, to now they suddenly realize that they are the strong ones. The psychological impact is huge. It is like bungee jumping.
You will be scared to death, but once you jump, you will immediately become addicted, and you can't wait to jump a second or third time, and you will never tire of it.
As of now, the two submarines have shot down four aircraft, one of which is a twin-engine bomber. This is just the first day's results, which can be said to be fruitful. If it continues for several more days - according to Xiang Xiaoqiang, it will be
"Cost recovery".
Twenty minutes later, at nearly 6:30, with the afterglow of the setting sun, four black spots appeared in the south. Soon, four more appeared.
The visibility was no longer very good at this time. The submarine could barely make out that they were four dive bombers, followed by four fighter jets.
In this case, the two submarines were considered to have encountered a powerful enemy. The captain of the Qingjiu did not want to take any risks. She ordered an emergency dive. At the same time, she also used a signal light to transmit the order to the Yitian in the north.
The two submarines began to quickly drill under the water. Before the last moment when the sea water submerged the control tower, the 20mm Oerlikon cannon on the top was aimed at the enemy aircraft, ready to fire at any time. However, the enemy aircraft in the distance did not
It did not speed up and pounce on it. It seems that the two submarines have not been discovered yet.
The visibility is now very poor, and it is even more difficult to see the sea surface from the air. The dark gray shell of the submarine also blends well with the sea surface. On the contrary, the sky is still very bright, especially the rainbow in the south is still the afterglow of the setting sun, and the sun is no longer dazzling.
, the black spots of several aircraft dotted in the sky are still very conspicuous.
Just when the Qingzhi had completely sunk into the water and the Yitian was about to do so, the last gunner of the Yitian who was drilling into the hatch cover accidentally glanced to the west and immediately shouted:
"airplane!!!"
Immediately, the surrounding sea water surged over and quickly submerged the top of the control tower. Without caring about anything, she immediately got in and screwed the hatch cover shut.
"Wow!"
With the last big splash of sea water in between, the gunner jumped down holding on to the ladder, dripping like a drowned rat. But she couldn't care less, and immediately pointed upward and shouted:
"Plane! Another plane is coming! It might be ours!"
"Run your way!"
Without saying a word, the captain slapped her on the back of the head. The gunner also knew that now was not the time, and quickly followed her to the torpedo room to increase the weight of the front... After all, the submarine had already dived in an emergency, and what happened on the surface was equal to
It has nothing to do with submarines. The only thing to do now is to speed up the dive and increase the chance of getting through the "Gate of Hell".
Besides, it’s hard to say whether the new planes above are from the Ming Army!
Aircraft really appeared in the west. There were four four-aircraft formations at the front and back, sixteen aircraft, exactly one squadron. Moreover, they were Ming Army fighter jets flying from the East China Sea Fleet land-based airport in the west. At this time, the Ming Army's navy generally used Kingfisher fighter jets.
, because at present, the new Goshawk fighter jet must give priority to ensuring land aviation and ensuring air superiority in the two land battlefields in the northeast and northwest.
But even the Kingfisher has the upper hand in performance. Moreover, after all, this place is less than 200 kilometers away from the Zhoushan Islands, which is far from the combat radius of land-based fighter jets. The only "airport" the Japanese army has in this sea area is
The Akagi aircraft carrier. The Ming army was backed by the mainland and had many land-based airports, so it sent planes to "have a lot of money". Just after receiving the report from the Qingzhi, it immediately dispatched a squadron of fighter jets to search for Japanese aircraft in this area.
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Now, tomorrow the two military aircraft groups will meet on a narrow road.
The four Japanese fighter jets and four bombers were at an absolute disadvantage. As soon as they discovered the Ming Army aircraft group in the distance, the four bombers immediately turned around and fled, while the four fighter jets bravely fought against them, trying to block the pursuit of the Ming Army fighter jets.
But this was in vain. The Ming army left twelve fighter jets to deal with the four Japanese fighter jets. The remaining four fighter jets increased their throttle and followed the four Japanese bombers in pursuit.
Thus, in less than ten minutes, the battle ended without any suspense.
Eight Japanese aircraft dragged long smoke and fell into the sea. Two Ming aircraft were damaged and could barely return; one was shot down and the pilot parachuted. The remaining Ming aircraft dropped smoke and luminous markers.
Later, he also returned.
Half an hour later, a seaplane arrived. In the last rays of sunset, with the help of smoke markers and luminous markers, it found the parachuting pilot and rescued him.
At seven o'clock, it was completely dark.
On the black sea, two submarines emerged one after another, opened the throttle, and sailed eastward at high speed.