There was a melee in the sky above the Japanese battle fleet, while the Ming fleet was more than 20 nautical miles away to the west. It can be said that if you flew slightly here, you could see it directly in the sky. The Ming fleet also did not expect that the Japanese fleet would arrive so soon.
Now, more fighter jets were sent out to support. One after another, the fighter jets rushed out of the deck and climbed into the sky. More and more planes were flying over the Ming fleet, roaring like a swarm of wasps.
Circle the formation. Then, start heading east.
Ten minutes later, a brigade of Ming fighter jets flew to the eastern battlefield and joined the battle group. At this time, the number of fighter jets from both sides was more than 70 for the Ming Army and more than 20 for the Japanese. The battle pattern was instantly reversed, and the Japanese
The aircraft suffered heavy losses in a short period of time. The remaining bombers of the Ming Army, as well as the dozen or so fighter jets from the first wave, seized the opportunity to return home to replenish fuel and ammunition. Only the second wave of Ming Army fighter jets were left on the battlefield.
That's that brigade, more than sixty aircraft.
Soon, most of the Japanese fighter jets were shot down. Only a few were left, increasing their accelerator towards the east and leaving the battlefield.
The flagship of the Ming army's aircraft carrier formation, the Tianquan, issued an order not to pursue the fighter group. Half of the fighter groups returned to the aircraft carrier to land, refuel and reload, while the other half maintained low-speed cruising in place and guarded the sky.
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The Ming Army aircraft fleet arrived twice as fast as lightning, which already gave the officers on board the Japanese flagship a clue. Obviously, the Ming Army aircraft carrier formation was very close to here, very close.
Takasu Shiro dictated a message to the Akagi aircraft carrier squadron, which was 80 nautical miles away, and ordered them to send bombers to search the sea area within a radius of 50 nautical miles with the Hyuga main fleet as the center.
At the same time, the two aircraft carriers of the Ming Army were also sending bombers to search for the Japanese aircraft carriers in the direction of the Japanese aircraft group. However, the bombers sent by the Ming Army were not organized into formations like the Japanese army, but were dispersed.
It was a solo flight. It was obviously not seeking to attack, but only seeking to find the opponent's aircraft carrier. Moreover, the Ming army dispatched half of its bombers at once, and the only ones left on the aircraft carrier were slow and cumbersome torpedo planes. The Ming army did not seem to have any intention of doing so.
Consider "what to do after finding the opponent's aircraft carrier."
At 7:40, a Japanese bomber detachment flew about 10 nautical miles away from the Ming fleet. Suddenly, the captain of a bomber vaguely saw a piece of white on the sea 18,000 meters ahead through the thin clouds and fog under the plane.
There are many fine marks, they are spread out and moving slowly.
He felt excited all over, and immediately pushed up his goggles, looked carefully for a few seconds with his naked eyes, and then patted the driver in front of him, pointed in that direction, and signaled to come over. The driver soon saw it and turned his face.
Lai laughed a little and was very excited. He immediately pushed the joystick and dived down with the three bombers.
After diving for a few minutes, the white marks on the front and bottom became more and more obvious, and the clouds and fog that appeared and disappeared were also broken. It was clearly seen that a huge fleet was moving on the sea below.
The Ming fleet had apparently also discovered the bombers. Bright spots began to flash on the blurry figures of the warships below, and clusters of black clouds appeared in the sky.
The Japanese bomber detachment didn't care. While the leader used the radio to report the position of the Ming fleet, he led the three bombers to dive down fearlessly. There was a muffled "bang bang" outside the cabin, and the plane was violently jolted by the shock wave, and shrapnel
From time to time, they hit the fuselage with "ding-ding-dong-ding sounds". Three bombers aimed at the Ming army's flagship Changping and roared down.
"Boom!...Boom!...Boom!"
Three water jets rose up around the Changping. The three Japanese bombers lined up, pulled up neatly at the same time, and climbed up again. Suddenly, one of the bombers dragged out a straight gray smoke and was hit. But it
Still reluctantly following the other two, they flew higher and farther, and soon flew out of the range of the warships. Only then did the several Ming fighter jets on guard react, and they immediately increased their accelerator and chased after them.
Now, the Ming army knows that the location of its aircraft carrier has been discovered by the Japanese army. The Japanese army is temporarily ahead of the game, and the Ming army will soon face the test of defending the aircraft carrier.
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Sure enough, 32 minutes later, a dense black dot vaguely appeared in the distance in the east. Needless to say, it was the Japanese attack aircraft group. The Ming army fighter group, which had been hovering in the sky for a long time, stepped up the accelerator and rushed forward to attack.
Blockade battle.
The Japanese army came with more than a hundred aircraft this time, one group each of bombers and fighter jets. This was also half of the Japanese aircraft carrier-based aircraft. The Ming army also had a group of fighter planes on alert in the air at the moment. The two collided, and in the Ming Dynasty
The battle broke out about 30 nautical miles east of the military fleet.
The Ming fleet has formed a circular air defense formation, protecting the two aircraft carriers in the middle. Surrounding the aircraft carrier are three battleships with the strongest firepower. Now they have "condescended" to serve as an air defense firepower platform for the aircraft carrier. They and
The anti-aircraft artillery of the two aircraft carriers together form the core artillery layer. The outer layer is the secondary artillery layer composed of light and heavy cruisers. The outermost layer is more and smaller destroyers, which form the peripheral artillery fire.
layer.
At this moment, this whole set of "mobile air defense platforms" is sailing against the wind at high speed, allowing the two aircraft carriers to release more fighter jets. Now half of the Ming Army's carrier-based fighter jets are fighting the Japanese army, and a considerable part are used for surrounding surveillance.
There is not much force that can be used maneuverably. But even so, the Ming fleet commander is worried that just one brigade of fighter jets is not enough to stop a Japanese brigade of fighter jets and a brigade of bombers. At least there must be an advantage in the number of fighter jets.
The fighters of the two squadrons climbed up from the deck again, formed a formation, and headed east for reinforcements.
Now, there are no fighter jets on the two aircraft carriers of the Ming Army.
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At 8:50, a few sporadic Japanese bombers rushed through the Ming Army's "air blocker zone" and flew over the Ming Army's fleet. Suddenly, the three-layer annular defense and control system below fired thousands of guns, and the sky was filled with
Dense black clouds. A few minutes later, more Japanese bombers appeared.
The real test of the Ming fleet came.
But at this moment, a long-awaited report was sent to the Changping command room - a Ming bomber discovered the location of the Japanese aircraft carrier formation!
For a moment, the officers in the flagship command room looked at each other and smiled, their expressions relaxed. It was as if a heavy burden had been lifted, as if the bombers roaring and swooping overhead and the water jets rising left and right were no longer a problem.
The staff members gathered around the chart table, ignoring the rumbling noise of the sea and air battle outside, and concentrated on their work. Triangle, compass, protractor... eighteen kinds of weapons were brought together. After a few minutes, a staff officer raised his head, with a happy face,
said:
"Commander, as planned, the Japanese aircraft carrier has been led within the predetermined range. The Akagi squadron is now 105 nautical miles east of our ship, 652.3 kilometers away from Okinawa Airport in the northeast, and 546.4 kilometers away from Pingtung Airport in northwest Taiwan!
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The fleet commander leaned back in the wide backrest of the leather chair with a tired smile on his face. He raised his hand and said with a smile:
"Generate electricity: Dinghai Shenzhen!"
"Yes! Generate electricity, sea-fixing needle!!!"
A moment later, a set of brief plain-coded messages spread from the Changping's antenna into the distance. The full text contained only four words: Dinghai Shenzhen.
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According to this, at the Pingtung Airport in the southern tip of Taiwan, 546.4 kilometers northwest, hundreds of pilots rushed to the runway. On both sides of the runway, more than a hundred land-based Kingfisher fighter jets roared, and the propellers whipped up strong winds that swept through the entire airport. Ground crews were already
After completing the final inspection, they all jumped off the wings, helped the pilots climb into the cockpit, and then helped them put on parachute bags, life jackets, oxygen tanks and other equipment.
As a green signal flare rose into the sky on the top of the terminal control tower, all ground crews evacuated the runway. The first fighter roared, began to taxi, and soon shot up into the sky like an arrow. Immediately, the second fighter behind them
The second and third fighter jets also rushed into the sky.
There were more and more fighter jets in the sky, circling in formation. The airport below, and even the mountains where they stood, echoed with a low roar.
Two brigades, a large fleet of 128 fighter jets in total, formed over the southern tip of Taiwan Island.
These fighter jets, which have a maximum combat radius of only 350 kilometers, will have to go 546 kilometers away to engage in a fight with no return. The plan is to use these 128 land-based fighter jets and the remaining carrier-based fighter jets to form a
A powerful fighter group of nearly 200 aircraft wiped out dozens of Japanese carrier-based fighter jets with absolute superiority. When these 128 land-based fighter jets ran out of fuel, the pilots parachuted above the Ming Army fleet, and the Ming Army destroyer fleet was responsible for salvage.
After that, only two fleets of carrier-based fighter jets of the Ming Army were left in this sea area. The Japanese fleet also only had bombers and no fighter jets. The next thing was that the Ming Army fighter jets were responsible for defending the Ming Army fleet and annihilating the Japanese bombers.
The mission of the two bomber groups of the Ming Army was to easily sink the two Japanese aircraft carriers and the remaining battleships. If possible, sink all Japanese warships in sight.