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Chapter 265 One shot into the soul!

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    Just as the logisticians on the Japanese aircraft carrier were scrambling to move the planes and ammunition on the deck to welcome the returning plane to land, their nightmare appeared in the sky¡ªthe US carrier-based aircraft formation was killed.

    ?  Because of the distance and flight speed, the first batch of 15 TBD Devastator torpedo bombers that took off from the Hornet aircraft carrier took off over the Japanese fleet.

    These 15 planes came at just the right time. The Zero fighter formation that had previously escorted the Japanese fleet had all returned to the aircraft carrier due to exhaustion of fuel, and the new escort formation had not yet taken off.  This means that the Japanese fleet has completely lost its air cover at this time.

    Upon seeing this, Major Waldron, the commander of the US bomber formation, immediately seized the opportunity to lead the fleet to attack the Japanese fleet, and he himself took the lead in swooping down to the Kaga aircraft carrier.

    It's a pity that although there were no Zero fighter jets to intercept, the Japanese army's second-ranked carrier-based air defense firepower still made the attack of the US military fleet come to naught.

    Without Nagumo Zhongichi's order, the captains of the Japanese ships had already ordered the shipboard air defense weapons to fire when they spotted the U.S. aircraft.  Hundreds of 127 mm caliber rapid-fire guns, 25 mm caliber triple anti-aircraft guns and 13.2 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns immediately woven a dense fire net in the sky.

    In the sky full of gunpowder smoke, the 15 Devastator torpedo bombers were continuously hit by the lasing anti-aircraft shells, or turned into fireballs in the air, or plunged into the sea with black smoke.  In just 5 minutes, the entire torpedo bomber formation was wiped out, and all 30 American pilots, including Major Waldron, were killed.  They used their lives to prove to the Japanese army the firm belief of the soldiers of the United States of America to fight to the death.

    Moreover, the annihilation of this wave of US attack aircraft does not mean the end of the battle, on the contrary, the real battle has just begun.

    Just as the last Devastator crashed into the sea, 36 sbd dreadnought dive bombers also took off from the Hornet aircraft carrier appeared in the sky.

    As soon as they appeared, they immediately divided into two teams. Under the leadership of Commander Walter, the 18 Dreadnoughts carrying aerial bombs drew a huge arc in the air, preparing to dive behind the Japanese fleet and drop bombs.  In addition, the 18 Dreadnoughts equipped with torpedoes accelerated and continued to rush, and raised their altitude to prepare to release torpedoes.

    The bullets and artillery shells fired by the Japanese ship-borne anti-aircraft weapons once again caused a dense anti-aircraft fire net to appear over the Japanese fleet. Before the more than 20 Zero fighter jets that had just taken off had time to form a formation, they flew towards the U.S. aircraft group that was circling.  Go - In addition to the short distance, these fighter planes with torpedoes are obviously more threatening than those dreadnoughts with aerial bombs.

    As expected by the Japanese army, although the fearless flying formation carrying aerial bombs successfully arrived at the rear of the Japanese fleet and launched an attack on the Canglong aircraft carrier, it was destroyed by Japanese anti-aircraft fire when it dived and dropped bombs.  Only three of the 18 planes successfully approached the Soryu, but the three American pilots all showed the courage to face death, and under the fierce attack of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery, they carried the plane and launched a suicide attack on the Soryu.  It's a pity that all the aerial bombs they dropped were nearly lost. Except for the explosion of 3 huge water columns on the sea surface, they did not cause any damage to Canglong. However, these three planes were hit by Canglong's anti-aircraft artillery fire at close range.  Became a ball of fire.

    On the other hand, the situation of the 18 U.S. aircraft formations that were attached to torpedoes was not much better. The highly maneuverable Type Zero swiftly roamed around the U.S. formation. Fearless bombers continued to be shot out by the Zero  The 20mm cannon shells were thrown into fireballs.  In a short while, all 18 Dreadnought dive bombers were reduced to pieces and dissipated in the wind.  It is used to fight the Dreadnought with a maximum speed of only 300 kilometers per hour. This is not air combat, this is slaughtering youngsters!

    The successive suicide attacks by these 51 U.S. planes made Nagumo Chuichi realize that the position of his own fleet was exposed. He sent power to Yamamoto Fifty-Six, requesting the main fleet following him to move closer to him immediately, while urging the logistics personnel to speed up.  The speed is to reload the planes that have returned, so that these planes can attack the US fleet as soon as possible-"Only offense is the best defense", this is the motto of all Japanese navy generals.

    Although the two waves of attacks by U.S. aircraft all ended in failure, this also created an opportunity for the follow-up fleet to launch the last aircraft.

    At 9:10, a large number of US aircraft fleets appeared in the sky northeast of the Japanese fleet-140 aircraft from the Enterprise and Yorktown finally arrived.

    The zero-type escort fleet, which has increased to more than 40, roared towards the US military fleet, and the 40 f4f wildcat fighter jets in the fleet immediately faced it.

    The two sides were two miles away from the Japanese fleet.?With the fighter planes waiting to take off and the bombs and torpedoes piled up on the deck, the entire superstructure of the ship was immediately engulfed in flames.  Obviously, the Canglong will not be able to take off and land the plane in a short time.

    However, the U.S. military fleet did not have the opportunity to beat the dogs in the water. The Zero fighter group, which had increased to nearly 70, was carrying out an extremely frantic massacre of them with the cooperation of intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire.

    The 40 f4f "Wildcat" fighters escorted were running out, and the Dreadnoughts and Devastators who had lost the protection of the fighters were shot down by the Japanese army in almost a dozen seconds.  Seeing that the results of the battle could no longer be expanded under the interference of enemy planes, in order to reduce unnecessary losses, several formation leaders sent messages to their commanders requesting evacuation, and soon they received the same reply: evacuation is allowed.

    As a result, the remaining more than 50 US bombers and torpedo planes began to return under the cover of the only 6 remaining f4f "Wildcat" fighter jets.

    The Zero fighters were afraid of being caught in a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so they didn't dare to pursue it deeply. They could only watch the US military planes that caused heavy casualties to their own fleet leave calmly.

    On the surface of the sea, the huge waves caused by the explosion of the Akagi have not completely dissipated, and the Soryu and Kaga are intensifying. Japanese soldiers covered in flames are everywhere on the deck, screaming and wailing accompanied by howling.  The loud sound of burning fire wafted over the entire fleet.

    This is not the end. This group of aircraft carrier soldiers and even the entire Japanese mobile fleet are about to usher in real destruction.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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