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Chapter 969 Meat Bomb Offensive

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    From a tactical point of view, Yamamoto Isoroku was very dissatisfied with the carrier-based aircraft that only took off one wave after an hour.

    Aircraft of this era, due to their slow speed, are extremely easy to become targets of anti-aircraft fire.  Without a quantitative breakthrough, each squadron will have no effect at all, but will easily be gradually eaten up by the opponent.  Only a saturated attack can have a truly fatal effect.

    But some idiot had the idea to design a good aircraft carrier into three floors. The original intention may be to be able to store a sufficient number of aircraft, but it seriously restricted the number of take-offs!

    Perhaps, in the initial design, the designers focused on the consumption of maritime operations and ignored the Japanese Navy's need to dispatch carrier-based aircraft - also, at that time, apart from Britain and the United States, there was no opponent of the Japanese Navy in Asia.  .

    Long after the first wave of planes took off, after some hard work, the second wave of planes were pushed to the edge of the runway.  By the time they set sail again, it had been an hour since their first launch.

    Looking at the carrier-based aircraft disappearing among the clouds in the distance, Yamamoto murmured to himself: "I hope the first wave of aircraft can hit the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery positions as much as possible. Your results will directly affect this round of attack."

    More than a dozen planes went to exchange fire with the anti-aircraft battalion that was waiting for them. Needless to say, he knew the result, but he expected the Japanese pilots to use their own sacrifices to provide convenience for those who came after them, just like their counterparts in China's Hainan Airlines.  In his opinion, the huge "Izumo" can be sunk under such a dense defense. What kind of power can the Chinese shore artillery positions, which are far less maneuverable than it, have?

    He was half right.

    A Chinese anti-aircraft artillery battalion has three independent anti-aircraft artillery companies equipped with nine 40mm guns. On Chongming Island, known as the "East China Sea Outpost", these three companies are arranged in a "one" shape.  As soon as the Japanese aircraft approached, the anti-aircraft artillery company's position took the lead in launching an attack.

    With the well-equipped facilities and powerful logistics, artillery shells continued to sprinkle into the sky as if they were free.  The reason why "sprinkle" is used is because the rate of fire of 90 rounds per minute can easily form a rain of bullets in a short period of time. Shrapnel is a nightmare for aircraft, and the air waves generated by the explosion of artillery shells in the air are another danger.

    After the last time the Japanese carrier-based aircraft failed to attack the position and attacked the unarmed citizens of Shanghai, the anti-aircraft artillery units had "great public dissatisfaction" and expressed their determination to avenge the people as long as the Japanese aircraft arrived.

    Now that we have such an opportunity, how can the officers and soldiers participating in the war be willing to spare their physical strength?

    The slow planes are just live targets. Although Japan has the most advanced aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft in Asia, that is just the past.  At a time when air force and air defense equipment are advancing by leaps and bounds, resting on one's laurels will have a huge impact on the war.

    The Japanese military, whose focus is still on giant ships and artillery, simply does not have enough military industry strength to conduct corresponding research; their domestic economy is also unable to achieve rapid replacement like China's.

    Therefore, it is inevitable that the Japanese aircraft entering the Chinese air defense position will immediately fall into a state of struggle.  The ones that exploded in the air were better. Anyway, everyone died in vain, and there was no time to worry. The pilots who were bumping in the air waves had to look at the barrages all around with horrified faces, knowing that the god of death just didn't have time to visit them.  .

    Of the twelve planes, only one managed to escape the hail of bullets. The pilot felt that the opportunity to avenge his comrades had come.  He drove a single plane and carefully searched for the location of China's shore artillery positions.

    Chongming Island is sparsely populated at this time, and the beach is covered with reeds.  Because it is an impact wetland, there are few tall trees, so the Japanese pilots have a wide field of vision and it is very easy to find targets.  The bleak winter also made visibility excellent.

    Far away, on a bank deep into the Yangtze River, several black muzzles were raised.  The unlucky pilot finally managed to escape after many obstacles, but accidentally ran into the position of the Chinese Navy's second anti-aircraft artillery company!

    Both sides discovered the target almost at the same time - to be precise, the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery troops first "listened" to the huge roar of the Japanese aircraft, and then the Japanese pilots "saw" the anti-aircraft artillery group turning their muzzles towards them.  When it was discovered that it was again surrounded, the People's Army artillery was ready for battle.

    It was an asymmetrical battle at all. The Japanese pilot's luck finally ran out, and he crashed into the distance in a smoke-belching plane.  As for why a parachute was not used, no one among the Chinese soldiers present thought about it.

    The same scene happened again later.  The unique three-deck structure of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Chicheng" gave Japanese aircraft a very obvious tendency to "add fuel" tactics in their attacks, causing the already small number of carrier-based aircraft to constantly fall into conflict with ground air defense forces.  In tangle.

    There are not so many tactics in this era, they are just like moths throwing fire.Continuously fell into a huge pit.  So much so that the entire battlefield was like a slaughterhouse made of human flesh.

    To be honest, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion would not have such outstanding performance if dozens of Japanese planes launched a full-scale attack.  But every hour of fighting makes the Chinese boys become more and more familiar with the weapons in their hands, and they become more and more comfortable in flying. This is much more enjoyable than the usual balloon training!

    " All this, Captain Yamamoto, who was waiting quietly on the aircraft carrier, didn't know, was either powerless, or unwilling to imagine. He just mechanically ordered group after group of carrier-based aircraft to take off again.

    Counting time, the first wave of planes should return no matter what the results of the bombing are.  After staying in the air for such a long time, there will definitely be insufficient fuel. Aircraft are not like vehicles. There can only be one explanation for their slump - they will never come back!

    From noon to evening, only a few planes returned intermittently, and they looked so shabby on the huge deck.  Yamamoto Isoroku's heart was bleeding. He learned from the pilot's report that they encountered the superior firepower of the People's Army's air defense forces. Only a dozen aircraft in one wave could not break through the barrage.

    If it weren¡¯t for the crappy three-layer deck, dispatching dozens of carrier-based aircraft at the same time would definitely be an amazing force, making it impossible for the limited anti-aircraft gunfire to cover it, and eventually breaking through and inflicting heavy damage to the Chinese army.

    And it is so laborious to train a carrier-based aircraft pilot. The loss of these outstanding air backbones is far greater than the loss of the aircraft!

    However, Yamamoto still gained something: a carrier-based aircraft pilot who had a chance to escape saw a neatly arranged group of submarines approaching from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

    According to intelligence, the two submarine brigades of the Yangtze River Fleet are stationed in Xiangshan and Daxie Islands in Ningbo, and are now hiding in the Zhoushan Islands. Although China's submarines have not shown their due value since the war began, as the only  The Japanese Navy still pays enough attention to the types of ships that can pose a real threat to Japanese ships.

    "Empty, shallow and fast", these two have already shown their strength, how could the Japanese army take it lightly?

    Where did this submarine group come from?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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