My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 603
The Japanese naval soldiers ran back and forth between the deck and the cabin, carrying ammunition and cleaning the shell casings, and the gunners in the gun room were also waiting for instructions to observe the global balloons and carry out the final calibration of the elements.

Although they can't understand the army's tough and stubborn attitude, they can no longer put on airs at this juncture, and they can still understand which is more important.

On the radio, the communication orders of the Garrison Command were ringing non-stop, all of which were urgent requests to urge the navy to fire immediately, but because the enemy's artillery positions were too scattered and different from the previous positions, they wanted to re-calibrate their aiming and select strikes It takes time.

"Add 5 to the height of the main gun, 12 mils to the left in the direction, adjust immediately! Secondary gun..."

On the heavy cruiser Ashigara, the second lieutenant, the ghost gunner, was standing on the deck, watching the movement on the shore through a high-power telescope, and at the same time commanding the gun position to adjust the shooting angle according to the information given by the observation balloon.

But the next moment, dozens of black dots suddenly appeared on the distant skyline, and when he saw what was coming, his expression froze instantly.

"そんなわけないでしょ? How come..."

The second lieutenant slowly put down the binoculars, looked at the sky dully, and muttered to himself in disbelief.

At this moment, other observation positions also saw the incoming enemy plane, and the piercing sirens immediately sounded on the ship, and the Devil sailors panicked as if they had been struck by lightning.

"Sound the air raid siren!"

"Ha Yaku! All enter the air defense position!"

A dense group of aircraft came galloping from the north, P40, F4U, B17 Sky Fortress, various types of fighter bombers emerged one after another, and even a Beaufort torpedo bomber... At first glance, it is impossible to count how many aircraft there are.

To mobilize so many fighter planes to dispatch at the same time is not solely the work of Liao Mingyu, this time is a joint attack operation composed of the Allied Air Force and the Heihe Flying Brigade.

The battle in Yangon had dragged on for too long. In order to solve the problem as soon as possible, Stilwell was also under tremendous pressure. The United British Army provided him with a large number of military aircraft, which took off from airports in India and Mandalay.

The main purpose of this operation is to attack several heavy cruisers and destroyers on the Japanese sea. Those small Japanese navy in the sunset dare to drive their ships to the port to block the way of the expeditionary army. It is too arrogant.

You must know that the U.S. military has done a lot of this kind of thing on the Pacific islands and reefs. It can be said that it has tortured the little devil enough, but it is not so pleasant to change the role.

However, if the opponent's three heavy cruisers are killed, it can further weaken the Japanese army's sea power and bring advantages for the subsequent battle.

For this reason, all aspects of the Allied Forces were also actively preparing for the war, until Liao Mingyu submitted the plan of the general offensive to Stilwell a few days ago. After a short discussion, the latter decided to provide five airports with a total of more than [-] fighters of various types as line reinforcements.

Together with the 88th Army's Heihe Base and the four squadrons at Mandalay Airport, a total of more than a hundred fighters were on standby around the clock during this period. As long as Liao Mingyu gave an order, they would immediately take off and rush to the battlefield.

Now the opportunity has finally come. After a wave of poison gas bomb attacks in the early morning, the fighter planes on the airports immediately took off as planned, and the shelling also came as scheduled, and a massive general attack kicked off.

The noisy and piercing air raid siren has been sounded, and there is chaos in both the city of Yangon and the naval ships. Faced with such a terrifying air raid, everyone can't suppress the fear in their hearts.

The anti-aircraft artillery on the sea took the lead in firing, and the tracer bullets formed countless streaks of fire intertwined in the sky.

The fighter planes in the sky are like eagles, shuttling through the line of fire composed of endless bullet rain.

The Japanese navy had no energy to take care of the land affairs, because at this moment they were already unable to protect themselves. Almost at the same time as the anti-aircraft guns fired, an attack echelon composed of hundreds of fighter planes and bombers also launched an attack on the sea.

The three high-level heavy cruisers headed by Ashigara do not have many anti-aircraft weapons on board, and their calibers are not large.

Each ship is only equipped with twelve 89-type anti-aircraft guns and twelve anti-aircraft machine guns. There is a big problem in the design of this anti-aircraft gun of the little devil, that is, the anti-aircraft gun and the ammunition depot do not form an integrated ammunition supply process, which limits The efficiency of the transfer of ammunition from the ammunition depot to the antiaircraft artillery position, this structure weakens the combat capability of the antiaircraft artillery in disguise.

The key is that its rate of fire is only about 10 rounds per minute, and it requires manpower to carry boxes from the ammunition depot to the position. In many cases, the anti-aircraft artillery misfiring is because the ammunition cannot be continued.

Fortunately, since this Japanese fleet is for ground support, the distribution of seven or eight large and small warships is not large, so the air defense firepower network built is also quite dense.

Right now, the fighting in the Outer Port of Yangon is more intense than on land. The pilots in the sky dodge and shuttle in various ways, trying to avoid the attack from anti-aircraft machine guns, and at the same time looking for opportunities to dive towards the target.

The little devil was not to be outdone, and all the sailors were devoted to air defense operations. They lined up to refill the high-angle guns with their ammunition in their hands. The delayed shells burst into a black explosion in the sky, struggling to stop those who tried to pass through the defense line. fighter.

The cannon duel between the two sides began. The pilot controlled the fighter plane to shoot and dive in a series of strafing shots and always took away some unlucky ones.

To attack such a giant ship on the sea, besides torpedoes, dive bombing with aerial bombs is the most effective, and the strike effect is also the best, but it is very dangerous for pilots. Behavior can be described as close to death.

From time to time, a fighter plane would drop towards the sea dragging black smoke, but the parachute pilots became the most dangerous targets in the air. Some machine gunners of the devils would only shoot at the parachutes that opened in the air. The battle seemed to be heating up from the very beginning.

However, as more and more fighters joined the attack echelon, the anti-aircraft firepower network on the Japanese heavy cruiser gradually became unable to do what it wanted.

The first to be opened was a Bailu-class destroyer on the edge. Its stern side was hit by two KI30 torpedoes from torpedo attack aircraft.

The Japanese soldiers on board panicked, and some people had already put on life jackets and planned to dive to escape.

At this moment, a P40 fighter finally successfully penetrated through the dense line of fire, and dropped a 500 kg high-explosive aerial bomb mounted on the belly of the heavy cruiser Myoko under the horrified eyes of hundreds of sailors.

The aerial bomb slammed into the front of a twin-mounted main gun behind the ship like a meteorite.

With a loud noise, the terrifying explosion force directly blasted a big hole in the deck, countless little devils evaporated on the spot, and even the main gun next to it was blown upside down.

It is a pity that the P40 could only deflect to the right in order to avoid hitting the ship tower, but due to the fast dive speed, the fuselage failed to get up during the lifting process after dropping the bomb, and had lost its final maneuvering Opportunity, straight to the sea...

(End of this chapter)