Invincible from the sword

Chapter 407 This is a living target
Just when more than 100 carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese army rushed towards Midway Island, the reconnaissance plane that took off from Midway Island had already discovered the huge Japanese fleet.

And at almost the same time, the lighthouse submarine Nautilus, which was on guard in the waters north of Midway Island, also discovered the Japanese fleet.

After receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane, the bombers, torpedo planes and fighter jets on Midway immediately took off.

At the same time, the No.16 and No.17 Pacific Task Forces located in the northeast waters of Midway Island also ordered their own carrier-based aircraft to take off immediately.

Go straight to the Japanese mobile formation.

In order to make a time difference, Spruance ordered his carrier-based aircraft to take off at seven o'clock.

In this case, when their planes arrived over the Japanese aircraft carrier, it happened to be the time for the Japanese aircraft to attack Midway Island to return to the Japanese aircraft carrier and land.

At this time, the combat effectiveness of the aircraft carrier is the weakest.

Because of the need to recover the aircraft, the aircraft carrier must sail in a straight line against the wind.

In this case, the probability of being hit by bombers will be greatly increased.

And because the aircraft carrier is full of recycled aircraft, the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier will be very chaotic.

In this case, the Japanese aircraft would not be able to take off to intercept the aircraft of their lighthouse country.

If you are lucky, there will even be bombs waiting to be loaded on the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier.

That is simply a huge ammunition depot.

According to Zhang Lei's previous plan, not all the planes that took off from Midway Island were directly engaged in the attack.

Instead, they attacked the Japanese aircraft carrier formation in batches.

The first to arrive at the Japanese aircraft carrier formation were six Avenger torpedo planes and four Hellcat fighter jets.

The Avenger torpedo aircraft in the Lighthouse Country is, to be honest, rubbish.

This is a common problem with torpedo planes.

Because the torpedo is too big and heavy.

And if the torpedo plane wants to attack, it must fly in a straight line.

This is simply a living target.

Even with the protection of fighter jets, the hits fly very high.

Ten planes buzzed and flew towards the Japanese fleet.

At this time, on the Japanese aircraft carrier Canglong, the Japanese aerial observers were nervously observing the distant sky with a telescope.

Then he saw a few small black dots.

The ghost was taken aback for a moment.

A little black dot.

Two little black dots.

Three little black dots.

……

Ten little black dots! !
What the hell!

This is the plane of Lighthouse Country! ! !

The devil quickly reported to the command room through the microphone on the aircraft carrier.

"Your father will die, your mother will die, and your whole family will die!
At three o'clock, find the lighthouse country plane! "

Nani! ?
Nagumo Chuichi thought he heard it wrong.

A plane from the Lighthouse State? ?
This is simply not possible.

Our fleet arrived here secretly.

This ass is not hot yet, why is the plane from the lighthouse country coming?
Nan Yunzhong's heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly there is a bad feeling.

I am Nima.

Could it be that the fleet of the lighthouse country is nearby?
Nan Yunzhong quickly picked up the binoculars and observed the plane in mid-air.

Ten aircraft formed a large triangular formation.

Approaching his aircraft carrier Soryu.

Without Nagumo Tadashi giving an order, the anti-aircraft guns on the entire Japanese fleet had already started firing violently.

Soon, red lines were everywhere around the entire Japanese fleet.

One by one.

As the direction of the machine gun's muzzle was adjusted, those red lines kept changing directions.

Densely packed.

It looks very powerful.

And in mid-air, there are also clusters of black smoke in the shape of small discs.

It was the fragments produced by the explosion of the bullets fired by the machine gun in the air.

The bullets used by the Japanese anti-aircraft guns are very thick.

Go straight and it's almost as thick as three fingers combined.

Thirty centimeters long.

The devils in the entire Japanese fleet were very nervous.

Strictly speaking, this was the first serious battle of the devils on the Japanese aircraft carrier.

So tension is a must.

The Japanese army at the position of the machine gun on the deck fired while roaring.

The triple cannons were buzzing with sparks.

But the threat to the aircraft is really not that great.

The bullets hit a lot, but they couldn't hurt the plane at all.

Nagumo Chuichi immediately ordered that the Zero fighters on the aircraft carrier take off immediately.

These planes must be eliminated as quickly as possible.

At the same time, the bombers on the aircraft carrier immediately unloaded the bombs and replaced them with torpedoes.

The Pacific Fleet preparing to attack the lighthouse country.

Nanyun Zhongyi really had no idea in his heart.

Now their reconnaissance plane has not found the fleet of the lighthouse country.

But now that the planes from the Lighthouse Country were flying over his head, Nagumo Chuichi felt that the opponent's fleet must be around.

The devil's support staff on the aircraft carrier looked bewildered.

What did I just hear?
Commander Nanyun said that the bombs mounted on the planes on the deck should be replaced with torpedoes?

Did you find the opponent's fleet?

The devil's logistics staff dared to be careless, and quickly unloaded the bomb under the belly of the plane.

Ready to replace the torpedo.

This is a big job.

This job sounds easy.

But you will only find out when you actually replace it, which is very troublesome.

These bombs weigh hundreds of kilograms at every turn.

Some even have as little as a thousand catties.

Two or three devils can't handle it.

It is very time-consuming to replace so many bombs.

And the deck of the aircraft carrier is very tense.

While the bombs are being replaced, it is possible that the aircraft will also need to be recovered.

This caused the entire Japanese deck to be very dangerous.

The remaining Japanese pilots on the aircraft carrier are preparing for the pre-flight inspection.

Then he was told that their offensive goals had changed.

No longer attacking Midway.

Instead, wait for the order to prepare to attack the Pacific Fleet of the Lighthouse Country.

Masaichi Ogawa, a flight squadron captain of the Japanese army, was very surprised.

He did not expect that the dignified Commander Nagumo Chuichi would actually issue such a combat order at this time.

This order is too stupid, right?
The bombs are all mounted, shouldn't they continue to attack Midway Island with a large-scale bombing?
It is too hasty to replace the torpedo now.

Now that the opponent's torpedo planes and fighter jets are attacking their aircraft carrier, changing the bombs now is courting death.

In the command room, Nagumo Chuichi's heart was beating wildly.

The right eyelid has been twitching for a long time.

The seven reconnaissance planes he sent out should report soon.

This is different from the original plan.

According to the previous plan, the fleet of the lighthouse country should not appear near here.

This has exceeded Nagumo Chuichi's expectations.

The safest way is to destroy the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country first.

Only in this way can his fleet attack Midway with all its strength.

However, Nagumo Chuichi was not too flustered.

After all, he has four aircraft carriers in his hands.

For the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country, the advantage is overwhelming.

According to intelligence, the opponent's fleet only has two aircraft carriers.

Even if it's a one-for-one exchange, Nagumo Chuichi is sure to win.

There is another reason for this decision.

That is the main fleet of Yamamoto 56, which is still far away in the Aleutian Islands.

His Nagumo Chuichi's fleet is centered on aircraft carriers, so the number of battleships and cruisers is not very large.

This formation is suitable for long-distance attacks.

But if it is too close to the fleet of the lighthouse country, then his aircraft carrier is a living target.

Within the range of visual distance, the opponent's naval guns will blast his aircraft carrier to pieces.

Just as the planes on the Nagumo Chuichi aircraft carrier were in a hurry to replace the torpedoes, the reconnaissance planes sent by the Japanese army ended their reconnaissance within 150 nautical miles of the formation.

They did not find the fleet of the lighthouse country.

After receiving the report, Nanyun Zhongyi felt more at ease.

There is no opposing fleet.

This is the best news for him.

In other words, his formation can continue to attack according to the original plan.

So Nagumo Chuichi made another decision.

Replace the aircraft on the aircraft carrier with bombs again.

Continue the attack on Midway.

The devils on the deck are working hard.

Whoops whoops are loading torpedoes.

After receiving the order again, I was blinded.

An incredible look on his face.

A devil, a low-ranking soldier, was very upset.

They even swear.

"Damn it, our Commander Nagumo, did he eat too much shit?
Want to replace it with a bomb?
This is so simple.

Such frequent replacement is very dangerous. "

But these devils are just complaining.

If this word reaches Nagumo Chuichi's ears, this devil will definitely be thrown into the sea.

While the Japanese aircraft carrier deck was scrambling to replace bombs, a submarine of the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country, the Nautilus, quietly rose to the depth of the periscope.

From the periscope, the captain of the Nautilus spotted a Japanese aircraft carrier.

The large deck is flat whirring.

Think of a crew cut that has just been cut.

Although I don't know which aircraft carrier it is from the Japanese army, as long as it is an aircraft carrier, it will do.

So the captain of the Nautilus submarine quickly ordered to launch the torpedo.

under the sea.

The Nautilus creaked and opened its huge torpedo ports.

Then a long torpedo shot out.

The ghost lookout on the Canglong aircraft carrier soon saw a shiny thing in the distance rushing towards the Canglong.

The scared devil lookout was very close and shouted: "Left-rotary torpedo!"

What the hell! ?
torpedo? ? ?

As soon as Nan Yunzhong heard these two words, cold sweat broke out.

This thing is a big killer to kill the aircraft carrier.

If the aircraft carrier is hit by a torpedo, under normal circumstances, up to five can kill it.

And now the opponent's planes are approaching one after another.

If he was hit by a torpedo at this time, his Canglong would be [-]% destroyed.

"Omega!!"

As soon as Nanyun Zhongyi hurriedly ordered the aircraft carrier Canglong to turn full rudder.

Emergency escape.

(End of this chapter)