Age of Rebirth

Le Yiqin's heart was bleeding, the fighter group that launched the first wave of attack, more than 500 pilots, were prepared to fight more with less, and all the fighter groups with the most combat effectiveness from the Southern Aviation Group were dispatched. It can also be said that it was Le Yiqin's old-fashioned army, the real backbone and elite, who fought for more than an hour in the air battle, and lost nearly half of it in the battle, and his heart was shaking with pain.

Fortunately, most of the wounded fighter jets were able to fly back to the airport, but the life and death of the 93 fighter pilots who were shot down were unpredictable. With the cruelty of the little devil, the possibility of the pilots surviving is almost impossible.

However, the first wave of attack aircraft groups did what they should do, mobilized all the carrier-based fighter jets of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, consumed their ammunition and fuel, achieved their goal, and the price paid was worth it.

Now that the Japanese carrier-based aircraft are landing on the ship, the second wave of land-based fighter and bomber mixed fleet attacks will be fatal. When it comes out, it's a lore!

The gunpowder smoke in the sky has not yet cleared. Admiral Nagumo Tadashi stood by the porthole of the flagship's command cabin, watching the carrier-based aircraft that landed on more than a dozen aircraft carriers in the core area of ​​the United Fleet like a flock of geese returning to their nests. , There is not much smile on the face, although this is an air battle that can be regarded as a victory, the land-based fighters of the China Independent Division suffered more losses than the imperial army.

Admiral Nagumo Tadashi was dissatisfied. He dispatched more than double the number of carrier-based fighter jets that attacked the incoming Chinese fighter jets, but he did not wipe them out or seriously injure them.A full blow, but with little effect.It must have made me very disappointed.

Although I hate that guy Matsuda's nagging, it doesn't mean that Commander Nagumo completely ignores his words.After all, that guy has fought with General Yamamoto in the vast Pacific Ocean for many years, and also has the experience of fighting against the land-based aviation of the Independent Division of China.

Moreover, after witnessing the process of the air battle, General Nagumo himself had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the land-based aviation of the China Independent Division, although he did not admit it.But we must also respect the reality. When the number of fighter jets is at an absolute disadvantage, the Chinese pilots' fighting will, air combat level, and tactical use are quite powerful, and they are the opponents of the Imperial Navy's aviation.

Admiral Nagumo withdrew his gaze from looking at the aircraft carrier, and said to Rear Admiral Watanabe, the newly promoted acting chief of staff of the United Fleet: "Mr. Watanabe, convey the order to the commander of the carrier-based aircraft. speed, supplement ammunition and fuel, and re-form combat effectiveness, maybe. We will usher in another attack from the China fleet!"

The Supreme Commander of the Combined Fleet personally paid attention to this matter. How dare the carrier-based aircraft logistics department neglect all the Japanese logistics personnel.They all worked desperately to receive the landing carrier aircraft.Because the deck area of ​​the aircraft carrier is limited, it is necessary to send the carrier-based aircraft that landed first into the hangar.Make room for the landing, and then replenish fuel and ammunition in the hangar, and then push it onto the flight deck. This is tedious physical work, and the Japanese logistics soldiers are as tired as dogs.

When the carrier-based aircraft landed and refueled, this gap was also the time when the carrier-based aircraft was weakest, and Le Yiqin's second wave of mixed aircraft attack arrived in good time.

"Reporting to the commander, the radar has discovered that there is another batch of land-based fleets of the China Independent Division, divided into two echelons, approaching the airspace where our fleet is located from the direction of Sulawesi Island and Irian Island! It is estimated that after 10 minutes, Form an attack on our fleet!" Rear Admiral Watanabe, the interim chief of staff, put down the phone and reported nervously.

General Nanyun's heart sank suddenly, he was really afraid of something, "How many enemy planes? What kind of aircraft?" He asked sharply.

"The number of fighter jets is about [-], and the number of bombers is about [-]!" Chief of Staff Watanabe replied.

Admiral Nagumo felt a sudden tremor in his heart. The number of China fighters attacking again was originally not a concern, but now it is the time when the combined fleet's carrier-based fighters are busiest in combat power, and it is the first time they have seen The bomber that didn't show up, Matsuda said, "China's air force commander Le Yiqin is a cunning opponent, and he will definitely have a backup!" Could it be that the second Chinese aircraft group that attacked was a backup? Not so good!

"Chief of Staff Watanabe, how many carrier-based fighter jets can take off to fight now?" Admiral Nagumo asked.

Chief of Staff Watanabe replied very uncomfortable: "The commander of the carrier-based aircraft reported that there are less than a hundred fighters, and about 80.00% of the ammunition and fuel have been replenished, and the other fighters have only been replenished to about 20.00%!"

"Baga!" General Nanyun was furious, and asked sharply, "Why is the speed of replenishing fuel and ammunition so slow? Didn't I already give the order?"

The acting chief of staff, Rear Admiral Watanabe, was speechless about the anger of His Excellency the Commander. Your Commander Nagumo was born as the commander of the carrier-based aircraft unit. What is the reason? I don’t know.How long does it take to land a carrier-based aircraft that has run out of fuel and ammunition? This replenishment speed is definitely fast enough!

After scolding, General Nagumo also suddenly realized that he was a little confused and even forgot the rules of his old business, "Watanabe-kun, convey my order, all carrier-based fighters with more than 80.00% ammunition and fuel , Immediately stop replenishment, take off into the air to meet the battle, at the same time, the air defense firepower on the periphery of the fleet is fully fired, covering the formation of carrier-based aircraft into the air!"

The move of breaking the boat is an urgent emergency measure. Admiral Nanyun understands very well that if the carrier-based fighter jets do not take off immediately and are bored on the take-off deck of the aircraft carrier, it will be a catastrophe for the aircraft carrier. A carrier-based aircraft is like a bomb, and it bombs its own aircraft carrier. Fortunately, the air combat battlefield of the carrier-based aircraft is not far away, and 80.00% of the fuel and ammunition are enough to support it.

Le Yiqin's second round of mixed attack fleet arrived at the battlefield faster than expected. It took [-] minutes for it to appear above the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy, but what they were facing was the surrounding Japanese troops. The warship's anti-aircraft firepower, fierce shooting, anti-aircraft artillery shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets formed a barrage in the air, and the exploding smoke plume almost enveloped the sky above the United Fleet.

The situation on the battlefield was transmitted back to the headquarters in an instant. Le Yiqin's face was livid, and he ordered through gritted teeth: "The fighter jet formation breaks into the core of the little devil's combined fleet, and the target of the attack is the carrier-based aircraft on the Japanese aircraft carrier. Before the little devil's carrier-based planes take off, let me kill them all, and the bomber formation is on the periphery, attacking the Japanese warships, tearing open the air defense firepower network of the little devil's fleet!"

The formation of fighter jets that received the order, more than [-] fighter jets, rushed into the air defense fire net of the United Fleet without hesitation. From time to time, fighter jets were hit by anti-aircraft artillery shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and exploded in the air, but this did not stop the pilots from flying the fighter planes , Shuttle in the rain of bullets, fighting with the god of death, the heroic behavior of the pilots of the independent division was a heavy psychological and morale blow to the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

Breaking through the layers of the Japanese fleet's anti-aircraft firepower network, the Southern Aviation Group's second wave of attack fighters paid a huge price. Before the air battle started, more than half of them were lost. In the end, there were only more than a hundred fighters, and the successful breakthrough Once they entered the core area of ​​the United Fleet, the huge bodies of more than a dozen Japanese aircraft carriers were exposed in front of their eyes, and on the decks of the Japanese aircraft carriers, Japanese carrier-based fighter jets took off and climbed one after another.

The commander of the fighter jet formation, his eyes were red, and he shouted hoarsely on the formation communication channel: "All attack! I don't plan to go back today!" Witnessing with his own eyes the brothers who get along day and night, sacrifice one by one, he and his The pilots have already embraced the belief that they must die.

After breaking into the core area of ​​the United Fleet, they left the Japanese air defense firepower network behind. The airspace here is actually safe, and they are facing a small number of Japanese carrier-based aircraft that are taking off.

The thirty or so Japanese carrier-based aircraft that had already taken off were crushed above their heads before they reached their normal heights, surrounded by fighter jets from the independent division that outnumbered their own. One, either exploded in the air, or plunged into the sea with thick smoke and flames.

General Nagumo Tadashi, holding the binoculars, dropped his hand weakly. He saw that more than a hundred land-based fighter jets of the China Independent Division were making the most ferocious attack, almost brushing against the deck of the aircraft carrier. The thirty or so carrier-based fighter jets that took off by myself and the take-off decks of more than a dozen aircraft carriers were parked on the take-off deck, and the carrier-based aircraft poured strings of bullets, causing fireworks and explosions on the deck. The carrier-based aircraft is burning up and exploding!

Admiral Nan Yunzhong seems to have seen that the shadow of failure is covering himself. In the inner sea of ​​Banda Sea, under the watchful eyes of the land-based aviation of the China Independent Division, the United Fleet has lost the greatest combat power—— After the carrier-based aircraft force, what will be the result? Each warship is a live target for the bombers of the China Independent Division's land-based aviation force!

"No!" Admiral Nan Yunzhong roared in his heart. He was not at the end of his rope. As long as he could save about one-third of the carrier-based aircraft in this air raid, he still had the ability to fight again. The most critical thing now is to kill the Chinese fighter jets that broke into the core area of ​​the fleet.

"Chief of Staff Watanabe, convey my order immediately!" Admiral Nagumo Tadashi went all out, "All the air defense frigates of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet immediately approach the core area of ​​the fleet, and use anti-aircraft artillery to cover the airspace where the aircraft carrier is located!"

(to be continued) (to be continued...)