blood feud

While the aircraft carrier Enterprise was being attacked, the radar of the striker group finally responded. The captain of the aircraft carrier Hornet, Colonel Mark Mitchell, quickly ordered his own carrier-based fighter jets, that is, 27 f6f Hellcats to take off urgently for reinforcements. own general.

However, the situation he faced was more serious.As a result, just as the first plane left the deck, three fighter planes suddenly rushed out of the clouds, and a burst of dense 30mm cannons shoveled across the plane, smashing the plane into pieces in the air.

It turned out that in order to determine the outcome of the battle, Bai Shujie ordered all fighter jets and bombers from the three airports to dispatch at the same time.Now coming over are 48 J-48 fighters and [-] Nulong bombers from the other two airports.

However, the pilots kept in mind Bai Shujie's order: "It's enough to sink the aircraft carrier, minimize the casualties of the US military, and let them save some seeds to fight the little devils in the future. Therefore, during the battle, as long as the other warships are not too much, don't use them for the time being." Never mind."

Three minutes later than Enterprise, USS Hornet was nearly shattered into pieces before sinking into the Banda Sea.Except for a large piece of oil and deck debris, a huge whirlpool that kept rolling, and some officers and soldiers who fell into the water desperately swimming out, there was nothing to be seen on the water.

It is impossible not to go out desperately.

The sinking of the huge hull into the sea will cause a huge vortex with a diameter of more than 300 meters.Once it is involved, the gods will not be able to save it.

Naval battles and air battles are so cruel. The two sides prepared for three days, but the combined battle process took less than 10 minutes.

It can be said that the real naval battle and air battle are decided as soon as the action is taken.

Of course, this is based on the fact that Bai Shujie is not prepared to eat up the entire 17 warships and send them all to the bottom of the sea.

Therefore, for Bai Shujie's side, if he fulfilled his promise and prevented others from taking his warning as fart, the battle was over.

What is deterrence?Bai Shujie took a blow today, announcing to the whole world: "I will do what I say, whoever dares to fart, the fate of the two most advanced aircraft carriers is the best explanation!"

The J-72 fighter jets can stay in the air for only three hours. Now that the enemy's aircraft carrier has been sunk, the bomber formation has no threat at all, so all the fighter jets have returned.Leaving [-] Nulong bombers hovering in the sky to monitor the movement of the enemy fleet.

The Nulong bomber uses an economical speed of 720 kilometers per hour, and can fly in the air for 20 hours.Of course, it would be impossible to fly that long today.On the one hand, the bomb is only dropped by half; on the other hand, the fuel carried today has been reduced by a third.

The remaining 6 heavy search cruisers and 9 destroyers of the U.S. military saw enemy bombers hovering at an altitude of more than 3000 meters and did not continue to drop bombs.

After 6 hours, 15 warships wanted to go back the same way and leave this sad place.

late!

A fleet suddenly appeared in the south of the Banda Sea, and they were all surrounded in a horizontal row. They started firing at a distance of 40 kilometers.Moreover, the shells were thin and long, flying over one after another, with almost no gap in between, and a stream of water mist exploded in the sea area 3 kilometers in front of the US fleet!

rocket missile!

There is a deadly huge bomber overhead, and there is a dense rain of shells on the way back.What is a dilemma?Take a look at the surviving Task Force 16 of the U.S. military, and you will understand everything.

Soon, probably the whole world will be able to receive a clear telegram: "Commander of the 16th Task Force, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance, officially orders all warships to stop resisting and surrender to the South China United Front!"

In fact, all the warships did not resist, because the enemy's warships were still 40 kilometers away. The front deck main guns of the six heavy cruisers are all 6mm main guns with 55 times the caliber, and the maximum range is only 203 kilometers, which is simply not enough.

The commander is not dead. This is great news. The 15 warships raised the white flag almost at the same time, then put all the cannons on the guns, and then shot the semaphore of surrender.

An hour and a half later, the Zhengnan fleet finally approached. After simple negotiations, these warships sailed to Darwin port according to Bai Shujie's intention.

It wasn't until this time that these U.S. military officers and soldiers realized: "No wonder there are no main bombers to deal with the enemy's warships. It turns out that the largest military base in the north has fallen into the enemy's hands."

Let's go back and say that 32 warships are preparing to land on the beach in Port Moresby. The fleet commander is the commander of the 17th Task Force, Rear Admiral Fletcher.

At ten o'clock in the morning on May 1942, 5, he also received the final warning from the "South China United Front, Commander Zhang Xiang".Major General Fletcher sent a telegram to Allied Forces Command in Brisbane, and received the order to "move on".

At around 12:00 noon, the fleet sailed north to the sea area 50 kilometers east of Princess Charlotte Harbor, 500 kilometers away from the destination Port Moresby.

Major General Fletcher issued an order: the USS Yorkton aircraft carrier immediately went into battle, and 3 fighter planes of the vb-18-sbd dreadnought dive bomber squadron immediately took off as the first wave of strike force to carry out air strikes on Port Moresby. vs-3 - 19 sbd dreadnought dive bombers, all at the same time ready for battle.

The development trajectory of the matter is far from following Major General Fletcher's planned plan.

After the first wave of 18 dive bombers took off, they had just completed their formation over the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier. In the clouds more than 1 meters high, a white spot suddenly appeared and swooped down with a dazzling light.

Bandit!The US military officers and soldiers didn't hear the huge roar until they knew what the plane looked like!

All the officers and soldiers of the U.S. military immediately understood: "Supersonic fighter jets are cheap, is this God's punishment for us?"

The concept of supersonic fighter jets is no stranger now.

Both Germany and the Soviet Union have claimed to have mastered the technology of supersonic fighter jets, and the Americans are also stepping up their development.Boeing, for example, has already carried out in-depth research in an all-round way.

But the research belongs to the research, the enemy planes that come out now are flying at supersonic speed, and the target is the 18 dive bombers that have just completed formation!

The sbd dreadnought dive bomber has a maximum flatness of only 410 km/h, and a practical ceiling of only 7780 meters.

歼九战机的最大速度1025公里小时（1马赫），实用升限16500米，9500米高度巡航速度925公里小时。

In other words, even if the J-2.3 fighter does not fly at supersonic speed, it is [-] times faster than the sbd dreadnought dive bomber at the most common cruising speed.

Coupled with the ceiling more than double that of the sbd dreadnought dive bomber, it occupies absolute air superiority, always attacking from top to bottom, and air combat cannot be carried out at all.

The 9 J-18 fighters did not fire their guns, but flew over the formation of [-] SBD dreadnought dive bombers, using suppressive flight.As a result, the altitude of the dive bomber formation became lower and lower, and soon approached the landing altitude.

The fighter and bomber pilots of the U.S. military quickly understood: "This is not about extermination, but at the same time as the demonstration, let us land quickly, and don't wish to bomb others."

No way, the dive bomber formation had to land.The J-5000 fighter plane lost the cover of the enemy plane, so it had to pull up quickly, out of the range of the enemy's artillery fire, and returned to an altitude above [-] meters for surveillance.

Fortunately, the enemy was merciful, not coming to fight, but to stop the fleet from moving.If he is ignorant and bites the bullet and seeks death, the whole fleet will be finished.

This battle is over!

Rear Admiral Fletcher didn't want to continue to ask for instructions at all, but immediately issued what he believed to be the most correct order: "The entire fleet turns westward, approaches Cairns Port, and strives for shore artillery and anti-aircraft artillery reinforcements!"

The 9 J-6000 fighter jets had a three-hour stay in the air, so they were always hovering about [-] meters above the fleet. The huge roar made all the officers and soldiers under Major General Fletcher restless.Fearing that the enemy will change his mind, it would be terrible to dive down.

Because of this huge fleet, there are 18 transport ships in it, which transport the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Division of the Australian Army.

No matter how majestic your army is, once stuffed into the cabin, all combat effectiveness will be zero.Once spotted by the enemy's bomber fleet, you just wait to be bombed.

Now that I was discovered by the enemy, it is a blessing that I was not attacked. After returning, I must burn high incense as soon as possible.

The "air combat area" is only 50 kilometers away from the port of Cairns, which is 27 nautical miles.Although the transport ship only had a speed of 18 knots, it arrived at the outskirts of the Great Barrier Reef in an hour and a half.

When all the fleets had broken down and the assault boats used for landing were also put into the sea, an unexpected change suddenly appeared, which made the more than 2 army and navy officers and soldiers dumbfounded!

Yes, the planes in the sky did not drop bombs and did not threaten.But what greeted Rear Admiral Fletcher's fleet in Cairns was not the cheers of the officers and soldiers of the Australian Third Division, but the dark muzzle of the fortress.

Although the guns were not fired, the veteran Youzi saw the elevation angle of the gun barrels and knew that all the 410mm shore guns had been aimed at the fleet!

The 410mm shore gun has a range of 45 kilometers, and now all ships have reached within 15 kilometers.

want to run?Not to mention the 18-knot speed of the troop carrier, even the 39-knot high-speed cruiser and destroyer can't outrun the speed of the shells!

The worst thing is that all the ships have broken down, and the huge fleet has become a "dead target", even if they want to run away.

Wait until all the officers picked up their binoculars and looked: My God, don't talk about the American flag on the shore, not even the Australian flag.There are three big flags on the shore, but they are very strange: a golden dragon with a red background, arrogant!

Some officers and soldiers who knew Chinese blurted out: "Australia has been lost! These flags are the armored regiment, tank regiment, and air defense regiment of the Second Division of the South China United Front!"

Rear Admiral Fletcher sat down on the special chair on the command platform, and said weakly: "We have completely lost the ability to resist, and we have fulfilled our duties and ordered the fleet to surrender."

"Let's go ashore with landing craft and lifeboats! If the stalemate continues, in case the enemy becomes impatient, we cannot resist the powerful firepower of the shore artillery."

It turned out that after Zhong Guitang led the armored regiment to leave Darwin Airport, they flew eastward all the way.First took Nulan Bai, and then continued to sweep along the coastline.

Two days and two nights of continuous combat, no, two days and two nights of running desperately, and finally ran nearly [-] kilometers. Fortunately, the armored vehicles are all solid tires, otherwise it would not be possible.

At around two o'clock yesterday afternoon, Zhong Guitang and the others finally arrived in Cairns.

The coastal defense here belonged to two battalions of the [-]rd Division of the Australian Army, but there was no resistance.Because their cannons are all facing the sea, and they are still inside the fortress, so they can't move at all.

Besides, even if you want to move, you can’t. The dozens of armored vehicles and bundles of gun barrels will scare you to death.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.