Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 354 The Tragic Air Attack

At 2539 o'clock in the afternoon on November [-], [-] in the divine calendar, the combined fleet of the four navies composed of the Red Tiger Navy, the Blood Wolf Navy, the East Bear Navy, and the Ice Lion Navy was only [-] meters away from the Minggang Port of the Great Qin Kingdom. There are about [-] kilometers left, and this distance has already entered the combat radius of the fighters of both sides.

At this time, according to the order of Admiral Longkot, the commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the four navies, more than 600 fighter planes of the [-] aircraft carriers of the combined fleet of the four navies began to take off from each aircraft carrier, preparing to face off at Minggang. The Great Qin Navy outside the port, that is, the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army, launched the first wave of attacks.

At the same time, more than 22 fighter planes on the 600 simple aircraft carriers of the Yueyang Front Army's independent fleet, and more than 800 fighter planes from the Yueyang Front Army's Air Force Independent Division, also began to gather in the sky above Minggang, preparing to attack the four-nation navies combined fleet. Launch the first round of air strikes.

The two sides unanimously dispatched almost half of their fighters at once, hoping to severely injure each other in the first round of attacks.

However, what neither side expected was that the first wave of attack aircraft from both sides chose almost the same flight route, so an extremely fierce air battle immediately unfolded in the air about 110 kilometers east of Minggang Port.

When the commander-in-chief of the joint fleet of the four countries' navy, Marshal Longkot of the Red Tiger Kingdom, learned that his first wave of attack aircraft had encountered an enemy fleet on the way, he spoke to Marshal Fairford of the Blood Wolf Kingdom in a deep voice. Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Country and Admiral Withertum of the East Bear Country said: "It seems that the second wave of attack aircraft groups cannot continue to set off. Let the remaining fighter jets on each aircraft carrier take off half of the air first." One, to guard against air attack by enemy fleets, and at the same time order all warships to be ready for air defense operations."

Marshal Fairford of the Blood Wolf Kingdom hesitated for a moment and said: "I think let's let all the remaining fighter jets on the aircraft carriers go into the air! Even if the first wave of attack aircraft of our combined fleet of the four navies encountered the enemy halfway. It may not be able to stop all the enemy's fleet, maybe Daqin's fighter planes will fly over soon."

Admiral Ferfort of the Blood Wolf Country made a good guess. After the first wave of attack aircraft from the two sides encountered each other, the fighter formations of both sides quickly rushed towards each other, and tried to wipe out the opponent's multiple bomber formations first. After all, the biggest threat to our own fleet is the enemy bomber formation.

However, after the fighter jets of the two sides fought, the joint fleet of the four navies soon fell into a disadvantage. After all, whether it was the Bamboo Dragonfly carrier-based fighter jets of the independent fleet or the Hidenori fighter jets of the Air Force Independent Division, in all aspects of performance, they were all superior. It is superior to the carrier-based aircraft of the four-nation navy, and most of the pilots who fly these bamboo dragonfly fighters and Xiubird fighters are air force clones and air force biochemicals, and air force clones and air force biochemicals Almost everyone can be called an ace pilot.

More than 600 fighter planes of the independent fleet and more than 800 fighter planes of the Air Force Independent Division, of which there are about 580 bombers. Under the protection of a large number of fighter jets, these 580 bombers passed the first battle of the joint fleet of the four navies almost unscathed. The interception of the wave attack fleet continued to fly towards the main team of the joint fleet of the four navies.

The first attack fleet of the joint fleet of the four navies suffered heavy losses under the attack of more than 600 fighter jets from the independent fleet and independent division of the air force. As for the fighter planes, there are only more than [-] fighter jets and more than [-] bombers left, and the number is less than one-third.

If it wasn't for the first wave of attack aircraft from the independent fleet and independent division of the Air Force, the main task was to attack the main fleet of the joint fleet of the four countries' navies. Maybe there were only more than [-] fighters left in the first wave of the combined fleet of the four navies. It will be lost in a while.

On the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship Xingchen, the flagship of the independent fleet, Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, frowned and said to Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet: "Commander, why don't we let the first wave of attack aircraft fleet completely wipe out the fighter planes of the four navies?" ?”

Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, said immediately: "The mission of the first wave of attack aircraft is to attack the fleets of the four navies. As for the fighter planes of the four navies that fly over, let them protect our fleet!"

At this time, more than 600 fighter jets were circling over the independent fleet, and these more than 200 fighter jets belonged to the Air Force Independent Division, and the other 22 fighter jets were bamboo dragonfly carrier-based fighter jets that took off from [-] simple aircraft carriers.

The first wave of attack aircraft from the independent fleet and independent division of the Air Force was intercepted by a large number of carrier-based aircraft of the four navies when they were about to fly over the combined fleet of the four navies. Under the attack, an air channel was quickly opened for more than 500 bombers, and these more than 500 bombers immediately bombed warships of the joint fleet of the four navies.

"Boom—" An escort aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy with a full load displacement of more than 2 tons was only hit by a 533 mm caliber torpedo, and quickly disappeared on the sea. After all, the escort aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy They were all urgently transformed from large transport ships, and they had no protective capabilities at all.

However, even a regular aircraft carrier cannot escape the fate of sinking under the siege of many bombers.

An aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy with a displacement of more than 4 tons was hit by four 533-kilogram aerial bombs and three torpedoes with a caliber of [-] mm, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea.

After the first attack fleet of the Independent Fleet and the Air Force Independent Division completed their attack, the Red Tiger Navy had one large aircraft carrier, one medium aircraft carrier, two small aircraft carriers, nine escort aircraft carriers, two battlecruisers, and two dreadnoughts. Battleships, four heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, and eight destroyers were sunk.

The Blood Wolf Navy also has one medium aircraft carrier, one small aircraft carrier, seven escort carriers, one super dreadnought battleship, one battlecruiser, one dreadnought battleship, two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers and seven destroyers was sunk.

The fleets of the Ice Lions Navy and the Dongxiong Navy did not suffer any losses due to their backward positions.

In the bridge of the aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy, Marshal Long Kete of the Red Tiger Navy said to the other three naval commanders in a deep voice: "Our navies of the four countries have sent attack aircraft groups, and we have just completed the first attack on the Daqin Navy Fleet. However, because the Daqin Navy fleet is protected by a large number of fighter jets, the attack aircraft fleet of our four-nation navy has achieved very little success, and we can only confirm that it has sunk an escort aircraft carrier of the Daqin Navy."

Marshal Ferfort of the Blood Wolf Kingdom gave a wry smile and said, "I never thought that we would pay such a huge loss against the weak Great Qin Navy. Only in the opponent's first wave of air strikes, our Blood Wolf Kingdom Navy and the Red Tiger Kingdom The navy lost six regular aircraft carriers and sixteen escort aircraft carriers. The Red Tiger Navy also sank two battlecruisers, two dreadnought battleships and four heavy cruisers. Our blood wolf navy also has a super dreadnought Battleships, a battlecruiser, a dreadnought, and two heavy cruisers were sunk, and most of the ships of our two navies were wounded."

Marshal Longkot of the Chihu Kingdom immediately hesitated and said: "Now the attack aircraft fleet sent by our navies of the four countries, the fighters and bombers that can return to the voyage, it seems that there are more than [-] left in total, I feel that I want to solve it completely The fleet of the Daqin Navy mainly escorts the aircraft carrier, and our joint fleet of the four navies must get closer to the fleet of the Daqin Navy, relying on the powerful naval gun firepower of our four navies combined fleet, it is possible to do it."

You must know that the first wave of attack aircraft sent by the joint fleet of the four countries' navies had more than 600 carrier-based aircraft, but only a fraction of the carrier-based aircraft that are returning now are left.

In addition, in the air battle over the combined fleet of the four navies just now, the combined fleet of the four navies lost hundreds of carrier-based aircraft. It can be said that the combined fleet of the four navies has lost almost two-thirds of the carrier-based aircraft just after the war started. , it is obvious that it is almost difficult to rely on carrier-based aircraft to solve the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army.

Admiral Delaware of the Ice Lion Kingdom nodded and said: "It cannot be denied that the fighter planes of the Daqin Air Force and the carrier-based aircraft of the Daqin Navy are much better than the carrier-based aircraft of our four navies in terms of performance. And the opponent also has a large number of excellent pilots, it seems that if we want to completely destroy the fleet of the Great Qin Navy, we can only close the distance between our two fleets and rely on naval guns to deal with each other."

Admiral Withertem of the Eastern Xiong Kingdom went on to say: "The remaining carrier-based fighters on the aircraft carriers of our four-nation navies will no longer be able to take the initiative to attack. We must keep these carrier-based fighters to protect our four-nation navies as much as possible. The sky above the fleet allows the joint fleet of our four navies to reach outside the port of Great Qinming Port."

Although Ding Haifeng, the commander of the independent fleet, also knew that in a war of this scale, losses were inevitable, but when a simple aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 1 tons was bombed and sunk, Ding Haifeng still felt distressed enough.

"Contact the Air Force Independent Division, let the second wave of attack aircraft attack, and let the aircraft carriers prepare to receive the first wave of carrier-based aircraft to return. Alas-this has just started the war, and we have already lost an aircraft carrier." After Ding Haifeng finished speaking, he shook his head helplessly.

Captain Liu Bin of the Xingchen immediately said: "Commander, according to the report of the first wave of attack aircraft, they have sunk at least [-] aircraft carriers of the navies of the four countries, although most of them are simple aircraft carriers like our independent fleet, but There were also several regular aircraft carriers, and even sank a large aircraft carrier of the Red Tiger Navy. In addition, the first wave of attack aircraft also sank many other types of warships, including a super dreadnought battleship and three battlecruisers. and three dreadnoughts."

Ding Haifeng sighed and said: "The results of the battle are very brilliant, but the scale of the combined fleet of the four navies is really too large. These losses are not even considered injuries to the combined fleet of the four navies, while our independent fleet and air force The first wave of attack aircraft of the Independent Division lost more than a quarter."

Liu Bin, the captain of the Xingchen, pondered for a while and said: "There is no way to deal with such a huge loss. After all, the joint fleet of the four countries' navies has hundreds of warships, and each warship has a large number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. The only way is to launch wave after wave of air strikes."

Ding Haifeng rubbed his face with his hands, and then said: "After the carrier-based aircraft that participated in the first wave of attack return, replenish fuel and ammunition as soon as possible, and prepare to participate in the third wave of attack. Facing the combined fleet of four navies of this size, We just have to fight hard.”

As of dark, the independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army and the Air Force Independent Division conducted a total of six waves of air strikes on the joint fleet of the navies of the four countries. Less than [-] kilometers of sea area.

During the six waves of air strikes by the Independent Fleet and Air Force Independent Division, the Red Tiger Navy sank three large aircraft carriers, three medium aircraft carriers, four small aircraft carriers, seventeen escort aircraft carriers, four super dreadnought battleships, six battlecruisers, four dreadnoughts, eleven heavy cruisers, eighteen light cruisers, twenty-two destroyers and two submarines.

The blood wolf navy was bombed and sank two large aircraft carriers, one medium aircraft carrier, two small aircraft carriers, twelve escort aircraft carriers, two super dreadnought battleships, four battlecruisers, three dreadnought battleships, and seven heavy cruisers , ten light cruisers, fifteen destroyers and one submarine.

Among them, the three submarines sunk by the Red Tiger Navy and the Blood Wolf Navy were all unlucky and sunk by aerial bombs that fell into the sea.

Although the fleets of the Ice Lions Navy and the Dongxiong Kingdom Navy were located at the rear, they also suffered considerable losses in several rounds of air strikes.

The Ice Lion Navy was bombed and sank a battlecruiser, a heavy cruiser, two light cruisers and three destroyers, and the East Bear Navy was bombed and sank a small aircraft carrier, a battlecruiser, and a dreadnought Battleships, two heavy cruisers, three light cruisers and three destroyers.

The independent fleet of the Yueyang Front Army and the independent division of the air force suffered a lot of losses in the successive rounds of air strikes. When it was dark, the independent fleet had less than [-] carrier-based aircraft that could still fight. Of the [-] air regiments of the division at several airfields near Minggang and temporary field airfields, there are less than [-] fighter planes left.

(End of this chapter)