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Just when Lin Tai was gearing up for a big fight, the reply telegram from the Ministry of the Navy also arrived.Looking at this telegram, Lin Taizeng's mood immediately dropped to freezing point.For the Admiralty not only rejected his request to attack, but ordered itself not to rush.As the planner of the entire strategy, Lin Jianzhang has to consider the whole more.Although the Beiyang Fleet's preemptive strikes can have unexpected effects, if the battle starts in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, it will greatly affect the attack efficiency of your troops. When your plane returns, it will inevitably land at night, and this This tactic is also very dangerous in peacetime, let alone in wartime.

Flocks of planes are flying around like headless chickens in the dark night. It is really easy for many things to happen. More importantly, if this assault does not cause losses to the enemy, then the plan I have worked so hard to make will be destroyed. It was in vain.What's more, night combat is one of the Japanese navy's best tactics.

So Lin Taizeng immediately changed his tactics, and the huge Beiyang Fleet set up a battle formation in the sea 900 square kilometers west of Jeju Island.The entire fleet is centered on the Zhonghua 1 battleship and the Yangtian heavy cruiser of the Second Battle Fleet.The Hurricane aircraft carrier of the Second Air Force and the escort command ship Nutao are 1 kilometers west of the Zhonghua 12 battleship.The aircraft carrier Storm and the escort Haitian of the Third Aviation Team are located 1 kilometers east of the Zhonghua 13, and as the soul of the entire fleet, Lin Taizeng’s flagship aircraft carrier Gust and the escort battleship Yuntian are located on the Zhonghua 1 10 nautical miles in front of them, and in front of them, the cruisers Dingyuan, Weiyuan, Zhenyuan, Jiyuan and some gunboats form a peripheral defense network, and on both sides of the main force of the fleet, there are fifty submarines. battle formation.As a result, a huge cone-like formation was formed west of Jeju Island, like a sharp sword ready to be unsheathed at all times!

After the fleet lined up, a flight captain who was performing a flight patrol mission over the fleet described what he saw in his diary: "We were flying a Bluebird fighter jet to perform a combat patrol mission. During this flight, What really impressed me was the huge perfect steel garland built around the Zhonghua No. 1 ship. In the center of the garland is the flagship of our entire Beiyang Fleet, the Tornado, surrounded by a group of light ships. We The squadron of fighter jets passed over their heads several times, and the scene was really shocking. This may be the most spectacular fleet that has ever appeared on the earth, and I think the British Royal Navy can't compare with it."

Lin Taizeng has already set up his position here, while the reconnaissance and harassment of the Japanese combined fleet by the Chinese reconnaissance force over there is still going on.The submarine force of the Imperial Navy suddenly appeared at the rear of the Combined Fleet, where the Japanese logistics supply ship lined up. These submarines fired about 8 torpedoes at this formation. The supply ship was sunk.The Japanese destroyers in charge of defense on the periphery immediately carried out intensive cleanup of the waters, but nothing was gained.

Half an hour later, the air wing belonging to the Chinese naval aviation appeared on the starboard side of the destroyer formation on the right wing of the combined fleet. At an altitude of 5000 meters, 500 kilograms of bombs were scattered in the nearby waters or on the decks of Japanese warships. Yamamoto immediately ordered the organization to fight back , The battle lasted for 10 minutes. When the carrier-based plane from Japan arrived, the Chinese plane quickly flew to high altitude and left the battlefield at high speed.

ps: Due to the invention of aircraft and aircraft carriers, Sino-Japanese naval warfare is mainly based on air warfare and submarine warfare, which is also the development trend of naval warfare.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 556 Battle of the Air and Sea

Then the Japanese fighter jets patrolling the periphery spotted the Chinese plane again, but this time it was a water transport plane and could not fly very high.Seeing this situation, Captain Inoue Kawaizumi, the squadron leader of Japan's No. [-] Fighter Squadron, who had lost his temper after being played by the Chinese reconnaissance plane for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore.Under the cover of his wingman, his plane rushed towards the plane that was still maintaining its cruising speed at high speed, and fired a burst at the other side. The shells miraculously concentrated on the tail of the plane, billowing thick smoke.With an urgent long cry, the plane plummeted heavily to the sea.

Ten minutes later, two Japanese destroyers arrived at the sea area where the plane crashed and rescued the two Chinese pilots who were already shivering from the cold. Yamamoto immediately ordered the interrogation of the two hapless Chinese pilots.But although they were captured, they gritted their teeth and did not utter a word. Finally, the Japanese found the communication records on the wreckage of the plane.The result surprised everyone.Because according to these communication records, China's most powerful Beiyang Fleet is rushing towards them at full speed.

Faced with this sudden change, Yamamoto fell silent.Because the news came so suddenly.Obviously, the Chinese came prepared.They want to give themselves a fatal blow when they are not paying attention.But what surprised Yamamoto the most was where the three aircraft carriers in the Beiyang Fleet came from.Judging from the previous intelligence, these three aircraft carriers are like disappearing into the sea, there is no news at all, but now they suddenly appear in the enemy fleet, it is really hard to guess what is going on, it is too late to pursue this issue up.Because according to the current speed, I am still eighteen hours away from the other party, and a big battle is about to come.

After a long time of thinking, Yamamoto issued an order: "Order the air reconnaissance force to carry out reconnaissance and determine the opponent's position. The troops are ready to fight, and we must preemptively strike!" After he finished speaking, he sighed heavily. "May God Amaterasu bless us!"

According to Yamamoto's order, the United Fleet began to act immediately. The light cruiser unit that was originally doing reconnaissance and minelaying operations immediately headed northwest, and the reconnaissance aircraft unit stationed on super battleships such as the Yamato also rushed into the air. The coordinates provided by the communication records of the Chinese fighter jets were carefully searched.Yamamoto hoped that he could quickly find the other party's position. After all, from the current point of view, his position is very embarrassing.Because the opponent already knows their coordinates, they can attack anytime and anywhere.And if one's own troops want to take the initiative, they must scout the opponent's position and take the initiative to attack, so that they can win the final victory.

Two hours later, a reconnaissance plane finally spotted a returning Chinese single-engine fighter jet, and everyone knows what it means to find such an aircraft so far from the mainland.So the plane flew up to the sky quietly and followed the other party secretly.Finally, after 10 minutes of tracking, the Japanese pilot found several shadows of ships below through the clouds.Several of the boat shadows are particularly huge.So the pilot immediately reported the news to the United Fleet headquarters through the radio: "A huge fleet is in the waters southwest of Jeju Island."

After receiving the news, Yamamoto was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "The main fighter jets are out of the cabin, ready to launch an air attack on the Beiyang Fleet!"

At this time, it was 5:15 in the afternoon, and the misty sea surface suddenly became clear. The long-lost sun broke through the thick clouds and appeared in the sky. In an instant, the whole sky became extremely bright.

Under the fluttering plaster flag, the four super warships of the United Fleet turned their hulls against the wind, and then, accompanied by the bell of the elevator, folded planes began to be lifted out of the hangar.Neatly arranged on the flight deck.The ground crew rushed over, began to skillfully pull the wings of the plane, and then filled the plane with fuel according to the procedures.Another group of people began to install torpedoes and bombs on the aircraft.On the other side, in the pilot lounge under the ship island not far from the flight deck, a large number of Air Force pilots gathered together, smoking cigarettes or drinking sake recklessly, while joking there, hoping to relieve the pressure. own nervousness.For most of them, this was their first time fighting.At the same time, this is the first time that the Japanese Navy has sent such a large-scale aviation unit to attack the enemy's main fleet.

Yamamoto 56 is also feeling uneasy.Although I am playing preemptive strike now, I still don't know the real strength of the enemy, especially the mysterious carrier-based aircraft force of the opponent, I don't know anything about it.Therefore, he didn't have much confidence in this attack.But the current situation cannot prevent him from making such a decision, because he knows that this time is his only chance.

Accompanied by a rush of bells.The Japanese pilots who were still joking with each other immediately raised their faces, then patted each other on the shoulder, and began to step out of the cabin door of the officer's lounge, rushed to the apron on the deck, and stepped onto their own aircraft cockpit.After the pilots sat down, the already busy and exhausted ground crew began to shake the aircraft's start handle vigorously.The pilot sitting in the cabin began to desperately activate the clutch.After receiving the order to take off, the pilots immediately opened the throttle of the aircraft and gradually began to taxi.After the plane accelerated to a certain level, its tail suddenly flew into the air, and the next plane then began to taxi...

At around 5:50, the Japanese Combined Fleet released the first attack wave.The fleet includes 12 fighter jets, 12 torpedo planes and light combat aircraft, commanded by Major Wen Chuan.

Immediately, at 6:10, the second attack wave of 63 aircraft also flew off the flight deck of the Japanese battleship.This time included 18 fighters, 36 torpedo planes and 9 bombers, the largest wave in the entire fleet.Now there are only 33 carrier-based aircraft in the entire United Fleet. For Yamamoto 56, almost all the cards in his hand have been played, and it depends on how the opponent responds.

"Find a large black cloud!"

A bluebird plane that was performing an aerial reconnaissance mission suddenly shouted loudly to its comrades-in-arms on the radio. All the pilots understood this code word, that is, an enemy plane was coming.Almost at the same moment, the radars of many ships in the Beiyang Fleet discovered a group of unknown targets 180 meters southwest of the fleet, and these targets were approaching here at a speed of about 280 miles per hour.

"Hehe, the Japanese can't hold their breath anymore." Looking at the dense dots of bright spots displayed on the radar disk on the Kuangfeng, Lin Taizeng suddenly said loudly.He let out a heavy breath, and then said to everyone on the bridge: "Order to prepare for combat, the fleet to turn around, order the fighter jets to prepare for combat, and let those Japanese pilots know how powerful we are."

"Yes!" Everyone on the bridge roared like thunder, and the sound resounded through the sky.

At 6:35, the shrill sirens of the entire Beiyang Fleet were uploaded from various warships. The Beiyang Fleet began to turn its bow to the windward position, and sailed northward at a high speed of 22 knots, while the pilots on standby in the fleet flew quickly. Enter the cockpit.Only 8 minutes later, 36 fighter planes of the First Fighter Squadron took off in an emergency, and those dive bombers that had already loaded their bombs and prepared to dive followed closely behind, and went in circles to the safe airspace east of the fleet to avoid being attacked by the opponent. The mothership was affected by unnecessary losses.

The aircraft carriers and battleships that have vacated their decks continue to sail to accept fighter jets that land at any time, refuel and reload them, or change pilots to ensure the continuity of operations.On the other side, the destroyers and light cruisers that originally formed a warning circle around the aircraft carrier spread out to make room for the aircraft carrier to maneuver.The 88mm twin-link anti-aircraft guns and quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns on those warships also raised their high barrels, and all the gunners were in position, ready to meet the challenge of the opponent's aircraft.

"Attention all teams, all teams pay attention! The direction of the enemy plane is 230 degrees." The captain of the first aircraft formation said loudly to his companions through the communicator. He pulled up the nose of the plane, and the plane began to fly towards the clouds above. .When flying to an altitude of 5000 meters, the Japanese fleet was already below them. "Each select a target. Each select a target. Attack. Attack!" After seeing that his fighter plane had completely taken advantage of the air, the captain gave the order again, and the blue bird aircraft following him flew at the same speed as a falcon Dive down.

Just 5 minutes later, 25 Japanese fighter planes fell into the icy sea burning with flames, and China also lost 3 fighter planes.The Japanese did not give up, and immediately 23 planes successfully broke through the interception of the Chinese air defense fighter jets and rushed towards the main Beiyang fleet.

However, what makes Chinese pilots feel at ease is that most of the enemy planes that pounced on the Beiyang Fleet were extremely slow torpedo planes, and their performance was not outstanding.However, at this moment, these Japanese torpedo planes did not hover at high altitude as they imagined, and then looked for a suitable entry point to descend at a small angle, but dived straight down towards the warship at high speed.This sudden change caught Chinese pilots off guard.

"Attention all teams, the black cloud is rushing towards the elephant, intercept it quickly, intercept it quickly!"

However, what surprised the Chinese pilots was that these enemy planes did not rush towards the aircraft carrier, but hit their firepower on the Zhonghua 1 battleship in the middle of the queue.This was not done by the Japanese at will, but after some planning. Japanese pilots who have never fought against an aircraft carrier believe that the core of the enemy is the battleship, so as long as the opponent's battleship is eliminated in a naval battle, the opponent will collapse across the board. , so these Japanese pilots usually target the opponent's battleships during their usual training. Of course, it is the same this time.

Resurgence: World War II Chapter 556 Black Cloud!combustion!

Facing the roaring Japanese attack planes, the anti-aircraft artillery of the Beiyang battleship began to get busy. The huge Zhonghua No. 1 began to turn the rudder to perform a Z-shaped maneuver, and the anti-aircraft guns on the ship spit fire dragons into the sky together.The 150mm dual-purpose guns, 88mm machine guns, and 40mm machine guns on the ship formed an impenetrable fire net.Faced with this kind of almost abnormal firepower, the Japanese torpedo planes who became monks halfway were obviously not used to it.After all, traditional biplanes cannot dive at large angles.When hundreds of shells exploded in the air at the same time, the two torpedo planes that were diving at a small angle were immediately torn to pieces, but two planes were lucky enough to break through the firepower net and rushed down.

At this time, the anti-aircraft guns of the Yangtian and several destroyers who were in charge of defending next to it also joined in. Layers of black clouds exploded in the blue sky, and the intensive artillery fire immediately shredded a torpedo plane, and Although one was hit on the flank, it still dragged a long black smoke and rushed towards Zhonghua 1, desperately dropping a bomb, but was immediately smashed into pieces by the intensive anti-aircraft artillery fire. Ten minutes later, the remaining Japanese planes saw that they could not gain any advantage, and flew away from the battlefield.According to subsequent statistics, less than 10 enemy planes flew away from the battlefield in total, and only the Zhonghua 80 was hit by a bomb in the Beiyang Fleet. Although there was a lot of damage, the people around the impact point suffered heavy casualties. 1 people were killed and 32 were injured.

But the calm didn't last long.At 9:20, a larger Japanese fleet appeared on the radar screen of the Chinese warship, and the Japanese came again!

"It's coming again?" Lin Tai once felt a bit of a headache looking at the shining bright spots on the radar screen. It was probably already late at night when the real battle took place.In naval battles with low visibility, the chances of winning will be greatly reduced.

"Order all the fighter jets to take off to meet the enemy immediately, and prepare for combat within 10 minutes. All warships must immediately enter a state of combat readiness, and the opponent must not be allowed to break through our defensive circle." Lin Taizeng issued a combat order firmly.

The ground crew of the Beiyang Fleet began to get busy again. They put the damaged aircraft into the hangar through the elevator, and added fuel and ammunition to the fighter jets parked on the deck, while the backup pilots came to the waiting room to wait. board the plane.The fighter pilots of the first wave seized the time to rest.

Everything is ready.The Imperial Warhawks take off again.This time, the Chinese fighter jets were no longer as hasty as before. In order to deal with this desperate Japanese, this time Lin Tai used most of his existing aviation strength. fleet collision.The location of the collision was above the sea area fifteen kilometers away from the Beiyang Fleet.

"Attention all teams, start climbing!"

"Attention all teams, the direction is 270 degrees! Quick!"

"Attention all teams. Four-finger tactics, direction 270 angle."

The pilots began to change their formation. The formation changed from twelve planes to a group of four planes. In fact, in the battle, the four-plane team was composed of two two-plane formations, one long and one wing, one in front and one behind.

Five minutes later, each combat formation climbed to an altitude of 5 meters, and quickly flew to the area marked by the warship guide in advance. Ten minutes later, the radio of the leader in the front row suddenly yelled loudly: "Enemy, direction 5000, angle 10, distance 85."

At the same time, several black spots appeared in the northeast direction, and the black spots gradually enlarged against the background of the blue sky.

"Only three planes?" Lin Jiannan, the commander of the flight operation, felt strange, and immediately searched downwards. Sure enough, at 2000 feet to his lower right, he saw at least 200 Japanese planes lined up neatly. Fly here.Lin Jiannan's adrenaline began to rise rapidly, and the attacking position he was in was really good, both in distance and height.He slammed the nose down, and the plane's engine roared intermittently, rushing down at a 45-degree angle.His target was a torpedo plane.

At this time, the plane was in the middle of a large formation. Obviously, they didn't notice the threat from above. The moment the crosslight circled the opponent's fuselage, Lin Jiannan pressed the 20mm cannon firing button. He knew clearly Suddenly seeing a huge and bright flame burst out from that torpedo plane, the whole plane dragged thick black smoke and fell into the sea.Lin Jiannan took the opportunity to pass through the opponent's gap at high speed, and then made a dexterous roll to the left, avoiding the entanglement of another torpedo plane, and then pulled the nose of the plane up again and rushed to the sky.

Just as he was climbing, two enemy planes appeared in front of him. These planes were slowly flying towards the main force of the Beiyang Fleet in a loose formation.

Lin Jiannan immediately opened the accelerator, and the plane shot straight over like an off-string arrow. After contacting the opponent, he slammed the * joystick, and the plane turned at a large angle and maneuvered to the rear and lower of the opponent. This is Japan. The weakness of the fighter plane is that the opponent's quadruple turret installed at the back cannot shoot down.

Within ten seconds, Lin Jiannan successfully locked on to one of the opponent's planes, and the 20mm cannon immediately burst into flames, and the unlucky plane turned into a gigantic fireball and fell rapidly.At this time, another plane also spotted Lin Jiannan, and the Japanese gunners were struggling to adjust the angle.However, Lin Jiannan did not give the opponent a chance. When the distance between the two sides was only about 200 meters, he decisively pressed the button, fired a burst, and at the same time raised the nose suddenly.The plane passed the opponent's fuselage, and the opponent's plane was shot and lost its balance and fell down. When it fell, Lin Jiannan could even see the tail gunner waving his fist non-stop.

"Another fucking lunatic who doesn't even open a parachute." Lin Jiannan spat hard.

At this time, Lin Jiannan's record of the day also increased to 6, making him the pilot with the highest record of the day.

In addition, Bluebird No. 2 Lieutenant and No. 6 Flight Major, they each shot down 4 aircraft ranked second.

In less than 20 minutes of peripheral air battles, at least 50 Japanese planes were shot down, while the Chinese side lost only two planes.The remaining Japanese fighter jets desperately broke through the opponent's line of defense and rushed towards the Chinese warship, while the Chinese warhawks surrounded the large Japanese aircraft fleet like shepherd dogs, monitoring each other at all times. Once the opponent's aircraft tried to leave the large formation to launch an attack , the Chinese fighters immediately rushed to destroy it.However, the desperate fighting style of the Japanese fighter planes made the entire aircraft fleet advance step by step, and the air combat also fought from the periphery to the sky above the Beiyang Fleet.At this time, the anti-aircraft firepower on the Chinese warships was also fully prepared.Now for the sailors on those battleships, their test is coming again.

"Lanxiang No. 7, don't let Heiyun's plane rush down, you must find a way to block the opponent's torpedo route." Lin Jiannan ordered the squadron leader of the fourth squadron through the walkie-talkie.Before he could finish speaking, the fuselage of the plane suddenly vibrated violently.Then a jet of black oil arrows sprayed onto the engine compartment cover of the plane, covering Lin Jiannan's entire front windshield glass.

"Grass!" Lin Jiannan yelled, and slammed his right hand heavily on the windshield glass. He knew that his plane had been hit.Now the field of vision is completely sealed by black oil, and he has to choose to land.So he quickly gave the order, and then flew to the mothership Zhonghua 1.

Due to the loss of the commander, there was a little confusion in the aircraft formation. The cunning Japanese immediately noticed this and immediately divided into two groups. Some torpedo planes slid down. They wanted to enter the mine-throwing route for torpedo attacks. .The other part of the bombers began to disperse, ready to switch to the bombing route, and the target was the flagship of the Beiyang Fleet-Zhonghua 1!

"Port side, surface target!" The Zhonghua No. 1 battleship observer shouted loudly.The huge naval gun slowly rotated, and the muzzle was directly facing the direction of the opposing plane on the port side. "Boom! Boom!" After two loud noises, the shells of two 17-inch cannons flew into the distance wrapped in black fireworks.

"What are the Chinese doing? Are they trying to hit us with battleship shells? Is there something wrong with them?"