Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

The Japanese Army Aviation's Type 608 Heavy Bomb Type Air Defense Victory

After being reminded by Daniel, Wang Chuying also reacted.

The bombings dropped by these Japanese bombers were indeed a bit too hasty.

After a moment, an expression of sudden enlightenment appeared on Wang Chuying's face, who was in deep thought.

He turned to look at the first mate Daniel next to him and said with a smile: "Daniel, I now know why the Japanese bombers are so anxious to drop bombs."

"what?"

"It's simple, the voyage!"

"Yup!"

When Daniel heard these two words, he suddenly understood.

"The distance between the Japanese Rabaul base and our sea area is about a thousand kilometers.

These attacking Japanese bombers looked like their army's version of the Type 97 heavy bomber.

I remember that the combat radius of their bomber was only 1,300 kilometers.

When carrying weapons and ammunition, the flight distance will be reduced.

What they can fly here now is probably the limit.

So, they had to drop all the bombs as quickly as possible and then return.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to fly back to their base.”

Daniel said quickly, a look of surprise on his face.

"You're right."

Wang Chuying grinned.

This is definitely great news for their fleet.

"Quick, pass this message to other ships.

Tell them to hold on for me.

Hold on a little longer, and these Japanese bombers will leave."

Wang Chuying quickly asked his men to pass the good news to the commanders of the other four destroyers to boost morale.

"Damn it, little devils, come on!"

On the deck of the Tianshu, many soldiers operated anti-aircraft machine guns, frantically shooting at the diving Japanese fighter planes.

Not only were there Japanese bombers, but even those Zero fighters were diving and strafing.

The dense anti-aircraft fire formed cross-tongues of fire, attacking the Japanese fighter planes that attacked them.

On the Japanese side, fighter planes were constantly shot down.

There was almost no pause in the battle between the two sides.

In just over ten minutes, these Japanese bombers dropped all the bombs they carried.

Then, start turning around and returning.

"idiot!

Why is it so far? I want to kill all these Yankees."

Some Japanese bomber pilots roared in unwillingness as they looked at the Tianshu battlecruiser which had not yet been sunk on the sea below.

He really didn't want to return.

"Also, what's up with that Yankee battleship?

Why is the speed so fast? "

The bombardier in this Japanese bomber was also very depressed, staring at the Tianshu flying at high speed below.

It is obviously an old battleship, so why is its speed comparable to that of a cruiser?

If it weren’t for the fact that Tianshu was too fast.

The bombs they dropped wouldn't have hit only three in the end.

Fortunately, the Tianshu was converted into a battlecruiser, and its speed was much higher than that of a battleship.

Relying on the high speed and powerful anti-aircraft firepower, as well as the fact that the Japanese attack was too rapid, they finally managed to hold out.

After a while, the Japanese commander Takuya Koyama in the nearby Zero fighter also noticed the Japanese bomber that was hesitating and unwilling to return.

He flew next to his fighter plane, gestured to him, and ordered him to return.

In the end, after the Japanese lost seven of their 24 Type 97 bombers after dropping all their bombs, the remaining bombers all returned.

If they didn't return, the remaining fuel in their tanks would not be enough to support them to fly back to Rabaul base.

Although some Japanese pilots wanted to launch suicide attacks.

However, this behavior was expressly prohibited by the commander Takuya Koyama before the war.

After all, the war was not over yet, and the Japanese were not at the end of their rope, so they would not easily launch a suicide attack.

It's not that they are afraid of losing fighter planes. The Japanese domestic factories are also manufacturing fighter planes very quickly.

What they fear is the loss of excellent pilots. The cost of training an excellent pilot is very high.

The Japanese bomber flew away and Wang Chuying breathed a sigh of relief.

“We made it through.”

However, the Japanese Zero fighters did not leave.

The combat radius of the Zero fighter is much longer than that of the bomber.

Therefore, these Zero fighters now have enough fuel to support them to fly back to Rabaul base.

They were not in a hurry to return, nor were they willing to give up, and continued to dive and strafing at the Tianshu and other warships.

Shooting at the soldiers on the deck to vent his anger.

It’s a pity, that’s all.

The bullets fired by the Zero fighters could only cause some casualties to the Tianshu and its crew, but could no longer affect the overall situation.

"Damn it, these little Japanese fighter planes are too arrogant.

Concentrate your firepower and shoot them down."

But the Japanese Zero fighters refused to leave and continued to dive and strafe.

This angered the officers and soldiers on the warships, who concentrated all their anti-aircraft firepower and fired crazily.

Once again, a Japanese Zero fighter was hit and shot down.

The Japanese commander Takuya Koyama decisively issued the order to retreat.

In the end, three of the eighteen Zero fighters sent by the Japanese were shot down.

"Everyone leave, let each ship report the damage."

Wang Chuying watched the Japanese fighter planes flying away and learned about the situation of the other four destroyers.

Their Tianshu was hit by three Japanese aerial bombs, but fortunately they were all small 250-kilogram bombs.

Not a single 500-kilogram or 800-kilogram Japanese bomb hit it.

Otherwise, the losses will be even greater, and if you are unlucky, the ship will be sunk.

The Japanese bombers carried several kinds of bombs, the largest of which weighed 800 kilograms, but each bomber could only carry one.

Several small ones can be carried, and the Japanese can match them according to their needs.

"Sir, the Luzhou and Shazhou can no longer hold on."

However, Wang Chuying soon received bad news.

Two destroyers were severely damaged, with large amounts of water entering their cabins, and could no longer be saved.

There was no way. The Vickers-class destroyer itself weighed only about a thousand tons. If it was hit by two bombs, it would be basically difficult to survive.

If he's unlucky, the bombs could detonate his ammunition depot and he could be sunk in one go.

"Quick, rescue the crew members on the Shazhou and Luzhou."

Wang Chuying ordered to rescue people first and discard the boat.

The other two destroyers, although also somewhat damaged, were still able to sail.

Wang Chuying was already very accepting of the result of withstanding the Japanese bombing with only the loss of two destroyers.

There's even a lot of luck involved.

"Contact Zhuojun and have them immediately abandon their attack on the Japanese heavy cruiser.

Retreat eastward immediately and rejoin us in two hours."

Then, Wang Chuying issued a retreat order to the three destroyers that were chasing the Japanese heavy cruiser "Gu Ying" in the south.

The attacking Japanese aircraft really scared Wang Chuying.

He was worried that if another group of Japanese planes attacked from behind, it would be difficult for them to survive.

We must retreat immediately without any delay.

As a result, just when Wang Chuying had picked up the crews on the two destroyers, Shazhou and Luzhou, and was preparing to retreat eastward.

The latest news came from the Zhuojun.

"Sir, the Zhuojun said they spotted a Japanese aircraft carrier in the south."

A second lieutenant officer shouted anxiously on the communicator.

"what?"

Wang Chuying was shocked!