Traveling through 1937, I came to fight against the Kwantung Army

"Captain, the enemy planes are 15 nautical miles away and are about to attack!" The radar soldier's roar brought Jiang Xiaofan back to reality from his trance!

A shrill alarm suddenly sounded on the Jingbo Lake. Jiang Xiaofan quickly raised his head and looked sharply at the sky. In the distant sky, a large group of black spots were approaching at a very fast speed.

In an instant, dozens of ship-to-air missiles rose into the air from the launch devices like angry dragons, with sharp whistling sounds, and rushed straight towards the US fighter planes in the air.

The missiles drew brilliant and deadly tracks in the night sky, dragging bright tail flames, and flew accurately towards the target. Sensing the approaching danger, the US fighter planes began to maneuver frantically, performing various difficult evasive actions in the air.

As a series of deafening explosions sounded in the sky,

Six US fighter planes were hit by missile fragments and fell into the sea, leaving black smoke!

The rest of the US troops immediately dispersed and approached the Jingpo Lake from all angles!

These fighter planes were like ghosts, swiftly shuttling through the sky. Sometimes they flew low over the sea, creating streaks of white spray; sometimes they rose rapidly, disappeared into the clouds, and then suddenly attacked from an unexpected direction. Bombs and torpedoes were fired from under the wings of the fighter planes, launching a fierce attack on the Jingbo Lake!

"Report to the captain! The port side of the bow was hit by a torpedo, the cabin caught fire, and cracks appeared in the hull and water was coming in!" The report came hurriedly.

Then, another voice shouted: "The starboard middle superstructure was hit by a bomb, and multiple equipment was damaged!"

Flames flew all over the Jingpo Lake, and waves of blast hit the hull, causing the entire warship to shake violently.

The damage control team acted quickly like a well-trained firefighter. Wearing heavy fireproof clothing and holding fire-fighting equipment and rescue tools, they rushed to the damaged area. In the cabin on fire at the bow, the team members fought hard to put out the fire despite the raging flames and pungent smoke.

The water jets from the high-pressure water guns opened up channels in the sea of fire. Some people were busy plugging the cracks to prevent further influx of seawater, while others were urgently repairing the damaged equipment and trying to restore the normal function of the ship.

The US fighter planes continued to launch attacks, as if they were stimulated by something. Regardless of the powerful anti-aircraft firepower, they madly poured ammunition in an attempt to sink the Jingpo Lake completely.

Just as the Jingbo Lake was struggling under the crazy attacks of American warplanes and the situation was precarious,

A group of black dots suddenly appeared in the southern airspace. As the black dots approached rapidly, it turned out to be a group of planes roaring in like a divine army descending from the sky.

This group of fighter planes were like a group of nimble falcons, attacking the US fighter planes with unstoppable force.

The Haizhou sailors on the battleship cheered.

Jiang Xiaofan breathed a sigh of relief. The reinforcements finally arrived.

Thirty minutes ago, the Jingpo Lake had just discovered a group of enemy aircraft, and Jiang Xiaofan immediately reported it to the nearest "Guan Yu!" aircraft carrier battle group!

And "Guan Yu!" The captain of the aircraft carrier, Gao Xiaogang, notified him that the carrier-based aircraft should take off immediately. Although it was a little late, it was not too late!

As soon as the Yue Fei-2 fighter jets on the Guanyu entered the battlefield, they quickly deployed an attack formation and launched a fierce attack on the US fighter jets.

Missiles shot out from under the wings, drawing deadly arcs in the air; machine guns spewed out tongues of fire, and dense bullets rained down on the target.

The US fighter planes were thrown into disarray. They responded hastily and dodged the attacks in panic in the air.

The fighter jets of both sides launched a thrilling chase in the sky, constantly performing difficult maneuvers, sometimes rolling, sometimes diving, and sometimes rising.

The roar of machine guns and the explosion of missiles intertwined, making people's ears hurt. One after another, American fighter planes were hit by the attack of Yue Fei-2 aircraft group and fell with long black smoke.

When the crew members on the Jingpo Lake saw this scene, their morale was boosted and cheers rose one after another. They were more determined to fight, and the air defense system was fully opened, forming a powerful coordinated combat force with the support aircraft group, and carrying out all-round strikes on the US fighter planes.

After losing more than fifty fighter planes, the US military fleet finally flew away in embarrassment!

At this time, the damage control team members still did not stop their work. They took advantage of the pause in the battle to speed up the repairs and restore the battleship to normal function as soon as possible!

Fortunately, although the Jingpo Lake battleship was hit by two torpedoes and one bomb, they were not fatal damages and the power system was intact!

Jiang Xiaofan immediately gave the order to adjust the course and move closer to the "Guan Yu!" aircraft carrier battle group!

In this way, the closer he is to the Guan Yu, the safer he will be!

Yokosuka Base,

That same afternoon,

Starting at 4:30,

The U.S. military launched nearly 600 aircraft from Busan Air Force Base, Okinawa Air Force Base, and the aircraft carrier "Saipan" to launch another air strike on Yokosuka Base.

Both of these aircraft carriers of the US military were launched just last year and use brand new names. This is different from Haizhou State. Even if Haizhou State’s aircraft carrier is sunk, the new aircraft carrier will continue to use the old name as a commemoration!

The resistance these planes encountered during the second wave of air strikes was significantly weakened. This was because the base's fighter planes suffered heavy losses in the first wave of air strikes, and only 62 fighter planes took off to fight this time!

However, the destroyers "Mengjiang!" and "Dongning!", which were anchored at the port, took over the burden and launched 80 ship-to-air missiles at US aircraft, shooting down 27 US fighter planes!

Including the losses in the air battle, the US military lost a total of 81 aircraft in this air strike!

But this time, the air raid still achieved great results. It basically destroyed the Kaishu Air Force Base in Yokosuka, sank the Mengjiang destroyer, severely damaged the Dongning destroyer, and completely blew up a heavy oil depot in the base port!

However, the US military aircraft fleet did not find the "Qi Jiguang!" aircraft carrier, "Guiying!" aircraft carrier, or even the cruiser stationed in Yokosuka!

Due to heavy losses of carrier-based aircraft, the two aircraft carriers had already left Yokosuka after the first round of air combat in the morning!

18:49,

Busan, U.S. Far East Command,

Four-star General Lehman received a telegram from home, officially appointing him as the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Asia-Pacific Theater!

Unified command of all military forces, responsible for the war against Haizhou State!

However, his face was full of sorrow, without any excitement or happiness.

"Report to the General, the USS Roosevelt called and the carrier-based aircraft they sent out have confirmed that the USS Forrestal was sunk by the Haizhou Kingdom!"

Lehmann stood up from his seat, the muscles on his face trembling with anger!

"Was it sunk by a battleship?"

Before sinking, Forrestal sent several telegrams for help, and Lehman could only ask the nearest Roosevelt aircraft carrier battle group to go to the rescue!

"Yes, the carrier-based aircraft only discovered a Haizhou battleship at the scene, and the USS Roosevelt lost more than 50 carrier-based aircraft in the attack!"

"Damn it!" Lehman cursed!

The first day of the war with Haizhou Kingdom is finally coming to an end!

This day is so torturous and long!

But Lehman was extremely pessimistic and painful in his heart. On the first day of the battle, the US military lost an aircraft carrier battle group!

What made him even more devastated was that a total of 773 combat aircraft were lost!

How should we face tomorrow?