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The naval officers and soldiers on the Yukikaze also believed that such fighter jets would not cause any damage to the 5000-ton Tama.

However, the continuous firing of the 20mm anti-aircraft gun at the stern of the Yukikaze still made the Tama cruiser notice that there was actually a fighter jet that had approached to an area less than one kilometer away from them.

The two 20mm anti-aircraft guns on the right side of the battleship began to turn their muzzles toward the fighter plane approaching at high speed.

"Boom boom" shells kept exploding around the fighter planes, and many of them hit the sea surface, creating waves.

The sea water splashed onto the fighter plane and hit the glass cover of the cabin, making a dull sound.

The water mist splashing in front had blurred Gu Chunsheng's vision. Of course, the rising water columns and mist also interfered with the vision of the anti-aircraft gunners of the Tama cruiser.

However, they could still vaguely see a fighter plane approaching at high speed in the mist.

"Be careful to avoid machine gun fire!" Lieutenant Colonel Sasaki, who was in charge of commanding the air defense operations on this side, held a baton in his hand, pointed it in the direction where the fighter plane was coming from, and reminded the surrounding anti-aircraft artillery crew members.

When Gu Chunsheng was one kilometer away from the cruiser, he slightly changed the direction of the plane and now he was rushing straight towards the enemy ship.

As the distance gets closer, it is easy to be bitten by the enemy's anti-aircraft guns and fly slightly obliquely towards the enemy ship.

"Boom, boom, boom!" Shells kept exploding around the fuselage, and even a few shell fragments had penetrated the fuselage skin.

As the plane began to turn, the anti-aircraft gun position on the right side of the Tama kept adjusting its firing position, and the rays of light from the shells flew towards the fighter plane.

However, because the fighter plane had already turned, the gunner had to estimate a certain amount of advance time. The sea surface 100-500 meters to the right of the Tama was like boiling rice porridge because of the continuous falling of shells.

"Baga! Shoot down this fighter plane. It has bombs under its wings!"

When the Hellcat flew to within 300 meters of the Tama cruiser, an observer at the anti-aircraft gun position saw the six rockets under the belly of the Hellcat through a telescope.

Gu Chunsheng, who was desperately controlling the fighter's joystick, finally approached the distance for launching the rocket.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh" six rockets, trailing white smoke, flew towards the right side of the Tama cruiser, which was less than 200 meters away.

Six rockets, leaving smoke trails, hit Tama's side directly.

The continuous explosions of "boom, boom, boom" caused heavy casualties among the Japanese sailors who were on the exposed gun positions on the side of the ship.

Four of the rockets were fragmentation grenades, and the other two were armor-piercing incendiary bombs. Hundreds of steel balls inside the fragmentation grenades flew everywhere.

The entire side area near the stern of the ship was covered with black bullet holes and large pieces of soldiers' flesh and blood after the rockets passed through.

Of course, two armor-piercing incendiary bombs had already ignited the side, and the sailors with damaged pipes were dragging water pipes to start putting out the fire.

After launching the rockets, Gu Chunsheng also used the onboard 20mm cannon and 12.7mm Browning machine gun to wreak havoc on the warship.

The fire and thick smoke on the side interfered with the vision of the Japanese anti-aircraft gun position, allowing the Hellcat to calmly break away from the contact.

At the same time, a Kagero-class destroyer, Harushio, was hit by a rocket on the other side of the fleet.

But that Hellcat was unlucky. Its left wing was hit by a shell and it was now twisting and turning away.

After flying for one kilometer, the pilot had no choice but to parachute, and this became the first fighter plane shot down by the Japanese in this operation.

But it’s okay as long as no one is hurt, because there are two sea rescue planes behind them, which are designed to rescue the pilots who parachuted into the water.

The twelve Hellcats used the rockets, cannons and machine guns they carried to continuously attract and kill the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower.

"Woooooooo." Sakamoto, the nominal commander of the fleet, who was standing in the command room of the Haruna, stared through the glass window at the three bombers that were diving down from the sky.

Dense artillery fire continued to explode around the three fighter planes, and countless tracer bullets drew lines of fire, like meteors across the sky.

Three dive bombers swooped down without hesitation in the rain of bullets like shooting stars.

"Shoot! Shoot!" The Japanese air defense commander at the gun position pointed his baton viciously at the three fighter planes.

The anti-aircraft guns around him never stopped firing, and the ground under his feet was full of empty shell casings. Behind him, several soldiers were dragging boxes full of shells with difficulty.

"Boom boom boom!" An SBC dive bomber was hit by a large-caliber anti-aircraft shell at an altitude of 800 meters.

In an instant, the nose of the fighter plane became shattered and the engine of the fighter plane caught fire. It was unknown whether the pilot had died in the battle or was still alive, but he had no intention of returning alive and did not choose to parachute to escape immediately.

The bomber, like an immortal phoenix with flames all over its body, crashed directly into the 3.5-ton behemoth with both the people on board and the plane in full view of the terrified eyes of the Japanese army.

"Boom boom boom!" The anti-aircraft guns continued to fire desperately at the fighter plane. They hoped to blow up the fighter plane and the pilot, who were obviously determined to die, in mid-air.

Although several 20mm shells exploded on the fuselage in succession, this tenacious bomber managed to hold on. Under the double pressure of the high-speed dive and the explosion of the shells, it still managed not to disintegrate.

"Boom boom boom! The other two SBC bombers were also hit one after another, but they did not choose to do the same as the other bomber.

Their pilots chose to control the hit bomber to drop the bomb at an altitude of more than 500 meters, and then leveled the fuselage and chose to parachute.

With a loud "bang", a huge ball of fire exploded at the head of this huge warship.

The SBC bomber, carrying a one-ton aerial bomb, exploded along with the plane and a large amount of fuel.

The shock wave and heat wave generated by the explosion spread in all directions, causing a strong wind and making the surrounding sea surface turbulent.

A huge fireball shot up into the sky, and the scorching and dazzling light swept across the entire sky, as if the sun was rising from the sea.

The huge warship was shaking under the powerful impact, and its bow seemed to be hit hard by a giant with a huge hammer.

The front part of the entire battleship suddenly sank several meters after the explosion, and then was pushed into the sky again.

The entire bow of the battleship was blown away in the violent explosion, and even the front 356mm turret was directly destroyed.

Sakamoto was thrown out of the command seat by the huge impact of the explosion, and his face hit the table heavily.

In an instant, his entire face was stained red with blood. There were several other people who shared the same fate as him, and they were also knocked down to varying degrees by the impact.

Just ten minutes after the air raid, this Kongo-class battlecruiser was hit by a plane flown by a sacrificial air force pilot.

Although several other Japanese warships were also attacked to varying degrees, they had not yet been hit by heavy aerial bombs or torpedoes.

The Haruna was the first battleship to be severely damaged and was also the flagship of the fleet.

"Assholes! We can't let those fighter planes get close to our warships. Immediately contact the Army Air Force and the Navy and have them send fighter planes to escort us!"