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At 11:50 noon, in the clouds over the Shengsi Islands.

Captain Gao, who was the leader of the 88 aircraft, felt frightened when he received the information from Mao Bangchu.

Despite the massiveness of their bombing formation this time, there were more than ninety aircraft, which was more than four times the number of Japanese aircraft.

But my family knows their own business. Among the more than 90 aircraft, there are only more than 30 Hawker III fighter jets that can really compete with the Japanese Type 96 fighter jets.

As for the remaining aircraft such as the Northrop bomber, Hawker II, and Boeing 281 fighter jets, their individual performance is far inferior to that of the Type fighter.

If the Type 96 fighter jets seize the initiative again, their bombing formation will definitely suffer heavy losses this time.

Even if they had not discovered the appearance of the enemy plane in advance and responded to it because of the delay of ten minutes, the losses would still have been considerable.

What was lost was the heavy bomb mounted on their plane.

Weak countries have no diplomacy.

With the outbreak of the "July 7th Incident", various European countries are gradually cutting off trade ties with their governments and stopping the transportation of various military industrial products.

For 500-pound aerial bombs like this, one is missing from the government's arms warehouse, and there is no need to replenish them.

In order to maintain flexibility during air combat, this mount load must be abandoned.

How much of a waste would it be to just throw dozens of bombs into the sea?
"Whoo~"

After taking a deep breath, Captain Gao issued the latest combat order over the radio:

"All escort fighters, prepare for combat. The bombing formation slows down and waits for combat orders."

"21 Squadron received it."

"22 Squadron received it."

Hearing the response from the radio station, Captain Gao also pulled the plane and began to slow down and hover.

According to the situation detected ahead, those Japanese aircraft were conducting landing operations.

As an excellent commander, Captain Gao naturally knew that the half-crossing attack method was also very applicable in air combat.

"Prepare to receive aircraft."

On the air control tower of the "Hosho" aircraft carrier, following the order from Captain Yumo Ishii, many ground staff began to be busy on the deck.

A large group of people, including the transfer team and the fuselage team, worked hard and stood in the passages on both sides of the bow, preparing to move the landing aircraft to the side as soon as possible to clear the runway for the aircraft behind them.

Then, the signalman on the deck waved a signal flag to signal the aircraft in the sky to adjust their attitude and prepare for landing.

As a specialized naval aviation group, the more than 20 pilots led by Lieutenant Colonel Asobu were all highly skilled, so their first wave of three aircraft quickly completed the landing.

They landed on three different aircraft carriers.

Then came the second batch and the third batch
As the first plane to land, Lieutenant Colonel Asuo climbed out of the cockpit after the plane stopped and prepared to talk to the captain Yumo Ishii.

He needed to know the specific circumstances of the fight.

"Woo--Woo--"

Not long after Lieutenant Colonel Asobu stepped onto the deck of the "Hosho", a piercing siren suddenly sounded.

Everyone on the deck was stunned for a moment.

Immediately, everyone who realized what happened immediately shouted:

"Air strike! Air strike!"

Asinfu squinted his eyes and scanned the sky, and finally saw a bunch of dense black spots in the distant sky to the southwest.

Immediately, his heart felt cold.

"Quick, take off again and prepare to face the enemy!"

Ashinfu shouted as he ran towards his plane.

At this time, he could no longer care about the fact that these people had already experienced two hours of high-intensity flight, and that their plane was almost running out of fuel.

If they don't hurry up and take off now, I'm afraid they will have to take a bath in the sea after a while.

I have to say that the quality of the Japanese navy at this time was still very high. Even with the harsh air raid sirens ringing in their ears and the approaching enemy aircraft formation overhead, the ground crews on these aircraft carriers still did not have much knowledge. In a panic, everyone was making arrangements and operations in an orderly manner for Asinfu and the others to take off again.

But the problem is that it takes a lot of time for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land.

The Chinese Air Force's bombing formation does not require much time.

The first to arrive was an escort formation composed of fifteen Hawker III fighter jets without bombs and six Boeing 281 fighter jets.

They controlled the aircraft to bomb the formation first, relying on their flexible bodies to shuttle back and forth between the Japanese ships, and used machine guns to attack the ground crew on the deck to prevent more Japanese aircraft from taking off.

As for the several Type 96 fighter jets that had already taken off, before they had time to raise their altitude, they were quickly bitten by a formation of several Hawker III fighter jets. Even self-protection was a problem. Opportunity to cause interference to the bombing formation behind.

The air defense teams on several aircraft carriers and the Japanese gunboats around them were dizzy just by observing the Chinese aircraft overhead, let alone targeting and attacking. Lacking sufficiently accurate observation data, the Japanese machine gunners and gunners could only rely on their own shooting experience to forcefully fire to block the Chinese Air Force's bombing formation.

The effect is naturally very limited.

After reaching the sky above the Japanese aircraft carrier formation and occupying a powerful offensive position, the Chinese Air Force's bombing formation began to disperse, and the first batch of aircraft groups launched a dive towards several more conspicuous targets below.

"Om-"

The piercing screams became more and more shrill as the altitude of the aircraft changed, making the Japanese sailors on the deck uncontrollably nervous.

Immediately, bombs fell from the sky like raindrops, exploding into balls of dazzling fire on the wide deck of the aircraft carrier.

However, due to lack of relevant experience, this round of bombing failed to penetrate the thick decks of several aircraft carriers.

Except for the two heavy bombs carried by the two Hawker III fighter jets that opened two small holes on the deck, other bombs such as the Northrop bombers that dived and then changed to a horizontal mode were dropped on the deck. There are just some black marks left on it.

In addition to causing damage to some targets on the deck, the damage to the aircraft carrier itself is very limited.

In the air, after observing the effect of this bombing, Sun Tonggang immediately ordered the second batch of bombing formations to increase their altitude.

It must blow through the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier.

"Take 'Assault Tablets' and keep fighting!"

In the command room of the "Hosho", Yunjiang Ishii shouted into the copper loudspeaker.

Although the first wave of bombing by the Chinese Air Force did not cause much damage to the "Fengxiang", the ground crew on the deck suffered heavy casualties.

Especially at the bow of the ship, a raging fire was already igniting. Many ground crew members, who were burning all over, desperately jumped into the sea in order to extinguish the fire.

Because it was necessary to replenish fuel for Asanobu and his flight formation, the refueling truck on the "Hosho" aircraft carrier was driven out in advance.

When the bombing began, the fuel trucks were still operating.

Then it was detonated by a bomb.

Looking at the flames flowing everywhere, Ishii Yunjiang knew very well that they had no chance of comeback at this time, but he was not ready to admit defeat.

He wants the Chinese Air Force to pay as high a price as possible.

He will do whatever it takes to do this.

Not only Ishii Yunjie, but also the captains of the "Akagi" and "Kaga" also issued the same order.

As the white pills were taken, each of these Japanese navy forgot the nervousness and fear just now, and began to frantically control all available weapons on hand to attack the aircraft in the sky.

There were even a few Japanese aircraft bombing with guns overhead, and they suddenly flew up from the tattered decks of the other two aircraft carriers.

But a dying struggle is a dying struggle after all. As the dive of the second batch of bombing formations stretched to the limit began, the horn of death sounded in the ears of these Japanese devils.

"Om-"

It was still the soul-robbing scream, but this time the scream was longer than the last time.

It is also more breathtaking.

Three Hawker III fighter jets, numbered 221, 222, and 223, dived almost vertically from an altitude of nearly four thousand meters, accelerating and accelerating again and again until the pilots were almost close to the limit of their bodies.

The deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier in front of them seemed to have turned into a steel wall, waiting for them to pounce on it and then be smashed to pieces.

This kind of powerful physical and psychological pressure is definitely not something ordinary people can bear.

But the pilots of the Fourth Group have been the elite aces of the Chinese Air Force since their establishment. They have always trained themselves to the most stringent standards.

Now is when their hard-earned skills come into play.

When they were less than 300 meters above the sea, the three Hawker III fighter jets opened the hooks on their belly almost at the same time.

When the 500-pound aerial bomb in the belly of the aircraft separated from the aircraft, they quickly pulled up the nose of the aircraft and flew out close to the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier in an almost right-angle turn.

The aerial bomb with the pilot's heartfelt greetings tore through the upper deck of the aircraft carrier like a window paper.

Then, it tore apart several decks of the aircraft carrier with unabated force and fell into the middle and lower decks.

The location of the ammunition depot.

"Boom"

A shocking loud noise shook the entire sea area.

Looking at the "Akagi" not far ahead, it was disconnected from the middle of the deck and blazing fire was coming out.

Ishii Yunjiang knew that he was doomed.

(End of this chapter)