I asked you to escape, but you became a soldier in World War II

Chapter 79 Is this the prelude to a collective destruction?
The Japanese air force that attacked this time could be said to have all the assets of the Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido.

After receiving the enemy situation telegram from Major Kaga, the commander of the base thought over and over again and decided to send out all the air forces. Although they also knew that the range seemed insufficient, according to intelligence, the US military fleet aiding the Soviet Union was as high as 30 ships.

This is a huge amount of material transportation! Although the Soviet Union and Japan have signed a non-aggression agreement, this time it is a US military transport fleet, and it is reasonable to intercept it! It can also be regarded as helping the German allies who are struggling to support the European battlefield.

However, the elite troops in the base have all gone to the South Pacific, and those left behind are only second-line fighters, many of which are still under maintenance.

In addition, if we attack now, it will be night when we arrive at the battlefield, so there are indeed many unfavorable factors.

However, night combat has always been the Japanese army's strong point, so they did their best to piece together fourteen planes, forming a powerful air formation, and flew towards the target sea area designated by Major Kaga.

Before leaving, the commander of the base repeatedly ordered that the fighter planes must be brought back because the war situation was very unfavorable. After the Battle of Midway, Diguo's Combined Fleet was severely damaged and a large number of experienced pilots were killed. They could only replenish the fleet by drawing planes and pilots from various places.

Therefore, this precious air force of ours must not be damaged outside due to insufficient range.

Because two Type 96 land attack planes malfunctioned on the way and had to return, only twelve arrived in the end.

The team leader, Captain Motoda, had a white turban tied around his head, with a scarlet plaster mark and four black characters "Dark Clouds Last Forever", which looked like a funeral couplet.

When he saw the dark mass of American fleet under the moonlight, his warlike blood suddenly surged.

"Everyone, pay attention! Attack aircraft are indiscriminately attacking the fleet. We are here to cover you. Remember, don't fight too long. We don't have much fuel left. Disengage quickly after one wave of attacks!"

Captain Motoda issued combat orders via radio.

Four Type 96 land attack planes formed a diamond formation and attacked the US fleet fiercely.

The anti-aircraft fire network formed by the four US destroyers was extremely efficient. The five 5mm dual-purpose guns on each destroyer began attacking from a long distance. The dense barrage of bullets quickly hit the two land attack planes in the dense formation.

It plunged into the sea, dragging two huge streaks of fire.

The remaining two land attack aircraft dived quickly after approaching. The close-combat defense weapons on the US ship, quadruple-mounted 28mm anti-aircraft guns and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns crossed to form more than a dozen tongues of fire, which angrily shot towards the Japanese aircraft.

One land attack plane was hit on the wing and quickly caught fire and fell.

The only remaining land attack plane finally approached the sea level, fired its only torpedo at a larger freighter in front, and quickly rose into the air, trying to leave this terrible area.

But what was coming towards us seemed to be a US fighter jet?

The 12.7mm machine gun bullets fired by the U.S. fighter planes ruthlessly tore the engine part of the land attack aircraft, and the fighter plane broke into two pieces in the air.

When Captain Motoda saw the collective "dismemberment" of the land attack planes, his ferocious face twitched violently. Then he realized that the US military had five fighter planes, so he quickly called on everyone to climb, seize a favorable position, and prepare for battle!
In terms of level flight speed, the two fighters are evenly matched, but if we compare the climbing speed, the Nakajima Type 1 is obviously stronger than the Wildcat. However, four of the Wildcat fighters had already climbed to high positions in advance and had begun dive attacks, so the advantage of the Japanese aircraft was greatly reduced.

The two sides engaged in a fierce air battle at high altitude. After a fierce battle, one Wildcat fighter was shot down and two Nakajima fighters were shot down, but the numerical advantage in the air was still on the Japanese side.

But in Yuantian's headset, the voice of his wingman came, "Captain Yuantian, we have to return, otherwise the fuel will not be enough to support us to fly back to Chitose Base."

Yuan Tian checked the fuel gauge again and found that the fuel level was less than half. He could only send a return signal with resentment. The Japanese planes turned around and flew south as if they had been pardoned. But how could the American planes let the Japanese army leave so easily?

They stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, the engine roared to output maximum power, and chased after them closely.

Yuan Tian did not dare to use the maximum speed. In order to save fuel, he could only use cruising speed. As a result, he was easily caught up by the Wildcat fighters with better range, and was forced to engage in a dogfight in the sky again.

Kaga Daichi, who was in the deep sea, judged through sonar that there was an exchange of fire above. In particular, the explosion of a cargo ship being hit at a close distance deeply stimulated the warlike Japanese officers and soldiers, and they all demanded to surface and fight!

Seeing that the morale was high, Kaga ignored the danger of running out of oxygen in the boat and ordered the boat to surface to the periscope depth. After finally surfacing, he saw through the periscope a scene that he would never forget: in the distant sky, American fighter planes were frantically fighting Japanese planes in the air.

The purpose is so obvious, it is to use up the opponent's fuel!
What distressed him most was that there was only one US freighter on fire on the sea, but it was still moving northward at a low speed.

This shows that the Japanese aircraft's achievements were extremely limited and the enemy had an absolute advantage!

"Major, the US destroyer is approaching at 60 degrees!" the sonar operator warned.

Kaga adjusted the angle of the periscope as quickly as possible, and found that two US destroyers were rushing towards him with great momentum.

"Full dive, 2/3 speed, direction 270!" There was no other way. He could not protect himself now and could only pray for the Japanese planes in the sky to survive.

"Depth charges!" the sonar operator reported desperately.

"Ding ding ding~~~"

The horrifying sound of depth charges being dropped into the water continued to be heard through the sonar. Everyone stared at the depth gauge nervously. 50 meters, this was definitely not a safe depth!
"boom!"

"boom!"

A few loud noises caused the Japanese submarine to shake violently. Two sailors were shocked to the point of vomiting blood, but they did not make a sound. It was obvious that they had undergone extremely rigorous training.

There were two fires, and sailors immediately took out fire extinguishers and sprayed them on the burning areas. After the fire was under control, damage control was carried out.

"Keep diving! To 120 meters!"

Everyone was shocked because this was almost the maximum depth of the submarine. The submarine was already damaged. Could it really dive to 120 meters?
But an order is an order, and the first mate conveyed the instruction unwaveringly.

The submarine dived rapidly, and when the pointer pointed to a depth of 110 meters, the harm caused by the US military's depth charges was significantly reduced. Everyone began to feel relieved, and smiles of surviving a disaster appeared on their faces.

Although it is already very stuffy inside the boat, as long as there is no threat of depth charges, everyone will still survive in the end!
"Bang~"

Suddenly, the heart-wrenching sound of a broken water pipe was heard again!

(End of this chapter)