Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 570
Then the fighter jets patrolling the periphery spotted the Chinese plane again, but this time it was a water transport plane and could not fly very high.Seeing this situation, Lieutenant Inoue Chuanquan, the squadron leader of the [-]rd Fighter Squadron, who had been so tempered by the Chinese reconnaissance plane for a long time, couldn't bear it anymore.Under the cover of his wingman, his plane rushed towards the plane that was still maintaining its cruising speed at high speed, and fired a burst at the other side. The shells miraculously concentrated on the tail of the plane, billowing thick smoke.With an urgent long cry, the plane plummeted heavily to the sea.

Ten minutes later, two destroyers arrived at the sea area where the plane crashed and rescued the two Chinese pilots who were already shivering from the cold. Yamamoto immediately ordered the interrogation of the two hapless Chinese pilots.But although they were captured, they gritted their teeth and refused to utter a word. Finally, people found the communication records on the wreckage of the plane.The result surprised everyone.Because according to these communication records, China's most powerful Beiyang Fleet is rushing towards them at full speed.

Faced with this sudden change, Yamamoto fell silent.Because the news came so suddenly.Obviously, the Chinese came prepared.They want to give themselves a fatal blow when they are not paying attention.But what surprised Yamamoto the most was where the three aircraft carriers in the Beiyang Fleet came from.Judging from the previous intelligence, these three aircraft carriers are like disappearing into the sea, there is no news at all, but now they suddenly appear in the enemy fleet, it is really hard to guess what is going on, it is too late to pursue this issue up.Because according to the current speed, I am still eighteen hours away from the other party, and a big battle is about to come.

After a long time of thinking, Yamamoto issued an order: "Order the air reconnaissance force to carry out reconnaissance and determine the opponent's position. The troops are ready to fight, and we must preemptively strike!" After he finished speaking, he sighed heavily. "May God Amaterasu bless us!"

According to Yamamoto's order, the United Fleet began to act immediately. The light cruiser unit that was originally doing reconnaissance and minelaying operations immediately headed northwest, and the reconnaissance aircraft unit stationed on super battleships such as the Yamato also rushed into the air. The coordinates provided by the communication records of the Chinese fighter jets were carefully searched.Yamamoto hoped that he could quickly find the other party's position. After all, from the current point of view, his position is very embarrassing.Because the opponent already knows their coordinates, they can attack anytime and anywhere.And if one's own troops want to take the initiative, they must scout the opponent's position and take the initiative to attack, so that they can win the final victory.

Two hours later, a reconnaissance plane finally spotted a returning Chinese single-engine fighter jet, and everyone knows what it means to find such an aircraft at such a distance.So the plane flew up to the sky quietly and followed the other party secretly.Finally, after 10 minutes of tracking, the pilot found several shadows of ships below through the clouds.Several of the boat shadows are particularly huge.So the pilot immediately reported the news to the United Fleet headquarters through the radio: "A huge fleet is in the waters southwest of Jeju Island."

After receiving the news, Yamamoto was overjoyed, and immediately ordered: "The main fighter jets are out of the cabin, ready to launch an air attack on the Beiyang Fleet!"

At this time, it was 5:15 in the afternoon, and the misty sea surface suddenly became clear. The long-lost sun broke through the thick clouds and appeared in the sky. In an instant, the whole sky became extremely bright.

Under the fluttering plaster flag, the four super warships of the United Fleet turned their hulls against the wind, and then, accompanied by the bell of the elevator, folded planes began to be lifted out of the hangar.Neatly arranged on the flight deck.The ground crew rushed over, began to skillfully pull the wings of the plane, and then filled the plane with fuel according to the procedures.Another group of people began to install torpedoes and bombs on the aircraft.On the other side, in the pilot lounge under the ship island not far from the flight deck, a large number of Air Force pilots gathered together, smoking cigarettes or drinking sake recklessly, while joking there, hoping to relieve the pressure. own nervousness.For most of them, this was their first time fighting.At the same time, this is also the first time that the navy has sent such a large-scale aviation unit to attack the enemy's main fleet.

Yamamoto 56 is also feeling uneasy.Although I am playing preemptive strike now, I still don't know the real strength of the enemy, especially the mysterious carrier-based aircraft force of the opponent, I don't know anything about it.Therefore, he didn't have much confidence in this attack.But the current situation cannot prevent him from making such a decision, because he knows that this time is his only chance.

Accompanied by a rush of bells.The pilots who were still joking with each other immediately raised their faces, then patted each other on the shoulder, and began to step out of the cabin door of the officers' lounge, rushed to the apron on the deck, and stepped onto their own aircraft cockpit.After the pilots sat down, the already busy and exhausted ground crew began to shake the aircraft's start handle vigorously.The pilot sitting in the cabin began to desperately activate the clutch.After receiving the order to take off, the pilots immediately opened the throttle of the aircraft and gradually began to taxi.After the plane accelerated to a certain level, its tail suddenly vacated, and the next plane then began to taxi.

At around 5:50, the United Fleet released the first attack wave.The fleet includes 12 fighter jets, 12 torpedo planes and light combat aircraft, commanded by Major Wen Chuan.

Immediately, at 6:10, the second attack wave of 63 aircraft also flew off the flight deck of the battleship.This time included 18 fighters, 36 torpedo planes and 9 bombers, the largest wave in the entire fleet.Now there are only 33 carrier-based aircraft in the entire United Fleet. For Yamamoto 56, almost all the cards in his hand have been played, and it depends on how the opponent responds.

"Find a large black cloud!"

A bluebird plane that was performing an aerial reconnaissance mission suddenly shouted loudly to its comrades-in-arms on the radio. All the pilots understood this code word, that is, an enemy plane was coming.Almost at the same moment, the radars of many ships in the Beiyang Fleet discovered a group of unknown targets 180 meters southwest of the fleet, and these targets were approaching here at a speed of about 280 miles per hour.

"Hehe, I can't hold my breath anymore." Looking at the dense dots of bright spots displayed on the radar disk on the Kuangfeng, Lin Taizeng suddenly said loudly.He let out a heavy breath, and then said to everyone on the bridge: "Order to prepare for combat, the fleet to turn around, order the fighter jets to prepare for combat, and let those pilots know how powerful we are."

"Yes!" Everyone on the bridge roared like thunder, and the sound resounded through the sky.

At 6:35, the shrill sirens of the entire Beiyang Fleet were uploaded from various warships. The Beiyang Fleet began to turn its bow to the windward position, and sailed northward at a high speed of 22 knots, while the pilots on standby in the fleet flew quickly. Enter the cockpit.Only 8 minutes later, 36 fighter planes of the First Fighter Squadron took off in an emergency, and those dive bombers that had already loaded their bombs and prepared to dive followed closely behind, and went in circles to the safe airspace east of the fleet to avoid being attacked by the opponent. The mothership was affected by unnecessary losses.

The aircraft carriers and battleships that have vacated their decks continue to sail to accept fighter jets that land at any time, refuel and reload them, or change pilots to ensure the continuity of operations.On the other side, the destroyers and light cruisers that originally formed a warning circle around the aircraft carrier spread out to make room for the aircraft carrier to maneuver.The 88mm twin-link anti-aircraft guns and quadruple 40mm anti-aircraft guns on those warships also raised their high barrels, and all the gunners were in position, ready to meet the challenge of the opponent's aircraft.

"Attention all teams, all teams pay attention! The direction of the enemy plane is 230 degrees." The captain of the first aircraft formation said loudly to his companions through the communicator. He pulled up the nose of the plane, and the plane began to fly towards the clouds above. .When flying to an altitude of 5000 meters, the fleet was already below them. "Each select a target. Each select a target. Attack. Attack!" After seeing that his fighter plane had completely taken advantage of the air, the captain gave the order again, and the blue bird aircraft following him flew at the same speed as a falcon Dive down.

Just 5 minutes later, 25 fighter planes fell into the icy sea burning with flames, and China also lost 3 fighter planes.People didn't give up, and immediately 23 planes successfully broke through the interception of Chinese air defense fighter jets and rushed towards the main Beiyang fleet.

However, what makes Chinese pilots feel at ease is that most of the enemy planes that pounced on the Beiyang Fleet were extremely slow torpedo planes, and their performance was not outstanding.However, at this moment, these torpedo planes did not hover at high altitude as they imagined, and then looked for a suitable entry point to descend at a small angle, but dived straight down towards the warship at high speed.This sudden change caught Chinese pilots off guard.

"Attention all teams, the black cloud is rushing towards the elephant, intercept it quickly, intercept it quickly!"

However, what surprised the Chinese pilots was that these enemy planes did not rush towards the aircraft carrier, but hit their firepower on the Zhonghua 1 battleship in the middle of the queue.This is not done at will, but after some planning. Pilots who have never fought against an aircraft carrier believe that the core of the enemy is the battleship, so as long as the opponent's battleship is eliminated in a naval battle, the opponent will collapse across the board, so When these pilots usually train, they always target the opponent's battleship as the main attack target. Of course, it is the same this time.

(End of this chapter)