As a result, no matter which direction the Japanese fighters approached the "Pinghai," they would at least have to face the "encirclement and suppression" of the anti-aircraft fire of the two "Fletcher"-class destroyers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

John still has an opinion on this, because he believes that the US destroyers should protect the US escort aircraft carriers more than the "Pinghai" of the Chinese army.

That's how Zhang Chi replied to John......

"General!" Zhang Chi said: "First of all, what is the key target of the Japanese army, I think you know it well! ”

John was silent, as the attack of the first wave of the group clearly illustrated it.

"Secondly!" Zhang Chi continued: "Is there still any value in protecting the escort aircraft carrier after the 'Hellcat' fighter takes off? ”

If there is value, of course, the escort aircraft carrier is also made with money...... However, as far as the battlefield in front of us is concerned, once the "Hellcat" fighters take off, the escort aircraft carrier is actually an empty shell, but there are still many "Wildcat" fighters on the "Pinghai" because they have not had time to take off, so they still have the potential and possibility to be put into the battlefield, that is to say, they have the value of protection.

Seeing that John was silent, Zhang Chi continued: "General, you must be cautious in every decision you make now, because we are actually in the same boat now, and I think you also understand this truth!" ”

John thought about it and felt that what Zhang Chi said made sense...... In fact, the reason why he wanted the Fletcher-class destroyers to protect the escort aircraft carriers was selfish, and this selfishness was that he was on one of the escort carriers, and losing the protection of the Fletcher-class destroyers would make him feel empty, and to put it bluntly, he would be afraid.

But if you think about it a little further and the situation is very dangerous, if you make an unwise choice, such as forcibly letting the Fletcher-class destroyers protect the worthless escort carriers, which eventually leads to the sinking of the "Pinghai" by the Japanese, then it will be your turn next.

This is also the meaning of what Zhang Chi said about "on the same boat", simply put, the "Pinghai" is the hope of the seventh detachment.

Seeing this, John finally suppressed his fear and said, "You're right, Colonel! Do as you say! ”

As a result, as soon as the six Japanese torpedo planes approached, they were heavily bombarded by five or six Erlikon machine guns...... The Erlikon machine guns can fire more than 400 shells a minute, and these five or six machine guns still form crossfire from both sides, and in an instant, they "bang" like scissors cutting paper to smash those torpedo machines.

However...... There was still a torpedo plane that dropped a torpedo before it was shot down and disintegrated, and this torpedo fell into the water like a shark and drew a waterline straight to the "Pinghai".

Zhang Chi secretly said that it was not good...... I don't know if the Japanese pilot who threw this torpedo was a veteran with excellent quality or if it was a coincidence, but this torpedo was fired almost vertically towards the middle of the "Pinghai", and the "Pinghai" was not in a hurry to evade any action.

Worse still...... The destroyers on both flanks focused their attention on the few torpedo planes that had just been shot down, and they were attracted by the fire from the explosion of the Japanese fighters on the one hand, and admired their own masterpieces on the other. So none of the torpedo was found, otherwise a shell would have destroyed the torpedo.

Seeing that this torpedo was about to hit the "Pinghai" and cause a disaster, suddenly a string of bullets fell in the air...... Zhang Chi looked up and saw that it was a "Wildcat" fighter, he obviously found the torpedo and tried to destroy it, but it didn't take long before it was dumbfounded.

It later turned out that this "Wildcat" fighter was one of the patrol formations, and it participated in the battle when the first wave of Japanese fighters arrived, and then it did not have time to return to the ship to replenish ammunition and engaged in a second battle, so the ammunition was exhausted by this time.

Zhang Chi couldn't help sighing, now it seems that the only way to wait for this torpedo to hit the "Pinghai" is to hope that the armor of the "Pinghai" can withstand it......

At this time, the accident happened, and the "Wildcat" fighter suddenly swooped down with a whistling sound, increasing in speed and not showing the slightest sign of pulling up...... Zhang Chi soon knew what this "wild cat" was going to do, and he couldn't help but look at the swooping fighter plane with his mouth half open in surprise.

Sure enough, the fighter plane dived into the sea, and at the last moment it even slightly adjusted its attitude so that it was just between the "Pinghai" and the torpedo......

Then there was a loud "boom", and it is not known whether the plane exploded first and blew up the torpedo, or whether the torpedo hit the fighter plane and then exploded, in short, the torpedo and the "Wildcat" fighter died together.

Zhang Chi stood silently at the window, looking at the sinking flames in the sea and saluted.

This is the Chinese soldiers, who can always come out at critical moments and use their lives and blood to shield their comrades-in-arms from danger.

The war continues.

But then there was a turning point......

Just like the "Wildcat" fighter that had no choice but to use its fuselage to block the torpedo after firing bullets, the ammunition of other fighters has also run out of ammunition one after another...... This is the embarrassment of fighting more with less, the sky is full of Japanese fighters, although the fighters of the Chinese and US coalition forces have won a great victory, with a total of only 40 or so planes, they have shot down more than 70 enemy planes, but there is always a time when the bullets will run out.

To make matters worse, these fighters could not return to the carrier to reload...... The aircraft carrier was surrounded by Japanese fighters, and landing to replenish ammunition at this time was basically no different from suicide.

However, the Japanese army did not have this problem, on the one hand, because the Japanese fighters had a large overall bomb load, and on the other hand, the Japanese fighters could fly to the Tinian Island airfield at any time to land and replenish ammunition and fuel.

This is also the essence of Toyota's "Operation A" plan...... The use of airfields and fighter planes to form a numerical overwhelming superiority over targets on the local battlefield is being manifested.

It is conceivable that if the war situation is allowed to continue to develop, a situation will be formed in which Japanese fighters will be divided into several groups to bomb the Chinese and American Seventh Detachments in turn, while the Chinese and American troops will only use anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns to defend themselves. As a result, it is possible that the warships of the seventh detachment were sunk.

"How many warplanes still have ammunition!" Zhang Chi asked.

Zhang Junhua asked on the radio for a while, and then replied: "Division, there are still twelve fighters with ammunition, but there are not many left!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded, he realized that he had to think of a way to change this disadvantage.

(To be continued.) )