With a "boom", the fighter plane almost swooped into the escort aircraft carrier with a vertical dive at a high speed of 500 kilometers per hour, and then a ball of flames erupted, and after a while, the oil depot of the escort aircraft carrier was ignited, and a burst of smoke and fire soon emerged from both sides of the escort aircraft carrier...... The US officers and men all knew that the escort aircraft carrier was irretrievable, so they abandoned the ship and jumped into the water one after another to save themselves. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At his last moment, Harada finally found the weakness of the Sino-American alliance and dealt a fatal blow.

However, it seemed too late to realize this at this time, because the Chinese and American forces had two more "Hellcats" and five "Wildcats" in the air, and although the number of these fighters was small, they were a new force full of ammunition, which could assist the previous aviation units to continue their mission of harassing Tinian airfield.

"Your Excellency Nakasa!" Yamaguchi Shaosa has some doubts about why Harada Nakasa did this, according to his thoughts...... At this time, it is clear that his own side still has the upper hand, as long as he holds on for a while and waits for the fourth-echelon fighters to arrive, it is possible to achieve a complete victory, so isn't it stupid for Harada Nakasa to make such a suicide attack at this time?

Then Yamaguchi Shaosa said to himself: "Perhaps, it is worth exchanging a fighter for an enemy aircraft carrier!" Harada's approach is really admirable! ”

"Your Excellency Shaozuo!" At this time, the report of the subordinates came from the walkie-talkie: "Our fourth echelon has arrived!" ”

Yamaguchi Shaozo turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a group of dense Japanese fighters behind him, and Yamaguchi couldn't help but shout excitedly: "It's finally here, let's work together to blow up and sink the enemy into the sea to avenge Chief Harada!" ”

The Japanese pilots cheered.

However, before the cheers of the Japanese pilots landed, several "Hellcat" fighters suddenly swooped down from the clouds in the sky, and then after a burst of machine guns, the Japanese planes were smashed into pieces...... It was the reinforcements of the third detachment of the American army, and because of the urgency of time, they even rushed to the direction of Tinian Island after the first batch of six fighters took off.

That is, these six fighters were able to intercept the last wave of Japanese troops when they arrived...... There were a total of 82 Japanese troops in this wave, and although they were still superior in numbers, they were still beaten by the "Hellcats" and had no temper at all.

Immediately after that, batch after batch of "Hellcat" fighters participated in the battle, and then a brutal aerial massacre...... The US "Hellcat" fighters chased after the Japanese planes that were inferior in technology and outdated in performance, and the Japanese fighters fell one after another like meteorites in black smoke.

At this time, Yamaguchi Shaosa suddenly understood why Harada Nakasa did that.

The Japanese plane group soon disappeared from the sight of the Chinese and American warships, and the Chinese and American officers and men could not help but cheer loudly, even those who were forced to abandon their ships in the sea and had not yet been rescued...... In this battle, everyone has a feeling of escaping death. According to John's words, it was at that moment that he almost saw the crowd tactics of the First World War, the difference was that it was not people who rushed at him in waves, but Japanese fighters.

"We were lucky!" John finally concluded: "It is clear that it was the Chinese who saved our lives, although two of our five escort aircraft carriers were sunk, and one was seriously injured and two were slightly damaged, so to speak, none of them were intact!" The Chinese aircraft carrier was also wounded...... However, we won the battle, and most of our crew and sailors miraculously survived. It is hard to imagine how many casualties and losses we will suffer if we lose this battle! ”

In fact, if it weren't for John's easy order for the aircraft carrier formation to approach Tinian Island, the Chinese and American forces might have had a greater advantage...... If the seventh detachment had been farther away from Tinian Island, it would have been under less pressure from the Tinian Island airfield.

But even so, the cost borne by the Japanese army was much greater than that of the Sino-American coalition.

In the end, only 58 Japanese fighters were able to return to the aircraft carrier...... Only 58 of the 326 sorties returned, and the mission was not yet completed, which was arguably the largest defeat in the history of the Japanese Navy. You must know that the Japanese army only sent more than 300 fighters to attack Pearl Harbor that year, and the Japanese Zero fighters could still be the king in the air at that time, but only two years later, the Japanese army's air superiority was completely lost.

In this regard, Ozawa Jizaburo even wondered if some fighters were still on the island and did not return...... He couldn't believe that a well-planned battle turned out like this, but the answer from the island's intelligence officers was a cold truth: "There are only a few fighters left on the island, and most of them are injured and unable to fight!" ”

Deputy Takeshi Toyoda and Ryunosuke Kusaka couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this report.

"What's the matter with you!" Then Toyoda's deputy Wu yelled at Jizaburo Ozawa: "I gave you so many planes, just for you to kill the 'Xianghe', but you are telling me now...... Our flying division regiment has already been destroyed ?! We lost more than two hundred fighters...... You've consumed half of the fighters you can collect in all of Japan! ”

"Your Excellency, General!" Jizaburo Ozawa replied: "It's the enemy's new fighters, and their anti-aircraft artillery ......"

"Is that your reason?!" Toyoda's vice-occupant interrupted Ozawa's words viciously.

Ozawa Jizaburo was speechless, how could those who had never participated in the battlefield, those who had never piloted a fighter plane to fight the enemy in the air, know the cruelty of air combat...... In air combat, the performance of fighters is a decisive factor, and when the performance is weak, it is not something that the number of fighters can make up for, not to mention that the quality of Japanese pilots is much worse than that of the enemy.

Just when Jizaburo Ozawa felt sorry for himself, a loud "boom" suddenly sounded nearby, followed by a violent shaking.

Jizaburo Ozawa couldn't help but stand up from his chair despite the sway, and after a while, a communications corpsman hurriedly ran in and reported to Ozawa: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, we were hit by a torpedo fired by an enemy submarine!" ”

"What?!" Ozawa couldn't help but gasp: "How's the situation?" ”

Ozawa was seated on the "Daiho", the largest aircraft carrier in the Japanese fleet at this time.

"No big deal! It's a leak ...... oil and gas pipes."

Ozawa's answer made Ozawa breathe a sigh of relief, and the god of fate was still biased towards Japan.

But Ozawa apparently rejoiced too soon, and the leak of the oil and gas pipe seemed like a trivial matter...... However, the Japanese army has never been able to make up for it, and the result is that the oil and gas filled the entire hull, and then the personnel on the ship accidentally caused sparks, which caused a series of explosions inside the "Dafeng", and the "Dafeng" was soon abandoned. (To be continued.) )