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"The Japanese have fighter planes flying towards Kuah Island again?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned.

"Yes!" Clifton replied, "And it's all Zeros." ”

Then Clifton pointed to a location on the map and said, "Here...... There are sixteen planes in total, and they will arrive at Kuah Island in 20 minutes! ”

This is a bit unbelievable for Zhang Chi.

This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the Japanese army attacking and bombing Kuah Island, in fact, the Japanese army's bombing of Kuah Island has never stopped.

But now...... At a time when the two main aircraft carriers of the Japanese army had just been damaged, and the Japanese air force had suffered a serious blow and was basically unable to launch another attack in a short time, another Japanese aircraft carrier launched an attack on Kuah Island.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi thought that it was very likely that the Japanese commanders underestimated the US fighters and at the same time had too much confidence in their Zero fighters.

However, it seems that they can't be blamed for this, because in the previous battles, the US fighters did not perform well against the Zero fighters, and their battle loss ratio even reached six to one, that is, the average US military had to pay the price of six fighters to shoot down a Zero fighter, which was a nightmare for the US pilots and also cultivated the arrogance of the Japanese pilots.

Even in the battle just now...... the "Cactus" air force did cause heavy casualties to the main force of the Japanese aircraft carrier, but that can be understood as an unprepared attack, and most of the Japanese fighters were destroyed on the aircraft carrier before they could take to the sky, so it was not zero battle, let alone the pilot's fault.

Therefore, the Japanese aircraft carriers dared to challenge the "Cactus" air force on Kuah Island with 16 fighters.

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi asked Clifton: "Are the air teams ready to attack?" ”

"Yes!" Clifton replied, "Although they need to rest, if there is a mission." I'm sure they can do it, and you can rest assured! ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi understood what Clifton meant.

The vast majority of the "Cactus" air force is an air force from an aircraft carrier, and the quality of the air force that can board an aircraft carrier is not comparable with that of ordinary shore-based air forces; they must have more flight time and more skillful flying skills, and only in this way can they be able to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, and of course, they must also have better psychological and physical qualities. This is because fighting on an aircraft carrier is often just after landing, filling up the tank and hanging up ammunition, and it is about to take off immediately after the operation continues.

Because of this, they can continue to fight the next battle after just finishing a big battle.

What Clifton and Zhang Chi didn't know was that all the pilots of the "Cactus" Air Force were very excited because of the big victory just now, and everyone was discussing with each other the pleasure of attacking Japanese aircraft carriers and warships, so they didn't feel tired at all.

At this time, Zhang Chi's order came down again: "All pilots are ready to take off!" ”

Smith and Manrum couldn't help but be stunned, and then Smith smiled at Manrum and said, "Hey, dude, we're full of surprises today!" ”

"What's this mission?" Manrum said as he ran in the direction of the plane, "I hope it's an aircraft carrier!" ”

"Don't worry!" Smith laughed, "You'll get your wish one day!" ”

Smith knew that Manrum was the commander of the bomber formation. His greatest wish was to sink a Japanese aircraft carrier...... But it's not easy, and it's a rare honor for every pilot.

Like last time, the "Cactus" air force still poured out, and even the P400, which was considered unsuitable for air combat by the US military, was sent to it.

The reason for this is that Kuah Island is like an aircraft carrier, but it is not an aircraft carrier...... When other aircraft carriers are fighting, the basic principle is to do what Fletcher did: when the enemy aircraft group comes to attack your own aircraft carrier, you should send bombers and torpedo planes that are not suitable for air combat to attack the enemy aircraft carrier as much as possible, and as many fighters as possible should be lifted into the air. Cooperate with escort warships to form a defensive circle around the aircraft carrier to protect the aircraft carrier. Otherwise, if you leave your fighters and bombers on the aircraft carrier, you will most likely be blown up by enemy aircraft or sink to the bottom of the sea with the aircraft carrier.

However. Kuah Island is an unsinkable "aircraft carrier", so it does not need fighters to protect it at all.

On the other hand, if the fighter plane remained on Kuah Island, it was very likely that it would be destroyed by the enemy plane without any way to fight back.

Therefore, the most applicable tactic of the "Cactus" air force is the phrase commonly used by the Japanese: "Offense is the best defense!" ”

"Your target is an aircraft carrier!" As the Cactus Air Force took to the skies, Zhang Chi said to Smith and Manrum over the radio, "We don't know where it is. But our 'coast monitors' saw carrier-based aircraft taking off from the No. 3 sea. Your mission is to search the third sea, find and destroy all targets, you know? ”

"Understood, sir!" Manrum replied. As soon as he heard about the "aircraft carrier", he came to the spirit.

"Uh...... Sir! Smith asked, "So, enemy planes are already coming towards us?" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "There are sixteen in total, sixteen Zero fighters!" ”

"So...... What do we need to do? Smith asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "You can say hello to them and welcome them to Kuah Island!" ”

Smith couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he understood the meaning of Zhang Chi's words, at this time, Kuah Island was already empty, and there were no fighters, so it didn't matter how they bombed or strafed.

"Keep flying high!" Zhang Chi confessed: "Even if you encounter the Japanese plane, don't pay attention to them...... All you have to do is get rid of them and go looking for the aircraft carrier! Unless they're following you all the way, you know? ”

"Understood, sir!"

Smith and Manrum were very confident in this, because at this time they already knew the weakness of the Zero fighter and were trying to use the Japanese Zero to practice their hands.

As Smith said, a few minutes later, the American aircraft group met the Japanese aircraft group.

Ueto Daisa, who commanded 16 Japanese fighters, hurriedly reported to Takuma Kanta: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, you have discovered a group of US planes, 60 sorties...... Fighters and bombers are there, and they seem to be flying in our direction! ”

"What?" Hearing this, Kantai Takujin couldn't help but be surprised, and immediately ordered Ueto Daisa: "Change the order and cancel the plan to attack Kuah Island." Intercept them, do you understand? Hold them off! ”

"Yes!" Ueto Osaku responded.

Compared to Kantaitaku's real panic, Ueto Osa is much calmer, this is the quality of a pilot, and at the same time, he also feels that with the sixteen Zero fighters in his hand, he can easily defeat this US military fleet.

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