As for why the large-caliber main guns were changed to more small-caliber guns, that is, four 4-inch guns were changed to six 3-inch guns. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The reason for this is also simple...... In terms of air defense, the artillery was aimed at the Japanese aircraft, and the defense of the Japanese aircraft was surprisingly weak, and it can be said that there was no difference between a large-caliber shell and a small-caliber shell hitting the Japanese aircraft, both of which destroyed or even disintegrated.

Therefore, in the choice of artillery, there is no doubt that more artillery should be chosen, so that more and denser shells can be fired, and the probability of destroying the target is greater.

As a result, each destroyer has 10 anti-aircraft guns, and the 12 destroyers of the Chinese Navy have 120 anti-aircraft guns, plus the 83 guns on the "Pinghai," there are more than 200 guns.

These artillery pieces were prepared before the arrival of the Japanese fighters, and as soon as the Japanese fighters appeared, they opened fire almost simultaneously, and in an instant, they rained down into the air in patches of shells, especially since most of these shells were close-fuse shells...... Of these, only a single-barreled, one-pounder anti-aircraft gun did not use a proximity fuse.

The close-up fuse shells exploded in the Japanese fleet as if they had eyes, and more than 20 of them were destroyed in just a few moments.

However, it should be said that the Japanese army was still lucky, the sky was thick on the day of the battle, and when the Japanese fighters appeared in the visual range of the ship group, the distance between them was quite close, which made the long range of the anti-aircraft guns unable to give full play, so the surviving 30 Japanese fighters smoothly dived into the sky over the "Xianghe......

In this regard, in fact, the Chinese Navy did not watch out for the Japanese Comet bomber, which was too fast, with a maximum speed of 580 kilometers per hour, which was faster than most fighters of this era, and only slower than the 600 kilometers per hour speed of the "Hellcat" fighter.

The fast speed also means that its penetration ability is very strong, so before the anti-aircraft guns have fired a few shells, it has already dived into the sky over the "Pinghai" and dropped bombs one after another......

Fortunately, none of these bombs hit, and the eight bombers dropped eight bombs, all of which exploded around the "Pinghai," leaving them unharmed except for a series of soaring water columns around the "Pinghai" that caused a shock.

There are two main reasons for this......

First, the number of bombers of the first batch of Japanese troops was small, the total number was only fifteen, seven were shot down, and only eight broke through the fire network.

The main thing was the serious lack of training of Japanese pilots. In particular, these Japanese pilots who flew the "Comet" bomber, who not long ago were flying the "99" bomber, which had a speed of only 432 kilometers per hour, suddenly increased its top speed by 150 kilometers per hour...... This is cool, and the penetration ability is also strong, but the hit rate has decreased in progression.

This is also one of the reasons why the "Comet" bomber gave birth to the "kamikaze".

Because the hit rate was too low, or it could be said that most Japanese pilots were not accustomed to the increased speed of such bombers, the bombs were always inaccurate. So the recruit thought that it would be more reliable to fly the plane and crash into the enemy warship with a bomb than to die like this.

So there is a misconception here: most people think that the "kamikaze" is driving old fighter planes into US warships...... In fact, at the beginning, it was the "Comet", a new type of bomber, that took the lead, and the "Comet" almost crashed into it, so it had no choice to move those old fighters out.

The Comet bombers were followed by the Zero fighters that broke through the fire network...... This is somewhat different from the usual offensive order of the Japanese army, in the past, the fighters were in front and the bombers were behind, but now because the bombers are much faster than the fighters, the bombers are in front and the fighters are behind.

The fate of these fighters is even more tragic...... The purpose of their swooping down is to destroy enemy aircraft anchored on the flight deck, so as to cause damage and trouble to enemy aircraft carriers, and secondly, to prevent their fighters from taking off.

But when they rushed down, there was no fighter plane over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier.

The bombers dropped a few bombs, and although they didn't blow up anything, they at least created a little momentum, and the fighter swooped down to find that there was not a single target...... the fighters on the "Pinghai" had already taken off in time under Zhang Chi's command, and only one fighter plane was pushed into the sea by the logistics personnel because it was too late to take off.

It's a pity, but it's better than staying on an aircraft carrier and being a bomb.

The Japanese fighter had nowhere to do it with a stomach full of breath...... Fortunately, they quickly found the direction of their outgas, and there were several US aircraft carriers behind the "Pinghai", and several fighters were parked on the flight decks of these aircraft carriers.

As soon as the Japanese fighters turned their heads, they rushed towards the US escort aircraft carrier, and after a rain of bullets, several US bombers were blown up.

This has caused great trouble for the US escort aircraft carriers.

The reason was that the defense of the escort aircraft carrier was weak and the bombers were hanging bombs because they were preparing to bomb Tinian Island, so the aircraft carrier suffered heavy losses after only one round of strafing by the Japanese army...... Two of the five escort aircraft carriers were incapacitated by their own bombs that had penetrated their decks, and one was also dangerous, and the fighters set fire on the deck, but fortunately, the US troops arrived in time and risked their lives to propel the plane, which could be detonated at any moment, into the sea.

However, this wave of Japanese fighters did not have a second chance, and the patrol formation and the Chinese fighters that rushed into the air one after another dived down one after another, beating these Japanese fighters into a mess and fleeing.

Of the 69 fighters in the first wave, 42 were lost, only 27 survived and landed on Tinian Island, 12 of which were damaged and unable to participate in the battle, and only 15 barely made it to fight again.

However, the purpose of this wave of Japanese fighters has been achieved to a certain extent.

Because under their attack, two escort aircraft carriers of the US military have lost their combat effectiveness and operational capability, and one runway has not been cleared and cannot take off and land in a short time, which is equivalent to losing combat effectiveness.

So the seventh detachment, which had a total of six aircraft carriers, had only three aircraft carriers left in the blink of an eye...... This was clearly the result of John's self-serving.

"General!" At the end of the battle, Zhang Chi called John: "I believe that this will not be the last wave of Japanese attacks, and more fierce attacks may be yet to come, I suggest that the ship group be assembled immediately for comprehensive defense!" ”

"I agree!" John replied weakly, "Organize your defenses, Colonel!" You are right! ”

(To be continued.) )