The more than 20 "Zero Battles" that received the call quickly "gave up" the two "Sparrowhawks". Major Luo Jinming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Japanese fighters withdraw, but he immediately realized that the bomber group had begun to attack. At this time, he didn't think much about it at all, and immediately called the wingman, turned around and killed back. However, the maximum speed of the "Sparrowhawk" is much slower than that of the "Zero Battle", and they simply cannot catch up with those "Zero Battles".

By the time it returned to the skies over the Japanese fleet, smoke was already rising from the light aircraft carrier "Fengxiang", and at least two bombs hit the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier had already begun to tilt to the left, and presumably a torpedo hit the port side of the aircraft carrier. The bombers that did not drop their bombs and torpedoes were besieging the aircraft carriers "Akagi" and "Kaga", while the eight "Sparrowhawks" escorting them were desperately trying to block the "Zero Battle" returning home.

Luo Jinming did not hesitate at all, and immediately returned to the battle circle with his wingman. He set his sights on a "Zero Battle" with the squad leader's logo painted on the fuselage. Taking advantage of the opportunity of this "Zero Battle" to go around the back of a "Sparrowhawk" to attack, Luo Jinming quickly seized a favorable position, and then began to dive at the same time as the wingman. At a distance of less than 300 meters from the "Zero", the two "Sparrowhawks" opened fire almost simultaneously, and the shells of the 20-mm machine gun and the bullets of the 13-mm machine gun quickly enveloped the "Zero". The Japanese fighters didn't even have a chance to struggle, and they were hit with a volley and exploded.

The other "Zero Battles" did not fight with the Sparrowhawks at all, but broke headlong into the anti-aircraft fire network of the Japanese fleet. The anti-aircraft gunners on the Japanese battleships did not have time to identify these fighters at all, but mistook them for enemy bombers, and the two "Zeros" were immediately shot down by anti-aircraft fire.

"Don't follow up, intercept these Japanese fighters on the periphery!" Luo Jinming immediately gave the order, he didn't want to go in and die.

The aircraft carrier "Akagi" had already dodged eight torpedoes and six bombs. Like a frightened whale, the massive aircraft carrier rotated left and right on the surface of the sea, constantly avoiding the bombers that swooped down overhead, and the torpedo bombers that sneaked up on the sea.

After two successive bombing failures and three "Kingfishers" were shot down, Zhang Naiding called the three "Kingfishers" around. Then, he was the first to enter the dive channel, and the other three Kingfishers quickly followed.

The "Kingfisher" was designed with some design features borrowed from the Army Air Force dive bomber, and its maneuverability during the dive was very good, and the dive channel was almost vertical, which could ensure that the bomb accurately hit the target. However, any dive bomber is very difficult to control when diving, as if a thousand pounds of iron have been pressed on the operating stick, and after the fuselage trembles violently, it always makes people feel that the plane is about to fall apart.

Zhang Naiding tried his best to control the fighter, and when he was less than 500 meters away from the sea, he pressed the bomb button. Then, a reaction force was created on the lever, and the bolt would push the fighter in the opposite direction as it ejected the bomb. Zhang Naiding quickly pulled the operating lever to the limit position. When he looked back at the "Akagi" under the wing, the bomb he dropped hit the anti-aircraft artillery position behind the aircraft carrier island, and the "Kingfisher" that followed him was torn to pieces by the anti-aircraft fire of a nearby cruiser when it was pulled up, and the two pilots on it had no chance of escaping, and the "Kingfisher" exploded into a fireball in mid-air.

The two "Kingfishers" also dropped bombs one after another, and then left the "Chicheng" with Zhang Naiding. Both of these bombs landed more than 50 meters away on the starboard side of the "Akagi," and although the shock wave generated by the explosion could cause some damage to the aircraft carrier's hull, it was not significant.

Four other "Kingfishers" followed Zhang Naiding and bombed the "Akagi," and another 250-kilogram bomb landed on the tail of the aircraft carrier's flight deck, destroying all two anti-aircraft guns behind, but it was unable to cause more damage. By this time, all the dive bombers besieging the "Akagi" had already dropped their bombs.

On the sea, four "Ospreys" also dropped four "Swordfish" torpedoes on the "Akagi" at this time. The "Akagi" began to turn to the left, struggling to turn the bow towards the torpedo in order to reduce the area of the bomb and avoid the torpedo attack. Relatively speaking, the destructive power of a torpedo is much greater than that of an aerial bomb, and if it is hit by a torpedo, then the "Akagi" will also suffer heavy damage.

The first three torpedoes almost grazed the stern of the Akagi, but the fourth torpedo hit the port side of the Akagi about 20 meters from the stern. The violent explosion almost threw the "Akagi" out of the water, and then the speed of the "Akagi" decreased considerably, and the two propellers on its left side were severely damaged, and it had to rely on the two propellers on the right side to continue sailing.

The siege of the "Kaga" was fought even more fiercely. The "Kaga" was the closest to the returning "Zero," and more than 20 "Zeros" immediately intercepted the "Kingfisher" and "Osprey" in heedless of the threat of anti-aircraft artillery fire on the sea. The four "Kingfishers", which had just been preparing to enter the bombing channel, were immediately concentrated, and then swayed and fell to the surface. And the third group of "Ospreys" that entered the attack channel were hit into a fireball by four "Zero Battles" that swooped down from a high altitude. The anti-aircraft gunners on the "Kaga" immediately cheered, forgetting about their fundamental duty.

Seeing that the siege of the "Kaga" was about to fail, the eight "Ospreys", which had not yet entered the optimal torpedo range, dropped their torpedoes when they were still about a nautical mile away from the "Kaga" and then withdrew from the battle. The "Kaga" was also unlucky, and the anti-aircraft gunners and lookouts were cheering for the "Zero Battle" to drive away the bombers that attacked them, and they did not even notice the eight torpedoes killed under the surface of the sea. This was the most serious mistake made by the lookouts and gunners of the "Kaga", and they would soon pay a heavy price for this serious mistake.