Section 15 The Cost of Carelessness (II)
Dive bombers emit a piercing screech when they dive. The sound of "99 ship explosion" is very special. This also immediately attracted the attention of the officers and men on the battleship. At first, some people thought that it was a malfunctioning "Kingfisher", but soon someone reacted that it was not a "Kingfisher", but a Japanese bomber.
"Enemy planes!" The first staff officer who called out no longer knew what to shout.
Tan Renhao also immediately distinguished, this was the sharp whistling sound of the "99 ship explosion" before the dive bomb. Almost at the same time, the "Taizu" began to turn sharply to the left, and the aircraft carrier immediately appeared a serious ****, and three "Sparrowhawks" that had just landed and had not yet been fixed slid directly into the sea, and two nearby aviation service personnel were also taken down. However, in order to avoid the bombs, the captain can no longer manage so much. Soon, the anti-aircraft artillery also fired, but it was too late, and the anti-aircraft artillery was not aimed at the target at all, and was blindly firing at the air.
The "Taizu" narrowly avoided the first bomb, but immediately two more "99 ship explosions" dived down. Deng Zichao had already reacted from the shock at this time, although his landline only had the last bit of fuel left, but he didn't think of this at all, he directly pulled up the nose of the plane, and hit the "99 shipburst" that had already dived to the top of the "Taizu", and hit "successfully" before the bomber dropped the bomb.
Tan Renhao also saw Deng Zichao's landline, and the captain's landline had obvious signs. However, at this time, the third "99 ship explosion" had already dropped bombs. The "Taizu" could only continue to pass to the left, but the "99 ship explosion" dropped the bomb at an altitude of 450 meters, and the aircraft carrier could not avoid it at all, and even the "99 ship explosion" finally collided with the aircraft carrier, and the Japanese pilots on it did not think about returning to the sea at all. And the pilot of this Japanese fighter was Michio Kobayashi.
The bomb fell on the front of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, where more than 20 fighters were stacked in time to put into the hangar, and the powerful impact of the explosion immediately destroyed more than 10 fighters, and at the same time left a large hole in the flight deck with a diameter of more than 6 meters, and the hangar below was also a wolf trail, and more than 20 aviation service personnel who were making room here and preparing to recover the fighters were immediately killed. Luckily, there was almost no fuel left on the planes that returned, and all the ammunition was lost. Tan Renhao was also not ready to launch the next wave of attacks, so the ammunition that was originally stored in the hangar was sent to the ammunition depot, and there was not much fuel in the oil pipeline. If the aircraft carrier was preparing to send a bomber group at that time, then this bomb would probably kill the "Taizu".
The "99 Ship Explosion" crashed into the amidship of the port side of the aircraft carrier, and although it caused some damage, it was not as powerful as the bomb, and only a few nearby anti-aircraft gun emplacements were affected.
"That's Deng Zichao's landline!" Before the aircraft carrier calmed down, Lei Shaoqing ran over.
Tan Renhao nodded, he had already seen the white parachute, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. "Deng Zichao parachuted, damn, he bastard, scared me into a cold sweat!"
Lei Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, then he laughed, he found that Tan Renhao was not as calm as he appeared.
Almost simultaneously, two other aircraft carriers were also attacked. However, this time it was not the "Taizu" that became the "bomb magnet", but the "Taizong" with black smoke still emitting from the stern, so that people could know at a glance that the "Taizong" was injured. Almost all the other Japanese bombers were attracted to this aircraft carrier.
At the same time that the "Taizu" was attacked, the two "99 ship explosions" dropped bombs on the "Taizong" almost simultaneously. Once again, this massive aircraft carrier is facing a test of life and death. While the aircraft carrier made a sharp evasion to the right, the aviation crew on the flight deck did not hesitate to push the fighters that were in the way into the sea. In accordance with the Navy's wartime regulations, this was permitted. If these fighters endanger the aircraft carrier, then sacrificing the aircraft and saving the aircraft carrier is the wisest thing to do.
"Taizong" only avoided the first bomb, the second hit the rear elevator, and the bomb went directly into the hangar, and only then there was a violent explosion. Almost all of the more than 30 officers and men in Sector 1 were killed, and this was the refueling area before the fighters were sent to the flight deck, which was densely covered with fuel pipes, and when the explosion occurred, the remaining fuel in the oil pipes leaked, resulting in a fire. To make matters worse, the firefighters who had just extinguished the fire in the stern were concentrated in the vicinity, and when the explosion occurred, half of the firefighters were killed and the other half were seriously injured. The nearest other fire brigade is under the island, and it will take at least five minutes to arrive.
Then, two more bombs fell, one of which landed next to the island, and the shrapnel not only swept down several people nearby, but also pierced the armor on the island, destroying almost the entire headquarters, and the captain, first mate, and more than a dozen officers of the aircraft carrier who were on the bridge at the time were all killed. This was a tragic loss, and it was catastrophic for the "Taizong". It was not until ten minutes later that the gunnery officer of the aircraft carrier took over the command, and in these ten minutes, the fate of the "Taizong" would be decided.
Within five minutes, almost all the "99 ship explosions" that did not drop bombs rushed to the aircraft carrier, dropping bombs one after another. Although the aircraft carrier still maintained its maximum speed, it was not able to make maneuvers to evade the bombs, because the officers of the navigation department were almost finished. Six bombs hit the "Taizong" in a row, and the flight deck of the aircraft carrier almost became a "bomb magnet", and with every violent explosion, the aircraft carrier would tremble, and no one knew how many bombs this aircraft carrier could take.
At the same time, 8 "97 ship attackers" also killed from low altitudes. Although the heavy cruiser on the port side of the aircraft carrier had already opened fire at this time, the effect was very unsatisfactory, and those "97 ship attackers" quickly bypassed and aimed the spearhead at the aircraft carrier "Taizong", and then 8 torpedoes were fired at the "Taizong".
The "Taizong" only made a reluctant evasive maneuver before the mid-mine, but it was too late, and four torpedoes hit the port side of the aircraft carrier, and the violent explosion almost threw the "Taizong" over.
When the aircraft carrier finally slammed into the sea, Tan Renhao closed his eyes in pain, he knew that he had to be responsible for the losses suffered by the fleet, he was too careless, and was carried away by the victory.
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