, 835 Pacific Rebellion three take their lives to fight

On the aircraft carrier Shenryu, the flagship of Japan's First Air Fleet, Vice Admiral Tadaichi Nagumo looked up at the rising sky and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where are the British aircraft carriers? How far is it from us? ”

"The British, about 350 nautical miles northeast of New Ireland, in the Pacific Ocean, about 250 nautical miles from us, are now fleeing at full speed in the direction of the Solomon Islands."

Nagumo's finger slid across the chart to find the symbol that had just been marked for the British aircraft carriers, which were three or four hundred nautical miles from the Solomon Islands and 250 nautical miles (about 462 kilometers) from his First Air Fleet. If this distance had been placed three months ago, I was afraid that I would have no way to take them, but now I have one more killer feature in my hands!

"Genda-kun." Nanyun turned his head to look at Minoru Genda, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. "How's the 2nd Assault Brigade preparing? Can you get out? ”

"Hay! The 2nd Special Attack Brigade is ready to be dispatched at any time! Minoru Genda took a deep breath, and although he seemed to look normal, his heart could not be calm. Although he was also a Japanese officer who was brainwashed by the spirit of bushido and militaristic thoughts, after all, he was not as hard-hearted as Kengoro Hetofu, and the thought of sending more than eighty young lives to a dead end inevitably made him feel a little guilty in the depths of his heart.

"Good!" Nanyun Zhong lowered his head heavily, and his complexion became extremely solemn. "Genda-kun, today is the first time to use a real kamikaze on an aircraft carrier, do you understand the meaning?"

"Humble duty understands!" Minoru Genda roared and clenched his fists. "The kamikaze is fundamental to the Empire's participation in the Holy War in the Pacific! As long as kamikaze tactics can exert their full power on aircraft carriers, the Empire's national fortunes will definitely be reversed! ”

After speaking, Genda bowed deeply to Nagumo, and then turned around and left the ship island. Today, he will personally command the 2nd Kamikaze Special Attack Brigade to attack!

"Kamikaze...... Turning the tide of the country...... Can the fortunes of the country really be reversed by this tactic? Japan's national fortunes may have been irreversible when China rose, right? Looking at the back of Gentian's departure, Nanyun Zhong sighed secretly, he also knew that the Japanese Empire had reached the time to fight hard, and he might not be able to win even if he fought with his life!

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February 15, 1939, 5:20 a.m.

In the hangar, several air crew soldiers slowly pushed a BF-109T fighter with folded wings onto the lift, and with the help of hydraulic oil pumps, the fighter was slowly lifted onto the deck, and the howling sea breeze rushed in front of him, which immediately lifted Minoru Genda's spirit in the cockpit.

This BF-109T is one of the few in the entire Shenlong air fleet. Only the most skilled pilots can master a brand new model in a short period of time, and Minoru Genda is certainly one of them! Today, he will fly this plane and serve as the commander-in-chief of the entire special attack group, and at the same time, he will also be the commander-in-chief of this air attack! According to the best tactics previously researched by Minoru Genda and Kengoro Hetofu, kamikaze aircraft can only exert maximum efficiency with the cooperation of other aircraft when they become the core of air strikes, and the deaths of kamikaze members will be valuable!

"Sir! It's almost our turn! ”

The shouts of cameraman and telegraph operator Maeda Toshifumi woke Genda from his contemplation, and at this moment Genda's BF-109T had been pushed by the air crew to the first take-off line no more than 110 meters from the bow. He quickly turned the engine to the maximum, and the 1,300 hp Daimler-Benz DB601E engine suddenly emitted a surging sound that made people's hearts fluctuate.

The whistling deck wind and high-speed rotating propellers brought enough lift to the wings of this BF-109T, and when the flight controller standing on the foredeck suddenly waved the red flag in his hand, Genda's BF-109 and another Type 96 ship roared and rushed to the end of the deck at the same time. The moment the wheels detached from the deck, Genda felt that the fuselage of the plane only sank slightly, and then rushed into the sky!

"The performance is so good!" Although it was not the first time that the BF-109T had been lifted into the air, Genda couldn't help but admire. If Japan could produce such a good aircraft, it wouldn't need to use the lives of kamikaze soldiers as ammunition, right? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but cast his eyes on the plane deck below. The Type 96 ship battle and the BF-109T have completed their takeoff, and now it is the turn of the Type 98 ship explosion and the I-190, the so-called kamikaze, the hope of the rise of the Great Japanese Empire!

However, seeing their rough take-off technique, Genda's eyebrows furrowed slightly. The Japanese Empire seemed to lack not only advanced aircraft, but also skilled pilots, and because there was not enough fuel and aircraft, the curriculum of aviation schools throughout Japan was much simpler than that of China and Germany, and the number of pilots trained was also small. It is these few pilots, but some of them are consumed as disposable "human bombs"! Can wars really be won like this?

As fighter planes, torpedo planes, and suicide planes took off, in just 20 minutes, all 154 carrier-based planes had left their respective aircraft carriers, and the flight deck, which had been crowded like cans just a moment ago, now seemed empty and lonely.

"Now start replenishing kamikaze planes! Be sure to be ready for a second kamikaze attack within 3 hours! Seeing that all the kamikaze planes had taken off safely, Nagumo Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly arranged a second wave of attacks.

Due to the limited space on the aircraft carrier, taking the Canglong-class aircraft carrier that can carry 73 aircraft as an example, the standard configuration of carrier-based aircraft is: 21 Type 96/BF-109T carrier-based fighters; 21 Type 97 carrier-based torpedo bombers and 21 Type 98/I-190 suicide aircraft; Reserve aircraft (also suicide aircraft) 10 units. That is, in order to carry out the second wave of kamikaze, it is necessary to replenish 11 more suicide aircraft after the first wave of air strikes are launched. And these planes are now simply disassembled and loaded in wooden crates on a high-speed transport ship. However, it is not particularly easy to transport them to an aircraft carrier and then assemble them one by one......

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"Report! Radar spotted a large number of enemy aircraft! Quantity 100 or more, distance 50 km! On the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the radar director shouted loudly.

"Got it."

As early as the first time the early warning radar spotted a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft, Cunningham knew that World War I was inevitable. However, he didn't show any nervousness, and he didn't even lift his eyelids, as if these demonic suicide planes were not a threat to him at all.

"Order all the Tubenose Swallow fighters to take off immediately and be responsible for blocking the high altitude. The ships on the periphery were ordered to block the low altitude with high firing firepower, and the core ships were to block the medium and high altitude with anti-aircraft firepower to block the Japanese suicide planes that had slipped through the net. Cunningham said lightly.

"Your Excellency Admiral, shall we send a seaplane to search the northwest direction?" Phillips reminded in a low voice. He had made a similar suggestion when the fleet was spotted by Japanese planes, but Cunningham ignored it.

"No, I don't." Cunningham replied coldly, "The speed of the Swordfish is too slow, and sending them to attack the Japanese fleet is no different from sending them to death." We made the same mistake during the Great War in the North Sea. Right now...... I don't want to lose these boys again, this war is still up to them! ”

"But...... Are we just beaten and don't fight back? Phillips pointed to the charts and said, "I estimate that the Japanese aircraft carriers are between 200 and 250 nautical miles away from us. According to intelligence, the enemy's aircraft carriers are sailing at speeds above 30 nautical miles, but our two 'prestige' class ships are only 28 knots. All of them, it's hard for us to get rid of them.

It's only 7:30 a.m., and each enemy attack is estimated to take three and a half hours, and by sunset, they will be able to launch at least two more attacks, and in case our aircraft carriers are damaged and slowed down, it will be even more difficult for us to get rid of them! ”

"Two more attacks? What do they use? Cunningham showed a hint of mockery: "How big are the Japanese aircraft carriers?" And how many suicide planes can it carry? Without those suicide planes, there would have been little attack power left for the Japanese aircraft carriers. ”

"Then should we seize this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese fleet?"

"No!" Cunningham shook his head at Phillips and explained: "We lost too many carrier-based pilots in the Battle of the North Sea last November, and now that the situation in Europe is becoming more and more critical, it is no longer possible for London to send many more pilots here." So we can't afford to lose, and now the combat power of the entire Australian Grand Fleet is more than 300 carrier-based aircraft pilots. Besides, Japan is not our main enemy, and I don't want to lose both sides here. ”

For this reason, Phillips feels that it is really far-fetched, maybe there is something hidden in it, right? Just as he wanted to ask, the other party waved his hand and stopped the conversation.

Because at this time, 60 suicide planes, 60 Type 97 torpedo bombers, plus 32 escort Type 96/BF109T fighters, a full 152 Japanese warhawks have come to cover the sky!

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"Chief Genda, the British seem to have been prepared for a long time." Maeda, who was sitting in the back driver's seat, said in a low tone.

"It's radar, the Brit has something that can spot planes from visual distance." Minoru Genda looked at the dense tube-nosed swallow fighters in the sky in front of him with a gloomy face, and he roughly counted them, and there were 100 of them, which was twice as many as the Type 96 and BF-109T escorted by his side. Although the performance of this aircraft is not very good, it is not much worse than the Type 96.

"Attention all fighters, all shock! Break up the British's formation, then double-tap the formation to keep rushing me and disrupting their formation! Minoru Genda gritted his teeth and began to give orders loudly.

"All kamikaze! Three-three formations, the Shenlong Squadron and the Longxiang Squadron attacked the Royal Ark, the Zuihe Squadron attacked the Guanghui, and the Xianghe Squadron attacked the Indefatigable. ”

"Attention to all torpedo bomber squadrons, the five-five formation, the Shenlong squadron and the Longxiang squadron attack the prestige, and the Zuihe squadron and the Xianghe squadron attack the counterattack."

"Gentlemen!" His voice changed suddenly, with a bit of madness in his tragedy.

"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom, in this battle, I hope that all the kings will fight hard, regardless of sacrifice! The emperor is onboard! Onboard! On-board !! ”

As the last slogan was shouted, Minoru Genda slammed the oil rod with his left hand to the end, and the 1,300 hp DB601E engine suddenly let out a roar, and the BF-109T rushed like a wild horse to the British Royal Navy's Pipenose Swallow fighter jet.

At the same time, the 100 or so British fighters also turned their horsepower to the maximum and swooped down on the Japanese group! In the blink of an eye, at an altitude of several thousand meters, more than 100 carrier-based planes of the two countries were like infantry with bayonets, charging face to face, and then entangled in a ball. More than 100 planes are flying at maximum speed, firing at the highest frequency, tumbling and fighting with all kinds of dazzling movements, and circling around the enemy in circles!

Although the Japanese carrier-based aircraft did not have an advantage in overall performance and were at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, this kind of white-knuckle fighting charge also made the British's pipe-nosed swallow aircraft scramble for a while. Taking advantage of this moment, dozens of kamikaze suicide planes successfully broke through the defenses of British fighters. Another 60 Type 97 torpedo attack aircraft also circled at low altitude, ready to fire torpedoes.

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"Dada...... Click......"

A string of tongues of fire erupted from above the BF-109T fighter piloted by Minoru Genda.

"Eight squares! Damn British! Yuan Tian scolded hatefully, quickly pulled the fuselage, and rolled over a few times to get rid of the tube-nosed swallow behind him, and at the same time let go of a tube-nosed swallow with bullet holes on the fuselage. I don't know if this BF-109T is too eye-catching, as soon as the air battle began, Genda, the commander-in-chief of the air raid, fell into the encirclement of enemy aircraft. There are always more than three pipe-nosed swallows fighting around him at all times. And these aircraft, which look clumsy in appearance, are not so bad in actual combat.

At least this aircraft is quite strong! The performance of fighter jets in this era is mainly limited by the power of the engine, and in the case of insufficient engine power, aircraft designers often make trade-offs in indicators such as solidity, speed, grappling, diving, and range, and there is no such thing as a near-perfect aircraft in various indicators. And the engine power of this British Tube Swallow fighter is also 1300 horsepower, which is the same as that of Rolls. Reussian Merlin30, better than Daimler. Mercedes-Benz's DB-601E is also not far behind. It's just that the British have a bit of a problem with the idea of designing carrier-based aircraft, they are overly committed to robustness, and they also somehow assign a navigator to the carrier-based fighter...... Therefore, the speed and agility of the aircraft are naturally overlooked.

If Minoru Genda was flying an ordinary BF-109T fighter today, with his piloting skills, even if he couldn't beat those pipe-nosed swallows that were pestering him, at least there would be no problem in getting rid of them. However, his BF-109T was also changed to a double driver's seat, which equipped him with a "cameraman" and "telegraph operator". As a result, the maneuverability and flexibility of the aircraft were also discounted. At the same time, the British pilots who came to pester Minoru Genda (the target of the BF-109 was too big) were obviously also elite, and the cooperation of the three-plane formation was as pure as fire. It is often one that entangles, one dives, and one escapes (which can be regarded as luring the enemy), forcing Minoru Genda to be in a hurry, and several times in danger, naturally he has no heart to pay attention to the results of the kamikaze suicide plane.

However, although Gentian was in a hurry, he was also in danger, but those Type 96 ship battles were not so lucky at this time! The performance of this kind of aircraft is not as good as that of the pipe-nosed swallow, and now it is a one-to-three disadvantage, so it didn't last long, and it was dragged into the sea one by one with a long thick smoke! And the dying screams of those Japanese pilots also reached Genda's ears through the excellent Siemens airborne radio station on the BF-109T.

"Damn! Are they going to be wiped out here? Beads of sweat the size of soybeans also appeared on Minoru Genda's forehead, and the corner of his eyes unconsciously swept towards the battlefield of suicide planes and torpedo attack planes in the distance.

"Boom!" A huge fireball suddenly appeared in the corner of Gentian's eye.

"Hit! Medium! Hit it......" Maeda cheered in the cockpit, and Minoru Genda's headphones were filled with the cheers of this kid from Kanazawa Prefecture. I couldn't hear the screams of the Type 96 pilots for a while.

"Captain! Our kamikaze plane hit an aircraft carrier! It's an aircraft carrier! It's burning on fire, and it must be hopeless! ”

"It's Amaterasu blessing!" Hearing this good news, Genda was also relieved in his heart, a British aircraft carrier! Even if there are no new results, it is not a loss.

And at this moment, Maeda's cheers came again. "The Prestige has hit, the torpedo machine has also done its work, and the stern of the Prestige seems to have hit a torpedo! I hope we can destroy the powertrain so it won't be able to run! ”

At this time, the three pipe-nosed swallow fighters that were entangled with Genda seemed to have received a new order, and at the same time dived downward, using the speed converted from the potential energy in the dive to get out of Genda's line of sight. After losing his opponent, Genda finally had a chance to observe the battlefield. What he realized was a hell of iron and fire, with several smoking, burning British ships lying on the sea, including the aircraft carriers Indefatigable, Radiance, and Ark Royal. However, except for the fierce fire of the Intreplent, the fire of the other two aircraft carriers seems to be under control, of course, a heavy blow will never be able to escape! The stern of the British battlecruiser Prestige was also on fire, and it is not known where it was torpedoed? In short, the injury was not light. In addition, several freighters and cruisers, which also seem to have fallen victim to suicide planes and torpedoes, are lying on the surface of the sea and are burning......

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