Chapter 249: Blowing up and sinking the Canglong

The devil's plane was shot down three more times, and they still evacuated in formation. The planes of the vanguard army also suffered heavy losses, and after pursuing them for more than ten miles in the rear, they withdrew.

A total of 44 Devil fighters came, and the Vanguard Army dispatched 62.

With the advantage of surname and quantity, 24 fighters were killed, and 3 attack planes were also killed, which made the devil suffer a big loss this time. But the level of the devil's sea aviation is really high, and the vanguard army also had 17 planes shot down, in addition to the parachute escape and rescued, there were also thunderbolts with four forced landings with thick skin, a total of 6 people were sacrificed.

The soldiers below saw that a pilot had fallen, and they all ran over to grab it. Hurry up and treat your own, and take prisoners of the enemy. But neither the vanguard nor the devil was captured by the other party, the vanguard committed suicide by three people, and the devil committed suicide by nine. Only five of their pilots survived. It's enough to hurt their spirits.

Lucao was very annoyed by this air battle, and originally thought that with so many planes dispatched, the vanguard army would definitely suffer, but he didn't expect that the biggest loss was himself. Because of the large gap between the aircraft surnames and the ability of some tactics, some tactics did not have much effect, and under the rampage of thunder and lightning, the formation cooperation was disrupted, so there were such losses.

This is even greater than the losses during the attack on Hangzhou's Jianqiao airport last year, when only 13 aircraft were lost, but today a total of 27 aircraft have been lost.

With the ugly planes of the Vanguard Army, the Imperial planes are much worse in both attack and defense, not even Type 96.

"It seems that the Empire needs better planes!" Lucao thought to himself, "Observe if there are enemy planes tracking!" "After observing that there was no tracking of the Vanguard, the devil flew straight to the aircraft carrier.

The endurance of the Type 96 shipboard fighter can reach 1200 km. At this time, there was still strength left, in order to prevent the pursuit of the vanguard planes, they still circled in the air for a while, and waited until the other planes had landed, and then slowly landed in turn.

At this time, in addition to the eight Type 96 planes that were still on guard and defensive in the sky, the ship began to urgently replenish ammunition and fuel for the landing planes.

The piercing air raid sirens suddenly sounded, and Lucao jumped in fright. What an aircraft carrier is most afraid of is that the carrier-based aircraft has just finished a round and comes back to refuel or reload bombs, and at this time, fuel and ammunition are piled up everywhere on the deck, and the carrier-based aircraft cannot take off smoothly.

After a burst of alarm, the plane, which was refueling and replenishing ammunition, quickly stopped, and the ground crew hurried to clear the runway and prepare the fallen plane for takeoff.

Two reconnaissance planes of the vanguard army flew in the sky, and immediately two Type 96 planes passed over to meet the enemy. Although the Type 96 shipboard fighter is the world's first carrier-based fighter to surpass land-based fighters, its superior surname is more prominent in the hovering surname Neng, but its speed is not fast.

It is impossible to catch up with reconnaissance aircraft.

Two reconnaissance planes flew from a high altitude, and without even having time to prepare the anti-aircraft guns, they flew directly away. The alert is dismissed.

"They have already sensed our position, the planes are quickly replenished, the fleet is sailing east, and in half an hour it is ready to meet it!" Deer grass either commanded.

He didn't want to fight the Vanguard anymore now. Only six of the 18 ship-attack planes on the Soryu came back, 12 of the 18 ship-attack planes on the Kaga plus the 14 fighters that were replenished, and four of the other two ships were damaged and could not continue to participate in the battle, so only 22 could participate in the battle. I don't know how many planes the vanguard will be able to come this time.

"Their planes should have been almost lost! Being able to put in more than 60 planes at a time is almost all they have, right? Lucao guessed. As far as he knew, the Vanguard still had some Stuka fighters, but the fighters were about the same number.

It is impossible for them to follow the planes of the Empire, they also need to replenish ammunition and fuel, the bombers run over on their own without the escort of fighters, and 8 Type 96 in the sky are enough for them to suffer heavy losses.

"Take off four more fighters!" He is still a little worried, this is the time when the aircraft carrier is relatively vulnerable, and it is necessary to strengthen protection.

As soon as he finished speaking, another sharp air raid siren sounded.

"Those pesky flying insects again!" He scolded that sounding the aviation sirens for the sake of these two reconnaissance planes was disturbing.

"Enemy attack!" The alarm continued, followed by loud shouts.

Lucao hurriedly looked out, but saw a dark cloud in the sky swarming towards him.

"How did they come so fast?" Lucao didn't know that the radar station had locked on their general location, and after confirming it through the reconnaissance plane, he pounced directly.

Time was of the essence for him to think about it. The ground crew on the Kaga began to scramble to pack up the runway, allowing the four prepared Type 96 planes to take off first.

The crews of the 12 twin 120-mm anti-aircraft guns on the ship "Boom Boom" also quickly took up their positions and began firing into the sky. The six 127-mm high-level dual-purpose guns on the Canglong not far away also opened fire.

The crews of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns are also being prepared in place.

"The devil reacts very quickly!" Zhou Zhikai couldn't help but sigh, but what he didn't know was that because the vanguard army came too suddenly, the artillery bombardment just now was not in place, and the threat to the vanguard army was not great.

The eight Type 96 planes were the first to meet them, but eight lightning planes quickly flew out of the group of the vanguard army, swooped down from a high altitude, and faced the devil's Type 96 one-on-one.

Another eight Thunderbolts also came out first, blocking the Nine-Six Type that the devil had just flown up, and the other 36 Stuka D planes began to prepare for the dive bombardment.

"Wind speed and target speed measurement adjustments!" Feng San calmly commanded.

"The east wind is 6.9 meters per second, and the target speed is 18 knots." The investigators reported rough data, and the specific values needed to be adjusted by individuals according to the instruments on the plane in combination with the actual situation.

"Attack!" As soon as Feng San finished speaking, Feng Wu took the lead in rushing down.

At this time, among the pilots of the Vanguard Army, more than 100 clones still occupied half of the country.

Each Clone Pilot has experienced 300 hours of flight simulation in the Level 2 training base, and after a quick run-in in reality, he will soon be able to become familiar with it and become a skilled pilot. The level of combat is no worse than that of the devils, and their cooperation is even tighter than that of the devils, so most of the pilots who are damaged in battle are ordinary people. Even if the vanguard army had opened up time and planes for training, it would be difficult to accumulate 300 hours of flying in a short time.

This time, in order to deal with the devils, Meng Xiang sent most of the pilots on hand, and only then did another group of bombers appear after the 62 fighters in Linyi.

After defeating the devil's aircraft carrier, the air supremacy around the SAR will be temporarily in the hands of the vanguard army, and the heavy losses will not be able to mobilize too many manpower to deal with the vanguard army for a while. By the time they come again, the Vanguard Air Force will climb to new heights.

The first target was the Kaga, which had the most carrier-based aircraft on it, and the deck was busy at this time, which was a good opportunity to attack.

As soon as the devil's second Type 96 flew off the deck, Feng Wu's plane passed through the smoke of the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun and swooped down against the uprushing Type 96. With the help of the cover of this Type 96, the attack of the 25-mm anti-aircraft guns on the Kaga was evaded. The attack of the Type 96 7.7mm machine gun had little effect on the armor of the Upper Stuka Type D, and when it passed by the Type 96, Feng Wu did not forget to give it two rows of 7.92 machine gun bullets.

The Feng 80 in the back quickly dropped a 500-kilogram bomb when it was approaching the sky over the Kaga. Although the Stuka could carry 1800 kg of bombs under the fuselage, only two 500 kg bombs were finally chosen, taking into account the range and flexibility.

This attack was very sudden, and before the devils could react, Feng Wu's plane had already broken through the air defense network that had not yet been set up and dropped bombs on their heads.

The bomb landed on the front of the Kaga and immediately smashed a large hole in the deck and exploded inside.

Since the fuel and power system were not in this position, although the Kaga was badly damaged, it was not fatal. Anti-aircraft artillery crews everywhere were already in place, constantly blocking the passage of lightning strikes and dives in the sky.

"Boom" a Stuka D exploded in the air, a 120-mm anti-aircraft shell exploded around it, and the Stuka D's armor still couldn't resist.

Another Stuka D was also loaded into the sea, and the pilot parachuted out, but in the sea, that little life-saving equipment alone was not enough.

"That's our pilot!" Liu Zhihan shouted.

"Keep lurking!" Jiang Dacheng shouted calmly, his departure number was already in ambush and was preparing to strike a fatal blow.

Huang Chaoyang made a dive, and before he could throw out the bombs under the plane, he was hit by the wing of the 25-mm anti-aircraft gun, and in a hurry, he threw out the four 50-kilogram bombs on the wings and quickly pulled up the nose of the plane.

Two small bombs fell directly into the sea, but the other two fell on the deck, and then exploded, and the explosion detonated a Type 96 land attack plane parked there, and the bombs and fuel flew everywhere in the firelight, causing an even bigger fire.

Smoke rose into the sky, blocking the view of the aircraft and, at the same time, of the anti-aircraft gunners.

The Kaga continued to sail forward with a thick smoke, and now it had adjusted its direction and began to head in the direction of Aoshima in the north, where the Ryuxiang had been notified and was coming in this direction to pick it up.

At the same time, there were also 8 Stukas on the side of the Soryu, and the main force of the attack was concentrated on the Kaga.

"Maintain a speed of 200 knots, dive at an angle of 50 degrees, reach an altitude of 670 meters in 4.5 seconds to change out of the dive, reach an altitude of 579 meters in 6.3 seconds to release the bomb, the bomb angle is 12 degrees, and then hit the target." Luo Hai muttered quietly while following the manual to implement it step by step. The first time he experienced the battlefield, he encountered such a big battle, and he couldn't help but feel nervous, but the bomb was still dropped according to the usual training. Then flatten out in the overload of 4G.

Due to the strict anti-aircraft fire of the devils, it was not easy to dive down directly, so Feng San ordered those novices to increase the height of the grenade to reduce casualties.

"Boom" didn't expect Luo Hai's bomb to hit the target, smashed into the deck of the Canglong, and exploded near the power compartment. Immediately afterwards, a series of explosions erupted inside the Canglong, and the air wave of the explosion penetrated the deck, directly lifting several planes on the deck into the sea. The flames rose into the sky, and the captain of the ship, Shinhei Teraoka, was shouting for fire, but the explosion caused by the oil near the power compartment directly drowned out his voice.

The Soryu, which had lost power, was just gliding in the sea with its usual name, and the fire inside burned the deck untenable, and the billowing smoke slowed down with the speed of the Soryu.

The Jing Ke, which was wandering nearby, saw the bargain and rushed over first.

"No. 1 and No. 2 torpedo tube salvo!" Zhong Shuqian ordered excitedly.

Two 553-mm torpedoes drew two white lines and rushed straight towards the Soryu, which was getting slower and slower.

"Boom!" Two loud bangs, all hits, tore two huge holes in the thin armor of the Canglong, and a large amount of seawater poured in.

The Soryu, which had already begun to enter the water due to the internal explosion, could no longer support it, and with the sound of squeaking steel deformation, it tilted to this side, and the plane on the deck slid down the sloping deck into the sea. The oil was also dumped onto the surface of the sea and continued to burn. The fire on the deck is getting bigger and bigger, but the devil's sailors still hold on to anything they can hold on to to stabilize their bodies from falling into the water, but there are still some unprepared devils who scream and fall into the sea, and are caught up in the splashing waves from the falling plane.

"It's over!" Lu Cao screamed sadly, but he didn't expect the Canglong to be destroyed by a bomb like this.

The soldiers on the gunboats Ataka and Uyu, who were accompanying the escort, hurried to the rescue, but immediately four Stuka Ds rushed over.

As the flagship of the 11th Sentai Team, the Ataka only has a displacement of about 800 tons, and the two single-mount three-year 76-mm anti-aircraft guns on it are powerless against the Stuka in the sky.

The two anti-aircraft guns obviously couldn't stop the Stuka attack on it, and they were directly hit the deck by the 500 kg bomb dropped by the tall crane's Stuka D, and they bounced in the explosion and sank directly.

The Uyu, on the other side, did not escape the same fate, and after dodging an attack, it still sank into the sea with a 500-kilogram bomb.