"Turn around the hole, deviate from -15 degrees ahead, 1800 meters, and break away from four enemy bombers!" Xue Ceping was a little itchy when he saw the fierce air battle below, but he still sat in the observation room of the airship and reminded the communicator to the communicator that even if the pilot below had a wide field of vision, it would be difficult to control the situation when hundreds of fighters in the air were mixed together at this time.

At this time, the airship suspended at high altitude undoubtedly became the best command platform.

It was precisely because of the airship's early warning that when the Japanese fighters had just taken off the aircraft carrier, the Huaxia aircraft carrier, which was more than 100 nautical miles away, reacted quickly, and swooped down in the clouds to attack the Japanese in a surprise attack, thus occupying the initiative on the battlefield from the beginning.

The Japanese are full of Chinese hellcats, and there are always only a few teammates around them, making it difficult to form an effective cooperation, but the Chinese HNA fighters always concentrate their local advantages to fight more and fight less according to the prompts above their heads, and fight weak with the strong.

The Japanese bombers and torpedo planes were particularly clearly displayed on the airship's on-board radar, and were often the first to be eliminated to eliminate the threat to the ships below.

Fighter planes in air combat maneuver at high speed, and this kind of opportunity passes by in a moment, and the command of air combat must be a master in the field.

Xue Ceping, who had made meritorious contributions in the Battle of Cape Roca, had both actual combat ability and was later systematically trained in China and Germany, and this time he and the other six pilot aces did not sit in the air cavalry to continue to accumulate the star symbol, but were selected to take on the task of air command and staff on the airship.

Although the air battle below could stir Xue Ceping's blood, his calm tone was not impatient.

Looking down from above, the situation is already clear.

The Huaxia Navy fighters dispatched the main force of three fighter squadrons, with 72 Hellcats. On the other side, the Japanese can fight only 18 Super Zero and 12 Zero fighters, and there are 36 Type 99 ship explosions and 12 Type 97 ship attacks.

At the beginning, Huaxia HNA, which had the advantage, used rockets and machine guns to shoot down 6 escort fighters and 3 bombers. After that, under the continuous division and attack, the number of Zero Battles became smaller and smaller, and it was impossible to stop the Hellcats from torpedo planes and bombers.

The Japanese also sensed that something was wrong and began to evacuate the bombers and torpedo planes early, but even if they avoided the death shadow brought by the Hellcats in the battle group, they could not escape the detection of the airship scanning.

The 72 fighters of the China National Aviation Airlines did not need all their strength at all, and 18 fighters still roamed around the periphery to intercept and kill those who slipped through the net at any time.

Not to mention the slow bombers and torpedo planes, even the nimble Zero fighters could not escape their volleys.

"Received in the hole! Guys, come and the dogs! Ma Guolian, who was in charge of the northeast direction, responded, shouted, shook his wings, and rushed out with a push of the accelerator.

"Let's eat the dog!" Liu Erbao, the wingman, also reinterpreted Ma Guolian's Canadian accent with his Hubei accent, and followed with a chuckle.

"Let's eat the dog!" The Hellcat squad in the rear also laughed and shouted.

The distance of less than two kilometers in the eyes of the flying cat in the air was instantaneous, and the four 99 ships that followed the team and took the opportunity to escape splashed 7.7 mm machine gun bullets in vain, but the 8 Hellcats ignored these itches that pierced the cat's skin at most and rushed to the front, and the 12.7 mm machine guns were full of fire, and only one charge directly knocked down three of them.

"The big picture is decided!" Wang Xiu raised his head from the 500 mm large-aperture telescope and smiled easily.

What he had just used the telescope to look at was not the sky, but the sea in the distance.

This time, it was not only the people of HNA who placed the command staff on the Qi Jiguang airship, but Wang Xiu was also designated as one of the staff officers of the sea surface tactical command.

The command staff only has the power to remind and make suggestions, especially in naval battles, the ability of the fleet commander and the captain to understand the overall situation may be poor, but the detailed situation of each warship is far from being completely controlled by long-distance observation from the air. In the future, it may be possible to achieve full control through digital networks, but the captain who is constantly regulating the information transmitted by his subordinates is the soul of a warship.

Times always have limitations.

Just like the radar on the airship can easily scan the number of enemy ships on the sea surface and estimate the tonnage size and model, but even the most advanced radar cannot detect the damage of enemy and enemy warships in detail. Instead, it is better to use binoculars to observe the actual state of the scarred warships on both sides of the sea.

After reading the collated information handed over by the deputy next to him, and personally probing the situation of the ships on both sides of the sea, Wang Xiu's hanging heart finally relaxed.

Although the naval battle below is not as obvious as the gap in the air battle, the balance of victory has also been tilted in favor of the Huaxia Navy.

Although the Musashi is also a super battleship, it is inferior to the Dingyuan in every way.

The two sides hit each other three times, and the Dingyuan's turret and conning tower withstood the Musashi's two heavy blows, although there was damage, but it was not a major problem, only the large hole in the deck allowed the fireworks column that exploded two boilers inside still spreading.

But the Musashi was even worse.

Although one of the shelling of the Dingyuan only injured a little fur, the 495 mm armor of the conning tower could not stop the 500 mm frontal hammer of the Dingyuan at all, and most of it had been destroyed, and the captain Ma Shengxin went to cry to their aunt as soon as possible.

The explosion caused by the shell that landed on the No. 3 main turret almost tore the Musashi apart, but it was enough to paralyze it at an angle of 10 degrees.

Of course, it was obviously luckier than the Nagato-class Azumi and the Ise.

Under the name of a battleship, the Ise unfortunately encountered two 30,000-ton battle cruisers.

The firepower of the Alaska-class 305 mm guns was unquestionable, and the 18 such guns made the Ise unavoidable.

Under a flurry of fists, Ise didn't even give the other party a decent counterattack, and began to sink in the boiler in a suffocated explosion. It survived for less than half an hour only than the Suzuya, which was heavily patrolled by the highest rank.

Over there, under the attack of the machine guns of a Cleveland-class light cruiser and two Oakland light cruisers with the name of a destroyer, the Dogu had already become a coffin floating on the sea. The two Alaska-class ships that were only scratched by the skin did not bother to shoot the water dogs at all, and directly aimed their guns at the Nagato-class.

Under the full fire of Cheng Dalong's machine guns of the Qingzhou, the two destroyers escorted by the Japanese were directly suppressed, which made the 533-mm torpedoes issued by the destroyer Kunming near the Anyun hit the first.

The Chongqing and Jinan then joined the torpedo siege.

However, although the An Yun was paralyzed by the Dingyuan and lost power, its weapons were not damaged much, especially the 20 140 mm secondary guns that made the three destroyers unable to get close, and even the 410 mm main guns of the An Yun fiercely attacked the surrounding Huaxia warships.

Although the Chongqing bullied the Anyun for not being able to turn, it added a torpedo to it. But it was hit by a 410-mm main gun shell and sank.

Of the more than 369 crew members, only 137 people were rescued, and they were soaked in the cold sea water for too long, and more than half of them were disabled and retired from active military service in the navy forever.

Chen Dalong's Qingzhou was torn apart from the port side armor because of a near-miss shot, and it lost the momentum of sharp impact.

The firepower of the Nagato-class was a huge threat to the surrounding Huaxia warships, and even the two Alaska-class battlecruisers could hardly withstand the heavy attack of its 410 mm caliber main guns.

It's just that An Yun chose the wrong target, and after damaging the Qingzhou and sinking the Chongqing, it turned the target of the main gun to the Dingyuan.

The Japanese had a good calculation, and the huge battle exploits of sinking the Dingyuan were enough to offset all other losses, not to mention that as long as the Dingyuan was settled, the remaining small fish and shrimp could naturally be easily solved.

What's more, they had already sensed the disadvantage of the Musashi in the face of the Dingyuan.

It's a pity that they still underestimated the perverted defense of the Dingyuan and overestimated their luck.

The Anyun missed a single bullet during the attack, destroying only 2 watertight compartments. The other shot hit just a little bit of a mark on the B turret.

And during this period of time, the Ise did not hold on, and it sank early and unexpectedly as they expected. The addition of two large Alaska-class cruisers, which had already solved the battleship Ise, began to make it overwhelmed and difficult to take care of. Not even the 140 mm secondary gun drove out the two remaining nasty little fish.

Although the Keeling-class destroyers only have two five-link torpedo tubes, the launch speed has increased, and the performance of American torpedoes at the end of World War II has also been greatly improved, and the continuous sneak attacks of the 20 torpedoes of the two Keeling-class destroyers are enough to leave a deep memory on the Anyun, which has long been paralyzed.

Of course, this is the one that it will have a chance to leave a last word.

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of 305-mm armor-piercing shells and four 533-mm torpedoes, the Nagato-class finally couldn't hold on, and half of its body was already submerged in the cold waters of November.

However, its harassment of the Dingyuan also gave the Musashi a chance to evacuate.

"Retreat!" Koga Feng was saddened, but the situation that the general trend had gone could not be changed, and he decisively gave the order to retreat.

The Musashi withdrew, with the last of its strength after the remaining destroyers, pulled back. Even the Japanese aircraft carriers in the rear sent the last bit of defense to respond.

But can it run?