The dozens of meters of water stirred up by the pound aerial bombs rose densely in the wheel-shaped array formed by the three ships of the East Asian Army's mobile force, and the black smoke of the airburst bombs that continued to bloom in the sky contrasted with the scene, and the 21 Hanlipati V1 heavy bombers that rose to an altitude of 3 meters passed safely from the scattered smoke in the sky, although the hundreds of bombs they dropped did not hit as usual, the water columns and the flying shrapnel still caused a lot of confusion to the other side - at the same time, More than 30 "Dujuan" attack planes, covered by 15 land-based "Camel" fighters, rushed into the air control circle of the fleet, which was defended by more than 20 Chinese fighters, at full speed. []

The camels opened the way, the cuckoos broke in, and the intertwined tracer bullet marks extended from the blue zenith to the deep blue sea, burning, shattering, black smoke, white waves, in just a few minutes, almost twenty British planes completely disappeared from the sky, and only the remaining twenty or so "cuckoos" staggered into the opponent's anti-aircraft fire circle.

The antiaircraft gunners of the Chinese army, who had gained more confidence in the various new anti-aircraft weapons in their opponents from yesterday's actual combat, went into battle shirtless, frantically shouting commands, aiming, reloading, and firing, weaving antiaircraft shells of various calibers into layers of impermeable deadly nets of fire, and it seemed impossible for those "thin wooden canvas shelves" to penetrate any layer of nets of fire. []

However, taking advantage of the small confusion caused to the opponent by the V1 bomber's high-altitude horizontal bombing, six or seven lucky "Dujuan" still forcibly broke through the fire net and dropped torpedoes one after another on the aircraft carrier "Yunpeng", the flagship of the most conspicuous mobile unit in the center of the wheeled array.

There was a violent tremor, and Bi Lingbo, who was on the terrace of the "Yunpeng" aviation bridge, subconsciously grasped the railing at hand, but he was still involuntarily slid to the steel wall behind him by the powerful gravity of the earth, and his feet slipped coldly. He slammed against the wall, and he wrinkled his brow in pain. Exhale cold air from your mouth.

Raising his eyes, a bright orange-red fireball flew past the rear of the island, causing a large snow foam behind the starboard side. At the same moment, a piece of metal the size of a fingernail bounced head-on, grazing the roots of Bi Lingbo's ears and making a clear and loud thud on the subway wall behind him.

The surrounding artillery roaring from the sea and air gradually stopped, and the air raid was over, so there was no need to ask. Bi Lingbo could feel it too. The Yunpeng was hit by a mine, and the damage was not small - the speed of the ship had obviously dropped quite a bit.

The hatch connecting the terrace and the bridge was savagely kicked open, and a worried Lieutenant Colonel Jiang Ye appeared behind the door, and when he saw Bi Lingbo fall to the ground. Anxiously shouted: "Commander, you were shot?" ”

"You've just been shot in the head." Bi Lingbo got up indifferently and patted his sleeve, but subconsciously leaned down and picked up the metal parts on the floor that had just almost come into close contact with his face.

Jiang Ye scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's okay...... It's good that there's nothing to do...... That's a warhead? ”

"It's a spiral, an Englishman's spiral, and the workmanship is really good...... It's not worse than us at all, yes, why is it worse than us, the foundation that people have accumulated for hundreds of years, the factory, knowledge, experience, management...... It only took us a year...... It's so counterintuitive. ”

Jiang Ye, who had no way to express his opinion on Bi Lingbo's exclamation, had no choice but to immediately turn to the topic: "Commander, I just received a report from the Damage Management Department. The left side of the stern was flooded. The left propulsion shaft stalled, and the left rudder was difficult to operate. For the time being, the speed can only be maintained at 14 knots. ”

Bi Lingbo nodded lightly: "I know the way, I'll go down." ”

"Commander...... As for what you just said......" Jiang Ye plucked up a little courage and spoke—though he didn't know exactly what he wanted to ask.

"What?" Bi Lingbo's expression was harmonious.

Jiang Ye suddenly straightened his waist: "I think that no matter what happens, as long as we believe in Her Majesty the Empress and believe in the elders, we will definitely be able to achieve the most victorious victory!" ”

Bi Lingbo showed a weird smile: "Really...... Is it okay to just believe? It's a very easy idea, but it's also right for you right now......"

Jiang Ye was suddenly a little nervous: "The subordinate is talking nonsense, please ...... the commander"

"It's okay, young man, you should have the spirit of a young man—now is not the time for small talk, let's go down." "Yes—"

Dozens of nautical miles northeast of the mobile unit, the "Pinghai," the general flagship of the East Asian Combined Fleet, sat firmly on the bridge and passed the telegram from the "Xunlei" to Major General Ye Fei, chief of staff, with an indifferent face.

Ye Fei browsed roughly, passed it to the other staff officers, looked down at the map, and said: "We have not yet determined the location of the enemy's main force, and the enemy may have already discovered us. ”

Sa Zhenbing stretched out his hands slightly: "What if you find out, they have already lost three aircraft carriers, and the shore-based aviation has been attracted by the mobile force, and it will not pose a threat to us." If Jericho didn't dare to fight us face to face, he should have turned around last night and returned home, and he would never have insisted on making it here, and he would have to fight until the avant-garde took over before he wanted to run. ”

"That's what you say...... I think Jericho also had full confidence to choose to move forward in the first disadvantage, and once we broke that confidence in the avant-garde battle, I was worried about ......"

Sa Zhenbing smiled disapprovingly: "Who was worried just now that Yuan Feng fought too wild and couldn't come back?" Of course, we can't be afraid of them, but we can't underestimate them, before this, we all relied on scheming to win, and showed real strength to face to face, this is the first time - only by defeating our teacher in such a battle can we truly become the number one in the world. ”

Ye Feien nodded vigorously and clenched his fists: "Of course we are the number one in the world, next, we will use our cannon to prove ......"

Sa Zhenbing got up with his hands behind his back and looked in the direction of the sea chart: "Take off all the water planes and concentrate on searching in the southwest direction, Jericho should be like us, hiding behind the avant-garde troops, waiting for the fish to take the bait." ”

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