On October 7, 1938, the Japanese army Zuihou a fleet formed with battleships as the core sailed away from Nagasaki, and did not stop on the road, and went straight to Qingdao, with its average speed of 15 knots, it had come to Weihaiwei Harbor in the afternoon of the next day, and some people suggested that the fleet could first "recover" Weihaiwei, but was vetoed by Vice Admiral Yoshida Zengo, the commander of the task force who was the commander of the combined fleet, "Don't waste time, as long as you take Qingdao, Weihaiwei is at your fingertips!" ”

At this time, this fleet was less than 200 kilometers away from Qingdao, Vice Admiral Yoshida Zengo ordered all ships to prepare for air defense operations, in his opinion, this is also the only liliang that the Chinese can threaten their fleet, although those warships in Qingdao should also fall into the hands of the Chinese, but Yoshida Zengo believes that with the backwardness of the Chinese Navy, it will not be possible to use those two large warships that pose a certain threat to the fleet for a long time, even if those destroyers will take at least a month or two to get acquainted, You must know that the ships owned by the Chinese Navy before the Anti-Japanese War could not even reach the level of World War I

Yoshida Zengo's worries soon became a reality, but a few minutes later, more than 400 planes appeared in the sky, because of the decipherment of the devil's communication code, Hu Weidong knew in advance the route chosen by the Japanese fleet, so he did not send a reconnaissance plane, so as not to warn the devil in advance, but directly sent all the planes, wanting to hit the devil by surprise, who knew that the enemy's main general had been fighting for a long time, and did not give the North China Air Corps a chance to exploit the loophole!

But even so, more than 400 planes poured out of the nest. It really shocked a lot of devil recruits who haven't gone through the war yet. Yoshida Zengo was keenly aware that the atmosphere among the officers and men of the fleet was not right, and he couldn't help but secretly curse those in power in the Admiralty for being shameless, "Except for us old guys, all the recruits sent are new!" ”

But Yoshida Zengo was the commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet after all, and immediately ordered, "All ships give priority to bombers, and fighters are not a threat." You can leave it alone for the time being. This sentence immediately dispelled the panic in everyone's hearts, because even it was a ghost recruit. They also know the difference between bombers and fighters, and at a glance, you can see that more than two-thirds of the enemy's fleet are fighters. Everyone was immediately relieved, fighter planes could not pose any threat to warships, and although bombers were a great threat, after all, there were only more than 100 of them, and for this huge fleet of more than 50 ships, it was actually not so terrible

Hu Weidong naturally knew that the machine guns and cannons on the fighters were almost no threat to the warships, and there was no chance of air combat in this battle, but he also sent the fighters out, not just to scare the devils, on the one hand, he considered to cover the bomber group and disperse the enemy's anti-aircraft fire. On the other hand, in order to enhance the air attack as much as possible, the fighter cannot carry heavy bombs, and the relevant training of pilots is also lacking, but Hu Weidong has made them all hang the 130 ground-to-ground aviation rocket launchers launched by the Gongxian Arsenal in July this year

While the 130 Aerial Rocket is hardly enough to deal substantial damage to a well-armored battleship, it is more than enough to deal with auxiliary ships such as destroyers, light cruisers, and supply ships. Moreover, there are more than 300 fighters in the North China Air Corps, each carrying a 4-tube launcher, that is, more than 1,200 rounds

"It's only 4 rounds, it's too little, and it's not enjoyable yet. It's all out there. Well, after the war, I have to report this problem to the chief, and it is best to equip me with a heavy bomber loaded with rockets when performing this kind of mission, bringing 24 rounds, it should be 36 rounds, so that it will be cool to bombard", Zhong Ming, who had shot out 4 rockets after a while, complained. Having said that, this guy, who is called an "air sniper", did not waste a single rocket, not only did he hit all the enemy ships, but he also fired within one meter of the waterline

The penetration (not armor-piercing) ability of the 130 aviation rocket is very strong, and when dealing with a light warship with almost no armor such as a destroyer, if the delay fuse is not adjusted, it can even penetrate the entire warship from the side, but because the charge is insufficient, the damage effect is very limited, and it is often the destroyer that is blown up into a big hole, or even penetrated through a penetrating cold but still able to drive and fight normally. But if it is pierced near the waterline, the situation is completely different, and the reason is simple - water leakage. Under Zhong Ming's supernatural control, the 130 aviation rocket entered the hull diagonally, even if the reliability of the delay fuse is not good, it will never explode after penetrating the enemy ship, and with the caliber of 130, the charge is small, and there is no problem in blowing up a breach with a diameter of more than one meter, if it is on the water, even if it is a light warship like a destroyer, it does not care about this damage, but if it is near the waterline, the speed of entering the water

A destroyer that was hit by it may have been damaged in a timely manner because there were too many recruits, and finally failed to escape the doom of sinking, while another light cruiser and a destroyer blocked the breach in time, but Zhong Ming, who had already shot three rockets at that time, didn't know what psychology was to kill a rifle and make up another shot for the destroyer that had been obviously tilted, and no one could save it now

Although the other fighter pilots did not have Zhong Ming's miraculous skills, they also had a lot of superb marksmanship, and in less than 10 minutes, one light cruiser and five destroyers were sunk one after another, and another three light cruisers and 11 destroyers were damaged to varying degrees. More importantly, these light warships were too busy protecting themselves to protect themselves and had no time to protect those large warships, and the more than 150 bombers of the North China Air Corps seized this opportunity to launch wave after wave of attacks on those six battleships

Although the quality of the bomber pilots of the North China Air Corps cannot be compared with that of fighter pilots, and the hit rate of horizontal bombing is recognized as the lowest among the three main methods of attacking ships, because the number of aviation torpedoes is not even enough for medium bombers, Hu Weidong can only let 24 torpedoes that cannot be assigned but cannot carry out dive bombing (generally speaking, only light and some medium bombers can carry out dive bombing, and heavy bombers and medium bombers with poor structural strength insist on diving and dropping bombs, After dropping a bomb, the fuselage is prone to disintegration. The Japanese Type 97 heavy bomber with a high-explosive bomb weighing 2 tons tried his luck ......)

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