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Text Chapter 941 Guam, the battle flag is flying (8)

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    At 7:25, Wang Kun and his comrades drove the "Lightning Water Scout" and hid in the clouds at an altitude of 7,500 meters.  The "Lightning Water Scout" is an extended model of the Lightning fighter. It adopts a tandem two-seater layout, with all armor removed and pontoons installed. It has a speed of 410 kilometers per hour.  In China, a heavy cruiser usually carries three Lightning water reconnaissance aircraft, and a light cruiser carries two.  He was the captain of the Xi'an aviation team. Because he was worried about damaging the aircraft during the night battle, he moved to the Merizo Lagoon with ten other reconnaissance planes and took off before dawn to search for Japanese aircraft carriers.

    This altitude is already the combat limit of water reconnaissance (the maximum ceiling is different from the combat ceiling, the former requires a lot of preparation), the thin and cold air makes the engine sluggish, and the aircraft needs to be operated more carefully.  Reconnaissance flights are lonely and dangerous places, especially water reconnaissance. In order to expand the search range, they are all carried out alone. If they encounter enemy fighter jets, they will basically escape death.

    "Captain, I heard that my sister-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy for you again?" The navigation observer in the back seat was chatting while searching the water.

    "Yeah, hahait's five pounds and eight taels. Why, you're feeling young too? Okay, let your sister-in-law introduce you to a date when you get back. There are quite a few pretty girls in her unit."  Wang Kun showed off, pressing his face to the special periscope.  This is equipment specially developed for reconnaissance aircraft.  Because reconnaissance aircraft often have few personnel, observers alone may miss something, so pilots also need to undertake observation tasks.  After searching for a while, he raised his head and flicked the control stick to move the plane eastward.

    "Okay, if it works out, I promise to give my little nephew a big red envelope."

    "Fuck you, are you going to waste the gift money if I don't help you introduce someone?"

    "Ha ha"

    The two of them chatted wordlessly, and soon a small green dot appeared on the left front of the wing.  "Captain. What kind of island is that?" Wang Kun looked at it, compared it with the reconnaissance photos clipped on the dashboard, and said, "What we just saw was Saipan, this should be Medinilla Island, Mariana  The second smallest island.¡±

    "It's so small, so no one should live there, right?"

    "No. I heard that when we selected the seaplane landing site, we also considered here and Anatahan Island in the northwest. However, we later discovered that these two islands are surrounded by cliffs, so we chose the one with the worst defense by the Japanese.  Grihan Island." Wang Kun introduced the two islands.  A strong wind suddenly made his plane unstable.  He quickly stopped observing and grasped the operating lever again, but at this moment something seemed to light up under the cloud on the right.  "On the right! There seems to be something." He immediately reminded the observer.  However, the clouds were very thick this morning, and observers searched for a long time but found nothing.

    "Captain, the clouds are too thick."

    "I'm descending, please pay attention. Be careful of enemy planes." Wang Kun did not dare to be careless.  Judging from past encounter records, Ling Zhan would occasionally climb to such a height, so he carefully operated the plane and tried to hide it in the clouds.  Just as the plane passed through the gap between two white clouds, a huge fleet of planes divided into three groups, separated by no more than a quarter of an hour, suddenly appeared below.  "Oh my God! There are at least eighty! Captain, do you want" the observer said, and was about to dial the radio. Wang Kun quickly stopped him and said: "Wait, we must find the aircraft carrier first."

    The observer calmed down.  He immediately wrote down the position and number where the enemy plane was found, and calculated the angle at which it appeared, before reminding: "Northeast, they are coming from the northeast."

    "Okay. Pay attention and observe." Wang Kun immediately returned to altitude and flew northeast in less than half an hour.  The observer shouted excitedly: "Captain, look! Just below us, there is an aircraft carrier, it must be an aircraft carrier!" Upon hearing the shout, Wang Kun also immediately moved to the periscope.  Almost as soon as he got up there, he saw black smoke on the sea, followed by a dozen warships heading south at high speed.  Among the battleships, two aircraft carriers with wide decks were clearly visible.

    "Report quickly! Be careful of enemy planes!" Wang Kun suppressed his excitement and shouted loudly.  Because he knew that the Japanese Navy was also equipped with radio locators, and it could be detected as long as it sent out a signal.  So he immediately grasped the operating lever, pulled down his goggles, and turned on the machine gun safety.  Sure enough, just two minutes after the observer sent out the location of the attacking aircraft group and aircraft carrier, the opponent's aircraft carrier began to maneuver, and several Zero Fighters roared towards his altitude.

    "Sit tight!" Wang Kun shouted loudly and flew the plane quickly to the west. The observer in the back seat also turned around quickly and grabbed the twin machine guns behind him.  Although there are four 12.7mm machine guns on the water reconnaissance and a twin 7.62mm machine gun behind it, Wang Kun has no confidence in fighting Zero.  Ten minutes later, his plane was hit in the tail.  Fortunately, his driving skills were good and he recovered before the crash and made an emergency landing on Medinilla Island.  The two ended up staying on the island for a week before they could fix the radio and contact the fleet to come to the rescue.  In recognition of the contributions he and his comrades made, both were awarded the First Class Combat Hero Medal after returning to China.  Unfortunately, ?We did not continue flying forward after discovering the aircraft carrier, otherwise we would have discovered two King Kong-class battleships less than 50 nautical miles behind the aircraft carrier.

    After the signal was sent, all 36 ready-to-go fighter jets on the Baiqi escort carrier took off, and the attack aircraft group that took off early also immediately flew to the coordinates.  Someone asked, doesn¡¯t Baiqi only have 24 fighter jets?  Where did the extra 12 planes come from?  In fact, this was Pan Duheng's little tactic. He knew that his total number of aircraft was lagging behind (the Japanese army had Saipan), so he assembled 16 spare "Lightnings" that had been dismantled from three aircraft carriers overnight.  But this means there are too many planes and it is impossible to ensure the take-off and landing sequence.  So he transferred Baiqi's dive bombers to Guam, and after the torpedo squadron went out to clear the deck, he left 36 of the fighters participating in the first round of attacks for Baiqi. After all, they were under the greatest pressure here, making Baiqi  The total number of fighters in the Qihao exceeds one fleet-type aircraft carrier.

    At the same time, Bingwen immediately ordered the battleship formation to turn westward and continue to widen the distance from Baiqi at a speed of 31 knots.  Pan Duheng still had 34 Lightnings on hand at this time, but he did not take off immediately. Instead, he ordered the aircraft carrier and battleship to maneuver on the same course, leaving only eight in the sky.  It's not that he is bold, but judging from the reconnaissance plane's report, Ozawa has been fooled!  So there is no need for him to take off immediately and waste fuel.

    At 7:50, the second news came that the Ryujo and Shoho fleets appeared in the southeast of Guam.

    "No! This is diesel. I want aviation gasoline! See, there are three yellow lines on the oil drum."

    "Raise the bomb. One, two, three! Yes, just buckle it like this, don't forget to unlock it."

    ¡°Sir, what is unlocking?¡±

    "See, after hanging the red ribbon on the head, unplug it like this! Do you understand? Then go, go!" The dilapidated Agana Airport was bustling with activity.  The 30 Yasha dive bombers that had just landed on the runway were surrounded by soldiers.  The sporadic shells falling on the outside of the airport added to the tension.  Due to the serious shortage of air crews, a dozen naval air crew officers came last night with the "Sea King" who delivered the bombs, and all Dai Anlan's maintenance soldiers were brought in to help. If there was no special bomb cart, a jeep would be used, and there would be no oil tanker truck.  Just drag the gasoline barrel and run away, or simply carry it with a dozen people.  Eventually even the pilot jumped out of the cabin to help.

    "Sir!" After learning that the Japanese aircraft group had been discovered, the naval liaison officer carrying the radio forgot to salute and shouted to Dai Anlan: "The enemy planes are coming! I need all the air defense firepower to ensure that the airport can collect the planes.  !" The Baiqi is too dangerous. Once an accident occurs, there will be trouble like the aircraft had nowhere to land in the Ryukyu Naval Battle.  Therefore, it is particularly important whether Agana Airport can be defended in the next attack.

    "Don't worry, I will stand on the runway today! Let's see which little Japanese can blow me up!" Dai Anlan was also furious, and after speaking, he grabbed Liang Zhongshu and said, "Why are you still standing there? Tell the front. Counterattack! We must do it.  Keep the Japanese troops at bay. Then bring over the adjustable anti-aircraft guns and set up all the machine guns on tripods."

    "Look, our fleet!"

    The airport is still busy, and the fighter group taking off from Baiqi has already crossed Guam.  Flying towards Rota Island.  "Damn, it's bad this time!" Dai Anlan looked at the direction of the fleet's movement.  His face suddenly turned dark.  Looking at this posture, the area of ????the air battle is between Guam and Rota Island. If there is someone who throws bombs at the airport blindly, he might really be heroic on the runway.  "What are you looking at? Come here and bring over the captured Japanese machine guns I still don't believe this evil!"

    On the island, Dai Anlan piled up more than 20 anti-aircraft guns and more than 100 general-purpose machine guns at the airport in one go. He also pulled jeeps and trucks with machine guns for air defense. He just didn't pay attention to the tanks, and in the end he would capture them.  The Japanese army took out their crooked guns and 92-heavy machine guns, and were busy forming a large array of iron barrels at the airport.  Compared with the ground, the ace pilot of the Fifth Aviation Group, Captain Yu Xiaoning, is much calmer in the sky.  The navy has a naval family, and aviation also has an aviation family.  His father was Yu Lei who pioneered the Yu Lei Turn (Yin Mailman Turn) in the Liaodong Campaign that year. Later he gradually became the father of the Air Force's strategic bombing and is currently the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff.  All four brothers in the family are pilots, three brothers are in the Air Force, and he joined the Navy.

    "The knight calls the fortress, the knight calls the fortress, asking for guidance." As soon as he arrived over Guam, Yu Xiaoning called the Rota Island radar station.

    "Fortress received, three targets, 72 kilometers northeast, 86 kilometers southeast, and 29 kilometers due north." Fortress is the code name for the radar station on Rota Island.  This field radar was mounted on a truck, and the entire radar squad consisted of five trucks, so the Japanese army failed to detect it during multiple air raids.  Shortly after receiving Wang Kun's telegram, radar captured the approaching Japanese aircraft group.

    Hearing that there were three waves of aircraft, Yu Xiaoning spat harshly: "You really think highly of me. The knight??, No. 2, follow me to face the north.  Knight No. 3, I¡¯ll leave the southeast to you.  "

    "Knight No. 3 received, Squadron 3, follow me"

    36 "Lightnings" split into two waves over Guam. Before Yu Xiaoning and 24 "Lightnings" could fully gain altitude, 17 Japanese Army bombers from Saipan arrived.  As soon as they saw the "Lightning" fleet, the escorting 4 Zero Fighters, 8 Army Aircraft Falcons and 6 96 Ship Fighters rushed over.  Yu Xiaoning is not a rookie pilot in China. As an ace fighter pilot of the Fifth Aviation Group temporarily strengthened to the xn21 battle group, he shot down nine enemy planes in the Ryukyu Sea Battle alone, four of which were zero battles. His record is second only to captain Zhang Peng.

    So when I saw the escort fighters coming up, I immediately brought 12 of them to fight, and let the rest deal with the bombers.  "Idiot! Hou Jun, what are you doing? Why are you trying to fight bombers? Bastard, you want to hit me" Yu Xiaoning was so angry that he yelled when he saw that a novice pilot actually used the tail pursuit attack method against fighter jets to deal with bombers.  .  But he was very busy now, so just after he finished reminding him, two Zero Fighters rushed over from the side.  See Zero War.  He did not hesitate to dive directly with his wingman. After using the "Lightning" to dive faster to gain distance, he quickly changed to a sudden ascent and performed an X-shaped position change with his wingman.  The two Zero Fighters were obviously not adapted to the high-speed scissor tactics that only elite pilots dared to do, and they were quickly bitten by Yu Xiaoning's wingman and shot down one of them.

    "What's going on? Captain, this guy seems a little weird." After easily killing the opponent, the wingman frowned. Why was he different from the group of people he encountered in the Ryukyu naval battle?  Yu Xiaoning was also puzzled, looking at the second Zero that was shot down by him.  It feels too relaxing.  In fact, they were completely wrong. Although there are many Zero Fighters and Falcon fighter jets in Saipan, most of them are Army aviation pilots.  Compared with HNA, the strength of the Japanese army aviation is much worse, and many people have even just changed to the Zero Fighter and Falcon.  On the contrary, several 96 ships performed better in the battle.

    Facing the stranglehold of the "Lightning", the Japanese Army Aviation was no match at all, especially the 99th Ship Explosives and 97th Heavy Explosives, which were attacked intensively. They were all killed by the Second Squadron in less than a few minutes.  However, Yu Xiaoning was not happy for long. Thirty Zero Fighters rushed into the battle circle from the north and south, and two "Lightnings" were shot down immediately.

    Ozawa¡¯s main force and the fleet of the Japanese Fourth Fleet arrived.

    "Knight No. 1, follow me to separate the fighters. No. 2. Continue to attack the bombers!"

    Facing several times the number of Japanese bombers, although Lightning tried its best to attack, many of them broke through the defense line and rushed towards the Baiqi.

    On the sea, the Xi'an is already waiting seriously.  After reuniting with Bai Qihao.  The heavy cruisers Wuhan and Changsha also arrived one after another, so that Bai Fuan had the air defense force of three heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and eight destroyers.  Taking a lesson from Ryukyu, he did not dare to use a dense formation that tied his own hands and feet, so he set up a ring defense formation as soon as possible.  "It's up to us! Fire! Knock down little Japan!" Bai Fuan roared.  The heavy cruiser Xi'an opened fire first.  As a new heavy cruiser, the number of anti-aircraft guns on the Xi'an does not seem to have increased much.  But the density and mid- to short-range combination are stronger.  In addition to having six twin 120mm semi-automatic high-level and flat dual-purpose naval guns, there are also six single-mounted 85mm anti-aircraft guns at medium and long ranges.  At close range are 12 twin 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 16 single-barreled 25mm machine guns.  Among them, the 120mm and 85mm anti-aircraft guns can fire radio proximity artillery shells.  Under the powerful anti-aircraft firepower, the two Nine-Nine Ship Explosions rushing in front were quickly shot down.

    This is the first wave of Japanese bombers, with a total of 12 zero-fighters, 10 dive-ship bombers and 11 torpedo-ship bombers.  Compared with the army aviation, the Japanese naval aviation was obviously superior. The zero battle lacking offensive power attracted artillery fire, and dive ship explosions and torpedo ship attacks launched attacks from different directions.  "Dong dong dong" After the Xi'an heavy cruiser opened fire, the fleet's medium and large-caliber anti-aircraft guns followed closely behind, and the remaining 40 mm and 25 mm small-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also waiting attentively, ready at any time.  Deal with fish that slip through the net.  At this moment, a piece of bad news put Bai Fuan in a dilemma.  "Sir, nine o'clock position!" As the bridge observer shouted, Kondo Nobutake, who had been chasing him all night, appeared at the edge of the radar.  The appearance of one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers and thirteen destroyers immediately made him scream secretly.

    "Let the light cruiser move back, guns, and block them! Navigation, benchmark 23 knots, 10,000 meters!"

    "Fire! Boom, boom, boom" Bai Fuan did not hesitate and immediately ordered the main gun to attack Kondo's fifth fleet.  Eighteen 210mm naval guns fired fiercely at the Japanese Fifth Fleet 25,000 meters away. At the same time, the light cruiser's 36 155mm naval guns also quickly raised.

    "Lightning strike, lightning strike!"

    Kondo is not stupid and will not use his only heavy cruiser to fight against the opponent's three heavy cruisers.  Seeing that the Baiqi formation was besieged by fighter planes, he immediately ordered a torpedo assault.  The Japanese destroyers rushing in made Bai Fuan more and more nervous. The ring-shaped air defense lineup could not use the fleet's full sea firepower, so he immediately changed his formation and letThe patrol protection aircraft carrier continued to maneuver southward, and its own heavy cruisers and destroyers were on the periphery.

    Kondo¡¯s harassment caused a loophole in the originally tight air defense network. Four 99s took the lead in breaking through the encirclement and launched an attack on the Baiqi.  The small-caliber anti-aircraft guns of the light cruisers and aircraft carriers were activated immediately, and thousands of shells instantly set up a protective umbrella.  But in air defense operations, it is the anti-aircraft guns that always suffer, so the four Nine-Nine Ship Explosions still completed the bombing.  Fortunately, three of the bombs missed, and only one hit the port side of the No. 4 turret of the Fuchunjiang light cruiser.  From a distance, it looks like a piece of "meat" has been dug out of the beautiful hull, and smoke is constantly spraying out from the wound.  The bomb disabled both No. 3 and No. 4 turrets.  Half of the ship's power failed. Fortunately, there was no loss of power and it could still keep up with the speed of the fleet.

    The crisis on the Fuchunjiang has not yet been resolved. Three more 99 dive warships and five warship attack planes broke through the outer defense line and rushed into the inner circle.  This wave of attacks was so fierce that the Japanese pilots completely ignored the shells and desperately attacked the fleet.  Before Bai Fuan could find the best way to fight both the sea and the air at the same time, he heard a loud noise again, and thick smoke billowed from the deck of the Baiqi escort carrier.

    ¡°Dammit, report the damage!¡±

    "The stern deck of the Baiqi was hit by bullets, and six anti-aircraft guns were disabled."

    "Report. Baiqi's semaphore, they said it can maintain speed."

    "Be careful of torpedoes! Boom!" Before the crisis on the Baiqi was resolved, there was another explosion from the Wuhan.  A torpedo hit the port side of the ship's bow. The explosion pushed the heavy cruiser off course and cut the ship's bow in half.  The inner cabin was revealed.  "The Wuhan stalled!" Such serious damage immediately caused the Wuhan to decelerate rapidly. After the stern was filled with water, the waterline was pressed into the sea.  "No, we are about to reach the torpedo launching distance. If the Wuhan does not leave, it will be besieged by Japanese destroyers." After the navigator handed the calculated data to Bai Fuan, he quickly estimated the angle between the Wuhan and the Japanese destroyers.  .  Start to worry.

    "Want to eat one of my heavy cruisers? It's not that easy!" Bai Fu'an stamped his feet, with veins popping out on the back of his hand holding the armrest, and ordered the destroyer formation to actively face the Japanese lightning strike formation, and at the same time ordered the Wuhan to retreat to Apra Port.  Destroyer attack.  It is a dangerous offensive tactic. Although it can destroy Kondo's lightning strike, the destroyer itself is also threatened by the 93 oxygen torpedo.  But the destroyer captains were fearless and after receiving the order.  Immediately break away from the formation and rush towards the Japanese destroyer.  Their active attack had a clear effect, disrupting the neat Japanese lightning strike formation.  The destroyers from both sides immediately strangled each other.  Afterwards, statistics showed that a total of four Chinese destroyers were damaged and two were sunk. The Japanese also had three sunk and five damaged.

    "Sir, the second wave of enemy planes is coming!"

    Shortly after the Wuhan left, another report came from the radar soldier on the phone. The Japanese Fourth Fleet's 12 zero fighters (the remaining 14 were blocked by lightning), 16 99 dive ship explosions and 16 97 torpedo attack ships.  Come straight from the southwest.  Bai Fuan's heart sank. You must know that the wave just now was only one-third of the strength of the four aircraft carriers, which caused damage to three of his warships. Even if this wave could be defeated, the remaining wave would probably kill the entire fleet.  Life.

    But he didn¡¯t know that the final wave would never come.

    "Why is there only one? Why?!" Mitsuo Abuchizu sat in the cabin and stamped his feet and yelled.  When the Fourth Fleet's fleet attacked the Baiqi, the third wave of 50 attack aircraft and 16 zero-fighters he had already led circled twice, but they never found the other two aircraft carriers that were supposed to be here.  "Baga, you must have been fooled! Don't be reluctant to fight, come with me to attack the China battleship formation, the remaining aircraft carriers must be there!" By this time, Mischio Achizu knew that he had fallen into the trap, so he immediately threw the Baiqi to  The Fourth Fleet attacked the fleet and rushed to the location where the battleship was found. Worried about the lack of fighter jets, it asked 12 fighter jets from the Fourth Fleet to go with it.

    "One ship?!"

    After receiving the report from Mischio Abuchizu, Ozawa Jisaburo and Kusaka Ryuunosuke also changed their colors at the same time. The latter even grabbed the staff officer who came to report like crazy, picked up the telegram and checked it over and over again in disbelief.  "I've been fooled! I've been fooled! The Chinese aircraft carrier must be between the battleship and that aircraft carrier!" Ozawa finally understood where the mistake was, so he immediately ordered all zero-fight takeoffs, leaving 20 attack aircraft to respond.  All were sent out to attack Pan Duheng's main force, and the fleet was ordered to turn around and retreat.  In the end, this order saved the two Kongou-class battleships that were originally dragged behind but now turned into arrows. However, he made a mistake while he was busy. He forgot that he was originally the most important support force for Akagi and Kaga. With such a U-turn, the two aircraft carriers  Instead, he became the queen.

    "There! Trebuchet No. 2 called, found the Japanese aircraft carrier, coordinates"

    Less than ten minutes after the last 20 attack planes left, the first batch of 16 Lightnings and 24 Yashas, ??which had been searching forward, discovered Akagi who was desperately fleeing north.No. and Kaga No.  After Yan Shaobai, who was leading the team, sent out a signal, he saw all the patrolling Ling Zhan rushing over.  "Fighters separated from the zero battle, prepare to drop bombs!" Yan Shaobai was the pilot who followed Lei Shaobao to attack the Fengxiang, but was the first pilot to drop a bomb but it missed.  In fact, he was not attacking last time. On the contrary, his bomb-throwing skills ranked among the top five in the team, but he missed because he was too nervous at the time.  So he was always very upset.  This time we saw the Akagi and Kaga, which had caused the collapse of the 23rd Fleet, and immediately adjusted their mentality. After taking a few deep breaths, they pushed the operating lever to take everyone up to a dive height of 6,000 meters. They hid in the clouds and formed a single column.  Roaring towards the aircraft carrier.

    The performance of the Zero Battle is obviously not as good as the Lightning. With the first battle in Ryukyu, the "Lightning" pilots are no longer as nervous as the first battle.  Therefore, the 16 "Lightnings" quickly forced a zero battle and separated a dive channel.  "Boom, boom, boom" Japanese ships on the sea also discovered a group of dive planes. Nearly a hundred anti-aircraft guns on two aircraft carriers and twelve escort warships were spraying fireballs.  Looking down from the sky.  The entire Japanese fleet was like a fire-breathing monster.  However, the Japanese navy's anti-aircraft firepower was really weak. The dive aircraft group, which had been trained by the country's intensive air defense network, broke through the inner circle without much effort.

    "Son of a bitch, I'll fight you this time!" A Zero Fighter rushed from the side and blew up a "Yaksha" in front of his eyes.  But this can no longer affect Yan Shaobai's mood.  With his eyes focused, he was now like a golden eagle aiming only at its prey, with only the wide deck of the Akagi in his eyes. His finger was firmly on the trigger, and his eyes were wandering on the deck and altimeter.  When the pointer entered the red zone of 500 meters, he deliberately slowed down for a few seconds and dropped the bomb at a height of 300 meters.

    His bomb was not an ordinary aviation armor-piercing bomb, but was delivered to the base from Wuhan overnight before departure.  No. 21 bomb specially prepared to deal with super battleships.  The No. 21 bomb is a refined and miniaturized model of the No. 20 bomb used by the Air Force to deal with fortresses. It weighs 800 kilograms, and the bomb body is made of nickel-molybdenum alloy.  The warhead is made of hard tungsten alloy.  If other countries saw the No. 21 bomb, they would definitely say it was a loser, because the aviation armor-piercing bomb itself is powerful enough, and the warhead is made of tungsten carbide.  It¡¯s such a luxury!  But they can only talk about who allowed China to account for more than 70% of the world's tungsten ore production.  After the war, exports of stocks were restricted.

    The "prodigal" bomb, which was only issued to experienced and elite pilots, lived up to expectations. Under Yan Shaobai's precise control, it successfully hit the central elevator of the Akagi.  Bombs capable of dealing with five meters of cement poured down one after another, not only piercing the steel elevator platform, but also penetrating the second-floor hangar deck and the third-floor navigation deck. Finally, they penetrated the waterline deck continuously and penetrated deep into the boiler room before exploding.  .  After 220 kilograms of explosives exploded in the boiler room, the entire boiler room and several high-pressure steam tubes exploded. Dozens of Japanese sailors were instantly scalded to death and cooked.  Shock waves, smoke and steam mixed into a wave of air, rising from the middle of the Akagi's deck.  "Haha the boiler room, it must be the boiler room!" Seeing the milky white steam in the smoke, Yan Shaobai knew what he had hit.  The boiler room is the core power room of the battleship. An explosion here would be equivalent to wiping out half of the Akagi's life.  Sure enough, after Yan Shaobai hit the target, the Akagi moved quickly, making it easier for Yasha to drop the bomb.  Within minutes, two bombs hit the rear deck.

    The violent explosion was deafening, and the black smoke column produced was hundreds of meters high. The scorching air waves lifted the entire rear deck of the Akagi, and the steel beams twisted and rolled to form strange shapes.  Just when the Akagi was fatally attacked, the Kaga next to it was also hit by a bomb on the port side of the sea. Although it did not directly hit the hull, the splashed seawater not only destroyed several anti-aircraft guns, but also underwater  Open a crack.

    For a time, the entire sea surface was confused by bombs, and the two aircraft carriers and two heavy cruisers were surrounded by water spots after the explosion.  When Yan Shaobai completed the attack wave by damaging two aircraft carriers at the cost of losing three aircraft, the main force following behind took over the battlefield in a mighty manner.  In the second wave, a total of 38 Yashas and 42 Ospreys, protected by fighter jets, ravaged the Japanese fleet from all directions under Japanese artillery fire.  At 8:20, the fifth bomb completed the final kill on the Akagi. The bomb poured into the deck from behind the bridge. The explosion caused the aviation gasoline tank storing hundreds of tons of aviation gasoline to rupture, and the overflowing oil and gas caused a secondary explosion.  Splashing gasoline and thick smoke sprayed out from the ship's cabin and spread in all directions. Then the anti-aircraft gun ammunition depot and torpedo storage compartment also exploded. Deafening sounds came one after another. The Japanese officers and soldiers howled and struggled in the sea of ????fire, but no matter where they hid,  There were flames and flying debris everywhere.  Flames rushed up to the main deck and the entire flight deck began to burn.  In less than a few minutes, this super-aircraft carrier, which was modified from a battlecruiser and carried a full load of 41,300 tons, became the flagship of the Japanese Combined Fleet's First Air Fleet and sank in the vast Pacific Ocean with more than 1,500 officers and soldiers.

    When the Akagi sank, the Osprey torpedo attack aircraft also sounded the death knell of the Kaga.  This aircraft carrier modified from a battleship is obviously much more durable than the Akagi modified from a battle cruiser. It even took a few bombs without stalling.  NoNo matter how powerful a battleship is, it has natural enemies. The "Osprey" is not as gorgeous as a dive bomber, but it is definitely the deadliest assassin.  Two torpedoes hit the starboard side of the Kaga first, finally causing the giant beast to gradually slow down. However, when the Osprey pilot was dumbfounded, the deck of the Kaga had already tilted to the right. Unexpectedly, after three torpedoes were hit on the port side, the ship gradually slowed down.  Balance is restored.  However, this was also the last impression it left on the world. The heavily flooded aircraft carrier finally stalled completely, stopped spinning on the sea, and became a target for aviation torpedoes.  At last count, a total of nine bombs and 11 torpedoes hit the Kaga.

    Only twelve minutes after the Akagi sank, the modified Kaga, with a full load of 42,541 tons, sank in the deep sea 80 meters northeast of Pagan Island.

    After completing the task of sinking the aircraft carrier, the remaining third wave of "Yaksha" and "Osprey" rushed towards the two heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma and several other escort warships that were still resisting.  The escort ship without air cover was no match for the attack aircraft, and black smoke erupted within a few minutes.  However, because the attack fleet ran out of ammunition, the two heavy cruisers were only injured and did not sink immediately.  At this time, Yan Shaobai and other pilots who were the first to complete the attack all flew back at full speed, because everyone knew that the battle was not over yet.  The two Mogami-class heavy cruisers are still on the sea, there are still two aircraft carriers southwest of Guam, the Japanese Fifth Fleet is still there, and the two Kongou-class battleships are still missing.
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