Age of Conquest Reborn

Being outnumbered is the biggest problem facing Lieutenant General Takasu. There is no doubt that the home fleet that attacked the small fleet of the China Division Navy will not be able to return. In this way, the combat power of the First Fleet will be reduced.

minus one third.

Lieutenant General Takasu had a premonition of the seriousness of the gaffe. The biggest variable was the China land-based aviation group that he had always ignored and despised. At this moment, it was swooping over.

"Order the fleet, all destroyers and frigates, to immediately form an air defense formation to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier, and all carrier-based fighter jets to take off immediately to meet the enemy!" Although he had a premonition that the situation was not good, Lieutenant General Takasu calmly issued the combat order.

You can't die if you're in a daze. The only way to survive is to be reinforced by the Second Fleet.

As the order was issued, the Japanese First Fleet of more than 30 warships, large and small, which was sailing at high speed on the Sulu Sea, immediately changed its formation, with two aircraft carriers as the core, and the remaining warships guarding the periphery, in a desperate posture.

Fighting posture.

Seeing that Chief of Staff Terayama seemed to have something to say, Lieutenant General Takasu asked: "Terayama-kun, do you have anything to say?"

Chief of Staff Terayama did have a lot to say. He wanted to angrily accuse Lieutenant General Takasu of insisting on his own way, but it was useless to say anything now. Solving the current crisis was a top priority. He sighed and said:

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander, judging from the current situation, China Air Force's land-based aircraft fleet has been premeditated. With the current strength of our First Fleet alone, it may be difficult..."

"Needless to say, Terayama-kun!" Vice Admiral Takasu waved his hand and interrupted him, "I estimate that the First Fleet is facing a life and death battle. You should immediately send a request for assistance to Commander Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet.

In addition to informing the First Fleet of the dangers it faces, we also request His Excellency, Commander Yamamoto, to order Vice Admiral Kondo, Commander of the Second Fleet, to send more than 300 carrier-based fighter jets to reinforce us as soon as possible!"

Vice Admiral Takasu's countermeasures are undoubtedly very correct. It will take more than three days for the Second Fleet to reach the Sulu Sea from the Banda Sea, but it is different to dispatch carrier-based aircraft. More than one

It can arrive within an hour. As long as the First Fleet supports the arrival of the reinforcement fleet, everything can be saved and the result can be achieved, which can severely damage the China Division's land-based fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto was shocked when he received the telegram from Vice Admiral Takasu requesting reinforcements. His expression suddenly changed, and the division's land-based aircraft group suddenly launched an attack on Takasu's First Fleet, which was also unexpected by him.

"Matsuda-kun, immediately order Nobutake Kondo to dispatch all carrier-based aircraft to reinforce Takasu Shiro! At the same time, the second fleet is approaching the Sulu Sea at full speed!" Admiral Yamamoto suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and issued the order.

At this time, the first batch of attack aircraft of Le Yiqin's Southern Flying Group had already flown over the Japanese First Fleet. Suddenly, more than 30 Japanese warships on the sea launched all their anti-aircraft firepower, anti-aircraft shells and anti-aircraft firepower.

Machine gun bullets flew into the sky like a fountain. Such dense anti-aircraft firepower was quite effective in dealing with the group of bombers that had to dive and enter the bombing channel.

However, Le Yiqin had no plan at all. In the first round of attack, he used his bombers to fill in the air defense firepower of the Japanese fleet. His target was the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese fleet. After killing the Japanese carrier-based aircraft,

.The entire First Fleet is just a sick cat without teeth and claws, it can be beaten no matter how hard it is!

The anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese First Fleet was unable to deal with the division fighter group that was out of range, and the Japanese carrier-based fighter group had already taken off from the two aircraft carriers. It should be said that the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots were quite desperate.

The "Type 96" carrier-based aircraft was set up and shot straight into the sky.

The commander of the Southern Flying Group's first attack fleet, Colonel He Luming, the commander of the 1st Fighter Regiment, bared his teeth and gave the order: "Attention, all regiments, the little devil's carrier-based aircraft are coming up, press them down and fight!"

The so-called pressing attack, in the Southern Flying Group, is a term that means taking advantage of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft to take off but before they reach combat altitude, and use the height advantage they have seized in advance to launch a head-on attack and catch them off guard.

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This move is very sinister. At this moment, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft is trying hard to climb to altitude. After being hit head-on, it can only change its approach of continuing to climb to avoid the attack from high altitude. But the problem is that the aircraft has not yet left its own side.

If the range of anti-aircraft firepower is changed to level flight, it will be directly delivered to the mouth of one's own anti-aircraft firepower. It will be painful to die. Therefore, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots can only choose one approach, which is to continue to climb altitude regardless of all costs.

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This tactic was summarized by the Southern Flying Group fighter force a few years ago after many air battles. It is the only magic weapon to deal with Japanese aircraft carrier-based aircraft. The performance of radar reconnaissance radar and air defense radar of the Japanese fleet is generally outstanding.

If it is not good, it creates conditions for the implementation of this tactic.

This is also a result of the land-based fleet's shortcomings in fighting against the sea fleet. After a long voyage, there is still so much fuel for air combat dogfights, and adding auxiliary fuel tanks is not enough!

At the top of Mount Tai, He Luming's fighter group dealt a blow to the ascending Japanese First Fleet carrier-based fighter group. That's it. The advantage in the number of fighters, the advantage in height, and several factors combined, for the Japanese carrier-based aircraft

That said, it was a disaster.

Lieutenant General Takasu's face was livid. He held up his telescope and saw his carrier-based aircraft, one after another, either blown into pieces in the air, or covered in black smoke and flames, and plunged into the sea. His heart kept wandering.

sink.

In the Banda Sea, the commander of the Second Fleet of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, Lieutenant General Kondo Nobutake, did not dare to neglect after receiving the order from Admiral Yamamoto. He hurriedly ordered all carrier-based fighter jets to take off immediately to reinforce the First Fleet.

"Commander, the ground radar station reported that the Little Devil's Second Fleet in the Banda Sea has dispatched all carrier-based aircraft to reinforce the First Fleet in the Sulu Sea!" He Zhijun, chief of staff of the Southern Flying Group, put down the phone.

, reported to Le Yiqin.

"All carrier-based aircraft!" Le Yiqin's eyes rolled around a few times, "Zhijun, order the three fighter groups on Sulawesi and the six fighter groups on Kalimantan to dispatch four.

Take off immediately and block the Japanese reinforcements in the airspace over the Sulawesi Sea!"

"Commander, you are temporarily changing the battle plan! The six fighter regiments on Kalimantan are used to surround and kill the Japanese First Fleet!" He Zhijun reminded.

Le Yiqin smiled sinisterly and said: "I know that now the first fleet of the Little Devil is the meat in the mouth, but it is a bit thin. The reinforcement of the Little Devil's carrier-based aircraft group is the fat. Send it to

It’s on your lips, it would be a shame not to eat it, there’s more!”

"Order all the fighter units in the Singapore base to take off immediately and rush to the airspace of the Sulawesi Sea to participate in the attack on the Little Devils' reinforcement carrier-based aircraft group. I took out twelve fighter groups and more than 700 fighter planes, but I can't eat them anymore.

More than 400 Little Japanese carrier-based aircraft were reinforced!"

After He Zhijun came back after giving the order, he saw a sinister smile on the corner of Le Yiqin's mouth and his eyes darting back and forth. This smile was so familiar. Whenever the commander showed such a smile, it meant that something must be going on in his mind.

What a dirty trick!

"Commander, what else do you want to do?" He Zhijun asked.

Le Yiqin rubbed her chin covered with stubble, sealed her eyes with flashing cold light and said: "Zhijun, let's do something big again. The little devil's second fleet and carrier-based aircraft are dispatched. That old nest is

Isn’t it empty?”

"This opportunity is rare. The little devil's broken warship has been hanging around under my nose for more than ten days. I have long been dissatisfied with it. In this way, I ordered the remaining two fighter regiments and three bomber regiments in Kalimantan.

The two bomber regiments on Sulawesi are all dispatched to raid the lair of the Japanese Second Fleet!"

This was something that was not in the original battle plan. He Zhijun opened his mouth and said, "Commander, the original battle plan has been changed again and again. Can you please ask the division commander for instructions?"

"What are you asking for?" Le Yiqin's eyes suddenly opened and she said: "The fighter plane is fleeting, so let's take action here first, and then report it to the commander. You can inform the fleet of my plan just now.

Commander Tang, please request the fleet’s carrier-based aircraft to join in the siege of the Little Japanese First Fleet! That’s it!”

Le Yiqin's telegram reached the hands of Tang Qiuquan, who was commanding the fleet through the Balabac Strait and into the Sulu Sea. At first, he was shocked, and then he sighed to Xin Xiguo, the chief of staff of the fleet: "It's not Le Yiqin."

Qin, others don’t have the guts to expand the battle, nor do they have the keen intuition to seize the opportunity. It’s interesting that a battle to siege the Japanese First Fleet has evolved into a larger-scale local decisive battle!”

"Call back to Le Yiqin. The campaign headquarters fully agrees with your new combat plan. If necessary, the land-based aircraft fleet on Mindanao Island can be deployed to join the airspace battlefield in the Sulawesi Sea to form an absolute advantage over the Japanese reinforcements carrier-based aircraft fleet.

, it is our responsibility to solve the problem of the Japanese First Fleet!"

In Trusan, Sumatra Island, where the division commander was located, Zhao Yuhe, chief of staff of the division commander, sent Le Yiqin's telegram to Tang Qiuli. He just said: "Commander, in the Sulu Sea, besiege and kill."

The battle of the Japanese First Fleet expanded uncontrollably!"

Tang Qiuli carefully read Le Yiqin's telegram, frowned slightly, then relaxed it, and said slowly: "Le Yiqin's move may seem risky, but it is randomly determined based on changes in the enemy's situation.

, the master advises not to interfere, intervening at this time will only disrupt his new plan!"

"Besides, Yu He, have you ever seen Le Yiqin suffer a loss? This guy is as shrewd as a monkey when it comes to directing air combat. His battlefield intuition and acumen in catching fighter planes are not as good as ours!"

Zhao Yuhe thought for a moment and realized that Le Yiqin had never suffered a loss when commanding an air battle. He had fought many battles with less to win more.

(To be continued)(To be continued)

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