Age of Conquest Reborn

Le Yiqin's heart was bleeding. The fighter group that launched the first wave of attack, more than 500 pilots, were prepared to attack more with less. They were sent out by several of the most effective fighter groups of the Southern Flying Group.

, it can also be said that it is the old basic unit started by Le Yiqin, the real backbone and elite. After more than an hour of air combat, nearly one-half of them were lost. He was so painful that his heart was shaking.

It's okay to say that most of the injured fighter jets were able to fly back to the airport, but the life and death of the pilots of the ninety-three downed fighter jets was uncertain. Even if they parachuted, they would fall within the firepower of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet.

, with the cruelty of the little devil, the possibility of the pilots surviving was almost impossible.

However, the first wave of attack aircraft groups did what they were supposed to do. They mobilized all the carrier-based fighter jets of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet and consumed their ammunition and fuel. They achieved their goal and the price paid was worth it.

Now, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft are landing on the ship. The second wave of attacks by the mixed fleet of land-based fighters and bombers will be a fatal blow. Waiting for Tang Qiuquan's fleet and carrier-based aircraft group to recharge their batteries and maintain their strength well.

When it comes out, it’s a sure kill!

The gunpowder smoke in the sky has not yet cleared. General Nagumo Tadayama stood by the porthole of the command module of the flagship, watching the carrier-based aircraft landing on more than a dozen aircraft carriers in the core area of ​​the combined fleet like a flock of geese returning to their nest.

, there wasn’t much of a smile on his face, even though this was a victorious air battle, the China Independent Division’s land-based fighters suffered more losses than the Imperial Army’s.

General Nagumo Chudai was dissatisfied. He dispatched more than twice the number of carrier-based fighter jets than the incoming China fighter jets, but he did not completely wipe them out or seriously damage them. He attacked with all his strength, but had little effect. This made him very disappointed.

Although I hate that guy Matsuda's nagging, it doesn't mean that Commander Nagumo completely ignores his words. After all, that guy has followed General Yamamoto to fight in the vast Pacific for many years, and also has a history of fighting with the land-based aviation force of the China Independent Division.

His experience, subtle influences, tactical accomplishments and battlefield vision are not bad.

Moreover, General Nagumo himself also had a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of the China Independent Division's land-based aviation after witnessing the air battle. Although he did not admit it, he had to respect reality. When the number of fighter jets was at an absolute disadvantage,

, the Chinese pilots' fighting will, aerial combat skills, and tactical application are quite powerful, and they are the opponents of the Imperial Naval Aviation.

Admiral Nagumo retracted his gaze from the distant view of the aircraft carrier and said to Rear Admiral Watanabe, the newly promoted Acting Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet: "Watanabe-kun, convey the order to the carrier-based aircraft commander. All carrier-based aircraft landing must do so as quickly as possible.

At the same speed, replenish ammunition and fuel, and re-establish combat effectiveness, maybe we will usher in another attack from the Chinese aircraft group!"

The Supreme Commander of the Combined Fleet paid personal attention to this matter. How could the aircraft carrier's aircraft logistics department dare to neglect? All the Japanese logistics personnel were busy working desperately to receive the landing carrier-based aircraft. Because the aircraft carrier's deck area was limited, it was necessary to land the aircraft first.

The carrier-based aircraft were sent into the hangar to make room for those that would land later. Then, fuel and ammunition were replenished in the hangar, and then pushed onto the flight deck. This was tedious physical work, and the Japanese logistics soldiers were all exhausted.

Like a dog.

When the aircraft carrier-based aircraft landed and refueled and reloaded ammunition, this gap was also the time when the carrier-based aircraft were at their weakest, and Le Yiqin's second wave of mixed fleet attacks arrived at the right time.

"Report to Commander, radar has discovered that another group of land-based aircraft groups of the China Independent Division, divided into two echelons, are approaching the airspace of our fleet from the direction of Sulawesi Island and Irian Island! It is expected that in thirty minutes,

It can form an attack posture against our fleet!" Rear Admiral Watanabe, the interim chief of staff, put down the phone and reported nervously.

General Nagyun's heart sank suddenly. He was really afraid of what would happen. "How many enemy planes? What type of planes?" he asked sharply.

"The number of fighter jets is about 200, and the number of bombers is about 400!" Chief of Staff Watanabe replied.

Admiral Nagumo suddenly felt a shudder in his heart. The number of China fighter jets attacking again was not a concern at first, but now it is the time when the combined fleet's carrier-based fighter group is most busy with combat power. Moreover, it is the first time he has seen it.

The bomber that didn't show up, that fellow Matsuda was nagging, "China Aviation Commander Le Yiqin is a cunning opponent, and he will definitely have a back-up plan!" Could it be that the Chinese aircraft group that attacked for the second time was the back-up plan?

Not great!

"Chief of Staff Watanabe, how many carrier-based fighter jets can we take off to fight now?" Admiral Nagumo asked.

Chief of Staff Watanabe replied very uncomfortably: "The carrier-based aircraft commander reported that less than 100 fighter jets had replenished about 80% of their ammunition and fuel, and the other fighter jets had only replenished to 2%.

About ten!”

"Baga!" General Nayun was furious and asked sternly: "Why is the replenishment of fuel and ammunition so slow? Didn't I already give the order?"

Rear Admiral Watanabe, the Acting Chief of Staff, expressed his speechless response to the commander's anger. Commander Nagumo, you are the commander of the carrier-based aircraft force. Why is it that you don't know in your heart? The carrier-based aircraft, which has consumed all its fuel and ammunition, landed on the ship.

How long does it take? This replenishment speed is definitely fast enough!

After scolding, General Nagumo also suddenly realized that he was a little confused and even forgot the rules of his profession, "Watanabe-kun, convey my order, it is very important to replenish more than 80% of the ammunition."

The carrier-based fighter jets immediately stopped replenishing and took off to fight. At the same time, the fleet's peripheral air defense firepower fired with full force to cover the carrier-based fighter formation as it took off!"

A desperate move was a last resort emergency measure. Admiral Nagumo knew very well that if the carrier-based fighter jets did not take off immediately to fight and were stuck on the take-off deck of the aircraft carrier, it would be a disaster for the aircraft carrier.

The carrier-based aircraft are just like bombs, blowing up your own aircraft carrier. Fortunately, the air combat battlefield of the carrier-based aircraft is not far away, and 80% of the fuel and ammunition are enough to support it.

Le Yiqin's second mixed attack aircraft group arrived at the battlefield faster than expected. It already appeared in the sky above the Japanese Navy's combined fleet in twenty minutes, but what they faced was the peripheral Japanese army.

The warship's anti-aircraft firepower, ferocious shooting, anti-aircraft artillery shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets formed a barrage in the air, and the puffs of smoke from the explosion almost enveloped the sky above the combined fleet.

The situation on the battlefield was instantly transmitted back to the command headquarters. Le Yiqin's face was livid, and he gritted his teeth and ordered: "The fighter formation will break into the core of the Little Devils Combined Fleet regardless of the cost. The attack target is the carrier-based aircraft on the Japanese aircraft carrier. We must

Before the Japs’ carrier-based aircraft take off, kill them all for me. The bomber formations will be on the periphery to attack the Japanese warships and tear apart the Japs’ fleet’s air defense firepower network!”

After receiving the order, the fighter formation, consisting of more than 200 fighter jets, rushed into the air defense fire net of the combined fleet without hesitation. From time to time, fighter jets were hit by anti-aircraft shells and anti-aircraft machine gun bullets and exploded in the air, but this did not stop the pilots from flying the fighter jets.

, shuttled through the rain of bullets, fought against death, the heroic behavior of the independent division pilots was a heavy blow to the psychology and morale of the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

Breaking through the layers of air defense firepower network of the Japanese fleet, the Southern Flying Group attacked the fighter group in the second wave and paid a great price. More than half of them were lost before the air battle even started. In the end, only more than a hundred fighter jets were able to successfully advance.

Entering the core area of ​​the combined fleet, the huge bodies of more than a dozen Japanese aircraft carriers were exposed in front of us, and on the decks of the Japanese aircraft carriers, Japanese carrier-based fighter jets were taking off and climbing one after another.

The fighter formation commander's eyes were red, and his voice was hoarse as he shouted over the formation's communication channel: "All attack! I don't plan to go back today!" He witnessed with his own eyes that the brothers who lived with him day and night sacrificed one by one. He and his

The pilots had already embraced the belief that they would die.

After breaking into the core area of ​​the combined fleet, it left behind the Japanese air defense firepower network on the periphery. The airspace here was actually safe, and it faced a small number of Japanese carrier-based aircraft taking off.

The more than thirty Japanese carrier-based aircraft that had taken off had not yet climbed to a normal altitude when they were suppressed overhead and surrounded by independent division fighters that outnumbered them. Then a string of bullets flew from the Japanese fighter planes one after another.

One of them either exploded in the air or plunged into the sea with thick smoke and flames.

General Nagumo Chuda's hand holding the telescope fell down feebly. He saw more than a hundred land-based fighter jets of the China Independent Division, attacking with the most ferocity, almost grazing the deck of the aircraft carrier and attacking them.

Three who took off on their own

On the take-off deck of more than a dozen carrier-based fighter jets and a dozen aircraft carriers, the carrier-based aircraft parked were pouring out strings of bullets, causing fireworks and explosions all over the deck. Those were carrier-based aircraft that had not yet had time to take off.

, burning up, exploding!

General Nagumo Chudai seems to have seen that the shadow of failure is shrouding himself. In the inner sea of ​​the Banda Sea, surrounded by the land-based aviation of the China Independent Division, the combined fleet has lost its greatest combat power——

After the carrier-based aircraft force, what will be the consequences? Each warship is a living target for the land-based aviation bombers of the China Independent Division!

"No!" General Nagumo Chuda roared in his heart. He was not at the end of his rope yet. As long as he could save about one-third of his carrier-based aircraft during this air strike, he would still have the ability to fight again.

The most critical thing now is to kill the Chinese fighter jets that have broken into the core area of ​​the fleet.

"Chief of Staff Watanabe, convey my order immediately!" Admiral Nagumo Tadashi was prepared to go all out. "All air defense frigates of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet should immediately move closer to the core area of ​​the fleet and use anti-aircraft artillery fire to cover the airspace where the aircraft carrier is located!"

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