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Volume 1: Songhua River Chapter 3095: Battle of the Solomon Islands (Part 2)

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    He Luming was speechless at the old officer's words. He knew the old officer's temper better. As soon as he heard about the war, his eyes lit up. With him here, he could forget about the position of commander of the assault fleet. Then he would lead the first echelon.  , is it okay to launch the attack first?

    After all, he was also a brigade commander. With a pleading tone, He Luming told Le Yiqin his thoughts. Le Yiqin smiled and said: "What a beautiful idea! He Luming, your soldiers and fighter jets are both  It turns out that he belongs to the Southern Flying Group. Why are you turning your elbows away? Just give me command of the third echelon!"

    In fact, Le Yiqin tried his best to fight with Tang Qiuquan and commanded the assault fleet. He had his own ideas. This latest type of fighter jet was used once when he ambushed the old devil Yamamoto Isoroku, but it was not as effective as the Japanese Navy carrier-based aircraft.  There has not been a fight yet. Le Yiqin just wants to see how much advantage he can have in an air battle with the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft, so that he can work hard with the division commander to equip a few regiments for the Southern Flying Group.  ¦ç

    The mission of the fleet's land-based aviation mixed combat brigade is very clear, which is to eliminate all the carrier-based fighters of the Japanese Fourth Fleet and open the way for the Tang Qiuquan fleet's second attack. Therefore, there are not a single bomber. Qing Yishui's latest fighter  .

    "Beep, beep, beep!" Suddenly, Le Yiqin's airborne radar sounded an alarm. When he lowered his head, he saw two small black dots appearing on the radar screen, moving towards the airspace where the aircraft group was located. He could tell at a glance,  This is a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Navy. Both its speed and flying altitude are far lower than its own fighter jets, as far as the current flying altitude of the fleet is concerned.  The probability of being discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes is very low.

    However, Le Yiqin doesn¡¯t want to take a gamble.  In case the fleet is discovered, the Japanese Fourth Fleet is prepared.  The effect of the surprise attack would be lost. He thought for a moment and issued an order: "The third echelon left wing group, immediately send out four fighter jets at full speed, turn on the airborne radar, and kill the two reconnaissance planes of the Japs. Be sure to  Make a swift strike without exposing the position of our fleet!"

    Captain Murayama sat on the seat behind the reconnaissance plane, his eyes casually scanning the sea.  The Fourth Fleet has been escorting for several months. Not only the commander, Lieutenant General Narumi Inoue, is extremely tired, but also all the carrier-based aircraft pilots, warship officers and sailors are tired.

    Especially the pilots of reconnaissance planes who perform routine reconnaissance missions are almost numb by looking at the sea in the same way every day. If they find a ship flying the sun flag of the Empire of Japan sailing under their noses, it will be enough for them.  Been excited for a while!

    Captain Murayama looked at his watch.  At 9:25 a.m., "Hey! Kojima-kun, report to the captain, 9:25 a.m. The Murayama reconnaissance crew has arrived in the waters of the Solomon Islands. Everything is normal!" he said to the pilot in front.

    Originally, this was Captain Murayama¡¯s job.  But he was too lazy to repeat these boring reports, so he handed them over to his deputy, Second Lieutenant Kojima.  Then, Captain Murayama yawned.  Blinking his sore eyes hard.

    At this moment, he suddenly felt that the fuselage of his reconnaissance plane trembled violently, and then began to shake. Then, he saw an unidentified fighter jet, spitting tongues of flame from its nose, heading towards him.  The reconnaissance plane pounced on, "Enemy attack!" Captain Murayama only had time to flash this thought in his mind.

    Immediately, several rounds of large-caliber machine gun bullets tore his body apart. Then, there was a loud noise in the air, and a huge cloud of smoke burst into the sky with flames. Captain Murayama, his deputy, Second Lieutenant Kojima, and the reconnaissance plane  , turned into pieces in the blue sky, and the fate of another Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance plane was also the same. When it was broken into pieces, it was not even clear the identity of the plane that attacked it.

    At 9:55 a.m., on the Fourth Fleet flagship "Kashima", the fleet chief of staff, Rear Admiral Anzai, put down the phone and said to the commander, Lieutenant General Inoue: "Commander, the carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft group is reporting, heading towards the Solomon Islands.  The reconnaissance Murayama crew did not send back the reconnaissance report on time!¡±

    "Huh?" Lieutenant General Inoue glanced lazily at Chief of Staff Anzai and asked, "Are there any special circumstances?"

    "It's not clear yet. According to convention, each reconnaissance unit reports its reconnaissance situation to the reconnaissance aircraft group every thirty minutes, regardless of whether it has discovered enemy conditions!" Chief of Staff Anxi replied.

    "Those guys in the reconnaissance aircraft group are really getting more and more imbecile!" Lieutenant General Inoue said impatiently, "If we send out another reconnaissance unit, we will know what is going on! Also, just in case,  What if the shipboard radar increases its search intensity and frequency in the waters and airspace of the Solomon Islands? Do you still need me to arrange this for you personally? "

    Seeing that the Commander was not in trouble, Chief of Staff Anxi hurriedly made a phone call. A few minutes later, two more Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft took off.Flying, at this time, the Japanese Fourth Fleet and troop transport ship formations, densely packed with small black dots, appeared on Le Yiqin's airborne radar screen.

    Ten minutes later, the phone in Vice Admiral Inoue's command cabin rang rapidly. Chief of Staff Anzai picked up the phone and asked, "Fleet Headquarters, what's going on?"

    "Huh? What? Repeat it again! Impossible!" Just after hearing a few words, Chief of Staff Anxi's face turned pale and he shouted in an unbelievable tone.

    "Chief of Staff Anzai, what's going on?" Lieutenant General Inoue was startled by his Chief of Staff's expression and tone and asked hurriedly.

    "Commander, the radar found that in the northwest of the fleet, about a hundred kilometers away from us, a large fleet of aircraft was found flying towards our position at high speed!" Chief of Staff Anxi said in a hurry.

    "Can we identify its identity? Could it be our land-based aircraft fleet?" Lieutenant General Inoue judged.

    Chief of Staff Anxi shook his head and said: "It is impossible to determine its identity, and it cannot be our land-based fleet. According to common practice, if our fleet passes through the Solomon Islands airspace, it will be notified in advance!"

    "Enemy attack?" Lieutenant General Inoue was horrified and exclaimed.

    "Very possible!" Chief of Staff Anxi nodded.

    "Order, all fleet carrier-based aircraft take off to fight! The fleet immediately deployed in anti-aircraft formation, ordered the troop carrier formation to evacuate immediately!" Vice Admiral Inoue's reaction was quite quick, and he immediately issued the order, but in his mind  There is a big mystery. If it is a fleet of China Independent Division, then where did it come from?

    On the sea, no trace of the China Independent Division fleet was found. On land, on Irian Island, which is the closest to the waters of the Solomon Islands, there is a land-based fleet of China Independent Division aviation, but the combat radius of its combat aircraft cannot cover this place at all.

    When the carrier-based radar of the Japanese Fourth Fleet discovered the Le Yiqin fleet, he had already made preparations for the attack. The distance of more than 100 kilometers was only a matter of ten minutes for high-speed fighter jets.

    When a small number of the carrier-based fighter jets of the Japanese Fourth Fleet have already taken off and are trying their best to climb high, while most of them are still gliding on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, the first attack echelon commanded by Le Yiqin has more than a hundred new-type fighter jets.  The fighter jets had already rushed into the outer airspace of the Fourth Fleet. The Japanese carrier-based fighter jets that were climbing into altitude suddenly became a living target.

    Le Yiqin didn't waste any time. He shouted in the formation channel, "Everyone starts attacking!" Then, he caught a Japanese carrier-based fighter with its belly almost exposed in front of him, and it was desperately climbing to altitude.  It was just a few machine gun bullets that hit the Japanese fighter jet and exploded in the air. Almost all the Japanese carrier-based aircraft that had taken off suffered a similar fate.

    The anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese Fourth Fleet began to fight back. A circle of fire was fired around the four aircraft carriers to cover the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft. Then, the second and third echelons of the Le Yiqin aircraft group also successively  Entering the battle, in the blue sky, fighter jets from both sides chased each other, flying up and down. From time to time, fighter jets plunged into the sea with black smoke and exploded into a spray of water.

    Le Yiqin is quite satisfied with the excellent air combat performance of the new fighter jets. It has been more than ten minutes since the air combat started, and not one of them has been shot down. The ones that exploded in the air and plunged into the sea were all little Japanese carrier-based aircraft. It was a great fight.  Woolen cloth!

    Hundreds of fighter jets from both sides were fighting in the sky. Lieutenant General Inoue was also calm. After careful observation, he concluded that although the China Aviation Group arrived suddenly, there were no bombers. The fighter jets alone were  Firepower cannot pose a threat to the fleet at all.

    However, as the air battle continued, Lieutenant General Inoue's expression could no longer be calm. He was horrified to find that those who were shot down were basically his own carrier-based fighter jets. "My Amaterasu! Where did this group of people come from?"  An enemy with superb aerial combat skills and fierce fighting skills?" There were beads of sweat on his forehead!

    Fortunately, Lieutenant General Inoue's suffering did not last long. An hour later, the China fighter group withdrew from the battle and returned home. He breathed a long sigh of relief and rejected the fleet carrier aircraft commander's request for pursuit.  , the Fourth Fleet warships and troop transports suffered almost no losses, but the losses of carrier-based aircraft should be very serious. There is no need to count them. Based on what I have seen, I am afraid that there are only less than a hundred aircraft left, right?

    Le Yiqin piloted the fighter plane and circled in the air. When he saw that no Japanese carrier-based fighter planes were catching up, he shook his head regretfully and turned on the radio, "Commander Tang, my work is done, and the remaining Japanese warships  and troop transports, leave them to your fleet!¡±

    "Yiqin, what was the result of the battle?" Tang Qiuquan asked on the fleet flagship "Changlong",??I am most concerned about this issue.

    "Hehe!" Le Yiqin smiled proudly and said, "There are three or two big cats and kittens, I will leave you with dozens of them!"

    "Okay!" Tang Qiuquan slapped the table, "Leave the rest to us!" Then, with a cold light in his eyes, he said to Deputy Chief of Staff Tang Yunfei: "The fleet is approaching the Japanese Fourth Fleet at full speed, and all carrier-based aircraft take off to attack.  !¡±

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