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    Chapter 229 Fate!  Life and death!

    She Zhenxing on the flagship "Hunan" broke out in a cold sweat. Even though the bomb exploded violently at a hundred meters, which seemed to be a certain distance away, in fact it was not the case at all.  The dive bomber dropped a 500 kilogram bomb. The explosion at such a close distance meant that there was a slight deviation at the moment when the bomb was dropped. This was good luck. If it was not lucky, the bomb would have landed on the aircraft carrier. It was 500 kilograms.  Just an explosion a hundred meters away is enough to cause considerable damage to the battleship. If it really falls on the deck of the aircraft carrier, it will be a big hole. The dive bombers and torpedo planes waiting on the deck will be destroyed.  Quite a few.

    Even if there were Swift fighter jets in the sky blocking the attack, they could not stop the Japanese fighter planes from recklessly dropping bombs. Only then did the power of the proximity fuze bombs show up. Normally, it takes two thousand bombs to concentrate on one aircraft, but the proximity fuze bombs only take five.  One hundred and six can kill an aircraft.  The Second Fleet was not the unlucky one of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It was equipped with proximity fuze bombs more than a year earlier than in history, which also gave the Japanese Navy's carrier-based aircraft a bitter taste.  Chinese warships emphasized anti-aircraft firepower from the beginning of their design, and they have really shined in actual combat. They don't have to wait until they suffer a loss before carrying out modern modifications.

    Whether it¡¯s the Second Fleet or the Japanese Combined Fleet, their luck seems to be bad today.  The first attack wave that flew over the Japanese combined fleet pounced on the Zero fighter group before it even got close to it. It also attacked torpedo planes and dive bombers first.  The Chinese Osprey torpedo aircraft are not the kind of Japanese that cannot bear to be beaten.  It has rough skin and four machine guns as self-defense weapons.

    The escorting Swifts could only entangle some of the Zeros, but more than thirty Zeros were able to escape the Swifts' entanglement.  I habitually pounce on the clumsy-looking torpedo machine first.  As a result, it was hit by a hail of bullets head-on. A Zero that charged too hard was collectively taken care of by the sixteen 12- and 7-heavy machine guns of four torpedo planes. Unfortunately, it was hit and caught fire.

    The torpedo fleet works hard to maintain a complete formation at high altitude. This is based on years of experience. The best way to deal with the Zero fighters is to gather in a group. If they disperse, they will be chased by the Zero fighters.  The torpedo fleet used its own machine guns to defend itself, and the pressure on the dive bombers was relatively small.  After successfully overcoming the Zero Crossing blockade, 2 of the 48 dive bombers were lost, and the others successfully reached a suitable attack range.

    Waiting for the dive bomber group was dense anti-aircraft fire. A group of soldiers who had been educated in nationalism and nationalism since childhood did not hesitate at all. They began to dive one after another, and the bombers roared sharply.  The warships at sea intercepted with the most crazy firepower.

    "One, two, three,, more than a dozen dive bombers were hit in a row, and they turned into pieces before they even had time to make any movements in the air.  But more dive bombers dropped their bombs.

    Yamamoto stood in the command position with a calm face, holding his katana with both hands, but he was actually very nervous.  A bomb landed fifty meters away from the flagship Nagato, and the huge momentum caused Yamamoto Isoroku's body to shake several times.

    "The Zuikaku reported that a bomb fell thirty meters away. The ship's hull was severely impacted."

    "The Feilong reported that three bombs exploded one after another at about sixty meters"

    "Yamato report"

    Various news kept coming.  Yamamoto Isoroku remained calm, but in fact he felt a huge wave of emotion in his heart. The courage of the Chinese navy's carrier-based aircraft pilots was not inferior to that of the Japanese pilots. They were so lucky to have so many near-misses.

    "The Mutsu reported that a bullet was hit on the front deck, causing a fire. There were more than 20 casualties. Emergency repairs are underway."

    Yamamoto¡¯s heart suddenly twitched, and finally a battleship hit by a bomber appeared, and it was also the Mutsu, one of the most beloved ships of the Japanese Navy.  If the bomb falls on the gun position, you will cry.

    "Torpedo planes!" A sharp shout sounded, and Yamamoto Isoroku's heart trembled again. The Chinese torpedo planes broke through the Zero's blockage and began to lower their altitude. Compared with dive bombers, torpedo planes are the most powerful.  Deadly stuff.

    The anti-aircraft firepower on each ship has reached the craziest level, and everyone in the navy knows what it means to be hit by a torpedo.  The bloodstains of the Bay of Bengal tragedy have not yet dried. Who dares to forget the pain of two aircraft carriers being sunk?  The Chinese only used a hundred torpedo planes, which caused heavy losses to the task force and basically lost its combat effectiveness.  This shows the power of their torpedo machines and torpedoes.

    Intense anti-aircraft firepower is undoubtedly much greater than the interception threat of the Zero fighter. The biggest threat to torpedo aircraft in sea and air battles is anti-aircraft fire. In World War II in parallel time and space, dozens of American torpedo aircraft were not spared, and they were all destroyed by anti-aircraft fire.  The tragedy of the shooting down.  The Battle of Midway in this time and space also took place like thisAt the end of the day, during the Battle of Midway, more than 40 American torpedo planes were shot down by Japanese naval air defense due to their slow and clumsy speed.

    The Osprey is obviously much faster, and its protective capabilities are much stronger, but the firepower of the Japanese Combined Fleet is too dense. It also used aircraft to beat the US Pacific Fleet into a crippled Japanese Combined Fleet in naval battles. Of course, you know  The importance of anti-aircraft firepower, so after the Battle of Midway, each ship strengthened its anti-aircraft firepower to varying degrees.

    Although Ospreys were constantly being hit and roaring into the sea, twenty-three torpedo planes still broke through the anti-aircraft fire net and dropped twenty-three torpedoes after reaching a suitable bombing position.  The primary target of attack was not the Nagato, but the four aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy.  The officers and soldiers of the Japanese Combined Fleet, who are well aware of the importance of aircraft carriers, showed a spirit of going forward one after another to catch the eye.  The Hiryu was attacked by six torpedoes and dodged four of them. Two of them were blocked by a destroyer and a light cruiser respectively. After blocking the torpedoes with their bodies, a violent explosion occurred.  The torpedo plane detachment of the Second Fleet was not very lucky. The most significant result occurred at the last moment of the torpedo plane attack. Captain Shen Chonghai's crew flew the smoking plane without hesitation after the torpedo plane was hit.  Rushing towards the Japanese Navy flagship Nagato.

    The Nagato tried its best to evade, but in the end it did not escape the disaster.  Fortunately, the location where the torpedo plane hit was the rear of the hull. After a loud bang, three 127 anti-aircraft turrets were overturned.  The entire battleship trembled violently, and thick smoke billowed.  Yamamoto's luck was so good. In addition to more than thirty people being killed and injured, four 127 anti-aircraft guns were destroyed, a reconnaissance plane was destroyed, and a steam turbine was damaged and stopped working.  Some buildings were also destroyed, but the hull of the Nagato was basically intact.  This shows how durable battleships are!  The most worrying thing, the explosion caused by the explosion fire, did not happen because of the proper handling after the explosion.

    The first round of more than two hours of fierce battle is temporarily over. The only ones sunk by the Japanese combined fleet were one light cruiser and one destroyer, and the rest were not seriously injured.  Well, when the Nagato was hit by a torpedo plane.  The explosion overturned Yamamoto Isoroku's calm body in the command room, and also caused injuries to more than a dozen officers on their foreheads or other places. Yamamoto himself was hit on the head and was bleeding a lot. After emergency bandaging, he put on a surgical mask.  Return of the military cap.  Continue to stand in the command position calmly.

    At this time, the first wave of the Japanese navy's attack returned. When he saw the first Zero, Yamamoto's heart suddenly tightened, and the planes flew back one by one in the sky.  After counting for a long time, only 14 Zeros returned successfully, and all the other fighters were missing.

    Colonel Fuchida, who looked tired, was the ace pilot in the Battle of Midway.  He was helped off the plane and soon met Yamaguchi Wenta, the captain of the Hiryu.  Fuchida, who looked frustrated, shook his head, and the tears streaming down his face made Yamaguchi Wenduo's heart ache.  There is no doubt that the first attack wave has no results worth showing off.

    The news was passed to Nagato. Yamamoto Isoroku, who looked calm, remained silent for a long time. Kurojima Kameto, who hit his forehead on the railing with a bulging bag on his forehead, came to Yamamoto Isoroku.  In front of him, he asked: "Your Excellency, are you going to activate the second wave of attacks?" Do you want to take a gamble?  This is a problem.  There is no doubt that the Chinese are making the same choice at this time.

    After hearing what happened to Shen Chonghai, She Zhenxing silently took off his military cap, put it on for a long time before saying: "Order the fleet to speed up and get rid of the Japanese combined fleet. Our mission is to hold back the Japanese combined fleet." 22 were lost.  Dive bombers, 28 torpedo planes, and 6 Swifts did not cause a major blow to the Japanese navy, which made She Zhenxing become more and more cautious.  This order was questioned by many historians after the war. They believed that as long as She Zhenxing mustered up the courage to send out a second attack wave, he would be able to severely damage the Japanese naval combined fleet, but history cannot be assumed.

    Although Yamamoto was very fond of gambling, he did not make up his mind to gamble in the end.  Because he knew very well that more than two hours was enough for Mustang fighters to rush from the airport on the ground to the sky above the Second Fleet. He dared not say that Yamamoto would have jumped into the sea without a hundred Mustang fighters.

    In fact, Yamamoto's judgment was quite accurate. In less than half an hour, that is, 28 minutes later, the three Mustang fighter groups that took off from the Taizhou gas field rushed to the sky above the Second Fleet. They found that there was no work to do, so they took on the role of escort.  Task.  The Mustang fighter has a strong endurance, and there is no problem at all until dark.  Ten minutes later, another wave of 120 Mustang fighters arrived. Since none of them carried bombs, these two groups of Mustangs had no intention of causing trouble to the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

    Yamamoto has also ordered the fleet to turn around, distance itself from the Second Fleet, and continue his Taiwan strategy.  It was already dusk when he discovered that the Japanese fleet had actually turned around. She Zhenxing immediately ordered the fleet to turn around and began to pursue the combined fleet in turn.  The distance between both sides remains at around 120 nautical miles.??So inseparable.

    Of course, Yamamoto knew that the Second Fleet was following behind, and the Chinese reconnaissance planes, relying on their speed, had already come over and made several circles.  And there are more than one, which only shows that the Chinese Second Fleet is not willing to give up and wants to fight the Japanese Combined Fleet.

    The fire on the Nagato had been extinguished long ago, and the work of clearing the wreckage was almost completed. The sea under the setting sun was churning with bloody waves. Yamamoto stood in front of the three burnt and mutilated remains, took off his military cap, and solemnly  Stand at attention and salute.  The Japanese army wrapped the three bodies in white cloth and held a "warrior" funeral together with the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle.

    In the first wave of battles, the losses of the Japanese Navy were greater than those of the Chinese Navy, especially the losses of excellent pilots, which were far greater than those of the Chinese Navy. This incident undoubtedly paved the way for future naval battles.  The Chinese Air Force started earlier, and HNA also started before Japan. The training and recruitment of personnel were higher than those of HNA. The Japanese Navy did not have much awareness of this.  On the contrary, after Fang Jianxiong, who was in Shanghai, learned about the result of the victory, he took a deep breath and said to himself: "I made a small profit!"

    The Shen Chonghai collision incident was immediately published in the Times of the Republic of China. Although there were no pictures of the scene, photos of a total of six crew members were published in the newspaper, with young faces one by one. The attachment below has this paragraph  The words: "My plane was hit by a bullet and caught fire. All the crew members decided to crash into the Japanese chief to fulfill his ambition." These were the last words left by the crew member in the world. After saying this, Shen Chonghai turned off the radio  , rushed towards the Nagato.  The commander was left on the radio hoarsely sobbing: "Captain Shen Chonghai, crew! I order you to parachute, I order you to parachute!"

    Three days later, Beijing held a state funeral for these six warriors, with Prime Minister Gu Weijun personally presiding over the funeral.  President Fang Jianxiong wrote his own eulogy: Sacrifice one's life to serve the country, and a warrior pursues righteousness and becomes benevolent.  The spirit flows through the rainbow, and the heroic soul remains immortal.

    On the Monument to the People's Heroes erected in front of Tiananmen Square, there is an additional black marble inscription with the names of six warriors engraved on it. A reporter who was watching the ceremony wrote in the Republic of China Times: From now on, there will be more and more names engraved on this inscription.  Go up, the reason why the Chinese nation has been able to last for five thousand years is precisely because every time the nation is in crisis, national heroes emerge in endlessly and sacrifice their lives!  Protecting the soul of the nation continues to this day, taking righteousness into benevolence and passing on the fire from generation to generation!

    Half a month later, the Beijing Grand Theater staged a play about the heroic feat of six warriors risking their lives to ram an enemy ship!

    Looking back to the sea, the navies of China and Japan have no intention of giving up, but continue to look for opportunities to kill their opponents.  Yamamoto didn't give up because there was no better choice, and She Zhenxing didn't give up because Black Tiger's heart-wrenching plan had just begun.

    Both sides are destined to fight for life and death on the sea!  This is the fate of the Chinese and Japanese navies!  Asia can only have one hegemon. Neither country intends to give up its position as hegemon, so they can only fight to the death.
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