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Chapter 399: Sinking the Ryujo Aircraft Carrier and the Haruna Battleship

399 Sink the aircraft carrier Ryujo and the battleship Haruna

"Hold on!"

Torpedo plane squadron leader Feng Man looked at the torpedo planes flown by the first group of Kuomintang pilots who attacked.

Under the anti-aircraft firepower network of the Japanese battleship "Haruna", the distance was constantly closing.

"Baga, quickly shoot down those two Chinese fighter planes.

Don’t let them get any closer.”

On the deck of the Japanese battleship "Haruna", a Japanese second lieutenant officer saw two torpedo planes approaching at this time.

Very anxiously, he shouted to the Japanese anti-aircraft gunner next to him.

The Japanese second lieutenant officer knew very well that if he let these torpedo planes get closer and then launch torpedoes.

The less time they have for their battleships to evade.

"May all the gods and Buddhas in heaven and ancestors bless you."

In the torpedo plane, a Kuomintang pilot was still muttering to himself.

Occasionally a bullet would hit the fuselage, causing the fighter to shake.

However, this did not stop him from approaching.

"We've reached the distance, drop the bomb!"

Finally, the Kuomintang pilot heard the call of his fellow pilot in the same group.

The two men's fighter planes had already flown nearly two miles forward.

It’s just these two miles, and it only takes a moment.

At this time, the two Kuomintang pilots were even able to, in the cockpit,

We can clearly see the Japanese soldiers on the deck of the Japanese battleship "Haruna" in front.

Following the reminder from my companions.

The Kuomintang pilot aimed at the right direction and immediately dropped the torpedo.

Then, turn and pull up.

Boom!

But unfortunately, the other torpedo plane was less lucky.

It was hit by the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, with black smoke coming out of its tail, and fell into the sea below.

"Chai Jia!"

The Kuomintang pilot shouted sadly as he watched his companion's plane being shot down.

Sadly, nothing can be changed.

Boom!

At this time, a loud noise was finally heard from the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

The Kuomintang pilot looked over.

We saw a big hole blown out at the tail of the Japanese battleship "Haruna" and black smoke coming out.

“Haha, I got it!”

The Kuomintang pilot shouted excitedly.

"Good job!"

Captain Feng Man also saw the Japanese aircraft carrier "Haruna" which was hit by the first torpedo.

This boosted the morale of other national army pilots.

“Our approach works.

Just do it.

Second attack team, it's up to you."

The two new torpedo planes had already been prepared.

Following the attack from the torpedo planes in front, they rushed towards the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

At this time, a large hole with a diameter of one meter was blown open on the port side stern of the Japanese battleship "Haruna" by the torpedo just now.

The sea water was pouring in madly and it was impossible to stop it.

Those two torpedoes just now came too fast.

Even so, this time the Japanese aircraft carrier "Haruna" made an emergency turn again.

However, it could only avoid one torpedo.

It was hit by another torpedo.

Fortunately, this torpedo did not hit an important position of the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

Otherwise, the Japanese battleship would be in a worse situation.

The hit of the first torpedo not only caused a large amount of water to enter the cabin of the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

It was also believed that the torpedo hit the stern of the ship.

The propeller at the stern was also partially damaged.

This also slowed down the speed of the battleship "Haruna".

This is also good news for the attacking Kuomintang pilots.

If the Japanese battleships slow down, they will be easier to attack.

"Little devil, your grandfather is here."

A new group of torpedo pilots excitedly launched an attack.

There were still two torpedoes, entering the water one after the other and at an angle of thirty degrees, forming a fan.

The alarm of incoming torpedoes sounded again on the Japanese battleship Haruna.

The Japanese battleships turned desperately, trying to avoid the incoming torpedoes.

Unfortunately, the propeller was damaged, causing its speed to drop significantly, making it difficult to complete an emergency turn.

Boom!

There was another loud noise.

The Japanese battleship "Haruna" was hit by another torpedo behind the left side of the hull.

"Pretty!"

Captain Feng Man was very satisfied after seeing this scene.

Two of the four torpedoes hit the Japanese battleship, which was tantamount to a death sentence.

Feng Man still had four torpedo planes that had not dropped their bombs.

The second torpedo also blew a one-meter-wide hole on the side and rear of the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

With such severe damage, the damage control officers in the Japanese battleship were powerless to do anything.

It can't be blocked at all.

They could only seal off some of the cabins to prevent seawater from entering.

This caused the Japanese battleship to tilt severely.

If the next torpedo hits the left side of the Japanese battleship again.

If serious water ingress occurs again.

The Japanese battleship might capsize and sink directly.

"Baga, damn Chinese, go to hell!"

The Japanese were very angry when two consecutive torpedoes hit their own battleship.

The anti-aircraft firepower attacked the two torpedo planes that flew away frantically.

As a result, they were all shot down.

The two Kuomintang pilots had no choice but to parachute.

Fortunately, they had life jackets on, so they could hold on for a while even if they fell into the sea.

Whoosh!

boom!

At this time, there were actually still bombers dropping bombs over the Haruna.

A bomb fell on the deck of the Japanese battleship Haruna, directly knocking over two anti-aircraft guns.

It caused considerable casualties to the soldiers on the deck of the Japanese battleship.

The bombers' attack destroyed the Japanese anti-aircraft guns and weakened the Japanese battleships' anti-aircraft firepower.

It was all indirect help, the attack of the torpedo squadron.

With the two torpedoes in front, the situation was opened up.

Captain Feng Man immediately led the last four torpedo planes to launch a final attack on the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

thump! thump!

As four torpedoes entered the water at the same time, they rushed towards the Japanese battleship like four sharp arrows.

"Torpedoes, torpedoes incoming!"

The soldiers on the Japanese battleship yelled when they saw this.

But unfortunately, the Japanese battleship had no ability to dodge the four incoming torpedoes at the same time.

Four torpedoes attack in a fan-shaped pattern.

Even so, the Japanese battleship turned with full force and adjusted the angle of the warship.

But in the end, two torpedoes still hit the Japanese battleship "Haruna" directly.

One torpedo hit the bow and one hit the center of the hull.

Boom! Boom!

There were two violent explosions and flames rose up.

"Ouch!"

The Kuomintang pilots who saw this scene were all extremely excited.

They knew that the Japanese battleship was completely destroyed.

"Damn it, it should sink now."

Boom!

Just as a Nationalist pilot finished speaking, a more violent explosion was heard from the Japanese battleship "Haruna".

The entire battleship seemed to have exploded from the inside.

The violent explosion actually blew the hull of the Japanese battleship in half.

The entire Japanese battleship seemed to have turned into a huge fireball.

Countless Japanese soldiers jumped into the water.

"This……"

In the sky, many Kuomintang pilots were also shocked by this scene.

"Damn it, the ammunition depots of these Japanese battleships must have exploded.

It was a fucking spectacular scene.”

Someone guessed the reason and said.

"Haha, it's really beautiful.

Large fireworks.

Just a bit expensive.

I wonder what the Japanese high-ranking officials would think if they knew about this.”

You know, the cost of building this Japanese battleship is tens of millions of US dollars.

Even in the Japanese navy, there were only a dozen or so of this type of main battleships.

Boom!

At this time, more than ten kilometers to the north.

Explosions also continued to be heard from the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo.

It was attacked by seven other torpedo planes flown by British and American pilots.

Several torpedoes all hit the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo.

At this time, the Japanese aircraft carrier had begun to take on serious water and began to sink.

The cost of building the Ryujo aircraft carrier is not as expensive as the Haruna battleship.

But it still costs seven or eight million US dollars.

As for the other two Japanese destroyers, one of them has been sunk.

The other ship was still fighting hard.

In comparison, the Japanese sunk the Ryujo aircraft carrier and the Haruna battleship.

These two Minakaze-class destroyers are the cheapest.

On the other hand, the more than 70 fighter jets sent by Ye Qingshan cost only 40,000 US dollars each.

All in all, it's less than three million US dollars.

At present, the loss of fighter planes does not exceed 20.

Just from an economic perspective, Ye Qingshan made a fortune from this battle.

The victory of this battle is not just of economic value.

"No!"

In the distance, the remaining few Japanese fighter pilots were still fighting with Meng Jifei and other P40 fighter pilots.

After seeing their aircraft carriers and battleships being sunk.

He also let out a desperate roar.

In comparison, the battle between the bomber squadron and the torpedo squadron was almost one-sided.

Eventually, the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryujo and battleship Haruna were sunk.

The battle wasn't that difficult.

The real difficult part of this battle was actually the fighter squadron on Meng Jifei's side.

Don’t underestimate it, the performance of Meng Jifei and his team’s P40 fighter jets is not inferior to the Japanese Type fighter jets.

The number is more than ten more than that of the Japanese.

However, the two sides were evenly matched in the air battle that lasted more than half an hour.

Even now, the number of P40 fighter planes shot down by the National Army is greater than that of the Japanese.

It’s just because the Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots are all very skilled.

Among the twenty or so Japanese pilots, there are actually three ace pilots.

The others are all elite pilots as well.

These Japanese carrier-based aircraft pilots have accumulated thousands of hours of flight time.

Elite who participated in several air battles.

Otherwise, Meng Jifei's fighter squadron would not have had help from retired elite pilots such as Johnson and Raffl who had served in the British and American Air Forces.

With just the Kuomintang pilots like Meng Jifei, they could defeat the enemy even with the advantage in terms of the number of fighter jets.

They were no match for these elite Japanese pilots.

After all, they are all newbies.

Fortunately, after this period of air combat, Meng Jifei's fighter squadron suffered the loss of more than half of its fighter jets.

Most of the Japanese fighter planes were also shot down.

Only the last two Japanese ace pilots were still resisting.