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Chapter 259 Battle of the Sea and Air

Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, the largest base of the Chinese Air Force, was busy at this time. The bombing of the Third Fleet had just ended. The fighter jets, whose smoke had not yet dissipated, began to refuel and load. Not only those Hawksan, who acted as dive bombers, but also some of the two-body demons who were regarded as treasures by the bald man, had heavy bombs on them.

The bomb loading capacity of this large fighter is no less than that of Martin bombers. However, because of its amazing speed, few pilots dare to use it to bomb. However, the situation is now grim. The huge fleet of more than 100 Japanese warships and troop transport ships is less than 100 kilometers away from Hangzhou Bay. The Chinese Navy does not have the ability to attack them, so we can only look at the Air Force now.

Sitting inside his two-body demon, Gao Zhihang smiled bitterly. The number of Japanese warships was even more than the air force dispatched by the Air Force. Just think about it and you will know the difficulty of this battle. Japanese fighter jets don't have to care about it, but the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire on those warships is a big problem. The entire fleet's anti-aircraft artillery combined will probably not be less than 500, which is not counting the anti-aircraft machine guns.

More importantly, these pilots of the Air Force rarely conduct dive bombing training and use fighter jets and horizontal bombers to attack a huge fleet. He really doesn't know how many of these people can come back.

Sighing and removing distracting thoughts, pulling the joystick, the two-body demons roared into the air, and then one after another of them took off and quickly formed a formation. At this time, a warning from the command tower came from the radio station that the Japanese carrier-based aircraft had taken off.

Gao Zhihang took a look at the radar that had just been installed below, and then led the twenty twin-body demons and twenty thunders responsible for escorting them, and flew towards the Japanese fleet first. Along the way, the distance, orientation and height of the Japanese army fleet came from the radio station. When it was about to enter the visual distance, Gao Zhihang's forty fighters climbed to a high altitude at the same time. A few minutes later, a formation of more than sixty Japanese aircraft appeared below.

Under his command, forty fighters pounced down like predatory hawks. A large-caliber machine gun sprayed flames and whipped the enemy like long whips. The sudden attack instantly made the Japanese army below in chaos. More than ten Type 96 fighters almost simultaneously emitted black smoke, and soon six of them swayed and fell towards the sea.

Gao Zhihang's two-body demon tore apart an enemy plane and then pulled it up and climbed to a high altitude again, then turned around and aimed at the next target and pounced down again. This tactic was invented by the insidious pilots of the Peking Jinyuan Company and did not fight with the enemy at all. In their opinion, that was something that a fool could do.

The two-body demons have the advantage of speed, altitude, firepower, and even range. In this case, there is a way to deal with Japanese aircraft, raid at high altitude. After a round, they can break off contact by high speed, and then turn around and climb to a higher altitude than the enemy. Anyway, Japanese aircraft will not be able to catch up with them, or fly to an altitude that they cannot fly above their heads.

This tactic of bullying people at home beat Japan Airlines to no resistance. Now the unlucky one has replaced it with the Japanese Navy Air Force. Twenty two-body demons that kept passing over their heads, plus twenty thunders that were more flexible than them at low altitudes. In just a few minutes, one-third of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft were sent into the sea.

Such air combat was impossible to fight at all. The remaining Japanese planes immediately turned around and fled. Gao Zhihang then led the fighter plane and the bomber that arrived immediately to chase after him. Soon, the huge Japanese fleet on the sea in the distance appeared in sight.

Takasu Shiro's fleet was added to the battleship of the King Kong, Atago, Torihiro, and two heavy cruisers, as well as twelve light cruisers and destroyers. Three aircraft carriers, two battleships, and seven heavy cruisers. Thirty-eight light cruisers and destroyers. Such a huge fleet was intimidating to the future Pacific battlefield. Now it is like a huge cloud, gradually covering the sky of Shanghai.

Gao Zhihang took a deep breath and said to the radio station: "All aircraft attack freely, try not to attack those warships, mainly the enemy's troop transport ships."

Amidst the clarity, one hundred fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force rushed towards the enemy without hesitation.

At this time, the shrill air defense alarm sounded in the Japanese fleet, and countless anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were pointing to the sky. The carrier-based aircraft returning did not land, but shuttled between the ships and cooperated with the anti-aircraft artillery to form a steel fortress on the sea.

The first to attack was a two-body demon. The pilot obviously did not obey Gao Zhihang's orders. The target of the two-body demon was directly aimed at the battleship of the King Kong, which was towering on the sea. The pilot, who lacked dive bombing training, rushed towards the enemy ship almost straightly.

On the side of the King Kong, all the anti-aircraft firepower, including the 127mm naval gun and 25mm anti-aircraft gun, were instantly opened. Tracers indicating the target woven into a fire net in the sky. Countless shells suddenly enveloped the plane, and an anti-aircraft gun shell that exploded at close range, even cut off a small piece of its wing. But what surprised the Japanese was that the plane did not crash as they imagined, but continued to pounce on the King Kong along the original route.

The dive time was only a few dozen seconds at most. In a blink of an eye, the incomplete two-body demon had reached the top of the head of the King Kong. At this time, a series of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets broke one of its tail support, but it still did not affect its flight. It almost brushed the top of the King Kong head, and at the same time, four heavy bombs mounted under the belly of the machine fell roaring and falling.

Three nearly missing bombs, one hit. The bomb made in Peking was filled with more than 90 kilograms of mixed explosives of black Sorkin and aluminum thermal agent. The explosion of huge fire ball immediately exploded in the ship of the King Kong. Countless hull fragments splashed in all directions, and even a nearby 127mm turret was blown away. As the fire ignited on the battleship, which was more than 20 years old, rolling smoke rose like the ridicule of a demon.

The two-body demon who created this scene was unable to pull it up after dropping the bomb, because it was then hit by anti-aircraft artillery on a nearby destroyer. The already bruised plane shaking its head to the chimney of the destroyer. The huge impact and the remaining two tons of gasoline in the fuel tank turned the destroyer into a torch.

This was the first battle of the two-body demons. In this most brilliant way, the Chinese pilots inspired by it rushed towards their own goals one by one, and an unprecedented sea-air war in the history of the war began.

Gao Zhihang endured his grief and issued a strict order to his subordinates again, trying not to attack those large warships. This time the mission was to delay their landing operations, so the primary goal was those troop transport ships.

However, these troop transport ships are not easy to fight. They are all under the strict protection of warships and have severely lack experience in maritime attacks. Moreover, the Chinese pilots who have never encountered such intensive air defense firepower have performed very hard during the attack. In addition, the small bombs carried by Hawke San are not very useful in such battles. Even if they hit the target, it is difficult to cause fatal damage.

The Martin bomber that can load heavy bombs is relatively bulky and has a very high risk during dive bombing and can only drop bombs at relatively high altitudes, so the hit rate is very low.

The most useful thing is the two-body demons used to bomb, with dive speeds of more than 600 kilometers, making it extremely difficult to intercept them, so not long after, a troop transport ship was hit by two heavy bombs one after another, and then began to tilt on the sea with a raging fire.

But in this way, the two-body demons became the main target of attack by the Japanese army, and most of the firepower was aimed at them. Coupled with the harassment of Japanese carrier-based aircraft, another aircraft was soon shot down by anti-aircraft artillery.

But at the same time, another troop transport ship was shot. The ship was loaded with a lot of ammunition. The ammunition was detonated by the flames of the explosion. Soon, accompanied by a loud noise that resounded across the sea, the troop transport ship and a large group of Japanese troops on the ship sank rapidly.

Takasu Shiro on the Kaga also looked gloomy at this time. So far, the losses in this war were too great, especially the annihilation of the Third Fleet. This was like a whip on the face of the navy. Although an old antique like the Takabashi is not worth a pity. But the warships that sank it all are very new. More importantly, this has made the Japanese Navy a laughing stock like the army. If this landing operation fails again, it will probably be apologized.

"Commander, are we going to move in temporarily?" said the chief of staff carefully. After all, there is no air cover, and even if we can successfully land, the army will suffer great losses at that time.

"There is no need, on the contrary, this is the best opportunity. The elite of the zhina Air Force lies in this. As long as they can be solved in one battle, there will be no one who can threaten us again. Even the loss point of the army is worth it." Takasu Shiro said lightly.

This guy really figured it out very clearly. The Chinese Air Force only has these aircraft that can be used, especially the thirty twin-body demons. As long as they are solved, China's sky will be the world of Japanese aircraft in the future. Of course, he automatically ignored Yang Feng's three brigades.

In fact, this was also something Gao Zhihang was worried about, so after the third two-body demon was shot down, he finally couldn't hold on. Now the air strike has been considered successful, sinking two troop transport ships, one destroyer was destroyed, and four other Japanese warships were injured, and even the King Kong was injured. His side has lost less than ten aircraft so this can be said to be a great victory.

Moreover, the bombs carried by the aircraft were almost exhausted, and it would not make much sense to continue to be fired. So after seeing two more troops hit by the bombs, he immediately ordered to withdraw from the battle and return. Before leaving, he noticed that a liberator was slowly flying by in the distant sky.

Yang Feng naturally would not miss such a good thing. In fact, there were two liberators in this area, monitoring the every move of the warring parties at an altitude of 30,000 feet.

At this moment, the battle in downtown Shanghai was coming to an end. Two of the most elite German divisions equipped with heavy artillery were gradually squeezing less than one of the remaining Japanese Marines towards the headquarters in Hongkou. Behind them, countless Shanghai citizens who were angry with Changpan's shelling at Zhabei were completely clearing this largest Japanese residential area in China.

With the example of the boss Yang from Tianjin, the young gangs in Shanghai will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. The Japanese have accumulated over the decades of accumulation in Hongkou, so there is still some good things.

On the periphery of Shanghai, trains full of soldiers were whistling by the railway. Now the bald man was so anxious that his eyes were red. The Japanese fleet was about to enter Hangzhou Bay. If the Air Force was not blocking them, it might have arrived at this time, but he did not think that these hundred planes could block more than one hundred warships.

But now there are only three divisions in Shanghai. There are only one 87th Division that arrived at Jinshanwei overnight to deploy defense. Four divisions led by Chen Cheng are still on the way. Although Jinshanwei is their most suitable landing place, there is not only one Jinshanwei where they can land. They can log in anywhere along the entire Hangzhou Bay coast, but it is just a little troublesome. Now not only does Shanghai need protection, but even Hangzhou and even Ningbo are within the threat range of the Japanese army.

But now these places are also empty in defense. According to the plan of the German advisory group, once a war begins, it will naturally be a big battle in Shanghai and then retreat to the national defense line. With the strong fortifications, the war has become a protracted war of attrition, which forces the Japanese to negotiate in a favorable situation. But now Yang Feng threw a mine at the estuary of the Yangtze River, which will avoid destroying Shanghai. However, in this way, it is impossible to judge the Japanese army's next attack target, so they can only try to mobilize troops along the coast of Hangzhou Bay.

When he thought of this, he was a little confused whether Yang Feng would help him or cheat him.

Just when Chen Cheng's troops rushed to Shanghai, the Eighth Army, commanded by Zhang Fakui, was also formed, with fifty-five, fifty-seven, sixty-one, and sixty-two-four divisions under its command. Then, it was urgently transferred to the west bank of Hangzhou Bay and to set up defenses north of Qiantang River. Not only that, he even mobilized the troops west of Nanjing. He even began to prepare to divide the war zones across the country.

Just when the bald man and his men were worried about the Japanese army's next attack direction, the boss Yang from Peking was also worried about this issue. He didn't know where the Japanese would go now. Although Kingsoft is the first choice target, it is not the only candidate target. He led the Yangtze River Estuary to a completely unknown direction.

"In fact, if I am a Japanese now, then I might as well go south to Guangzhou. It would be absolutely easy for them to occupy Guangzhou. Then, use Guangzhou as a base and attack north along the Guangdong-Hankou Railway. Although I cannot fight quickly, I can get the benefits first." Huang Baitao looked at the map and said, he had now completely integrated into the Jinyuan family, otherwise he would not have said such irresponsible words to the bald man.

"Fight Guangzhou?" Yang Feng hadn't thought about this possibility, but this was not in line with Japan's strategy. After all, from there, when fighting to Nanjing, it was still unknown! The goal of the Japanese war was to stifle the development of bald men, and at the same time, using the plunder of China to stimulate the Japanese economy, especially strangling all the more aggressive Chinese companies. Most of these companies are in Shanghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although Pingjin's companies make them hate them even more, they can't do anything to Yang Feng!

Since there is no way to get the most hated goal, it is also very good to take the second goal, and it has great benefits. As long as you beat the bald man honestly, kill all the capitalists in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then cultivate Jiangsu and Zhejiang into dumping places for Japanese industrial products. In this way, Japan, which is almost lost in pants, can take a breath. After a few years of development, you can take action against the British or Lucia.

Although Guangzhou is quite rich, it is still a little worse than Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Winning Guangzhou is of no use to their strategic goals. And if they really go to Guangzhou, the bald man might be secretly happy! In that case, the first thing to worry about is Li Bai, and maybe he can take this opportunity to solve this main opponent.

"The Japanese won't do this. The protracted war is their taboo. Destroying Shanghai is their most urgent goal." Sun Liren shook his head and said.

At this time, a staff officer came in to report: "Boss, our reconnaissance plane reported that Takasu Shiro's fleet had ended the battle with the Air Force. Although the losses were significant, even the King Kong battleship was injured, they still did not stop advancing. They have entered Hangzhou Bay and began to use naval guns to bombard the 87th Army positions of Jinshan Guard."

"Okay, no need to guess anymore. It seems that the Japanese's goal has been determined and they forcefully landed in Jinshanwei." Boss Yang said, showing a satisfied smile on his face, and the Japanese finally embarked on the path he designed.

What this guy is most looking forward to now is that the Japanese continue to fight Shanghai, and then they will continue to increase their investment around Taihu Lake, the small area north of Qiantang River, and the swamp water network. Just as they did in history, when the Japanese army gathered more than 300,000 troops in this area, they will get 10,000 mines and seal them up the waters of Hangzhou Bay to the estuary of the Yangtze River. If 10,000 is less than 20,000, it will be 20,000. In short, it will be necessary to turn this sea area into a forbidden area for all ships, and make these 300,000 Japanese troops completely become an isolated army with no way forward and backward and all logistics interrupted. At that time, it is estimated that the bald man would kill hundreds of thousands of troops, which would almost be able to solve them.
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