Remember the young man, turn on all the identification lights immediately after taking off. Don’t be shot down by friendly fighters. Those without the identification lights are enemy targets. Use searchlights to find them and then kill them. In addition, don’t try to enter the inner protective circle of the fleet, that is, don’t get close to 4,000 meters away from the warship. That is the air defense range of the naval gun. An officer reminded the pilots who were about to board the plane over and over again.

At this time, on two special seaplane motherships, one aircraft was lifted onto the water surface and then took off on its own. After taking off, the red identification lights on the fuselage and wings of the aircraft were turned on. Each aircraft was equipped with at least 6 identification lights, and the red light was very conspicuous in the night.

At least 20 seaplanes took off from the sea. They formed a scattered interception line between the Japanese aircraft group and the main fleet. On the sea, destroyers began to shrink. They gathered around the main ships, and anti-aircraft guns of various caliber were aimed at the air, like knights defending the Lord. The main warships that originally formed a battle line also disbanded their formation and formed four double-ship teams. In this way, the US fleet would be more mobility. While continuing to carry out the shelling mission, hundreds of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns were also aimed at the air. Battleships were like angry porcupines, and one cannon was aimed at the air, ready to spew out the rain of death at any time!

Pilot aircraft first enter the battlefield. They will release flares with parachutes and use searchlights to indicate the target. Our mission is to attack. The window time will be very short, and the lighting will be intermittent. Don’t expect how high the hit rate is. In short, we must first protect ourselves. Takahashi said to his colleagues.

In this era, even if there are twin-engine bombers, only the aircraft where the squadron leader is located or a small number of aircraft with radio, and it is not necessarily reliable. During the day, you can also use gestures and write boards to contact each other. But at night, all the tactics are formulated on the ground. In the end, the tactics are really a bit resigned to fate.

Half an hour later, the light-load pilot aircraft group had entered the battlefield. The US fleet was easy to find. People would not give up shelling because of possible bombing by the Japanese army! Looking at the main guns that were constantly spitting out orange flames in the distance, the Japanese pilot aircraft first discovered the target. They scattered and flew towards the two nearest American warship formations!

The Japanese used horizontal throwing, flying at an altitude of about 3,000 meters, and then dropped flares from the fleet. These flares with parachutes can be illuminated in the air for about 5 minutes at a time, emitting brightness ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 candlelights.

The light beams emitted by the searchlights cut through the dark night sky. Occasionally, there were Japanese planes captured by the searchlights. Then, more light beams followed one after another. The sound of dense rapid-fire gun shooting sounded on the sea, and various tracer bullets drew arcs in the air. However, this was not a big threat to Japanese planes passing by at an altitude of 3,000 meters. The number of 5-inch guns was a little small, and the rotation speed was a little unfollowed. More importantly, the fire control was poor. The machine guns of various calibers had insufficient firing height and range. Japanese pilot planes shuttled over the bomb rain.

We are God, they have no choice but to do anything on the sea. A British pilot said leisurely as he looked at the firepower on the sea like a volcano erupting. Countless shells exploded under the wings, and the air was like a pot, but it seemed that there was no way to deal with the Japanese. However, what he could not imagine was that ghosts flashing with red recognition lights were looking closer from the rear. When the searchlights on the sea once again captured the plane, the killer behind him took action!

500 meters! 400 meters! An American seaplane slowly followed behind him. Because the sea searchlight provided light, the plane did not turn on its searchlight. In order to conceal, the pilot even turned off the recognition signal light. The sight in the front of the cockpit tightly covered the target, and based on the ruler next to it, the pilot quickly estimated the distance between the two and followed steadily. When he approached 400 meters, he still did not fire, and he was waiting for an opportunity!

When the British pilot flew directly above the US fleet, he threw down his first flare, and continued to fly in a uniform speed and began to throw the remaining flares. However, the hunter behind him was waiting for this moment! The other party had no idea and flew straight to throw flares! In this process, the other party could not dodge, and the Americans only had more than ten seconds to dodge!

250 meters! When this Japanese twin-engine aircraft was almost filled with the entire scope, the American pilot decisively pressed the shooting button! A 20mm machine gun and two large-caliber machine guns fired more than 300 rounds of various ammunition in less than ten seconds! The fierce firepower easily knocked off one side of the twin-engine aircraft half apart. Half a minute later, the poor Japanese plane fell to the sea with a raging fire, and on the entire battlefield, at least three Japanese aircraft were shot down!

This directly led to half of the flares that should have been thrown over the head of the US Navy! Of course, the American fighter jets with red signal lights in the sky put more pressure on the Japanese. The Japanese really didn't expect that the Americans actually mastered the ability to intercept at night, although this so-called intercepting ability is very limited!

Immediately launch an attack and quickly withdraw from the battlefield after the fight! Takahashi ordered his crew, and then, more than a dozen bombers rushed to the US fleet lit by the flares. They first limited the altitude to 1,500 meters, and then entered the dive attack range, and began to dive at an angle of 40 degrees to 50 degrees, drop bombs at an altitude of about 800 meters. After the attack was over, they pulled up to escape.

There are so many American destroyers! A Japanese pilot said as he looked at the American destroyer on the periphery, tilting barrage into the air. There were 4 to 5 destroyers next to every two main battleships to provide cover. The air defense firepower on the American destroyer exceeded the Japanese's imagination. Funnel-shaped barrage chased the Japanese bombers in the air. Before the Japanese dropped the first bomb, at least three twin-engine bombers were shot down while rushing to the American ring air defense array.

Looking from the air, the air defense fire of each American squadron spreads around in a radial shape. The interlaced barrage swept across the sky's searchlights to form death traps, waiting for the opponent to throw themselves into Luoliang, the Japanese pilots even lost the courage to attack and chose to throw away the bombs.
Chapter completed!