Chapter 70 The Battle of Midway Island (2)
In the waters of the Midway Islands, at dawn, the crescent moon in the sky just sank into the sea, the rising sun had risen east, the red clouds were dancing all over the sky, and the sky was dyed blood red...
A huge fleet was cruising in the seas of the islands. In the crimson clouds, a roar sound came from far to near. Roosevelt's ears heard the roars everywhere in the sky, and his face changed drastically. He didn't expect that he would encounter the Chinese Air Force here. And listening to the roaring formation, the number of Chinese Air Force flying towards the zqpes this time must be quite large.
The air defense alarm was sounded, and the ships were dispersed to form an air defense formation, and the anti-aircraft gunners were prepared! Roosevelt calmed down the shock in his heart and quickly issued a series of orders.
Woo\\. A shrill and long air defense alarm suddenly sounded on the sea. American sailors in white naval uniforms on the ships of the US North Atlantic Fleet ran around and shouted on the deck, and many anti-aircraft artillery shells were transported to the turrets on the deck for spare use.
The ships of the US North Atlantic Fleet began to transfer their voyages and were divided into four formations. The anti-aircraft gun muzzles pointed to the sky, and the entire fleet was solemnly waiting.
At this moment, a dense black dot suddenly appeared in the clouds. It was the Chinese Air Force. Looking at the number of planes, there were nearly fifty aircraft!
Roosevelt secretly complained in his heart. Although ZQPE was extremely careful this time, he didn't expect to fall into Tang Jian's trap. It was obvious that Tang Jian deliberately led the North Atlantic Fleet where Roosevelt was located to the ambushing waters of Midway Island.
Roosevelt speculated that Tang Jian must have built an airport on Midway Island, otherwise the Chinese Air Force would not have arrived so soon.
Roosevelt guessed that it was right. Tang Jian built a large airport on Midway for hundreds of aircraft to take off and land, specifically tempting Roosevelt to lead the North Atlantic fleet to come and then surround and annihilate it.
At this time, forty aircraft were ready to go at the Midway China Air Force Airport. Fifty aircraft had just taken off and flew to the waters where the North Atlantic Fleet was located. In addition, these forty aircraft were the subsequent second and third wave attack brigades.
However, although Roosevelt was a little surprised, he was not very panicked. After the end of the China-Japanese War, Roosevelt sensitively realized the powerful combat power of the China Air Force. Since China's aircraft can play a huge role in land warfare, it must be an air weapon that cannot be ignored in naval warfare.
Fortunately, Roosevelt was still the president of the United States at that time, so zqpe immediately summoned senior officials of the US Department of Defense. When European countries had not yet realized the huge threat of aircraft, they resisted opposition and decisively increased the US Navy's military expenditure, either replaced some small-caliber rapid-fire guns, or directly installed anti-aircraft guns in the secondary gun position, making the US fleet the second fleet with strong air defense capabilities after the Chinese Pacific Fleet.
Therefore, even though he saw the Chinese Air Force attack at this time, Roosevelt was not afraid at all. He notified his zqpe ships to disperse their formations through flags, so that the fleet could be dispersed to reduce the chance of being hit by airplane bombs.
The roar became more and more. Fifty Chinese Air Force planes suddenly changed their formations and divided into more than a dozen attack formations, diving into the air above the US North Atlantic Fleet in a group of three or three.
Roosevelt could even clearly see a dark cabin door on the abdomen of the Chinese Air Force aircraft, which was a signal that the Chinese Air Force was preparing for an air strike!
Attack! Roosevelt gritted his teeth and immediately issued the first order before the official war was officially started through the flag.
The sound of anti-aircraft guns was constantly in my ears, and the scorching shells shot out of the cannon chamber. Within one minute, the decks of all attack warships in the US fleet were filled with dense shelling.
For a moment, smoke filled the sea and fire flashed. Looking down from the sky, you can clearly see the fire on the dense deck of the battleship below, which is extremely dazzling.
In a moment, thousands of anti-aircraft guns from the US North Atlantic Fleet were fired together, intertwined in the sky to form a bright barrage. Three Chinese Air Force aircraft were careless and caught off guard and hit the barrage. In an instant, three aircraft were shot one after another, either by the wing, the tail, or the nose, and the flames burst.
The three planes immediately lost their balance, like a kite with broken strings falling from the air and falling into the vast sea. With several loud bangs, the three planes exploded on the sea one after another, and the entire plane turned into countless pieces and burst out in scattering.
Jiang Junyi's heart was thumping. Zqpe did not expect that the US North Atlantic Fleet's air defense firepower was so strong. At the beginning of the battle, all three planes were destroyed, but the Air Force did not even touch Mao of the US North Atlantic Fleet.
Jiang Junyi was extremely sad and angry, and silently expressed his grief to the three deceased brothers. At the same time, he quickly stabilized his fuselage and used radio to command his zqpe flight team to attack immediately.
Chi\\\\This time it was the Chinese Air Force's turn to attack. All the planes on the first attack brigade where Jiang Junyi was reprinted were high-explosive bombs. At Jiang Junyi's order, hundreds of anti-aircraft shells fell at the same time on more than 40 aircraft. The direction of the anti-aircraft shells fell was aimed at the dense US North Atlantic Fleet below.
The anti-aircraft shells dropped by the Chinese Air Force planes were as dense as raindrops and fell rapidly with a sharp whistle. With a loud bang, a first-class cruiser fleet in the US North Atlantic Fleet was first shot.
The high-explosion bomb directly broke into the deck of the American first-class cruiser. While the shells entered the body, the high-explosion bomb containing hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder suddenly exploded. Suddenly, a group of fire dragons swept wildly on the US first-class cruiser. The huge explosion force swept away. On the spot, more than a dozen American soldiers were shocked by the huge explosion force and vomited blood and flew away.
Soon, a fire fell on the deck. The sailors on the US cruiser immediately pulled the faucet and hurriedly put out the fire, and rescued the wounded.
Behind the zqpes, more high-explosive bombs fell at high speed, or fell directly into the water. The sea water caused by the huge explosion tilted onto the ship like a heavy rain, or hit its US warships, with the sound of cannons roaring, the voices of people were woeful, and the smoke was rolling.
Under the first dive bombing, at least five or six US warships were shot and caught fire. In addition to the three aircraft that were first shot and fell, the Chinese Air Force had two other aircraft wings with thick smoke, but they were not fatal. Although they were shaking in the air, they would not fall seriously into the sea.
After the two injured planes were lifted up, they directly left the flight formation and returned to the Huaxia Air Force Base on Midway Island. Although the two planes could still fly, they had lost their combat effectiveness. They had to turn back to the airport and land before repairing.
After the first bombing, the Chinese Air Force aircraft accumulated formation in the air again and prepared to carry out the second bombing.
During this gap, Roosevelt immediately ordered the damage to report, and carried out fire-fighting and emergency repairs on the ambushed warship, and sent a lifeboat to rescue the crew members who fell into the water.
Roosevelt looked at the planes of the Chinese Air Force who were gradually moving away but about to turn back, and a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The North Atlantic Fleet was not at a disadvantage in the first confrontation. Although several warships caught fire, one ship had not sunk. On the other hand, the Chinese Air Force damaged five aircraft in the first confrontation, accounting for one-tenth of the total combat effectiveness, which was an extremely heavy price for the Chinese Air Force.
Roosevelt felt proud. This was all the credit for preparing for the future. When ZQPE was about to step down, he insisted on installing anti-aircraft guns on ships despite the strong opposition of the congressmen. The huge role played by these anti-aircraft guns today shows how accurate the vision was at that time.
w. If it weren't for these anti-aircraft guns, I'm afraid that the North Atlantic Fleet in the United States will only be passively beaten.
Roosevelt stood proudly in the bridge command room and ordered: Immediately order the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet to approach Midway Island and use the main guns on the battleship to bombard the airport of China!
These Chinese Air Forces have always been a disaster. They only destroyed the airports on Midway Island, so these Chinese Air Force aircraft will have no place to land and no place to use them. This means that in the waters near Midway Island, the US Pacific Fleet will no longer have air threats.
After Roosevelt's order was delivered, two squadrons immediately drove out of the North Atlantic Fleet's main formation and headed towards Midway Island.
Almost at the same time, the First Flight Team of the China Air Force, who had just left, returned again and dived towards the main formation of the US North Atlantic Fleet with great momentum.
At the same time, at the China Air Force Airport on Midway, a total of twenty aircraft of the Second Flight Brigade roared and took off from the airport's runway. After a while, the twenty aircraft of the Second Flight Brigade soared in the blue sky. After hovering around, they immediately flew towards the original formation of the US North Atlantic Fleet and prepared to join the battle circle.
On the other side of the airport, the last twenty planes were pulled out, arranged neatly on the runway, and could take off immediately after loading.
Above the main formation of the US North Atlantic Fleet, a new round of air combat broke out again. Roosevelt took the lead in ordering that before the First Flight Brigade of the China Air Force reached the top of the main formation, the anti-aircraft artillery barrage of zqpe had been formed. This is a deadly barrage. Once the Chinese aircraft touched it slightly, its fuselage would generally explode, thick smoke would roll, and fall into the sea.
Bang\\. Two more planes were hit by anti-aircraft guns, and two Chinese planes exploded in the sky, and scattered debris bloomed in the sky like fireworks.
However, this time Roosevelt felt a little bit of flesh pain. Perhaps it was because the Chinese Air Force seized the rules of anti-aircraft guns in the US North Atlantic Fleet. Several warships caught fire at the same time. Two of them were detonated and the turrets were mostly tilted, and they could not rescue them.
At this moment, Roosevelt suddenly heard the sound of a thunderous cannon coming from the northeast of ZQPE. Roosevelt grabbed the telescope and looked at it intently, and immediately took a breath!
Chapter completed!