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Chapter 124 The Last Feilong

The time when the Feilong was attacked was only a few minutes later than the Jiahe.

Of course, I have to thank those 97 ships that flew over and landed.

If there is no 97 ship leading the way, it means to indicate the direction of the "Feilong" and the attack aircraft group will take some time to search.

At 11:20, the first batch of eight "Typhoon" fighters rushed over the Feilong.

This time, it didn't go so smoothly.

It’s not that I received the message a few minutes in advance, but that Zero Wars that were preparing to land on the "Feilong" were on standby nearby, and the flight altitude was not low.

The key is that flying at high altitudes is more fuel-efficient.

Don’t forget that the Flylong dispatches more carrier-based aircraft, so it takes more time to recover, and the fighter jets that land at the end will have to fly longer.

But, this doesn't change anything.

Among the first attack aircraft group, only eight Zero aircraft took off from the Feilong, so only eight aircraft returned to the Feilong landed.

All these eight zero battles can do is to focus on eight "typhoons" and cover the attack of the 97 ships below.

But, what's the point?

At half past eleven, that is, after the "Jahe" explosion, the first group of attack aircraft arrived, and two squadrons arrived at the same time.

What’s bad is that the “Hornets” squadron and the “Flying Fish” squadron respectively.

While eight "wasp" dived from high altitude, eight "flying fish" arrived from low altitude.

At this moment, the Imperial Navy Aviation Army has been practicing coordinated attack skills for more than ten years, perfectly displayed.

Sixteen carrier-based aircraft are like sixteen gods whistling over thunder clouds and holding thunderbolts!

Now, even if the "Feilong" becomes the legendary nine-headed sea monster, it will definitely be doomed.

What's more, the air defense firepower of the Feilong is not even as good as the Jiahe, and is the worst among the four main fleet aircraft carriers of the Navy Navy.

When it was completed and put into service, the aircraft carrier had only a dozen anti-aircraft guns. After many strengthening and modifications, it only increased to more than 40, mainly 25mm machine guns. It has been proved in yesterday's battle that the performance of this small-caliber machine gun is very poor.

Within five minutes, the Feilong was hit by three bombs and four torpedoes.

Although there was no big explosion like the "Jahe", after being severely damaged, the "Felong" completely lost its navigation ability.

Before the attack aircraft flew away, the "Feilong" was paralyzed on the sea.

After many attempts, the officers and soldiers on the "Feilong" were unable to plug the loophole on the left side of the hull and failed to prevent seawater from pouring into more cabins.

At 11:50, the captain of the "Feilong" issued an evacuation order and forcibly transferred the officers and soldiers of the Second Air Force Headquarters headed by Major General Yamaguchi. Next, hundreds of officers and soldiers who were injured in the battle were sent to several warships that came to pick them up.

Because there is no hope of repair and there is still concern about the second round of attacks, one hour later, after obtaining Lan Yun's default, the commander of the Second Air Force, Major General Yamaguchi, issued an order to sink the "Feilong", and two accompanying destroyers fired four heavy torpedoes at it.

A few minutes later, the "Feilong" overturned because of severe water inflow on the left hull.

At this point, all four aircraft carriers of the mobile fleet sank.

Relatively speaking, the officers and soldiers of the "Feilong" were the luckiest. Except for the more than 300 people who died in battle, most of the others returned to the narrow land alive. A few still lived until after the war. The last sailor on the "Feilong" passed away at the age of 103 in the 183rd year of the Xinli calendar.

Worried about being attacked again, Lan Yun, who boarded the "Jingang", issued a retreat order before 12:30.

However, this naval battle did not end there.

Because a large number of pilots forced landing into the water, after issuing a retreat order, Lan Yun asked the two destroyers to stay and search and rescue the pilots. The search and rescue operation continued until the afternoon, and a total of dozens of pilots were rescued. In the early morning of the next day, the two destroyers were ambushed by submarines in the Shuangche Strait. One of them was hit by torpedoes, and they brought more than 300 officers and soldiers and dozens of pilots rescued to the sea.

The escaped destroyer returned to the Nai land a few days later. The ship escaped several catastrophes and survived until the end of the war.

Among the pilots who followed the ship back, Colonel Yuanda, who broke his head during an emergency landing.

Genda became the only survivor among all the flight officers who sneaked into Chengjiang Port on the 25th and participated in the first round of assault.

The other battleships of the mobile fleet turned south at twelve 30.

After losing four aircraft carriers, Lan Yun completely lost his fighting spirit. What he is thinking about now is how to bring the remaining warships back to the Nai land.

Takano?

The main team is about to enter the Shuangche Strait, and it is not within the attack range of the special mixed fleet in the west. Why do you still need Lan Yun to worry about it?

Besides, after focusing on the mobile fleet, the special mixed fleet was unable to deal with the main force.

Although it is not yet said that she is devoted to her work, Lan Yun has done all her efforts, and now she should consider herself and the soldiers who follow her.

Of course, these are all later stories.

At 11:40, that is, after the Feilong was hit by bombs and torpedoes, Zhu Huasheng, who had arrived at the plane, sent a telegram.

The special code given to him by Li Hengjia is used.

The attack was so smooth that Zhu Huasheng didn't know what to say, so he simply used a special code to avoid talking nonsense in the telegram.

Liu Xiangzhen did not break the radio silence, so he did not recall the second attack aircraft group, and still asked Shenpu to launch an attack as planned.

The group arrived after one o'clock.

Because he didn't expect the mobile fleet to go south and the two destroyers that ruined the Feilong were sailing east at full speed, the fleet led by Simp was led to the east. In order to catch up with the fleeing mobile fleet, Simp did not order to attack the destroyer, but found nothing. He threw away the bombs and torpedoes when he turned back. As a result, the two destroyers were lucky enough to avoid the catastrophe.

There is nothing to regret. In this naval battle, the two destroyers were at best two small shrimps.

Even at this time, Liu Xiangzhen did not break the radio silence, but arranged a staff officer to fly back to the foot island on a torpedo plane.

Afterwards, many people thought that Liu Xiang really did it on purpose.

Because of his arrangement, Bai Zhizhan did not receive the news of the destruction of the mobile fleet in time, so he was unable to make timely adjustments based on changes in the battle situation.

It was not until the evening that Bai Zhizhan received reliable news.

Strictly speaking, it is just that previous speculation has been confirmed.

At noon, the Navy Command sent a telegram, listening to the radio station intercepting a large number of Nai warships, and the sending location was in the north of the Yanhai Sea. Bai Zhizhan concluded that the mobile fleet was hit, and some warships must have been damaged, and perhaps some aircraft carriers were sunk.

But this is just a speculation about Bai Zhizhan!

Don’t forget that annihilation of the mobile fleet is the number one important task. Before completing this task, everything else must be put aside. According to the initial arrangement, the special mixed group commanded by Liu Xiangzhen acted as the main force, and the third aviation special mixed fleet of Bai Zhizhan is the substitute, or the second insurance.

After Liu Xiangzhen made all his efforts, if the mobile fleet slipped away, especially those aircraft carriers, Bai Zhizhan would have to bear the main responsibility.

Although there is no military order, it is no joke to take responsibility in the battle!
Chapter completed!
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