Yokosuka Military Port is located on the east coast of the entrance to Tokyo Bay on Honshu Island, Japan. It is connected to Yokohama City to the north and the east coast of Yokosuka City to the south.
The port has unique conditions in terms of berthing facilities, ship repair capabilities, oil and ammunition storage equipment, and rest facilities for soldiers. It has all the conditions required for a naval base, and is known as the first military port in the East.
The Japanese aircraft defending the Yokosuka military port learned that Tokyo was being bombed, and took off to provide support over downtown Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan and its surrounding areas are now in chaos.
This was the third bombing of the Japanese mainland.
The first time was a paper bombing by Nationalist aircraft, which dropped leaflets on the Japanese mainland.
The second time was the B25 bombers dispatched by American aircraft to bomb the Japanese mainland.
However, the scale of the first two bombings was very small, and even the paper bombings did not cause any damage to Japan at all.
But this time the Eighth Route Army carried out a large-scale bombing of Tokyo, which made the Japanese panic.
Since the commander of Japan's local air defense did not know how many enemy planes were coming and whether there would be bombers in the follow-up, he ordered Japanese fighter planes around Tokyo to rush for reinforcements.
At this time, the defense of Yokosuka Naval Port was relatively empty.
More than a month has passed since the Battle of Midway.
Although the Japanese Navy suffered a disastrous defeat at Midway, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The strength of the Japanese Navy and the U.S. Navy are now back on the same starting line.
In the Yokosuka Naval Port, in addition to the newly repaired aircraft carrier Shokaku docked, there are also its direct frigate Yukikaze, as well as a dozen light cruisers, destroyers and other small ships.
Some of these small ships were damaged during the Battle of Midway and were taken to Yokosuka Naval Port for repairs.
However, there are no heavy cruisers.
Although the Japs suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Midway, they still have a lot of wealth.
Twenty minutes ago, Captain Masabumi Arima, the captain of the Shokaku aircraft carrier, received a telegram from the Air Defense Command stating that Tokyo was under air attack.
As a result, Arima Masafumi angrily canceled the plan to send the Shokaku aircraft carrier to sea for training at noon.
In the Battle of the Coral Sea, the aircraft carrier Shokaku was severely damaged, and the aircraft carrier Shoho and a destroyer were sunk.
At present, the Shokaku aircraft carrier is being repaired, but it will still need a period of inspection and training before it can be re-entered the battlefield.
In the Battle of Midway, the Japanese Navy lost four aircraft carriers in the battle. For the Shokaku and Zuikaku aircraft carriers, it was a blessing in disguise.
After the Battle of Midway, the repair progress of the Shokaku aircraft carrier was significantly accelerated. In addition to the addition of several 25mm anti-aircraft guns, a No. 21 air detector with unstable performance was also installed on the top of the bridge.
Moreover, a large number of crew members have been added to the flight team, and the combat effectiveness has been enhanced.
"Your Majesty Colonel, why did you cancel the training plan?"
Major Shigeharu Murata, the flight captain of the Shokaku aircraft carrier, wearing a flight suit, walked up quickly, lowered his head and asked Masabumi Arima.
Next to Masafumi Arima stood the commander of the Shokaku squadron, Hiu Shirane.
Shigeharu Murata and Hideo Shirane were originally the attack captain and battle squadron leader of the Akagi.
Since the Akagi was sunk by the US Navy in the Battle of Midway, most of these people were recruited into the Shokaku.
Arima Masafumi looked gloomy: "I just received a call from the home command that Tokyo was under air attack, so the training plan was cancelled."
The enemy is actually bombing Tokyo again, and the old Japanese have realized that something is wrong.
"It must have been done by the Yankees!"
Murata Shigeharu showed a look of hatred on his face:
"Your Majesty Colonel, please allow my flight team to go to Tokyo to support and shoot down the American plane!"
In this devil's view, the only ones capable of air raids on Tokyo are the Yankees.
But the Yankees' aircraft carrier was thousands of kilometers away. How did they fly bombers to Tokyo?
"Not American bombers."
"The bombers Tokyo encountered this time came from China."
Arima Masabumi said.
"Nani, China?"
Murata Shigeharu’s face was filled with disbelief.
Even in the remote rural areas of the Republic of China, a group of mud-legged people were able to bomb the Japanese mainland, and even Tokyo?
A few years ago, Chinese bombers visited Japan once.
However, what the Chinese bombers dropped that time were not aerial bombs, but leaflets.
Not surprisingly, that bombing became a laughing stock for the Japanese people and the Japanese navy and army.
This time, are the Chinese coming for real?
"That group of army red deer can't even defeat the Chinese army. It is simply a disgrace to the Locust Army and does not deserve to be called the Locust Army."
On the side, the captain of the ship warfare squadron, Hideo Shirane, was furious.
The U.S. Navy is powerful, and given that it has been tricked, it is normal for the United Fleet to be defeated.
But what kind of army are those Chinese people?
It can be said that it is a beggar army. Why can't the Army Red Deer defeat it?
"Army Red Deer!"
Captain Masabumi Arima also cursed angrily.
But at this moment, the buzzing sound of aircraft engines and propellers was heard in the sky.
At the beginning.
Masafumi Arima and Shigeharu Murata thought it was their own plane from a nearby airport that took off and headed to Tokyo for reinforcements.
But as time went by, the buzzing sound got louder and louder.
"Captain, enemy planes have been spotted from the northwest!"
A Japanese lookout soldier in charge of the observation ran in and reported to Arima Masabumi.
Arima Masafumi, Murata Shigeharu and Shirane Hio immediately raised their telescopes and looked northwest.
In the field of view of the telescope, more than 10 huge bombers suddenly appeared, flying towards the Yokosuka military port.
"It's a Chinese bomber!"
Arima Masafumi quickly made a judgment in his mind, with a gloomy expression:
"They're going to bomb the military port!"
At this time, more than 10 Chinese bombers appeared here, obviously wanting to bomb the military port.
"Shirane-kun, order to sound the air defense siren and all anti-aircraft guns to fire immediately."
Arima Masafumi looked at Shirane Hio.
"Hi."
Shirane Hideo lowered his head, turned around and went to give the order.
As the fleet commander's order was issued, the Japs on the Shokaku aircraft carrier took action one after another. Those who carried ammunition carried ammunition, and those who operated anti-aircraft guns operated anti-aircraft guns.
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Facing the sneak attack by enemy bombers, the Japanese navy soldiers showed no panic on their faces, and all took their positions calmly.
The movements are perfect, as if they have been tempered thousands of times.
One operation was as fierce as a tiger's.
"The enemy bombers have no fighter escorts."
Colonel Masafumi Arima picked up the telescope and glanced at the sky, then looked at Shigeharu Murata and gave a stern order:
"Murata-kun, the Zero fighters of your flight team will attack immediately. Shoot down all enemy bombers for me!"
The U.S. Navy is attacking us, and the Chinese aviation force is joining in the fun.
Then fight!
Shoot them all down!
"Hi!"
Murata Shigeharu suddenly lowered his head, turned around and left with murderous intent, and quickly walked towards the flight deck.
If you dare to carry out bombing without fighter escort, you simply don’t know how to write the word “death”!?
…
at the same time.
High in the air.
The person responsible for leading the Eighth Route Army's bombing formation 2 was Wang Hexin, instructor of the Independent Regiment Flying Brigade.
"The Yokosuka Military Port is ahead."
"Attention all crews, please immediately descend to an altitude of 4,500 meters."
While Wang Hexin was calling on the live radio, he controlled the elevator of the plane and drove the plane down.
At this time, Tokyo had just been bombed. Almost all the Japanese in the country were attracted by the bombing, and Japanese planes from nearby airports went to Tokyo to support them.
At this juncture, Wang Hexin led 11 "Flying Fortress" bombers and quietly approached Yokosuka Military Port.
After approaching the target area, Wang Hexin decisively ordered all bombers to lower their altitude and prepare to drop bombs.
"Discover the target."
Soon, a bombardier spotted the Shokaku aircraft carrier docked at Yokosuka Naval Port through his field of vision, and said on the radio:
"The target is in the middle of the military port. Do you want to drop the bomb?"
"I see the target too!"
"etc!"
The bombardier numbered 003 also reported to Wang Hexin on the radio that he was none other than Zhou Zikai, the commander of the 23rd Squadron of the 4th Aviation Group of the Chinese Air Force.
Although Zheng Shaoqiang assigned him to be the pilot of one of the bombers.
But he was rejected by Zhou Zikai. He wanted to be a bombardier. How could flying a bomber be as comfortable as blowing up the Japanese main aircraft carrier with his own hands?
At this time, Zhou Zikai saw the target they were going to bomb, but he also saw the Japanese plane:
"There is an enemy plane taking off from the aircraft carrier, it's a Zero fighter!"
"Zero fighter?"
Wang Hexin said, his expression suddenly changed slightly.
They do not have Sabre fighter escorts. Although the "Flying Fortress" bombers have powerful firepower, if the Zero fighters bite them, the danger will skyrocket.
However, this was also expected by Wang Hexin and the pilots.
There may be enemy planes near Yokosuka Naval Port.
If there were no bombing from Tokyo, more enemy planes might take off to attack them.
"Drop the bomb immediately after aiming, and immediately lift the bomber to more than 7 kilometers after dropping the bomb!"
Wang Hexin quickly regained his composure and then issued combat orders.
At this time, the instrument panel showed that the bomber was only about 5,500 meters away from the ground.
In fact, the optimal bombing height for bombing the Japanese aircraft carrier is 4,500 meters, and then hovering at this altitude, allowing the bombardier to control the gyroscope and control the line of defense where the Goblet bombs fall, so as to hit the Japanese aircraft carrier.
But now that the Japanese Zero fighter jets are taking off, they need to change the way they drop bombs.
Of course, as a result, the accuracy of bomb delivery will drop a lot.
Looking down from a height of 5,500 meters, the Japanese aircraft carrier Xianghe is only a little bigger than an ant.
But in order to protect the bomber and the pilots on the bomber, Wang Hexin had to do this.
And this was done with Li Yunlong's permission.
The most important thing for the mission to be completed is that all flight crew members should return at least one person.
The effective combat altitude of the Zero fighter is 5 kilometers, and the ultimate altitude is 6,500 meters.
As long as the bomber can fly above an altitude of 7,000 meters, it can effectively avoid the attack of the Zero fighter.
At this time, Japanese fighter planes such as Xianghe and Xuefeng, as well as Japanese anti-aircraft guns deployed at the military port, began to fire at the Eighth Route Army bombers high in the sky.
From time to time, artillery shells exploded all around, sending up clouds of black smoke.
But it is a pity that the Japanese anti-aircraft firepower is too weak to carry out effective attacks on bombers at this altitude.
"bomb!"
The bombardiers lined up in battle formation aimed at the Japanese warship, then opened their magazines one after another and dropped the super aerial bombs under the belly of the aircraft.
The first wave of attacks dropped eight Goblet aerial bombs at an altitude of 5,500 meters.
Immediately, the pilots of these bombers immediately pulled the bombers upward. The bombardiers used telescopes to observe the bombs they dropped, and controlled the gyroscope to correct the trajectory of the Goblet aerial bomb.
"boom!"
The first super aerial bomb fell into the sea from a position tens of meters away from the right wing of the aircraft carrier Shokaku.
Colonel Masafumi Arima and the Japs Marines looked at the rapidly falling aerial bombs and were really shocked.
Because this seemingly large aerial bomb came directly towards the deck of the aircraft carrier and almost hit the deck.
"Dud?"
After the aerial bomb fell into the sea, it did not explode.
But in the next second.
"boom!"
Accompanied by a mountain-shaking explosion, a huge water column dozens of meters high rose into the sky, and then fell down like a sea goddess scattering flowers, covering the Japanese navy soldiers.
Colonel Masafumi Arima's pupils shrank, what a powerful aerial bomb!
He raised his binoculars and looked. Although the Zero fighters took off very quickly on the deck, more than 10 Zero fighters had already taken off.
but.
It takes more than 7 minutes for the Zero fighter to climb up to an altitude of 6,000 meters.
"here we go again!"
A Japanese navy soldier nearby shouted in horror.
Colonel Masafumi Arima immediately raised his telescope and saw another super-large aerial bomb falling rapidly from high in the sky.
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"Nani?"
But soon, Colonel Masafumi Arima's expression suddenly changed. He suddenly discovered that the aerial bomb actually changed its falling trajectory, turned around in the air, and hit the Shokaku aircraft carrier.
"idiot!"
Colonel Masabumi Arima's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly roared and fell to the ground at the same time:
“Prepare for impact!”
but.
This aerial bomb still missed the aircraft carrier Xianghe, but hit a light cruiser not far away. With a huge explosion, the light cruiser was broken in half.
Seeing this scene, Colonel Masafumi Arima and the Japanese navy's faces changed drastically, and their expressions became solemn.
Seeing this scene, the Japanese anti-aircraft guns on the Yukikaze and other cruisers fired even harder.
"The third bomb is coming!"
Looking at the black spots approaching rapidly from high above, some Japanese soldiers were screaming loudly.
"boom!"
This time, the Japanese aircraft carrier Xianghe was not so lucky.
The third Goblet bomb directly hit the flight deck of the Shokaku aircraft carrier, penetrated into the interior of the Shokaku aircraft carrier, and made a shocking loud noise.
Amidst the huge explosions and flames, the Shokaku aircraft carrier was almost blown up in half. The blown-off anti-aircraft gun turret flew 3 kilometers away and almost hit another Japanese warship.
This cannonball was dropped by Zhou Zikai.
The fourth aerial bomb did not hit the Japanese aircraft carrier "Ji Zi Xianghe", but the fifth aerial bomb hit the tail and there was another loud noise. The Japanese aircraft carrier was almost blown into three pieces.
The Japs on the aircraft carrier immediately suffered heavy casualties and lost their ability to conduct air attacks.
Several subsequent Goblet bombs failed to hit the Japanese aircraft carrier Xianghe, but the bombs produced a huge shock wave near the Xianghe aircraft carrier, causing the aircraft carrier's hull to bend and begin to capsize.
Similarly, there were Eighth Route Army aircrews carrying cameras and cameras to record this scene.
High in the air.
The Japanese pilot was climbing up in the Zero fighter.
But looking at the Xianghe aircraft carrier that was hit by a bomb and burst into flames and smoke on the sea, the Japanese pilots were stunned, with disbelief on their faces and expressions of sadness and anger.
"Nani?"
Can the aerial bombs dropped by the enemy at an altitude of five or six thousand meters hit the aircraft carrier?
