Chapter 502 The First Battle of the East China Sea Fleet (Part 2)
After receiving the news that two attack aircraft that were out for reconnaissance were shot down, the atmosphere in the war room suddenly became tense. Because this means that the enemy has appeared and may have discovered traces of our own fleet, and the opponent's carrier-based aircraft have also
It may appear in his head at any time and say: "Your Excellency, Commander, no matter what decision you make, I will support you. Please make a decision quickly. Please." After Ugaki finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Shiozawa Koichi.
A bow.
Shiozawa Koichi also knew that the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly and fighter opportunities are fleeting. The most taboo thing for a general is hesitation. Even if a general makes a wrong decision, it is better than hesitating and missing a good opportunity.
Shiozawa Koichi gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Order all remaining Zero fighters to take off, and the fleet to retreat immediately to avoid enemy detection."
It seems that Koichi Shiozawa wants to preserve those new fighter planes.
"Hai"
As the order was issued, thirty more Zero fighters left the deck and flew forward.
"1075, pay attention behind you, the little devil is coming towards you."
"1036, come and support me, I'm bitten"
The sky was full of flying bullets, and dozens of fighter planes were still fighting to the death. As time went by, the Chinese pilots, who had the upper hand in both ability and training, gradually took the initiative on the battlefield. They used
At the cost of losing four Wildcats, twenty-one Japanese Zeros were wiped out, making them who were originally at a numerical disadvantage now have the upper hand.
"Sir, the Japs' reinforcements are coming." Huang Haoran, who had just shot down a Zero, had no time to rejoice when the voice of his wingman rang out in his headset.
Huang Haoran looked up and saw dozens of small black dots flying from the southeast. He knew without thinking that those coming from that direction would definitely not be his own reinforcements.
Turning around and looking around, the Japanese planes here have been killed and defeated. The battle can be over in half an hour at most, but
Huang Haoran knew in his heart that the two sides were now in a mess and could not be separated for a while, so he connected to the public channel and ordered: "Attention all units, the Japanese reinforcements are coming. Don't separate, everyone come closer to me."
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While they were talking, the Japanese reinforcements had already arrived, and they rushed towards Huang Haoran and the others fiercely. Just as Huang Haoran and the others were in a bitter battle, a large number of East China Sea Fleet fighter jets took off from another aircraft carrier and rushed to support them. They also rushed to the battlefield.
Huang Haoran and the reinforcements who arrived together killed all the Japanese Zeros, and in the end only a dozen Zeros escaped.
"Sir, our fighter planes have beaten away all the Japanese Zeros. Let's send bombers and torpedo planes to attack immediately."
On the aircraft carrier Zheng He, after receiving the good news from the front, the officers in the war room became excited and collectively made a request to Shen Honglie to take advantage of the victory to pursue the First Fleet.
"Send my order and all fighter planes will return immediately."
In excitement, Shen Honglie, who was about to order the dive bombers and torpedo planes on the aircraft carrier to take off, suddenly remembered the president's instructions before leaving, and promptly changed his words.
"Sir, now is a good time to take advantage of the victory and pursue pursuit. How can we let the fighter planes return?" The surrounding officers exclaimed in unison.
Shen Honglie said in a deep voice: "No, we must rush to the Dingzhou port this afternoon and launch an attack on the Japanese army in Dingzhou. Don't forget that our main task is to cooperate with the army to capture Dingzhou. The 1st Airborne Division is currently in Dingzhou
We are stuck in a bitter battle, are we going to die without saving anything?"
The officers looked at each other one by one. Shen Honglie silenced everyone with just one sentence. No one dared to bear this crime. If the reputation of being a person who refused to save anyone even spread out in the army, Your reputation in the army is completely ruined. Soldiers are all people who work with their heads in their belts. Who can guarantee that they will not be in trouble? If you do the first grade of junior high school today, you will You will be dumbfounded when others do fifteen.
Not to mention that the East China Sea Fleet is turning around and heading towards Dingzhou. Zhang Lingfu is now commanding the First Airborne Division to occupy both ends of the road in the south of Dingzhou, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.
The Southern Highway was the only way for the Japanese troops in Dingzhou to retreat. After a night of hard fighting, the Airborne Division established two positions at the commanding heights at both ends of the Southern Highway.
After dawn, Xiangyue Qingsi in Dingzhou City became furious after receiving the report from his subordinates. Last night, a small group of paratroopers parachuted into the city launched an attack on his headquarters. Although it was unsuccessful, Xiangyue Qingsi was also I was so scared that I broke into a cold sweat.
After daybreak, I heard that the retreat route was blocked, so it was okay. Kozuki Kiyoshi quickly mobilized three regiments and a field artillery regiment to launch a counterattack against the paratroopers entrenched at both ends of the road. For a time, the paratroopers without heavy weapons had a very difficult time fighting.