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A jet of water rose 20 meters from the port side of the Taiwan, and the sea water swept across the second deck of the Taiwan along with the shock wave, chilling the sailors on several nearby anti-aircraft gun positions. Drenched, like taking a sea bath.However, these gunners all looked ignorant, they only focused on aiming the muzzle at the sky, and fired the shells like crazy!

"Left, left, Young Master Long, two planes rush down from the left, quickly dodge!"

"Fuck his grandma! Why are these Brits like the Japanese?"

"Don't talk nonsense, take the helm, the Taiwan ship depends entirely on you!"

The atmosphere on Taiwan's ship island was also extremely tense. Everyone was staring at the sky, only to hear the island's chief of staff, Meng Hailong, and Taiwan's captain Long Yuhui, who was manipulating the warship to dodge from left to right, shouted loudly. scream.At this moment, the rudder in Long Yuhui's hands was turning fast. In his hands, the 27000-ton aircraft carrier was as nimble as a four-wheel-drive military jeep. It dodged left and right among the bombs falling like raindrops, and it actually lasted a full 10 minutes. Minutes still unscathed.However, Taiwan's good luck ended here. In the 11th minute of the air strike, with a dull bang, the entire aircraft carrier shook slightly, and a ball of flames rose from the starboard side of the Taiwan aircraft carrier. rise.

"Sir, the right side of the flight deck of USS Taiwan is on fire..."

"Damn! Will the plane still take off?"

"It can still fly, but only one can take off at a time."

Hearing that the plane was still able to take off, Zhao Zheng's pale face brightened a little. He looked at the burning flight deck, and saw that dozens of damage control team members had arrived at the scene and were spraying water with rubber hoses to put out the fire. has been brought under control.However, the opponent's attack was really crazy enough, ignoring the dense anti-aircraft firepower, and diving desperately again and again.Fortunately, due to the long distance, the bombs carried by these Barracuda dive bombers are limited. Each aircraft has only one 225 kg semi-armor-piercing bomb. It's not going to sink.And now these dozens of Barracudas have almost finished dropping their bombs. Except for the Taiwan and Nanjing being hit by a bomb each, it seems that they haven't achieved much results.Let's play the British torpedo bomber next, shall we?

If a few torpedoes are put on the thin hull of this aircraft carrier, it will be more or less ominous.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zheng raised his binoculars and looked at the distant sky. Dozens of slow-flying Swordfish torpedo bombers were getting closer and closer to the battlefield!

"Gui Dan, can the Second Fighter Squadron take off now?" Zhao Zheng put down his binoculars and turned to ask Major Li Guidan, the fleet aviation staff officer behind him.

"Now let the fighter take off!"

Seeing the enemy planes swooping down from outside and the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire, Li Guidan took a breath and said: "In theory, it is possible, but the anti-aircraft firepower needs to be adjusted, which may affect the air defense effect, and it is still possible. Will accidentally hurt."

"Give me an order..." Zhao Zheng waved his hand to interrupt the young aviation staff officer, and said, "Let the second fighter squadron take off and ignore those barracudas and tube-nose swallows. Their target is the Swordfish torpedo bomber. We must not let them A Swordfish approaching the aircraft carrier!"

Seeing the desperate expression on the fleet commander's face, Li Guidan knew that the fleet had reached the most dangerous moment. Compared with the USS Taiwan aircraft carrier, accidentally damaging a few Fw-190Cs was an insignificant loss.Just as he picked up the phone to give the order to the second fighter squadron to attack.The communications staff officer on the side suddenly shouted excitedly. "Your Excellency, Commander! Yunying 12 has spotted a British aircraft carrier! The position is XX east longitude; XX south latitude."

Hearing this news, Zhao Zheng and Meng Hailong's faces flashed a flash of surprise at the same time. The two ignored the fierce confrontation outside and strode to the chart table. Meng Hailong quickly marked the location of the newly discovered British aircraft carrier on it. Location.

"Sir, within the operational range of the aircraft carrier of the Western Fleet of the Chief Chen!" Meng Hailong said after measuring the distance.

"Okay! Order Chen Hualong to attack, send me all the A-4Bs, and sink the British aircraft carrier!" Zhao Zheng ordered.

"Do you want the main force of the Nanyang Fleet to send out carrier-based aircraft?"

"No need, let them send a ship to us." Zhao Zheng thought for a while and said.

Meng Hailong was stunned for a moment, and reminded: "Commander, it will take at least 30 minutes for their ship to fly over. I'm afraid the battle here is over already?"

Zhao Zheng smiled coldly: "I didn't ask them to rescue the Taiwan. I asked them to follow those British carrier-based planes to find their aircraft carrier!"

"Those Brits will find out, they have a seaplane equipped with radar." Meng Hailong hesitated.

Zhao Zheng stood up straight, turned his gaze to the air where the fierce battle was taking place, snorted coldly, and spit out a few words. "I just want them to jump into the sea!"

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"Sir! Chinese plane!"

Colonel Anderson had just completed a series of tactical maneuvers such as circling, rolling over, diving, and pulling up with his super high driving skills, and finally got rid of an Fw-190C. It rang.

"What! Another Chinese plane!" Colonel Anderson was so anxious that he was about to cry.In less than 10 minutes, less than half of my 40 Guanbiyans were gone, while my opponent was only 8 Fw-190s!These tube-nose swallows of mine are not as fast as others, and their maneuvering performance is not as good as that of their opponents. When it comes to climbing and diving, they still can't do it!If it wasn't for an ace pilot like myself, as long as he was bitten by the opponent, he would die!

"Colonel, it's not the Chinese plane that bit us." Silver finally said something that comforted Colonel Anderson, but the next sentence made the colonel's heart fall into the ice hole. "It's another dozen Fw-190s on the USS Taiwan aircraft carrier taking off! They are below us, and they don't seem to be coming at us."

"It's not coming for us? Who is it going for?" Anderson froze for a moment, then hurriedly turned the wing and looked down.I only saw a dozen Fw-190Cs with blue sky and white sun marks on their wings flying towards the right front of the aircraft carrier formation at an altitude of about 1000 meters. Dozens of Swordfish torpedo bombers were spotted limping along.

"They're going to deal with Swordfish! These Chinese devils are going to deal with Swordfish!" Anderson couldn't help shouting, if these dozens of Fw-190s were to rush into the middle of those slow Swordfish, it would be impossible. It was a one-sided massacre!And if those swordfish want to escape, the only way is to throw away the torpedo to reduce weight...

"Victory Fighter Squadron, Dreadnought Fighter Squadron, you are pestering those 8 Fw-190s, others follow me! Let's block the Fw-190s below, and don't let them hurt Swordfish!"

"But sir! There are only 4 tube-nose swallows left in our squadron!"

"So do we, we only have 5 tube-nose swallows..."

The protests of the captains of the two fighter squadrons, Victory and Dreadful, came from the headset.Two squadrons, 9 Guanbiyans went to fight with 8 Fw-190s, and of course the whole army was wiped out.But Anderson has no choice, this is a battlefield, someone must die for the British Empire!He took a deep breath and ordered: "This is an order! Now I order you to die for the king and for the British Empire!"

"God! You can't do this..." At this moment, there was a wail in the earphones.

"Go to hell! Go now!" Anderson yelled this sentence into the headset with all his strength, stretched out his left hand and pressed heavily on the switch of the airborne radio station, turning off the radio station.Then he pushed the joystick hard with his right hand, and the plane swooped down to a dozen Fw-190s below.Although Colonel Anderson already knew that it was futile, but in order to fulfill his duties as a soldier, he could only choose to fight!

Chapter 0856 Sunset of the Old Empire (seventeen) is independence, not abandonment

The flagship of the Western Fleet, Zhongshan.

The ringing of the telephones in the command center kept ringing one after another. The latest information and battle situation on the entire Indian Ocean battlefield were transmitted here from the communication center through these telephones, and one after another combat orders were also passed through these telephones. From the mouth of Admiral Si, it was transmitted to the communication center, and then to the Chinese naval fleet and bases scattered throughout the Indian Ocean.

Chen Si received an order from Admiral Zhao Zheng 30 minutes ago to take over the command of the Nanyang and Western Fleets.Zhao Zheng's flagship Taiwan was hit by a 225 kg semi-armour-piercing bomb on the aviation deck in the previous fight with the British carrier-based aircraft, which reduced the aircraft's take-off and landing capacity by half.However, this is not the main reason for the Taiwan to withdraw from the battle and return to Singapore. What caused the Taiwan to be unable to fulfill the responsibility of the joint flagship of the "Two Oceans Fleet" was a 760-kilogram aviation torpedo launched by a Swordfish torpedo bomber.This torpedo opened a large hole more than ten meters wide in the stern of Taiwan's hull, poured thousands of tons of seawater, flooded several compartments, caused the aircraft carrier to tilt 15 degrees, and finally had to inject nearly 12 tons The seawater kept in balance, and more seriously, the seawater poured in from the breach in the stern of the ship once poured into the power compartment. Although the seawater was finally discharged after all-out repairs, the ship's power system was still seriously damaged. The speed dropped to less than [-] knots, and I had to withdraw from the battle and staggered back to Singapore for repairs.It is estimated that within two months, this most powerful aircraft carrier in China will never return to the battlefield.

However, compared to the role played by the USS Taiwan aircraft carrier in this Indian Ocean battle, this loss is now insignificant!Because Cunningham and his Indian Ocean fleet paid an extremely heavy price to eliminate this "bait"!Not only was the "Glorious" aircraft carrier severely damaged (it had actually sunk), but what was more serious was that the carrier fleet that raided the Taiwan lost more than 285% of its aircraft, and the remaining dozens of tube-nose swallows and barracudas (Swordfish) All the models were wiped out) and were followed by 190 Fw-4C and A-[-]B... If these British carrier-based aircraft pilots did not choose to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the sea halfway, their aircraft carrier would be doomed!

Are those British carrier-based pilots willing to throw themselves into the sea?Chen Si's swarthy face showed a bit of sarcasm, these Western devils are more afraid of death than Eastern devils.If they weren't for the [-]% to [-]% chance of survival, they could have driven a carrier-based aircraft to hit the USS Taiwan aircraft carrier, just like the Japanese kamikaze, then the USS Taiwan must have sunk by now.It seems that after this battle, the British Royal Navy is no longer an opponent of the Chinese Navy!It's time for them to go back to Europe and defend those three islands.And the U.S. Pacific Fleet seems to have no time to revive. The future Pacific Ocean will be a competition between China and Japan...

"Sir, the carrier fleet has spotted a British aircraft carrier, which seems to be the HMS Bravery." Just as Chen Si was wondering when the relationship between China and Japan would be torn apart, Rear Admiral Song Da, chief of staff of the Western Fleet, brought him another good news.

The British fleet, which was searched by the radar of the Yunying 50 seaplane 12 minutes ago, has now been discovered by the carrier-based aircraft sent by the four aircraft carriers of the Western Fleet.

Except for the flagship Zhongshan, which is a regular aircraft carrier, the four motherships of the Western Fleet are all "Heilongjiang" class transformed from merchant ships, which can only carry 50 aircraft. The carrier-based aircraft of the entire fleet (excluding seaplanes) There were only 230 in total. In this wave of air strikes, Chen Si sent 180, including 4 A-140B dive bombers and 190 Fw-40C fighter jets.The British Bravery can only carry a maximum of 48 carrier-based aircraft, and most of them have been sent out to fight at the moment, leaving at most 10 and 8 tube-nose swallows, which is not worth mentioning at all!This brave ship seems to be reimbursed, and now it is waiting for the returning British carrier-based aircraft to take the 285 carriers sent by the Nanyang Fleet to the remaining two British aircraft carriers.

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Blue sky and white clouds, sparkling blue waves.

The scenery of the Indian Ocean in spring is beautiful, and the air is so fresh, people can’t help but want to be buried here... Well, the Chinese imperialist citizens who travel to the Indian Ocean in future generations probably won’t have it Such a strange idea.However, during the sea-air battle in April 1939, Colonel Anderson, who was driving a bullet-scarred Swallow-type carrier-based fighter jet through the blue sky and white clouds, really wanted to plunge headfirst into the blue sea. Forget about being buried for the British Empire!

Because at this moment, above the clouds less than 5000 meters behind him, there are more than 280 Chinese planes with blue sky and white sun marks painted on the wings and fuselage, chasing after him at a leisurely pace.Oh, it should not be chasing, but tailing.With the speed of those Fw-190Cs, if you want to catch up, you will catch up long ago.But they are obviously setting out a long line to catch big fish!It is to let these fleeing British planes take them to the British aircraft carrier.

"Colonel! Colonel! My plane is almost out of fuel! What should I do? What should I do? I don't want to die yet..." I don't know whose voice came from the headset.

Colonel Anderson glanced at his fuel gauge, and he was almost running out of fuel.Now there are only two options before him. One is to continue to circle the Indian Ocean with more than 280 Chinese planes behind him until the dozens of planes he leads run out of fuel and crash into the sea!The second is to immediately return to the USS Victory aircraft carrier 120 kilometers away... At the same time, take the Chinese planes with 500 kg heavy bombs along with them, and use the sinking of the Victory in exchange for the lives of more than 100 people.

Admiral Cunningham had ordered the Victory to tell Anderson his specific location, but he did not give him an order to return or die.Did the admiral put the final decision in his hands, is the life of more than 100 people who followed him more important, or the lives of thousands of British sailors in the Victory aircraft carrier battle group are more precious?

This question seems to involve human nature, the meaning of life, and many complicated thoughts. In short, it is difficult to answer... Decades later, in 1998, American Jewish film director, Steven Spielberg also filmed the movie "Saving the Victory" based on this story, and also won nine awards of the 2000 world film's highest award-the Gobert Film Award!

Colonel Anderson, played by Tom Hanks, weeps as he thinks about his wife and children and the happy life of the past in a film that touched billions of people around the world (including Chinese imperialist citizens at the time) , While using various absurd reasons or excuses through the airborne radio station, he persuaded all the crew members of the carrier-based aircraft he led to agree to sacrifice their lives in order to save the Victory aircraft carrier battle group!

In that movie, Colonel Anderson did not rely on coercion, but patient persuasion or deception, and finally got everyone to agree to die with him-the purpose is to save more lives.

And all the conversations between Anderson and his subordinates were clearly heard by the pilots of the Chinese carrier-based fleet who were only a few kilometers away from them through the airborne radio. In the end, these Chinese pilots witnessed all the British planes exhausted It crashed into the vast Indian Ocean with all its fuel!

One of them, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Zhesheng, the captain of the Chinese Naval Air Corps, used a considerable amount of space to record this touching history in the "Memoirs of Liu Zhesheng" published in the future...

But this history is also very cruel!Because just after the last British carrier-based aircraft crashed into the sea, the report of the seaplane Yunying 13 came from the earphones of the Chinese carrier-based aircraft pilot who witnessed all this.