Chapter 444 Brother Tian is here! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Let out the smoke! Let out the smoke quickly! Let's rush out."

"But Admiral, the British fleet is outside. If we go out, we might be besieged!"

"Don't be afraid. The most dangerous thing now is the enemy's air raid. We can't stay in the lagoon and get bombed. We must rush out immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

Guo Xiaobao's fear of bombing is of course understandable, because he has been following Zhuge's path in maritime aviation, and can be said to be one of the founders of the Ming Navy's carrier aviation force - he himself also obtained a carrier-based aircraft pilot's license, and can be proficient in it

He has been flying aircraft up and down from the aircraft carrier. So he also knows how much carrier-based aircraft and the weapons they carry have improved in the past two years!

Today, Ming Dynasty’s latest Feilong 2 fighter-bomber can carry a 100kg armor-piercing bomb for dive bombing at a 40-degree angle! If a 100kg armor-piercing bomb falls on the Kongming, one can hit it!

The Ssangyong 2 reconnaissance bomber is even more powerful. Although this aircraft has been changed from a twin engine to a single engine, the strong power of its 300-horsepower radial air-cooled engine allows the Ssangyong 2 to carry 2

With one pilot, it can still carry a 250kg bomb and fly for two hours at a speed of 175 kilometers per hour! If it has one less pilot, it can even carry a 300kg armor-piercing bomb.

If a 250-300 kilogram armor-piercing bomb is used on the Kongming, it will be a big hit!

The most brutal one is the Brontosaurus torpedo bomber! This is a twin-engine "heavy" aircraft with a length of 9.7 meters and a wingspan of 18.2 meters. It has two 250-horsepower star-shaped air-cooled engines.

It can carry a 500kg light steam gas torpedo and fly 350 kilometers. If the 500kg torpedo was fired by the Kongming, it might dry up and sink!

Under the command of Guo Xiaobao, who was well aware of the huge threat aircraft posed to warships, the large light cruiser Kongming and the second-class protected cruiser Liu Zhongzhuang (Liu Wei), which had already started their boilers and steam turbines, were covered by the smoke released by the three destroyers.

Get off, leave the anchorage and sail towards the exit of Kwajalein Atoll.

When the other 12 "Island"-class shallow-water heavy artillery boats anchored in the Kwajalein Lagoon saw the Kongming releasing smoke and running away, they all imitated the same pattern. They all used full power and released smoke to cover themselves and sail out of the lagoon.

This smoky scene was quickly discovered by a British airship undertaking a reconnaissance mission in the sky. However, the observers on the British airship did not know that the smoke below was emitted by the Ming warship itself - this is also the fault of the Ming Dynasty.

The smoke bombs used by the Navy are of a single type, all of which are black. When lit, a burst of black smoke billows, which looks almost like being hit by a bullet and setting off a fire. Moreover, the British pigeon aircraft drops bombs and sometimes explodes with huge splashes. Although these bombs

They were air-dropped armor-piercing bombs, but the fuses they used were still as sensitive as artillery-fired armor-piercing bombs, and they exploded when touched, so they exploded one after another after falling into the sea.

This scene is full of water spray, thick smoke, and from time to time, pigeon planes dragging black smoke fall from the sky into the sea. What a fierce battle between sea and air!

Therefore, the British airship observers in the sky thought that their own "pigeon aircraft" had made a great contribution and damaged more than a dozen Ming army battleships and cruisers! So the radio on this airship immediately announced that the air raid had achieved a great victory.

The news was reported to George Elliot and William Baga

"Admiral, great victory, great victory. Our pigeon planes damaged 12 battleships and 2 cruisers in Kwajalein Lagoon. Now, the smoke is billowing in Kwajalein Atoll!"

"God bless England!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"God bless us!"

Following the announcement from the communications staff, the bridge of the battleship König Wilhelm IV was filled with joy. William Baga, who had been nervous before, also showed a satisfied smile and took the copy of the telegram from the fleet communications staff with a smile.

, then looked at it again and again, and finally showed a winner's smile after confirming that it was correct.

He smiled and said: "Gentlemen, our battle has just begun. The 12 battleships and 2 cruisers of the Ming Navy were only damaged and not sunk. After all, our pigeon aircraft can only carry 100 pounds of bombs, and it is still not very powerful.

enough.

According to the report from the airship, the injured Ming warship still maintains its ability to move and is dragging black smoke in an attempt to escape from Kwajalein Atoll. So we are now going to the vicinity of Kwajalein Atoll at full speed, using our 12-inch, 13.5-inch and 14-inch

The main gun will destroy them all!

Now, raise the Z-flag and deliver my order: The British Empire needs every one of us to fight heroically!"

"Yes, sir!"

About 150 nautical miles west of Kwajalein Atoll, the aircraft-carrying battleship cruiser Shu Zhongwang.

In the hangar, several ground crewmen were slowly pushing a Brontosaurus carrier-based torpedo bomber with folded wings onto the elevator. With the help of the hydraulic pump, the fighter plane was slowly lifted onto the deck, facing the howling sea breeze.

Pounced, everyone was immediately refreshed.

"God the Heavenly Father bless it, the Heavenly Father God bless it and it is invulnerable! It hits every target! Brother Tian is possessed. Amen!"

A Hainan Airlines pilot in his twenties, with dark skin and a somewhat ferocious face, was standing next to the plane. He was pressing the fuselage of the plane with one hand and making the sign of the cross with the other hand. He was mumbling something and looked very moral.

Look.

Needless to say, this pilot is also a believer in the God Worshipers. However, he is not a compulsory soldier, but a serious naval officer, a pilot who graduated from the Naval Flight School, with the rank of lieutenant. At the same time, he is also a Hakka from Guangdong and Guangxi, with the surname Xiao

, Mingchaogui will know that he has "great luck" just by looking at his name!

After some prayers, Lieutenant Xiao Chaogui felt that his whole body was full of strength. At this time, he and his plane had already ascended to the flight deck. The deck was extremely crowded. Feilong 2 and Ssangyong 2 were already on the angled deck.

They were densely arranged and waiting to take off. The Thunder Dragon torpedo bomber driven by Xiao Chaogui was a heavy aircraft and needed a longer flight deck for taxiing, so it was placed at the end of the angled deck and was lifted up by the elevator.

Finally, after pushing it a few steps, it was already in place.

Xiao Chaogui has been following his plane, with a stern black face and a slight frown on his face, with a sacred and solemn expression. A lieutenant colonel of Hainan Airlines and the captain of the Shu Zhongwang flying group had already walked up to him at this time.

, said loudly to him: "Chaogui, what are you doing standing still? Get on the plane. It's about to take off!"

"Ah, yes!" Xiao Chaogui was distracted just now. He was yelled at by his boss before he reacted. "Xiangtou, I'll get into the cabin right away." As he said that, he quickly climbed into the Brontosaurus along the ladder that had been set up long ago.

In the cockpit of the plane, his co-pilot had already entered. When he saw Xiao Chaogui in his seat, he said to him: "Lieutenant, have you prayed? Can God bless us this time?"

Xiao Chaogui laughed loudly when he heard this: "Hu Yihuang, don't worry, God will send Brother Tian down to help this time, and we will definitely win!"

"Brother Tian, ​​that's all nonsense!" The co-pilot named Hu Yihuang just smiled and shook his head.

Xiao Chaogui said seriously: "You can't be wrong. When I was admitted to the Naval Academy, I got help from Brother Tian. I couldn't do those multiple-choice questions or true-false questions. I just made blind choices with my eyes closed, and in the end, I couldn't do them all.

right!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a harsh siren sounded. This was the signal for the carrier-based aircraft to start taking off!

Xiao Chaogui stopped greeting his co-pilot, and a sacred and solemn expression appeared on his dark face again.
Chapter completed!