Chapter 975

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

The shrill air defense siren echoed over the airport, and fighter planes painted with Iron Crosses were launching attacks. The runway of the airport had been blown out by bombs, making it impossible for aircraft to take off and land normally. This made it impossible for aircraft to take off and land normally. The planes on the tarmac all became targets.

Under the attacks of the Third Reich Navy carrier-based aircraft, almost all the dozens of fighter planes of the Eastern Empire Army Air Force stationed at the airport were unable to do so. Spared.

Of course, these fighters of the Eastern Empire Army Air Force, whether they are the most advanced Type 4 fighters, Type 3 fighters, or the relatively older Type 2 fighters and Type 1 fighters, are not from the Third Reich Navy at all. The opponent of the carrier-based FW-190 fighter. You must know that even the most advanced four-type fighter has a maximum flight speed of only 660 kilometers per hour, which is simply incomparable with the carrier-based FW-190 fighter. And in terms of firepower , the same is true. The two 20mm cannons and two 12.7mm aviation machine guns of the four-type fighter are already considered good. But the carrier-based FW-190 fighter of the Third Reich Navy is equipped with four 20mm cannon and two 12.7 mm aviation machine guns.

Those Type 99 attack aircraft/reconnaissance aircraft, Type 99 light bombers, Type 98 light bombers, Type 97 heavy bombers, etc. parked on the tarmac are even easier to defeat. They were destroyed by bombs or cannon shells falling from the sky. These aircraft were blown into a pile of scrap metal without playing any role.

"Fire! Kill those German planes!"

"For the empire, for His Majesty the Emperor! Onboard! Onboard!"

The air defense troops of the Eastern Empire on the ground, under the leadership of their officers, are desperately resisting the attack of the Third Reich Navy's carrier-based aircraft group.

"Boom, boom, boom! Da da da!"

A series of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were firing crazily.

Intense anti-aircraft firepower was fired into the sky, trying to prevent the attack of the Third Reich Navy's carrier-based aircraft group.

However, this was in vain.

The air defense of the Eastern Empire The soldiers' counterattack instead triggered attacks by fighter jets and dive bombers of the Third Reich Navy.

When aircraft machine guns and cannons strafed these anti-aircraft positions, a large number of the Toyo Empire's anti-aircraft troops were torn to pieces.

"boom! boom!"

A violent explosion sounded, and these air defense positions were directly destroyed. The soldiers of the Eastern Empire were blown to pieces, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were blown into parts.

Under the attack of the Third Reich's carrier-based aircraft group, In just twenty minutes, the entire airport was bombed into ruins. A large number of fighter planes were destroyed at the airport before they took off.

Under the attack of the Third Reich Navy, the Eastern Empire Army Air Force located on the Tianzhu Peninsula The airport suffered a fatal blow. Dozens of airports, large and small, were all destroyed in just two days. More than a thousand aircraft were lost. This directly caused the Eastern Empire Army Air Force to lose air superiority on the Tianzhu Peninsula.. On the contrary, as the Third Reich Air Force continued to strengthen its air power on the Tianzhu Peninsula, the Southern Army of the Eastern Empire was completely suppressed by the Third Reich Air Force in the subsequent battles. After clearing the air of the Eastern Empire on the Tianzhu Peninsula After gaining strength, the Third Reich Navy began to launch attacks on the airports of the Eastern Empire in Burma, the Malay Peninsula and even Sumatra.

Stationed in these areas were not only the fighter planes of the Eastern Empire Army Air Force, but also the shores of the Naval Air Force. base aircraft.

But no matter what, the Toyo Empire was still unable to prevent the attacks of the Third Reich's naval carrier-based aircraft.

Although the Toyo Empire had a lot of air power stationed in these areas, it was so spread out that they There is simply no way to form a joint force. When attacked by the Third Reich Navy's carrier-based aircraft units, they often fight independently. This makes it easy for them to be besieged by the Third Reich Navy's carrier-based aircraft units and thus be defeated individually.

In the Third Reich, Under the attack of the Imperial Navy's carrier-based aircraft group, the aviation force deployed by the Eastern Empire on the coast of Menggala Bay suffered a near-destructive blow.

A large number of combat aircraft were destroyed at the airport before they could even take off.. The losses of pilots and ground crews were also very high. In addition, the sea route in Mengjiala Bay was also cut off by the Third Reich Navy, which directly put the Southern Army fighting on the Tianzhu Peninsula into an isolated and helpless situation..At the same time, the transport fleet departing from the Third Reich mainland has entered the Mediterranean Sea and is heading straight for the Suez Canal. It will not take long to cross the Suez Canal and the Red Sea and enter the Tianzhu Ocean. Once the

Third Reich A large number of armies arrived on the Tianzhu Peninsula. It didn’t take much to know that the Third Reich would launch a fierce counterattack on the Tianzhu Peninsula. By then, the Southern Army would be in danger.

Under such circumstances, the top brass of the Eastern Empire were greatly dissatisfied. Especially the army staff officers The commander-in-chief, Marshal Sugiyama, even accused the Navy Combined Fleet of deliberately avoiding the fight, causing the Army Air Force to suffer heavy losses and no longer being able to maintain air superiority on the battlefield. Now, it has put the

Eastern Empire Army's Southern Army into crisis.

East. Prime Minister Jōinji was also very dissatisfied. Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku had previously told him that the Combined Fleet would do its best to fight the Third Reich Navy.

However, for a whole week, the Combined Fleet was still huddled in the Lion City and did not enter the Tianzhu Ocean..On the contrary, it caused the Third Reich Navy to launch attacks everywhere in the Bay of Menggala, so that the Eastern Empire paid an extremely heavy price.

This made the Eastern Empire Army very dissatisfied, believing that the Navy was deliberately consuming the Army's strength.

Although, the Minister of the Navy of the Eastern Empire Shitaro Shimada and the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Command, Admiral Hayao Shimamura, firmly stood on the side of Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku and defended him. Claiming that Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku was thinking about how to defeat the Third Reich Navy was not to avoid war.

But alas, with the Army in charge, their justifications were of little use.

In addition, there was also a wave of calls in the Eastern Empire for the United Fleet to move westward, fight a decisive battle with the Third Reich Navy, and defeat the Third Reich Navy in one fell swoop.

This put the Eastern Empire Navy's combined fleet under great pressure. Even if Yamamoto Isoroku, the commander of the combined fleet, is already a navy marshal, he still cannot withstand such great pressure.

Under such circumstances, the combined fleet and Marshal Yamamoto Isoroku had no choice.