genius war girl

Chapter 522 Pursuit
"ended."

Looking at the burning wreckage of the fighter plane on the sea, Otowa couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

When she was chased by those Zero Fighters just now, she panicked to death. After all, the maneuverability of the Kingfisher is not comparable to that of fighter jets.Fortunately, the operations of these AIs are average, so they were not defeated.

"Do you need supplies for the ship?" Arisa's voice came from the earphone.

"Not for the time being, the fuel is still sufficient."

The Kingfisher's endurance is very good, with a range of 982 miles (1580 kilometers), enough to keep Otowa in the air for hours.

Just when Otowa was about to return to the previous airspace, Jesnia's voice suddenly came from the radio.

"This is Team β, and another wave of enemy planes is approaching, the number is more than 10."

"A second wave of attack? Prepare for air defense!" Arisa said loudly.

An aircraft carrier must carry more than 8 aircraft, even if it is a light aircraft carrier. These dozen enemy aircraft are likely to be recruited by the eight that were shot down before.

"It's all Type [-] ship attack and Zero fighter jets. The one attacking us should be an IJN light aircraft carrier."

Jesnia did not retreat in a hurry, but observed these approaching enemy planes.

If it is a fleet aircraft carrier, the Type 99 ship-based attack aircraft must be indispensable to participate in the attack, but now there are only two types of aircraft, the Type 97 ship-based attack aircraft and the Type Zero ship-based fighter.

"Then these planes should be their last wave. Come on everyone." Arisa said energetically.

IJN's light aircraft carriers are generally configured with 18+3 ships and 9 ships for attack, usually no more than 30, which is one of the reasons why Arisa is so confident.

With Jesnia's early warning, the anti-aircraft guns on the left side of the ship were activated in advance, aiming anti-aircraft guns of various calibers at the direction of the incoming enemy plane.

Almost at the moment when the enemy plane appeared in the sky, the four 127mm dual-mounted MK12 dual-purpose guns on the USS Cleveland fired.

Eight VT bombs flew towards the sky in a neat arc, and then exploded in the center of the fleet in the distance.

Within a few seconds, another round of VT bombs flew towards these enemy planes.

Although these high-level dual-purpose guns are manually loaded, the mechanical loading method allows them to have a rate of fire of 15-22 rounds per minute, and only 8 guns can be quite violent.

During the breakthrough process, several planes in the enemy fleet were shot down, and the surviving fighters were basically injured. The VT bomb really deserves to be a black technology of the US emperor.

After the fleet was washed by 127mm shells for a round, it was attacked by Bofors 40mm shells.

The Cleveland class obtained by Otowa and his team is considered an early model, so it is not equipped with the four-mounted Bofors with magically modified fire control, but the double-mounted Bofors is enough for these aircraft.

For experienced anti-aircraft gunners, whether there is good fire control has little effect.Even with the most basic disc sight in front of her, Teresa is sure to shoot down the enemy plane.

After all, she has the magic cannon Bofors in her hands.

Some people have made rough statistics, and more than half of the number of people shot down by US anti-aircraft guns on the Pacific battlefield were contributed by Bofors.

The British Empire, the United States, and dozens of other countries purchased licenses for this gun, and the Bofors L60 was exported to 18 different countries around the world in the early years of World War II.

Not only the Allies use this kind of artillery, but District [-] also seized this kind of artillery in Singapore, but due to various reasons, it cannot be imitated in large quantities.

The German Navy equipped this thing in 1939. The L60 captured by Poland, Norway and France was code-named Flak28 and equipped on submarines, Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen.

bang bang bang bang-

The two Bofors L60 cannons in front of Teresa fired in turn, and one after another the 40mm anti-aircraft gun shells rushed towards the enemy plane.

As the fleet approached, the 20mm Oerlikon cannons deployed everywhere also spit out flames.

The scene of a large number of tracer shells flying in the sky is very spectacular. The 20mm, 40mm, and 127mm shells formed a rain of death in the sky, constantly harvesting enemy planes trying to approach them.

Of course, although the enemy fleet paid a considerable price, there are still many enemy planes that broke through the firepower net.

Although the Cleveland's air defense is strong, it is not as perverted as it is in Wowos, and several Type [-] naval attack ships have begun to drop bombs.

Four Type 91 aviation torpedoes fell into the sea smoothly, and then sailed side by side to the USS Cleveland.

Although Shizuku had ordered the helmsman to evade in advance, the four torpedoes were thrown a bit well, and one torpedo still hit the front of the hull.

thump—

The sound was so loud that everyone on board could hear it clearly.

Even on the bridge, Arisa could feel the impact of the torpedo's underwater explosion.

"What about the damage?" Shizuku asked unhurriedly.

"The living area is flooded, and the watertight door is being closed. The ammunition depots of the No. [-] and No. [-] turrets are in good condition."

After glancing at the tactics panel, Arisa couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The survivability of the USS Cleveland is still worthy of her tonnage. None of the 27 ships of this class built in World War II were sunk has shown this.

A mere 800-kilogram aviation torpedo can't kill your father.

"The enemy fleet has begun to retreat."

The few surviving fighter planes turned their course one after another, and then began to flee.

After throwing the torpedo, of course I just run away, or stay here to gain experience for the anti-aircraft artillery?
During the run, several more planes were shot down by anti-aircraft guns, and finally managed to escape the enemy planes with one palm.

After leaving the attack range of the anti-aircraft guns, these surviving AIs slowed down their speed and entered the established cruise mode.

But these AIs didn't know that an uninvited guest was following them not far behind.

"This is Otowa, now start tracking these enemy planes."

Yin Yu is not a calm person, after suffering such a big loss, of course she can't pretend nothing happened.

When the enemy fleet left, she drove the Kingfisher to follow up without anyone noticing, trying to find out the mothership of these carrier-based aircraft.

"It's too messy, you will get lost in the sea." Arisa said eagerly.

"I'm sure."

After a while, these four words came out from Yin Yu's mouth.

Just remember the direction you flew from, and fly back in this direction later, Otowa is still very confident in his sense of direction.

"I still disagree!"

"No, let her go."

At the critical moment, Shizuku still spoke.

"Shizuku..." Arisa's expression instantly became complicated.

"I trust her."

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(End of this chapter)