At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army had not yet controlled the Shanghai airport. The enemy mainly attacked Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanchang by using the 1 joint air force based on Taipei, Jeju Island in South Korea and Omura in Japan. Secondly, the fighters of the No.1 1 Air Force (which governs Fengxiang and Longxiang aircraft carriers) and the No.2 Air Force (which governs Kaga aircraft carriers) are used for short-range air strikes. With the advance of the enemy on the ground, the occupied area has been expanding. After the Japanese army took control of the airport, the 2nd United Air Force of the Navy entered Shanghai from Dalian on September 10. The team has two aviation teams, 12 and 13, with 24 fighters, 30 bombers and 12 attack aircraft. The China Air Force's 305 combat aircraft, despite its remarkable achievements, is seriously damaged and difficult to import and replenish. When fighting in Jiangyin Navy, it was not enough to concentrate on defending Nanjing, nor was it able to cooperate with Jiangyin Navy fleet against the enemy.
enter a war
/kloc-in August of 0/3, the battle between Songhu and Shanghai started./kloc-in August of 0/6, seven enemy planes flew over four warships, including Pinghai, Jiangyin, and dropped bombs, but they were violently retaliated by our air fire and fled north. Since then, enemy planes have repeatedly come to harass, but the ship is safe and sound. On August 22nd, Kaga took off 12 plane attacked Ninghai, 1 Enemy 94 carrier bomber was shot down. On 25th, the Japanese plane that took off from "Kaga" came again, but it was countered by the tight war formed by our river ship and the air defense weapons of the land fortress. The enemy has been dealing with me for a month, but the plan to sink our ship has never been successful.
Starboard shooting
On September 22nd, the enemy 12 air force was ordered by the commander of the 2nd United Air Force, Sanli Town, to attack the 12 92 attack aircraft from the middle road. Under the cover of six 95 fighters, it directly attacked Pinghai from three directions in an attempt to sink its flagship. Captain Gao Xianshen immediately ordered all naval guns to shoot at the Japanese plane violently. At the same time, the two brothers' ships also fired together, forcing the enemy plane to fly north and not dare to approach the ship. However, under the attack of the second batch of enemy planes, the "Pinghai" was shot on the starboard side and immediately entered the front cabin. The captain was seriously injured in the waist and red with blood, but he still insisted on directing the action. Zhou Zhaofa, a first-class artillery, was punctured by shrapnel in his right flank and crossed his left arm, bleeding profusely, but he persisted in his gun position and fought back tenaciously with the enemy plane. It was not until the replacement soldier took over that he fell to the ground to rescue him and died gloriously. Staff Sergeant Zhang Yucheng was seriously injured when the stern gun broke down, and took the risk to repair it. The sergeant seriously ignored the shrapnel, bravely repaired it, and was killed. The officers and men of the "Pinghai" ship went on wave after wave and persisted in fighting, forcing the enemy planes to retreat. At noon, the third batch of enemy planes attacked from the upstream direction and dropped bombs at high altitude. Under the counterattack of our army's artillery fire, they were not blown up and scattered. However, the enemy is not reconciled. In the afternoon, the enemy "Kaga" took off and attacked seven carrier-based attack planes. At 5: 30 pm, the enemy 12 air force bombed the flagship for the fifth time in one day with six 92 attack planes and three 95 fighter planes, dropping four bombs on the port side. On this day, the fighting lasted for six hours. Our ship fired 265 shells and more than 4000 machine guns. Five people were killed, 23 were slightly or seriously injured, and five enemy planes were shot down. The ship was shot in many places, and was on alert all night that night, repairing the ship's machinery and preparing for another battle.
lie down
At about 1 1 on the morning of 23rd, two enemy reconnaissance planes watched over our ship and left for about 30 minutes, which indicated that enemy planes were deployed on a large scale. At 2 pm, the enemy 12 air force first attacked and suppressed the artillery fire of our fortress with nine 92 attack planes and three 95 fighter planes. With the main bomber 94 12 and the bomber 96 14 of the 1st 13 Air Force, the enemy "Kaga" took off with eight carrier-based bombers and eight attack planes, and under the cover of four carrier-based fighters, it intensively bombed the "Pinghai". Bombs rained down, two blockbusters hit the hull, and the water column around the river rose into the sky, one after another. "Pinghai" had to sail against the current, but enemy planes followed closely and bombed in batches. Liu Fu, commander of anti-aircraft machine gun, replaced the wounded as an automatic charging shooter. In the middle of the war, unexpectedly, the longitudinal axis of the gun rack was broken due to excessive fire. In danger of emergency repair, he suddenly saw a Japanese plane dropping a bomb. Reluctantly, he grabbed the hot frameless barrel and fired at the enemy. In the "Pinghai" fierce battle, the barrel and bolt of each gun were hot because of excessive firing, but the gunners still fought. On this day, four Japanese planes were shot down, and two of them landed on the observation deck. In the fierce battle, three enemy shells blew through the engine room and ammunition depot, and the river flooded in. The officers and men scrambled to jump into the water to plug the loophole and grab the shells. Finally, because the hull was black and blue, it tilted 45 degrees to the left and sank in the Shierwei Shoal with smoke.