The German "Arado ar 196" light seaplane, ar 196 uses a mixed skin of metal and canvas, with a relatively wide field of vision.

Weapons: 2 fixed forward-firing 20mm cannons, 1 fixed forward-firing 7.92mm machine gun, mg81z twin machine guns at the rear of the cockpit, and two 50kg bombs can be hung under the wings. Its firepower was extremely amazing in the early 1930s.

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Moreover, the aircraft is also equipped with radio equipment. When the aircraft conducts shore-based patrol and reconnaissance, it can still maintain good radio communication with the rear base.

The Arado AR 196 was developed as a standardized carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft for the German army and could be catapulted from cruisers and battleships.

As a monoplane, the AR 196 has much better combat performance than the HE 60 and HE 115 biplanes originally developed by the German army. It can perform a variety of tasks such as coastal patrol, submarine hunting, bombing, reconnaissance and escort.

Considered one of the best carrier-based water reconnaissance aircraft in the early days of World War II.

It also has an excellent record of shooting down a group of British Spitfire fighter jets. Six Spitfire fighter jets besieged a lone "Arado ar 196" light seaplane, but two of them were damaged by counterattacks.

The British Army's "Spitfire" mk1 uses a high-horsepower "Merlin" engine, which not only flies fast, but also has better horizontal turning combat performance, and has as many as 8 7.7mm machine guns, but when faced with German aircraft

However, the two 20mm cannons had insufficient firepower and were injured.

But here comes the problem. The "Arado ar 196" light seaplane can only carry two 50-kilogram bombs, and it can't even carry a 500-pound bomb.

So how to bomb the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters?

So when Liu Feiyang dispatched the "Arado ar 196" light seaplane group to bomb the Japanese Marine Corps headquarters, he changed his mind.

He planned to use 16 "Arado ar 196" light seaplanes, all of which would focus on bombing the Japanese aggressors' cruiser "Izumo" flagship. If necessary, he could even hit the Japanese aggressors' cruiser "Izumo" with both men and aircraft.

"On the flagship, we perished together.

As a result, the menacing 16 "Arado ar 196" light seaplanes suddenly made a sharp turn in the airspace of Songhu and headed towards the Huangpu River where the flagship of the Japanese cruiser "Izumo" was located.

Fly in that direction,

Prepare to take advantage of the fierce melee between the National Army flying force, the Japanese aircraft fleet, and the Japanese Third Fleet to conduct a sudden sneak attack and bombing, blowing up the Japanese cruiser "Izumo" flagship in one fell swoop, and completing the system ahead of schedule

The side combat mission given.

Japanese Third Fleet,

On the flagship of the Japanese cruiser "Izumo",

In the command room,

The commander of the 3rd Fleet Headquarters, Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, and a group of Japanese naval officers and staff around him were observing the increasingly fierce air battles and air defense operations in the sky.

"Damn the China Army flying force, they can actually fly these old IWC aircraft to carry out such intensive air strikes and bombings on us? It's completely beyond my expectation!"

"Why are the reinforcements from the Chinese Army arriving at such an early date, but our reinforcements are still on the way?"

"That guy Iwane Matsui, why are you so slow?"

"Didn't he always want to occupy Songhu, where the Chinese Army was stationed? Isn't he ambitious?"

"But the help is coming so slowly, what good things does he have in mind?"

"Once our navy is defeated, their army's attack will not be much better!"

"It's really abominable!"

The commander, General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, sighed while observing the fierce air battle with his telescope.

After seeing that the battle situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to his side,

The commander-in-chief, General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, had a violent temper, and he angrily cursed the National Air Force and Matsui Iwanemichi.

"Your Excellency, Commander! Look at the sky, there is suddenly another group of flying troops!"

"Their aircraft model is something we have never seen before. It doesn't seem to be a model of the China Army's aircraft?"

"Where did they come from? Are they our reinforcements or a foreign aircraft group?"

"Does the foreign flying force also want to participate in this Songhu battle and assist the China Army in fighting our Imperial Navy?"

But just as the commander, General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, was venting his bad emotions, the staff officer, Kanji Furuta, standing next to him, suddenly exclaimed.

At the same time, he immediately pointed his finger at the sky, the direction of the 16 menacing "Arado Ar 196" light seaplanes that suddenly appeared, and alerted all the Japanese naval officers, staff, and commanders present.

General Tanigawa Kiyoshi was able to know which flying force he was talking about that suddenly appeared.

"Hey! These are not the aircraft of the China Army. Prepare to attack these aircraft groups of unknown origin!"

"Perhaps it is a new seaplane of the foreigners, so let our diplomats immediately communicate and negotiate with the foreigners to find out whether these incoming new aircraft are sent by them to participate in combat against our imperial navy!"

"If they are combat aircraft sent by foreigners, they must give our empire a satisfactory answer!"

"In addition, carry out comprehensive air defense immediately. These new seaplane groups must not be allowed to approach us! Quick air defense counterattack!"

When the commander, General Kiyoshi Hasegawa, saw clearly the model of the aircraft in the direction indicated by his staff officer, Kanji Furuta,

His expression suddenly changed, he exclaimed, and issued a series of orders.

But the "Arado ar 196" light seaplane was still not afraid of life and death and rushed towards the flagship of the cruiser "Izumo" where he was.

This made all the Japanese officers and staff on the flagship of the cruiser "Izumo" look panicked.

Because what suddenly attacked were 16 new-type seaplanes that they had never seen before, and they were not the old, almost obsolete IWC aircraft flown by the National Army Flying Forces.

So for the arrival of a new seaplane group whose firepower performance is unknown,

All of a sudden, all the Japanese officers and staff on the flagship of the cruiser "Izumo" were shocked. So soon these Japanese officers and staff were also commanding the air defense firepower network of all the ships.

Go all out and launch air defense operations.

It even sent orders to the entire Third Fleet ships to support air defense operations.

As a result, for a time, the entire air raid operation on the Huangpu River also appeared with a more intense air defense firepower network.

And faced with such a completely unexpected battle situation,

All the national army flying units that were fighting against the Japanese aircraft groups, as well as the citizens watching the air raids on the Huangpu River on the Songhu Bund and outside the foreign concessions, were all shocked.
Chapter completed!