The Japanese air commander was obviously a veteran. After two fighters were knocked out by a sudden attack, he did not order the bombers to return. Instead, he ordered the bombers to stay in formation and continue to prepare for bombing. He himself led the remaining six Type 1 fighters.
Fight against.
The Type 1 fighter, also known as the Hayabusa, successfully flew in 1938 and was officially put into production in 1940. At the same time, this fighter was also the first Japanese Army fighter equipped with retractable landing gear, bulletproof armor and self-sealing fuel tanks.
Before its appearance, this fighter was the No. 1 fighter among the Japanese military.
The commander was about to command the remaining six Type One fighters to fight, but found that the Chinese fighters did not entangle with them at all. After destroying two of their aircraft, they immediately accelerated and dived to break away from contact, and then began to climb, three or two.
All the people who came down were actually run away by them.
Although the other party did not quarrel with him, the commander, Captain Matsuyama Shimo, had clearly seen the appearance of the other party's fighter plane.
The stubby fuselage and round body looked a bit funny or even ridiculous, but instead of laughing, Matsuyama had a solemn look on his face.
"Sir, those Chinese fighter planes look like big barrels. They are the flying brigade of the Liantai Militia!" someone shouted loudly on the communication channel.
The battle between the Flying Group and the 21st Flying Group these days was not in vain. The P47 fighter jet was quickly regarded as the most dangerous enemy by the 21st Fighting Group with its fierce firepower, thick armor and excellent low-attack performance.
In these days of fighting, the Japanese pilots found that whether the fighter they were flying was a Type 96 fighter or a Type 1 fighter, the 7.7mm machine gun equipped with it could hardly pose a threat to the thick-skinned P47. It often required several aircraft to attack in turn.
And only by hitting the opponent's key parts such as cockpit, mailbox, engine, etc. can it be destroyed.
Looking at the opponent's fighter planes, the P47 equipped with eight 12.7 mm machine guns only needs one round of bullets to shoot them into the air.
The Japanese aircraft at Yangmingpu Airport are not directly under the control of the 21st Flying Group, but I have heard of the reputation of the flying group to some extent, so I recognized them at a glance.
"So what? Everyone, hurry up and fight. The bomber group must maintain its formation and must not be separated!"
After recognizing that his opponent was actually the famous Rendai Flying Group, Matsuyama Shitzu couldn't help but feel nervous, realizing that he might be in trouble today.
However, whether it was out of a soldier's creed or his own pride, he was not allowed to make any retreat. With an order, the remaining six Japanese fighter planes formed a diamond formation and headed towards Si, which was still slowly climbing.
Tuka jumped over.
Matsuyama Shita was indeed an experienced commander. He knew very well that the other party would not just sit back and watch them shoot down their own bombers, otherwise their commander would personally shoot the other party's commander after they returned.
It has to be said that Matsuyama Kazuo is indeed very experienced and ruthless. This move indeed targeted the weakness of the flying brigade, but the only thing he did not consider was that he underestimated the performance of the P47.
As one of the three best fighter jets of the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, the P47 is not only powerful because of its thick skin and thick flesh, it is also extremely fast, especially when Gao Hongming equipped it to the flying brigade.
The P47D model is the most mature and largest-volume model in the P47 series.
This model not only adds water injection afterburner to the engine, but also installs a 57-liter ethanol solution tank on the fireproof partition behind the engine, which is directly connected to the fuel supply system through pipelines. After the ethanol solution is sprayed into the combustion chamber, it encounters
When the temperature reaches high temperature, the gas expands rapidly, greatly increasing the cylinder pressure, which can increase the power of the engine by 15% in a short time, making the R-2800's emergency combat power reach 2,300 horsepower.
As a result, the flight speed suddenly increased from 697 kilometers per hour to 758 kilometers per hour. At this speed, among the propeller aircraft of World War II, no one dared to claim the first place even if the P47 was ranked second.
As for the Type 1 fighter, with a mere speed of 492 kilometers per hour, it is just a younger brother compared to the P47.
"Sir, those Chinese fighter planes are flying back again. Their speed is too fast... bad... they are coming..."
"Da da da……"
Just as the Japanese pilots looked in horror, eight P47s came back to them. When eight large-caliber Browning machine guns fired simultaneously, it was enough to cover the entire space hundreds of meters in front.
It was still a familiar formula and a familiar smell, but the Japanese army still couldn't make an effective response. This time, three Type 1 fighters fell toward the ground with thick smoke, and one of them suddenly disintegrated and exploded when it was almost on the ground, which was even more shocking.
Matsuyama Shita was devastated that only one pilot of the three destroyed fighter planes successfully parachuted out.
Looking at the white parachute floating in the air, Matsuyama felt his heart tighten and his head twitching. These were the elites cultivated by the Japanese Empire with great difficulty, but they were caught by the Chinese like an eagle.
He was fighting like a chicken, and when he thought about facing his boss's gloomy face when he returned, he felt a chill down his back.
"Well done, brothers, let's do it!"
In the P47 fleet opposite, Huang Kebiao's satisfied voice sounded in the pilots' headsets.
"As long as we destroy the remaining three planes, I'll invite everyone to go to Desheng Building and have a good meal when we get back!"
"Okay... Captain, just wait to be beaten by us!"
Gao Hongming, who is well aware of the dangers of the pilot industry, is not stingy. The salary offered to pilots is also the highest among the militia, with the lowest being twenty yuan. Not only that, the pilots are also rewarded with fifty yuan for every enemy plane they shoot down.
Huang Kebiao had just shot down two enemy planes by himself, and the bonus alone was another hundred yuan. This money was used to build a small courtyard in Liantai County, so the pilots took advantage of Huang Kebiao without mercy.
While talking, the P47 fleet that had just completed an attack began to climb rapidly again.
As the captain of the flight group, Huang Huaimin formulated very simple tactics for his pilots, which was to use the high maneuverability of the P47 to quickly seize the commanding heights during the war, then conduct a dive attack, and then leave without any delay.
Perhaps in the eyes of laymen, this tactic is too low-tech and too rogue. What about a dogfight in the air? What about a competition of will, physical strength and technology?
None of these things exist.
It is the most stupid thing to leave an aircraft with absolutely superior performance without utilizing it and let these crash course students compete with Japanese pilots who have studied the system for several years and have rich flying experience.
So under Gao Hongming's suggestion, Huang Huaimin formulated this one-hit-and-go tactic.
In actual combat, it has also been proved that although this tactic is simple, it is extremely easy to use.