"I wonder how long it will take to reach the target?" Han Xiaohu, sitting in the spherical turret on the belly of the aircraft, looked at the fields, green mountains and rivers on the ground, while constantly moving his frozen hands, imagining the scene of bombing the Japanese army.
Some people may feel that it is very pleasant to sit in this position and view the entire earth from high altitude.
But in fact, the spherical turret is the most uncomfortable, isolated and frightening combat position on the entire aircraft. As the gunner, Han Xiaohu climbed into the spherical turret, closed the hatch, and then went down into the position, and was hung up.
Beneath the plane, staring at the earth from between your knees.
As usual, Han Xiaohu did not feel any pride from flying in the sky, but was trembling non-stop.
Although the spherical turret shooters are not big, no one can carry a parachute in such a small space. If they parachute, they need to rely on the shooter in the middle of the fuselage, who uses the hydraulic system to raise the turret to help them climb out and attach the parachute.
It is the so-called trust between comrades.
"Brothers, the forward reconnaissance plane reported that we will arrive over the Japanese 33rd Division in three minutes!" The voice of the bomb aimer and navigator came from the earphones.
Three minutes later, after hearing the news, Han Xiaohu suddenly became energetic and rubbed his hands vigorously. In a few minutes, it would be his turn to show off his talents...
Pan Dingguo in the cab set the plane to autopilot, patted his frozen hands vigorously, then took off his gloves, took out a thermos cup from under the seat, and after unscrewing the lid, a strong smell of coffee suddenly wafted around.
In the cockpit.
He poured the coffee on the lid and took a sip. Suddenly, a bitter and smooth sweetness reverberated in his mouth. Soon after drinking a cup of warm coffee, his whole body became warm.
He poured another cup and handed it to the navigator and electromechanical officer at the side. The navigator took the coffee and drank it in one gulp. He made a comfortable burping sound and couldn't help but said to Pan Dingguo: "I have already prepared to endure the hardship."
"I didn't expect the conditions here to be much better than those of the Central Air Force, so I didn't want to go back."
Both Pan Dingguo and the navigator were recruited by Huang Huaimin from the bomber force of the Central Air Force. Pan Dingguo in particular was the treasure of the Central Air Force.
This Guangdong native and former captain of the Central Air Force bomber squadron graduated from the United States' Guan Tisli Aeronautical Engineering School in 1938, and then graduated from the Santa Maria Flight School in 1939.
He is also one of the few aviation talents in China in this era who has mastered solid aviation mechanical engineering theory and superb flight technology.
And how good is he?
While he was studying in the United States, this man was spotted by the boss of the American Ford Company and invited him to do a flight advertisement for the Ford V-8 engine.
After receiving the invitation, he first flew the plane in arcs in the air, then dived, somersaulted, slid and reversed, rolled slowly, and made a dangerous "crazy flight" maneuver at a low altitude of 30 meters. When he again
When the nose of the aircraft was pulled up vertically, the aircraft entered a "dead spiral" state and the entire aircraft began to fall rapidly.
At this moment, Pan Guoding grabbed a handful of red powder in his left hand and a handful of black powder in his right hand, stretched out the cockpit and sprinkled it into the air, pulled out two ribbons, and used only his feet to get the plane out of the "dead spiral" state.
The superb stunts and thrilling flight performances captivated all Americans present.
As we all know, when an airplane enters a spiral state, it is almost irreversible, and it is only a matter of time before death. However, this old man was so weak that he managed to get the airplane out of the "death spiral" state with just his feet.
How could it be that talent is so simple? This girl is simply a genius.
At that time, the boss of Ford Company repeatedly urged him to stay and offered him a sky-high salary, but he refused and insisted on returning to war-torn China to serve the country.
It's a pity that there are only a few Central Air Force aircraft at this time, leaving the hero useless. He can only sigh in despair. A few days ago, Huang Huaimin came to the Central Air Force with stacks of oceans in his arms. With the gold bars and silver oceans opening the way,
His superior readily agreed to transfer him to the Liantai Flying Group.
The knowledgeable Huang Huaimin immediately appointed him as the captain of the 2nd Bomb Squadron, and also the commander of the air fleet of the 33rd Division in this air raid.
After hearing the navigator's words, Pan Dingguo smiled slightly and was about to speak when he suddenly noticed a dark shadow flashing past the clouds on the right side of his eye. He immediately trembled.
"Enemy plane detected on the right wing...at three o'clock!" Suddenly, Captain Pan Dingguo's voice sounded in everyone's headsets. This voice made everyone's hearts hang high, because just now, the four planes suddenly came from
The B-25 had already been injured by the Japanese planes that jumped down from high altitude. If it encounters a large number of Japanese planes again, it may be in trouble.
"Attention, wait until the Japanese aircraft enters the shooting range before shooting, don't waste bullets!" Following Pan Dingguo's voice, the machine gunner on the right quickly stopped warming up, fired the Browning M2 heavy machine gun, and aimed at more and more people through the aiming ring.
Close enemy aircraft.
"Get closer! Get closer! Get closer..." Han Xiaohu, who controlled the spherical turret, kept adjusting the turret and aimed at the approaching fighter plane.
"Enemy aircraft found at nine o'clock..."
"Enemy aircraft found at 12 o'clock..."
"Enemy plane spotted at 7 o'clock..." Reports from various crews continued to come from the earphones, making Pan Dingguo and others nervous. Although they were mentally prepared, everyone had confidence in the B-25's firepower and solid structure.
But facing enemy planes outflanking us from all directions, no one with any sense would be able to relax at this time.
At this time, the Japanese aircraft that came to block the attack took off from SJZ Airport. At this time, the 10th Flying Group of the Japanese Third Flying Group was led by Major Kosuke Fujikawa, the captain of the Zero Fighter Squadron that had attacked Liantai Airport last time.
When Kosuke Fujikawa saw the fleet of "huge" bombers, his heart immediately tightened.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, Fujikawa Kosuke thought that what he wanted to stop was just a group of slow, slow and clumsy dive bombers such as Stukas, but he did not expect that it was such a big guy.
Kosuke Fujikawa said he hated this kind of bomber group consisting of large bombers arranged in a close formation.
If there are just one or two of these slow-moving big guys, it won't matter. With the excellent performance of the Zero fighter, they can definitely be destroyed. But once dozens of bombers are arranged in a formation, it will be different. This thing
It's just like a hedgehog, very difficult to chew.
But when things get tough, no matter how hard it is, you have to bite the bullet.
Fujikawa Kosuke took a deep breath and said into the microphone: "Everyone listen to my order. The first squadron attacks from the left wing, and the second squadron follows me and attacks from the right wing. These Chinese bombers must not be allowed to fly over the 33rd Division.
Do you understand everything?"
"clear!"
The neat answers from the pilots came to my ears.
Due to the heavy losses during the last sneak attack on Rendai Airport, only twenty-one of the thirty-six Zero fighters just allocated to them were left, so this time Fujikawa Kosuke only brought so many, and the rest of the aircraft
And pilots won't be replenished until next month.
As Japan's most advanced aircraft at present, the Zero fighter aircraft maximized the performance of the aircraft at this moment. When more than twenty Zero fighters began to attack the bomber group from all directions, streaks of fire were shot towards the bomber group.
The bomber group also launched a counterattack unceremoniously.
It is worth mentioning that the B-25 bomber equipped by Gao Hongming for the bomber squadron is the H type.
Compared with the earlier models, the H model is not only equipped with 14 heavy machine guns, but also crazy equipped with a 75mm cannon on the nose.
When they saw the Zero fighters approaching, the bomber group was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed, and heavy machine guns began to roar.
24*14=336
Yes, you read that right. When Kosuke Fujikawa led twenty-one Zero fighters like hungry wolves toward the group of bombers, they were greeted by 336 machine guns raining bullets like water.
In the first wave of attacks alone, four Zero fighters were swamped by this rain of bullets.
This scene also startled all the Zero aircraft involved in the attack, and they all pulled their levers to avoid the hail of death bullets in front of them.