The dive attack aircraft roared down from high altitude, and the bombs mounted on the wings shone coldly in the sun. It was expected that these bombs would fall off the wings after a while, causing heavy damage to the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the ground.
Just as the soldiers looked helplessly at the swooping attack planes, a sharp roar suddenly came from the sky, and two sky-blue fighter planes were seen swooping down from high altitude like falcons.
Eight 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns on the wings of the fighter jet simultaneously poured out tongues of orange-red flames. In just a few seconds, hundreds of large-caliber bullets instantly enveloped the space hundreds of meters ahead.
Thanks to the foresight of Gao Hongming from later generations, today's Liantai Flying Corps' fighter aircraft loading method has always been to load an armor-piercing incendiary bomb and a white phosphorus bullet every six rounds of ordinary bombs.
Most of the Japanese aircraft have aluminum structures, so they will burn directly if they are hit by incendiary bombs, and the high speed of the aircraft will speed up the burning speed of the fighter planes, resulting in Japanese fighter planes having no time to escape after being hit.
This is also the reason why the Japanese Army Air Force pilots in Shanxi have suffered such heavy losses in the past two years.
After the strike was successful, the two fighters did not hesitate at all. They pulled up the nose of the aircraft and pushed the throttle valve to the maximum. The aircraft roared and climbed towards high altitude.
The sudden attack startled the remaining two Type 96 attack aircraft. Seeing the two attack aircraft falling to the ground not far away with thick smoke, the pilots on the remaining two attack aircraft were frightened.
He tried his best to pull the plane up while shouting on the radio.
"The fighter plane...is the fighter plane of the Liantai Militia...the escort team...the escort team, come and support us!"
In desperation, the two pilots could not be restrained and immediately called for support.
The two Type 1 fighters that had just finished climbing did not hesitate at all when they saw this. With a push of the control stick, the two Type 1 fighters rushed towards the two fighters that had just climbed halfway.
The two fighter planes that suddenly appeared were belonging to the Third Battalion of the Liantai Flying Corps.
Although the Third Brigade was established relatively late, they are equipped with F6F Hellcat fighter jets known as Zero Killers.
Although this fighter is not as strong as the P47 Thunder fighter that was first equipped, and the six machine guns on the wings are not as powerful as the Thunder's eight machine guns, it has better climbability and hovering combat performance. The Zero fighter
It is a little brother in front of it, let alone a Type 1 fighter.
Facing the two Nakajima Type-1 fighters that were charging at them in anger, the pilots of the two Hellcat fighter jets just smiled contemptuously, pushed the throttle with their left hands, and the Hellcats flipped deftly.
The target suddenly disappeared.
"not good!"
A layer of cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the two pilots. As pilots, of course they knew that in a dogfight, if the plane in front of you suddenly disappears, the only possibility is that they have circled behind you.
Without having time to think about it, they immediately pushed the control stick and the noses of the two Type 1 fighters sank and dived towards the ground at the same time.
Because the speed is too fast, the dive speed of the Type-1 fighter has reached 500 kilometers per hour. For the thin-skinned Japanese aircraft, this speed is already very dangerous. The Japanese pilot sitting in the cockpit can even hear
The fuselage has started to make a "creak" sound.
However, in order to get rid of the two Hellcats behind them, they couldn't care less. They could only grit their teeth and push the throttle to the maximum, diving towards the ground desperately.
The actions of the two Japanese pilots were indeed rewarded. When they were more than 800 meters away from the ground, a Type 1 fighter plane finally could not withstand such a high-intensity pull and disintegrated in mid-air with a "crash". The entire aircraft
It broke into several pieces in an instant, and the pilot didn't even have time to parachute before he directly hit the ground at a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour, and finally turned into a puddle of indistinguishable flesh.
When the other Type 1 fighter saw this, it was so frightened that it could no longer care about anything else. It quickly pulled the control stick into its arms. With a "creak" sound, the Type 1 fighter finally changed from a dive state to a dive state.
Level flight.
But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a dazzling orange light flashed less than 300 meters away from him. Hundreds of large-caliber machine gun bullets shrouded his position. The Japanese aircraft that was lucky enough not to fall apart was
It turned into a ball of flame.
This fierce air battle sounds like a long story, but in fact it only lasted less than five minutes.
Two Type 96 bombers and two Type 1 fighters were shot down. This was done by the two fighters that had just appeared.
After shooting down two Type 1 fighters, the two Hellcat fighters climbed back up to try to find trouble with the remaining two Type 96 attack planes, only to find that they had already disappeared. In this case, the two Hellcats flew together.
Instead of leaving, it lowered its altitude and kept hovering at low altitude. The blue sky and white sun badge under the wings shone brightly in the sun.
All this also stunned Commander Lin, Political Commissar Luo and the commanders and soldiers of the 115th Division on the ground.
At this time, the ground was already overwhelmed by the cheers of thousands of soldiers, and many soldiers even shouted the slogan "Long Live the Air Force."
Many soldiers and commanders were crying and cheering hoarsely. Many of these soldiers and commanders were old Red Army soldiers who had climbed snowy mountains and grasslands. In their memories, every time an enemy plane came,
What it brought them was destruction and disaster.
But today, the situation is reversed, and they can also get support from their own aircraft.
Political Commissar Luo couldn't help but sigh and said to Commander Lin on the side: "Old Lin, I finally understand why the whole world is vigorously developing the air force. An army without an air force is incomplete and difficult to achieve.
The victorious one."
Mr. Lin just nodded slightly and said nothing. If you observe carefully, you will find that his eyes looking at the two planes in the sky are emitting a strange light.
"Division commander... political commissar..." At this time, a communications staff officer ran towards the two of them panting, carrying a radio on his back.
"Division... Commander... the two fighter planes in the sky contacted us... and... wanted to talk to you by name."
Mr. Lin was slightly startled and reached out to take the earphones and microphone.
"I am Lin*, commander of the 115th Division. Please tell me if you have anything to say!"
"Hello, Sir Lin, I am He Daqing, captain of the transportation team of the Liantai Flying Corps. Our commander, Gao, was extremely moved when he heard that your unit traveled a long distance from Shandong to Shanxi to assist our army. I heard that your unit was frequently attacked by Japanese aircraft along the way.
Harassment.
Commander Gao specially ordered us to send two squadrons of fighter planes to escort your department, and decided to airdrop some medicine, food and ammunition supplies to your department. Please select an open space in an hour and light three piles of thick smoke.
Our transport plane indicates the target to facilitate our airdrop of supplies."