"Everyone is paying attention. Our purpose this time is to hold the enemy back. We must hold on until the large force arrives. Now we will form a group of four machines and kill."
Not long after Wang Dongzhi led the fleet to take off, he encountered a huge fleet of Russian 23rd Division led by Major General Glic. There was nothing to say at this point, so he took the lead and rushed down.
Now Wang Dongzhi is implementing a new wolf pack tactic. The main point of it is that no matter how big the opponent is, one's own side must maintain a local numerical advantage. Use superior forces several times that of the enemy to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time.
Kill enemy planes instead of one-on-one duels like the knight-like duels that are popular in the world today. The inventor of this tactic was General Chennault, the founder of the famous Flying Tigers of the Volunteer Army to aid China in World War II. Now this tactic has also been adopted by Su Tong
Plagiarized without mercy.
As soon as the battle began, Wang Dongzhi gave Major General Glic a warning. The I-16, which was only equipped to the troops in 1935, was a pretty good fighter in the 1930s. It pioneered the use of wood to build aircraft.
The first of its kind for a fighter aircraft body. The wood body means it is light, fast, and has a small reflection area on radar. This is why the Chita airport did not notice the Russian aircraft until it was about to take off.
However, this has advantages and disadvantages. The Yi-16 also has disadvantages, that is, the strength of the fuselage is not enough. The Yi-16 always has the disadvantage of being difficult to control, and the weight of the fuselage is not enough, so it is easy to fall into a spiral during a sudden jump.
The firepower of the two 12.7-caliber machine guns is also slightly weak. Facing the six 12.7-mm machine guns on the P-47 wing, it seems so weak, especially when the P-47 uses
The white phosphorus armor-piercing incendiary bomb will turn into a burning torch in the air almost immediately after being hit.
"Damn it, everyone, don't mess up. Protect the bombers with the first group, and surround them with the second and third groups." Major General Glic commanded frequently on the public channel.
As soon as the air battle began, the ugly, round, fat fighter plane that swooped down from high altitude caught them off guard. On the spot, more than ten I-16s were beaten to pieces and disintegrated in the air, and the opponent also used incendiary bombs.
, once one's own aircraft is hit, it will burst into flames in an instant.
Shocked, Major General Glitch immediately commanded the fleet to use their numerical advantage to surround the P-47s. Originally, Major General Glitch was still determined to annihilate all enemy aircraft, but as the battle continued, Major General Glitch
His mood became increasingly heavy. Although the opponent's aircraft was large in size, its firepower was ferocious and its speed was no worse than the I-16. Moreover, the opponent also implemented a strange tactic that Major General Glic had never seen before.
Like a pack of wolves, they surround an own aircraft with four to six fighter planes. They attack with one round of machine guns, and then leave after firing one round. They will not hesitate to fight. After occupying the altitude, they will immediately start with a range of 800 kilometers.
It dived down from a high altitude at high speed and was fired by another round of bullets. Very few aircraft in the Russian army could withstand this rogue style of attack.
"It's too barbaric. This style of play is too barbaric." Major General Glic, who usually prides himself on being very calm, couldn't help but become furious when faced with such a tactic he had never seen before.
"Regiment 1, immediately leave the escort position and come to support the 2nd and 3rd Regiments." Major General Glic was now determined to keep all these enemy planes here.
As soon as the First Regiment joined the battle circle, Wang Dongzhi immediately felt the pressure. The First Regiment was the most elite unit of the 23rd Division, and its pilots were all veterans with actual combat experience.
Under the siege of more than a hundred Yi-16s, Wang Dongzhi and his team began to suffer more casualties. Although the P-47 had thick skin and thick flesh, it could not withstand the enemy's wolf count. The air battle lasted for more than 40 minutes, and more than 10 people were lost.
After flying a fighter plane, Wang Dongzhi discovered that the enemy bombers were getting closer and closer to Chita Airport.
The enemy must not be allowed to approach the airport. Wang Dongzhi knew that if enemy bombers were to fly over the Chita Airport, the consequences would be disastrous.
There are currently nearly 500 aircraft from two aviation divisions, including Stukas, parked at the Chita Airport. These aircraft account for half of the aviation force of the 37th Army. If they are taken over by the old man, it will take at least half a year to recover.
I'm so angry. Especially those pilots. They are the treasures that Director Gao Zhihang has worked so hard to train. If anything goes wrong, Instructor Gao will be heartbroken.
Moreover, Wang Dongzhi could also imagine what a heavy price the infantry would pay in the subsequent ground battle without the cover of aviation. Thinking of the scene of infantry being littered with corpses under the reckless strafing and bombing by enemy planes,
Wang Dongzhi couldn't help but shudder. No, we must not let such a thing happen.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Dongzhi ordered loudly: "Everyone listen to my order and do not get entangled with the enemy planes. First destroy the enemy bomber group and never let them fly over Chita."
"Understood, target enemy bomber group"
"Covering airfield, target bomber group"
"Attack the bomber group immediately"
Different words came from Wang Dongzhi's headset, but their meanings were the same, which was to protect the airport at all costs and never allow the fighter planes and personnel on the airport to be damaged.
The pilots who received the order abandoned their opponents and rushed towards the Russian bombers.
"No, hurry up and cover the bomber group." As soon as he saw that the enemy had abandoned his opponent and rushed towards his own bombers, Major General Glic quickly ordered the remaining I-16s to catch up and bite the enemy planes tightly.
The Russian PE-2 bomber is a rare three-seat light bomber that can carry 3,000 kilograms of bombs. It has four self-defense machine guns and thick armor. It can be regarded as an excellent light bomber in the 1930s.
Seeing the P-47s rushing over from behind, a group of more than seventy PE-2 bombers worked hard to maintain their formation, and the machine guns set up behind them poured out tongues of fire desperately.
"Kill" saw that there was no escort group around the PE-2 bomber. Wang Dongzhi couldn't help but be overjoyed and rushed down first. The six machine guns on the plane fired a salvo, which suddenly destroyed the wings of a PE-2 bomber.
After knocking it off one side, Wang Dongzhi saw the enemy plane spinning and falling. Before he could be happy, Wang Dongzhi found an I-16 spitting flames and rushing out from the flank towards him.
"Damn it!" Wang Dongzhi cursed Lao Maozi and quickly turned left for more than a dozen times to get rid of the enemy aircraft. Only then did he have time to look back at his beloved aircraft.
At first glance, I couldn't help but take a breath. The densely packed bullet holes on my fuselage turned out to be...
There are as many as ten.
"Damn, luckily our baby is still strong, otherwise we would have finished playing." Wang Dongzhi let out a long breath and shook the joystick left and right and found that he could still control the plane, so he immediately jumped into the battle again.
The fierce battle lasted for an hour. At this time, the fleet led by Wang Dongzhi had lost more than 40 fighter planes in order to stop the Russian bombers. The rest were also scarred. The only thing worth celebrating was the loss of fighter planes.
The plane's skin was solid and most of them were able to parachute out.
However, Major General Glic could not get a good deal. After losing more than 20 bombers and more than 40 I-16s, this cautious veteran also began to worry about his mission.
Seeing the dozens of P-47s in the sky that were mostly scarred but still fighting bravely, Major General Glitch couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in his heart.
Well, let me use the glory of a warrior to fulfill your wishes.
Just as Major General Glic was preparing to organize his troops to launch a new round of attack, another black cloud floated from the distance.
"No, it's the enemy's reinforcements." There was anger in Major General Glic's words.
First update arrived
Sorry, there was another power outage today, and the Electricity Bureau didn't send the electricity until five o'clock. So I haven't posted the first chapter until now. A Ding would like to apologize to everyone here.
Here I still want to thank 2541, Xiafei Shuangcheek, 〤Yun〤Luo╮, and book friend 19053612 for their rewards. Thank you all for your support.