After experiencing an overwhelming bombardment, the forward positions of the Japanese 16th Division fell into chaos, and finally collapsed after the 300th Division launched a timely attack.
Although the Sixteenth Division is a Category A division of the Japanese army, no matter what division it is, their endurance is always limited. When the two regiments stationed at the front were first hit by heavy bombs dropped by thirty Stuka bombers,
The 30-pound bombs were blown up, and then they were bombarded by hundreds of artillery pieces for half an hour. Without complete fortifications, the Japanese 33rd and 36th Divisions deployed at the front had already suffered more than half of their casualties, and the remaining
Before the Japanese soldiers at the bottom could recover, their positions were overwhelmed by the general attack launched by more than 15,000 soldiers from the two brigades above.
As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain. As soon as the Japanese army at the front collapsed, the entire Japanese defense line was like a burst dam. Countless officers and soldiers of the 300 Division wearing gray-green military uniforms rushed in. At a glance, there were mountains and plains full of
Officers and soldiers holding rifles and submachine guns.
Seeing such a scene, Wang Gantian, who was watching the battle from a distance, sighed, "The Sixteenth Division... is over!"
Xu Guangsheng, who was standing next to him, also remained silent. He understood Wang Gantian's words. Wang Gantian did not mean that the Sixteenth Division would be completely wiped out here today. In fact, it was almost impossible to do this in advance. Three hundred
The division has not surrounded anyone. In which direction on the vast land can we not run?
What Wang Gantian meant was that after the Sixteenth Division's defeat, the whole division would have a shadow on the 300 Division in the future. If they encounter the 300 Division again in the future, their combat effectiveness will be reduced by a few points. Moreover,
After this battle, the Sixteenth Division will definitely suffer heavy casualties, especially the casualties among veterans and the backbone of the troops. Even if the troops are replenished in the future, their combat effectiveness will be far less than before.
Just as Wang Gantian was filled with emotion, another low roar came from the sky.
"Well, could it be that the bombers of the 300th Division are back again?"
Wang Gantian was startled for a moment, and then his expression changed. Those sounds were not coming from the west, but from the north. They were definitely not the fighters of the 300 Division.
"The military seat is a Japanese aircraft!"
Xu Guangsheng was the first to wake up and pointed at the fighter planes in the sky and shouted.
Everyone looked up to the sky and saw thirty or forty small black dots emerging from the clouds. They were rushing towards the Wildcat fighter jets that were still hovering on the battlefield, and these Wildcat fighter jets were not to be outdone. They immediately
As they approached, a dogfight broke out inadvertently.
This sudden air battle also made Suri and others who were watching the battle from a hidden command post nervous.
A staff officer said nervously: "Sir, the Japanese fighter planes are coming. One squadron of our fighter planes has escorted the bombers back. Now there are only one squadron of fighter planes here. How about we let them get out of the way first."
Su Rui said nothing, but Liang Zhi glared at the staff officer and scolded him harshly: "Shut up, what do you know!"
Su Rui didn't speak, just stared at the sky with a stern expression, and said after a long time: "We can't give in. Although most of our pilots are still very young, and many of them are rookies who have only flown for dozens of hours, this is not the case.
This is not a reason for us to avoid it. If they want to grow into eagles soaring in the blue sky, this is a hurdle they must pass.
Even if you have to pay the price of blood and fire for this. Liang Zhi, tell Zheng Shaoyu in the sky immediately that even if his flying brigade is wiped out, you must not lose the face of our Chinese Air Force!"
"yes!"
Liang Zhi gritted his teeth and agreed. He knew that by saying this, Su Rui meant that he was ready to wipe out all the flying brigade.
Su Rui's order quickly reached Zheng Shaoyu's ears. At this time, he was leading thirty Wildcat fighters of the First Squadron and thirty-four Japanese Nakajima Type 97 fighters entangled in mid-air.
At this time, the sky was no longer as peaceful as before. It was filled with fire and bullets flying everywhere, and the sky had long been reduced to an airspace of death.
This time the Japanese army came with a total of thirty-four Nakajima Type 97 fighter jets. This was a low-wing fighter that entered service in 1937. It was equipped with a Ha-1 B nine-cylinder air-cooled engine (
610 hp) and two 7.7 mm machine guns.
Because this model has good maneuverability, it has won the favor of the Japanese army. Since it entered service last year, the Japanese Air Force has produced more than a thousand of this model so far, and it is currently the main model of the Japanese Army Aviation.
The battle became intense at the beginning. Since the Japanese aviation force implemented an elite system and pilots generally had undergone several years of training, the quality of the Japanese aviation force was very good. Compared with the Japanese army, after only a few months of emergency
The trained pilots are much worse.
Although they had shot down more than a dozen Japanese planes yesterday, they had dealt with heavy bombers yesterday, and now they were dwarfed by the flexible and lightweight Type 97 fighters.
In terms of aircraft performance, the Wildcat fighter and the Nakajima Type 97 fighter are both good fighters. Both sides are almost the same in terms of performance. The Japanese fighter has the advantage in climb and turning radius. The Wildcat fighter is the better fighter.
It has the advantage in range and dive speed. But the biggest difference between the two sides is in the concept of survival and firepower equipment.
The Wildcat fighter is a typical American concept, focusing on the survivability of the pilot. It has an all-metal semi-monocoque structure, and the stress skin is joined by rivets. There are two main beams in the mid-monoplane wing, square wing ends, and the wing section adopts NACA23015
series, so it has strong survivability. In addition, it is equipped with six 12.7-caliber Browning machine guns, and its firepower is very powerful.
On the other hand, although the Japanese Nakajima Type 97 fighter is flexible, in order to reduce its own weight, its dead weight is only half that of the Wildcat fighter. From this, one can imagine their ability to withstand strikes.
At this time, in the air combat, the Japanese fighter planes not only had an advantage in quantity, but also had an advantage in the quality of the pilots.
Wildcat fighters were repeatedly hit by Japanese planes, but what made the Japanese pilots very angry was that although some of them had hit the opponent's fighters several times, these fighters did not crash on the spot, but were only damaged. Many fighters
They were still injured and continued to struggle with them. But on the other hand, if any Japanese aircraft were hit, many of them would immediately somersault and fall to the ground.
"Whoosh..."
The first squad leader Liang Tiancheng swung the wings, and his fighter plane turned over lightly, throwing a Japanese plane that was chasing him forward. He lightly pressed the button, and six lights flashed.
The flames rushed forward, and three flames immediately hit the Japanese machine with its belly exposed in front of the hungry wolf.
There was a distant explosion, and the Japanese plane exploded on the spot in the air. The pilot of the Japanese plane had no time to parachute before he and his plane turned into pieces in the air.
"Eaha..."
Liang Tiancheng clenched his fists excitedly and shouted excitedly. He simply loved this fighter plane. Although it was slightly inferior to the Japanese aircraft in terms of hovering performance and climb rate, it was still fierce.
The firepower, fierce dive speed and unparalleled solid structure gave him the upper hand in the air battle with this fighter plane. Less than ten minutes after the air battle started, he had a victory.
"Zhang Jia, follow me closely, don't get lost."
After shooting down a Japanese plane, Liang Tiancheng, who was in a good mood, turned around to greet his wingmen, but unexpectedly saw Zhang Jiazheng being bitten by two Japanese planes and making difficult maneuvers to get rid of them.
"No, Zhang Jia is in danger!"
Suddenly, Liang Tiancheng pushed the throttle with his left hand, and the heavy fighter jet suddenly jumped forward as if it had been kicked. The wild cat that was originally hovering gracefully in the air immediately transformed into a ferocious beast and turned to the right.
Pounced over.
"Da da da……"
Just when Liang Tiancheng was about to fly over to rescue his wingman, an unknown aircraft came over and entangled him.
"asshole!"
If it had been just now, Liang Tiancheng might have been happy to fight, but now he was worried about his comrades and was so angry that he started to curse. Although his wingman Zhang Jia had excellent grades among the students, he had too little actual combat experience and was an enemy.
Second, it will definitely not last long. In this case, it will be very dangerous if no one comes to rescue.
"You bastard, get out of the way!"
Liang Tiancheng turned around and fired at the Japanese plane coming from the flank, hoping to drive him away. Unexpectedly, the opponent turned around easily, dodged the bullet, and then pounced on him with a deadly look.
A stalking and fighting posture.
Now Liang Tiancheng understood that the opponent clearly wanted to pester him so that his companions could shoot down the opponent's wingman first and then turn around to deal with him.
Seeing that he could not get rid of the opponent, Liang Tiancheng had to calm down and entangle with the opponent. As soon as Liang Tiancheng became serious, the opponent's Japanese aircraft began to feel uncomfortable. Liang Tiancheng piloted the seated fighter plane and made various tactical moves to entangle the opponent.
After a while, he occupied a favorable terrain and bit the Japanese army's tail. Soon he broke the wings of the Japanese aircraft into two pieces with one burst of fire and then fell down with black smoke.
When Liang Tiancheng was about to turn around again to support his wingman, he happened to see Zhang Jia's car being hit by a stray bullet, and even the tail rudder was knocked off. The entire fighter plane fell to the ground like a weight.
Liang Tiancheng shouted quickly, seeing that the plane had dropped to a height of more than 600 meters. If he didn't parachute, it would be too late.
Just when Liang Tiancheng was so anxious that his heart almost jumped out of his chest, he finally saw a white umbrella flower floating in the air.
"call……"
"This kid finally saved his life!"
Liang Tiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, then came to his senses, swung the joystick, and rushed towards the two Japanese planes that had just shot down Zhang Jia. He wanted to avenge his wingmen...
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