There was a low roar in the sky, and a dozen Japanese fighter planes with the Red Sun Maru flag painted on their fuselages were flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters.
Warrant Officer Kobayashi Koichi of the 1st Flying Group of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army Air Force was flying a Type 97 fighter jet in the middle of the flying formation. Generally speaking, this seat is reserved for the pilot with the worst flying skills in the formation, but
Kobayashi Koichi didn't complain at all about this, as he was just a rookie who had just graduated from a flight school.
Looking at several of the Empire's latest Zero fighters flying next to him, Kobayashi Koichi's eyes revealed a look of envy. Once upon a time, when he was still studying in an aviation school, what he longed for most was to be able to fly the Empire's latest Land Fighter 97.
Japanese fighter jets fought for His Majesty the Emperor and achieved extraordinary feats. For this reason, he worked hard in the aviation school to learn aviation knowledge and exercise. When he graduated from the aviation school as the first in the same period, he did get his wish.
He was assigned a Type 97 fighter, but then he discovered that the empire had produced another, more advanced Type 0 fighter, and this type of fighter could only be flown by the empire's best aerial warriors.
Kobayashi Hikaru looked at the seniors in the team with envious eyes as they flew Zero fighters across the skies of China, but he could only fly this outdated fighter plane to serve the empire.
While he was thinking about his thoughts, he was muttering silently to himself. The inexplicable teacher recited a very classic sentence from "The Tale of Genji": "The defeated samurai should simply have a disembowelment. Raise the sword and have a disembowelment."
Just when Kobayashi Koichi was thinking wildly, he saw the wings of the Zero fighter flying in the front swinging left and right three times, then lowered its nose and slowly flew down toward the ground. Kobayashi Koichi understood that this was
It reminded the fighters behind that they had arrived at their destination, Taiyuan Airport, and were about to start landing. Xiaolin did not dare to neglect, and quickly lowered the throttle, then slowly lowered his head and flew towards the ground...
"Woooo..."
The plane rubbed against the runway and sent up puffs of green smoke, and then slowly stopped at the end of the runway.
Kobayashi opened the cabin. He jumped out of the cabin and stepped on the solid ground with his feet. Only then did he feel a sense of peace of mind.
Koichi Kobayashi slowly walked out of the runway and came to his lead aircraft, Lieutenant Kubotsuka Yosuke. Under the sunlight, Koichi Kobayashi could clearly see the figure of Yosuke Kubotsuka. For his superior, Kobayashi
Guangyi admired him very much. His complexion looked dark. He had a strong body and grace. When flying, no matter how fast or slow he was, he always looked so comfortable. And the most important thing was that although he was already
He shot down two Chinese planes. But he never showed off in front of his juniors and took great care of himself. This is why Kobayashi admired him.
Seeing Kobayashi Hikaru walking towards him, Kubotsuka Yosuke smiled and said to him: "Kobayashi-kun, have you made rapid progress these days? Congratulations, I believe you will soon become an excellent Imperial Air Warrior.
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Kobayashi Hikaru bowed one by one and said modestly: "Thank you, Commander Kubotsuka. I still want to learn more from you. You are a hero who shot down two fighter planes?"
"hero!"
After saying this word of praise, Kubotsuka Yosuke showed a bitter smile on his face. He shook his head and sighed: "Kobayashi-kun, there are no heroes or bears on the battlefield, there are only living people or dead people."
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Kobayashi Koichi looked at Kubotsuka Yosuke strangely and asked: "Chief Kubotsuka, why are you..."
Kubotsuka Yosuke patted Kobayashi Koichi on the shoulder, "Okay, you will know some things as long as you stay in the army for a long time. You have to remember that not all Chinese people are as weak and gentle as they are in the propaganda.
It’s okay to be vulnerable, they also have strong people, and they are very powerful.”
Kobayashi Hikaru listened one by one, with a look of curiosity in his eyes, and he immediately said: "Chief Kubotsuka, are you saying that there are strong men in the Chinese army, like those Chinese ace air force flying American Wildcat fighters?"
"Wildcat fighter? Ace Air Force?"
Kubotsuka Yosuke smiled bitterly at first, and then said: "Kobayashi-kun, are you interested in hearing the story of when I first came here?"
"Of course, I want it!" Koichi Kobayashi happily pulled Kubotsuka Yosuke to the lawn next to the runway and sat down, pretending to be listening attentively.
After the two sat down, Kubotsuka Yosuke had a look of reminiscence in his eyes, and after a while he said: "I remember that when I first came to China, I was just like you, a student who had just graduated from aviation school less than three months ago.
I was a rookie pilot, and the fighter squadron I was in at that time was the Falcon Group."
"Falcon Squadron? Is that the ace fighter squadron, the Falcon Squadron?" At this point, Kobayashi Koichi was a little surprised and interrupted Hayabusa's words, and asked anxiously.
"Yes, it's the Falcon Brigade!" Yosuke Kubotsuka was not angry because his words were interrupted. He just nodded lightly and then continued: "The Falcon Brigade is indeed one of the best fighter groups in the empire. We are here.
Under the leadership of Captain Yasuo Makino, His Excellency, he has repeatedly made military exploits and added meritorious deeds to the empire one after another."
Hearing this, Kobayashi Koichi said with envy: "Wow...it's really amazing!"
Kubotsuka Yosuke said: "I remember that in 1937, we happened to have a fierce air battle against the Chinese. At that time, Mr. Makino and Ryu Hirata in the team were driving a Type 96 Land Attack dive from high altitude.
When we launched an attack on the Chinese aircraft below, we kept a distance of 500 meters between us, and our wingmen maintained a height of 1,000 meters above and behind us for cover. They had to wait until the three aircraft launched the attack and broke away before they started to attack.
Then cross support. Of course, if one of us is bitten by an enemy plane, the wingman must immediately swoop down to drive away the enemy plane and cover the lead plane from the battlefield.
This is Makino-dono's tactics: use the two-aircraft formation as the basic combat unit, with the lead aircraft of the first few groups as the lead, and the other lead aircraft will follow at a time, and use a relatively dispersed formation to enter the battle, and interact with each other as much as possible
Cover, use the much longer range of the machine gun, hit and run, avoid fighting with the enemy aircraft, peel off the enemy aircraft one by one with multiple impacts, break up the formation of the enemy aircraft, and gradually eliminate the enemy aircraft."
"Wow, Mr. Makino is really amazing, you can actually come up with such a powerful tactic!" Kobayashi Hikaru showed a hint of admiration and admiration in his eyes.
Kubotsuka Yosuke smiled slightly and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Makino is a very good commander, and the Falcon Battalion achieved very good results under his command! I remember that in that battle, the Chinese were the first
Once I saw this tactic that can maximize the firepower advantage of Nakajima aircraft, our fighter planes were like meteors in the sky! They swooped down at high speed, and Makino-dono opened fire from 800 meters away, hitting 500 meters away.
Disengage immediately and never hesitate to fight. Once China's old Hawker destroyers are targeted, it will be difficult to avoid the firepower network of the Nakajima aircraft composed of four heavy machine guns. China's aircraft trying to counterattack are often attacked as soon as they enter the attack position.
The aircraft that swooped down to serve as cover was shot down.
Dive! Attack! Break away! Pull up the plane, climb up and take position. We continuously launch attacks on the China fighter planes. Orange-red muzzle flashes flash out from the front, and a series of tracer bullets hit the fiery snakes with their teeth and claws.
On the fuselage loaded with Hawker aircraft, I clearly saw at that time that the four Hawker fighters were wrapped in fire and thick smoke almost at the same time, and then fell to the ground. What a beautiful job, especially Mr. Makino,
Knocked down two Hawker aircraft in one attack!"
Xiao Lin Guang on the side turned red when he heard it, and shouted excitedly: "Wow... it's so amazing, what happened next!"
"Later?" Kubozuka Yosuke nodded: "Later, I participated in the Battle of Wuhan, and then was transferred to the 21st Army in Guangdong!" When Kubozuka Yosuke said this, his face was originally full of memories.
He suddenly became a little dazed and murmured: "In Guangdong, we also met China's most powerful aircraft and their pilots."
After a while, Kubotsuka Yosuke came back to his senses and formally thanked the young junior student next to him: "Kobayashi-kun, as a senior, I want to give you a piece of advice. In China, you can fight anywhere, even with
Now there is no need to be afraid of fighting with the most advanced Wildcat fighter jets in the China Air Force, but if your superiors want to transfer you somewhere to fight with the Air Force of the China Seventh Group Army stationed in Guangdong, if you can refuse, then please refuse.
,do you understand?"
"Why?" Kobayashi Koichi looked at Kubotsuka Yosuke in confusion, "Is the China Air Force in Guangdong very powerful?"
"It's not very powerful, but very powerful!" Yosuke Kubotsuka stared at Kobayashi Hikari and said word by word: "Because it is hell there!"
"Hell!" Koichi Kobayashi would have almost laughed out loud if he hadn't been in awe of Kubotsuka Yosuke.
"Don't doubt my words." Kubotsuka Yosuke's expression became extremely serious, "If you still want to return to Japan alive, just listen to me, otherwise..."
Just when Koichi Kobayashi wanted to continue asking, a second lieutenant pilot ran next to them. He came to the two of them and said loudly: "Kubatsuka-kun, Kobayashi-kun, the captain wants us to rush to the conference room immediately for a meeting!
"
"Hai, go right away!"
After hearing what their companion said, the two stood up. Kobayashi Koichi followed and asked diligently: "Senior Hirata, are you going on a mission again? Can you tell us?"
The second lieutenant named Hirata nodded, "Yes, I guess we are about to transfer. I heard that the brigade captain received a call from the division headquarters in the office. It seems that our brigade is going to be transferred to the Central China Front Army. I heard that
This time our opponent is the air force of the Guangdong Seventh Army!"
"Nani, the air force of the Guangdong Seventh Army!"
Koichi Kobayashi and Yosuke Kubotsuka looked at each other and found that their commander's face suddenly became extremely pale! To be continued)