When the first air defense siren sounded, the commander of the Kwantung Army, General Yoshijiro Umezu, was alerted.
At first, Umezu Yoshijiro thought it was a false alarm. After all, Fengtian at this time was extremely safe in the eyes of all the Kwantung Army generals and soldiers. The Japanese had been operating here for nearly ten years and had long since
The business was running flawlessly, who would dare to have sex here while growing hair, so Umezu Yoshijiro just looked up at the door in shock and ignored it. In his opinion, the alarm would be lifted soon.
But after a while, Umezu Yoshijiro felt that something was wrong. Not only did the sirens not go away, but they became more and more urgent, and the sound of anti-aircraft guns continued to sound outside.
No matter how careless Umezu Yoshijiro was at this time, he realized that something was wrong. He just reached out to the button of the electric bell on the table, but soon the door was rudely pushed open. Major General Endo Saburo, who was the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army at the time, hurriedly
He ran in and said out of breath: "Your Excellency, Commander, we found a Japanese bomber in the sky above us. It is circling Fengtian City. It is estimated that it is conducting reconnaissance on us."
Taking pictures!"
Umezu Yoshijiro couldn't help but became furious. He stood up and shouted: "Then why are you still standing there? Why don't you quickly send out fighter planes and shoot down this plane for me!"
Saburo Endo quickly lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have already called the Second Division Headquarters. The commander of the Ogasawara Division has sent fighter planes to take off urgently. If things go well, they will soon be able to stop the intruders from our airspace.
**The plane will be shot down!"
"That's good. You have to remember that you must not let this plane that invades our airspace fly back." Umezu Yoshijiro gave the order firmly.
After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese had long regarded the three northeastern provinces as part of their own territory. In order to completely turn the three northeastern provinces into a part of Japan, the Kwantung Army not only became the puppet Manchukuo, but also supported the puppet Puyi
In addition to this, the Japanese government also implemented a plan to immigrate to the northeast. From the beginning of 1932 to July 1936, the Japanese government organized a "pioneering group"
A total of five immigrants were immigrated to the Northeast under the name of the People's Republic of China, including 717,000 Japanese and 857,000 Koreans. They mainly immigrated to the northern and northeastern parts of the Northeast and established immigration areas. By 19
In April 1940, the Japanese government established a total of 89 immigration areas in the Northeast region, with a total of more than 1.8 million immigrants. In the minds of all Japanese, Manchukuo had long been the country of Japan.
It's my territory.
But now a Chinese plane actually appeared in the sky over Fengtian. For all Japanese, it was no less than an invasion of their homeland, and Umezu Yoshijiro was no exception, so his eyes immediately turned red when he heard the news.
Umezu Meijiro, whose eyes were red with anger, strode out of the office with his command knife and came to the balcony in front. He stared at the sky with wide eyes, trying to find the hairy aircraft that had invaded the airspace of "Manchukuo"
The plane, but now no matter how wide his eyes are, he can't see the shadow of the plane. It has disappeared long ago.
Although Umezu Yoshijiro did not see the shadow of that daring plane, he still ordered the Kwantung Army's Army Aviation Corps to issue a death order. They must find and shoot down the plane that dared to challenge the imperial authority, otherwise everyone would be dead.
Not having a good time.
Just as the Japanese planes were getting up to look for the plane, Ding Jianhui was piloting the huge "Liberator" plane through the cirrocumulus clouds at an altitude of 6,000 meters. The huge aircraft body disappeared and appeared in the clouds.
At this time, Ding Jianhui had pushed the throttle valve to the maximum, and the aircraft reached a top speed of 480 kilometers per hour. Although the four huge engines had already made a huge roar, the plane weighed 27 tons.
The big guy provided a steady stream of power, but Ding Jianhui still felt that the plane flew too slowly.
Time passed little by little, and the Japanese plane still hadn't caught up, so everyone slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the navigator Xiaoliu took a long breath and said: "Sir Ding, after so long, it seems that the Japanese can't catch up with us. Now based on the route just now, we have arrived in Dandong and should turn right now."
Already."
"Yes!" Ding Jianhui nodded, connected to the internal channel and shouted: "Brothers, let's go home. Now cheer up, the plane is starting to turn!"
The huge "Liberator" began to turn and slowly flew to the right. When it left the clouds, its huge figure was also exposed to the bright April sunshine.
"Sir Ding, it's bad, we have spotted a Japanese aircraft behind us on the right side!" Suddenly, an exclamation came from Ding Jianhui's headset, and Ding Jianhui recognized that it was the voice of Sun Dafu, the machine gunner responsible for the defense at the rear of the aircraft.
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Ding Jianhui's heart skipped a beat and he immediately asked: "Report the model and quantity of the opponent's aircraft immediately!"
Ding Dafu paused for a while before replying: "Sir, the distance is too far, so we can't see clearly the opponent's aircraft model yet, but we initially judge that the opponent's aircraft model is a Zero fighter, and the number is two!"
"Grass!"
"Damn it!" A unanimous curse came from the headset almost instantly.
As soon as they heard that the other party was probably the latest Japanese Zero fighter, the crew members on the plane felt a little cold. They were all old crews who had carried out several missions, and they knew very well that even if they didn't look at what they had done in the past,
In the battle, the Zero fighters could not get any advantage in front of them, but that was because when they performed missions in the past, they were escorted by fighter planes that were better and more capable than the Japanese Zero fighters. If not, they would have seven or eight of them.
The "Liberator" heavy bombers formed a flying formation, and dozens of machine guns were fired like this. A slightly smaller number of Japanese aircraft could not get through at all. Moreover, those escorting P-47 Thunderbolts, P-51 Mustangs or so-called Zeros
The nemesis's F6F Vixen fighter planes can crush the Zero, but that refers to those nimble fighters, not their tall and bulky **-24 bomber. What's more important is that they are still alone.
, unable to bring out the situation of hundreds of machine guns firing volleys in formations in the past, this is the worst thing.
At this time, the two Zero fighters behind had obviously discovered Ding Jianhui's lone bomber, and soon they accelerated towards Ding Jianhui.
"Sir, what should we do?" the machine gunners' voices came from the headset.
"**, what else can we do? Fight with the little devil!" Ding Jianhui gritted his teeth and said with a dark expression: "Every turret, pay attention, pay attention to the movement around you, and never let the Japanese aircraft come within 500 meters of us. If
If the Japanese come closer than 500 meters to us, we will be in danger."
"clear!"
The machine gunners agreed one after another. Ding Jianhui's words made sense, because the best shooting distance of the Zero fighter is 400 to 500 meters. This is also the reason why its two 7.7mm machine guns and two 20mm aircraft
The best shooting distance of the cannon, if they are allowed to close to the side, their **-24 will be in danger.
After giving the order, Ding Jianhui handed the plane to the co-pilot, took off the headset, stood up and went to the shooting pod in the middle of the plane. He found the major named Tang who looked directly at him and said, "Sir Tang,
Now that the Japanese have caught up, I can't guarantee that I can take you back to Guangzhou safely, so we have to prepare for the worst."
The corners of Major Tang's mouth turned upward: "Captain Ding, are you planning to abandon the plane?"
"No!" Ding Jianhui shook his head: "This is the three eastern provinces, where the Japanese have the strongest influence. If you parachute here, you won't be able to run even if you have eight legs. Now our only way is to fly to Shandong as soon as possible. If we can persist,
Your chances will be much greater when you go to Shandong. After all, there are still many police and local guerrillas operating in Shandong. If you encounter them while parachuting there, you might still have a chance to survive."
At this time, Major Tang heard what was hidden in his words, raised his eyebrows and asked, "We? Captain Ding, won't you go parachuting with us?"
"Together?"
Ding Jianhui shook his head, stretched out his hand and touched the cold armrest beside him and chuckled: "Sir Tang, you are different from me. You are from the army and don't understand our air force's feelings towards aircraft. This is a plane worth thirty
The 10,000-dollar heavy bomber is currently the best bomber in the world. It can carry six to ten tons of bombs to bomb the enemy. Since the commanders handed it to me more than a year ago, I have put my
My life is tied to this plane, so I will not leave it."
"The thinking of your Air Force is such a bastard. Who instilled this kind of thinking in you?" Major Tang frowned deeply. He was about to say something when he suddenly heard the machine gunner's voice coming from above his head.
Exclaimed: "Sir, no luck, the Japanese are chasing us, and they are diving towards us!"
"Dong dong dong..." As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a 12.7-caliber Browning heavy machine gun being fired came from above. The machine gunner had already opened fire, and the entire fuselage of the aircraft seemed to start to vibrate slightly.
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Ding Jianhui didn't have time to say anything else, so he immediately opened the box on the side, took out a few parachutes, put them in front of Major Tang and said loudly: "Sir, you put on your parachutes immediately. When you get to Shandong, you will parachute immediately. You can do other things."
Just don’t worry about it.”
After saying that, Ding Jianhui walked towards the cockpit without turning his head. Looking at Ding Jianhui, Major Tang couldn't help but laughed and cursed angrily: "This bastard, is he the commander or am I the commander? He actually ordered me.
No wonder people say the Air Force is a bunch of bastards with eyes on their foreheads."