It’s not that Taro Sakamoto didn’t know this. From the beginning, he knew very well that “Zero War” could not be tied up by missiles.
But Taro Sakamoto was helpless.
This is not only because of the order. If it were just an order, Sakamoto would not pay attention to it because of his character. He has always believed that life is more important than orders... If there is no life, how can we execute orders? Especially pilots, and they are also from the Navy.
Pilots can't be like those fools in the Army!
The reason why Taro Sakamoto wanted to execute this order was because it was also in the interests of "Zero War".
Although this was his first fight with "La 5" and it didn't last long, it only lasted about ten minutes from the beginning of the fight to now.
However, he was experienced and made a judgment on the "La 5" within ten minutes. He believed that this was a fighter with performance superior to that of the "Zero War". Now, the reason why the "Zero War" still has the ability to fight back.
The force and the "Pull 5" were evenly matched, entirely because the Imperial Air Force had the "evasive tactics" to gain the upper hand. On the other hand, the Eighth Route Army pilots were not of good enough quality and failed to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the "Pull 5".
Over time, if the Eighth Route Army finds a way to restrain evasion tactics and let the x2 function again, or if the pilots grow up and become more effective in actual combat, then "Zero War" will no longer be able to compete with it.
From this perspective, the Imperial Air Force should eliminate the enemy in a state of development, otherwise it will be too late later.
At this time, Taro Sakamoto did not know that the Eighth Route Army had established a "La-5" production line to produce this type of fighter aircraft on its own.
However, Taro Sakamoto's idea is actually correct, because the development of aviation combat effectiveness is not only the number of fighter planes, but also the quality of pilots.
If the Japanese pilots can kill the Eighth Route Army pilots in batches in time, then the pilots sent by the Eighth Route Army into the sky will always be rookies with poor quality. Therefore, no matter how many fighter planes the Eighth Route Army has, the Japanese will always have the advantage in the air.
On the contrary, if the Eighth Route Army pilots cannot be suppressed and cannot kill them in time, the Eighth Route Army pilots will grow up one after another and eventually form a crushing force on the Imperial Air Force.
but……
What should be done to cause these Eighth Route Army Air Forces to suffer heavy losses?
It is definitely not possible to rely on "Zero War" for a fight. As mentioned before, the speed advantage of "Pull 5" prevents the flexibility of "Zero War" and the quality of the pilot... This is often the case in air combat.
In the face of absolute speed, any tricks are in vain.
Then, there is only one way, and that is to bomb the temporary airport so that the Eighth Route Army Air Force cannot land at the airport.
To bomb a temporary airport, the safety of the missiles must be ensured.
Therefore, it is worth sacrificing some "zero combat" to protect the missiles. Once the airport is bombed, all the losses will be recovered!
Considering this aspect, Sakamoto watched the "zero wars" being blown up in various "accidents". Although his heart was bleeding, he still gritted his teeth and ordered: "Everyone, hold on, as long as it blows up
The enemy's airport is our time to turn defeat into victory!"
"Yes!" The pilots of Team Sakamoto responded loudly.
The sacrifice of "Zero War" did have an effect, and out of fifty "manned missiles", only a dozen were left after being attacked by Eighth Route Army fighter planes.
This is already quite remarkable. Not only is the "manned missile" slow and unable to evade maneuvers, it can almost be said to be a target standing in the air, especially since the front warhead of this thing is equipped with 200 kilograms of explosives, and the rear engine is refueled.
, there is another pilot lying across the middle part... a few bullets will either burn or explode, or kill the pilot.
The Eighth Route Army had another seventy fighter planes. Although the number of fighter planes decreased with each passing day and more than twenty were lost in the war, the losses in the "zero war" were much greater. So far, more than forty fighter planes have been lost and only two are left.
More than ten racks are still struggling to support themselves.
And towards the end, the Japanese felt that victory was in sight, so they became more and more crazy to protect the missiles...
This psychology is actually understandable.
If we relaxed at the last moment and allowed the Eighth Route Army to deal with the missiles one by one, wouldn't the Japs' previous sacrifices have been in vain?
On the contrary, as long as the "Zero War" lasts to the end, no matter how many aircraft are left, the Eighth Route Army aviation personnel will be unable to return because they have nowhere to land after losing the temporary airport. This at least means that the Imperial Air Force will not lose money... one for one.
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Secondly, if the missile blows up the enemy's airport, it means that the Imperial Air Force has gained air superiority.
This is not empty talk. At that time, "zero combat" can use its long range to "deal with" enemy fighters, that is, play the tactic of "the enemy advances, we retreat, the enemy retreats, we advance". In this way, the "pull 5" can be
If it is exhausted, there is no need to worry about the speed of "pulling 5" or the x2.
After seizing air supremacy, there will be many benefits.
For example, the 59th Division's breakout, the control and counterattack of the steel plant, the counterattack of Ningbei Railway Station, and the intelligence in the nearby area, etc.
The Japanese pilots knew this, so they sometimes sacrificed themselves to protect the missiles... Just as the Eighth Route Army fighter planes were about to dive towards the missiles and shoot at them, a "Zero Fighter" suddenly sprang out to block the "La 5"'s view.
Another meaning of blocking the field of vision is to block bullets from missiles.
Although the Japanese fighter jets are pointing at the "Pull 5" to form a counterattack, the Eighth Route Army fighter jets still have long-range x2...
After the x2 was launched, "Zero War" truly entered a dilemma: hide or not to hide?
If you hide, you may be able to detonate this x2, but it also means opening the fuselage and exposing the missile to the enemy's gun.
If you don't hide, you will be the one who dies.
In the end, the Japanese fighters chose not to hide.
Because the missiles were about to reach the enemy's airport, they could not let the number of missiles continue to decrease like this.
The Japanese pilot shouted "Long live" on the radio at the last moment.
They seemed to have done a very heroic thing, but they did not realize that their "bravery" had no meaning.
Finally, the remaining seven missiles entered the dive stage.
At this stage, there is not much time left for the Eighth Route Army fighter planes, and the missile will also accelerate under the action of gravity. At the same time, the height of the missile is reduced and "Pull 5" does not have much diving space... The height is low, and "Pull 5" is
Don't dare to dive easily at high speed, otherwise you may be too late to pull up and fall to the ground.
At this time, there were only eighteen "Zero War" aircraft left.
However, Sakamoto was still very satisfied. He watched the missiles below explode accurately at the airport, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Everyone, we have won! Thank you for your efforts! Now, it is time for the enemy to pay the price.