In the end, not a single BF109 made it back alive, and all thirty of them were shot down in the airspace more than fifty kilometers away from Duolun County.
The reason why BF109 was completely wiped out was not because of how good the "La 5" was, nor how powerful the air-to-air missiles were, but because the Japanese pilots made a desperate plan and none of the remaining fighters escaped.
This may be unbelievable to other countries. When their strength is obviously inferior to that of the enemy, shouldn't they conserve their strength and fight for another fight next time?
What's more, the fighter plane they were flying was still a BF109. Being able to escape back also preserved the speed advantage of this fighter plane.
But for the devils, it is normal for this situation to occur.
Their commander, Major Moriya, has been shot dead, and the order Major Moriya gave them before his death was: "Kill them all, and no one is allowed to retreat! Otherwise, military law will be enforced!"
This was an order issued after Major Moriya found a tactic to defeat the Eighth Route Army's formation operations. At that time, Major Moriya always thought that they could turn defeat into victory. In order to arouse his subordinates' determination to win, he issued this desperate order.
Then, none of the Japanese pilots dared to escape, even though they knew they would die.
Because if they escape, they will die, and the family members of the deceased who escape will be implicated, so the best option is of course to die "gloriously" on the battlefield.
Otherwise, BF109 is faster than "Pull 5", and the air-to-air missiles of "Pull 5" in the later period are almost as effective. It is not difficult for BF109 to withdraw from the battlefield and escape back.
In the end, the Eighth Route Army fighter planes wiped out all 30 Japanese BF109s at the cost of 9 being shot down.
Wang Xuexin breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this information.
Before this, he had been worried that air-to-air missiles would not work.
This is not because Wang Xuexin lacks self-confidence or that he is belittling, but that he knows very well that even if the "La 5" is equipped with air-to-air missiles and even has formation combat tactics, it still has irreparable shortcomings... air-to-air missiles cannot solve all problems unless it has enough range.
It can destroy all enemy planes before they get close.
But the longest range of current air-to-air missiles is only three kilometers.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin would not be surprised if the result of this air battle was that all 20 "La-5"s of the Eighth Route Army were wiped out by the enemy.
Fortunately, this did not happen, and the Eighth Route Army successfully won the crucial battle.
The commander was also anxiously waiting for the result of this air battle. After receiving the news of victory, he excitedly shouted three times, and then said happily to the chief of staff: "Our dead game has been defeated by Xiao Dongbei again."
Give it a try!"
The commander is not talking about an air war, but a fight against Fengtian.
It is not an exaggeration to say that playing Fengtian is a dead game:
On a flat and open terrain like the Northeast, how can we attack Fengtian without air superiority?
Although Fengtian is not a coastal city, it is not far from the coast. How can it suppress enemy warships without air superiority?
We have neither control of the air nor the sea, and our military strength is not as large as that of the Japanese. Isn't attacking Fengtian a court of death?
But now, Wang Xuexin's air-to-air missile has given this plan a hope, although the Eighth Route Army's "La 5" also lost 9 aircraft.
Kosugi Jiro failed to wait for BF109 at the last moment. When he was shot down by the "La 5", he kept calling on the radio: "Where is BF109? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
What Kosugijiro didn't know was that at this time, Colonel Harada had been wiped out by the BF109 army and was so shocked that he didn't know how to command: the bait was thrown out and the fish was hooked, but who knew that the fish swallowed all the fishing rods directly?
Got it!
If the fishing rod is swallowed, can the bait be recovered?
The losses of these old-fashioned Japanese fighter planes can only be described by the word "defeated like a mountain". They were no match for the Eighth Route Army's "Pull 5". They were once extremely arrogant and fell to the ground like wooden stakes.
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After the war, the Eighth Route Army roughly estimated that the result was at least 50.
The reason why I say "at least" is because some fighter planes flew away with injuries, and it is impossible to determine whether they were shot down or survived.
Naosaburo Okabe doesn't care about this, all he thinks about is BF109.
"How is it possible!" Naosaburo Okabe said: "That's the BF109. Their speed reaches 710 kilometers per hour. Such a fighter... can actually be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army's 'La 5'?"
Then Naosaburo Okabe asked: "Did they fall into the trap of the Eighth Route Army and be shot down by the air defense system?"
Naosaburo Okabe believes that if there is anything in the world that can defeat the BF109, it must be the air defense system.
Ojoto Sanji hesitated for a moment and then replied: "General, you can say..."
"What do you mean by 'so to speak'?" Naosaburo Okabe asked sharply.
"Your Excellency, General!" Sanji Ojoto glanced at Shinta Kono beside him and said, "We believe that the Eighth Route Army may have moved the air defense system to the fighter planes!"
"Move the air defense system to the fighter plane?" Naosaburo Okabe looked up at Sanji Ojodo, and then looked at Shinta Kono. He thought it was a joke, but found that the two of them were not joking at all.
Oshiro Sanji knew why Okabe Naosaburo had this expression. The air defense system required dozens of cars to carry it, and it required maintenance and testing if it moved at all. How could it be moved to a fighter plane?
Sanji Ojoto didn't know how to explain it, so he could only turn his attention to Shinta Kono.
Shinta Kono quickly replied: "General, we are just guessing. The reason is that according to the battle report of the aviation force, the Eighth Route Army's new air-to-air missiles have many similarities with anti-aircraft missiles!"
Saying that, Shinta Kono handed over the information.
This is where Shinta Kono is brilliant. He does not make too many judgments himself, but gives the information to Naosaburo Okabe and lets him make his own judgments.
Naosaburo Okabe took the document and looked at it. The similarities between air-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft missiles were marked in detail.
For example, in appearance, the new air-to-air missile is simply a smaller version of an anti-aircraft missile.
For example, speed, the new air-to-air missile has the same amazing speed as the anti-aircraft missile, which is completely different from the previous air-to-air missiles.
Another example is the explosion fragmentation method... This is particularly obvious. The explosion of an old-fashioned air-to-air missile is very loud, the smoke and fire are large, but there are not many shrapnel and the lethality is weak. The warhead is obviously an explosive.
As for the new type of air-to-air missile, it has the same explosion sound as the anti-aircraft missile, but has many shrapnel and is highly lethal. The warhead should be a prefabricated fragmentation type.
(Note: At this time, the Japanese did not know about the continuous long-rod warhead, so they thought it was a prefabricated fragment. However, it is not wrong to say that it is a prefabricated fragment. The continuous long-rod warhead is a kind of prefabricated fragment.)
Seeing this, Naosaburo Okabe fell silent.
The Imperial fighter planes have always been concerned about the Eighth Route Army's air defense system. Because of this, Naosaburo Okabe did not even dare to attack Chifeng directly.
But now, the Eighth Route Army has put the air defense system on fighter planes!
So this air superiority...can we still regain it with BF109?