Principal Tang was stunned for a moment, then nodded nervously: "Yes, today is the day. They should be on the way. What do you mean..."
Wang Xuexin did not explain, but immediately ordered: "Contact Yingjiang immediately and ask them to issue a warning to the pilot!"
Principal Tang responded, picked up the phone and dialed Major Doug's office.
Major Doug immediately used the radio to try to call the new fighters that might still be in the air, but found nothing... They may not have entered the communication range of the radio, or they were worried about being discovered by the enemy and were in radio silence.
Usually, try to contact Wanxian Airport within 20 minutes from Wanxian Airport, and Wanxian Airport will be ready to guide them to land.
Wang Xuexin and Principal Tang rushed to Major Doug's office immediately.
At this time, Major Doug's contact is the most important compared to the airport command.
But Major Doug just shook his head regretfully and said, "Now, I can only hope that they are lucky enough to escape this disaster!"
Wang Xuexin's heart sank. He never believed in luck. He believed that even if there was luck, it would favor those who were prepared and worked hard.
But now... Wang Xuexin obviously missed the mark. He did not expect that the Japanese would think of going deep into the hinterland of the stubborn army to intercept Yingjiang's fighter planes to reinforce the Eighth Route Army.
But why not?
Is there any difference between the recalcitrant air force and the Japanese "zero battle" that can fly over it like no one is in the air? So why don't they intercept it?
To put it simply, it means using "zero warfare" to implement a complete blockade of the Eighth Route Army's Wanxian Airport: neither fighter planes from Wanxian Airport are allowed to take off, nor are other fighter planes allowed to reinforce to Wanxian Airport.
In this situation, Wang Xuexin had no choice but to say: "They should choose to fly at night!"
Major Doug replied: "Originally, we planned to fly at night, but Major Carlos believed that the enemy only had 12 Zero Fighters, so they should not be too worried!"
Major Carlos was the commander of a group of experienced pilots sent by General Doolittle.
Doolittle not only sent 30 people, but also sent a complete aviation group, including 32 fighter planes. The 32 Hawker 81s were piloted by front-line pilots with combat training, among whom Major Carlos was in
A pilot who fought with the Japanese on the Pacific battlefield.
Doolittle hopes that Major Carlos can lead this group of elites to open up a new situation at Wanxian Airport... including protecting the airspace safety of Wanxian Airport so that pilots have time to train, and in addition, learning and verifying the new tactics Wang Xuexin said
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If it was before this, Doolittle had no intention of doing this, and neither did the higher-ups of Eagle Sauce.
But after Wang Xuexin proposed a new tactic, which was to use the speed advantage to carry out wave tail biting tactics on the "Zero", this became of extraordinary significance to Yingjiang.
Doolittle also thought about abandoning the Chinese battlefield and experimenting on the Pacific battlefield.
But there are several problems that cannot be avoided.
First of all, the most direct problem is that the Yingjiang carrier-based aircraft is slower than the "Zero War" and cannot implement wave tail biting tactics.
Secondly, Yingjiang may choose to take off fighter jets from land base to implement this tactic, but this is also unrealistic.
The reason is that "Zero War" has another advantage, which is its ultra-long range. If this thing is equipped with an auxiliary fuel tank, its range can reach more than 3,000 kilometers, while Yingjiang's P40 only has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers.
If the P40 takes off from a land base to fight the "Zero War", it will face a problem: the "Zero War" does not need to fight the P40 at all. They only need to hide and hide with the P40 for a while to consume its fuel, and wait until the P40's fuel is almost gone.
If you don’t want to return, then attack again...
It goes without saying what the outcome of such an air battle will be. No matter whether the P40 loses or wins, it will end with the entire army being annihilated.
This does not include the psychological pressure on the pilots: when pilots know that they are short of fuel, they often dare not engage in any fights with enemy aircraft, because as long as they chase them around, it means that they cannot return to the airport and can only land on the sea.
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Therefore, this is not a question of training level and tactics, but a question of strategy.
(Note: In modern times, when the sun never sets when attacking the Falklands, the Argentine Air Force suffers from this. Its land-based fighter jets hardly dare to fight with fighter jets that take off from the aircraft carrier until the sun never sets, and can only be passively beaten)
Therefore, Doolittle turned his attention to China.
The Chinese battlefield is different from the Pacific battlefield of Yingjiang.
The Chinese battlefield is fought on land, and the enemy and our airports are relatively close to each other, less than 200 kilometers apart, which is in line with the combat distance of the Hawk 81.
The longest range of the Hawker 81, which is more than 1,000 kilometers, is calculated like this: fly over 500 kilometers, fly back 500 kilometers, including some cruise and combat losses, so the combat radius is not 500 kilometers, but 300 kilometers
About kilometers.
With this calculation in mind, Doolittle sent Major Carlos and his aviation group to China... Major Carlos and his subordinates were all pilots who had been flying P40s to fight the enemy in China for many years.
Doolittle thought this way. After pilots like them verified this tactic on the Chinese battlefield, one day if Yingjiang is reluctant to part with it, he can call them back.
In addition, there are many benefits for them to stay in China.
For example, it will help the development of Wanxian Airport and cause greater trouble to the Japanese.
For another example, if this group of capable forces joins Wanxian Airport, the Japanese cannot suppress it with 12 "zero combat" aircraft, so the number of "zero combat" sorties must be increased accordingly.
No matter how it was considered, it was beneficial to Ying Jiang, so he no longer hesitated and immediately sent the Carlos team over.
At this time, Major Carlos was on a flying fighter plane looking at the densely populated houses on the ground. He was full of curiosity about this strange and backward country. He secretly wondered how anyone in such a country could know so many advanced things.
air combat tactics?
At this time, Major Carlos did not realize that the danger was approaching him step by step.
It should be said that Major Carlos underestimated the enemy.
No wonder Major Carlos underestimated the enemy.
Because the aviation brigade he leads has practiced the "zero battle" tactics countless times in China, which are the scissor crossover and dive escape tactics proposed by Wang Xuexin before.
Although these tactics still cannot take advantage of the "zero battle", they can already form a battle loss ratio of 1:3.
The Yingjiang pilots have 32 fighter planes, while the enemy only has 12.
So based on the battle loss ratio of 1:3, we should be evenly matched between the enemy and ourselves.
There is nothing wrong with this calculation, but Major Carlos overlooked one point. The air combat performance of the Hawker 81 is not as good as that of the "Wildcat Fighter". Although the speed is slightly higher, the maneuverability and firepower are far different.