Major Carlos ignored these details, so he was supposed to fly to Wanxian Airport at night, but he suddenly changed his mind and chose to take action during the day...
Part of the reason for this is that Major Carlos and his team came all the way from Yingjiang and suffered from jet lag. The day in China should be night for them. They couldn't sleep during the day, so they simply chose to finish the work.
Major Carlos looked at the time and asked the adjutant: "How long does it take to reach the target?"
The adjutant replied: "Major, maybe 18 minutes!"
"Turn on the radio and contact the airport!" Major Carlos said: "Let them know we are coming!"
"Yes!" The adjutant ordered and turned on the radio.
Unexpectedly, immediately after turning on the phone, I heard a rushing voice from the radio: "Falcon, Falcon, this is the hunter! The enemy's 'zero war' has flown to your direction! Repeat, the enemy's 'zero battle' has flown to you.
direction……"
The adjutant quickly reported to Major Carlos: "Major, the enemy may be on the way to intercept us!"
Major Carlos was taken aback and immediately ordered over the radio: "Get ready to fight..."
However, it was already too late.
Before he finished speaking, several "Zero Fighters" swooped down from above the clouds, and then there was only a "click-click" sound of machine guns. Immediately, several Hawker 81s were beaten and tilted to the side with black smoke rising.
"Freedom to fight!" Major Carlos ordered while pulling up the nose of the aircraft to fight.
This is where the Japanese are smart. They occupy a high and advantageous position, forcing the enemy to climb instead of dive...
The commander of the "Zero War" squadron is squadron leader Toshihide Aoki.
The pilots in the empire who can fly "Zero Combat" are the elite of the elite, and Aoki Toshihide is no exception. Although he is only a squadron leader, his military rank is already that of lieutenant colonel, and he has shot down more than fifty enemy aircraft.
sorties.
A considerable number of these achievements were obtained during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This is one of the reasons why Okamura Neiji transferred him to China to fight, because he has rich experience against the Eagle fighter.
The ambush laid by Toshii Aoki was based on the direction of the enemy.
Others who implement an interception will choose to catch up and immediately enter the battle.
But Toshii Aoki didn't do that.
He thought about a problem before the war, that is, catching up might allow the enemy to discover his "zero combat" fleet in advance and prepare for it.
This is not what Toshii Aoki wants.
Toshii Aoki hopes to catch the opponent off guard.
After all, there are as many as 32 fighter jets coming from Eagle Sauce for reinforcements, while there are only 12 "Zero Fighters".
In the absence of numerical advantage, Aoki Toshihide believes that he should expand his environment, position and first-mover advantage as much as possible.
And if the enemy discovers one's fleet too early, these advantages will be lost.
Therefore, Toshii Aoki’s flight direction was not from north to south to catch up.
He knew that the enemy plane's attention must be directly ahead, and it would be easy for the enemy to catch up and catch him.
The flight path of Aoki Squadron was staggered from the target... The 12 "Zero Fighters" flew to the east for a certain distance, then turned back from the east, and the flight path turned a corner.
The reason why we chose the east side is because it was morning and the sun was in the east. The 12 "Zero Fighters" were approaching the enemy aircraft under the cover of sunshine and clouds, making it almost impossible for them to be discovered by the enemy.
On the contrary, the enemy planes were clearly visible to the Imperial pilots under the sunlight.
What's even more outrageous is that Aoki Toshii ordered him to remain in a high position...
This is the result of Aoki Toshii's analysis of Takajia's tactics.
During the recent period, the performance of the "Zero War" on the Pacific battlefield was not as good as it was at the beginning of the war. To find out the reason, Aoki Toshiei found out after research that the Eagle pilots always chose to dive to escape when they were in an unfavorable situation.
If you need to dive to escape, you should have a certain height.
If "zero war" remains at a high level, there will be only two options when the Yingjiang aircraft is attacked:
One is to dive and escape.
The second is to climb up and challenge.
But both are obviously not suitable.
The former, if you dive to escape... this is the time when the "Zero War" dives to pursue from behind. Although the "Zero War" has poor high-speed performance, Yingjiang does not have much speed in the early stage of the dive, and at the same time, it will push itself during the dive.
The fuselage remained consistent with the flight path of the "Zero War" and almost hit their muzzles.
The latter, climb to meet the challenge.
This is the advantage of "Zero War"... "Zero War" is light in weight and its climbing performance is much better than the heavier Hawk 81.
Facts also proved that Aoki Toshii's tactics were correct.
At the moment of the "Zero War" dive, the Yingjiang fleet suffered heavy losses:
Upon contact, five Hawk 81s were shot down on the spot. Then some Hawk 81s chose to dive, and some chose to climb...
In fact, the best choice for Hawker 81 at this time is to maintain the flight path, only need to accelerate, fly for a while and then start to dive to escape.
The reason is that the "Zero" dives down from a high place, and its chance to shoot is only when the muzzle is pointed at the target. Then due to the huge inertia, it will inevitably drop below the Hawk 81.
At this time, Hawker 81 is not suitable for climbing or diving.
The dive gives Zero War an opportunity to continue chasing.
Climb up, that is, expose your weaknesses to the "zero battle".
On the contrary, flying straight and level can temporarily escape the pursuit of "zero battle".
Therefore, tactics on the battlefield are often not static, but should be adapted to local conditions based on actual conditions.
Because of the wrong tactics, in just two minutes, more than ten Hawker 81s were shot down one after another and injured.
At that moment, Major Carlos was stunned. He never thought that the situation facing the "zero battle" would be so tragic. More than half of the casualties were already lost before he could even react.
Not long ago, he thought he was evenly matched with his enemy.
At this moment, he found a "Zero War" following behind him.
This is normal because Major Carlos chose "climb".
The result of climbing means that it will soon be bitten by the "Zero".
Major Carlos immediately realized his mistake. He gritted his teeth and made a fake move in the air... This was Major Carlos's unique skill. It looked like he was turning left, but suddenly he turned right at a large angle.
, and then immediately switch to dive.
Sure enough, the "Zero" behind him was thrown away by Major Carlos.
And luckily, when Major Carlos was diving, he found a "Zero" following a friendly aircraft below.
Major Carlos didn't think much, he pressed the nose of the aircraft and dived towards the target.
He wanted to rescue his subordinates, but he ultimately failed to achieve this wish.
Before his machine gun fired a bullet, the "Zero War" machine gun had already hit the friendly aircraft...