The fighting started on the fifth day of the air war.
There was only one reason why we chose to start the fight on this day: the Japanese night fighters were already in place, and a group of 36 of them came.
Once the Japanese night fighters arrive, it means that the pilots lose the opportunity to take off at night for training as usual... Once they take off for training, they will be easily attacked by enemy night fighters, and once attacked, they will have to fight to the death.
The reason is very simple. There is no safe airspace at Wanxian Airport. Once a fight breaks out, they will face the same predicament as the Carlos Brigade before, without even a place to land.
From this, Wang Xuexin also knew that the Japanese had been fooled.
The reason why the Japanese need a brigade of more than thirty night fighters is to completely blockade Wanxian Airport at night... Although the Eighth Route Army and even Hawker 81 of Eagle Sauce do not have night combat capabilities at this time, combat and blockade are two different things.
Strictly speaking, combat requires more quality of fighter jets, while blockade requires more quantity of fighter jets.
Because of the blockade, it is necessary to patrol the Wanxian Airport 24 hours a day and even prepare for combat, and attack immediately if there is any situation.
That's why the Japanese need 36 night fighters.
As for the "zero battle"... the information obtained by Wang Xuexin is that the Japs lost four in the last battle: three were shot down and one was damaged.
The Japanese did not replenish four aircraft but replenished three aircraft. The damaged "Zero War" was undergoing emergency repairs and planned to let it fly into the sky again.
This also proves that the Japanese do not pay attention to the "zero battle" squadron, that is, they do not pay attention to the daytime blockade.
This is normal. They think that "Zero War" is invincible, so they don't need to worry about it during the day.
This is what Wang Xuexin wants.
Because Wang Xuexin believes that although "zero war" is the enemy's advantage, it is also the enemy's weakness.
Because the production of the Japanese Ki45 night fighter is not difficult, and the demand in the Pacific battlefield and other directions is not large, the Japanese can invest a lot of such fighters in China in a short period of time.
Therefore, if the Eighth Route Army's plan is to target the Ki45 night fighter, it is likely to face the Japanese, a huge industrial machine. Shooting down a few Japanese will send more night fighters to appear in the Chinese sky, which will not help relieve the Japanese's control of the enemy.
The blockade of Wanxian Airport.
But "Zero War" is not like this.
At this time, the total output of "Zero War" was only more than 300 sorties, and as soon as it was produced, it was shipped to the Pacific battlefield to fight against Yingjiang... The Japanese hoped to defeat Yingjiang's navy and air force in one fell swoop, gain control of the battlefield, and then force Yingjiang to negotiate with them.
If the Eighth Route Army could severely damage the Japanese "zero battle" squadron on the Chinese battlefield, and the Japanese did not even have a solution or targeted tactics, it would be almost impossible for the Japanese to use this "zero battle" squadron when they were in such short supply.
Carrier-based fighter jets are used to deal with the Hawk 81 of the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Xuexin's thinking was very clear, and he was sure that this was the key to eliminating the Japanese attack on Wanxian Airport.
Before the war, Wang Xuexin said a few words as usual.
He looked at the Chinese pilots and Yingjiang pilots standing in front of him, and without any nonsense, he just said: "Comrades, not long ago, the Japanese's 'zero battle' defeated our army with a loss ratio of 3 to 33.
, I will not avoid this issue, I will even engrave it
In my heart! Because I know that it can only use the blood of the Japanese to wash away this shame, it can only use the enemy's fighter planes to heal it, and it can only fight a beautiful battle with the same battle loss ratio to make it disappear!
Now, this moment has finally arrived, are you ready?"
"Ready!" the soldiers shouted in response.
But Wang Xuexin actually knew that they were not ready.
There were only five trainings in total, and the longest total training time was only seven hours... The Hawk 81 has a short airborne time, and the fuel is almost used up after more than an hour of each training, and the pilot is very tired after more than an hour. This is still Eagle Sauce
The length of training the pilot achieved.
However, there is no room for change now. Either break through the blockade, or be blocked by the Japanese and disappear forever.
Before getting on the plane, Major Doug sighed: "Wang, I think you were right from the beginning. They (referring to Yingjiang) should have sent 100 fighter planes in the first batch. If that was the case, Wanxian Airport would not
This situation may happen now!”
Major Doug is right.
The current situation is actually caused by Yingjiang's hesitation.
If the number of fighter planes was suddenly increased to 100 from the beginning before the Japanese were mentally prepared, then the Japanese would not be able to talk about a blockade.
Because at that time, the number of fighter planes had reached a large scale and even had the ability to protect themselves, opening up a safe area in the sky.
At that time, it was very difficult for the Japanese to blockade the area.
If that doesn't work, Yingjiang can also dispatch excellent pilots overland to Wanxian Airport to replace the second-line pilots in the war.
But now, because the hawk sauce is increasing bit by bit like squeezing toothpaste, the Japanese have made adjustments and even called in "zero combat" to implement the blockade. The failure of the air battle was ultimately due to the error of this decision.
But war is what it is, and there is no point in pursuing responsibility.
The reality is that Wanxian Airport has been forced into a dead end, and the Eighth Route Army can only fight with its last resort.
Wang Xuexin patted Major Doug's shoulder optimistically and said, "Don't worry, Major! Isn't this an opportunity? It forces us to find new tactics to deal with the 'zero war', doesn't it?"
Major Doug may have been infected by Wang Xuexin's optimism. He nodded confidently, then waved to his subordinates and shouted: "Let's go! Go and settle the score with the Japanese!"
The Yingjiang pilots raised their hands and shouted, and some even shook hands with the Chinese pilots before climbing into the cabin.
Wang Xuexin looked at the fighter planes taking off from the airport, stood upright and saluted in the direction they left. They were the most respectable and lovely people.
There are a total of 39 fighter planes, of which 23 are fighter jets and 16 are rocket-propelled fighter jets.
The entire fleet of planes was densely packed, flying towards Linfen Airport like a swarm of bees.
This shocked the Japanese on the spot...
In fact, as soon as the Eighth Route Army fighter planes took off, the Japanese would have observed the situation, because the Japanese had always had 98 light bombs observing from a distance in the sky, monitoring the situation at Wanxian Airport.
This made Wanxian Airport very passive, because every move was under the watchful eye of the Japanese.
But there was nothing we could do.
It is difficult for anti-aircraft guns to hit a single target flying at an uncertain altitude. If fighter planes take off to intercept, the Japanese "zero combat" will arrive quickly.
So we can only let it go.
But it doesn't seem to matter, because Wang Xuexin believes that even if Okamura Neji knew that the Eighth Route Army fighter planes were taking off... he would never have imagined that the takeoff was to annihilate the "Zero War" squadron.