The first person to call was the chief... The latest person to know the victory news must be the chief, because the staff immediately transmitted the battle situation of the "high fire" troops and even Wang Xuexin's command to the headquarters through the radio.
The commander said happily: "Well done, Comrade Wang Xuexin! This battle is an eye-opener for us old guys... We thought we would blow up at most a dozen 'Zero Fighters', plus some other aircraft.
It’s amazing, I didn’t expect that hundreds of aircraft of various types would be destroyed in one explosion, and the Japanese’s ‘zero battle’ brigade would be crippled!”
In fact, it's not that the chief and chief of staff couldn't guess correctly, but that they didn't dare to guess any higher.
Because any previous battle, including the Coral Sea Battle fought not long ago by Eagle Sauce, only shot down more than 20 Japanese "zero battles". (Note: The total number of Japanese fighter jets shot down was 77, but including bombers and torpedo planes.
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The chief of staff analyzed: "Our aviation force has shot down more than twenty 'Zero Fighters' before, but that was when our Army Air Force had a numerical advantage and introduced the Japanese 'Zero Fighters' into the encirclement. The result was still a 'Huo Zhan'."
In exchange for the loss of 81'. This time, it will be almost the same as last time, right?"
The chief nodded in agreement: "Don't have high hopes. This is the first time that Gaohuo has been equipped with a proximity fuse to blow up an aircraft. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! You have to eat the food one bite at a time!"
The commander's idea is that if a Japanese plane is blown up close to the "high fire", it will alert other planes, right?
The number of fighter planes blown up by "high fire" is very limited!
But the commander used the cautious thinking of the Eighth Route Army or his logic to deceive the Japanese commander.
The Japanese "Zero War" are "invincible" most of the time in the air, including Yingjiang. What's more, they have intercepted dozens of "high-fire" missiles before, which will make pilots more vulnerable to "high-fire"
"Unsuspecting.
As a result, the result was completely beyond the expectations of the leader and chief of staff.
When he heard that the first batch of "zero battles" confirmed the destruction of more than fifty Japanese aircraft, the commander even suspected that he had heard wrongly.
"Do you regard all fighter planes as 'zero combat'?" the commander asked: "Are there really more than fifty? The Japanese only have a total of sixty or so!"
"That's right, there are more than fifty 'Zero War' aircraft!" Zhang Zongping, the staff officer responsible for liaising with the headquarters, replied: "I confirmed with the intelligence personnel that the Japanese's entire 'Zero War' brigade was almost wiped out!
It is difficult to count other bombed planes because they are too messy for intelligence personnel to tell them apart!"
The commander and the chief of staff couldn't help but look at each other. After a long while, the commander happily slapped his thigh and shouted: "Good guy, this shows the momentum of our Eighth Route Army! Biyingjiang used the aircraft carrier to fight with the Japanese.
The results will be even greater!"
The chief of staff corrected: "It should be much larger, because these fifty-odd aircraft are only the losses of the Japanese's 'zero battle'. From the tone of Staff Zhang, it seems that there are many other types of aircraft that were blown up!"
"That's right!" said the chief: "This doesn't include the entire air force dispatched to hunt down the Japanese aircraft! The Japanese air force is really in trouble now!"
The chief's guess was correct. The aviation team also showed off under the command of Major Doug.
Major Doug sent out all the troops, not just the ordinary "Hawk 81", he also sent out all the rocket type "Hawk 81".
The rocket fighter's target is the Japanese airport.
Major Doug said this: "Since the enemy's 'zero war' has been basically destroyed, and its main force is seeking a decisive battle with our army, and at the same time their air defense forces are surrounding the heavy artillery positions, what else does their airport have?
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Major Doug's judgment was correct. It can be said that he grasped the weakness of the Japanese Air Force at this time.
If it were in the past, when the Japanese still had "zero battle" and 96-ship battle, they would hardly need to worry about the Eighth Route Army's rocket fighters.
Because the Japanese have radar and fighter planes patrolling near the airport.
The Eighth Route Army's rocket fighters will be intercepted by the Japanese before they even get close to the Japs' airport. At that time, the rocket fighters will have to wait for death... Originally, the "Hawker 81" was not as maneuverable as the "Zero War" and was also equipped with bulky equipment.
rockets, and even traveled 300 kilometers to reach the Japanese airport.
At this time, if any plane takes off and comes to them, they will be unable to eat and walk around.
It is precisely because of this that the Japanese did not deploy air defense troops around the airport... With "zero warfare" to protect the airport, air defense troops are still needed? Isn't that a shameful waste?
But now, with the rapid destruction of the "Zero War" brigade, the Japanese have lost not only fighter jets, but also the barrier that can protect their airport security.
Such a big loophole, if we don’t drill it now, how can we drill it?
As a result, dozens of rocket fighter planes flew to the two Japanese airports in two directions, and launched an indiscriminate bombing that turned the Japanese unsuspecting airport into a ball of flames.
From this point of view, when Colonel Ishida finally let all the fighter planes take off to fight, it may not be a death charge order given by a sudden rush of thought.
Perhaps, he also considered that the airport had lost its protection, and the aircraft would only end up being bombed by the enemy if it stayed at the airport.
But who knows?
Colonel Ishida's true thoughts have been taken to hell by him.
The commander continued to praise: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, and all the soldiers of the 'High Fire' unit! You have created an unprecedented good situation for our army! After this battle, it means that the Japanese can no longer be like before.
Likewise, just a few planes can control China's air superiority!"
Wang Xuexin had already pointed the microphone at the commanders and fighters at the headquarters. As soon as the commander finished speaking, the commanders and fighters cheered loudly and applauded.
Chen Songyong sighed to Wang Xuexin with tears in his eyes: "The leader is right, this is not just a matter of blowing up dozens of Japanese planes, but it means that we have air supremacy! For the first time in history, we have air supremacy!"
Wang Xuexin understood why the commander, Chen Songyong and the commanders and soldiers were so excited.
Wang Xuexin's own experience is not very deep, because he has only been in this world for more than a year and has only been blown up by Japanese planes a few times.
But the Eighth Route Army was different. Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, as long as the Eighth Route Army's battles against the Japanese were of any scale, there would definitely be Japanese aircraft.
Moreover, airplanes are something that you cannot do anything about. If you are hit or bombed, you can only knock out your teeth and swallow them.
Now, the situation of the war is reversed.
The Eighth Route Army not only competed with the Japanese in the air, but now also achieved a great victory, which in turn controlled the Japanese's air superiority...
All of this happened so fast that many commanders and fighters had not yet adapted, and certainly did not know how to fight a battle with air superiority.