Chapter 291 The results of the battle cannot be counted
Tada Jidai glanced at the altimeter and realized that he had no chance of survival:
He chased a "Hawker 81" that was escaping in a dive, and then reached an altitude of 60 meters.
At this height, if you choose to skydive, you will have landed before the parachute has time to open.
Therefore, Tada Jidai planned to give up the chance of survival. He hoped to give more information to the imperial army, and expressed his dissatisfaction to Okamura Neji:
"The enemy has a new type of equipment that allows them to fly in the air and change direction to track our fighter planes!"
"Tell your Excellency, General, that he has been fooled again. Next time you draw up a battle plan, you should do a good job in intelligence work!"
"Every mistake he makes is because of..."
Before he finished speaking, the fighter plane fell to the ground with a "boom".
The fighter plane smashed a big hole in the ground. The head and middle part of the fighter plane immediately fell apart and merged with the ground under the strong impact. The tail of the plane was stuck diagonally in the mud pit, emitting black smoke, and seemed to be flying into the air while still resisting desperately.
The subordinates expressed their helplessness...
In the end, in the direction of Wangxing Airport, only three of the more than fifty Zero Fighters that the Japanese participated in the battle escaped back to the airport.
However, the battle did not end there. Wu Guozhi looked at the group of bombers in the sky that noticed something was wrong and started to turn around and return, and ordered: "Everyone, pay attention, keep all your bullets on the enemy aircraft!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
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The pilots responded excitedly, and then pounced on the bomber group like tigers descending the mountain.
There is no need to say more about what will happen next.
Fortunately, the Type 97 bomber is also equipped with three self-defense machine guns. It can reach a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, which is not bad. It is still capable of fighting against the "Hawker 81".
However, in fact, the Type 97 was not capable of fighting a battle, because when carrying out this mission, many bomber pilots believed that there was no risk of "zero combat" escort, so they did not even bring self-defense machine guns, and all were converted into bombs for bombing enemy airports.
As for the Type 93 heavy bomber... its speed is only more than 200 kilometers per hour, and it is almost a flying target in front of the "Hawk 81".
So, soon there was another lively "fireworks show" in the sky. One after another, the Japanese bombers were beaten until they smoked and caught fire, and then fell from the sky with a piercing scream.
ground.
Below this sky is Jieqiao Village, which is located on the edge of the Yellow River. It is the spring plowing season, and the villagers are working in the fields with the Eighth Route Army soldiers.
They all dropped their weapons and stopped to watch this grand event, cheering loudly every time they saw a Japanese fighter plane falling from the sky.
Many people still didn't understand the reason and asked the Eighth Route Army soldiers:
"Is that a Japanese plane that fell down?"
"We have never seen so many planes falling in the world!"
"Did we win the war? When did our planes become so powerful?"
…
The Eighth Route Army soldiers proudly answered:
"Of course it was a Japanese plane that fell down!"
"Of course we won the battle!"
"Can our Eighth Route Army's aircraft be the same?"
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Due to confidentiality reasons, not many soldiers actually know about the situation of the Eighth Route Army Air Force. Not many people even know the name "Eighth Route Army First Air Force" or the fact that it was stationed at Wangxing Airport.
But this does not affect the pride of the Eighth Route Army soldiers. Anyway, it is enough for our army to win.
At this time, Major Doug still didn't know why. He was sitting at attention at the headquarters because there was a "zero battle" squadron circling near Wanxian Airport.
Major Doug suddenly found that he could do nothing.
Because if you want to ensure the normal operation of the airport, you should send fighter planes to fight, because only in this way can you ensure the safety of the runway. Otherwise, the fighter planes will be destroyed on the runway one by one by "zero combat" before they take off.
But this is inconsistent with the domestic order for Yingjiang pilots: "not to directly participate in combat."
Therefore, Major Doug had no choice but to give up the air control of Wanxian Airport to the Japanese.
So, can my boast about Haikou that Yingjiang pilots can protect the Eighth Route Army Air Force still stand?
What Yingjiang pilots do is actually training, training, and training again.
What protects the safety of the aviation fleet has always been the facilities of Wanxian Airport, that is, the terrain here and the tunnels that can accommodate more than a hundred fighter planes.
Now, at the critical moment of life and death for the Eighth Route Army Air Force, the Yingjiang Air Force can do nothing.
but……
Major Doug was still thinking arrogantly: "The current situation is also because the Eighth Route Army Air Force insists on being independent. Facts have proved that this is a wrong choice!"
However, at this moment, the signal soldier received a call and reported to Major Doug in surprise: "Major, they defeated the enemy!"
Major Doug was stunned and asked: "What? What enemy was defeated? Please tell me clearly!"
"It's the First Air Force of the Eighth Route Army!" the communications soldier replied: "They defeated the enemy's 'Zero War' brigade, a 'Zero War' brigade with more than fifty 'Zero War' aircraft!"
This time, not only Major Doug, but the entire command center became quiet.
How could this happen?
That's more than fifty zero-zero battles!
For an enemy aircraft of this size, even the first-line pilots of Yingjiang would need at least two or three times as many fighters and more advanced fighters to dare to fight.
For example, the Yingjiang pilots at Wanxian Airport had more than fifty "Hawker 81s" in their hands, but they did not dare to act rashly because of the power of a zero-fighting squadron, that is, ten "zero-fighting" aircraft.
But……
The Eighth Route Army Air Force, those inadequately trained pilots and students of the Yingjiang pilots, flying the same fighter aircraft, were actually able to fight against the "zero war" with a 1:1 strength comparison... This was once considered a joke, but Wang Xuexin
He was also called a madman by Major Doug.
Now it has become a reality.
As a result, Major Doug discovered that they were actually the joke.
After a while, Major Doug asked: "So, where is the Eighth Route Army Air Force? How many fighter planes did they lose?"
"Five!" The signal soldier panicked: "I'm not sure, Major! Because I can't believe this result, but that's what they said!"
"Five?" Major Doug didn't believe it either: "Defeated the enemy's 'Zero War' brigade at the cost of losing five 'Hawker 81's? No, this can't be true. It should be the enemy's initiative to retreat..."
...Or, their target is actually Wanxian Airport!"
Speaking of this, Major Doug immediately became nervous.
But the communications soldier said: "No, Major! To be precise, it was not a defeat, but a rout! Because... only three 'Zero Fighters' survived!"
Just when Major Doug cast a shocked look, the communications soldier added: "In addition, the enemy also shot down a large number of bombers. Because they are still fighting at this time, the results cannot be calculated for the time being!"