As the cavalry and motorcycle scouts set off, Boeing 218 fighter jets taking off from other runways roared into the sky.
As for the three fighter planes hung in the net, they were slowly falling from the sky.
Zhou Zhirou certainly recognized that those fighter planes were flying from Japanese aircraft carriers.
But behind them, the D1A/Type 94 dive bombers. Although they do not fly very fast when they are carrying bombs, they have the ability to fight with the Hawker III after they drop their bombs.
And now Zhou Zhirou doesn’t have much left in either Boeing 218 or Hawker III fighter jets.
Before the war started, there were only eighty-nine combat aircraft. Seeing the ground crew dragging the blackened body of the two burned-out Boeing 218 fighter pilots out of the cockpit, Zhou Zhirou felt like they were being slapped on her.
A slap in the face.
If only... if...
There is no probability in history. It is indeed a historical necessity that the Chairman of the Generalissimo, who has never seriously and thoroughly solved the internal corruption problem, was driven to the island.
The only pity is that those who still trust him are those who died in the battle.
Apparently the Japanese have an extraordinary interest in destroying the third group, the Hawker III and Boeing 218 fighter jets of the Guangdong Air Force.
The fighter group, which lost three dive bombers, climbed to altitude again and circled before diving towards the field airport again.
But the difference this time was that there were several more Boeing 218 and Hawker III fighter jets in the sky, disrupting the formation of Japanese dive bombers and trying their best to drive them away from the kites.
Soon the pilots of the third group achieved the results of shooting down and damaging one aircraft each.
What is jaw-dropping is that, driven by them, two Japanese D1A/Type 94 dive bombers panicked and broke into the area controlled by those swaying kites.
Zhou Zhirou, who had been observing the airport defense battle with binoculars, was surprised to find that the wings of the Japanese fighter plane, which was covered with canvas, were directly cut off by those kite strings.
Not only that, those kites with thin silk ropes just sank for a certain distance along with the kite strings, and then, pulled by motorcycles or cars, they flew back into the sky.
This is easy to understand. After all, the tensile strength of silk is similar to that of steel wire. When cutting two or three millimeters of steel wire at a relative speed of several hundred kilometers, it is necessary to cut the wing that is only composed of aluminum alloy and canvas. Do not cut it too easily.
But neither fighter jets nor kites could stop the Japanese dive bombers from continuing to dive toward the airport.
Undoubtedly, the first firepower to be faced is the 107 high-level dual-purpose rocket launcher that can shoot up to three thousand meters.
The rockets met the swooping Japanese fighter planes, and large rope nets were once again spread out in the sky. This was more annoying to the Japanese than opening the nets after bombing.
In particular, the shooting height of this thing is 3,000 meters, which is almost the same as the shooting direction of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun.
This time Zhou Zhirou gained confidence and concentrated on looking at the strange-looking cannon.
Strictly speaking, this thing doesn't look like a cannon at all. Its launcher seems to be twisted out of an iron pipe, in a spiral shape with little torque.
The strange-looking cannonball has two upper rings, each with two "V-shaped" wheels.
Such a simple thing makes the rocket rotate when it flies out, which not only increases the range but also increases the stability. As for launching the rocket from orbit, it is basically a normal thing. The original "Katyusha" rocket launcher was launched from a guide rail.
This is not surprising.
What’s really strange is the way it aims. It doesn’t even have the simplest leveling machine and direction machine. It’s just an iron sleeve on the outside and a wooden roller on the inside.
Move it to the desired angle at will, and then smash the wooden wedge.
At this point, Zhou Zhirou suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the style of painting. Such a crude weapon dared to shoot in the air.
Not only had he just witnessed that this thing had captured three planes, he couldn't believe it and didn't want to admit that it was such a crude weapon that looked like a farm tool that could deal with the Japanese's arrogant fighter planes.
Who is it, whose mind is so clear-cut?
But no matter what he thought, with the sound of "fire", messy rockets soared into the sky again.
Blocked by the ever-expanding net in the sky, the Japanese D1A/Type 94 dive bombers scattered like frightened birds. However, their slow climbing speed immediately turned them into Hawker III and Boeing 218 fighter jets.
of prey.
"Damn it, you damn bastard..."
Among the fighter planes in the sky, Japanese pilots roared angrily.
In addition to the success of the first attack, now they can't even get to the edge of the airport. They still have to fly an extremely heavy fighter plane that has not dropped bombs and is climbing.
Especially the kites are the most abominable. They lay down mine arrays in the sky that float around and can be pulled together to gather together.
This makes the flying space of their D1A/Type 94 dive bombers smaller and smaller, and there is almost no way to survive in the face of the flexible Boeing 218 and Hawker III.
Originally, after the D1A/Type 94 dive bomber dropped its bombs, the aircraft became lighter and its maneuverability was greatly improved. Moreover, the biplane has a smaller hovering angle than the monoplane, and can compete with the monoplane Boeing 218 and the Hawker, which is also a biplane.
iiiDeath battle.
But now the heavy bombs make the D1A/Type 94 dive bomber feel like running with a sandbag tied to it, and the joystick is extremely heavy no matter what movement it makes.
Piloting in the early days of World War II was actually a laborious job. Especially during heavy overload maneuvers, even those with weak physical strength could not move the heavy joystick.
As the situation in the air became worse and worse, the sky gradually darkened. Seeing that the attack was hopeless, the Japanese D1A/Type 94 dive bombers broke away from the battle and returned home.
It's just that the thirty-six fighter planes that arrived with great momentum now don't even have twenty.
It wasn't until she watched the Japanese fighter plane disappear in the sunset that Zhou Zhirou reached out to the man who had just shouted "fire!"
"I really didn't expect that Principal Zhang's combat methods are so... so unpredictable. I guess the Japanese commander must have thought he'd seen a ghost. Kites have actually become weapons for air defense."
Zhang Sixing, who commanded the 107 high-level rocket launcher, had already seen Zhou Zhirou and his surprised look on the side, but he was too lazy to deal with such an unprofessional bureaucrat.
For example, why European and American military officers look down on Hermann Göring is definitely not because he has a big belly. It is because he has done too many things that violate the professional decision-making of the Air Force.
Then why do they generally give Rommel and Patton good reviews, but German military officers do not think highly of Bradley, the future chief of staff of the US military.
The reason is simple, it is still unprofessional.
Zhang Sixing, who upheld the tradition of the German officer corps, also looked down upon Zhou Zhirou.
One third of you are businessmen, one third of you are politicians, and less than one third of you are soldiers. How can I respect you like a professional soldier?