I have absolutely no idea why my fighter plane was ambushed so many times.
The contents of the telegrams sent by the leading officer were all about being attacked.
Being attacked...
Three times in a row...
More than a dozen carrier-based aircraft were lost.
I originally hoped to receive news of victory. Unexpectedly, it was bad news again.
There was no choice but to order the remaining fighter planes to return.
Can't continue taking risks.
Otherwise, the entire army may be wiped out.
This is absolutely not allowed by the Naval Command. It cannot afford it.
If the aircraft is damaged, it can be replenished. However, the lost pilots are all treasures!
They are all carrier-based aircraft pilots. They should be used to attack enemy warships, not to confront the enemy's airport. The gain outweighs the loss.
The Imperial Navy has almost no interests in China. It is not worth paying such a heavy price.
The carefully planned siege of Nanchang Airport ended in vain.
However, Kujo Yufu was unwilling to give in.
The entire Imperial Navy was not reconciled.
So many aircraft and warships have been lost, and they must be replaced.
How to find a replacement?
It's all the fault of Army Red Deer.
It was they who frantically expanded the war. They are the culprits.
so……
All losses must be compensated by the Army Red Deer!
In this year's steel allocation quota, the Navy has already won. It has obtained 73% of the quota. This is 4% more than in previous years.
But! This is far from enough!
The Navy hopes to get more than 78% next year.
That is to say, it will continue to increase by 5 percentage points. The Navy has a larger shipbuilding plan.
In terms of the allocation of imperial military expenditures, the navy must also increase.
Of course Army Red Deer would not agree.
Anan Weiji, that red deer, dared to fight with the navy!
He is the director of the Personnel Bureau of the Army Province, but he still wants to go to heaven?
If there is a chance, we must kill this bastard Anan Weiji! Kill his whole family...
"Report."
A counselor has arrived.
Handed Kujo Isamu a secret telegram.
It's about Army Red Deer.
"Are they going to attack Hankou Airport again?"
"Did the Chinese gather all their planes at Nanchang Airport?"
Kujou Yufu secretly frowned.
He doesn't want this to be true.
I especially don't want the Army's Red Deer Air Force to succeed in the raid.
It would be best to be completely annihilated by the Chinese.
The Imperial Navy lost more than ten fighter planes. This news may be known to the Army Red Deer, and then the other party will laugh at it.
There is no problem if we lose the battle. As long as we don't let Army Red Deer know about it.
Or, as long as the Army's losses are greater than those of the Navy, there is no problem.
So, how can we make Army Red Deer suffer even greater losses?
Of course, all naval aircraft should be withdrawn immediately, allowing the Chinese to concentrate all their efforts on destroying the Army Red Deer.
"Come here! Send a message!"
"yes."
"Order all aircraft to return immediately, including Nanxiang Shigeaki."
"Tie!"
The staff officer agreed and turned to leave.
Soon, the order was sent out.
It is in the form of a telegraph. Some fighter jets have small telegraph machines on them.
Mainly for long-distance communication with the rear. It can receive and send some simple messages. The distance is much farther than instant messaging.
Soon, all the aircraft belonging to the Japanese navy turned back.
After receiving the message, Nanxiang Maozhang also turned south and returned to Songshan Airport. He stopped participating in the excitement of Nanchang Airport for the time being.
Another adviser arrived.
"Your Excellency Colonel, Yamaguchi Tawen has sent a telegram."
"Yamaguchi?"
Isamu Kujo was slightly startled.
How much is Yamaguchi?
What is he doing with me?
Yamaguchi Takan also has the rank of colonel. I have no reporting relationship with him.
However, Yamaguchi Tawen has always had some unique insights into the training and use of naval aviation.
This guy has always advocated using aircraft carriers as the main force in naval warfare and using carrier-based aircraft to destroy targets remotely.
The commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, also seemed to think highly of the other party.
But, that's all it seems.
Admiral Yamamoto has always been a staunch supporter of battleships.
The Yamato battleship currently under construction is what Admiral Yamamoto strongly advocated.
How could he let the aircraft carrier play the leading role?
Received the telegram.
His face darkened.
was blamed.
Yamaguchi Takan believed that Isamu Kujo made a fatal mistake in the use of carrier-based aircraft, which resulted in heavy losses for the naval aviation.
"Baga..."
Kujou Yufu was secretly annoyed.
Although it was Yamaguchi Tawen who sent the telegram, it was definitely not him who was the messenger.
It must be the person behind Yamaguchi Tawen.
The question is, who could this person be?
…
"Huh?"
"The master also ran away?"
Zhang Yong quickly discovered the anomaly.
His intuition told him that all the Japanese navy's Red Deer fighter planes had been withdrawn.
Nanchang Airport should be safe.
Then, what is left are the thirty-six fighter jets of the Japanese Army Red Deer.
It’s no wonder that the Japanese Army’s Malu do not believe in evil and continue to attack Hankou Airport.
They do have the capability to destroy Hankou Airport.
Thirty-six fighter jets!
It is also a Type 97 fighter with good performance.
This kind of fighter is the main force of the Japanese Army's Red Deer Air Force. There are not many of them.
The total may only be a few hundred. In the end, thirty-six were dispatched in one go.
It must be tidied up properly.
It completely hurt the opponent.
The airborne map showed that a Hawker-3 fighter jet was passing nearby.
They were heading to Nanchang Airport. They were quickly stopped by Zhang Yong.
"Xu Huansheng!"
"Xu Huansheng!"
Zhang Yong called through the communicator.
After a while, a strange voice came from the other end.
"Who are you……"
"I'm Zhang Yong! I'm east of you!"
"Mr. Commissioner..."
"All your formations will adjust the course to 350, the altitude to 2400, and the speed to 280. Follow me."
"Commissioner, are we going back to Hankou Airport?"
"At Nanchang Airport, the Japanese aircraft have retreated. The Japanese aircraft departing from Jinling are heading towards Hankou Airport."
"clear."
Xu Huansheng immediately ordered the formation to turn.
A total of nine Hawker-3 fighter jets.
A few minutes later, all the Hawker-3 fighter jets gathered near Zhang Yong.
"Xu Huansheng..."
"Zhang Jianwen..."
Zhang Yong asked each pilot's name one by one in the communicator for record keeping.
Each pilot who answered his name shook the wings to the left to confirm.
They are all relatively unfamiliar names.
My skills are probably average, and most of my courage is probably lacking.
Let's put it this way, if Zhang Yong hadn't led the team and relied solely on them to go up and fight the Japanese aggressors, it would have been very difficult.
It’s hard to say whether you have the courage to take off in the first step alone.
Later data show that during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the problems of the national air force were no less than those of the army.
Even more serious than the Army. Often semi-paralyzed.
It's not that there are no planes.
It's not like there are no pilots.
It's just extremely inefficient.
Attendance is even worse than that of the Air Force.
Deliberately damaging an aircraft.
Deliberately deviate from course.
He doesn't have the courage to fight, but he has the courage to smuggle.
Some pilots even deliberately threw away the bombs for smuggling purposes and then freed up the weight to carry cargo.
In order to obtain more profits, crazy overloading caused serious wear and tear on the aircraft. When it needed to take off for combat, it simply lay down and was completely unusable.
Zhang Yong discovered these problems at Nanchang Airport.
Madam worked hard to buy more than a hundred Hawker-3s, and maybe twenty or thirty were shot down. But more than fifty were left lying dormant!
At Nanchang Airport alone, there are nearly ten Hawker-3 fighter jets.
There are more people lying down than those who can move out.
With such efficiency, being able to defeat the Japanese invaders is truly a ghost!
But, so what if you know?
To find out the truth behind it?
Go if you are not afraid of death.
You will be beaten coldly by others at any time.
Maybe the chase ended up with the Song family again.
so……
Pretend you didn't see it.
Unless the other party is really outrageous.
Or maybe he didn't take Commissioner Zhang Da seriously and went against him.
Take back the cluttered thoughts.
It’s better to direct the battle first.
The Japanese invaders' huge fighter plane formation has arrived in the sky over Jiujiang. We were indeed heading to Hankou Airport.
"Xu Huansheng, you return according to the route. Do not change the course. I will go back to Hankou Airport first."
"receive."
After Zhang Yong gave the order, he immediately accelerated.
Raise the speed of the BA-65 fighter to the limit and soon arrive near Hankou Airport.
It's so fast to fly around in the air! The distance of more than 200 kilometers can be reached in half an hour.
Switch communication channels.
"Tower, tower..."
"Tower received. Please speak."
"I'm Zhang Yong. I'm approaching the airport. I'm taking over the air command."
"Received. Mr. Commissioner, please give me your instructions."
"The Japanese aircraft formation has arrived in the sky above Huangshi. Inform the Soviets to take off all fighter jets."
"receive."
"Filled with machine gun bullets. No need to mount bombs."
"clear!"
"After all the Soviet fighter jets took off, all BA-65 fighter jets were ordered to enter the runway and stand by."
"clear."
"Execute it!"
"yes."
As soon as the order was given, Hankou Airport immediately became busy.
All the I-16 fighter jets took off. There were twelve of them, exactly one flying group.
The officer leading the team is called Varedin, and he is a veteran. It is said that he has a flight record of 500 hours. Among all Soviet volunteer pilots, he can be ranked in the top five.
At that time, a pilot could be called a veteran if he had 300 hours of flight record.
It is estimated that few of the pilots in the National Air Force have exceeded 100 hours.
The veterans are Gao Yuanhang, Chen Shanben, Xu Huansheng and others. There are really not many elites.
This is the situation.
All battle plans must be carried out based on this point.
Can only lie in ambush.
Can only attack.
After the fight, run away.
We must not let the Japanese fighter planes catch us.
Otherwise, everyone will die if caught.
"Comrade Varedin..."
"open……"
The two parties establish communication links.
Zhang Yong has a Russian plug-in. Communication between the two parties is absolutely no problem.
The most important point is to confirm the logo of each fighter jet.
It is necessary to match all the names of the people and the fighter jets so that they can be used with ease. This process took about five minutes.
In these five minutes, the large formation of Japanese fighter planes had arrived in the sky above Ezhou from Huangshi. The speed was quite fast.
In fact, the Type 97 fighter jet has very good speed and maneuverability.
It is a light fighter aircraft.
In the sky of China mainland, you can run rampant.
Because I didn't encounter a strong opponent. But I was defeated in the Pacific battlefield.
Whether it is a P-38 or a P-40, they can all shoot it out. Not to mention the later P-47, P-51 and other monsters.
“Everyone has it!”
"Course 180, altitude 3200, speed 300!"
Zhang Yong issued the order.
Suddenly I felt that the BA-65 was actually quite good as an early warning aircraft.
Fast.
You can get to the command position as quickly as possible.
Without aerial bombs mounted, its cruising range is quite impressive.
Especially after the weapon system was dismantled, the weight was reduced by one to two hundred kilograms. It can stay in the air for a longer time.
The most important point is that if you encounter danger, you can run away decisively.
As long as the throttle is pushed wildly, other aircraft will not be able to catch up.
Even if you encounter BF-109, you can escape smoothly.
southward.
Avoid Japanese invader formations.
Then they went around to the rear of the Japanese formation, dived and fired.
Tactics are not afraid of the old.
The key is to be useful.
Zhang Yong has not researched other tactics yet.
but……
The situation suddenly changed.
The large formation of Japanese fighter planes began to disperse and break into smaller formations.
It is divided into four small formations. Each small formation has nine fighters. Each formation has a different heading.
Two to the north.
It's probably going to go around from the north.
Two to the west.
It is estimated that the attack will be launched from the south.
There was no attack from the east.
Very cunning.
Fortunately, I have time to point out the map.
Otherwise, the changes in the situation of the Japanese invaders will be completely unclear. They will definitely be caught off guard.
Now……
The opportunity has come.
Just happened to ambush one of the formations.
However, before that, Hankou Airport must be notified of the relevant situation.
"Tower, tower..."
"Tower received. Please speak..."
The communicator went silent briefly.
Then Commander Qian's voice came.
It turned out that Commander Qian himself was personally at the tower.
"Shaolong, how is the situation?"
"The large Japanese aircraft formation was divided into four small formations over Ezhou, with nine enemy aircraft in each formation. It is estimated that they will launch attacks from the north and south."
"What are your orders?"
"Order Gao Yuanhang to lead all BA-65 fighter jets to take off. Wait for my instructions."
"good."
"Xu Huansheng and the others don't need to land. They can fight directly."
"good."
Zhang Yong ended the call.
Feeling a little dizzy.
Now he needs to command three formations of fighter jets at the same time to deal with the four formations of the Japanese invaders.
Our three formations all have different aircraft models.
There are Yi-16 fighter jets.
There are BA-65 fighter jets.
There are Hawker-3 fighter jets.
The ranking of combat effectiveness is basically like this.
The one with the strongest overall combat capability is of course the Soviet I-16 fighter jet formation.
The weakest one is the temporarily assembled Hawk-3 type.
But the enemy planes were all Type 97 fighter jets. Their air combat performance was good.
what to do?
Cold salad...
Just do it.
First, clean up the first formation of the Japanese invaders.
"Varedin Formation!"
"All turn left! Course 75, altitude 4500, speed 300!"
Issue instructions.
Prepare to go around to the rear of the Japanese aggressor formation.
One minute...
Three minutes...
All I-16s completed their turn.
Right behind the Japanese formation. The distance between the two sides was about 5,000 meters.
"accelerate!"
"Speed 350!"
Continue to issue instructions.
Go crazy!
Use your strength to feed!
Let the engine tremble!
Even a small engine with only over 400 horsepower can still reach a speed of 350!
Otherwise, it would be impossible to close the distance with the Japanese fighter planes.
"receive!"
"accelerate!"
All I-16 fighter jets accelerated immediately.
Zhang Yong soon discovered that he had made a small mistake. He got the wrong model.
This is I-16!
Not I-15!
I also subconsciously thought that I was commanding an I-15 biplane.
Actually no. Others are monoplanes. The engine horsepower is more than 700 and the speed is more than 440! Much faster than the I-15!
Then it'll be fine.
Continue to add instructions.
"Speed increased to 440!"
"The enemy plane is about four thousand meters in front of you."
"After discovering the enemy plane, you decide how to attack!"
"After the attack, immediately adjust the course to 300 and break away to the west. Do not fight."
Zhang Yong terminated the command here.
The food is already in your mouth. How you eat it is up to the Soviets themselves.
Drive the plane. Turn. Accelerate. Pass through Hankou Airport.
Sorry, there are still two waves of fighter jets that need to be commanded here. They are circling and waiting for instructions.
well……
So busy.
I feel like I can't handle it.
what to do?
Still the same.
ambush!
Attack!
At this moment, fighting has broken out in the south.