Chapter 1474 If you can't be fearless, then go crazy!
Fortunately, China has two ace pilots. After the Japanese planes were beaten by these two two planes in a row, they basically focused on dogfights and did not dare to chase the Chinese planes because they had more planes.
The red stars on the fuselage of "Jiangnan Earth Helmet" can be increased by two more.
"Dapeng! There are still fighter planes!" Liu Lang finally couldn't hold back anymore and turned on the wireless intercom to call into the air.
If the battle continues like this, even if it can escape from the battlefield, there may not be much Chinese Air Force left in the sky. At that time, it was a success from a tactical point of view, but from a strategic point of view, the Chinese Air Force lost its final maneuverability, which was undoubtedly a failure.
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"Brother Liu, believe us!" Zhou Dapeng's voice came from high in the sky as he was speeding furiously to avoid the pursuit of three Japanese planes behind him.
He could not tell Liu Lang below the ground that another squadron of 12 fighter planes might never reach this battlefield. When they were 30 kilometers away from this battlefield and within easy reach, the fleet formation that had made all battle preparations unexpectedly
News received from the capital.
The Japanese army sent more than just this fleet. Another unknown number of fleets were approaching the capital from the direction of Wuxi. Here in Jiaxing, the Independent Regiment used themselves as bait to lure the Japanese fleet to arrive, and they became fishermen. But
The Japanese army was equally cunning. They used their fleet of aircraft as bait to induce the Chinese Air Force to attack with its last force. However, they took advantage of their large number of fighter planes to treat the entire Chinese capital as a fish, and they became fishermen in the hunt.
There is no doubt that no matter how many Japanese aircraft suffered losses on this battlefield, as long as another Japanese aircraft group successfully bombed the Chinese capital, strategically speaking, they were successful. That was a strategic goal that they had not achieved for a month and a half. Although the Dajun Airport had already done so
With sufficient preparations, all equipment and mechanics had already been evacuated. Although Nanjing had also made preparations for a sneak attack by Japanese planes, having the capital be bombed by Japanese planes was a huge blow to all Chinese people.
After receiving the news, Zhou Dapeng had two choices. One: Return all of them. The 33 fighter jets and the 24 waiting at the campus airport would definitely be able to severely defeat the invading Japanese planes. However, he would put himself under the Japanese aggressor planes.
The independent regiment and the 23rd Group Army Guard Regiment must have suffered heavy losses. They were unable to reinforce Songjiang, resulting in the loss of Songjiang and hundreds of thousands of troops were surrounded; 2: still attack with all troops, defeat the current Japanese aircraft fleet in the shortest possible time and then return to the capital and another group of Japanese aircraft.
Try your best, but that might result in Nanjing and Dajun Airport being bombed.
It can be said that Hasegawa Kiyoshi's big stick hit the Chinese Air Force's Achilles' heel. No matter which choice Zhou Dapeng makes, China's losses will be unbearable pain.
A few minutes later, the Japanese naval admiral, who received more than 20 Chinese Air Force fighter planes appearing in the Jiaxing area more than 200 kilometers away, poured boiling water into the tea cup leisurely, with deep eyes: "My damn horse is out, the Chinese people."
, it depends on whether you give up the car or keep the handsome man."
"Your Excellency, General, I think the Chinese, whether they are cars or handsome, will be wiped out under your wise command!" Shitaro Shimada, the rear admiral and chief of staff of the Third Fleet who was sitting beside him, said with a flattering compliment.
"Shimada-kun, you are wrong." Hasegawa Kiyoshi shook his head solemnly. "We cannot underestimate the Chinese people. Not to mention that the empire dispatched heavy troops and spent three months but still failed to capture a small Songhu.
China's weak air force only has a quarter of the number of fighter planes dispatched by our army, but it has caused huge losses to the empire. It is still a maggot on the tarsal bones that we have deliberately planned to do this. If the Imperial Navy had not dominated the number of fighter planes
We have an absolute advantage, but I’m afraid it’s us who will lose this time.”
"Hey, your Excellency, General, is teaching you a lesson." Shitaro Shimada bowed his head respectfully. "But in any case, Your Excellency, General, personally formulated the battle plan to attack the east and attack the west, so that the Chinese people can only swallow the bitter pill of defeat. From today on, the southeast of China will
In the sky, only the eagle of the Imperial Navy can fly freely."
"Yo Xi! Come, Shimada-kun, you and I will have tea instead of wine to congratulate the empire!" Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who was proudly being scratched by his subordinate, picked up the tea cup with a smile.
Yes, from the beginning, the commander of the Third Fleet did not focus all his attacks on the independent regiment. Even a huge fleet formation of up to 60 aircraft was only a small part of his combat plan.
The focus of his attacks has always been on the Chinese capital. As most people could see with their own eyes, 60 fighter planes were heading towards the southeastern inland of China, and another batch of 50 fighter planes and bombers came from more than 100 kilometers away.
Twenty nautical miles further away, they flew out from the aircraft carrier towards the open sea. After reaching an altitude of 5,000 meters, they turned back and headed east to fly directly to Nanjing.
The stealthy flight completely avoided the eyes and ears of Chinese intelligence agents all over Songhu. It was not discovered accidentally until it flew over Wuxi, which is only more than a hundred kilometers away from Nanjing. But that was only 20 minutes of the fighter plane flying at full speed.
It's already too late.
The Japanese navy admiral's strategy had succeeded. He forced the Chinese air force, which was already approaching the battlefield, to make a painful choice: either abandon thousands of China's most elite land forces, or let its capital tremble under the aerial bombs of the Japanese invaders.
It took Zhou Dapeng 30 seconds to make his choice, which in the eyes of others was a taboo choice for military strategists.
The troops were divided, and a squadron rushed back to Nanjing to fight with the last remaining fighter planes and Japanese planes. Here, he and the Chinese Air Force lieutenant led 21 fighters to outnumber the enemy.
From a purely military perspective, this is undoubtedly unwise. When he received the news, the Japanese planes should have been approaching the capital. When the 12 fighter planes rushed back from more than 100 kilometers away, they would definitely face an outnumbered enemy.
Desperate situation. Put both parties in a difficult situation. The most likely outcome is that both parties will suffer heavy losses and no one can save them.
However, what will happen when the dozens of Japanese fighter planes here finish bombing the two infantry regiments on the ground and rush to the battlefield in the capital? The number of more than 100 fighter planes is still not matchable by the final strength of the Chinese Air Force, which does not exceed 50 in total.
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But no matter what, although it is unwise, it takes great courage to make the decision to divide the troops. For all Chinese Air Force pilots, no matter which battlefield they are on, it is an unfair battlefield for them, and they all use less against each other.
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However, no one was afraid. When the military order was issued, 12 planes returned quickly and 21 planes continued to rush to the battlefield. Unfair fighting has never changed from the beginning of the war to the present. They have become accustomed to it.
Zhou Dapeng was extremely anxious at this moment. The previous Japanese bombers had lost their bombs, and the Japanese dive bombers that joined the battle group from several kilometers away also dropped their bombs early to serve as fighter jets. The threat from the independent group had been basically eliminated, and his main combat mission was no longer
To defeat this Japanese aircraft formation, we must quickly return to the capital, refill the fuel tank, and fight the Japanese aircraft over the capital.
However, the Japanese planes were like tarsal maggots, clinging to the Chinese fighter planes in the air. In such an air battle, no fighter planes could take the initiative to withdraw from the battlefield. Pointing the tail of the fighter plane at the enemy was comparable to an infantry retreating and leaving its back behind.
A big taboo at the enemy's muzzle.
Zhou Dapeng no longer has a wingman. His last wingman died on the battlefield in Shanxi. The new wingman caught fire in the previous battle and was ordered to withdraw from the battlefield. Now he is a single aircraft, and he wounded one and shot down another.
He was on a Japanese plane and had been targeted by at least two Japanese flying squads.
A squadron of three planes was chasing behind him, and the shadow of another squadron of Japanese planes was walking through the clouds and mist from the corner of his eye. They were like wild wolves wandering in the wilderness, just waiting for their prey to be revealed.
If there is a flaw, crazy fangs will be exposed.
The Japanese HNA pilots, whose number was three times more than that of the Chinese fighter jets, gave up the so-called honor of the HNA of the Imperial Japanese Empire. They worked together to deal with the Chinese fighter jets in a 2-on-1 or even 3-on-1 manner, taking the advantage of being shameless and invincible to the extreme.
The numerical advantage finally allowed them to gain victory. Two more Hawker IIIs and a modified "Thunderbolt" were hit by bullets and smoked, but they hardly suffered any battle losses, and neither did the two Chinese ace pilots.
Killing all sides like before, the battle situation is tilting towards them.
But this time, no one obeyed the order to withdraw from the battlefield. A wounded Hawker III made an incredible move. In the next round of hedging, he faced the Japanese machine gun bullets and charged without dodging.
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The bullet instantly penetrated the windshield, but in the cockpit where no one could see, the young Chinese second lieutenant pilot had already stepped on the aircraft's throttle to the bottom regardless of it, and the 740-horsepower Wright engine roared to the Hawk III fighter.
The speed is increased to 400 kilometers per hour, which is a full 40% higher than the Hawker III's top speed of 360 kilometers per hour. The result is that the aircraft engine will be completely scrapped in half a minute.
However, the Wright engine had no chance of lasting until it was scrapped. Five seconds later, the Hawker III fighter jet, which was spewing thick smoke, slammed into the Japanese aircraft, which was already stunned and unable to make any tactical moves. The two fighters exploded.
It formed a ball of fire, adding a touch of blood to the blue sky in China.
The other one, as if being completely stimulated by the red blood of his comrades in the sky, went crazy. He didn't care about the Japanese plane chasing him behind him. He pushed the rudder hard and dived straight down from an altitude of 1,300 meters in a high platform diving posture.
Two Japanese planes chasing their comrades in the air at a low altitude of 800 meters fired fiercely at a speed far exceeding the 130 meters per second required for dive.
"Damn it, 156, you are committing suicide." The air force lieutenant in the distance punched the dashboard in front of him hard, and a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye behind the windshield.
The Hawker III No. 156 dived down at an almost suicidal speed and directly smashed the tail of one of the Japanese aircraft that was caught off guard.
The Japanese aircraft that had lost its tail fin swayed and struggled for 1,000 meters like a drunkard. Finally, it could no longer control its balance and fell towards the ground. But before that, the Chinese Hawker III, numbered 156, could not see the results of its victory.
No need to be strafed by the Japanese planes following closely behind. The two-winged Hawker III completely disintegrated in the air, like a torn kite, and the fragments swirled in the air and fell.
Exchanging death for death, the courage of the Chinese Air Force brought silence to the sky and the ground.
"This is a group of lunatics, lunatics." The Japanese pilots could only use such words to describe the tragic scene in front of them.
This is not praise, but it is worth all praise.
Because the enemy is afraid.
But the arrogant Japanese navy was wrong. This was not the last madness of the brave and fearless Chinese air force.