This Japanese war correspondent described the moment that stunned him in his unpublished diary.
"Although it was my first time to board an Imperial fighter plane, I was not afraid at all, because from the moment I boarded the fighter plane and looked at the unprecedentedly huge fleet of aircraft from a distance, I knew that the warriors of the Imperial Navy would definitely win this battle. China
The human air force has lost the power to compete with the imperial navy.
As I expected, the number of Chinese fighter planes, already less than twenty, was surrounded by dozens of imperial fighter planes and bombers that dropped aerial bombs in the distance. If nothing else, this attack launched by His Excellency Admiral Hase Kiyokawa
The largest air battle on the southeastern battlefield will end with the empire's complete victory. The last strength of China's weak air force will be wiped out by the imperial navy. The bomber I was riding in combined with a fleet of 9 other fighters to throw away the Chinese fighters.
The entanglement was about to reach the sky above the Chinese capital. I saw that the fighter pilot in front had already put his hand on the button to drop the bomb. In just 30 seconds, the ground 1,000 meters below would turn into a sea of fire.
Under such a blow, the Chinese may suffer heavy casualties, but for the holy war of the empire, this is the price they must pay. If they choose to surrender, maybe these poor Chinese will not have to pay such a painful price! I
I looked at the city thousands of meters away covered by the warmth of the setting sun with both excitement and pity. The next moment, those poor people should experience the cruelty of going against the empire. I think they must be watching the roar of the imperial fighter planes.
Shiver in fear amidst the roar of the engine!
However, a sudden alarm interrupted my reverie. The pilot in front of me left his hand on the bomb button and put his hand on the machine gun button in a hurry. He looked around in a panic. Is there still a threat here?
?In the blink of an eye, I saw a Chinese fighter jet, which appeared diagonally above the Empire's ten-fighter formation.
Yes, just one. A solitary one, but he was actually flying alone above the huge fleet of Imperial aircraft.
I don’t know where he came from. Either he took off from another edge of the city and then pulled up as hard as he could until he flew diagonally above a formation of ten fighter planes. Or he was still desperately resisting in the sky.
One of the Chinese fighter jets, but no matter where it came from, do you want to fight 1 against 10? I was extremely surprised and wanted to laugh, how stupid this is! Maybe, he is like his colleagues,
An attempt to harass the sluggish fighter formations bombing the city? Apart from this reason, I really can't think of why this fighter plane appeared here. But let's not mention whether his harassment can be successful, let's talk about his companions who cannot protect themselves.
Is there still a chance to come here?
However, out of respect for his courage, I really wanted to shout at him: "Don't be stupid and run for your life! You will definitely lose this war."
However, something unexpected happened to me. In this 1 vs. 10 duel, the Chinese fighter jet acted resolutely and volleyed like a meteorite from high altitude towards the already waiting Imperial fleet.
The bomber group spread out in all directions, and everyone who could see it was desperately firing at it. However, the nimble movements of the Chinese fighter jets prevented all the imperial fighter jets from effectively hitting the target. It was really terrible, I was almost being jumped up and down by the fighter jets.
His tactical maneuvers almost made him vomit, and the sky seemed to be spinning.
But my eyes never left the extremely decisive Chinese fighter plane. In less than five seconds, it penetrated the entire imperial fighter formation vertically. This was nothing, when I saw the Chinese fighter plane in front of me.
With an extremely deft turn, when I turned around and continued my second charge, my head was not dizzy at all, but was replaced by a chill.
That Chinese fighter plane actually came directly towards the plane I was riding on. It seemed that because I needed to see clearly the bombing effect of the entire bomber formation, I let this bomber exist alone outside the formation, which made China
The pilot mistook us for the command plane and made us a target.
It suddenly came from the right and rushed so close to the Imperial fighter plane I was riding on that the Chinese Air Force emblem under its wing was clearly visible. The bullets fired by this biplane fighter were like a chain of fire.
Sweeping over, if the second lieutenant pilot in front of me hadn't reacted quickly enough and rolled to avoid the attack, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been as simple as being hit by more than a dozen bullets in the tail. When I recorded and compiled this article afterwards,
The bullet's warhead, which was only twenty centimeters away from my cockpit, was placed on my desk.
If the Chinese fighter jets just rushed straight into the Imperial fleet, I was just shocked and amused, but such a close contact made me feel extremely scared. Death has never been so close to me.
However, the nightmare has just begun.
Just when the second lieutenant in front of me was still congratulating on his good luck, the Chinese fighter jet turned around nimbly, then turned around from the left and pounced towards us. The target was still our plane. The rest of the empire's dispersed fleet was not
I didn’t try to block it, but the blocking fire was unable to stop this highly skilled and courageous Chinese fighter jet. My eyes were filled with traces of tracer bullets fired by this fighter jet.
I think that at that moment, my eyes were frozen, and it must be full of fear. This time the shooting was not completely successful, but it still hit the plane. I watched with my own eyes the sparks jumping on the surface of the metal fighter plane, and the engine seemed to have stopped.
There was a malfunction, and the second lieutenant in front of me roared and tried hard to control the direction of the plane.
Oh my God! But the Chinese fighter seemed unwilling to give in and actually collided straight with it! The second lieutenant pilot instinctively turned to the right to avoid the collision. The two aircraft were relatively stationary in the air for a while. The Chinese fighter
It seemed to be hovering in front of me for a few seconds. I could even see clearly that face with a bit of contempt. Yes, he looked at me very contemptuously, and then the two planes passed by each other.
, only a few meters at most.
To be honest, to this day, I can’t recall what I was thinking at that moment. All I could think about was the contemptuous face of the Chinese pilot. Please forgive me for being cowardly, because before I record this text
When I think about that moment, my hands are still shaking.
Only a few meters away, I will be wiped out together with the Imperial fighter planes. God bless Amaterasu!
However, the Chinese fighter jet that failed to collide has not yet ended its battle. It abandoned our injured aircraft and once again entered the Imperial fighter formation. The fighter planes clashed left and right amid the Imperial fighter fleet, until, his plane
Thick smoke also rose, but he did not fall. Instead, he miraculously broke through and disappeared into the blue sky after another melee.
At that moment, it was difficult for me to describe my feelings in words. Although he almost made it impossible for me to return to the island, even though he was an enemy of the empire and I hoped he would fail, I actually hoped not to die like this. Maybe.
, that must be because of courage! At least, in my life, I have never seen such a warrior."
This text written by Koyanagi Jiichi has been carefully preserved by him and has never been published in the newspapers. It was not until after his death that it was dug out by his descendants who were sorting out his belongings, and the unknown pilot became known to the world.
It has to be said that reporter Koyanagi's professional quality is very good, otherwise he would not have been able to remember the scene so clearly when machine guns were firing at him, and his records were also extremely objective. The bomber under Koyanagi was very lucky and escaped
He was intercepted by Chinese fighter jets, but also returned early due to injuries, and was finally able to return home safely.
Of course, this should be considered a lucky thing for history, otherwise, future generations of Chinese people would have no way of knowing that their ancestors had amazed cruel enemies.
The majestic gesture of a Chinese pilot single-handedly entering the enemy formation was forever recorded in the diaries of Japanese journalists. Likewise, this was an incredible air battle, probably unique in the history of world air combat. This Chinese pilot was alone in a group of 10 Japanese bombers.
Flying through the air and attacking, it was like entering uninhabited territory. Although his plane only had machine guns and weak firepower, it was unable to shoot down even a single Japanese bomber.
But this 1 vs. 10 battle, no matter what era, will make people extremely thrilling just by reading the Japanese reporter's words, making people imagine how the Chinese pilot fearlessly rushed into the Japanese aggressors and fought bravely.
Looking at this battle, including the Japanese navy generals, after seeing the reports of frontline air battles after the war, they all had to sigh and sigh. In this battle, the Chinese Air Force exerted their bravery and wisdom to the extreme.
The Japanese war reporters did not know where the dilapidated Chinese fighter planes came from, but the Chinese people knew that they took off from outside the city. However, the major airport was bombed in a mess at that time. All the fighter jets that could fly took off to meet the enemy, leaving behind
The several training aircraft in the hangar were dilapidated and dilapidated, and no one paid attention to them. It was impossible for anyone to record them in such a chaotic time.
It was not until much later, after the founding of the Republic, that this story, which had been circulating among the people for a long time, was officially taken seriously. It was an aviation diary that was already covered with dust and was archived that proved the authenticity of the story.
On that day, there was no record in the diary of how they took off and fought with the Japanese troops. There was only one sentence: "All my students died in the battle, and now it's my turn as a teacher to go up."
It was an instructor surnamed Li from an aviation school. The reason why the plane was old was that it was a trainer that could only do simple flights. He looked up at the sky and watched his students spread blue blood all over the sky, then resolutely boarded the plane.
He didn't even have time to reload his teaching equipment with bullets. He only left this sentence in his diary before leaving.
"All my students died in the battle, now it's my turn as a teacher."
No one knows how he felt at that time, but at this time of national war, teachers and students are fighting for the country, and they will die if they die!
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ps: After a few chapters of air combat, I finally wrote this story. "My students have all died in the battle, and now it's my turn as a teacher." This is a sentence that made Fengyue burst into tears, but it really happened.
The story really includes that diary. Many characters in Fengyue are fictitious, but many stories are real. Those little people really fought like that. Pay tribute to the martyrs! Thank you all for liking it.
It’s not water feelings, but I really have feelings. Aren’t readers like you the same?