An instructor, who witnessed his students dying in the sky one by one, resolutely made his own choice. He was like Zhao Zilong in the sky. Although he made no achievements, he single-handedly delayed the Japanese bombers and allowed the aerial bombs to fly within ten seconds.
Minutes later, he still hadn't landed on his beloved land.
And that is just a small microcosm of the brave and fearless Chinese Air Force in this era.
Above the blue sky, the remaining Chinese air force is still fighting to the death with the Japanese fighter planes.
This battle may be the last battle of the Chinese Air Force.
Hawk III is gone, and there is still the magic modified "Thunderbolt". The Chinese Air Force is gone, but there are still Chinese people. Even if they were born in a foreign country, they still have black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. Their accents are mixed with
It has a more foreign flavor but also a more local accent. Their fathers and ancestors lived on this land. Since they came to the motherland, they are Chinese.
The inheritance of bloodline will never change due to the change of birthplace.
They were brave and fearless, and they were able to penetrate the sky. The extremely fast and rugged characteristics of the modified "Thunder" fighter planes were fully utilized by them. Once they fought for their lives, even a small group of three Japanese planes had to temporarily avoid their attack.
He didn't dare to fight hard. If he was "bitten" by those lunatics at the risk of his life, he might not necessarily die, but the fighter plane he "bitten" would definitely be destroyed. This was in Songhu two months ago
The experience taught by veterans who have spent the rest of their lives in air combat.
The pilots of the Japanese navy are also elites selected from thousands of people. They are also very smart. They took advantage of the Type 96 fighter's turning maneuverability better than the modified "Thunderbolt" to fight with the Chinese fighters without losing their lives. Two months of air combat.
, letting them know a huge weakness in this batch of Chinese fighter jets imported from overseas.
The modified "Thunder" 1,200-horsepower Merlin engine developed by Rolls-Royce is far more powerful than any fighter of this era. Because of this huge and unparalleled advantage, the fighter can load armor unscrupulously, and the entire pilot cockpit even dares to install 10mm
The thick steel plate is also equipped with a radio communication device weighing more than 100 kilograms. The entire fighter aircraft is 600 kilograms heavier than the Type 96 fighter jet and can still maintain high speed.
However, because of this, the magic modified "Thunderbolt" also consumes more fuel. Even if the fuel tank is much larger than the Type 96, it still only has an ultimate combat radius of 600 kilometers, and the air combat time within the extreme combat radius area is
No more than 20 minutes.
This is the biggest disadvantage of this batch of high-performance Chinese fighter jets. Moreover, the Japanese naval aviation pilots are very sure that these few fighter jets will not escape. Otherwise, when they turn on the afterburner to escape at the highest speed, the maximum range of the Type 96 fighter jet is 400 kilometers.
The speed is probably just behind them. Fighting them with the numerical advantage and dragging them until they run out of fuel is the best way to deal with these fighters.
The Japanese's extremely cunning tactics were very effective. In the air battle for more than 40 minutes, the modified "Thunder" fighter planes tried their best and only shot down no more than six Japanese planes. However, they were dragged down by the more flexible Japanese planes that turned and changed direction.
This caused the Japanese bomber formation to break through the defensive perimeter.
Fortunately, they had an instructor who was not afraid of death and single-handedly held back the Japanese bombers for 10 minutes.
The Japanese bomber group ultimately failed to enter the sky above the city. At the moment when the dilapidated trainer plane disappeared into the distance dragging thick smoke, a group of small black dots flew in from the other side of the city.
The Chinese people outside the city, clenching their fists with despair on their faces and preparing to wait for death, cheered thunderously.
That is a formation of Chinese fighter jets painted with blue sky and white sun.
Zhou Dapeng and Le Yiqing led the last batch of Chinese fighter jets to fight back at the most critical moment.
A distance of 150 kilometers, at the normal cruising speed of 260 kilometers per hour for propeller aircraft in this era, would take more than 40 minutes to fly. However, the Chinese fighter formation that turned on the afterburner like crazy only took less than 25 minutes, and the average speed reached Hawker III
The designed top speed is 360 kilometers per hour.
Don’t think that just because the fighter plane is designed to fly at the highest speed, it will not only consume a lot of fuel, but also cause irreversible damage to the engine. Pilots will never fly at the highest speed unless absolutely necessary.
Damage your own phone. This is just like a future family car. The maximum speed marked on it can reach 200 kilometers per hour, but many people drive the car and scrap it without ever driving it to the maximum speed marked on it.
But Le Yiqing did just that. The reason is simpler. If the airport is bombed and the capital is bombed, what do we need fighter planes for? What do we need for the Chinese Air Force? Even if the aircraft will be scrapped, it will be scrapped on the battlefield.
The 150-kilometer journey is far for people on foot and very close for airplanes. However, even within this 150-kilometer distance, only three of the four remaining Hawker IIIs after the Yixing Air War could reach the battlefield above the capital.
edge.
After flying at full speed for 20 minutes, the engine of one aircraft could no longer maintain such a limit speed. The engine exploded and the sudden stall caused the aircraft body to disintegrate directly in the air. Just a few hundred meters in front of the "Steel Helmet of Jiangnan Earth", visible to the naked eye
Yes, his comrade-in-arms hit the ground like a meteor.
The young lieutenant of the Chinese Air Force burst into tears instantly. How could he not be sad? The pilot of the fighter plane No. 187 was his fellow villager and senior student at the Central Aviation School. He gave him the care of an older brother after he entered the aviation school.
and help. Death in battle is the destiny of every Chinese Air Force member in this blue sky. He just asks for mercy and gets mercy. However, his senior did not die in battle on the battlefield, but died in his military order giving the order to fly at full speed. If
, he ordered to fly at a speed of 340 kilometers per hour. Maybe the fighter engine of his senior fighter can still hold up, and maybe he will still have a chance to meet his glory.
But now, he can only die silently on the way to the battlefield, without even getting glory.
However, when Zhou Dapeng, who was flying beside him, asked with a gesture to slow down, the young air force lieutenant shed tears and shook his head in refusal. If he lost time, even if he rushed to the battlefield, how could he face the thousands of people under the ruins?
What about his compatriots? With roaring anger? Instead of doing so, he would rather die with the people, even if he died on the way to the battlefield.
Fortunately, they arrived in time.
They saw the shadows of Japanese bombers ten kilometers away.
The Japanese bombers, which had just chased away a Chinese fighter plane that was not afraid of death, were regrouping and preparing to regroup. They also saw the Chinese fleet rushing over from the other end of the city at lightning speed.
They didn't want to experience the tragedy of the previous bomber group again, even if they had enough time to turn the city underground into rubble when the Chinese fighter planes arrived, but they were timid.
They shook their wings and dropped bombs on the edge of the city, blowing up the paddy fields into a mess, and then quickly turned and fled backwards. There were dozens of fighter jets ten kilometers away, which gave them a sense of safety.
Naturally, Koyanagi Jiichi was unable to see this scene. The bomber he was sitting on had been hit by the Chinese fighter plane and had already turned away from the edge of the battlefield in the direction of Taihu Lake.
Otherwise, he might be able to record more heroic feats in his private diary. Of course, if he were still there, he would most likely become one of the ruins along with the 96 dive bombers under him.
After receiving the news of the incoming Chinese fighter formation, the Japanese fighter planes in the sky broke away from the battle group and re-formed and circled in the sky. The exhausted Chinese fighter planes were also able to take a breather and regrouped in the sky near the city.
In the air, there are no bunkers, and the only option is to fight. If these Chinese fighter planes had not arrived, the final result would have been the same as the tactics carried out by the Japanese fighter planes. They would have been dogged until they ran out of fuel, and they would eventually have to fight.
Don't fail.
No matter how fearless he is, it cannot replace fuel. No one can fight in a fighter plane that has lost all power, even if he wants to crash into it.
More than 40 minutes of mid-air dive and maximum turn have caused the fuel gauge lights of many Chinese fighter planes to be in a dangerous position. In just ten minutes, they will have to choose to return to the airport to refuel. However, the Japanese military aircraft group is all over the place.
They came from 300 kilometers away, but before they arrived in this airspace, they had attached auxiliary fuel tanks, and their own load was much smaller. They were able to fight in this airspace for 10 minutes longer than the Chinese fighters before returning.
However, no one knew that the dozen or so Chinese fighter planes that came to the rescue were actually already exhausted. The Hawker III flew at the limited maximum speed for a long time, which had already overwhelmed the engine, let alone another fierce battle for more than ten minutes.
, I’m afraid if I do a few more extreme aerial tactical maneuvers, the engine will burst.
But that's not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that Zhou Dapeng and others use modified "Thunder" fighter planes as their main aircraft. The Merlin engines of their fighters are on the verge of even more danger.
Not to mention that the Japanese are unable to know the biggest flaw of the Merlin engine, even Rolls-Royce does not know the problems with this most advanced engine they have developed. In the past, the Spitfire fighter equipped by the Empire on which the sun never sets was the first to fight.
The best fighter of the Three Reichs, the BF109, was unable to fight back. However, after many fierce air battles, the Spitfire with excellent performance suddenly crashed while returning home.
That's because the steel in the secondary supercharger inside this urgently developed super-high-horsepower engine is not strong enough and will suddenly break under high-speed and harsh working conditions, causing the engine to shut down suddenly. No one would know that a car equipped with a Merlin engine
The engine of a high-speed fighter will explode after a few water jet dives.
Including these pilots who came to China, they only discovered the existence of this flaw in the later stages of the war. However, they could no longer obtain new engines. Therefore, they could only fight on the tightrope with their heads raised, every time.
A violent maneuvering dive may be the last life of a fighter plane. If absolutely necessary, no one is willing to maneuver at a speed exceeding 450 kilometers per hour. This is also the main reason why the Japanese 96 fighter jet has been fighting until now with little loss of performance. Otherwise,
, their losses will be much greater than they are now.
It's not that these pilots are timid and dare not sacrifice, but they must live, otherwise, this blue sky will no longer belong to China.
Sometimes, choosing to live is more difficult than choosing to die.
Zhou Dapeng, who arrived at the battlefield, had to face this difficult choice. Nearly 30 fighter planes were hovering in the sky over the capital. They were running out of fuel. More importantly, after a fierce air battle and long-distance high-speed flight, the engine risks of all fighter planes were becoming more and more dangerous.
big.
If we fight again, it will most likely be the last battle.
However, the Japanese aircraft fleet still refused to retreat.