Feicheng Airport was originally stationed by a Japanese flying squadron, which had three squadrons. The 1st and 2nd squadrons were equipped with 12 Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft respectively, and the 3rd Flying Squadron was equipped with 16 Type 96 carrier-based attack aircraft.
It carried fighter jets, but three of them had malfunctions and were unable to take off.√∟,
Little Japan's idea of building an army is heavily inclined to the navy and despises the army. This can be seen from the model naming of fighter jets. The fact is that almost all aircraft are designed specifically for the navy. Army aviation fighters are either directly
The carrier-based attack aircraft used are either modified based on the carrier-based aircraft.
Japan does not have fighter jets or attack aircraft specifically developed for land combat.
The Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft has a crew of three and a combat radius of nearly 1,000 kilometers. It can take off from Feicheng Airport to support the Xuzhou battlefield. Its main weapon is an airborne machine gun, and an 800kg heavy-duty aerial bomb can be hung under the belly.
2 250kg medium aerial bombs or 6 60kg light aerial bombs.
The Type 96 carrier-based fighter is the predecessor of the Zero fighter. In addition to being slightly slower, it is generally an excellent fighter. At least it is more than enough to deal with the Type-3 fighter equipped by the Chinese Air Force at that time. In the Hangzhou air battle and the Wuhan air battle
, the Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets all achieved overwhelming victories.
Early this morning, after confirming that Andarota had suffered a misfortune, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi, the commander of the Central China Front's Aviation Corps, urgently ordered all attack aircraft and fighter jets in Feicheng to prepare for departure. So starting from two o'clock in the morning, more than eighty Japanese soldiers
The pilot stayed on the plane all the time, and had to urinate and defecate in the cockpit.
Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's intention is that if there is still hope for the battle in Feicheng and the sight is good after dawn, the flying team stationed in Feicheng will take off urgently to assist in the battle and assist the Feicheng garrison brigade in bombing the Dameishan Independent Regiment. But if
Once the defeat in the Battle of Feicheng has been decided, the entire flying team will be scrambled to take off and return to Nanjing.
In any case, the 37 intact aircraft of the flying team must not make any mistakes. Japan is a resource-poor country. The cost of building such 37 attack aircraft and fighter jets is really high. If one guy loses 37 of them,
Combat aircraft were a disaster for the Japanese army.
Tokugawa Yoshitoshi's idea was good, but after dawn, there was heavy rain in the entire central Anhui area. After the heavy rain, there was heavy fog, and the visibility was even less than 50 meters. In such weather conditions, the combat aircraft of the flying team simply did not have the ability to rise.
There is no possibility of air combat, so we can only continue to wait patiently.
But what finally arrived was not good news, but bad news.
Knowing that the defeat of the Battle of Feicheng had been decided, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi immediately ordered the entire flight team to return to Nanjing. As for the three Type 96 carrier-based fighter jets that were anchored at Feicheng Airport due to malfunctions, two of them were seriously damaged and were destroyed in a short period of time.
There was no possibility of repair inside, so it was blown up on the spot, and the remaining lightly damaged aircraft was fully repaired.
Nakagawa Jiro was ordered to carry out emergency repairs on the lightly damaged Type 96 carrier-based fighter.
Jiro Nakagawa was not only a qualified pilot, but also a very good mechanic. He took two ground crew members to disassemble the engine of the Type 96 carrier-based fighter and found the fault in the shortest time. However,
, just when Jiro Nakagawa was racing against time to troubleshoot the problem, trouble came.
The sudden gunfire shattered the silence of the entire airport.
Without looking up, Nakagawa Jiro knew that it must be China. The army was coming to kill him. It seemed that the Chinese were not stupid. They knew that they would come to the airport to try their luck immediately. If they could seize a few planes, they would make a lot of money.
However, as long as he is around, the Chinese will never succeed in their attempts. This Type 96 fighter jet will never be left to the Chinese!
"Hurry, hurry up!" Nakagawa Jiro quickly turned the wrench and ordered the ground crew, "Hurry up and push the fuel over and fill the fighter with fuel. Hurry up!"
"Sir, the plane is not ready yet." A ground crew member said blankly.
"Baga, the plane will be ready soon, but after I repair it, it will be too late to refill the fuel!" Nakagawaji yelled, "You two idiots, hurry up and push the fuel over."
The two ground crew members quickly ran away in despair.
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Over there, Xu Rui has already led the cavalry battalion and the Langya squad to charge over.
Xu Rui looked through the telescope and saw the fighter jets parked outside the hangar at a glance. He couldn't help but raise his head to the sky and say haha, and then said proudly: "Veteran, what did I say?"
Leng Tiefeng poured cold water on Xu Rui and said, "Old Xu, don't be too happy. According to the intelligence, there are more than thirty planes at Feicheng Airport, but now there is only one left. It can be seen that this plane
There must be something wrong with the plane, and even if it is a faulty plane, if things go wrong, the Japanese will definitely blow it up first."
"Old soldier, you are such a crow, can't you say something nice?" Xu Rui cursed, then turned back to the cavalry battalion commander Tiegang and said, "Gangzi, order the cavalry battalion to attack at full speed, at all costs, and in the shortest possible time.
Break through the outer defense line of the Japanese airport within the time limit and load this fighter jet for me, do you hear me clearly?"
"Yes." Tiegang responded while galloping on his horse, "I heard you clearly."
Xu Rui then said loudly: "Repeat my order just now?"
"Yes, repeat it." Tiegang yelled at the top of his voice, "At all costs, we must break through the outer defense line of the Japanese airport in the shortest possible time and intercept this damn plane for the regiment commander!"
"Go!" Xu Rui waved his hand, then turned to Leng Tiefeng and said, "Veteran, the mission of the cavalry battalion is to tear open the outer defense line of the Japanese airport in the shortest possible time and send your Wolf Fang team in, and you Wolf team
The mission of Team Ya is to intercept and save this plane at all costs, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Leng Tiefeng nodded, then turned around and shouted, "Team Wolf Fang, follow me!"
Watching Leng Tiefeng galloping forward with several members of the Langya Team, Xu Rui jerked his horse's head and rushed diagonally toward a hill near the airport.
Feicheng Airport originally had a brigade of garrison troops stationed there.
However, in order to reinforce the Feicheng garrison brigade, the Central China Front Army Headquarters transferred three and a half infantry squadrons from Feicheng Airport. Now there are only one and a half squadrons of garrison troops left at the airport. To make matters worse, the terrain near the airport is flat, so the cavalry battalion
It can open a wide front for charging.
Xu Rui said no matter what the cost, Tiegang really means no matter the cost.
Usually, the officers and soldiers of Tiegang and the cavalry battalion were very precious to their war horses, but now, the officers and soldiers of the Tiegang and cavalry battalions spurred their war horses straight away and crashed into the barbed wire fence outside the airport without hesitation.
, the barbed wire fence outside the airport was torn to pieces by the fast charging horses, but the cavalry battalion also paid a heavy price. At least a dozen horses were seriously injured by the barbed wires and fell to the ground.
Red Rabbit under Tie Gang's crotch was also strangled in the chest with a blood groove that was deep enough to show the bone. However, this injury not only failed to make Red Rabbit fall down, but instead inspired Red Rabbit's wildness even more. Red Rabbit raised his head and shouted.
With a loud and long hiss, the sprint speed that had already reached the limit miraculously accelerated again!
Like a flash of red lightning, Red Rabbit carried the iron steel and crossed the outer perimeter of the airport in one go.
Tiegang only had time to press down the saber in his hand before Chitu violently rushed into the Japanese defensive position. The next moment, Tiegang only felt his hand sink slightly and saw a head rising into the sky, but it was a small one.
The Japs' machine gunner was decapitated by him with a knife, and the machine gun that was spitting out fierce firepower stopped in an instant.
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Jiro Nakagawa has repaired the Type 96 carrier-based fighter jet.
However, the airport ground staff failed to deliver the fuel. After two minutes, seeing that the Chinese cavalry had broken through the barbed wire fence outside the airport, the two ground staff finally pushed the fuel over and opened the fuel port of the fighter jet.
, began to refuel the fighter, but the Japs used a manual pump, so the speed was a bit slow.
Jiro Nakagawa didn't have time to change his flight suit, so he climbed into the cockpit wearing a mechanical suit.
As soon as he entered the cockpit, Nakagawa Jiro turned on all the instruments as quickly as possible. At the same time, he forced the engine to start and kept it idle regardless of the risk of fire and explosion. Nakagawa Jiro must ensure that once the refueling is completed, he can start the engine as soon as possible.
Enter the runway, taxi and take off, because the Chinese cavalry over there has already charged over.
Through the cockpit, Nakagawa Jiro could see the Chinese cavalry approaching rapidly.
I looked down at the fuel gauge again, but it only jumped to half a bar, and there were still three and a half bars before it was full!
After waiting for a while, when it was almost three-quarters of the scale, Nakagawa Jiro couldn't wait anymore. He pushed the control stick fiercely, and the fighter engine roared suddenly, then turned to the runway and started taxiing. This was really painful.
Of the two Japanese ground crew members, one pushed the refueling equipment and followed the fighter jet, while the other had to pump the fuel.
After sliding for about twenty meters, the two Japanese ground crewmen could no longer keep up.
Leng Tiefeng led the Langya team to chase behind the fighter jet, but found that the fighter jet had begun to accelerate, and the running speed of the war horse had begun to fail to catch up with the aircraft. Leng Tiefeng fiercely raised the 38 cover and took aim on the horse.
He got into the plane, but he didn't dare to pull the trigger because he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to hit the Japanese pilot on a horse running at high speed.
If the Japanese pilot missed but hit the plane's fuel tank, the fighter jet would immediately turn into a huge fireball, and Lao Xu's best wishes would be in vain.
