I don't know how long it took, Zhang Chi woke up from his sleep in a daze.

When Staff Officer Liang saw that Zhang Chi had woken up, he said: "It's time for you to wake up, just halfway through the flight, and the escort plane is ready to change shifts!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded and asked, "How's the situation?" ”

Staff Officer Liang turned his gaze to the communicator, who waited for a while before replying: "Twelve Wildcat fighters have taken off safely!" ”

"Good!" The cabin was filled with the cheers of the soldiers.

The guard Xiao Li said with some confusion: "Isn't it just to take off a few planes?" What's there? Don't they fly at Rabaul airport every day? ”

"Go to ......" Staff Officer Liang smiled: "You only know how to play with a big knife, this take-off is different, understand?" Take off from an aircraft carrier! That's what it means...... Alas, forget it, you don't understand it! ”

The other warriors laughed in unison.

In fact, they don't understand very well, most of the time they care about charging on land, as for the aircraft carrier, fighter planes or something, the fighters don't have the opportunity and conditions to care, their idea is very simple, the Yankees will also be we, so proud, so happy!

It didn't take long for the twelve Wildcat fighters to join the escort formation, and the twelve fighters that had been on the escort mission slowed down, then turned around and flew in the direction of the aircraft carrier.

The next training they will carry out is the landing training, and after about two hours of escort mission, it is still very challenging for the Chinese pilots to complete this, so Zhang Chi and the others quickly focused their attention on the walkie-talkie and waited for the news from the aircraft carrier.

"No. 1, land safely!"

"No. 2, land safely!"

……

When the correspondent reported that the No. 8 plane had landed safely, the whistling sound of a fighter plane suddenly sounded in the sky.

Zhang Chi's face couldn't help but change when he heard this, it was very likely that he had encountered a devil's fighter.

Sure enough, in the next second, the communicator's expression changed dramatically and looked at Zhang Chi: "Shizuo, I found a devil fighter, eight Zeros!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi's heart couldn't help but twitch fiercely...... Under normal circumstances, US pilots with rich combat experience had to fight against one Zero when using the Wildcats against the Japanese Zeros, but now the Japanese army has eight Zeros, while our army has only 12 "Wildcats," and what is even more serious is that most of the Chinese pilots are still novices who are participating in the war for the first time.

Of course, this is only a preliminary comparison of strength, if the Japanese pilots are also novices with low quality......

But Zhang Chi quickly shook his head and dismissed the idea.

The reason was that the appearance of Japanese fighters was just the right time...... Just a moment after the alternation of the two batches of fighters.

At this time, the twelve fighters that had just been replaced had just taken off and successfully breathed a sigh of relief, and they were attacked by the enemy before they could enter the state, and their psychological preparation was definitely not enough, so their combat effectiveness could not be brought into normal play.

What's even more powerful is ...... The replaced fighters are still on the ship, and some of them are on the ship, which means that it is difficult for them, including the fighters on the aircraft carrier, to provide support for the C47 in time, because it is likely to cause chaos in scheduling.

Therefore, Zhang Chi judged: The Japanese Zero fighters came prepared, and the target was the C47 that Zhang Chi was flying.

Because the Japanese fighters came prepared, they would definitely select pilots with rich combat experience to carry out this mission.

Zhang Chi was right, these pilots were indeed excellent pilots in the Japanese army, and there was even Tetsuzo Iwamoto, who was known as the "strongest zero-battle pilot" and "zero-battle tiger" in the Japanese army.

This Iwamoto Tetsuzo is said to have shot down eighty enemy fighters on the battlefield...... It is said that the reason for this is that the Japanese air force does not count the number of enemy planes shot down by individuals, which is a characteristic of the Japanese air force, and it is said that it is to show a kind of collectivism, that is, to emphasize the number of enemy planes shot down collectively, believing that it is a collective credit and should not be recorded on the head of an individual, so the vast majority of the individual number of Japanese troops is said by the pilots themselves or estimated by their comrades.

Pilots who have been on the battlefield know that what they say is not very accurate with their comrades-in-arms, and what they say is often exaggerated, and some of the damaged fighters cannot be sure whether they have crashed or not, and their comrades-in-arms estimate that they are even more unheard.

Therefore, the number of individual downs of the Japanese army is often added with the word "rumor", but the US military will use various information to confirm these personal achievements and record them as a kind of record record, so the number of individual downs of the US military is more accurate.

This Iwamoto Tetsuzo is said to be a pilot with only 1.0 eyesight, but he can always spot enemy planes on the battlefield at the first time, and when others ask him why, he generally answers: "By feeling!" ”

The formation he led preferred to use the tactics of one blow and then retreat. By using the radio and Morse code on the plane, the direction of the enemy aircraft can be confirmed from the base, and the right position can be selected to select the right time to attack with superior altitude and speed.

However, this sneak attack did not allow them to use the usual tactics.

This is because their goal is to destroy the C47 transport plane, and if they don't reach their goal, they can't fight back with a single blow.

Second, because they were afraid of being detected by enemy radar, they kept flying at low altitude close to the sea surface until they received the order to attack...... This is also the reason why Zhang Chi and other aircraft groups still have a little time to prepare.

Zhang Chi didn't know why the news was leaked so that the Japanese army had this information, but this was not the time to discuss this issue, and now should be the time to overcome the current difficulty.

"Da da da......" The sound of machine guns soon rang out.

Zhang Chi couldn't see what was going on outside in the cabin of the C47, but he knew that the Chinese and Japanese fighters must have been in a mess at this time.

"Division, Captain Zhang's phone!" The correspondent sent the walkie-talkie to Zhang Chi.

"I'm a nightingale!" Zhang Chi took the walkie-talkie and shouted, "What's the situation now?" ”

"Nightingale!" Zhang Junhua's anxious voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "The formation was attacked by devils, and I request to transfer the command!" Request to transfer command! ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Chi knew that Zhang Junhua was panicking, and he thought that he was not qualified for this command, so he wanted to hand over the command to Zhang Chi as soon as possible.

But Zhang Chi knew very well that he was in the bureau and in a cramped cabin, and his knowledge of both the sight and the situation was very limited, and if he commanded it, it would not only be useless but also bad.

So he replied without thinking: "I ask for a dismissal, this battle must be commanded by you!" ”

(To be continued.) )