Although the deployment of carrier-based planes has been adjusted this time, that is, the proportion of fighters has been greatly increased and the proportion of dive bombers and torpedo bombers has been reduced, so that the five aircraft carriers of Changning, Yongning, Chicheng, Tiancheng, and Longxiang have as many as 192 carrier-based fighters, but the aircraft carrier formation still needs a small number of fighters to be on guard and rotate, so there are only more than 120 fighters actually engaged in air combat in the waters of Mogadishu, and except for the 72 Haidongqing fighters, the rest are Japanese Navy's Type 96 carrier-based fighters.

The Chinese side developed an air-cooled engine with 1,200 horsepower six years ago, but the "competitive" Japanese wanted to develop a new generation of engines on their own.

Even with high-octane aviation gasoline provided by the Chinese side, the engine output of the aircraft does not exceed 800 horsepower. Relying on a new generation of high-strength aluminum alloy, the weight of the aircraft is suppressed to the limit, and the closed fuel tank, bulletproof seats, and large folding mechanisms can all be canceled by the Japanese.

It is true that the aircraft built in this way is not much behind the new generation of Hai Dongqing in terms of written performance, and even some data can win slightly in low-altitude combat performance, but this time when encountering the Italian Air Force, which is often used for aerobatic performances, the Cr.32 biplane, the Type 96 always cannot obtain an overwhelming advantage, let alone be like Hai Dongqing - first take the Italians to rise sharply, and then a Yin Maiman flips, and when he dives down, he faces the Italian arrow that has gradually stalled to shoot at a fixed target. A broken plane is a broken plane, and it can't stand the toss. Either dismembered on flip or falling apart due to too much speed in a dive.

As the on-site commander of this air battle, Major Deng Yueming, the flight commander of the Changning, was full of exclamations from the devils. The Italians' Arrow aircraft, although it lacked horsepower, was not structurally strong, and was not fast. The aerodynamics are much better than those of monoplanes, and there are a few juggling trump cards among them.

Major Deng Yueming, who had just helped a Japanese relieve the siege and was bitten by another Italian plane, flipped a classic Yin Maiman, and Hai Dongqing, who dived downward, aimed at the arrow that followed his rapid rise to a short point shot, and the shot slowed down the plane slightly, and the blazing fire from the 20mm cannon hit the wings of the arrow, and the Italian with broken wings lost his balance, fell straight down, and finally disintegrated and fell into the sea.

"They... In retreat! The battlefield was chaotic, but the voice of Xu Huansheng, the pilot of the Yongning, could be heard on the radio, and with this voice. A large wave of planes pursued the fleeing Italians, and Mogadishu was on the other side of the sea.

"Withdraw!" Deng Yueming shouted on the radio, but the radio communication, which relied on the guarantee of character, did not give face this time, and most of the planes in the air followed Xu Huansheng to the coast.

"I'll give you a lung!" Deng Yueming smashed the radio punch, it is said that the reason why this thing is sometimes useful and sometimes useless is because of the radio interference of the aircraft itself, especially the spark plug on the engine, the General Logistics Equipment Department has said that this problem has been basically solved, but the problem is that the new radio is only installed on the next generation of fighters.

Deng Yueming in the cockpit is like this. His wingman gradually approached, and when the radio was ineffective, the other side had to make a gesture to him, meaning that there was enough fuel and that he should pursue.

The fuel is mounted on the auxiliary fuel tank. Of course, it was sufficient, but on the shore he had to face the anti-aircraft guns that the Italians were waiting for, which was why Deng Yueming did not want to take risks. But at this time, Xu Huansheng, who was crazy, had already chased after him with someone, and if he didn't go here, he was afraid that the situation would be worse. After a moment of hesitation. The 'Haijia 025' fighter piloted by Deng Yueming turned to the northwest and led more than 30 Haidongqing planes behind him to form a brigade. Fly to that unknown shore.

The rainy season in Mogadishu is in July on the Chinese calendar, but the weather on this day is extremely sunny and the wind and waves are not heavy. As if you were flipping through the pages of a book, the blue ocean, beaches, and cities flashed by beneath the wings. In the afterglow, Deng Yueming saw the surprised crowds of people in the city, the cattle and sheep running on the meadows, and the Shabelle River, which is extremely wide in the rainy season to the north of the city, but failed to find the fortifications of the Italian army.

Hurriedly flying over Mogadishu, the further forward the annoying clouds became, the thicker the clouds, just when Deng Yueming was thinking about whether to pull up again, the plane just flew out of the clouds, and everything in front of him suddenly became clear - the Italians were entrenched in the air not far away, and the group of planes led by Xu Huansheng was passing through an anti-aircraft gun position, and the black smoke balls blown up by the anti-aircraft artillery shells bloomed in mid-air, and the planes flying between the smoke balls were shaken by their trembling and shaking, and several planes were also hit by shrapnel from the anti-aircraft guns.

At this time, the performance of the Chinese and Japanese planes made the pilots have a different ending again, the Japanese Type 96 carrier-based fighter was instantly hit by shrapnel and caught fire and disintegrated, while the sturdy Hai Dongqing could always stagger and gradually pull higher and fly out of the dense anti-aircraft gun positions of the Italians.

Deng Yueming, who had just rushed out of the clouds, also pulled the control stick, trying to pull the plane up as quickly as possible and escape from the anti-aircraft gun position, but something unfortunate happened, when he was about to rush out of the artillery array, after a few anti-aircraft guns exploded on his near side, the plane suddenly slammed down, and the engine that had been rumbling in the cylinder suddenly lost its sound!

"Hit the streets!" Deng Yueming's face turned blue instantly, he has been flying for more than ten years, although he has encountered many evil things, but this time it is a matter of life and death. To lose the engine is to lose power, and to lose power is to fall like a dead duck on the Italian position, although he has a parachute behind him, but as a major, he does not want to be a prisoner of Italy.

Just as Deng Yueming was thinking about whether to make a forced landing or directly hit the anti-aircraft artillery position below, the engine suddenly started automatically, and the plane rushed forward suddenly, and the sound of 'bang bang bang' sounded particularly pleasant.

"Hit the streets!!" Deng Yueming scolded again, at this time his adrenal hormones suddenly surged, and his heart beat wildly. I am glad that I escaped death, but the crisis has not ended. As he scolds the street for the second time, the sound of bullets hitting the skin of the wings can be heard on the right side. He instinctively made a roll-down motion, causing the plane to accelerate suddenly, so that the enemy plane had no time to react.

Even if he rolled down quickly, the bullets still flew closely behind him, and it was obvious that it was a veteran who was chasing him, and it was likely to be a three-plane formation with a long plane and two wingmen. The position was unfavorable, and the wingman was not on his side, so in order to reverse the situation, Deng Yueming had to push the joystick sharply. Swoop down vertically.

Vertical dives are indeed an effective way to evade enemy aircraft in combat, but not all aircraft can dive as freely as dive bombers. Because the speed was too fast, the sharp dive shock made the whole plane tremble, Deng Yueming felt the pain of his ears being pressed, and the high-speed air flow slapped fiercely on the plexiglass of the cockpit canopy, and the earth in front of him quickly rushed to his face. He hurriedly pulled the joystick into his arms and tried to pull the plane out, but because the movement was so violent, he lost consciousness in an instant. It wasn't until the altimeter was close to the ground that the plane changed out of the dive state.

With a new generation of 7000 series aluminum alloy that is much harder than steel, and the whole parts are pressed and formed by a 30,000-ton molding machine, Haidongqing can be said to be the strongest fighter in the world at the same time. In contrast, the Italian Arrow did not have such a sturdy body at all. When Deng Yueming dived down, the long plane of the three enemy planes that attacked him followed him vertically, but in the end, he could not change the dive due to the lack of strength of the aircraft. Directly touched the ground and exploded, while the other two wingmen were dogged by the wingman he rushed over. The remaining wingman pilot was stunned as he looked at the two vertically dive planes, and finally saw that the Chinese had escaped death and changed to dive. Pilots who forgot that they were on the battlefield were quickly beaten into a fireball.

"Sir..., sir......," under the explosion of character, the radio was normal, and at this time, Deng Yueming's wingman also quickly solved his opponent, looking at Deng Yueming, who was a little shaky, he shouted uncomfortably - he didn't know that Deng Yueming's engine suddenly failed just now, and he only thought that the long plane was injured.

"It's fine!" Deng Yueming took a sip hatefully, he had just escaped death, he hated the Italians so much, he looked at the battlefield in the distance, and said loudly: "Rush over and drive out the Italians!" ”

Once again, the fighting was taking place at an altitude of 50 kilometres north of Mogadishu, and lookouts on the sea were blind and could not find a single trace of the aircraft. On the bridge of the Changning aircraft carrier, Tan Gen and Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zixuan, the combat officer, had no choice but to look at the lookout at the top of the chimney at a higher position, which was the highest place on the ship - 35 meters from the sea, and the open-air platform of the bridge was only 27 meters from the sea.

"No news!" Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zixuan, the combat officer, looked at the gesture on the other side of the chimney and turned his head to report to the captain, Rear Admiral Tan Gen. "It should be that the fight is crazy, and as soon as the other party retreats, he chases after him."

"I forgot how I explained it before." It was true that he couldn't find a plane, and Tan Gen had to put down his binoculars, "Follow the other party to land, who knows if there are any traps?" Besides, how to save the wrecked pilot? ”

Just now on the sea, our fighter planes knocked the Italian plane to a pulp, and as soon as the enemy retreats, it will naturally chase after them. In addition to destroying these enemy planes before they can shell and land, it is not easy to meet a soft persimmon, who doesn't want to shoot down a few more enemy planes to become an ace in air combat, understand the pilot's thoughts Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zixuan only smiled bitterly under the captain's complaints, and after Tan Gen finished speaking, he suggested: "Captain, let's let the ghosts follow up." Not to mention bombing enemy fortifications, if there is a wrecked pilot, he can still make a forced landing to save it. ”

In this operation, the number of fighters accounted for more than half of the total number of carrier-based aircraft, and now all the fighters have been sent out, except for one squadron of fighters left behind. In this case, torpedo planes will not work to increase troops, but dive bombers.

"Don't you want an escort?" Tan Gen also felt that his own troops were insufficient, but there were only so many aircraft carriers.

"Judging from the performance of the Italian Air Force in the air battle just now, as long as you don't fight with them, the ghosts can protect themselves without escort." Zhang Zixuan said, "We have not penetrated deep into the interior of Mogadishu, but judging from the current situation, the enemy's fortifications should be north of the Shabelle River, and they have abandoned the beachhead and intend to give us a severe blow when we enter Mogadishu." ”

"Hmm." What Zhang Zixuan said was not unreasonable, all the Italian planes retreated, and there were no enemy torpedo planes. Tan Gen thought about the Italian Air Force, and felt that the operational thinking of the land-based air force should not be applied to the behavior of naval aviation, and maybe the Italians did not have available torpedo bombers.

Like other aircraft carriers, the Changning is doing a 'Z' shaped anti-submarine movement under the protection of cruisers and destroyers, while in the air, there are two reconnaissance planes and four fighters, and after deciding to send a ghost dive bomber, the entire warship immediately changed course and began to sail against the wind, but at this moment, the gray goose radar plane sent an early warning report: more than 160 planes approached 100 nautical miles to the north.

"Your own people?" While pulling towards the battle alert, Tan Gen shook his head and asked the information officer.

"There is no response from the other party, sir, it is likely to be an enemy plane!" The information officer was a baby-faced, and he often hid in the radar room, and he was thin and white, not at all like the crew of the Changning - they were black from head to toe.

"Enemy aircraft?!" Tan Gen thought that he only had twelve fighters in his hands, and the four that were flying were too long, and they would land in about forty minutes, so he asked urgently: "How likely is it that the other party will find us?" ”

"Report to the chief, the subordinate can't be sure." The information officer really can't answer this question, he is only responsible for processing the information of the radar machine and the radar of the aircraft carrier itself, and nothing else is known.

Amid the piercing siren, the crew took their places while running, but Tan Gen and Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zixuan's faces were cloudy. Originally, after compiling the intelligence of the Italian Air Force, everyone still despised it, but in fact, the Italians who wrote "Air Supremacy" were not so easy to deal with. They know how to first introduce their carrier-based fighters into the depths of the mainland, and then send another wave of attack aircraft deep into the sea to search for and attack their aircraft carriers -- according to normal sense, as carrier-based fighters penetrate deep into the interior, aircraft carriers can only wander 150 nautical miles from the coast, otherwise they will not be able to accept the carrier-based aircraft to return home, they only need to search the area about 150 nautical miles from the coast to find the aircraft carrier and launch an attack.

One hundred and fifty nautical miles is not small, but the location is determined to be in the southwest of Mogadishu, so it is easy to find. The Italian Air Force has a total of more than 500 aircraft, previously 200 fighters, and this time more than 160 attack planes, excluding transport planes and other aircraft, they probably have all the planes they can fight.

"Report to the commander, the commander orders us to immediately probe for British and French warships in the vicinity." Rear Admiral Tangen was dissecting the tactics of the Italians when an order came from the fleet's flagship, the Nagato.

"Spy on the British and French warships......" Tan Gen thought about the intention of this order while letting his subordinates immediately give the order.

He was thinking, Zhang Zixuan was also thinking, and soon after looking at each other, the two suddenly realized at the same time: "Commander, this is to create clouds!" (To be continued.) )