The commander of the Japanese Air Force, Lieutenant General 'Suzuo Ogasawara,' stared at the telegram in his hand and his face was cloudy, and he could not understand what method the other side would use to intercept the bombing formation and destroy it quickly, and he did not even have time to send out the message.

Suzuo Ogasawara, who was supposed to be promoted to lieutenant general on August 1, 36, had very rich experience in flying operations, and was appointed as the supreme commander of the Kwantung Army's flight unit in advance during the coup.

At this time, this is the first time he has carried out aircraft combat since he took office, which not only makes him look forward to it, but also makes him nervous, nervous and complicated After confirming that the whole formation has no life, he is no longer nervous, but he is full of thoughts about what kind of ability the other party will have to intercept the ace lightning plane with black wood frame.

At this time, the Japanese military aircraft were still in the imitation stage, most of them were Nakajima series and Mitsubishi series, and most of them flew at a speed of more than 200 kilometers. However, although the planes were much behind a year or two later, they would not all be shot down so quickly, especially the bombers, at least there would be news coming back, but there was only a message without a beginning or an end.

The experienced Kurogi Jiro also failed to escape, which puzzled Ogasawara Suzuo. Kuroki is the trump card of the Japanese pilots, and several times he fought against the enemy alone, two or three planes retreated, and the results were brilliant, how could he not avoid the interception of the other side?

As a fighter who climbed from the grassroots level to his current position, Ogasawara understands that pilots are different from infantrymen in that they can be qualified after two or three months of hard training, and that pilots cannot achieve flying and combat experience without a certain number of sorties, and these experiences can only be accumulated through the baptism of air combat, and cannot be achieved by simple training in a handful.

In other words, the opponent can reach a level that surpasses that of the Japanese army in land warfare and artillery battles, but the training of pilots cannot allow the enemy to have a level that exceeds that of Japanese pilots who have participated in many air battles. Well, there is only one interception. Ground!

Ogasawara Sugeo intuitively deduced the method of interception by the advance team with his professional knowledge, but he did not know what the means of interception were in the way.

In the middle of the sound, he gave up thinking, and under the gaze of the generals, he ordered: "The reconnaissance plane is set off in formation!" I need first-hand information, second echelon preparation. The original plan remained unchanged and took off half an hour after the reconnaissance plane took off!! ”

As his order was issued, fifteen reconnaissance planes flew up in a roar from the airfield, and the formation flew to Harbin.

This is the strategy of Ogasawara Shuo to lure the enemy, and it is also his second wave of ways to test Harbin's air defense capabilities.

The planes flew in formation at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and it was difficult to distinguish the model of the planes below, and although the reconnaissance planes were smaller, it was impossible to judge without a certain amount of experience.

But where did he know that those air defense posts had a copy of the Japanese army's aircraft graphics at this stage. All models, including those that were not installed in the experimental phase, are invisible as long as the telescope can see them. Coupled with the fact that Dong Ku has long been trained in simulating sounds, these air defense observation posts can roughly distinguish the type of aircraft as long as they hear sounds.

When this reconnaissance aircraft formation flew over the twin cities, Dong Ku smiled in the command headquarters.

"The little devil is really careful enough to get a reconnaissance plane formation."

Liu Zhong asked puzzledly, "Captain." Isn't it true that reconnaissance aircraft cannot fight? What are you doing in formation? ”

The others also looked at Dong Ku, wondering why this was the case.

Dong Ku smiled and looked at everyone and said, "The little devil wants to use the reconnaissance plane to find out our air defense means." It is good to formulate an air raid plan. ”

"Oh......"

He had explained this, and everyone was stunned. But everyone didn't know how terrible the air raid was, and they weren't too shocked by Dong Ku's prevention and control methods, as if that was the effect it should have.

After explaining, Dong Ku grabbed the phone and ordered: "All air defense positions are well concealed, no fire is allowed to leak, and light machine guns are mounted on the roof." After the enemy aircraft has reduced altitude, leave as many planes as possible with machine guns, remember, the amount in advance must be mastered, reconnaissance aircraft. Two fuselage distances. ”

"Yes!"

There was a roar on the phone. Obviously, Dong Ku's telephone network is the same as that of the artillery, and he can give orders to several positions at the same time.

Out of caution, the reconnaissance plane circled around the edge of Harbin and saw that there was no fire on the ground, so they lowered their altitude and flew low to Harbin.

At this time, their altitude was only four or five hundred meters, and they wanted to use death to obtain information on the means and strength of Harbin's air defense.

As soon as they lowered their altitude and flew towards Harbin, the pilot in front of the reconnaissance plane in front of them suddenly saw a flash of fire below.

"Watch that location!!"

While nervously controlling the plane, he gave the co-pilot the initial position, and then, another Japanese soldier behind him who was in charge of observation saw the location of the fire, and the camera immediately captured the picture.

In their nervousness, they both prayed, but they didn't pull the plane up. Because, once they are shot down by artillery fire, the planes behind can see what shot them down.

But until the city appeared in front of them, they didn't feel that the plane had been hit.

"Kojima-kun, circle around, lower the altitude, I want to visually inspect it!!"

The co-pilot behind Yuo Kojima requested.

"Good!"

Without being attacked, Yuo Kojima did not hesitate to begin to circle, returning to the location where he had just seen the fire.

Just as he was circling back and about to reach the position he had just had, he saw the fire again, and it was not a point.

"What's that?"

Yuo Kojima gritted his teeth and continued to lower the altitude.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a shock of the plane, and then the left wing snapped without warning, and the plane spun and fell to the ground.

"What is the !? attack?"

The two of them were startled, shouting as they prepared to skydive.

Their plane was hit, but the reconnaissance planes that followed closely behind it saw clearly what had hit them.

At a height of more than 300 meters, without binoculars, they could clearly see the machine guns erected on the roofs spraying tongues of fire.

Yuo Kojima and his co-pilot successfully left the plane and were lucky to open their parachutes when they were less than 100 meters above the ground. Although I don't know what the result will be if I jump down, there is no other way for the two of them to survive.

At the moment when their plane crashed and successfully parachuted, the planes behind them had already sent the result back and the soldiers continued to fly towards the city of Harbin.

The machine guns below clicked, and the one that had just been shot down landed outside the city, which really made these machine gunners excited, screaming, and pulling the trigger hard.

At this time, the fifteen reconnaissance planes had turned into three formations, one formation of five planes, of which there were only four left, and they flew separately in their respective directions, preparing to leave here in a circle and return home.

They had already seen that the airfield, still covered with snow, was not cleared, apparently, the planes captured by the enemy did not take off. And interception, until they flew into the city, in addition to seeing a few machine gun positions and strafing with light machine guns, although a few anti-aircraft guns in the distance burst into flames, they knew that the anti-aircraft guns with a slow rate of fire did not necessarily hit the fast reconnaissance planes.

Their mission has been accomplished, and they believe that the formation of planes flying over the city has not been intercepted, which shows that Harbin's air defense is only a few of their 75 anti-aircraft guns and a few anti-aircraft machine guns that they saw earlier, as well as those light machine guns, and there are no special means of interception.

But at the moment when they left the city and were about to return home, Zhang Wannian's coffee table, which was being raised, suddenly saw the dense fire flashing in front of them, and then the sound of the plane slammed, and in the violent vibration, either the wings were broken, or the engine was smoking, or the pilot's blood was splashed.

"Pull it up!! Pull it up!! ”

In the shouts of panic, all the planes that were lucky enough to be able to fly pulled up their noses, roared into the air, and left the area.

As soon as they were out of danger, they noticed that of the five reconnaissance planes in their formation, only one or two of them were left, and the others had fallen on the ground in the distance behind them. Although the other one did not crash, it dragged the smoke and was probably not able to return to Xinjing.

Ogasawara quickly received the telegram, and in just one or two minutes, only five of the 14 reconnaissance planes were able to fly intact, and one was hit by a bullet in the engine.

Could it be that the bombing formation just now was shot down by these machine guns?

Ogasawara didn't believe in this result. He didn't think that the light machine gun could shoot down a faster lightning striker, even a bomber, even if it was hit by a machine gun, the light machine gun would not be so easy to shoot it down, at least just like the result just now, they would still be able to transmit back information, and they would not all fall silently.

His doubts were shared by other generals, none of whom believed that the other party could keep 45 planes in an instant with light machine guns, and they couldn't even send a message.

Ogasawara squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, but he still withdrew the order to continue the attack. However, this withdrawal was not to stop the air raid, but he immediately ordered that all the existing 140 Nakajima bombers in Xinjing take off, and let 65 mine strike planes escort them, and after flying over the twin cities, they would divide their troops into three routes and attack in a flanking formation, and bomb Harbin at any cost. He must know what means the other side used to intercept the plane, otherwise, will there be no future air raid plan?

As for the barrage interception of machine guns, he will definitely not believe that this is the enemy's means of air defense, and the other side is obviously hiding the strength of air defense. And what he wants is the means that he must know the other party.

He is not short of planes, there are still a large number of planes at the airport in Fengtian, not counting those seized from Xiao Zhang, there are more than 400 of them in Mitsubishi and Nakajima alone, as long as he knows the other party's means, he will have a way to bomb Harbin into ruins. (To be continued......)