Chapter 3: The Decisive Battle of Changping (13)

Maori Yuanqing first aimed at Huo Xiutian, who flew the highest. Huo Xiutian can fly a plane to take on reconnaissance missions, and his flying skills are naturally speechless. After discovering the enemy plane, he did not immediately move away, but kept a fairly safe distance, biting the enemy aircraft group not far away. Suddenly, he found that the enemy planes were scattered, and five of them were rushing towards him—this was his delusion, because he was at the forefront of his fighter formation, so the Japanese planes facing Tie Lin Fei seemed to be flying towards him.

In Maori words: This Shina man is cunning and cunning. Huo Xiutian did not fly up to meet the enemy with a strong belly, nor did he immediately avoid it from a distance, but turned back and flew into the group of Japanese bombers. The difference between Japanese bombers and fighters was easy to judge in appearance, and he soon found that the bombers that broke away from the formation were not equipped with machine guns, or were only equipped with machine guns, and naturally he was happy to use them. Huo Xiutian was dancing around in the Japanese bomber group, firing two cannons from time to time, although he failed to get results because of the high vigilance of the little devil pilots, but he also drove those bombers like headless flies, scurrying around. At this time, let alone carrying out bombing missions, how to get rid of the nuisance of enemy planes has become the top problem for these little devil pilots.

The number of fighters in the Cadet Corps is as large as 41, that is, the two-plane formation is carried out to meet the Japanese fighters, and 30 fighters can be set aside to surround and intercept the Japanese bombers.

After discovering that the Japanese army only had five fighters, Tie Linfei breathed a sigh of relief, and even regretted the order given to the bomber group earlier, thinking that the resources were wasted.

Maori's performance quickly refuted his idea. Mao Li didn't catch Huo Xiutian, so he pulled to the left front and bit another Yi-16 numbered 045. The pilot of 045 was a young southern boy, and when he saw that the enemy plane had bitten him, he immediately pulled up, trying to fight for a favorable combat altitude. However, he will pull the nose of the plane up, and a series of fires will flash from the nose of the enemy plane opposite, followed by a deafening and violent explosion. The young man only felt a pain in his body, and as soon as his eyes went dark, his fighter plane dragged the black smoke and flew down to the ground.

Maori has rich experience in air combat, and as soon as it hits, it will immediately fly the plane to the left side. And almost at the same time, a barrage of shells flew under his belly. Then, he immediately pulled up the nose of the plane, followed by another dive, and two minutes later, while the fuselage was flattened, his sights again lassoed an Il-16......

In just five minutes, the fighters of the Cadet Army lost four, of which Maori Yuanqing alone shot down two. As for the other Japanese planes, although only two of them have achieved success, the remaining two have also entered the fleet of the Cadet Army, and they have completely gained the upper hand in the duel.

Tie Linfei immediately realized the problem - because the Japanese pilots' operation skills were much higher than those of the Japanese side, so in the case of their constant change of position, the Japanese fighters fell into passivity because they were afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades. He immediately ordered all the fighters to spread out in a two-plane formation, spread out as much as possible, and then wait for the opportunity to kill the enemy.

In the first division of the Air Force of the Cadet Army, it was still Tie Linfei who took the lead in achieving results. As far as the entire air force is concerned, Tie Linfei may not have the highest piloting skills, but his ability to grasp fighters is definitely the strongest. From the very beginning, Tie Linfei aimed at a Japanese Type 97 fighter numbered 163. And the little devil who piloted this enemy plane was already panicking in his heart after rolling and pulling up and down continuously, and still couldn't get rid of Tie Linfei's entanglement. And at the moment before being blown up, the little devil was ruthless, and simply did not dodge, but chose to fight. Tie Linfei aimed at him from beginning to end, and the opponent's every move was under his own surveillance, and when he saw that the enemy plane suddenly flattened the fuselage and the speed dropped significantly, he naturally guessed its intention, so he pressed the rocket launch button without hesitation.

Compared with the solid-engine rockets used in the Dingzhou air battle, this time, Tie Linfei and his team added rockets loaded with liquid propellants. As soon as he pressed the button, Tie Linfei immediately pulled the fighter high, and in front of him, only the tail smoke after dozens of rockets broke through the air.

Almost at the same time, the cannon of the Type 97 fighter also spewed flames, but the target it was about to hit had already left the spot. The distance between the two sides is at most 1,000 meters, and with a salvo of more than 2,200 meters per second and a total of 36 rockets, even if the Type 97 fighter can make evasive moves, it is impossible to evade. At a glance in the hurry of Maori Yuanqing, the Type 97 fighter was hit by five rockets at the same time, and the explosion in the air turned into a burning flame. At the same time, at least 10 more rockets were detonated due to proximity fuses, and submunitions exploded one after another, creating a barrage of about 500 square meters around the fighter.

The effect of the salvo explosion of the rocket was so spectacular that Maori Yuanqing was stunned on the spot, and involuntarily blurted out: "What is that?" Then, suddenly realizing something, he ordered all the other fighters, especially the bomber group that was still in a dense formation, to disperse immediately.

Maori reacted quite quickly, but it was still too late. Because of the superior performance of rockets in the air battle in Dingzhou, this time, the number of Cadet Army fighters equipped with rocket pods reached 23. After Tie Linfei asked all the fighters to disperse in a two-plane formation, many of them happened to fly near the Japanese bombers, of course, they did not let the crosshair go to them, one of the young pilots named Liu Chengyuan, after one accelerated, when he looked at the crosshairs, he was pleasantly surprised to find that three enemy planes were actually inserted into the aperture of the sight, and at that moment, he pressed the rocket launch button without hesitation.

The three enemy planes were about 3,000 meters away from him at the farthest distance, and the closest was 1,500 meters away from him, and at such a distance, they could already be attacked with machine guns, but compared with the best firing distance of machine guns of 1,200 meters, the strike effect was not very good. The striking distance of the rocket reached 5,000 meters.

In this air battle with the fighters of the Cadet Army, the Japanese aviation was unprepared. According to the previous operational plan, their bombing would be carried out under the guidance of ground guides. However, the ground was now full of flames and smoke from the explosion, and there was a threat of enemy planes in front of them, and even if the position of the guide on the ground was clear, they did not dare to take it lightly - this made the pilots of the Japanese bomber group, who were accustomed to faithfully carrying out orders, feel quite confused. At this time, Maori's new instructions came again, and the devil pilots, who were accustomed to meticulously executing orders, began to pull the fighters, leave the battlefield, and keep their distance from friendly planes. However, at the moment when they received the new instructions, their brains subconsciously paused, which gave Liu Chengyuan the opportunity to create a miracle!

Naturally, all three enemy planes were hit, and one of the bombers that broke into the vicinity was also hit by a submunition burst from a rocket explosion, which happened to hit the wheelhouse. So, with the pilot killed, the fighter plane lost control and soon sent itself to the crosshair of a fighter of the Cadet Corps, and then was smashed to pieces by the cannon.

After the fighters of the Cadet Army pulled to the periphery one after another, the Japanese plane's plan to fish in troubled waters fell through. This is when the numerical superiority of the Cadet Army Air Force became apparent. In the end, they lost four more fighters and shot down all five Japanese fighters and seventeen bombers. And if it weren't for the fact that Maori Motokei saw the opportunity early and gave the order to let the bombers break through, this result would have been expanded.

The air battle that took place over Wangjiawei touched the nerves of too many people. And when he saw that only the fighter planes painted with the logo of the Cadet Army were left in the sky that finally surrounded the sky, Ouyang Yun certainly shouted loudly, but Kazuki Kiyoji had to issue an order to cancel the next support operation of the aviation force. After issuing this frustrating order, Kazuki Kiyoji sat down and entered a daze state, and after a while, he raised his head and saw a circle of stupid geese around, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "Eight grids! Why are you still moving? Without air support, wouldn't we be fighting this battle? Yoshizu Ryosuke and Shimoto Kuami are still waiting for our support, if the 108th Division and the 9th Division are eaten by the Zhina people, will we still have the face to meet His Majesty the Emperor? When the time comes, let's have a collective caesarean section! ”

The battle plan drawn up by Kiyoji Kazuki was originally to wait for the air raids of the air force to be carried out before the full artillery bombardment was carried out before the infantry launched a charge. Now the aviation has been blown away, and the heavy artillery brigade has been blown up, which can only be filled with infantry. The major generals and Dazuo hurriedly bowed, and "Hai" ran out of the headquarters one by one in embarrassment. When the crowd was almost gone, Kazuki Kiyoji showed a depressed look, and he said to himself puzzled: "When did the Cadet Army have such a powerful air force?" The Navy's air raid should have also been thwarted! Thinking of the war report sent by the Admiralty, the old devil became angry again: "These bastards of the Admiralty dare to lie about the results of the battle, aren't they afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will be held accountable?" "Japan's navy and army have always been at odds. After scolding, Xu felt that this could not solve the practical problem, and the old devil fell into deep thought, and said to himself: "It seems that the launch of this war is still too late!" It would be better if it was launched before the Yue uprising, in that case, Ouyang Yun would not have gotten these fighters! Then we can have complete air supremacy. Well, then it should be the turn of the Cadet Army's cannon to be destroyed. ”