Chapter 3 Air Combat

The current level of science and technology of the cadet army, especially in the electronics industry, is far ahead of the world. The exclusive global patent of the transistor, not to mention the profit it brings, its more important significance is that in this field, the army has the innate advantage that other countries or potential forces do not have, so that it can carry out the research and development of some high-tech technology products on the basis of a high starting point.

Take radar as an example, in the time and space where Ouyang Yun is located, radar was invented in the hands of Westerners and put into practice, thus creating an over-the-horizon era. And in this time and space, because the cadet army invested in transistors at the beginning of the development of radar, the radar technology of the cadet army is much ahead of other countries.

In the past, the British were the first to use radar in air defense, and in 36 years built the first radar station in the world. In this time and space, although the Xuebing Army did not seize the first position, in the subsequent development, because it took the lead in developing a high-power microwave radar, which can monitor up to hundreds of targets at the same time, so that its radar technology suddenly jumped to the forefront of the world, leaving competitors far behind.

The radar skills of the Xuebing Army have already made military experts in some Western countries drool, but Ouyang Yun is still not very satisfied. With the invention of high-power microwave radar, although the student army was able to discover the enemy before it and thus gain the initiative in air combat, it was still very limited because it could not identify the identity of friend or foe. Like an air fortress with a small radar, it needs unlimited access to the battlefield if it wants to play a good role as a command aircraft. In this way, because it may be attacked by enemy aircraft at any time, this limits its dynamic command efficiency, which also makes the Cadet Army unable to gain an overwhelming advantage because of the presence of radar when the fighters on both sides are about the same.

On this Army Day, in terms of air defense, Ouyang Yun handed over Li Tieshu and Tie Linfei to be responsible, the former was responsible for commanding the air defense forces, and the latter was in charge of the air force. The Cadet Army Air Force is the fastest growing of the three major arms, but compared with the Japanese army, it is still in absolute poor terms in terms of numbers. It is precisely because of this that in order to ensure the safety of the parade, Ouyang Yun played a little clever and delayed the time of the parade by two hours in the announcement.

The Japanese army still lacked ultra-long-range fighters at this time, so if they wanted to attack the parade, they had to accurately calculate the time - it came early, because the stay time could not be too long, it was likely to be a trip in vain, and it may even become a gift for the Army Day of the Cadet Army; It's too late, and even if the sneak attack is successful, its significance is close to zero.

Since the end of the battle of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, the Japanese army suffered the loss of insufficient intelligence, and strengthened the work of intelligence collection. In view of this, it is impossible for Ouyang Yunzhi to keep it secret, so the only way to do this is to improve the awareness of air defense as much as possible and play some cleverness.

Facts have proved that this time the clever trick was right, when the Japanese army released more than 50 fighters from two aircraft carriers half an hour in advance according to the time stated in the announcement, and wanted to surprise the cadet army, the military parade had come to an end.

More than 50 warplanes took off from two aircraft carriers in the South China Sea near the mouth of the Pearl River, and were observed by the Baiyunshan radar station as soon as they took off. The radar station immediately notified the Xue-1 fighter squadron and several nearest airfields that were patrolling over the southeastern suburbs of Guangzhou, and under the command of Tie Linfei, eight Xue-1 fighters merged with more than 60 fighters of various types that had taken off from Baiyunshan and other airfields, and then went up to meet the Japanese planes in formation.

The leader of the Japanese aircraft group is a young man named Mingci Kanjunaka. Mingtz Kanaka flew a new two-seater bomber, the Type 93 crit produced by Nakajima. The aircraft belongs to the medium-sized bomber, for the Japanese who like to develop small and fine (in this era, small Japanese things are small, but they are definitely not fine) products, the fighter is already a behemoth, of course, for the air fortress, but it can still only be described as small. The plane has a certain self-defense capability, and machine guns are installed on the wings on both sides, and the most satisfactory thing about the Japanese pilots about this aircraft is its ability to climb the air, and its ceiling is already comparable to that of an air fortress, reaching more than 13,000 meters.

The "Let's Sink" operation was an all-round blow to the Japanese Navy, and after this battle, the myth of the Japanese Navy's invincibility was shattered. Looking at this problem from another angle, the Japanese benefited from this attack - historically, at the beginning of World War II, countries did not realize the powerful role of aircraft carriers, and they still wanted to develop battleships known as giants at sea. In the case of Japan, when the Washington Naval Treaty expired in 36, the first thing they wanted to develop was not aircraft carriers but battleships, and for this reason, at least three battleships were already under construction. However, after the "Taiwan Strait Incident" (the Japanese called the "Sunken Bar" operation) occurred, because they realized how vulnerable the fleet was to enemy aircraft without the protection of fighters, the newly promoted Japanese naval executives led by Isoroku Yamamoto began to call for the restrictive development of battleships and the priority of aircraft carriers. In his recital to the Emperor of Japan, Isoroku Yamamoto wrote: ...... In view of the battleship's fragile air defense capabilities, the minister suggested that the development of this type of ship should be limited, and the saved resources should be invested in the construction of aircraft carriers. The main role of battleships is to control the sea surface and suppress the fire on the coastal land, and the aircraft carrier can do this better. In terms of the range of fighters, the range of threats from aircraft carriers is also much wider than that of battleships......

The Japanese began to develop aircraft carriers on a large scale, which Ouyang Yun did not expect. What kind of impact the changes that took place in Japan's history at this turning point will have on the outcome of World War II in this time and space is beyond the scope of his prediction.

The Japanese want to develop aircraft carriers on a large scale, and the development of carrier-based aircraft has become important by taking advantage of the trend, and this Type 93 crit fighter is a product derived from such a general environment.

The Japanese air force suffered a lot when the enemy found out about this, and they were not willing to be led by the nose by the Cadet Army in every air battle, and mobilized all the agents in South China to investigate, and finally learned the information about the radar - no wonder the Cadet Corps can grasp the timing so accurately in every air battle, it turns out that it is because of the existence of radar.

The Japanese have always thought that they are a scientific and technological power in the world, but this time they were deflated on the radar, and the little devil's eyes were red. Blind eyes alone can't solve the problem, stealing radar data? It was too difficult, and so far the spies lurking in Canton had not been able to obtain any detailed information on this. In such a short period of time, there is only a way to think of a way to fight.

In order to ensure the success of this air raid, he drew up an operational plan for "ant attack." The so-called ant attack is to establish a numerical advantage and attack a certain point.

When more than 50 warplanes appeared on the early warning screen of the Baiyun Mountain radar station of the Cadet Army, Tie Linfei considered it cautiously and did not dare to let the cruising 8 Xue-1 planes catch up with it as soon as possible.

It would take time for fighter planes to take off to meet the enemy, and during this time, the Japanese aircraft group had already flown over the skies less than 100 kilometers away from Guangzhou.

The air battle broke out immediately, and all kinds of fighters of the Cadet Corps roared towards the Japanese army, and the Japanese aircraft group immediately grouped up, and the fighters broke away from the large force and began to meet the enemy, while the bombers began to evade and fly, and the target was still Guangzhou.

The two sides fought fiercely for about half an hour, and the battlefield finally approached Guangzhou.

The Japanese pilots who participated in this air raid were brainwashed before the war to sacrifice their lives for the long time of the military fortune of the Great Japanese Empire. Therefore, these devil aviation troops behaved like crazy, which caused a certain amount of trouble to the warriors of the young cadet army air force.

There are several pages in the training manual of the Cadet Army Air Force dedicated to teaching survival skills, which shows how much Ouyang Yun attaches importance to the lives of pilots. In the Cadet Army, there are two units that are not allowed to be wiped out casually, the wolf's tooth special forces are one category, and the other is the aviation troops.

The human resources available to the cadet army are still too small, which leads to the high cost of training a qualified pilot, which also leads to the emergence of this phenomenon.

In the battle, it is not allowed to sacrifice lightly, which is a kind of restraint for the air warriors of the Cadet Army, and the devil pilots who hold the belief of death adopt extremely barbaric tactics and rush towards Guangzhou, which makes it difficult for the air warriors of the Cadet Army to intercept them. The pilots of the Type 1 fighter are not afraid, they have an absolute speed advantage, and they can get rid of the suicidal attack of the little devils as soon as possible, and then use the speed advantage to catch up and annihilate.

If the devil air force wants to launch a suicidal attack, it must pull the speed of the fighter to the extreme. This kind of tactical maneuver is actually very dangerous, because a poorly controlled aircraft can lose control. This was the case with the third crashed fighter in the Japanese aircraft group, which pounced headlong on a two-plane formation of the Xuebing Army, and the two Xue-1 fighters just moved out of the way with great ease. The devil fighter rushed too hard, lost control at once, and then smashed headlong into a village.

When a Japanese plane flew wildly in front, and the fighters of the two student soldiers were chasing after them, and these three fighters appeared in the sky above the southwest side of the square, Li Tieshu's heart couldn't help but pinch up. Finally, an enemy plane broke through the air defense, and even if this fighter plane was shot down immediately, the wreckage would cause great casualties if it smashed into the crowd. If this kind of thing happens, then this Army Day will be a tragedy.