() "Sir, those American planes are following us again."

Hashimoto looked back and saw that those American fighter jets were really following them again. Why are these guys so insignificant? Can't they honestly compete with the imperial army?

But Hashimoto also understands that he really has no good way to deal with these wretched guys. After the chase just now and the orders he received afterwards, Hashimoto's originally a little heated mind calmed down. Now Hashimoto also wants to understand.

Yes, the Ki-43 is too slow and it is impossible to catch up with the opponent. The opponent does not speed up and get rid of them directly, but takes them to fly slowly. There must be something wrong with this. Somewhere in front, there must be the United States

A large fleet of human aircraft was waiting for them there. And now, these American planes are following them again. This is not a good sign. This can only be interpreted as: they were ordered to hold them back so that the fleet that was originally preparing to ambush them could come over.

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Although they are eager to have a head-on showdown with the American monsters, although in the previous battles, the Japanese army has always had the advantage - at least in Myanmar, the exchange ratio of air combat has always been more beneficial to Japan. Although, Qiao

Hashimoto had great confidence in the skills of himself and his comrades, but the Americans took such an active stance of seeking a fight, even when an ambush was no longer possible, they still actively sought a fight. This attitude made Hashimoto's

A shadow cast over my mind - there must be a lot of American planes nearby, and they may have an overwhelming advantage over their own fleet in terms of numbers. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain the Americans' abnormal behavior.

"Maintain heading and climb to 4,000 meters at the same time." Hashimoto issued a new order to the fleet.

Maintaining the heading can bring you closer to the airport, which makes it easier to get reinforcements. Climbing is to prepare for the air battle that may happen at any time. The speed of the Ki-43 is not good, and if the altitude is still at a disadvantage, after the fight

It will be very difficult.

…

"Sir Ron, the enemy aircraft group is climbing rapidly." A staff officer came to report to Ron.

"The enemy planes first gave up pursuit, turned back, and then quickly climbed up. This shows that they had foreseen our actions. However, although they can no longer rely on the altitude advantage to attack, they can still use the advantages of speed and quantity.

A dozen." Ron was thinking silently in his mind. Suddenly he remembered something and asked:

"Are there any safari formations near Myitkyina Airport?"

"Yes," a staff officer replied, "Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, they haven't broken the radio silence yet, they should still be nearby."

"Inform them that a group of Japanese fighter jets will probably take off soon. Go over and watch."

…

Myitkyina Airport

Two Ki-43s lined up at one end of the runway.

When Kato ordered Hashimoto to return, he expected that they might be besieged by American aircraft with a numerical advantage. Therefore, after issuing that order, he immediately ordered the remaining Ki-43s to take off to prepare for support.

Hashimoto. At the same time, Kato also has a dream in his heart, that is, to use this big air battle to give the Americans a blow in the head when they just launched this air offensive and completely destroy the morale of the Americans. But in the morning, American fighter jets attacked

The sneak attack at the airport still put a lot of pressure on Kato. If he was attacked by American fighter jets when the large group was taking off, the losses would be huge. So he decided to take off a few planes to protect the airspace near the airport before proceeding.

High-intensity large batch takeoffs.

The propeller of the first Ki-43 began to rotate, and a stream of light blue smoke spurted out from the rear of the nose. Then the sound of the engine began to become rapid and high-pitched, and the Ki-43 began to fly at high speed on the runway.

Slide.

"Blessed by the Buddha, please don't let another American plane appear from somewhere now." A ground staff member said this out of nowhere.

"Pah..." A slap hit him hard on the head, "What nonsense are you talking about! You damn crow's mouth! Bah, bah!"

However, the "crow's mouth" did not seem to be effective. The ki-43 took off smoothly and quickly climbed to an altitude of about 700 meters. And not only this one, another ki-43 also took off, and immediately

You can keep up with the first Ki-43.

"Two planes are already in the air. It's much safer now." Looking at the fighter planes that were circling and continuing to climb, many Japanese people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Then, two more Ki-43s completed their preparations and began to taxi on the runway. The pilot pushed the throttle to the end and the aircraft began to accelerate.

"Enemy plane found!" The two Ki-43s that had already taken off sent out a warning and began to fly towards the south of the airport. It was almost noon now, and the sun was hanging over the south of the airport.

Anti-aircraft gunner Hideki Koizumi quickly pointed the muzzle of the 20mm gun to the south. The strong sunlight dazzled his eyes. He squinted and vaguely saw a few shadows shaking. But he couldn't see clearly.

Of course, there is no way to open fire.

The speed of the swooping P-51 was too fast, but the speed of the Ki-43 was one of the slowest among the mainstream fighter jets in World War II. The two Ki-43s that had already taken off could no longer use anything other than a head-on attack.

way to intercept enemy aircraft. However, the firepower of the Ki-43 is very weak. It only has two 12.7mm machine guns. Its firepower is not even as good as in zero combat. Moreover, the performance of Japan's 12.7 machine guns is not satisfactory. In addition,

The aircraft itself is not too strong. Head-on attack is not a good choice for the Ki-43.

But at this time, this was the only option. The Japanese pilot flying the Ki-43 understood that if the American fighter planes were allowed to rush over, the two Ki-43s taxiing at high speed on the runway and the pilots on them would be dead.

——It is impossible for the Americans to miss such a target. In contrast, although the chance of shooting them down with American fighter jets is not high, it can interfere with American aircraft and cause them to deviate from their scheduled routes. These p

The -51's current speed is very fast, and the window time for firing the target is actually very short. If it deviates from the planned route, it may be too late to correct the route again, so it can fire on the fighter jets that are still taxiing on the runway.

However, head-on interception is also very dangerous. First of all, the P-51 has powerful firepower. Not to mention that in this time and space, its firepower has been enhanced to four 20mm guns with a fire speed and muzzle velocity of 1000. Even the original 6 guns

.50 machine gun, its firepower is not comparable to that of the Ki-43. In addition, the common lighter characteristics of Japanese aircraft (it ignites as soon as it is hit, and it will ignite every time it is hit), and the sun is now behind the American aircraft (although not exactly

rear), the sunlight will also interfere with the aim and fire of the Ki-43 that chooses to intercept head-on. To engage it head-on is to dance head-to-head with the god of death.

The two Ki-43s did not hesitate. They rushed towards the roaring P-51. The two sides started firing when they were 800 meters apart - the Americans did this because they had such a long distance when attacking head-on.

She Cheng, the Japanese did this purely to disturb the Americans.

The aircraft on both sides were spitting rain of bullets while rolling to dodge. The distance of 800 meters was very short for the fighter planes that were confronting each other. However, in just a few seconds, the two sides passed each other.

In the previous confrontation, George, the leader of the Mickey Mouse formation, took two bullets from his P-51, but luckily none of them hit the vital point. But his opponent was not so lucky. George hit it with at least two bullets.

One of the 20mm shells cut off a small section of its wing, and another set it on fire. If nothing else happened, the plane could basically be considered shot down.

Wingman Terry's plane was not hit in the previous confrontation, but it also failed to hit the opponent. Everyone was doing barrel rolls like crazy, and as a result, the bullets fired didn't know where they went.

In the previous confrontation, the Mickey Mouse formation deviated from its originally planned route. As a result, when they flew over the runway, they did not have time to attack the two Ki-43s that had just taken off the ground.

However, it would be premature to think that the two Ki-43s were safe, because just behind the Mickey Mouse formation, two more P-51s roared down, and on the wings of these two aircraft, there were

Holding a proud Donald Duck walking square steps.

The two Ki-43s that had just flown up to a height of more than ten meters were shot down by these two Donald Ducks without any resistance. Two more experienced pilots were heroically shattered. Although the airport's anti-aircraft guns fired desperately, they were still nothing.

None of them were beaten down.

The few P-51s that succeeded in the sneak attack did not turn around until they were out of the range of the anti-aircraft artillery fire. At this time, the Ki-43 that had just been hit by George also fell. However, the pilot successfully parachuted out. The remaining

A lone Ki-43 below did not chase after it to seek death, but turned and climbed up in the circle of anti-aircraft gun fire. This aircraft had just received Kato's order: climb to a high place and monitor whether there are any more

The American planes were preparing for a sneak attack. The American fighter jets that were driving them did not rush over again. They also began to circle and climb outside the fire circle of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

At this time, those large-caliber anti-aircraft guns that had always been slow to respond finally came to their senses, and they began to fire at the four P-51s. In fact, the firepower of these anti-aircraft guns was very sparse, and there were no high-tech gadgets like radio fuzes. They would not be effective against fighter jets.

The threat was quite limited. However, the American fighter jets, which had already taken advantage, did not intend to take risks. They turned their heads without hesitation and flew into the distance.

At this time, via radio, Hashimoto sent back the latest news - a huge group of US military fighter jets had been discovered. The number of aircraft was estimated to be more than twice that of our own side.

Kato knew that because of the sneak attack by these American planes, the entire airport was in chaos again, and it would definitely be too late to send another group of planes to support Hashimoto. As a general who has experienced hundreds of battles, he knew very well that in the

In an air battle, assuming that other factors are roughly equal, the party with the numerical advantage will have a great advantage. When the numerical ratio reaches more than two to one, there will almost certainly be a one-sided crushing victory.
Chapter completed!