For the Japanese army, it was obvious that they were being closely guarded by the two Type 97 fighter jets. The aircraft that turned around and headed back to Wangye Temple Airport were probably not transporting ordinary people or cargo. After receiving the telegram asking for help,
, not only the Japanese aircraft at Wangyemiao Airport also rushed out to reinforce at the fastest speed. Even the Japanese aviation troops stationed in Taonan also rushed over to reinforce.
Compared with the Anti-Japanese Alliance aviation force that had to take off from Qiqihar, which was far away, the Kwantung Army aviation force stationed on the front line of Wangye Temple had a considerable advantage. Although both sides called for reinforcements, it was the Wangye Temple aviation force that first arrived on the battlefield.
Thirty-two Kwantung Army Type 97 fighter jets took off from the airport.
Facing the Japanese reinforcements that arrived first, in order to buy time for the No. 1 special plane. Although the enemy was outnumbered, Yu Ming, the fighter squadron leader responsible for covering, took the remaining eight P-39 fighter jets with the mature
The two-plane formation rushed forward without fear.
The Japanese Army's Type 97 fighter jets indeed inherit the Japanese fighter's tradition of attaching great importance to combat capabilities, and its low-altitude combat performance is extremely excellent. However, after conducting air combat drills with the captured Type 97 fighter jets, the performance of this fighter jet has been thoroughly understood.
For the Anti-Allied aviation force, which knew where to hit the first shot and whose aircraft performance was a whole generation ahead, although they had the upper hand in numbers, they still could not gain much advantage in air combat.
Although the p-39 fighter has poor high-altitude performance and poor stability. In addition to being much faster than the Type 97 fighter, it also has a very good advantage, that is, the body structure is unusually strong. The two parts of the Type 97 fighter
A seven-millimeter machine gun hits the body like it's scratching an itch.
The P-39 fighter is equipped with not to mention the cannon, but a large-caliber machine gun. Just one shot is enough to choke the thin-skinned Type 97 fighter. In addition, at least at medium and low altitudes, the P-39 fighter
The combat performance is not any worse than that of the Type 97 fighter jets. Similar to the scenes of air battles in the past, once the two sides fought, the Type 97 fighter jets dispatched by the Japanese army were obviously unable to hold their own.
Although it has a numerical advantage, it cannot withstand the enemy's speed. If something goes wrong, before you can bite it, the enemy has already escaped by relying on its long legs. Its extremely strong body can survive a few bullets.
It doesn't hurt either. It can fly as it should. Unless the bullet you fired hits a key part such as the engine.
In this era of air combat, there is no head-on attack, let alone air-to-air missiles. In an era when airborne weapons, mainly machine guns, have a limited range, fights between fighter jets are generally tail-biting attacks. Otherwise, they will destroy the enemy aircraft.
At the same time, your aircraft is likely to suffer a fish pond disaster.
In this case, except for the dive attack, the possibility that the bullet you fired can focus on the opponent's engine is almost slim. As for hitting other locations, for the thick-skinned P-39 fighter, it will bring
The damage is almost negligible.
The most critical thing is that almost every aircraft of the Anti-Japanese Alliance Air Force is equipped with a radio system. Smooth communication ensures that during an air battle, the commander can effectively direct each aircraft to fight. The commander of each small formation
The aircraft and the cooperation with the wingman are even more tacit.
But except for the bombers, the Japanese fighter planes, which did not even have radios installed on the commander's plane, still relied on signal guns and swinging wings for command. Under such circumstances, no matter how well-trained the Japanese aviation forces were.
But on a chaotic battlefield, how many pilots can have that leisure time to stare at the battlefield commander's plane for a long time? Unless he himself is dying.
Especially when facing such a cunning opponent, if you are slightly careless, you may be touched by these guys with extremely fast legs and feet, whose low-altitude performance is at least as good as yours, but who are thick-skinned and thick-skinned.
As long as they touch him, there is almost no other option waiting for him except being shot down.
Faced with an opponent who never plays his cards according to reason, the Japanese commander, who has almost suffered repeated defeats after this period of air combat, not only understands that the performance of his fighter jets has probably been figured out by his opponents, but also that the performance of his own planes is lagging behind that of his opponents.
There are too many. Although we have tried our best to rely on tactics to make up for it, no matter how good the tactics are, they cannot bridge the gap in aircraft performance.
The thirty-two Type 97 fighter jets that the Japanese army took off from Wangye Temple ran away if they couldn't beat them. Then they quickly climbed up after widening the distance, and then turned around to attack the opponent. They were almost helpless. They were rushed by the opponent several times.
Not only did he mess up his formation, he was also attacked by the opponent many times.
After several rounds, instead of being able to shoot down the enemy planes, he was actually shot down five by the opponent's fierce firepower. Although this scene was repeated many times in the Northeast air battle, the Japanese aviation commander who commanded on the front line was always looking for
No effective solution is found.
Yu Ming and his men, on the other hand, maximized the performance of the P-39 fighter jet in the air battle. Even when being bitten by the opponent and getting rid of it, they flew their own aircraft through extreme maneuvers that even the designers could not imagine. Thank you.
Americans who always attach great importance to the survivability of aircraft, no matter how good the performance of the aircraft they design is, at least in terms of aircraft sturdiness, it is absolutely excellent.
Otherwise, if it were a fighter jet from an ordinary country, based on certain actions they made, they would have disintegrated in the air. Of course, this is also due to the excellent flying skills of Yu Ming and his men. You must know that Yu Ming and the squadron he led
, all the lead planes were trained in the first batch, and were the first pilots to participate in air combat.
Since the liberation of Qiqihar, he has been stationed in Qiqihar to fight for air supremacy. He has been the main force in the battle for air supremacy in Western Manchuria. Almost all the flight personnel of this squadron, including the pilots who were added later, are engaged in air combat.
They have achieved results in battle. Each one has a sun flag symbol on his fuselage that represents the shooting record.
There are even a few aircraft with more than one crash record mark. Most of them have three or four aircraft, and there are also one for more than five aircraft. Even wingmen generally have at least one crash record mark. And as a commander,
On the Yu Ming fighter's fuselage, there are seven sun flags that represent the results of the downing.
The sun flags on these fighter jets, which represent the down mark, even according to harsh Western standards, mean that at least two pilots in this squadron have reached the standard of Western ace pilots. Although among the Western air forces with a long history,
, it is not unusual for two ace pilots to appear in a squadron. But among young anti-Alliance aviation forces, this situation is rare.
In fact, this battle was also the last air battle that Yu Ming could participate in for at least half a year. Because according to Yang Zhen's regulations, pilots with more than seven battle results must be transferred to the rear to serve as tactical instructors for at least half a year in order to cultivate more outstanding pilots.
The pilot's request. He has received an order to be transferred to the Tangyuan Aviation Comprehensive Training Base to serve as a tactical flight instructor. Of course, in this battle, if he had not sacrificed.
As a fighter pilot, Yu Ming became a rare ace pilot among the young resistance aviation forces. As a squadron leader, he led a combat squadron with excellent tactics and style. Such a commander led
In addition to being brave enough to fight tough battles, the troops they produced generally had excellent flying skills.
Fighting with such a squadron, coupled with the gap in aircraft performance, the Japanese fleet did not take much advantage even if it had a numerical advantage. It was even defeated by its opponents in air battles, relying on the performance of its own aircraft and
Proficient in air combat skills, he has repeatedly succeeded in sneak attacks.
Just when the Japanese aviation commander who led the team was determined to give up after suffering all the hardships, twelve new fighter jets taking off from Taonan for reinforcements finally arrived. And other new fighter jets arrived at the same time as this batch of new fighter jets.
The reinforcement aircraft are not the Type 97 fighter jets that are currently the main fighter jets of the Japanese Army.
Along with these so-called new fighter jets, the Japanese Army, which suffered heavy losses in combat last summer, urgently imported 28 of the fighter jets from Germany and Italy in order to make up for its lack of production capacity, especially the weakness of new high-performance combat aircraft.
One ME 109C fighter jet and twenty-one RE 2000 fighter jets.
As for those so-called new fighter jets that the Japanese army said, if Yang Zhen saw them, he would immediately recognize that these aircraft were exactly what he was worried about before. Later, they became famous and were called universal fighter jets by the Japanese army, which almost swept the entire country.
Zero fighter in the Pacific.
In order to compete for the vital air superiority over Western Manchuria and ensure the safety of the supply line of the 23rd Division stationed on the Hailar front line, the Kwantung Army has used all its resources. Not only the troops temporarily assigned to the Kwantung Army transferred from the Navy
The Zero fighter jets used in military operations were brought out, and even the fighter jets imported from Germany and Italy on a temporary basis through the use of high-level relations after the war last summer were brought out.
Since the Kwantung Army's aviation suffered heavy losses in last summer's battle, the Japanese Army has been almost hungry for new fighter jets in order to restore the vitality of the Kwantung Army's aviation. Under the situation that it has been unable to complete the development of its own new fighter, the Japanese Army will
His eyes turned to the two allies on the European battlefield who seemed slightly calm after France surrendered.
The German ME 109 fighter jets that have shone brightly on the European battlefield are naturally the first choice for the Japanese Army, which is eager to obtain advanced fighter jets. It is a pity that the Germans are currently busy with all-out air strikes on the United Kingdom and are in great demand for new combat aircraft.
, obviously not willing to sell fighter jets to Japan at this juncture.
After the Japanese showed their innate tenacity and hard work, and the German head of state also relied on Japan, the Germans finally nodded and agreed to sell 120 ME-109s that they had already eliminated.
c-type fighter.
However, in order to make up for their apology for selling obsolete old goods, the Germans expressed their willingness to give away some of the captured French MS 406 fighter jets and D 520 fighter jets to Japan for free. If the Japanese are really in urgent need, they are still fighting in Western Europe.
A dozen captured British Hurricane fighter jets could serve as backup.