Chapter four hundred and seventy-fifth the first cry of the eagle
What the Kwantung Army didn't know even more was that just two days before Wang Xiaoming launched his counterattack, the first batch of 180 new P-39 fighter jets from ten aviation squadrons had completed the refit training, as well as the original Polish-made
Fighters, bombers, including a large number of aerial bombs imported from Jiangbei before the war, but only arrived at this time, have been transferred to various field airports originally built by the Kwantung Army in the south of Tangyuan. [.Com text has been prepared.
Be ready to go at any time.
Stimulated by the possibility of facing the Japanese army for the first time in a face-to-face air combat, these aviation troops were already gearing up and couldn't wait any longer. When they moved to Tangyuan, they quickly became familiar with the battlefield in the shortest time without needing to rest.
The environment and route map were drawn up. All battle preparations were made, and they were waiting for the Japanese troops to arrive on their own.
When the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps, at the request of Umezu Yoshijiro, dispatched almost all its available forces at once, more than 200 bombers and fighters took off, completed the formation and flew towards Founder. Above their heads were ninety bombers.
The 39 fighter jets and the twelve PZL 24 fighter jets have been waiting at mid-altitude for a long time.
Of course, Fang Ziyi, who was commanding the second echelon at Tangyuan Airport and had already rushed to Tonghe County, did not know how many planes the Japanese army had dispatched in total to support Fangzheng's Japanese troops. One hundred and two planes were dispatched at a time, just to request help.
Stable. After all, this is the first time the aviation force has made preparations for air combat since its formation.
Fang Ziyi, who returned from the center and had taken over the command, prepared for this operation in accordance with the previous practice of the Japanese army's ground attacks. The Japanese army usually used multiple batches of small aircraft groups when attacking the ground.
Usually, a maximum of thirty or fifty aircraft were dispatched, but the rotation was frequent. I don’t know if the Japanese army dispatched a rare more than two hundred Fang Ziyi at one time, or whether they deployed them based on their previous understanding of the Japanese air combat tactics.
For Fang Ziyi, almost all of his subordinates are novices. Although they have completed all kinds of training required for air combat, no one, including commanders at all levels, has participated in air combat. In other words, this unit has been trained from top to bottom.
, all of them are at the rookie level. No matter how long the flight time is, they are still novices in air combat.
For this aviation force, which is full of rookies from top to bottom, the only other advantage is that the P-39 fighter is far superior to the Type 97 fighter currently used by the Japanese army.
I have conducted simulated air combat training on the Type 7 fighter, and I have a certain understanding of the performance of this main fighter equipped by the Japanese Army Aviation. Moreover, Yang Zhen also provided a lot of insightful suggestions on air combat tactics.
So for the sake of safety, Fang Ziyi discussed with Yuan Bin and Xia Boxun to take out all the planes at once and divide them into two echelons to participate in the battle. The first echelon was commanded by Xia Boxun, with a numerical advantage of one to two or even one to three.
, dispatched one hundred P39 fighter jets and twelve PZL 24 fighter jets to form an air combat group to conduct an aerial ambush battle against the most likely air attack by the Japanese army, and build an air protection network for the troops on the ground.
The second echelon was personally commanded by Fang Ziyi, including the remaining eighty P-39 fighter jets, as well as all remaining Polish fighter jets, and all bombers. After the first echelon began fighting the Japanese army, it launched an attack on all Japanese airports in Harbin and Qiqihar.
Large-scale air strikes. Strive to defeat the Japanese follow-up aircraft fleet once and for all on the ground.
This was the last time Fang Ziyi commanded an air battle before going to the Soviet Air Force Academy to study synthetic command. He took it very seriously and considered it very carefully. It was a pity that almost all the Japanese aircraft stationed at Harbin Airport were dispatched, except for a few spare ones at the airport.
Outside of airplanes, there were almost no targets worthy of bombing. His painstaking efforts felt like a hidden gem.
Fang Ziyi, who had not found any valuable targets, had to give up the air raid on Harbin Airport in order to avoid wasting bombs that were still relatively precious to him. However, Fang Ziyi found an empty bomb in Harbin and discovered the transport independent on the way back.
The second garrison reinforced Fang Zheng's convoy.
Fang Ziyi, who had saved all his efforts in the first battle, spread all his anger on this convoy. A large fleet of more than a hundred aircraft, a bomb and a gun, directly killed two-thirds of the independent second garrison.
Fang Zheng went home without even entering. Fang Ziyi, who had vented his anger on the convoy below, had no idea how much impact his fiery attack would have on the subsequent battle situation.
Compared with Fang Ziyi who fought in the air in Harbin, the heavy bomber group that attacked Qiqihar Airport gained quite a lot. In addition to the fleet that was transferred to participate in the war anyway, there was one remaining team of the Ninth Flying Group, and a team that had just transferred from Nenjiang.
, were all blown to the ground, killing Endo Saburo's follow-up air strike plan directly in the cradle.
In order to ensure the number of dispatched aircraft, Xia Boxun, who led the first echelon to participate in the battle, used two types of fighter jets at the same time to form a high-low matching model. The Polish-made fighter jets were used to have excellent medium and low-altitude combat performance, especially the climbing performance surpassed that of the P-39 fighter jets.
Advantages, mid-altitude interception and reconnaissance.
All P-39 fighter jets are on standby at high altitudes in advance. Once a Japanese aircraft is discovered, they will use the tactics summarized in the previous simulated combat training with Type 97 fighter jets and use the sturdy body of the American-made P-39 fighter jet. Compared with fighter jets of this era,
The firepower advantage that can be described as ferocious comes from high-altitude dive attacks.
Xia Boxun's tactics for these fighters are extremely simple: dive, attack, and break away. If aerial combat is really necessary, then direct all Japanese aircraft to the medium and low altitudes where the P-39 fighter jets have excellent performance. Yuan Bin repeatedly emphasized to the pilots that absolutely
Fighting with Japanese aircraft at high altitudes was not allowed. The performance of a generation of combat aircraft completely surpassed that of the Japanese aircraft. Coupled with the careful tactical arrangements, even if they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, Xia Boxun still had a high chance of winning.
In order to arrive at the Fangzheng theater ahead of possible Japanese aircraft, the aviation force cooperating with this operation had already taken off as soon as it started to get dark. After breakfast, Mantengteng took off step by step, and formed a formation in the air after taking off.
When the Japanese aviation force, which took another period of time, arrived at the theater, Chief of Staff Xia Boxun, who personally led the team to take off, was already impatient to wait.
Although with the support of Wang Xiaoming, many air observation posts have been deployed in the west of Fangzheng. However, the Japanese army has not arrived, which made him think that his trip today might be in vain. In fact, it is not that the Japanese army arrived late, but that
He was too anxious to produce some results.
When receiving reports from the ground that the Japanese aircraft had arrived over Fangzheng, Xia Boxun suppressed the joy in his heart and issued the attack order in accordance with the previously formulated tactical requirements. Although the reports he received had stated that the Japanese troops were dispatched this time
It was an extremely rare large-scale aircraft formation, but Xia Boxun, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn, still led the team to greet them without any danger.
Before the attack, Hashimoto Nobuhide, commander of the Japanese 9th Flying Regiment, who led the attack this time, was told by Saburo Endo, the commander of the Kwantung Army Aviation Corps who rushed from Xinjing to Harbin, that he must be extra careful after entering the battlefield. Fighters are all the same.
You are not allowed to leave the formation. No matter what situation occurs, you must protect the fighter jets.
For Major General Hashimoto Nobuhide, although he is a major general of the Army Air Force, the Japanese Army Air Force has always had rigid tactics, and his flexibility has been fully demonstrated in him. Perhaps for Major General Hashimoto Nobuhide, he is qualified as a pilot
Yes, but as an air combat commander, his mind is somewhat rigid.
Saburo Endo's orders were carried out to the letter. He strictly ordered the fighters of several flying squadrons to provide almost constant personal protection to the bomber group. In this way, all the bombers had the personal protection of the nannies.
, it seems to be safe. However, all the fighters are tightly tied to the bombers, which greatly limits the maneuverability of the fighters themselves.
In order to ensure bombing accuracy, the flying height of the bomber is not high. This makes the fighter jets that escort it have to give up the excellent high-altitude maneuverability of Japanese aircraft and accompany them at a distance of three to four thousand meters.
Wandering at medium and low altitudes. Tactical mistakes first paved the way for the Japanese defeat in this air battle.
Due to tactical mistakes, just when the two armies were extremely close, the overly cautious Japanese airmen had not discovered the opponents hidden above their heads who had been waiting for a long time, nor did they realize that not far behind them, they had just
As soon as they entered Founder's territory, they used the cover of the clouds to quietly follow the two P-39 fighter jets. When their opponents swooped down from the high school at a high speed, Hashimoto Nobuhide and his fleet had almost no reaction.
The P-39 fighter jets that swooped down from a high altitude relied on their powerful firepower and sturdy body that could withstand huge overloads. Facing the Japanese aircraft group that was flying towards Fang Zheng in a dense formation with almost no preparation, it launched an attack
An attack that was close to a massacre.
Because the Japanese aircraft fleet was too dense, the P-39 fighter jets that pounced from high altitudes hardly needed to deliberately aim. The bullets they fired would find one or two targets and drill into them. The 12.7 mm bullets were far from the popular seven-point bullets.
7mm or 762mm ordinary caliber machine gun bullets are comparable.
When Xia Boxun commanded his fleet to complete the first dive attack and all the fighter jets pulled up in neat formation, more than fifty Japanese aircraft were either hit and exploded in the air, or they fell to the ground covered with fire.
.At this time, the Japanese aircraft were like a flock of frightened birds, and the original neat formation was beaten to pieces. This was exactly what Xia Boxun wanted.
Xia Boxun killed more than half of the Japanese escort fighters in one move, and also brought with him more than 20 Type 97 dive bombers and four Type 97 heavy bombers. In order to pursue maneuverability and speed, the Japanese aircraft basically did not install armor or self-sealing
Mailbox. Under the attack of the 12.7 mm large-caliber machine gun, as long as these aircraft are lucky enough to hit it, almost no one will survive.
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