In the war against Japan, the Xuebing Army Air Force has suffered twice so far. Once, Geng Changkong led his troops to raid Ningbo Airport. As a result, he suffered heavy losses due to a group fight by the Japanese Army Air Force and Hainan Air Force. He himself also died in the battle, and One was the recent air battle over Hangzhou Bay. They were caught off guard by the newly invented suicide tactics of the Japanese army. As a result, the air fortresses of nearly three brigades were destroyed or damaged. Failure is not terrible. This is what Ouyang Yun once encouraged. The words of the defeated troops and generals, but this does not apply to the air force. The student army air force is among the three main arms, because whether it is the Baiji Dolphin, the Aerial Fortress or the Chinese Sturgeon that will come out later, when facing the same type of Japanese They have unparalleled technical advantages in both aircraft and aircraft. Therefore, when fighting the Japanese army, the Air Force cadets really had the ambition to look at the sky and truly dared not to take the little devils in their eyes. "We are glorious." "Student Army Air Force", such words are not just spoken to cope with the review at the peak, but a belief firmly engraved in the hearts of the Air Force cadets.
The failure of the Hangzhou Bay air battle was a huge shame for the air force cadets. This shame can only be washed away with frequent victories. After the failure of the Hangzhou Bay air battle, Tielin Fei called everyone who participated in the air battle above the squadron commander to hold a meeting. During the phone conference, we discussed in detail how to deal with the little devil’s rogue style. Someone suggested tit for tat, you come hit me, and I’ll hit you too, to see who can be more ruthless. As soon as this high-spirited suggestion was made, Tielin Fei was Denied, "Our lives are not so cheap. You have forgotten the oath you took when you entered the camp. From the day you entered the military camp, you not only belong to you personally, nor do you belong to your family, you belong to the entire country." , What we carry on our shoulders is to regain the whole of China, completely expel the Japanese aggressors, and defend the entire country's airspace..." Tie Linfei said in a rare and stern voice, which completely dispelled the bad idea that had just arisen in everyone's mind.
After the Ningbo air battle ended, Ouyang Yun did not hesitate to use Langya and Hutong to rescue the captured air force cadets. In fact, this was the idea.
Tit for tat doesn't work, it can only be solved from the technical and tactical levels, so a squadron leader named Gong Taihang proposed to adopt a three-machine organization to deal with this tactic of the Japs. Gong Taihang, as an American returned overseas Chinese, returned to China He used to be the captain of a passenger airliner for a private airline in the United States. He was very knowledgeable in aviation. The key to the tactic he envisioned was to have an extra fighter plane to provide surveillance for friendly aircraft. Therefore, when the Japanese aircraft adopted a suicide attack, this The fighter jet can brake statically and launch a surprise attack on the incoming Japanese aircraft when the friendly aircraft makes evasive maneuvers.
This is the benefit of working together. The tactic he proposed was immediately supplemented by others. After about two hours of discussion, a complete tactic that tested most situations was freshly formulated, and was immediately promoted to the entire army.
There are only two types of Japanese fighter jets, the Zero Fighter and the improved New Type 99. Among them, there are more than 200 Zero Fighters. The speed of both Japanese fighter jets can easily reach 500 kilometers per hour. Very quickly Quickly, on the airborne radar screen of Zhang Xiaolin's plane, blue light spots symbolizing the cluster of Japanese aircraft appeared on the edge.
"Little Yangzi, from now on, let brothers pay attention to restraint. Your main enemy is in the sky." Zhang Xiaolin shouted on the command channel, and then ordered Xue Mengsi that all air fortresses, regardless of whether they have light bombs, return immediately, and Instead of returning to Ganzhou Airport, we flew directly to Baiyunshan Airport.
Zhang Xiaolin was very worried that there were bombers in the incoming Japanese plane, so he had to be prepared for the Japanese military to use fighter jets to contain the Yangpolu troops, and then the bombers flew directly to Ganzhou Airport. At this time, there were only a dozen training aircraft and 25 training planes left at Ganzhou Airport. The overhead fortresses (one of which is also an early warning aircraft) cannot form effective air defense at all. Once this happens, it will definitely be a more tragic defeat than the Hangzhou Bay air battle.
In a sense, the special attack tactics invented by Isoroku Yamamoto have already played a considerable role. The most obvious symptom is that Xue Mengsi and other air fortress commanders who were fearless in the past have already had psychological shadows at this time. In the past, they would have insisted on evacuating until the Japanese planes appeared in sight. If the formation of the Japanese plane cluster was not good, they would even happily join in and launch a salvo of rockets. But now, Zhang Xiaolin's order only After the announcement, Xue Mengsi and his captains issued orders one after another, summoning their subordinates to evacuate quickly.
At this time, thirty-six of the forty-eight flying fortresses have completed bombing, which means that Takahashi Tagaji's 3rd Division has eaten approximately 360 tons of bombs so far.
It’s hard to describe what a 360-ton bomb is, but looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the mountains and plains on both sides of the mountain road, it seems that we can get a general figure. They caused at least 5,000 casualties to the 3rd Division.
Poor Takahashi Tagaji, he chose this route to reinforce Yichun, partly because he wanted to get to the battlefield quickly, and partly because he wanted to see if there were any fighter opportunities along the way, and whether he could make a roundabout way to outflank him or something. In the final analysis , Anan Weiji and Takahashi Tagaji, their goals for reinforcing the Yichun defense line were too high. They wanted to outflank Rao Guohua's retreat and encircle and annihilate the four divisions of Rao Guohua's troops, but instead they destroyed the 4th division. The 3rd Division has been brought into the current desperate situation,
Chi Guanxing was very courageous. He took the risk to launch an attack when conditions were already immature. It seemed like he was taking great risks, but in fact he paid a heavy price for it (at least two to three hundred guerrillas died). (under the bombing of the Aerial Fortress), but they caught the only fighter plane. Dozens of the Aerial Fortress rumbled along the mountain road from the southeast to the northwest, driving the Japanese army away from the mountain road, and allowing the Japanese army to There was chaos in the organizational structure and the chaos in the Japanese army's command, which just provided an opportunity for Chi Guanxing and others.
In terms of combat effectiveness, Chi Guanxing's guerrilla troops from various parts of Hunan, Jiangxi and Hubei are completely different from the Santai guerrilla column built by Fox Shisan based on Langya standards. Fortunately, the border area of Hunan, Jiangxi and Hubei has always been a place of constant war disasters. The land has developed the tough and fierce personality of the locals, and the military army has provided a lot of advanced weapons, so it is barely possible to do this kind of job of killing you while you are sick.
The guerrilla forces that came out of the Xuebing Army system are very dependent on landmines. Those who are close to the water get the moon first. Unlike the Santai area, which is isolated and far away from the jurisdiction of the Xuebing Army, transporting weapons and equipment requires taking great risks. Chi Guanxing and the others The activity area is close to Guangzhou, but it is easier to obtain weapons and ammunition supplies from the logistics department of the General Headquarters. Other weapons and equipment are still under control by the General Headquarters because they have to give priority to the regular army, but the supply of mines is open. This is also This gave Chi Guanxing enough resources to play mine warfare with the little devil.
The landmines and Fox Thirteen produced from the regular arsenal of the Xuebing Army are far superior in terms of stability and power. What makes Chi Guanxing most satisfied is its flexible and diverse detonation methods. Therefore, after making an attack After a beautiful ambush was decided, Chi Kanxing asked people to take out all the mines he had accumulated, and laid large mines inside and outside the ambush circle regardless of the cost. This ultimately made Takahashi Tagaji's trip to Yichun possible. nightmare,