Chapter three hundred and forty seventh made a fortune
The six brigades of the Xuebing Army had a total of 218 Baijis, and the Japanese side had as many as 259. The total number of combat aircraft on both sides was close to 500. Regardless of the others, in terms of the number of aircraft alone, this event was unprecedented in scale on the Chinese battlefield. The air battle is enough to be recorded in history.
To show caution, Ishikawa Jiro personally piloted a Zero Fighter to command the battle. From his true heart, Ishikawa Jiro actually did not want to choose this time to fight, but wanted to "take the initiative". To this day, the Xuebing Army has early warning It is no secret that radars and even early warning aircraft are available. However, what makes Ishikawa dissatisfied is that many senior generals in the army ignore the technical advantages brought by these two types of equipment and are still dreaming of the Japanese Imperial Army being invincible in Asia. The Japanese army also has Early warning radar, but its performance is completely different from that of the Xuebing Army. The Japanese once refused to admit this gap. However, after Nagasaki and Sasebo were bombed, in the face of the bloody reality, those The scientists of the Yamato nation finally had to lower their arrogant heads and admit with fear that the radar technology of the Imperial Army was indeed inferior to that of the Chinese. So the relevant research departments were born. The more high-tech things are understood about their performance and functions, the more they will be used. People are in awe. Ishikawa Jiro had stayed in this department before he became the commander of the Hankou Flying Group. Therefore, he knew very well about the performance of the early warning radar and early warning aircraft of the Xuebing Army, so he was particularly taboo. This was why he insisted on finding The main reason why the military sent out soldiers to target and destroy radar stations in the Hunan and Jiangxi regions was
With the existence of early warning radars and early warning aircraft, the enemy can detect it beyond visual range, and then ambush you at high altitude early, just waiting for you to crash into it. The reason why Ishikawa Jiro thinks that now is not the time to attack has something to do with today's weather. The scene of the air battle The large clouds and mist will undoubtedly provide good cover for enemies with first-mover advantage, which will expand their first-mover advantage. In view of this, before departure, Ishikawa Jiro made a special statement: "The Chinese people can discover the performance of the white-tip dolphin before I do. You also know that as for their flying skills, I don’t think anyone is so arrogant as to think that they have only flown for more than ten hours. Therefore, in addition to our numerical advantage, if we want to win, we can only rely on the power given by His Majesty the Emperor. Our Bushido spirit is like that of the patriots in the Navy, using our bodies to knock down enemies who are stronger than us from the air, letting the Chinese know that in Asia, the Imperial Air Force is the real ruler of the blue sky."
Ishikawa Jiro is actually very disgusted with the use of suicide tactics, because he believes that noble aerial knights are no better than infantry. The value of their lives is reflected in the continuous airborne operations to carry out continuous strikes against the enemy, rather than hastily giving up their lives, but for the sake of victory , he could only use every possible means, pinching his nose and forcing himself to accept this tactic invented by Yamamoto Isoroku,
The Xuebing Army was well prepared, but the Japanese army arrived belatedly. As the supreme commander of the Xuebing Army, Zhang Xiaolin showed the same caution and let the air fortress break away from the battle and return home early. So when the Japanese fighter jets arrived, Except for the flying fortress he was driving that crashed far over the south, there were only white-finned dolphins left in the entire airspace.
Being able to discover the enemy first made the tactical arrangements much easier. Yangpolu had the 456th Brigade form a formation to lure the enemy, while the 123rd Brigade moved forward and hid in the clouds. When the Japanese discovered the 456th Brigade,
They have actually entered the ambush airspace of a large group,
The captain of the first group was Zhang Pokong. They were in the clouds. They couldn't see the Japanese fighter planes approaching, but it didn't matter. Yang Polu would remind them and give them the most appropriate tactical guidance.
The first person to speak on the command channel was not Yang Polu, but Che Liguo, the envious captain of the Fourth Brigade: "Zhang Pokong, you idiot is going to get rich."
Ishikawa Jiro was worried about being ambushed, so he adopted a three-dimensional formation when approaching the battlefield. The three-dimensional formation could really prevent counterattacks, at least he could immediately launch a counterattack when he was attacked. However, Ishikawa missed one thing, Xuebingjun
Among the air combat weapons, rockets are a big killer, and the three-dimensional formation is specially planned and prepared for rockets.
Yang Polu: "Che Liguo, shut up, open the air, draw the team into a straight line, prepare the rockets, and dive to attack."
The morale of a large group of flight cadets soared when they heard Che Liguo shouting on the command channel that they were going to make a fortune. Then they heard the instructor asking them to prepare rockets. They still didn't understand what kind of situation they were about to face.
, many people raised their voices and shouted,
On a hill, Takahashi Tagaji picked up his telescope and looked up. He saw hundreds of fighter planes in the sky densely packed in front of him, like locusts passing through. His gloomy mood became much brighter, and he said to his subordinates on one side:
"Ishikawa is too cautious. If they had appeared earlier, they would have been able to intercept the Chinese flying fortress."
None of his men answered. The previous cluster bombing of the Sky Fortress left a deep shadow in their hearts. Hundreds of tons of bombs were thrown down, as if a layer had been cut off the earth. More than five thousand Japanese were directly killed.
The 3rd Field Artillery Regiment was completely destroyed, and the 3rd Division actually lost the ability to continue fighting. However, Anami Ekichi and Takahashi would definitely not think so, and they would continue to order the troops according to the established plan.
Heading towards Yichun, but there is still nearly 70 kilometers away from Yichun, and this area is full of mountains. They really don't know what will happen next.
Suddenly, Takahashi shouted: "Ba Ge."
Everyone looked up and saw Zhang Pokong's group of thirty-six Whitebacks shooting out of the clouds, followed by a volley of fire, and hundreds of smoke pillars streaking across the sky. At one time, a group of friendly fighter jets were arranged in a strict lineup.
Suddenly, they flew away like birds whose nest had exploded.
"Rockets." A well-informed Japanese shouted, and everyone changed their minds after hearing this. Rockets are no longer a secret, and a civilian officer of the Japanese army who specializes in war history even pointed out that during Renqiu, the Imperial Army aviation
The fireworks that caused heavy losses to the troops were actually the prototype of rockets. Takahashi's face darkened and he cursed bitterly: "Ishikawa, you bastard."
At this time, Ishikawa was also scolding himself as a bastard for thinking that the three-dimensional formation could prevent the enemy from sneak attacks. However, it happened that the enemy fired a volley of rockets. More than a thousand rockets were thrown across a thousand walls.
Fired at random from a distance of about meters, the fighter planes in the middle of the three-dimensional formation could not dodge at all, so the ends of the smoke pillars exploded with orange-red flames, and then the fighter planes burst into flames and exploded, dragging thick smoke toward the ground.
Smashed it down,
"Spread out and attack in squadron units." Ishikawa shouted in the chat box,
The three-dimensional formation collapsed immediately, at the cost of twenty-one fighter planes being destroyed without firing a single shot, and about ten more fighter planes being damaged and having to stagger away from the battlefield.
"Get rich, get rich, I shot down two." Someone shouted excitedly on the command channel of the Xuebing Army,
Then Zhang Pokong's voice rang out: "Don't get carried away, retreat temporarily."
The roar of the fighter jet engines suddenly became fierce. Only a few of the thirty-six Baiji took the opportunity to fire a few rounds of artillery shells, and then ran away.