The first thing the Japanese army discovered about the huge fleet of the Pacific Air Force was a Japanese light destroyer that was on patrol in the Bohol Sea. It was about one o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was shining brightly. It was the best day in the Philippine Islands at this time of year. At that time, the lookout soldier Kimura Ichiro seemed a little lazy. He looked forward and left and right from time to time, and then leaned against the guardrail to take a nap with his eyes closed. When his eyes were closed this time, he felt that there seemed to be a little more distance to the left. Something unusual. He opened his eyes wide and saw dozens of small black dots flying over at lightning speed. He was so shocked that he couldn't help shouting: "Enemy attack, enemy attack." Then he I blew the whistle in my mouth,
When the whistle sounded, the roar of the fighter engine was also faintly audible. The captain of the ship immediately rushed out of the cab and shouted to him: "Kimura, what's going on?"
Kimura pointed to the front left and shouted: "Fighter plane, China's fighter plane."
In just such a moment, the fighter plane that was just a mosquito to Kimura had turned into the size of a fly, and the sound of the fighter engine became clearly audible. The captain picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of his finger. Seeing the clear Xuebingjun logo on the fuselage, he was horrified, turned around and shouted: "Quick, sound the air defense siren, everyone will get into combat positions immediately."
The destroyer immediately became busy. Almost everyone did not expect to encounter a large group of Chinese fighter jets at this place and time. They screamed and ran into the fighting position. Many people did not even have time to put on their coats in such a hurry. When the Japanese soldiers on the destroyer were in chaos, the naval aviation cadets of Feng Aokong's department who were responsible for bombing the Cebu Airport also discovered the Japanese ship drifting on the sea. At that time, someone asked Feng Aokong to suggest whether to scare the Japanese ship. , such a small ship with a displacement of about two thousand tons, a white-finned dolphin can give it a fatal blow. Feng Aokong categorically rejected it and ordered: "Brothers, our whereabouts have been discovered by the Japanese, speed up."
A cluster of fighter planes from the Xuebing Army roared past the Japanese ship at low altitude. All the Japanese soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. They obviously overestimated themselves. A mere small boat of about 2,000 tons, There is no point in imitating the Pacific Fleet and going to war. As far as Feng Aokong and his naval cadets were concerned, they had just eaten two heavy cruisers weighing more than 10,000 tons. They really looked down upon such small boats.
A swarm of fighter jets roared past. Seeing the direction in which it was headed, the Japanese captain suddenly woke up and shouted again: "Quick, report to the headquarters immediately. A large group of enemy planes have appeared in the Bohol Sea No. 3 area. It is suspected that their target is Suzhou." Fog Airport." Captain Guizi is not too stupid, but his reaction is really slow. Although it has only been about five minutes since he first discovered the Xuebing Army fighter jet cluster, but for the Japanese aviation force at Cebu Airport Generally speaking, these five minutes can allow them to fly at least five more fighters. At this time, Feng Aokong and the others are already less than 100 kilometers away from the Cebu Airport. With the assault speed of the fleet, they can fly there in ten minutes at most. Over Cebu Airport, it will be a nightmare for the 1st Air Force of the 11th Air Division of the Japanese Army.
Masaharu Honma suddenly felt irritated. He was about to stand up and go out for a walk. Suddenly, Commander of the Operations Section Juni Kojima, Colonel Kojima, hurriedly walked in and said anxiously: "Your Excellency, something serious is going on. A considerable number of China fighter jets are on the way. Flying towards my headquarters."
At this time, Feng Aokong had entered the Bohol Sea between Bohol and Cebu Island. The Japanese army had a large number of military stations and outposts on both sides of the sea. Feng Aokong was found in these military stations and outposts. After that, they reported to the superiors as soon as possible, and the phones in the Philippine Expeditionary Forces Staff Headquarters began to ring non-stop. The information that a large group of Chinese fighter planes was raiding over made the entire staff panic. Many Japanese soldiers panicked immediately.
Honma Masaharu was shocked. She stood up and walked to the war room. On the way, she asked: "Have you notified the 11th Aviation Division?"
"Already notified." Xiaodao followed closely behind him and replied,
"Your Excellency, Mr. Nakamura reported that a large number of enemy planes were spotted over Negros Island." Suddenly, a major staff officer hurriedly ran out of the staff room and reported to Honma,
Honma subconsciously clenched his hands into fists and said in a cold voice: "It seems that the Chinese are going to preemptively attack our aviation force. What are the eight grids and the radar force doing? These bastards."
"The Chinese should have adopted low-altitude raid tactics. Our radar cannot detect targets below 500 meters."
When Honma was feeling anxious, Feng Aokong had already issued the order to take off and began to search for the target. Just when he ordered three Baijis to go out to search Cebu Airport, the Japanese fighter planes taking off from Cebu Airport pointed them out. the direction,
"Commander, direction ten o'clock, look, there are Japanese fighter planes."
"Okay, ten o'clock direction, brothers, rush over, Zhang Chuncai, stop the Japanese fighter jets for me, Tiger Shark, Chinese Sturgeon, act independently, pay attention, give priority to destroying the Japanese runway."
"Copy that." "Understood." "Brothers, follow me and attack."
Zhang Chuncai led six fighter planes to join the forward formation, and nine Whiteback Dolphins attacked a total of seven fighters that had just taken off and were taking off. An air battle broke out immediately.
The five Zero Fighters that had finished taking off were immediately bitten by five Baijis. The two Zeros that were climbing away from the runway became target aircraft under the siege of four Baijis. Only one of them took off for two seconds. About 100 meters away, before he could make a tactical maneuver, he was hit by several artillery shells in the cockpit. Then an explosion occurred and it disintegrated in the air, turning into a splashing fireball. The other one was even worse, still fifty meters away from the ground. The left wing was bent, and then rolled and fell. On the ground, the Japanese navigator was still waving flags desperately to direct other fighters to enter the runway, but the overwhelming bombs made these fighters lose the possibility of flying into the sky. Boom A loud explosion sounded, and mushroom clouds rose into the sky one after another. The two runways at Cebu Airport were immediately bombed into craters. Two Zero Fighters on the runway were also hit by shells. The explosions turned into burning fireball,
Major Masahito Funada, captain of the 1st Flying Team of the 11th Japanese Aviation Division, was one of the first five Zero Fighter pilots to take off. While maneuvering to avoid the strafing attack of the approaching white-tip dolphins, he ordered: "No Manage the fighter jets, disengage from the battle, and intercept the China bombers."
Kawada's tactical concept is correct. When they do not have an advantage in numbers, they can only hope to reverse the unfavorable situation by rushing into the bomber cluster of the Xuebing Army and completely muddying the river, in order to minimize the losses from the air attack. However, The aviation cadets of the Pacific Aviation Corps were not so easy to fool. Feng Aokong saw that it was impossible to release enemy planes from the airport, so he ordered all the Baijis to press on. So he allowed Kawada and the others to struggle to their death, but they were still unable to break through the 18 Baijis weaving. A large net, and as three of the five Zero Fighters that took off were shot down one after another, there was no suspense in the following battle.