As the captain of the 1st Flying Team of the 11th Japanese Aviation Division, Kawada has no doubt about his skills, practical experience, and grasp of the battle situation. Therefore, his understanding of this battle is somewhat similar to that of ancient Chinese battlefields.
Not only Kawada himself was confident in the admiral's duel with the general, but Masaharu Honma and other Japanese officers and soldiers of the Philippine Expeditionary Force who were watching were also full of confidence in him, believing that he would be able to defeat the enemy general and obtain the precious weapon.
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Zhang Chuncai, as a captain of the Pacific Air Corps of the Cadet Army, may not have as much actual combat experience as Kawada, but his technical and tactical skills and grasp of the battle situation are not bad at all. Moreover, because the white-fin dolphin has performance advantages and "Sky Thunder"
"KKII" is a new type of weapon, so he himself is also full of belief in victory, and Feng Aokong and others are looking forward to it, hoping to see the outstanding performance of "Tianlei KKII" in its debut.
This life-and-death battle first started with a competition in flight skills. Both sides wanted to seize a favorable position, so they kept making various maneuvers, trying to get rid of the enemy aircraft's lock while doing everything possible to lock the opponent. The two fighters
Just like two fighting eagles, they roar back and forth. Every time they complete a tactical maneuver, the onlookers will definitely exclaim, "Okay, that's it." "Ah, dangerous." "What a pity, what a pity."
"...Five minutes later, Masaharu Honma was feeling impatient. Operations Section Chief Juni Kojima came over and said to him with a pale face: "Sir, Bacolod and Iloilo airports are calling to report.
, they suffered an air attack from the Chinese superior aviation force and suffered heavy losses."
Honma's expression darkened and he asked, "Is the battle over?"
"Yes, Your Excellency,."
"I need a more detailed report, such as how many fighter planes the Chinese dispatched."
"The Second and Third Flights of Bacolod and Iloilo have been completely wiped out. The report was provided by the airport defense force." When Kojima said this, he saw Honma's expression getting worse and he quickly changed his tune.
Said: "I'll go check it out right away."
In such a short time, the situation of the aerial duel has changed. To Honma's satisfaction, after nearly five minutes of chasing, Kawada finally took the initiative. He flew the plane and bit Zhang Chuncai's white-finned dolphin, leaving Zhang Chuncai to do whatever he wanted.
He used various maneuvers and always followed closely behind him, but Zhang Chuncai was not allowed to escape.
"This Japanese pilot is awesome." In the public channel of Feng Aokong's department, the student pilots who stayed to watch the battle and escort Zhang Chuncai were talking about it. Everyone was sweating for Zhang Chuncai and wished they could take his place in the battle.
, Feng Aokong seemed relatively calm. He had just received calls from Xu Sidong and Wang Lucun respectively. He knew that the air strikes at Bacolod Airport and Iloilo Airport had been successful. In fact, their air strike missions had also been successful. At this time
They can definitely return home. Of course, if they can defeat this Zero Fighter, then the victory will be complete. Moreover, testing the performance of "Tianlei KKII" is also a task. "Zhang Chuncai, Zhang Chuncai, the radar must be used,
This means you have eyes behind your back, do you understand what I mean?" He suddenly shouted to Zhang Chuncai,
Zhang Chuncai was already trying his best. However, Kawada's technical and tactical level was indeed very high. He was sweating profusely and made several highly dangerous maneuvers but could not escape his pursuit, which made him somewhat confident. Insufficient, he even began to consider whether to give full play to the speed advantage of the white-fin dolphin and directly sail in a straight line at high speed to get rid of the opponent. Of course, in this way, he would be afraid of the enemy and avoid fighting, which would be equivalent to defeat. He was hesitating in his heart, Feng Aokong The words reminded him in time, "Yeah, why don't you use the radar if you have one? You can clearly identify the enemy plane's position through the radar, and then make targeted maneuvers. The success rate will definitely be much higher." Having made up his mind, he looked at the radar screen intently to find the light spot representing the enemy aircraft, then suddenly dived downwards, then made a left turn. After the left turn, he then pulled the fighter plane up to a certain level. After reaching the height, he saw the light spot representing the enemy plane chasing after him at full speed. He suddenly released the throttle to the bottom, and then pushed the direction stick to the bottom. Immediately, after a brief lag in the air, his Baiji dolphin suddenly headed towards the ground. He fell down, and this series of maneuvers connected very smoothly. To the onlookers of the Haihang cadets, it was as if his Baiji suddenly had a mid-air parking failure and then fell to the ground. "Ah..." Many cadets said. Feng Aokong exclaimed instinctively, and Feng Aokong's heart couldn't help but tighten.
Kawada was not fooled by this series of tactical maneuvers. He sneered at the corner of his mouth and said: "Do you think you can get rid of my lock like this? You are naive. You dare to reduce your speed. Chinaman, you are finished." He sneered, With a burst of movement of his hands and feet, his Zero War boarded the machine and lowered its nose, and then dived down directly facing Zhang Chuncai's white-fin dolphin. As soon as Zero War entered the dive state, Kawada felt something was wrong. The angle of the dive was too big. This was nothing, but because he only lowered the throttle a little at the same time, bad consequences occurred. He felt that his body and the fuselage were weightless at the same time, and then he saw the enemy plane directly below him that was falling vertically to the ground suddenly turned sideways. , then the fuselage miraculously maintained a state parallel to the ground, the nose of the aircraft also raised, and then began to climb. Kawada realized that he had been fooled, because the Zero War was always slightly weaker than the Baiji Dolphin in terms of speed, which made him reluctant Without always maintaining a high throttle to pursue, his previous tracking and locking was too smooth and formed a habitual action. But now, he was harmed by this habitual action that he picked up easily.
When the light spot representing the enemy aircraft on the radar screen suddenly made a rapid maneuver, Zhang Chuncai shouted: "That's it now." Then he rolled over, slightly increased the throttle, and then slightly moved the direction stick backward. After moving, the plane's nose was raised, and he pushed the steering column to the maximum, and at the same time, he also increased the throttle to the maximum. Then in the eyes of the onlookers of the Hainan aviation cadets, Zhang Chuncai suddenly made a series of incredible maneuvers. The Baiji Dolphin he was driving First, it dived at a perpendicular angle to the ground, as if it had fallen directly, and then rolled over. Then the fuselage was parallel to the ground, the nose of the aircraft was raised, and it began to climb vertically. It climbed about a thousand meters vertically. Zhang Chuncai He made a back flip and then a beautiful somersault. At this time, he was already above Kawada and finally took back the initiative.
When Zhang Chuncai made a back flip, Kawada finally regained control of the fighter plane when the plane was only five or six hundred meters above the ground. The little devil broke out in a sweat and put away his contempt for Zhang Chuncai, and fought with him. At the same time, Masaharu Honma and other Japanese soldiers watching the battle all breathed a sigh of relief. Juni Kojima wiped the sweat on his head and said: "It's really thrilling."
Honma curled his lips and said solemnly: "This is air combat."
"Kawada has lost the initiative." A colonel answered,
"It doesn't matter, the Chinese have no shooting range." Honma said,
But the colonel exclaimed: "The Chinese opened fire."
Honma also saw it. Under the magnification of the telescope, he clearly saw the "bomb" mounted under the right wing of the Baiji piloted by Zhang Chuncai (Homma took it for granted that it was a bomb). It suddenly sprayed fire from the tail, and then dragged Baiji with it. The smoke shot towards Kawada's Zero Fighter, and according to his estimation, the distance between the two fighters at this time was at least two thousand meters.
After Kawada regained control of the fighter plane, he first looked left and right and saw no trace of the enemy plane. He leveled the fighter plane without hesitation and then accelerated forward. He did this because of his many years of combat experience, because only Only in this way can he avoid the shells fired by the enemy planes that have circled behind him. However, experience is obviously not a panacea. If he can hear the exclamations from Honma and others at this time, then he will definitely choose to maneuver wisely. , and even did a dangerous somersault. At this time, he wanted to avoid the lock of the "Tianlei KKII" air-to-air missile. He turned somersault and moved the tail equipped with the engine air diffuser to avoid the homing direction of the air-to-air missile. This would be The only correct choice. However, his plane was not equipped with a radar, he did not have eyes on his back, and there was no one on the ground to provide him with guidance, so he could not see the plane flying towards him at a speed of nearly two meters per second. "Tianlei KKII" missile, the speed of "Tianlei KKII" is a little more than twice the maximum speed of Zero War, so if it is used in a rear-end attack, its effective range is about 3.6 kilometers. Honma and others witnessed a drag The pillar of fire with white smoke rushed towards Kawada's Zero War at lightning speed. Although they still didn't know what kind of weapon this "bomb" was, they could still feel the threat it posed to Kawada, including Honma. Inside, many Japanese were shouting: "Pull up, pull up." "Get away, get away."...
Feng Aokong and others were equally nervous, especially Feng Aokong. He was sensitively aware that once the "Tianlei KKII" became practical, it would mean that the way of air combat would be rewritten from now on, and the aviation force of the Xuebing Army would have super vision. With the ability to strike preemptively, they can completely hide outside the range of Japanese aircraft and launch an attack first, and can resolve an air battle without taking any risks.
The onlookers were nervous, but the authorities seemed particularly calm. After Zhang Chuncai launched the missile, he did not wait for the missile to perform, but flew forward, preparing to launch a surprise attack when the enemy aircraft was attacked by the missile and was in a panic.
The "Tenrai KKII" in flight became the focus of everyone's attention for a while. I don't know if it was the efforts of Honma and others that moved Amaterasu. When the missile was only about 500 meters away from Kawada's zero battle, Kawada suddenly felt something, suddenly made a left turn, and at the same time pulled up the fighter plane.