Twenty-four golden eagles soared into the sky and quickly disappeared from the eyes of the ground crew. When approaching the battlefield, Zhang Xiaolin contacted Liu Xuefeng and Lai Delu. After the three people communicated, Lai Delu suggested that Zhang Xiaolin help them first. Get rid of the fifty special attack aircraft, and then concentrate on dealing with the main force of the Japanese army.
Chen Chong's three-plane formation proposal was indeed effective against fifty special attack planes. However, because the number of fighter planes was almost the same, the actual effect was greatly reduced. When Lai Delu and others first changed their formation, the Japanese Air Force was unprepared, and as a result, two five-planes Ten special attack planes were shot down by "sneak attacks" one after another. Kobayashi reacted very quickly and immediately discovered the problem. He reminded his subordinates not to lock the target repeatedly and to ensure that they keep one eye on one. So Lai Delu and the others had just gained a little initiative. Lost immediately, the situation became passive again,
Zhang Xiaolin and others arrived with reinforcements at this time, and there were forty-eight Golden Eagles. Lai Delu immediately realized that this was their opportunity to defeat the Japanese army's fifty special attack aircraft, so he strongly requested Zhang Xiaolin on the radio to help them first. In the chat, he shouted hoarsely He shouted: "The Japanese think that fifty special attack aircraft are invincible. Let us give them some clues and let them know who is the boss of the Asian Air Force."
Although the Cadet Air Force has not been in existence for a long time, with its performance far ahead of the Japanese aircraft, it rarely suffered defeats in the battles with the Japanese Air Force. Gradually, a sense of ambition spread in the hearts of the Cadet Airmen. Striving to be the best in Asia has penetrated into their blood and has become one of the forces of faith that supports them to move forward bravely.
While Lai Delu and Zhang Xiaolin were plotting against Xiaolin's brigade, Takashi Sakai, who was paying close attention to the air battle at the Japanese 23rd Army Headquarters in Yangzhou, received a report from the frontline radar station and learned that the Xuebing Army had invested two more squadron-sized new fighter aircraft. After entering the battlefield, he raised his eyebrows and said to Major General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, the chief of staff beside him: "Immediately report this situation to General Inoue and say that we need further tactical guidance from them."
Kuribayashi Tadada said "Hai" and turned around to contact Inoue Narumi. At this time, Sakai Takashi's adjutant Morishita Isamu took a microphone and said respectfully to him: "Sir, this is the phone number of Commander Toyomura. He has an emergency call." Report to you."
"Oh, I was just looking for him, bring it over."
When Xue Changkong's eyes crossed the battlefield where fierce air battles were taking place and landed on the many front-line airfields of the Japanese army on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Toyomurahara Yaokatsu also realized this when he was always paying attention to the frontline battle situation. Toyomurahara Yaokatsu took office. The commander of the 23rd Flying Division was previously a section chief in charge of Army Aviation Intelligence at the Japanese Army Ministry. While holding this position, he and his colleagues spent a lot of time studying the tactics of the cadet aviation unit and establishing A file involving officers above the division commander of the cadet aviation force was obtained. In this file, the intelligence information about Xue Changkong was filled in by Toyomurahara Yaosheng. It can be said that although he and Xue Changkong have never met, they He knew Xue Changkong even better than some of Xue Changkong's old subordinates. By analyzing battle cases, Fengcun summarized Xue Changkong's command characteristics. His liking for taking risks was placed in the first few items. He should have liked taking risks. This is one of Xue Changkong's shortcomings. When Fengcun was studying Xue Changkong, he once drew a horizontal line under these words to remind himself that he could take advantage of them. However, now, because of the strength of the Xuebing Army Air Force, this has made him Fengcun was on pins and needles, which became his biggest worry. He was worried that Xue Changkong would take the opportunity to send bomber troops to attack our frontline airports. In his opinion, the air defense forces currently deployed at Yangzhou and other frontline airports were simply not enough to defend against the student army. to carry out a sneak attack, so he called Takashi Sakai, hoping that he could strengthen the air defense capabilities of Yangzhou and other frontline airports.
Sakai Takashi wanted to find Toyomurahara Yaokatsu but hoped that he could send out all the reserve teams. The two had different opinions. Sakai Takashi was very unhappy. He reprimanded on the phone: "Toyomura-kun, it is necessary to win the air battle in front of us. The most important thing is that the Chinese's ability to replenish fighter planes is far inferior to that of the empire. This is the capital we can use to fight a war of attrition with them. All the Chinese's fighter planes should have already taken off. You see, they don't even have the latest fighter planes. Once released, without fighter escort, would the Chinese dare to send out bombers?"
From a professional point of view, Takashi Sakai's words are completely unprofessional. Who said that a bomber attack must require fighter escort? Moreover, why do you conclude that the Xuebing Army has dispatched all its fighters? Now it is fighting in enemy territory, and the air combat time has passed. In the long run, every Chinese airport can send fighter planes to participate in the war. You must know that the one-way flight range of the white-tailed dolphin is 1,500 kilometers. Fengcun secretly hated it in his heart, but could not say it out loud. He just remonstrated: "Your Excellency, Have you forgotten the bombing of Nagasaki and Sasebo? The commander of the Chinese people at that time was Xue Changkong, a man who loved taking risks..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Takashi Sakai, who shouted loudly: "Toyomura-kun, don't try to change the subject. We are talking about the air battle in front of you now. What, are you prepared to disobey orders?"
Toyomura considered the issue more comprehensively and far-reaching, but what Takashi Sakai considered most was the impact of this air battle on the encirclement and suppression of the Santai guerrilla column. This was related to the strong combat power displayed by the Santai guerrilla column. Sakai Takashi originally thought that using a The army's response to a mere guerrilla group was to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, something that could be easily captured. However, in the past few days, they had fought a series of battles, one large, three small and four small. Instead of taking any advantage, the imperial army suffered a lot. Only then did he realize that the Santai guerrilla column was able to defeat the coalition forces of Kawabe Shozo and Ishihara Kanji, and also defeat the encirclement and suppression campaign personally led by Nishio Hisao. Its combat power was by no means ordinary. He was thinking of relying on the ability to suppress the Santai guerrilla column. The meritorious commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force did not want to capsize in the gutter and follow in the footsteps of Hisao Nishio, so he suddenly became cautious. In his imagination, it was very safe to use the aviation force to severely attack the Santai guerrilla column. An important procedure, which affected his understanding of this air battle. In his eyes, this was not a simple showdown between Japanese and Japanese aviation forces, but a competition for air supremacy in the Santai area.
Sakai Takashi was furious, and his tone became angry and stern. Toyomura knew that continuing to argue would not only be useless, but would also have bad consequences, so he could only hang up the phone with a "Hai".
Although Toyomura finally agreed to send out the reserve team, Sakai Takashi was still aggrieved. He did not think that the phone argument was due to different understandings of the battle situation, but that Toyomura did not take him seriously and was a challenge to his majesty. , hung up the phone, he glanced at the staff members in the room, and thought to himself: "It seems that it is necessary to recruit some people from the Kwantung Army. The command must be like an arm and a finger, and the old subordinates are more reliable."
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