This kind of melee certainly increases the element of luck, but at the same time, for Chen Chong, Xu Kongzhan, Nakamura Akosaburo, Inamoto Masayasu and others, it also better reflects their technical and tactical levels.
As for the Japanese army, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi knew that the performance of fighter planes was his own flaw. Therefore, although the actual combat proved that special attack tactics were poison, especially when the opponent was a cadet army, this tactic killed a thousand enemies and suffered a thousand and five losses. It is typical that the gain outweighs the loss, but he has no other way to think of except using this tactic to make up for the gap in fighter performance. In view of this, when mobilizing before the war, he pinched his nose and made demands on the aviation units under his command. They learned from the predecessors of the Kamikaze Team and were always prepared to be broken. Only in this way could they have a chance to win.
As mentioned before, almost all the veteran pilots with the richest combat experience and the best psychological quality in the Japanese army have flown Fifty special attack aircraft. Therefore, although the Japanese Army Aviation Force has always been rife with militarism, its fanaticism is relatively high. It was much weaker before, and there was the first round of confrontation between the two sides. The Japanese army was defeated after losing more than twenty fighter planes. The relevant battle report was delayed for about half an hour and was sent to Tokugawa Yoshitoshi. At this time, the old Japanese had ordered all the troops to attack, so he did not immediately deal with the aviation unit. Instead, he called the top commanders of each aviation unit and ordered them to fight to the last man in the aircraft. If they dare to disobey the order, Anyone who evacuates without authorization will be punished with treason.
"Do you want to be the heroes of the empire, or do you want to become the shame of the empire? The Yamato nation is the most superior nation in the world. Based on this alone, how can we lose to the despicable China pigs?"
Objectively speaking, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was not an extreme nationalist, but the stakes in this battle were too important, and the Japanese army simply could not afford to lose. If he was not careful, he might become a national sinner. In this context, however, It is not allowed for him to use all his strength and use all means to win. The Japanese are a group that is prone to extremes. As the commander-in-chief, he assumed such a posture and immediately brought out a group effect, so , the Xuzhou air battle, the Japanese army behaved extremely crazy from the beginning, so that the Chinese Air Force seemed ill-prepared at the beginning, and was once suppressed by the Japanese army.
At the beginning of the battle, the Chinese Air Force still maintained a strict formation in accordance with the order, but the Japanese army swarmed up. On the Chinese Air Force side, Xue Changkong piloted an air fortress as the supreme commander of the battlefield. He was the second batch to arrive at the battlefield. Shortly after arriving at the battlefield, before he even adjusted his position, he found that the radar screen was full of blue light spots. He knew that his early warning aircraft was actually impossible. It worked,
Xue Changkong has rich experience in commanding in battle. He knows that in such a chaotic state, excessive interference with the command of lower-level commanders will only backfire. Therefore, he wisely chose to delegate power and ordered commanders at all levels to adjust their tactics independently according to the actual situation. He said this The order was quite timely. At that time, under the impact of the superior Japanese fighter planes, the Chinese Air Force's Baiji Group, which bore the brunt of the attack, could not adjust in time and was overwhelmed by the number of Japanese aircraft groups. At the time of the battle, the group still had 62 fighters. By the time other aviation units completed their tactical adjustments and sent in reinforcements, the group had only twenty-six fighters left, three of which were injured and had to withdraw from the battlefield.
The Japanese army exchanged 45 fighter planes for 36 Baijis. From a numerical point of view, it seems that the Japanese army suffered a loss. However, considering the performance of the fighter planes and the ratio of the number of fighters between the two sides, the Japanese army was actually the winner.
It was Nakamura Koichiro who invented and implemented this machine-sea tactic, and it was Inamoto Shotai who was the first to break the deadlock and break through the formation of the Chinese white-finned dolphin brigade. The reason why Inamoto Shotai has the title of Major is that he is still an ordinary soldier. , It has something to do with his addiction to alcohol, but because his flying skills and achievements are so amazing, he has repeatedly made meritorious deeds and been punished, and gradually fell to where he is now, with a high military rank but no official position. Inamoto's most famous battle occurred during the Australian War against the U.S. Pacific Fleet. At that time, he was still a squadron leader of the Japanese naval aviation force. It is said that when the aircraft carrier Fuyuan where he was stationed had sounded the air defense alarm, When all his men were already sitting in the cockpit, he found a bottle of wine from nowhere. Then, he actually sat cross-legged under his Zero and drank. When the ground crew discovered that there was only one person left on the flight deck. When I got off his fighter plane and found him under the fighter plane, he was already red in the face and smelling of alcohol. It happened that Tsukahara 243 was on the Fuyuan. The old Japanese went crazy when he saw it and rushed to him. He just punched and kicked him, and then ordered him to fight immediately. At that time, Inamoto could not even stand. When the captain of the aircraft carrier Fuyuan and others saw this, they helped him to plead for mercy, saying that Inamoto was in this state. , he could drive into the sea by himself without the Americans coming to fight him. Tsukahara was really angry. His reply at the time was: Let him die. Tsukahara gave a strict order, and the others had to help Inamoto in. In the cockpit, he helped him start the fighter plane. At that time, almost everyone thought that General Inamoto would never return. However, the result was that he not only returned safely, but also achieved an impressive record of shooting down three US military fighter planes. It was because of this incident that Inamoto was kicked out of HNA, but from then on, his reputation as a Zero Fighter Drunk Tiger also spread.
After joining the Army Airlines, Inamoto still fought zero battles and was still addicted to alcohol. But it seems that starting from the Xuzhou air battle, he will write another legend.
As a well-known figure in the Japanese aviation industry, Koichiro Nakamura witnessed the entire process of the "Drunk Tiger Inamoto" rushing away from the Chinese Air Force's White Dolphin Group. Under Inamoto's control, Inamoto's Zero Fighter seemed to have long front, rear and left sides. Like a blind eye, he was always able to make appropriate maneuvers at critical moments. Then, in Nakamura's opinion, the Chinese pilots were dodged to avoid a hit that they were sure to win.
The captain of the Baiji dolphin group bullied by Nakamura and Inamoto was named Luquan Bin. Soon after Inamoto entered the group, he realized its dangers and mobilized his subordinates to encircle and annihilate it. However, the one driven by Inamoto The Zero Fighter was like a loach. Even if Lu Quanbin himself later joined in the pursuit and annihilation, there was still nothing he could do about it. Instead, the opportunity was stolen by other Japanese aircraft. And if it hadn't been for the reinforcements from friendly forces, Lu Quanbin himself would not have been able to escape. destroy destiny,
Lu Quanbin himself is also an ace pilot. Originally, he was quite conceited about his flying skills. However, after a confrontation with Inamoto, he had to admit: Damn it, this Japanese is indeed There is a set,