Chapter 342 Use me in the first battle, use me to win
The Americans gathered about 170 fighter planes, which already exceeded the number of Chinese escorting golden eagles. The Americans actually retained so many fighter planes, which was beyond Zhang Xiaolin's expectation. However, this was not a surprise. The most troublesome thing for him, what really bothers him is that "the Americans have become smarter and know how to separate the aircraft carriers. The most terrifying thing about horizontal bombers with large bomb loads like the Sky Fortress is the density of bombing missions." Indiscriminate bombing, and once the American aircraft carriers are separated, it will undoubtedly restrict the characteristics of intensive bombing by the air fortress.
After frowning and observing the enemy's situation for a while, Zhang Xiaolin shouted: "Xue Yongliang, please answer after receiving it."
"Xue Yongliang received it, Xue Yongliang received it."
"The rest is up to you. For the honor of the Chinese National Unity Party, I hope you can give everyone a good start."
"Received, sir, you can rest assured. Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me."
"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me." A neat slogan suddenly sounded from the microphone, and Zhang Xiaoliang's frown opened slightly.
Xue Yongliang is the captain of the "Chinese Death Squadron" promoted by Zhang Xiaolin. The "Chinese Death Squadron" is a special combat unit that only appeared in the Chinese army last year. This was originally a group of several members of the Chinese National Unity Party. It was a spontaneous act when a battle reached a critical juncture, but because it best embodies the founding philosophy of the Chinese National Unity Party of "all for China, all for the country", it immediately became a member of the Chinese National Unity Party in various units after it spread. Collective imitation has gradually become a symbol of honor exclusive to military members of the Chinese National Unity Party. Due to its extremely high battle damage rate, about half a year after the emergence of the "Chinese Death Squadron", in order to prevent unnecessary sacrifices, Ouyang Yun had to use the arbitrary power of the supreme commander to issue an order to take back the autonomy of the frontline troops to form this combat unit. At the same time, in order not to chill the members of the Chinese National Unity Party who were fighting on the front line, such a practice gradually formed, that is, once During important battles or battles, Ouyang Yun would, in the name of the Supreme Command, grant the top frontline commanders the authority to form the "Chinese Death Squadron" to commend members of the Chinese National Unity Party for their dedication to the country.
After the "Chinese Death Squadron" system was formed, it was the first time it was used in the Air Force. Therefore, when Zhang Xiaolin obtained the right to form the organization from Tielin Fei, he was immediately chased and intercepted by the Chinese National Unity Party pilots before he could make it public. Later, Zhang Xiaolin had to adopt a more old-fashioned method, confirming the members of the death squad based on flight time and record, and selected the captain in the same way.
The purpose of the "Chinese Death Squadron" is to attack difficulties and complete seemingly impossible tasks. And because of its ultra-high battle damage rate, the scale of this combat unit is generally not very large. For example, this time the "Chinese Death Squadron" headed by Xue Yongliang "Chinese Death Squadron", only nine aerial fortresses were selected, with a total of only forty-five members. This is actually a very small proportion among the more than 300 aerial fortresses.
Li Mei dispersed his aircraft carriers, which made the bombing mission of the air fortress group somewhat difficult. What tactics should be adopted to deal with this situation? Now, this task falls on Xue Yongliang and the others.
"Use me in the first battle, and you will win if you use me" was actually a slogan exclusive to Langya in the early days. Later it was imitated by various special forces, reconnaissance troops and sharp knife troops. Now, it seems to have become a slogan exclusive to the "Chinese Death Squadron". After all, , special forces are a scarce resource in the army and must not be squandered. Compared with them, the "Chinese Death Squadron", whose battle damage rate is often over 80% or even 90%, seems to be more qualified to shout such a slogan. .
The nine air fortresses surged forward gorgeously under everyone's gaze, and then formed a diamond formation and flew towards the US aircraft carrier fleet at the end. As soon as they completed the formation, they were immediately targeted by the fighter planes that had already taken off. However, when these U.S. military pilots tried to intercept them, the Chinese golden eagles who had been waiting at the side immediately rushed forward, and the two sides immediately started a fierce fight under the eyes of the "Chinese Death Squadron".
The combat purpose of the American pilots is very clear, which is to sniper the Chinese aerial fortress at all costs. Therefore, even though the Chinese golden eagles tried their best to intercept, the American copycat golden eagles were not moved at all. They either avoided or directly rushed towards the Chinese aerial fortress cluster. , try to avoid being entangled by the Chinese golden eagle.
The U.S. copycat version of the golden eagle is not much slower than the Chinese genuine golden eagle. Moreover, the Chinese golden eagle has to worry about the artillery fire affecting its own air fortress, so it is a little helpless during the battle. Therefore, less than five minutes after the battle started, the U.S. The copycat golden eagle entered less than ten kilometers away from the "Chinese Death Squadron", and the situation of the "Chinese Death Squadron" suddenly became dangerous.
Faced with this situation, if they were ordinary flying fortress pilots, they would definitely try to evade or summon their own golden eagles to escort them. However, as members of the "Chinese Death Squadron", Xue Yongliang and the others had no fear.
"Fire with all your strength, don't be afraid that the enemy plane will explode and you will be blown up." He rushed over, and followed closely behind him. The two air fortresses flying on both sides of him followed suit. The front half of the fuselage was spitting out tongues of fire and they also rushed forward. As the nine air fortresses all turned on their firepower, they suddenly The formed group was like a fire-breathing hedgehog, rushing forward without hesitation against a dozen American Golden Eagles.
On the badly damaged island of the USS Hornet, Li Mei clenched the guardrail with both hands. He looked up and saw this scene. He was slightly surprised: "What do the Chinese want to do? Use bombers as fighter jets."
Li Mei's naval battle may still have the flaw of lack of experience, but he is definitely good at air combat. From the perspective of an expert, Xue Yongliang and his team's handling was full of loopholes and was looking for a dead end.
When nine Flying Fortresses fly in formation, except for the outer fighters, it is impossible for the ones in the middle to really achieve full firepower. Compared with the American Golden Eagle, they not only have no speed advantage, but their flexibility is far less. Moreover, the nine Even with full firepower, the Sky Fortress cannot defend without blind spots. In this case, as long as the American Golden Eagle finds a flaw and breaks through, it will be able to kill them.
In fact, some US military pilots have seen through this and are working hard to try in this direction. When the American Golden Eagle he was flying made an oblique cut to the nine air fortresses from the upper left, Li Mei's mouth twitched. He couldn't help but smile.