The first intersection between the two sides was two reconnaissance aircraft. When the Soryu escort fleet and the Japanese transport fleet and escort fleet met in the sea more than 100 kilometers south of Pingtung County, Taiwan, both of them were equipped with only one reconnaissance aircraft.
Reconnaissance planes armed with onboard machine guns met about thirty kilometers away from this sea area. The Xuebing Army's side was a Haiyan reconnaissance aircraft. The Xuebing Air Force piloting the aircraft desperately wanted to get close to the sea area where the Japanese fleet would rendezvous.
After obtaining detailed information, the Japanese reconnaissance plane tried its best to intercept it. After a flight skills competition that lasted for about a quarter of an hour, the Haiyan approached the sea area where the Japanese fleet was located as expected. The co-pilot behind took pictures with a camera.
After taking more than ten photos, we were escorted off by a Japanese reconnaissance plane and returned.
Half an hour later, specific information about the Japanese fleet was passed to all levels of command departments and frontline commanders of the Xuebing Army. On the Xuebing Army side, there are three commanders, and Xue Changkong, commander of the Taiwan Strait Aviation Corps, is in charge of the command.
The aviation force was to contain the Japanese navy; Huang Tianxun of the Dongshan Fleet's Swordfish Force was responsible for unified command of the Dongshan Fleet and Haikou Fleet, a total of 207 Swordfish torpedo boats; 23 Ming-class submarines and 11 Song-class submarines
Under the unified command of Xu Kai.
On that day, when the mixed fleet was still one hour away from the scheduled ambush sea area, almost at the same time, the Guangdong Meizhou Military Airport and the Fujian Nanping Military Airport, the 105th Long-range Aviation Division, the 107th Cheng Aviation Division, the 301st Fighter Division, and the 302nd Long-range Aviation Division totaled one hundred and fourteen
Fourteen fighter jets roared into the sky one after another and flew towards Green Island. Forty minutes later, when these fighter jets appeared in the sight of the Japanese on Penghu Island, the 303rd Fighter Division and the 304th Aircraft Division at the Kaohsiung Military Airport in Taiwan also ascended one after another.
After taking off, they formed two clusters under Xue Changkong's dispatch, and then gathered the 105th Long-range Aviation Division, the 107th Cheng Aviation Division, the 301st Fighter Division, and the 302nd Long-range Aviation Division, which came from a distance, to form a large diamond-shaped formation toward the green
The island airspace flew over.
After the Japanese ships rendezvoused, the command was immediately transferred to the captain of the Soryu aircraft carrier, Yanasaku Yanagimoto. Yanagimoto Yanagi was very cautious, and he continuously ordered the commander of the Soryu aircraft carrier's flight team, Major Takashimagi Egusa, to dispatch
The reconnaissance plane went to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Taiwan Island, while allowing the air defense radar troops to concentrate on observation. The air defense radar equipped on the Soryu aircraft carrier is the latest product developed by the Japanese military industry department, with a detection radius of about two hundred kilometers. Therefore,
When the large formation combat aircraft group led by 301 fighter pilot Zhang Xiaolin just appeared over Penghu Island, it was detected by the Japanese army. The dense small light spots that appeared on the radar screen immediately frightened the Japanese radar scouts, and they immediately reported to Yanagimoto
A report was made. Yanagimoto heard that the number of incoming enemy aircraft was more than 100, and he immediately tightened his guard. He immediately asked the communications staff to build a power generator for Kobayashi in Taipei, and asked him to immediately dispatch the Taipei Air Corps to provide support, and then
An order was issued to issue an air defense alert, and at the same time, orders were given to Takashi Egoma and the flight captain of the aircraft carrier Ryujo, Captain Yamagami Masakoshi, and the flight captain of the aircraft carrier Okinawa, Captain Yoshimoto Yomu, to immediately take off all ship bombers to meet the enemy, and at the same time
Put the ship bomber into the hangar. After issuing this order, watching the Zero warships on the Soryu explode into the sky one after another, Yanagimoto felt relieved, and ordered Takanoge Egusa, asking them to pay attention to the interception position, and first maintain the battle line in the air defense
Just stay at the edge of the range and wait for the support of the Taipei Air Corps before taking the initiative to attack.
The reason why the Japanese dared to boldly continue to return to Japan according to the established route after discovering that the torpedo boat troops of the Xuebing Army were gathering in Taiwan was also based on their reliance. First, the Japanese used the airport in Okinawa to give the Taipei Air Force, which existed in name only,
Forty-eight Zero-type ground bombers were added; for both, after the Hosho aircraft carrier fleet was attacked and annihilated, the Japanese changed the proportion of carrier-based aircraft carried by the Soryu escort fleet. The previous ship-based bombers could only be changed at most.
The ratio of half to two-thirds is two-thirds. Therefore, Soryu and Ryujo collided with the three aircraft carriers Eagle. At this time, there were a total of eighty-three carrier bombers on board, and sixty of them were the latest.
Type Zero ship exploded.
If the Taipei Air Corps can arrive on the battlefield in time, then based on the number of fighter jets alone, the Japanese army has more than 150 (the Taipei Air Corps originally had about 20 fighter planes of various types), while the student army only has two
There are a total of seventy-two fighter divisions, and the Japanese army has an overwhelming advantage in numbers. The Japanese army can be supplemented by as many as thirty cruisers. The anti-aircraft fire provided by the destroyers is theoretically enough to withstand the Xuebing army this time.
There was an air raid.
The air battle soon broke out. After arriving at the battlefield, the air fortress piloted by Xue Changkong immediately rose to an altitude of about 10,000 meters and began to act as a command plane. Under his dispatch, seventy-two Baiji fighter jets of various types flew in a double-aircraft manner.
The formation rushed towards the Japanese aircraft hovering over the northwest of the Japanese fleet. At the same time, as many as seventy-two Aerial Fortress and Baiji bombers scattered in all directions, like a pack of wolves looking for opportunities around their prey.
He stared at the Japanese fleet below.
"Have the Chinese mobilized half of their fighter planes?" On the island of the Soryu aircraft carrier, Yanagimoto gasped after scanning the surrounding airspace with a telescope ring.
"Whether this battle can be won or not depends on the performance of Mr. Jiang Cao and the others," said a major beside him.
"It still depends on when Mr. Kobayashi's Taipei Air Corps can arrive on the battlefield. If they can arrive in time, our army should be reactive and take the initiative. Maybe we can avenge the humiliation of Sasebo and Nagasaki being attacked!" Again
A major added.
Although the Japanese army has a numerical advantage in fighter jets, considering that even the latest Type Zero is no match for the Whiteback, and also needs to defend against the hordes of bombers that are eyeing them on both sides, it will be crucial when the Taipei Air Corps can join the battlefield.
.Furthermore, whether they can reasonably use fleet air defense forces to withstand the current attack of the Xuebing Army.
For the time being, the Japanese actually forgot about the American submarines lurking under the sea and the torpedo boat troops assembled by the cadet army.
The Japanese imported fresh blood from the mainland to the Taipei Air Corps. They thought they were unaware of the ghosts, but they did not know that they were already under the surveillance of Xiao Yi's Taiwan Special Operations Forces. When this information reached Guangzhou, Tie Linfei was worried about the existing situation.
The size of the aviation force was not enough to suppress the Japanese army, so they suggested to Li Tieshu, Ji Xing, and Jiang Guangnai to add another fighter division. This proposal was fiercely opposed by Chen Ce and Chen Yuanyang. They were worried that this ambush would become another
It was a great victory for the air force, so it was denied that adding more aviation units would make the Japs flee without a fight. Li Tieshu, Ji Xing, and Jiang Guangnai were also worried that the Japanese army would directly choose to retreat because of this, so they supported Shuang Chen's decision and decided to give Xu Kai and Huang Tianxun a chance
Opportunities to make the most of.
(Old Poison: There is one more chapter that may be past midnight, brothers, let’s read it tomorrow)