At 7:13, at the Dingzhou Xuebing Army Base, a shrill air defense siren sounded. From the northeast, the Japanese planes that blocked the sky and blocked the sun came over. About half an hour before that, after getting the Japanese planes, After the alarm arrived half an hour later, a total of sixty-seven fighter jets of the student army air force led by Tielin Fei took off. According to the previously formulated plan, they all evaded to the southwest sky away from the base, and then returned. Flying in a circle to the east, waiting for the call from the base, to encircle and annihilate the Japanese bombers after dropping their bombs, the air force commander personally flew the fighter into the sky to meet the enemy. This is rare in the history of world air combat. This is mainly because the pilots The training cycle is really too long, and the air force of the Xuebing Army is so young. Now, except for a few Jews and overseas Chinese who can fly into the sky, all the others are from the former Cantonese Air Force. ,
Hou Debang and others had already hid in the air defense bunker early, and those who were still on the surface of the base were all combatants. Because Liu Dakai wanted to take charge of the overall situation, he stayed in an air defense fortress near the main entrance of the airport. The so-called air defense fortress is actually a stone fortress, and what makes it different from ordinary bunkers is that there are four twin 30 mm caliber anti-aircraft guns and eight twin 12.5 mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns on it. Liu Dakai There was no nervousness at all before the gap came. In fact, it was the first time to command such a large-scale air defense battle. He was very much looking forward to handing Ouyang Yun a satisfactory test paper. He stood at a lookout, picked up his telescope and pointed at the sun. He looked over in the direction in which the plane was coming. After a while, he shouted excitedly: "There are obviously more bombers than fighter jets. The little devil is destined to run away without food this time."
In the pre-war layout, based on the information in Ouyang Yun's computer, Hou Debang copied the Japanese aircraft graphics during this period. According to Ouyang Yun's instructions, this time the air defense firepower will give priority to the so-called "fighters". As for the attack aircraft (that is, a bomber, but because of its small load capacity, it can only be called a light bomber, that is, an attack aircraft), which will be handed over to Tielin Fei and the others to deal with.
There are three main types of fighters and bombers dispatched by the Japanese army this time, namely Ki-1 (heavy bomber made by Mitsubishi), Ki-2 (light bomber also made by Mitsubishi), and Ki-3 (Light explosive attack aircraft manufactured by Kawasaki); fighter aircraft have three models, namely Ki-5 (fighter aircraft manufactured by Kawasaki in 1934), Ki-8 (fighter aircraft manufactured by Nakajima in 1934), and the latest The Ki-12 (a fighter jet with recyclable landing gear just manufactured by Nakajima this year),
The air defense officers at the base had been familiar with these fighters more than a month ago, and Liu Dakai was even more familiar with them. Therefore, he quickly judged the true strength of this Japanese fighter group.
In the air, as the vision got better and better, gradually, the whole picture of the Dingzhou base appeared in front of the Japanese pilots. This time, the person responsible for the air strike was a colonel named Sasaki Shinnosuke. The colonel was driving a brand-new Ki-12, he shouted on the walkie-talkie: "Daliang, is this the Dingzhou base below? Check the target."
Daliang was the pilot who flew the reconnaissance plane and was responsible for guiding the entire fleet. He replied on the intercom: "Confirm target."
Sasaki laughed loudly and shouted: "Gentlemen, prepare to fight. According to the previous drill, the No. 1 and No. 2 fighter squadrons are responsible for guarding on both wings, and the bomber squadrons perform bombing missions. Once again, priority is given to bombing China fighter planes and airports."
The Japanese planes began to separate in an orderly manner, and the fighters of the two squadrons began to gather on both sides, while the bomber group accelerated and flew towards the target.
On the ground, seeing the Japanese planes getting closer and closer, many soldiers in the stone fort became nervous. From time to time, someone asked Liu Dakai for instructions: "Director, we can fight."
Liu Dakai shook his head firmly: "The distance is too far. Opening fire at this time is a waste of ammunition. Wait until they start dropping bombs."
When the Dingzhou base was first constructed, a considerable number of false targets were built. Among them, the fake airport was the top priority, and the real airport was now covered by many camouflages made of camouflage cloth.
The Japanese planes were getting closer and closer. With the air defense warnings getting louder and louder, more than thirty bombers headed straight for the fake airport. At the same time, other bombers pounced on the fake planes nearby. library,
The real hangar of the Dingzhou base was built in the mountain. Seeing that the little devil had chosen the wrong target from the beginning, Liu Dakai had to admire the little commander's foresight. On the ground, especially when he got closer, , the fake airport, hangar, including those planes are really fake, but from the air, it is difficult to distinguish and understand. When Ouyang Yun first proposed to build these disguises on a large scale, he encountered many people who objected, thinking that they were fake. It's a waste of money, but once faced with actual combat, the effect of these disguises is immediately apparent.
As the Japanese plane began to lay eggs, Liu Dakai shouted: "Unit No. 1, shoot."
Dingzhou's air defense force is divided into three sequences during normal exercises. Among them, No. 1 acts as a decoy. They will attract the attention of the escort fighters as much as possible. Next, No. 2 and No. 3 It is the real backbone of air defense. It is not easy for Japanese planes to come. The main targets of attack are airports and fighter planes. Those bombers are naturally reluctant to drop bombs on air defense fire points. In this way, the task of clearing air defense fire points will naturally be left to those who only pretend to be There are aircraft cannons and machine guns, but there are no fighter jets equipped with bombs. Once the Japanese escort fighter planes are attracted by the firepower of Unit 1, what awaits them will be doubled firepower in return.
Ouyang Yun is very stingy and takes the Air Force too seriously. Although he has no choice but to dispatch the Air Force, in order to minimize the losses, he made such an arrangement beforehand. I understand him. However, he knew that the reason why he did this was that on the one hand he cherished the hard-won air power, on the other hand, he took into account the lack of actual combat experience of his pilots and was afraid that they would suffer losses when fighting Japanese aircraft.
From the air, the bombing by the Japanese planes had a good effect. The airport was ablaze in the first round of bombing, and the fighter planes parked at the airport were torn into pieces by the explosion and turned into a sea of flames. of fuel, and the hangar was not spared. Although some parts are still intact, it is believed that it will be engulfed in flames, including the fighter planes parked inside, in a short time.