In the east, the sun is rising from the clouds, and the sky is slowly becoming brighter and warmer. However, in the sky, it is obviously closer to the sun, but Sasaki can't help but feel a chill.
The Xuebing Army's planes flew in from the east, with their backs to the sun. Although the sun did not rise very high in the morning, if the Japanese planes wanted to swoop down to kill the Xuebing Army fighter jets from a high altitude, their sight would definitely be affected. When Shima's landline burst into flames in the air and turned into burning fragments flying, Sasaki had just raised his landline to an ideal height. The sunlight stimulated his eyes to squint, and just as he was squinting In his eyes, another fighter plane was hit by a rocket and turned into a burning fireball.
The experimental rocket with a magazine attached to it landed in the air combat for the first time and achieved very good results. Among them, Tielin Fei shot down two enemy planes in the first launch. It is worth mentioning that all of them were fighter jets, including one More advanced Ki-12,
The emergence of this new weapon greatly shocked the Japanese pilots led by Sasaki. As a senior pilot, the unfavorable environment in which his fleet was located cast a shadow over the Japanese pilots who were originally confident in themselves. , "The most important thing now is to break through the Chinese defense line, at least form a north-south front with the Chinese fighter planes, and then give it a try." Sasaki quickly made a decision in his heart, thinking of doing it, he He quickly issued an order, requiring all fighter jets to pull away in the north and south directions as quickly as possible, and then make a roundabout attack to intercept the Xuebing Army fighters. At the same time, he asked the bomber formation to break through at full speed, hoping to minimize losses.
This air battle that took place over Dingzhou, Hebei, China, on June 14, 1936, is called the "June 14" air battle by historians. It was the largest air battle that occurred in the world before the start of World War II. , it was also one of the few large-scale air battles in the history of the Sino-Japanese Air Force. Later people analyzed that the most important factor why the young trainee air force was able to achieve victory and relatively exaggerated results in this air battle was that the Japanese This operation was regarded as a surprise attack, so the fleet was dominated by bombers with no or almost no air combat capabilities, and only a very small number of fighter jets were equipped. This gave the young fighter pilots of the Xuebing Army an opportunity to take advantage of. It is no exaggeration. It can be said that from the moment Feng Yuanxiu passed the information to Ouyang Yun, the outcome of this air battle was already determined.
Many later military analysts believed that at that time, the tactical orders issued by Sasaki, the supreme commander of the Japanese aircraft group, were timely and effective. However, in the face of an air battle with three times the number of Xuebing Army fighter jets and seizing advantageous resources, location, all the efforts Sasaki made were in vain,
In this service, there is another weapon that is famous together with the Xuebing Army and the Air Force, and that is rockets.
The five Xuebing Army fighter planes equipped with rocket bays finally achieved the result of shooting down eleven enemy aircraft. The most impressive record was achieved by Bai Shuqian, who piloted an Yi-16 with the number 027. He was affiliated with In the 3rd Flying Group, he was responsible for intercepting and chasing enemy bombers. He just pressed the rocket launch button, and he shot down four Japanese fighter planes, including a fighter plane.
Most of the young pilots in the student army have no actual combat experience. To put it bluntly, their enthusiasm for participating in combat and their fearless spirit are far higher than their own control skills. In this service, the student army lost a total of Among the twenty-six fighter planes, one was due to pilot error. In order to avoid the pursuit of enemy planes, the nose of the plane was lowered too low and hit the ground...
The Japanese army lost a total of 79 fighter planes in this air battle, including 18 fighter planes. Sasaki's fighter plane was one of them. It was Tielin Fei who shot him down.
Sasaki had shot down two cadet fighter planes before this, including a more advanced I-16. He had the opportunity to leave calmly, but for unknown reasons (many historians believe it may be unique to the Japanese) That kind of arrogance caused trouble, because Tielin Fei not only shot down two enemy planes with rockets, but also shot down three fighter jets and one bomber with cannon), he chose to stay and fly alone Picked up Tielin Fei and his wingman,
The battle was quite thrilling. After part of the bomber group broke through the blockade of the Third Flying Group that day, at this moment, the three major formations of the Xuebing Army were completely messed up. It was difficult to distinguish each other. Everyone was fighting based on their feelings. This is also one of the most serious mistakes made by the Air Force of the Army Air Force after the Battle of Tieling.
From the beginning to the end, Sasaki's nose was always pointed at Tielinfei's fighter. Several times, Tielinfei's wingman even took the initiative to get under his gun, but he was stunned and did not fire. Sasaki's idea was very simple, then It is to shoot down the opponent's supreme commander's car to make up for the mistakes he made in this air battle.
At the beginning, Tielin Fei was completely chased and beaten. Fortunately, the powerful power provided by the "Hawker" Type III modified engine allowed him to always escape from the most dangerous situations. Several times, he made the right move. One of the most dangerous rolling movements was when he pulled the fighter plane to roll from the right side. Several artillery shells whizzed past the cabin above him and narrowly missed the protruding antenna of the walkie-talkie.
It was also after this roll that Tielin Fei had a chance to fight back when he pulled up the fuselage. Then, the two men staged the most thrilling scene in the history of air combat. In the eyes of the audience, the two men's fighter planes seemed to be colliding head-on. , and the distance between each other is no more than ten kilometers. At such a distance, the two sides will collide in an instant if their speed exceeds 400 kilometers per hour. And just before the confrontation, the machine cannon muzzles of both sides burst out at the same time. The flames broke out, and the tracer bullets drew a bright trajectory in the air. Under the silent gaze of Liu Dakai and others, the Japanese plane with the sun flag painted on its tail exploded first. At the same time, the distance between the two fighters Less than one thousand meters, just when everyone thought in fear that Tielin Fei and his fighter plane would definitely hit the fireball caused by the explosion of the Japanese aircraft, Tielin Fei once again showed his super control skills, and the fighter plane The "Hawker" Type III suddenly fell from the sky like a bird with folded wings... And just when everyone was worried that it would give the earth a warm embrace like the previous fighter plane, in Sasaki's fighter plane was dismembered into pieces and turned into small burning fireballs flying in the background. The "Hawker" Type III magically lifted up again.
Including Liu Dakai, everyone on the base ground cheered when they saw this scene.