Chapter 18 Learning 1 and the Falcon-style confrontation
This fighter plane is also here to release flares, and its role is to provide clearer guidance to the bomber group.
Just when the fighter plane was about to fly over the airport, the belly of the 201 Sky Fortress piloted by Xue Changkong suddenly opened a hole, and then hundreds of cluster bombs spilled down.
The Xuebing Army's cluster bombs have not been successful. Not only is the bomb's shell very large, which affects the bomb load, but one bomb can only be split into fifteen bullets. However, compared to most airports in this time and space, For example, if bombing accuracy can be guaranteed, the bombs carried by a flying fortress are enough to destroy the entire airport runway.
The weird shrill sound of the bomb tearing the air fell from the sky into the ears of Sasaki's ship. Sasaki's face immediately turned pale. Then, he suddenly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and the Falcon immediately rushed out like a runaway wild horse. Along the way He knocked away three more Japs and then rose into the air,
Despite the help of flares, and even though Xue Changkong was piloting 201, the bombing effect of this flying fortress was still unsatisfactory. At least half of the bombs deviated from the target and landed in the wilderness, outside the airport runway. When the first explosion sounded At that time, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery troops also began to fight back.
After 301 dropped all the bombs in one go, Xue Changkong immediately pulled the fighter plane up and accelerated away at the same time to make room for the bombers behind. While controlling the fighter plane, he said to Hong Falcon: "According to the information provided by the Wuyishan Radar Station Data shows that Geng Changkong was probably shot down by a Japanese plane taking off from Quzhou Airport."
Because Geng Changkong also has the word "Changkong" in his name, and because of his excellent driving skills, he has always been taken care of by Xue Changkong. Geng Changkong's death made Xue Changkong very depressed for a while. This time he took the initiative to ask to command the air raid mission. The meaning of revenge for him,
Hong Falcon understood what he was thinking and said, "Now you have avenged him personally."
Xue Changkong sighed softly, pulled the plane higher, and started to turn,
At this time, Quzhou Airport had been completely submerged by the fireworks caused by the explosions, and almost being chased by the explosions of fireworks, another Falcon fighter also successfully took off.
These two Falcons became the last comfort for Shimomigishi and Kawaguchi.
Longxi Mountain has a total of three air fortresses. Except for one that is under maintenance, the remaining two are all dispatched. Except for these two relatively advanced fighters, the remaining bombers are all relatively old-fashioned. This gives Sasaki a This opportunity gave him the opportunity to become an ace pilot. After he successfully took off, he did not rush into the battle. Instead, he accelerated away from the airport and then circled back from the northwest. The first thing he grabbed was a Huo fighter. This aircraft The pilot of the fighter plane did not realize that the enemy had appeared behind him. Therefore, he did not know that he had been hit until both wings were broken and the plane lost control.
After the airport was destroyed, the oil depot southwest of the airport was hit and exploded. The violent explosions confused the pilots' hearing, making them unable to even hear the sound of bullets hitting close at hand.
After Xu Jicai cast the first round of flares he carried, he immediately flew to the side to perform a preliminary warning mission. While he was turning, the Sasaki pilot successfully took off. Xu Jicai only saw the second Falcon taking off. Therefore, it was natural for him to pounce on the enemy plane.
The Japs pilot Koshin Sanada who piloted this Falcon fighter was also very experienced in air combat. In terms of combat style alone, he was even more ruthless than Sasaki. After he flew the plane past the bomb's impact, he immediately yanked the plane. First, those old-fashioned bombers that bullied the Xuebing Army had poor self-defense capabilities, slow flight speed, and it took more effort to change their flight attitude than they were proud of. They just overran the bomber group and successfully blocked the remaining bombers behind them.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and the field of vision in the sky was particularly good. The two sides could see each other within two hundred meters of each other. Of course, the distance of two hundred meters was extremely dangerous for high-speed flying fighters. There will be a collision, and then both of them will finish playing,
Kochen Sanada dared to do this because of the superior climbing performance of the Falcon.
Zhang Guyun, who was driving a Hawker III, was thinking about diving to drop bombs. Suddenly, a fighter plane appeared in front of him. Unaware of the situation, he instinctively turned to the left to avoid it. Then, an unexpected scene appeared. The two wings of the opposite fighter plane appeared. Flames spurted out from his body, and he immediately felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and then lost consciousness. This fighter plane belonged to the enemy.
Xu Jicai saw this scene that made his eyes split with rage. Due to the color of the sky, although he spotted the escaping enemy plane, he was unable to catch it firmly. The bomber brigade of his own side was following closely behind him. , when the weather was bad, he did not dare to approach too closely to cause confusion, but instead gave the enemy aircraft an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The Hawker III piloted by Zhang Guyun was knocked into pieces and disintegrated in the air. The sparks generated by the explosion exposed the traces of the Falcon driven by Kochen Sanada. Xu Jicai grabbed the silhouette of the Falcon flying by and gritted his teeth and pulled the fighter plane to pursue it. past,
The sky is getting brighter, which brings greater benefits to the air raid fleet. Without the cover of darkness, many buildings at Quzhou Airport can no longer hide. Waiting for them will be continuous bombing. At the same time, the two Falcons can no longer look like before. Such unscrupulous fishing in troubled waters,
At this moment, Sasaki's ship had already shot down another bomber, and then he discovered that it was chasing another Hayabusa-type Gakut-1 fighter.
As the first jet fighter in this time and space, the Xue Type 1 has a length of 15.4 meters and a wingspan of 17.9 meters. Its size can be described as huge. Compared with the Falcon, which is only about 8.8 meters in length, it is like a giant or a dwarf.
Sasaki Daikan had previously learned that the Xuebing Army had recently introduced an advanced bomber from the United States, so he took it for granted that what he was seeing now was exactly this kind of fighter. Fighters had an overwhelming psychological advantage over bombers, so he immediately I chased after it excitedly, but I didn't want to think about it. If this fighter plane was really a bomber, then why was it chasing the Falcon on its side? Could it be that the pilot flying this fighter plane was an idiot and thought the bomber could win the fight? fighter,
The Aerial Fortress piloted by Xue Changkong is already preparing to return. The cost of building the Aerial Fortress is much more expensive than the Xue Bing Type 1. So far, the Xuebing Army has only purchased and produced more than a dozen of them. It can be said that every one They were all Ouyang Yun's pet peeve. Once Xue Changkong found out that a Japanese plane had completed its takeoff, he would not dare to stay any longer. The pilot driving another Sky Fortress had already turned around and ran away because of the same thought. As for those old planes, Old bombers, due to poor protection capabilities, immediately dispersed and returned to base after dropping bombs. Those that were intercepted tried their best to break through the blockade or track them to complete the bombing mission or return home.
After the two Falcon fighter jets were revealed, the fighter jets on guard duty immediately surrounded them. At this time, a very real and thorny problem arose. When there were too many fighter jets on their own side, many pilots were restrained because they were afraid of hurting friendly aircraft. He didn't dare to shoot casually, but Kochen Sanada was obviously aware of this and flew desperately towards the densely populated area of aircraft, assuming a desperate posture.
More than a dozen fighter planes were entangled together, and the two Falcons opened fire wantonly. Our fighter planes had the numerical advantage and instead used rat weapons. Xu Jicai chased Sanada Kochen back and forth for three or four times, but could not lock him. He became anxious and turned to Xue Changkong. Asking for battlefield command,
Although Xue Changkong was away from the battlefield, he could roughly guess the situation at the scene, and immediately announced that Xu Jicai would take over the command of the battlefield. After Xu Jicai took over the command, he immediately ordered all bombers and non-Xue type 1 fighters to move away to make room for them. space,
There are a total of five Xue-1 fighter jets at Longxishan Airport, two of which are under maintenance, and only three participated in this operation.
All kinds of bombers and old-fashioned fighter jets began to pull away from the battlefield. These three Xuexian-1 fighters got the opportunity to display the superior performance of their jet engines and immediately launched counterattacks.
While still at the Dingzhou base, the Xuebing Army R&D Institute began to carry out technical modifications on some old bombers at the request of Ouyang Yun. The only purpose of the technical modifications was to strengthen them so that the fighters could withstand the impact of diving bombs. ,
The reason why Ouyang Yun did this was to increase the accuracy of bombing and maximize the combat capabilities of old bombers. After a year of research and practice, this technical transformation was finally completed two years ago, and It immediately played a huge role in the bombing of the United Fleet. Now it seems that this technical modification not only increased the combat capabilities of these old bombers, but also increased their survivability on the battlefield, because they can dive to evade, which makes The shooting of the two Falcons repeatedly failed, while Xu Jicai and the other two pilots with pilot level 1, who were watching eagerly for opportunities, finally took the opportunity to firmly seize the two enemy planes, and among all the bombers After they and the old fighter jets were temporarily away from the battlefield, Xu Jicai's performance was a bit unscrupulous and extremely arrogant. Take Xu Jicai for example, he didn't care about his Sasaki ship, but concentrated on targeting Sanada Kochen. , after about ten minutes of chasing, three guns finally fired, hitting the Falcon until it disintegrated in the airspace.
As for Xu Jicai actually using such a crude combat method to deal with Sanada Kochen, Sasaki was stunned and at the same time cursed the Chinese people for being stupid and wasting their natural resources. He believed that handing over such advanced fighters to these people was a real waste, "China Pig, die." Just when the Falcon driven by Kochen Sanada exploded and turned into a ball of fire, he roared and pressed the shooting button.