Gong Heming climbed his A26 fighter to an altitude of 5,000 meters and took a rough look at the melee below. The Chinese Air Force's fighters were at a numerical disadvantage and were surrounded by Japanese fighter jets, making it difficult to exert their firepower, speed and
Mobility advantages.
Gong Heming immediately issued an order into the microphone: "All fighter planes participating in the battle will fly over our ground air defense forces at low altitude, which will make the Japanese fighter planes worried and unable to take advantage of their numerical advantage. Then we will use the strength of our fighter planes."
High performance, annihilate its fighters one by one. Do you understand?"
"Got it!" Gao Zhihang took the lead to express his position on behalf of the Central Air Force, and then led the fighter group to suddenly lower their flying altitude and pass over Panshan Mountain.
"clear!"
After the squadron commanders of the three squadrons of the Southwest Air Force responded one by one, they followed suit and broke free from the siege of Japanese fighter planes, roaring all the way towards the air defense positions below.
Gong Heming saw that the Japanese fighter planes were caught off guard and formed a mess in the sky. He was obviously worried about whether to lower the flight altitude and followed him in pursuit. He couldn't help but smile, opened the door, and climbed towards a high-speed aircraft, approaching his own fighter plane.
The new Japanese fighter planes rushed over.
Jiro Sasaki is a captain of the Army Aviation Corps. He is flying the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter jet specially developed by the Japanese Army in response to the war in China. His heart is full of excitement.
As early as 1933 during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, the Kwantung Army and the military headquarters urgently felt that their dignity had been challenged by the superior performance of the Chinese Air Force fighter aircraft, so they issued a bidding plan to various aircraft manufacturers to solicit a proposal.
A new model with better performance than Chinese fighters. Because Mitsubishi's design lagged behind in speed, climb rate and maneuverability, it eventually evolved into a dispute between Nakajima and Kawasaki.
In 1935, Kawasaki's ki-28 Kawasaki fighter and Nakajima's ki-27 Nakajima fighter were launched successively. Although ki-28 was superior to ki-27 in terms of maximum level flight speed and climb rate, ki-27 had superior
Its maneuverability, especially its turning performance, is outstanding.
"The most important feature of a fighter jet is to be able to win in close combat as the pilot hopes. Maneuverability is undoubtedly the most important performance of a fighter jet. In comparison, in terms of flight speed and other aspects, it can be better.
sacrificed to maintain mobility." The Japanese army, navy and air force, which advocated offense, all held
With this view, the Ki-27 was favored by the Japanese Army and an order was given for two thousand aircraft. However, in order to test more in actual combat, the Ki-28 also purchased one hundred aircraft, even Mitsubishi's obsolete models.
An order for twenty aircraft was also placed, which is why the Japanese Air Force had a wide variety of fighter aircraft during the Baoding air battle.
In 1936, in order to maintain its advantage in the competition, Nakajima Company continued to increase its research and investment in fighter jets. With the help of American aircraft engineers, it officially launched the ki-43 Nakajima fighter jet in May this year. This fighter
It adopts ha-25 fourteen-cylinder radial air-cooled engine, which can constantly output 950 horsepower and has strong power. ki-4
The 3 fighter draws on the advantages of Kawasaki's Ki-28 and adopts a cantilevered lower wing layout. The left and right wing roots and the front fuselage are manufactured as a whole, which greatly reduces the weight of the aircraft. At the same time, the wing dihedral angle is six degrees.
, has good stall performance. In order to reduce the structural weight of the wing, the firepower system is installed in the nose hood, and the space in the wing is used to store fuel.
After adopting such an exquisite design, the maximum level flight speed of the ki-43 Nakajima fighter exceeds 500 kilometers per hour. Its climbing ability, combat radius and maneuverability are all far superior to the ki-27. Compared with the A25 equipped by the Chinese Air Force
The performance of the fighter aircraft is superior. Comprehensive comparison with the A26 shows that although the Ki-27 is slightly behind, it does not suffer much in actual air combat. It depends on the pilot's operational ability.
In order to cope with the challenge of the Chinese Air Force this time, the Japanese base camp quickly passed the review of the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter, which will be named Nakajima-1 fighter, and twenty prototypes produced by Nakajima Company will be assigned to the Army Aviation Commander
All of them were transferred to North China to participate in the war. Sasaki Jiro was fortunate enough to become the owner of one of the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter jets. After a simple proficiency, he soon fell in love with this advanced fighter jet. He was eager to win a duel with Chinese fighter jets.
Victory is certain.
Erlang Sasaki aimed at the A26 fighter jet piloted by Gong Heming, and desperately fired Japanese-style 7.7mm aviation machine gun bullets, but Gong Heming cleverly avoided them, and then retaliated with 20mm cannon and aviation
Machine guns exchanged fire with Japanese fighter planes.
At this time, the performance of the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter was fully demonstrated. Sasaki Jiro evaded flexibly and fired back a few times from time to time. The two fighters fought at an altitude of 5,000 meters, passing each other from time to time, and then turned back and continued.
For this brand-new model, Gong Heming mustered up all his energy and made continuous dives.
, roll, somersault and other maneuvers, and go around the back of the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter. Sasaki Jiro's shortcomings in actual combat experience finally showed up. When there was no time to avoid, he did not choose to dive or ascend, and was caught by Miya Heming.
Seizing the opportunity, the cannon and aircraft machine guns fired a salvo, instantly hitting the wings of the Ki-43 Nakajima fighter.
Suddenly, Jiro Sasaki felt his fighter plane shake violently, and it paused for a moment in the air. Soon, sparks shot up from the fuel tanks on the wings, then spread to the fuselage, burning violently in the air. Jiro Sasaki's whole body was surrounded by fire, and he let out a loud roar.
The screams were finally relieved by a huge explosion.
Gong Heming quickly lowered his altitude and flew to low altitude.
At this time, the Japanese fighter planes also made a desperate move, lowering their altitude one after another, and fighting with the Chinese Air Force's fighter planes. Since the density of Japanese fighter planes was much greater than that of the Chinese Air Force's fighter planes, they immediately became the target of ground anti-aircraft firepower, and fighter planes flew from time to time.
It roared towards the ground and exploded.
Gong Heming came to the outside of the battle circle, spotted a Ki-27 Nakajima fighter, followed it, and opened fire violently. The enemy plane swung left and right, avoiding the attack in time. At this time, two Japanese fighter planes, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards it.
When they came over, they fired a burst of fire at Gong Heming's A26 fighter jet.
Gong Heming immediately made an evasive action, a beautiful vertical turn - the A26 rushed into the air, a 360-degree flip, and when it flew back to the normal course, it had fallen behind the Japanese fighter planes, aiming at one of them.
With a fierce bombardment, the Japanese fighter plane suddenly started to smoke and fell to the ground.
Gong Heming just wanted to adjust the course and attack another fighter plane, but the ground anti-aircraft fire was very dense at this time. With the fighter plane moving at high speed, it was impossible to avoid accidental damage. Several of the anti-aircraft artillery shells almost hit Gong Heming.
While Heming's plane was dodging, the Japanese fighter plane in front of him had been hit, and brilliant sparks bloomed in the sky.
Just as Gong Heming was looking for the next target, the urgent voice of reconnaissance squadron leader Yi Dingfa came from the intercom: "Captain, a large number of Japanese military aircraft suddenly appeared in the south. They are extremely dense and dense. Please be more vigilant."
Gong Heming was slightly startled, wondering if it was the Japanese fighter planes stationed in Tianjin that came to assist in the battle? However, his subordinates did not dare to neglect and continued to pounce on the next Japanese fighter plane. He knew very well that because this time the Japanese military had invested in
A new type of fighter jet that has never been seen before. The Chinese Air Force already has an advantage in the quality of fighter jets.
To offset it to a certain extent, we can only try to make full use of the ground air defense firepower network to greatly deter and attack Japanese fighter planes, and consume as much of the opponent's strength as possible. Nowadays, the air battle has taken on an endless situation. If one side takes the initiative to retreat,
You will definitely become the target of your opponent's pursuit, and you will no longer be able to fight back.
Five minutes later, the Japanese fighter group arrived, and immediately separated some of them, braved the intensive anti-aircraft fire on the ground, and rushed towards the anti-aircraft artillery position. After losing six bombers, one bomb fell on Panshan and Cuiping Mountain, and a wave of
A raging flame soared into the sky.
In this decisive battle that was a matter of life and death, the Japanese army finally used their trump card - large-caliber incendiary bombs. Amidst the not-so-loud explosions, flames shot up into the sky, destroying the bombs and fighter planes that had crashed to the ground in frequent explosions.
The forest trees that were parched and dried up suddenly caught fire.
The fire borrowed the power of the wind, and dozens of fire heads quickly connected into one, becoming a prairie fire. The entire mountainous area south of Jixian County became a terrifying sea of fire. The anti-aircraft artillery position of the Anjia Army air defense force on the ground was instantly destroyed by the raging fire.
surrounded.
Gong Heming's eyes were filled with tears. He now finally understood that the Japanese aviation tactics were to use all means to completely eliminate the threat of anti-aircraft fire on the ground, and then use the advantage in the number of fighter planes to win this air battle.
On the ground, the Anjia Army's air defense troops saw the fire sealing the mountain. They had no choice but to give up holding on to the anti-aircraft artillery position and retreated to nearby streams. The soldiers who could not escape were surrounded by the rapidly spreading flames and became burning people.
, fell to the ground with a crash.
The air defense positions carefully set up by the Anjia Army were finally completely collapsed under the extremely brutal and fierce Japanese attack.
As boxes of anti-aircraft artillery shells and machine gun bullets were burned and exploded by the flames, earth-shaking explosions came from various anti-aircraft artillery positions. Countless gun barrels, gun barrels, and gun butts were fired in all directions, becoming even louder.
As the fire spread throughout the mountainous area, Jixian County was also surrounded by fire.
At this point, all ground anti-aircraft weapons of the Fifth Army were destroyed and could no longer provide any fire support in the air.
Gong Heming gritted his teeth and tried his best not to let himself look at the tragic defeat of the Anjia Army's air defense force below. He deftly avoided the bullet marks left in the air after the Japanese fighter planes attacked, and rushed towards a new Japanese fighter jet in front.
At this time, the opponent had just shot down an A25 fighter jet. In his pride, he did not change the course in time. Gong Heming coldly pressed the machine gun firing button. The Japanese fighter jet immediately emitted black smoke and fell to the ground.
Gong Heming did not adjust his course and continued to rush forward. He saw all the Japanese fighter planes in the sky. He almost didn't take aim. The cannons and aviation machine guns fired randomly, and the three Japanese fighter planes were hit and exploded in the air. Then, Gong Heming
Heming turned the plane's nose in time, using its speed advantage to get rid of the pursuit of a Mitsubishi fighter jet behind it, and pounced on a fighter jet that had just joined the battle group in front.
Gong Heming rushed three hundred meters behind the Japanese fighter plane and suddenly discovered that the aircraft was the Type 96 ship-based fighter that he had studied when he was teaching at Xufu Aviation School. This is the main aircraft of the Japanese naval aviation at present.
Model, using a 610-horsepower Nakajima 41 air-cooled nine-cylinder engine, the fighter's hovering performance is very good, and it is one of the best fighters of this era. Gong Heming did not hesitate at all, pressed the cannon button, and the Japanese fighter plane responded
Fall.
Gong Heming felt heavy. The appearance of Type 96 fighter jets showed that the Japanese naval aviation was dispatched. In other words, the number of Japanese fighter jets detected by high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was not accurate. The total number of Japanese fighter jets invested in North China was at least
Double the previous data.
Let the Chinese Air Force, which has less than a hundred fighter jets in the entire North China region, engage in a strategic decisive battle with seven to eight hundred Japanese fighter jets. This plan has been extremely risky from the beginning, and now it is even more so after the complete defeat of the ground air defense forces.
, becomes a living reality.
Gong Heming quickly reported his findings and concerns to the Air Force 6th Regiment headquarters at Nanyuan Airport. He made up his mind to fight to the death to serve the country and eliminate as many Japanese fighter planes as he could.
At this moment, bad news came again: a large group of Japanese fighter planes appeared again in the northeast and northern sky. The exact number was unknown. As far as the reconnaissance pilot could see, the shadows of Japanese fighter planes were overwhelming.
The Chinese Air Force is surrounded by Japanese fighter planes!