At ten o'clock in the morning, the latest news about the Japanese army's Pudong Airport came:
After detailed investigation by the reconnaissance aircraft squadron, it was discovered that the Japanese army had built an airport in Zhuqiao Town, Heqing Town, and Laogang Town in Pudong. Prior to this, the Japanese army prepared a large number of grass-green tarpaulins in these places, and the construction was completed at night
Later, in the morning, the construction site was covered with a tarpaulin. From the sky, it looked almost the same color as the rice fields far and near, so I ignored it.
After discovering the problem, the intelligence department quickly collected the reconnaissance photos of various places in Pudong in the past ten months and finally discovered the secret of the Japanese army's camouflage. And there was an even more shocking discovery. The Japanese army not only quietly built the airport, but also built a connection to the outside world.
Roads to ports such as Gaoqiao, Chuansha, and Laogang were not known on the map before. Although these
Most of the roads are not of high standard, but the Japanese army has obviously deliberately stored masonry, coal and slag over the years. Now the roads are all thickly paved, which is enough for cars and large-caliber heavy artillery. The Japanese army is very cunning.
The roads were all paved with thatch, and if you didn't pay special attention, you wouldn't be able to spot the movements of the Japanese troops.
At the same time, the number of Japanese fighter jets captured by radar has been calculated. Although the specific type and model of the Japanese fighter jets are still unclear, it is basically certain that the Japanese fighter jets transferred to Jeju Island in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula to refuel.
The number of Japanese fighter planes flying to Shanghai was 178. How such a huge fleet of aircraft can keep pace is also a huge mystery.
After figuring out the location of the Japanese airport, An Yi immediately issued an order to send fighter planes to conduct a tentative attack on the Japanese airport in Pudong, and determine the anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese airport, the type, model and specific combat power of the Japanese airport, so as to prepare for the next battle plan.
Formulate and provide detailed data basis.
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And an hour ago, *** Tokyo, Hibiya Park Convention Center.
Since the Marco Polo Bridge Incident last month, the Communist Party of China government held a national mobilization meeting for the spirit of the national war for the first time in response to the war in China.
"My emperor is prosperous for thousands of generations; the gravel is rocky and covered with moss; there is long-term peace and stability, and the country is prosperous and the people are peaceful." When the music of the *** national anthem "The Generation of the King" was played, tens of thousands of people in attendance faced the
* plaster flags, singing in unison, magnificent and spectacular.
This conference was broadcast to all Japanese citizens through the Japanese National Broadcasting Station, which was formed by the merger of three radio stations in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Banks, factories, shops, department stores, and large stores in mainland and colonial countries
Primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, and transportation companies all stopped normal operations. Farmers from all over the country were guided in an orderly manner into gymnasiums, parks, squares and other places to listen to speeches by major cabinet officials and generals.
The meeting was chaired by the Cabinet Minister of War, Gen. Gen. Sugiyama. Prime Minister Konoe Fumima, who had to change his position to align with the Japanese emperor, also attended the meeting in person and delivered a speech entitled "Carrying the Greater East Asia Holy War to the End" at the meeting.
Today, there are representatives of seventy-four civil organizations and national associations across the country, including the Imperial Rural Soldiers' Association, the *** Shipbuilders' Association, the Coal Miners' Security Association, the Tramworkers' Association, the Bank Employees' Association, and the *** Peasants' Association.
Friendship Association, *** Student Association, *** Women’s Support Association, *** Buddhist Association, Shinto Association
, the Monk Association, etc. are all present, representing all classes and industries in the country, workers, farmers, businessmen, students, soldiers, including enthusiastic children and young people, will all be mobilized and encouraged, voluntarily, proactively, and passionately,
They are irresistibly devoted to the so-called "holy war" of invading and overthrowing another neighbor with a narrow strip of water - the Chinese people.
Go in.
Facing the microphone, Konoe Fumima waved his hands and spoke impassionedly.
"...the Chinese government despises our great Japanese empire, opposes and opposes Japan, kills our compatriots, rapes our overseas Chinese, stirs up trouble in North China, and causes more than ten casualties to our anti-rebellion imperial army.
With tens of thousands of casualties, they flew planes over our territory, bombed our people, humiliated and intimidated our people in every possible way, and then opened fire on our marines in Shanghai, causing many tragedies of separated flesh and blood and broken families. Their evil deeds have reached the point of being unscrupulous and orderly.
To the point where people are outraged.
"With all that has happened during this period, my government has always had a compassionate heart and could not bear to escalate the situation. With the communication from friendly countries, it has tried its best to reconcile with the Chinese government. However, the Chinese government did not repent and instead mobilized heavy troops and conspired to frame up the situation.
As a result, our navy's aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers were sunk or plundered by them
, What is particularly serious is that the government not only openly sends troops to confront the government, but also insults the sacred glory of our eternal majesty, the Emperor, in daily life and entertainment... Please see, this is what is prevalent in the Chinese army.
How can the people of our empire tolerate a kind of playing card that His Majesty, the Emperor, has been deliberately vilified to this extent?"
A pair of playing cards issued by Deputy An Jiajun were passed among the people at the venue. Soon, angry voices of condemnation broke out in an overwhelming force. At this time, the national sentiments and self-esteem of the Japanese people were affected by the strong influence from the area across the strait.
The shameful enemies on the mainland were severely injured, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation and rage.
In the eyes of the Japanese people, no matter whether a war against Japan occurs anywhere outside the Japanese islands, it is a serious violation and challenge to the interests of all the people of the empire, especially an insult to the emperor, and it is even more unacceptable.
Atrocities tolerated!
"Punish the violent China army and the Nanjing government, and collect blood debts from the rude and barbaric China people. The Imperial Army is invincible. The glory of the Great Emperor of China will surely shine on all lands under the sun!"
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor, who is admired by all the people, and His Majesty the Queen!"
"We will never compromise and vow to carry out the Holy War in Greater East Asia to the end!"
"Firmly support making His Majesty the Emperor the co-owner of East Asia!"
The arrogant shouts spread through wireless broadcasts throughout the mountains and rivers of the Taiwanese archipelago and its colonies, into the stadiums, parks, squares and other places scattered in the cities and villages of Japan, and to thousands of people.
Thousands of ordinary families, with tears in their eyes and excited hearts, listened to the sounds coming from the capital Tokyo, where His Majesty the Holy Emperor lives.
The low morale originally caused by the bombing of the Southwest Air Force was wiped out. All Japanese citizens were inspired by the anger. The entire country's war machine was thoroughly mobilized, and people joined the army to join the war.
They worked overtime in production, voluntary labor, encouraged frontline soldiers, etc. to express their loyalty and patriotism. From then on, the entire country was completely tied to the chariot of militarism.
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Twelve noon.
Twenty bombers from the 10th and 11th Squadrons of the Second Battalion of the Southwest Air Force, protected by A26 fighters from the two squadrons, flew toward the Japanese airport in Laogang Town, Pudong.
"Warning: Three Japanese fighter groups have taken off! Warning: Three Japanese fighter groups have taken off! According to high-altitude observations, the Japanese fighter planes include the latest ki43 Nakajima-1 fighter - which was infiltrated on the 8th of this month.
*The Army Ministry named it the Falcon fighter. It has high hopes for this aircraft. Do not underestimate the enemy!"
The voice of Lieutenant Colonel Li Tinglin, leader of the reconnaissance aircraft squadron, came over the airborne radio.
"What the hell, how did the Japanese army know that we were going to bomb their airport?" Captain Liang Peter, the pilot of the 10th Squadron, asked in surprise.
"The situation is unknown now... Note: Japanese fighter planes are still taking off. According to visual inspection, the Japanese fighter planes include Ki27 Nakajima Type 97 fighter jets and Kawasaki Type 95 biplane fighters. This should be used by ***
The last batch of old-fashioned fighters produced by its aircraft production line, as the Ki43 Falcon fighter production line increases production,
The main fighters of the Japanese Air Force in the future will definitely be Falcons... Now a new biplane fighter has been discovered that has never appeared in the Japanese army's battle sequence. Judging from the appearance, it should be an Italian Fiat CR.
32 fighter jet. I believe that everyone has a very good understanding of the performance of this fighter jet when taking tactical classes, so I won’t talk nonsense.
"One final warning: We have lost the surprise of the attack. Please consider the tactics carefully. The report is completed!"
After Li Tinglin finished speaking, Colonel Liu Yuxi, deputy commander of the Second Air Force Regiment, who was commanding the operation, issued an order into the microphone:
"Attention Seventh Squadron and Eighth Squadron, your mission is to attract and entangle the Japanese fighter group and create conditions for bombers to bomb. Remember, although the Falcon fighter is very powerful, it has a fatal flaw, that is, insufficient dive performance. We
Now try to climb as high as possible, and strive to reach an altitude of 8,000 meters when you reach the Japanese airport. Then the fighter planes will swoop down first and attack the Japanese fighter group. After the Japanese fall into the trap, the bomber squadron will be dispatched again. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"receive!"
A flurry of answers came.
Ten minutes later, the fleet flew over downtown Shanghai.
"Attention everyone, I am above you. The aircraft fleet will change course uniformly, 45 degrees to the right. The Japanese airport is in front." The call from Lieutenant Colonel Li Tinglin, the reconnaissance squadron leader and the navigator of this operation, came again on the radio.
Colonel Liu Yuxi said into the microphone: "Understood, the heading is 45 degrees to the right." Then he drove the A26 fighter jet, shook the wings slightly a few times, and quickly adjusted to the new heading.
Lieutenant Colonel Li Tinglin's voice continued: "The height of the clouds above Pudong is now 4,000 meters. The Japanese fighter planes are hidden under the clouds and are waiting. Our reconnaissance aircraft squadron will closely monitor the combat airspace. I wish my brothers good luck!"
The pilots felt a sense of awe in their hearts, and they swung the wings one after another to adjust the status of the fighter.
"action!"
Following Liu Yuxi's order, twenty A26 fighter jets roared downwards and a group of bombers circled in the sky, waiting for orders at any time. They would break out of the clouds at the most appropriate time and launch intensive bombing on the Japanese airport.
Breaking through the clouds and appearing in front of the A26 fighter group were densely packed Japanese fighter planes waiting. The moment the silver-gray fighter planes appeared, the Japanese fighter planes also quickly maneuvered, just like a pebble falling into the calm water.
It creates ripples in circles.
Although they were evaded in time, three thin-skinned Japanese fighter planes still exploded in the air. The surrounding aircraft fleet rushed towards the sudden appearance of the A26 fighter planes like sharks smelling blood. The afterimages of tracer bullets in the air kept flashing, and aircraft machine guns and machine guns
The sound of gunfire is endless.
According to the established tactics, hit and run, never willing to fight, so the A26 fighter group continued to roar and dive towards low altitude.
The combat experience of the *** Air Force has also been accumulated in the battle. In this wait-and-wait game, the Japanese fighter planes have a very good sense of hierarchy. During the descent, the twenty A26 fighter planes were constantly under fire from Japanese fighter planes at different heights.
Attack, wait for dive to 1500 meters altitude
, six Japanese Falcon fighter jets were already waiting there. An A26 fighter jet was unable to evade and was hit on the right wing. Thick smoke billowed out. It immediately lowered its altitude again. When it reached 1,000 meters, it suddenly turned to the west and evacuated at full speed.
The long smoke trailing on the wings is shocking to see.
Liu Yuxi was worried for a while. Every pilot was a valuable asset. He hoped that the pilot of the 7th Squadron named Wang Hua could safely fly the fighter plane back to Taicang Airport, which is closest to the combat airspace.
The air combat suddenly escalated. Two Chinese and Japanese fighter jets with very little performance gap were entangled with each other. The A26 was tough and thick-skinned and had powerful firepower, while the Ki43 was superior in its dexterity and extremely small turning radius. It could maneuver in very narrow areas.
The space makes all kinds of incredible fighting moves.
For a time, the fighter planes in the air were churning. The Japanese pilots, relying on the good maneuverability of the fighter planes, often avoided the machine guns and aviation machine gun bullets fired by the A26 fighters at critical moments, and suddenly went around to the side or behind the A26 fighters to carry out precise attacks.
shooting.
At this time, another A26 fighter plane's wing was broken, and it struggled staggeringly to get away from the battlefield. Anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns from below the combat airspace came intensively. Suddenly, the fighter plane exploded in the air, and brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky.
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"Two——"
Liu Yuxi screamed in grief, tears welling up in her eyes.
The pilot of the fighter plane just now was Huang Xuer, the second brother of Air Force Commander Huang Xuyi. The old man of the Huang family had no education. He had four sons, and they were named "Zhen", so they named them Huang Xuyi and Huang Xu respectively.
Two, yellow. Three, yellow.
Huang Zhensi is catchy and easy to recognize by outsiders. Now Huang Zhener and Huang Zhensan are serving in the Second Air Force Regiment and the Sixth Air Force Regiment respectively. The youngest brother Huang Zhensi is also studying at Xufu Aviation School. This family can be regarded as
I had a hard time with the Air Force, but now——
"No! We can't let our air force be wasted in this trap carefully laid by the Japanese army." Looking at the Japanese air strike group that was still in good order, and then looking at the underground Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire that continued to spray dense rain of bullets, Liu Yuxi made a decisive decision
Ordered:
"Tenth and Eleven Squadrons, cancel this bombing operation and return immediately! Repeat once, Tenth and Eleventh Squadrons, cancel this bombing operation and return immediately! Seventh and Eighth Squadrons, look for opportunities to withdraw from the battle! Repeat once, Seven
, Eighth Squadron, look for an opportunity to withdraw from the battle!"
"receive--"
"clear--"
Hearing the reply on the airborne radio, Liu Yuxi felt a little relieved. He dodged the bullets fired by fighter planes on both sides in time, found a gap in the hail of bullets and the blockade of Japanese fighter planes, and rushed through like lightning.
The two Japanese fighter planes were unable to evade and collided with each other, dragging a long plume of thick smoke, whimpering and falling to the ground, making a huge explosion.
Seeing that there were no fighter planes chasing behind him, Liu Yuxi took a slight breath and said into the microphone: "The situation is not right. The Japanese army has studied our tactics thoroughly and has fighter planes waiting at almost all heights below the clouds. All personnel do not want to
Love fighting, make full use of the mecha thickness of our fighter planes, conduct reasonable evasions, and quickly withdraw from the combat airspace.
"The First Air Regiment has already taken off and is heading towards downtown Shanghai. We will immediately head to the northern airspace to rendezvous with the First Air Regiment, and then decide to attack and defend based on the actual situation."