Although the intelligence work of the Japanese Special High School against the Red Party still cannot satisfy the Japanese base camp, because basically all the combat aircraft of the First Pilot Division of the Border Air Force were seized from the Japanese, it is not difficult for the Japanese army to estimate their general
Strength. However, because Japanese pilots have a tradition of exaggerating their results, the Japanese North China Front Army Aviation Corps Headquarters believes that the Red Party’s own available combat aircraft will not exceed 100. Although the previous 15th Army Flying Group had a brilliant record, it was basically all sneak attacks.
Therefore, Japanese pilots still disdain the strength of Red Party pilots, and generally have a mentality of underestimating the enemy.
But even so, considering the threat of the 150 aircraft of the Soviet aid air force, the Japanese North China Front Army Aviation Corps headquarters still adopted a "lion versus rabbit" posture. In the first air raid on Luoyang, a powerful force was sent
The flying group has a total of 168 new combat aircraft. Although it is still less than the enemy, the Japanese pilots who think highly of themselves generally believe that so many are enough. In their view, if they deal with the aviation forces of China and "Lucia"
It also requires a similar amount, which is simply a shame and a shame...
Not long after he occupied Luoyang, Hu Weidong had people begin to expand and transform the original pitifully small airport. After several years of hard work, Luoyang Airport is now the largest airport in China and even Asia, including the Soviet-aided aviation fleet.
It is more than enough for all the more than 300 combat aircraft in the airport to be parked at this airport. The aircraft are parked in a centralized manner to facilitate sorties, but it is very dangerous once they are attacked by enemy aircraft. However, the radar in the Central Plains Border Area is showing its second life in Tesla.
With the joint efforts of domestic experts such as Shu Xingbei, the performance is almost the same every day. Now the detection range is very large. In addition, Hu Weidong has set up countless observation posts around Luoyang just in case, even under the radar.
In bad weather such as rain and snow, where detection capabilities are greatly limited, the airport can also ensure that it receives timely warnings. If the incoming enemy is too strong, all aircraft will hide in multiple underground hangars that have been built in the past two years to avoid them.
Edge. But this time the Japanese aircraft fleet, although it is enough to attract the attention of the Air Force, it is not even afraid to take off to attack. Of course, the bombers still have to hide...
Considering the different performance characteristics of the fighters of the two pilot divisions, the 9 fighter squadrons of the Soviet aid air force were responsible for frontal interception. The 1st Air Force Division, whose 88 fighters were all Japanese Type 95 biplane fighters, was responsible for the execution of Hu Weidong, Gao Zhihang and others.
The new tactic that was discussed - "Long-distance first attack - pull up to escape" will first give the Japanese a show of strength, and at the same time lure the enemy...
The new aircraft of the Japanese Army after 1936 are all equipped with airborne radios, but their performance is so disappointing (Note 1) that many pilots simply dismantle them, which can save fuel and increase the flight speed somewhat, and the pilots also
I am always more accustomed to using gestures and drawing boards to communicate with each other. At the same time, this can also prevent enemies with radio positioning detection capabilities from prematurely discovering the incoming aircraft group and determining its approximate location. Therefore, when the leader of the Japanese flight group discovered the Chinese aircraft group
In the end, they could only order their subordinates to fight through hand gestures. The planes in the distance could not be seen, and they had to spread the news in batches. This time, the number of Japanese planes dispatched at a time was so large that it took more than ten seconds.
The order was spread throughout the flying regiment...
However, the leader of the Japanese flying regiment did not become impatient or panicked because of this. Firstly, he had already gotten used to it, and secondly, the enemy he faced this time was completely vulnerable to him. "There are not even a hundred of them. They are all old-fashioned biplanes."
,China’s pilots are really pathetic..."
But the leader of the Japanese flying regiment immediately thought that all these enemy planes had been seized from their army aviation, and he immediately became very embarrassed. He immediately made a gesture and ordered, "Kill them, and don't let any of them go."
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Because the enemy planes were still far away, the experienced Japanese pilots all seemed to be taking their time. However, what surprised them was that even the nearest enemy planes were clearly still 1,500 meters away, and some enemy planes actually
He took the lead in firing. Now the Japanese could not help but look down on their opponent even more, "It is impossible to hit from such a long distance? Even if you are lucky, it is impossible for the bullet to penetrate the aluminum alloy body shell. It seems that these
The Chinese pilots are very young..."
But as soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese bomber suddenly made a "boom" sound, billowing smoke erupted, lost its balance, and fell to the ground. The pilots of both sides could clearly see the unobstructed part of their sight. The right wing of the plane was astonishingly visible.
Half of it was broken, and no matter how capable the pilot was, he could only parachute to escape. For a moment, the Japanese couldn't help but be deeply shocked by the powerful firepower of the enemy plane, "Did they put the cannon on the plane? From the sound of it, they only hit one."
Just one shot, and destroyed a heavy bomber (heavy bomber)? The Chinese people are simply crazy. Don't they want to miss the hit rate? Or do they just hope for good luck?"
As the distance between the two sides further narrowed, 88 Chinese fighter jets fired three or four rounds, shooting down a total of three bombers and two fighter jets, but compared to the huge number of Japanese aircraft, it was not worth mentioning. And the Japanese flying regiments
Colonel Nagayamaguchi's face was filled with joy. He was very familiar with the performance of the Type 95 biplane fighter. Compared with the Nakajima Type 97 fighter he was currently flying, the speed and acceleration performance were far behind him. As long as the machine gun was effective,
The faster Japanese aircraft fleet can easily divide and surround enemy aircraft, forming a local advantage of using more to defeat fewer aircraft, and the chance of victory is obvious.
As for the Chinese aircraft's one-sided pursuit of long range, Yamaguchi even disagreed, "If we fire from such a long distance, the hit rate cannot be guaranteed at all. What's more, the rate of fire of the aircraft gun is still slow, and nearly a hundred aircraft fired in salvo before we were defeated.
With so few hits, how much advantage does it have to have the upper hand? People from China, please open your eyes and see clearly. Close-range machine gun fire is the key to victory in an air battle!"
Yamaguchi had a thought in his mind, but in the blink of an eye, he discovered that the enemy plane that had just closed to about 800 meters suddenly pulled up in unison, and then used the unparalleled maneuverability of the biplane to easily turn around at high altitude and escape...
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Note 1: It is normal to not be able to connect, but it is good luck to get through. There was a popular curse word in the Japanese Navy during World War II: "You Kong-1!", which refers to the most useless Kong-1 radio system of the Japanese Navy. The signal
It's so bad that it's often impossible to connect, and the performance of the Air Force's airborne radio is even worse.