At 5:30 in the morning on the 16th, the Ming army's attack aircraft group flew over Yokosuka and was divided into two aircraft groups. The left group of aircraft first pounced on the first target: Atsugi Airport. Atsugi Airport is 30 kilometers northeast of Yokosuka, and the aircraft group is almost
In the blink of an eye, he was over Atsugi Airport.
The airport sirens below were blaring loudly. The Japanese pilots ran towards the plane desperately, and the ground crew behind them followed panting, holding flight suits and other items. But at this time, the Ming army's planes had already begun to pounce downwards, and machine gun bullets were first fired intensively.
Come down, a few pillars of smoke and dust
It exploded on the runway and quickly passed over a fighter jet that had climbed onto the runway... Suddenly, the fighter jet that was about to take off let out a strange scream, turned a big turn to the left, and the propeller flew out.
The engine burst into flames and the entire plane came to a standstill.
The cockpit hatch opened with a "snap", and the Japanese pilot inside desperately climbed out. But with a loud "boom", the plane exploded, and black smoke wrapped in fireballs shot into the sky. The gasoline in the fuel tank was burning violently.
Suddenly, a column of black smoke shot up to a height of more than ten meters, and then several Ming aircraft flew past the smoke column.
This scene did not seem to affect the other Japanese pilots. More Japanese pilots ran to the plane, climbed on the plane, pushed open the cockpit and got in, immediately started the propeller, and then took the flight suits from the ground staff next to them.
Put it on and get ready to start taxiing.
At this time, the surrounding anti-aircraft guns also began to fire "ping ping ping pong", and black clouds appeared in the sky. However, the altitude of the Ming army aircraft was already very low, and they were almost grazing the roofs of the buildings, so the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns were in vain.
Shooting from the ground to the sky. Only a few machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were really effective. Lines of fire in the sky chased the Ming army aircraft, forcing them to avoid them, and also covered the Japanese aircraft on the ground as they took off with difficulty.
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The attack on ground aircraft just now was mainly strafing. After a long war, the Ming army has considerable experience in ground attacks. It knows that dive bombers do not carry many bombs, three to four at most. Once they are thrown away, they are gone.
If you want to replenish, you can only return. So even if it is a dive bomber, it is
Soft and semi-hard targets such as personnel, vehicles, and aircraft are strafed as much as possible, while the bombs are reserved to deal with enemy artillery, tanks, important buildings, etc. This is even more true now. The entire fleet is
You know, try to keep the bombs and use them when bombing warships.
But at this time, the Ming army's bombs had to work. One of the squadron's dive bombers pulled up, and a dozen aircraft spread out to attack the anti-aircraft guns around the airport. According to experience, dive bombers are always very effective against anti-aircraft guns. Dive
During the process, the artillery group was first strafed, and then a bomb was dropped. The anti-aircraft guns were all open-air and had little protection.
As long as the bullet is not thrown too far, it can kill at least half of the gun crew. A machine gun crew always requires four or five people. One person observes, two people control the rotation and elevation, and one or two people move the shells. Large-caliber gun crews
Even more. After a round of dive strafing and bombing, even if there are two or three people left alive, it is basically impossible to control the artillery, and the artillery is considered useless.
Within a few minutes, the anti-aircraft guns around Atsugi Airport were almost cleared by Ming army dive bombers, but a lot of bombs were also spent. The threat from the anti-aircraft guns was eliminated. However, about ten Japanese fighter jets had already taken the opportunity to fly up and were being attacked.
Ming fighter jets pressed down from behind and hit them from above, trying to get these back
The enemy planes that were unable to climb were suppressed. Of course, the Ming fighter jets had an advantage. They had superior pilot skills and altitude advantages. Immediately, five Japanese fighter jets were hit before they had time to pull them up, and they fell to the airport with black smoke behind them.
.A ball of fire turned somersaults on the runway, scattered with a string of smoking parts.
But in this way, the Ming fighter jets will be greatly distracted, and the strafing of the Japanese aircraft on the ground will be greatly weakened. The Ming fighter jets only need seconds to destroy an enemy plane parked on the ground. And if they want to shoot down one
Even if the enemy aircraft has already taken flight, even if it has an advantage, it must at least
Count in minutes. Just when the Ming fighter jets turned to attack the Japanese planes taking off, more Japanese planes on the ground were able to take off. And the more Japanese planes took off, the more Ming fighter jets turned to attack them.
, giving the Japanese aircraft on the ground more time...
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After the Ming army's dive bombers blew up the anti-aircraft guns, they concentrated on attacking the Japanese aircraft on the ground. At this time, the situation had exceeded expectations, and it could no longer be called a "smooth surprise attack." A certain price had to be paid. The Ming army bomber leader also knew that he could not
It was just a matter of strafing. He ordered the bombs to be dropped.
At the command, the bombs fell one after another like meteorites, exploding on several runways one after another. At least three Japanese aircraft that were already taxiing on the runway were blown into fireballs, dragging the raging fire and still rushed far away. At the same time, more
The bombs also fell on both sides and were being evacuated.
Several taxiing Japanese planes immediately fell into the fire. Japanese fire trucks whizzed through the area with their flutes honking. Japanese firefighters climbed on both sides of the vehicles and controlled high-pressure water hoses to spray towards the fire. However, under the rain of bombs,
And in the face of strafing, it's a futile effort.
There were burning aircraft wreckage on every runway, and even the lawns on both sides of the runway were covered with craters. Until this time, the Japanese aircraft on the ground could no longer forcefully take off. Although some Japanese pilots still flew tenaciously
The plane turned left and right, trying to find a route to take off, but it was useless. The Ming army dive bombers that followed just strafed and made these Japanese fighter jets lie on the ground.
At this time, at least a quarter of the Japanese fighter jets had already flown: more than a dozen, that is, almost a squadron. The air battle over the airport began. Of course, there is no doubt that even in an air battle, the advantage is completely with the Ming army.
The Ming army's fighter jets that attacked this airport were a large group, and in terms of number alone, they were four times as many as the Japanese fighter jets that had already flown. Coupled with the gap in experience level between the pilots on both sides, the outcome was almost immediately apparent.
Within five minutes, the battle was over. All dozen Japanese fighter jets were shot down, and the Ming army lost four fighter jets and three bombers. Including the previous attack by anti-aircraft artillery, the Ming army lost a total of five fighter jets in the battle at Atsugi Airport.
, four bombers, a total of nine. However, about 378 Japanese fighter jets were destroyed, and one transport plane was destroyed. The result was close to forty.
Looking at the numbers alone, this victory is worthy of celebration. But the Ming army pilots did not think so.
"Brothers, hurry up! Let's attack Yokosuka!" the team leader shouted angrily over the radio, "Damn it, we didn't come all the way here just to jerk off!"
Without saying a word, the other planes also raised their noses, regrouped in the air, and went directly to the southeast to bomb the main target - Yokosuka Military Port.