New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

After working hard, General Bissel agreed to Ron's request after promising not to actively attack Japanese targets.

"It's getting late now, go back and have a good rest. I'll give you a plane tomorrow morning!" Bissel said with a smile while holding Ron's hand.

"This buddy is pretty good." Back in the dormitory, lying on the camp bed, Ron thought so.But early the next morning, Ron was dumbfounded.

Four Mustangs are already on the side of the runway, and several mechanics are busy around one Mustang.

"Report sir, according to General Bissel's order, we are modifying your plane." An officer who stayed aside saw Ron's questioning gaze and reported to him.

"What are you changing?" Ron looked at the mechanics with puzzled eyes, "Why did you remove all the cannons!"

"Sir, the general said that you are here for reconnaissance, and you don't need cannons. By removing these, your plane will fly faster and be safer." A mechanic with a greasy face replied with a smile.

"Damn it!" Ron almost fainted.He really didn't expect that General Bissel would play such a trick on him.But Ron soon felt relieved.He is not a fighting maniac like Barton. Although he does not avoid fighting, he does not love it very much.In addition, he originally only planned to go to the sky over Myitkyina to see, and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack immediately. (Of course, it would also be a good thing if you can pick two heads back.)

The mechanics quickly unloaded the cannon and shells from Ron's plane, and then quickly attached an extra-large auxiliary fuel tank to it.Just when the sun turned over the ridge ahead and illuminated the runway in golden red, everything was ready.

Six P-51 Mustangs took off from the runway one by one. They circled over the airport and climbed to an altitude of 1500 meters.Then it headed east, and flew straight over while climbing.

The hump route is an extremely difficult route for transport aircraft. As mentioned earlier, the heavy C-47 transport aircraft cannot fly high and can only venture through valleys.However, it is relatively easy for fighter jets to fly this route.The fighter does not have much load and can climb to great heights.Although the initial model of the Mustang does not have a supercharger, and its high-altitude performance is poor, it is not difficult to climb 8000-9000 meters as long as it climbs slowly.

So at this moment, Ron led the wild horses at an altitude of about 7500 meters, and slowly crossed one after another mountain that made the transport pilots terrified.Ron looked down from the sky, and saw the sun shining silver on the snow-capped mountains, which was very dazzling.The mist in the valley was steaming, bottomless.Sometimes a sudden gust of wind will blow away the fog in the valley, and the strong sunlight will hit the valley bottom.At this moment, Ron could see that at the bottom of the valley, something was shining in the sun-the wreckage of the transport plane that crashed on this route.

I don't know how long it took, but the mountain gradually disappeared from the direction of six o'clock.Below Ron's wing is now a tropical rain forest that can't be seen as far as the eye can see.This piece of primeval jungle has existed here for an unknown number of years, and perhaps saber-toothed tigers have hunted here in the past.Today's jungles are not much different from those thousands of years ago, or even tens of thousands of years ago.The only difference is that many unknown fighters have fallen in this jungle that looks like a large green carpet from the air.

After the failure of the battle with ancient times, the expeditionary force of the National Revolutionary Army had to retreat through this virgin forest.Along the way, due to lack of supplies (no food, no safe drinking water), countless soldiers fell down in the vast jungle.

However, the jungle is neutral.Not long after (March 1944), a stupid Japanese special general named Ren Mutaguchi drove his army across the jungle to attack India.As a result, on the way there, the Japanese themselves were left behind by the hospitable jungle, and then left behind by the British defenders who were waiting for work. The remaining Japanese army had to go back through the jungle again. A large number remained.

Now that there is already a plain below, Ron and his crew lowered the altitude to 6000 meters. If it is higher than this altitude, the plane will pull out a long white track during flight, which will expose the target; If it is too low, it may also be attacked by enemy planes in a higher position. (Remember, in World War II, half of the pilots who were shot down had no idea who was attacking him.)

Ri himself only has some old-fashioned ki43s in Myitkyina. The high-altitude performance of these aircraft is also very bad, and the speed is super slow, with a maximum speed of only 490 kilometers per hour. The fleet of high-speed p-51s poses a threat.And if they want to climb to a higher position than Ron and the others to sneak attack, then sorry, the long flight path will immediately betray their position.

The long flight is a very boring thing, but the reconnaissance mission requires radio silence, so there is no way for the pilots to talk about it.All the people could only keep on the flight route, while looking around boredly, or simply remembered something on their minds.

The two leading planes flying at the front started to swing their wings, which was a signal that Myitkyina was approaching.Ron quickly concentrated his mind and observed the surrounding air - near here, the chance of encountering Japanese fighter jets is not low.

However, the surroundings are quite calm, and there are no Japanese fighter jets in the most threatening positions.

The p-51s began to slide, lowering their altitude.Ron adjusted the throttle valve to the minimum, and the engine started to idle. At this time, the original violent engine sound became softer.However, due to the drop in altitude, the level flight speed of the plane did not drop, but rose slightly instead.

At this moment, a P-51 suddenly broke the radio silence: "At 9 o'clock, there are 4 enemy planes!"

Ron looked down to the left, indeed, there were four Japanese planes flying at low speed there.These four planes were painted with green camouflage paint, which almost blended into the green jungle. If the bright red sun symbols on the wings on both sides were not so conspicuous, it would probably be really difficult to spot them.

These Japanese planes did not find Ron and the others, so they continued to fly forward at a low speed.Probably because before this, Japanese aircraft had never been attacked by American fighter jets in this airspace, and the series of previous victories made these devils a little careless.

"Underestimate the enemy is the worst enemy a pilot can beat." Ron thought silently.

But now is not the time to express emotion. As the supreme commander of the formation, Ron ordered: "03, 04, 05, 06, turn to 9 o'clock, dive below the enemy plane at 6 o'clock, and then give them a surprise!"

"Sir, General Bissel does not allow us to take the initiative to attack." A pilot tried to remind Ron.

"Execute the order! I am the supreme commander here!"

"Okay, I obey! But you must promise not to join the battle!"

Captain Harris shook his head, and shouted from the wireless power: "Boys, follow me!" Then he pulled the handle, dropped the auxiliary fuel tank, and then swooped down to the left with a sharp turn.

Although there is an order not to allow active attacks, but letting a fighter pilot look at a group of unprepared enemies under the wing and not let him do it is like arranging them to help in the hospital. It's just as depressing not to allow them any contact with those sweet little nurses.Now that there is an attack order from the highest-ranking commander on the scene, the boys are of course willing to obey.

Four p-51s swooped down from the six o'clock direction of the four ki-43s, and swooped down to a height of more than 200 meters lower than them, then quickly pulled up, and rushed straight from behind them .This is the absolute blind spot of the pilot's line of sight. When the enemy fails to detect it, launching a surprise attack from this position can ensure that the enemy will not find you until the fire is fired.

The lieutenant pilot Koji Sakamoto of the Japanese Army Air Corps was sitting in the cockpit of Ki43 at this time, unaware that a huge danger was approaching him.At noon today, the flight team received intelligence from the lookout post and found two unescorted C-47 transport planes.So the flying team took off four ki-43s from Myitkyina Airport to intercept.

Koji was very happy to be able to participate in this mission. Shooting down two unescorted transport planes was a sure thing.As long as they can be found smoothly, they will definitely be shot down.You know, those transport planes don't even have decent self-defense firepower.The only problem is having to spot them.

But it's not difficult, because the length of the hump route is almost the limit of the full-load flight mileage of the C-47, so these lovely transport planes can only fly on a completely fixed route at the most economical speed and altitude.Finding them is not a problem at all.And for shooting them down, Koji, as the leader of the plane, will definitely get a long vacation as a reward.During this vacation, he can go back to his birthplace, the small town on the Izu Islands, to visit his elderly and sick mother, as well as the strict and staid old man.He can also bring his medals to show off to those childhood playmates.

"And Xiao Yezi, I don't know what's going on? I don't know how she is doing in Noh drama, I really want to see her again."

Thinking of this, Koji seemed to see the girl in a new kimono with a pointed chin and two big eyes bent like two little moons when she smiled.The girl waved to him, lowered her head, and smiled sweetly...

"The most is the tenderness of bowing his head, just like the shyness of a water lotus that cannot withstand the breeze, saying "Treasure", saying "Treasure..." Koji unknowingly recited a poem by a Chinese poet.

But this sweet daydream was shattered in an instant, a string of 6mm shells fired from the direction below 20 o'clock ruthlessly tore everything apart...

In just one attack, three Japanese fighter planes were smashed into pieces. Only Koji, because he lost his mind while reciting poetry, accidentally moved the joystick, but escaped the fatal blow.However, although he escaped the fatal blow, he was not unscathed-a 3mm shell still hit his wingtip, cutting off almost a meter of his right wing.Another shell passed by the side of the fuselage. Although it didn't explode, it opened a small hole in the fuel tank, and now the oil leak warning light is constantly on.

As a result, the trim of the entire aircraft was destroyed, and the aircraft almost automatically began to roll to the right. Koji had to press down the control lever desperately to the left to barely maintain level flight.

"As long as there is another round of attack, I will definitely be shot down." Koji looked at the four American planes passing by him, and his heart was full of despair.

These American planes pulled up quickly and made an upward somersault lightly.

"They will appear at my six o'clock again soon, and then, I will go to Kudanzaka like Yida-kun?" Kouji knew that his plane was seriously injured and its flight performance was severely damaged. Avoid the second round of the enemy's attack.

However, the expected attack never came.Koji turned his head to look around, and he found that a total of 6 American planes were following him not far behind and above him.

He didn't know that the beautiful animal commander Ron prevented the second round of attacks.In the eyes of this beautiful animal, this seriously injured Japanese plane is already meat on the chopping block, and it can be knocked off at any time.It's just that this evil ghost has even more vicious plans.

"It's not far from Myitkyina Airport. That little Japanese will definitely run to the airport while calling for help. We let him run to the vicinity of the airport, and then he will either be in front of the Japanese plane that came to rescue him, or he will simply run to the airport." Put a big firework over the airport for Ri himself to see!"

"Great idea, sir! There's nothing more detrimental to Little Japan's morale than this!"

"Sir, isn't this hitting Ri himself in the face? But I like it, hahahaha... papa papa..."

An officer who knows how to seize every opportunity to bully the enemy can always be loved by the soldiers in the shortest time.

However, Koji didn't have time to think about this.With difficulty, he turned the plane and flew towards the airport, dragging a long trail behind him, formed by leaked aviation gasoline.

Koji started to call the airport, but suddenly something happened to the damn radio station.Koji knew that the quality of these domestically produced items had always been poor, and it was commonplace for things to go wrong.However, at this time, this thing is on strike, which is really unlucky!

"No matter why the Americans didn't attack, anyway, I can only run to the airport now. It's better to skydive when I run near the airport, than to skydive over the virgin jungle. If you parachute there, you will never be able to go back. "Koji gradually regained his sanity.