New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

() After the air battle on June 6, the activity frequency of the 14th Squadron of the Japanese Army Aviation stationed at Myitkyina Airport suddenly dropped to the point where there was almost no activity. <>In the nearly a week since then, the transport plane flying to Kunming via the hump route has never encountered even a single interception.Even those fighter jets on safari missions never saw a Japanese fighter jet flying in the air again.

"Hey, what Japanese fighter jets flying in the air, I didn't even see them parked on the ground. They probably hid all those planes! Damn it, if this continues, when will I become an ace?" Christie returned from the cruise Sitting on the couch in the pilot lounge, playing poker and whining non-stop.

"Shut up, kid! Play cards more seriously! With you, I really found a pig teammate... Damn it, how could you play this card!"

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Tenth Air Force War Room

"Sir, take a look at these photos." A staff officer handed some aerial photos to Ron.

Ron took the photos and spread them out one by one on the desk.

"Well, these are anti-aircraft guns?"

"Yes, sir." The staff officer continued to explain, "Look, sir, this one is from the day before yesterday, this one is from yesterday, and there is another one from today."

In these three photos, the increase in the number of anti-aircraft guns can be clearly seen.

"Sir, look, this is Japan's Type 37 20mm anti-aircraft gun. This type of gun is good... This is the Type 3.5 37mm anti-aircraft gun, and the number has doubled... And here," the staff officer continued. Take out a photo, "Here, on the south side of the runway, about 75 kilometers from the airport, Ri himself seems to have built another anti-aircraft artillery position, equipped with [-] and [-]mm anti-aircraft guns."

Ron thought that this was probably because most of the planes that attacked the airport came in from the south.So they put more flak around the area.

"In addition, here, and here, observation posts of the Japanese army have been found."

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On the canopy of a huge banyan tree in the rain forest, several Japanese soldiers with their shirts off were looking around.One of them was holding a telescope, and the other was holding a notebook.

"It's already 4:[-] in the afternoon. I don't think we will see any planes from the American ghosts. They usually go back at this time."

"It's been like this for the past few days, but we can't go back yet. Before it gets dark, we must stick to our posts. As long as we keep a good record, General Kato will be able to find the flaws of the ghosts and beasts, and then beat him to death."

"Of course, ghosts and beasts are cowards... and I heard that we are about to fight back, as long as we figure out the law of their activities..."

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Under another big banyan tree not far from the airport, several ground crews are covering a ki-44 with rainproof canvas.

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64 Team War Room

Commander Kato is calling a meeting of his subordinates.

"This is the statistics of the presence and absence of US military aircraft in the nearby airspace obtained after many days of reconnaissance..." After the meeting began, a staff officer first informed the officers of the relevant situation.

"...Based on this, we can conclude that the U.S. fighter jets will take off at about 4 o'clock in the morning every day (there is a time difference of about one hour with India), and under the cover of night, they will pass our army's observation post at a relatively high altitude. Seeking to achieve the purpose of the raid. After arriving, the U.S. military deployed fighter jets in groups of 4 to patrol in different areas to control this area. After about an hour or so, enemy transport opportunities appeared on this route. If our army takes off fighter planes to intercept them at this time, they will definitely be spotted by the enemy aircraft fleet waiting in the air. As a result, they will be entangled with enemy fighter jets and it will be difficult to complete the interception mission. The battle on 14th also shows that the enemy's p -51 is a very difficult opponent. Its speed is much faster than our ki-43, which makes us quite passive in air combat. And the total number of fighters deployed by the enemy in the entire airspace is far more than our army once The number of fighter jets that Xing can dispatch. This also means that our battle with American fighter jets must be resolved quickly. If the battle is delayed, we will be besieged by enemies with numerical superiority..."

After the staff officer introduced the relevant situation, Kato stood up.

"Everyone, the situation is now very clear. The enemy has put a noose around our necks. We must act to cut the noose. Please feel free to speak freely about your suggestions on this situation."

There was silence in the venue, and after a long time, no one spoke.

Kato frowned, waited for a while, and opened his mouth:

"Koga-kun, you were a witness to the last air battle, do you have any thoughts?"

Koga is a survivor of the last battle, and if he were an American pilot, he would be a hero.However, he is a Japanese pilot.From Ri's own point of view, it was a shame that his teammates had all devoted themselves to the defense of the country, but he escaped back.

However, General Kato did not discriminate against him because of this. Instead, he encouraged him and earnestly hoped that he could find a way to defeat the American ghosts.These days, Koga has been thinking about how to give the Americans a hard blow to repay the general's trust and save his own reputation.Now, is such an opportunity.

"General," Koga Naoya stood up, "I think we can catch those p-51s only by setting up an ambush and diving down from a high altitude. And only through this kind of tactics, can we have a chance to win the battle quickly. Avoid falling into the siege of an enemy with numerical superiority."

"How can we do this?"

"General, in addition to the ki-43, we also have the ki-44 Zhongkui fighter jet." Koga replied, "hang up the auxiliary fuel tank for Zhong Kui, take off at about 5 o'clock, that is, before the appearance of American fighter jets, climb to Standby at an altitude of 6000 meters. When the U.S. fighter jets appear, we take off a certain number of ki-43s as bait to attract U.S. fighter jets to attack. The usual attack method of the U.S. military is generally like this... In this way, we will definitely be able to catch the U.S. animals by surprise !"

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Myanmar in June is already quite hot. As soon as the sun comes out early in the morning, the hot and humid water vapor in the rainforest evaporates, making people completely breathless.

The runways that have been empty for days are now filled with warplanes.If you take a closer look, you will find that these fighters are a bit different from the usual ki-43s.

The size of these fighters is a bit bigger, especially the nose, which is extraordinarily thick compared with the slender ki-43, but its tail is extraordinarily slender, which makes this kind of aircraft seem a bit top-heavy.

This type of aircraft is the Type 2 Ki-44 "Zhong Kui" single-seat heavy fighter produced by Ri himself to intercept US bombers.Of course, this heavy weight is only relative to the light and light Japanese aircraft.Compared with the Americans, it is better to call this thing a light fighter. (It's like the Japanese medium tank, which can only be regarded as a typical light tank in Europe.) This aircraft has a 1500-horsepower engine. As an interceptor, its climb is quite good, and its high-altitude performance is not bad. , the maximum level flight speed has reached 605 kilometers per hour. Although this speed is not as fast as the p-51, it is not too slow.And unlike things like Zero War or Ki-43, which like to punch holes in stressed parts, the body structure of Ki-44 "Zhong Kui" is relatively strong and can withstand greater pressure.So its dive performance is also quite good.Plus the firepower of 4 12.7mm machine guns, not as good as the American ones, but double the firepower of something like the ki-43.

However, this aircraft also has many problems.First of all, its hover is far inferior to typical Japanese fighters like Zero Fighter or Ki-43.Therefore, many Japanese pilots who are used to hovering over the sun do not like it.But to be honest, compared with American aircraft, its hovering is not too bad.Second, it's not very well controlled. The tail of "Zhong Kui" is too small, and the head is too big, which blocks the wind, resulting in the problem of insufficient tail efficiency.Usually, it’s okay to say that the terrible thing is that when taking off and landing, the fuselage pulled out at a high elevation angle will block the tail to death, and the result is that the efficiency of the tail drops to almost zero. It is said that,

Ri's own allies - the Germans - have also tested this aircraft.In the end, the Germans commented: As far as the plane itself is concerned, it is comparable to the bf109, but it is too troublesome to control, especially the take-off and landing performance is too poor.If Japanese pilots can fly this kind of aircraft well, they will be invincible in the world.You know, the take-off and landing performance of bf109 is notoriously bad, which can make the Germans who are used to bf109 unbearable, which shows how bad its take-off and landing performance is.An accident during take-off and landing is almost a sign of "Zhong Kui".

However, this time the "Zhong Kui" was driven by elites selected by the 64th team, so there were no accidents during the take-off.

After eight "Zhong Kui" took off quickly, the airport calmed down again.

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Two P-51s quietly approached Myitkyina Airport. According to the time, Ri himself should take off the fighter jets. Unless they intend to let the transport fleet pass freely like a few days ago, Ri himself must now take off the fighter jets.It would be great to sneak attack a guy at this time.

Only, this time the situation has changed.Before the fighter planes approached, they were discovered by the Japanese themselves, and then various anti-aircraft guns fired at them one after another. Although they failed to hit, it also made their plan to attack the airport go to waste.The two planes had to pull up and fly to the range of the antiaircraft artillery to monitor the airport.

At the airport, sure enough, a group of ki-43s were taking off one by one.

Under the threat of dense anti-aircraft guns, Ronald knew that a forced assault might not be a good way.So he broke radio silence and sent a message to surrounding fighter jets tasked with clearing the airspace.He knew that after the news was sent out, there would be at least 3 to 4 fighter jets in 12 to 16 formations that would outflank this place.