Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 684 Sink
(Two chapters combined into one, hehe)

After Ouyang Yun took over Guangdong, he attached great importance to the construction of the air force. More than half of the money earned in the United States was directly spent in the United States to buy fighter planes, steel, aviation fuel and other materials.Among them, the one-time purchase of 54 P-38 fighters cost the most, which also made this fighter the main fighter of the Xuebing Army Air Force.

Two squadrons of the First Air Division are equipped with this type of fighter.In addition to the P-38, there are also a small amount of I-6 and Hawker III. The latter two models are too few, and they were purchased by Chen Jitang when he ruled Guangdong.These three types of fighters, together with the rare Xue 1 Baiji, constitute the main fighter of the Xuebing Army Air Force.

Along with the two Baijis, 23 P-38s remained, along with four I-6s and two Hawker IIIs.These 31 fighters will be responsible for blocking the incoming Japanese aircraft.

As soon as Xue Changkong pulled 1301 out of the formation, he called another Baiji Dolphin No. 1302 driven by the deputy commander Wang Hai: "Wang Hai, the Japanese planes are maintaining a dense formation, which is just right for the rockets to fire. Let's go first!"

Without saying a word, Wang Hai also pulled out his fighter plane, and went up to meet Xue Changkong from left to right.Behind them is the wingman of the two.

In groups of two or two, other types of fighter planes flew out of the formation one by one, and then formed formation behind the two Baiji dolphins.

During the second Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, the Changping air battle, the Japanese army once suffered a big loss from the rocket pod.Since then, the Japanese Army Aviation will pay special attention to this point when facing the Air Force of the cadet army, and once it is found that the enemy aircraft is equipped with a pod, regardless of its function, it will immediately disrupt the formation and disperse.

However, the Army Aviation and HNA of the Japanese army are two completely separate departments. The lesson that Army Aviation bought with blood was not shared with HNA.The two rocket pods installed on the wings of the two Baiji Dolphins near the fuselage did not attract the attention of HNA Aviation.Although Lieutenant Okubo was reminded by Toshitoshi Hanaki just now that he knew the superior performance of the baiji dolphin, he didn't mean to be afraid.After all, the opponent only had two new fighters of this type, and he was ordered to take great pains with this enemy force and to draw out the remaining fighters of the enemy. So when he saw two Baiji dolphins approaching, he was not surprised but delighted, and shouted: "Yao Xi!" As soon as he put more force, he pulled the putter and went up.

In today's air combat, because all rely on airborne machine guns and cannons, it is very important to be able to seize the altitude.Since Okubo learned from Huamu that the new fighter of the Xuebing Army has superior performance, he climbed ahead of time, hoping to grasp the air combat advantage as soon as possible.

Okubo took the lead in climbing, and other Japanese planes followed suit.Even Minjun Huamu also pulled up the nose and climbed with all his strength.

This made Xue Changkong overjoyed, and he shouted: "Good job!" He also climbed at full speed, and soon overwhelmed Okubo, reaching an altitude of more than 6000 meters.At this time, the distance between the two sides has been drawn very close, and they can even see the muzzles and muzzles of the opponent's wings or under the belly.Xue Changkong yelled again: "Opportunity!" With a sudden push of the lever, the nose of the plane sank suddenly. He had just inserted a Japanese plane into the sights, and he pressed the rocket launch buttons on both sides almost simultaneously, and then excitedly The lever was pulled flat, and then pulled higher, and another "loop" maneuver was performed.

When the two sides competed to climb, the formation of Japanese planes had already begun to loosen.Wang Hai's actual combat experience was worse than that of Xue Changkong, but he could also see that once the Japanese plane moved closer to the friendly plane, the threat of the rocket would be greatly reduced. He pressed the launch button almost at the same time as Xue Changkong.

The four rocket pods spit out thick smoke and flames almost in no particular order. The next moment, 72 rockets were thrown off by the pods, and then the tail fins spewed flames, screaming and piercing into the Japanese aircraft formation.

Okubo has rich experience in actual combat, and his reaction is extremely fast. Only after 1301 made adjustments, he had a reaction, pushed the lever, and issued an attack, and the shooter manipulating the nose machine gun immediately pulled the trigger!Immediately, the Type 1301 shipboard fighter he was driving shot violently almost at the same time as he changed his climbing attitude, and the chain of bullets cut through the air like a fast knife.Okubo felt pretty good on the battlefield. He kept the fuselage perpendicular to the 1301, which really worked. However, he underestimated the protection ability of the baiji.He actually hit the 7.7, but what made him dumbfounded was that the 500mm machine gun bullet hit the fuselage of the 1301 from [-] meters away. wear.Afterwards, he found those rockets with blue flames spouting from their tails rushing towards him, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Bage! What is that?"

Not to mention whether anyone could hear his questioning, even if there were, they would not be able to answer his question.

None of the airmen of the United Fleet recognized this thing, and the most common view was that it was regarded as a shell.Of course, this idea cannot withstand scrutiny. Just ask, which gun can fire so many shells at once?In fact, they didn't have time to think about it, because the rocket flew at an extremely fast speed, and the distance of only 500 meters was passed in a few seconds.These rockets are all improved. Compared with the previous generation, the performance is not known to be much more advanced.Among the 72 bombs, there was not a single dud. 72 rockets broke into the dense Japanese aircraft fleet like scattered flowers, and immediately showed unparalleled power!

Seconds of time are not enough to make appropriate evasive actions when caught off guard. Moreover, even if correct evasive actions can be made, such as a sudden drop or a rollover, the distance that can be moved is limited.

The Japanese attacking aircraft this time are mainly Type [-] and Type [-] shipboard attack aircraft. The advantage of this type of fighter is that it has a good hovering ability, but its flight speed is relatively slow.As a result, a situation emerged that made the soldiers of both China and Japan happy and worried.Buzzing like a rocket bee, it plunged into the Japanese aircraft cluster, and then a violent explosion occurred.After the earth-shattering explosion, the six Japanese planes disintegrated directly in the air. The pilots and crew died before they had time to parachute. The other two planes were blown off one wing, lost their balance, and fell in a whirl go down.This was directly destroyed, and several other planes were injured. Among them, five planes lost the ability to continue fighting due to severe injuries, so they could only turn their noses around and staggered away from the battlefield.

Both Okubo and Hanaki Toshitoshi were lucky enough to escape, but they didn't feel joy at all. What they thought was: "If the Chinese fighter planes facing each other have this kind of weapon, then is there still a need to fight this battle?"

The rocket raid disrupted the formation of the Japanese planes, and even disturbed the minds of the Japanese aviation soldiers - from the fear of unknown weapons, many devils could not help but feel sorry for each other when they manipulated the fighter planes and machine guns.

Xue Changkong succeeded with one blow, and his confidence exploded. He immediately seized this opportunity and shouted: "Attack!" He rushed forward with all the fighters left to block the enemy.

Fierce close-range combat erupted immediately. The roar of aircraft engines, the firing of machine guns and machine guns resounded through the sky, and fighter planes were hit from time to time, turning into a pile of burning fireballs while flying at high speed, and even directly in the air. The one that exploded was directly blasted into flaming fragments.

Under the deliberate guidance of the First Air Division, the battlefield moved from the sky above Wuyi Mountain to the northwest.Because of the sudden power of the rockets, the First Air Division has firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield. The air defense soldiers on Wuyi Mountain looked up, and many of them were envious, wishing that they could also grow wings and fly directly. Go up and dry down a Japanese plane.

In the East China Sea, fifty nautical miles southeast of Matsu Island, a huge fleet is slowly advancing.About [-] warships of various types guarded the four aircraft carriers, just like a group of chickens guarding four old hens-this is naturally the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet.

After a high-speed flight of one hour and 10 minutes, the Air Force of the Xuebing Army, which consisted of troops directly under the headquarters and the Second, Third and Fourth Air Divisions, finally appeared in the southwest sky of Matsu Island.Tie Linfei was flying the LZ-I fighter plane numbered 001 in silence, when Jiang Yicong's voice suddenly came from the headset: "Commander, I found a fighter plane."

"Making sure."

"It is true that a fighter plane is not too far away, and the model cannot be distinguished."

Tie Linfei thought for a while and said: "That must be the little devil's reconnaissance plane - everyone pays attention, climb altitude, turn, Yu Jian, let's fly towards Taiwan Island and avoid this Japanese plane!"

Ouyang Yun mentioned the current situation before the war - the Japanese ship will definitely arrange reconnaissance planes around to guard, the best way is to avoid it, and then choose to cut in from another direction.In other words, as long as the Japanese reconnaissance plane is found, the fleet will not be far away from them.

Facts have proved that Tie Linfei's choice is correct.

After spending another 10 minutes in a circle, Yu Jian's excited voice came from his headset: "Commander, I saw it, I saw it!"

His heart tugged, and he asked in a deep voice, "What did you see? Hold your breath and speak slowly!"

"The devil's fleet! Be good, four aircraft carriers, really four aircraft carriers!"

"Ah! Okay, let's confirm again!"

"Commander, the target is confirmed. There are a total of 27 large ships, including four aircraft carriers!"

"Okay. Don't pass by, lower the flight altitude immediately! We have all of them, lower the flight altitude, and get ready for battle!"

After Tie Linfei issued the order repeatedly, he suddenly felt that his throat was a little tight and his heartbeat quickened.Although the pre-war analysis showed that the Japanese army had a very high chance of being fooled, and the monitoring of the radar station confirmed this.But, after all, without knowing the location of the Japanese fleet, even Ouyang Yun couldn't guarantee whether the little devil's fleet would stay in its original position, waiting obediently for them to ravage.Well now, the biggest problem has been solved, and the next thing to do is rather simple--according to the original plan, carry out the attack!No matter the cost, at least one aircraft carrier must be sunk-this is Ouyang Yun's order, but now Tie Linfei feels that it is too bad to spend such a huge price to sink only one aircraft carrier.You must know that this kind of opportunity is really rare. If you miss it this time, you won’t know when it will be next time. Maybe even until the end of the Anti-Japanese War, they will not wait for such an opportunity again.

"All fighter formations, move closer to Yu Jian immediately, and remember your mission! Second Air Division, follow closely behind the fighter formation. Fourth Air Division, come to me to assemble! Other types of bombers, left front formation - Yu Jian, Lower the flight altitude a little bit more! You will choose the attack target later, remember, choose the outer aircraft carrier first——I order, radio silence now! Learn the eagles of the sky, let us attack!"

In the captain's room of the "Akagi" aircraft carrier, Minai Mitsumasa took out his pocket watch to check the time, and said as if talking to himself: "Two hours have passed, and I don't know if we have found the hidden airport of the Chinese people."

Narumi Inoue smiled and said: "Your Excellency, since the Chinese dared to fight and dispatched more than 300 fighters at one time, they must be unwilling to back down. If you really want to worry, you should also worry about whether we have enough fighters. But I heard that the Xuebing Army has more than [-] fighters, and they are placed in China, but it is not a small air force!"

Minei smiled: "There is no need to worry about this! The victory of an air battle is not determined by numbers alone. The aviation forces of our Great Japanese Empire are brave and good at fighting. I don't think the aviation forces of the Chinese people are their opponents."

"Then what are you worried about, let's wait for the good news!"

"I hope so! Yamamoto-kun, why don't you speak? What are you thinking?"

Yamamoto bent down slightly, smiled and said, "I have the same opinion as Inoue-kun about the outcome of this battle. The Xuebing Army Air Force was born out of the Chinese and Cantonese faction. Although the scale was much larger than before, it also caused the lack of pilots. A qualified pilot can't just make up the number by flying a fighter plane into the sky. Therefore, although Ouyang Yun has created a new fighter plane, without a good pilot, the new fighter plane can only fill the scene. I think they are the opponents of my Royal Air Force. Your Excellency, I was just thinking about the history of the Xuebing Army. The rise of this Chinese warlord army is extremely fast. Perhaps this is also its biggest lifeblood! The number of troops is of course important. But quality is the key to victory—this is exactly what the Xuebing Army lacks. Hehe, my previous worries may be unnecessary!"

The Iron Triangle of the Japanese Navy Ministry talked about it, but it did not expect that a large-scale aircraft fleet had appeared in the air above the sea [-] kilometers southeast of the United Fleet, and was quietly approaching them.

It was an artillery corporal on the heavy cruiser "Kumano" that the combined fleet was the first to spot the incoming fleet.And he took this huge fleet as a friendly army from Taiwan Island as a matter of course.At that time, this guy was standing on the side of the ship with his legs open to pee, and when he was humming happily, he looked up and saw a black shadow suddenly appearing at the intersection of sky and water in the distance, and he didn't pay attention at first.But when he blinked his eyes and retracted the bird and was about to lift his pants, he found that the black shadows had turned into a group and showed the outline of a fighter plane. Taiwan’s Army Aviation, right?” I didn’t care too much, and walked back to the deck shaking my head, ready to continue maintaining the naval guns.

Just 5 minutes later, when the artilleryman straightened up and subconsciously looked at the "Taiwan Army Aviation" fleet, he saw that the painting on the front fighter plane did not have the sun flag he was familiar with, but A somewhat strange pattern, he immediately realized that this might be an incoming enemy plane. "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The corporal immediately screamed in horror.His cry caught the attention of his fellow comrades-in-arms. These devils stopped what they were doing and followed his line of sight. Soon, the deck of the "Kumano" was in chaos.

At this moment, the huge aircraft group had already begun to climb with all its strength, showing its fangs.The lookout posts on the "Kumano", "Nagato", "Mutsu" and other ships also discovered this suspicious fleet and immediately reported to the captain of the ship.

By the time the situation was reported to the Audio-Technica, several warships had sounded the air raid sirens.The shrill whistle rang through the nearby waters, and all the battleships were in a scene of chaos.The ghosts who were doing maintenance or taking a rest rushed out of the cabin one after another, and many of them didn't even have time to put on their shoes...

"Commander-in-Chief, what is the code name for this operation?" Jiang Huangyong asked Ouyang Yun this question for the convenience of filing.He was engrossed in staring at the monitoring screen, and at this moment, over the Wuyishan exercise field, the Japanese army's third huge fleet finally arrived.Seeing four or five groups of black dots collided together, and some black dots weakened and disappeared from time to time, he thought for a while and said, "It's called 'sinking'!"

"Yes! 'Sink it'!"

As if there was a tacit understanding, Tie Linfei issued a general attack order almost at the same time, he shouted: "Sink! Chicheng!"

As the flagship of the United Fleet, the "Chicheng" was dragged behind by the sanitation of the entire fleet, and it happened to be the first aircraft carrier to enter Yu Jian's field of vision.Regarding the Japanese Navy, Tie Linfei knew a lot of information, and knew that its flagship was the "Akagi", so he subconsciously shouted such an offensive slogan.

What he didn't know was that with the sinking of the "Akagi", this slogan became a classic of this battle and was recorded in the annals of history.

The devils of the United Fleet, except for Yamamoto 56 who subconsciously mentioned it, no one would have thought that an enemy plane would dare to attack such a huge fleet.And it came from the rear of the fleet.Although the United Fleet dispatched reconnaissance planes as usual, the pilots of the reconnaissance planes took it for granted that the enemy could only come from the land, but they didn't expect that they would go around the back of the fleet. This time, the "sink it" operation has just begun and it has already been half successful.

The densely packed fighter planes rushed towards him like locusts. Minai Mitsumasa did not know how many storms and waves he had experienced in the Japanese political arena, and his first reaction was still pale with horror and two wars.

"Quick, quick, let the attack plane take off to fight!"

Yamamoto 56 saw that the commander-in-chief panicked and forgot the tactical order not long ago. He thought that there were still attack aircraft stranded on the aircraft carrier.

Minai Mitsumasa was startled, and he calmed down in a cold sweat. He said in a deep voice: "Order all the bombers to take off, and stay away from this area for now. Immediately send a power call to the Taiwan Aviation Corps for help; order all types of cruisers, Immediately launch a counterattack, we must protect the safety of all aircraft carriers!"

The staff officers of the United Fleet immediately ran out of the captain's room in a "Haiyi" manner, and organized the communication troops to make semaphore or send telegrams.Minai Mitsumasa said to Yamamoto 56: "Yamamoto-kun, I now appoint you as the captain of the 'Akagi', fully responsible for air defense operations!"

"Hai!" Yamamoto bowed and immediately threw himself into the role.He picked up the loudspeaker, issued seven or eight orders in one breath, and then said to Minet: "Your Excellency, the enemy army is coming prepared, and our army has no fighter planes to meet the enemy. It is difficult to rely on the anti-aircraft firepower on the ship." To completely contain the enemy's firepower, I think that instead of staying here and fighting the enemy, it is better to break up the four aircraft carriers and move them separately, so as to minimize losses!"

At this moment, 36 bombers from the [-]st Fleet of the Second Air Division, led by Yu Jian, swooped down from high altitude and roared towards the "Akagi". The "Chicheng" approached, and all the anti-aircraft weapons opened fire. The sea area where the combined fleet was located was immediately covered with a layer of faint white smoke.

Under the command of the standard-bearer, the bomber on the "Akagi" nervously and orderly seized the last chance and began to take off.All the anti-aircraft weapons on the bridge started to fire wildly, and some crazy ship logistics soldiers even shot into the sky with rifles.Since the establishment of the Japanese Navy Joint Fleet, this is the first time they have experienced such a scene. Many people's hearts are shrouded in the shadow of death.This makes their behavior quite crazy.

"Just do what you say!"

"Hayi! Inoue-kun, please take your Excellency Commander to transfer immediately. The target of the enemy plane's attack is the aircraft carrier, and other ships are relatively much safer!"

After Yamamoto finished speaking, Minai shook Inoue's hand to support him, and shouted: "No, as the commander of the United Fleet, how can I leave my command ship! Yamamoto, I want to stand here and watch you fight back the Chinese attack!"

Inoue Narumi has been quite indifferent from the beginning to the end. At this moment, he looked at Yamamoto and saw the other party gesturing to him frequently. He knew that Minai staying here would only add to the chaos and prevent Yamamoto from playing to his full potential, so he firmly supported Minai. Said: "Your Excellency, this place is too dangerous, please follow me to the 'Mogami'. You are the soul of the United Fleet, but you must not..."

Before he finished speaking, there was a loud "boom", and a huge fireball shot up on the flight deck on the uppermost flight deck about 30 meters away from the captain's room. The entire aircraft carrier was shaken, and he staggered. , and the whole person rushed towards Minei.

Yamamoto was facing the channel on the deck, and he saw this scene clearly. He saw a burning fighter plane swirling and pounced towards the sky, and plunged headlong into a Type 56 blaster that was accelerating in steps. Then, something happened There was a violent explosion—he happened to recognize this fighter plane with thick smoke, it was a Hawker III made in the United States, obviously it belonged to the Cadet Army.This Hawker III must have been hit by artillery fire, and then, the pilot gave up parachuting to survive, and controlled it to directly smash down on the top flight deck of the "Akagi" - the student army was so crazy at the beginning Attack method, which made Yamamoto [-]'s face suddenly very ugly.He stabilized his body first, then stepped forward to support Minei and Inoue, and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, please move quickly, the attack of the Chinese people is very crazy, you are here, I cannot guarantee your safety! Inoue-san, Don't dawdle, hurry up and take your Excellency Commander to the 'Mogami'!"

This time, Narumi Inoue didn't listen to Mitsumasa Yonei anymore, and left a sentence to Yamamoto 56: "Yamamoto-kun, then you take care!" Then he called two assistant officers, drove Minai out of the captain's room.

The Hawke III was driven by Yu Jian.The reaction speed of the Japanese ship was beyond his expectations. He thought that the sneak attack would be successful this time, so he planned to pull away to attack the enemy planes rising from the aircraft carrier. The intensive anti-aircraft firepower of the Japanese ship This piece of airspace is completely covered. "No, I have to open a passage for the brothers in the back!" Thinking this way, he pushed the lever and dived straight towards the outermost "Kumano" ship, and then shouted to the shooter Zhang Heigou behind him: "Heigou!" , Shoot the fort of the little devil!"

Zhang Heigou responded: "Okay!" He began to increase his strength, and controlled the fighter plane to rush straight down.However, the Hawker III had only descended to a height of 500 meters when its left wing was hit, causing the entire fighter to lose its balance.

Using the fighter plane loaded with explosives that he drives as a weapon, and only seeking to die with the opponent is naturally the patent of the little devil.The origin of this tactic can be traced back to the Russo-Japanese War.What made this tactic famous all over the world was the perverted kamikaze team that appeared in the late World War II.

Yu Jian did this without premeditation, and was completely forced out by the situation.No one knows what Yu Jian was thinking at the time, but the consequences of his actions were shocking - just because he took this "good lead", in the next more than an hour of battle, the Xuebing army A total of 29 fighters made the same choice, and five of them did not need to do so at all. However, they drove the fighters straight down without hesitation, which caused the "Akagi" and "Flying Dragon" The final sinking.

When Yu Jian chose to do this at the beginning, he certainly did not expect that his "innovation" would have such a "bad" impact that Ouyang Yun had to issue a special decree to forcefully stipulate that even if the fighter plane is damaged, it is not allowed to Adopt this tactic, otherwise it will be treated as a violation of military discipline, and in serious cases, you will be expelled from the military and deprived of all vested honors!
As soon as this order was promulgated, almost all the pilots were puzzled. They couldn't figure out why the heroic feat that they were willing to sacrifice for the motherland turned into an illegal act that violated military discipline?
It is said that Ouyang Yun explained this decree with tears in his eyes: Brothers, you underestimate your own value too much.Enemies have a price, fighters have a price, but what I want to say is that you are priceless!As long as you are alive, we can provide a steady stream of fighters, and you can continue to kill the enemy!Why, do you think that you can only kill one Japanese plane, or sink one Japanese ship?Don't be so unambitious, as long as you are alive, you can kill more enemy planes and ships, and create greater value!Brothers, our cadet army is not as rich and powerful as the United States, and there is no training mechanism comparable to that of Japan. Therefore, each of you is a treasure of our cadet army and the Chinese people!How can you be so contemptuous of your own life?

(End of this chapter)