Kojiro Sasaki was the commander of this Ki-43 formation, which served as a decoy, and just now, he received an order from General Kato to retreat.

"Damn it!" Sasaki said in his heart, (he didn't dare to shout such words at Kato) "It's too ...... to have the opportunity to beat those American ghost animals, but they retreat because they are afraid."

Although reluctant, Kato's Jiwei was still able to force him to obey orders honestly.

"Ready to turn, direction 270, let's go back." Sasaki gave the order weakly.

The twelve Ki-43s turned around and prepared to return home, when a novice pilot named Kiyobei, who was reluctant to return, glanced into the distance again.

"What's that...... It's an American transport plane! ”

"In the direction of 8 o'clock, the American transport plane was spotted! Discover the American transport planes! The emperor is onboard! Qing Bingwei suddenly shouted excitedly.

"What a headache," Sasaki furrowed his eyebrows, "It's not too soon, it's not too late, but at this time, it's a fallacy!" "If the American transport planes had appeared a little earlier, and the group had already been engaged in the battle before receiving Kato's order, then naturally there would have been no need to withdraw from the battle. If these transport planes had appeared a little later, then everyone would have already gone back, and there would be no need to be so entangled.

However, Sasaki didn't have to worry about whether to disobey General Kato's orders right away. One. Root. Read. The novel xstxt is over. Because the rookie named Seibei actually shouted wildly, "The emperor is onboard!" Then, heedlessly, he turned around and pounced on the enemy's transport planes. With one to take the lead, the remaining rookies who were a little unwilling to retreat and lacked feelings about the danger of war followed in a swarm.

The Ki-43s were used as decoys in this operation. No one is willing to use a large number of valuable top pilots as bait, so in this team of Ki-43, the number of rookies who have just been replenished and have never been to the battlefield accounts for the majority.

"These stupid rookies!" Sasaki grinded his teeth fiercely, "I've learned all the styles of the infantry!" The whole queue was out of order. There's going to be another group of enemy planes here, that's really ......"

However, complaining is complaining, but in this situation, he can't just leave these rookies here and go back by himself, right? Besides, it's himself, well, in fact, he also thinks that there is nothing wrong with killing these transport planes first and then going back. As for the fact that you will encounter enemy fighters soon, it is impossible not to take any risks in battle, and besides, your luck is not so bad. Of course, it must be you who gives the order!

Of course, after going back, you must deal with these disobedient rookies and ...... them

Sasaki thought as he whispered the already redundant order: "All assault!" ”

The C-47 has no self-defense firepower, but that doesn't mean it's an easy target to shoot down. Like most American aircraft, it is so thick and sturdy that many times, the enemy runs out of ammunition and does not necessarily be able to take it down. Once, after running out of bullets, a Ki-43 could not do anything to the transport plane, and in the end, the Japanese pilot, who was embarrassed, decided to carry on the spirit of bushido and crashed the plane into the C-47. Then, the devil pilot went to the Yasukuni Shrine to report, and the C-47, well, was seriously damaged, and then, it flew back crookedly.

If you want to solve the battle quickly, you must hit the C-47's engine with precision. The C-47 has only two engines, and if they are broken, the C-47 will naturally be finished.

But when Sasaki rushed over, the scene in front of him almost made him faint.

The rookies had forgotten all the skills they had taught them in their tactics lessons, and would only stare at six o'clock on the C-47 and fire at its fat fuselage. In particular, the guy named Seibei was firing wildly at a C-47 while shouting "Emperor Onboard", and Sasaki was sure that if no one stopped him, he would definitely run out of bullets in one go.

"You fools, red deer! Shoot the engine! Shoot the engine! Sasaki couldn't hold back any longer, and began to curse on the radio, "When I go back, I must use the belt to make you remember it for a long time." ”

After being scolded by Sasaki, a group of rookies began to understand a little, so they began to turn their attention to the engine of the C-47. It's just that compared to the fat fuselage, the target of the engine is too small, and the C-47 is constantly dodging, and most of the bullets fired by the rookies don't know where to fly.

"Stupid, look how I attacked!" Sasaki cursed as he rushed straight over, and as he swept past the C-47, he opened fire quickly, accurately smashing a string of bullets into the left engine compartment of the C-47. The engine rattled, and then the propeller slowed down, and finally stopped there. Sasaki's attack succeeded in destroying the left engine of the C-47.

"See? That's it, get close to attack! After pulling the plane up, Sasaki triumphantly taught the rookies a lesson. In fact, just one entry and successfully knocking out an engine is not an easy thing for an old bird to do.

"Chief Sasaki is really good!"

"The chief is really a model for my generation!"

The sound of applause on the radio made Sasaki's mood improve a lot. It's even a little fluttery. Nevertheless, he restrained his smugness, and said in the most stern tone possible:

"Stop screaming, settle the battle quickly!"

……

The War Room of the 10th Air Force

"Sir, the gannets are under attack by Japanese Ki-43 fighters!" A staff officer reported to Ron and Bissel, who were standing in front of the large map, "This is it. ”

Ron looked down at the map and asked, "How long will it take for our fighters to arrive?" ”

"It's going to take about five minutes." An operational staff officer replied.

"Order the transporter, throw the cargo, reduce the speed and altitude." Ron ordered.

The purpose of reducing altitude and speed was not only to make it more difficult for Japanese fighters to attack, but also to induce Japanese fighters to reduce their speed and altitude. In this way, in a future air battle, they will be in a very difficult position.

……

It is not easy for an unarmed transport plane to hold out for five minutes under the siege of a group of fighters, but fortunately, this kind of transport plane is quite strong, and fortunately, rookies account for the majority of the fighters besieging them.

The Kiyobei who took the lead in the attack was almost out of bullets, but the C-47 in front of him was still flying. Considering that the C-47 had no firepower to defend itself anyway, in order to ensure that he could shoot down the opponent, Kiyobei even simply reduced his speed to the same speed as the C-47, and then slowly pressed up from the direction of six o'clock, intending to keep getting close until very, very close before firing. At this time, the Ki-43 of the Seibei was almost like flying with the C-47.

It was not until it was close to a distance of less than fifty meters that the Seibei began to shoot. At this distance, Kiyobei's shooting was finally reliable. The bullets fired from the two 12.7mm machine guns accurately hit the engine compartment, which spewed black smoke and orange flames, and a large piece of skin was even torn off by the bullet.

Kiyobei was complacent, but saw that the skin actually crashed straight into his plane. In order to avoid this skin, the Qingbei hurriedly pulled the lever and jumped. However, he forgot a little. After being attacked, the U.S. transport planes immediately and quickly reduced their speed and altitude, and in order to shoot accurately, the altitude and speed of the Kiyobei Ki-43 were basically the same as those of these transport planes, that is, the altitude did not exceed 100 meters, and the speed did not exceed 170 kilometers per hour. In such a state, the sharp lever jumped, and there was only one result, that is, the Ki-43 of the Seibei stalled.

Kiibei's stalled Ki-43 fell headlong at a height of less than 100 meters, making it impossible for him to pull up the plane, and similarly, he did not have time to complete the parachute jump. When black smoke rose from the crash of his plane, the C-47 he had damaged was still flying.

However, the siege of more than a dozen fighters could not be withstood by six unarmed transport planes just by relying on thick skin. In just a few minutes, four C-47s were badly damaged. All 4 of them were stopped with one side of the engine, and two of them even caught fire in their engines. You know, once the engine fire can't be extinguished, it basically means that the plane will definitely die.

Now, the doors of these planes have been opened, and the people on the planes, whose engines have not yet caught fire, are busy throwing away anything they can to lighten the load on the planes, but in fact, they have lost one engine, and there is little hope of flying back; As for the planes with engines on fire, they were busy parachuting. Although the hope of surviving is equally slim when you jump and fall into the reckless rainforest, there is always good hope.

If this siege continues, it won't be long before all C-47s will be shot down. For the Japanese, a victory was already in sight. But at this time, Sasaki Kojiro suddenly felt a palpitation for no reason, so he no longer participated in the attack himself, but took his wingman to pull the plane up a little and patrol the airspace about 400 meters higher than those rookies.

There was nothing in the sky around him, and Sasaki was a little skeptical that he was nervous, looking down at the clumsy attacks of the rookies below, Sasaki even thought that maybe it would be the best choice to go down and get it quickly.

But at this moment, his wingman shouted: "At 6 o'clock, enemy attack!" ”

Sasaki turned his head with great effort, and he saw four enemy planes whizzing down behind him.