Hearing Eiji Kondo's advice, Mikio Uemura picked up the binoculars again and looked at the camp.

The tidal flat position of Yingtian is actually a small high ground, and on this small high ground, it must be the Chinese infantry who are defending, for these infantry, Uemura does not pay attention to it at all, just with these flesh and blood, can they block the destruction and ravage of the powerful artillery of the 11th Sencell!

There is a hill on the northwest side of the camp, which is called the upper mountain on the map, and it is difficult to say whether there is artillery of the Chinese army on this hill or under the root of the mountain.

"Commander Eiji Kondo, should we strike first and blow the camp to him." Uemura Kanda suggested.

Eiji Kondo shook his head and said, "No, no, no!" In my opinion, it is better for the air force to go first, and it can be regarded as fire reconnaissance, and it can be regarded as letting them know the power of our Great Japanese Air Force. ”

Since Commander Eiji Kondo proposed this, wouldn't it be better to have an air attack, which would also be more ruthless and cost-effective, Uemura nodded and said: "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, let the Chinese army taste the aerial bombs of our Imperial Japanese Army first!" ”

Kondo Eiji said to the chief of the air force chief Mizui Daisaku through advanced communication facilities: "Oh Mizu Daisa, it's up to your air force, let's let the Chinese army taste the power of our air force first." ”

As far as the Japanese army is concerned, there is no specialized air force, only army aviation and naval aviation. As for this aviation brigade of Dashui Dazuo, it is subordinate to the command of the Navy. Whoever eats is in charge of whom, he yelled and said, "Hayi! I understand, let the Chinese army taste the power of our aerial bombs and machine guns! ”

So, he gave an order: "All the team members should pay attention, according to the arrangement of the 1st squadron, 2nd squadron, and 3rd squadron, carry out air raids on the Chinese positions in Yingtian!" ”

Just as he had just finished giving the order, he saw that on the south side of Dongting Lake, that is, in the direction of Hengyang Airport, there seemed to be more than a dozen planes of the Chinese army flying over.

Dashui Dazuo hurriedly revised the order: "First stop the air raids, prepare to attack the Chinese air force, the first squadron, the second squadron, we will use two squadrons to defeat a squadron of the Chinese army." ”

Dashui Dazuo is still proficient in tactics, and he will use 24 95-1 planes to attack the Soviet-made I-15 and I-16 fighters of the Chinese Air Force.

The leader of the Republic of China Air Force was Mao Yingchu, the captain of the Fourth Brigade with outstanding achievements, who had cooperated with Han Xing's Southern Expeditionary Army and participated in the Xuzhou Air Battle.

At this time, Mao Yingchu was able to bring a squadron to participate in the air battle of Dongting Lake, which can only be described by the word "tragic".

The Air Force is a high-tech industry, and as the saying goes, it burns money, and it needs to be supported by strong financial funds and a high-tech industrial base. Despite this, the people of the country have tightened their belts to build an air force.

Because in modern warfare, it really doesn't work without the Air Force.

In November 1937, the Kuomintang Air Force began to receive assistance from the Soviet Union and purchased 1,235 aircraft from the Soviet Union, including 777 destroyers (i.e., fighters), 358 bombers, and 100 trainers.

The Air Force of the Republic of China has successively equipped Soviet-made Yi-15 and Yi-16 fighters and Aisbo-2 and Tebo-3 bombers.

As soon as the Republic of China Air Force entered the battlefield, it showed an extraordinary role, after the famous 218 air battles, 429 air battles, 531 air battles, plus countless small air battles, the losses of the Republic of China Air Force were really large. Because China does not have its own aircraft industry, if one is destroyed, there will be one less. Whether it is a victory or a defeat, the planes always fight less and less.

In ordinary battles, the air force really can't fight anymore, and it has to leave a group of planes to protect Chongqing, the national capital at that time.

The battle of Changsha was very important, and Zhou Zhirou, who was then the director of the Aviation Committee and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, was also forced to fight the Japanese army again under the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek, director of the Aviation Committee.

The aviation squadron led by Mao Yingchu was composed of six Yi-15 destroyers and six Yi-16 destroyers. Before leaving, he had already discussed tactics with Xu Da, that is, Mao Yingchu would lead the team to disrupt the formation of enemy planes, and Xu Da's air force would specialize in attacking lone fighters.

The Yi-15 destroyer has a wingspan of 9.75 meters, a length of 6.1 meters, a height of 2.2 meters, a wing area of 21.90 square meters, an empty weight of 1012 kg, and a take-off weight of 1490 kg. Most of Mao Yingchu's fighters were Soviet-made I-15 and I-16. The I-15 is a biplane with a small turning radius and maneuverability, but it is slower. It has a maximum speed of 367 km/h and is equipped with two 7.62 mm machine guns.

The I-16 was a relatively advanced monoplane at the time, also equipped with two 7.62 mm machine guns, with a rate of fire of 1,800 rounds per minute, and could carry 200 kg of bombs, reaching a speed of 437 km / h.

Although the I-16 fighter has advantages in flight speed and climb, it requires high pilot's operational agility, and the longitudinal stability is not very good, the aircraft is close to stalling when gliding, and the engine will vibrate violently when climbing or flipping.

The air combat tactics of the national army are also very simple, that is, the I-15 is used to fight with the enemy planes, and the fight is inseparable, and at critical times, the I-16 pursues and destroys the enemy planes at high speed by diving.

Normally, the two types of fighters learn from each other's strong points and cooperate in combat, and often achieve relatively good results.

The Japanese 96-1 and 95-1 were only equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns, not even a machine gun. The firing range of the machine gun is limited, and the effective range is about 1000 meters, which is formed, and only within 1000 meters can you shoot at the opponent. As for the speed, the maximum speed of the 96-1 is 432 km/h, or 120 meters per second. Type 95-1 fighter, it has a maximum flight speed of 455 km / h and 126 meters per second.

When the 24 95-1 fighters of the Japanese army discovered Mao Yingchu's flying squadron, Mao Yingchu's flight squadron had already occupied a relatively good altitude and terrain, but the 24 95-1 fighters of the Japanese army still took advantage of their relatively good speed advantage and viciously pounced on Mao Yingchu's 12 Yi-15 and Yi-16.

Mao Yingchu gave an order: "According to the predetermined tactics, the two fighters will form a group and launch an attack on the enemy planes. The aim is to disrupt the enemy's formation. Let's get started—"

No. 01's Wang Xiaoming drove an I-15 fighter towards a Japanese 95-1 fighter, and a 95-1 fighter from the other side also pounced on him.

In normal times, the main tactic of aircraft gladiatorial combat is a game of chase and run, but this time it was two fighters that collided head-on.

Both fighters were driving towards each other at full speed, 5,000 meters, 4,000 meters, and 3,000 meters, and they were all slapping each other's planes in the firing circle.

When it comes to 3,000 meters, both sides may not want to die together, and they are both doing the same action, that is, high-intensity sharp turns.

A sharp turn is the most basic of all air combat maneuvers. When enemy planes are ready to shoot at you, quickly increase the off-axis angle to take advantage of the maximum instantaneous turning speed to turn towards the attacker.

Wang Xiaoming is still relatively confident, he thinks that his Yi-15 fighter, don't look at the speed is lower, but the transformation is still good, and it can always flash the enemy in front.

Wang Xiaoming successfully completed this tactical move, but when he looked at the situation, it was not good, not only did he not flash the Japanese fighters in front, but his own fighters flashed in front and became a live target for the enemy planes.

Wang Xiaoming had no choice but to increase the throttle and fly forward, observing the distance between the enemy plane and himself while flying. 1500 meters, 1200 meters, 1100 meters, at this time, Wang Xiaoming made a tactical move of barrel rolling.

The barrel rolls, which looks like an airplane sticking to the outside of a barrel wall, spiraling forward. During this maneuver, the flight state of the aircraft did not change much, but the flight path became spiral, and as a result, the distance traveled was more and the actual distance traveled was less.

The barrel roll generally climbs upwards first, then rolls sideways in the opposite direction of the turn, and then changes to normal flight when it rolls to the outside of the enemy aircraft. This will turn your speed advantage into a height advantage.

This maneuver on the defending side will allow the pursuer to rush forward.

Defensive barrel rolls must be carefully timed, if you use them too early will cause enemy planes to continue following you without being affected, and if you use them too late, enemy planes may already start firing. Perfect timing, it must surprise the enemy aircraft and force it to react without enough time before it flies over you.

When Wang Xiaoming finished this complex set of actions, fortunately, he saw that the enemy's 95-1 fighter had overtaken him and completely exposed its rear hemisphere.

Wang Xiaoming gave it a shuttle bullet according to its back buttocks, but even if this kid's life was big, the enemy plane was not hit, and he was still fleeing forward in a hurry.

Wang Xiaoming continued to pursue the enemy plane in a direct pursuit, put the enemy plane in the scope, and pursued it closely.

However, the distance between the two sides is getting farther and farther away, after all, the speed of the enemy plane is much faster than the speed of its own fighters.

At this time, already looking for a partner with a long opportunity in the air, an Yi-16 fighter pounced, took advantage of its speed, and fired two shuttle bullets at the 95-1 fighter.

Two strings of 7.62 mm bullets, "Da ......" and "Da Da Da ......", roared towards the 95-1 fighter. Among them, more than a dozen bullets hit the fuel tank of the enemy plane, causing the enemy plane to burst into flames.

The flames burned more and more, and gradually burned the cockpit of this fighter. The driver saw that it was not good, and hurriedly extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher, but the fire was not extinguished, but burned more and more, until the driver was screaming, his face was black, and his bare skin was full of black foam.

The plane finally lost control and fell crookedly from the sky to the ground.

Just when Wang Xiaoming shouted happily, Mao Yingchu hurriedly reminded him: "Fighter No. 01, another enemy plane has bitten you, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up." ”

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