Chapter 181: One-sided air battle
At seven o'clock in the morning of January 19, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in a temporary field airfield near the border of the Tang Empire in Rudi Suke Prefecture of the Sharad Empire, the wing commander of the First Fighter Wing of the British Luoba Expeditionary Force Oria said to more than 100 pilots in a deep voice: "Yesterday's battle, everyone has also experienced it, 14 of our 150 fighters in the entire wing were destroyed, and our 14 brothers are also uncertain, so today everyone must be careful, everyone must remember, Our mission is to attack and attract the anti-aircraft weapons of the Tang Imperial Army, cover bombers and airships, and blow up the artillery positions of the Tang Imperial Army! ”
The 600 fighters that the British Empire came to the territory of the Sharad Empire this time were divided into four fighter wings, and the 300 bombers were divided into two bomber wings.
One of the pilots then asked, "Wing Commander, is our mission today the same as the area we attacked yesterday?" ”
Wing Commander Oria nodded solemnly and said: "It's still the same area as yesterday, and you have also learned the enemy's anti-aircraft fire yesterday, so you must cheer up!" ”
Wing Commander Oriya's words made more than 100 pilots complain, the anti-aircraft fire they encountered yesterday was like experiencing a nightmare, in fact, what these pilots didn't know was that the anti-aircraft fire they encountered yesterday was basically just the anti-aircraft fire of three battalion artillery companies and one regimental artillery battalion of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, according to the standard configuration of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, each battalion artillery company has twelve Browning M2 anti-aircraft machine guns, and each regimental artillery battalion has twenty-four 20 mm quadruple anti-aircraft guns.
Just as Wing Commander Oriya of the First Fighter Wing of the British Luoba Imperial Expeditionary Force was speaking to more than 100 pilots under his command, Niu Dazhu, who had been promoted to battalion commander in a Royal Army fortification of the Tang Empire more than 30 kilometers east of this temporary field airfield, said to a tall officer with an excited face: "Battalion Commander Meng, you have come too timely, yesterday our battalion suffered a lot of losses from the enemy's planes, and the four anti-aircraft machine guns and three 75-mm field guns of the battalion artillery company were also blown up. I'm worried about how to deal with enemy planes today! ”
Because the original 400 reserve infantry divisions of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire were reorganized into temporary infantry divisions, a large number of officers were needed, so from the various field infantry divisions of the original Royal Army of the Tang Empire, many officers and veterans were transferred to join the newly formed temporary infantry division.
Although he was transferred from the field infantry division of the main force to the temporary infantry division that had just been formed, Niu Dazhu was not discouraged at all, because he must know that the establishment of the temporary division was exactly the same as that of the field infantry division, and the infantry battalion where Niu Dazhu belonged had three infantry companies, a battalion artillery company, a logistics and transportation company, a guard platoon, an engineer platoon, and a battalion headquarters, and the battalion artillery company was equipped with 12 75-mm field guns and 12 Browning M2 anti-aircraft machine guns, and the strength of the entire infantry battalion was as high as 1,200 people.
The tall battalion commander Meng said to Niu Dazhu with a smile: "Battalion Commander Niu, your regiment commander asked me to bring six 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and twelve 40-mm twin anti-aircraft guns of the first heavy artillery regiment of the division to enhance the anti-aircraft firepower of your battalion. ”
When Niu Dazhu heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, "Great! With six 88-mm anti-aircraft guns and twelve 40-mm twin anti-aircraft guns, if the enemy planes dare to come again today, they will definitely have no return! With so many howitzers of the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment of your division, the defense of our battalion today should be much easier. ”
At this time, an adjutant of the battalion headquarters ran to Niu Dazhu's side and handed Niu Dazhu a telegram, "Battalion commander, the division headquarters is in an emergency. ”
After Niu Dazhu took the telegram and read it hurriedly, he suddenly showed a surprised expression, and Camp Commander Meng next to him couldn't help asking, "Camp Commander Niu, what's wrong?" ”
Niu Dazhu handed the telegram to Battalion Commander Meng, and said with a smile on his face: "The division headquarters has sent a telegram saying that our Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire will join the battlefield today, let our departments pay attention to it, and don't accidentally damage the fighters and bombers of our Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire." ”
Battalion Commander Meng hurriedly read the telegram and showed surprise, "When will our Tang Empire also have fighters and bombers?" ”
Niu Dazhu said with a smile: "The weapons and equipment of our Royal Army of the Tang Empire have always been ahead of the armies of other countries, I think that fighters and bombers, maybe our Tang Empire has already had them, but they have not been taken out, you see that now even the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire has been established." ”
Battalion Commander Meng immediately said: "I have to go back immediately, and tell the brothers below to see clearly with binoculars before firing, and don't shoot down our own plane!" ”
At about 8 o'clock in the morning of 19 January, 136 Stinger fighters of the 1st Fighter Wing of the British Luopa Imperial Expeditionary Force, escorting 66 Eagle bombers, flew to the border between the Sharad Empire and the Tang Empire, preparing to find the artillery positions of the Tang Empire's army for bombing.
Behind the more than 200 fighters, there were also 48 airships from Noomi, Sharad, and Yingluoba, preparing to continue bombing the artillery positions of the Tang Imperial army after the bomber attack.
However, just as more than 200 planes of the Yingluoba Empire were about to fly over the position of the Tang Empire's army, a huge group of aircraft suddenly appeared in the distance, and it was obvious that these fighters that appeared on the opposite side would not belong to the three kingdoms of Noomi, Sharad, and Yingluopa.
Wing Commander Oriya of the First Fighter Wing of the Yingroba Imperial Expeditionary Force, saw the Tang Empire fighter plane that suddenly appeared, and his face couldn't help but show a nervous look, he didn't expect the air battle he was expecting to come so soon.
Oria took a deep breath and quickly gestured to the other fighters who were following his plane, so that all the fighters could face the fighters of the Tang Empire, and the Stinger fighters did not have instruments that could communicate directly.
On the position, Niu Dazhu held a telescope and saw at least hundreds of planes appear on his side at once, and immediately ordered the adjutant beside him: "Tell the artillery company and the battalion commander Meng of the First Heavy Artillery Regiment of the division not to shoot at the air first, and then see the situation." ”
The Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, the fighter jets who appeared in this area, saw the Yingluoba Imperial aircraft group appearing in the air in front of them, and rushed forward without hesitation.
Soon the fighters of the two sides were scuffled, and then fighters continued to be shot down, and almost all of the downed fighters were Stinger fighters of the British Robert Empire.
Wing Commander Oriya of the First Fighter Wing of the Yingroba Imperial Expeditionary Force, piloted his landline to just bite a fighter plane of the Tang Empire, but before Oria could hook the machine gun, the opponent's fighter made a difficult folding turn, which made Oria lose the opportunity to fire.
And soon Oriya discovered that his landline instantly became prey, and Oriya quickly changed the direction of the plane, trying to get out of the attack range of the opponent's fighter.
The fighter is much stronger than the British Empire's Stinger fighter in all aspects, although Oria's technology is very good, otherwise he would not be the captain of the first fighter wing of the British Empire Expeditionary Force, the fighter attack, a series of bullets hit Oria's landline, and there were a few bullets directly hit Oria, and finally the Stinger fighter piloted by Oria fell to the ground out of control, and Oria was killed by bullets in the air.
You must know that in the first fighter wing of the Yingluoba Imperial Expeditionary Force, the technology of the wing commander Oria can be described as one of the best, even Orya was easily shot down by the fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, and the fate of other Yingluoba Imperial fighter pilots can be imagined, and in the end, none of the 136 Stinger fighters were spared, and the fighters were shot down.
Without the protection of fighter jets, the 66 Imperial Eagle bombers that flew at a slower speed were also quickly beaten by a group, and all of them crashed to the ground.
After shooting down all the fighters and bombers of the British Empire, only four fighters were lost, and the fighters did not immediately evacuate, but continued to fly in the direction of the Sharad Empire.
Fighter jets have already spotted forty-eight airships from the three countries of Noomi, Sharad, and Yingluoba in the distance.
These airships of Noomi, Sharad, and Yingluoba are all loaded with aerial bombs at this time, and their flight speed is basically 30 or 40 kilometers per hour, and the fighter jets, not to mention the airships of Noomi, Sharad, and Yingluopa, are filled with hydrogen, which can easily ignite or cause explosions, and finally the 48 airships of the three countries have all turned into big fireballs and fallen to the ground.
Niu Dazhu, who watched the entire air battle, saw that his fighter group began to return, slowly put down the binoculars, and said to himself: "It's really too ferocious, the air defense force can easily do it in the future!" ”