Huntinger's tactical adjustment was simple: since the A-1 attack planes could only carry out close-range dive bombing, he simply suspended the offensive operations of the remaining A-1 attack planes and handed over the next strike mission to the F-86 Sabre fighters responsible for escorting the aircraft.

Yes, it's the F-86 called "Sabre"!

It is indeed an excellent fighter on par with the MiG-15, and it stands to reason that its target should be above the sky, but what is less known is that the F-86 can carry 2,000 pounds of equipment under the wings, in addition to the six 12.7mm Browning machine guns in the nose for aerial combat.

It could be a bomb for a dive attack or a fuel tank to extend the range, but the F-86 that accompanied the huntinger on a night air raid mission was equipped with neither a ground attack bomb nor a fuel tank, but eight aerial rockets distributed in two quadruple rocket launchers.

The rocket, known as the MK-12, was originally intended for close-quarters air combat, as the F-86's six 12.7mm Browning machine guns were too weak compared to the MiG-15, which was armed with a 37mm gun and two 23mm guns.

A single 23mm cannon shell can inflict heavy damage on it; If you are hit by two pieces, you can have a close contact with the earth; If the character is bitten by a 37mm cannon shell, then you can congratulate the brother who piloted the F-86, who can put aside all kinds of troubles in the world and accept the summons of God and his old man in advance.

On the other hand, on the side of the F-86, often the bullets ran out and a few were shot down, and there were quite a few injuries, but after a few days, people came up to it again to settle accounts, and in desperation, the Americans could only find another way to directly take the technology of using aviation rockets to attack enemy planes in the late stage of World War II from Germany, and make this so-called MK-12 aviation rocket.

Not to mention, after the MK-12 aviation rocket is equipped with the F-86, the air combat power will increase several times in an instant, so that the US Air Force pilots also have a sharp weapon to hit the soul.

However, as the so-called unintentional insertion of willows and willows, this aviation rocket, which was originally used in air combat, has made US pilots find another more lethal way to use it in actual combat, that is, ground attack!

This is because the radio proximity fuse on the warhead of the MK-12 aviation rocket can not only automatically explode at the moment of approaching the aircraft to attack the incoming enemy plane, but can also be directly detonated at a height of several meters close to the ground, causing countless fragments of destruction to rush to the enemy target like scattered flowers.

The degree of damage to the target is very significant, especially the striking effect of the light infantry force lacking armor protection like the Volunteer Army, which is particularly prominent, and the F-86 of the US Air Force usually carries two quadruple MK-12 aerial rockets when performing missions over North Korea.

Even if it is not used in aerial combat, as long as it catches the right ground target, it will pounce like a hungry wolf, turning the rockets under the wings into ferocious wolf claws until the target is torn apart!

Although the eight F-86 fighters on Huntingt's expedition this time adopted this configuration, according to Huntinger's battle plan, these eight F-86 fighters were not only responsible for escorting the aircraft, but also had the task of making up for the knife after the fact, after all, those rockets still had a great lethal effect on the Chinese logistics troops that had suffered heavy losses.

But now, with the defeat of the Kurt attack group, Huntinger had to unsheath the severed "Sabre" early, because he not only valued the superior maneuverability of the F-86 equipped with jet engines, but also the range of the MK-12 aviation rockets attached.

The previous fiasco was indeed a surprise to Huntinger, but he soon calmed down, and quickly summed up several reasons for the defeat, the light enemy was the most important reason, and it was precisely because of this that the tactical strike method of large-range flare assistance and A-1 attack aircraft close-range dive bombing was adopted.

This set of tactics is naturally invincible against the Chinese logistics units, which were previously only equipped with ordinary antiaircraft artillery shells, but if they were to deal with the antiaircraft artillery units equipped with radio proximity fuses, it would be tantamount to sending them to death, knowing that the volleys of artillery shells would form a dense barrage that would make even the devil feel terrified.

If the fighter plane that broke into it was unscathed, then it was really God!

Of course, Huntinger can choose to use B-26 bombing to carry out high-altitude bombing, but this method is safe, but the accuracy is pitiful, especially at night to a few columns of targets in the sky that look about the same size as a few small reptiles, and the degree of hit depends entirely on character.

In retrospect, only the MK-12 rocket, which has a range of more than 1,000 meters, and the highly maneuverable F-86 are the best way to defeat the enemy, because Huntinger has discovered through previous attacks that all the downed A-1 attack aircraft are in the bright zone of the flares.

In other words, the light of the flare not only indicates the target for the enemy, but also allows the enemy to see the direction of their attack, so that they will suffer such heavy losses.

And if the attack position of the fighter is placed outside the range of the light mask of the flare, how can the Chinese logistics troops, who are not even equipped with the basic anti-aircraft searchlights for air defense at night, react?

The only A-1 attack aircraft equipped with aviation rockets that had just been used for a tentative attack with aviation rockets had already given Huntinger the answer he wanted, that is, there was no response, so what else did he have to say? Just swing the "saber" and cut it down at the neck of the Chinese.

So Huntinger did not hesitate to pick up the command intercom and ordered unceremoniously: "Adson, I won't say much nonsense, you also saw the tentative attack just now, according to what I said, the flare launches aviation rockets outside the 1000-yard radius of care, and immediately pulls up and climbs and enters the high altitude, you must know that the Chinese in front of you are powerful, but they are full of night blindness and blindness!" ”

"Understood!"

The commander of the F-86 fleet, Lieutenant Colonel Adelson, accepted Colonel Huntinger's orders, although he was a little reluctant, after all, he also knew that this battle was about the success or failure of the American counteroffensive on the front line, but more importantly, the successful attack carried out by the A-1 attack aircraft assigned by Colonel Huntinger completely dispelled all his concerns.

The propeller planes were still able to complete the attack safely, and if the fighter team he led, which had the world's first standard, did it, he would have to be laughed off by his Air Force colleagues in the future.

So whether it is for the sake of overall strategy or personal face, Lieutenant Colonel Adelson must fight, so he was extremely cautious in the past, but today he finally released his wolf-like nature, quickly adjusted the intercom channel, and issued a short order: "'Hungry Wolves' Group C and D will attack from four o'clock, and the others will follow me!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lieutenant Colonel Adelson drove the F-86 to rush down, and with his movements, the 8 F-86 fleets were quickly divided into two teams, and carried out a centripetal assault on the Chinese train crew from two directions, but in the blink of an eye, the roaring jet engine sound in the sky was deafening, and the two teams of F-86 finally showed their hideous fangs and pounced towards the Chinese logistics troops like wolves......

However, at this time, Song Tianming, who was sitting in front of the integrated console, was shocked, and only sighed deeply in the face of the two-way attacking target, and then said steadily to the intercom: "Prepare for battle......