Chapter 545: Target Wuhan Airport
After the Japanese bunker was destroyed, Jiujiang Airport fell into the control of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team, and Zhao Zhi led his troops into the airport to refuel, load bombs, and clear the runway under the command of the pilot.
Ye Zhaofeng piloted the Japanese Zero fighter plane to hover over Jiujiang for a week, and then landed at Jiujiang Airport again.
Although the 50 pilots have undergone a long period of training and are all outstanding at the Kunming Aviation School, after all, it is the first time they have really gone to the battlefield, and at the same time, none of them have ever flown the Japanese Zero fighter, so it is necessary to communicate with them to master the operation skills.
Of course, Ye Zhaofeng is also piloting the Zero for the first time, but his flight experience is naturally not the same as that of the students who have just come out of the school, and he has already learned about the performance, internal structure, and even operation guide of the Japanese Zero fighter in Jiang Haoran's mouth.
Before he got on the plane, he was still a little scoffed at Jiang Haoran's words, after all, this is something that the Japanese army has just developed, and you Jiang Haoran are not a fat worm in the stomach of the Japanese, how can you know so clearly, but since the moment he got on the plane, Jiang Haoran's descriptions have all been verified one by one, and Ye Zhaofeng can't use any words to describe his shock.
The Japanese army Jiujiang airfield has a total of 38 light and heavy bombers, 12 Zero fighters, and two reconnaissance planes, a total of 52 planes, only one light bomber nose was strafed by machine guns, and it will definitely not be able to take off without major repairs, and the others have not been damaged, and it just so happened that Jiang Haoran brought 50 pilots, plus Ye Zhaofeng just happened to have one each, and the damaged one could only be dragged to the edge of the airport.
With the assistance of several hundred Zhao Zhi, the planes quickly completed refueling and reloading, and drove out of the airport one after another, first the two reconnaissance planes were released far away from the east and west to guard against a sudden attack by Japanese planes from the direction of Nanjing or Wuhan; after all, it was already dawn, and it was normal for the Japanese army to send planes to support Jiujiang Airport after losing contact for so long.
This was followed by twelve Zeros rising into the air to serve as air guards, and the twelve Zeros were just divided into four three-plane formations to guard against enemy attacks from four directions.
As soon as the 12 Zeros had completed their air formation, the reconnaissance planes in the southwest reported to Ye Zhaofeng that they had found a Japanese reconnaissance plane in front of them, and that the enemy seemed to be on guard against our reconnaissance planes and flew around from a distance.
The fighter formation that served as the guard in the southwest direction was none other than Ye Zhaofeng, who flew the long plane, and Zhuang Yingying and another pilot flew the wingman.
The Japanese army did not have communication equipment on the plane, and the Japanese army's communication in the air could only be achieved through guò writing boards, gesturing or swinging wings, but after Ye Zhaofeng and them got on the plane, each of them had a walkie-talkie, which realized the air communication function, whether it was in command or in battle, this function could immediately improve the air combat strength to a higher level.
After receiving the report of the reconnaissance plane, Ye Zhaofeng once again determined the azimuth distance of the enemy plane, and then immediately ordered Zhuang Yingying and another wingman to outflank the enemy's reconnaissance plane, and at the same time ordered the bombers on the ground to take off quickly.
After Zhuang Yingying and the other wingman received the order, they swung their wings and quickly flew around the front with one left and one right. Ye Zhaofeng continued to move directly forward in the center, and in less than two minutes, he found an enemy plane flying far away, and swung its wings to the left twice in a row, probably seeing that Ye Zhaofeng did not react, he immediately turned around and began to turn around.
Ye Zhaofeng immediately understood that the Japanese reconnaissance plane had just made a secret signal to himself, but the code did not match, and he was about to slip away, and immediately moved forward at full speed.
The superiority of the Zero fighter was soon manifested, although at a distance of several thousand meters, seeing that the Japanese plane was getting clearer and clearer in front of him, just when Ye Zhaofeng was about to press the machine gun fire button, the plane piloted by Zhuang Yingying on the right suddenly drilled out of the clouds and appeared on the right side of the enemy plane, and two 20 mm cannons fired at the same time, accurately hitting the fuselage of the enemy plane, and the enemy plane immediately emitted thick smoke, and the machine gun on the tail also began to fire at Zhuang Yingying, only to see the plane piloted by Zhuang Yingying climb up suddenly, dodging the shooting of the enemy plane, Immediately, he clenched the enemy plane from above the enemy plane and fired wildly, until the enemy plane completely disintegrated in the volley, and then a big maneuver passed by Ye Zhaofeng's plane, and even proudly lit up his scissor hand at Ye Zhaofeng.
"Zhuang Yingying, well done, it seems that the general seat was wrong not to let you fly the plane at that time, you are simply a genius!" Ye Zhaofeng howled at the walkie-talkie.
At this time, the plane was not far from Jiujiang Airport, and it was still within the effective talking distance of the walkie-talkie, Jiang Haoran on the ground heard Ye Zhaofeng's words from the walkie-talkie, and he couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face, Zhuang Yingying finally did a long-faced thing for him.
According to Jiang Haoran's order, all the planes carried out a five-minute round of strafing at the Japanese troops in Jiujiang City to relieve the pressure on the ground troops, after all, the equipment of the New Fourth Army and the Poyang Lake Independent Brigade was not half a star behind the Japanese army, and they could not let them suffer too heavy losses.
Soon, the planes that covered the sky and the sun began to wreak havoc on the Japanese troops in Jiujiang City, especially the Japanese 104th Wing at the Poyang Lake ferry, which carried out repeated dive strafing.
Five minutes later, all the fighters and bombers formed an air formation over the airport, Jiang Haoran crossed his waist with one hand and a walkie-talkie in the other, Ye Zhaofeng's voice came clearly, "The flight team is ready, please give the order!" ”
"The flight brigade listens to the order, the target, the Wuhan airport ??????"
Wuhan Airport.
After being attacked by Jiang Haoran last year, the airport was rebuilt again, not only adding hardware facilities such as turrets and pillboxes, but also greatly increasing the number of troops.
The air force of the Japanese army in central China has a total of one flying division and three flying brigades, one in Nanjing and one in Jiujiang, which has been completely controlled by Jiang Haoran, and the third is Wuhan Airport, which has three flight squadrons under its jurisdiction and a total of more than 70 planes of various types.
Because the defense area of the 11th Army was the forefront of the Japanese army, and it was also the most fierce and cruel area of the war, and Jiang Haoran's threat to the Japanese army was always the greatest, so almost all the air forces were concentrated in the front line, so that it was convenient to respond to Jiang Haoran's attack at any time.
At this time, it was already half past five in the morning, and although the sky was not bright, more than a dozen electric lights at the airport illuminated the airport white, and the ground crew of the Japanese army was busy refueling and reloading the planes.
Jiang Haoran's sudden attack last night made the Japanese troops of the entire 11 th Army begin to prepare for war, and the four reconnaissance planes had already gone to the sky when the sky was still dark, rushing to various fronts to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, especially the Jiujiang Airport, which had lost contact since 3 o'clock in the morning, and the commander of the 10th Army, Lieutenant General Anan Weiji, was eager to know what had happened.