Chapter 255 Air Supremacy (Medium)
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"Young Marshal, the Beiyang Army has built a large number of fortifications on the line from Jinan to Guangrao, this, this, and this, and now there are still a large number of civilian laborers in the emergency repair of fortifications." While pointing to the specific location on the map, Luo Dong made a detailed reconnaissance report to Wang Mo and the officers of the flying group, "According to our aerial reconnaissance these days, they not only dug criss-crossing trenches, but also built a large number of pillboxes, turrets and anti-artillery fortifications. ”
Wang Mo sat at the top of the long square table in the middle of the headquarters, and on both sides of the table sat officers at the rank of squadron leader or above of the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade, all with solemn expressions, listening to Luo Dong's report calmly.
The layout of the entire headquarters is very simple, even rudimentary, and the only thing that stands out is the huge military map that occupies almost the entire wall on the north wall of the headquarters.
Different from the military maps used by other troops, the map used by the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade has a fan-shaped area centered on Yiyuan and marked with dotted lines, which is the combat area of the flying group.
"Recently, almost all the transportation arteries out of Shandong have been tightly sealed by the Beiyang Army, and the dangerous choke points are obviously arranged. As for what kind of arrangement there is, we have not yet found out. Luo Dong's report lasted nearly twenty minutes, and it was detailed and clear, methodical, not at all like the rumored combat maniac who was extremely fanatical about air combat.
"Haven't figured out yet? Didn't you personally lead the team on a reconnaissance mission today? Chen Yifan, the captain of the flying team, asked with a frown, he didn't want this to cause the young marshal to doubt the ability of the flying team.
Asked about this, Luo Dong's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be more and more energetic, and said, "This is the last point I want to say." With the southward movement of the Beiyang Army, the Black Hawk Flying Brigade formed by Beiyang has also arrived in Jinan. Today, when I led a flight reconnaissance team to carry out a reconnaissance mission, I was surrounded and suppressed by as many as 10 fighters. The most important thing is -" Rodon paused for a moment before continuing, "their fighters can already shoot from the nose, and if we hadn't withdrawn early, I'm afraid none of the flight reconnaissance team would have been able to return." ”
Luo Dong's words shocked everyone below, and they were experienced pilots in air combat who knew very well whether the fighter could shoot from the nose, that is, whether the fighter could shoot from the nose, that is, whether or not the shooting coordinator was loaded. No one has forgotten that in the Battle of Qingdao, it was precisely because of that small firing coordinator that they were able to easily win more with less, and finally annihilate the air force of the British and Japanese forces.
Wang Mo was not too surprised by this, the military research and development experts of Britain and France and other Western powers are not dry meals, and there are no technical insurmountable obstacles for small parts such as the shooting coordinator.
Moreover, the role of war in promoting the research and development of the military industry is very huge. Even in order to solve the "Fokker disaster" that is currently raging in the skies of Europe, Britain and France will develop the firing coordinator at any cost.
"The Black Hawk Flying Brigade in Beiyang, I heard that most of their pilots are foreign devils who have been hired for a lot of money, I don't know how effective they are?" Chen Yifan's expression was solemn, although he had full confidence in the combat effectiveness of the Blue Eagle Flying Group, he would never despise any enemy.
This was obviously of great concern to everyone, so everyone turned their eyes to Luo Dong in unison, waiting for his answer.
"Their combat power?" Luo Dong smiled disdainfully and said, "These foreign devil pilots don't have any tactical tactics at all in their air operations, they will only rush to kill." If I hadn't been flying a reconnaissance plane at the time, I would have taught these foreign devils what air combat is! ”
After answering, Luo Dong snapped, put his heels together, stood facing Wang Mo, and said in a loud voice: "Young marshal, I humbly request to lead the team to fight and completely annihilate the Black Hawk Flying Brigade in Beiyang!" ”
Luo Dong's invitation to fight seemed to have lit the fuse, and the rest of the officers present stood up one after another to ask Wang Mo for battle.
"Young marshal, humbly ask to fight!"
"Humble request to fight!"
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Wang Mo stood up, raised his hand slightly to signal everyone to sit down, and said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, on the day the Blue Eagle Flying Group was established, I told you that the Air Force will definitely be an important force comparable to the Army and Navy in the future. Now, I can tell you with absolute certainty that in this great battle, which has involved hundreds of thousands of troops, even though the Blue Eagle Flying Group has only a few hundred men, you—"
Speaking of this, Wang Mo raised his right hand vigorously, clenched his fist violently, and said resolutely and loudly, "It is definitely the mainstay of our army's victory over the enemy, and the indispensable real trump card!" ”
Wang Mo's attitude towards the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade made the officers feel excited and proud.
Chen Yifan immediately stood up and said as if taking an oath: "My Blue Eagle Flying Brigade will live up to the expectations of the young marshal!" ”
Excited, all the officers stood up one after another and said loudly: "I will live up to the expectations of the young marshal!" ”
"Next, I order!"
With a "snap", all the officers stood solemnly and stood by.
Wang Mo glanced at everyone and gave an order: "The Blue Eagle Flying Brigade will immediately launch an all-out attack, completely tear and crush the so-called Black Eagle Flying Brigade of the Beiyang Army, and tell those rookies with practical actions that the sky belongs to us!" ”
"Yes!"
The officers responded in unison, and then walked out of the headquarters.
With Wang Mo's order, the Blue Eagle Flying Brigade suddenly moved, and on the airport and in the hangar, the sound of shouting orders and hurried footsteps came and went.
In the cold and biting north wind, the guide wearing a striking yellow vest on the runway suddenly waved the small green flag in his hand downward, and then a Fokker DR.1, which had already completed preparations for takeoff, glided off from the runway with acceleration and rushed into the sky.
After the first plane took off smoothly, the small green flag in the guide's hand waved down vigorously, and the second plane that received the signal quickly glided and took off.
One plane after another glided by, like an arrow from a string breaking through the air.
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On the outskirts of Jinan, the barracks of the Black Hawk Flying Brigade of the Beiyang Army.
From time to time, there was a noisy noise in the barracks, and you could faintly hear the sound of relaxed conversation and laughter, and the cheers of many people raising their glasses in celebration.
At this time, the barracks was full of messes, empty wine bottles, peanut shells and other food waste, and the room was filled with the smell of alcohol, sweat, and the smell of food residues volatilizing.
I believe that anyone who sees such a situation will probably not think that this is a barracks for a force, and this is still in wartime.
Dozens of blonde Caucasians grabbed bottles and drank heartily, laughing with each other, and from time to time talking about women and all kinds of meat jokes, which immediately caused a burst of laughter, and if there were a few more blondes with bulging forwards, I am afraid it would be no different from a prom party.
"You haven't seen it, those yellow-skinned monkeys were so frightened that they quickly retracted into their mother's arms and shouted for help when they saw my legendary pilot John's fighter jet take off, haha!"
"No, I heard that this Blue Eagle Flying Group is the world's first regular air force, and it once created a miracle record of 15 fighters defeating 42 planes, why shouldn't it be too bad?"
"George, you are so stupid to believe such a false news. Don't you know that a few years ago this country was a feudal kingdom with everyone dragging a pig's skin tail, a representative of ignorance and backwardness. How many natives here know what an airplane is? When they see the plane, they will say, 'God, the plane is so heavy, won't it fall and fall?' Haha......"
"That's right, if they could train good pilots, I'm afraid they wouldn't need to spend so much money to hire us."
"This money is really easy to make, and they all say that the Far East is full of gold, and they are really right! Cheers to the riches of the Far East! ”
"Cheers to the riches of the Far East!"
"Cheers!"
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A room full of foreigners happily toasted in celebration, without the slightest sign of a soldier. In fact, they were not formally trained professional soldiers, and the vast majority were gold diggers from Europe. And who were the gold diggers who spread from Europe to the rest of the world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries? Most of them are bankrupts who have lost everything, vagabonds who have nothing, and criminals who have been exiled.
Now that the European war is in full swing, especially in the air war, Britain and France are at an absolute disadvantage, and there is an extreme shortage of excellent pilots, and it is not enough to invest in the local battlefield, so how can they be transferred to support Beiyang.
Therefore, except for a few officers and retired soldiers with flying experience, the vast majority of the pilots of this Black Hawk Flying Brigade, which Yuan Shikai had high hopes for, were just civilian flying enthusiasts who had undergone simple training.
Just as these foreigners were laughing and talking, suddenly, there was a continuous sound of sirens outside the barracks.
"Woo-woo-"
The long, loud sirens continued to sound and echoed for a long time.
Before the foreign pilots in the barracks could make any reaction, they heard a loud "bang" and the door was kicked open.
"You bastards, enemy planes are coming, all dress me up, ready to fight, right away! go! go! go! Pete, the leader of the Black Hawk Flying Group, who hurried into the barracks, roared angrily.
In contrast to Pete's anxiety, the foreign pilots in the barracks seemed to be careless, and did not seem to be in the slightest nervous about the incoming enemy planes and the upcoming battle.
"What's the tension, Pete, it's just a few yellow-skinned monkeys who can be cleaned up casually." John, who had previously taunted himself as a legendary pilot, shrugged his shoulders with disdain with ease, and then shouted with a grin at the rest of the pilots, "Gentlemen, go, pack up the yellow-skinned monkeys and earn a bounty!" ”
"Earn a bounty!"
"Lovely beautiful gold, I'm coming!"
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A group of foreign pilots just came out with the smell of alcohol and high morale. (To be continued.) )