Chapter 633: Aerial Safari

Black smoke billowed from the military port, explosions came and went, shrapnel fell from the sky, and the originally calm sea could be seen everywhere on the stirred water column, and on the high and low water columns, one fighter plane after another swept close to the sea, searching for their respective targets, and once a suitable target was found, the pilots who piloted the planes would unceremoniously open fire with all the weapons on the plane, even ignoring the bombs that were still falling from the sky.

As the commander of the combat wing and as a fighter pilot, Meng Fei is now flying a single-engine "Wasp" fighter over this bay in Lushun, and just a minute earlier, he had just piloted his plane to shoot down a Japanese Navy's "Falman" seaplane in the city of Lushun, increasing his air record to two.

In addition to the excitement, Meng Fei couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, the Japanese air force was so weak, for a high-ranking officer of the air force, these Japanese planes were not enough for him to eat

Pre-war aerial reconnaissance showed that the Japanese army had built a field airfield fifteen kilometers north of Arthur. There is a Japanese flying team stationed there, with fighter planes and reconnaissance planes, which is a ready-made target for the Chinese Air Force task force, but unfortunately, in this attack mission, it is the fighter and light bomber group of the naval aviation unit that undertook the task of raiding the Japanese field airfield, and as the commander of the fighter wing in this operation, Meng Fei's task is to protect the bomber unit in the military port operation area. Covering the bomber forces to carry out an attack on the Japanese fleet at the military port.

At this time, Meng Fei and the fighter unit under his command were like a flock of hungry and red-eyed birds of prey, scurrying around in the airspace near the military port, hoping to find a suitable target for attack. Although these air force officers and men had the intention to compete with the Japanese warships on the mooring, due to the lack of suitable attack weapons, they could only circle around those warships, and from time to time use the aviation machine guns on the planes to shoot at the Japanese sailors on the deck of the warships. Often, it can provoke several Chinese fighter jets to retaliate at once.

According to the pre-war intelligence analysis, Japan's arsenal has indeed manufactured some special anti-aircraft guns for the Japanese army and navy, but it does not seem to be equipped with the Lushun Japanese army, and the anti-aircraft weapons of the Lushun Japanese army seem to be only machine guns, which obviously makes the Chinese air force officers and men a little unscrupulous; compared with those Japanese soldiers who are in a panic and put into air defense operations, Chinese fighter pilots are more able to grasp the initiative in battle, and the condescending height advantage also makes the "wasp" We can invariably find the most valuable ground and sea targets at the first time, those Japanese troops gathered on the dock, those Japanese sailors running around on the deck of warships, those Japanese sailors who jump into the sea in panic, and those naval officers who return to command the warship from the dock on a single plane or a traffic boat. The "Wasps" unceremoniously poured a rain of bullets on these targets, and the arrogance of the fighter pilots even aroused the jealousy of the reconnaissance plane pilots. As a result, several reconnaissance planes also joined in the ravages of the Japanese sailors, and because the machine gunners in the back seats of the reconnaissance planes had a more flexible firing range, compared with the fighters, the reconnaissance planes strafed targets in military ports more calmly, and the machine gunners could strafe from the left side of the plane all the way to the right, and there was no need for the plane to climb and dive incessantly.

Although as far as the eye can see, the entire military port is full of Chinese planes flying around, which seems to be a little messy. But that's just a layman's opinion, actually. Although most of the pilots were a little presumptuous, they still strictly abided by the most basic rules of air combat, that is, flying in formation and fighting in formation, with two planes as one combat unit, one long plane, mainly responsible for attacking, and one wingman, mainly responsible for covering the long planes in the attack, cooperating with each other and responding to each other, which perfectly interpreted the principle of air tactics under high-tech conditions.

Meng Fei also had a wingman, but five minutes ago. There were some minor glitches in the wingman's engine; The speed could not be raised, and he had to withdraw from the battle, and he had already been ordered to return to the south, so. Now Meng Fei can only fight alone.

Although he was a little worried about whether the wingman could successfully return to the Daqin Island logistics base, Meng Fei's main mind was still on the attack mission, just now he single-handedly shot down a Japanese seaplane, and now the fighting spirit is high, so he returned to the air over the military port, and after cruising at a low altitude on the sea, he quickly climbed the plane to an altitude of 500 meters. Condescendingly monitoring the nearby airspace to see if any Japanese planes have appeared, he continues his aerial safari.

The effort paid off, and after a few minutes of cruising at high altitude. Meng Fei found a few small black dots flying from the north, although the distance was still far away, it was not clear whether it was his own air assault force returning from the attack, but out of caution, Meng Fei still decided to fly the plane over to check, at the same time, there were several fighters and a reconnaissance plane that found the target, they saw Meng Fei's "Wasp" swinging its wings violently, so they quickly approached and flew towards the northern airspace with the supreme commander of the fighter unit.

Meng Fei led this improvised interception team to fly at high speed into the northern airspace, and at the same time climbed the altitude from 500 meters to 1,000 meters, and at the same time as they piloted the plane to climb high into the air. The unidentified planes from the north also climbed to the sky, although they still couldn't see the other party's model clearly, but through the other party's reaction, Meng Fei basically determined the identity of the other party.

"Spot enemy aircraft and prepare for battle".

Meng Fei manipulated the "Wasp." Swing the wings a few times, then hold the joystick between your legs and raise your arms high. Then quickly put the arms flat, then raised again, and then flattened, and so on repeatedly to the two planes that followed. Seeing the wing commander's order, several other "Wasps" quickly dispersed and occupied their respective battle positions in battle formation, and at the same time, the reconnaissance plane withdrew from the queue somewhat unwillingly, and turned its nose on a sideways slide, preparing to return to the sky above the military port and issue a battle warning to those happy planes.

Meng Fei turned his head and counted, there were a total of five "Wasps" behind his fighter jet, and the "Wasp" closest to him obviously lost its wingman, so he consciously began to act as the wingman of the wing leader, and rushed to the front side by side with the long plane, only two fuselages behind Meng Fei.

Seeing that the planes coming from the north were getting closer and closer, Meng Fei raised his hand, held the wind goggles, and then stretched out his left hand and raised his thumb to the wingman pilot.

At this time, "Wasp." We have seen each other's models clearly, that is all the French "Vazin" fighter, is one of the main models of the Japanese army's equipment, the layout of this fighter is more special, its propeller is not installed in the nose, but installed in the tail of the aircraft, which allows the machine gunner in the front seat of the aircraft to fire freely without being affected by the propeller, but it is precisely because of this peculiar layout that the maneuverability of this two-seater fighter is not good, and subject to the special tail frame structure, the speed of this fighter is far inferior"Wasp".

Therefore, when the "Wasp." When they had already climbed to an altitude of 1,000 meters, those "Wazan" fighters had just climbed to an altitude of 700 meters, 1,000 meters versus 700 meters, and the distance between the two sides was no more than a few hundred meters. For Chinese pilots, this is the ideal launch point for an attack.

"Conquer".

Meng Fei swung his wings and immediately took the lead in diving downward, and the other pilots also flew the "Wasp" to pounce on the target.

A strong air flow blew inside, blowing the tail of the scarf around Meng Fei's neck straight, and the roar of the engine became muffled. The maneuvering of the plane became difficult, and the originally flexible joystick seemed to be nailed, and it had to be used with a lot of force to pull the joystick, Meng Fei pretended to be the joystick, and firmly put his prey into the middle of the cross frame on the sight, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bark tart, goo tart must,"

Two long point shots, dozens of bullets dragged the red ribbon of light and floated away, accurately hitting the nose of one of the "Wazan" fighters, several bullets very easily passed through the upper body of the Japanese pilot in the front seat of the nose, and the other several bullets hit the head of the Japanese pilot in the back seat, although it did not hit the engine, but due to the loss of control, this "Vazin." The plane deflected to the right, tumbling and falling to the ground.

At the same time, several other Wazen fighters also opened fire, angry bullets sending lethal bands of light in the air, and shot down the other two "Wazan" fighters, and the remaining two "Wazan" fighter pilots narrowly escaped the attack inside, and quickly maneuvered the planes to roll and flee to a low altitude.

As a result, the air battle quickly changed from a frontal assault to a tailgating attack, and in the sky, two Japanese Army "Wazan" fighters were desperately fleeing, and behind them, six Chinese "Wasp" fighters were following. The result of the battle was not at all unexpected, five to zero, Meng Fei once again set his record in air combat, and now, as long as one more enemy plane is shot down, he can become the "ace of the air" of the Chinese Air Force. Finish.

"Ace in the air." This concept was proposed by Zhao Bei during an inspection of the Army Air Corps, and the standard was to shoot down five enemy planes in an air battle. In Meng Fei's view, this standard is not high, and it is easy to obtain this title, but facts have proved that his view is correct, and with the guarantee of superior weapons, China's air force pilots can easily obtain the title of "ace in the air", provided that there are enough enemy planes to fight them.

"Only one is missing, only one is missing

Meng Fei muttered in his heart, and used a charcoal pen to draw his fourth battle record on the wooden shell next to the cockpit of the fighter, although he really wanted to lead this patchwork interception team to continue to the front to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net, but if he flew further away, he would be far away from the military port, which had the concern of violating the order, so when the other "Wasps" retreated because they did not dare to violate the order, Meng Fei had to temporarily give up this idea and drive the fighter back to the sky above the military port.

Just when Meng Fei returned to the airspace of the military port with some chagrin, he was surprised to find that a Japanese Navy's "Falman" seaplane was sneakily flying south along a sea wall, as if it wanted to avoid the Chinese fighters in the military port.

Meng Fei triumphantly picked up the charcoal pen. First draw a star on the cockpit, and then calmly dive down, two point shots. It took no effort to turn the "Falman" seaplane only a few meters above the surface of the sea into a ball of fire.

"Haha! Man, we're aces in the air

Meng Fei patted the windshield and looked in the direction of the military port, and found that several heavy bombers were turning around and looking south, looking like they were planning to retreat, so they also hurriedly flew in the direction of the military port, at this time, he noticed that there was a Japanese Navy destroyer in the outer mooring yard on the sea surface that was heading towards the military port at high speed, originally he didn't plan to bully this small warship, but the other party actually used a searchlight to shine on his plane, which immediately angered him, so he swooped over and strafed the deck of the destroyer for a second, extinguishing the searchlight, Then he shook the tail of the plane and flew over the military port with a gold star in his eyes.