Chapter 411: The Great Air Battle between China and Japan
readx; December 23, 1937 is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Empire, and since its founding in 1917, the Chinese Empire has gone through 20 years of ups and downs. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, in the early morning of that day, the North Korean radar station in Busan and Yongning Province suddenly spotted a dense group of military planes flying towards the waters of Hokkaido.
The Chinese Empire secretly built many large radar stations in the coastal areas, all of which were more than 20 meters high and extremely powerful, with an air search range of 1,500 kilometers.
The radar technology of the Chinese Empire has been studied to a gradual maturity, and the research of radar is also the military technology that the Chinese Empire has focused on for more than ten years, and a lot of research funds have been invested in this regard.
The terrible sound of sirens suddenly sounded in the strategic airfields in the northeast, and the sleeping pilots quickly got up from their beds and rushed to the fighters and bombers in the airfields.
Military airfields in the Tohoku, Trans-Tohoku, Korea, and Yongning provinces lifted most of their planes into the sky in just half an hour, heading for Hokkaido waters.
The Imperial Chinese Navy also spotted the flying aircraft group in the radar, and at the same time received an alert from the radar station on the shore, and the Imperial Chinese Navy located on the border of Hokkaido immediately made the best preparations for the battle, forming a defensive formation with the aircraft carrier as the center.
Soon, the Imperial Chinese Navy discovered that the main force of the United States and Britain and the United States had appeared 40 kilometers to the southeast, and the commander-in-chief, Zhou Xiulong, immediately ordered the main force of the Navy to move eastward, first avoiding the British and American Navy, and waiting for the bombing of the strategic air force, ready to outflank the rear of the main force of the British and American Navy.
At this time, the British and American navies still relied on traditional reconnaissance methods and were not equipped with any radar, so the main reconnaissance method relied on aircraft.
Because the Chinese Navy is equipped with radar, it is expected to be ahead of the enemy. Despite the fact that the search range on the sea surface is only forty kilometers, this is quite enough.
The shipborne radar has a radius of 300 kilometers in the air, making the Imperial Chinese Navy haunt like a ghost.
The fighter planes on the aircraft carrier have already taken off to intercept the British and American naval carrier-based reconnaissance planes approaching the fleet, while the frigates and submarines are searching for the British and American submarines around the fleet and sinking them as soon as they are discovered.
…… On December 23, nearly 1,300 torpedo planes and bombers were dispatched with the intention of returning to the Imperial Chinese Navy twice the heavy losses suffered by the Combined Navy during the Sino-Chinese Shandong War.
These torpedo planes and bombers, under the cover of fighters, began to fly in the direction where the main forces of the Imperial Chinese Navy were located. However, when they were about to fly over the target sea area, the United States and Britain sent a war report that the main force of the Chinese Imperial Navy was gone.
Just when the group was about to search everywhere, a group of fighters with small fuselages flew in front of them, and there were hundreds of them.
The Thunderbolt-2 fighter, a medium-range fighter, began to equip the Imperial Air Force of China on a small scale in 1930 and on a large scale in 1935.
The speed of the Thunderbolt fighter was unbelievably high, and the small size of the fuselage greatly reduced the probability of an enemy aircraft being hit.
As soon as these fighters appeared, they immediately caused a great stir in the military aircraft group, and the speed of these fighters was too fast.
The fighter plane immediately stepped forward to intercept the bomber so that the bomber would not be attacked.
Just as soon as it came into contact, the fighter was beaten by fat, and the dexterous Thunderbolt fighter easily went around behind the fighter with absolute speed advantage and flexibility, and then shot down the fighter jet, although these Thunderbolt fighters are very dexterous, but the firepower of these Thunderbolt fighters is equally powerful.
Hundreds of Thunderbolt fighters were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, and the planes fell into the sea like dumplings.
Most of the more than 300 fighters of the Chinese army were dealt with in less than five minutes, but the fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force flew to the scene of the air battle in a steady stream of whole formations.
Most of the more than 1,300 bombers and torpedo planes of the Chinese army are of American type, and one of the characteristics of American bombers and torpedo planes that take off from the shore is that they pay special attention to air defense and firepower, and they build their planes like fortresses, and there are machine guns everywhere.
These bombers were chased everywhere in the face of the growing number of Thunderbolt fighters, and machine guns were strafing everywhere.
Although the defensive firepower of these bombers is very strong, the target is too large and the action is too slow, and they are no match for the wolf-like Thunderbolt fighters.
Hundreds of Thunderbolt fighters deftly weaved through the clouds, rounding the dead corners or weak points of the fire of these bombers and torpedo planes, and then firing and shooting down.
A group of Chinese air forces took advantage of the excitement and returned home in less than ten minutes, being chased by the thunderbolt fighters of the Imperial Chinese Air Force and running around like headless flies.
However, these military pilots soon discovered that no matter which direction they ran, there was a group of fighter planes from the Chinese Empire waiting there.
I don't know what method the Chinese Empire used, but it actually arranged an air encirclement on them early.
The pilot didn't know there was such a thing as radar.
It was with the radar that the Imperial Air Force of China accurately grasped the position of the air force, and thus divided the fighters into several parts to encircle.
…… Early in the morning, Xia Jun began to prepare for today's speech at the celebration in Beijing, which was the 20th anniversary of the founding of the empire, and naturally a celebration event should be held.
That's when a phone call came in.
"What? Said that Ben dispatched a large group of planes with the intention of sneak attack? Xia Jun called out on the spot, looking incredulous.
Xia Jun did not expect that the British and American joint navies would be so bold as to dare to carry out a sneak attack within the strike range of the Chinese Air Force.
Fortunately, there is a radar, and the detection is timely.
"Fight back immediately." Xia Jun ordered, and on the side of the military headquarters, Chen Xuanyu asked, "Your Majesty, what strength?" ”
"Give me a beating to death." Xia Jun said lightly, and then hung up the phone.
The military headquarters immediately issued an order, granting Liu Wenhong, who was sitting in the northeast, the authority to command the Northeast China Sea and the Air Force, and ordered Liu Wenhong to completely annihilate the main forces of the British and American navies.
Xia Jun immediately convened an emergency military meeting to discuss the follow-up response plan and military action.
…… The British and American Naval Joint Command.
In the command headquarters, the main naval leaders of the three countries, Britain and the United States, were gathered.
"Report, our coalition forces have lost traces of the Chinese Navy."
"What? Wasn't the Chinese Navy there just now? Why did it suddenly disappear. ”
"Urgent report, our Air Force has encountered a large number of Chinese fighters and is fighting fiercely......"
"It's not good, the Chinese have reacted."
"Yes! What to do? ”
"The sneak attack failed, and the Chinese will definitely retaliate frantically this time."
"Don't be afraid, we also have a huge air force!"
The sneak attack failed, and the entire headquarters suddenly became chaotic, and the British and Americans shouted in a panic, while the person himself had a gloomy face.
If a sneak attack fails, it means that a full-scale war is about to break out.
By this time, he had clearly received the statements of the United States and the Soviet Union, so that the lack of political preparation for the war had been resolved.
Although he was ready for war at this time, if the Chinese navy was not eliminated after the outbreak of war, then he would have a greater risk of war.
Because if the Chinese navy cannot be eliminated, the Chinese navy may block the communication line.
Once the communication line is blocked, it will be in a very difficult situation.
This is also the main reason why the British and American navies have repeatedly instigated the British and American navies to attack the Chinese navy together.
The plan for the sneak attack went bankrupt.
The Chinese Empire, as if it was able to foresee, discovered and arranged in advance.
There was speculation in the command headquarters, and the British and American commanders felt that someone might have leaked the plan, causing the failure of the operation. And it is believed that the most likely leak of the plan is the inside of the book, because both the book and China are yellow countries, and spies are easier to operate.
In Britain and the United States, Chinese spies are not so good activities.
Just when the speculation in the command was endless, suddenly a news made the entire command explode.
Almost all of the more than 300 fighters of the Air Force were shot down.
Not long after, there was a sudden report that the Chinese Air Force had formed an encirclement around the bomber formation, and after shooting down the bomber plane, the bombers and torpedo planes had suffered a heavy blow.
The entire command suddenly fell into freezing, and everyone was silent for a moment............ December 23, 1937.
On the border of the Chinese Maritime Frontier and in the Hokkaido region, an air battle of unprecedented scale took place, which lasted nearly an hour.
The army lost 353 fighters and more than 1,200 bombers and torpedo planes.
The Air Force suffered unprecedented losses.
Since its establishment, the Air Force has not won a single battle.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, under the command of Liu Wenhong, the Northeast bomber group began to sail towards the British and American navies, and nearly 3,000 bombers were dispatched for this bombardment, and nearly 500 fighters were dispatched to protect it.
The 3,000 bombers were divided into five echelons one after another to carry out high-altitude bombardment against the main forces of the British and American navies.
At the same time, 800 large torpedo planes were dispatched, and these torpedo planes were much larger than the torpedo planes on the aircraft carrier, and they could carry super-large torpedoes of 800mm caliber, but they were a little large in size, so they could only take off at airfields, and the combat radius was 1,500 kilometers, which were used to deal with enemy ships that violated the coast, and only more than 1,500 of them were built, and this time 800 were transferred to the northeast region.
At 9:25 a.m. on December 23, 1937, the British and American naval forces encountered the first batch of bombing formations of the Imperial Chinese Air Force.
The terrible air defense siren sounded, and the air defense artillery suddenly shot densely towards the sky in the distance, and many planes immediately fell from the sky.
But there are too many planes in the sky.
Hundreds of super-torpedo planes swooped down and projected rows of super-large-caliber supertorpedoes at the dense main forces of the British-American combined navy.
After these torpedoes fell into the sea, they quickly headed forward.
The British and American combined navies were in a state of confusion, and the warships that saw the torpedo hurriedly dodged, and one of the battleships of the Sea Power class was hit by a giant torpedo, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and the 60,000-ton super battleship was shrouded in a black mushroom cloud of smoke.
Then, I saw the battleship break in two from the middle, and then quickly sank to the bottom of the sea.
After a light cruiser was hit by a giant torpedo, the entire hull was blown to pieces and flew everywhere.
(To be continued)