(512) The Eagle of China
In appearance, it is quite similar to the P3M "woolly rhinoceros". It is 12.2 meters long and equipped with a 24-cylinder propeller fan engine with coaxial reversal, and the propeller diameter is slightly smaller than the P3M at 3.7 meters. The pilot's cockpit is located above the middle of the fuselage, with an inverted T-shaped tail in the tail and a rear three-point landing gear. The middle and lower wings of the double girder structure have a slight upper reverse angle, and the plane shape is oval, with a spread of 15.7 meters and a width of about 3 meters. The wings and tail are foldable, which reduces the occupied area on the aircraft carrier. The armament is the same as that of the "Woolly Rhino", with two 20-mm caliber guns mounted in front of the wings on both sides, and two 12.7-mm "Browning" machine guns at the wings of the fuselage, each with more than 200 rounds of ammunition. In addition, there are no multiple pylons under the fuselage and wings, which can be hung with bombs and rockets, etc., with a maximum external capacity of 1,000 kg.
"Right ahead! Enemy! Enemy planes are coming! Someone shouted hoarsely into the microphone.
Uda Dazuo looked up, and sure enough, the same ugly and hideous Chinese fighter jets were rapidly approaching, getting bigger, and there were more of them, more than 30 of them!
Uda Osa saw a Chinese fighter plane rushing straight towards his plane, and he couldn't help but shudder when he saw the black face with angry eyes in the cockpit of the Chinese fighter jet.
Of course, he would not have known that what appeared in front of him was about the same status as the ace fighter pilot of the Chinese Naval Aviation.
His name is Gao Tianxing.
Gao Tianxing, lieutenant colonel captain of the 4th Fighter Training Brigade of the Chinese Army Air Force, once suffered a fracture due to a flight accident and was not very convenient to move, so he was called "Gao Cripple". Gao Tianxing was determined to devote himself to China's aviation industry in his early years, and graduated from the aviation school with excellent grades, and is one of the best flight elites of the Chinese Army Aviation Corps. When the Pacific War broke out, Gao Tianxing had a premonition that there would be a big war in China, so he repeatedly wrote to Yanjing to ask for war. The War Department granted his request and ordered the 4th Brigade to be stationed at the Munsan airfield in Haeju, North Korea.
On this day, Gao Tianxing arrived in Haizhou City by car alone, when the terrible siren of an enemy plane's air raid suddenly sounded over the city.
If it were not for those who lived in the first half of this century and experienced the war firsthand, it would be difficult to imagine the level of hatred of the Chinese and North Koreans for that unclothed neighbor, when Gao Tianxing saw those planes with incendiary bombs hanging under the wings taking off from aircraft carriers, indiscriminately bombarding with machine-gun fire along the way, pouring death, disaster and fear on the unarmed Chinese and North Korean people. He had nothing but anger and hatred in his heart.
A total of 28 twin-engine heavy bombers entered the airspace over Haizhou from the sea in two groups, and the group was discovered by Chinese ground radar stations and DPRK air defense posts as they approached the coast. The problem was that at this time, due to a mistake in scheduling, there was not a single fighter plane in the sky over the entire city of Haizhou, and all Chinese and North Korean planes had already taken off to attack the Yuben fleet on the sea.
Undoubtedly, this was a rather tragic moment: the enemy planes flew all the way to the target like a group of bandits with no one in sight. The anti-aircraft artillery on the ground in Haizhou was sparsely fired, and it was completely impossible to organize an effective fire network to stop the enemy planes from diving. The first batch of bombs dropped by enemy planes hit oil depots, airstrips, and control towers one after another, and a sky-high fire broke out in the airfield.
Gao Tianxing sat motionless on the grass, listening to the splashing of bullets whizzing around.
The Air Force Captain felt as if he had become a wooden man, unaware of the danger and death threats that were splashing around him. He saw with his own eyes one plane after another roaring from the clouds, diving, strafing, machine guns spewing red light, then pulling up the nose of the plane, diving again, and strafing again...... Cycle. He looked up, and with his eyesight he could even see the triumphant yellow face of the pilot in the cockpit of the plane. He said that he was flying in the sky, roaring and raging, and the lives of his compatriots were torn apart alive in front of his eyes, but he, a Chinese fighter pilot who had flown for thousands of hours, could only sit on the ground in a daze.
Of course, this is not or cannot be counted as anyone's fault, because things in the world are often like this: although you are full of enthusiasm or empty ambition to serve the country, but fate puts you in an embarrassing situation of helplessness and powerlessness.
The first batch of planes said that they had achieved the purpose of a sneak attack, and after dropping their bombs, they began to return home. Fires and many buildings were damaged at Wenshan Airport, but thankfully, the damage to the runway was not very serious. Gao Tianxing looked up at the long sky, and his heart was burning. Of course, he knew that once the second wave of enemy planes arrived, not only would the airfield not be safe, but also the new Chinese fighter planes that should have been delivered today would not be able to land and refuel.
Although the Chinese fighter planes are now equipped with radio communication systems, and it is very convenient for the planes to communicate with the ground after liftoff, the communication facilities at the airport have been seriously damaged at this time, so although Captain Gao is eager to see through it, no one can know when the new fighter group will arrive at the airport.
War is such a dangerous game: the loss of a fighter means the loss of superiority, and the loss of superiority can lead to the loss of everything. The problem is that whether or not a fighter plane can be seized is often not subject to the subjective will of man. In the famous Battle of Waterloo in 1815, although Napoleon I was well aware that he could defeat the British, Dutch and Prussian forces if he received a reinforcement at this time, his reinforcements did not appear for a long time. Because that hapless army went lost in the fog.
Although China's air power is stronger than that of Yuben, the accidental surname is the mysterious hand of God, and no one can predict when a miracle will occur.
However, when the second group of heavy bombers was about to enter the undefended Haizhou and bomb indiscriminately, the mysterious hand of God finally gave the last chance to the suffering Chinese.
Soon after Gao Tianxing rushed back to the airport, there was a slight imperceptible motor oscillation in the air, and although this faint sound wave was easily ignored in the noise and noise of the battlefield, it was still caught by the ears of a pair of sensitive old pilots.
As if lightning flashed, Gao Tianxing's heart shook violently, almost stopped beating, and then opened his mouth and took a big gulp of oxygen. He couldn't believe his ears. After a few seconds, the concussion returned, and the blood around him began to boil.
It was his "Woolly Rhino" fighter who arrived!
The captain of the Air Force jumped up, staggered to the runway with both hands, much like a drowning man grabbing a sampanβnot only a life-saving sampan, but also a speedboat of vengeance, carrying him to pour out all the hatred and anger of a [***] man on himself.
About a minute or two later, a "hairy rhinocar" fighter made by "Republic Airlines" deftly emerged from the clouds and made an emergency landing close to the runway. Airport personnel rushed up to refuel these planes coming from afar. Gao Tianxing grabbed the gangway, he couldn't even wait for the fuel tank to fill up before he stepped onto the "Woolly Rhino" fighter that landed first, and as the engine roared, the fighter began to slide towards the runway, braving the billowing smoke rising from all over the airport to take off first.
At this time, the second attack wave of the bomber group of the Japanese army just arrived over the airfield.
Almost at the same time, the bomber group spotted the Chinese planes that were still refueling, so they immediately changed formation and prepared to dive and drop bombs, and the airfield was immediately filled with the terrifying buzz of the bombers like a hornet. The situation is extremely unfavorable for the Chinese [***] team, and if the enemy planes preemptively block the runway and apron of the airport, then even God himself will not be able to save the tragic fate of the total annihilation of the Chinese planes.
Fortunately, Gao Tianxing's single machine managed to grab about twenty seconds of precious time.
By the time the plane began to dive and try to block the takeoff of the Chinese plane with machine guns, the dexterous heavy fighter had already rushed off the runway and took off. The rise of the Chinese fighters and the preemptive firing immediately disrupted the attacking formation of the bombers and seriously affected the confidence of the Imperial pilots in victory, causing the bombers who could have calmly dropped their bombs and strafed them into the fields outside the airfield.
Now all the spiritual power of Gao Tianxing, who has been plugged in with wings, has a more powerful material force to rely on, so when the Chinese air force captain indulges the new fighter plane full of bullets and hatred, not only does he not have the slightest loneliness and timidity in his heart, but has a majestic feeling of a tiger entering a flock or a cat catching a mouse.
In fact, it was indeed a duel between the tiger and the flock.
When the planes were bombing and strafing the unarmed Chinese and North Korean civilians, the tigers were in the sky and the sheep were in the ground. Now it's the other way around, when you approach the target quickly with a fighter with great firepower and speed, and effortlessly catch the huge fuselage of the enemy bomber, and you can even see the ugly face of the enemy pilot in panic from the cockpit, can you not feel that you are an invincible aerial tiger?!
The first round took less than three minutes.
Gao Tianxing's 20-millimeter cannon was like a long steel whip that violently struck the enemy planes, and soon two heavy bombers crashed to the ground one after another with black smoke. A whirlwind fell into the rough river, and a huge column of water splashed on the surface of the river; The other crashed into a hill and exploded, caught fire, and fell apart. Only one pilot parachuted in time and landed safely, but only 10 minutes later he was killed on the spot by angry North Koreans who had rushed to the scene after hearing the news.
Then my situation became very bad.
The fighters of the 4th Group all seized the gap and quickly took off, like a quick harrier eagle quickly catching up and surrounding the heavy bombers, the sky was rumbling with cannons, and machine shells with long tracer tails were blooming everywhere. In the panic, the plane dropped all its bombs in an attempt to escape as quickly as possible, and desperately resisted with the machine guns equipped with the bombers, but this still did not help them escape the impending catastrophe.
The Chinese pilots chased them from behind in the "Woolly Rhinoceros" fighters equipped with four 20-millimeter machine guns, and the whistling machine shells were like flying deaths, clinging to the soul of the desolate man. The shame and hatred of the Chinese, who had been accumulating for decades, erupted from the muzzle of the cannons, and the fighter pilots scrambled one by one, and the dense machine shells hit the bombers like broken pieces of wood, and billowing smoke and explosions broke out in the air.
This fierce air battle took less than a quarter of an hour. It is said that 16 heavy bombers were shot down and many were damaged, and none of the Chinese planes were lost. There was jubilation in Haizhou City.
At this time, Gao Tianxing and his comrades-in-arms did not give up, and after receiving the order to attack the aircraft carrier at sea, they immediately led the team to set off. At this time, the flame of revenge in his heart was still burning.
After Gao Tianxing's group departed and arrived at the designated sea area, it did not find any trace of the aircraft carrier, but it ran into the Uda bomber squadron that was engaged with the Chinese Navy's "Wind and Thunder" carrier-based fighter group.
At this moment, Gao Tianxing and Uda Takiji, two ace pilots belonging to different countries, met together.
Seeing the terrifying Chinese "Woolly Rhino" heavy fighter spew out a long tongue of fire and sweep towards his bomber group, Uda Daisa's heart tightened.
The fuselage of a "Flying Dragon" heavy bomber was swept by the stream of catapults, and flames immediately burst out, and soon, the Chinese fighter unceremoniously swept off its wings, and the huge bomber began to flip with extremely uncomfortable movements and fell into the sea.
The machine gunner on the Uda Taki two-seater fired desperately at the Chinese fighters, and some bullets hit the opponent's fuselage, but the Chinese fighters' movements were still so fast and light, and when he saw the other bomber on fire and burning, Uda Taki couldn't help but curse.
"What are the escort fighters doing!? These bastards! β
Gao Tianxing glanced at the terrified pilot in the cockpit of the heavy bomber, sneered, increased his horsepower, and prepared to get rid of the pursuing enemy plane, and then come back to clean up the bomber.
Thanks to the desperate interception of the escort fighter group, Uda Takiji escaped with his surname.
It seems that there is some kind of force indulging Uda Daisa, he instinctively piloted the bomber and began to turn to escape, although his landline is the leader of the plane, but at this time his mind is completely blank, completely relying on instinct to.
I don't know how long it took, but when Uda Osa came back to his senses, all the enemy planes around him had disappeared.
Uda Dazuo turned his head to look, and then he was surprised to find that next to his landline, except for the two "Gale" fighters who had been injured and pulling long smokes but were still insisting on escorting, there was no more plane.
Uda Osa could barely believe his eyes.
With their own bomber group, plus the fighters of the escort, there were only three planes left!
It was easy to fly back to the mainland, and Uda Daisa, who had a glimmer of hope, also hoped to see more friendly planes return, but until it was dark, he did not wait for even one friendly plane to appear.
After suffering such a defeat in the first battle back to his homeland, Uda Daisa, as the captain, was embarrassed and committed suicide by caesarean section at the Fukuoka Sea Base that night to apologize for the emperor's sin.
Yanjing, Jurentang, the Grand Presidential Palace of the Chinese Federation.
"Shame on you! Shameful! I actually let him throw the bomb to Yanjing! β
President Wu Peifu, who was dressed in military uniform, slammed the war report in his hand on the rosewood desk, his eyes swept over the military and political dignitaries present, and the roar shook the roof tiles.
"We in Huaxia claim to have tens of thousands of military aircraft! Radar stations are all over the place, more than public toilets! But why didn't you find my plane?! β
"The president is angry, this time he said that the damage he caused was very slight, there were not many casualties, and the damage was not as great as the newspaper advertised." Zhang Xiaozhun, chief of the General Staff, saw that no one was silent, and couldn't help but say, "However, letting this plane disturb the Beijing Division this time proves that our army's air defense system is indeed inadequate, and it needs to be improved urgently." β
"It's not just air defense systems!" Wu Peifu glared at Zhang Xiaozhun and said loudly, "What has the navy been doing for so long?!" Could it be that just because I have two more super battleships than us, we have become shrunken turtles? β
"And the army, Siberia, we obviously won a big battle, why don't we take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive myself out of the mainland? Also, almost the entire territory of North Korea has been recovered, why is there such a long slip as Busan that can't be defeated? To let the plane fly to the interior of North Korea to bomb? β
"The battle has been fought to this extent, why don't the navy, land and air force go all out? Our Huaxia is known as the largest military power in Asia, with an army of four million, and it is like this? β
"The President is at ease." Jiang Baili said, "So far, our navy, land and air forces have not done their best, but the reason why this is so is because our enemies in China are not the only one. The Soviet Union is the greater threat, and we must have enough troops to guard against the Soviet Union. β
Listening to Jiang Baili's words, Wu Peifu took a breath and sat heavily on the chair.
"Now the Soviet Union is making every effort to transfer troops to the east, and our army has 1.5 million troops deployed along the border, but it is far from enough." Cai said, "The number of tanks and planes at present is still insufficient, so it is normal for the combat force to be insufficient and have certain setbacks." β
"It would be nice if we could break the book before the Soviets attack us." Wu Peifu sighed and said.
(To be continued)