The U.S. Navy's carrier-based aircraft in service are mainly F2A Buffalo fighters, and its basic performance, such as speed, range, ceiling, load, dead weight and other indicators are quite close to the Zero fighter and BF109 fighters equipped by the Chinese Air Force. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

However, in the American-Japanese War in the Pacific of World War II, the Buffalo carrier-based aircraft were completely powerless in the face of the Zero fighter.

The battle between the two sides was almost a one-sided slaughter, because the two sides were in terms of firepower and flexibility, the Zero completely exploded the Buffalo.

The most famous of these is probably the Battle of Midway, when 108 Japanese planes roared towards Midway in the early morning of June 4, and 26 Marines Buffalo fought enemy planes with a small number of Wildcats.

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The end was tragic, and although the Catalina patrol plane, which had been bravely tracking the Japanese group, accurately dropped flares over the heads of the Japanese, the F2A was surrounded by 36 Zeros before they could even get close. 17 were shot down on the spot, 7 were injured, and only two returned safely.

However, at this time, the Americans had great hopes for this new carrier-based aircraft, which had just beaten Grumman in the competition, and was in service with an extremely ugly appearance.

They even clamored to teach a profound lesson to the Zero fighters equipped with the Chinese Air Force that skied over China and Japan.

It is an advanced fighter that is praised by the Americans as being able to compete with the Zero fighter, and shoulders the hopes of many officers and men of the US Navy and Air Force.

After nearly an hour of flying, this huge mixed aircraft group consisting of more than 100 F2A-Buffalo carrier-based aircraft and a group of bombers finally entered the airspace near Hokkaido, Japan.

Unfortunately, as soon as they entered the country, they were spotted by two Zero fighters patrolling the area.

The Zero fighter did not rush to attack, but immediately called for reinforcements through the modified communication equipment on the aircraft.

In just 10 minutes, more than 20 Zero fighters cruising in the airspace near Hokkaido arrived one after another.

There was no time to wait for more Zero fighters to come and converge, so these 20 or so Zero fighters brazenly and fearlessly launched an attack on the US mixed aircraft group.

More than 100 F2As went all out. But the battle progressed beyond the expectations of all American pilots.

The exchange ratio between the US military aircraft fleet and the Chinese fighter group, which occupies an absolute advantage, is an extremely high 5 to 0.

And this data is still expanding as the grappling progresses.

Ten minutes later, more than 30 F2A Buffalo carrier-based planes were shot down by the US military, an average of three per minute shot down by fighters piloted by the Chinese Air Force.

The commander of the US army had completely lost his ambitions before the expedition, and he was horrified and immediately gave the order for the bomber group to return immediately.

At the same time, after ordering the fighter group to cover the withdrawal of the bomber group, it chose the opportunity to get rid of the entanglement of the Chinese fighter group and return home from the battle.

In the end, this fierce air battle in which the two sides were completely unequal in numbers ended in a crushing defeat in which the US military lost 40 percent of its fighters.

The performance of the Zero fighter is certainly better than that of the F2A Buffalo, but the reason why the US military occupies such a numerical advantage. also suffered such a heavy defeat.

It is mainly due to the difference in the level of pilots of the two sides, and most of the pilots of the Chinese Air Force at this time are excellent pilots who have just experienced several years of fighting against Japan and the Soviet Union.

The rich experience they possess in air combat and flight not only offset the numerical inferiority of their own fighters, but also directly affect the combat strength ratio of the two sides.

Although the US military pilots are said to be well-trained, most of them are rookies who have never been on the battlefield, and training flights can not be compared with actual combat.

Of course, the performance of the Zero fighter itself is superior to that of the Buffalo carrier-based aircraft and the strong and firm fighting will of the Chinese pilots, who have dedicated themselves to the death for the motherland. All of them were indispensable and important factors in the complete victory of the first air battle between China and the United States.

At the same time, a mixed air attack group consisting of more than 100 Zero fighters and 50 Stuka dive bombers also arrived in the airspace near the sea area where the US Third Fleet is located.

However, the US Navy's Third Fleet released the PBY Katerina amphibious patrol aircraft. saved the fate of the entire Third Fleet of the Navy.

Two PBY patrol planes, which were on patrol duty in the airspace not far from the fleet, spotted the sudden appearance of a huge group of Chinese planes and immediately conveyed an alarm message to the flagship command of the Third Fleet.

However, both during World War II. The most versatile amphibious patrol aircraft was quickly hit by the powerful fire of the two Zero fighters, and the PBY, which did not have self-sealing fuel tanks and thicker defensive armor, exploded one after another and fell into the vast sea.

Although the two PBY patrol aircraft issued a warning for a short time. But it is enough for the Third Fleet to be vigilant and take all prevention and control measures.

When a huge fleet of more than 150 warplanes and bombers entered the airspace near the US Third Fleet.

It was immediately intercepted by more than 20 American F2A Buffalo carrier-based aircraft and Catalina patrol planes that remained behind.

At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns on its warships were also in full swing.

China's Zero fighter group easily shot down the US interceptor planes one by one, but the more than 50 Stuka dive fighters that were in charge of bombing at a slightly slower speed were hit by the US military's intensive anti-aircraft fire.

In just over ten minutes, more than half of them were lost, and many of the remaining were injured.

In order to be able to win the first battle against the Chinese army, the reorganized Third Navy Fleet had four aircraft carriers, more than 50 destroyers, more than 20 battleships, cruisers, and hundreds of gunboats of various kinds.

Its anti-aircraft firepower was definitely not comparable to that of the Japanese naval fleet.

In view of the heavy losses of the bomber group, it was no longer able to break through the dense network of anti-aircraft fire of the American army to bomb its aircraft carriers.

The commander of the Chinese Air Force, who led the group, was forced to give the order to retreat.

However, the Zero fighter group still managed to shoot down more than 20 enemy planes, and counting the battle losses of its own Stuka bombers, the exchange ratio with the US Navy's Third Fleet was basically about one to one.

However, what neither side expected was that the Chinese aircraft group that was forced to return to the aircraft encountered dozens of US bombers that were also forced to return in the air not long after returning home.

Originally, the chance of encountering in the air was very small, but this place was not far from the Third Fleet of the US Navy, and the US bomber group survived the catastrophe and finally escaped from Ascension, so it flew straight to its own mothership.

In this way, it is no coincidence that it has encountered the Chinese fighter group that has just failed in the air attack.

The carrier-based bombers of the US military at this time, like the Buffalo fighters, were still relatively backward aircraft, not to mention the Zero fighters, and even the Stuka fighters that carried out bombing missions were not opponents.

The pilots of the Stuka formation, who had suffered heavy losses just now, turned their anger into a rain of bullets and poured out on the heads of the US bombers.

In a melee, under the attack of the Chinese Air Force, which had an absolute superiority in numbers and performance, more than 40 US bombers suffered a devastating blow.

More than thirty bombers were shot down directly, and the rest flew for some distance before falling into the sea due to fire and explosion.

In the end, less than five of them were lucky enough to return home.

Although the Chinese Air Force paid the price of more than 20 Stuka dive bombers and dozens of pilots, they achieved a brilliant record of shooting down more than 110 US fighters and bombers.

This brilliant result directly led to the loss of air supremacy of the US Third Naval Fleet, forcing Nimitz to order the Third Naval Fleet to immediately stop advancing and return home.

so as not to be bombed by a larger air raid by the bomber group of the Chinese Air Force.

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"Commission, the dispatch army stationed in Japan won the first battle." In Nanjing, Jiang Baili handed him the good news that Zhang Xinghan urgently needed.

After reading it, Zhang Xinghan said excitedly: "Great, we need this victory so much, the great Chinese nation is invincible." ”

Jiang Baili also said excitedly: "Yes, this victory is of far-reaching significance, Xue Yue and Wang Yizhe have called one after another to say that the two major fleets of the Americans have been forced to stop advancing, and the Third Fleet, which has suffered heavy losses, has actually returned." ”

"However, while we are happy, we have to admit one thing, that is, the equipment level of the US military is much more advanced and powerful than that of the Japanese.

We lost more than 20 Stuka dive bombers in one sitting, which is a loss we have never had. Zhang Xinghan said with some heartache.

Jiang Baili also put away his smile, nodded and agreed: "Yes, the Americans are much more difficult to deal with than the Japanese, and the most important thing is that the war potential of the two sides is by no means of a grade."

When you say this, the lowly post is a little worried, because after the Americans have suffered a defeat, they will certainly be able to find out the reasons and develop more advanced fighters, and then we will probably suffer even greater losses in battle. ”

Zhang Xinghan said meaningfully: "This is inevitable, so I asked Xinghua to step up the training of our new air force unit in the northeast."

The war between us and the United States is not only about national strength, military strength, but also, most importantly, the tenacity of the entire nation.

The United States is a country of immigrants and has no national concept, and once they lose the psychological capacity of the people in Asia and the DPRK, then Roosevelt will be able to fight even if he wants to.

Therefore, the key is that we still have to inflict as much damage and damage as possible on the US military in the early stage of the war, before the US military has yet to fully upgrade its existing various equipment. ”

"The commission has a point." Jiang Baili said.

"However, what I am more worried about now is that the Yankees, who are afraid of death in war, may draw other European and American countries into this war in order to share their war losses and the consumption of national and military strength.

Roosevelt would have done just that! Zhang Xinghan said. (To be continued......)