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Chapter 1335 The Battle of Eastern Hebei (3)

The Japanese army entered the preset anti-aircraft artillery position of the Anjia Army, arrogantly searching for the target at a low altitude, completely unaware that they had fallen into a well-designed trap. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the ground commander received Lu Yixuan's order to open fire, the ground air defense unit of the Anjia Army deployed antiaircraft guns, antiaircraft machine guns, and cover machine guns at various antiaircraft artillery positions in the foothills of the east and west flanks of Dingzhuang in the south of Jixian County, waved small flags and neatly shouted "hit." Suddenly the various hills "crackled" and exploded, and all the air defense weapons sprayed a violent rain of bullets.

In the continuous and dense sound of fire, one after another dragged the bright light of the anti-aircraft artillery shells straight up for nine days.

Almost instantly, a small black cloud exploded in the middle of the Japanese fighters flying arrogantly in groups, and more than a dozen Japanese fighters who could not evade were hit, and five or six of them emitted billowing black smoke from their buttocks, drawing a clear falling route in the sky, and plunged straight down to the mountain to the west, and a series of violent explosions occurred when they touched the ground, and the flames splashed were more than ten meters high.

The rest of the fighters hit by the shrapnel of the antiaircraft guns were either not the first to explode in the air, or they were hit by the fire net woven by the antiaircraft machine guns and the covering machine guns in the process of falling, and brilliant and magnificent sparks broke out in the air, which instantly turned into countless fragments and fell to the ground, making a "whoosh" sound like rain.

Most of the Japanese fighters who had evaded the ground anti-aircraft fire desperately pulled up their altitude to evade the attack of the dense rain of bullets from the ground, flew out of the range of Panshan and Cuiping Mountain, where the antiaircraft artillery positions were located, with full horsepower, circled in the surrounding sky and adjusted slightly, quickly dispersed, turned their noses and flew back again, rushing towards the antiaircraft artillery positions exposed on the ground from all directions of east, west, south, and north.

With the sound of a series of flying objects swooping down sharply, the Japanese fighters automatically divided into battle groups, each locked onto their targets, and launched a brave attack without fear of death.

Four or five Nakajima's latest dive bombers, with their wings slightly raised and like eagles, swooped down from a high altitude at an almost vertical angle, and while flexibly dodging the anti-aircraft fire of the ground antiaircraft troops, they dumped bombs one after another on the antiaircraft artillery positions on the ground.

In the process, although one bomber was hit by an anti-aircraft machine gun on the ground, the rest of the bombers still completed their bombing work and roared away.

Huge explosions rang out one after another, and the strike group composed of an antiaircraft gun, an antiaircraft machine gun, and three covering machine guns on the col below suddenly fell silent, and the flying shrapnel tore through all the living forms it could touch, and more than 20 officers and men of Anjia flew their limbs in the explosion, and blood was spattered on the spot. The anti-aircraft machine guns and the cover machine guns, which were used as general-purpose machine guns, were blown up into the air, twisted like twists in the air, broken into several pieces, and fell to the ground with a sonorous sound.

However, as a result of this dive, the Japanese Nakajima dive bombers were unable to change their course in time when they climbed altitude, and were quickly hit by anti-aircraft fire from near and far.

The Japanese pilots were extremely brave, and a strike group composed of more than 10 Nakajima 97 fighters flew by at a low altitude, and two 7.7 caliber aviation machine guns roared and sprayed raging tongues of fire, almost in an instant, dumbing down the two antiaircraft artillery fire strike groups located in the mountains.

Wherever the bullets of the aviation machine guns went, the lives were easily harvested, and the stumps and broken arms, bones and flesh were fired in all directions on the improvised anti-aircraft artillery positions, and the blood stained the entire battery red.

"Dada-Da-"

In the roar of antiaircraft artillery fire, the sound of antiaircraft machine guns and protective machine guns was always in the ears, and the gushing tongues of fire built a dense network of firepower, tearing apart the Japanese bombers and fighters that were passing by at low altitude.

The ground attacks of the An Jiajun were layered and aggressive, with antiaircraft artillery at high altitudes, antiaircraft machine guns at medium altitudes, and protective firepower at low altitudes.

As a result of this strike, at least forty or fifty warplanes fell, and the ground forces also lost more than 40 anti-aircraft fire strike points.

After retreating beyond the range of the antiaircraft guns, they kept hovering in the air, pounced on them when they found the right opportunity, and opened fierce fire on one place; at the same time, the high-altitude bombers continued to throw bombs downward, and in the sound of explosions that shook the mountains, many antiaircraft artillery positions were affected and suffered heavy casualties.

"Whew-"

In the sky in the southeast, a dense group of fighters once again appeared, and another wave of Japanese fighters came to reinforce them, but they did not stop much on the front of the Anjia Army, and automatically divided into two parts, joining the two strike groups of Panshan and Cuipingshan respectively, quickly circling in the air to familiarize themselves with the battlefield, and then swooping down to prove their existence with aerial bombs and aviation machine guns. It seems that this time the Japanese army will not destroy the air defense units of the Anjia Army, and they will not give up.

The addition of the air force suddenly increased the pressure on the air defense artillery fire of the Anjia Army on the ground.

Although the probability of direct hit by the Japanese high-altitude bombers was very low, the Japanese army seemed to have no money for aerial bombs, and after confirming the target of the attack, they flew in a straight line, constantly pouring down the aerial bombs, and many antiaircraft artillery positions were affected under such intensive bombardment, and the violent air currents with the explosive shrapnel and gravel rushed from all directions to the officers and soldiers of the Anjia who were armed with anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and general-purpose machine guns, causing great casualties.

Seeing that the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground was beginning to weaken, the Japanese fighter group was overjoyed, and frequently flew low and attacked the opponent with accurate shooting and bombing, in an attempt to break the will of the officers and men of the Anjia Army's air defense unit to resist.

However, at this time, more than 50 new anti-aircraft fire points appeared again on the foothills on both sides, which made the Japanese fighter group that thought it was in control of the battle suffer, and as more than 50 black clouds suddenly exploded in the sky, more than 10 fighters were hit again, whimpering and falling headlong, and a violent explosion occurred.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest of the Japanese fighters climbed into the air again, still adopting flexible and changeable tactics to confront the anti-aircraft artillery fire of the An Jia army.

When the air-ground battle reached a stalemate, the attack planes of the Central Air Force and the 6th Brigade of the Anjia Army arrived on the battlefield and quickly launched a surprise attack on the Japanese fighter group.

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The three brigades of the Central Air Force dispatched a total of 50 A25 and A26 fighters this time, and in the huge consumption of continuous operations, the fighters of the three groups were reduced by one-third, and almost all of the air strike forces were used this time. The group was personally led by Gao Zhihang, captain of the Fourth Air Force Group, and strived to create a miracle in the air battle of Baoding again in the skies over Jixian County and regain air supremacy in North China.

The Sixth Brigade of the Southwest Air Force, led by Deputy Captain Gong Heming, dispatched a total of 40 A26 fighters of the latest type, in addition to 10 high-altitude reconnaissance planes to monitor the battlefield in a timely manner, acting as the eyes and ears of the fighters and playing a role in controlling the overall situation.

Gong Heming's blood was bursting, the last time he fought with the Air Force was during the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, as an operational staff officer, he followed the captain Liu Ziyun throughout the whole process to participate in the operation of the Air Force, four years have passed in a blink of an eye, and he has also relied on his outstanding performance in the aviation school, and was exceptionally promoted to the deputy captain of the newly formed Air Sixth Regiment, he hopes that this time his first battle will not disappoint.

The fighter group approached the airspace of Jixian County, and the voice of Yi Dingfa, the leader of the reconnaissance squadron who arrived over the battlefield in advance, came:

"Report! After a rough calculation, the Japanese army put about 280 fighters into the airspace of Jixian County, including more than 100 attack planes, more than 100 bombers, and more than 20 reconnaissance planes. After continuous attrition, the number of Japanese attack planes and bombers is now less than 100, and the losses are extremely heavy. ”

Gong Heming said into the microphone: "Continue to monitor, and report to me immediately if you find any movement." ”

After speaking, he accelerated and rushed behind the butt of a Japanese Nakajima 97 fighter, and took advantage of the moment when the enemy fighter turned to press the machine gun and cannon buttons, and suddenly, the Nakajima 97 fighter exploded in the volley.

The first wave of surprise attacks by the Chinese Air Force was fruitful, and with the frequent fireworks in the sky, the Japanese fighter group discovered the traces of the Chinese fighters, and all the fighters adjusted their direction to get rid of the threat of ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, and pounced on the fighters of the Chinese Air Force.

Gong Heming ignored the aerial machine gun fire of the Japanese bomber on one side, pursued a Japanese Mitsubishi fighter again, caught up with the advantage of speed and then exploded its volley, and was about to pursue the next target, when he suddenly felt that he was being targeted, his heart moved, and he immediately increased the throttle and quickly climbed upward, but the Japanese fighter was in hot pursuit, and the climbing speed was not inferior to the A26 at all.

Gong Heming saw that he couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese fighters, and pulled the elevator with both hands, and the A26 made a fish-leaping action, but in the process of this rapid ascent, he felt that the Japanese fighters behind him were still close behind him, and the opponent's aviation machine gun was still spraying tongues of fire, and Gong Heming felt that several parts of his plane had been shot. Fortunately, the skin of the A26 is quite thick, and if it is replaced by other aircraft, it may not all be planted headlong.

Gong Heming was surprised, and immediately came to a difficult "cobra maneuver", pulled the lever to about 40 degrees, put the throttle in the 0 position, and then continued to pull the lever, so that the angle between the plane and the ground reached 90 degrees. When all the kinetic energy is converted into potential energy, the plane will be stationary in the air for two to three seconds, and then the plane will enter a stall state, at the moment of falling, Gong Heming opens the throttle, recovers power to capture the target, and the maneuver ends. A Japanese fighter plane in close pursuit in the rear was caught off guard and rushed straight to the front of the A26 fighter piloted by Gong Heming.

Gong Heming's heart was relieved, he smiled slightly, and pressed the cannon launch button, and the 20mm cannon in the nose let out an angry roar, which instantly hit the fuel tank of the fighter in front, and suddenly burst into a brilliant flame. Gong Heming took a closer look at the enemy plane before it exploded, and found that this fighter had never been seen before, and it seemed that the Japanese army had added a new model to the army aviation sequence, and he felt uneasy for no reason.

At this moment, in the air, Chinese and Japanese fighters were entangled together, and from time to time fighters dragged thick black smoke to the ground, causing violent explosions.

Most of the A25 and A26 fighters were equipped with parachutes, and as long as they did not explode at the first time after being hit, the pilots chose to parachute, although many of them were strangled by the air strike fire of the Japanese fighters, but under the cover of ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, most of them still landed safely.

The Japanese fighters seemed to be mentally prepared for a surprise attack by the Chinese Air Force, and they adopted the method of bombers and reconnaissance planes jamming and fighters echoing the front and rear of the planes to form and form operations, and used their huge numerical superiority to deal with the superiority of Chinese fighters in performance.