Xu Da said: "Please rest assured, Captain Kurishenko, I guarantee in the honor of Chinese soldiers that as long as our planes are here, I will absolutely guarantee the safety of your bombers."

Mao Yingchu also had the same problem, saying: "Our bomber squadron will be grouped together with the bomber squadron of Captain Kurishenko, as long as you protect Kurishenko's bomber squadron, that is, protect our bomber squadron." ”

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the air forces of the three armed forces gathered all the personnel participating in the air battle, and Xu Da explained the composition and tasks of the two armies, that is, the first strike formation and the second bomber formation.

The planes were refueled and loaded with ammunition and ready to go.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the lights on Nanchang Qingyunpu Airport suddenly turned on. The planes of the first formation began to take off one by one, and then flew into the dark sky, relying on night flight equipment to complete the formation in the air. Then in the direction of Hankou, at the cruising speed of the I-15 fighter, that is, 300 km/h, set off towards Hankou.

The second formation began to take off one after the other, and then completed the formation in the air, heading in the direction of Hankou, at the cruising speed of AB-3 heavy bombers, that is, 200 km/h, towards Hankou.

Since it was a night flight, Han Xing took into account the lack of night flight experience of the Soviet Volunteer Army and the People's Army Air Force, so it adopted a relatively safe formation, that is, a herringbone formation.

The inventor of this herringbone formation is still a wild goose teacher. This herringbone formation can not only make full use of the principle of airflow, which is more labor-saving, but also broaden the field of vision and prevent collisions.

One squad is a herringbone formation, and the leader at the front is the Y-8-transport aircraft. Han Xing and Xu Da sat in the Y-8-transport plane. The Y-8-transport aircraft has a cruising speed of 550 km/h, so it is not at all difficult to lead this strike formation.

The left flank of the first squad, the second squad, formed an oblique slope formation. The third squad was on the right flank, also in a sloped formation, and the entire squadron formed a herringbone formation.

Not far behind the first squadron, there was another squadron, also in a herringbone formation.

The distance between the planes must be more than 150 meters. The distance between a squad and a squad must be more than 1,000 meters to ensure the maximum safety factor. The left is red, the right is green, and the tail is white, and the drivers judge the distance and position between themselves and the neighboring aircraft by the lights.

The second formation of bomber formations is a bit funny.

Kurishenko personally piloted an AB-3 heavy bomber, pressing the steps in front, and next to it was also in a herringbone formation, 12 heavy bombers, then 12 CB-2 light bombers, and then a squadron of light bombers in Mao Yingchu's unit.

The most uncomfortable thing was the escort formation of Zhang Fei's J-20 fighters. Why, because Kurishenko has a cruising speed of 200 km/h, while Zhang Fei's J-20 fighter can reach a maximum speed of 3000 km/h. The huge difference in sailing speed made the planes of Zhang Fei's formation have to fly only on the side, guiding the flight altitude, flight angle, and other flight data of the Kurishenko bomber.

Airplanes have their own flight characteristics, and if they fly too fast, they will not work, and they will exceed their capabilities, and the engine will easily lose or tremble. If it flies slowly, it doesn't work, it is easy to stall, and it is easy to stall many times, which not only causes damage to the engine, but also easily causes serious failures.

It is impossible for a fast and agile J-20 fighter to fly like a little old man, slow and steady. People are alive, and living people can't suffocate urine! Therefore, Zhang Fei's J-20 fighters had to fly in a team of two and spiral next to Kurishenko's formation according to their own cruising speed, so as to extend the distance and maintain the balance of the flight with Kurishenko's slow bomber formation.

It's like an old hunter who is old and serious, and can barely run, walking slowly, next to him, followed by four impatient, energetic hyenas who run in circles on the left and right.

So, this formation seems a little funny and ridiculous.

In the Y-8 bomber in front, Xu Da's eyes were watching the flight data, constantly correcting the flight errors of one destroyer squadron of Kurishenko and two destroyer squadrons of Mao Yingchu.

As for Han Xing, it seems that there is nothing to do, and at this time his brain is empty, so he can take a good rest and browse the beautiful night view of the Chinese sky. There was a lot of loneliness in the air, and a few drops of unfinished blood dripped from the moon's mouth.

Under the moon, the sound of the wheat field was like a wheat field, and the roar of the plane echoed in the ears. The steel behemoth flapped its wet wings and streaked across the sky so calm that there were no ripples or ends.

Courage and determination pushed me into an eternal dream. The night is opening its mouth to swallow everything, sucking up the temperature of the palm that has been dried and bitten. At this time, at an altitude of 10,000 meters in the desolate desert, I knew that in a few moments, a fierce battle would come, and perhaps before dawn, my blood would be spilled on this land.

But I don't regret it!

Suddenly, Xu Da's voice came: "Hankou Airport is about to arrive." Missiles ready, ready to strike-"

It's black below, and it's pitch black above, and the naked eye can't tell which is the ground and which is above, but the instrument on the dashboard can tell all this.

The infrared homing system on the missile began to be activated.

Infrared non-imaging guidance technology is a kind of passive infrared homing guidance technology, any object with an absolute temperature above zero, due to the thermal movement inside the atomic and molecular structure, and radiation to the outside including the infrared band including electromagnetic wave energy, infrared non-imaging guidance technology is the use of infrared detectors to capture and track the infrared energy radiated by the target itself to achieve accurate guidance of a technical means.

It is characterized by high guidance accuracy, is not affected by radio interference, can fight day and night, and has good attack concealment due to the passive homing method. However, its normal operation is affected by clouds, fog and soot, and it is possible to be tempted by tracer bullets, infrared decoys, sunlight reflected by clouds and other heat sources, and to deviate and lose sight.

In addition, infrared guidance systems have a limited range, so they are generally used as guidance systems for short-range weapons.

In the eyes of the missile launcher, all sorts of shapes appear on the ground, some of them are moving, some are stationary.

In the eyes of missile launchers, who cannot be discovered by others, they can clearly distinguish which are human movements, which are weapons, and all kinds of equipment because of their arduous training in ordinary times.

Just before the missile was launched, suddenly the air defense alarm sounded at the Hankou airport, and dozens of searchlights "brushed" into the sky, swinging back and forth in the sky, looking for targets in the air.

Han Xing scolded: "It's really annoying, these searchlights-"

These searchlights are indeed more annoying, let's hit it, such an expensive surface-to-air missile, can it be said that it can be spent on it? If you don't hit it, it will seriously interfere with the pilot's eyes and provide targets for the enemy's air defense. So you have to fight, and you really can't fight it if you don't fight it.

Therefore, the first step of the operation, that is, the operation to draw out the enemy's air defense, began in advance!

Xu Da issued an order: "Captain Mao, it's up to you, knock out these searchlights of the enemy!" ”

Mao Yingchu agreed: "Yes!" Knock out these searchlights. Then an order was given: "The first squadron goes to knock out these searchlights, and the second squadron takes cover." ”

As soon as the searchlights came on, the pilots of the destroyers were able to tell which was the sky and which was on the ground, and then attacked the searchlights on the ground one after another.

"Da Da Da ......" "Da ......"

On the I-15 destroyer, two 7.62 mm machine guns were constantly firing at the target. There are also two 12.7 mm machine guns on the Yi-15 destroyer, which are also constantly firing at the target.

Suddenly, the enemy's three searchlights locked onto an I-15 destroyer, and no matter how the I-15 destroyer flew, those searchlights haunted it like a devil.

A flash of fire flashed on the ground, and it was the enemy's anti-aircraft machine guns that began to fire. Dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns organized an impermeable network of fire, which tightly wrapped around the Yi-15 destroyer.

The I-15 destroyer was shot, and its movement slowed down, followed by more bullets coming at it. With a "boom-" sound, the ammunition of the Yi-15 fighter was hit, the body was dismembered, and then in the light of the searchlight, it was doing its final dance.

These beautiful dances are like a big circle for a while. It is death, and it is also a strong protest against the atrocities of the Japanese invaders, and the ever-enlarged circle is an outburst of anger, and it is an endless vent of hatred in the heart.

The debris fell slowly, like a few fallen leaves, and like a gust of autumn rain. The Chinese have finally landed on their own land, and the fallen leaves have returned to their roots, which is also a convention to seek rest!

Comrades-in-arms, farewell, although I am gone, I watch you continue to fight the Japanese invaders.

It was thanks to his sacrifice that the anti-aircraft machine-gun positions of the Japanese army were exposed. A "Blue Arrow-7" missile, launched from the Y-8-bomber, roared towards the Japanese anti-aircraft machine gun position with deep attachment to his comrades and bitter hatred for the Japanese army.

After the "Blue Arrow-7" missile cooperates with the electro-optical stabilization and aiming system, it can search, discover, identify, track, laser indicate, and carry out attacks on ground targets day and night, mainly for attacking enemy tanks, armored vehicles, and other vehicles and personnel, and can also damage radar stations, missile launchers, artillery positions, fortifications, and other valuable point targets.

The attack power of the "Blue Arrow-7" missile is so powerful that it suddenly forms a no-man's land with a radius of 80 meters, and even the anti-aircraft machine guns in the area beyond 80 meters are mostly dumb.