Chapter 41: Confrontation

Spring in Yunnan comes earlier than in other places, the mountain flowers are already brilliant in early March, and in Mengzi in the south, the people have already planted rice in the paddy fields, but from the air, people are just small black spots, they are scattered in the terraced fields layer by layer, inconspicuous. Only www.biquge.info Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which runs through the mountains and mountains, looms in the face, and the narrow tracks are like a gray ribbon, intermittent, on which crawling black smoke trains to the largest station in the south, Mengzi.

The naval navigation network was under construction, and in order to prevent getting lost, the 13 saboteur attack planes that had been urgently lifted into the air first flew to Mengzi along the railway, and then turned east near Mengzi and flew in the direction of the enemy planes. The sky was high and the clouds were light, but the enemy planes that were scheduled to be encountered over Wenshan were nowhere to be seen, and after flying eastward for a while, the squadron leader, Second Lieutenant Guan Biao, saw three Japanese bombers in a row hundreds of meters away, slowly moving forward in a group of geese. Contrary to the prediction of the ground command station, this batch of bombers not only had the 96 Army Aviation, but also the 95 Army Attack. Although they are also twin-engine bombers, the 95 Land Attack is obviously one size larger than the 96 Land Attack, but the cruising speed is one section slower, and their speed will not exceed 180 kilometers, or even less, no wonder the meeting place is east of Wenshan.

"Attention everyone! Attention to each machine! Stay in formation when impacting, behind me. "After spotting the enemy aircraft, the squadron leader gave the order on the radio. Bomber to bomber, both sides paid great attention to formation. The Japanese planes below were in a wild goose formation, while the attack planes above maintained a tight formation. This was a torpedo attack formation, but the target was not a Japanese aircraft carrier, but a Japanese bomber group.

The A-1 piloted by Second Lieutenant Sekibiao led the fleet to turn at a high altitude and chased the Japanese plane 20 kilometers ahead of it and turned the bay again. There was no dive from a high altitude, the firing window for the dive was too short, and the second lieutenant was worried that his 20mm cannon would not be able to hit the Japanese bombers. He led the group of planes directly down to an altitude of 4,000 meters, and aimed at the Japanese aircraft formation to attack head-on.

"The people of China are crazy! The people of China are crazy! When the pilots of the Japanese planes saw clearly that it was the China planes flying head-on, this idea came to them spontaneously -- even the naked pilots were only diving from a high altitude in an attempt to break up the bomber formation, and the trick used by the China pilots was only to sneak up on a certain bomber with a small formation while attracting the firepower of the formation, and no China pilot had never attacked the bomber formation in a horizontal collision posture.

"Fire! Fire! "The squadron leader of the pilot's 96 land attack, Iki Haruji, shouted loudly, in fact, there was no need for an order, and the three 7.7 machine guns on the plane had already opened fire - the 96 land attack had a total of three machine guns, two on the back of the aircraft and one on the belly, although the three machine guns could be rotated, but the only one that could really aim at the front of the plane facing Okishina, the one in the rear could only fire symbolically because the front turret blocked the firing boundary, and the same was true below, the two sides hedged on a horizontal plane, and the gunner behind the rear belly of the aircraft was close to a certain distance, Enemy aircraft are not visible at all, only blind shots.

The Japanese planes flew in a goose-shaped formation, dozens of machine guns opened fire together, and the fire chain flew horizontally, and the formation suddenly became a fire hedgehog that was not easy to mess with. However, the formation of attack planes is designed to deal with or hedgehogs, especially when attacking torpedoes, even if the volley bursts the attack formation, it cannot be deviated by a single bit, and according to the code, it is necessary to force the Japanese ship to a distance of 500 meters before releasing the torpedoes, and then try to escape from the fire net. The torpedo attack was not faced with 7.7 mm aviation machine guns but anti-aircraft guns of various calibers, and as soon as the bomber group opened fire, the leading second lieutenant Sekibiao breathed a sigh of relief -- this kind of firepower was simply not enough to fight himself.

He took a deep breath, and when the Japanese plane entered the range of the 20mm gun, he yelled on the radio, "Hit!!" ”

At the moment of firing, the saboteur's fuselage slammed, and the speed dropped by at least two knots, but the tongue of fire mixed with tracer bullets was extremely fierce. As soon as the fire was fired, two 96 land attack planes broke their wings, and the pilot plane exploded in the airspace.

Looking at the neat formation of the approaching Chinese planes, the Japanese planes were a little flustered before they fired, and the other side did not return fire for several minutes, only waiting for the distance between the two sides to enter ten kilometers, and the lightning flashed, and these outlaw Chinese planes suddenly opened fire. The pilot plane of Second Lieutenant Haruki Iki was blown up at the first time, and the other two planes belonging to the same squad caught fire and broke their wings, and then fell to the ground like a stone.

The on-board radio performance of the Japanese planes was extremely bad, and they could not hear the screams of the pilots when the winged plane fell, but the volley explosion of the pilot plane was too terrifying, and the people rushed straight over like madmen, and subconsciously, the long plane of the left squad of the pilot squad suddenly turned, and as soon as it turned, the other two planes of the squadron also turned around, and the three planes that followed it also had to turn. For a time, the goose-shaped formation of five squads began to fall into disarray, and some planes even dropped all their bombs when turning in order to reduce the burden and speed up when fleeing for their lives.

The attack aircraft formation rushed by, and when they turned around and saw that the Japanese aircraft formation was scattered, everyone knew that they had won. Bombers are slower and less flexible, and not being able to maintain formation is the life of turkey hunting. As the fleet turned, there was a shout of cheers and curses on the radio, and before the squadron leader could give the order, they formed up in pairs and began to hunt down the scattered Japanese bombers.

"Mother Trere! I lost my mother!! ”

"Japanese cub, your ancestors have eaten for eighteen generations......"

"Hahahaha...... Japanese cub, you have today!"

The radio was full of the pilot's shouts when he opened fire, and although the battlefield was 200 kilometers away, the pilot's excited words could still be heard in the command room of the Kunming Naval Airport. Looking at Long Yun, who was constantly holding his glasses and his expression changed, Chen Wenlin suddenly regretted that he had brought him here to 'listen to the war', and the pilots' swear words were not stopped at all, which really damaged the image of the naval aviation. Fortunately, this embarrassment disappeared after a while, and there was a neat singing voice on the radio.

"Brother Wenlin, this is ......" Long Yun only raised his head at this time, of course he knew that the radio was full of scolding, but with these scoldings, he could actually hear the sound of explosions, obviously, this was the sound of a Japanese plane being shot down. Although Kunming was bombed only twice, he who had been to Chongqing was unforgettable for the bombing by Japanese planes. Every time he got off a Japanese plane, his left hand clenched for a few points, and at the end, the joints gurgled.

"It should be over." Chen Wenlin said as he motioned to Zheng Liandeng to inquire about the battle situation. Zheng Liandeng coughed lightly at first, and then said: "I'm a lazy cat, I'm a lazy cat, Guan Gong reports the battle situation, Guan Gong reports the battle situation." Complete. ”

The lazy cat is the code name of the ground command station, and Guan Gong is the code name given to his squadron by the pilots of the Guan Biao squadron. Long Yun didn't pay attention to these pronouns, he just felt that the navy was really unimaginably advanced, there were no telephone lines, and the command post in Kunming could actually talk to planes flying in the sky more than 200 kilometers away.

"I am Guan Gong, I am Guan Gong, all the rats are destroyed, and we have no loss. None of them are lost. Complete. "It seems that the channel has been changed, and there is no more singing on the radio, only the squadron leader's reply to the standard.

"How many parachutists are there in the enemy aircraft? Complete. At Chen Wenlin's suggestion, Zheng Liandeng asked again.

"There were about eleven parachutists from enemy aircraft. Complete. After a while, everyone didn't pay attention to the Japanese parachutists when they hunted just now, and he had to complete the internal statistics before he could report back.

"The old cat ordered, return immediately. Complete. After asking about the Japanese parachutists, Chen Wenlin made a gesture.

"Guan Gong understands, return immediately, return immediately. Complete. After answering on the radio, the channel changed again, and the singing resumed.

"Chairman Long," Chen Wenlin pointed to the map, "the airspace of the battle is located in the northeast of Xichou County, please ask the local garrison to immediately arrest the Japanese pilots, and do not let them flee to Vietnam, otherwise the French side will return the Japanese pilots under Japanese pressure." ”

"I understand. Brother Wenlin, please rest assured. "When it comes to catching pilots, Long Yun is full of confidence, this is nothing difficult." However," he asked, "what will you do with it after it is caught, and will it be handed over to Chongqing?" ”

"If you catch it, let's try it first. Let's see if we can pull something out. Chen Wenlin said. It is better not to publicize this matter, and see how the Japanese Navy reacts to it. ”

"Will they come again?" Long Yun was worried that the Japanese planes would bomb Kunming, and he also knew that the navy now had only a dozen planes, and if the Japanese planes really wanted a large group of planes to attack, the navy would not be able to stop them.

"It's not clear, but we'll kill as many as they come. Fight until they dare not come. Chen Wenlin also did not know what the situation of the Japanese Navy's land attack force was, but the Type 96 land attack aircraft was the main bomber of the Japanese Navy. Shoot down fifteen and lose nothing, the more this level of defense, the better.

"Good, good. I am relieved to have Brother Wenlin's words. Long Yun laughed, his eyes lit up. If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. Every time a Japanese plane bombs a bomb on Mengzi, the air force will send planes to meet the enemy, and the number of Japanese planes that can be shot down is very small, and most of the time it can only interfere with them in dropping bombs. Now that all 15 Japanese planes have been shot down, and thinking of the plaque of 'cowardly cowardice' that he just sent away, Long Yun feels that the Air Force is indeed cowardly.

"Finally, there's one thing that matters." Chen Wenlin looked at Long Yun and then at Long Shenzeng. "Both of them saw that the Japanese planes were more than 200 kilometers away, but we were still able to spot them accurately. This is much more effective and accurate than the original early warning system. Although it is best to keep this matter secret, it is a matter of life and death for the people, so I hope that Chairman Long can notify the people to hide in the bomb shelter when he has the police, and at the same time do not let people find out that this is related to the navy. ”

Previously, Long Yun and Long Chengzeng's attention had been on the attack of enemy planes, and then they were pulled to the air combat command room to listen to the battle, and then Chen Wenlin took the initiative to talk about this problem: Funing is 300 kilometers away, why can the navy accurately detect enemy planes 300 kilometers away and send planes to intercept them? After the American Chennault came to Kunming, he used countless personnel, radios, and wired telephones to set up an alarm network, but this warning network had a limited warning distance and low accuracy, and it was not comparable with the navy at all.

"Brother Wenlin, can you tell me what's going on?" Long Yun took two steps closer, he was too curious.

"It shouldn't have been hidden, but it violated the military order, I really can't reveal it, Chairman Long can ask when he sees our commander." Chen Wenlin said regretfully. "Please understand that the Navy can accurately predict the warning of an incoming Japanese aircraft, and the problem now is that we don't know how to issue the alarm......"

"It's simple, Brother Wenlin can call me if there is a police officer here, and I will call the local government and ask them to sound the air defense alarm." Long Cheng also wanted to know the secret of the Navy's discovery of the Japanese plane, but Chen Wenlin pushed this matter to their commander Li Hansheng, which was not something he could manage.

"Then find a few reliable people to take care of this. It is best to be an old man who is doing things safely, a young man who likes to be public, and outsiders who don't know their origin are all unreliable. Chen Wenlin put forward his own request.

"Brother Wenlin, please rest assured. It is a matter of the safety of the people of Lebanon, and I will not be sloppy. Long Yun didn't delve into the secrets of the navy, but just promised that he would never be sloppy at this time.

"Then I'll thank Chairman Long." Chen Wenlin saluted.

"Brother Wenlin, don't be polite, brother, I still have a request, can meet that ...... Guan Gong Air Force? As the chairman of Yunnan Province, I always have to thank them. Long Yun was still curious, and he wanted to visit the downed pilot in person if he couldn't ask the radar.

"Of course." Chen Wenlin couldn't refuse this matter, he walked out of the air combat command room, and said, "Chairman Long, please." ”

Under the alert of anti-aircraft guns on all sides, the attack planes of the Guanbiao squadron landed one after another on the unfinished runway. Although he knew that he had no losses, Chen Wenlin, who was standing on the tower, still silently counted the number of returning planes, and Long Yun and Long Cheng had stood beside him, holding a pergola and watching one plane after another landing. The pilot soon came up, and they were still giggling on the runway, and as soon as they entered the war room, they restrained their smiles when they saw Chen Wenlin with a black face.

"Laugh, why don't you laugh." Chen Wenlin's face was cold, but his eyes swept over everyone kindly, full of smiles. "Chairman Long and Lieutenant Colonel Long were in the cat room just now, 'I lost Lei Mother', it's so comfortable, the face of the Navy has been lost by you."

Chen Wenlin was known for his cold face at the aviation school, and now that he criticized, the thirteen people who had just lifted off were all crying and losing their faces. Long Yun didn't want these people to be scolded because of himself, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Where is the word, where is the word." The fact that you shot down 15 Japanese bombers is a rare victory for our country, and it is natural and deserving to be scolded by others, and this will not hurt the face of the navy. When I was young, I also swore words, one by one, 'you take care of Lao Tzu, you take care of Lao Tzu', and I heard the swear words cordially, and listened to them cordially. ”

Long Yun escorted the pilot in person, and Chen Wenlin couldn't control it. After returning to escort him, Long Yun started with the squadron leader and second lieutenant Guan Biao, and shook hands with the pilots one by one, which can be held to the end......

"Corporal Yan Yaqing, thank you, Chairman Long." Yan Yaqing, who took off his flying cap, saluted Long Yun, and he was stunned for a moment.