Chapter 630: The First Battle Down

Driftoto calm the sea because of the Chinese fighter against the Japanese water! The pursuit of the plane was stunned and noisy. Due to the superiority of Chinese fighters in altitude and numbers, the Japanese planes were simply unable to parry, and as soon as the battle began, the Japanese Navy lost one aircraft.

The remaining "Falman" seaplane dodged left and right on the surface of the sea, trying to get out of pursuit. However, it is too slow compared to the powerful and loose "Wasp Falman". The structure is too thin to get rid of at all, but in just a dozen seconds, the wings and fuselage of the "Valman" have been pierced by bullets dozens of holes, and the sea surface is also shining with light. The bullets continued to hit the surface of the sea, causing a splash of water several meters high.

It's like a wasp chasing bees, it's not an opponent of a level at all, and the outcome of the battle is predictable.

Finally, the "Falman" could not hide. In the panic, the Japanese pilots made a mistake. The altitude was misjudged, and as a result, the "Falman" plunged headlong into the sea, which can be regarded as the end of this endless air pursuit.

But the five "Wasps" did not let go of this "Falman", and they circled. They took turns strafing the "Falman" floating on the sea until the "Falman" caught fire and burned. Only then did they sway their wings triumphantly and move closer to Meng Fei's plane.

Meng Fei was also quite proud, took out a charcoal pen from the pocket of the flying armor, and quickly drew a star on the right side of the cockpit, recording the record of his plane, as for the other plane. It seems that it can be attributed to the collective, and of course, this issue can be discussed after 6.

Putting the charcoal pen back in his pocket, Meng Fei pondered it carefully. It was decided not to rush back to the unit, but to lead the first detachment to continue the clumsy search in the direction of the two "Falman" seaplanes. According to intelligence, the "Falman" seaplane is mainly equipped with the Japanese Navy, and the Japanese Navy has now built seaplane carriers, so it is likely that there is a Japanese seaplane carrier nearby, and Meng Mao did not want to miss this opportunity.

Under the guidance of this idea, Meng Fei led five "Wasp" fighters of the first detachment of the "Tianniu" squadron to search and advance in a northeast direction in a battle formation, and resumed their cruising altitude of 500 meters. As for the other "Wasp", Meng Fei sent back to his own team, and other aircraft were mobilized to join the aerial dispatching mission.

A few minutes later, Meng Fei appeared on the target, 5,000 meters away from the first detachment. There was a large ship moored there alone. Although the distance is very long, judging from the outline of the ship, it is likely to be the Japanese Navy seaplane carrier "Wakanomiya Maru", which is either performing a vigilance mission here or performing a daily training mission.

"Attack!"

Meng Feixun swung his wings and gave the order to attack his subordinates, and at this time, he only had five "Wasps" available.

Although the strength was a little thin, this did not affect the morale and courage of the pilots. After the co-captain's order was given, the five "Wasp" Lixuan opened up the distance and spread out in a trapezoidal formation. Pounced on the seaplane carrier.

This time, the first detachment did not have the good luck of the last time, and the enemy ships quickly showed a threat from the air, and when the "Wasps" approached less than 500 meters from the warship, the seaplane carriers opened fire.

Several machine guns rained bullets into the sky, but this did not affect the courage of the "wasps" to attack in the slightest, Meng Fei pulled down the bomb pylon first, and the twenty-kilogram bomb was thrown down, making it smaller in the air. The beautiful arc and then fell to the sea near the warship, and the strong impact immediately detonated the sensitive fuse, and the bomb exploded, stirring up a column of water that was several meters high. The scene immediately burst into flames.

After dropping the bomb, Meng Fei did not immediately withdraw from the attack route, but immediately adjusted the sights behind the windshield, and then, the two aviation machine guns in the nose opened fire again, and strings of tracer incendiary bombs were accurately spread on the deck of the warship, and the anti-aircraft fire on the warship was suppressed.

"Gourching,,Tart biting,"

Meng Fei quickly finished pouring the bullets from the drum. Then immediately withdrew from the attack course and began to change ammunition for aviation machine guns, and at the same time. In addition, the four "Wasps" also launched an attack on the Japanese warship in a step-by-step manner, and one of the bombs was accurately dropped on the deck of the warship. And with a bang, red-hot sheln swept across the deck, and all the machine guns were dumb, which allowed the pilots to strafe the deck of the warship more calmly.

Meng Fei replaced the drum of the aviation machine gun and climbed. As he turned the nose of the plane and prepared to enter the attack course, a huge flame rose from the back deck of the seaplane carrier, followed by a continuous explosion of explosions. The entire rear deck of the warship has become a sea of fire. The two "Falman" concubine seaplanes parked on the aft deck that were still in the future and on the surface of the sea were also quickly reduced to ashes in the sea of fire. This was the result of a "Wasp", and tracer incendiary grenades fired from aviation machine guns ignited those oil drums that had accumulated on the aft deck, causing an explosion. The damage to the warship was far from that bomb.

"Git coo, tart coo

Meng Fei took advantage of the power to dump another batch of bullets at the Japanese warship, and then quickly withdrew from the attack. In his opinion, the Japanese warship had lost its combat effectiveness. And for fighters. It is not easy to achieve such results. It is unrealistic to hope that this large warship will be sunk by relying on the two airplanes, empty machine guns or that 20-kilogram bomblet, so it is better to accept it as soon as it is good, after all, attacking the enemy's lone ship is not the main task of the fighter unit.

So, Meng Fei took out a flare gun and fired a red flare at the warship, after a few seconds. Another red flare was fired, which was the signal of the end of the attack, half a minute later. The four "Wasp" fighters ended the battle, flowed towards the wing commander, and immediately changed course and flew in the direction of 6 places.

On the way back, the first detachment met the second and third detachments that were late because they had mistaken orders, Meng Fei thought about it for a while, and finally shook his wings, gave the signal of "follow the wing leader", and gave up the idea of continuing the attack.

Leading 18 "Wasp" fighters to fly in the direction of Lushunkou and Dalian Bay, Meng Fei was excited and did not forget to let the team members check the damage of the Yiping plane, all the fighters who participated in the battle did not suffer fatal damage, but the wings and fuselage were pierced by machine gun bullets A few holes, and the motive and fuel tank were intact.

Of course, the "Tianniu" squadron was able to achieve such a complete victory, in addition to the heroic and fearless spirit of the pilots, the exploits of China's engineering and technical experts are also not to be forgotten, without them, there would be no "Wasp" this medium-sized single-seat fighter, a solid and reliable body structure, a powerful power system, and steel plates used to protect the engine and fuel tank, these technical advantages are the prerequisite for the victory of this naval and air battle, of course, among them, the president's contribution is the most important, and there is no president's concern for the aviation industry. There was no helpful advice from the president for the design of the fighter. The Wasp fighters will not appear on the battlefield so soon.

Just when Meng Fei shook his wings and celebrated the victory of the battle with the team members, they showed the different body clams in the northwest direction

Judging from the course of the group and the number of aircraft, it can only be the assault group of the Chinese Air Force, and when Meng Fei and the others attacked the Japanese seaplane carrier just now, the follow-up group of planes had already flown over.

Meng Fei ordered to move closer to the highest altitude, and quickly connected with the "Tianniu 2" fighter squadron that came to inspect. Thirty-six "Wasp" fighters, divided into six detachments, rushed to the front of the bomber group at the highest height, clearing all obstacles in the way of the main force's advance.

A few minutes later, a small bay appeared on the horizon. There, it is the mouth of Arthur, and the Port of Arthur has entered the line of sight of the attack.

Lushun, known as the "Oriental Gibraltar" is located in the southernmost part of the Liaodong Peninsula a remote bay, because the entrance to the bay is sheltered by several small islands, effectively covering the mooring grounds inside the bay, and there are several highlands near the bay, from the point of view of military defense, Lushun is undoubtedly an excellent natural military port, so, when the rise of the Westernization movement at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Lushun entered the field of vision of the ministers of the Qing court's "coastal defense faction".

Under the personal auspices of Li Hongzhang, the Qing court carried out nearly ten years of construction on Lushun from the beginning of the defense, and finally built it into a large naval base, which was used as the main base of the Beiyang Naval Division. The Qing court's attention to the construction of the Arthur military port was not bragging, for a period of time after the completion of the military port. Arthur has always been the most striking port in the Far East.

But all this is only superficial, as a dynasty in decline. The so-called "Tongguang Zhongxing" of the Manchu Dynasty was nothing more than a whitewash of Taiping's praise of virtue, which deceived the Chinese people, but could not deceive the foreigners. The Japanese government saw very clearly that beneath the surface of the Qing court's gold and jade was a dynasty that had fallen into decay, and that the foundation of this dynasty was loose, and that if it was not immediately collapsed, it would quickly fall if it was simply pushed from the outside.

Thus, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, one was an ambitious modern country moving towards industrialization, and the other was a medieval agricultural dynasty still immersed in self-absorption, the outcome of the war was actually doomed before the war, the Manchu court painstakingly managed the Lushun fortress not only failed to withstand the attack of the Japanese army, this Far Eastern fortress known as the "Oriental Gibraltar" fell into the hands of the Japanese army without even much resistance, and then, it was a terrible massacre, Tens of thousands of peaceful residents of Lushun died under the bayonets and bullets of the Japanese army, and for a long time, Lushun was basically invisible to the Chinese.

Now, it has been almost 20 years since the fall of Lushun, and the mass grave on the outskirts of Lushun has long been barren and miserable, and the years have erased the traces of the massacre, but they cannot erase the painful memory in the hearts of this nation, and the blood debt will be paid for in blood after all.

Today, China's soldiers are about to use their weapons to avenge the death of their compatriots, and the air force will be the first angry avengers to fight.

In fact, the sea and air battle just now has announced the beginning of the revenge of the Chinese people, but compared to the prey in front of them, the Japanese Navy seaplane carrier that Meng Fei and his team members hunted just now is just a pre-dinner snack, and the real meal is in Lushun, in that small harbor.

Before the war. The reconnaissance units of the Chinese Air Force have carried out meticulous aerial reconnaissance of Lushun, Dalian, and other strategic points, and in conjunction with the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Chinese General Staff can be said to have a thorough understanding of the Japanese army's deployment in Lushun and Dalian.

According to intelligence analysis. In the current Port Arthur, most of the ships of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Combined Fleet are moored. In this way, the Japanese government tried to exert military pressure on the central government of China to force China to compromise with Japan, but this arrangement played into the hands of the Chinese side. The current "lightning plan" was also formulated in response to this strategic deployment of the Japanese government.

According to the operational plan drawn up by the General Staff, the Air Force's assault units will focus on the following five objectives during the Battle of Arthur:

One, the old battleship "Iwami".

Second, the old battleship "Zhoufang".

Third, the armored cruiser "Iwate".

Fourth, the armored cruiser "Tokiwa".

Fifth, the armored cruiser "Asami".

These five warships are the main ships of the Second Squadron of the Combined Fleet, and destroying them would be tantamount to crippling one foot of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and would deal a great blow to the morale of the Japanese Government and army.

In order to accomplish this task of the General Staff, the "vulture" bombers hung torpedoes, and in the first attack wave, 26 of the 36 "vultures" were specially equipped with "lobster" torpedoes, the purpose of which was to sink or severely damage these Japanese main warships and achieve the campaign goal.

Of course, all this arrangement was based on pre-war reconnaissance reports, taking into account the rapid changes in the situation on the battlefield. The General Staff also gave the Air Force Assault Force certain powers to adapt to the situation, and the commanders of the commandos and the captains of the bombers had the power to choose the targets they considered most important to attack if necessary, in short, there was only one basic principle: heavy losses must be inflicted on the Japanese fleet.

At present, Meng Fei has led 36 "Wasp" fighters into the airspace above Lushun, and he has an unobstructed view of the situation in the entire military port.

Contrary to the expectations of all pilots, the number of warships anchored in the current Lushun military port was far from the attack plan formulated before the war. In addition to a number of old battleships, which were clearly from the pre-dreadnought era, there were several large warships moored, which, judging by the arrangement of the warship's turrets, should belong to the so-called "dreadnoughts"

Meng Feixun took out a copy of the "Japanese Ship Identification Manual" from the flying armor, held the joystick between his legs, and flipped through the manual with both hands. While looking into the military port, he compared the chart on the catalog of large Japanese naval warships in the manual, and quickly judged what type of large Japanese warships were in the military port.

Almost at the same time. A "vulture" communication plane also flew to the sharp sky of the military port, and one of the members of this plane was a senior naval officer, and he was faster than Meng Fei to identify the extra Japanese warships. And immediately reported the situation to the rear base by wireless telegraph.

"Our unit has arrived in the skies over Lushun. Judging by the sight, there are currently four battleships moored in the military port, except for the "Iwami" and "Zhoufang". In addition, the other two are the latest dreadnought warships, namely the "King Kong class." One battleship, "Satsuma class, one battleship." Other. In addition to the cruisers in the military port, "Iwate", "Tokiwa", "Asami Akitsuzu", "Chiyoda. In addition, there are two new arrivals, namely the "Kasuga-class, one armored cruiser," the "Kasaki-class," and one protective cruiser. Based on the analysis of the current situation, the strength of the Second Squadron of the Japanese Combined Fleet has been strengthened. As soon as the attack began, our unit resolutely completed the attack mission in the spirit of treating death as if it were home. This electricity. Vulture. ”