Chapter 468 Crazy vs. Crazy
PS. Present today's update, by the way, pull a vote for the "starting point" 515 fan festival, everyone has 8 votes, and the vote will also give the starting point coin, kneel and beg everyone to support and appreciate!
At the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army in Lushun, Commander Okamura Ninji received a report from Yamashita and confirmed that the commander of the Taiwan Strait Campaign was Ouyang Jian. He used the decoy of the sea-crossing fleet to destroy our submarine forces and paralyze Taiwan's air force. Ouyang Jian did not hesitate to pay any price, and we had to be led by the nose according to the other party's intentions.
Okamura agrees with Yamashita Fumi's judgment that Taiwan's air supremacy has a bearing on Taiwan's stability, and Taiwan's security has a bearing on the security of the entire South China Sea and the mainland. Unexpectedly, the enemy would use this method to launch a sea-crossing operation, which greatly surprised Okamura. In such an unfavorable situation, Okamura did not have a good countermeasure for a while.
"Report, call from base camp!" The chief of staff of the Japanese army took the telegram and quickly glanced at it and said: "Your Excellency General, the base camp has ordered that the enemy's sea-crossing fleet must be destroyed and the enemy's landing plan must be crushed." The base camp decided to quickly requisition 350 fighters to reinforce Taiwan, including 150 Zero fighters. Okamura Ninji was silent for a while and said, "Order Yamashita to send a letter and order the air force to wipe out the enemy's sea-crossing fleet at any cost." "An operations staff officer has to be ordered to go." Your Excellency, the admirals are short-sighted, ******** build large warships, and if we had a strong submarine force, it would not have come to such a point. ”
"Ouyang Jian is too cunning, he has seen us through. The small wooden boats were equipped with sonar and depth charges, which made it difficult for our submarines to move an inch. Ouyang Jian knew so much about the Imperial Navy, it was simply surprising to me, otherwise he would never have launched a sea-crossing operation. The intelligence departments are all rice buckets, and we don't know anything about the intelligence of the enemy's hunting anti-submarine wooden ships. "The enemy does not have a fleet, which is the reason for our intelligence mistakes. We really didn't expect the enemy to use wooden boats to launch a sea-crossing operation. This strategic mistake also ignored the enemy's strong air power. The chief of staff of the Japanese army sighed.
At the Japanese Defense Command in Taipei, Commander Yamashita received an order from Okamura: "Dajia Airport and Jiaqing Airport have been hit hard, and Commander Okamura has not reproached us. The ground aviation units at all airfields were ordered to concentrate their air forces on attacking the enemy's sea-crossing fleets. It is necessary to re-tap the sinking of the enemy's submarine hunting boats to clear the way for the submarine force. "Your Excellency Commander, the US fighter plane that attacked Dajia and Jiaqing Airport can be confirmed to be the most advanced B29 bomber of the US military, and the commander of the 128th Wing at Jiaqing Airport, Shigeru Oshima, was shot down by a B29 bomber machine gun, and he provided a full report. The 2 strikes were the B17 bombers of the US military, and now it can be confirmed that the B29 bombers of the US military entered the territory of China. ”
"Order Tegaoke, be sure to find out, where are the US B29 bombers, and what is the damage to the airfield?" "The damage has been reported, Jiaqing airport has suffered heavy losses and is temporarily paralyzed, the runway has been blown up, and it will take at least two days to repair. Jiaqing Airport lost 18 warplanes and suffered serious damage to airport facilities. The loss of fighters at Dajia Airport was not much, only 6 planes, and the runway was intact. However, the anti-aircraft artillery unit of Dajia Airport suffered heavy losses and lost 48 artillery pieces. It is estimated that US bombers will bomb the airfield tonight! ”
Yamashita knew why Commander Okamura had ordered the enemy ships to be destroyed at sea at all costs. This move shows that it is only a matter of time before the Chinese and US air forces seize air supremacy over Taiwan, and before Taiwan's army aviation fleet is wiped out, they should concentrate their forces on destroying the enemy's sea-crossing fleet, disrupt the enemy's offensive deployment, and smash the enemy's landing operations. "At the moment, our core task is to destroy the enemy's sea-crossing fleet, and we must concentrate all the bomber groups and destroy the enemy's submarine hunters first." Yamashita seemed to have made up his mind.
After dawn, Ouyang Jian ordered all the mortar detachments on the wooden boats to evacuate. Ouyang Jian explained: "The Japanese army suffered a loss, and the submarine would never dare to appear on the surface at close range again. The mortar detachment on the ship has lost its combat usefulness, and this move is to avoid unnecessary losses! "Report! General Chennault called, and the fighter squadron had formed a strike echelon and was ready to strike at any time! "Brother Ouyang, do you think the Japanese army is really targeting the sea-crossing fleet!?" "At present, the sea-crossing fleet is already located in the landing area, and the Japanese army cannot achieve its operational objectives in the air, so it is bound to go all out to attack the sea-crossing fleet, which is the only measure taken by the Japanese army to smash our sea-crossing operation! I said it??????。 ”
At a coastal airport in Quanzhou, the screeching sirens sounded. With two red flares flying into the sky, the J-2 squad of the 1st Flying Group of the Eighth Route Army and 72 fighters of the two squadrons quickly took to the air. After forming a formation over the airport, the fighters went straight to the waters of Penghu. They received a report from a reconnaissance plane that the Japanese army had dispatched a large number of planes. The command ordered the 1st Flying Group of the Eighth Route Army Flying Regiment to be dispatched and the 2nd Flying Group to prepare.
Tie Ning led the J-2 squad to fly at the front, and in just two days of air battle, due to the superior performance of the J-2 fighter, the self-confidence of all pilots was greatly improved, and the desire to fight was unprecedentedly high. Through the competition with the Japanese Zero fighters, even the pilots who flew the Wildcat fighters generally felt that although the Japanese pilots flew the advanced Zero fighters, their piloting skills became more and more immature, which showed that the consumption of the Japanese pilots was very serious. As a result, the spirit of the entire flying team has been completely renewed. Soon, the group of planes rushed over the fleet and collided head-on with the Japanese group.
This time, the Japanese army dispatched 55 bombers and 45 fighters, including 32 Zero fighters. The decrease in the number of Japanese cover fighters indicates that the consumption of fighters is extremely high. When the Japanese fighters saw the enemy planes rushing to intercept them, the Japanese bombers did not choose to retreat, but aimed at the flotilla on the sea and dived to bomb at a low altitude. The number of fighters of the Tiening Squadron was much larger than that of the Japanese fighters, and while they were fighting each other, some of the fighters began to aim at the Japanese bombers. Tie Ning looked for the opponent in his mind, but he didn't find the target.
Shigeru Oshima was slightly injured when a U.S. B29 bomber attacked Jiaqing Airport when his plane was hit and parachuted, so he did not take part in the operation. Tie Ning shot down a Japanese Zero fighter, but never saw the target he was looking for. A Japanese Type 97 bomber successfully blew up a wooden ship, and Tie Ning quickly replenished it. The Japanese bomber pilots were complacent when they spotted an enemy fighter following them. The Japanese bomber pilots tried their best to dodge, and the machine gunners in the tail tried their best to strafe fiercely, but to no avail.
Tie Ning bit the Japanese bomber to the death, and fired three strings of bullet rain in succession, and the Japanese bomber emitted thick smoke from the tail, staggering and falling. After several battles, the Japanese fighters were forced to retreat. Tie Ning found that the fuel was almost exhausted, so he ordered to return to the ship. In a fierce aerial battle, 26 Japanese fighters were shot down and 7 bombers were shot down. The Tiening team lost 11 aircraft, including 1 J-2 fighter. When the group returned, a squadron of bombers of the Eighth Route Army, under the cover of the 2nd Flying Group, headed straight for Penghu.
In the direction of Fuzhou, the fighting is even stronger. The U.S. F6 team once again showed its might, fighting the Japanese Zero team, and the U.S. Wildcat team, against the Japanese bombers, even had the upper hand. In order to maintain air supremacy over the strait, the Japanese army constantly put in combat planes, but the Chinese and US air forces have a large number of fighters and pilot reserves, and in contrast, the Japanese army aviation units are in a passive situation.
After five suffocating days, the Japanese army dispatched fewer and fewer planes. Along with the continuous night air raids by the US B29 bombers and B17 bombers, all the air force airfields of the Japanese army in Taiwan were subjected to air strikes of varying degrees.
The fierce air battle lasted until the eighth day, when the Japanese army was forced to stop bombing the sea-crossing fleet and had to retreat to fight on the island of Taiwan. In continuous air fighting, only 3 J-2 fighters of the Tiening Squadron remained, and 42 Wildcat fighters were lost. But the 1st Flying Group shot down 183 Japanese fighters. The air battle in the Taiwan battlefield was gradually controlled by the Chinese and US air forces. Due to the timely replenishment of fighters and pilots, the Tiening Combat Team still maintained a complete establishment, while the Japanese air power in Taiwan was exhausted. The Japanese had to admit defeat, and the scale of the air battle became smaller and smaller.
On this day, at the Taipei military dock, Shigeru Oshima and a group of pilots boarded a transport ship. They were to go to the northeast, and although the Japanese lost the battle in the air, they were consoled by the relatively small losses of the pilots. In contrast, the pilots of the Chinese and American air forces suffered heavy casualties. This is inevitable, and seizing air supremacy over Taiwan is a top priority, and for war damage, the joint command has already thought of it. The battleship slowly sailed away from the dock, and Shigeru Oshima said in a deep voice: "Although the Imperial Air Force has lost, the tenacious fighting spirit of the Imperial warriors has made the enemy pay a heavy price. ”
"I am proud of the Imperial Air Force, although the enemy has gained air supremacy, it is wishful thinking to land in Taiwan. I believe that the Imperial Army will not insult the soul of Yamato. Each of his men clenched their fists, as if swearing an oath. After the defeat of the Japanese army aviation units, submarine warfare, which had suffered heavy losses, also ceased operations. Of the 45 pocket submarines of the Japanese army, 35 were sunk and 4 were wounded. One light submarine was sunk, 2 were damaged. The Japanese army was forced to stop the submarine attack, which was difficult for a clever woman to cook.
According to the deployment of the Joint Command, a devastating strike was launched on all military airfields in Taiwan. On this day, Tie Ning led a flying squadron to cover 32 bombers and bombed Tainan Airport. At present, the remaining combat aircraft of the Japanese army can only choose to operate at night, and during the day is the dominance of the Chinese and US air forces. Some bombers wantonly and indiscriminately bombed the Japanese runway and airfield facilities, and some bombed the Japanese antiaircraft artillery units. Tie Ning's eyes were hot in the air, but there was no way, he could only be a bystander.
The next day, Tie Ning covered the bombers and launched another air raid on the military port and wharf in Kaohsiung, and the sky over Taiwan Island was still uninhabited. The fighter plane landed on the runway in the afterglow of the setting sun. Tie Ning jumped off the plane and saw Zhang Yourong, the commander of the flight regiment. "Commander, if you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, is there a new task?" "Headquarters order, stop the air raid tomorrow. Several engineers from the Xi'an Aircraft Factory of the Eighth Route Army have come to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the J-2 fighter, and you have to cooperate. "Regiment commander, is the landing operation about to start, and our combat flight brigade is asking to participate in the battle?"
"Commander Ouyang ordered, the combat flight team will rest and summarize the experience of air combat, and the next step is mainly to support the bombing team!" "The brethren are in the midst of tightening the clockwork, and now let us rest, isn't this a sudden brake?" "Let me tell you a piece of news, your 1st Brigade will be transferred to the Central Plains, the headquarters will be equipped in advance, and your Brigade will all replace J-2 fighters." Tie Ning's eyes widened when he heard this. "I would like to reveal one more piece of news, the headquarters decided to form the 4th Flying Regiment,. You will be the commander of the 4th Independent Flying Regiment. ”
[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! 】