Chapter 411: The First Trump Card
"Woooooooooooo At the top of the control tower at the highest point of Kagoshima Field Airfield No. 09, the sound of sirens from high-powered loudspeakers resounded in every corner of the airport, and hundreds of pilots rushed from the combat briefing room to the hangar. The ground crew, several times the size of the pilot, surrounded the kind and handsome fighter jets, and fuel trucks, ammunition trucks, and maintenance vehicles shuttled in and out. Soon two P51 Mustang fighters slid out of the hangar, followed by more and more fighters.
"Report to the Eagle's Nest, the 15th Squadron O6 fighter has completed the inspection and requests to take off!" One of the pilots suppressed his beating heart and reported to the tower in a slightly hurried tone.
A clear electronic voice came over the radio intercom: "O6 fighter, you can take off, long live the president!" ”
"Long live the President!" The pilot increases the throttle, and the high-quality aviation fuel is converted into surging power through the engine, which pushes the fighter to increase its speed and quickly reach take-off speed. The pilot pulled up the joystick, and the superior handling performance made the fighter raise the nose of the aircraft extremely obediently and plunge into the blue sky according to the pilot's wishes.
"Long live the President!" Every time a slogan is shouted, a fighter plane takes off into the air, and I don't know when it began, it is popular for officers and soldiers at the grassroots level on the front line to shout such a phrase after reporting or listening to orders, and they use this most direct way to express their loyalty to the president.
The improvement of the cultural level let the Chinese people know the essence of the emperor, and the continuous propaganda made them understand that there are no gods and no saviors in the world, and the speed at which the feudal remnants dissipate in China is surprising, but people are still habitually looking for support. Just like psychological sustenance, the president is considered to be a person who surpasses the emperor, and some people call him a "god". No matter how high the cultural level of a country or nation is, it will seek spiritual sustenance, just as religion gives people psychological peace. And Lu Liang is a person who is gradually religious.
Twenty-five fighters and 25 dreadnought bombers took off from Field Airfield 09, and the ground crew, seeing that the last plane was only a butt in view, sat down on the ground with a long breath and immediately got up after a five-minute rest. They also need to organize tools, parts, and logistics to prepare for the fighter jet's return and next battle, and these ground crews are veritable blue-collar workers and one of the most important arms of the entire airport compared to the commanders in the tower who can take a coffee break.
"O1, O1, can we run into Japanese fighters this time?" The young pilot of the O12 fighter asked the squadron leader over a wireless intercom. The excitement of the high-powered engines faded into the air, replaced by anticipation of battle, whether rookie or veteran pilot.
"O12, are you nervous? Rest assured, our Mustang is invincible in the sky! You're just waiting to become an ace pilot in the skies over Kyushu! It was like a rookie lesson, but the tension could still be heard in the tone of the veteran with three years of flying experience in the cockpit of the O7 fighter, and he was hiding his inner nervousness and comforting himself by laughing at the rookie.
"O7, you're too hypocritical! I saw you go to the toilet three times before you took off! ”
"Hahahaha" There was laughter in the communication channel, and the O7 fighter pilot who was exposed to his true face turned red, but fortunately, no one could see his embarrassment from the cockpit and the sky.
"Keep the channel clean, pay attention to the formation, you will enter the battlefield in ten minutes, and when the time comes, behave well, don't let all the brilliance be snatched away by the bombers!" The squadron leader spoke, and the radio waves disappeared in an instant, and the sky became monotonous again, only the engine of the Mustang fighter continued to roar.
The squadron leader was pleased with his authority, but he could understand the feelings of his men, as he himself was. How many achievements have the Air Force had over the years? You must know that the results of ground battles are not recognized by fighter pilots, and if you want to become a trump card, you must have results in the air. However, enemy fighters are available but unattainable, and the Chinese Air Force seems to have taken too big a step, making it difficult for the enemy to catch up.
Fortunately, with the passage of time, the enemy with a tactical air force is also growing, and the huge pressure is either to collapse or to break through, and Japan, the United States, Great Britain, etc., are all enemies who break through under pressure. At the very least, they have enough fighters to rival the Chinese Air Force.
For example, Japan, the current enemy, has 150 "Taisho 2-year" biplane fighters, 350 "Taisho 3-year" biplane fighters, and 200 P01 fighters purchased from the United States. The number of fighters in service has reached the German level, and the Taisho Tri-Year fighter surpasses the American P01 in performance and is at the same level as the German Fokker DII fighter. The Japanese abandoned the navy and the pursuit of giant ship artillery, and the energy they burst out in the equipment of the army and the air force was astonishing, especially since the Americans, in order to compensate for the order to prohibit Japan from having a navy, provided it with a lot of advanced technology, and cooperated in the field of aero engines.
The Japanese were more afraid of their bombers than the Chinese fighters, because it was the bombers that had caused the most damage to the Japanese in all wars. The 15th Fighter Squadron crossed the Line of Actual Control of the two armies from a high altitude and entered the skies over the Japanese army, covering 25 dive bombers to attack Japanese ground targets.
The greater the expectation and the greater the disappointment, the fighter pilots hovered overhead, watching the dreadnought dive bombers rush violently towards the Japanese ground targets, dropping bombs and then proudly pulling them up, leaving behind a huge ball of fire. The Japanese learned quickly in the war with China, the bombs taught them to hide, and many artillery positions, warehouses, soldier assembly points, etc., were not found by dreadnought dive bombers. The precious anti-aircraft guns did not open fire in the first place to counterattack - now it was the reserve corps, that is, the "power that can be expended", and the Japanese had to hide their cards, clench their fists, and find time to throw the heaviest punch.
"Your Excellency General, please agree that our army aviation will attack, and we cannot let the Chinese Air Force control the sky, their continuous bombing will cause great damage to our morale, and it will not be conducive to the development of the offensive!" At the headquarters of the Kyushu Garrison Army, Major General Nakamichi Kosu, a general of the Army Air Corps, told the commander-in-chief of the garrison, Admiral Matsunaga Masatoshi, that Matsunaga Masatoshi meant to hide the precious fighter plane and save it for the moment of the general attack.
However, Major General Nakamichi Kosu did not agree with the commander's view that the strength of the army aviation force is not weak and can completely compete with the Chinese air force. Nearly 700 fighters and 200 bombers have a huge numerical advantage over the Chinese Air Force stationed in the Kagoshima area, and Kosu Nakado even fantasizes that after defeating the Chinese Air Force, he will be promoted to lieutenant general, and the army aviation will also be separated from the army and set up a special air force!
"General Xiaosu, are you sure that you can defeat the Huaguo Air Force? Do you have accurate information on the number of planes they have in Kagoshima? Do you know what technical level the Huaguo fighter is at? All I know is that when they fought with the Chinese army five years ago, they had biplanes that surpassed our Taisho three-year fighters, and their biplanes were already raging in our skies when we didn't know anything about them. In five years, it is impossible for Huaguo fighters to stay at the original level, and the intelligence from the front line shows that they have faster speeds, higher ceilings, and larger bomb loads, even if I am not a professional pilot, I know that we have no chance of winning against their aircraft! ”
Xiao Su Zhongdao didn't listen to it at all, he took Matsunaga Masatoshi's refusal as an exclusion of himself: "You are afraid of war!" The warriors of the Great Japanese Empire could defeat all enemies, and we had the courage to be fearless enough to bridge the technological gap. The lads of the Army Aviation Corps will shoot down all the Hwakoku planes with the spirit of bushido! After saying a cruel word, Xiao Su Zhongdao turned around and left the headquarters, boarded an American-made jeep and drove away.
Matsunaga Masatoshi didn't dare to do anything to this army aviation commander and major general, his background was much bigger than himself, he was a small samurai step by step to the present, and he, with the shadow of his family, easily became a major general. Xiao Su Zhongdao was very ambitious, and after the establishment of the army air force, he wanted to set up a special air force, and now many generals have become supporters of his faction.
"I hope that Kosu Nakado will not do stupid things, his plan is to use 500,000 reservists to consume the energy of the Chinese army in Kagoshima, make their soldiers tired, make their supplies strained, and let their fortifications be dilapidated, and wait until that moment to dispatch the powerful army elite and more reservists to launch a breakthrough from the entire front, completely defeat the Chinese army's troops in Kagoshima, and drive them out of the Japanese archipelago. So, before the final assault, most of the artillery was to be hidden, all the planes were to be hidden in hangars, and all tanks and armored vehicles were waiting under branches, canvas and concrete fortifications. Any loss of strength will have a detrimental effect on the final attack. Matsunaga Masatoshi shook his head, still a little helpless after sorting out his thoughts, that Kosu Nakado is the biggest variable in this plan, he holds the control of nearly 500 planes on Kyushu Island, more than half of the number of planes in Japan.
PS: Three updates will be resumed from today, updated at 0:00, 12:00, and 18:00 every morning (to be continued.) )