The establishment of the army's army aviation is as follows: aviation group, division, regiment, combat team, and squadron. Each squadron is composed of 2-3 squadrons according to the type of equipment and the time it is in, and the standard quota for each squadron is 12 aircraft, and the standard quota for such a flying squadron is 24-36 aircraft.

The fleet led by Nakamoto Moritaka consisted of his 10th Reading Flying Squadron and 83rd Reading Flying Squadron, light bombers, heavy bombers, and fighters, a total of 60 aircraft.

The reason why it is sixty and not 72 is because of the problem of insufficient pilots.

The First Flying Regiment is a veteran aviation unit of the Chinese army, with many ace pilots, who have always played the role of vanguard in the war of aggression against China. However, at this time, the First Flying Regiment was no longer the First Flying Regiment at the beginning of the war, and the Eighth Route Army was a sneak attack and bombing by aircraft, and it was also a special operation, forcing the First Flying Regiment to change several times from pilots to aircraft. Many notorious ace pilots in history either died in a sneak attack by the bombers of the Eighth Route Army or in the special operations of the special operations of the Eighth Route Army. On the one hand, the military had to expand the scale of enrollment in aviation schools, and on the other hand, shorten the course time of aviation schools, and constantly replenish pilots for various flight units. This will not meet the need to make up for the war damage.

Zhongyuan Shengxiao has been able to live until now, except for the thick skin and not disembowelment, it is purely a miracle.

However, in exchange for the rest of the year, the planes of the military have become more and more advanced, and the quality of the pilots has become worse and worse. Look at it, the Italian Fiat BR-20 bombers that the army was equipped with are now gone. This Fiat BR-20 bomber, known as the all-metal bomber, has a beautiful shape, strong endurance, and a large bomb load, but the quality of the aluminum used is extremely poor, especially the material of the rear fuselage is just a layer of aluminum foil attached to the cloth, hail can break it, and it is easy to be destroyed after going to the battlefield. After being replaced by the army's own Type 97 heavy bombers and light bombers, the survival rate on the battlefield was greatly improved. The Type 95 fighter is also gone, replaced by a new mass-produced Type 97 fighter.

Advanced fighters must also be used by high-level people, and pilots who have just left the gate of the aviation school want to really understand the fighters they fly, it will take a long time to run in. It's like the tank was born during World War I, but it wasn't until the Germans launched the Panzer Blitzkrieg that people really understood what it means to use it properly.

In this morning's ground-air operation, the reason why the planes suffered such heavy losses was, of course, because the Eighth Route Army was tactically flexible and powerful, and it was fighting an ambush war, but at the same time, it was also related to the poor quality of the pilots.

Both air-to-ground and surface-to-air attacks have a short time frame, and life and death can be the difference between breaths.

When Nakamoto Moritaka's group ventured through the smoke to conduct a low-altitude search attack, it encountered an aerial mine array composed of kites and balloons, and lost five fighters; When the plane discovered Weicheng and carried out a dive attack, it was attacked head-on by the air defense regiment, and lost 15 fighters; When the formation swept over Weicheng and dropped bombs, it was covered by the fire nets of the heavy machine gun regiment, the infantry regiment of the artillery brigade, the supplementary regiment of the 1st Brigade and the 2nd squad of the 3rd formation of the special warfare, and lost five more fighters; Liu Yimin met the enemy with one shot, and killed two enemy planes with two bullets; When the devil group fled to the west gate of Weicheng, it collided with the firepower network of the second air defense regiment and threw down 12 fighters; When they rushed through the fire net of the Second Air Defense Regiment and fled, they encountered kites and balloons fluttering in the southeast wind, and again crashed five planes because the propellers sucked in the kites and balloons, causing the engines to lose power.

Now, there are only sixteen fighters left in Nakamoto Shengxiao's fleet, and most of them are fighters with fast speed and low fuel load. The bombers, with their sinful crews, obediently went to Hades.

Zhongyuan Shengxiao's heart is cooler than the air flow at an altitude of 5,000 meters! You must know that no matter how developed the aircraft manufacturing industry of this empire is, no matter how fast the production speed is, it can't withstand his burial like this! If His Majesty the Emperor knew about this, I don't know how he would be rewarded!

Zhongyuan Shengxiao had the heart to die at this time, and wanted to fight with the Eighth Route Army to the end. But he didn't dare, because the ground firepower of the Eighth Route Army was too strong. Judging from the situation just now, the ground firepower of the Eighth Route Army includes antiaircraft guns, antiaircraft machine guns, and infantry squad machine guns and rifles. As long as the fighter plane is stuck in this net, it will be difficult to escape. If all of its fighter formations were shattered in Weicheng, the land of projectiles, then there would be only the equally dilapidated Third Flying Regiment and a few Reading Flying Squadrons left in the huge North China, and the Eighth Route Army would completely control Shandong's air supremacy.

Thinking that the number of the First Flying Regiment could not be revoked in his own hands, Major General Nakamoto Shengxiao, commander of the First Flying Regiment of the North China Front Aviation Group, was full of grief and indignation and ordered the remnants of the fighters to return home.

This is also something that can't be helped, the fighter is not equipped with aerial bombs, it can't drop bombs at high altitudes, and the danger of diving down and strafing is too great, which is equivalent to suicide, and it is impossible for Zhongyuan Shengxiao not to return home.

If you want to retreat and return, it is naturally a good thing, but the question is whether the Eighth Route Army agrees or not.

Feng Dafei has been in a very good mood recently. Going to the Zhengzhou battlefield, he not only stopped the offensive of the Yue army, but also attacked the three advance airfields of the Yue army in Kaifeng, Shangqiu, and Anyang. Transferred to Wuhan, in the first battle, he assisted Hu Zongnan's 17th Army to fight a beautiful counterattack on the Xinluo battlefield, and the arrogant Third Division of the Yue Army fled in embarrassment. In the second battle, it destroyed the aircraft carrier formation of the Longxiang Navy in one fell swoop, and achieved the first record in the history of human warfare in which a land-based aircraft defeated the aircraft carrier fleet. After returning to Shandong, not only did they have 30 more overseas Chinese pilots who had obtained US pilot licenses, but they also got back 60 planes of various types and a large amount of aviation ammunition from Xuzhou's Luotuoshan and Matoushan airports, as well as 20 fighter parts that could be assembled into aircraft, so that the Eighth Route Army Air Force suddenly returned to the level it was at before the army's sneak attack on the Shaanxi airfield.

Feng Dafei, who was in a good mood, did not stop for a moment after withdrawing from Xuzhou Airport to the Dadian Zhujiazhuangzi airstrip, urgently organized the first aviation squadron, and incorporated all 30 returned overseas Chinese pilots including Xue Junmin into the air force, and on the basis of the original heavy bombing squadron with eight heavy bombers and two light bombing squadrons with eight light bombers each, he organized two heavy bombing squadrons with 10 heavy bombers each and three light bombing squadrons with 10 light bombers each. There is no way, there are many planes, and there are not enough pilots, navigators, and bombardiers, so they can only be grouped into battle in this way first. In this way, Feng Dafei still reduced the four crew members of the original heavy bomber to two, and the navigator also served as bombardier and shooter, and let several overseas Chinese pilots who had not flown for the time being also temporarily act as navigators, and he also found some personnel with flying experience, shooting and bomb dropping experience from the ground technicians brought back by Ni Hua from the United States to act as navigators, so as to barely ensure the operational needs.

Feng Dafei had already thought that when he completed the combat mission, he would send another group of trainees from Shaanxi to study and train at the same time, so that they would be able to board the plane and fight as soon as possible.

After completing the grouping, the redundant planes were camouflaged and hidden, and Feng Dafei led five bomber squadrons to take off urgently and went to Weixian and Pingdu to participate in the battle to annihilate the 33rd Division.

This battle is called a cool. Fighter planes circled and dived over Yue Kou, bombs exploded above Yue Kou's head, and machine guns and machine guns ruthlessly harvested Yue Kou's life, until all the fighters ran out of all the on-board ammunition and paralyzed the 33 rd Division, and Feng Dafei led the first air brigade to return home.

After returning to the Dadian Zhujia Zhuangzi airstrip, Feng Dafei received Liu Yimin's order to form a fighter squadron and prepare to destroy the remnants of the aircraft.

From last night to now, Feng Dafei and his comrades-in-arms have not slept all the time, they are extremely tired, they should sleep well and let the young men recover their strength. However, the little devil sent to the door, and it can be seen from the order of the division commander that the air defense brigade and other ground forces must have been prepared to deal a heavy blow to the army aircraft group, once it starts, the little devil aircraft group will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and the remaining devil planes must be panicked.

The combat mission was tense, but the ground service at the Zhujia Zhuangzi airstrip was really good. As soon as the pilots get off the plane, they can eat a hot meal. Although the meal was simple, each person had a bowl of canned beef stewed with radish and cabbage vermicelli, plus two steamed buns and a bowl of seaweed soup. But the pilots knew that this was the best meal in the Eighth Route Army. The hot white flour steamed buns and the big pot dishes of stewed canned beef are reluctant to be eaten by Senior Commander Liu Yimin and Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan!

While the pilots were eating, Feng Dafei had already ordered the ground crew and guard units to push the heavy bombers into the hangar, push all the light bombers away from the airfield to camouflage and conceal them, and push out all the 20 military fighters that had captured the Camel Mountain airfield and the Matoushan airfield, and refuel and reload them.

After the pilots finished eating, Feng Dafei gathered everyone and made a simple mobilization.

is a good Feng Dafei, followed Liu Yimin, from Zunyi to Chengdu and Xi'an, along the way, he learned Liu Yimin's skills very well. Listen to his mobilization speech: "Comrades: I know that everyone is tired and needs a break. However, we are tired of physical strength, but the little devil is bleeding from the heart. Everyone said, was the air-to-ground fight just now enjoyable? ”

These pilots are all stick guys in their twenties, and they are the most suitable for inciting combat mobilization. Just listen to the boys chanting repeatedly: "Enjoyable"! "Enjoyable!"

Feng Dafei then shouted: "Do you want to do it again?" ”

Needless to say, those veteran pilots were selected from among the backbone of the Red Army, and their will to fight was as steel. Even those overseas Chinese pilots are all heroes who are dedicated to serving the country and bravely going to the national disaster. They were able to return to China to participate in the war, thinking that they would use what they had learned to soar into the blue sky with their eagles, slaughter the machine, and avenge the compatriots who were slaughtered by the army. Today's war, the vast majority of them are fighting for the first time, and it is also the first time to kill devils, and they are like slaughtering pigs and sheep, and they are drenched with joy. The first time they tried their skills, they achieved such a proud record, and when they heard that they could also slaughter pigs and sheep against the army again, the pilots' strength suddenly rose, and everyone stared at their bloodshot eyes, waving their fists and shouting: "Yes!" ”

Feng Dafei said that there are only 20 fighters, and it is necessary to select 20 pilots with high flight skills and strong air combat ability to carry out combat missions. The target was a group of bombers and fighters that were indiscriminately bombing between Weixian and Pingdu.

The First Air Brigade of the Eighth Route Army originally had 24 bomber pilots, plus 30 overseas Chinese pilots, for a total of 54 pilots. Among these pilots, 24 bomber pilots had relatively rich combat experience, and 30 overseas Chinese pilots had superb flying skills. Under the circumstance that everyone actively signed up to participate in the war, Feng Dafei asked the overseas Chinese pilots to recommend 14 pilots on their own, and he selected 5 fighters who were originally fighter pilots from the 24 bomber pilots, plus himself, a total of 20 people, to form two fighter squadrons led by him and Xue Junmin respectively.

The 20 captured fighters were Nakajima-made Ki-27 fighters, commonly known as Type 97 fighters. This kind of aircraft has just entered service this year, and it is said that this army is equipped with standard fighters. The aircraft has a fixed landing gear, is equipped with a 740 hp air-cooled engine, is 24.7 feet long, has a wingspan of 37.1 feet, a climb rate of 3000 feet / min, can reach a speed of 460 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 5000 meters, a maximum ceiling of 10000 meters, a range of 390 miles, and the carrying of auxiliary fuel tanks can be increased to 1060 miles, It is equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns, each with 500 rounds of ammunition, and carries 220 kg of bombs when carrying bombing missions, which is particularly suitable for circling and fighting, and is much more advanced than the Type 95 biplane fighters originally equipped by the Japanese army.

After the plane took off, the formation flew straight to the skies over Weixian County at an altitude of 500 meters, just in time to watch the plane dance in the ground air defense fire of the Eighth Route Army.

Feng Dafei didn't have time to appreciate it, so he ordered the formation to immediately seize the advantageous position and prepare to attack the plane.

Major General Zhongyuan Shengxiao never dreamed that at this moment, the killing god was already ready to kill.

Just when Zhongyuan Shengxiao gave the order to return, Feng Dafei gave the order to attack, and twenty war eagles in groups of two pounced down from a height of 5,000 meters and opened fire on the back of the plane.

At this time, the air combat is all visual combat air combat, and when the weather is good, pilots can generally spot the opponent's aircraft at a distance of 8,000 meters. Today's weather is good, but the sky over Weixian is filled with smoke arrays from the Eighth Route Army, and visibility is low. In this case, let alone 8,000 meters, it is not easy to detect enemy aircraft within 5,000 meters.

Feng Dafei is a veritable commander of the Eighth Route Army Air Force, and this person is not only an air combat talent, but also a land combat talent. After meeting Liu Yimin, inspired by Liu Yimin, his thinking is very active, and he is especially good at learning from each other's strengths. Under his leadership, the tactics of the Eighth Route Army not only integrated the air combat tactics of the Soviet and American armies, but also absorbed the idea that the Eighth Route Army was good at fighting ambushes, raids, guerrillas, and concentrating superior forces to annihilate the enemy. In terms of the tactical level of the Eighth Route Army Air Force alone, it is already relatively advanced. The shortcomings lie in the fact that the Eighth Route Army's fighters, aviation ammunition, and fuel are all captured, and there is no systematic R&D, production, fighter maintenance, and logistical support system, and this team is still too young, and the training time of most pilots is extremely short, and it is still a bit tender.

No, after Feng Dafei led a large group of fighters to arrive at the battlefield, he seized an altitude of 5,000 meters, seized the panicked and ready to flee almost of the plane, and suddenly killed, this is to concentrate superior forces to launch a surprise attack. By the time the little devil reacted, the year had passed.

Xue Junmin swooped down from a height of 5,000 meters with his wingman and directly aimed at a Type 97 fighter of the Japanese army. This young man, seeing that the machine was not right at this time, began to pull up, the corners of his eyes were full of teasing smiles, and shouted "Die", and the machine gun sprayed a string of bullets, hitting the back of the machine fiercely.

Seeing that the plane was disintegrated in the air, the smile on Xue Junmin's face flashed, and he quickly accelerated, and began to cooperate with the wingman to attack another enemy plane.

As soon as he shot down the enemy plane, Xue Junmin heard the wingman's reminder. Xue Junmin knew that he must have been bitten by the plane, so he quickly pulled the nose of the plane, jumped up to 90 degrees vertically, then flew upside down, half rolled horizontally, and finally flew flat, and came to a standard "Yin Suman flip", which got rid of the enemy plane. It's a pity that the quality of the aircraft in this era is not good, otherwise Xue Junmin may not need the old tactics of the First World War era such as "Yin Suman Flip", and invent a new aerial combat tactic, such as the famous "Cobra Flip" in later generations.

It is said that the poor tactical level of military pilots is not equal to the poor tactical level of Zhongyuan Shengxiao. After this old devil was attacked, he immediately made tactical moves, got rid of the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army fighters, pulled the plane up, and then began to fight with the Eighth Route Army fighters in the air.

Xue Junmin and his wingman were targeted by Major General Nakamoto Shengxiao.

Xue Junmin finally got rid of the enemy plane, but his wingman was not so lucky, he was hit by Nakamoto Shengxiao and fell south in the black line.

Seeing that the wingman was hit by the plane, Xue Junmin immediately realized that this was the ace pilot of the army, otherwise it would not be possible to shoot down a fighter plane with a quick backhand blow after being attacked.

Xue Junmin's competitive spirit was aroused, and as soon as he pushed the head of the plane, he fiercely rushed towards the landline of Major General Nakamoto Shengxiao, who was pulling up.

Zhongyuan Shengxiao deserved to be the commander of the First Flying Regiment, and he did not panic when he was frightened, and also made a "Yin Suman flip" action, which not only got rid of Xue Junmin's pursuit, but also seized the height.

If Zhongyuan Shengxiao is allowed to slow down, I am afraid that Xue Junmin will be in danger. It was too late, and then it was too fast, and the two Eighth Route Army fighters came out of the upper left of Nakamoto Shengxiao, and the machine guns sprayed tongues of fire, shooting straight at Nakamoto Shengxiao's landline.

Zhongyuan Shengxiao is completely awakened at this time, the Eighth Route Army has taken the lead, and the number of planes is also dominant, if it continues to entangle, I am afraid that it will die here. This old devil no longer has the intention of fighting, and immediately makes tactical moves to avoid the attack of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army. After the plane was raised, he didn't dare to entangle anymore, and fled in the direction of Tianjin to the north with his tail between his legs. He knew that there was a group of Kwantung Army planes that had just completed the transfer and could take off to save him. If you go to Jinan or Qingdao, it may be a dead end.

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