Chapter 207: Hunting in the Air!

After learning that the Eighth Route Army already had the ability to produce fighters, the Japanese army attached great importance to this situation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoIn particular, as a spy officer of the Japanese army, he learned that the Eighth Route Army had obtained 200 aircraft engines from the Soviet side.

According to this piece of information from the Soviet side, the Japanese side also quickly realized that the Eighth Route Army should not have the ability to produce aero engines at present. Their fighters should have Soviet-style aero engines installed.

That means that the Eighth Route Army is very likely to form an air force consisting of at least 200 fighters in the near future. To be on the safe side, the Japanese felt that the rising Eighth Route Army should be destroyed as soon as possible.

As a country that attaches great importance to the development of the air force, the Japanese military naturally knew that it would take more time to train a qualified team of air force pilots than to produce fighters.

Considering the rapid development momentum of the Eighth Route Army in recent years, the Japanese army felt that the sooner they destroyed the Eighth Route Army's air force, the more beneficial it would be for them to fight against China in the future. Therefore, the Japanese side quickly formulated an operational plan to destroy the Eighth Route Air Force.

It was arranged for the Kwantung Army to first send fighter planes as an inducement to attract the air force units of the Eighth Route Army. Subsequently, the naval aviation, which had stronger combat effectiveness, formed an encirclement and annihilated the air force units of the Eighth Route Army.

In addition, the airfield of the Eighth Route Army and the arsenal in the rear were destroyed at all costs. Even now, the Japanese army has still not been able to collect the location of the Eighth Route Army Arsenal.

But if you want to enter the base area of the Eighth Route Army to bomb, you first need to completely crush the air force of the Eighth Route Army. Even if the number of this force is small, it will pose a mortal threat to the Japanese bomber group.

Wait until the air force of the Kwantung Army takes off first and begins to enter the sky over the control area of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese spy unit also detected that the air force of the Eighth Route Army, which had been engaged in the battle over Shijiazhuang before, was stationed at the airfield outside Zhangjiakou.

Looking at the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army's fighter formation, the lurking Japanese spy personnel were also surprised: "The response speed of the Eighth Route Army is so fast!" Look at this time, I'm afraid that our aviation has just entered their defense zone, right? ā€

'That's it! This kind of thing is not what we have to care about. Immediately send this information back to headquarters, and the bombing plan can be activated. If nothing else, there are only a few old-fashioned fighters and bombers left at the airfield of the Eighth Road. ’

'Captain, according to our reconnaissance some time ago, it seems that a large number of anti-aircraft weapons have also been deployed at the Eighth Route Airport. If we don't solve these anti-aircraft weapons, our bomber groups are afraid that it will not be easy to bomb, right? ’

We have already reported this information to our superiors, how to deal with those anti-aircraft weapons, leave it to the aviation of the Navy! They should first destroy the anti-aircraft weapons of the Eighth Route before the bombing.

According to the information I have learned, this time an aircraft carrier battle group was directly dispatched to the country, and the number of aircraft was quite large. It should not be a problem to rush to destroy such an airfield, which has only ground-based anti-aircraft weapons. ’

While these Japanese spies were talking about these things and sending out the information they had detected. It didn't take long for the place where the telegram was sent to usher in a strong attack by the counter-espionage personnel of the Eighth Route Army.

For the vicinity of the airport and even the entire Zhangjiakou area, the monitoring radio of the Eighth Route Army has never stopped. Although the Japanese spy group is very deep, it has recently frequently activated the radio station, and naturally cannot escape the monitoring of the Eighth Route Army.

This time, they chose to send telegrams in the field, but they still could not escape the surveillance of the Eighth Route Army. Not long after they sent the telegram, the counterintelligence department, which had already formed a situation of encirclement, immediately carried out the destruction of this intelligence station.

It will not be so easy to defeat this Japanese intelligence station lurking near the airport, and realize that the Japanese army wants to collect information on the airport again. Fortunately, the commander in charge of the Japanese army in North China, who was in charge of intelligence, seemed to be aware of this consequence.

After all, this has happened many times since he took over the North China Special High School. I have to say that the Eighth Route Army's counterintelligence reconnaissance capability is indeed beyond his imagination. But the sacrifice of this intelligence station is still worth it in his opinion!

Putting aside intelligence warfare, the aircraft carrier fleet, which had been heading for the open sea early in the morning after learning of the Eighth Route Army's fighter sorties, immediately set off for frequent take-off of fighters. For these naval aviation, they all feel that this time it is a knife to kill chickens.

The pilots who are qualified to become naval aviation are undoubtedly the elite pilots of the Japanese army. Hundreds of sorties of planes are used to deal with an air force of the Eighth Route Army, which has only about 20 fighters, and it does seem a bit of a bully.

Fortunately, this time, they not only undertook the task of encircling and annihilating the air force of the Eighth Route Army, but also cooperated with the ground forces to strike at the offensive forces of the Eighth Route Army. All in all, they really have a lot of tasks today.

Just as the fighter group of the Kwantung Army flew over Chengde, the reconnaissance planes of the Eighth Route Army, which had arrived here in advance, had already met with the Japanese fighters. Soon through the on-board radio, the location of the enemy aircraft group was reported to the Blue Eagle squadron.

After receiving the information from the reconnaissance plane, the squadron leader of the Blue Eagle fighter plane immediately said: "Lure the enemy plane to the outskirts of Chengde, and the squadron will carry out a surprise attack at high altitude." Don't get entangled too much with enemy planes, pay attention to your own safety! ā€

Considering that today's air combat tasks are very heavy, the Blue Eagle Squadron Leader also does not want to miss the big air battle that may occur next. Therefore, he felt that he had time to rush back with the fastest speed to destroy the incoming Kwantung Army flight formation.

Just as the leader of the Blue Eagle Squadron had predicted, the fighters of the Kwantung Army, which were flying towards the airspace of Chengde, soon spotted a Chinese reconnaissance plane that appeared not far away in the air. Seeing that the Huaxia reconnaissance plane quickly turned around, they naturally would not let it go.

'Quick! Catch up and shoot it down! ’

Compared with the fighters of the Eighth Route Army, which had already installed telephone radios, the Japanese fighters did not have the ability to communicate in the air for the time being. Fortunately, the pilots of the little devils have been cooperating for a long time, and some combat sign language can still be understood.

After the pilot plane made a pursuit gesture, the Japanese fighters, which were originally flying slowly, also began to speed up, chasing the Eighth Route Army reconnaissance plane that 'unexpectedly' met them.

In the eyes of the little devils, this reconnaissance plane must be destroyed as soon as possible, and the Eighth Route Army Air Force must not be left too much time to react. Moreover, many Japanese pilots felt that chasing this Eighth Route fighter would also help to increase their combat interest.

Looking at the Japanese fighters chasing after him, the pilot of the Eighth Route Army, who was in charge of piloting the reconnaissance plane, said with a smile: "These little devils are really stupid!" With this kind of 97-type fighter, I also want to catch up with Lao Tzu's plane! ā€

Fortunately, he knew that he couldn't make the little devil feel hopeless. If you want to fish, you must naturally grasp the proportion of fishing. Always maintaining a certain distance, the reconnaissance planes constantly adjusted the direction of flight, but led the formation of Japanese fighters into an ambush circle.

The Blue Eagle squadron, which was already lurking at high altitude, was also waiting for news from the reconnaissance plane. When the leader of the Blue Eagle squadron received the signal from the reconnaissance plane that 'the prey had fallen into the net,' the leader of the Blue Eagle squadron immediately notified all fighters to prepare for the attack.

It didn't take long for the pilots of the Blue Eagle Squadron, who were guarding the sky, to see a roar in the distance. I also saw a frantically fleeing Eighth Route military plane, as well as a Japanese fighter plane frantically pursuing behind.

'Comrades, the hunt begins! Hurry up, there's still a big meal waiting for us! ’

As the leader of the Blue Eagle squadron began to dive, the rest of the fighters who stayed in the formation also decisively began to reduce their altitude. Locked on the Japanese fighters that appeared in the line of sight, and when the little devil's fighters entered the firing range, the fighters immediately began to shoot.

'Not good! We've been ambushed! Quickly disperse and fight back! ’

Although many of the Japanese pilots began to shout, they forgot that they were in the midst of the high-altitude fighters. All they could do was to rely on the combat experience they had accumulated in the past and quickly evade the strafing of the eight-way fighters.

But even so, Japanese fighters continued to be hit. Looking at the fighters that began to fall to the ground in smoke, the Japanese pilots who were responsible for piloting the pilots also really felt the strength of the fighters of the Eighth Route Army.

'Yaga! Why is their firepower so strong, and they can still form a formation in the Air Force! Yaga, I've been shot! ’

Even between the Japanese fighters, they couldn't hear each other. But looking at the panicked expressions of those pilots and the fighters that fell in smoke, many Japanese pilots felt that the Eighth Route fighters were stronger than they thought.

Knowing that they were ambushed by the fighters of the Eighth Route Army like this, their strength immediately dropped too much. Even if you deal with the Eighth Route fighter, I'm afraid you won't be able to last long. The pilot of the Japanese pilot plane immediately decided to turn to the direction of Shijiazhuang.

According to the orders he had learned earlier, he believed that the large formation of naval aviation that had taken off from Tianyuan at this time should be flying in this direction. If he can make it to the rendezvous, maybe there will be a glimmer of life.

Thinking of this, the pilot plane immediately turned its nose, avoided the killing of the two Eighth Route Army fighters, and began to fly in the direction of Shijiazhuang to break through. This scene was naturally seen by other surviving Japanese fighter pilots.

In the face of the accelerated withdrawal of the pilot aircraft, the rest of the fighter pilots were naturally not stupid, and they also turned their noses to break through. The Blue Eagle Squadron Leader, who also saw this scene, naturally knew what the little devil had in mind.

'The old rule, immediately start the pursuit. These little devils have crashed into our pockets, and they still want to break through, and they are crazy! Catch up, bite them, and try to shoot them all down! ’

'Yes, Squadron Leader! ’

The little devil's fighter plane accelerated to break through, and the fighter plane of the Blue Eagle squadron leader also accelerated the pursuit. In the pursuit, Japanese fighters were shot down one after another. And this scene also did not escape the attention of the people on the ground and the ground troops of the Eighth Route Army.

'Wow, isn't this a little devil's plane?' How can you be chased and beaten! Is that our plane? Pretty, look, a little devil's plane is going to fall. All right! It's a good fight! ’

Many brave ordinary people naturally looked full of excitement when they looked at these little devil planes falling from the sky. Once upon a time, when they saw these planes painted with plaster flags, they seemed to run away in a hurry. When have you ever seen such a messy moment for the little devil fighter!