Chapter 563: The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Northern Mongolia, and the Destruction of the Enemy in the Air (3)
Chapter 563: The War of Resistance Against Northern Mongolia and the Destruction of the Enemy in the Air (3)
One of the features of the U-2 aircraft is that it can automatically lift the spiral stall, and as long as the pilot releases the joystick at this time and returns the joystick to the middle position, the aircraft can recover from the spiral state. However, this requires the participation of the tail rudder in control, and without the tail rudder, the aircraft that enters the spiral stall state will definitely die.
Gao Zhihang did not pay any attention to the enemy plane he shot down, but twisted the nose of the plane and directly pounced on the left one of the two wingmen of the enemy plane.
The speed of the early model of the U-2 was only 156 kilometers, and the speed was only 200 kilometers with a new engine, while the speed of the unicorn reached 240 kilometers.
Gao Zhihang's wingman shouted in the headset: "Eagle, pay attention to a safe distance, be careful"
Seeing Gao Zhihang's plane swooping frantically from more than 300 meters away, it would even collide with each other if he was not careful, so frightened that the Soviet plane hurriedly rolled over on its side, and then tilted its wings and flew towards a low altitude.
Gao Zhihang's momentum had completely destroyed the nerves of the Soviet pilot, and he had no will to fight, and he was now only thinking about how to escape from the guns of this madman.
The Soviet pilots wanted to take advantage of the good performance of the U-2 at low altitudes.
It's just that the distance between him and Gao Zhihang is too close, and the unicorn is more flexible, plus Gao Zhihang's technology is more superb, as soon as the Soviet plane flips over, Gao Zhihang immediately twists the nose of the plane, bites the Su plane again, and presses the cannon button without hesitation, and the 20mm large-caliber cannon rain immediately hit the body sawdust in front of the nose of the Soviet plane, and the engine also emits thick black smoke. Then, the Soviet planes plunged headlong into the ground.
However, the Soviet pilot was lucky enough to jump out of the cabin, and a white parachute opened in time, and under the blowing of the north wind, it fluttered southward.
This is the Gobi Desert, the terrain is flat, and it is under the control of Wei Guanghui's cavalry army, so it is certain that he will become a prisoner.
At this time, the 15 Soviet planes, with the exception of one Soviet plane that was shot down and damaged during the initial attack, and two planes that were shot down by Gao Zhihang, the Soviet planes that wanted to climb were successively attacked head-on by the second and third squadrons that swooped down from a high altitude, and five more were shot down, and the remaining seven Soviet planes were being beaten by a group of 36 fighters of the Fourth Route Army, and the Soviet planes that were scattered and fleeing in all directions had long since lost their formation.
Although the pilots of the Soviet Union Army were experienced, they could not withstand a large group of planes, and they had an absolute superiority in numbers, and it could be said that they would kill the master with indiscriminate punches, and it was only a matter of time before they were all shot down.
A Soviet plane rushed out from under the attack of the fighters of the four air force corps, and flew directly below Gao Zhihang in a panic.
This Su aircraft pilot seems to be a veteran, seeing Gao Zhihang in hot pursuit, he made continuous tumbling movements, intending to get rid of Gao Zhihang. However, Gao Zhihang, who was more highly skilled, was able to catch up with him every time, and he was getting closer and closer, so the Soviet pilots had no choice but to adopt the method of dive and acceleration, preparing to avoid Gao Zhihang by virtue of their low-altitude advantage. At the moment when the Su plane dived, Gao Zhihang, who had already chased 500 meters away, opened fire.
This time, the Soviet pilot was not as lucky as the one just now, Gao Zhihang's cannon hit the fuel tank of the Soviet plane, and the Soviet plane was hit by a volley and exploded.
Although Gao Zhihang still had some itchy hands, he saw that there were only four Soviet planes left in the air, and the pilots of the three squadrons were enthusiastically chasing and intercepting them, and they were very busy, and the sound of the pilots shouting excitedly could be heard from time to time in the headphones.
Gao Zhihang couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head again and again, maybe he was too excited, the young men who were very calm in ordinary training seemed to have become half-grown children who beat weasels who stole chickens, and they were very happy. However, looking at his busy subordinates, Gao Zhihang was reluctant to interfere again. Looking at the watch, the air battle has only taken 20 minutes so far, and there is still some time, which is just enough for them to practice their hands more.
Ten minutes later, all 15 Soviet planes were shot down, and only one plane of the 2nd Squadron of the Fourth Route Army was damaged, and they had already returned to the airfield ahead of schedule. The ratio of air combat losses reached a rare 0:15.
When Mike took the second team into the air, Gao Zhihang led the third team to happily return to the field to refuel and reload, ready to fight again. ,
This air battle is the first battle of the Air Force Corps, and it must be led by experienced people, and Mike, an excellent pilot, is also very itchy, and he took the initiative to ask to bring a brigade, which is also in line with Gao Zhihang's thoughts. The other brigade was led by Chen Honglu.
The Soviet army really adopted the tactic of refueling one brigade after another, which provided Gao Zhihang with an excellent opportunity to annihilate all the Soviet fighters at the Ulan-Ude airfield. Gao Zhihang got his wish, and every time he used an absolutely superior aircraft to achieve a near-perfect victory.
It wasn't until five brigades were put in a row that not a single fighter returned, and the Soviets couldn't help but panic, knowing that something must have happened, so they put in all the remaining forty-five U-2s at one time.
After shooting down a total of 75 fighters of five Soviet brigades, Gao Zhihang also lost 22 planes, and another 15 planes were wounded and needed repairs before they could return to the blue sky.
This time, Gao Zhihang also put in the remaining ninety-nine Newcastle and Unicorns at one time. Although the number of aircraft is 2:1, in terms of the number of formations, it is 49 and a half groups to 15, three times more than the Soviet army.
After a spectacular and tragic air battle, the Soviets lost 39 aircraft, only six escaped, and the air force also lost 28 aircraft. That is, after most of the day's air battles, the Soviets lost a total of 114 aircraft, and the Air Force Corps lost 50 aircraft.
Despite the victory in the air battle, with such a numerical advantage and proper tactics, they still lost 50 aircraft, which made Gao Zhihang and Mike very regretful. If such an air battle were replaced by experienced Western pilots, the battle loss ratio would have to reach at least one to five.
Unlike Gao Zhihang and Mike, Song Zhewu was very satisfied with this air battle. Song Zhewu believed that after this well-designed air battle and quite good results, not only did it annihilate 114 Soviet planes, but it also gained air supremacy, which was short but very valuable, and created conditions for the next step of encircling and annihilating the Soviet ground forces. It has also allowed this young air force to accumulate valuable combat experience and laid a good foundation for its development and growth; as long as it is carefully cultivated and cared for, over time, this young force will certainly develop into the best air force.
Therefore, as soon as the results of the battle were reported to Manlai, Song Zhewu immediately sent a telegram of commendation, giving the fighter wing a collective credit for a great merit, and for each enemy plane shot down, he was rewarded with 1,000 yuan.
In this air war, many air combat masters emerged. In addition to Gao Zhihang, who alone shot down nine Soviet planes, Mike was only one plane short of second place, Chen Honglu also shot down four Soviet planes, and nearly 20 people shot down more than two Soviet planes in the whole wing.
Although the pilots of the whole wing had been fighting fiercely for most of the day, and the pilots were already very tired, Gao Zhihang and his wing did not have time to rest, and after hurriedly refueling and hanging up bombs, they took off together with the attack aircraft wing and bomber wing from several nearby airfields. They had to hurry up and bomb and destroy the bombers at the Ulan-Ude airfield and the Dauri airfield, which were basically out of combat strength, so that the Soviet planes at these two airfields would not run away.
Gao Zhihang took the third group of the fighter wing, two bomber groups, and a strike aircraft group to bomb the Ulan-Ude airfield and Ulan-Ude station, as well as the Trans-Siberian Railway. Although the bombers of the Fourth Route Army could only carry a maximum of 50 kilograms of bombs, which was less powerful and could not effectively destroy the Trans-Siberian Railway, it was entirely possible to interrupt it for a day or two.
Mike took Chen Honglu's brigade and a strong fighter brigade to bomb Dauri Airport; Jiang Xingcheng led all the remaining fighters, bombers, and attack planes that could take off to bomb and attack the Soviet troops on the Western Route at the southern foot of the Bogda Mountain, and the main goal was to destroy the artillery and baggage of the Soviet troops on the Western Route, creating a situation of immediately attacking and encircling and annihilating the Soviet troops on the Western Route.
Four hours later, Gao Zhihang and Mike returned to Manlai Airport.
Gao Zhihang's results were great, and the Soviet commander of the Ulan-Ude airfield, although he already knew from the Soviet fighter pilots who fled back, had fallen for the cunning Chinese, and even foresaw that the Chinese would definitely come to bomb Ulan-Ude immediately, and the bomber group here must be evacuated immediately.
It's just that there happened to be a wounded fighter, the pilot fainted during landing because of excessive blood loss, the plane crashed on the runway, and a fire broke out, after the Soviet army extinguished the fire and cleared the runway, they began to evacuate the planes at the airport in a hurry, and when Gao Zhihang arrived over the airport, the Soviet bombers only flew away a group.
In order to give more bombers and transport planes a chance to fly away, the only five remaining Soviet fighters fought tenaciously against Gao Zhihang's brigade like moths to the flames. Although the Third Brigade led by Gao Zhihang had only 22 planes left, it was still four times as large as the enemy, and the results of the air battle were self-evident.
After taking out five Soviet fighters, Ulan-Ude had little power to stop Gao Zhihang.
First, the attack planes cleared the anti-aircraft fire of the Soviet airfield, and then the bombers and attack planes began to bomb and strafe the rows of Soviet bombers and other planes on the tarmac in turn, blowing them up and burning them all.
Ammunition depots and oil depots will not be spared, and they will be blown up one by one.
For a time, the explosion at Ulan-Ude Airport was deafening, and thick black smoke could be seen dozens of kilometers away......
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