In this era, after the aviation aircraft officially entered the army, most countries formed a formal air force. www.biquge.info Only the Ming Dynasty, the United States and Japan, and a few other countries, such as the United States and Japan, still divide their aviation units into the navy and the army.

There are pros and cons to this approach. Zhang Cheng is also preparing for reforms and the formation of a separate air force. But this was at least after the war.

Not much else, at least the officers and men of both sides believe that the support of their own air forces is definitely much stronger than that of the air force alone. After all, they are all within the same branch of the military, and they are their own people. If a separate air force is formed, it will be a cross-branch. The intensity and efficiency of cross-service support are certainly not comparable to those of the directly subordinate aviation units.

As time went on, the U.S. Air Force, which had a huge number of aircraft, began to draw troops from all directions to the vicinity of California, and their numbers exceeded a huge number in a short period of time. If it were not for the pressure on the number of front-line airfields and logistical supplies, the Americans would have been able to mobilize more aviation units to the front.

California has always been known for its sunny days, and the weather conditions here are very good, and there are very few bad weather conditions such as heavy rain, which are not conducive to flight operations. Therefore, it has also become the place where the aviation forces of the two sides fought the most tragic and fierce battles.

The Ming Dynasty had long since begun to prepare for a landing in the Americas, so as to completely defeat the Americans' battle plan. From the formulation of plans to the arrangement of troops, from the preparation of supplies to intelligence reconnaissance. Daming spent a lot of time and effort preparing for this attack. Zhang Cheng's love for aviation power also made the General Staff put the struggle for air supremacy to a very important extent when formulating the battle plan.

Because the Ming army itself is the beneficiary of powerful aviation power, they have long been accustomed to seeing the huge losses brought by their aviation units to the enemy and the degree of control over the battlefield on many battlefields. Therefore, they also knew very well that once they officially landed on the American continent, because the remote logistics supply line across the entire Pacific Ocean would make the Ming landing force as they had done to others on other battlefields before.

Therefore, when preparing for this large-scale landing operation, the Ming army put the aviation unit in an extremely important position.

The Daming Army Aviation began early to draw elite pilots from various aviation wings to form a brand-new unit, which was used to use the quality advantage to counter the quantitative superiority of the US military during the landing operation. With at least 2,000 hours of flight time and at least one crash record, elite pilots will fly the most powerful jets of the Ming Dynasty to battle for air supremacy on the landing grounds.

Because of the inferiority in the number of landings in the early stage, the goal given by the Daming General Staff is very clear, that is, to fight for air supremacy. As for ground bombing, support, and transportation, we are waiting to gain a foothold on the American continent.

In the first three waves of landing forces, they carried more than 2,500 planes in specially made transport boxes. Most of these aircraft are jets, but there are also a few piston engine fighters. This is a preparation for different situations. After all, the door to the jet age has just opened, and fighters with piston engines still have a certain value in a short period of time.

The various spare parts, maintenance tools, necessary equipment, ammunition and fuel supplies prepared for these fighters filled almost an entire detachment. And the number of various ground maintenance personnel and necessary personnel of aviation units serving these fighters is as high as nearly 100,000!

In fact, not all of these fighters are capable of participating in combat. After all, the area controlled by the Ming army is not very large, and even the wide highway is used as an airport, and the number of fighters it can carry is limited. This made it possible for the Ming army to use aviation units in turn. Fortunately, the Americans are in the same situation.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty, which started research and development early, the new jet aircraft has been equipped with the army for nearly a year. Americans, who are considered up-and-comers, are much slower. Modern jets need to be supported by state-of-the-art airports, especially with good enough runways. After all, there are not enough runways, and it is difficult for aircraft to even take off and land.

And because the Americans started slowly, the construction and expansion of new airports in their country is just beginning. Most of the new airports on the West Coast are located near Los Angeles, which has fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the range and combat radius of the Americans' new jet fighters are limited, and although the number of new fighters that the US military can put into use in the vicinity of Los Angeles is more than that of the Ming army, it cannot reach the level of crushing. As a last resort, the US military had no choice but to use a large number of piston engine fighters into combat. A series of fierce battles broke out in the skies near Los Angeles for air supremacy.

"Attention everyone, attention to everyone." In the long plane of a large group of Ming fighters in the sky, Colonel Sha Jin, who had already raised his downed number to as many as two hundred and thirty planes, was loudly deploying for operation: "The Blue Arrow Detachment is going to deal with those American bombers, and the Red Arrow Detachment is coming with me!" ”

Sha Jin, who had already been promoted to colonel, had already received an order to return to China to serve as an instructor at the aviation school when more than 100 planes were shot down. After all, an outstanding soldier like Sha Jin, who has made great achievements in unilaterally, often appears in newspapers and becomes a national hero. Da Ming is not willing to let such a person lose on the front line.

However, Sha Jin refused the order to return to the rear, and after he was personally awarded the Order of Baoding and the honorary title of National Hero by Zhang Cheng after the number of his downed planes exceeded 200. Sha Jin once again refused the order to go to the Army Aviation Command as the training director, thus becoming a general. Still insisting on continuing to fly on the front line.

And Sha Jin's own statement is, "I will fly until the end of the war." ”

After giving up the chance to become a general, Sha Jin soon accepted a new mission and joined the landing force.

"Attack!" After turning on the afterburner, Sha Jin immediately gave the order to attack.

"Follow me." Flying high in the air, Sha Jin ordered his wingman to follow him from the place with the sun on his back for a distance to observe the battlefield, and then quickly selected his own target, roared and swooped down, rushing towards the US military plane group not far away.

Among the aircraft sent by the Americans, the escort missions were all the latest F86 Sabre fighter planes.

After all, the suppressive effect of the Ming on jets is too strong. Therefore, even if the preparation of this new fighter was not carried out sufficiently, they still carried out large-scale production. And after the Ming army landed on its own soil, it was sent to the battlefield on a large scale.

The performance of the Sabre is very good, compared to the ME262 Storm Bird as a prototype, this new fighter that incorporates the technological capabilities of the Americans can even increase its speed to supersonic speed when diving! This is something that the Ming army's jet fighters can't do.

It's not that the Ming army can't do it technically, but it's a difference in design ideas. The main design idea of the Ming army was to equip the army on a large scale, which made it necessary to have long-term combat capability and reduce the huge pressure on flight logistics and maintenance. So that it can be rapid, large-scale sustained operations.

Increasing the power of the engine can indeed increase the speed, but in terms of the current scientific and technological strength, the price that needs to be paid in order to improve the short-term high speed is a substantial increase in the engine failure rate and a rapid reduction in life.

With the Ming Dynasty's long-term investment and scientific and technological capabilities, they are still unable to maintain the effective flight time of the engine at more than 200 hours, not to mention that the technology is not as good as the Ming Americans. In the Ming landing fleet, there were as many as five large transport ships that transported spare large engines for those fighters alone.

Compared with the Ming fighters that have gradually matured, the performance of the US fighters is about the same, and the high-speed advantage in the dive is not of much use on the battlefield, because both sides will compete for altitude. However, the Ming army surpassed the Americans in terms of durability and reliability. At least the Ming army rarely had the sudden engine stall or other inexplicable problems when flying in mid-air to fight.

'Knock knock! After putting a U.S. fighter plane into the crosshairs, Sha Jin immediately pulled the trigger. Four 20-millimeter cannons immediately erupted in deadly tongues of fire.

The U.S. fighter plane in front was swept across the left wing by the chain of bullets fired by Shajin, and the wing on this side burst into flames and broke on the spot, and then the whole plane rolled and fell to the ground.

"The first. Did you write it down? Sha Jin nodded in satisfaction and shouted loudly to his wingman through the walkie-talkie.

The Daming aviation troops attach great importance to the record of battle results. Counterfeiting of any kind is not permitted. In addition to their own shooting gun records, the wingman's records are also very important for pilots to confirm crashes. For Sha Jin, who can refuse even to become a general, the strongest trump card has become his only thought.

"Next." After climbing back to find the height, Sha Jin began to continue to search for his next target in the chaotic sky. Now that the two sides are in a scuffle, he can search for his own targets to improve his record.

"That's you." Soon, Sha Jin found an American F86 Sabre. The Sabre's cockpit was painted with five crash markings, indicating that the pilot was an ace pilot of the U.S. military. This naturally aroused Sha Jin's interest. He immediately made a series of tactical moves, quickly approaching his target. (To be continued.) )