Chapter 502: The First Battle of the East China Sea Fleet (Part II)
After receiving the news that two attack planes that had gone out to reconnoiter had been shot down, the atmosphere in the war room suddenly became tense. Because this means that the enemy has appeared, and it is likely that the traces of your own fleet have been discovered, and the enemy's carrier-based aircraft may appear above your head at any time. Lieutenant General Koichi Shiozawa was stunned for a moment and immediately shouted: "Order all reconnaissance planes to take off at once, release half of the Zero fighters and prepare to expel them!" "The two oncoming fleets are getting closer and closer, and the warplanes of both sides are preparing to make contact. At this time, the sky was already bright, Huang Haoran was leading the fighter formation to fly in the southeast direction according to the direction from which the Japanese plane flew just now, at this time he knew that the Japanese fleet must be nearby, so he ordered "Dreadnought, the dive bomber formation leaned back, and he led the fighter formation to fly in the front, and sent two fighters forward 20 kilometers to go on alert." After another 20 minutes of flying eastward, the fighter formation at this time had already flown out of the radar scanning range of the fleet, and the fleet was no longer able to provide early warning for the formation, so everything could only be relied on by himself, so he could not be careless.
"Yellow Sparrow, Yellow Sparrow, found ahead" Zero, the fighters are flying towards me in formation, the number is about forty, and the otaku have already discovered us! We're flying back. "Suddenly, the alarm of the fighter plane in front of me came from the headset.
As soon as Huang Haoran heard this, he immediately ordered the dreadnought to fly back, he knew that in the face of the numerical superiority of the "Japanese Zero", his fighters would not be able to protect those bulky dive bombers. He turned on the intercom, "Brood, I'm the Yellow Sparrow, I found that the Japanese plane of the brigade is adjacent to each other, and the two sides are about to complete the contact report." ”
After reporting to the fleet, Huang Haoran opened the public channel again: "Brothers, the time has come to play with your life, everyone speed up!" ”
Huang Haoran a bunch of throttle valves, the big wild cat, slammed forward, the plane quickly accelerated to six hundred kilometers, the huge pressure immediately pressed him firmly on the seat, and after a while, he saw that there were two in front of him, the big wild cat, rushing towards himself, behind them more than ten Zero are in hot pursuit. "Kill!" Huang Haoran shouted and swooped forward, and more than 30 fighters followed closely, and more than 70 fighters launched a battle at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
The Great Wildcat is a fighter made for the "Japanese" Zero fighter, its armor and sealed fuel tank are relatively heavy, so the flexible xìng ratio, the zero type is slightly worse, but in terms of flight speed, altitude and other xìng energy is better than the front, zero, type is better. The Great Wildcat can reach a speed of 600 kilometers per hour and a maximum payload effective range of 2,400 kilometers, while the Zero fighter has a maximum speed of only 5,500 kilometers per hour and a maximum payload range of only 1,800 kilometers. Su Tong is here, Big Wildcat, when it is delivered to the Navy, he will naturally not forget to teach the "Zero type, the advantages and disadvantages of the fighter to the relevant departments." Anyway, the shortcomings of the zero style are checked on Baidu in later generations, and the chief Su who used to be a puppet army mí remembers it clearly in his heart.
Now Huang Haoran remembered what the captain said some time ago: "When fighting with the Zero fighter at high altitude, don't think about circling and fighting with them, that is their strong point, as long as the speed of the Zero fighter exceeds three hundred and seventy kilometers per hour, then their flexibility will be greatly reduced." Its fragile fuselage often disintegrates itself during high-speed dives, so use your strengths to beat their weaknesses. "Huang Haoran took the lead in the air with his wingman, relying on his thick skin and thick flesh to rampage everywhere, and he was stunned to make a mess of the Japanese formation." Da Da Repentance", the big wildcat, several flashes of fire flashed on the wings on both sides at the same time, and the Zero that was chasing and biting another one in front of him, the big wildcat, opened the air in the air. Just over 10 minutes after the start of the air battle, the commander of the Japanese formation found that the other side seemed to be well aware of the shortcomings of his own fighters, while the advantages of his own Zero fighters, which were flexible and excellent in climbing, had not been brought into full play. More than 40 fighters of our own side were pressed and beaten by more than 30 fighters of the other side, and in less than a while, they had already lost more than 10 "Zeros."
"Moses Moses, I'm Ono Nakasa, and we've encountered the Shina fighters, and the location... The enemy's attack is very sharp, and now the battle situation is very unfavorable to us, so I ask for tactical guidance. "Da Da Ye" is another Zero by the "Big Wildcat, volleyed in the air, in the face of the more brave the more and more brave the battle, the Big Wildcat" The Japanese Zero can only be supported hard, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements. "Nani? The Chinese fighters are very powerful, and our new fighters are not their opponents at all? After hearing Ugaki's report, Lieutenant General Shiozawa Koichi was silent for a long time. This time, the two aircraft carriers can only carry a total of more than 130 aircraft, of which there are only more than 70 Zeros, and now the remaining 30 Zeros in the fleet are used to protect the safety of the fleet. If the other side came with dozens of torpedo planes or dive bombers, Shiozawa Yukiichi squeezed his head with such a faint pain, and his heart began to hesitate.
Seeing this, Ugaki Entanglement next to him also knew what Shiozawa Koichi was hesitating, he stepped forward and said a little anxiously: "Your Excellency Commander, no matter what decision you make, you will support you, so you should make a decision quickly!" Please! After Ugaki finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Shiozawa Koichi.
Shiozawa Koichi also knows that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the fighter plane is fleeting, and the most taboo thing for a general is hesitation. It is better for a general to make even a wrong decision than to hesitate and miss a good opportunity. Shiozawa Yukiichi gritted his teeth and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the remaining fleet, Zero, and all the fighters to retreat immediately to avoid enemy reconnaissance." ”
It seems that Shiozawa Koichi wants to save those new fighters. "Hello!" , with the order, thirty more, Zero, fighters left the deck and flew to the front. "One hundred and seventy-five, pay attention to the back, the little devil is rushing towards you!" "One-three-six, come and support me, I'm bitten!" With the passage of time, the Chinese pilots, who had the upper hand in both the training and the training, gradually grasped the initiative on the battlefield. They annihilated twenty-one Japanese troops at the cost of losing four, the Great Wildcat, and the Zero "made them, who were originally inferior in numbers, now have the upper hand in numbers." "Sir, the little devil's reinforcements are here!" , Just shot down a Zero, and before Huang Haoran had time to rejoice, the sound of a wingman sounded in his headset. Huang Haoran looked up, and dozens of small black dots flew to the southeast, and he didn't have to think about it to know that the reinforcements coming from that direction would definitely not be his own.
Turning his head and looking around, the Japanese planes here have been slaughtered, and the battle can be ended in no more than half an hour at most, but ...... Huang Haoran knew in his heart that the two sides were now in a mess, and they couldn't be separated for a while, so he connected to the public channel and ordered: "All units pay attention, the devil's reinforcements are coming." Don't be separated, but draw closer to me! As he spoke, the devil's reinforcements had arrived, and they pounced viciously at Huang Haoran and them. Just as Huang Haoran and the others were in a bitter battle, a large number of fighters from the East China Sea Fleet who took off from another aircraft carrier and rushed to support also rushed to the battlefield...... Huang Haoran and the reinforcements who rushed to kill the Japanese army's Zero type, and in the end, there were only a dozen of them, and the zero type, escaped. "Sir, our fighters have already knocked away all the devil's Zeros, so let's send bombers and torpedo planes to attack immediately!" , Zheng He, on the aircraft carrier, after receiving the good news from the front, the officers in the war room all cheered up, and collectively made a request to Shen Honglie to pursue the first fleet while he was victorious. "Pass my order, all ......, all fighters will return immediately!" Shen Honglie, who was about to order the dive bombers and torpedo planes on the aircraft carrier to set sail, suddenly remembered the president's explanation before leaving, and changed his ...... in time: "What! Sir, now is a good time to pursue while you are victorious, how can you let the fighter plane return. ", exclaimed in unison from the surrounding officers. Shen Honglie said in a deep voice: "No, we must rush to the port of Dingzhou this afternoon and launch an attack on the Japanese army in Dingzhou." Don't forget that our main task is to cooperate with the army to capture Dingzhou, and now the 1st Airborne Division is in a bitter battle in Dingzhou. ”
The officers looked at each other one by one, Shen Honglie sealed everyone's mouths with a sentence of not saving him, no one dared to recite this crime, if the reputation of being a person who was not saved in the army spread, your reputation in the army would be completely ruined. The soldiers are all the masters who work with their heads pinned to their belts, who dares to guarantee that they will not have three disasters and five difficulties, if you do the first year of junior high today, you will be dumbfounded when it is the turn of others to do fifteen. Not to mention that the East China Sea Fleet was turning its bow and heading towards Dingzhou, Zhang Lingfu was now commanding the 1st Airborne Division to occupy both ends of the road in the south of Dingzhou, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops. The southern highway was the only way for the Japanese troops to retreat in Dingzhou, and after a night of hard fighting, the 1st Airborne Division established two positions at the commanding heights at both ends of the southern highway.
After dawn, Kiyoji Kazuki in Dingzhou City was furious after receiving a report from his subordinates. Last night, a small group of paratroopers parachuted into the city launched an attack on his headquarters, and although it was unsuccessful, it also scared Kiyoji Kazuki into a cold sweat.
After dawn, he heard that the retreat route had been blocked, so he quickly mobilized three wings and a field artillery wing to launch a counterattack against the paratroopers entrenched at both ends of the road. For a time, the paratroopers who did not have heavy weapons fought very hard for a while