The Japanese air force suppressed tactics in the air battle against Oahu, and when the American planes wanted to force a takeoff, the Thunderbolt fighters cruising in the sky would dive down and attack at the first opportunity. If the pilot's skill is too poor and the first blow misses, the four Feiyan fighters that are cruising at an altitude of 6,000 meters will dive down at the first time to fill the flaw in the Thunderbolt and continue to attack the US plane, while at the same time covering the Thunderbolt's detachment.

The Thunderbolt fighter is an air-cooled fighter, and one of the biggest advantages is that the skin is rough and the flesh is rough, and the dive performance is excellent, and the roll is especially excellent. In the course of air combat, its defense capability against ground anti-aircraft fire is also stronger than that of liquid-cooled fighters with two-stage pressurization, and it is most suitable for doing this "dirty work".

Although this tactic is simple, it is very effective in suppressing the Oahu airfield, which has lost the depth of air combat. For the past month, the remaining US planes on Oahu have hardly dared to go out during the day.

In October, when Japanese planes flew over Oahu, they would encounter heavy ground antiaircraft artillery fire, but after several months of repeated "scrubbing" of hundreds of super-class bombs every day, and sometimes using the battleship Yamato to carry out artillery support from a distance of 25,000 kilometers, the US antiaircraft artillery positions in the open air had almost been completely destroyed, and only the antiaircraft guns in the belly of the Zài Mountains could still play a role. Now, in order to reduce their losses, the Americans will normally not open fire as long as the Japanese planes circling in the sky do not arrogantly descend too low.

At present, the Japanese navy and army have built supporting field airfields on several large islands around Oahu, and these small islands are like a lock that firmly locks the wings of the US air force on the islands.

On the 12th, Matsuda and his friendly plane flew in a circle over Oahu for two hours. He did not wait for the US plane to be dispatched, and his plane was safely and not subjected to shelling from ground anti-aircraft artillery fire all the way.

After 12 o'clock, the plane arrived, and Matsuda and his friend plane landed at the nearest airport on Maui.

First four Thunderbolts, and then four Swiftlets also landed. When Matsuda Shosa stepped off the plane. He saw the ground crew pushing the cart towards the Feiyan who was gliding down the runway.

The ground crew then removed a large metal barrel from the bomb pylons on the belly of the two delphiniums.

This barrel contains neither jet fuel nor bombs, but homemade ice cream.

During the war, life on the island was very difficult, and all supplies had to be transported from the rear mainland. It's December, but here in Hawaii, the temperature is not low. For the "red deer" of the Army. Ice cream is also a delicious treat.

In the past month, when the Feiyan fighter has been flying at high altitude every day, it will hang such a metal drum on its belly, which will be filled with prepared ice cream preparation. After the second-level supercharger of the Feiyan turned at an altitude of seven or eight thousand meters for more than an hour, the cold air in the air naturally froze the ice cream.

This practice was invented by previous pilots of the Hawaii Island Navy. In the early Hawaiian raid operations, the Combined Fleet, which carried out the task of breaking diplomatic relations, captured many supply ships bound for Hawaii Island. One of the boats was loaded with supplies such as milk powder, ice cream powder, cocoa powder, etc. In the past, the relationship between the sea and the land was bad, and the navy would not distribute the supplies on board to the army.

However, in order to improve the relationship with the army, to be exact, with the army aviation. At Li Huamei's request, the Combined Fleet still took the initiative to send some of the captured supplies to the Army Airlines. In order to improve relations between the two sides - of course, as for the army gang of red deer, they cannot protect the navy's skies, and the navy people will not deliberately curry favor with them.

Under Li Huamei's influence, Japan's land and sea relations have improved, but the improvement has been limited. From the perspective of realism, the navy is only extending an olive branch to the army aviation, after all, the navy cannot do without the cooperation of the army aviation in the future Pacific island operations.

The ground crew took off the ice cream drench from Feiyan's belly and pushed it to the pergola on the side with a smile. As you prepare for your midday dessert, a fierce battle alarm suddenly sounds on Maui.

Soon, an order came from the island's control tower, and all the fighters on the island immediately filled up their fuel, replenished their ammunition, and were ready to attack and intercept at any time.

It turned out that there was a huge fleet of American planes, numbering about 300 aircraft, that was flying 400 kilometers to Oahu.

Matsuda Ne, who had just gotten off the plane, had just filled a can of ice cream in a cup, and as soon as he ate two bites, he heard the order from the tower: stand by for the time being, and the fighter wing he belongs to will attack in an hour.

The incoming US plane, coming from the northeast, should have taken off from the space-time carrier to support the Wahu transfer site. The tower has a warning that all of Matsuda's flights and incoming US planes may be mixed with a large number of new fighters. The appearance of this type of aircraft is very similar to that of the Sky Thunder fighter. Its air combat performance at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters is excellent, and it is best not to fight the Thunderbolt and Sky Thunder fighters that are not equipped with a two-stage pressurized fighter at more than 5,000 meters.

The pilots of the Thunderbolt fighter were even more reminded that this American plane, which looks very much like a thunderbolt, has poor lateral stability, and its recovery in the rolling state is somewhat bad; once it is bitten by the opponent in air combat, it can try to use the rolling maneuver to get rid of the opponent -- and the most outstanding thing about the Thunderbolt fighter is the rolling maneuver, which can almost be said to be the first in World War II.

The enemy's fighter who has not yet officially appeared will be able to know his shortcomings and provide countermeasures in advance, and the prophetic nature of the traverser is vividly reflected here.

"Legendary Pirate Fighter?"

Since there was still enough time to attack, sitting in the pergola next to the runway, Matsuda Root took a small bite of ice cream, but his mind was thinking about what to do with such a beautiful plane.

As early as September, Japan's Navy and Army Aviation received information that the US Air Force would have new fighter jets in service in the coming months, and the Navy and Army Aviation were also conducting targeted training and adjustments in light of this situation.

The Feiyan fighter was regarded as the trump card against this American plane, and many of the four 12.7 mm machine guns mounted on the Feiyan were replaced with four 20 mm long-barreled machine guns, which were said to be aimed at dealing with this kind of American fighter that was "as hard as cement." With four guns and two machine guns, the Thunderbolt with heavy firepower does not need to be reloaded.

"I hope to attack today and meet this legendary beautiful plane."

Matsuda put down the cup after eating a few bites, and then took out a stick of chocolate made in the United States to replenish his calories, which was also a "benefit" sent by the Navy to the army and aviation. Although there are not many things, they are very effective in improving the relationship with the army and aviation.

At present, the Japanese Army Airlines and Hainan Airlines are in the strongest period since their establishment. In the disastrous defeat of the Chinese War in 1935, the Japanese navy and army were all broken in China. Failure is the mother of success, and that fiasco caused a huge shock to the Japanese aviation community. In the years that followed, the Japanese side also desperately trained pilots to recover combat effectiveness. Matsuda was an elite pilot retrained by the Japanese army in the past six years, and his flight time exceeded 1,500 hours.

About 700 kilometres northeast of Oahu, a large task force was turning around and heading northeast.

This fleet includes two Essex-class aircraft carriers: the USS Essex and the USS Yorktown; The old aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, eight escort carriers, as well as two South Dakota-class battleships and dozens of destroyer frigates.

The fleet's mission was to bring it close to the waters about 650 kilometers from Oahu, release the fighter planes on board, and help it transfer to Oahu for air support.

This kind of air support has been used by the Americans three times in three months to replenish the planes on Oahu, and it is precisely through the transfer of the fighters from the Guò air carrier that the air force on Oahu has been able to support it until now.

In the past few dozen days, as long as the weather permits, heavy bombers from the surrounding islands with Kauai as the main body have repeatedly used 10.5-ton super aerial bombers to Oahu, causing great damage to the island's defenses. Lieutenant General Short warned Washington more than once that if he could not get more air support, such bombardment would continue, and Oahu would fall within two months.

As a last resort, Washington has repeatedly organized such unilateral transfers of aircraft carriers to send a large number of fighter jets to support Oahu. On the first few sorties, the US military used to make a "petty" approach to the aircraft carrier, dispatching dozens to hundreds of planes to carry out sea and air transfers; the first two times they successfully reached Hawaii unhindered, and the third time they were intercepted by Japanese planes on the way, and they suffered heavy losses, but this time was the fourth and the largest one.

Before the fourth transfer of support, the Japanese Navy had completely controlled all the islands around Oahu, and was already prepared for the US Navy's fighter support. Some destroyers and cruisers equipped with long-range radars, as mobile AWACS aircraft, have long cruised and cruised in the direction of Oahu in the direction of the United States.

This morning, when the Japanese pilots were conducting a suppressive patrol over Oahu as usual, the pilots noticed that the airfield on the island, which had been bombed the day before, had been repaired overnight, and this also aroused the alarm of the Japanese troops. Plus the radio listening department

It was discovered that the radio stations on Oahu were making frequent announcements over the past two days. The code-breaking department has also deciphered some of the U.S. military's communication codes, and a lot of intelligence shows that the U.S. Navy will launch large-scale support for Oahu in the next few days.

After that, the Japanese Army and Navy began to mobilize in an all-round way to make full preparations for intercepting this group of planes supporting Oahu. (To be continued......)

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