Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, paid a heavy price for his conceit, if it weren't for his stubborn belief that the amount of fuel carried by the fighters of the ** Division who came from a long distance was not enough to support an air battle, and ordered the fleet's carrier-based aircraft to adopt the tactics of entanglement, under normal circumstances, Le Yiqin's first attack wave aircraft group could not take such a big advantage, at most there were mutual losses, and the Japanese army suffered greater losses.

At the beginning of the air battle, Le Yiqin stared at the landline of the Black Mountain Hirozo Dazuo, this guy's landline, although there is no special sign, but he is in the command position, there are four Japanese carrier-based aircraft circling around to protect, the air has been a mess, and the Japanese aircraft group is in a passive position, and they are not seen to join the air battle, which is conspicuous enough.

The principle of the militant Major General Le Yiqin is that the thief captures the king first, he pushed the accelerator hard, the fighter shook violently, and rushed towards the direction of the Black Mountain Dazuo, with huge acceleration, pressing him to the seat tightly, and at the same time issued an order, "Wingman cover, follow me to kill that big fish!" ”

Le Yiqin's two wingman pilots, crawling and rolling in the sky with the commander all day long, cooperating with a tacit understanding like a person, just Le Yiqin's sudden movements, the two fighters did not fall half a step, and the three full-speed fighters, like cheetahs, swooped over, three to five, Le Yiqin was not afraid, burning with the passion of this battle.

Montenegro's wingman found the three ** division fighters rushing over, and immediately greeted them with great momentum, perhaps because of how bold the people were, they actually came to meet each other, and the front was hard and regrettable, Colonel Wu Zhixian, the commander of the first fighter regiment, had just shot down a Japanese carrier-based aircraft, turned his head to look, and just saw this scene, and the cold sweat all over his body came down.

"Oh my God, the commander is starting to go crazy again, three against five. It's dangerous enough," he hurriedly ordered, "a large group of three squadrons immediately go to reinforce the commander, if the commander breaks a little skin, you don't come back!" ”

Le Yi piano and pull the machine head. The fighter deftly avoided a Japanese carrier-based plane that rushed over, and the target did not change, and still pounced on the landline plane of Montenegro. Patronizing the fighter plane blocking Le Yiqin, forgetting the wingman behind him, a few strings of bullets, happily burrowed into the belly of the Japanese carrier-based plane, and in the air, a cloud of smoke exploded.

Montenegro was engrossed in observing the air battle, and the more he looked at it, the more cold his heart became, for more than ten minutes. More than sixty carrier-based aircraft have been knocked out by the Chinese fighters, and the losses are close to a wing, and they can no longer be fought like this. Looking at the fighter jet of the Zhina people, it looks like there is not enough fuel, it is really *** alive.

"Commander, the air battle is not in my favor, and the carrier-based aircraft formation asks to withdraw from the battle," Montenegro is a good man who did not suffer the loss in front of him, and retreated, and before Major General Sato could reply, a black shadow appeared in the air, and it was in front of him in an instant. He didn't even have time to make evasive moves, and the nose of Le Yiqin's fighter jet spewed out three tongues of fire and drilled straight into the landline of Montenegro.

More than 100 rounds of large-caliber machine gun bullets shredded the fuselage of the "Type 92" carrier-based aircraft, and there was a loud "boom." Montenegro, along with his plane, turned into a mass of burning debris over the Andaman Sea, and Le Yiqin's fighter plane passed through the smoke and clouds, drifted away, and opened fire more than 200 meters.

Le Yiqin's bold actions frightened the six pilots of the Third Squadron of the First Brigade of the Wuzhi First Regiment who came to support them into cold sweat on their foreheads, "My good boy, no wonder there is a rumor within the Southern Flying Group that as long as the commander goes to the battlefield, he is a complete madman. "Le Yiqin's two wingman pilots are not strange, they are used to it.

The air battle has been fought for more than 40 minutes, the Japanese carrier-based aircraft formation has been beaten to pieces, and there are Japanese carrier-based aircraft chased by the ** division and two planes everywhere, after Le Yiqin killed Montenegro, he immediately returned to the command position, looked around the air combat battlefield, the overall situation was very favorable, and more than 70 Japanese carrier-based aircraft had been shot down.

However, he was relieved that none of his first echelon had been shot down, and he saw that there were more than 20 fighters of his own side, which were obviously damaged, and the plane was in a very unstable state, and it was still emitting black smoke, and he immediately ordered that "all the damaged fighters should immediately withdraw from the battle and return home, judge the state of their own plane, and if they cannot fly back to Myitkyina airport, they will parachute north of Yangon." ”

Le Yiqin knows too well that his subordinates, if they are not ordered to withdraw from the battle, they will fight to the end, as long as they are not parachuting in the waters of the Andaman Sea, the safety of the pilots does not have to worry at all, except for Yangon and the Malay Peninsula, which are all controlled areas by the ** division troops.

The situation of the air battle stunned Hasegawa Kiyoshi, who looked at the Imperial Navy carrier-based planes that exploded or crashed into the sea one after another, and he was about to go crazy, grabbed a staff officer by the neck, shook vigorously, and completely ignored the unlucky guy who was already holding his face purple, and roared in a different voice: "Answer me, what is going on?" Why can the fighters of the Chinese people still conduct air combat? Their fuel, fuel! ”

Hasegawa Kiyoshi didn't understand, the staff officer who was already about to faint was even more confused, and the face of Rear Admiral Sato, commander of the carrier-based aircraft of the Third Fleet, was as white as paper, "conspiracy, trap," and in his mind, the four words kept recircling, and he didn't understand why the Shina fighter had held out for so long, and moreover, he had put on a posture of not killing the carrier-based aircraft and vowing not to give up.

It's terrible, even if the commander of the Chinese fleet wants to die with the fleet carrier-based aircraft in this way, or parachute after running out of fuel, the price they pay is too great, the gains outweigh the losses, and it is unreasonable, but the crazy commander of the Chinese fleet has just done this, and if he continues to fight, the little capital in his hands will be all exhausted!

Moreover, the fuel of the carrier-based aircraft could not last long, and he could not let the excellent pilots of the empire accompany the burial of these crazy pilots, this time, he did not ask Commander Hasegawa Kiyoshi, and directly gave an order: "Black Mountain Daisa, I order the formation to return to the ship immediately," there was no answer in the earphones.

Sato was anxious, and repeated the order sharply, and after a few seconds, a voice that was obviously not Montenegro replied: "Report to the commander, Montenegrin Osa has been broken and has been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, I am the deputy commander of the formation, Yamada Hongichi Nakasa," Sato's eyes darkened, shook a few times, and barely stabilized his body.

Kuroyama Hirozo is not only an excellent carrier-based aircraft pilot, but also an excellent air commander, and also his most relied on deputy, one on the aircraft carrier, the other in the air, with tacit understanding and perfect combination, but after a while, the people are gone, "Yamada Nakasa, I appoint you as the commander of the formation, and lead the group to return immediately," Sato couldn't help but hesitate, he immediately ordered.

It is only serious to keep the remaining planes, and Sato can also see that no matter how demonic the fighter of China is, supporting such a long period of air combat, relying on the fighter alone, will not cause much damage to the entire fleet, it is best for the fighter to come and catch up, and the anti-aircraft fire of the fleet can avenge the imperial pilots of the jade shatter!

Sato ordered again: "The fleet is immediately ready for air defense combat and stops the Shina fighters, be fast!" The Japanese carrier-based aircraft immediately tried their best to get rid of the fighters of the ** Division, which were chasing fiercely, and began to gather their formation and prepare to withdraw from the air combat area.

Le Yiqin saw the plan of the Japanese carrier-based aircraft formation, and immediately ordered: "Attention all formations, the little devil wants to run, grab the little devil carrier-based aircraft in front of him, kill him, no one is allowed to pursue, our work is going to be done!" ”

Standing in the command room of the "Yunhui" aircraft carrier, Sato watched as the planes that landed one after another like a knife, and nearly 200 carrier-based planes took off, and there were 74 planes on the "Yunhui," but now less than 50 planes have flown back, and in just over 50 minutes of air battle, the losses have exceeded one-third, and the losses have been heavy, and they have suffered a big loss!

The tragedy continued, a damaged carrier-based aircraft, dragging black smoke like a long tail, when it was on the ship, it did not control the speed, it may be that part of the control system was damaged, and the speed did not decrease, like a drunk, staggering towards the plane parked on the deck, "Boom, boom!" Several loud bangs rose on the deck of the aircraft carrier, and several clouds of smoke mixed with dark red tongues of fire rose.

Yes, four more carrier-based aircraft were reimbursed, fortunately, the pilot had already dismounted, otherwise, he would have become the first batch of unlucky war dead in the history of the Japanese Navy, Sato closed his eyes in pain, he now has the mind to strangle Hasegawa Kiyoshi, "It's not this arrogant, opinionated narcissist, who issued that bullshit order, can have such a big loss!" But he didn't dare, not even complaining.

The adjutant had already counted the losses, cried and mourned, and handed it to Sato, although Sato was already mentally prepared, he was still frightened and stumbled, in an air battle, the number of carrier-based aircraft shot down reached seventy-five, and Yan Zòng was damaged sixty-seven, so to speak, the carrier-based aircraft of the Third Fleet, the loss of more than half of them, can still be lifted into the air to fight, but only more than fifty.

Sato's legs were weak, and it took a while before he ordered his adjutant, "Report the loss statistics to Commander Kiyoshi Hasegawa and let him see it!" These words, Sato almost gritted his teeth and said, "I'm uncomfortable, don't be comfortable with you Hasegawa Kiyoshi, let you see, this is the result of your meddling in the command of air combat!" He thought viciously.

The sky returned to calm, Le Yiqin looked at the fuel gauge, it was time to return, his work was done, it was time for the second echelon and bomber formation to appear, "Report to the division commander, our aircraft group has completed the first phase of combat mission, severely damaged the Japanese carrier-based aircraft, and immediately started the second phase of the attack!" Please instruct the division commander! ”

In the headphones, Tang Qiuli's joyful voice came, "Okay, Le Yiqin, well done, let's implement it according to the original plan!" ”！ ~！