Chapter Sixty-Nine: Fighting the Sky Again

The two victories won by the Agni Flying Team against the Japanese air force in the sky over Chongqing were like a slap in the face of the wind twice in a row, and in particular, the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, was even more violent. Japan is a country with scarce resources, and these fighters are saved from the mouths of the local Japanese people, and in order to build these fighters, many people only eat one meal a day and save money to donate to the country to build aircraft, and in just a few days, the Japanese side actually lost dozens of fighters, which is absolutely something that Nishio Shouzo cannot accept.

The Japanese have retribution in their bones, especially when they have taken control of half of China, and the idea that they cannot be despised for all that is hidden in their bones continues to swell until this idea drives them to do something unrealistic. Under the personal command of Nishio Toshizo, a contest between the Japanese air force and the Agni Flying Team was about to begin, and in this seemingly fair contest, the Japanese sent 14 bombers and 20 fighters as decoys, and their main attack force was another 50 Japanese fighters hidden in the clouds.

In all fairness, the first two defeats of the Japanese fighters against Agni were not a loss, and most of the pilots recruited by Zhao Zhi from abroad were fighter pilots who had flown experience in the army, especially the squadron leader Hansen of the Third Squadron and more than a dozen German pilots under him, who were simply active pilots of the German army, who were coaxed by Zhao Zhi with large sums of money and preferential treatment. There is also the squadron leader of the second squadron, Mike, who is also an active fighter pilot of the US military, and there are not a few pilots with a military background like them in the flames, which is why the Agni Flying Team is fierce.

The pilots of the Agni came from many countries, and in the months of running-in flights, the exchanges between them were slowly accumulating, so to speak, the Agni was already a flight team that integrated the top European air combat tactics, and in the face of such an existence, the Japanese pilots could not find the confidence of victory at all, and the Japanese army did not know all this. Zhao Zhi gave only one order to Agni, save himself to destroy the opponent, and in the case that the plane was injured and there was no possibility of a safe forced landing, the pilot should give priority to protecting himself. With the strong backing of the German army and the Rockman family, Zhao Zhi did not lack channels for purchasing fighter planes, but all he lacked was experienced fighter pilots.

At the same time, 14 'Type 96' carrier-based bombers, escorted by 20 Type 96 fighters, swooped down on Chongqing at an altitude of 2,000 meters at a cruising speed of 300 kilometers per hour. The 18 fighters of the 1st Agni Squadron took off rapidly, and after the formation was completed in the air, they rushed straight to the east, preparing to meet the Japanese fighters, and the fighters of the 2nd and 3rd Squadrons also took to the air one after another, looking for an opportunity to sneak attack the Japanese flying formation.

The Japanese bombers looked at the group of fighters rushing towards them, hurriedly dropped their bombs, and then quickly climbed into the air, and before being hit by the opponent's machine guns, they turned around and fled, while the other fighters suddenly accelerated and killed the opponent's formation, and dozens of fighters immediately fought in the air! In accordance with the established tactics, the Agni pilots tried their best to quietly lead the enemy planes to the air defense position, but what they did not expect was that the cunning Japanese troops had already learned the lesson of the last setback and never dared to lower their altitude, and after more than 10 minutes of fierce fighting, they fled eastward in panic.

The tiring 1st Squadron, which had increased its confidence, followed closely behind, chasing and fighting fiercely all the way, shooting down two enemy planes in succession, and at this time, the two sides were getting farther and farther away from the ground anti-aircraft fire. The premeditated Japanese fighters immediately accelerated en masse, increasing their speed to the limit in just a few seconds, and the group swept forward at a high speed of 420 kilometers, leaving the Chinese fighters far behind. The P-40, which had lost its target, was about to return home, when twenty Japanese fighters hidden in the middle of the clouds suddenly came out and attacked from top to bottom, while the group of fighters acting as decoys circled around a radius of ten kilometers in the air, and then outflanked from the left and right flanks and firmly surrounded the opponent.

At the same time, the Japanese bomber group, which pretended to be leaving, circled in a very huge circle in the distance, broke into the urban area of Chongqing again, and bombed the ground air defense positions in a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, and then braved the dense anti-aircraft artillery fire and machine-gun bullets to dive and strafe in turn, vowing to completely destroy it. In the face of the surprise attack of enemy planes, the Fifth Jewish Regiment, which was responsible for ground anti-aircraft fire, fearlessly counterattacked fiercely, forming more than a dozen huge firepower networks in the airspace of more than 10 square kilometers, firmly encircling the Japanese bomber group inside.

Deafening explosions rang out in the air and on the ground, and thick smoke rose from the city and slowly drifted into the sky; Anti-aircraft shells exploded in mid-air with countless white salutes, while the hit Japanese fighter plane exploded into a huge fireball that shimmered with dazzling brilliance. Although the Japanese bomber group dropped all the bombs, it did not achieve the expected goal, and the anti-aircraft fire on the ground did not show signs of abating, but became more violent, and after losing the third plane, the Japanese finally could not bear it and turned around and withdrew from the battle.

After falling into the trap carefully designed by the Japanese army, the four P-40 fighters flying in front accelerated with all their might, and while firing fiercely, they collided straight into the oncoming enemy planes. In the face of the P-40's crazy fighting style that did not hesitate to end up together, the Japanese fighters hurriedly rolled out to the sides, vacated the middle position, and then attacked from the two wings to the middle, and at the moment of passing by, they sprayed out dense bullets, making a series of bullet holes in the fuselage, and the engines of the two planes were hit, billowing smoke, quickly broke away from the formation, and fell staggeringly.

The two enemy planes in front of the P-40 fighter plane shook violently in the stormy strafing fire, one of the pilots' cockpit was shattered, the flight suit was covered with honeycomb-like blood holes, the front windshield was splattered with blood, and the out-of-control plane fell straight into the sea, setting off a huge wave of thunder. Another pilot jumped out of the plane at an altitude of 2,000 meters, and the parachute quickly opened and fell off to the sea. Just when the pilot thought he had escaped, a damaged P-40 fighter plane fell crookedly from above, and at the moment of passing by, the blonde pilot with a sinister smile pressed the launch button, and dozens of bullet holes suddenly appeared on the white umbrella bag, and then it was torn open with a 'sting' sound under the strong wind, and the Japanese pilot fell down with a howl!

After killing the enemy, the blonde pilot also jumped out of the cockpit and fell straight down, and a Japanese fighter plane who happened to witness the scene just happened to swoop down, ready to avenge his accomplices. Unexpectedly, the blonde pilot never opened the parachute, and his body weighing more than 100 kilograms fell from a high altitude like a stone, and the speed became faster and faster, and he soon left the enemy plane behind, and finally, he opened the parachute bag at a height of less than 200 meters above sea level and successfully landed in a rice field.

At the same time, more than a dozen enemy planes attacked fiercely from the left and right flanks to the center, one P-40 fighter plane was hit by a dense barrage of bullets and exploded in the air, and the pilot was blown to pieces before he could parachute, and three other fighters were damaged, one of which was seriously injured and lost its combat capability, and finally broke away from the battle with an ultra-low-altitude flying situation. At this time, the number of P-40 fighters in the first squadron had been sharply reduced to ten, while the Japanese still had more than twenty fighters, which had an overwhelming numerical advantage!

Since the flight speed of the Japanese planes far exceeded that of the first squadron, if they still kept flying forward, not only could they not get rid of the enemy, but would be annihilated by the enemy one by one in the encirclement and interception, so the P-40 pilots immediately changed their tactics and divided their troops in two ways in front of the second Japanese blockade line, climbing all the way up and diving all the way to the ground. By the time the enemy planes were also chasing after them, they happened to collide with 32 P-40 fighters of the 2nd and 3rd Flight Squadrons, which had just arrived.

Before the Japanese follow-up flight formation did not appear, it was now the Agni fighters who had the numerical advantage, and a large number of P-40 fighters bit the Japanese fighters very tightly, forcing the Japanese fighters who were eager to get rid of them to unconsciously lower their flight altitude. A large wooded area on the ground suddenly disappeared, revealing a hidden anti-aircraft position, where dozens of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were waiting for the arrival of enemy aircraft.

The anti-aircraft machine guns, covered in thick camouflage, roared at the same time, and the two enemy planes that rushed to the front were hit by hundreds of bullets in just a dozen seconds, one disintegrated in the air, and the other broke its wing. Due to the urgency of time, the two enemy planes behind had no time to turn, so they had to pull upwards with all their might, the metal parts on the plane made a 'gurgling' sound, and at the same time trembled violently, and the bullets fired from the ground shot a string of sparks on the belly of the plane, and one of the aircraft engines was destroyed, suddenly lost power, and fell straight on the hillside, exploding into a fireball.

Only then did the fighters behind discover the hidden air defense position on the ground, and hurriedly raised their flight altitude to bypass it, and the third squadron, which suddenly pressed down in mid-air, under the leadership of Hansen, dived and strafed them from behind in turn, and the dense rain of bullets immediately enveloped the Japanese planes in a net of fire. In the fierce and fearless attack, the Soviet Air Force also successfully lifted into the air, just in front of the third wave of the Japanese army that had just entered the battlefield and their last hidden power, so that the Japanese army's carefully planned air trap was completely exposed in front of the Agni and the Soviet Air Force, and the current strength of the two sides is indistinguishable.