In Taiwan, with the support of Japanese aircraft carriers, the originally one-sided air battle situation has become complicated.

Those who participated in Taiwan's air raid warfare were either Xue1 or Air Fortresses, and Xue1 was responsible for escort missions.

Since the "Sink It" operation, the Japanese Navy can be said to hate the Cadet Army Air Force to the core, so once it received Kobayashi's request for help this time, Yamamoto Isoroku did not think about it at all, and sent the remaining two aircraft carriers of the Combined Fleet over, and immediately took off all the fighters to fight to the death with the Cadet Army Air Force.

Regarding the sinking of the Akagi and the Wyvern, Yamamoto Isoroku attributed it to the lack of information when he summarized the reasons afterwards. It is believed that it is precisely because the cadet army seized the gap between the carrier-based aircraft and concentrated the superior fighters to attack that it achieved success. The "let's sink" operation can be called the greatest humiliation that the Combined Fleet has suffered since its formation, and this has not only greatly reduced the combat capability of the Combined Fleet, but also damaged the Navy's position in the military department that is most unacceptable to Yamamoto 56 and other naval bigwigs. After accepting Mitsumasa's request to succeed him as commander of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku always wanted revenge, and for this reason, he asked the emperor to receive him more than once, hoping that Japan would build more aircraft carriers, so as to completely gain air superiority in the South China Sea, and also not be defeated in a single blow in the possible war against Europe and the United States.

Yamamoto Fifty-six had the experience of studying in the United States and had a deep understanding of the strength of the United States, so he paid more and more attention to the construction of aircraft carriers.

The "let's sink" operation can be regarded as giving Yamamoto Isoroku a chance to prove his point of view, in the face of superior air forces, even if the battleship is equipped with more anti-aircraft guns, it can only be passively beaten, then it is impossible to talk about effective ground support on land, so the several battleships that Japan is building now have the possibility of transforming into aircraft carriers.

Yamamoto Fifty-six has a solid network in the United States, which gave him the opportunity to learn about some things in the United States, and also made him even more jealous of the Cadet Army. In that time and space, the appearance of the Flying Fortress was in the late stage of World War II, and in this time and space, its appearance was advanced, not only that, but it also stood on the opposite side of Japan early, which was an opportunity for Yamamoto Isoroku and even Japan. In order to deal with this big guy, Japan's major aircraft manufacturers are developing targeted products to fulfill the commission given to them by Commander Yamamoto.

At present, the farthest is Nantou, and in the southern part of Taiwan, it is necessary to form a base area, so as to firmly take root on the island of Taiwan, so that the Japanese will fail to use it as an unsinkable aircraft carrier against South China.

Yamamoto 56's revenge on the Xuebing Army Air Force began during the Ningbo Air Battle, and it was precisely because of the sudden appearance of the Canglong aircraft carrier that the 3rd Air Division was ambushed, and not only the division commander Kong Xiangjun was killed in battle, but more than 20 pilots were captured. For this reason, Ouyang Yun did not hesitate to dispatch a large number of wolf-tooth special forces, and finally rescued these pilots near Hangzhou.

Before the war, Yamamoto 56 made a request that the Combined Fleet Air Corps capture at least one new-type fighter of the Cadet Corps at any cost. Unlike other Japanese officers, Yamamoto was not shy about mentioning his own weaknesses. Since the end of the "Let's Sink" operation, he has realized that the combat skills of the Xuebing Army have surpassed that of Japan. If Japan wants to maintain air superiority over China for a long time, it will be crucial to acquire the most symmetrical aircraft technology. He originally wanted to buy from the United States, but unfortunately this proposal was only mentioned in the small circle of the Navy, and it was opposed by almost everyone. The reason was that these naval officers did not think that the skills of the Japanese Empire would be inferior to those of the United States, so he had to recognize the reality and put his hopes on the capture of a fighter plane of the Cadet Army.

Destroying and capturing a fighter plane are two different concepts, it is easy to destroy, but it is too difficult to capture, but considering that the Cadet Army is fighting far from the mainland, it is not impossible. Yamamoto's specific instructions were: "Drag the opponent at sea, consume its fuel, and let the opponent finally have to make a forced landing on the sea, and then our chance to capture the opponent will come." ”

This is an almost impossible task, after all, whether it is a 1 or an air fortress, they are much faster than the fastest Japanese planes. If the cadet pilots find that they are running low on fuel, they can speed up their return home. However, as for the devil air forces of the Combined Fleet, which Yamamoto 56 blindly admired, they felt that as long as they worked hard, they would definitely be able to complete the tasks assigned by the commander.

Before the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet Aircraft Carrier Detachment provided support, the Xuebing Air Force completely controlled the air supremacy of southern Taiwan, which made several clean-up plans of Kobayashi's organization go to waste, and it lost 13 fighters that took off from Taipei Airport and about two air defense groups.

After the Japanese naval air force joined the air war, because the Japanese army had a numerical superiority, the cadet army air force immediately fell into a passive situation.

The Air Force Command of the Xuebing Army has now been expanded into five divisions, of which 23 Xue-1 fighters are in the process of routine maintenance, and of these 23 planes, only 16 are capable of participating in this operation to support the Taiwan Corps. The group of 16 Xue-1 fighters can completely fight against double the number of Japanese planes and maintain superiority under the premise that the pilots of both sides are equally skilled. However, in order to protect the air fortress, in fact, the Xue-1 fighter often needs to act as a target to attract the firepower of Japanese planes in air combat, so it cannot fully exploit its advantages in maneuverability.

In terms of technology alone, the Cadet Air Force has a tremendous advantage, which is manifested in the fact that this time, the pilot plane of the mixed aircraft group, an air fortress personally piloted by Xia Quanyong, commander of the 1st Air Division, has radar and display screens installed on it, and it can ensure the intelligence sharing of the entire group through radio.

On the Japanese side, the ace pilot on the former aircraft carrier Akagi, who was in charge of directing the operation, Ichiro Hayoshino, was in charge.

After confirming the position of the enemy aircraft group, he commanded the formation of the enemy plane group to encircle it from the northeast and ordered the aircraft group to concentrate its firepower to attack the air fortress, while he personally took the opportunity to attack the Xue-1 fighter with the aircraft group from the north.

The current radar technology of the Xuebing Army is still very backward compared to Ouyang Yun's time and space, which is specifically reflected in the size of the radar, which directly causes the No. 108 Aerial Fortress piloted by Xia Quanyong to only carry a mere one and a half tons of bombs. Of course, the role of 108 was originally an early warning aircraft for later generations, so the size of its combat power can actually be completely ignored.

The maximum warning radius of the airborne early warning radar newly developed by the Cadet Research and Development Institute is 80-120 kilometers, so Xia Quanyong had already discovered them when the fleet of planes was still 20 minutes to half an hour away from them.

He immediately radioed this information to all the fighters, and at the same time asked the bomber group to complete the mission as soon as possible so that they could return home, saying: "There are too many Japanese planes, and in order to avoid excessive losses, we must return as soon as possible." Attention all the Flying Fortresses, as soon as they finish dropping bombs, they will rise to the maximum limit and return. Learn 1: Be careful, immediately drop the bomb you carry, and be careful, even if you don't hit the target, it doesn't matter, but be careful not to throw yourself into places with concentrated populations - except in Japanese settlements! ”

"Sir, our fighter planes are more advanced than the devils, why don't you do it well?! Sir, we want to avenge our division commander! What a chance! "It was a pilot of the 3rd Air Force Division who said this, and the 3rd Air Force Division suffered great losses in the last air raid on Ningbo, and what made the pilots of the 3rd Air Force Division especially hate was that their division commander was actually killed by a little devil. Therefore, they don't want to avenge the division commander all the time, so once they see the Japanese machine, they are all enthusiastic and have a strong will to fight.

Xia Quanyong understood their feelings, and he said: "We will definitely avenge Master Kong's revenge, but it's not today, there are too many little devils' fighters, and we still have to protect the bombers, so it can be said that the chances of victory are extremely low." Brothers, remember the words of the commander-in-chief to us? Every fighter we fly, including ourselves, is the most valuable asset of the cadet army, and we are not allowed to engage in dangerous games unless absolutely necessary. Brothers, it is good that you have the courage and determination to be outnumbered, but do not forget our mission this time. Our mission is to support the Taiwan Corps, not to fight the naval aviation of the little devils. The devil air force on the island of Taiwan has been almost defeated by us, and now, I order you, with the goal of completing the next bombing and returning quickly, brothers, get ready for battle! ”

After Xia Quanyong said these words, he immediately flew the 108 to a Japanese fortification that he had long recognized, and then, after dropping the bombs on the plane, he immediately pulled the fighter to the maximum height, and then began to command the Xue-1 fighter to fight against the Japanese plane.

"1302, 1305, your target is 337, you must hit 337, it's too close to 120."

There is a difference between the Flying Fortress of the Cadet Corps and the L-19 of the United States in terms of technology, especially the two recently produced aircraft, which can be said to have been significantly improved in terms of performance, and its specific performance is the maximum air limit. For example, the 108 piloted by Xia Quanyong has a maximum altitude of 26,000 meters, of course, when it reaches that height, the 108 may also face the danger of failure at any time. After all, during the test flight, Tie Linfei did not dare to fly to this altitude for safety reasons.

The Japanese planes swooped down from the sea in the Taiwan Strait, and because they were blocked on the route of the return flight of the cadet military planes, what seemed to be a flight of 20 and a half minutes to half an hour was actually due to the return of the cadet fighters, and the two sides met about six minutes later.

The two fighter groups of the Japanese planes, according to the previous arrangement, launched an attack on the Xuebing Army fighter group, and the Xue-1 fighters were under the command of Xia Quanyong to meet the battle, and the two sides immediately entered a fierce and suffocating chase and counter-chase battle.