However, what awaited them was the third round of shelling of 108 large-caliber anti-aircraft guns. As the altitude of the Japanese planes rapidly decreased, the small-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, which together numbered no less than 200, also opened fire one after another, and the wreckage and fragments of the Japanese planes fell like scattered flowers

When the deputy commander of the flying regiment was also killed quickly, the frightened Japanese pilots shook their joysticks to pull up the planes and spread them out as much as possible to avoid the heavy anti-aircraft fire, which gave the large-caliber anti-aircraft gun group another chance to hit hard. At this time, less than half of the Japanese planes were unconsciously divided into two groups, and most of the planes that were heavily damaged or whose pilots were too radical chose to ignore the anti-aircraft fire below and re-pounced on their original target, Luoyang Airport, with the idea that "a little damage can be done is a little damage." On the other hand, those planes that suffered less damage and whose pilots were calmer fled one after another, not making meaningless sacrifices, and on the other hand, going back to report several new tactics of the enemy to the military headquarters. As for the six fighters of the Soviet Air Force, the panicked Japanese pilots no longer had the heart to continue the pursuit

However, after communicating with the ground to avoid being accidentally injured by anti-aircraft fire, the young and vigorous Pokryshkin did not hesitate to kill a horse pistol, and entangled a number of Japanese planes on the spot, and at this time, the Soviet aid air force that received the notice from the ground also killed back in due course, focusing on intercepting the enemy fuselage that pounced on the airfield, although the devils who piloted those planes had the determination to die, but when the few lucky ones among them broke through several interceptions in a row and finally rushed to the airport not far away, only to find that the 88 Type 95 biplane fighters that had caused them to divide their troops and suffered a big loss before were already waiting for them in front

Originally. After the 1st Flying Division lured away a fighter squadron of the devils, on the way, it relied on the advantages of the Type 95 biplane fighters in terms of practical ceiling and climb rate, and again used new tactics to defeat several enemy planes, but their reserves of artillery shells were basically exhausted, so they simply rose to an altitude of more than 10,000 meters to ensure safety; as a result, the devils no longer foolishly pursued them after discovering that they could not attack them at all, and the officers and men of the 1st Division immediately flew back to Luoyang Airport to replenish ammunition after getting rid of the pursuit of enemy planes. Because these aircraft fuels are actually not used much. All that needed to be resupplied was 24 rounds of 37mm artillery shells per aircraft, so it didn't take much time at all, and as a result, he was unexpectedly able to return to the battlefield in time. The remaining Japanese fighters had to face far more enemies in despair

The ensuing battle was completely one-sided, and the two flight divisions, which had absolute superiority, shot down all the Japanese planes that tried to destroy the airfield, and then launched a pursuit of those who escaped. Unfortunately, because the Nakajima Type 97 fighters were too fast, the dozen or so enemy planes that were lightly damaged eventually escaped. However, even so, the pilots of China and the Soviet Union worked hand in hand with the air defense brigade of the 15 th Army to shoot down 138 Japanese planes in one go (although the other two Japanese planes flew out of the border area, they crashed before flying to the airfield in the Japanese-occupied area because they were too heavily damaged, so the actual result was 140 planes). It was definitely an unprecedented victory for the Chinese Air Force after the start of the Anti-Japanese War. However, the Soviet-aided air force that participated in the first battle also suffered huge losses, and post-war statistics showed that the Soviet-aided air force was shot down and heavily damaged (irreparable) a total of 24 fighters, and the fuselage of more than 30 planes was damaged to varying degrees. More than a dozen of them needed to be overhauled before they could take to the skies again, and as many as 18 Soviet pilots were killed and disabled, which was not a small loss for the Soviet aid air force, which had only 150 aircraft and 300 pilots and crews in total.

But it was precisely in such fierce battles that a group of future air combat aces, represented by Captain Pokryshkin, grew rapidly. This gain was far greater than the loss of this battle. In addition, the I-16, a new fighter that the Soviets considered to be the first in Shijie, exposed three major defects in actual combat, such as insufficient firepower, poor maneuverability, and low speed (compared with the Japanese army's Nakajima 97 fighter), which accelerated its upgrading and improvement, and the Soviet aid air force, as a new model, naturally benefited first...,

Compared to the Soviet aid air force, the results of the 1st Division were much smaller. The three battles combined to shoot down 16 planes, which also exposed the weakness of the low efficiency of the new tactics to kill the enemy, but Hu Weidong and Gao Zhihang did not abandon the new tactics because of this, because from the perspective of their own casualties, the first division using the new tactics was absolutely beyond the reach of the Soviet aid air force, and they did not lose a single person or aircraft, achieving zero casualties

This naturally made the Soviet pilots envious, but it was obviously impossible for them to give up the I-16 fighter with more performance advantages in addition to the ceiling and climb rate, not to mention that the Soviet Union was strong and had the ability to go head-to-head with any powerful country on Shijie, so there was no need to play this kind of "obscene" tactics, so they could only shrug their shoulders about it

The result of 16:0 is enough to excite the Chinese people, but the new tactics also exposed a problem in the first battle, that is, each Type 95 biplane fighter only has 24 rounds of spare ammunition, which is too little, but this old model has so many is already the limit, the size of the fuselage is there, if you insist on transformation, the two most critical performances of the ceiling and climb rate will be significantly affected, then it will not be worth it.

In fact, even the Yak-9 fighter, which was only finalized in 1942, has only 30 rounds of spare ammunition, in the final analysis, because the caliber of the 37mm cannon is too large compared to aircraft, especially fighters. Therefore, with the further improvement of the artillery shell manufacturing process of the Central Plains Border Arsenal, after the successful trial production of 30mm blasting shells in the second half of 38 and the start of mass production, the 37mm aircraft gun was replaced by the 30mm aircraft gun in the original Jihua, and the bomb load of the Type 95 biplane fighter was increased to 36 rounds. However, the 37mm aerial gun, which was too powerful in air combat, was not retired from active service, but became more and more fearful because of the discovery of a new purpose

Although the victory in this battle is mainly due to the external propaganda, insiders are very clear that the air defense brigade of the 15 th Army shot down more Japanese planes, and the commanders and fighters of the brigade also suffered hundreds of casualties in this battle, but compared with their results, these sacrifices are still worth it, and fortunately, none of the large-caliber anti-aircraft guns that can not be mass-produced in the border arsenal at present have not been damaged (to be continued). If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )