Although the intelligence work of the Japanese Special High Division against the Red Party still did not satisfy the Japanese base camp, it was not difficult for the Japanese army to estimate its approximate strength because the combat planes of the 1st Flying Division of the Air Force in the border region were basically captured from the devils. However, because of the tradition of Japanese pilots in exaggerating the results of wars, the headquarters of the North China Front Aviation Corps of Japan believed that the Red Party's own available combat planes would not exceed 100, and although the previous 15 th Army Flying Regiment had achieved brilliant results, it was basically all obtained by sneak attacks, so the Japanese pilots still disdained the strength of the Red Party pilots, and there was a general mentality of underestimating the enemy.

However, even so, considering the threat of 150 planes of the Soviet-aided air force, the headquarters of the aviation regiment of the Japanese North China Front still took out the jiashi of "lion fighting rabbit", and sent a powerful flying regiment in the first air raid on Luoyang, a total of 168 new combat aircraft, although it is still less than the enemy, but the devil pilots who think very highly of themselves generally think that so much is enough, in their opinion, if they deal with China and "Lucia" aviation units also need about the same number, That's a shame

Soon after the occupation of Luoyang, Hu Weidong asked people to begin to expand and renovate the original pitifully small airport; after several years of hard work, Luoyang Airport is now the largest airport in China and even in Asia, and more than 300 combat planes, including the Soviet aid air force, are more than enough to park on this one airport. The planes are parked in a centralized manner to facilitate sorties, but it is very dangerous once they are attacked by enemy planes, but the radar in the Central Plains border area is under the joint efforts of domestic experts such as Tesla and Shu Xingbei, who have rejuvenated their second spring. The performance is simply one day at a time, and now the detection range is already very large, coupled with the countless observation posts set up by Hu Weidong around Luoyang as a precaution, even in the bad weather such as rain and snow where the radar's detection ability is greatly limited, the airport can also ensure that the early warning is received in time. If the enemy is too strong, all the planes will hide in the many underground hangars that have been built in the past two years to avoid its edge. However, although the Japanese aircraft group this time was enough to make the air force attach great importance to it, it was not so bad that it did not even dare to take to the air to meet it. Of course, the bombers still have to hide

Taking into account the different performance characteristics of the fighters of the two flight divisions, 9 fighter squadrons of the Soviet aid air force were responsible for frontal interception. The 1st Air Force Division, whose 88 fighters were all Japanese Type 95 biplane fighters, carried out a new tactic that Hu Weidong had discussed with Gao Zhihang and others -- "attacking first from a long distance -- pulling up and disengaged," giving the devils a dismount first, and at the same time luring the enemy by the way

The new Japanese planes from 36 years later were all equipped with airborne radios, but their performance was so speechless (Note 1) that many pilots simply dismantled them to save fuel and increase their flight speed a little, and pilots were always more accustomed to using gestures and drawing boards to communicate with each other, and in doing so, they could avoid the enemy with radiolocation detection capabilities from prematurely detecting the attack and determining its general position. Therefore, when the commander of the Devil Flying Regiment discovered the Chinese aircraft group, he could only give orders to his subordinates to meet them through gestures, and the planes in the distance could not be seen, and they were spread in batches. This time, the number of planes dispatched by Japan in a single sortie was so large that it took more than ten seconds to spread the order to the entire flight group

However, the commander of the Japanese flying regiment did not become impatient or flustered, firstly, he had long been accustomed to it, and secondly, the enemy he faced this time was completely vulnerable in his eyes, "There are no hundred." It's all old biplanes, and the pilots in China are really pathetic."

However, the commander of this devil flying regiment immediately thought that the enemy's planes were all captured from their army aviation, and he was immediately greatly embarrassed, and immediately made a gesture and ordered, "Kill them, and not a single one is allowed to go!" ”…,

Due to the fact that enemy aircraft are still far away. Therefore, the experienced devil pilots all seemed unhurried, but to their surprise, even the nearest enemy plane was obviously still 1,500 meters away, and some of the enemy planes actually took the lead in firing. This time the devil couldn't help but underestimate his opponent even more, "At such a long distance, it's impossible to hit at all?" Even if you are lucky, it is impossible for a bullet to penetrate the aluminum alloy shell, and it seems that these pilots are very tender."

But as soon as the words fell, a Japanese bomber suddenly "boomed" and burst out of thick smoke, lost its balance and fell headlong to the ground, and the pilots on both sides could see clearly that the right wing of the plane was cut off in half, and even if the pilot had the ability, he could only parachute to escape. For a while, the devil couldn't help but be deeply shocked by the powerful firepower of the enemy plane, "Did they load the cannon on the plane?" Listening to the sound, only one shot, just one shot, and destroying a heavy bomber (heavy bomber)? The people of China are simply crazy, don't they want to hit the rate? Or are they totally hoping for good fortune? ”

As the distance between the two sides narrowed further, 88 Chinese fighters fired three or four rounds one after another, shooting down a total of three bombers and two fighters, but they were not worth mentioning compared to the huge number of Japanese planes. However, the commander of the Japanese flying regiment, Yamaguchi Daisa, had a happy face, and he was very familiar with the performance of the Type 95 biplane fighter; compared with the Nakajima Type 97 fighter he was flying now, the speed and acceleration performance were much worse; as long as they entered the effective range of the machine guns, then the faster Japanese aircraft group could easily divide and surround the enemy planes and form a local advantage of fighting more and fighting less, and the odds of victory were obvious.

As for the one-sided pursuit of the long-range choice of Chinese aircraft, Yamaguchi was even more disapproving, "Firing at such a long distance, the hit rate cannot be guaranteed at all, not to mention that the rate of fire of the aircraft is still slow, and nearly 100 aircraft have fired a salvo, and only a few of us have been killed. The people of China, open their eyes and see clearly, the close and intensive strafing of machine guns is the key to victory in air combat! ”

Yamaguchi's heart flashed in his heart, but in the blink of an eye, he found that the enemy plane, which had just been about 800 meters away, suddenly pulled up in unison, and then took advantage of the biplane's unparalleled maneuverability to easily turn around and flee at high altitude

Note 1: It is the norm to not be connected, and it is good luck to be connected, and there is a popular curse in the Japanese Navy in World War II: "You empty No. 1 aircraft!" This refers to the Japanese Navy's most useless Kura-1 radio system, whose signal is so bad that it often cannot be connected, and the performance of the Army's airborne radio is even worse. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )