Chapter 1333: Armageddon in the Air
On the surface of the East China Sea, the wind and waves are still high, the sky is full of clouds, Le Yiqin looked at the time, the ground command post in Shanghai, there is no news coming, and after more than an hour, you can return to the sea along the way, could it be that Okinawa Island was bombed, and the little devil didn't react at all, and confessed? Le Yiqin is a little excited.
Today's battle, according to Le Yiqin's view, is not an air battle at all, compared to the previous few big scenes of hundreds or thousands of fighters fighting, today's work, no oil and no salt, light as boiled water, boring, "Ground command post, call the commander of the group, according to the report of the radar station on Chongming Island, the Japanese army dispatched an air team of about 320 fighters from the mainland, and they are moving halfway to the return route of your group," In the headphones, a rich male voice suddenly sounded, and Le Yiqin listened, knew that it was Liu Cuigang's movements.
Le Yiqin immediately came to the spirit, "I am the commander of the fleet Le Yiqin, a good thing, the little devil is finally dispatched, I said Cuigang, I will take the fighter group to meet the little devil fighter, is the second echelon ready to take off?" β
Liu Cuigang said with dissatisfaction: "You are in a hurry, there are still more than 30 minutes before you can encounter the little devil's fleet, don't forget, according to the battle plan, this little devil's fighter is responsible for the second echelon, okay, don't say more, I'm going to take off soon, this time I can be regarded as eating meat," Le Yiqin muttered, "It's not interesting enough, whoever fights is not the same!" β
After the Third Air Force was repelled by the second-echelon fighter group commanded by Liu Cuigang, the Japanese and Korean garrison air forces also received an order from Ishihara to fight in the airspace over the East China Sea. and hit near the mouth of the Yangtze River on Chongming Island.
The three air defense brigades of the Songhu Garrison Corps can be counted as having more than 2,800 antiaircraft guns equipped with the "Sky Eye" artillery aiming radar. With breathtaking accuracy, forty-eight Japanese fighters were shot down, and the two fierce air battles over the East China Sea and the loss of the Japanese air force finally made Ishihara lose his mind.
He released the last two air groups stationed on the mainland at one time, and ordered the carrier-based aircraft of the Navy's First and Fourth Fleets. All of them participated in the war, and they had to fight to the death with the aviation units of the ** division in a place close to the mainland of China, and for a time, the sky over the East China Sea was densely populated with fighters, and a total of about 1,000 Japanese fighters were pressed over.
Le Yiqin has just landed. Seeing the information sent by the staff officer, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and shouted, "Enjoy that." This battle is really enjoyable, the little devil is out of the house, then beat him bankrupt and there is no tile! "The bomber group has returned safely, and he no longer has any worries, he can give it a go, and besides, this is one of the main points of this battle plan.
Liu Cuigang's group, after defeating the Japanese and Korean garrison air force, began to return. After the Japanese planes converged in the scheduled airspace, the vigorous tail chased Liu Cuigang's planes, and Liu Cuigang looked at the radar screen, densely packed with small black dots, and also laughed. said to Le Yiqin: "I said brother, the little devil is in a hurry, behind me, there are more than a thousand dogs, how about it, can your brother bear it?" β
Le Yiqin and Selenium said: "It's usual, just these rookies who have never seen a big scene, in the eyes of the little devils, they are elite, in our eyes, they are not sent live targets?" Cuigang, don't blame me for not reminding you, hurry up, or you won't even be able to drink a mouthful of soup! β
** Division Aviation, took off more than 1,400 fighters, under the command of Le Yiqin, facing the Japanese army's large aircraft group, the two sides in the East China Sea, launched an air battle that shocked the world, the battle was so that the clouds were scattered, the sun and the moon were gone, after landing, Liu Cuigang's aircraft group, which quickly replenished fuel and ammunition, immediately took off and joined the battle group, which became the last straw that crushed the Japanese air force.
In the air battle, which lasted from morning to afternoon, a total of more than 700 fighters on both sides fell into the sea or were blown into pieces in a volley, of which 234 fighters were shot down by the air force of the ** division, and more than 580 fighters were shot down by the Japanese air force.
Liu Cuigang, who is still unfinished and full of oil, has not yet had a good time, and the little devil is defeated, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, two bold guys combined, fuck it, just have a good time and chase! The Leyiqin group can't, the fuel is insufficient, but Liu Cuigang's group can, grabbing the ass of the Japanese army group and chasing after it.
After crossing the East China Sea, Liu Cuigang still did not give up, and the Japanese fighters had the intention to turn back to meet the battle, but the fuel was not enough, so they chased them all the way to the western land of Kyushu Island on the Japanese mainland, and in the skies over Kagoshima and Nagasaki, they turned around proudly, and when they saw the place where the plaster flag was hung, they gave him a few shuttle bullets.
After the Japanese fighters were refueled and filled with ammunition, they took off and vowed to shoot down all the fighters that invaded the mainland of the Japanese Empire.
Lieutenant General Ishihara Waner, acting chief of the General Staff of the Japanese army base camp, sat on a chair with a pale face and lost his soul, a few strands of hair, stuck to his head with sweat, and Lieutenant General Ishihara, who has always paid attention to the appearance and demeanor of a soldier, at this moment, is more like a broken house, a big air battle in the East China Sea, which shattered Ishihara's self-confidence.
In less than a day, the base of the Seventh Air Force on Okinawa Island was bombed and burned back to the Stone Age, and the air force of the Imperial Korean garrison, the three air forces on the mainland, and the carrier-based aircraft of the First and Fourth Fleets of the Navy were all added, and there were more than 2,000 fighters.
Nearly a thousand planes were lost before and after, such a huge loss, for the Imperial Air Force, it was also the end of a broken body and a great loss of vitality, even if the Empire did its best to recover, it did not take more than a year to reach the state of the period of complete victory, the aircraft are easy to produce, but where to find experienced pilots?
Strictly speaking, the great air battle in the East China Sea has already hurt the foundation of the Japanese army and naval air force, and this is not the saddest and most frightening part of Ishihara's war, because the fighter planes of China have actually hit the mainland and caused considerable damage, which has had a very terrible adverse impact on the morale and morale of the Japanese people.
Thinking of the eerie eyes and nervous temper of His Majesty the Emperor, Ishihara couldn't help but shiver, such a big loss, he will definitely be held accountable, he is the commander-in-chief of this operation, and he can't run away, His Majesty the Emperor once promised to all your people, "You are all excellent people of me, the elite of the Yamato nation, in the name of Amaterasu, I assure my subjects that the army of the Great Japanese Empire will expand its territory overseas, and our homeland will not drop a single bullet of the enemy!" β
In front of all the people, he slapped His Majesty the Emperor in the face, and with the temper of His Majesty the Emperor, he was able to spare himself, and maybe he would take the guy who ate himself to appease the anger of the people, which was the so-called scapegoat.
After receiving the news of the defeat in the East China Sea air battle, Ishihara Wan'er, who was in a panic, locked himself in his office, thinking hard about countermeasures, thinking of ways to save his life, how to deal with it, it was all a mess, he suddenly understood a little, Prince Zaihito's helpless mood at the beginning, and he had a feeling of sympathy.
Afraid of what, before he could come up with a proper way, Emperor Hirohito's attendant military attachΓ© came to the General Staff Headquarters to deliver the decree, and His Majesty the Emperor announced that the acting chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Ishihara Waner, immediately went to the palace and met His Majesty the Emperor, Ishihara Waner was like going to the execution ground, his face was gray, and he followed the attendant military attache into the palace.
There was no one else, only Emperor Hirohito himself, sitting on the throne, after listening to Ishihara's report with a sweaty face and stammering, Hirohito didn't say anything, the atmosphere in the main hall was depressing and dull, as silent as a cemetery, for a long time, Hirohito got up and only said one sentence: "How can this be?" β
Looking back at Ishihara Wan'er, he walked away without looking back, just this glance, which made Ishihara Wan'er dizzy, the Venus in front of him was chaotic, and His Majesty the Emperor looked at his eyes, except for the gloomy, there was no trace of anger, as if he was looking at a dead man, Ishihara understood that he was completely finished, and was abandoned by His Majesty the Emperor like a useless dog.
Ishihara, who lost his soul and was depressed, left the palace in a sleepwalking way, did not even go back to the General Staff, went directly to the house, locked himself in a secret room, let his wife shout, and his children screamed, but he didn't come out, when he was the director of the military justice department of the base camp, when he took the gendarmes to Ishihara's house, he smashed open the door, and Lieutenant General Ishihara Waner had committed suicide by caesarean section.
The suicide note left behind was only a few sentences, "I am a sinner of the Japanese Empire, and a hundred deaths cannot offset the sins, however, there is only one life, and the only way to apologize for sins with death is to warn future generations, so as to stimulate the bushido spirit of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, and for the great cause of His Majesty the Emperor, I will die without regrets." β
This is the first general to commit suicide in the highest position of the Japanese army, Ishihara's military rank, although only a lieutenant general, the position is at the top, his suicide, has a great impact on the Japanese military circles, it is said that Emperor Hirohito listened to the director of the military law of the base camp, after reporting the death of Ishihara, his face was expressionless, did not say a word, just "hum".