Chapter 19 Folding Wings Ningbo
What it looks like at half past six in the morning. Quzhou Airport, along with nearby buildings, antiaircraft artillery positions, oil depots, and barracks, has been set on fire. If you add the power plant not far away, within three square kilometers of Quzhou Airport, there are raging fires and thick smoke rushing into the sky, and it is a scene of desolation.
Compared with thousands of other Japanese soldiers, Kawaguchi Shaosa was undoubtedly lucky, because after more than half an hour of bombing, he was only haired by the fire downstairs in the pilot's quarters in the airport. Of course, from another point of view, he is also the most unfortunate, because the situation is more unacceptable to him than death. Sometimes, it seems that a simple death is not a pleasant thing.
When the Combined Fleet was hit hard by an air raid, Kawaguchi had just been transferred to Quzhou Airport, and when he first heard the news, he naturally believed the propaganda of the base camp, believing that this was a malicious slander by the people of China, and it was definitely a rumor. It is not just because of the arrogance and blindness that prevails in the Japanese at present, but in fact it is the symbol of the United Fleet as the supreme force of the Empire. As far as Kawaguchi's understanding is concerned: In front of the combined fleet, let alone a few hundred fighters, even if the three armies of the academy army, the navy, the army and the air force are all out together, it must not take much advantage, right? In terms of the strength of the Combined Fleet, there are six battleships alone, including two Yamato-class giant battleships with a main gun diameter of 460 mm. Although for various reasons, there were only two Nagato-class battleships on the voyage at that time, but that was not something that the Shina people could deal with - it is not surprising that Kawaguchi had such an idea, in fact, all the Japanese at that time, whether it was the military, the so-called anti-war coalition or the common people, held this view.
As a junior officer, it was not difficult to break through the blockade of the base camp and obtain a true battle report, and after receiving confirmation from the senior officers, Kawaguchi's first thought was not the strength of the Cadet Army, but the reason for the reason was Mitsumasa Yonechi, the commander of the Combined Fleet at the time. It is believed that it was the mentality of the "Three Musketeers" of the Navy led by Mitsumasa Yonei to compromise with Shina that caused the tragedy.
When the Japanese launched the war of aggression against China, there was not only one voice in the government from beginning to end. And in order to gain the support of the people and even the government, the Japanese are accustomed to reporting good news but not bad news, so that their blockade of information about failure only fools themselves in the end.
Kawaguchi was undoubtedly one of those who were fooled, and as a result, he always looked down on the Chinese army, and had only a small impression of the student army. In this way, when the Air Force of the Xuebing Army showed its super strength in this air raid and smashed his sense of superiority of the Yamato nation in one fell swoop, he seemed to have been struck by thunder, and he was stunned all of a sudden.
The two Hayabusa fighters were Kawaguchi's last hope, and when each of the two Hayabusa shot down an enemy plane, he had the illusion that the two Hayabusa were like Amaterasu possessed, one shot on the left and one on the right, and the Shina fighters in the sky fell one after another like dumplings. The imagination is beautiful, the reality is cruel, although the two Hayabusa are very brave, but unfortunately the school 1 is like a primary school student and an adult fighting, even if he is the first to swing his fist, but because the strength is not enough, even if he hits the other party, he can't cause effective damage.
Kawaguchi looked up and saw that the somewhat huge Shina fighter plane was hit by the Sasaki warship, and there were sparks on the fuselage, and he was so excited that he wanted to shout loudly, but his mouth opened but couldn't close. After the Shina fighter exploded a Hayabusa in front, it pulled up as if nothing happened, and then played a beautiful flip, turned the nose to face the Sasaki ship, and the blow it received just now failed to cause it any damage.
"How so? The Type One fighter is our newest fighter! Kawaguchi muttered, and then watched helplessly and painfully as the fighter plane piloted by Sasaki Osena was driven by three Shina fighters like a pheasant in the wilderness, and after holding out for five minutes, he finally fell down because the left wing was blown up. And the hateful people still refused to let go, and one of the fighters chased after them, and they fired several cannons in a row, directly hitting the falcon into a volley and disintegrating.
After that, Kawaguchi had no memory of what happened, and when the large army of devil soldiers in Quzhou City rushed over to find him, the devils sadly found that Kawaguchi Shaozo had gone crazy. He muttered in the innermost part: "Amaterasu is possessed, one shot on the left and one shot on the right, ......" I don't know what Lu Dao wants to express.
The air raid on Quzhou Airport was the most successful, and the Cadet Corps lost only three fighters in this battle, blowing all 47 Japanese planes parked at Quzhou Airport to pieces, and also annihilating 78 devil pilots. The battle between Xiaoshan Airport and Ningbo Airport was much more intense, and in the battle over Ningbo Airport, the Xuebing Army suffered a great loss, and the 44 fighters dispatched, in addition to the two air fortresses, also had four Xue-1 fighters, and all other old-fashioned fighters and bombers were shot down, and the loss of pilots alone in this battle reached 37 people. When the news was transmitted back to the Baiyun Mountain Air Force Headquarters, Tie Linfei's first reaction was to freeze in place and not speak for a long time.
"Commander-in-chief," Tie Linfei later reported the news to Ouyang Yun with tears in his eyes.
Ouyang Yun and Ji Xingwen were watching the staff officers set up war games at the army staff headquarters at that time. He heard Tie Linfei's strange accent from the microphone, and a trace of bad thought rose in his heart, and asked, "Lin Fei, what happened?" ”
Tie Linfei took a deep breath before he could finish his words: "The air attack on Ningbo Airport failed. ”
Ouyang Yun was silent. Perhaps accustomed to victory, when he heard the news of the defeat, his reaction at first was actually very flat. After a while, he realized what had happened, and he couldn't help but lift his heart, and asked with some trepidation, "What about the battle damage?" ”
"Of the forty-four fighters dispatched by the Third Division, only six new fighters returned safely, and the division commander Kong Xiangjun also died in battle!"
"Ahh Thirty-eight fighters were lost in one time, this kind of blow was too huge, Ouyang Yun only felt a cramping pain in his heart, his body couldn't help shaking, and the whole person took two steps back and almost fell.
Ji Xingwen was talking to a staff officer in a low voice, Ouyang Yun's unusual behavior attracted the attention of him and the staff officers, Chen Shichang walked over, saw Ouyang Yun's white face, was taken aback, stepped forward to help him, and asked, "Commander-in-chief, what's wrong?" ”
Ouyang Yun waved his hand at him, gasped for two breaths, put the microphone back to his ear a little stiffly, and said, "Have you verified?" ”
"Yes. Commander-in-Chief, I'm sorry! Over there, Tie Linfei finally couldn't bear the huge psychological pressure and began to cry in a low voice - he was still too young, and he couldn't bear this blow anymore.
Ouyang Yun's blow was not under him. Although as the commander-in-chief, he thinks that the navy, land and air force should be even, but because of the irreplaceable importance of the air force in this time and space, he still prefers the air force from the bottom of his heart. For now, don't look at the smallest navy, it seems that it needs to be strengthened the most, but Ouyang Yun knows that at this moment, the real thing that needs to be strengthened most is actually the air force. The fundamental reason for his wanton development of new fighters in order to not be afraid of the possible consequences of the butterfly effect is that he hopes to change the huge disadvantage in quantity through quality, so that he can fight with the Japanese when they seize air supremacy, and at the very least, they must be able to protect the local airspace of Minyue, Qiong, and Qiong. This is because only in this way can the army units of the Cadet Corps be able to fight, and only then will they not become cannon fodder under the wanton and indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese air force.
There are many ways to make money from the soldiers, but because of geographical restrictions and the policy of raising soldiers with high salaries, the money that can really be used to strengthen the air force is actually limited. According to Ouyang Yun's vision, most of the fighters purchased by Chen Jitang when he was in power were to be eliminated, but the reality made him have to make concessions. That's why he will find a way to improve those old fighters.
It's just that he lost so many fighters, what made Ouyang Yun unacceptable was the sacrifice of so many pilots at one time. The plane can be rebuilt if it is gone, but the person is gone, but there is no way to remedy it. It is not easy to train a pilot in the military cadet, China's current level of education is like this, just the qualified seeds are always laborious, and it takes a lot of effort to carry out training, which is difficult, not that the family members simply cannot understand it.
"It's happened, tell me, what the hell is going on? Why is this happening?! Ouyang Yun forced himself to calm down, and then asked in a deep voice.
Tie Linfei, who was opposite, wiped his tears and whispered about what happened to the Third Division in Ningbo.
When Kong Xiangjun led the Third Division from Fuzhou Airport to Ningbo Airport, he was discovered soon after entering Fujian. Ningbo is a bit far away from Fujian, and in order to ensure the correct course, several city groups of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fox Tong have set up telecommunication signals in their respective cities. Relying on the guidance of these telecommunications signals, the air raid aircraft group of the Third Division entered Zhejiang smoothly all the way and immediately flew towards Ningbo. But because all the boundaries were controlled by the Japanese, the huge noise made by the group inevitably alarmed the Japanese, so the devils with a heart reported to the Japanese level by layer, and soon stabbed Matsui Shigen. Ouyang Yun didn't know what to say, when Matsui Shigen first received the news, his face turned pale with fright. Because of the experience of Kaohsiung Airport, the old devil immediately guessed that the target of the Xuebing Army's air attack must be the airport, and then he hurriedly notified all the airports to let them be vigilant. And if it weren't for Xiao Yi and them destroying the telephone line at Quzhou Airport, Xue Changkong's actions would definitely not be so smooth.
Xiaoshan Airport and Ningbo Airport are on guard, so why did the Dudu Third Division suffer heavy losses? It turned out that the Fourth Fleet of the Japanese Navy happened to be docked in Hangzhou Bay at that time. The Fourth Fleet had an aircraft carrier, and it was the participation of this aircraft carrier that completely changed the number of fighters on both sides, which caused the defeat of the Third Division.