flstandardbreds Chapter 712: Air Battle Outside Beiping (Part )
Chapter 712: Air Battle Outside Beiping (Part )
Fengtian.
Shiro Nakagawa, the leader of the Japanese flight formation, had just taken off from the airport. As the Zero fighter plane continued to climb in altitude, he felt a little more relaxed.
In recent times, the Eighth Route Army's offensive in North China has been particularly fierce, and it can be said that it has been unstoppable.
The Eighth Route Army's strength was almost greater than that of the Locust Army that had fought against China just a few years ago. In the entire North China region, the Locust Army was almost vulnerable.
This made the locust troops in Manchukuo a little nervous. In addition, the order from the top to be ready for war at any time put a lot of pressure on all the Kwantung troops.
They had never imagined that the Chinese army, which they had suppressed in the previous few years, would rise so quickly, and it was the locust army that bore the pressure.
After the Chinese army rises, they will inevitably go out of Shanhaiguan to attack the Northeast. However, according to the empire, this land has already become its own, and it is impossible for them to retreat on a large scale and give it up like North China.
It can be expected that the hundreds of thousands of elite locust troops stationed in the puppet Manchukuo would inevitably have a very fierce clash with the Eighth Route Army, and it could even be said that the battle would continue to the death.
For Shiro Nakagawa, he only feels safe enough when his fighter plane takes off.
Based on the experience of the Imperial Air Force in the North China battlefield, as long as the Imperial Air Force does not actively attack the core cities where the Eighth Route Army has built many air defense fortifications and prepared a large number of new anti-aircraft guns, there will be no danger to the Imperial Air Force. At least it can bully the Chinese army at will.
After taking off from Fengtian, the weather was excellent with clear skies. The Japanese soldier Shiro Nakagawa looked at the vast forests, rivers and mountains, and he truly fell in love with this land, or perhaps it could be said that deep down in his heart, he believed that this land should belong to them.
This is a place that the entire nation has been coveting for more than a thousand years.
I finally got it, how could I give it up so easily?
Shiro Nakagawa shook his head. He didn't want to think about those things now. He only wanted to send supplies to Beiping City so that the locust army in Beiping City could hold on for a while longer so that they would face the Eighth Route Army later.
It didn't know that outside the city of Peking, our J-5 formation was waiting for their arrival.
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"Commander Long, I have two ideas. I want to make trouble for the Japanese. Do you think it's feasible?"
Li Yunlong was sitting in the command center, with nothing to do, so he thought of some unexpected ways to disgust the Japanese.
"I heard from your brigade commander that you always come up with something new for him. Why don't you tell us about it?"
Commander Long looked at Li Yunlong with some anticipation.
"Didn't we capture a large number of the Japs' plaster flags? We can spread them out on the open ground outside the city. If the Japs get in a hurry while delivering supplies, they might end up dropping them on our territory.
Then we picked up a bunch of equipment for free?
Although we don't think much of it, the more we have, the smaller the enemy will be, and their combat effectiveness will be even weaker. I figured we'd just sit around doing nothing anyway, so what if we succeed?"
Hearing what Li Yunlong said, Commander Long's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt that what Li Yunlong said was a trick. Just like he said, he was idle anyway, and it would not be a loss if he didn't pick it up, but if he picked it up, he would make a profit.
"You are such a shrewd fellow. Go and do as Captain Li Bing suggests."
"Any more?"
"I think just waiting is not a solution. I have a very elite Liangshan Special Forces Brigade under my command. They are ready to go. You can give the order at any time and they can sneak into or attack the city of Beiping.
We can find out the situation in the city and create chaos for the Japanese.
If we can separate the devils and prevent them from damaging the cultural relics, we won't have to worry so much when we start fighting."
At this critical moment, Li Yunlong decided to let the monk lead the Liangshan Special Forces to sneak in. If they could kill a wave of people, it would be a great gain.
Whether sneaking in or rushing in at night on a gyroplane, both are good solutions.
"Good! If there is an opportunity for war, have this elite force ready to go."
Commander Long made the decision immediately.
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When our eight fighter planes arrived over Beijing, the sky was cloudless and looked very empty.
Wang Weiguo was very satisfied with this combat environment. He could detect the Japanese planes at the farthest distance and start hunting them.
However, at the same time, the comrades in the entire flight formation were also a little anxious. What if the Japanese planes were delayed?
Our flight formation only has one auxiliary fuel tank, and our flight time is not that long. If we wait too long, the remaining fuel may not be enough to support us to return to Taiyuan.
This is a fatal shortcoming for the subsequent large-scale air combat.
Fortunately, our flight formation did not have to wait too long, and a total of 24 Japanese flight formations appeared in their sight.
At the same time, Chennault's reminder came over the radio channel: "Attention, all aircraft, the Japanese flight formation has appeared, carry out the strike mission according to our predetermined plan."
"receive."
"receive."
After each sound is received, there is a long silence. Under the current circumstances, silence is the most powerful force.
When we discovered the Japanese flying formation, their flying formation actually also saw our aircraft. In this era when the detection of aerial targets basically depends on visual observation, at least there is no particularly significant difference between the two sides in the distance of engagement.
However, there was a very significant difference between our side and ours. Our flight formation entered combat status and prepared for battle as soon as they discovered the Japanese planes, but the Japanese were unable to confirm where the oncoming planes came from.
The Japanese pilots were suspicious and wary, but at least on the battlefield in North China, they had never seen any fighter planes other than the Locust Army's. Even if there were fighter planes in the southwest, it was unlikely that they would help the Eighth Route Army fight, let alone fly so far to fight.
What's more, there was a problem that these Japanese pilots didn't quite understand: the flying posture of these planes had never been seen before.
On the ever-changing battlefield, sometimes even a second of hesitation can lead to a huge difference in the outcome.
This time, this sentence was well demonstrated in the Japanese flying formation.
The moment the Japanese planes were discovered, our entire formation of fighter planes accelerated to full speed. They wanted to rush into the optimal firing distance of 1-2 kilometers in the shortest time.
3 kilometers.
2 kilometers.
When the Japanese finally saw the appearance of this new aircraft, our eight J-8s opened fire at the same time and 5 machine guns opened fire at the same time.
一架歼-5上装载了一门37mm口径加两门25mm口径的机炮，这8架歼-5同时倾泻出大量的炮弹，在空中织出了一个密集的火力网。
This firepower net filled with infinite murderous intent instantly enveloped the Japanese formation of 24 aircraft.