The Japanese pilots, who had always been able to take off at any time during the war, were well-trained. When they heard the air defense sirens sounding, they immediately ran out of their bunkers.
The rain has stopped.
The wind is also gradually decreasing.
The planes of the Chinese people can take off, and the planes of the Japanese Emperor's Air Force can definitely take off too.
The camouflage of the six fighter jets had already been opened by the ground crew, and several mechanics had already held the escalators and were waiting beside each fighter jet.
Six highly trained pilots quickly climbed into the aircraft.
Mechanics helped cover the cabin.
The first Type 95 ground attack aircraft wasted no time, increased the throttle and headed towards the runway.
Signal troops have just come to report that a Chinese bomber has come for an air attack. The Japanese Air Force must immediately take off to fight.
Immediately afterwards, the second and third Type 95 attack aircraft also headed for the runway.
Since the six Japanese fighter planes were originally hidden in the warehouse, in order to cover up the public's confusion, they could only build a runway for three fighter planes to take off at the same time.
The remaining two Type 96 attack aircraft and one Type 95 attack aircraft had their engines ignited. When the three fighters in front took off, they entered the runway and accelerated to take off.
The wind was still strong, but it was weaker than before.
The three Type 95 attack planes were also forced to take off. They also knew that the Chinese bombers were heading straight for the six Imperial fighter jets. Once the ground anti-aircraft fire could not intercept the incoming bombers, they would hide in the camouflaged aircraft. The six fighter jets in the shed will be blown into pieces in an instant.
So even if the wind is strong, you still have to take off!
What the Chinese Air Force can do, the Japanese Imperial Army’s Air Force can also do!
The first Type 95 ground attack aircraft accelerated and faced the wind. The pilot pushed the throttle forward and pulled back the control stick with his right hand. The front two wheels left the ground. The fighter swayed like a drunkard. Then The rear wheel also lifted off the ground and flew up.
The Japanese anti-aircraft firepower is too fierce!
The power is overwhelming!
Facing the powerful firepower, except for the machine gunner Ren Yunge sitting in the tail cabin, Zhang Keqiu and other three people's expressions changed a little. They had never seen such arrogant firepower. A group formed a tyrannical fan-shaped firepower. Chao Heng The Kerr He111 A medium bomber came towards us.
In the Chinese Air Force, only a few pilots such as Gao Zhihang participated in the Fengtian Incident in 1931. They had a few air battles with the Japanese Air Force, but they ended in failure.
Young pilots like Zhang Keqiu and Ren Yunge had never been through the baptism of war. They did not even have the opportunity to fight Japanese fighter planes without firing, and they had no actual combat experience.
In the past, even if the Chinese Air Force occasionally encountered Japanese military aircraft, it could only retreat because it pursued a non-resistance policy at that time.
All services and soldiers can only demonstrate their excellence after experiencing the baptism of actual combat. The bravery and tenacity shown in daily training are completely different from the bravery and decisiveness shown on the battlefield.
The so-called soldier can only show his excellence and value after being baptized by the flames of war.
During the Anti-Japanese War, only those soldiers who had been baptized by the flames of war, stepped over the pile of dead bodies, or crawled out from the pile of dead bodies were real soldiers.
Although they are excellent and brave during training, there are many people who immediately pee when they see blood, dead bodies, live ammunition and bayonets.
The previous training of the Chinese Air Force pilots was at best aerial target shooting, and the machine gunners mainly practiced advance shooting on the ground. Now they were suddenly faced with such a powerful firepower attack. The three of them subconsciously leaned back almost at the same time, seeming to move further back. By moving more than ten centimeters, you can avoid the incoming artillery fire.
This is the most direct manifestation of the lack of baptism of fire.
This is normal.
There is nothing to be ashamed of. In the first life-and-death battle, few people can be calm and calm.
There is a huge difference between actual combat and ordinary drills. In ordinary practice, no one will die, but in actual combat, one bullet is enough!
After the July 7th Incident, Japanese spies discovered that the Chinese army was secretly gathering in the direction of Shanghai, so the Japanese military came up with a trick. They disguised Type 95 and Type 96 attack aircraft as civilian airliners and mixed them together. The batch landed at the airstrip, hiding it from the eyes of the Chinese guards stationed at Hongqiao Airport.
Since the September 18 Fengtian Incident, the Nationalist Government was forced to sign a compromise agreement with Japan. The Nationalist Government was not allowed to station troops in Shanghai, but Japan could station the Marine Corps in Hongkou District and the Third Fleet on the Huangpu River.
Therefore, before the July 7th Incident, there were only Chinese civil airliners at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, not fighter jets.
The Japanese have already prepared for a rainy day. In the event of a military conflict between China and Japan, the six camouflaged fighter planes parked in the airstrip will take off, which will be enough to cover the military targets of the Chinese army in Shanghai and launch an absolute superiority strike.
The closest military airport of the Chinese military to Shanghai is Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport, which is still 180 kilometers away from Shanghai. It takes at least half an hour from takeoff to arrival in the sky above Shanghai. Once there is a military conflict between China and Japan, Type 96 and Type 95 will attack the ground. The attack aircraft can take off within two minutes to attack the Chinese army, and the Chinese Air Force is beyond its reach!
The temperature is high in July and August, and just a few minutes after the rain stops, the sky is still very humid. The artillery shells fired from the ground, with an initial speed of 900 meters per second, rub against the humid air at extremely high speeds, producing a misty column of bullets. Each one is clearly visible from the ground to the air, like a scene of destruction in a science and technology movie, rushing towards the bomber.
These anti-aircraft shells are as fast as lightning.
The firepower network composed of anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns is too wide. It is more than 100 meters wide and can cover an airspace of thousands of meters, and can block the air attacks of more than a dozen fighter planes.
Now, these dozens of anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns were all aimed at the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber, and in an initial sector formation, they fired at a bomber in the sky.
If there are many enemy planes attacking from the air, it is impossible for the anti-aircraft artillery on the ground to shoot only at a certain fighter plane in the sky. Instead, it will fire based on the location of its own gun emplacement, as well as the height, speed, and dive angle of the incoming enemy planes. Develop corresponding airspace for defense. In that way, the density of artillery shells will be greatly reduced, and now there is only one Heinkel He111 A bomber in the sky, and all the artillery fire on the ground is completely unified and aimed at hitting.
This is an extraordinary test for pilots and fighter jets!
All the crew members on the Heinkel He111 A bomber could feel the overwhelming force rushing from the ground to the sky. This force was like a devil in hell, opening its claws to tear the bomber into pieces. .
Zhou Zhihan's flight helmet automatically opens:
The ten Yamato Type 4 anti-aircraft guns have an initial speed of 976 meters. The explosive power of the shells is terrifying. The air explosion coverage is ten meters, which will cause the body to explode and spontaneously ignite;
Eighteen Type II A 20mm anti-aircraft cannons have an initial bullet speed of 908 meters, a 100-round ammunition chain, an air-to-air height of 350 meters, and a firing speed of 300 rounds per minute.
Please take emergency precautions.
Zhou Zhihan shouted: "Brothers, close your eyes and sit down. We have to start maneuvering to avoid ground artillery fire!"
The four people quickly closed their eyes.
As soon as Zhou Zhihan finished speaking, he pressed the stick to the right, ruddered right, and opened the right flap sideways to reduce drag. The Heinkel He111 A medium bomber performed a simple right roller maneuver during the dive, avoiding the first enemy on the ground. Wave interception attack.
"good!"
The soldiers of the Chinese army attacking on the ground felt that the resistance of the Japanese army was weakening. They knew that it was because of the help of bombers that the Japanese defense force was broken.
Many Chinese soldiers looked up from their busy schedules and saw the bombers performing such a thrilling and perfect rolling maneuver to avoid the Japanese's inevitable collective attack. They all cheered in unison, and their morale was immediately boosted. They cooperated with the bombers and launched an attack on the Japanese defenses. Powerful attack.
The bomber had just recovered from the roller maneuver when it felt powerful shock waves coming from the left side of the fuselage.
Dozens of anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine shells exploded in a series of explosions at the position where the Heinkel He111 A bomber had just been. The warheads exploded with purple-red sparks, which were extremely beautiful against the blue sky, producing a huge and violent explosion. The shock wave caused the bomber to maneuver away from the explosion area, and the bomber swayed more than ten meters to the right as it left the explosion area.
The Japanese anti-aircraft artillery fire on the ground was like maggots attached to bones. They blasted up collectively. The flames shot up into the sky and rubbed against the humid air to form white fog pillars.
There were explosions.
Powerful and prestigious.
Extremely appalling.
This scene was really astonishing. The huge bomber was shaken by the shock wave and drifted to the right. The soldiers on the ground who looked up and watched were frightened and exclaimed in unison.
If it were any other pilot, the relatively clumsy bomber would lose control.
The bomber is huge!
The crosswinds during the dive were strong.
The shock wave of the Japanese ground interception shells was even more shocking and powerful.
The yellow Heinkel He111 A medium bomber is like a golden roc. In the blue sky, it seems to be crumbling under the coquettish and violent artillery fire, but in fact it is in control.
Zhou Zhihan took advantage of the situation and pressed the stick again, ruddering to the right. Following the huge shock wave, the bomber made another roller maneuver to the right.
At the critical moment, it once again escaped the intensive Japanese anti-aircraft fire on the ground.
Japanese anti-aircraft fire followed one after another, and they continued to follow and attack!
Facing intensive artillery fire, Zhou Zhihan was always able to escape the enemy's fire without delay.
The evasive maneuvers of the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber are very annoying.
Very angry with the Japanese.
This seemingly clumsy bomber used an extremely simple right roll maneuver to avoid the dense shells blasted by dozens of anti-aircraft artillery fire.
The Japanese on the ground watched the Chinese yellow bomber perform a simple yet incredible rightward roll maneuver in the air, and avoided the overwhelming interception fire.
The Japanese began to be shocked!
Is this bomber flying in the sky flown by humans?
The dense artillery fire formed by them was clearly about to hit the bomber, but it escaped in the light of the carbide fire.
You know, the tyrannical power of these dozens of anti-aircraft artillery fires was so dense that not even a small sparrow could fly out, but it was continuously dodged by this huge bomber. How could this not shock people in their hearts.
The Japanese are going crazy.
The Japanese were scared.
"attack!"
A major took out his saber from his waist and pointed to the sky: "Quack..."
The artillerymen desperately launched intensive attacks in the air. They believed that the Chinese could not always have such good luck.
See how many roller maneuvers you can do.
A dozen roller maneuvers in a row?
Even if you are not a human being, but a demon or a god, it would be strange if you don't faint to death.
The Japanese fought hard. They knew that once the bomber broke through their intensive firepower, the six attack aircraft on the airstrip would be buried in the sea of fire created by the bomber.
All Japanese knew that this bomber came for the six ground attack aircraft.
For now, as of today, as long as these six ground attack aircraft of the Empire of Japan can take off smoothly, China's 88th Division, 87th Division, and 20th Independent Brigade will only be beaten.
All anti-aircraft weapons concentrated their firepower and attacked the Heinkel He111 A bomber at one point.
One after another, brutal and dazzling firepower nets shot from the ground into the air followed the yellow bomber, forming one explosion shock wave after another.
The sound of anti-aircraft artillery and machine guns was deafening. Every time an air cannon was fired, the ground felt like it was sinking. The dozens of anti-aircraft artillery fires surrounding the airstrip would create a ball on the ground every time a shell was fired. The black smoke is like a black devil, with teeth and claws.
Groups of sparks exploded in the air, which was very spectacular against the background of the blue sky.
The bomber was like an eagle fighting a rabbit at low altitude. Facing numerous artillery fire attacks on the ground, it continued to lower its nose and dive downwards.
After doing more than a dozen rolls to the right in a row, the Heinkel He111 A bomber almost circled the periphery of the Japanese airstrip and turned half a circle.
The flight helmet showed that the bomber was 800 meters above the ground.
Zhou Zhihan decided to instantly increase the engine's power by 30% upon startup.
Increases the aircraft's power by 30% for one minute.
One minute is enough.
One minute can change this battle
Zhou Zhihan told Zhang Keqiu that when he counted to three later, he would drop the six bombs on the wings on both sides and leave the two rows of eight bombs hanging on the belly of the aircraft untouched for the time being.
"clear!"
When Zhang Keqiu heard that the bombing was planned, he was so excited that he gritted his teeth and agreed.
Ren Yunge, don't open fire for the time being, you will have your moment.
"The front machine gunner and the machine gunner on the center roof are ready to attack with all their strength!"
"clear!"
The two of them, with their adrenaline soaring, sat in the rotating turret, gripped the cannon or machine gun, and put their fingers on the trigger.
There is a spring attached to the handle of each person's gun. As the bomber rolls to the right, the spring can't help but float up and down.
Zhou Zhihan activates 30% acceleration power.
The bomber gained speed instantly.
Fortunately, the bomber's fuselage is entirely made of metal shell, so even if the speed increases by 30%, there is no problem with the aircraft's endurance.
If it were replaced by a fighter jet made of tough wood like the Hawk 2, the body might not be able to withstand it at this time and would fall apart in the air.
The speed of the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber is too fast. The normal speed is 410 kilometers, and it can reach 430 kilometers when diving. Now the speed suddenly increases by 30%, which means that the bomber speed is close to 530 kilometers at this time.
This was an astronomical figure for bombers during World War II, and even fighter jets could not match it.
The sudden acceleration of the bomber made the Japanese at a loss. They were all accustomed to moving at a speed of 300 to 400 kilometers for target shooting. The speed of the bomber suddenly increased so much that the Japanese could not react!
This is too bald.
The Japanese tried desperately to move the muzzle, but the speed of the muzzle and human reaction ability could not match the bomber's unpredictable maneuvers and rolls.
The bomber was too fast.
Faster than the little devils have ever seen.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The forward machine gunner began firing.
The fierce and cruel machine gun flames sprayed out, mercilessly strangling the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the fortifications. The front machine gunner's turret could rotate 180 degrees and dive to kill the Japanese behind the bunker at will.
When the machine gun dives, its lethality is truly astonishing. Just like diving bombs to increase penetration and aggression, the combat power is doubled.
There were stumps and broken arms everywhere on the ground, and the 90-type steel helmets rolled all over the ground, making a crisp impact. When hit in the head by a bullet from the machine gun, the helmet became as vulnerable as tofu, and the blood was mixed with blood. The pale brains fell on the green helmet, which was shocking. The internal organs were blown to pieces, and it was too miserable to see.
How cruel!
Now the Japanese corpses are strewn across the field, and there are wailings everywhere. Under such fierce firepower, the confidence of the Japanese collapsed instantly, and the iron will of the world's largest army was crazily destroyed by ruthless ammunition.
"Dodo dodo dodo dodo..."
The machine gunner on the turret started firing.
A few hundred meters away, the operators of several anti-aircraft cannons were torn into pieces by brutal bullets, with their flesh and blood rotten and hanging on the red and hot cannon barrels, emitting a burning smell. Several operators were transporting the anti-aircraft cannons. The Japanese soldiers were bombarded by bullets. The powerful bullets hit several boxes of ammunition of the Japanese army and exploded instantly, knocking over several nearby anti-aircraft artillery. The soldiers were shocked to the point of bleeding and fell to the ground, screaming and convulsing. Standing, losing combat effectiveness, can only wait for death!
The Heinkel He111 A bomber passed over the fireball of ammunition exploded by the anti-aircraft artillery, like a flying god of war, unstoppable!
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As soon as Zhou Zhihan counted to three, the six shells under the wings on both sides plummeted...
Zhou Zhihan saw during the dive that in the inner circle of the airstrip, a Type 95 land attack aircraft was like a drunken bird, crooked and taking off in the strong wind.
At this moment, the pilot of the Type 95 ground attack aircraft, which was shaking and pulling up, also saw the Heinkel He111 A medium bomber that was diving and attacking.
The pilot of the Type 95 land attack aircraft was overjoyed. The bomber dived very fast when it dived to the ground, but when it pulled up, it was very slow. It was basically a meal for the fighter jets.
Seeing an opportunity, the Japanese pilot was eager to make a contribution. Regardless of the fact that the rickety and drunken fighter had not yet stabilized its flight, he pressed the right stick, turned the right rudder, and turned the nose of the aircraft towards the Heinkel He111 A bomber.
