Although it was past the beginning of autumn, Shanghai was still very hot in mid-August. After two days of fierce fighting, the entire Shanghai was enveloped in the smell of ammunition and dead bodies.
This taste.
It appears violent and murderous in the neutralization of the smell of ammunition.
It seems that all the flies in the world have gathered in Shanghai, just like the Japanese troops entering Shanghai in a steady stream.
In the past few days, small groups of Japanese troops have quietly entered Shanghai for reinforcements, and the number of Japanese marines in Shanghai is far more than 3,000.
Entering the Huangpu River, the two-plane formation of Zhou Zhihan and Zhang Mufei flew from west to east with the sun on their backs, sweeping low, almost flying on the surface of the Huangpu River.
At this time, the Huangpu River was empty, except for military ships, there were no other ships.
Dongjiadu is still in the hands of the Chinese army. Although the Japanese army has a powerful third fleet, with their current strength in Shanghai, they can only protect themselves and cannot suppress the entire territory.
The Japanese would never have expected this flying height. Even if they saw it, they would not have time to turn the muzzle.
The sound of artillery was rumbling not far away. Just today, General Zhang Zhizhong issued the order for a general offensive and tried his best to lay siege to all the Japanese strongholds stationed in Shanghai.
Autumn Tiger is commonly known as the 18th Heaven and Earth Fire.
The middle to late August is even more scorching than the dog days of summer. The scorching temperature reaches its peak around two o'clock in the afternoon. The heat is rising on the Huangpu River. Looking at the sun from the east, it is difficult to spot the two low-altitude aircraft. Flying fighter plane.
There were clusters of black unknown objects in the east and west of the river. When the fighter planes passed over the river, those black objects suddenly flew up and crowded the entire river in an instant.
They are all black flies.
When the flies took off, they left behind bodies that were white and swollen after being soaked in the river water.
It can be seen from the clothes that there are soldiers who died in the battle between China and Japan, many civilians, and the bodies of some cats and dogs who died in the artillery fire.
The entire Huangpu River was filled with a strong fishy smell.
The stench of dead bodies makes people want to vomit. Even if they hold their breath, they can still smell the stench of corpses in their noses.
"503 Flying Falcon, we are about to enter our navy's air defense zone, pull up!" Zhou Zhihan said, gradually pulling the fighter plane up to a height of one thousand meters in the air.
"Flying Falcon understands!"
Zhang Mufei followed closely behind the 214 fighter plane, ascending to one thousand meters in the airspace and sustaining the flight at the best speed.
From a distance, I saw two military planes with the blue sky and white sun emblem flying over. General Chen Jiliang and all the navy officers and soldiers standing on the "Haiqi Ship" and "Ning Hai Ship" raised their hands and thanked the Air Force for coming to support.
Today, the two best Chinese warships are responsible for the anti-aircraft fire in the sunken waters, and the long-range defense in the air is left to the two Hawker 3s.
General Chen Jiliang learned from Mao Bangchu that one of the pilots of the two fighter planes that came to support the air defense today was the No. 214 fighter that frightened the Japanese army when it bombed the Japanese Third Fleet today.
Today's shipwreck mission is very important. Successful deployment will effectively prevent the Japanese aircraft carrier from entering the Huangpu River, which will have a profound impact on the entire subsequent battle in Shanghai.
If the Japanese aircraft carrier is allowed to successfully enter the Huangpu River and form a pincer attack on Shanghai with the aircraft carrier parked in the waters of Chongming Island, the Battle of Songhu will be even more difficult for the Chinese army.
Seeing that two Air Force fighter planes arrived on time to perform air defense missions, General Chen Jiliang, deputy minister of the Chinese Navy and commander of the 1st Fleet of the Chinese Navy, who was responsible for the defense of shipwrecks in this blocked line, ordered that the shipwrecks in the first and third channels began. The second channel began to lay mines.
The two cruisers [Hai Rong] and [Hai Chi], which were so old that they had no actual combat value, and the slow, old and large transport ship [Pu'an] with no self-defense capabilities were all scuttled to build Dongjiadu. The first defensive blocking line.
The second blocking line is led by several torpedo boats of the Navy, leading various small warships and civilian boats to lay out dense mine defenses at the deepest bottom of the Dongjiadu Waterway.
The Chinese Navy knows that its strength is far inferior to that of the Japanese Navy, so the Chinese Navy has created a set of useful mine warfare. The mine defense deployed is very layered and deeper. Even if enemy planes drop bombs to destroy the mines, array, it is difficult to completely remove the mines.
The mines deployed by the Chinese Navy can ensure that one artillery shell or aerial bomb from an enemy aircraft falls into the water, and can only detonate up to three mines.
Thousands of mines were deployed in the Dongjiadu Channel. If the Japanese navy wanted to destroy the mine array, it would not be possible without thousands of aerial bombs.
The third line of defense against shipwrecks is to use the temporary requisition of the large merchant ship "Fuyang" and several other merchant ships to sink in the narrowest part of the Dongjiadu channel. At the same time, there were also sinkings in the last Jiangyin shipwreck because Huang Jun leaked secrets. The six Japanese freighters that fled, but failed, were captured by the Chinese navy.
Zhou Zhihan believes that the Japanese will not be indifferent to the Chinese Navy's shipwreck operation.
So, after circling the shipwreck area for several times, Zhou Zhihan looked at the sunlight in the west. He decided that the two-plane formation would patrol from the north bank of the Huangpu River to the southwest. If the Japanese army knew that the Chinese navy had sunk the ship in Dongjiadu, they would definitely send military planes. Come to interfere, if you can choose the opportunity to blow up the mine boat filled with mines, causing a violent series of explosions, it may directly cancel the Chinese Navy's shipwreck plan.
"503 Flying Falcon, we are flying along the south bank of the Huangpu River in a circuitous way. I judge that if Japanese fighter planes appear, they will definitely launch an attack from the west side of the Huangpu River under the sun.
Now, you point your sword forward and become the lead aircraft, while I retreat to be your wingman. "
Zhang Mufei replied: "503 received!" After saying that, he rolled to check that there was no enemy behind him, then pushed the throttle forward, pressed the nose down, and flew level with the 214 fighter plane, pointing his sword at the front.
Zhou Zhihan retracted the throttle, pulled back the rod, and the nose of the aircraft was slightly tilted up, higher than the No. 503 fighter jet that suddenly became the lead aircraft.
Zhang Mufei looked at the blue sky and suddenly said: "214 Sky, I want to raise the altitude of the fighter plane to three thousand meters."
Zhou Zhihan secretly praised Zhang Mufei as an excellent pilot. Just now he was about to tell Zhang Mufei to raise the fighter plane to an altitude of three thousand meters. Once the enemy is discovered, he can quickly seize the initiative.
"214 Changkong understands, the wingman raised to an altitude of three thousand meters."
Zhang Mufei was very excited. He pulled back the control stick and the fighter plane climbed to an altitude of 3,000 meters. He had flown as the lead plane many times before, but those were all flight training, and they were mostly target shooting in the air. Today, the two-plane formation might encounter Japan. The fighter planes of the aviation team were in flames at the first moment, which made him nervous and excited at the same time.
The reason why Zhou Zhihan felt confident in letting Zhang Mufei fly forward to be the commander was because Zhang Mufei's flying skills were as good as those in war. If he engaged in a battle with an enemy plane, the Flying Falcon could handle it as long as he didn't encounter the Japanese ace. He would be the wingman. Be on guard for the flying falcons.
Zhou Zhihan retracted the throttle again, widening the distance between him and Zhang Mufei to 260 meters. This allowed him to use a larger angle of view to observe the vulnerable rear of the lead aircraft, and also provide the lead aircraft with a survey Wingman rear opportunity.
Of course, with Zhang Mufei's current skills and the flight training he has received, if he is acting as a wingman, the optimal distance for him to follow the lead aircraft is about 180 meters.
As a wingman, Zhou Zhihan can be as far as 500 meters away from the lead aircraft, providing sufficient rear safety for the lead aircraft.
As a wingman, how far away from the lead aircraft depends on the strength. Based on the performance of current World War II fighter aircraft, it is best for an excellent wingman pilot to keep about 180 meters from the lead aircraft.
The air situation is changing rapidly, and the wingman must take the initiative. After correctly assessing the situation, he can take corresponding measures to protect the lead aircraft, so that the lead aircraft can concentrate on destroying the enemy. In actual combat, an excellent and clever wingman is the best advantage of the lead aircraft. Good assistant.
When two excellent pilots cooperate with each other, their power is definitely greater than 1+1=2.
Suddenly, Zhou Zhihan saw three black figures approaching one o'clock on the north bank of the Huangpu River in the direction of Dongjiadu.
It's a Japanese fighter plane.
Zhou Zhihan said calmly: "Flying Falcon 503 spotted three Japanese fighter planes at one o'clock. We turned around and went to shoot them down."
"503 Flying Falcon understands!" After 214 Changkong's prompt, Zhang Mufei discovered that there were indeed three black spots at the one o'clock direction, and they rushed towards the southeast.
