Suddenly, under the cold pressure, Martin made a heavy low-altitude turn and flew towards the red sun that had completely jumped out of the ground.
This change in Martin's heavy bombardment immediately made the two Type 96 ship combat pilots feel better.
On the air combat battlefield, fighter planes disappear in an instant.
Japanese pilots responded immediately.
Martin made a sudden diagonal turn, which was equivalent to sending his fuselage to the muzzle of the Japanese wingman's airborne gun.
Just a few seconds ago, three Japanese planes used a three-finger formation tactic to flank Martin and bombard him heavily. The lead plane No. 113 of the formation attacked in front. The two wingmen of the formation were on both sides of the lead plane. The wingman No. 115 on the left Slightly forward, the 107 wingman on the right is slightly behind.
If Martin Heavy Bomb was forced to turn left, the Japanese wingman No. 115 on the left immediately accelerated forward, and the nose of the aircraft could instantly point to Martin Heavy Bomb's left abdomen, completing the firing advance, and choosing the opportunity to complete the fire.
If Martin Heavy Bomb turns to the right, then wingman No. 107, which is slightly behind on the right side of the lead aircraft, will immediately accelerate straight forward and instantly complete the tracking of Martin Heavy Bomb's tail right rear hemisphere. At the same time, the Japanese wingman on the left No. 115 cuts out to the right and becomes the tail protection for wingman No. 107. At this time, according to the route, the lead aircraft No. 113 automatically becomes the left wingman, and No. 107 is transformed from the wingman into the long aircraft, responsible for the heavy bombardment of Martin. Main attack aircraft.
The three-finger formation is very effective in actual combat. The formation can be changed flexibly. The three fighters can complete the tail tracking and surrounding enemy aircraft from any direction, and can switch the main engine, wingman and sub-wingman at any time to change the team tactics.
The three-finger formation evolved from the two-plane formation used by the German army at the end of World War I.
During World War I, the two-plane formation was also called the two-finger formation. The lead aircraft held the middle finger, while the wingman roamed and was at the index or ring finger position to protect the lead aircraft, hence the name two-finger formation.
The three-finger formation evolved from the two-finger formation. The addition of a wingman immediately at least doubled the power of the two-finger formation.
The addition of the secondary wingman makes the formation of the three-finger formation more flexible and richer. Sometimes two lead aircraft can attack the enemy aircraft at the same time, and one wingman serves as the dragging defender;
Sometimes a lead aircraft launches an attack on the enemy, and the two wingmen form a triangle formation behind the lead aircraft, changing the position of the attack at any time.
After the First World War, all countries knew that those with air force would win the world.
The Japanese are good at learning and brave in innovation. After World War I, Japan's aviation developed rapidly. They conducted in-depth research on various mobile formations popular in the world and sought breakthroughs and changes.
This three-finger formation is the first three-machine combat formation created by the Japanese army.
The Japanese Air Force once demonstrated that the three-finger formation can be used skillfully in an air battle against four enemy aircraft with comparable maneuverability and using the two-finger formation as a tactic.
At first, Zhou Zhihan piloted the Martin to hit hard, and he felt the pressure under the attack of the two-finger formation composed of four Japanese fighter planes. Even one of the Japanese Type 95 ships was injured by the tail gunner of Martin's heavy bombardment and was forced to withdraw from the battle. After the capital, Zhou Zhihan did not feel that the pressure behind him had eased, because the enemy aircraft instantly evolved from a two-finger formation to a three-finger formation, and the attack power did not decrease. Just now, one of the Type 95 warships After pulling up, turning, and leaving, the enemy planes changed from a three-finger formation to a two-finger formation. Zhou Zhihan immediately felt that the pressure behind him was relieved, so he also changed his flight status in an instant, pressed the stick, and flew in the direction of the rising sun. go.
In air combat, flying against the sun is a taboo in air combat. The dazzling sunlight will prevent pilots from correctly judging the location of enemy aircraft.
Japanese aircraft No. 107 escaped from the battle, so the three-finger formation changed into a two-aircraft formation. The lead aircraft No. 113 was in the front, and the wingman No. 115 was on the left rear, serving as a tow knife defender.
Zhou Zhihan pressed the lever and turned to the left. While the Japanese wingman No. 115 immediately flew in a straight line, the lead aircraft No. 113 rolled 180 degrees to the left and landed on the left rear side of the No. 115 wingman. In an instant, the two Japanese fighter planes were , the wingman formations were exchanged, No. 115 instantly occupied a favorable position, the nose of the aircraft was pointed directly diagonally in front of Martin Zhengheng's left nose, and the button of the onboard machine gun was instantly pressed.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
No. 115 Type 96 Battleship opened fire, and the tracer bullets pulled out two long tails and hit ten meters in front of the nose of Martin Heavy Bomb. The shot completed in advance could allow Martin Heavy Bomb to fly directly to his Shoot the trajectory up.
At the moment when No. 115 Type 96 Battleship opened fire, Martin's heavy bombardment suddenly pulled the fuselage upwards and flew backwards 180 degrees.
The tracer bullets fired by No. 115 Type 96 Battleship flew into the distance grazing the belly of Martin's heavily bombarded aircraft.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Martin's top-mounted machine gunner pulled the trigger and opened fire when Zhou Zhihan shouted "fight". A barrage of tracer bullets started from the nose of the No. 115 Type 96 Battleship to the tail of the aircraft like lightning. The Type-6 ship battle left a string of red bullet holes on the entire metal fuselage. The bullets tore open the fuselage, sparks flew out, and blood burst out. The Type-96 fighter No. 115 seemed to have been struck by lightning. , the fuselage kept shaking.
Martin bombarded the seemingly very bloated fuselage and flew 180 degrees upside down and easily recovered. It flew to the sky above 12 o'clock in the rear and tail of the Japanese aircraft No. 107 Type 96. Zhou Zhihan pushed the control stick hard and the nose of the aircraft sank. Diving straight towards No. 107 Type 96 Battleship.
Zhou Zhihan would never allow the No. 107 Type 96 warship to launch an attack on the barrage interception position composed of machine guns of the Chinese beach defenders.
This change is too sudden.
Another unreasonable 180-degree forced inverted flight. It was exactly the same moment as the Chinese No. 214 Hawker 3 fighter jet flew inverted and attacked and shot down the Type 96 ship during the 814 air battle. Only this time it opened fire and shot down the Type 56 ship. The one fighting was Martin's top-mounted machine gunner.
Just a few seconds after the No. 107 Type 96 Battleship broke away, the Japanese aircraft's three-finger formation changed into a two-plane formation and was immediately hit hard. The No. 103 Type 96 Battleship was hit and the pilot was killed instantly. Several balls of fire burst out from the fighter plane, like a giant firebird with broken wings, and it plunged towards the water. The Japanese soldiers who landed in this water area were so frightened that they howled like ghosts and ran away in all directions. However, they could not run away even if they wanted to in the waist-deep water. Most of the Japanese soldiers who ran away fell directly into the water in panic.
"boom!"
Out of control, the Type 96 warship, covered in flames, crashed into the water. The ammunition and fuel exploded at the same time, just like a giant bomb blasting out a huge space in the water. The water column splashed into the sky more than ten meters high, with residual limbs in the water. Broken arms, blood and brains looked strange and cruel in the rising sun.
The water column fell, and a raging fire broke out on the water surface where the Type 96 warship crashed. The aircraft's engine oil burned fifty or sixty square meters of blue flames. In the waters of this area, all the Japanese soldiers were caught off guard, and their upper bodies were immediately glued. A layer of gasoline burned in the air. I cried and fell into the water. I struggled and screamed under the water. I was poured into my mouth by the turbid river water and choked to death in the water...
For a time, the Japanese army suffered countless casualties, the momentum of the attack was immediately curbed, and morale suddenly suffered a heavy blow.
The Type 96 warship suddenly crashed and ignited a raging fire, which shocked all the attacking Japanese troops. From the siege of the Chinese fighter planes to the present, the ten Type 95 and Type 96 fighters not only failed to shoot down the Chinese fighter planes whose performance was seriously backward. , instead he injured one and withdrew from the battlefield. Another was shot down, crashed into the water, exploded, caught fire, and injured his own people.
How is this going?
The pilots of the Empire were continuously wounded and shot down despite having absolute air superiority. This was a huge blow to morale.
At this time, the battle situation between China and Japan on the battlefield is as follows:
On the shore suitable for landing in the shallow water area of Wusongkou, 20 meters deep back, is a simple defense line built by China's 2,000 beach defenders;
Extending back about a thousand meters in the shallow water area, there are more than a dozen Japanese landing ships. Many soldiers are disembarking. Some use landing boats to head to the shore, and some board the boats and use various tools and hands. They paddled forward together, and some simply jumped into the water and swam ashore;
The defense line built by the Chinese defenders is 20 meters ahead of the water-land boundary. In the shallow water about 100 meters in front of the left side of the position, the Chinese soldiers of the 7th company were fighting hand-to-hand with the Japanese troops. The two sides fought in a melee. The battle was very fierce. Huohuo, blood flowed like water, and the river in this area turned crimson. The number of soldiers in the Seventh Company became less and less, and more and more Japanese soldiers joined the battle group. However, the bloodshed in this area prevented the Japanese army from thinking about it. An attempt to launch a powerful fire attack on the Chinese defenders' battlefield on the left;
On the right side of the Chinese position, under the cover of several barrage interception zones composed of machine guns, two squads of death squads led by Major Zhang Yiquan rushed to a place more than 20 meters away from the Type 92 infantry artillery position being deployed by the Japanese army, preparing to use Grenade attack saturation attack.
