Before the three Type 98 attack aircraft entered the clouds and mist of Xiaomaoshan, the wingman on the right rear and the secondary wingman on the left rear automatically distanced themselves from the lead aircraft, and the distance between the wingmen was also doubled.
Although being too far apart is a taboo for bomber formations, that is only when they are threatened by Chinese military aircraft.
From departure to now, the journey has been smooth, and no Chinese military aircraft have been found to follow them. These three bombers do not even need to form a formation to fly.
Flying in formation is too tiring for the pilots.
At this time, the fighting over Nanjing was fierce, and it was impossible for Chinese military planes to appear.
Although the altitude of Xiaomao Mountain is not very high, due to the dark sky and the clouds and mist on the top of the mountain, the lead pilot who led the sudden attack made a mistake in judgment. When detouring from the north side of the mountain, the flight path of the rear left wingman was somewhat close to the north side of the mountain. The dense woods on the side of the mountain were in an awkward position, so the wingman simply turned his nose south and detoured from the south side of the mountain. The view there was wider. There would be no Chinese military planes anyway, and there were two 95s behind him. Type ship battle escort.
Flying to the east of the mountain, the Type 98 naval attack pilot was bored. He looked down at the hazy scenery on the mountain and chatted with the bombardier. He was about to press the right stick when the nose of the aircraft flew west around the mountain. , suddenly felt that in the cyan environment background, there were two tongues of fire biting from the right side of the fuselage, leaving him no chance to react. In an instant, the fuselage trembled, as if it was about to be torn apart.
Am I being attacked? ! ?
Before the pilot of the Type 98 ship attack had time to think about it for three seconds, he saw his body suddenly explode, his blood turning into tiny sparks, and he was instantly swallowed up by fire and heat.
"boom!"
The process from being attacked to the explosion and disintegration of the Type 98 naval attack force that served as the secondary wingman only lasted three or four seconds.
Due to the distance, the fire from the Type 98 ship attack explosion attracted the attention of the other wingman pilot. He turned his head and looked towards the south side of the mountain: "What is that... Damn it, we were attacked by the Chinese, the second wingman Got hit...eh...how come a Type 96 warship appeared on my left..."
Captain: "What?"
Wingman: "It's a Type 96 warship appearing on my left."
Captain: "Isn't the one escorting us Type 95 Ship Battle?"
Wingman: "What I saw was one of our Type 96 warships... No, there was a 214 number on the fuselage... Damn... he opened fire..."
There was a violent explosion in the formation leader's ears, and then he felt balls of fire suddenly rising behind him, and the light mountain mist rolled over like a river in an instant.
This is an explosion shock wave!
"Osaka 634 called for escort formation, Osaka 634 requested support, we were attacked by the Chinese Air Force, Osaka 634 called..." The lead pilot yelled and called for Type 95 naval escort, but received no answer. He looked around for incoming attacks. Fighter, but when he felt the fuselage shaking, he heard the screams of the machine gunner behind him. He was terrified, "Osaka 643 call... Baga... damn..."
A Type 96 Ship Fighter appeared less than a hundred meters to the right of the fuselage of the lead aircraft Osaka 634. The pilot of the Type 98 Ship Fighter saw tongues of fire spitting out from the nose of the Type 96 Ship Fighter, and he instantly felt himself The bomber appeared to have skidded slightly.
Damn it.
It was hit.
Only when a fighter jet makes a sudden sharp turn while flying at extremely high speeds will it appear that it is skidding in the air like a vehicle.
"call……"
The pilot of the Type 98 naval attack suddenly heard the most deafening explosion in his life, and then he felt that his body was hit by countless air currents.
Damn it, was I hit by shrapnel? Why doesn’t it hurt? Then everything went dark, and he fell into darkness completely.
Ship Battle No. 214 flew out of the mountain fog area, leaving behind the wreckage of three Type 98 ships burning and exploding at the foot of the mountain.
Flying over Xiaomaoshan, Zhou Zhihan suddenly saw that the sky in Nanjing was clear in front of Zhou Zhihan. There were piles of cotton-like white clouds in the sky, and the white clouds were covered with neat cirrocumulus clouds.
Seven or eight kilometers ahead, more than a hundred fighter planes were fighting in the sky over Nanjing City. The enemy planes had a numerical and qualitative advantage. The Chinese Air Force could only rely on ground artillery support and was still at a disadvantage.
The entire ground in Nanjing seemed to be shaking from the anti-aircraft fire, and the dust on the surface flew several meters high, as if it was hit by a sandstorm.
There was a crimson shock wave in the sky from the explosion of anti-aircraft shells. Several fighter planes crashed onto houses and burned, while several others crashed to the ground and exploded, igniting fires all around.
At this time, all Chinese interceptor aircraft were intercepted by the Type 96 naval battle on the south side of Nanjing City, and the two sides launched a desperate fight in the air at an altitude of two thousand meters.
When the first batch of more than 60 Japanese planes attacked, all Chinese interceptor planes took off in Nanjing to intercept the large number of incoming attack planes and bombers.
At this time, in order to defend the capital's airspace, the interceptors of China's Fourth and Fifth Groups were all stationed in Nanjing, basically giving up Shanghai's airspace strategically.
In and around Shanghai, the Chinese Air Force no longer has any airports to rely on. The fighter planes have little time to stay in the air after flying over Shanghai. Once they are entangled by Japanese fighter planes, they cannot escape. This is because such battles have occurred many times and the fighter planes have suffered heavy losses. Therefore, it has been The Chinese Air Force, which did not have many fighter planes, could only strategically abandon Shanghai and defend Nanjing.
To defend Nanjing, you can wait for work, which is in line with the current strength of the Air Force.
Even if they were waiting for work, after several air battles, the Fourth and Fifth Groups of the Air Force had less than forty interceptors left, including several aging Hawker 2s and a few Eagle fighters that barely took off.
In the face of a large number of enemy aircraft attacking, even if all interceptor aircraft were launched, the number would still be far from enough.
The Chinese interceptor aircraft took off, and the Japanese Type 96 and Type 95 naval attacks immediately came forward to fight. The Type 96 and Type 98 naval attacks could show off their power in the sky above Nanjing City. Wherever they went There were flames on the ground, and the ground troops suffered heavy casualties, but they still fought to the death to defend the capital.
The sky north of Purple Mountain is covered with thick clouds.
Sudden.
Three Type 96 land attack aircraft emerged from a cyan crack in the high-altitude cumulus clouds and pounced in the direction of Purple Mountain.
Then, three more Type 96 Land Attackers emerged from the cyan crack and continued to rush towards Zijin Mountain.
Ground anti-aircraft guns fired thousands of rounds at the six Type 96 Land Attackers, and black smoke appeared in the sky.
Suddenly, four more Type 96 ships appeared from behind the six Type 96 land attacks, and then five more land attacks.
The mission of the Japanese Type 96 warships was to fight Chinese interceptors, and all the Chinese interceptors were entangled, so the four Type 96 warships spread out in all directions and rushed toward the ground anti-aircraft artillery fire, allowing the artillery defense Pay attention to one thing and lose another.
The flying altitude of the remaining eleven Type 96 Land Attackers is above 5,000 meters.
The maximum range of the four-mounted Oerlikon anti-aircraft 20mm cannon purchased early is only 4,600 meters, which does not threaten enemy aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The Type 96 land attack bombs are dropped at an altitude of 5,000 meters. Chinese ground anti-aircraft cannons Nothing could be done and there were heavy casualties.
The Japanese army already knew the range of various Chinese anti-aircraft guns, and they came prepared.
In the distance, Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang, Le Yiqin, Cao Fangzhen and others witnessed another enemy plane appearing in the high altitude in the north and swooping down at Purple Mountain. They flew the plane to intercept, but were entangled by the Type 96 warship with superior performance. Not allowed to leave.
Seeing the enemy planes as if they were in a no-man's land, the Chinese pilots were all helpless with their eyes broken.
Cao Fangzhen risked his life to injure an enemy plane, opening a bloody path. He went to intercept the enemy plane alone, but was immediately besieged by three Type 96 warships. He died heroically for his country at the age of only 23.
