The newly added 20 fighter jets were not spray-painted with the logo of the Fifth Group, but I ordered the ground crew to spray the logo of each squadron on the corresponding aircraft, and I exaggeratedly painted a shark head on the nose of the aircraft. From then on, this logo became the universal logo of the Fifth Battalion.
Guo Chenghai simply wrote the enemy situation report on the blackboard. According to the frontline radar station report, about 30 Nakajima 97 attack aircraft and 30 Aichi 99 bombers took off from the Canglong aircraft carrier parked outside Wusongkou to attack the defense forces in Qingpu County. There are about 40 Japanese fighter jets responsible for covering the position of the 306th Regiment of the 74th Army. It is reported that there may be an unknown number of Type 1 land attack coordinated bombings. The Fourth Brigade will dispatch 18 fighter jets and the Third Brigade will dispatch 21 fighter jets. Our brigade can dispatch 16 fighter jets jointly intercepted the Japanese aircraft formation.
"Remember, I need you to live to see Japan surrender, not to see your list appear in the Hall of Heroes. Do you understand?"
"Understood, sir."
"South wind, twenty knots, no clouds, ready to take off."
The tower commander issued an order. I pushed up the canopy and signaled to the ground crew. The ground crew quickly turned the propeller, and a stream of white smoke was blown toward the tail of the aircraft by the rapidly rotating propeller.
The national anthem hummed by Guo Chenghai in a low voice came from the intercom. Soon the national anthem became louder and louder, and more and more people sang it. The majestic national anthem over the entire airport covered the sound of the fighter jet engines. .
On both sides of the runway, pilots without planes, ground crews who have maintained fighter jets for a long time, laid-off guards, and Army soldiers who did not need to operate anti-aircraft guns were all neatly divided into two rows and stood on both sides of the runway, launching aggressively towards Salute the fighter jets that started to taxi to the runway. This is a tradition, a tradition that can never be changed. I sat in the cabin and burst into tears. The first fighter jet jumped up lightly and retracted its landing gear. This is also an advantage of the new Hawk. The old Hawk cannot retract the landing gear, so it has less flexibility. When my fighter jet was taxiing, I was so proud that my comrades on both sides of the runway saluted the most standard military salute.
The speed was getting faster and faster, and the trees, buildings, and anti-aircraft guns on both sides quickly disappeared from my eyes. It was strange. After merging with Hahn's soul, my driving skills had made amazing progress. I gently moved the joystick. , the fighter jet left the runway all of a sudden and flew lightly into the air. I felt like I suddenly turned into a soaring eagle, flying towards the enemy with the flame of revenge. Soon, except for Lieutenant Cui's fighter jet that failed to take off, all the other Hawks took to the sky. We circled over the base to form a formation and began the first journey of the Wuming Brigade after its rebirth.
I looked at the formation around me from the side window of the cabin. It was pretty good. After flying for such a long time, not a single plane had fallen behind. I turned on the intercom and said, "Captain Guo, after discovering the enemy plane, what will you lead?" The first squadron quickly occupied the high-altitude position and covered the second squadron to attack the Japanese bomber formation. The third squadron followed me to entangle the Japanese fighter jets."
"Guo Chenghai understands."
"First Squadron understands."
"Second Squadron understands."
"Squadron Three understands."
Although we are about to fight Japanese planes, I still plan to learn more about these rookies: "The first rule, give priority to height. Those who master the height will take the initiative in the battle; the second rule, give priority to speed, must You must calmly use height and speed to dive and attack from the tail direction of the Japanese aircraft. If you miss it, do not fight. You should dive away immediately and then pull up to look for opportunities. The aluminum and magnesium oxide fuselage of the Japanese aircraft can easily catch fire. "But I also understand that once the battle starts, they will forget everything I said. In the battle, whether they can achieve results or even survive can only rely on daily training and improvisation.
When the formation arrived in the sky over Qingpu County, thick smoke was already billowing from many places in Qingpu County. Many bombers and attack aircraft were diving or dropping bombs at medium and low altitudes, but no fighter jets were seen. I understood that the Japanese fighter jets must be hiding at high altitudes. While waiting for the Chinese planes to attack the bombers, attack us from above. The fighters of the Fourth Group have arrived nearby, and they began to climb higher. According to the plan, Guo Chenghai led 5 Hawkers and began to seize high altitude to cover us. However, since the Japanese fighter jets did not appear, the 4 planes of the Third Squadron led by me also began to climb higher. , at this time, 40 Japanese fighter jets suddenly came out of the clouds, and the formation was quickly broken up. They were chasing around in the air. According to the pre-trained combat drill, every two Hawkers formed a formation, and each bite As soon as one Japanese fighter jet caught them, more Japanese fighter jets bit them from behind. The fighter jets from both sides kept chasing each other in and out of the clouds, opening fire. The Japanese fighter pilots are obviously all veterans. They are skilled in technology, advance and retreat in a controlled manner, and make full use of small-radius somersaults and rolls to bring out the advantages of Japanese fighter jets. Our pilots are far behind, and can only make up for it by relying on their fearless spirit of sacrifice. .
At the beginning of the air battle, I did not find a Japanese aircraft. Although the team members continued to curse from the intercom, the airspace where I was was very quiet. I looked at my wingman and motioned for him to follow me and descend. Sure enough, , just after descending about 500 meters, 3 or 4 Japanese fighter jets rushed towards us. "Dong dong dong" the 20mm shells of the Japanese planes kept flying past my nose. If I were an ordinary rookie, I'm afraid I was so frightened that I turned to run away, but I actually fell into the Japanese plane's trap and exposed the fuselage and tail to the Japanese plane. It's a pity that I combined the flying skills and experience of German ace Hahn. I didn't use a scope and shot based on feeling. I fired more than 200 rounds of bullets from 6 machine guns in one go. It took nearly five seconds to shoot at an oncoming Japanese fighter jet. It immediately stalled, hit the clouds and plunged straight to the ground. I didn't have time to see whether it exploded. Because an old-style Hawker just flew in front of me, and a Japanese aircraft behind it was chasing after me with guns blazing. I immediately increased the throttle and chased after him. The old Hawker was already shot and smoking. My intercom was filled with Chinese and Japanese voices. It was noisy and indistinct. I ignored it and concentrated on my work. I chased the Japanese fighter in front. The old Hawker kept twisting its body to avoid the crazy shooting of the Japanese plane behind me. I was getting closer and closer to the Japanese plane. When the tail of the Japanese plane filled my shooting scope, , I pulled the trigger and only fired two bursts. The thick smoke coming out of the Japanese plane surrounded my plane. I couldn't see anything, so I had to pull it up. Suddenly, the Japanese plane opened up. The plane had already plummeted to the lower right with billowing smoke, and the injured old-style Hawk also flew away from the battlefield dragging smoke.
After achieving two results, I started to pull up in order to dive again. I saw a Japanese aircraft roaring over the Hawker of the Chinese Air Force in front of me, but did not hit it. It also started to pull up, but I The altitude of the plane was more than 500 meters higher than it. I immediately lowered the nose of the plane and started to dive. When it was still 300 meters away from the Japanese plane, it had already started somersaulting and planned to dive down again to attack Hawker. I was exposed toward the opponent. The belly of the plane opened fire violently, and I could clearly see that no less than 20 machine gun bullets hit the opponent's fragile belly. The Japanese plane's fuselage began to smoke. I was about to overshoot, so I quickly followed it and flipped up. I turned somersault, and after I turned about half of the somersault, the Japanese plane exploded.
"Hey, I shot down one." I heard the excited shouts of young Sergeant Shen Hua coming from the communication channel. I smiled. I was even happier than my team members shot down the enemy plane. The fifth group's The team spirit is back.
"Little devil, I'm your ancestor, haha, I also killed one." This was the voice of Liu Guowei from Sichuan. He also shot down a Japanese Type 1 Land Attack.
But we not only had victory and joy, I personally watched Zhao Jianguo's Hawker catch fire and explode under the siege of 5 Japanese planes.
When I turned back to look for my wingman, I realized that he had been separated from me for some time. I saw a Japanese bomber lone in the distance, and hurriedly increased the throttle to catch up, but the Japanese Type 99 bomber Not panicking at all, as if the pilot was a novice, I immediately looked to both sides, and sure enough there was a Japanese fighter jet following me from a distance on the right. It planned to take advantage of me to attack the bomber, and easily kill me from behind. I would use this to my advantage. Pretending to have taken the bait, I slowly approached the Japanese Type 99 bomber. The Japanese fighter behind me thought I had fallen into the trap and couldn't help but pounce on me. I immediately increased the throttle and turned to the left with all my strength. I fired a series of machine gun bullets at the Japanese fighter jet that rushed behind me. The enemy fighter was caught off guard and was hit in many places on the cockpit and wings. I moved up a little and took the plane with me. The two sides passed each other. I Looking back, I saw that the Japanese fighter jet had already plunged to the ground.
There was not much fuel, so I ordered all the aircraft to return. Each squadron commander reported one after another that they were ready to return. Guo Chenghai loudly announced on the intercom of the aircraft that he had downed a fighter jet, a Type 97 attack aircraft. Just as I was returning home, two Japanese fighter jets spotted my lone Hawker. They suddenly pounced on me and conducted a head-on shooting. I gave the Japanese planes a shooting lesson superbly, and the Japanese lead plane was hit. I was wounded by a bullet and immediately left the battlefield with my wingman. I ran out of fuel and bullets and did not pursue the Japanese aircraft. However, God still favored me. Soon, I found a towed aircraft 500 meters below. The Japanese land attack with thick smoke appeared to have been hit by ground artillery fire. Although my fighter plane was running low on fuel, I couldn't let go of the fat in my mouth. Who knows how much blood of the Chinese people these five Japanese pilots had on their hands. I turned the nose of the plane and easily occupied 6 of the enemy planes behind me. Point in the direction and fired a few short bursts towards the fuel tank. That's it. The machine gun quickly misfired and all the bullets were fired. Did God want me to hit the Japanese plane? Fortunately, I quickly saw the Japanese fuselage. There was a faint flame, and then thick smoke came out. I kept witnessing the Type 1 land attack aircraft crashing to the ground and exploding before I adjusted its direction and flew towards the base.
On the way, I met several planes from my own group, and we formed a formation to return home.
When our plane landed on the runway, other pilots, ground staff, and tower staff came over. They cheered loudly and threw their hats into the air. They already knew about this air battle, and the nameless brigade was no longer nameless.
