Early morning of February 8, 1941, Wuhan
Why are there more and more fights? Naturally, the puppet army, which has a curve to save the country, defected before the battle. In fact, the senior officers of the puppet army during this period were more or less swaying with the Shancheng side. Not to mention the two sides, it was also There is still room for all, and there are really not many true die-hards.
In the past few days, the national army's large-scale counterattack has been huge and overwhelming. This has made many people's minds come alive, and they have staged the drama of uprising before the battle. Otherwise, the advance speed of the ninth theater It won't be that fast, or the Japanese are really suffering. Every time they are attacked by the puppet troops just after the fighting begins.
In addition, the highest authorities came to Wuhan to supervise the war today, which made many puppet army officers in Wuhan feel that their future was even slimmer. If they were not right under the nose of the Japanese, they would probably have quit during the day.
Unexpectedly, the National Army troops came in that night, and they were armored troops. So, without the 58th Division taking action, the puppet troops disarmed the Japanese troops who were "assisting in the operation", so that Zhang Zhonglin fought. When they arrived at the Yangtze River, they only lost less than twenty people. Not only was he shocked, but even the highest authorities on the warship were deceived. What happened? This is the rhythm for us to regain Wuhan.
I didn’t say, full support, but how to support became a problem. The troops of the Ninth Theater District closest to Hankou have exhausted almost all their fuel reserves and ammunition reserves. Until they are replenished, they can only defend in place, and the Air Force is also exhausted. , can only maintain low-intensity night bombing raids. If a forced attack is carried out, the role it can play at night is limited. As for the navy, after a day of toil during the day, the ammunition reserves of each ship are somewhat insufficient, so it can only be carried out under the military command. Under guidance, occasionally hit coastal targets.
We can't provide actual support, but we have other things on hand. As a result, in just a few hours, the highest authorities appointed eight major generals and more than 20 colonels, who helped Zhang Zhonglin pull up a team of more than 4,000 people, plus the 58th Division Commando and the Uprising. According to preliminary statistics, the number of dock workers mobilized by the Youth Gang and the underground party has exceeded 10,000.
During the chaos, Zhang Zhonglin actually controlled one-third of Hankou's urban area. This was still the completely controlled urban area. On both sides of the Yangtze River and in other areas of the three towns of Wuhan, there were thousands of insurrectionary troops fighting against the Japanese puppets. The army fought fiercely.
From beginning to end, the Type A division deployed by the Japanese Eleventh Army in the south of Hankou did not move. It was not until dawn on the 8th that they began to slowly move northward. The fully manned division actually dispatched two infantry brigades. , go hand in hand, advancing towards the city in response to each other, and in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Japanese Chinese fleet organized a small fleet to go north to support. Although this fleet was somewhat shabby, it was enough to deal with the mountain fleet in the Wuhan section. , and the Japanese army aviation also got rid of the air harassment and entanglement in other theaters, and concentrated more than 200 fighter jets on Wuhan, trying to regain Wuhan's air supremacy. In order to achieve this goal, they even went to the magic capital, Peking. The city's air defense was abandoned.
Therefore, before the Japanese reinforcements entered the urban area of Hankou, an increasingly fierce air battle had begun. At the beginning, the Shancheng Air Force still occupied the dominant position on the battlefield, completely suppressing the Japanese fighter jets. Despite all their efforts, they only managed to achieve an exchange ratio of 3:1, and the ones that were shot down were still IL-15s and IL-16s, but not even one of the truly advanced Dewatina D520 fighter jets was shot down.
Just when everyone thought that the Japanese would flee this time, something unexpected happened. A group of 36 Japanese Naval Air Force fighter jets suddenly appeared on the battlefield. In just one encounter, there were 7 Dewatina D520 fighter jets. were shot down, and four more were hit and caught fire, and the battle group had to be withdrawn and retreated westward.
It turned out that the Japanese had sent their latest Zero fighter jets to reinforce them. These planes took off from aircraft carriers east of the Magic City. After flying over, they went directly into the battle, catching the Yamashiro Air Force by surprise.
According to the recollection of the rescued crashed pilot, his Devatina D520 fighter bit the tail of the Zero fighter. He could even see clearly that due to the rapid flight of the Zero fighter, the tips of the wings were shaking slightly. It feels like it will disintegrate in the air in the next second.
So, in this case, often as long as the Zero fighter is locked and then given a few rounds of bullets, the Zero fighter can be destroyed. But the result was that the Zero fighter performed a somersault, which not only shook off the fighter that bit him, but also appeared behind the fighter that bit its tail, and was then shot down by the Zero fighter.
For a time, the entire Shancheng Air Force formation was in chaos. Several old-fashioned Hawker-3 fighter jets even took the initiative to withdraw from the battle group, widening the distance from the enemy aircraft.
"Young men, don't be afraid, let us come!" At this moment, a man's excited voice suddenly sounded in the communication channel. Immediately, twenty somewhat weird fighter jets pounced on Zero, who was preparing for such an attack. fighter jet.
This is the temporary 68th Division Flying Team led by Chen Zhigang. From the day he took over the latest P-39 fighter jet, he was required to be prepared to deal with the latest Japanese fighter jet. The intelligence department even brought in The models, photos and drawings of this latest fighter jet, and even the performance advantages and disadvantages of this aircraft have been summarized and analyzed.
They did a lot of drills in order to fight against the Zero fighter, and even designed a lot of tactics. However, the Japs' production capacity is limited. They have never come across such high-end products. Today they finally saw this thing. Chen Zhigang and the young man How can we not be excited?
It is very simple to say that the excellent fighting performance of the Zero fighter requires a large dogfight in the air and a sustained low speed to have a relatively small turning radius. As long as the speed exceeds 371 kilometers per hour, the fighter's movements will become clumsy, and it is particularly difficult to control the roll. Furthermore, it is more difficult for the Zero fighter to roll and turn to the right than to the left.
Then, in view of this characteristic, the tactics are targeted. After being bitten, accelerate immediately. When the speed reaches 370 kilometers per hour, suddenly make a rolling movement to the right, and you will break away from the Zero fighter. pursuit.
