Chapter 461 Air Combat
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The information Wang Xuexin received was that a large number of Japanese fighter planes were flying towards Liyuan Airport.
As for the specific number of "large numbers"...the number has not yet been determined clearly.
This is the fault of the Eighth Route Army's early warning system. It is not that fast to count the number of fighters manually, and the radar imported from Mao Xiong cannot detect the specific number of them... The radar at this time is still relatively backward, and can only be analyzed from the oscilloscope chart.
There are several fleets, but it is impossible to know how many fighters there are.
But Wang Xuexin probably already guessed that the Japanese would do this.
In fact, it is not difficult to guess that the Eighth Route Army built airports everywhere on the front line, which made the Japanese's idea of using V1 missiles to block the Eighth Route Army's fighter planes unfeasible.
Therefore, the Japanese can only seek a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army's air force to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army's air force. Only in this way can the Japanese's operations on the front line be guaranteed to be uninterrupted. This is what the Japanese must do to achieve their third strategic goal...
The third strategic goal of the Japanese is to destroy the Chinese army and completely occupy China.
But if the Japanese can't even get custom air rights from the Eighth Route Army Air Force, then forget about this goal.
Wang Xuexin immediately ordered: "All pilots are ready to take off!"
"Prepare for takeoff!"
Following Yu Ping's order, the pilots of the First Air Force rushed out of the preparation room and ran towards their fighters. Those preparation rooms were actually just a few huts, which made the airport look a bit inconsistent... The most advanced at the moment
One of the fighter planes, but the background is a farmhouse and bungalows, some of which are filled with farm tools.
However, they were just preparing to take off. Wang Xuexin never gave the order to take off, which made Yu Ping a little anxious. He kept looking back at Wang Xuexin.
The correspondent reported from time to time: "One hundred and fifty kilometers, one hundred and thirty kilometers, one hundred and ten kilometers..."
The Japs' "Zero War" has a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour and can fly eight kilometers in one minute. For them, a hundred miles is only a matter of ten minutes.
Yu Ping became a little nervous. If this continued, it might be too late to intercept, and it might even be difficult to take off...
It wasn't until the Japs entered a hundred kilometers that Wang Xuexin loudly ordered: "Everyone take off!"
Yu Ping quickly ordered: "Everyone take off! Emergency take off!"
Yu Ping unconsciously added the word "emergency".
Wang Xuexin was actually taking a risk, because if he failed to control the situation at this time, the fighter plane would not have time to take off and would be blown up by the enemy at the airport.
On the other hand, it takes a certain amount of time for a fighter plane to accelerate after taking off. If it does not meet the enemy plane at its maximum speed, it will fall into a passive position.
But Wang Xuexin had no choice.
Because the range shortcoming of "La 5" is so serious, the longest range is only more than 900 kilometers, while the "Zero War" has more than 2,000 and nearly 3,000 kilometers.
What's more, during "La 5" combat, you need to use the highest speed throughout the entire process... The highest speed consumes more fuel, which is almost the state of modern fighter jets with afterburners turned on.
In this case, the range of "La 5" will be much shorter than the so-called "farthest range".
Therefore, Wang Xuexin could only try his best to gain some time in the air for "Pull 5".
Wang Xuexin thinks so:
Liyuan Airport is large enough, with a total of six runways and two backup runways. It only takes a few minutes to take off more than 100 fighter planes.
Then speed up the formation in the air and be ready for combat in about ten minutes, which is just before the enemy plane's timeout expires.
But that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is...
"Pull 5" does not go towards the enemy plane, but goes in the same direction as the enemy plane, which means it looks like it is about to "escape".
Of course, this is not really "escape", but the fighters are accelerating and forming a formation to gain time.
If the enemy and our aircraft groups are flying towards each other, then the battle will start in less than ten minutes, but if they are traveling in the same direction, our fighter planes will have sufficient preparation time.
Another reason is that Wang Xuexin hopes that this approach will make the Japanese pilots misjudge.
The problem is...the airport is likely to be bombed by the Japanese.
Because what the Eighth Route Army did was to allow the Japanese to fly over the airport.
But this is also what Wang Xuexin hopes...
If the Japanese fighter planes are bombing and strafing the airport like crazy, does that mean that the Japanese are consuming more fuel and ammunition?
This is a crucial battle, and Wang Xuexin must make every effort to find advantages for "La 5".
As for the airport being bombed... the planes have already flown into the air, there are other airports where they can land, and fuel, ammunition, etc. have been evacuated, and the ground personnel have hid in air raid shelters and let the devils blow them up!
Sure enough, Wang Xuexin's approach worked.
The Japanese Air Force saw the Eighth Route Army fighter planes taking off one after another and flying away from the airport from a distance. Everyone laughed:
"I thought it was going to be a big battle, but I didn't expect to run away as soon as I saw us!"
"Isn't that Mao Xiong's advanced fighter jet? I still want to see it!"
"Isn't it surprising? A pilot who has only been trained for a few months can take off smoothly. It's great!"
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Hashimoto Shaozuo watched from a distance, but felt that this matter was not as simple as others thought.
Because where can the Eighth Route Army Air Force escape to?
"Zero War" is famous for its long range, and it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army not to know this.
In other words, at any time, the "Zero War" can follow the Eighth Route Army fighters until they run out of fuel.
Therefore, the smartest thing for the Eighth Route Army to do is to fight them instead of escaping. They can't escape!
However, Hashimoto didn't say anything. He just ordered as usual: "The third team stayed to attack the airport, and the first and second teams continued to pursue the target!"
"yes!"
It is inevitable to separate a team to attack the airport, because no one can guarantee whether there are enemy fighter planes at the airport, and there may also be fuel and ammunition depots. How could you return empty-handed after finally making a trip to Baoshan?
So, a team of "zero battles" separated from the team and dived towards the airport.
At the same time, a Japanese bomber formation of more than 50 bombers 20 kilometers away also dropped the "Sakura Bomb"...
This is actually another point of consideration for Wang Xuexin.
If the Japanese had the "Sakura Bomb", it would be difficult for Liyuan Airport to avoid being bombed by the enemy.
Because the "Sakura Bomb" has a range of more than thirty kilometers.
In other words, the Eighth Route Army must intercept the Japanese bombers more than thirty kilometers away, otherwise the airport will definitely be bombed.
As a result, the "Pull 5" operation will appear very passive, because they must surround the enemy bombers.
Fighting like this is almost like letting "La 5" sneak into the trap set by the Japanese.
Chapter completed!