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Text Chapter 361 Aerial encounter

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    Not only did Chen Xi know that under his so-called Tokyo base camp, which was almost crazy at all costs, the vitality of the Kwantung Army aviation force had been restored to most of its strength.  Moreover, as an intermediate commander of the aviation force, he also knew that the Japanese army had recently transferred a batch of extremely high-performance new fighter jets from China and the border, as well as a large number of veteran pilots.

    This new type of fighter jet of the Japanese army not only has excellent mid- and low-altitude combat performance, but also has extremely amazing endurance.  It is far from comparable to the Type 97 fighter jets equipped before.  If it takes off from the Xinjing and Hunchun lines, its ultra-long flight range will put almost the entire base area within its combat range.

    ??Although there are not many of these new fighter jets.  But when the bombers were covering the base areas, the fighter units suffered a lot.  Even the latest P-40 fighter is not its opponent.  Coupled with the difference in pilot quality, the Anti-Alliance aviation suffered heavy losses in the air battle.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that there are only about twenty new fighter jets, the number would be too small.  In addition, the Japanese army was too conservative in the use of tactics in air battles, and was worried that this new type of fighter jet would go too deep into the base area and fall into the hands of the Anti-Japanese Alliance due to battle damage or accidents such as getting lost.  The restriction of the combat range of this aircraft has resulted in a small number of dispatches of this new type of aircraft. I am afraid that the losses of the Anti-Alliance Aviation Force, which is at a disadvantage in combat performance, will be even greater.

    Even so, in the face of this new Japanese fighter that is extremely fast and extremely flexible in air combat, the P-39 fighter, the main fighter of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, still paid one to three, four, or even one to five.  a heavy price.  Under this situation, it would be too dangerous to enter the Northeast without fighter escort.

    Especially on this route, a considerable part of the voyage passes over the important route for the Japanese army to supply the 23rd Division stationed in Hailar.  When the Kwantung Army was unable to evacuate the 23rd Division, in order to ensure the safety of the Japanese supply line in Hailar, it often dispatched aircraft to patrol this route and took the opportunity to bomb the troops stationed in Qiqihar.

    The aviation unit stationed in Qiqihar is to ensure the air defense of the Qiqihar area on the one hand, and to cut off the supply line of the Kwantung Army to the Japanese army in Hailar on the other.  Planes were also dispatched many times to compete for air supremacy and to bomb Japanese supply convoys.  The sky above this area is still one of the main battlefields where the two sides are fighting in the air.

    This transport plane was unarmed except for the pilot in the cabin and the rifles and pistols in the hands of Yang Zhen's security squad.  Not to mention the ultra-long range and excellent combat performance encountered by the Japanese army.  Moreover, compared with the previous Japanese Type 97 fighter jets, which were only equipped with two 77mm machine guns, the weapons and equipment have been greatly improved, and were replaced by two fighter jets with 20mm caliber machine guns.  Even the old Type 97 fighter jets can be shot down easily.

    Chen Xi also knew that the guard squad around No. 1 was very powerful, even though it only had one squad.  But on the ground, even if faced with a squadron of Japanese troops, they could hold on for at least an hour.  But this is in the air. Even if they all have three heads and six arms, there is no room for them to show their abilities.

    For Yang Zhen¡¯s safety, Chen Xi sent a telegram to Qiqihar using the expedited code without even having time to ask for instructions when Yang Zhen insisted on the route he came from.  Let them immediately send out no less than one squadron of aircraft to respond over the Sunit Left Banner.

    Since it was a key area of ??confrontation with the Japanese army, the aviation force deployed an entire combat group in Qiqihar with two fighter groups, two Il-4 bombers, and a Su-2 light bomber squadron, as well as a fleet of miscellaneous aircraft from the previous model.  A mixed group of bombers.

    Although the Il-4 bombers and Su-2 light bombers are seizing the time to train, they have not yet fully formed combat effectiveness.  The bombing of the supply lines of the Japanese 23rd Division was mainly carried out by the mixed group equipped with German-made, Polish-made, and captured Japanese bombers.

    "But the pilots of the two P-39 Flying Snake fighter groups deployed there, with a total of 64 fighter jets, are far from rich in actual combat experience.  But compared with the bomber pilots who are completing the final conversion training, they have completed all training strictly and experienced actual combat tests.  With a sufficient number of aircraft and experienced pilots, there is absolutely no problem in protecting the safety of No. 1.

    With the support of the Qiqihar Air Force, at least safety is guaranteed.  Even if he received a scolding afterward, as long as No. 1 could reach the base safely, it wouldn't matter to Chen Xi.  The world is big and the safety of No. 1 is the greatest. This is the only thought in Chen Xi's mind at this moment.

    At this time, Liming, the deputy chief of staff in charge of aviation training, who was inspecting the conversion of bomber units in Qiqihar, received a telegram from Chen Xi and learned that No. 1 was actually going to return directly through the Japanese-occupied areas without escort.Finally, I couldn't help being shocked.

    After receiving Chen Xi¡¯s request for reinforcements, Dawn knew that the current situation on this route was very different from a few months ago.  Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately took off from Qiqihar with a squadron of the most powerful fighter jets and headed for the so-called Manchuria-Mongolia border area in Sunit Left Banner to meet them.

    Fortunately, the American fighter jets were already equipped with radio communication systems at this time, and the transport plane transporting Yang Zhen was also equipped with a high-power wireless communication system due to special needs.  It can communicate with the air or the ground via voice or password within a certain range.

    The communication equipment is complete, allowing Liming to maintain contact with Chen Xi since Qiqihar took off.  Coupled with the fact that Liming, who is the deputy chief of staff of the aviation force, personally leads the team, the overall coordination between the two aspects is better.  They responded to the fleet and easily reunited with Yang Zhen's special plane over the Sunit Left Banner.

    Seeing the P-39 fighter jets flying over the window, Yang Zhen didn't say anything, but his slightly furrowed brows showed his dissatisfaction.  Although his dissatisfaction was not because Chen Xi mobilized the aviation force stationed in Qiqihar to respond without asking for instructions.  It was more because he was dissatisfied with the idea that a plane would mobilize so many people just for himself.  But the frown still made Chen Xi startled.

    Although he was shocked, the subsequent development of the incident still made Chen Xi think that he had communicated with the Qiqihar base without asking for instructions, and asked the garrison there to dispatch aircraft to escort the action. This move was simply outrageous.  So true.

    Soon after the special plane carrying Yang Zhen and the fighter group coming to meet him met over the Sunit Left Banner, they met six Japanese Type 97 fighter jets covering a transport plane over the Horqin Right Center Flag.  But what was previously just a squadron-level air battle, because Yang Zhen was in the air, eventually turned into an aerial melee involving nearly a hundred aircraft each.

    When the enemy and we encountered each other in the air, Yang Zhen and the escorting fleet chose a relatively safe altitude of about six thousand meters to ensure safety.  Surprisingly, the six Japanese Type 97 fighter jets that escorted them chose to cruise at an altitude of six thousand meters, which was not able to exert their best performance.

    Since there have been many air battles in this area before, both sides are prepared for encounters at any time during the flight, and it is not that they are unprepared.  In order to ensure the safety of Chief No. 1, the anti-alliance party was extremely careful and cautious during the escort.  The Japanese army, which had suffered heavy losses in air battles many times, was also very cautious.

    Both sides were quite cautious, and almost unanimously chose to fly at about six thousand meters where they could have a height advantage.  After all, in this era of air combat, whoever seizes the altitude will have a certain advantage.  But it was a coincidence that they met at a height where both parties thought they were relatively safe.

    They were all flying at the same altitude and discovered both opponents at almost the same time. They all desperately called for reinforcements while detaching some fighter jets to rush towards the opponents.  Try to entangle the opponent's fighter jets and cover the aircraft you are covering to get out of the battlefield.

    Although the four Japanese aircraft that rushed over were quite life-threatening, the pilots used their best combat skills and tried their best to cling to the eight P-39 fighters that also rushed towards them.  However, the performance gap and numerical disadvantage of the aircraft between the two sides cannot be made up by the bravery of the pilots alone.

    The two sides fought from 6,000 meters to 3,000 meters, and the result was not surprising.  After fifteen minutes of air combat, all four Type 97 fighter jets were shot down.  Of the eight P-39 fighter jets that rushed to attack, only one was slightly injured, which did not affect its flight.  Four to zero, a clean air battle ended with a complete victory for the Anti-Allied Air Force.

    Knowing that this place is not far away from the Wangye Temple Airport where a whole Japanese flying team is stationed, Dawn, who has Japanese reinforcement planes arriving at any time, did not wait for the final result of the air battle.  Not to mention taking the opportunity to find trouble with the remaining two Japanese Type 97 fighter jets that were desperately trying to speed up and leave the battlefield as quickly as possible, as well as the transport plane converted from the Type 97 bomber that they were protecting.

    Liming ordered Chen Xi, who was piloting Yang Zhen¡¯s special plane, to immediately increase his speed and fly towards Qiqihar under the cover of the remaining four P-39 fighter jets.  It's not that Li Ming is timid, it's actually No. 1 on the plane.  He did not dare to take the risk of plane No. 1 being attacked, but instead deal with the remaining Japanese planes that were desperately trying to escape.

    Although he did not pursue the Japanese planes that fled in a hurry, he was worried that it was too close to Wangye Temple Airport, so he wanted to protect Yang Zhen's safety.  On the one hand, Chen Xi was ordered to speed up and return to Qiqihar.  On the one hand, all fighters stationed in Qiqihar were ordered, except for one squadron left to serve as an airfield.Outside the sky, the rest immediately took off and immediately sent reinforcements to the front line of Horqin Banner as quickly as possible.

    Even a P-40 fighter brigade that arrived at Qiqihar Airport with him and had just completed initial conversion training and was originally planning to go into actual combat after a period of adaptive training was transferred over by Liming.  For the absolute safety of No. 1, Li Ming is willing to do whatever it takes
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