Age of Conquest Reborn

Seeing Major General Kawashima, he still didn't understand. General Ito, who was obviously in a good mood, continued to explain patiently: "After destroying the American planes, the U.S. troops who counterattacked were just a gift to our door. We have

The attack force of more than 90,000 people. After the U.S. military suffered heavy losses, how many troops were left to surround the Americans? It was easy to order the attack force to bring in the counterattacking U.S. troops. We were in the first position and completely eliminated the second U.S. military force.

The three armies!”

Chief of Staff Kawashima's thoughts suddenly became clear. Although he prided himself on his intelligence and intelligence, he was far inferior to General Ito in terms of battle command. On a complex and ever-changing battlefield, he could keenly seize all available opportunities and achieve victory.

The best result is General Ito, who is worthy of being a famous general of the Imperial Army. Major General Kawashima's eyes show unabashed admiration and admiration!

General Ito enjoyed this feeling very much, but he pretended to be profound and said: "Kawashima-kun, all my deployments are based on the Imperial Army Air Force's ability to destroy American aircraft. As for the final result,

, it all depends on the performance of our empire’s air warriors!”

At about 5:30 in the morning on August 13, a Japanese fighter formation composed of several small groups appeared in front of the US military aircraft group that was covering the US infantry counterattack. After approaching the US military aircraft group, it immediately divided into multiple channels, roughly

As a group, a squadron launched a ferocious attack on the US military aircraft fleet. The number of Japanese fighter jets now present was less than one-fifth of the number of US military aircraft.

Colonel Rijkaard, commander of the air formation of the U.S. First Air Force, immediately separated a considerable number of fighter jets from his own fleet to meet them. Dozens of U.S. and Japanese fighter jets began to fly up and down in the pre-dawn sky.

A tumbling fight broke out.

In terms of the performance of fighter jets, the fighter jets prepared by the Japanese Air Force are basically the same as those equipped by the U.S. Air Force. However, the biggest gap lies in the morale and actual combat experience of the pilots. The Japanese fighter pilots are aggressive as soon as they come up.

In a desperate posture, each one of them was like a desperado who had had enough of life, biting a US fighter jet and trying to strangle it to death.

He turned a blind eye to the machine gun bullets fired by other U.S. fighter planes covering the ground. Under such a desperate fighting style, the same number of U.S. fighter jets were no match for the Japanese fighter jets. In less than ten minutes of fighting, there were five U.S. fighter jets.

He was shot down by a Japanese fighter jet, and he plunged to the ground with his whole body on fire. A ball of fire suddenly burst out, but only one Japanese fighter jet was lost!

Moreover, there were Japanese fighter jets that broke through the obstruction of the U.S. fighter jets. They rushed into the formation of U.S. bombers and fired wildly. Several more U.S. bombers were beaten until they were covered in smoke and floated crookedly to the distant sea.

Even if you think about it with the back of your head, those bombers may not be able to escape their doom, but seven or eight Japanese fighter jets smashed into pieces the formation of the US bomber group supporting the ground counterattack.

Colonel Rijkaard was so angry that he cursed Commander Whiteman in his heart, "What a fucking stupid command. The fighter jets were originally used for air combat, but that guy just ordered a ground attack. He didn't know what to do with an amateur."

Logically speaking, without Commander Whiteman’s order to use all the fighter planes, there are only sixty or so Japanese fighter planes, and they would be able to make Japanese dumplings in no time!”

After another ten minutes, the small Japanese aircraft group became more and more noisy, which had already affected the aircraft group's ability to cover the infantry counterattack. Colonel Rijkaard felt that this could not continue like this and that the troublesome Japanese fighter planes should be killed first.

I'm about to call Colonel Frasis, the commander of the air formation of the Second Air Force.

"Colonel Frasis, I have a suggestion. Use all the fighter planes of our First Air Force to surround and kill the more than 60 Japanese fighter planes that are causing trouble. All the fighter planes of your Second Air Force will continue to support the counterattack of the ground forces.

, what’s your opinion?” Colonel Frasis said in a consultative tone.

Colonel Frasis was also disturbed by the Japanese fighter jets. He and Colonel Rijkaard had similar ideas. They both scorned Commander Whiteman's order. What the hell is this? Using fighter jets for air combat.

When it comes to using ground attack aircraft, Whiteman doesn't know how to do it, but he doesn't dare to disobey the headquarters' orders. He just pinches his nose to support. When he heard Colonel Frasis's suggestion, he immediately agreed.

"Colonel Rijkaard, I very much agree with your suggestion. For the sake of God, your First Air Force, send those naughty yellow-skinned Japanese monkeys to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. I have been given a very headache by them.

! But, don’t you want to report to Major General Whiteman first?” Colonel Frasis reminded with some humor.

Colonel Rijkaard said contemptuously: "Report it to him, it's a waste of time. Does he understand what air combat is?" More than 280 fighter jets of the US First Air Force immediately withdrew from the battlefield airspace, and in Rijkaard

Colonel De's commander divided them into two groups and aggressively surrounded the more than 60 Japanese fighter jets from left to right. Their posture looked like they were trying to swallow up the Japanese fighter group in one go.

Seeing more than 200 US fighter jets approaching, the Japanese fighter jets seemed to be in a bit of confusion. They did not bother to form a formation, and immediately withdrew from the battle and retreated towards the Babuyan Strait. How could Colonel Rijkaard let go of these who had just taken advantage?

The Japanese fighter jets immediately ordered: "Attention, all wings, use the fastest speed to grab the Japanese fighter jets and shoot them all down in the airspace of Luzon Island!"

Major Yamazaki, the commander of the Japanese fighter air formation, looked back at the dark and hot pursuit of the U.S. fighter group. A ferocious sneer appeared on his face, and he turned on the intercom, "Commander Kashima, this is Major Yamazaki, the commander of the decoy aircraft group.

To report to you, the US military fighter group, about 200 fighter jets, are chasing us. I have commanded the group to withdraw to the ambush airspace. Report completed!"

Major General Kashima, the commander of the Japanese Kashima Air Force, said excitedly: "Kanishi, Major Yamazaki, you have to act realistically and don't let the commander of the U.S. military fleet see any flaws. You can lure the U.S. military fleet into an ambush by our air force."

Area, you have done a great job!"

At this time, the ground battle had also undergone a reversal of change. Above their heads, the US soldiers supported by hundreds of aircraft seemed to have forgotten the fear of the past and burst out with great courage. Commander Whiteman's reaction was

The assault went extremely smoothly. He continued to receive reports, "Commander, our counterattack troops have broken through the Japanese siege and joined forces with the first line of defense. Now, we are continuing to expand our results and regain our positions!"

After receiving similar reports one after another, Commander Whiteman felt a little unreal and illusory. He really didn't expect that the second-line troops, only about 24,000 people, launched a counterattack against more than 90,000 Japanese troops and actually achieved victory.

With such a victory, plus the number of troops persisting on the front line, there will not be more than 50,000 people. Even if it is a cooperation between inside and outside, it should not be so smooth, right? Is there any Japanese conspiracy in it?

But no matter how hard Commander Whiteman tried, he couldn't figure out the conspiracy. In the end, he attributed the counterattack so smoothly to the hundreds of planes of the two air fleets. Only such fierce aerial firepower could achieve the current results.

effect.

After the fighter group of the US First Air Force chased the Japanese fighter jets, less than ten minutes later, another small group of Japanese fighter jets appeared in the sky. However, this time the number seemed to be larger, about eighty or so.

As soon as they came up, they were exactly the same as the tactics used by the previous Japanese fighter groups. They pounced on them like they were desperate and fought against the overwhelmingly superior number of American fighter groups and the bomber group that bombarded the Japanese troops indiscriminately.

Colonel Frasis understood Colonel Rijkaard's distress. He allocated almost half of his fighter jets to fight against the Japanese fighter jets. However, he was unable to completely prevent the Japanese fighter jets from attacking his bomber group. He watched more than a dozen of them

The bomber was beaten by Japanese fighter jets and was covered in fireworks. He fell to the ground and turned into a ball of fire. He could no longer control his emotions.

Ordered all the fighter jets to immediately surround the Japanese fighter jets. Just like the previous situation, the Japanese fighter jets were not willing to fight. After taking advantage, they turned around and ran away. The direction of the run was towards the waters of Lingayen Gulf. Colonel Vlassis bit

Ya, ordered the bomber group to continue to perform the mission of supporting the ground troops' offensive. He commanded more than 300 fighter jets, chasing after them like a strong wind. At the same time, Major General Araki, commander of the Japanese Araki Air Force, also received a successful message.

A report that lured a group of U.S. fighter jets into pursuit.

After receiving reports from Major General Kashima and Major General Araki, General Ito said to Chief of Staff Major General Kawashima: "Kawashima-kun, we are in sight of victory. Order the Kuroda Air Force to divide the troops into three groups, two of which will participate in

The air battle encircled the US fighter jets and shot down all the US bombers on the way to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Then I told the three air force commanders that after the air battle was over, I invited them to drink sake!"

It is impossible to know what kind of bad situation the nearly 600 fighter jets of the two U.S. Air Forces encountered. The result of the pursuit was that two U.S. fighter groups were in the Babuyan Strait airspace more than 100 kilometers away from Luzon Island.

The airspace of Lingayen Gulf, which is more than 80 kilometers away, was ambushed by Japanese fighter jets twice their own size. The US and Japanese air fleets immediately launched a battle. On the battlefield in the Southwest Pacific, the number of fighter jets was very different.

The great air battle.

On the battlefield in the Calais Mountains, the U.S. bomber group that continued to support the ground forces' counterattack was suddenly attacked by Japanese fighter jets. An hour later, the U.S. bomber group, which had lost the escort of fighter jets, was completely wiped out. Commander Whiteman learned the above

When the news came out, it was already around 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning on August 13th.

(To be continued)