Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 834: Decisive Battle in the Sea of ​​Japan (1)

Liu Cuigang returned to Jinan Airport at full speed. As soon as he got off the plane, he saw division commander Tang Qiuli at the end of the runway. He immediately ran over and stood at attention and saluted: "Report to division commander, the aviation escort fighter formation has returned successfully, please give instructions."

Tang Qiuli looked at him with a smile and said: "Cui Gang, you fought well, forty-eight to zero, has the follow-up formation arrived?" Liu Cuigang replied: "Commander, Commander Le's formation has arrived above the fleet, and there are

An important situation is that when I was returning, I received a notification from the airport command post that the Japanese fleet was divided into two groups, the north and the south, and was attacking our fleet. The escort formation and fleet would definitely face a fierce battle. (Baidu search,) "

Tang Qiuli's face turned pale. The thing he was most worried about had appeared. The fleet attracted all the attention of the Japanese navy. It was expected that they would pursue them desperately. However, after this fierce battle, how much would the fleet lose?

If most of the main battleships of the Pacific Fleet were sunk by Japanese planes, the results of this carefully planned and painstaking operation would be greatly compromised. This is not the ending he wanted."

Tang Qiuli then asked: "Cui Gang, according to your judgment, is this all the force that the Japanese Navy can mobilize at present?" Liu Cuigang immediately grasped the true intention of the division commander. He thought sharply for a while and affirmed.

The reply was: "Division commander, based on the accumulated Japanese naval aircraft data from radar stations in various places of our aviation force, the more than 320 aircraft should be the entire air force of the Japanese mainland and the Korean Peninsula."

"Oh" Tang Qiuli raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, and then asked: "Cui Gang, what do you think?" Liu Cuigang gritted his teeth, with a fierce light in his eyes, and replied: "Sir, my suggestion is,

Dispatch all fighter jets to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese Navy's land-based air force and completely eliminate the air threat to our fleet."

Tang Qiuli's eyes flashed sharply, and he said: "Cui Gang, if you mean to press them all, there will inevitably be an obvious gap in the escort time of the fleet. If the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy fleet attack me at this time,

The fleet launches an attack, how should we respond?"

Liu Cuigang replied firmly: "Commander, according to the location of several main fleets of the Japanese Navy, their carrier-based aircraft cannot reach the sea area where our fleet is located. Captain Tang and others can only get closer to the cruise radius of our land-based aviation force, the closer they will be."

The safer we are, the more effective the air cover we provide will be."

The exchange between Tang Qiuli and Liu Cuigang seemed ordinary, but in fact it changed the established combat deployment of continuous escort of multiple formations, and a decisive battle with the Japanese naval aviation in the Korean Strait. This was actually a kind of

The gamble was that the fleet would not be attacked by carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese Navy during the period when there was no escort fighter group.

Liu Cuigang's judgment gave Tang Qiuli confidence. He nodded towards Liu Cuigang and said, "Okay, Cuigang, just follow what we agreed and you go organize and implement it." Liu Cuigang knew the weight of this decision, and he knew nothing about it.

He didn't say anything, just gave a solemn military salute, turned around and ran to the tarmac.

The scene of more than 600 fighter jets taking off was spectacular. Jinan Airport was boiling with excitement. Battalions of fighter jets took off into the sky and rushed straight into the blue sky. Tang Qiuli watched the fleet disappear into the sky and did not leave for a long time.

When I went there, the airport seemed unusually empty. Just like his current mood, all his possessions had been used for another possession that he longed for. As the stall got bigger and bigger, there were more things that couldn't be accommodated.

many.

While all the fighter jets of the ** Division Air Force at Jinan Airport rushed to the fighting area, the returning fleet and escort aircraft group on the Sea of ​​Japan were facing an unprecedented fierce battle.

Le Yiqin, who arrived at the fleet ten minutes ahead of the Japanese naval fleet, only had five minutes to deploy and fight. Five minutes, for a high-speed fighter jet, is only the blink of an eye. "Order, first, second,

The Third Group immediately engaged the Japanese aircraft coming from the direction of the Korean Peninsula. The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Groups immediately engaged the Japanese aircraft coming from the direction of the Japanese mainland. The other groups were on alert above the fleet to intercept Japanese bombers and dive torpedo planes.

Attack on the fleet."

Dividing the troops to fight, everyone in that direction is at a disadvantage. This is the only tactic Le Yiqin can adopt. If more than 320 Japanese aircraft are allowed to break into the fleet, it will be tantamount to annihilation for the fleet.

For two, rush towards various targets.

"Commander Le, I am Tang Qiuquan. The aircraft carrier-based aircraft formation has 116 fighter planes, ready to take off. They are under your command." This is Qiuquan calling him. Le Yiqin was overjoyed. At the most critical moment, there was

With the addition of these fighter jets, the disadvantage compared with the number of Japanese aircraft has been sharply reduced.

"Captain Hao Tang, thank you fleet aviation," Le Yiqin shouted, and then ordered: "Attention, carrier-based aircraft formation, your formation is responsible for protecting the safety of the fleet, and other brigades immediately rushed to the two air combat areas," Le Yiqin's

The order, through an interpreter, reached the ears of every Soviet carrier-based aircraft pilot.

"Master Hala!" These Soviet carrier-based aircraft pilots applauded together. This Chinese air combat commander who had never met before had absolutely correct tactical arrangements. The threat of Japanese "Zero" fighter jets to surface ships was negligible. The biggest threat was

Those bombers carrying heavy aerial bombs, and the dive torpedo planes that are the most threatening to ships.

All carrier-based aircraft are lethal weapons against the Japanese. No one can do a better job than him in escorting the Japanese fighter jets. If all the aircraft are pulled into the air combat area to intercept the Japanese fighter jets, they will give bombers and dive torpedoes a chance.

machine, leaving an opportunity to attack the ship.

Le Yiqin gave an order to make these proud Soviet carrier-based aircraft pilots obey the orders obediently. No matter who they were, they all admired the strong.

The escort formation aircraft, plus carrier-based aircraft, have almost the same number of combat aircraft as the incoming Japanese aircraft. Le Yiqin's confidence has greatly increased. This is a head-to-head air battle. Unless the opponent is knocked to the bottom of the sea, he will not be able to do anything.

Stop, the Japanese Navy's land-based combat aircraft formation received a death order from Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, and the ** division's escort fighter formation collectively made a guarantee to the division commander Tang Qiuli.

The ** Division aviation formations that attacked Japanese aircraft from the north and south were in a desperate posture. When the Japanese aircraft arrived outside the fleet warning circle, they blocked the way of the Japanese aircraft group. The air entered a fever pitch from the beginning. The commander of the Japanese fighter formation

, seeing the Chinese fighter jets, they all threw themselves into the air battle with their own fleet.

I was overjoyed, the stupid Chinese, this created an opportunity for the Imperial Navy's bombers and torpedo planes, and immediately issued an order: "Fight, Imperial Air Warriors, entangling the Chinese fighter jets is victory."

Le Yiqin piloted the fighter plane in a dive and put a Japanese fighter jet into the sight. The Japanese fighter plane secretly bit the tail of a Chinese fighter jet without knowing it.

The 8.8mm caliber machine gun shell left the barrel and penetrated hard into the body of the Japanese aircraft.

With a loud "boom", the Japanese aircraft exploded into a black smoke cloud in the sky. Le Yiqin's fighter plane roared past the smoke cloud, nodded with satisfaction, and opened the scoring.

The sky is filled with the screams of fighter jets, and strings of bullets create chains of fire in the air. Fighters from both sides chase each other, fly up and down, and engage in melee. This is a battle of will, technology, and tactics. The ** Division Air Force

Although the number of fighter planes was smaller than that of the Japanese aircraft, they were able to maintain a local advantage and suddenly disrupted the Japanese fighter formation.

The commander of the Japanese fighter formation adopted a cunning tactic of fighting and withdrawing at the same time, gradually drawing the Chinese fighter jets away from the fleet. Japanese bombers and torpedo planes got the opportunity to swoop towards the seemingly defenseless fleet like wasps.

The commander of the Japanese fighter formation showed a proud smile. Even if the inferior Chinese people could fly their planes into the sky, they would not engage in an air battle to escort the fleet. With a little trick, they could suppress the Chinese planes until they could not be rescued.

area, and after the bombers and torpedo planes have achieved glorious results, they will deal with these Chinese people ruthlessly and turn them into a pile of scrap metal on the bottom of the Sea of ​​Japan.

This guy did not participate in the air battle, but hid in the distance to command. Instead, he put most of his energy into attacking the fleet. He knew very well that this was the focus of the attack. As long as he could sink the fleeing Russian fleet, it would be a big deal.

Credit.

Tang Yunfei, captain of the 1st Squadron of the 9th Battalion of the ** Division Aviation, led the squadron's five fighter jets in a two-plane formation combat mode. The entire squadron had shot down two Japanese fighter jets, but he himself had not yet killed the Japs with his own hands.

aircraft.

Compared with the air battle with the Soviets over Seyinshanda in Outer Mongolia, the scale this time was obviously much larger. There were Japanese fighter jets in front and behind. This was Tang Yunfei's second time to participate in an air battle. He was a little nervous.

After driving away the two Japanese fighter jets that threatened his teammates with his wingman, he turned around and first rejoined the battle circle.

A thin cloud floated by, and a Japanese fighter jet showed its sneaky figure. A little further away, there were two Japanese fighter jets, hovering behind like guards. Tang Yunfei thought about it, "If you don't participate in the air battle, there are still fighter jets to protect you."

, could this guy be the commander of the Japanese fighter formation? Ignore him, just kill him."

"Wingmen follow me and attack," Tang Yunfei gave a short order. With a push of the throttle, the Soviet fighter jets flew towards the three strange Japanese aircraft like arrows, with the wingmen following closely behind.

Tang Yunfei guessed correctly. The target he wanted to attack was none other than the supreme commander of the Japanese aircraft fleet, Rear Admiral Oshima Isamu, a general-level commander who personally flew into the air to command operations. In the history of Japanese naval aviation, this was the first

It is extremely rare. If His Excellency Mitsumasa Yoneuchi, the Minister of the Navy, had not pressed hard, Oshima would not have taken this risk.

(To be continued)