Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1390 Scissors over Yiling!

 The uninformed Chinese people on the ground didn’t know what they were feeling at that moment, but judging from their faces, they were extremely panicked.

 But the faces of the wise man named Chen and several other fuling officials who were about to pee were filled with joy.

They knew that those planes rushing down from higher altitudes were definitely not Japanese planes. They should be the six Wildcat fighter jets that escorted the special plane to Yiling.

No wonder Tang Dao was so calm and spoke so loudly. He had actually arranged for the six new American fighter jets to be on alert at high altitudes before entering the city, waiting for the Japanese planes to fall into their trap.

From this tactical perspective alone, choosing him to be the person in charge of security for this operation to protect the souls and return to the capital proved that he was right.

That's right, combined with the actions of the Japanese in the past and the current determination of the Japanese army to capture Yiling, Tang Dao judged that the Japanese army would never miss this great opportunity to use the general's coffin to enter the city to undermine the morale of the Chinese soldiers and civilians, so before entering the city, he radioed Six Wildcat fighter jets headed by Shen Chonghai were ordered to take off and patrol at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters.

 This is also the reason why the Chinese people cannot hear the roar of aircraft engines. An altitude of 6,000 meters is considered a low altitude for future fighters, but it is already an extremely high altitude for current fighters.

Take the Zero fighter currently equipped by the Japanese army. Perhaps its maneuverability and flexible performance and ultra-high range can be regarded as the top fighter performance of the era in 1940, but its biggest shortcoming is that its ceiling is insufficient. At 4200 meters In the above high-altitude combat, its maneuverability will plummet.

"Don't panic, everyone, that's our fighter jet!" The think tank surnamed Chen, who had regained some courage, saw that the people around him were obviously agitated, and quickly shouted to comfort them.

 That's our fighter plane? It was hard for the people to believe it when they saw a few small black dots rushing down from high altitude.

It’s not that they have never seen fighter planes. Since the Battle of Zaoyi, the Japanese army has violently attacked Yiling, and fighter planes from both sides have engaged in air battles over Yiling no less than twice. However, Chinese aircraft are basically biplanes.

This kind of fighter plane is getting clearer and clearer in the field of vision. Although its specific appearance is still unclear, it can basically be seen clearly whether it has a single wing or double wings.

Compared with the panicked Chinese soldiers and civilians on the ground, Captain Saburo Shinteng who was in the air finally realized something was wrong after the Chinese fighter plane entered a dive state for more than ten seconds and the altitude dropped to 4,000 meters.

Looking up, he saw that less than 2,000 meters away from his fighter plane were several huge dark gray fighter planes arriving at lightning speed.

In terms of size, the Zero fighter is 9 meters long and has a wingspan of 12 meters. It is actually longer than the Wildcat fighter, which is 8.7 meters long and has a wingspan of 11.6 meters. However, the Wildcat fighter carries six 12.7 mm machine guns, and the cockpit and fuel tanks are armored. Protection, the entire aircraft's dead weight is nearly one ton heavier than the Zero aircraft, and it looks very strong.

This is also the main reason why the engine of the Wildcat fighter is 20% more powerful than the Zero fighter, but its maximum speed, hovering speed, range and climb rate are still far inferior to the latter.

But just from the perspective of appearance, the Wildcat fighter is far more powerful than the lightweight Zero fighter.

Especially before departure yesterday, in order not to offend the Japanese too much, all six Wildcat fighter jets were painted with new paint. A shark with a huge mouth was painted on the nose of the aircraft, and the fuselage was painted with Dark gray paint obliterated the original white five-pointed star, but instead of painting the blue sky and white sun flag, the aircraft number was spray-painted.

Since these fighter planes are only leased by the Americans to the Chinese Air Force and have not yet been officially incorporated into the fleet, there is no way to give them official aircraft numbers. Each of the six Chinese pilots chose a number as the number of their own aircraft.

Shen Chonghai chose 9035, which was his mother’s birthday. He believed that his mother would definitely bless his son, which also meant that if he died in battle, he would definitely remember his mother.

Zhang Dafei thought about it and wrote down the number 3816. Perhaps only Tang Dao knew it. That was the time and age when he and Ms. Qi Bangyuan met at Nankai Middle School.

Standing from the perspective of a Japanese pilot, watching six ferocious sharks charging at them with their mouths wide open, even if they are not frightened and their hairs stand on end, they will definitely be highly nervous.

"Yo Xi! They are Chinese. Gentlemen, let us teach them a lesson and put on a brilliant fireworks show for the Chinese generals who have died in the battle! Use Chinese blood and fighter planes!" Captain Saburo Shindo reacted without being surprised. Hi, pull up the rudder and push the throttle lever hard.

Today is the first time that the Zero fighter has been put into actual combat, but Captain Saburo Shindo, who has flown Type 96 and Type 97 as well as American Hawker-class fighters, clearly knows that the performance of the aircraft he controls is completely inferior to what he controls. Fighters from any country that I know of, including the weak Chinese Air Force, have nothing to fear, even if their planes are painted with hideous but ridiculous patterns.

 The engines of the four Zero fighter jets that were diving into the sky above Yiling City made a huge roar, deafening.

The entire aircraft body was like a nimble swallow, flying from an altitude of less than 2,000 meters in the sight of China's hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians. Then, the aircraft's nose was raised high, and it quickly climbed to 3,000 meters at a hair-raising speed. .

 The entire climb takes only one minute!

 The Chinese soldiers and civilians on the ground may not understand this concept, but Shen Chonghai and others in the sky have cold sweat on their foreheads.

 They are all elite pilots of the Chinese Air Force and know what it means to climb nearly 1,000 meters per minute.

  The climb speed of the Yi-15, the main model of China's flying brigades, is 13.7 per second, which is about 820 meters per minute when converted. The climb speed of the Hawk III fighter is even slower, about 650 meters per minute.

Even if they are flying a Wildcat fighter with a 1,200-horsepower engine, if the throttle lever is pushed to the end, the climb speed will not exceed 700 meters per minute.

 That also means that all types of fighters currently owned by the Chinese Air Force will be beaten by the Japanese aircraft in terms of climbing speed.

 The climb rate not only means that you can gain a high-altitude advantage faster, it also means that the Japanese aircraft in front of you is extremely maneuverable.

"Da Fei and I, one of us grabbed a Japanese plane and fought with it. The other four, in a two-plane formation, followed the scissors tactics formulated by the commander to kill the little Japanese. Everyone remember, these 6 fighters may be The only asset that our air force has to fight against the Japanese new fighters must not be destroyed easily," Shen Chonghai calmly issued the order on the radio channel.

Shen Chonghai, who has participated in more than ten air battles, large and small, is no longer the young and inexperienced young man he was. The air force lieutenant who has been promoted to squadron leader knows what he wants to do now, and he is even more considerate of the future battlefield.

Although there is a gap between the maneuverability of the Wildcat fighter and the unknown model of Japanese aircraft in front of me, the Wildcat with fierce firepower, rough skin and strong horsepower is still far ahead of all current models of the Chinese Air Force in terms of performance. So, then It is the largest capital of the Chinese Air Force at present.

Life is not a pity, but fighter planes are valuable. He must not let his brothers easily die with the enemy planes, so he deliberately reminded them before the war started.

 “Understood!” the other five pilots replied on the wireless channel.

The tactics deployed before the war were naturally not formulated before boarding the plane. They were purely improvised based on the number of enemy aircraft.

Yesterday, Tang Dao defeated Lieutenant Scott with one punch and flew into the sky in a Wildcat fighter jet as an army colonel. This completely shocked a group of arrogant American pilots. The American pilots who were willing to be instructors spent a full 6 Hours of instruction in flying Wildcat fighter jets.

He and Zhang Dafei, who had just returned to China after training in the United States for a year and a half, were praised by Lieutenant Scott. He believed that they were the most talented pilots in China and would definitely have the opportunity to join the ranks of ace pilots.

Then the two best pilots will have to entangle the single Japanese aircraft so that they cannot rescue their teammates, while the other four need to take advantage of the number of people to shoot down the Japanese aircraft using the scissors tactics Tang Dao formulated for them at dinner. .

Shen Chonghai still clearly remembers every word Tang Dao said when he dismantled the flight tactics on the small blackboard for the six of them.

“I don’t know if you believe it or not, but I am actually a complete layman when it comes to air combat tactics. What would you do if you encounter a Japanese Type 96 Type 97 fighter?”

"We will rely on the Wildcat fighter's powerful firepower and excellent protection capabilities to bite them and shoot them down. Even if it is the slower Hawker II fighter, we are not afraid of them." Zhang Dafei answered with great confidence.

“Then let me ask you, if the Japanese army sends out a new type of fighter aircraft whose maneuverability is significantly better than the Type 96 Type 97 or even the Wildcat fighter, what will you do?”

"The only choice is to fight him. If you can't fight with one, then use two, three or even more. In short, we can't let the Japanese devils run wild in front of us, unless one day all the Chinese air force will die." A man named Lin Heng's pilot replied with a fearless expression.

Tang Dao felt familiar with Lin Heng's name before, but he didn't chat in detail because the American pilot wanted to talk to him. After dinner, they became familiar with it, and Tang Dao finally knew who this person was.

He is a descendant of the famous Lin family. In the past, he was not famous because he died too early. However, his sister and brother-in-law will become famous architects in China in the future. Because of the sacrifices of his younger brother and eight of his aviation school classmates, he wrote The famous "Crying Third Brother Heng".

"This cold and simple heroism is the poetry of the times. This silent glory is you."

 Since I completely understand, why am I still crying to you?

 Just because you are a child and have nothing left for yourself

 Hours later, I look forward to your happiness and your safety during the war.

Today you have no children to worry about and need care and comfort.

 Thousands of people in the country have forgotten who you died for! "

Tang Dao didn't know about this young pilot who died at the age of only 23, but he heard about his sister who also passed away in the prime of life. In order to protect the ancient buildings of Yanjing City, she questioned her to a deputy ministerial official. Who do you think you are?' He responded sharply: "My Lin family has been loyal for generations, and my third brother died fighting for the country, so who do you think you are?" It was really shocking.

Now it seems that the two siblings are equally strong-willed.

"Sacrifice is a necessary condition for victory, but it is not the only condition. Good tactics may be able to make up for this shortcoming. This is the tactic of our army. I don't know if it is practical in your Air Force. No matter how mobile it is, it still has to face swords and guns. ? I agree with what Brother Lin just said. If one doesn't work, let's use two!

 You see, this is the inspiration I got from an old pilot."

The veteran pilot Tang Dao is talking about is Major John Sage of the United States. After several battles with the Japanese Zero fighters and several defeats, he invented an aerial tactic called "Satch Cut".

Due to the rough skin and thick flesh of the Wildcat fighter, the entire fuselage including the engine is strong and durable. Although the speed is relatively slow, as long as the Wildcat fighter and the Zero fighter engage in close combat, they will definitely gain the upper hand.

  The core idea of ​​the "Saatchi Shear" tactic is to have two Wildcat fighters fight against the Zero fighter.

The two Wildcat fighter jets can cross-fly, cover each other, and fly back and forth in circles from the 6 o'clock direction, which can offset the Zero fighter's superior maneuverability.

 Even if the two Wildcat fighter jets were hit by the 7.7mm machine gun equipped by the Zero fighter, it would not cause any harm. As long as the Zero fighter can be encircled and blocked, shooting it down will be a piece of cake.

So the "Saatchi Cut" tactic is to take advantage of the strength and heavy firepower of the Wildcat fighter to narrow the encirclement and capture the Zero fighter with 2 versus 1.

This set of tactics, verified by the Battle of Coral Island, completely made up for the inherent disadvantage of the Wildcat fighter's lack of maneuverability, and was used until the end of World War II. The Japanese Zero fighter jets no longer had the advantage over the American Wildcat fighter jets in the early stages of the war. Wait until **** The Cat and P51 series fighters were put into service, and the Zero became the target of being beaten.

To put it bluntly, as the saying goes, "The only martial arts skill in the world is speed." In the early stages of the war, the Japanese took advantage of the Zero fighter's ability to dive and its super maneuverability. On the other hand, the F4F fighter had a slow climb speed and poor maneuverability. , there are 6 large-caliber heavy-fire machine guns in the air, but it is difficult to aim at the opponent.

The Zero fighter is like a cheetah that comes and goes without a trace, while the F4F is like a big rhinoceros with thick skin and slow speed. As a result, the rhinoceros was repeatedly bitten by the cheetah and lost blood, eventually dying.

But the U.S. Navy and Air Force, which summed up this tactical theory, used two rhinos to continuously compress the cheetah's movement space. No matter how many times you bite me, you can't kill me as long as you don't bite my throat and balls, but as long as my horns collide, As soon as I get to you, your **** will be over.

Shen Chonghai was smart enough. After seeing the incredible climbing speed of the Japanese aircraft, he immediately chose the 'scissors' tactic explained by Tang Dao without hesitation.

Major Sarkozy, who was supposed to leave his name in history, could only find out tragically that the tactics he had summed up after taking many beatings actually appeared over the big river in China two years in advance.

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Captain Saburo Shindo was bitten by a swooping down Chinese fighter plane. A total of four large-caliber machine guns deployed on the nose and wings of the aircraft fired wildly. Four bright tongues of flame were clearly visible against the dark clouds.

That was Lieutenant Shen Chonghai, who had the best flying skills among the six Chinese pilots. Under his control, the seemingly bulky Wildcat fighter jet was like a ferocious eagle, constantly shuttling between the clouds, chasing after the aircraft that had just risen to an altitude of 3,300 meters. The Zero fighter plane shoots wildly.

 “Kill him!”

 “Kill the little devil!”

 The Chinese soldiers and civilians below raised their heads to watch the battle and cheered.

 “It’s ridiculous!” Shinto Saburo hit the rudder hard, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Like a Swift, the Zero fighter drew a very small arc in the air with an incredible turning radius, dodging the crazy shooting of the Wildcat fighter.

Although the Wildcat fighter less than 1,000 meters behind it was also turning its rudder, it could be seen with the naked eye that the turns it made in the air were much larger than those of the Japanese fighter.

 As the positions of the two fighter planes changed in the air, even people who knew nothing about air combat knew that the offensive and defensive sides were about to change positions.

The crowd that was cheering fell silent for a moment.

“Yo Xi! It’s time for the bold Chinese to bear the wrath of the Imperial Navy!” Looking at the accelerating Chinese fighter plane 1,000 meters ahead, Captain Shindo Saburo put his hand on the button of the onboard machine gun.

Unexpectedly, the Chinese fighter plane that was about to be targeted and locked actually turned its nose downward and dived crazily toward the ground.

 “Damn it!” Shindo Saburo pushed the throttle lever violently, and the Zero fighter dived down at the same high speed.

From the perspective of the ground, the two fighter jets dived almost vertically, and their altitude dropped from about 3,000 meters to about 1,000 meters in almost one breath.

 The patterns painted on the fuselages of the two fighter jets are clearly visible.

But the most terrible thing is that the speed of the two fighters is almost the same. Even if the afterburner dive is turned on, the fighter numbered 9035 cannot escape the pursuit of the Japanese plane.

Saburo Shindo pressed the machine gun firing button hard, and six 7.7mm machine guns roared horribly. Two of the six tongues of flames hit the back of the cockpit of the diving Wildcat fighter.

 "Bang bang bang!" A burst of brilliant sparks burst out from the fuselage.

That was obviously hit.

The army lieutenant standing on the roof clenched his fists tightly, even though his nails were embedded in his palms and blood was flowing out without him realizing it.

He knew that whether the general's coffin could be successfully delivered to the airport today all depended on today's air battle.

It is absolutely impossible to prevent this tragedy just by relying on dozens of them, dozens of guns and six machine guns.

 But now, is it still not possible after all? The sadness in the lieutenant's heart far exceeded the pain in his palm!

“Mom, I don’t dare to look.” The five-year-old child who looked up at all this took the initiative to cover his mother’s hands with his eyes, and only dared to look at the sky through his fingers.

He didn't see that many of the uncles around him closed their eyes hard!

No one wants to watch their air force pilots, right in front of their eyes, stain the sky with blood!

As ordinary people, the only thing they can do is to close their eyes and prevent tragedy from falling into their eyes!

 As a result, they missed an extremely exciting scene in this air battle!