noffsinger Chapter 294 Box Formation
Chapter 294 Box Formation
Fujita controlled the Zero fighter, locked the crosshairs on Xu Gun's fighter, and then dived down.
At this time, Fujita had not yet realized that the Independent Column Aviation Division adopted a double-fighter formation. When he dived to a distance that he was absolutely sure of, the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifted up.
"Yoshi, where are you going to run now!"
Xu Gun's wingman also spotted the aggressive Zero fighter, and immediately pulled up and sent out a warning through the frequency.
"01, there is a Zero fighter at your five o'clock position. It has caught up with you. Get away quickly!"
"understand!"
Xu Gun increased the thrust, the fuselage shook, and suddenly rushed forward.
At this time, Fujita had already pressed the fire button in his hand, and a rain of bullets flew towards Xu Gun. More than a dozen bullets hit the cockpit and fuel tank of the F6F fighter.
"Hey hey hey, go to hell!"
The "fireworks" that Fujita was waiting for did not bloom. The enemy plane in front of him just shook, and then quickly moved up to the right.
"Baga, what the hell is this thing? I can't even penetrate it, and it's moving so fast!"
The Zero fighter, under Fujita's control, chased after the enemy unwillingly, but used up all its bullets.
When he tried to follow the trajectory of the F6F Hellcat and pull up to the upper right, the Zero fighter shook violently and all the fault lights sounded the alarm.
Moreover, the wings showed huge deformation. If the situation continued in this way, Fujita's plane would not be penetrated by bullets, but its wings would be broken by itself!
Fujita looked unwillingly at the F6F Hellcat that was flying into the clouds, then pressed the stick to the left and rushed towards the bomber formation below.
Xu Gun looked at the remaining seven or eight Zero fighters rushing forward and snorted coldly.
"Do the Japanese think the bombers are easy targets? Let's go and help them!"
At this time, more than a dozen Zero fighters and Nakajima Type 2 "Zhong Kui" fighters quickly took off.
These planes are the most valuable asset of the North China Front Army, so they dare not hide them and are ready to fight to the death with the aviation division's planes.
[Nakajima Type 2 "Zhong Kui" fighter]
The Type 8.85 fighter has a fuselage length of 9.44 meters, a wingspan of 3.24 meters, a height of 2.1 meters, an empty weight of 2.76 tons, and a maximum take-off weight of tons.
It is equipped with a Nakajima Ha109 propeller engine with a maximum power of 1500 horsepower, a maximum flight speed of 605 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 1600 kilometers.
The main weapons are four 4mm machine guns installed on the wings, and the wings can also carry 12.7kg or 30kg aerial bombs.
The addition of these dozen fighter planes immediately entangled Xu Gun's fighter squadron, while the seven or eight Zero planes led by Fujita had begun to attack the bomber formation.
At this time, Fujita and other Japanese pilots discovered that these bombers did not dodge, but instead maintained a strange formation and flew forward.
"What? Aren't they afraid of death?"
Seven or eight planes from Fujita's squadron began to rush forward, but as soon as they entered the formation of the bomber formation, they found something wrong.
Machine guns from all directions fired defensive strafing at the Zero fighters. The B-17, with its thick skin and flesh, was not seriously hurt by a few bullets, but the Zero fighter was like an aerial lighter, and would turn into a ball of fire with the slightest touch.
This is the famous [box formation].
That is, the eight bombers are divided into two layers, and if each plane is connected with a line, it will look like a cubic box.
And many small boxes are combined into a multi-layered large box.
In this way, when a Japanese plane launched a head-on attack on a bomber, other bombers on the side, above, or below the bomber could use their self-defense machine guns to attack the unfortunate Japanese plane.
Once the Japanese planes flew into the bomber formation, unless they broke away in time or it was impossible for them to break away in time, they would be subjected to crossfire from multiple directions.
At that time, no matter how great your skills are, life or death will still depend on your character.
Of course, this formation has extremely high requirements for tactical discipline, requiring its bombers not to make any evasive moves when under any attack. Even if they encounter the Japanese Kamikaze special forces crashing into them with bombs, they cannot dodge, so as not to disrupt the formation.
So, of the seven or eight planes that Fujita led rushed into the "box", only his plane was left out.
Fujita now finally realized his own arrogance and conceit. The Chinese Air Force before him was no longer a bunch of rookies who had only flown for a few dozen hours before taking to the sky.
But a pilot who has undergone rigorous training!
Just kidding, these pilots fly until they vomit every day. They have plenty of aviation fuel and bullets, and they do all kinds of aerial target practice and tactical formations. They practice to the point that they want to vomit when they see airplanes.
However, Fujita seemed to understand it too late. Under the siege of the fighter fleet he had requested, even though Fujita was an ace pilot, he eventually merged into the blue sky unwillingly.
Except for the three planes that fled south, the other 36 fighter planes that took off were all destroyed, and the First Fighter Squadron of the Independent Column lost two planes, and the pilots eventually parachuted and were rescued.
"Fighter formation, please escort me, my fighter formation is ready to deploy!"
"understand!"
Fifteen B-15 Flying Fortress reconnaissance planes began to change from a box formation to a bombing formation, gradually maintaining the same flight altitude, and then all opened their cockpits and began to drop bombs under the threat of the Japanese's negligible anti-aircraft firepower "tickling"!
One high-explosive bomb after another was accurately dropped onto the Japanese hangars, control towers, oil depots, and the bomber planes on the ground that were trying to glide away.
In an instant, Xinxiang Airport turned into a sea of fire. The huge power of the explosions in the fuel and ammunition depots created a seven or eight meter deep pit on the ground.
The yellow smoke mixed with thick black smoke covered the entire airport.
The bombardiers continued to observe, evaluate the bombing effects, and take photos.
"Report to Commander Xu, we have completed the bombing mission and can return!"
"Got it! Squadrons that still have bullets, follow me!"
Xu Gun said, and lightly pressed the joystick, showing the "Rulai Palm" again. This time the target of shooting was no longer the Zero fighter, but the Japanese soldiers running around in the airport.
"Withdraw!"
At this time, the same battle occurred simultaneously in Zheng County and Taiyuan.
Among them, those who attacked Zheng County were 30 F6F Hellcat fighters and 20 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from the Flying Tigers Fighter Squadron.
The aircraft that attacked Taiyuan were 30 fighters from the Second Fighter Squadron of the Aviation Division and 15 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers from the First Bomber Squadron.
At this time, Wang Meng was inside the military fortress, watching the points on the handheld terminal rising rapidly, and he knew that this strategic goal had been basically achieved.
"Old Li, we need to commend the Aviation Division and the Flying Tigers!"