20demayo Chapter 416: The Japanese Air Force Joins the War
Chapter 416: The Japanese Air Force Joins the War
416 Japanese Air Force joins the war
Bailongshan Radar Station
After more than a month of construction, the radar station here has been built with the help of several American technical consultants.
All debugging of the radar station has been completed and it has been put into operation.
"Liu Ansi, good morning!"
"morning!"
In a residential building next to the radar station, several college students came out early in the morning to brush their teeth and greet each other.
Because working at a radar station requires certain cultural knowledge.
Therefore, those who are selected to work here are all well-educated.
There is really no shortage of college students in Ye Qingshan’s base at this time.
In the past two years, hundreds of college students from universities across the country have come here to join us.
It was precisely because of the surrender of these college students that Ye Qingshan's arsenal, cement plant, airport, radar station, etc.
These important military and civilian facilities are able to operate normally.
"Liu Ansi, it's our turn to be on duty today.
Let’s go eat.”
After a while, a young girl came up to college student Liu Ansi and said to him with a smile.
"it is good!"
Liu Ansi smiled and nodded.
Liu Ansi and others received training from two American technical consultants some time ago.
Now, we have basically mastered the daily monitoring work of the radar station.
So, they worked in groups of two, three shifts a day, to monitor the Japanese aircraft groups that might appear in the north direction of Suzhou and Hangzhou at any time.
After finishing breakfast in the cafeteria, Liu Ansi and his female colleague went to the radar station on the mountain.
"Liu Ansi, you are finally here.
It's finally time to hand over the shift.
I'm going back to bed.
Just you guys watch.
Pay more attention. I heard that General Ye has sent troops to fight the Japanese.
The enemy's fleet may appear at any time."
At the radar station, the two colleagues who were on duty last night happily handed over their shifts after seeing Liu Ansi and his companions arrive.
And he reminded Liu Ansi.
"Don't worry, leave it to us."
Liu Ansi responded confidently.
Time flies and it is the 17th, 10 o'clock in the morning.
Liu Ansi and his female colleague were chatting while paying attention to the radar monitoring screen.
Originally, everything was normal.
Suddenly, a red light in the radar station lit up, which was an alarm that the radar station had detected enemy aircraft.
"There is a situation."
Liu Ansi's face changed.
"One hundred and twenty kilometers to the north, an organic group has appeared."
Liu Ansi learned the direction and distance of the Japanese aircraft group through the radar display.
"Quick, report this situation to the aviation team.
Tell them to send out fighter planes immediately to intercept the Japanese fighter planes."
Liu Ansi shouted to his female colleague.
At this time, so many fighter planes suddenly appeared in the north. There could be no other reason except the Japanese.
"oh oh!"
The female colleague nodded quickly.
Pick up the phone and notify the aviation team.
"There is a group of Japanese aircraft appearing in the north.
OK, we got it.”
Leng Tiancheng, deputy captain of the aviation team, immediately assembled the pilots of the aviation team after receiving a call from the Bailongshan radar station.
At the same time, report this news to Ye Qingshan.
Buzz!
One after another, fighter planes took off quickly from the runway of Jinxi Airport.
There are a total of twelve P40 fighters. These are the remaining thirty-five P40 fighters after the Japanese Longxiang aircraft carrier fleet was annihilated.
“Hey, David, you guys fly north first.
Find the exact location of the enemy aircraft group."
After waiting for the twelve P40 fighter jets, Leng Tiancheng gave them orders.
Thus, these twelve P40 fighters formed an interception formation.
Just fly north, searching for the location of the attacking Japanese aircraft.
At the same time, other bombers continued to take off at Jinxi Airport.
Ye Qingshan's aviation team currently lacks the number of fighter jets.
These bombers also need to take off and participate in the battle to intercept the incoming Japanese fighter planes.
However, these bombers no longer need to carry bombs, as they are all equipped with machine gun bullets.
Twelve P40 fighters flew north for only a few minutes.
They discovered the incoming Japanese aircraft group.
"Wow, there are quite a lot of Japanese fighter planes coming."
David said in the communication channel.
At this time, three groups of Japanese aircraft appeared in the northern sky.
Among them, the group of Japanese aircraft in the middle suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the P40 interception formation.
"The group of Japanese aircraft in the middle is rushing towards us."
Someone suddenly shouted.
Then, everyone saw this situation.
"It must be the Japs' fighter plane.
They spotted us too.
Everyone prepare to fight."
David shouted loudly in the communication channel.
As Meng Jifei's wingman, David was once an ace pilot with excellent air combat skills.
In the absence of both Meng Jifei and Johnson.
David can command the fighter squadron and carry out air combat missions.
Da da da!
Soon, the fighter jets of both sides became entangled and engaged in a fierce air battle.
The other two Japanese aircraft groups were all bombers.
However, while the Japanese fighter planes were engaged in an air battle with David and his men, they continued to fly south.
This time, they came to carry out a bombing mission.
The Japanese headquarters already knew that Ye Qingshan led his troops to attack Fuzhou.
Naturally, the Japanese headquarters did not want to see the city of Fuzhou, which they had captured, fall into Ye Qingshan's hands.
Therefore, the Japanese headquarters easily agreed to the request of the 9th Mixed Brigade.
Let the Japanese air force in Suzhou and Hangzhou take off their fighter planes to support the battle in Fuzhou in the south.
But Suzhou and Hangzhou are too far away from Fuzhou, more than 800 kilometers.
The Japanese fighter planes couldn't fly over such a long distance because they didn't have enough fuel.
If you fly away, you can't fly back.
Therefore, the Japanese headquarters could only let the Japanese fighter planes take off from Suzhou and Hangzhou Airport to carry out the bombing mission.
The bombing mainly targeted the logistics transportation of Ye Qingshan's troops.
The task of bombing the national army fighting on the front line was given to the Japanese fighter planes that took off from Taiwan.
The fleet of planes taking off from the Japanese airport in Taiwan are much closer to Fuzhou than from the Japanese airports in Suzhou and Hangzhou.
But the Japanese bombers went around.
It didn't fly for long.
No trace of Ye Qingshan’s transport convoy has been found.
As a result, they discovered that another group of Kuomintang aircraft was coming from the opposite direction.
It was the fighter jet that took off from behind at Jinxi Airport.
"It's the devil's bomber,
They came to bomb us.
Brothers, charge up and shoot down these damned Japanese fighter planes."
Leng Tiancheng shouted to all the Kuomintang pilots in the communication channel.
"Come on, I'm tired of waiting.
Today we will make sure that these Japanese fighter planes will never return."
More than 20 bombers of the two types, "Fendo" and "Swordfish", were controlled by pilots of the National Army and some British and American pilots.
More than 30 Type 96 bombers of the Japanese were intercepted.
Soon, a Japanese bomber was shot down.
These Japanese bombers, loaded with hundreds of kilograms of bombs, were much slower than the bombers of the National Army.
The Type 96 bomber, which was not good at air combat, was forced to engage in air combat.
"Baga, damn Chinese."
Soon, the leading officer of the Japanese bomber team also cursed in the cockpit with a gloomy face.
Because their fighter planes are too bulky because they have bombs.
Two Japanese bombers were shot down in a very short time.
And now, they haven't found any targets worthy of bombing.
As for the national army's logistics and transportation troops, not even a single hair was found.
"We can only drop our bombs and deal with these Chinese fighter planes first.
They must all be shot down."
The Japanese officer leading the team also figured this out.
They immediately opened the bomb bay door and dropped all the bombs they were carrying.
Boom boom boom!
Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound was heard from the mountains below, and flames shot into the sky.
Unfortunately, the locations where these bombs were dropped were all in the wilderness.
No casualties were caused.
Following the leading Japanese pilot, he threw away the bombs he was carrying.
The other Japanese pilots immediately followed suit and threw down the bombs they brought with them in vain.
For the next hour or so, fighter jets from both sides flew in the sky northwest of Bailong Mountain.
A fierce air battle broke out.
The air battle lasted for more than two hours, and finally both sides stopped fighting and returned.
Ye Qingshan's air force lost five P40 fighters and seven other bombers.
Four Type 97 fighters and six Type 96 bombers of the Japanese side were shot down.
This was the case when the number of our own fighter planes was one-third less than that of the Japanese.
It is already very good for Leng Tiancheng and his team to achieve such a result.
Most importantly, they crushed the Japanese bombers' attempt to bomb Ye Qingshan's base.
Protected Sun Mingxu's logistics convoy.
Otherwise, Sun Mingxu's logistics convoy would set off in half an hour.
Transporting artillery shells and supplies to the 208th Division on the front line.
Once discovered by the Japanese bomber group, the consequences would be disastrous.
If the logistics convoy was destroyed by the Japanese bombers, Zhou Pingkou's heavy artillery on the front line would become mute.
“The Air Force did a great job.
Just hit it like this.
If there are more Japanese aircraft groups coming from the direction of Suzhou and Hangzhou, intercept them all.
We must ensure the safety of Sun Mingxu's logistics team."
After receiving the post-war report from the air force, Ye Qingshan was also very satisfied with the battle.
“The radar station built by the commander on Bailong Mountain was of great help this time.
Discovering the incoming enemy aircraft in advance gave our air force ample time to fight and intercept them.
I have to say that the monitoring effect of this radar station of the Americans is really good.
This was also the first time the radar station and our aviation team cooperated in operations, and they did a great job. "
Xiao Shanling also said with a smile.
“The Chief of Staff is right.
I will also send a commendation message to the Bailongshan Radar Station later."
“This explains why we are going to attack Fuzhou this time.
It is very necessary to build a new radar station in Fuzhou area.”
This was also the first time that Ye Qingshan witnessed the importance of air defense radar in this era.
Ye Qingshan became more determined to capture Fuzhou and build a new radar station there.
"The Japanese fighter planes from Suzhou and Hangzhou have all been dispatched.
The Japanese aircraft group on the Treasure Island on the other side will definitely appear soon.
Tell Zhou Pingkou to be careful.
They don't have our air force to help them intercept the enemy's attacking aircraft."