Chapter 24 Majuro Air Battle (12)
The Tintu Airlines team, which took off from the Kaga aircraft carrier, carried torpedoes with confidence to bombard the Tang army aircraft carrier battle group, but was ambushed and annihilated by six Tang army aviation squadrons halfway.
The small and light Japanese Nakajima fighter jet meets the large and heavy Tang army Raptor fighter jet, just like a 60-kilogram boxer who met a 200-kilogram boxer and was directly eliminated in the first round.
All 126 Japanese Nakajima fighters were shot down, and the Tang army urgently paid the price of twelve Raptor fighters being injured. Although they were classified as wounded, they were actually just a few small holes in the Raptor fighter's fuselage by the 7.7mm bullet of the Nakajima fighter, which did not affect the Tang army pilots' continued flight of the fighter to carry out missions, because the Japanese machine gun bullets could not penetrate the armor protection at the key positions of the Raptor fighter.
However, when the Japanese army was suddenly ambushed, they were still able to counterattack the Tang army's attacks when the fighter jets were not completely rivals in terms of performance. This shows that the Japanese aviation army's personal tactical skills were very strong, which attracted the attention of the Tang army pilots. They were not knocked down by the Japanese planes, and they saved their lives with the strong defense of the Raptor fighter. They still remembered the excellent flight avoidance actions of the Japanese pilots, and the test of life and death also allowed the Tang army pilots to grow up quickly.
Just as the Tang Army Aviation Corps encircled and annihilated the Japanese Jindu Air Force, in the other direction, over the Majuluo Atoll, the first echelon of the Tang Army encountered fierce attacks from Honda Air Force.
Although it is a bait, this bait is very powerful and not so easy to eat.
Wan Xianzhang led a squadron to fight eighteen Raptor heavy ships, covering the eighteen Hellfire heavy ships to bomb the last Japanese position in Majuluo Atoll, and fierce air battle broke out with 129 Nakajima fighters of Honda Air Force.
The Japanese army still adopted the air combat tactics during World War I. Relying on cluster tactics, the sky was suppressed by firepower. However, soon the Japanese pilots discovered that their Nakajima fighter jets were completely inferior to the Tang army's Raptor ship battles, regardless of speed, firepower or armor protection.
When fighting with the Nakajima fighter with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, the Japanese pilot felt that he was standing still and aiming at a racing plane with a gun, which was as hard as shooting a 200 kilometers per hour. Even though some excellent Japanese pilots finally locked the Tang army fighter and opened fire, they found that most of their 7.7mm machine gun bullets were shot on the Raptor ship battle, and the few bullets shot in only left a row of small pits. They could not penetrate key parts at all.
On the other hand, the Japanese fighter jets in the eyes of the Tang army pilots were too slow, and their daily training could be fully utilized. The average speed and powerful firepower advantage of Raptor ships were easily shaken off the enemy planes and locked the enemy planes and then fired.
Each time the four 20mm cannons fired, it would pose a fatal threat to the wooden structure of Nakajima fighter jets. One after another was fired.
The eighteen Raptors battles were easy to attack by more than 100 Japanese aircraft, and the overwhelming advantage of qualitative change over quantitative change was undoubtedly revealed.
Within five minutes of the battle between the two sides, the Japanese army lost more than 20 fighter planes, while the Tang army had only a few aircraft slightly injured, but they could still fight.
Honda Xiong's eyes were blood red, and he was even more surprised. The Tang army's fighter jets were too powerful. In the face of the huge equipment gap, the Japanese pilots could only rely on their technical advantages to barely surround the other party, and it was difficult to annihilate the other party.
"The third squadron will attack the enemy bombers!"
Honda Yuki changed his tactics and divided thirty-two Nakajima fighters to attack the Tang army's eighteen Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers.
Honda Yuuo saw that there were two aviation bombs hanging under the belly of the Tang warship bomber, and the explosion power of each aviation bomb was more than 500 kilograms. The two 30 kilogram bombs of the Japanese Nakajima fighter were so shabby that the Japanese pilots were shocked to the ground, but they also understood that the bombing of the ship that could carry 1,000 kilograms of aircraft bombs should have sacrificed the onboard firepower and armor protection, otherwise how could it take off on the aircraft carrier?
Honda Yuki did not know that the Tang army's aircraft carrier had a lengthened takeoff runway, and with the help of catapults, he could take off Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers. Although Hellfire carries 1,000 kilograms of bombs, the airborne firepower and armor protection are indeed not as good as those of Raptor ship battles, but it is definitely not something that Nakajima fighter jets can easily shoot down.
How could the Japanese pilots think that all the current weapons and equipment of the Tang army are developed and designed for the Japanese army's active and future equipment, and the extremely targeted nature is not easy to deal with.
The two 12.7mm machine guns of Hellfire were much more fierce than Nakajima's 7.7mm machine guns. Their armor protection of more than 100 kilograms can also completely block the Japanese machine gun fire. What made Honda Yu collapse the most was that the eighteen Hellfires returned immediately after dropping bombs, and their speed was much faster than that of the Japanese fighter jets.
Three of the thirty-two Japanese planes that went to intercept were shot down by the opponent, and they watched them leave with eager eyes.
Honda hates him. If such an air battle is spread, his Honda air force will not only lose all his face, but also the entire Japanese air force will be embarrassed to go to Mars.
"Attack their pilot cockpit!"
Honda Xiong is worthy of being an elite pilot. He quickly grasped the only weakness of the Tang army fighter jet. The water-drop-shaped glass window on the pilot's cockpit, although very strong, was the only weakness.
However, the Raptors' battle speed is too fast, and it is difficult for Japanese fighters to bite the opponent, let alone hit the opponent's pilot cockpit.
If the Tang army stopped and patted their butts and flashed, the Japanese plane would not be able to catch up with them.
However, Wan Xianzhang saw that the performance of the Japanese aircraft was too poor and was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he quickly took over the enemy with the speed advantage of the Raptor battle, and used his powerful firepower to destroy the Japanese aircraft, and then with strong armor protection, he escaped from the Japanese firepower attack.
After repeated incidents, the eighteen Raptors battles actually shot down more than forty Japanese fighters in succession.
"Who is fighting whom!"
Honda Yuki was sad. He originally planned to wipe out these eighteen Tang army fighter jets, but now he seems to have the intention to wipe out his Honda Air Force.
Honda was so angry that he vomited blood, but he couldn't change the situation.
However, he had to bite the bullet and fight. After all, there were still Japanese troops resisting on Majulu Atoll. They had to defend the colonies and expel the invaders, and they could not retreat.
Kick!
Wan Xianzhang locked in a Japanese fighter plane again, but suddenly found that there were no shells.
This situation soon appeared on other Tang army fighters. After half an hour of fierce air battle, almost all the eighteen Raptors battles were fired.
"retreat!"
Wan Xianzhang had no choice but to give a retreat order, and the eighteen Raptors quickly left the battlefield and returned.
Dozens of Japanese planes chased after a few minutes, but they saw that the distance was getting farther and farther away, and they obviously couldn't catch up.
Is it over like this?
Honda Yuki was unwilling to accept it. He immediately ordered the Tang army fighter jets to continue pursuing. He decided to keep his two 30-kilogram aircraft bombs on the Tang army aircraft carrier.
If the 7.7mm bullets are fired without passing through the Tang Army fighter jets, then let the 30 kilograms of bombs blow up the Tang Army plane on the flight deck.
Honda Yuki could not explain without getting some results and would never raise his head for the rest of his life.
Perhaps because they bullied China for too long, they suddenly encountered a powerful opponent and couldn't adapt for a while.
This problem of face is destined to leave Honda and the dozens of remaining Japanese fighter jets on a path of no return.
The Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group also has a squadron of Raptor fighter jets to escort, how could they be afraid of these dozens of Japanese fighter jets? Their 30 kilograms of aviation bombs cannot do anything to the Tang Army aircraft carrier. Moreover, the Tang Army aircraft carrier battle group has dozens of warships modified with modern air defense firepower to escort.
It's a dead end if you go, there's no doubt about it.
The fighter fleet of the second echelon of the Tang army was delayed for half an hour because of ambushing the Japanese Jindu Air Force in the middle. The 126 Hellfire heavy carrier-based bombers commanded by Li Jianhui did not wait for them. Intelligence shows that the Japanese commander who did not understand aviation operations released all the fighter jets, and its aircraft carrier itself was not protected by fighter jets.
An hour later, a group of bombers from the second echelon of the Tang army appeared above the target.
Li Jianhui looked down at the air and clearly saw the two Japanese aircraft carriers Kaga and Akagi.
"Each bombing team is ready to attack as planned, and the torpedo team is waiting for an opportunity to take action!"
"The bombing team understands!"
Chapter completed!