Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 269 A miracle in the history of war!
Upon receiving the order, the 10th Air Division's night flight squadron set off that night and rushed to Yamato Island to carry out the bombing mission.

Ten bombers took off one after another, flew into the dark night, and flew quickly towards Yamato Island.

That’s right, although our air force was established not long ago, it already has the ability to fight at night.

However, this night flight squadron is the first night flight squadron of our Air Force and can be said to be the apple of the Air Force's eye.

This time, the Air Force sent out this elite force to cooperate with the Army to recapture Yamato Island.

Their goal was to bomb enemy warships near Yamato Island. If the enemy warships escaped, they would change to bombing the enemy target area on Yamato Island.

The formation soon flew into the airspace near Yamato Island.

While leading the team, the leader used the onboard electronic jamming equipment to carry out active electronic jamming on the enemy's air defense radar.

The shooters on the wingman continued to spread metal foil jammers into the air.

This was the Air Force's most advanced combat mode in the world at that time.

This was also the first time that our air force used electronic jamming to launch a night attack on the enemy's strategic location.

Under the powerful electronic interference, an interference zone about forty kilometers wide was formed on both sides of the route.

When the bombing formation arrived over Yamato Island, they were also stunned by the scene below.

In the sky below, rockets were flying across the sky like meteors, and their tail flames formed a large area, creating a spectacular scene.

This was the army unit using a large number of Katyusha rocket launchers to bombard Yamato Island and guide targets for night flying aircraft.

The bombers then dropped several flares, and the strong light emitted by the flares illuminated the nearby sea area as bright as day.

But unfortunately, there was no trace of enemy warships on the sea, and those enemy warships had already escaped and disappeared.

The pilots were somewhat frustrated with the result.

But now that things have come to this, the only option is to change the bombing target.

Ten bombers turned around and headed straight for Yamato Island.

As flares were dropped one after another, Yamato Island was illuminated as if it were daytime.

Then bombs fell on Yamato Island one after another, and violent explosions continued to sound.

It’s a pity that all the enemies had already hidden themselves by this time.

The bombing only destroyed some of the enemy's ground buildings and did not cause much damage to the enemy.

However, the few small boats docked on the shore were all blown up.

However, the main target of the night flight squadron was the enemy's warships, but the enemy warships escaped, so this time they returned empty-handed.

However, this was the first time my air force used electronic jamming, and also the first time for night bombing and illumination bombing. It did accumulate some combat experience for the future.

The enemy's warships evacuated Yamato Island. The news reached the front command and the leaders immediately convened an emergency meeting and decided that they could not wait any longer and must launch an attack as soon as possible to capture Yamato Island in one fell swoop.

So the next day, the 8th Air Division once again launched a large-scale bombing of Yamato Island.

However, due to the rush of the task, some problems arose in organization and coordination.

In addition, the soldiers of the 8th Air Division were somewhat careless and underestimated the enemy, so an accident occurred during the third bombing of Yamato Island.

According to the original plan, the bomber formation was escorted by two teams of fighter jets, which should have been foolproof.

However, due to errors in command and coordination, the bomber formation passed the airspace where it was scheduled to meet the MiG-15 fighter escort formation five minutes ahead of schedule.

But the bomber formation did not wait for the MiG-15 fighter escort formation.

Because another La-11 escort formation arrived ten minutes earlier.

Seeing that there was fighter escort, the bomber formation did not wait for the MiG-15 fighter escort formation.

Because we contacted them through the radio and learned that they were on the way.

The commander was careless at the time and thought that even if the MiG-15 escort formation arrived a few minutes later, there would not be any major problems.

But in air combat, a single second can often decide life or death.

When sixteen La-11 fighters escorting nine Tu-9 bombers arrived over Yamato Island, they encountered dozens of enemy F-2 fighters head-on.

At the beginning, our pilots were careless and thought that it was a formation of MiG-15 fighter jets that were escorting them, so they were not prepared.

It was not until the enemy planes launched an attack and began firing at our planes that our army reacted.

Captain Xu, who led the La-11 escort formation, immediately shouted, "Meet the enemy immediately and do our best to protect the safety of the bombers."

The bomber was large and bulky, and facing the enemy's F-86 fighter jets, it was no different from a sitting duck.

Even the La-11 fighter is no match for the F-86.

Because the La-11 fighter is a propeller fighter, while the F-86 fighter is the most advanced jet fighter.

Sixteen fighters plus nine bombers, these twenty-five propeller fighters, are facing more than thirty F-86 jet fighters, the power gap is huge.

However, in order to complete the mission, our brave pilots did not retreat, but fought tenaciously with the enemy.

Deputy Captain Wang shouted over the radio: "I'm here, the bomber is here!"

He then piloted a La-11 fighter jet and directly confronted the enemy's F-86 fighter jets. He engaged in a tangle with the enemy planes and tried his best to hold them back to prevent them from attacking the bomber formation.

Deputy Captain Wang is also extremely smart and a talented pilot.

He also knew that his La-11 fighter was a whole generation behind the enemy's jet fighters and was not at the same level at all.

However, the La-11 also has an advantage, that is, as a propeller fighter, it has a slow speed and a small turning radius.

Deputy Captain Wang took advantage of this and faced the siege of more than a dozen enemy planes without fear. He kept turning and drawing circles in the air to avoid the attacks of the enemy planes.

The jet fighter was fast. As soon as it rushed forward, Deputy Captain Wang immediately turned quickly, drew a circle in the air, and easily avoided the enemy's attacks again and again.

When the enemy pilot saw this cunning Chinese plane, he became furious and started cursing.

But there was no way to deal with him. Several times they thought they could easily shoot him down, but each time Deputy Captain Wang successfully resolved the crisis.

Not only that, he drew a circle in the air and successfully got behind the enemy plane. While the enemy plane was not far away, he aimed at it and fired fiercely.

Following a dull burst of gunfire, the machine gun aimed at the enemy plane and fired fiercely.

An F-86 fighter jet was hit and caught fire. Before the pilot had time to parachute, the plane exploded in mid-air, like a gorgeous firework blooming in the sky.

After successfully shooting down an enemy plane, Deputy Captain Wang became more confident and immediately followed suit.

Seeing two enemy planes flying over, he once again drew a circle in the air, went behind the enemy planes, aimed at the two enemy planes and opened fire fiercely.

As loud explosions rang out, two enemy planes were hit one after another and fell into the sea with black smoke.

Then, Deputy Captain Wang flew the plane towards an enemy plane. As the saying goes, a brave man meets a brave man in the bottom lane. The American pilot was afraid of death and was most afraid of such a head-on fight. Seeing Deputy Captain Wang's plane flying towards him, the guy was so scared that he immediately turned around and ran away, using his speed advantage to get rid of Deputy Captain Wang's fighter.

However, at this time, Deputy Captain Wang set his sights on another enemy plane, turned around decisively, seized the opportunity, aimed at the enemy plane and fired decisively.

With an explosion, the F-86 fell down with black smoke.

Deputy Captain Wang created a miracle in the history of air combat with his superb air combat skills and strong willpower.

Four jet fighters were shot down in one air battle.

This is also the highest record in the world military history of shooting down a jet fighter with a piston-engine fighter.

At the same time, in order to protect the bomber formation, the three escorting La-11 fighters were shot down one after another, and all three pilots died heroically.

However, Deputy Captain Xu and two other pilots also shot down and damaged three enemy planes.

In general, although the performance of our La-11 escort formation aircraft was not as good as that of the enemy aircraft, we did not suffer any loss.

However, the bomber formation suffered a great loss, as our bombers were the enemy's priority target.

Under siege by enemy aircraft, both the left and right engines of the No. 06 aircraft were hit and caught fire. However, even though the plane was on fire, our brave air force soldiers did not retreat and continued to fight back with machine guns.

A few minutes later, the No. 06 aircraft finally couldn't hold on. Under a new round of enemy attacks, it exploded in mid-air, and all four crew members died heroically.

Plane No. 09 was also hit by bullets and caught fire, but it still followed the formation and continued to fly towards Yamato Island.

Even so, the four enemy planes continued to attack No. 09.

The fire gradually spread to the cockpit, and the captain shouted: "You guys jump out quickly, I will stay and complete the mission."

The navigator, gunner and communicator remained calm in the flames.

"We live together, and we die together."

The gunner continued to operate the machine gun and tenaciously resisted the attack of the enemy aircraft.

The captain got anxious and kicked the navigator out of the burning cockpit.

Then the No. 09 plane exploded in mid-air, and the three crew members died heroically.

Although the navigator who was kicked out was seriously injured, he was eventually rescued and became the only survivor.

Under the repeated attacks of enemy planes, the No. 10 plane was almost shot into a sieve, but it still resisted while maintaining its formation.

But finally they could not hold on any longer and plane No. 10 plunged into the sea. The four crew members held on until the last moment and fell into the sea with the Warhawk, all dying heroically.

Faced with the siege of enemy aircraft, the bomber formation never forgot its mission. While resisting the siege of enemy aircraft, it continued to fly towards Yamato Island. After hastily dropping bombs, it immediately began to retreat.

At this time, Unit 04 was also hit by bullets and burned like a torch.

The leader of the formation was anxious and kept shouting into the radio: "No. 04! No. 04, parachute immediately! Parachute immediately."

Airport 04 muttered to himself, "My bombs haven't been dropped yet."

"Never mind, just parachute out."

Captain No. 04 looked back at his comrades. The other three crew members all had determined looks and no one chose to parachute.

The captain of No. 04 smiled with relief and shouted loudly into the radio: "Comrades, please continue to fight. I can no longer return."

"Goodbye, comrades!"

After shouting, the captain, who was ready to die, pushed the joystick and drove the flaming fighter plane head-on into the enemy target area on Yamato Island.

"Boom~!"

A violent explosion sounded, and flames mixed with thick black smoke shot up into the sky.

Under the fierce attack of enemy planes, No. 08 aircraft was also damaged and its rear hatch was smashed to pieces by enemy planes.

The shooter was seriously injured, and the communicator was cut several times by flying debris and was covered in blood.

The injured communicator immediately rushed over and took over the seriously injured gunner, operating the blood-stained machine gun and firing fiercely at the enemy planes outside.

"Damn it, I'm going to fight you guys."

"Dong dong dong~!"

"Boom!" A loud explosion sounded, and an F-86 was hit. It lost its balance and somersaulted in the air.

"Boom~!"

Another violent explosion was heard, and the F-86 fighter plane exploded directly in the air like a gorgeous firework. The pilot was blown to pieces before he could even parachute.

This shot also set a precedent for a piston-engine bomber to shoot down a jet fighter.

In the end, four of the nine bombers were shot down and the other five were damaged to varying degrees.

Seeing that the Volunteer Army's bomber formation had retreated, while the escorting La-11 fighters were still fighting with them, the Volunteer Army's bravery greatly shocked the enemy aircraft.

The enemy did not dare to fight and retreated immediately.

It was not until the enemy planes retreated that the escorting formation of 24 MiG-15 fighter jets finally arrived.

However, the enemy planes had already retreated, and the pilots of the MiG-15 fighter formation were also very angry, but they had no time to pursue the enemy and began to search and rescue their comrades who fell into the water.

Captain Mou of the MiG-15 fighter escort formation flew his plane close to the sea surface in order to search for his bomber comrades who fell into the water. Unfortunately, he fell into the sea and died heroically.

During the three bombings of Yamato Island, our brave air force pilots shot down several enemy planes, but they suffered heavy losses themselves.

Four bombers were shot down, three La-11 fighters were shot down, one MiG-15 fighter crashed, and more than a dozen other aircraft were damaged to varying degrees.

On Linyi Island, Li Guotao and his soldiers witnessed this brutal air battle with their own eyes.

Li Guotao couldn't help but burst into tears, and his fists were clenched so hard that they made crackling sounds.

"Comrades! Blood debt must be paid with blood! Revenge for our air force comrades!"

"Liberate Yamato Island!"

The soldiers present were filled with indignation and shouted loudly.

"Revenge for our air force comrades! Liberate Yamato Island!"

At this moment, the front command has issued an order that the army will cross the sea tonight and capture Yamato Island.

That night, the soldiers turned their grief into strength, and boarded the ship with anger towards the enemy, preparing to cross the sea and land on Yamato Island.

At this moment, the enemy's warships have already retreated, and based on past experience, it is impossible for them to come back for a while.

Most of the enemy positions on Yamato Island were destroyed under the joint attack of our army's ground-to-air firepower, and the enemies on the island were also in panic. Now is the best time to capture Yamato Island.

(End of this chapter)