The Iron and Steel Frenzy of the Republic of China

"Report! More enemy planes of unknown type have been found! It has been confirmed that they are equipped with a relatively weak radar system and have certain night air combat capabilities. Please instruct!"

On the outskirts of Singapore, in a temporary command post, Jin Zhihao, commander of the 12th Marine Corps division, listened to the loud communication of the signal soldier, nodded slightly as usual, and said: "Tell the radar station and all ships to continue monitoring, without my Order, warships are not allowed to fire at will. I want to see if these planes of unknown origin have the ability to find ships that are blacked out."

A thunderous explosion came from outside, and the rumbling air oscillated into a chaotic storm, shaking the infrared camouflage skin outside the headquarters tent with a whirring sound.There were even a few shells that exploded less than a kilometer away. The huge impact and shock made the things inside jingle and the lights flickered.

But Jin Zhihao and his subordinates didn't realize it. Standing and sitting, they were engrossed in their work, as if they didn't care whether the bomb had a high chance of falling on their heads.

Well, in fact, they don’t have to worry about it. The anti-aircraft vehicles equipped by each division-level headquarters can theoretically use 25mm six-barreled close-in anti-aircraft guns and 12.7mm Vulcan machine guns to explode aerial bombs. It's hard to drop a bomb on their heads.

The P61 of the US military was discovered, and within 10 minutes of the attack, the Singapore defense forces had all entered the combat state.The reason why they were allowed to throw bombs at high altitudes was that the aimless horizontal bombing method above 8000 meters was unexpected, and secondly, it was necessary to find out their true intentions.

After this time, Jin Zhihao can basically determine that the enemy plane's intentional waste of ammunition was not due to haste and cowardice, or because they couldn't see the target clearly.It's just bait.Facts have proved that when the ground searchlights and anti-aircraft guns fired to expose the location, the second wave of enemy planes swooped down and strafed to show their intentions.

So, are they really just there to hit ground troops?Obviously not.Jin Zhihao guessed without even thinking about it, the enemy really cared.It is still a ship on the water, and similar bombing actually has little effect on ground units.Now that you know it, you can't make them happy.Even if the precision density of the destroyer and land anti-aircraft artillery combined is enough to destroy the current two groups of enemy planes, no one can guarantee whether they can break through the interception of scattered ships when they rush down in groups.

Be careful, there is always no big mistake.

Jin Zhihao paused, and then ordered: "Let the air defense battalions focus on intercepting the diving enemy planes. Shoot them down as much as possible! For the rest, let's see!"

The 12th Division of the Marine Corps has a heavy task. Not only must it defend Singapore, but it must also cooperate with the navy to prevent the coalition forces from attacking Malaya, and it must also attract attacks from all sides. All the chips are taken out.

But anyway.The extraordinary ability displayed by the enemy plane in front of him made Jin Zhihao feel vigilant.Be patient and figure out what's going on.

When the p61 with eight guns fired towards the ground, the flashing fire whip was short and intense, and the damage caused by the strafing was astonishing. It took almost a second to sweep across an area with a diameter of 500 meters .A series of dense small explosions splashed into pieces of sparks, holes the size of fists and even basketballs were opened from the roofs of houses, the sound of glass shattering, and the screams of injured civilians rang out!

Residents of Singapore were not evacuated.The city has just changed hands, and they haven't made a decision yet whether they want to take refuge or not, and they don't know if they are as vicious and brutal as they advertise. Unexpected disaster!

Fortunately, most of the targets attacked by the enemy planes were sharp searchlights and anti-aircraft guns that could not stop flashing flames. The real casualties of civilians were not too many.

The scattered dives of twenty or thirty night fighters, the shrill and explosive roar of the twin-engine engines, can be clearly heard when they rush to the ground in a blink of an eye, and the explosive flames caused by the bursting strafing illuminate the unidentified target!

When these planes rushed to a height of less than 6 meters, the anti-aircraft guns remained silent. Dozens of them carried a 25-tube 12.7mm close-in anti-aircraft gun, or four parallel 6mm heavy machine guns, [-]-tube Vulcan armored anti-aircraft vehicles Fire suddenly!

Under the unified and coordinated command of the sharp and precise fire control radar, the guns fired at a terrifying speed of 6000 rounds per minute can form a continuous metal storm with the flow of bullets spit out in one second!The dazzling white arc drawn by the tracer bullets in the middle, with the dexterous swing of the gun base, presents a winding wave every second.Carrot-thick bullets and cannonballs spewed wildly into one piece at a speed like a super-high-speed engine roaring. In the blink of an eye, the overwhelming bullets covered the sky!

"Oh **!" U.S. pilots uttered a terrified scream, and hurriedly swung the fuselage to avoid it, but the bulky big guy was easy to fly, and it was too beautiful to think of it as dexterous as a single-engine fighter!

Pieces of bullets and shells, together with the sudden hailstorm, hit the fighter plane from bottom to top, crackling and hitting again and again.The p61 with rough skin and thick flesh can resist the holes pierced by 12.7mm bullets, but the blow of 25mm piercing explosive bombs is too much. Once it explodes, it will have a hole the size of a washbasin. , braving the fire, or dragging thick smoke, rolling and falling crookedly towards the ground!

Behind the fleet, Air Force Major Henderson, who led the expedition, saw the burst of flames from a distance, and couldn't help exclaiming: "God! The Chinese have prepared so much anti-aircraft firepower, they must have at least one army soldier to do it." There can be such a large number. It's just...."

unacceptable.

That was actually the word Major Henderson wanted to say the most.It's just a port city, but it has only been occupied for a day or two, and there are so many anti-aircraft artillery fires. Could it be that they already knew that they would be subjected to violent air raids?

Not impossible!The U.S. military has carried out repeated picketing and purges in the past year or more. It is very important to find out some guys who had secretly maintained close contact with the Chinese. They have revealed many secrets of the U.S. military.So now, is there another high-level leak in advance?

It must be!Major Henderson thought bitterly, and felt pain for those planes that were shot down.The person next to him turned around and asked him, "Major! The enemy doesn't seem to intend to reveal their warships. What should we do?"

Henderson frowned slightly.This is not good news.

According to the plan, they used a small number of fighter planes to test and bomb, find out the anti-aircraft firepower points and destroy them, tempt their naval ships to fire and intercept them, and then concentrate their efforts to kill them, thus creating a temporary vacuum in the waters of Malacca.Provide valuable time for the remaining fleet of the coalition forces huddled in the Java Sea, so as to retake Singapore.

A complex plan, but highly feasible.Henderson was full of confidence, but now it seems that he was a little too happy too early.

The black lights are blind, and the blackout ships on the sea can't be found at all, unless the plane is allowed to take the risk of flying over the sea from an ultra-low altitude, but the possibility of falling headlong is higher, so it can't be so risky.

Henderson said decisively: "Then continue to attack. Until they react as we want! If it is determined that there are no more fighter jets and anti-aircraft firepower, we can call in heavy bombers and give them some color. !"

That's right, their mission is not only one level, dropping bombs is also to pretend to be a bomber to attract enemy attacks.Once they send fighter planes to intercept them, they will transform immediately and give them a heavy knife!

this kind of work.That is to say, the unique design of p61 can do the job.Her physique is not inferior to that of a bomber, with a maximum bomb load of 2900 kg.The huge range and ceiling are indicators of bombers from over there.Coupled with its air combat capability, it can be said to be omnipotent!

Mr. Major did not keep him waiting too long, and the South China Sea Fleet Naval Air Force fighter jets in charge of Singapore's airspace defense arrived soon!

The fighter planes that took off from the Natuna Islands Airport, more than 200 kilometers away, crossed the sea and directly killed the southern airspace of Singapore. The fleet headed by twelve "Tiger Sharks" relied on the guidance of sea surface and ground radar.It was easy to lock on to the third wave of enemy planes cruising around and searching for targets, not to mention firing combat bombs from a height of five kilometers!

The p61s hovering outside were not blind either. They were on guard against this move and issued a warning immediately, and rushed up with a single machine without thinking about their own safety, with machine guns and cannons fully fired.Vigorously prepare to shoot down these nasty opponents with unprecedented ammunition density.

How can it be so easy!

Zhu Jiajun, who is in charge of the Air Force's missiles, produces medium and short-range combat ammunition through a dedicated robot assembly line, plus a series of factories to cooperate in the manufacture. The daily output of the guys spit out from the assembly line is calculated in thousands, and I am afraid that it will not be able to supply all parts of the Air Force. I don't know the waste of high and low.In addition, it also uses the ultra-low cost of absolutely leading intelligent production to counter the terrifying aircraft production capacity of the coalition forces that is ten times larger.Let's see if a missile weighing [-] kilograms is cost-effective, or a fighter jet weighing two or three tons with expensive engines and pilots is more resistant to consumption!

Therefore, once a confident pilot makes a move, the missile will be played with two shots and one target, giving priority to recruiting more large combat units.Crowds of p61s naturally became the target of public criticism. Twelve "Tiger Sharks" charged in a two-plane formation with a ferocious wave of missiles, dragging a dazzling tail flame. A group of people became a sieve!

The rain of jet bullets from the security fighters hovering alone like ghosts also swarmed to kill at this time!

The dense rain of bullets that exploded like a frying pan has never been seen by a HNA pilot in his life. He was caught off guard and immediately suffered a disadvantage. He dodged from left to right and was gouged out by bullets. The most unlucky guy was hit by 20mm in a row The machine gun hit, and the engine armor couldn't hold it. It was leaked and caught fire. The wing shattered and broke, and fell crookedly.

This is too suffocating.The pilot catapulted and parachuted neatly, while stabilizing his body in mid-air, he waved his fists angrily at the black enemy plane speeding past, and shouted through the radio: "Fucking foreign devils, how dare you do something wrong! Brothers, Take revenge on me!"

After the wingman dodged, he let out a wanton laugh: "You can't die, go back and change the plane by yourself and beat his mother, and get revenge... Fuck, where does this bastard have such fierce firepower! This is not right!"

The pilot exclaimed and opened the throttle, and the fierce speed of 800 kilometers of the "Tiger Shark" fighter immediately came into play. It screamed like a rocket thruster installed on its buttocks, and suddenly drew a circular arc and floated for one kilometer. How far, then Dang Kong made a sharp turn and turned back.The radar quickly locked on to the target, cursed and pressed the button fiercely, and the two combat bullets unhooked and rushed over, tearing two spectacular holes in its middle.

The explosion flash in the air finally illuminated the figure of p61, that strange shape.The sturdy body, the hideous guns, and the demeanor of a sky hunter, made the pilots who have seen the p38 mistakenly think that they encountered that old model, but the intuitive judgment is obviously not, this guy is bigger, the firepower is stronger, the speed, higher!

"It's a brand-new enemy plane! Its outer shell is unbelievably hard! The two missiles failed to hit it and completely disintegrated. I really don't know how much money the Yankees have spent!"

The well-informed pilots shared their discoveries with other fighters and praised them.

This is not hypocrisy. Pilots these days have a chivalrous style that prevails all over the world. They still have to praise their colleagues for their merits.

The fighting ammunition equipped by the "Tiger Shark" uses a needle-shaped fragment beam to kill and is locked by semi-active radar guidance.After approaching the target, it is detonated by a wireless proximity explosion and scattered out in a fan shape.

In general.Against a single-engine fighter, if a single missile hits the target, it is almost enough, especially in fast flight and maneuvering, even if one-tenth of the fragments hit, it is enough to cause the fighter to disintegrate and crash.In the war against Japan, it was tried and tested.

But to deal with Yankee fighters.It means that the effect is somewhat reduced, especially the b24, b25 and even b29 heavy bombers that appeared on the battlefield before. They are so big, with rough skin and thick flesh.There are only a few holes in the area, and people can resist it, so they go back to repair and repair, and they still come back to work.

Similar situations often occurred in the p38 I encountered before, which forced the fighter plane to use two missiles at a time. It seems wasteful, but it is actually safer.

Fortunately, two combat bombs passed by, and the hurricane p61 was not completely damaged, but the engine on one side was billowing with smoke, and the flight cockpit was bombarded with blood. At least two of the three crew members died. The pilot at the front seemed to be intact, and he was desperately trying to control the plane so that it wouldn't crash directly, and it fell crookedly.

This unexpected discovery immediately attracted the attention of the fleet and the air force, and the targeted intelligence collection was naturally strengthened. The current air battle, because of the sudden disruption of the twelve "Tiger Sharks", made Major Henderson both happy and worried.

He hastily ordered the third wave of aircraft that had been waiting for a long time to quickly disperse and engage in aerial combat, let go of the "Tiger Shark" that was a level higher than his own in speed and maneuverability to play dogfights. In the dark night, the performance of the radar was huge. difference.

Because of Zhu Bin's blending, the radar of the "Tiger Shark" is an advanced device of large-scale integrated circuits. It can cooperate with the early warning aircraft for joint operations. If it is a stand-alone confrontation, it can still lock on to the opponent's target, no matter the distance or speed. , Accuracy, not an order of magnitude at all.

One plane suffered a loss, and the remaining eleven planes immediately became cautious. They immediately spread out the two-plane formation, opened a huge grid, and sent back the target radar emission signal. Fire a second wave of missiles, then follow for a close-quarters fight!

With the 25mm explosive-piercing bomb that is twice as powerful as the opponent's, the three-five clusters of short-point shots hit the huge body of p61. Pieces of flames, fragments and sparks raised by the explosion kept blooming in the sky, The flexible maneuvering of the eleven Tiger Sharks forced Major Henderson to put in another fleet that was on standby ahead of time.

And the target he most like to see---the battleship, still didn't appear!

The second batch of "Tiger Sharks" also rushed over ten minutes later, and their air combat capabilities doubled in a straight line!

Major Henderson finally found out that the new fighter plane, which had high hopes, was still difficult to regain air supremacy. The good news is that the strong combat effectiveness and high performance indicators claimed by the manufacturer are not exaggerated.As long as there are enough numbers, coupled with the assistance of other fighters, even if they can't beat the Chinese Air Force, at least they can let go!

Seeing that the situation is getting worse, Henderson helplessly ordered: "All retreat! Let the damn Chinese go first!"

He can't just throw all his fighters in. Today's action has achieved considerable results. If he continues to toss, there may be uncontrollable troubles!

Circling at an altitude of 8000 to 75 meters posing as bombers, six or seven aircraft were killed by 100mm anti-aircraft guns, and the rest accelerated and maneuvered away, but the second wave was hit by close-in anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft guns. Over [-]% were disabled , the third wave was killed by two missile raids, more than half of it was killed. The huge battle group of more than [-] aircraft was scarred, but not a single battleship was sunk.

Major Henderson, full of displeasure, led the rest of the fleet to speed up to get rid of the siege, turned around and roared away.According to estimates, after going around in circles for half an hour, they will be able to return directly to the airport, sum up their experience and lessons, and carry out a formal battle.

However, he never expected that the enemy ships, which could not be found everywhere, kept their figures firmly under the radar lock.

In the south of the battlefield, on the sea near the Linga Islands, a "Yingzhou-class" missile cruiser quietly opened the hatch, and clusters of anti-air swords were ready to go! (To be continued..)