Bourne: Command and Conquer

Chapter 1392, the meal is brought to your mouth

"Baga..."

Kujo Yongfu was extremely distressed.

I once deeply doubted myself.

I can't figure it out at all. Why are my fighter planes so often ambushed?

The contents of the telegrams sent by the leading officer were all about being attacked.

Being attacked…

Three times in a row…

More than a dozen carrier-based aircraft were lost.

Originally hoping to receive news of victory. Unexpectedly, it was bad news again.

There was no choice but to order the remaining fighters to return.

Can't continue taking risks.

Otherwise, the entire army may be wiped out.

This is absolutely not allowed by the Naval Command. Can't afford it.

If the plane is damaged, it can be replenished. However, all the pilots lost were treasures!

They are all carrier-based aircraft pilots. It should be used to attack enemy warships. It is not used to confront the enemy's airport. The gain outweighs the loss.

The Imperial Navy has almost no interests in China. It's not worth paying such a heavy price.

The carefully planned siege of Nanchang Airport ended in vain.

However, Kujo Yufu was unwilling to give in.

The entire Imperial Navy was not reconciled.

So many aircraft and warships have been lost, and they must be replaced.

How to find a replacement?

It's all the fault of Army Red Deer.

It was they who frantically expanded the war. They are the culprits.

so…

All losses must be compensated by the Army Red Deer!

The Navy has already won this year's steel allocation. Got 73% of the quota. That’s 4% more than in previous years.

but! This is far from enough!

The Navy hopes to get more than 78% next year.

That is to continue to increase by 5 percentage points. The Navy has a larger shipbuilding plan.

In terms of the allocation of imperial military expenditures, the navy must also increase.

Of course Army Red Deer would not agree.

Anan Weiji, that red deer, dared to fight with the navy!

He is the director of the Personnel Bureau of the Army Province, but he still wants to go to heaven?

If you have the chance, you must kill this **** Anan Weiji! Kill his entire family...

"Report."

A staff officer arrived.

Handed Kujo Takeo a secret telegram.

It's about Army Red Deer.

"Are they going to attack Hankou Airport?"

"Did the Chinese gather all their planes at Nanchang Airport?"

Kujou Yongfu frowned secretly.

He didn't want this to be true.

I especially don't want the Army's Red Deer Air Force to succeed in the raid.

It would be best to be completely annihilated by the Chinese.

The Imperial Navy lost more than a dozen combat aircraft. This news may be known to Army Red Deer. Then he was laughed at by the other party.

There is no problem in losing the battle. As long as Army Red Deer doesn't know.

Alternatively, as long as the Army's losses were greater than those of the Navy, there would be no problem.

So, how can Army Red Deer lose more?

Of course, all naval aircraft should be withdrawn immediately, allowing the Chinese to concentrate all their efforts on destroying the Army Red Deer.

"Come here! Send a message!"

"yes."

"Order all aircraft to return immediately. Including Nanxiang Shigeaki."

"Tie!"

The staff officer agreed and turned to leave.

Soon, the order was issued.

It's in the form of a telegram. Some fighter planes had small telegraph machines on them.

Mainly for long-distance communication with the rear. Able to receive and send some simple messages. The distance is much further than instant messaging.

Soon, all the aircraft belonging to the Japanese navy turned back.

After receiving the message, Nanxiang Maozhang also turned south and returned to Songshan Airport. I won’t join in the excitement at Nanchang Airport for the time being.

Another staff officer arrived.

"Your Excellency Colonel, Yamaguchi Tawen has sent a telegram."

"Yamaguchi?"

Isamu Kujo was slightly startled.

Yamaguchi smells a lot?

What is he doing to himself?

Yamaguchi Tawen also has the rank of colonel. I have no reporting relationship with him.

However, Yamaguchi Tawen has always had some unique insights into the training and use of naval aviation.

This guy has always advocated using aircraft carriers as the main force in naval warfare and using carrier-based aircraft to destroy targets remotely.

The commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, also seemed to think highly of the other party.

But, that's all it seems.

Admiral Yamamoto has always been a staunch supporter of battleships.

The Yamato battleship currently under construction is what Admiral Yamamoto strongly advocated.

How could he let the aircraft carrier play the leading role?

Received the telegram.

His face darkened.

Accused.

Yamaguchi Tawen believed that Kujo Yuuo made a fatal mistake in the use of carrier-based aircraft. This resulted in heavy losses for the naval aviation.

"Baga..."

Kujou Yufu was secretly annoyed.

Although it was a telegram from Yamaguchi Tawen. However, it is definitely not him who is the messenger of the Lord.

It must be the person behind Yamaguchi Tawen.

The question is, who could this person be?

…

"Huh?"

"The master also ran away?"

Zhang Yong quickly discovered the anomaly.

His intuition told him that all the Japanese navy's Red Deer fighter planes had been withdrawn.

Nanchang Airport should be safe now.

Then, what is left are the thirty-six fighter jets of the Japanese Army Red Deer.

It’s no wonder that the Japanese Army’s Ma Lu did not believe in evil. We must continue to attack Hankou Airport.

They do have the capability to destroy Hankou Airport.

Thirty-six fighter jets!

It is also a Type 97 fighter with good performance.

This kind of fighter was the main force of the Japanese Army's Red Deer Air Force. Not many.

The total may be several hundred. As a result, thirty-six aircraft were dispatched in one go.

It must be tidied up properly.

It completely hurt the opponent.

The airborne map showed that a Hawker-3 fighter jet was passing nearby.

They are bound for Nanchang Airport. He was quickly stopped by Zhang Yong.

"Xu Huansheng!"

"Xu Huansheng!"

Zhang Yong called from the communicator.

After a while, a strange voice came from the other end.

"Who are you…"

"I'm Zhang Yong! I'm east of you!"

"Mr. Commissioner..."

"All your formations will adjust course to 350, altitude to 2400, and speed to 280. Follow me."

"Commissioner, are we going back to Hankou Airport?"

"At Nanchang Airport, the Japanese aircraft have withdrawn. The Japanese aircraft departing from Jinling are heading towards Hankou Airport."

"clear."

Xu Huansheng immediately ordered the formation to turn.

A total of nine Hawker-3 fighter jets.

A few minutes later, all the Hawker-3 fighter jets gathered near Zhang Yong.

"Xu Huansheng..."

"Zhang Jianwen..."

Zhang Yong asked each pilot's name one by one in the communicator. In order to make records.

Each pilot who answers his name swings the wing to the left. Confirmed.

They are all relatively unfamiliar names.

I guess the technology is also average. Most courage may also be lacking.

Let's put it this way, if he, Zhang Yong, hadn't led the team and relied solely on them to fight the Japanese invaders, it would have been unreasonable.

It’s hard to say whether you have the courage to take off in the first step alone.

Later data show that during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the problems of the national air force were no less than those of the army.

Even more serious than the Army. Often semi-paralyzed.

It’s not that there are no planes.

It’s not like there are no pilots.

It's just extremely inefficient.

Attendance is even worse than that of the Air Force.

Intentional damage to aircraft.

Deliberate deviation from course.

No courage to fight, but very courageous to smuggle.

Some pilots even deliberately dropped bombs for smuggling. Then free up the weight to carry cargo.

In order to obtain more benefits, crazy overloading. causing serious wear and tear on the aircraft. When you need to take off for combat, just lie down. Completely unusable.

Zhang Yong discovered these problems at Nanchang Airport.

My wife worked hard to buy more than a hundred Hawker-3s, and maybe twenty or thirty of them were shot down. But there were more than fifty of them!

At Nanchang Airport alone, there are nearly ten Hawker-3 fighter jets lying down.

There are more people lying down than can be mobilized.

With such efficiency, being able to defeat the Japanese aggressors is truly a ghost!

But, so what if you know?

To find out the truth behind it?

Go if you are not afraid of death.

You will be shot coldly by others at any time.

Maybe the chase ended up with the Song family again.

so…

Pretend you didn't see it.

Unless the other party is really outrageous.

Or maybe he didn't take Commissioner Zhang Da seriously. Go against him.

Take back the cluttered thoughts.

It’s better to direct the battle first.

The Japanese invaders' huge fighter formation has arrived in the sky over Jiujiang. We were indeed heading to Hankou Airport.

"Xu Huansheng, you return according to the route. Do not change the course. I will go back to Hankou Airport first."

"receive."

After Zhang Yong gave the order, he immediately accelerated.

Raise the speed of the BA-65 fighter to the limit. Soon we arrived near Hankou Airport.

It's so fast to fly around in the air! The distance of more than 200 kilometers can be reached in half an hour.

Switch communication channels.

"Tower, tower..."

"Tower received. Please speak."

"I'm Zhang Yong. I'm approaching the airport. I'm taking over air control."

"Received. Mr. Commissioner, please give me your instructions."

"The Japanese aircraft formation has arrived above Huangshi. Inform the Soviets to take off all fighter jets."

"receive."

"Loaded with machine gun bullets. No need to carry bombs."

"clear!"

"After all the Soviet fighter jets took off, all BA-65 fighter jets were ordered to enter the runway and stand by."

"clear."

"Execute it!"

"yes."

With the order, Hankou Airport immediately became busy.

All the I-16 fighter jets took off. Twelve indeed. It happened to be a flying group.

The officer leading the team is named Varedin, and he is a veteran. It is said to have 500 hours of flight records. Among all Soviet volunteer pilots, he can be ranked in the top five.

At that time, a pilot could be called a veteran if he had 300 hours of flight record.

It is estimated that few of the pilots in the National Air Force have exceeded 100 hours.

The veterans are Gao Yuanhang, Chen Shanben, and Xu Huansheng. There are really not many elites.

This is the situation.

All battle plans must be carried out based on this point.

Can only ambush.

Only attack.

Hit and run.

We must not let the Japanese fighter planes catch us.

Otherwise, everyone will die if caught.

"Comrade Varedin..."

"open…"

The two parties establish communication links.

Zhang Yong has a Russian plug-in. There is absolutely no problem in communicating between the two parties.

The most important point is to confirm the logo of each fighter jet.

It is necessary to match all the names of the people and the fighters. In this way, you can use your fingers like an arm. This process took about five minutes.

In these five minutes, the large formation of Japanese fighter planes had arrived in the sky above Ezhou from Huangshi. It's pretty fast.

In fact, the Type 97 fighter jet has very good speed and maneuverability.

It is a light fighter.

In the sky of China mainland, you can run rampant.

Because I didn’t meet a strong opponent. But it fell apart in the Pacific battlefield.

Whether it's a P-38 or a P-40, they can both shoot it out. Not to mention the later P-47, P-51 and other weirdos.

"Everyone has it!"

"Course 180, altitude 3200, speed 300!"

Zhang Yong issued the order.

Suddenly I felt that the BA-65 was actually quite good as an early warning aircraft.

Fast.

You can get to the command position as quickly as possible.

Without aerial bombs mounted, its cruising range is quite impressive.

Especially after the weapon system was dismantled, the weight was reduced by another one or two hundred kilograms. The time you can stay in the air is even longer.

The most important point is that if you encounter danger, you can run away decisively.

As long as the throttle is pushed wildly, other aircraft will not be able to catch up.

Even if he encounters BF-109, he can escape smoothly.

southward.

Avoid the Japanese invaders formation.

Then they went around to the rear of the Japanese formation, dived and fired.

Tactics are not afraid of the old.

The key is to be useful.

Zhang Yong has not yet researched other tactics.

but…

The situation suddenly changed.

The large formation of Japanese fighter planes began to disperse. Divide into small formations.

Divided into four small formations. Each small formation has nine fighters. Each formation has a different heading.

Two to the north.

It's probably going to go around from the north.

Two to the west.

It is estimated that the attack will be launched from the south.

There was no attack from the east.

Great cunning.

Fortunately, I had time to point to the map.

Otherwise, the changes in the situation of the Japanese invaders would be completely unclear. You will definitely be caught off guard.

Now…

The opportunity has come.

Just in time to ambush one of the formations.

However, before that, Hankou Airport must be notified of the relevant situation.

"Tower, tower..."

"Tower received. Please speak..."

The communicator went silent for a moment.

Then Commander Qian's voice came.

It turned out that Commander Qian himself was personally at the tower.

"Shaolong, how is the situation?"

"The large Japanese aircraft formation was divided into four small formations over Ezhou, with nine enemy aircraft in each formation. It is estimated that attacks will be launched from the north and south."

"What are your orders?"

"Order Gao Yuanhang to lead all BA-65 fighter jets to take off. Wait for my instructions."

"good."

"Xu Huansheng and the others don't need to land. Let's fight directly."

"good."

Zhang Yong ended the call.

Feeling a little dizzy.

Now he needs to command three formations of fighter jets at the same time to deal with the four formations of the Japanese invaders.

The three formations on our side all have different aircraft models.

There are Yi-16 fighter jets.

There are BA-65 fighter jets.

There are Hawker-3 fighter jets.

The ranking of combat effectiveness is basically the same.

The one with the strongest overall combat capability is of course the Soviet I-16 fighter jet formation.

The weakest one is the temporarily formed Hawk-3 type.

But the enemy planes were all Type 97 fighter jets. Aerial combat performance is good.

what to do?

Cold salad…

Just do it.

First clean up the first formation of the Japanese invaders.

"Vardin Formation!"

"All turn left! Course 75, altitude 4500, speed 300!"

Give instructions.

Prepare to go around to the rear of the Japanese aggressor formation.

One minute…

Three minutes…

All I-16s completed their turn.

Just behind the Japanese formation. The distance between the two sides is about 5000 meters.

"accelerate!"

"Speed ​​350!"

Continue to issue instructions.

Go crazy!

Use your strength to feed yourself!

Let the engine tremble!

Even a small engine with only over 400 horsepower has to give me a speed of 350!

Otherwise, it would be impossible to close the distance with the Japanese fighter planes.

"receive!"

"accelerate!"

All I-16 fighter jets accelerated immediately.

Zhang Yong soon discovered that he had made a small mistake. Just got the wrong model.

This is I-16!

Not I-15!

He also subconsciously thought that he was commanding an I-15 biplane.

Not really. Others are monoplanes. The engine horsepower is over 700. The speed is more than 440! Much faster than the I-15!

Then it'll be fine.

Continue to add instructions.

"Speed ​​increased to 440!"

"The enemy plane is about four thousand meters in front of you."

"After discovering the enemy plane, you decide how to attack!"

"After the attack, immediately adjust the course to 300 and break away to the west. Do not fight."

Zhang Yong terminated the command here.

The meal is already in your mouth. How to eat it is up to the Soviets themselves.

Flying. Turn. accelerate. Crossing Hankou Airport.

Sorry, there are still two waves of fighters that need to be commanded here. They are circling waiting for instructions.

well…

So busy.

I feel like I can’t handle it.

what to do?

Still the same.

ambush!

Attack!

At this moment, in the south, fighting has broken out.

[To be continued]

(End of chapter)