Chapter 1337 Forced takeoff
The situation of other battleships is similar to that of the Jinan. Because they are in a hurry to fight, all battleships are on berths and have not yet started fire, and the hull cannot be maneuvered at all. The seven battleships have become living targets and are subject to waves of torpedo attacks. Fortunately, only torpedo planes are attacking them, which prevents the anti-aircraft gunners on the battleship from being in a hurry.
Is there only the Avenger torpedo attack aircraft of the White Eagle Fleet? Of course not. Half of the attack aircraft group are fearless dive bombers using White's cyclone engines. These dive bombers that are enough to carry 900 kilograms of bombs do not care about attacking warships in the port at this time. There are four field airports around Yokosuka Military Port, which belong to Liu Wenhui's Japanese Air Force and exists as a cover for the port to seize air supremacy.
There were more than 400 fighter jets and bombers parked at these four field airports. Although these aircraft were old models eliminated by Hualan State, they were considered first-class and good aircraft for other countries. The Baiying State Air Force clearly divided the labor, and the dive bombers ignored the situation in the port and flew straight to the four airports.
Because there was no preparation in advance, everyone except the combat duty personnel were on vacation. Because the warning time was too short, the Air Force had not received any news of the attack. Until the radar found that the sky was covered with planes, the Air Force's personnel felt bad, but it was too late at this time. As the commander of the duty squadron, Gu Qiuming had been sitting in the cockpit. This was his old temper on duty, but he didn't expect it to come in handy today.
Seeing the enemy plane coming to the air, Gu Qiuming immediately started the plane with a pushover. His wingman Qiao Rui was also sitting in the cockpit, and the plane was full of fuel and ammunition, which saved a lot of time. Two fighter planes accelerated and taxied on the runway, hoping to take off as soon as possible to fight.
A fearless dive bomber rushed up, and it dived down with a whirring wind, and rushed straight towards the runway. When the bomber raised the head of the plane again, a black bomb fell from the sky and exploded a big hole in the middle of the runway. It seemed that it was difficult to take off the plane again.
Gu Qiuming was not afraid of this scene. He put the accelerator to his head and rushed towards the big pit. Qiao Rui, the wingman pilot behind, also followed the long plane with a determined look on his face and rushed forward. The logistics soldiers hiding behind the wall were in a commotion. They watched Gu Qiuming as he was driving the plane faster and faster, and was about to rush into the big pit.
Less than three meters away from the big pit, the not-so-wide wheel of the J-3 fighter jet driven by Gu Qiuming finally left the ground and quickly rose into the air while rubbing the edge of the huge pit. Then Qiao Rui also left the ground and rushed into the blue sky as the long aircraft rushed into the blue sky. Seeing his fighter jets taking off so thrillingly, the logistics soldiers burst into cheers.
"Boss, what can we do?" Qiao Rui, who was rising into the air, asked on the radio. It seems that only the two of them are fighting in the air in a short period of time, and it will definitely be outnumbered.
Gu Qiuming sneered: "A group of novices also want to compete with us so that they can know how powerful we are." After that, he broke the joystick and rushed towards a large group of Hellcat fighters. Gu Qiuming really wanted to shoot down those attack planes, but he knew very well that once he did that, the two of them would be shot down by the opponent's fighter planes. The wisest thing to do now is to entangle the opponent's fighter planes, weaken the opponent's escort force, and wait for subsequent reinforcements to arrive.
In addition, those attack aircraft had extremely low flight altitudes, and anti-aircraft guns from their own bases were used to deal with them. If two fighters went to a low altitude, it would be easy for their anti-aircraft guns to throw them at the mouse and were difficult to play their role. Based on this consideration, Gu Qiuming led his wingman Qiao Rui to rush towards a large group of White Eagle Country fighters without hesitation.
Because the attack aircraft first launched an attack and occupied a favorable offensive position, the fighters had not yet dropped the bombs under their fuselage. The air defense firepower on the ground was too fierce. If the density of the attack aircraft was high, the maneuverability range would be smaller and it would be easily shot down. Therefore, the air strikes could only be carried out in batches. Moreover, the fighters needed to occupy altitude as a battle alert to prevent the fighter jets of the Hualan Air Force from taking off for combat. They were then slow to hover at high altitude and did not launch ground attacks.
When they saw two J-3 fighter jets coming in, many White Eagle Country fighter pilots who had already itched were whistling and rushed towards them.
Faced with the oncoming many White Eagle Fighters, Gu Qiuming and Qiao Rui were not afraid of danger. As a fighter designed and manufactured by Hualan Kingdom in the 1920s, the J-3 fighter was obviously behind, but as a member of the Japanese garrison army, Gu Qiuming and others were retired old pilots. Their operating technology and combat qualities were enough to make up for the shortcomings in weapons and make those White Eagle Fighters doomed.
Both of them knew the pros and cons of the aircraft he had. He had been dealing with this aircraft for more than ten years and didn't know how to use it. When the two J-3 fighters and more than twenty Hellcat fighters were about to meet, Gu Qiuming suddenly made a continuous small radius turn in front of the formation and went around the rear of the enemy.
Although the maximum speed of the J-3 fighter is not as fast as that of the opponent, its turning flexibility is far superior. Gu Qiuming took advantage of this feature and suddenly turned in front of the formation and immediately took the initiative. The group of young men in the White Eagle Kingdom, who were in short supply of the ever-changing air combat, were not enough, and they also operated in a regular manner based on the flight movements they learned in the academy.
How could this kind of combat method beat an old fried dough stick like Gu Qiuming? As a result, the two Hellcat fighters who were tailing were beaten cleanly by Gu Qiuming and Qiao Rui.
Seeing that his fighter jets won the first battle, the logistics soldiers on the ground cheered. At this time, someone shouted: "Captain Gu and others need support. Let's fill in the big hole quickly and let other fighters take off to fight."
This proposal woke everyone up. The logistics soldiers had iron shovels and those without iron shovels would find a tool. Everyone shouted and rushed towards the huge craters on the runway.
The runway was being repaired on the ground, but Gu Qiuming in the air became more and more convenient. He drove his plane up and down, and flexibly attacked the enemy with Qiao Rui. With the propeller coaxial cannon, they cooperated with each other and shot down seven Hellcat fighters one after another.
Chapter completed!