bookrebus Chapter 714 Air Combat Results
Chapter 714 Air Combat Results
714 Air Combat Results
Buzz!
Da da da!
In the sky northeast of Echeng, dozens of fighter jets were chasing and shooting, and the battle was extremely fierce.
Before long, the scope of this air battle became larger and larger.
The air force pilots on Ye Qingshan's side and the Japanese Zero fighter pilots were all fighting like crazy.
Their fighting style is mostly one-on-one fights, or two-on-many fights.
Because the fighting was so intense, any pilot on either side could be shot down if they were not careful.
Therefore, the fighter jets flown by these pilots cannot control the airspace they are in.
Many fighter planes chased each other and left the main battlefield.
I don’t know where I flew to.
Not long after, Ye Qingshan also received the news, walked out of the front-line command post, and stood on a hilltop.
Watching through a telescope the chase and fight between several fighter planes.
"Commander, can I win this air battle?"
The young martial artist standing nearby was also looking very nervous.
"The Japanese Zero fighters are really hard to deal with."
Ye Qingshan looked at the five fighter jets fighting and chasing each other in the sky in the distance.
Three of them were P40 fighters, and the other two were the Japanese Zero fighters.
Even with the numerical advantage of the P40 fighters, they were still unable to defeat the two Zero fighters of the Japanese.
The performance of the P40 fighters equipped by Ye Qingshan's air force is not as good as the Zero fighters currently equipped by the Japanese.
There is no longer a performance advantage.
In fact, the batch of P40 fighter jets in Ye Qingshan's hands are the initial models.
As a result, the performance of this batch of P40 fighters is actually lagging behind the Zero fighters currently flown by the Japanese pilots.
This resulted in the fact that even the number of P40 fighters participating in this battle on Ye Qingshan's side was 13 more than the Zero fighters escorting the Japanese.
However, during the air battle, they seemed evenly matched and neither had much advantage.
Boom!
After more than half an hour, the pursuit and fighting between the five fighter jets that Ye Qingshan could see finally came to an end.
First, a P40 fighter was shot down.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese Zero fighter that shot down the P40 fighter was also shot down by another P40.
Finally, another P40 was hit and flew eastward unsteadily, probably trying to fly back to the airport for an emergency landing.
There was only one P40 fighter and one Japanese Zero fighter left, which continued the chase and left the airspace.
Until Ye Qingshan couldn't see it even with a telescope.
"Send someone to rescue our parachuted pilot."
Ye Qingshan said to the young martial artist next to him.
“Yes, Commander.
I'll send someone over right away."
Soon, the 89th Army and the Japanese sent search and rescue teams to the locations of the two fighter planes that had just been shot down.
Go to rescue your own parachuting pilot, and find an opportunity to kill the opposing pilot.
The infantry of both sides started fighting around this area.
After Ye Qingshan instructed Xiao Wusheng to send someone to rescue the pilot, he no longer cared about this matter.
He needs to think about higher-level strategic issues.
"The batch of P40 fighters in Leng Tiancheng's hands can no longer meet the needs of the battlefield.
I need a newer model of the P40, or something else.”
As he spoke, Ye Qingshan looked up at the sky again.
Two chasing fighters appeared in the distant sky, a Japanese Zero fighter chasing a P40 fighter, and soon disappeared in the sky.
Ye Qingshan had a solemn expression and whispered to himself, "Air superiority is extremely important in this battle.
We must never let the Japanese gain air superiority around Guangzhou.
Otherwise, there is basically no hope of recovering Guangzhou."
Ye Qingshan knew very well that their 89th Army did not actually have much advantage over the Japanese 23rd Army defending Yangcheng.
Heavy ground firepower is one of the few advantages Ye Qingshan has.
Once the Japanese gain air superiority, their bomber fleet will be able to restrain Ye Qingshan's ground artillery.
Without the support of artillery fire, the soldiers of the 89th Army could fight no matter how hard they tried.
It was basically impossible to capture Yangcheng, which was heavily defended by the Japanese.
Continuing the attack like that would only result in additional casualties.
“So, before the ground forces launched the general attack on Yangcheng.
I have to deal with the Japanese air force."
This is a difficult task to accomplish.
At least, this cannot be done with the mere 40 P fighter jets that Ye Qingshan currently has.
Now, relying on Leng Tiancheng's 40 P fighter jets, we can ensure that the Japanese will not gain air superiority in the Echeng area.
This is the limit of what they can do.
But the Japanese have more fighter planes.
The Japanese can now even send bombers to bomb the New 1st Division sent by Ye Qingshan to attack the northern front.
Ye Qingshan gave up completely and asked the air force to support the New 1st Division.
It’s because Ye Qingshan doesn’t have enough fighter jets.
Of the two offensive routes, he could only protect the most important eastern line.
As for requesting support from the Nationalist Air Force, there is basically no hope.
The headquarters now had only air force forces. Part of it remained in the rear to protect the mountain city, and the rest was deployed to the Xiangxi battlefield.
Ye Qingshan didn't even need to speak.
He could only find a way to get rid of the Japanese air force in Yangcheng on his own.
Fortunately, Ye Qingshan had already made plans for this in advance.
And it has been implemented.
“Just wait a little longer.
Let’s paralyze the Japanese flying regiment first.
Now is not the time to act."
After pondering for a long time, Ye Qingshan finally showed a rare relaxed smile on his face.
This air battle lasted from 2 pm to the evening.
The Japanese bombing plan was disrupted by the appearance of the aviation team led by Leng Tiancheng.
Facing those P40 fighter pilots, they rushed towards their bomber groups regardless of everything.
The Japanese pilots flying the bombers were so frightened that they dropped the bombs they were carrying before they reached Dingziling.
Regardless of whether there were any Kuomintang troops below, they would fly back after dropping the bombs.
Compared to bombing the 89th Army, these Japanese pilots knew better that they should protect their own bombers.
Later, their fighter squadron will seize air superiority.
They have plenty of time to bomb the 89th Army's ground forces, so there is no need to rush.
In the end, the Japanese bomber group failed to complete the bombing of the intended target and flew back to Yangcheng Airport.
Leng Tiancheng and his team's interception mission was completed.
However, in the air battle with two Japanese fighter squadrons, they still lost five P40 fighters shot down.
The cost of six planes being damaged.
The casualties on the Japanese fighter planes were no less than those of Leng Tiancheng and his men.
Six Zeros were shot down and seven were damaged.
This air battle was evenly matched.
Ye Qingshan could still accept such a result. After all, it was similar to his estimate before the war.
It will not hinder Ye Qingshan’s subsequent plans.