RPAGF Chapter 723 Delay Tactics
Chapter 723 Delay Tactics
723 Delaying Tactics
As a result, the task of flying P38 and P40e fighters to annihilate the Japanese Zero fighter group naturally fell to the pilots of the Air Force Jiangnan Detachment led by Meng Jifei.
And at this time, there was also a foreign mercenary flying team led by Johnson and Ralph, who also belonged to the Jiangnan Branch.
Johnson and Ralph commanded a group of retired pilots from the United States and Britain.
In the past few years, Ye Qingshan has made a lot of money.
Many retired pilots have already achieved financial freedom and have chosen to quit.
However, these pilots who have achieved financial freedom and retired and returned to their home country will soon be introduced to more retired pilots.
This resulted in Ye Qingshan's foreign mercenary flying team not being short of people.
It's also crowded.
Later, the requirements for the foreign pilots they hired were raised several times.
Now, those who are not elite pilots, have not made meritorious service during their service, or retired foreign pilots with special skills are not hired at all.
Before the war, the most active pilots in this long-distance raid on Guangdong Province were the Kuomintang pilots under Meng Jifei.
The rest are these foreign hired pilots.
This is because, according to Ye Qingshan’s regulations, they only need to shoot down one Japanese Zero fighter in the battle.
You can get a reward of one hundred US dollars, which is basically equivalent to half a month's salary of a second lieutenant pilot in the US military.
Many of their predecessors achieved financial freedom by shooting down Japanese fighter planes.
Therefore, these foreign mercenary pilots were more eager to fight than Meng Jifei and his companions.
Even the active pilots from Britain and the United States learned about Ye Qingshan's reward system.
I am also very envious.
But unfortunately, their superiors have ordered us not to take part in the battle with the Japanese Zero fighter group.
Fortunately, Ye Qingshan comforted these people.
Tell them that they just need to destroy all the Japanese airports in Yangcheng according to the plan.
After the war, they also received a considerable allowance.
This calmed the group of British and American active pilots.
Let them maintain enough offensive desire.
……
Just as Meng Jifei's assault formation was flying towards Guangdong Province.
At around eight o'clock in the morning on the 23rd, a large group of attack aircraft that took off from Yangcheng had already arrived over Echeng.
The sky was densely packed with Japanese fighter planes.
The soldiers of the 89th Army on the ground were also horrified after seeing this scene.
"Oh my god, why did the Japanese send so many fighter planes today?
How many planes does this require? "
The soldiers of the 89th Army on the ground looked at the sky full of Japanese fighter planes, so densely packed that they couldn't count them.
In the command center, Deputy Commander Wu saw so many Japanese fighter planes appearing in the distant sky.
He immediately picked up the phone and said, “Hello, is this the anti-aircraft artillery position?
The Japanese attack aircraft group has arrived.
According to the plan, in ten minutes, your artillery will open fire.
Attract the Japanese bomber group over.
Take care in this battle."
After Deputy Commander Wu hung up the phone, he looked a little sad.
Because, the fake artillery position where the anti-aircraft artillery regiment was located would be mistaken by the Japanese bomber group for their heavy artillery position as soon as the artillery opened fire.
They will face attacks from dozens of Japanese bombers.
Even if Ye Qingshan was over there and had ambushed an anti-aircraft artillery regiment.
But facing the attack of so many Japanese bombers, they could not be a match.
The final result was that the anti-aircraft artillery regiment was mostly wiped out after suffering some losses at the hands of the Japanese bombers.
After all, anti-aircraft guns are inherently at a disadvantage when fighting fighter jets.
What’s more, this time there are so many Japanese bombers.
It was not realistic to use the anti-aircraft artillery of the regiment they had to ambush and kill the incoming Japanese bombers.
Deputy Commander Wu only hopes that the sacrifices made by the anti-aircraft artillery regiment will help achieve their strategic goals.
The commander of the Japanese bomber group determined that that was the heavy artillery position of their 89th Army.
Keep it firmly there.
Finally, these Japanese bombers inflicted greater damage.
Buzz!
Deputy Commander Wu had just finished arranging the combat mission.
The buzzing sound of fighter planes could be heard from the sky outside, followed by thunderous cheers from their soldiers on the ground.
Deputy Commander Wu rushed out of the command center and looked up to see a group of P40 fighter jets flying from the east.
"It's our fighter, our fighter!"
The soldiers around shouted loudly.
Soon, the twenty-five P40 fighters commanded by Leng Tiancheng encountered two large groups of Japanese Zero fighters appearing from the west.
In terms of numbers, Leng Tiancheng's P40 fighter group is at an absolute disadvantage.
The Japanese had two large groups of Zero fighters, with a total of sixty-two aircraft.
The number of just one of them is more than the twenty-five P40 fighter jets on Meng Jifei's side.
The soldiers of the 89th Army on the ground are most aware of this.
"We have so many fewer fighter planes than the Japs!
How can we fight this?"
Many 89th Army officers on the ground felt desperate.
Even those who were watching the battle felt despair, not to mention how much pressure pilots like Leng Tiancheng were under at the moment.
"Brothers, fight according to the predetermined plan.
Take care of yourself!
Try to survive!"
Meng Jifei spoke to all the pilots of the aviation team on the communication channel.
"Captain, take care!"
Afterwards, the twenty-five P40 fighter planes they were flying quickly dispersed in groups of two.
Leng Tiancheng and his men knew very well the purpose of the Japanese Zero fighters being deployed in this battle.
We must try to wipe them out in one fell swoop today.
So, in this battle, the Japanese were the attacking party and they were the delaying party.
In this case, Leng Tiancheng and his men’s tactics are very simple, which is the delaying tactic.
We must delay for three hours until the reinforcements commanded by Meng Jifei arrive.
This is a daunting task.
We had to hold out for three hours under the siege of 62 Japanese Zero fighters.
Leng Tiancheng didn't have much confidence.
“We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate.
My Captain Meng, please come quickly!"
Leng Tiancheng prayed in his heart.
"Spread out and eat up these Chinese fighter planes."
Just as Leng Tiancheng and his fellow pilots scattered.
Upon seeing this, the commander of the opposing Japanese Zero fighter group immediately gestured to have the Japanese Zero fighters disperse and chase Leng Tiancheng and his men.
"Yoshi, today is the end of this Chinese air force.
Kill them, kill them."
Suddenly, countless Japanese Zero fighter pilots drove their planes with grim smiles, chasing Leng Tiancheng and his men.
More than 80 fighter jets from both sides scattered in the sky like flowers from heaven.
Afterwards, the fighter jets of both sides began a chase-and-escape battle mode.