Age of Rebirth

The Japanese army in the direction of the Korean peninsula let the troop carrier formation of the Southeast Mobile Corps cross the Yellow Sea without any hindrance, which made Major General Liu Cuigang, the commander of the Northern Air Force Group, who is based in Qingdao Ground Air Command, very puzzled. Could it be that the Japanese land-based air force in Japan , give up the best chance of sea strike?And want to conduct a surprise attack after the troops land?So, in which direction?Incheon?mountains?Mokpo?It's all possible.

Liu Cuigang shook his head and thought to himself: "Forget it, don't bother with it, no matter what tricks the little devil plays, after the landing battle begins, all cards will be revealed!" He agreed with the words of Chief of Staff Dong Ningxuan. More than [-] troops, divided into three groups, plus the escort fleet, escort fleet, and bomber fleet, such a huge formation, it is impossible for the Japanese army not to get any news, not to mention, the escort fighter fleet, a few hours ago , Shooting down dozens of Japanese reconnaissance planes.

Liu Cuigang turned around and said to Dong Ningxuan: "Ningxuan, the troops are about to start landing. Order all the ground radar stations to closely monitor the movement of the Japanese land-based aviation in Japan! It's time for them to show up!"

Dong Ningxuan smiled and said, "Commander, I'm afraid the most anxious thing right now is not you, but Commander Yue in the sky!"

"Hahaha!" Liu Cuigang laughed, "Report to the commander and chief of staff. After receiving the report from the Chengshanjiao radar station, more than [-] Japanese aircraft took off from the direction of Kyushu Island, Japan. They were divided into two groups, the front and the rear. , can’t confirm the specific model yet!” A communications staff officer put down the phone and reported.

"Finally showed up!" Liu Cuigang raised his eyebrows, "How many roads?" "All the way" "Direction" "Mokpo direction!"

A few short questions and answers, but it is related to the landing battle on the Korean peninsula, and the contest with the Japanese land-based fleet for air supremacy. "Reporting to the commander and chief of staff, after receiving a report from the ground radar station on Liugong Island, about [-] aircraft took off from several airports on Kyushu Island in Japan, divided into two echelons, flying at different altitudes. The radar station is We are identifying the Japanese military aircraft!" Another staff officer put down the phone and reported.

Liu Cuigang asked calmly: "The direction of the Japanese military fleet?"

The staff officer replied: "Mokpo!"

"How long will it take for my troop carrier formation to approach Mokpo?"

"It will take less than an hour!"

"Approximate time when the Japanese fleet arrived in Mokpo airspace?"

"About five and ten minutes later!

"Huh!" Liu Cuigang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Japanese army's land-based fleet showed up.Moreover, the specific direction has also been determined. It seems that Mokpo is the only attack direction of the Japanese fleet, and.The little devil's aviation commander really adopted a style of play that he least believed in.Really kicked in the head by a donkey.Liu Cuigang was amused, "Probably, the Japanese commander wanted to concentrate all the combat aircraft and destroy the Southeast Mobile Corps?"——However, the little devil kicked the iron plate, and the old man was in the direction of Mokpo. Concentrated three points of the escort fighter group Two or more troops! Another air battle with an overwhelming advantage!" He thought happily.

With a smile, Liu Cuigang picked up the communicator, "Old man, you still have the foresight. The ground radar station reported that the little devil's combat aircraft fleet stationed in Kyushu Island has appeared, and the number is no less than [-]! It has been prepared for a long time. , you can eat it!"

"Yes, it is in the direction of Mokpo. It is divided into two echelons with different flying altitudes. It should be a mixed fleet of fighter jets and bombers. It is an old routine. According to the time when the Japanese fleet took off, it was the time when the Southeast Mobile Corps began to land. Old man, The next step is up to you, Qingdao Air Index will provide you with the situation of the Japanese military aircraft fleet at any time!" He said concisely.

"Hahaha!" In the microphone, Le Yiqin laughed heartily and crazily, "Cui Gang, I really doubt that the head of the commander of the little devil's air force was kicked by a donkey? Ah! Airplanes do infantry work, that's what those little devils figured out, well, I'm waiting for these bastards! It's time to eat meat again today!"

"Cui Gang, I decided to mix the fighter group to meet the enemy, and limit the air combat area to Busan, away from the troop landing field, first fight the little devil's fighter jets, then pack up the little devil's bombers, and hand over the air fire support of the landing troops to the ship. Airborne troops, what do you think of handing over the bombing mission to the bomber fleet?"

From Le Yiqin's laughter, Liu Cuigang could hear the strong confidence and confidence. That's right. In the direction of Mokpo, not counting the carrier-based aircraft, the number of Le Yiqin's fleet and escort fighter jets reached nearly [-]. The Japanese army has a mixed fleet. Even if the number of fighter jets accounts for more than half, it is still at a numerical disadvantage. Moreover, there is asymmetric air intelligence. Every move of the Japanese fleet falls into my own eyes. Not too much!

"Yiqin, you are the commander of the escort fleet, you decide how to fight! I just provide you with information on the airspace of the battle!" Liu Cuigang said.

Le Yiqin laughed loudly, "Old man, then you just have to keep an eye on the little devil's fleet. The search range of the airborne radar is not enough, so I can only rely on the eyes on the ground!"

The sky is clear, which is not conducive to the aircraft fleet to covertly meet the enemy under the cover of clouds. The air mixed formation composed of more than 360 fighter jets and more than 250 bombers of the Third Air Force stationed in Kyushu Island, Japan, is flying unhurriedly in the air. Seen from the ground, the Japanese military fleet formed a huge formation, rumbling across the blue sky, the momentum was amazing.

Major General Kenjiro Kumamoto, Commander of the Third Air Force, flew his beloved fighter plane at the forefront of the formation under the escort of his wingman. Major General Kumamoto looked at the mirror sky through the cockpit, and couldn't help frowning his broom eyebrows. The weather is not conducive to the concealment of the fleet. If there are clouds, the bomber fleet of the Third Air Force suddenly appears in the sky above the Chinese landing force, and tons of bombs are dropped. What an exciting scene!

Strictly speaking, the Third Air Force is the air defense force of Kyushu Island. It has never stepped out of the mainland to fight. In the airspace of the Empire of Japan, no enemy aircraft dared to come to offend. Today, the reason why Major General Kumamoto led the team himself The idea of ​​gaining the reputation of the Third Air Force in one battle came second. It was mainly Major General Kumamoto himself who wanted to kill Chinese soldiers. He also wanted to see how the imperial pilots who had trained for several years performed in actual combat. Performance.

Of course, looking at the desperate struggle, helpless panic, and scorching bullets of the Chinese soldiers under their own guns, when the hot bullets shot through the bodies of the Chinese soldiers, the puff of blood that was brought up, in the eyes of Major General Kumamoto, is more than that. The cherry blossoms in full bloom on Mount Fuji are even more brilliant.

Major General Kumamoto, who graduated from the Imperial Flying Academy, is not only an excellent fighter pilot, but also an excellent tactician. He absolutely despises the Chinese people, but Major General Kumamoto still respects the ancient Chinese art of war. , Admired to the point of even a little jealousy, Major General Kumamoto still very much agrees with General Tanaka's tactics of concentrating all the combat aircraft of the Third Air Force, choosing a place, and inflicting the heaviest blow on the Chinese landing force.

As an outstanding tactician like myself, of course, he knows that the best way to stop the enemy's landing force is to sink all his troop fleets at sea. Burying on the bottom of the sea and using combat aircraft to stop the enemy on the beach is the worst tactic. Therefore, when General Tanaka asked the Third Air Force how to fight, Major General Kumamoto almost laughed out loud.

Major General Kumamoto has every reason to believe that General Tanaka, the local emperor of the Korean Peninsula, is definitely a layman in commanding air combat. If it is other air force commanders, he will refuse without hesitation, but Major General Kumamoto is an excellent tactician. His thinking Just different from ordinary people.

Is this reverse thinking? When everyone thinks that this is the inevitable way to fight, why don't you do the opposite, give up attacking the independent division's troop fleet on the Yellow Sea, and instead attack on the beach. The unconventional style of play will definitely surprise the commander of the escort fleet of the independent division. Using the Chinese military tactics to massacre Chinese soldiers must have a different pleasure.

Moreover, Major General Kumamoto has further considerations. The escort fleet of the independent division troop transport fleet takes off from the Shandong Peninsula in China, and the distance is farther than the fleet that takes off from Kyushu Island Airport. Compared with the two, the independent division escort The airborne time of the fighter group will be greatly shortened. The more the combat airspace of the aircraft group shifts towards the direction of the Korean Strait, the more beneficial it will be for themselves. When the fighter group of the independent division runs out of fuel and loses air cover, the soldiers of the independent division who have already landed , still not allowed to be slaughtered?

Major General Kumamoto was very satisfied with his strategy. No one would have thought that the majestic Major General of the Imperial Japanese Air Force would adopt such a tactic. With time in the air, even if your own fleet returns to Kyushu Island Airport to refuel, and then goes to the battlefield on the Korean Peninsula again, it will be much faster than the independent division fighter group. This is an advantage!

Therefore, General Tanaka's layman's order coincides with Major General Kumamoto's opposite tactics, which is one of the reasons why he readily agreed to fight, but then he thinks that Major General Kumamoto's strategy is nothing more than that, That would be dead wrong.

Major General Kumamoto looked at the instrument panel of the plane, it had already taken off for 10 minutes, he turned on the formation communicator, "Every fighter wing and bomber wing think, my air formation commander Major General Kumamoto, now I order the fleet to change course immediately , Target, Incheon Port airspace!"

"Hani?" All the Japanese combat aircraft commanders who heard the order were taken aback. Before taking off, the combat mission issued by the air force headquarters was not to attack the independent division landing troops in the airspace of Mokpo Port?

Why did your Excellency Commander suddenly change the order to go to Incheon?

(to be continued) (to be continued..)