New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

Komatsu was the first real Ri himself captured in this battle. In fact, he was able to be captured alive thanks to the Nanbu pistol produced by Ri himself.If one were to ask which was the best pistol of World War II, there would certainly be a lot of debate.The Chinese will say that it is the German Mauser 20 rings (box gun) that can be used as a submachine gun. The Russians will definitely say that it is the TT33 (the prototype of the 54) with amazing penetration. The Americans will say it is the classic .45 The stopping power of the caliber is astonishing m1911a1, and the Germans will show off their meticulously crafted p38 pistols that are like works of art.But if you ask which kind of combat pistol is the worst, I am afraid everyone will say with one voice: Japan's southern pistol (commonly known in China as "the bastard box").Since Japan is a country with a shortage of resources, when producing this gun, Japan took all possible methods to cut corners and materials.The result is a rotten pistol that is unparalleled in the world.The reliability of this pistol is simply a nightmare. When you try to shoot with it, it will often fail to fire due to deformation of the firing pin; Something went wrong and he went off by himself.Just like this time, Komatsu's path to the Yasukuni Shrine was completely blocked by this bad gun.

Because Komatsu was captured after failing to commit suicide, the officer in charge of the interrogation originally thought that it would be very difficult to pry open the mouth of a staunch militarist like him. For this reason, they also prepared a lot of plans , ranging from civilized to barbaric.Unexpectedly, when the interrogation started, they found that this Ri himself was easy to deal with, much easier to deal with than the "fear of death" Yankee.It's like answering whatever you ask, and saying whatever you have, just like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.In less than a morning, I know everything I want to know.The officer in charge of the interrogation at the time thought that he was lucky and had encountered someone easy to deal with.Later, as more and more Japanese soldiers were captured, they realized that this situation could not be more common. The Japanese army never considered that their soldiers would be captured, so they did not conduct even the most basic counter-interrogation training on the soldiers. Many Japanese soldiers simply don't know what can and cannot be said .Moreover, Japan directly ruled that being captured was an act of treason in law, which also caused the captured soldiers to break their cans and smash their hearts.

From the interrogation of Komatsu, the Americans learned that Japan himself had assembled more planes and ships in Rabaul, preparing to strengthen the competition for Guadalcanal.It seems that although they lost in the East Solomon Islands battle on August 8, Japan's determination to regain Guadalcanal has not wavered.

Vandergrift, the commander of the [-]st Marine Division, took this news very seriously, because it meant that Ri himself might launch a new attack.He immediately called General Nimitz, who was in charge of the Battle of Guadalcanal, and asked to strengthen the air power of Guadalcanal and send more supplies.He knew very well that the outcome of this battle was actually about who could get more supplies.Although the U.S. Navy won the battle in the East Solomons recently, it also suffered a lot. Now the U.S. Navy does not have much strength near Guadalcanal.To ensure supplies, it is necessary to first ensure command of the sea, at least during the day.And these rely almost entirely on Guadalcanal's land-based aviation.

The one-sided air battle on August 8 obviously shocked the Japanese themselves. For several days in a row, no Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky above Guadalcanal Island.Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Americans further strengthened their military power on Guadalcanal.More troops were sent here.At the same time, Ron also got more p-30s. 38 new factory p-12s were sent to the island, but Ron didn't get the pilot he was most looking forward to now.A new model with a 38-barreled Gatling cannon was not expected either.

Along with this batch of planes, there was also a letter from his brother, which said that the Gatling gun designed by Ron had already produced samples, and the current testing work was going well.But the military is skeptical about the new artillery, and it will take time for it to become an option for the military.But perhaps, some of the by-products of this cannon are likely to come in handy first.

With more p-38s, Ron felt that he couldn't just wait for Ri himself to come to his door.Ri's own failure last time had nothing to do with the fact that the number of planes sent at one time was too small.The capacity of Rabaul's airport is not comparable to Guadalcanal.If Japan has accumulated enough planes in Rabaul to make a surprise attack with a hundred planes, he may not be able to withstand it.He felt he had to do something to prevent this from happening.

In the past, due to the range of fighter jets, the U.S. air force on Guadalcanal had always been out of reach of the Japanese military airport in Rabaul.Therefore, Ri himself's defense is not too tight, if the captive did not lie.But now the range of the p-38 can completely cover Rabaul.Taking the initiative is not necessarily a bad idea.

At the regular meeting of the Air Force, Ron presented his idea.The idea was also supported by other pilots.So the first active attack on the Rabaul Japanese military airport was put on the agenda.

The purpose of this attack is twofold. The first is to wipe out as many Japanese planes as possible on the runway of the airport, but more importantly, to anger the Japanese themselves and attract them to launch a confrontation before the time is ripe. Island's counterattack.To put it more clearly, they went to slap Ri himself in the face.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the next day, just as the sun was showing a little light, Ron set off with a few carefully selected pilots.The scale of this operation was not large, with only 8 p-38 aircraft participating.Other planes were on standby at the airport.

Each P-38 was equipped with drop tanks and a 250-pound bomblet.In fact, the p-38 has a very strong loading capacity, almost no less than the four-engine strategic bomber b-17, but if so many are mounted, the range will not reach that far.According to the plan, if there are no patrolling fighter jets near the enemy's airport and the ground air defense firepower is not strong, they will carry out low-altitude bombing, drop bombs first, and then sweep the airport with machine guns.If the enemy has fighter jets on patrol, drop bombs on the airfield from a high altitude, then kill their patrol fighter jets in front of the enemy.

After a long flight of several hours, Rabaul was almost there, according to chart calculations.If the pursuit of suddenness of attack, Ron should choose to enter at a low altitude.But it is not yet known whether the enemy has fighter jets on patrol.It is very dangerous to lower the altitude hastily.So Ron still took his fleet to fly at an altitude of 5500 meters.

Not far away, the majestic figure of an island has appeared in front of Ron...

Kim Sook-hee was a low-level comfort woman in the Rabaul comfort station. (The price and status of pure Japanese comfort women are higher) Japan has established several comfort stations in Rabaul.There are also a lot of comfort women like her "Three Kingdoms" (Ri's derogatory term for the aborigines of North Korea and Taiwan that were reduced to its colonies at that time).Recently there are more and more soldiers in Rabaul.In particular, the number of army soldiers worth 5 ri yuan (5 ri yuan was the cost of sending a letter during conscription) has soared.These guys are not paid well, and they can't afford those pure Japanese comfort women, so they can only come to find her.Last night, she received a full twelve army soldiers.These people didn't forget to show off to her when they accepted her comfort. They were soldiers of the Imperial Army's Huaguan {that} Eastern Army, and the United States, Britain, ghosts and animals were not their opponents at all.

But Jin Shuji was not interested in these, she only knew that the comfort station would open again in an hour.Now there is a long queue outside the comfort station.While she's severely lacking in rest, as soon as the door opens, she still has to...

Just then, she heard the roar of the plane's engine.When Jin Shuji was a child, she was full of fantasies about this kind of machine that could fly in the sky.But now, here, she has seen a lot of planes, as many as the men she has seen.So she didn't even look up, and went on with her own business - making time to eat.

But then, there was a series of explosions from the airport not far away, and then the Japanese samurai who were queuing at the gate dispersed in a rush.

Ri himself in Rabaul had almost no defense at all. When Ron led the fleet to dive down in a group of two planes, few people paid attention to them.Next to the runway, fighter jets and bombers lined up neatly without any camouflage.Ron skimmed over several Type 1 Land Attackers parked on the side of the runway, and the 250-pound bomb roared down, blowing one of them to pieces in an instant.

"Oh, it would be great if there were cluster bombs. At least four of them can be killed at once."

Ron pulled up the plane, turned it over with a somersault, and rushed towards the Japanese military plane parked at the airport again. The four .One Zero after another caught fire under the rain of his bullets.

It was only at this time that the Japanese army on the airport reacted. Various weapons, such as 20mm anti-aircraft guns, 12.7mm anti-aircraft guns, 7.7mm Lewis high-speed machine guns, and even the shooting sound of 38 large caps began to blare.

But at this time Ron had already led the fleet to fly out of the design range of these small-caliber weapons, and began to climb.

Ron turned his head and saw several people hastily crawled into the Zero Battle that had not been destroyed, and was about to take off to chase them.

If Ron and the others plan to leave now, these slow zero battles will definitely not be able to catch up with them, but they are not here just to drop a few small bombs this time.The more important purpose is to slap the Japanese in the face. What could be a louder slap than slapping their fighter jets like turkeys in front of those Japanese soldiers on the ground?

Several Japanese planes have already taken off, and are now climbing up with full power.

"Wait, wait until they climb out of the fire range of the anti-aircraft guns." Ron ordered.

Several Japanese planes chased after them.Ron once again resorted to the p-38's killer feature - spiral climb.

"Climbing in front of me? You're looking for death!" The pilot Fumio Inuyang pulled the control lever and chased after him.Several planes climbed higher and higher, and soon the altitude exceeded 6000 meters.People on the ground can now see clearly with the help of binoculars

On the ground, a Japanese officer was watching the battle with a telescope.

"Kuyang-kun is in danger."

"Your Excellency, Major, Inuyang-kun is an ace pilot, so there should be no problem." A captain next to him asked.

"At altitudes above 6000 meters, the engines of our fighter jets have a serious lack of output. Mr. Inuyang probably thought that he could catch up with the opponent at altitudes below 6000 meters," he paused and continued, "I originally also This is an estimate, but obviously the performance of the opponent's plane has exceeded our estimate, and now Inuyang-kun is in a difficult situation. I can only hope that his opponent will make a mistake."

During the conversation, the situation in the air has changed dramatically.Inuyang's zero battle can no longer continue to follow the climb.Climbing higher, with the high-altitude performance of zero combat, it is no longer an air combat, but courting death.But if you leave now, you will definitely be swooped down and attacked by others.But Inuyang still had confidence. He felt that with Zero Fight's maneuvering ability, even if the opponent swooped down to attack him, he might not be able to hit him.So Quanyang chose to take his wingman to a shallow dive to descend the altitude.

Since the opponent gave him the opportunity to dive and attack, of course he had to attack.

Ron and his wingman Kanu swooped down one after the other, and swooped directly towards Inuyang Takeshi's fighter plane. Inuyang turned his head and looked at the swooping enemy plane.When to turn is a matter of learning. If you turn early, people will have time to cut your inside lane. If you turn late, they will fire directly.

But now the enemy's speed is astonishingly fast, and the close rate is very high. Under such circumstances, an action earlier or later can be fatal.

Due to the underestimation of the effective range of the p-38, the turning time of Quanyang was a little bit late.As a result, his zero battle was bitten by the dense bullets of .50.Now the aviation machine guns of the US military use armor-piercing incendiary bombs specially aimed at Japanese aircraft, and the aircraft caught fire immediately.The flames quickly burned bigger and bigger, and Inuyang could only pull open the cockpit cover with all his strength and jumped out.

When the parachute opened in the air, Inuyang found that another plane was falling-all Japanese planes!

Ron triumphantly planned to circle two more times in the air.At this time, a large-caliber anti-aircraft artillery shell exploded not far from his plane.The fuselage shook a bit, and seemed to be injured a little.

"Damn it, you forgot the anti-aircraft gun? I told you to pretend to be 13, and you're going to be struck by lightning." Ron thought.

"Mission complete, all return."

All the way back, Ron was reflecting on himself.

"The soldiers are fierce and the battle is dangerous, so we can't be so negligent at any time." He secretly warned himself.

Fortunately, the p-38 is very strong. Although Ron always felt that the plane was slightly injured from the operation, the plane flew back safely.After landing, Ron checked it himself, and found that the right wingtip was broken for a short period, probably from being hit by an anti-aircraft gun.

But Ron has no time to be afraid now, because someone came to report him. A reporter with great powers came to the island. He had just interviewed Vandergrift, and now he came to look for him again.