Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Quasi-God

Before that, he had been dormant in the clouds at an altitude of 3,000 meters, acting as the "third killer" as Chennault called it.Suddenly, under the circumstances that no one expected, he suddenly broke out, and shot left and right, destroying the opponent's four fighters in one go! This is not playing a video game, it is not easy to be able to play one-on-one, not to mention hitting four with one hit, Le Yiqin is known as "the helmet of Jiangnan land". In addition to veterans, there are also rookies. Indonesian overseas Chinese Liang Tiancheng is a student of the Central Aviation School who has recently enlisted in the army, and it is his first time to join the battle. .

When returning to the flight, he was so excited that he didn't even remember the need to lower the landing gear for landing. As a result, the plane landed on its belly and turned upside down on the spot. Everyone turned pale with shock, and rushed forward to rescue them, but they saw Xiao Liang get out by himself, jumping up and down, and shouting wildly: I killed two, two! So far, the pilots of the four major brigades all have records of shooting down Japanese aircraft, usually one, and more than two are selected to enter the Chinese Air Force's "Four Heavenly Kings" list.On this list, the four major teams occupied three seats at once, namely: Gao Zhihang, Le Yiqin, and Li Guidan.

Gao Zhihang is the boss, and the second is vacant, waiting for another talented hero to join. After their Tianshen captain, the four major brigades ruled the roost, known as the Zhihang Brigade. Hasegawa Kiyoshi originally wanted to make a comeback, but he did not expect that the "August 15th" would suffer even greater losses than the "August 14th". A considerable number of bombers that went out that day failed to escape unscathed. Let's put it this way, within three days of the Battle of Songhu, a total of 46 Japanese planes were shot down, most of which were from the Kanoya and Kisarazu Air Forces.

You must know that these two air teams are the most elite aviation units of the Japanese Navy. They were originally secret weapons trained with the United States as the imaginary enemy to deal with the future Japan-US war. Although Japan has a lot of planes, but to suffer such a big loss, so that the sky in East China has almost become a cemetery of Japanese planes, this also makes the Japanese feel distressed and unbearable. The once invincible Japanese Air Force could no longer be proud. Without the escort of fighter jets, they were forced to change their attack methods during the day and prepare to attack Nanjing at night.

If you want to come to our place at night to get cheap, there is no way, but the combat environment has changed, and the tactics must of course change. At Chennault's request, within a day, all anti-aircraft guns and lights that could be collected nearby were concentrated in Nanjing, and an air defense network was deployed over Nanjing. But this was only an internal defense network. Chennault's goal was to keep the enemy out of the city as much as possible, so he established an external defense network: dozens of large searchlights were set up around Nanjing to cover areas where Japanese planes might appear.

The stage is set and the lights are on, and I'm going to teach you a new lesson in how to do night battles in the sky, boys. Regarding the previous deployment, you may feel puzzled—there are no anti-aircraft guns outside the city of Nanjing, so what is the use of just having searchlights? Isn’t this turning into guiding bombers? I tell you that this is an ancient and strange offensive tactic, but it is only used in the air. Not surprisingly, what Mr. Chen is about to tell is also one of the many new theories created by him, called: Searchlight Tactics. Chennault said it was ancient because it was inspired by a little common sense in life.For example, if you are walking at night and encounter a car with its headlights on, your ability to distinguish will be minimized under the glare of bright light.

So we often see such a scene in the film and television, the person involved covered his eyes with his hands under the light of the car lights, yelled loudly, and then a catastrophe happened. The role played by the searchlight is the legendary car light.It was not for illuminating the Japanese bombers, but to prevent the bomber pilot from looking down, because if he was completely covered by the searchlight beam, if he looked down, the strong light would directly stimulate his eyes and make him For an instant nothing could be seen. As long as you don't look down, it's easy to handle...

Below the classroom, a group of Chinese students listened attentively. When they heard the crucial point, all of them widened their eyes and ears, anxious to listen to the following. American teachers all have such a characteristic, the more you ask, the happier he is, and the more energetic he will be when he speaks. If you ask me why the Japanese pilots don't look down, it's easy to handle. It's very simple. I want you to follow the searchlights and fly straight up from under the bomber. This is called monkey climbing! Since the opponent couldn't look down, he had absolutely no way of noticing within 50 feet of the bomber's bare belly.

You should know what to do next. It's as if Zhong Wukong was struck three times by the master with a ruler, and the excellent pilots immediately realized it. Relying on searchlight tactics, the Chinese Air Force once again showed its might.One night, the Japanese Naval Air Force dispatched a total of 13 planes, seven of which never came back! The bombing of Nanjing did not bring much profit, and on average, almost half of the planes were lost every night. This is not a loss, but a huge loss. For six weeks, the Japanese air force stopped and never dared to bomb Nanjing again, which allowed Chennault to switch from defense to offense in a small area.

Although the Chinese side achieved brilliant results in the "August 15th" air battle, they lost the "God" - Gao Zhihang was sent to Hankou Hospital due to injuries. Chennault had to find a new leader if he wanted to fight the offensive. In the process of describing the searchlight tactics, Chennault found that one pilot was very attentive. Not only did he listen carefully, but he also desperately took notes in his notebook. After each class, he would ask Mr. Chen with more than a dozen detailed questions—through translation, of course. Chennault decided that this was the man he was looking for.

The eyes of the Americans are really poisonous, and they can tell who is the "quasi-god" at a glance. Among the pilots of the Chinese Air Force, Gao Zhihang is the best in terms of flying skills, and there is another person who can be shorter and longer than one.Coincidentally, the two are both from the same hometown in Northeast China, and they are a pair of mentors and apprentices at the Central Aviation School. He was Liu Cuigang, the captain of the 24th squadron of the fifth brigade, the most diligent student under Chennault. A "September 18th", I don't know how many human tragedies have been created on the land of China.Liu Cuigang was originally a scholar who had dreamed of "saving the country by industry", but at this time he had no choice but to join the army, exiled all the way to Nanjing, and was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy. Whampoa taught infantry, and it happened that the Central Aviation School came to Whampoa to recruit students at this time.As a big man in the Kanto region, the young man has a good physique. Thinking about it, he still has the strength of the Air Force, so he will join another family from then on. Here, he met Gao Zhihang. If Gao Zhihang is the best aviation school instructor, then Liu Cuigang is the best aviation school student. At that time, within the Chinese Air Force, only Gao and Liu were the record holders for aerial shooting training. It is said that when shooting a moving target, Liu Cuigang fired 50 bullets three times, and all of them hit the target, which made people dumbfounded. Although Gao Liu is an instructor and the other is a student, their common destiny and similar personalities make them indistinguishable from each other. Teachers and students often compete with each other.After forming the formation, Gao Zhihang tried to transfer Liu Cuigang to his fourth brigade, but the fifth brigade relied heavily on this squadron leader and ace pilot, so he had to give up. When the "July 7th Incident" and even the Battle of Songhu broke out, Gao Liu felt that the opportunity had come to kill the enemy and serve the country, and there was hope and possibility to fight back to his hometown in the Northeast. Liu Cuigang even said angrily that he had to rely on his own iron and blood , to blow up the three islands of Fuso. But Liu Cuigang was not a blind young man, he knew clearly that the future would be a road of sacrifice, and he already had a happy family at that time, and if he wanted to sacrifice, he had to have the courage to let go of everything. He said in his family letter to his wife that if he sacrificed himself for the country, he had done his duty, because being born in modern China does not allow a moment of stealth. At that time, you have to bravely start a new life, I just hope you remember, "I have met a person like me in the journey of life". Ruthless is not necessarily a hero. "Such a person" is destined to create a brilliant page in the journey of life. After Gao Zhihang temporarily left, it was he who took the lead and led the fighter pilots to launch night battles in the sky, perfectly putting into practice what Chennault taught in class. In his first two nights in the war, he alone shot down three Japanese bombers.After that, it was out of control. In the previous air battles, it shot down 11 Japanese planes successively, firmly establishing its position as the second place of the "Four Heavenly Kings". Chennault regards Liu Cuigang as his favorite student, and believes that there are very few pilots in active service in the United States who can be compared with him. Encouraged by a series of victories at this time, Chennault was full of confidence, and he needed Liu Cuigang to lead the fighter pilots to achieve his next goal.