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31/12/42
“Enemy plans are uncertain. Ours are specific. We fight. Man your planes!”
‘Ha!”
The men salute, break ranks, jog to the waiting fighters, which are already running, ground crews at the ready.
Some pilots pause briefly to bow to the waiting machine- all return salutes, and the heavily clothed and burdened men quickly board the growling beasts –‘come on, come on, they seem to say – lets go, lets go”
Radio traffic is heavy from the enemy –they are coming.
Its Hyakutake that leads the first flight of 3 fighters of 47th into the air, with Juni following. Half of 47th is already up –somewhere south of Port Moresby, waiting, waiting.
Juni climbs, the mountains, so green and evil, minor obstacles falling below and behind to this fighter as it dances upwards into the heavens.
The oxygen is cool –sterile, the mask stinks, is annoying.
His flight tucks into the left flank besides Hyakutake –just where he wants to be.
A look left, look right. WO Izumida, WO Ginowa. Already proven killers.
Rule number one. Winners attract winners. The best, back the best. He has selected the best.
It is a crack team.
Come on you fat barsteds, come on.
The radio crackles
“Nakamura here –over point dog. Eagle one –go to dog 2, the weather is clearer there. We are returning to base –good hunting”
Hyakutake takes the flights 30 degrees to the left –still climbing hard –the world now just glaring blue, the sun, the cold, the endless vibration and beating engine, and to the north –a great range of cumulonimbus clouds, bases in the mountains, crown touching heavens.
And moving steadily across that white background –left to right, a tiny stream of black dots –
Yes!!!!, Yes!
Safety off!
Juni waggles his wings.
Hyakutake see’s them too, his hand circles around his head, once, twice.
Attack!
Throttle full – and now the Tigers really climb –26 fighters splitting the sky –and the growl now is deep, penetrating, powerful, alive.
Juni banks, the dots now have shape –wings, engines, twin tails –a dozen liberators –and following 5 or so clicks behind–massed B17s.
“Plenty for all brother”, he murmers –and murder fills his heart
His wingman stick close –it will be a traditional team attack.
47th and 87th sentai attack – streams of fighters cutting in from the right of the formation, each flight of three fighters teaming it up –taking on a single bomber –taking them on, hitting them, one, two, three, diving away and down, then, up –climb as fast as you can, and around –find that same lumbering beast –and go for him again –and if needed –again –and bring him down, bring him down, bring him down!
47ths first attack is good.
The great bomber grows, and grows in Junis sights –effective range –750 metres –but that is bullcrap –effective range is when you see the terror in their eyes.
First pass – guns hammering –pieces fly from the liberator – he flashes above –stick down!, full left –twist away, engine screaming
“he bleeds brother –oh yes –he bleeds!”
And pull out –pull out, and Izumida is hitting him too –and he too is joining you, and you are grinning Juni, grinning, but this is no grin of joy –a grimace of hate as you plunge at the bomber again –and Ginowa is there , right there with you –and as you dive away from that second pass –ears ringing, engine singing with joy –Juni screams in triumph –together you have avenged, the great bomber rolls, rolls, a wing separates at the roots, and it goes down, down, down you fat barsted American – go down!
Another –he tastes blood – he has bitten himself –it is nothing –there are still more –the B17s are coming, and Juni flings his plane hard into them,n and his wing men stick like glue, banking vertical –and theyflashe through them, still wing vertical –firing , firing firing, and guns empty, and roll away, damn, damn, damn.
The first attack on the liberators is good, very, very good –maybe Nakamura has the answer –the days of the individual dogfighter is dead…………
3 liberators will go down today –(Ginowa will be credited with that liberator) and 2 not to be seen by 47th’s eyes –and 3 forts as well –and not a single fighter lost
The bombers kill a sampan –and some pigs near the harbour.
Juni glides his empty, singing fighter down towards the strip –flying by instinct.
“It’s a beginning brother, it’s a beginning”
Operations report
47th sentai
Lae
13 fighters intercepted large bomber formation south of Port Moresby at very high altitude.
87th sentai too intercepted, along with several fighter bombers.
3 confirmed kills – several bombers so heavily shot up, can be written off
No casualties, light damage only, all planes available.
“pack attacks” –successful
We end year with 22 kills(one to be confirmed)
< Message edited by 1275psi -- 5/19/2009 12:40:57 PM >
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