"Yes, these Japanese are getting more and more powerful! But it doesn't matter. Our defense position is very strong, and the anti-aircraft holes are enough to withstand heavy artillery attacks. Even if the Japanese heavy artillery hits directly, the lethality is quite limited!"

Tang Zhensi was not panicked, and then pointed to the Japanese Guard Division about to cross the river in the distance and said, "Our real goal is in that direction!"

In front of Maulammian, in addition to the Salwen River, which is deep and wide, there are also the winding Jiying River and Atlan River.

The Jiying River is comparable to the Salwen River. The river is five or six hundred meters wide and 100 meters wide, and the narrow side is 100 opposite sides. It is not an exaggeration to call it a natural danger that is conducive to defense.

It was just east-west direction, and both sides of the strait were plains. The Japanese army completely encircled the circle and could not form a closed-loop defense line.

Therefore, Yang Fan only built fortifications in the Jiying River outside Maudan City.

Compared with the Salwin River, the Atlan River and the Jiying River are much narrower, but they still have considerable defensive value. Yang Fan also built extremely strong fortifications in the Atlan River section near Maulhammeng and the mountain fortress.

The 1st Brigade of the Japanese Guards Division and a chariot brigade began to cross the river from the pontoon bridge at the Jiying River bend 38 kilometers northeast of Maudanmian.

At this time, the 55th Japanese Division located in Mudong Town also began to advance towards the mountain fortress and Mudami under the guidance of the chariot.

The 33rd Division located in Pa'an began to shell the 31st Army on the west bank of the Salwin River, preparing to forcibly cross the Salwin River here.

Myanmar War Zone Chief Command.

At this time, Yang Fan, Stilwell, Li Zongren, Du Yuming, Sun Zhen, Wei Yunsong and others were discussing deductions in the war room.

"Report! The Tiger Army Flying Tigers successfully repelled the Japanese Air Force. At present, preliminary statistics have shown that our army has shot down 79 Japanese invaders, our army lost 22, and killed 8 people!"

The fierce air battle lasted for more than half an hour. All 300 fighter jets of the Chinese Tiger Army participated in the battle one after another, and the Japanese fighter jets also reached an unprecedented 700.

In the end, the Tiger Army Flying Tigers once again created an air battle record of winning with fewer and more with their super fighting skills, advanced and powerful fighters, and home court advantages.

The Japanese Air Force, which did not take advantage, had to temporarily withdraw the troops after consuming oil and recovered unwillingly.

Hearing this, Stilwell's heart finally landed. He happily gave Yang Fan a thumbs up and said, "It's so great. Your Air Force actually achieved a 1:4 battle loss ratio, which is really amazing!"

At this time, Li Zongren also laughed with praise: "Yes, fortunately, the Tiger Army Air Force is strong enough, otherwise these Japanese aircraft alone would be enough for our army to drink a pot!"

Sun Zhen nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, on the domestic battlefield, when we were fighting with the Japanese, we were so anxious that we were blown up by the Japanese planes!

At that time, I was thinking about when we could have a strong enough air force, so we wouldn't have to be beaten passively like this!

Haha, now, I won’t have to be as cowardly as before! It’s great to fight the Japanese with Commander Yang!”

The Japanese lost 79 fighter jets, and combined with the bombers shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, the Japanese lost at least 84 combat aircraft, which was equivalent to losing 6 flight squadrons.

The Chinese Tiger Army Flying Tigers lost only 22 aircraft, and from the data, it really made a big profit. Therefore, both Stilwell and Li Zongren were very satisfied and became more confident.

But they didn't know that the loss of these 22 fighter jets was not small for Yang Fan, and it was equivalent to losing 18 million wealth points in half an hour.

However, the survival rate of the pilots Yang Fan valued the most is very high, and more than half of the pilots survived, which is very cost-effective!

Yang Fan smiled slightly and said modestly: "It's okay! This time it's not too much! However, such a fierce air battle may be a normal situation in the future, and there are still too few planes in our hands.

If we didn’t build the aircraft factory in Myanmar earlier, we might be weaker and weaker!"

Stilwell smiled and said, "Don't worry too much about this. As long as we fight a few more beautiful battles, President Roosevelt will definitely increase the aid in Myanmar, even if the aircraft factory will not be able to be completed and put into production for a while.

But fighter jets produced in the United States can be transported directly!”

Stilwell was really happy. Although the country was extremely chaotic by the Japanese agents and Myanmar traitors in the past two days and there were many riots, under Yang Fan's strong suppression, the overall situation was still quite stable.

As the storm came, Stilwell was able to reuse and upgrade several levels in a row. For a moment, he was so proud that he was fast, but there were also many eyes staring at him. There were many people in China who opposed him hoped to replace him.

Now, a fierce large-scale air battle once again proves that the Chinese Hu Ben Army is a powerful enough and trustworthy ally.

At this moment, a communications officer rushed in: "Report! The 31st Army urgently sent a telegram!"

Stilwell nodded immediately and said, "Remember!"

The communications officer immediately picked up the telegram and said loudly: "The 33rd Division of the Japanese invaders is launching a crossing of the river against our defense line under the cover of artillery fire.

The Japanese army dispatched at least 500 rafts and 30 fishing boats. Our army was under great pressure and requested air support!”

"What? I need air support at the beginning of the shooting? Are the guns in their hands all fire sticks? So are the cannons all decorations?"

Hearing this, Li Zongren suddenly shouted in dissatisfaction, for no other reason, just because the 31st Army was their Guangxi army, and the Guizhou Army ace army he personally brought.

I originally wanted to give them how much face this would give them so that the world would know that the Gui army never had diarrhea, but how could it be that they could not shout at the beginning of the tough battle?

In particular, Yang Fan's Hu Ben Army was the first to make a case. Not only did he fight an extremely beautiful blocking battle in Yecheng, but now he has made the Japanese Air Force look useless. Moreover, he has also built such a solid river defense line, equipped with automatic firepower and heavy weapons including heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fire cannons, etc.!

Just as there is no harm without comparison, when compared with these two situations, Li Zongren felt that he was really weak, which was really embarrassing!

Hearing that Li Zongren had such a position, Wei Yunsong couldn't hold back his face and quickly stood up and said, "Sir Li, please rest assured, our 31st Army will never let you down!

I'll deal with these guys when I turn back!"

After pausing, Wei Yunsong looked at the communications officer and said, "Call back immediately and tell them that they must keep it for me. If anyone dares to put a Japanese in, I will twist his head!"
Chapter completed!