The subordinate's answer gave the squadron leader hope of completing the bombing mission.
Immediately ordered into the radio microphone: "The first and second teams attack the Eighth Route Army's air defense positions with all their strength and disperse the Eighth Route Army's air defense firepower. The third and fourth teams are responsible for bombing the airport artillery shells and the Eighth Route Army's aircraft hidden in the woods."
"Blast all possible targets for me..."
"Buzz buzz..."
The two planes dived towards the airport runway at the same time, dropped aerial bombs when they were still more than 100 meters above the ground, and climbed quickly.
The two bombs continued to hit the ground with a screaming sound, and exploded one after another.
There were thunderous explosions and thick smoke. The airport runway and a camouflaged fake plane were successively attacked.
"Boom..." The third explosion occurred at the Chenjiazhuang Airport at the same time. The second "plane" Zou Ran that was attacked exploded and was instantly blown to pieces.
After seeing this scene, the Japanese pilot became more and more convinced that he had successfully bombed the second Eighth Route Army plane.
The good news of destroying two Eighth Route Army aircraft in a row was like a shot of stimulant, making other pilots of the 3rd and 4th squads eager to try. Seeing the opportunity, they positioned their planes to attack the airport.
Little did they know that the one or two teams protecting them were suffering heavy casualties.
The 3rd and 4th teams did blow up two "aircrafts", but the 1st and 2nd teams also lost two aircraft and damaged one aircraft, leaving only three aircraft to continue to attract the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower.
This small number of targets is obviously not enough to cover the twenty or so air defense positions on the ground.
When the third and fourth teams saw the opportunity and rushed towards the airport again, the air defense troops on both sides immediately stared at them and fired.
The two planes had to climb to avoid the ground anti-aircraft fire network before they could bomb.
After learning the news of the failure of the attack, the squadron leader was very angry, but still did not want to miss this good opportunity to continue bombing the Eighth Route Army Flying Group.
He gritted his teeth and ordered: "The third team assists the first and second teams in distracting the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower. The fourth team continues to attack Chenjiazhuang Airport and the aircraft. Go faster. We won't have time."
Ten minutes later, the second wave of aviation troops sent by the Japanese army to Chenjiazhuang left the battlefield.
Only four of the twelve planes flew back, and the remaining eight planes all stayed on the Chenjiazhuang battlefield.
But for the squadron leader led by the little devil, this was not a failed air raid.
According to statistics, in the bombing operation just now, the three and four teams dropped a total of four aerial bombs on the airport runway, and also dropped six bombs to destroy six aircraft of the Eighth Route Army Flying Group.
Those planes exploded in front of everyone's own eyes, so there was no mistake.
The Eighth Route Army Flying Regiment only had twenty aircraft in total. It destroyed one-third of their fighter planes despite ground anti-aircraft fire, and also severely damaged Chenjiazhuang Airport. No matter how you analyze it, it can be regarded as a victory.
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The news reached the Baoding garrison headquarters.
A rare smile flashed across Okamura Neji's solemn face.
Starting a few days ago, the telegrams he received were all bad news.
After staying up for so long, I finally heard some good news.
The whole person felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood, and immediately ordered: "The two aviation squadrons in the reinforcement wing of Peiping Airport are already in place."
"Let them move out immediately and use the same tactics to attack Chenjiazhuang Airport and the Eighth Route Army Flying Group."
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The last wave of aviation successfully destroyed six Eighth Route Army aircraft.
This result put tremendous pressure on the third wave of Japanese aviation from Peiping.
Under normal circumstances, after the Eighth Route Army's ground air defense units were bombed by the second wave of aircraft, their air defense firepower should become weaker and weaker, and they would face less and less air defense pressure. No matter what, they would have to bomb a few more aircraft.
The results did not go as they imagined.
Ground anti-aircraft firepower remained as fierce as ever.
In order to blow up more Eighth Route Army aircraft, the little Japanese pilots had no choice but to dive bomb with all their might.
The harder they fight, the greater the chance of being hit by ground anti-aircraft fire.
As a result, the number of Eighth Route Army "planes" blown up by the third wave of planes was actually one less than that of the second wave of planes, and the loss was actually one more plane.
This is the huge price of madness.
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At ten o'clock in the morning, the fourth wave of Japanese aircraft slowly disappeared over Chenjiagou.
Looking around, the battlefield was filled with billowing black smoke.
There was thick smoke from the crash and explosion of Japanese military planes, and smoke from the explosion of aerial bombs...
Looking at the air defense positions surrounding the airport, almost every position is filled with a strong smell of blood.
Although Huang Yu dug a two-meter-deep individual bunker for each soldier participating in the battle.
But aerial bombs are too powerful.
If the air defense position is hit by an aerial bomb, even if the soldiers immediately hide in individual bunkers, the powerful shock wave will kill them alive.
At the end of the battle, many soldiers on the anti-aircraft positions died in pieces, and no one survived.
Kong Jie walked through a few air defense positions before returning to the headquarters with a serious look on his face. He looked at Huang Yu and said with worry: "The troops suffered heavy casualties."
"Many Japanese pilots directly launched suicide attacks against our air defense positions. Even if the anti-aircraft fire successfully destroyed the aircraft, the bombed aircraft would continue to hit our air defense positions under the influence of inertia."
"A total of four anti-aircraft positions were hit by the Japanese planes we destroyed, and nearly all the soldiers defending there were wiped out."
"Although I don't have specific casualty data here, I estimate that after four air defense battles, we have suffered at least a thousand casualties."
"Many soldiers were directly hit by aerial bombs, and even their bodies were not left after they died."
"I feel like I can't fight anymore."
"The battlefield is too brutal. I'm worried that if we continue to fight, the participating troops will collapse."
Huang Yu nodded and took out the telegram he had just received: "The headquarters has just forwarded the latest news from the intelligence department..."
"All Japanese military airports under our surveillance were quiet, and no new planes took off..."
"I just took a look at the battlefield. All twenty fake planes deployed by the engineering company were destroyed by Japanese aircraft."
"The airport runway was also full of craters and can no longer be used."
"Okamura Neiji has probably received the good news that our military flight group has suffered a devastating blow and the entire army has been destroyed."
"The air defense war is over."
Kong Jie read the telegram twice before putting it down, and then he became relaxed. He turned to the chief of staff and ordered: "All troops must enter the position, seize the time to rescue the wounded, and clean the battlefield..."
"The field hospital took out all the medicines we had in reserve..."
"Save the wounded at all costs."
"The radio operator immediately sent a telegram to Li Yunlong and the chief. We destroyed a total of 34 Little Japanese aircraft in the Chenjiazhuang air defense battle. We won this counter-mopping operation that lasted for more than two months."
