Seeing the three Japanese planes turning into fireballs in the air, the two sides fighting fiercely on the ground were stunned. For a while, both warring parties looked to the sky.
The four fighter planes that had just swooped down from the sky did not immediately climb up after destroying the three bombing Japanese planes. Instead, they continued to lower their altitude until they reached an altitude of three to four hundred meters.
At this time, both warring parties on the ground held their breaths and widened their eyes. Soon, the eye-catching blue sky and white sun badges on the wings of these aircraft appeared in front of everyone.
There was a brief silence on the battlefield, and then a burst of cheers like a roaring tsunami suddenly erupted.
"The plane...that's our plane!"
"The plane is coming...we are saved!"
For a moment, the battlefield was filled with cheers!
In a simple temporary command post along the Yellow River, Cun Xingqi, the commander of the 12th Division, looked at the plane passing overhead and felt his eyes become moist for a moment.
Chief of Staff Chen Yaoxian stumbled over and ran over. He was so excited that his voice changed, "The master's seat... the master's seat... is our plane! The theater commander has not forgotten us, they have sent us a plane!"
Although his mood was equally turbulent, Cun Xingqi still suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded calmly: "Yes, the commander has not forgotten us and sent us a plane."
Chen Yaoxian then sighed: "What a pity. It would be great if we could contact the planes in the sky so that we can request air support from them."
Cun Xingqi said nothing, but a trace of doubt arose in his heart. Logically speaking, if the war zone sent out air support, there was no reason not to notify them, or at least give them the other party's communication password. How could it come so suddenly?
Furthermore, today's National Army Air Force has long been reduced to nothing more than an empty frame.
In addition, China's seaport to the outside world has long been occupied by the Japanese army, which also means that military aid from the West has been cut off. Where did these planes come from?
But now is not the time to think about this. As a veteran who has been in the army for more than 30 years, participated in the Wuchang Uprising, the Northern Expedition, and served as Sichuan garrison envoy, major staff officer, deputy brigade commander, army chief of staff, division commander, etc., he
Immediately he realized that the opportunity to seize the Yellow River crossing had come.
He immediately said to Chen Yaoxian: "Chief of Staff Chen, please notify Teng Chenggeng immediately and ask him to lead the 412th Regiment to attack the Japanese army immediately. If it is late, I am afraid it will be too late."
Chen Yaoxian understood Cun Xingqi's words. In his opinion, it was a rare miracle that the national army's planes could come to support once, and they would not stay for too long. If they did not take this opportunity to capture the ferry on the opposite side, they would probably
There will be no chance again.
"clear!"
Chen Yaoxian agreed and quickly ran to notify the 412th group.
After seeing Chen Yaoxian leaving, Cun Xingqi quickly picked up the telescope and observed. At this time, he secretly prayed in his heart that the supporting plane must not leave too early. It would be good to stay for a few more minutes, as it could help the ground troops.
It's also good to reduce some stress.
If future generations heard what Cun Xingqi was thinking, they would be surprised and unable to understand it, but this is the current situation of the Chinese army today.
As an army that cannot even produce its own artillery shells above 75 caliber and has to count the bullets when firing, air support is definitely a luxury. Many veterans who participated in the eight-year Anti-Japanese War have never seen air support until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
What it looks like shows how weak China's national defense strength is.
However, what Cun Xingqi was most worried about did not happen. After shooting down the three Japanese planes that bombed them, the four planes did not leave, but rushed towards the Japanese troops at the Yellow River ferry.
At this time, the Japanese troops who reacted panicked and fired at the aircraft in the sky.
However, at this time, the Japanese army was in an embarrassment. In view of the weakness of the Chinese Air Force, the Japanese army had already abolished the air defense establishment in the army. At this time, the 227th Regiment of the Japanese 37th Division stationed at the ferry suddenly found that it did not have an air defense aircraft.
weapons.
Colonel Katsu Ueda of the regiment had no choice but to order the troops to use the Type 92 heavy machine gun for anti-aircraft shooting. However, the Type 92 heavy machine gun was not originally designed to deal with air targets.
Of course, if you insist on shooting in the air, it is not impossible, but you must replace it with a high tripod specially designed for shooting in the air. This takes time, but obviously the four planes in the sky will not give them this time.
Therefore, Colonel Katsu Ueda, who was commanding the battle, could only watch the four planes in the sky swooping down towards him. In desperation, he could only yell loudly and let the soldiers use 11-year-old machine guns and 38-type caps to attack him.
Shooting in the air.
For a time, the Japanese army's position was very lively with ping-pong-pong, but these bullets, which were fatal to the infantry, could only be called a tickle to the four P47 Thunderbolt fighters that were diving.
As Gao Hongming's first choice fighter, the P47 not only has the advantage of high altitude and high speed, but it can also carry 1,134 kilograms of bombs or 10 127 mm rockets.
For the P47, which is diving at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, it only takes less than ten seconds to cover a distance of less than one kilometer.
As the two 500-kilogram heavy bombs in the belly of the first P47 fell off from the external hardpoint, Jin followed the three P47s behind it and made the same move. Just a few seconds later, accompanied by a series of huge explosions,
The huge ferry was completely shrouded in rising smoke.
When the thick smoke gradually dissipated, the officers and soldiers of the 412th Regiment of the 12th Division, who had been overwhelmed by the Japanese firepower, were surprised to find that the Japanese position that had been filled with loud gunfire had become silent.
Immediately afterwards, someone shouted: "Brothers, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and rush!"
"Come on!"
Accompanied by a ticking charge sound, the soldiers of the 412th Regiment swarmed towards the ferry. Only then did sparse gunshots ring out from the Japanese position.
"Your Majesty Colonel... wake up quickly, the Chinese are coming!"
Ueda Masaru, who was knocked unconscious by the strong shock wave of the aerial bomb, woke up in a daze. It took him a while to see the person opposite him clearly. It turned out to be one of his staff officers.
He struggled to sit up: "Sato-kun, how is the position maintained now?"
The staff officer said anxiously: "Your Majesty Colonel, the heavy bombs dropped by China planes caused great losses to our regiment. Our positions were blown up to almost nothing, and many soldiers were killed by the powerful bombs.