"There's nothing to be afraid of? Captain Li, if the weather hadn't been favorable to us today, we would have shot down so many planes. Don't be too happy, the kid's planes are not that easy to deal with." Liu Hua replied to Bruce Lee angrily.
One sentence. Because, in his mind, he knew that the Japs had lost nearly one-third of their bombers at one time, and the remaining pilots would definitely not give up. Because if they just returned without success, they would not be able to
Those who confess to their superiors may end up in a military court in the end.
Therefore, in Liu Hua's mind, the more than 20 aircraft hiding in the clouds at this time were not hiding because they were afraid of his own prevention and control firepower, but were planning something... Thinking, thinking,
Liu Hua began to feel a faint uneasiness in his heart.
"Warriors of the Great *** Empire, I am Major Murata, the squadron leader of the second formation. Now the formation captain, Ichiki Major, has been shattered for the great cause of the empire. According to the regulations, I will take over the command of the entire formation.
Please report the damage to the fighters in your formation..." Seeing dozens of bombers looming in the clouds, the captain of the second formation, Major Murata, ordered loudly into the walkie-talkie.
"Hi... Squadron Leader, the first squadron lost two bombers..."
"Reporting to the squadron leader, the second squadron lost one bomber. One bomber was severely damaged and can no longer participate in the next attack..." Soon, each squadron reported their situation to the squadron leader of the second formation.
"Yoshi, warriors of the empire, we lost a total of 7 bombers in the bombing just now, and two bombers were seriously injured and lost their combat capabilities. Now we still have 21 bombers that can fight. As the commander of the formation, I can't
Tolerating that the Imperial Army Air Force of Japan had no ability to resist after suffering such serious losses. I believe everyone knows that if our formation flies back to Taiyuan like this, then what awaits us will be a trial by a military court. So.
, We can't just go back like this, we want revenge, and I want the Eighth Route Army below to pay the price." After listening to the reports of each squad leader, I learned that the entire formation had lost one-third in just a few minutes.
After the bomber, I couldn't help but curse.
"Hey, squadron leader, we want to avenge Yushai's Ichiki Major and kill the Eighth Route Army below. The squadron leader issued an attack order." Soon, the responses from each squad leader came through the intercom.
"Yo Xi, you are all the best pilots in the Chinese Empire. I am proud of you. I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely make the Eighth Route Army below pay a heavy price. Now I order, with the squad as the
The units should reorganize and use airborne machine guns to attack the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower to eliminate these threats and prepare for the bombing later." Major Murata, who had just taken over the command, ordered excitedly.
"Hi, squadron leader..." The aircraft groups that received the order immediately formed their formations and prepared for attack under the orders of their respective squad leaders.
"Yo Xi, all squads should pay attention, carry out strafing and bombing of the enemy's air defense positions in turns, and be sure to eliminate these Eighth Route Army troops. Start the attack." The squadron leader, Major Murata, just gave the order and rushed out with the two wingmen behind him.
It broke through the clouds and flew to a high ground not far away.
"Buzz buzz..." Under the personal leadership of squadron leader Major Murata, each squadron formation also broke through the air, drilled out of the thick clouds, and killed its own target. As the Japanese army remained
When 21 aircraft in seven formations broke out of the sky with a huge roar, Liu Hua, who had been staring at the sky, was the first to spot these aircraft groups.
"No... the Japs' planes are going to attack our air defense positions. Order all the air defense positions to open fire immediately. We must not give these planes any chance to attack. Hurry up... block these stupid planes..." See
The Japanese planes changed their formation and rushed straight towards the four hills. Liu Hua, who had a full understanding of the various combat modes of the Air Force, immediately reacted and ordered to Bruce Lee behind him.
However, after the battle just now, the soldiers already had a certain understanding of the Little Japanese bombers. When they saw a group of three planes, they suddenly thought of their own positions and pounced on them. No need to guess, they knew
These planes came towards their own machine gun positions.
Therefore, without receiving orders from the headquarters, the machine guns of various air defense positions opened fire one after another, and the dense firepower network was directed at the enemy bombers that were rapidly approaching them. At this time, these little devils' planes seemed unwilling to surrender and were preparing to attack.
To show shame, airborne machine guns opened fire one after another. The airborne machine guns on the Japanese aircraft and the anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground came and went. Immediately, the entire battlefield fell into a melee.
The thick airborne machine gun bullets, under the influence of huge inertia, shot at the machine gun positions with huge kinetic energy. Mud debris was scattered everywhere, and the corpses of soldiers who were cut off at the waist were beaten into a pile of parts.
machine guns. Immediately, the machine gun positions that were attacked by the enemy turned into hells, with blood everywhere.
However, facing the fierce firepower from the enemy aircraft, facing the casualties of their comrades, and facing the broken limbs and broken arms on the ground, these soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time and are accustomed to seeing life and death have no fear. There is no chaos ahead.
The comrade-in-arms fell, and the machine gunner behind him continued to catch up. The machine gun in his hand was blown to pieces, and he raised the machine gun next to him and continued to shoot. No one retreated, no one was afraid, knowing that they would be hit by these thick aviation bullets at any time.
He was beaten into two pieces. However, he still used his own flesh and blood to fight against the Japanese plane.
"No, the Japs' planes are hitting too hard. If this continues, sooner or later the hundreds of soldiers on the mountain will be hit and wiped out... Commander Li, immediately order the soldiers to retreat to the air-raid shelters... Quickly
..." Seeing the tragic scene in the telescope, Liu Hua couldn't help but ordered loudly. You know, these warriors have crawled out of blood and fire and have rich combat experience. Liu Hua doesn't want to
The senseless loss of these warriors to the bullets of these aircraft.
However, the battle at this time completely fell into a state of madness. Although Liu Hua's order was issued, no one retreated. Facing the dense rain of bullets on the enemy plane, everyone also responded with a dense rain of bullets.
Go back. However, since the enemy aircraft are diving in a straight line at this time, the area that can be hit by the soldiers' bullets is very small. Often, only at the cost of more than half of the casualties in a position can an enemy aircraft explode in the air.
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"Boom, boom, boom" explosions sounded one after another, and the three planes of the Little Japanese were finally hit by the dense fire net of the soldiers and exploded in the air. The other two planes were also beaten so much that they emitted black smoke and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.
The loss of five aircraft effectively relieved the pressure on the soldiers on the position. More importantly, the loss of these aircraft severely damaged the morale of the little Japanese.
"Baga... Each squadron immediately broke away from the battle and reorganized. Quickly, break away from the battle and saw that the entire formation had lost five bombers again in such a short period of time. The squadron leader of the formation immediately issued an order to retreat, because he
He didn't want the end result to be a lose-lose situation. In addition, the Army Aviation Corps didn't have many aircraft in the first place. If all of them were lost here, he would not be able to explain it to his superiors.
"Da da da..." Soon, the remaining dozen or so bombers, greeted by the soldiers' dense fire net, once again got into the clouds. But this time, the Japanese aircraft that got into the clouds were not that...
Good luck.
Because in the melee just now, the Japanese army did not have a dozen aircraft in a formation like the first time. Instead, they had three aircraft in a formation. In addition to the melee just now, the entire aircraft formation was avoiding the intensive anti-aircraft firepower.
They were already fighting on their own and fell into chaos. After receiving the order from the formation squadron leader, everyone raised their fuselage and rushed towards the clouds in the sky. But they completely forgot that here
In the thick clouds, the visibility was less than 100 meters, and the two planes could collide at any time.
More than a dozen planes fought independently, rushing towards the thick clouds. At this time, two bombers less than 2,000 meters apart, at the same time after receiving the order, raised their fuselage and rushed towards the sky.
towards the thick clouds. More importantly, the two planes were flying in the same direction.
"Ah... Baga, get out of the way. When the distance between the two planes was less than 200 meters, a pilot vaguely saw a bomber heading straight towards him.
The plane rushed over. The pilot, who was sweating all over, turned around and kept shouting into the intercom.
However, it was too late to say anything at this time. The distance was less than 200 meters, and the two planes were flying towards each other. In less than half a second, the two planes would collide. And this half
What could the two pilots do in a matter of seconds? Perhaps as soon as their hands grasped the joystick, the two planes had already collided with each other.
"Boom..." There was a huge explosion in the sky, and instantly, a huge fireball fell from the thick clouds. The two planes didn't hesitate and collided with each other.
.Together with the two pilots, they were involved in the huge fireball.
"Okay, let these little Japanese planes like to fly into the clouds. It's best if they all collide with each other and wipe out all the little Japanese planes." Seeing that the two little Japanese planes actually collided in the clouds, Liu Hua said excitedly
Shouted. At the same time, more than half of the soldiers on the position who had been killed or wounded also cheered. The grief they had just felt because of the casualties of their comrades was swept away by the sudden explosion of the two planes.
"Commander Li, immediately order the soldiers to retreat. Hurry, the Japs have already lost half of their combat effectiveness. If my guess is correct, the Japs bomber group will definitely drop bombs directly outside our air defense fire network and bomb our
Air defense position, and then retreat...quickly, convey the order for the soldiers to retreat." After being happy, Liu Hua saw that the enemy's remaining dozen or so aircraft had all penetrated into the clouds, and gave an urgent order to Bruce Lee behind him.
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"Yes, Commander..." Bruce Lee immediately answered the phone calls of various air defense positions and began to issue orders.
The soldiers who received the order no longer hesitated. Carrying their weapons and the bodies of their comrades, they quickly retreated to the air-raid shelters behind each position, preparing to avoid the bombing of the Japs.
"Baga...when did the cowardly Chinese soldiers become so tenacious? They were not afraid of such a violent blow from the Japanese Imperial Army Air Force...Bagh Ya Road..." After learning that he had just
During the attack on the enemy's air defense position, he actually lost five bombers again. More importantly, just as he was retreating, two bombers actually collided and exploded in the air... At this time, the formation squadron leader could no longer bear it.
He stopped and started yelling into the intercom.
"Hi, Squadron Leader, the performance of the Eighth Route Army has indeed exceeded our expectations. Squadron Leader, should we launch another attack on the enemy's air defense positions? Now our army still has 14 aircraft that can participate in the battle." After listening to the Squadron Leader's words,
Cursing, a squad leader asked at an inappropriate time.
"Bagya Road, the planes of the Japanese Empire are precious. Do you want these despicable Chinese to shoot down all our planes with machine guns? Order each team to immediately drop bombs at high altitude. After dropping all the bombs,
, Return immediately..." The squadron leader cursed the squad leader who just asked the question, and then ordered loudly.
"Hi, your Excellency, squadron leader, you are wise..." After hearing the order from squadron leader Major Murata, the few squad captains who had survived the previous battle couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Because at this time, the remaining
All the pilots secretly developed a fear of the Eighth Route Army's *** divisions on the ground. In addition, when they dropped bombs at low altitude in such weather, their bulky bombers were originally targets for ground anti-aircraft firepower.
After receiving the order, without any hesitation, the crews immediately dropped the remaining aerial bombs in the cabin and flew back hastily to the airport far away in Taiyuan. Two of the four injured aircraft crashed in the
On the way home, the remaining two planes returned to the airport safely.
"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, our bomber group has returned to the airport...just...just..." A combat staff officer rushed into the temporary headquarters and faced the commander who was sitting anxiously waiting at the headquarters.
General Guan Bin Sanyuan said anxiously.
"Bagh Ya Road, what is it? Tell me quickly..." Seeing the anxious combat staff officer, Bin Sanyuan also asked anxiously.
"Hi, Commander, it's just that out of the 30 bombers we attacked, we only returned 14 aircraft, and two more aircraft were severely damaged. More importantly, the captain of the bomber formation, Major Ichiki, has been shattered for the great cause of the empire.
Yes..." the combat staff officer replied carefully.
After hearing the answer of the combat staff officer in front of them, more than a dozen people present were stunned. 30 planes went to bomb a small *** division headquarters, and 16 planes were lost at once. You know, in the first year of this year
In years, the North China Army Aviation Force has not lost so many bombers. If calculated according to this, the prevention and control firepower of the Eighth Route Army's *** division will be so intensive... Thinking of this, together with Commander Bin Sanyuan
General, everyone took a deep breath together.
"Bagayalu... How could this happen? I want to send the captain of the bomber formation to a military court... Baghyalu..." General Bin Sanyuan clenched his fists and cursed loudly.
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"Hi, Commander, although our aviation attack failed, I believe that the pilots we used must have caused irreparable losses to the Eighth Route Army's *** Division Headquarters. Commander, please don't be too anxious. I think the Eighth Route Army at this time
The *** division has lost the command of the headquarters and must have fallen into chaos. Now is the best time for our army to attack. Please give your order, Commander! Leave the next task to the army of the *** empire.
Let's finish it!" Seeing the commander who was almost losing his mind, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, commander of the Fifth Division, who was sitting next to him and waiting for orders, reminded him.
"Yoshi, if it weren't for Itagaki-kun's reminder, I almost delayed the march because of the aviation defeat. Now I give the order." After hearing Itagaki Seishiro's reminder, Bin Sanyuan, who fell into grief and anger, immediately reacted and stood up from his seat.
He stood up and ordered loudly.
"Hey...Commander, please give me an order..." After hearing the word "order", several senior officers sitting in the headquarters immediately stood up.
"Yo Xi, order the Fifth Division to be in Itagaki-kun and immediately lead the Fifth Division to attack from Taiyuan. The target is directly at Liujiahe Village, the headquarters of the *** Division. All the imperial army strongholds along the way must carry out coordinated operations. Order
The commander of the 109th Division, Lieutenant General Yamaoka Shigehou, and the chief of staff, Colonel Shuzo Kurashige, led their troops, starting from Shijiazhuang and aiming directly at Liujiahe Village. It is hoped that the two armies will cooperate wholeheartedly and slowly compress the Eighth Route Army's *** division base area
, forcing its main force to engage in a decisive battle with our army around Liujiahe Village, and completely eliminate this serious threat to the empire." Bin Sanyuan ordered loudly.
"Hi, Commander, Seishiro Itagaki will definitely live up to your high expectations..." Seishiro Itagaki gave a silent military salute, walked out of the headquarters, got into his car, and returned to his division headquarters...
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At this time, Liujiahe Village, where the headquarters was located after an air battle, was really busy. Soldiers from a battalion of the guard regiment shuttled back and forth on the position. They carried the wounded, searched for the broken limbs of martyrs, and counted casualties.
....Very busy. As the commander of the battle just now, Liu Hua really stared blankly at the busy battlefield in front of him, listening to the reports from Bruce Lee and Wang Kai in front of him.