Behind a hill more than 20 kilometers away from the south bank of the Miluo River, there is a natural stone cave four to five meters wide and dozens of meters deep. It is now the headquarters of the 79th Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
As the commander of the 79th Army, Tian Songyao was stamping his feet anxiously and looking anxiously at the watch in his hand. It had only been three hours since the Japanese army launched the attack, but the casualties of his three divisions had already reached 6,000.
There are many people, with an average of two thousand casualties per hour. If he continues to fight at this trend, his army of more than 30,000 people will be wiped out by night at most. Such heavy casualties are something he has never encountered in more than 30 years of military service.
In desperation, Tian Songyao sent a telegram asking for help to the commander Xue Yue in Changsha City, but what he received in return was a merciless reprimand, which made Tian Songyao feel particularly aggrieved.
"Jingle Bell……"
The phone rang, and a staff officer took the call. After a while, the staff officer came to Tian Songyao: "Sir, there is a call from the 191st Division. The Japanese army has dispatched seven bombers and four fighter jets and is conducting a frantic attack on his position."
They suffered heavy losses due to indiscriminate bombing, and Commander Fang asked when reinforcements would be sent to him!"
"What the hell, are you sending reinforcements to bomb the Japanese?" Tian Songyao cursed angrily: "Besides, the battle has only been going on for three hours, and Fang Jianshan has already started asking for reinforcements. What does he do as a division commander?
, you go tell him Fang Jianshan, if he can't hold on until dark or loses his position, I will shoot him!"
"yes!"
Seeing Tian Songyao's angry eyes, the staff officer ran back quickly.
Just as Tian Songyao turned around, another communications officer came over and saluted: "Sir, the 193rd Division has come to report. Two regiments of the Sixth Division are facing each other with the cooperation of twelve tanks.
They launched a fierce attack on their positions, and they suffered heavy losses. Commander Du asked when our air support will arrive."
"Air support?" Tian Songyao became angry when he heard this word. He waved his hand and roared: "I still want air support, but is this air support what I said I have? I'm not a grandson."
Monkeys can't change seventy-two! If you want air support, you can go to Chairman Chiang yourself!"
Tian Songyao frightened the communications officer with his roar, and he quickly ran back in piss.
"Asshole!"
Angrily, Tian Songyao walked to the table, picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. While he was panting, another report came from the side.
Tian Songyao said without looking back: "What's the matter? Some bastard came to ask for reinforcements again. Tell them that they can ask for reinforcements. Unless they die, I will bring reinforcements to support them!"
The timid voice of the communications officer came from behind him: "Reporting to the military, no... we're not here to ask for reinforcements, but... it's Commander Xue who called, and he sent us air support!"
"Plop!" A sound sounded at Tian Songyao's feet. It turned out that Tian Songyao accidentally dropped the water cup in his hand to the ground. Most of the cup of boiling water was scattered on the ground, and a small half of the boiling water jumped onto Tian Songyao's feet, but he did not
He didn't notice it, but asked in disbelief: "What did you say? We have air support? Where do we get the air support?"
Tian Songyao is aware of the current situation of the Ninth Theater. The more than fifty divisions of the Ninth Theater are almost all concentrated in the thousands of square kilometers around Changsha. Their strength is at least nearly 400,000. However, the air power is basically non-existent.
, the few fighter planes that he had were all used up soon after the war started. Where would Commander Xue get the air support to give him now?
As if seeing the doubts in Tian Songyao's heart, the communications officer immediately explained: "Military seat. This air support force is not from our ninth theater, but sent by Commander Su from the fourth theater. There are quite a few. One
Destroyers (an old name for fighter jets) and a squadron of bombers. Two squadrons in total."
"Sent by Commander Su from the Fourth Theater Zone?" Tian Songyao became even more curious, but now was not the time to get to the bottom of it. He grabbed the communications officer by the collar and ordered: "Don't worry about it, contact the reinforcements.
Are you up yet?"
The communications officer nodded: "Report to the military, we have been contacted."
"good!"
Tian Songyao hurriedly walked to the radio station, reached out and grabbed the headset and microphone and said loudly: "I am Tian Songyao, commander of the 79th Army. Are you a reinforcement sent by the Fourth War Zone?"
There was still a rustle in the headset, and after a while, a voice said: "Hello, Chief Tian, we are Liang Siyou, commander of the fifth regiment of the second air division of the seventh group army of the fourth theater. We are now ordered to lead the first flying squadron and the second flying squadron.
The 2nd Bomb Squadron has come to support us. Since we are short of fuel, we only have ten minutes to stay. Please designate the attack airspace and area. Please make a decision quickly!"
"Okay, ten minutes is enough!" Tian Songyao took a deep breath and said loudly: "Hello, Captain Liang, the Japanese army is currently attacking our position on the south bank of the Miluo River. Due to the cooperation of the Japanese army with aircraft and tanks, our army is very defensive.
Difficulty, so please carry out attacks on the Japanese aircraft in area 056 and the Japanese tank troops and ground forces in area 077 to knock down their arrogance, please!"
"Okay, got it!"
Liang Siyou's voice came out of the headset again and then fell silent...
On the position of the 191st Division, the Japanese troops of the two regiments were constantly attacking the position of the 191st Division under the cover of several bombers and fighter jets. Once they encountered fierce resistance, one or two Japanese troops would fly in.
A Nakajima B5N dive bomber flew over and dropped bombs one after another, or several Type 97 fighter jets flew in to carry out low-altitude strafing, often hitting the defenders with such dense bullets that they could not hold their heads up.
Division Commander Fang Jianshan was hiding in a bunker, jumping in anger as he watched the Japanese planes that kept circling and strafing in front of the position.
"***Xiao Ri, why are you bullying me on a plane? Come down if you need anything. I can beat ten of you one by one!"
At this time, a colonel officer stumbled over with several soldiers covered in blood. When he saw Fang Jianshan, he almost cried and said: "Master, the Japanese planes are so fierce. My regiment has already suffered casualties."
There are nearly 40 men and horses, and the 067 high ground on the left is also lost, and the master's seat... If the fight continues like this, I'm afraid we will all be exhausted by the afternoon!"
Fang Jianshan glared, grabbed the officer, took out the pistol from his waist, put it against his head and shouted: "Ma Mazi, I tell you, if you can defend today, you have to defend, and if you can't, you have to defend."
, who dares to retreat even half a step, my gun will not recognize anyone! You immediately lead the death squad to take back the position for me, otherwise I will shoot you!"
Seeing Fang Jianshan's eyes widening and murderous intent all over his body, the regiment leader also knew that he might not be able to escape death today. He was heartbroken and smiled sadly, which was particularly hideous against the blood stains on his face: "Master, you don't have to
Point a gun at me. I have been with you for more than ten years. When have you ever been afraid of my horse? Isn't it just a matter of death? I just left this hundred pounds here today. All the brothers are following me.
Let’s go and fight to the death!”
After saying that, the regiment leader took out his pistol and turned around to run towards the way he came. Suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and several black figures suddenly appeared from the sky.
"No, the Japanese are sending planes here again!"
Looking at the increase in aircraft in the sky, everyone felt sad. Just now there were only a dozen enemy aircraft cooperating with the Japanese ground troops. They had already suffered such heavy casualties. If there were more aircraft, how could they defend it?
Just when they were desperate, a scene that surprised them appeared. They saw seven or eight fighter planes taking the lead in revealing their figures from the clouds. They saw them rushing down vigorously towards the Japanese troops hovering at low altitude, bursts of fire flashing.
During the movement, four Nakajima B5N dive bombers that were circling and bombing at low altitude turned and fell to the ground. They soon hit the ground with a loud rumbling sound and flames.
The sudden change shocked the two sides fighting on the battlefield. They all looked up to the sky and saw more than ten fighter planes appearing in the sky. They descended from the sky like hunting eagles.
.The Japanese planes in the low altitude were so successful that they were carried away for a moment. It was only then that they noticed something strange in the high altitude. When they saw the war eagles rushing towards them in the high altitude, they all started to scatter and planned to disperse.
And escape.
The fighter squadron sent this time is a squadron all equipped with P47M Thunder fighters. This type of Thunder fighter is the fastest among Thunder fighters, with a maximum speed of nearly 800 kilometers per hour, and the speed of diving from high altitude is even faster.
It was amazing, so when these dozen Thunderbolts swooped down, the remaining eight panicked Japanese Type 97 fighter jets and Nakajima B5n dive bombers had no time to dodge, and they continued to explode in the air with smoke or fall to the ground.
In just three to four minutes, more than a dozen Japanese planes that were originally arrogant were slaughtered like lambs to be slaughtered by dozens of fighter planes that suddenly appeared.
The total destruction of more than a dozen Japanese planes caused the morale of the Japanese troops on the ground to plummet. On the contrary, the defensive position of the 191st Division was filled with cheers and excitement.
When the last Japanese plane was shot down, the fighter plane that shot down the Japanese plane did not climb immediately. Instead, it dropped in altitude and flew above the attacking Japanese ground troops. Two black paint particles fell off its belly.
The painted things were among the Japanese troops.
"Boom boom..."
Two violent explosions sounded. They were two 100-kilogram high-explosive bombs. The strong explosion knocked down a large area of Japanese troops in a squadron that was attacking. The remaining Japanese troops also lay down one after another.
Don't dare to look up.
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