Morimoto Ehide felt helpless for a while. He had already thought about the possible methods:
Crash landing?
There may indeed be flat ground nearby suitable for an emergency landing, but it was night and the pilot couldn't see whether the ground was flat or not.
Headquarters?
At this point, I'm afraid there is no hope anymore. They were either bombed into a mess and had nothing to do, or they were busy rescuing two airports that were blown into fireballs.
Then there is only one choice...
"Skydive!" Morimoto Ehide ordered.
"Skydiving?" All of his subordinates were startled by Morimoto Ehide's order.
This is not to say that "Zero War" did not carry a parachute.
It is true that in the early "Zero War", there were no parachutes.
The reason for not bringing a parachute was to show the pilot's determination to fight until the last moment.
The second is to reduce the weight of "Zero War"... "Zero War" has gone to a crazy level to reduce weight.
Third, because the "Zero War" was so good, the pilots believed they didn't need to use their parachutes.
But it's different now.
At this time, the "Zero War" was not only shot down repeatedly in the Pacific battlefield, but also faced the Eighth Route Army in the Chinese battlefield.
Therefore, carrying a parachute has become the consensus among "zero combat" pilots.
However, Imperial pilots are still reluctant to parachute unless absolutely necessary.
This is not only because parachuting in the dark is dangerous, but also because the world below is terrifying... Although the world below is already a "quasi-security zone" controlled by the empire, there are still guerrillas everywhere.
Even if there are no guerrillas, as long as the people know that there are pilots parachuting and falling from the sky, they will probably kill them.
Therefore, Captain Miyagi asked: "Is there no other way?"
Morimoto Ehide helplessly replied: "Be prepared! Miyagi-kun, find a suitable place for us!"
"Yes!" Miyagi responded, and then opened the map.
After searching for a long time, he found a location on the map: "Just in Zhangmin Village. There is a brigade of our army stationed nearby. We can get reinforcements as soon as possible!"
Morimoto Eide found the location of Zhangmin Village on the map, and then agreed with a "hmm".
A few minutes later, the red light that the fuel was about to run out came on. Morimoto Ehide tied a parachute on himself and opened the cabin. In the dark and strong wind, he ordered: "Everyone, take care! Skydive!"
With that said, he jumped into the darkness.
Morimoto Ehide didn't know what was going on with his teammates, because he never joined them again... Morimoto Ehide unfortunately hung on a tree when he was about to land.
That's the danger of skydiving in the dark, you never know what's waiting for you on the ground.
A stone that can break your leg.
A village tree so high that it could stab a pilot through.
Or wires that can cut pilots in half...
It would be okay if Morimoto Eei just hung on the tree, he could still save himself.
The problem is that villagers nearby came quickly and found him... The villagers heard the explosion of the plane landing. Their original purpose was not to cause trouble for the Japanese pilot, but because they were hungry and wanted to see the crashed aircraft.
Are there any food or valuable items you can pick up on the plane?
As a result, Ehide Morimoto was found hanging from the tree.
Morimoto Ehide hurriedly took out two compressed biscuits from his backpack and said in blunt Chinese: "Yours, save me, there will be a big reward!"
Several villagers looked at each other, then picked up a slender pointed piece of wood from the side...
Soon there were shouts and screams in the woods, and after a while there was nothing.
An outstanding pilot of the empire, the major commander of the "Zero War" squadron, died at the hands of villagers like this.
The other subordinates of Morimoto Eei were similar. They either broke their legs and were stoned to death by the villagers, or they were carried and thrown into the river by the villagers.
In the end, only two of the 13 pilots in the squadron returned alive with injuries.
However, they are still lucky.
Because other "Zero Fighter" pilots were bombed and killed at the temporary airport together with their aircraft, only three "Zero Fighters" escaped due to malfunctions and returned to the airport for repairs.
In this battle, Okamura Neiji's newly formed air force once again suffered a "complete annihilation" blow. The entire air force, including Type 96, Type 97, and Type 98, had flown more than two hundred sorties, and only ten were left.
Five survived.
When Okamura Neji and Kono Shinta heard this information at the Taiyuan headquarters, they couldn't help but stare.
After a long time, Okamura Neji shouted: "This is impossible. I have set up the temporary airport fifty kilometers behind the defense line. How could the enemy's 'special bomb' hit the airport? They must have made a mistake!
"
Kono Shinta's expression changed, and then he said: "Your Excellency, General, now that things have come to a close, I have to say something..."
"What?" Okamura Neji's expression changed. Did this guy still know some important information that he didn't tell?
If it is true... there was a hint of murderous intent in Okamura Neji's eyes, then I will make him pay for my aviation team.
Kono Shinta felt the murderous intention of Okamura Neji, and was frightened. He quickly explained: "General, it's like this. I don't know any information, but... this 'special bomb' of the Eighth Route Army came with me.
A 'bomb' being developed by the army is very similar. And this 'bomb' of our army has a range of more than 200 kilometers, so I think..."
"Two...a range of more than two hundred kilometers?" Okamura Neji's eyes widened and he asked dubiously: "Kono-kun, are you telling the truth?"
Shinta Kono nodded: "If the Eighth Route Army's 'special bomb' is the same as ours, does that mean that they have also developed a 'special bomb' with a range of two hundred kilometers?"
Okamura Neiji looked in disbelief. He still couldn't believe that anything in this world could travel two hundred kilometers.
However, when Okamura Neji turned his attention to the map, he closed his eyes in pain and frowned.
Kono Shinta looked along the point where Okamura Neji observed, and found the original airport mark on the map.
Let's look at the distance between it and the two temporary airports. Although I haven't calculated it, I can estimate it at a glance to be within two hundred kilometers.
Kono Shinta nodded and sighed: "Sure enough, it has been developed! The development speed is so fast, it is so surprising!"
Neji Okamura gritted his teeth with hatred. He squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Did you leak the technology to the Eighth Route Army?"
"No!" Kono Shinta shook his head: "General, maybe you don't believe it, but what I said is true. The Eighth Route Army has already put this equipment into the battlefield, and we... are still developing it! We even have
Some key issues have not been resolved, which means that the Eighth Route Army is more advanced than ours!"