Obviously, the Japanese Imperial Eagles of the 38th Air Wing were a bit late.
Soldiers from all the air defense positions in Jingxing entered the positions early, camouflaged their machine guns, cannons and even themselves, and smoked a few cigarettes by the way.
Loaded with bombs and cruising at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, 10 Japanese fighter planes slowly emerged from the clouds in the northern sky.
This time, the Imperial Eagles of Great Japan are still very cautious.
At least, they did not have all the planes loaded with bombs and used as bombers like their somewhat irrational commander. Instead, half of them were used as bombers, and the other half were lightly equipped for escort.
The Japanese are a nation that is very good at learning and improving. They were beaten black and blue by Chinese fighter jets two days ago. If they don't accept the lesson this time, then they are no longer Japanese.
Completely losing the pride of the imperial eagle, 10 96 Land Attackers carrying bombs and used as bombers emerged from the clouds and approached the county town more than ten kilometers away. The other 10 were still following up at cruising speed at an altitude of 3,000 meters to provide warning.
Regardless of whether there are Chinese fighter planes in the sky, anyway, the Imperial Eagles of Japan will never make the same mistake again as those idiots who scored 24 to 1.
At the worst, if you leave 10 companions behind, they can just run away!
If His Excellency General Judai Terauchi knew the thoughts of these subordinates who were turning their heads and looking around vigilantly at high altitudes, and were ready to turn around and run away if they noticed something was wrong, he might not have to wait for the resignation order from the base camp.
It is possible that the blood pressure will rise directly and cause the person to belch.
In the battle of Jindong, what was destroyed was not only a division, nor nearly 30 fighter planes, but more of the invincible arrogance of the Japanese Imperial Army.
Although they are reluctant to admit it now, decades later, Second Lieutenant Ono, a pilot who participated in the final battle in Shandong and survived until the war, wrote in his memoirs: Since entering North China, he has carried out bombing
There have been dozens of missions, but never once have I felt as uneasy and fearful as that day. The familiar roar of the Imperial fighter planes above my head may be the only source of peace of mind for me. As long as they are here, the Chinese's terrifying aircraft will not be there.
Come.
However, the Chinese plane did not come, but the Chinese machine guns on the ground opened fire first. They were hiding in the dark green mountain forest. I could not see their shadows at an altitude of 1,000 meters, but I could clearly see them.
I saw the terrifying flames when the muzzle of the gun sprayed bullets. I can guarantee that it was the most machine guns I have encountered since I entered China.
It was like countless gorgeous flowers blooming, but it contained the breath of death. I had to admit that at that moment, my whole body was soaked in cold sweat, even though I knew that the range was probably only a few hundred meters.
The infantrymen used light and heavy machine guns, but I still pulled up the plane immediately and didn't even dare to look at the altimeter. In fact, my partners and I were still at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters.
But my friends obviously had the same idea as me, and at that moment, they all raised the altitude in unison.
This retrospective description of Second Lieutenant Ono is considered true. At least it shows that the Japanese Air Force at this time was already frightened.
At the moment when the Japanese aircraft formation passed over the air defense position on the hilltop, following Zhao Ergou's order, the machine guns of at least one-third of the small air defense positions began to roar, proving their existence to the Japanese troops in the sky.
The performance of the Japanese aircraft formation was beyond the expectations of all Chinese soldiers. It was no longer as aggressive as usual. Instead, like a flock of frightened birds, it quickly raised the nose of the aircraft and raised the already low flying altitude again.
"What the hell, what kind of plane is this kid doing?" Zhao Ergou, who was staying in the bunker with a telescope, was stunned.
It is rare to see a Japanese soldier run away as soon as he is hit. I have never seen a Japanese soldier run away before being hit. Battalion Commander Zhao, whose whole body was tense for a moment, was also confused.
The Japanese bomber formation may also feel a little ashamed of its cowardice. After ten seconds, it was discovered that the machine guns on the ground were nothing more than paper tigers. Although there were many in number, they were all light and heavy machine guns used by the army. The bullets were still several miles away from them.
A hundred meters or even a thousand meters becomes a powerless free fall, posing no threat to them at all.
Under the leadership of the leading plane, they lowered their altitude again and pounced viciously toward the county town. They did not drop bombs indifferently. The hit rate of bombs dropped at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters would not exceed 20%.
As the height of the Japanese bomber formation continued to decrease and approached the county town, like frightened hedgehogs, one after another small air defense positions exposed their fangs and opened fire on the Japanese bomber formation.
Dozens of machine gun positions opened fire at the same time. When viewed from the air, it was quite spectacular. Although the Japanese pilots could not hear the terrifying roar of machine guns that echoed through the valleys like exploding beans, they could still feel the Chinese machine gun positions.
Demonstrated determination.
As long as they dare to lower their altitude to 800 to 600 meters, which is most suitable for bombing, these light and heavy machine guns, which no longer conceal their existence, will fight them to the death. Jingxing County is the existence that they defend to the death.
However, can these machine guns with their effective range against the air only reach a few hundred meters? A trace of anger flashed across the face of the Japanese bomber commander who put aside some worries. He flew at the front, shook his wings, and took the lead in lowering the altitude.
Below 1,000 meters, four more Japanese planes followed.
The five 96-attack aircraft entered a dive state. As long as they entered an altitude of 800 meters or lower, they would drop one of the two 250-pound aerial bombs hanging under the belly of the aircraft. The Chinese machine guns were useless to them.
Threat, but that 250-pound bomb is enough to turn a mountain into a sea of flames.
Regarding this, the five Japanese bombers that dived down with a slightly cumbersome posture believed it, as did Second Lieutenant Ono, who was still a little higher in the air and was part of the second wave of attacks.
Even the Chinese soldiers at various positions believed it. But they had no fear. The machine gunners at no air defense position stopped shooting at the Japanese planes that were about to swoop in to drop bombs.
Their performance was enough to make the Japanese pilots who had already pulled the bomb release handbrake respect themselves, but it did not make them stop preparing to pull the bomb release handbrake.
When the two armies fought, courage could not make up for the lack of equipment. The Chinese could only die in helplessness. Even if they survived by chance, they could only watch the county they had just recovered become a scorched earth, including their people.
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Even, because of being too confident, the leading Japanese bomber dived to a height of less than 700 meters.
Although, for light and heavy machine guns, the height of 700 meters is enough to ensure his safety. However, for the "Hitler Chainsaw" and machine guns that have been ambushing around and have not fired, and have anti-air ranges of 1,000 meters and 2,000 meters respectively,
Say, he is really too close.
There were at least four anti-aircraft positions, 16 machine guns and 8 machine guns roaring without warning. Clouds of white mist kept appearing around Second Lieutenant Ono, who was still above a thousand meters altitude. They were coming at high speed.
The unique phenomenon of bullets shattering clouds and mist.
The sudden burst of flames from the muzzle of the machine gun stung Second Lieutenant Ono's liver and gallbladder.
As he said in his later memoirs: The cunningness of the Chinese surprised everyone. The so-called terrifying light and heavy machine gun positions were just a cover for them to hide their eyes from others. When Chief Nakamura and others lowered their altitude and began to dive, the Chinese
Baring their terrifying fangs. The cross-air firepower consisting of at least 6 anti-aircraft guns and a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns was really terrifying for the five Imperial fighter planes that had lowered their altitude to 800 meters.
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Moreover, Captain Nakamura, who has lowered his vigilance, and the others have already entered the final dive and bombing action, and it is difficult to carry out the tactical maneuver of pulling up...
The shooting lasted for less than five seconds, and the five Japanese planes that were caught off guard paid the price of two being blown up by volleys, and three of them puffing up smoke. The three Japanese planes who made an emergency turn and ignored the bombs and quickly pulled up did not escape.
If it is too far, it may be difficult for the thirty light and heavy machine gun anti-aircraft positions deployed in the mountains of nearly ten kilometers to fight against aircraft above 600 meters, but it is not too difficult to fight against several injured Japanese planes whose altitude is constantly decreasing.
The remaining five Japanese bombers, which were still a little "pregnant" in the air as if they had been poked in the chrysanthemum, had not completely lost the pride of the Imperial Japanese Air Force, and they did not say that they would run away as soon as the Chinese's last trump card was revealed.
After all, what scares them most is not the Chinese anti-aircraft artillery, but the Chinese aircraft.
The anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft cannons alone were not enough to make them escape without a fight. It was not that they failed to cover their colleagues. They immediately dropped bombs on the Chinese machine gun positions 1,000 meters below. At the same time,
He also lowered the nose of the aircraft and fired at the Chinese machine gun position, which was not clearly visible.
From higher in the sky, it was discovered that the battle below had begun. The escort formation also separated out and at least four fighter jets swooped down and used machine guns to attack the Chinese machine gun positions hidden in the mountains.
But the Chinese actually had a hidden trump card. When a total of nine Japanese planes maintained an altitude of 1,200 meters and attempted to attack the Chinese machine gun positions from a relatively safe distance, the Chinese revealed their most ferocious tricks.
Fangs.
On a battlefield with a radius of only five square kilometers, they actually had more than ten positions equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. More than 20 anti-aircraft guns and 40 anti-aircraft machine guns told the Japanese aircraft in the sky that even 1,200 meters away could not guarantee their safety.
At that moment, they were not hedgehogs, but terrifying porcupines that could shoot out spikes all over their bodies. Not only was the Japanese helpless, but they also had to make sure not to get hurt.
But, they were still injured.
Because the load was too large, and the Chinese anti-aircraft gunners were obviously very experienced, the main target was also aimed at them. Still at an altitude of 1,200 meters, three Japanese planes were still damaged and were sending smoke billowing towards the mountains of China.
Drop all the bombs, turn around and flee towards Peiping.
Only Captain Ono and another Japanese aircraft raised the altitude to 1,800 meters and dropped bombs on the Jingxing County town requested by the Commander. They barely completed the military order. As for the bombing effect, only Amaterasu knows. Anyway,
They had no intention of going to have tea with Amaterasu like their companions.
An hour later, Terauchi Juichi, who received a report that five of his own bombers were shot down and three suffered heavy damage, did not look as angry as he expected. Instead, he stared at a message from the Chinese on the table.