Masato Hirota received the investigation order at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Although the effect of their bombardment of the Chinese artillery positions yesterday was not good, they forced the Chinese army to stop shelling and move their positions, thus saving the remaining three heavy artillery. For this, they were commended by their superiors.
Today, there was still a mission to continue bombing Lengkou, so Lieutenant Masato Hirota decided to just use his own plane to carry out the reconnaissance mission.
The plane took off smoothly ten minutes later. After rising to a certain altitude, Masato Hirota stepped on the rudder with his left foot. The open-top biplane tilted its wings, drew a long arc, and flew towards the east.
go.
30 minutes later, the plane flew over Dushan County. For this reason, Hirota Masaoshi even moved the wings to show respect to the division commander in the county.
At this time, the observer in the back seat, his old partner Lieutenant Kawakami, was already looking down with a telescope.
Masato Hirota slowed down, lowered his head to check the map, adjusted the direction again and lowered the altitude, and began to search the ground carefully.
At the same time, Zhou Wen, who was walking quickly in a relatively flat and open area between Dushan Mountain and Qinglong Mountain, was still talking to Zhang Xiaoping.
At this time, both of them were in a relatively relaxed mood. As long as they walked through the open area less than one kilometer away, they entered the Qinglong Mountain area, so their speed was not fast. The main reason was that Zhou Wen still wanted to fish, so he just wanted to see what kind of fish it was.
The Japs can spot them first.
Zhou Wen knew that he had basically walked out of the Japanese controlled area and that there were no more Japanese troops in front of him. Instead, he hoped to be discovered by the Japanese troops and then lure these Japanese troops into Qinglong Mountain.
Until then, hehe, I will repay injustice with injustice and revenge with hatred.
So he and Zhang Xiaoping actually took a leisurely stroll on this small plain surrounded by mountains, which felt a bit like Jiang Taigong fishing for those who wanted to take the bait.
What's the saying?
no Zuo no Die.
Another sentence is: Imagination is beautiful, reality is very skinny.
So, Zhou Wen's brows furrowed as he walked, and then he listened carefully for a few seconds, then his expression changed drastically, and he yelled at Zhang Xiaoping: "Run! Japanese plane."
Then, just over a minute later, Masato Hirota, who was in the sky, heard his deputy yelling wildly: "We found it. There are two people running in the 30-degree direction."
Hirota Masatomo soon saw two black spots running in the fields, just like the little rabbits that came out to look for food in the spring in their hometown.
Masato Hirota was overjoyed. Sure enough, he had found him. To be on the safe side, he picked up the eight-fold telescope and took a closer look. Both figures were carrying weapons. Although they were colorful, they looked like military uniforms.
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"Finally found it." Hirota Masato began to feel that he had been blessed with good luck since his last plane crash and parachute jump.
Yesterday's Chinese artillery positions were discovered by him, and today's Chinese scouts are about to become meat on his chopping board.
What a blessing from Amaterasu!
"Now that we have found it, there is no need for those infantry idiots. Kawakami-kun sends a report to the headquarters, and then we start hunting."
Masato Hirota screamed wildly, and at the same time began to lower his height, preparing for a rare hunting activity.
Zhou Wen heard the roar of the plane becoming clearer and knew that he had been discovered by the little devil.
In just over a minute, he was already sweating on his head after sprinting with all his strength, most of which was cold sweat.
He knew that in this kind of terrain with no obstructions, people couldn't run away from the plane, and it was impossible to fight against the plane.
Now we can only compete with the Japs in a battle of wits and courage. We must not be caught up by the Japs' cavalry again, otherwise we will really die.
"When I tell you to flash, you must run sideways as fast as you can and don't stop." Zhou Wen loudly warned Zhang Xiaoping.
Zhou Wen turned back to observe the shape of the aircraft while running.
But they saw that the Japanese biplane had dropped to a height of several hundred meters, its nose was facing the two of them, and it was obviously accelerating and diving down.
The roar of the plane was like the howl of a wild beast, vibrating Zhou Wen's eardrums, getting stronger and stronger.
There was nothing that could be done about it. One was that the roar of the plane was too loud, and Zhou Wen was afraid that Zhang Xiaoping wouldn't be able to hear it. The other was that he was too nervous.
Your sister! This is the first time in Zhou Wen's life that he has been chased and beaten by an airplane. He doesn't have much experience, so he will naturally be a little nervous.
Fortunately, he knew that Japanese planes were not very fast at this time.
Fortunately, he knew that the aircraft's machine gun could only shoot in a straight line and could not rotate, so as long as he grasped the timing before the machine gun fired and dodged to both sides as quickly as possible, he had a high chance of dodging the bullets.
At this time, the Japanese plane had already dropped to an altitude of 150 meters and was still descending. Masato Hirota put the sight on the nose of the plane over the two extremely fast rabbits below, and then pressed the trigger on the control stick.
The Japanese Type 92 reconnaissance aircraft is equipped with a total of three 7.7mm aviation machine guns, but one of them is placed at the tail of the aircraft to deal with tail-biting targets behind it, so it is not used at this time.
"Da da da……"
The two 7.7mm aviation machine guns installed on the belly of the aircraft sprayed out two long flames, like two long whips, and instantly brushed two straight streaks of dust on the ground below.
However, Hirota Masato clearly saw that the two people below jumped to both sides the moment before he fired, and their speed was faster than a rabbit.
Naturally, this attack was ineffective.
But Masato Hirota is not in a hurry. There is still nearly 1 kilometer away before the two of them escape. There is still time, so let's take our time.
However, as the saying goes, rabbits will bite when they are anxious.
Just as the belly of Masato Hirota's plane passed over Zhou Wen and the others and was about to pull up the nose of the plane, the Somi submachine guns in Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping's hands exploded.
"Da da da……"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"Bump bump bump..."
Bullets whizzed around the cockpit, startling Hirota Masatomo, and he knew that the belly of the plane must have been shot. Although the roar of the aircraft engine covered up the gunshots on the ground, the bumps coming from under the belly of the plane
The sound was the sound of the bullet being blocked by the steel plate on the belly of the aircraft.
It's a pity that Zhou Wen and the others used submachine guns. Although they were Magnum bullets with propellant added, the penetrating power was still insufficient unless they hit the engine directly by chance.
Moreover, in their haste, Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping, even though they were sharpshooters, had no time to aim at the engine, so they could only raise their guns and shoot at random.