At this point, half of the aggressive Japanese aircraft formation was killed.
After the remaining six Japanese planes circled in the sky for several times, they finally confirmed that their second commander would not come back, so they had no choice but to leave unwillingly.
These three air defense positions with their fangs exposed cannot be defeated by their six fighter planes just relying on machine guns.
Not to mention that they don't have large and small aerial bombs now. Even if they do, and they are specialized in the art, they are not sure that they can accurately drop the bombs on the air defense positions after taking huge risks to break through the ground fire network.
This is not their job, that should be done by the army aviation thugs equipped with dive bombers.
Yes, all this is entirely the fault of the Army and the Mainland. If they didn't want to kill the Chinese and save the bridge, how could the excellent naval aviation be so constrained and lead to this defeat?
After a brief exchange in the air, the six returning fighter planes found the culprit. Otherwise, there would be no good fruits to be gained when they returned, right?
Watching the Japanese plane leap into the sky and leave, the refugees on the ground who had escaped the disaster burst into cheers.
The air battle just now was very short, but it was absolutely thrilling and wonderful.
Whether it is tactical choices or fighting will, the performance of the Chinese army on the ground can only be described as 'wonderful'.
It's a classic battle between weak and strong, and the results are brilliant!
Three Japanese planes were successfully ambushed. Two Japanese planes that took the initiative to attack were smashed into pieces in the fire net of the No. 1 air defense position with the strongest firepower because they were too heavy-handed. Although another plane also crashed, the reason for its crash was...
Wang Changshou's report after the war was really unbelievable. He was actually shot down by a rifle?
Not to mention that the Japanese army firmly refuses to admit this reason, even the Chinese side cannot believe it.
The air force and navy have always been the shortcomings of the Chinese military.
But this does not mean that the Air Force has no achievements. On the contrary, it has great achievements.
In the March Battle of Songhu, the weak Chinese Air Force shot down 230 Japanese aircraft at the cost of 90 battle losses. The battle loss ratio of 1:2 proved the fearlessness and greatness of the Chinese Air Force.
However, after losing 90 fighter planes in battle and more than 100 fighter planes damaged for various reasons, China only has 81 fighter planes left, which is almost the last possession of the Chinese Air Force.
If it is put into the battlefield again, it may not even be able to produce trainer aircraft to train subsequent pilots, and the Japanese navy and army still have more than a thousand aircraft of various types.
It was such a huge gap that the Chinese Air Force had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield. In just over two months, the sky over southeastern China became the hunting ground for fighter jets from Japan's navy and army after North China.
Throughout November, there were almost no Chinese fighter planes under the blue sky. Only Japanese fighter planes dropped criminal bombs and bullets on the army and the people. Countless lives could only look up at the sky and mourn the end.
But on the dusk of November 8, Chinese soldiers changed history. They did not use fighter planes and used pure ground-to-air combat, and actually killed six Japanese planes in one fell swoop.
This result was completely unacceptable to the Japanese army, which was already intoxicated with self-empowerment.
It is said that on that picturesque evening, Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet, was still enjoying tea leisurely on the deck, accompanied by a small table and low stool, and two naval officers who specialized in tea ceremony.
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As a result, the radio telegram sent by the remaining aircraft group that was still on its way back was sent to him by the bridge watch staff.
The admiral, who originally had a warm smile and was in a good mood, stood there in disbelief for a few seconds. He angrily threw Xiaoji and his favorite teapot into the sea, and ordered his ship to move closer to the aircraft carrier "Kaga". In the afterglow of the setting sun,
Next, I watched 6 fighters return with my own eyes, while the other 6
The Japanese admiral stood upright on the bridge until night fell, obliterating his figure, just like the six fighter planes that would never return.
The Japanese navy, who knew the inside story of this battle, remained silent.
No one knows how he felt at this time. Perhaps only a certain sentence in his later memoirs can give a glimpse of his shock and humiliation at that time.
“The most shocking thing in my life is that the Chinese shot down six fighter planes of our Imperial Navy without even using a single fighter plane!
The destruction of fighter planes and the suffering of soldiers are not terrible. What is terrible is that with China like this, can the empire really conquer it as imagined?"
Therefore, under the instruction of this extremely shocked Japanese naval admiral, they did not even record this battle. They only said that HNA lost six fighter planes in the Shanghai-West Battle.
This can be regarded as a rough description of the whereabouts of the six pilots who died in the battle.
However, we resolutely refused to acknowledge the Chinese propaganda in later newspapers about the shooting down of 6 Japanese planes in the Battle of Baihe Port.
On the Chinese side, because there were no photos to prove it, and they did not even send special personnel to check the remains of the fighter planes because of the emergency of the war, they were not fully identified in the end and were not included in the military merits of the Songjiang defenders.
But that is not important to the Songjiang defenders.
Just the corpses left by the Japanese in front of Songjiang City are enough to make them famous in history, not to mention that they defended Songjiang and bought enough time for the retreating army in the west of Shanghai.
Even the Chinese soldiers who are on the battlefield at this moment are not thinking about military achievements. They just want to survive.
However, it is also an unspeakable hardship for the living to watch them pass away.
While position No. 1 was still engaged in a fierce battle with Japanese aircraft, a dozen soldiers stationed at the bridge ran toward the burning truck in the wilderness under Lei Xiong's order.
"Li Jijin, take your people and put out the fire for me as quickly as possible. The truck can no longer be used, and the steel plates can also be used to reinforce the fortifications." This is how Lei Xiong gave Li Jijin the order.
But in fact, everyone knew that Lei Xiong hoped to find a living person, but he did not dare to say it, because those three people took the initiative to embark on the road to death under his orders.
On the other side of the woods, there was also a group of soldiers running towards this side at high speed.
Ignoring the 6 Japanese planes still circling in the sky, the captain and company commander personally led the team. Private Yang Bicheng and an infantry squad took great risks to rush to the location of the still burning truck.
The biggest reason is of course that he wants to grab time to save his brothers. What if something happens? He also used practical actions to tell the supreme commander Lei Xiong that I, the 67th Army, are all men and are not afraid of death.
In the words of the company commander of the 67th Army named Zeng later: "My brothers can be used as bait, so why can't I be one? If the devil's Japanese plane dares to come down, I will die together with him."
There was both bravery and resentment in his words. An army captain was not a saint, and it was a soldier's bounden duty to carry out military orders. But how could he not complain when he watched his brothers embark on a path of certain death under military orders?
However, whether it was because of bravery or resentment, the Chinese soldiers who rushed to the location of the three trucks were destined to be disappointed.
The bodies of the two sergeants were found first. However, the cab that was struck by the Japanese 7.7mm machine gun was almost completely destroyed, let alone the people inside.
However, no one escaped from the truck at the last moment. As bait, the prey had to swallow them deeper, so that the barbs could tightly jam its throat so that the prey could not escape no matter how hard it struggled.
The flames on the leading car were finally extinguished by the soldiers with sand and earth.
A row of soldiers stood in the wilderness, watching Yang Bicheng howling as he took the second lieutenant officer, whose body was burnt black and had long been unrecognizable, out of the tattered cab. His completely blackened arms were still tight.
He held the steering wheel tightly, but the superior soldier who couldn't bear to damage his arm just used a bayonet to pry the steering wheel off.
Rejecting the stretcher and help offered by the other soldiers, the young private placed his brother's darkened head on his shoulder and carried the body on his back. He sniffed the snot from crying and struggled to carry his brother and his brother.
Sir, walked towards the woods where he said goodbye to himself.
The pace is hard and slow, but yet more determined than ever.
Once, his elder brother held up the entire blue sky for him, but now, it is up to him, the youngest brother, to accompany his elder brother and warm his cold eyes with his body temperature. In this way, his elder brother will not be lonely!
The army captain waved his hand to stop the other soldiers from following, and stood straight on the spot, with the muscles on his face twitching violently, but he could not say a word.
He is sad! He is apologetic!
But how could he not feel sad? How could he not feel guilty?
That was the officer he personally requested from the regiment headquarters. The second lieutenant, who was both civilized and military, performed extremely well. After this battle, he would be promoted to lieutenant and become his deputy. He would have had the opportunity to kill more Japanese.
But such an outstanding young man died like this because of his own orders.
Not a shot fired!
His battle is to actively face the enemy's muzzle.
Is it worth it? Or not?
The captain could not give himself an answer until this moment.
Until the Japanese plane is gone.
Soldiers appeared one after another on various positions. They did not cheer for victory. Instead, under the leadership of their respective commanders, they faced the soldiers who were walking slowly and alone, carrying their brothers on their backs.
In the wilderness, the refugees who had just celebrated their victory also stopped cheering and looked at the duo intently, watching quietly.
The young children knelt down and kowtowed!
The old man lowered his white head and bowed!
They know that if it weren't for them, these soldiers would not have to die.
"All troops stand at attention and salute!" Lei Xiong's roaring voice echoed through the wilderness as he walked out of the headquarters.
The tears in the army captain's eyes finally fell at that moment.
It took almost all of his strength to raise his trembling hands, stand at attention, and salute.
worth!
For those who kneel down, all sacrifices are worth it.
The meaning of military existence is not just to win.
