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#258 - Destroy the Japanese Flying Regiment
"Attack!" Receiving a constant stream of information about Japanese warplanes from the ground, Lieutenant Colonel Sam, who had temporarily taken command of the Divine Eagle Squadron while circling in the high altitude, finally issued the attack order.
The four squadrons split into four different directions, swooping down from the high clouds, facing the Japanese 33rd Squadron, and began to attack in a dispersed formation!
The Japanese aircraft formation discovered the anomaly from over a kilometer away, and like a startled school of fish, each plane rolled and dodged the firepower of the Divine Eagle Squadron's cannons, while simultaneously turning to gain altitude and distance, attempting to find a position to counterattack and open fire!
Only two or three planes were unable to dodge in time and were hit, starting to emit black smoke. The thin aluminum of the fuselage caught fire instantly from the special incendiary rounds, and they desperately plunged towards the earth as they watched the fire engulf them.
"Baga!" Nagamine Kamesuke didn't expect the enemy to be lying in ambush in the high altitude. Nagamine Kamesuke didn't attribute his mistake to himself, but instead was furious at the Divine Eagle Squadron for their unsportsmanlike conduct.
After dodging the first round of sneak attacks, Nagamine Kamesuke quickly pulled his plane towards the high altitude.
"Come On baby," Lieutenant Colonel Sam said to Nagamine Kamesuke, seeing that his opponent's reaction was not slow at all, his heart was filled with fighting spirit as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
It was as if only such an opponent was worthy of his attention.
Piloting his Mustang, he also rolled and turned towards the sky.
Chen Zhixin, acting as Sam's wingman, understood perfectly, and followed Sam in the same climb. After gaining an advantage over Nagamine Kamesuke, the two planes formed a paired flight formation and turned towards Nagamine Kamesuke's direction.
Chen Zhi opened fire, and the cannon spat out a continuous stream of bullets.
Nagamine Kamesuke was shocked and pulled his Zero into a sideways flight to dodge this round of attack.
Then, after a roll, he stared at the tail of Chen Zhi's fighter and fired a burst!
Chen Zhi made a slanted, crisscrossing flight, leading Nagamine Kamesuke higher and higher.
Unknowingly led to a high altitude, Nagamine Kamesuke found that his plane's performance was declining too fast, and his heart turned cold.
"Shibata-kun! Bite the tail of the enemy's wingman!" Nagamine Kamesuke issued an order to his wingman.
The Japanese imp Shibata was actually still trying to get rid of Sam's attack, but when the lead plane gave the order, he had to obey even if it meant risking his head!
So Shibata had to forcibly side-slip and temporarily disengage from Sam's attack lock, and then rushed towards Chen Zhi's fighter.
Chen Zhi was not flustered when he saw that he was entangled by two Japanese fighters.
He immediately turned and flew towards Nagamine Kamesuke, leading Shibata behind him. Sam, in the lead plane position, saw that Shibata's flank was largely exposed, and immediately seized the opportunity to launch his cannon, strafing the Japanese imp's flank!
Almost without suspense, Shibata's fighter was blown into an aerial explosion of fireworks!
"YES! first KILL!" Sam yelled strangely.
Without hesitation, he pulled up the Mustang again and headed towards the high altitude.
The Merlin engine's powerful capabilities in the high altitude were undoubtedly on full display, directly overwhelming Nagamine Kamesuke, who was beside him in impotent rage!
In the high altitude, the engine's performance dropped sharply, and it was simply unable to keep up with Chen Zhi and Sam's pace.
Nagamine Kamesuke had no choice but to dive and lower his altitude.
Even if he temporarily gave up revenge, Nagamine Kamesuke had to return to the airspace where the Zero fighter was most proficient.
However, inadvertently, Nagamine Kamesuke discovered that there were stars in the sky, as if there were scenes of Zero fighters being blown up everywhere.
Unable to directly communicate with other groups to understand the situation, Nagamine Kamesuke couldn't help but lose color.
It had only been a short time, but the number of planes he had lost was already more than half, right?
Thinking of this, Nagamine Kamesuke had no choice but to send out a gathering signal.
The Japanese aerial communication could only be carried out between the lead plane and the wingman at this moment. To carry out communication with the entire team, they could only send out special instructions like radio signals, activating the alarm devices on other fighters.
Compared to the airborne version of the radio provided by Ren Zhong for the Mustang fighter, it was completely behind an era.
Watching the Japanese fighters gathering.
Sam yelled strangely. "Brothers, chase these damn Japanese imps and fire at their asses!"
Forcibly trying to withdraw from the battle in the air was obviously extremely dangerous. This gathering of the Japanese caused them to turn their noses and run as if their asses were on fire.
For the Divine Eagle Squadron, such Japanese imps were obviously easier to beat.
Following the turn, they grabbed the asses of the Japanese fighters and unleashed firepower!
It was just that the Japanese were too maneuverable, and a lot of the output hit the void.
At this moment, the large formation of Japanese bombers arrived. Seeing the swarming Japanese fighters, the Divine Eagle Squadron almost unhesitatingly abandoned the Zero fighters and rushed towards the Japanese bomber formation!
Rear Admiral Atlantic of the Japanese didn't expect the 33rd Squadron to be so不堪, not only did they not win against their opponents, but they didn't even warn them!
In the sky above Lu'an, the Japanese warplanes were blown to pieces like fireworks everywhere!
Seeing that the defeat could not be saved, the old Atlantic Japanese imp hiding in the back had no choice but to issue a signal to withdraw the troops.
In this way, the Japanese Eighth Air Regiment began a full retreat.
However, how could the Divine Eagle Brigade let go of such a great opportunity to eliminate the enemy, and they all aimed at an enemy plane and chased fiercely!
They were determined to leave these little devils' warplanes in Taihang!
"The air force shot down more than 50 enemy planes that came to bomb? Is this data accurate?" Ren Zhong looked at the latest intelligence provided by Staff Officer Ye, still somewhat surprised. After all, there was the elite Zero fighter team of the little devils, which was currently the strongest combat force of the little devils' army aviation. He didn't expect that this time they would be so useless and crippled.
"The wreckage and models of the enemy planes have been confirmed. In the Battle of Luan, the air force shot down 15 Zero fighters, 18 Type 93 light bombers, and 21 Type 97 heavy bombers, directly crippling the Eighth Flying Regiment," Staff Officer Ye said with a smile.
"Our air force tactics are very clever. In this battle, only 3 were injured and crashed, and all the pilots parachuted successfully. In addition, 11 returned injured, which is basically a complete victory!"
Ren Zhong looked at the many Zero fighters of the little devils inside, but he didn't expect that this time they didn't cause any waves. The batch of temporary veteran pilots introduced from Rogue Eagle obviously played a big role. They all had rich combat experience in dealing with Zero fighters, and now encountering them was nothing more than familiarizing themselves and practicing.
It was not surprising to have such a result.
However, the little devils were more uncomfortable. They originally wanted to boost their morale through an air force sneak attack, but now, the air force has also fallen in. Now the army aviation's support for the ground is almost zero.
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However, Kurihara Nobuo had to grit his teeth and launch an attack! After preparing for so long, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops, it was impossible to stop fighting just because the air force was in trouble. Fortunately, army aviation has never been the protagonist of land warfare, so it didn't matter if it was gone.
Kurihara Nobuo cheered up. When the time came, the Ninth Area Army of the little devils, who had suffered successive blows, still began to attack as scheduled, and tens of thousands of troops fully attacked the Eighth Route Army's defense line.
From the Zhengtai Line to Hanoi, a full 6 divisions of little devils launched an attack.
The Zhengtai Line was narrow, and a division of little devils launched a fierce attack from the Jingxing direction. The vanguard of two infantry regiments and an artillery regiment began a bloody battle on the positions of the two villages of Dongzhuang and Huangdu.
The two B-class regiments of the Eighth Route Army guarding here stubbornly held their ground, constantly killing and consuming the enemy relying on favorable terrain.
Almost at the same time, in the direction of Hanoi, the little devils simultaneously launched an attack with 4 infantry divisions and a tank division.
From Ningyi County to Huaiyi County, more than 40 kilometers away, the little devils launched a fierce offensive at the same time. The little devils used fierce artillery fire to cover our army's positions.
The most deadly thing was that a tank division hid gloomily in the back, not knowing when it would rush out.
For the plains, the tank charge was extremely deadly.
Chen Brigade Forward Command.
"Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, now the little devils' Second Tank Division has appeared on the front line, and this will be handed over to your tank battalion to solve! Be sure to find a way to eliminate this little devils' tank division for me! Don't leave a single tank for the little devils!" The brigade commander said fiercely to his three generals.
A year ago, when the brigade commander saw this tank division, he would hide as far as possible and would not confront it head-on.
But now that he had five trump cards in his hands, the brigade commander's ambition rose.
He sent Li Yunlong's iron triangle out first!
As for the First Mechanized Infantry Brigade and the Second Mechanized Infantry Brigade reorganized from the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, the brigade commander wanted to hide them as a surprise force.
"Yes, Brigade Commander, guarantee to complete the mission!" The three of them responded loudly in unison.
Today may be the last day for them to stay at the Chen Brigade Forward Command. Once the battle started, the three of them would have to return to the temporary command posts of various brigades to command.
Facing a fully organized tank division of the little devils, the three of them were not panicked at all.
According to the information learned before, this time they encountered the little devils' Second Tank Division, under the jurisdiction of the Third Tank Brigade and the Fourth Tank Brigade, with the Sixth Tank Regiment, the Seventh Tank Regiment, the Tenth Tank Regiment, and the Eleventh Tank Regiment, as well as the Second Mechanized Infantry Regiment and the Second Mechanized Artillery Regiment.
Each tank regiment had 3 squadrons of medium tanks, 45 Type 97 medium tanks, and 1 squadron of light tanks, 15 Type 95 light tanks, and a squadron of artillery tanks. From the tank (vehicle) formation, it was exactly equivalent to a tank battalion of a mechanized infantry brigade, but now the tank battalion of the mechanized infantry brigade had a company of T34 heavy tanks and 2 companies of M3 improved light tanks, all using 76mm tank guns, and the output power was exactly the same.
The main differences were in armor protection and maximum range.
But for the little devils' tanks, there was no difference. Hitting the front vital point was a one-shot kill, and there was no room for the little devils to struggle.
So even if they were outnumbered 3 against 4, in terms of quality, it was completely overwhelming!
The current T34 can be completely regarded as thick-skinned for the little devils. Not to mention that the 37mm tank gun of the Type 95 light tank was like scratching an itch, even the 57mm tank gun would not have much effect if it was facing it head-on from four or five hundred meters away, at least it could not be solved with one or two shots.
Therefore, it was no problem for the brigade commander to hand over a tank division to the three mechanized infantry brigades of Li Yunlong to deal with.
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