At this moment, Zhou Changfeng looked at the long stream of people retreating with worry. If they were bombed by the National Army or the Italian Air Force at this time, the tragic consequences would be unbearable to imagine.
The Type 62 off-road vehicle the three of them were riding in was following an old truck, traveling extremely slowly.
On both sides of the road, men, women and children who had left their hometowns were walking step by step, carrying their burdens. The children and adults who lived in the same apartment building as Zhou Changfeng and others were crowded on three four-wheeled carriages, with large wooden wheels deeply embedded in the muddy ruts.
Compared to the sad-looking adults, the children sang nursery rhymes, and the constant laughter added a bit of vitality to this place filled with pessimism and negativity.
"Hey, this is war, it's okay..."
Chen Guangyun wanted to say, "Fortunately, we are in a foreign country," but then he realized that Adala was driving in front, so he changed his words mid-sentence: "Fortunately, with the help of various countries, the rebellion should be able to be pacified."
Zhou Changfeng looked at a new tourist map he bought today, but the bumps in the car made it impossible for him to see the marks on it clearly.
What's more, what makes him depressed is that he can't seem to concentrate. Whenever he loses focus, yesterday's scene will appear in front of his eyes.
Quite irritated, he let out a long sigh, but at this moment, Chen Guangyun beside him suddenly exclaimed: "Enemy plane? Damn! Air strike!"
Zhou Changfeng looked northwest and saw two small black spots in the sky?
He quickly picked up the telescope, and then he saw clearly that they were two biplanes flying towards this side, and they were climbing.
From a low-altitude level flight search cruise to a climb, this is to gain some altitude to facilitate a subsequent dive attack.
The frightened Zhou Changfeng stood up while taking out his own gun. He raised his gun and fired three shots in the air with "bang bang bang" and repeated "air-raid" sharply in English.
Adara followed suit and shouted in Spanish.
The incoming plane was getting closer and closer. Chen Guangyun put down his telescope, turned his head and said: "Bo15, it is the livery of the National Army, get off the road quickly!"
Zhou Changfeng made Adala drive off the road, and then it started bumping in the field next to it.
Because of the speed of the car, the whole person felt weightless, but Chen Guangyun, with an anxious look on his face, kept urging, "They are about to attack! Hurry! Faster!"
It is not difficult to understand his eagerness and fear. Now that we have no air defense units, facing these winged guys is a one-sided bullying that cannot effectively fight back.
Moreover, off-road vehicles are often more likely to be attacked by aircraft than trucks - those who can ride off-road vehicles are often military officers.
Fortunately, the two incoming I-15 fighter jets did not pursue the lone off-road vehicle that had left the road, but pointed their noses at the road.
"Da da da da——"
"boom!"
The first thing that came was the sound of gunfire, then the roar of aircraft engines, and finally the sound of explosions.
Two I-15 fighter jets sold by Tsarist Russia to the National Army, one behind the other, swooped and strafed along the road, and then flew past at an ultra-low altitude of less than 30 meters above the ground.
Although the PV-1 aviation machine gun it is equipped with has a caliber of only 7.62mm, such firepower is considered adequate in this era; in addition, it can also mount four 10kg small aerial bombs.
In an instant, this section of the highway, which was dozens of meters long, was covered with blood and flesh!
The car carrying Zhou Changfeng and three others had already entered the woods. When they looked back, they saw blood spurting and limbs flying.
The PV-1 aviation machine gun is essentially an airborne version of the Russian-made Maxim, with a faster rate of fire and a metal bullet belt. Bullets carrying thousands of joules of kinetic energy can easily tear open bloody holes in fragile people. For children or women with slender limbs, they can even be almost amputated on the spot.
People's wails, screams, and cries were mixed together and poured into the ears.
This place is as miserable and bloody as hell!
Countless corpses were piled up in a criss-cross pattern. The seriously injured were howling and struggling to death. People with broken legs were crawling on both sides of the road, dragging a long trail of blood on the ground.
The previously crowded crowd now looked like a team of ants that had been doused with boiling water. As far as the eye could see, the entire wilderness was filled with civilians running hastily.
Abandoned boxes, packages, hats, and shoes can be seen everywhere on the road. Bright red or dark red blood flows slowly and gathers into small streams.
The primary target of the air strike was actually five Republican Army trucks. At this moment, they were all turned into flaming wrecks. Apparently the Nationalist pilots did not care about collateral damage, so dozens of civilians became victims of the battle.
Such atrocities aroused the anger of the militiamen and wounded soldiers in the team. They picked up their rifles and shot at the aircraft in the sky with righteous indignation.
"Extremely cruel! Beast!" Chen Guangyun could not help but grit his teeth after witnessing such a bloody massacre again.
In the front seat, Adara, who was heartbroken, clenched his fists and pounded the steering wheel.
Looking at the soldiers firing into the air with old Mauser rifles, Zhou Changfeng knew that this was a futile move that was useless except to vent his anger, and would instead expose himself.
The two fighter jets that circled back fired another round of fire, and six or seven soldiers were knocked down in a pool of blood.
Zhou Changfeng, who was greatly touched, looked around and tried to do something. His eyes fell on the machine gun in front of him.
This is an MG15 aviation machine gun that was removed from a scrapped He-111 bomber. The technicians made a simple bracket out of steel pipes and welded it in the middle of the Type 62 off-road vehicle.
The Republican Army provided this car to them as a means of transportation. They probably felt that there was a lot of war and chaos, and there were many bandits and robbers. Having a machine gun would be more of a deterrent.
This machine gun adopts the short-recoil automatic principle, has a 75-round drum magazine supply, and has a theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds per minute. It can be said to be the only weapon currently on site that can pose a threat to the two fighter jets.
So...does this war have anything to do with me?
In this situation, he didn't think much. He immediately took out a drum from the ammunition box, then stood up and ordered: "Adala, drive out!"
Seeing him loading the machine gun, Chen Guangyun was surprised and exclaimed: "You can't put yourself in danger, we are neutral!"
Insert the drum, pull the bolt and load the gun, check whether the bolt is in place... Zhou Zhangfeng, who was checking the machine gun, casually replied after hearing this: "But when you are maliciously attacked, you have the right to defend yourself and fight back. The explosion just now shocked me, and my tongue trembled." If you’re bitten, it’s reasonable to fight back.”
He put his index finger on the trigger and said sternly: "Adara, drive steadily, I ask you to turn and you turn again, do you understand?!"
"clear!"
"Chen Guangyun, get ready to play the drum and change the drum later!"
"..." Chen Guangyun was helpless by Zhou Changfeng's joke-like remarks just now. After two seconds, he replied: "Understood."
The 22-horsepower four-cylinder engine produced by BMW roared, driving the entire off-road vehicle to rush out of the woods with a "swish".
(End of chapter)
