"Those big shots are going to discuss the battle situation on the front line, and I can't always follow them. But I do have something to do when I come back. The principal thinks that since we are here, we will go to the front line. We don't expect to kill many Japanese soldiers, but we can't. We need to boost the morale of the soldiers on the front line." Mao Yingchu explained.
"Captain, are we all going?" Wang Yuanbo was very excited when he heard this.
"Of course not. We still need to protect the airport from Japanese bombings. The principal asked you to go, Li Hang. Just take the four people from your squadron."
Go back quickly, we will return to Wuhan in the afternoon. "Maybe because he felt uncomfortable, Mao Yingchu handed over this drudgery to Li Hang.
"yes!"
Li Hang and others didn't care, but Wang Yuanbo and the other five pilots of the 21st Squadron were a little disappointed. They thought they could go to the front line, but they didn't expect that they wouldn't be able to go.
Li Hang and the other four came to the plane and spoke to the ground crew, who then began to move the tools away to facilitate their takeoff.
"Squadron leader, the captain is not trying to put on your shoes, right? Just because of what you just said in front of Commander Lin, captain?" Liang Tiancheng didn't understand, and even found it incredible.
"Deputy squadron leader, you don't know, right? As a superior, you generally don't like people below you to be in the limelight in front of your superiors." Zhou Zhikai, who was born in a family of officials, naturally knows a lot about it.
"Just for this? He is the captain, and the squadron leader cannot threaten him." Liang Tiancheng felt a little incredible.
"If you are all right, kill more Japs later." Li Hang looked at the few men who were gossiping about their superiors and warned them before getting on the plane.
"Squadron leader, don't worry. I guess the Japs on the front line in Taierzhuang don't even have anti-aircraft weapons. It would be great if we could find the Japs' headquarters and kill a few of their generals." Zhou Zhikai fantasized happily there.
"Zhikai, you have a pretty good idea. How easy was it for you to find the Japs' headquarters?" Liang Tiancheng complained, and then quickly turned over and entered the cockpit.
"Stop talking nonsense, get in the plane and prepare to take off. The old rules are two planes in one formation. One more thing, no matter whether you encounter a kid or not, you are only allowed to use bullets from two machine guns, and you have to keep the rest." Li Hang Emphasized.
The reason why we emphasize so much is mainly because of the return flight.
Because their bullets cannot be replenished at Xuzhou Airport, if they encounter an enemy attack on the way back, they will have no choice but to watch without bullets.
"no problem!"
"Don't worry, squadron leader."
The three of them nodded and entered to make preparations.
After the ground crew told them it was ready to take off, the four people taxied the plane to the take-off runway.
After a while, four planes took off one after another.
Because there was a lot of movement, many people in Xuzhou City saw the four planes taking off, including those inside the headquarters.
Everyone in the headquarters felt that this would not have much effect on boosting morale, unless an elite air force was permanently stationed in Xuzhou.
Taierzhuang is in the northeast of Xuzhou, and the straight-line distance is only about 60 kilometers. For the I-16 fighter jet, it can reach it in ten minutes at normal speed.
After all, the speed during cruising is different from that during air combat. The high speed has a great impact on the aircraft.
When Li Hang and others arrived at Taierzhuang, the Japanese army concentrated more than 2,000 people, with the cooperation of aircraft, artillery and tanks, and began a large-scale attack on Taierzhuang. This was only the first large-scale attack by the Japanese army on Taierzhuang, and the concentrated force was no more than a regiment.
The first battalion of the 186th Regiment was guarding the north gate of Taierzhuang. At this time, under the leadership of the regiment commander and battalion commander, they were engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese troops outside the city's north gate. Defeat multiple Japanese attacks. The first battalion was composed of new recruits. Facing the well-equipped Japanese army, the result was predictable. Even the regimental commander personally held a machine gun and fired at the Japanese army outside the city.
"Commander, if the fight continues like this, I'm afraid all my battalion will be destroyed. The Japs' artillery fire is too strong. Where are our reinforcements?"
Just as Commander Wang of the 186th Regiment was shooting at the Japanese with a light machine gun, the burly Battalion Commander Jiang ran over anxiously.
"We have just started now, and you want me to ask my superiors for reinforcements? Even if your first battalion is lighted for me, or even the 186th Regiment is lighted, it will still have to hold on for a while." Captain Wang took advantage of the opportunity to directly attack Jiang Ying. He cursed for a long time.
"Leader, are you just going to watch those new recruits die?"
"Am I not on the front line? In a war, no one will die."
Just when Battalion Commander Jiang was feeling helpless, someone around him suddenly shouted, "Tuanzuo, the Japanese plane is coming again."
"What?"
"The Japanese plane is coming again."
"Damn little devil, this is endless, isn't it?"
Commander Wang stopped pulling the trigger and looked at several Japanese planes flying in the sky from the north, where he cursed angrily.
The planes that arrived were six Type 95 fighter jets of the Japanese Army Air Force. These fighter jets did not have the function of carrying bombs. The weapons they were equipped with were two 7.7mm aviation machine guns.
So as soon as they arrived on the battlefield, they began to swoop and shoot, killing as much as possible the Chinese troops in the ground positions.
"You little devil, labor and management will fight with you!"
Seeing his brothers falling continuously under the fire from Japanese planes, Captain Wang was so angry that he picked up his machine gun and fired at the Japanese planes in the air.
But this was of no use. Unless the Japanese aircraft flew low and hit a vital point, it would be difficult to shoot down an aircraft with a light machine gun.
His angry strafing quickly attracted the attention of the Japanese pilot, who flew directly towards him.
"Team members, be careful!"
Camp Commander Jiang next to him saw the enemy plane flying in and quickly threw down his regiment commander.
Bullets hit the fortifications with loud bangs, but fortunately Captain Wang was knocked down and hid in his own trench, thus escaping.
Perhaps thinking that the people below were dead, the Japanese planes swooped down and strafed again, and then chose to leave.
Captain Wang and others stood up from the trench after the Japanese planes had gone away. They looked at the Japanese planes in the sky in the distance. After cursing, they looked at the nearby casualties.
The Japanese planes did not leave so quickly, and they did not know how many brothers would die.
Just as Captain Wang turned over the body of one of his men, he suddenly heard an explosion from behind.
"what happened?"
Captain Wang and others crouched down and turned around, and saw that the Japanese aircraft that had just been showing off their power suddenly fell from the sky.
"Who shot it down? Did he really shoot down a plane?" Commander Wang was a little surprised.
But the slap in the face came quickly.
"It seems we didn't take down the group seat." Battalion Commander Jiang stared at another plane flying overhead and couldn't help but remind him.
"Didn't our people shoot it down? Could it be that it could fall on its own..." Soon, Captain Wang shut up because he saw several different planes flying in the sky, and he also vaguely saw Blue sky and white sun flag on the plane.
