The little devil's actions were quickly sent back to Meiktila's front finger by a secret whistle. Soon, 15 fighters of Lu Xingguo's flying squadron were ordered to fly out.
Lu Xingguo first opened the 6-person group channel when he was flying close to where he discovered the large team of Japs.
"No. 3, No. 4, please go to the right airspace and pay attention. No. 5, No. 6, you go to the left airspace. We have to make sure that there are no enemy planes ahead that can attack our newcomers.
Our goal this time is to allow the new friends to throw the two bombs they carry on the heads of the little devils, so that these newcomers can achieve the first result.
On the 2nd, follow me to scout and see where the Japanese anti-aircraft fire is. We will destroy it first. "
"Yes, boss, received on the 3rd!"
"Received on the 4th!"
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After Lu Xingguo finished arranging tasks on the group channel, he started to turn on the full-channel communication call on the plane.
"Everyone pay attention, everyone pay attention. Slow down and follow. Pay attention to keep the altitude above 3 kilometers, keep the formation hovering in the air and wait for my orders.
Note that the enemy has anti-aircraft fire, repeat, the enemy has anti-aircraft fire. It is not allowed to lower the altitude below 2000 meters without accepting the order.
Please reply! "
"Received on the 7th!"
"Received on the 8th!"
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After Lu Xingguo issued the order, the nine fighter planes that followed responded one by one, and began to form a group of three, hovering in the clouds in the sky, waiting for attack.
For these novices, it is obviously irresponsible to let them carry out the dangerous task of detecting the enemy's situation.
After Lu Xingguo asked them to stand by, he piloted the No. 1 aircraft and his wingman No. 2 aircraft and began to lower the altitude to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance against the troops of the 33rd Division that were marching like long snakes.
The Mustang fighter quickly lowered to an altitude of less than 1,000 meters and passed by in a flash. Lu Xingguo looked carefully at the enemies on the ground. They were as densely packed as ants moving one after another, but these were not the targets he was looking for.
What he wanted to find was the Japs' artillery unit.
Lu Xingguo now looked down upon the little Jaap who was trudging through the mud on the road. The fighter jets quickly flew over the Japs' heads, and Lu Xingguo and the others kept lowering their altitude.
The lower the height, the more careful the observation will be. Of course, the risk is also great. If the little Japanese's anti-aircraft gun ambushes below, it is likely to hit it with one hit.
But Lu Xingguo knew that it would take a certain amount of time for the anti-aircraft artillery to change from a marching state to a combat state, so he was not worried that some of these little devils who were trekking had calculated the time of their random arrival in advance and were ready to fight. Be prepared to wait and see.
500 meters! 300 meters! Lu Xingguo almost pushed his flying height to the limit. Along with the marching troops of the little devils, he swept for several kilometers without finding the truck team towing the artillery.
For heavy artillery and anti-aircraft artillery, ordinary mules and horses cannot pull them at all. On such muddy roads, only trucks can barely pull them.
Along the way, Lu Xingguo saw panicked little devils running towards both sides of the road, and then lying down in the mud.
The fatal oppression of the Mustang fighter jets on the ground fighters made them all inexplicably frightened. These kid guys from the 33rd Division knew how powerful the fighter jets were. Not to mention the terrible aerial bombs hanging under the plane, the heavy bombs on the plane. With a single shot from a machine gun, flesh and blood bodies like them will be maimed or broken into pieces in an instant! ….
But seeing that the Mustang fighter planes ignored them, they got up again and continued their march.
Sakurai Shozo looked at the fighter jets flying over his head, and his face became even more gloomy. At this time, he had already sent a telegram requesting air force support, but even the nearest Sugimana Air Force was about to take off. It will take at least ten or twenty minutes to fly here.
In these ten or twenty minutes, he could only withstand the enemy's air force and bomb them indiscriminately.
A dozen small black dots in the sky have gradually turned into clearly visible fighter planes. It was almost possible to tell that they were Mustang fighter jets from the beautiful country. Then several fighter planes charged upwards and entered the clouds to hide. Obviously these fighter planes are not here to welcome them.
"Sakurai-kun, order the troops to start evacuating and hiding. We are too vulnerable to attack by them in our current marching state." Chief of Staff Nobunaga frowned and suggested.
"No need. The troops usually have training to face air attacks. They will dodge on their own. Now our marching team is too long. If we give the order, it may cause chaos." Sakurai Shozo shook his head.
This is a price that must be paid, but I don’t know how big the price will be this time.
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Lu Xingguo flew along the road and soon came to the back of the Little Japanese Brigade. Sure enough, there were a large number of trucks on the ground, driving hard on the muddy road. Behind the trucks were heavy artillery pieces!
"I found you!" Seeing this, Lu Xingguo shouted happily.
Open the call channel with No. 2.
"No. 2, No. 2, I'm going to launch the first round of attacks. Follow me and block the Japs' artillery so that our newcomers can start attacking the Japs infantry!"
After blocking the Little Japanese artillery, the Little Japanese infantry in front will have no air defense capabilities. This will greatly ensure their safety.
For the little devils in the air above 500 meters, current individual weapons pose almost no threat to them.
After Lu Xingguo called his wingmen to join in the attack, he aimed at the trucks at the front of the Japanese artillery march, dropped bombs directly, and then dropped another bomb after a while. The 500-pound aerial bombs were about 200 meters apart and landed in the middle of the truck line. With two violent explosions, several trucks and artillery near the center of the bomb explosion were overturned!
The trucks and cannons near the center of the explosion were blown to pieces. After dropping the two heavy bombs, Lu Xingguo's fuselage became lighter and lifted up into the sky, leaving room for the No. 2 fighter behind him.
The No. 2 fighter plane that followed followed the trajectory of the No. 1 fighter plane. Two 500-pound aerial bombs were dropped one after another at a distance of two to three hundred meters, blowing up four large craters in nearly one kilometer of road, and destroying more than a dozen trucks and more than a dozen artillery pieces, completely destroying the entire road. The road was suddenly blocked, making all the little Japanese trucks following behind unable to move.
The road was blocked into two sections. After Lu Xingguo confirmed that the infantry and artillery could not meet up for a short time, he opened the full channel call for communication. ….
"Attention everyone, everyone attention, now start attacking the ground enemies on the avenue, dive in groups, maintain an altitude of more than 500 meters, and freely choose the target to attack."
After Lu Xingguo confirmed the location of the enemy's artillery, he lifted the restrictions on the novices and began to allow them to attack ground targets.
After giving the order, in the sky, the newcomers who had been waiting impatiently hidden in the clouds cheered.
According to the pre-numbered order, the two formations swooped down, rushed out of the clouds, and looked at the long dragon of Japs on the ground. They faced the road one by one, began to lower their altitude, and dropped bombs one after another towards the places where the Japs were crowded!
Without the interference of anti-aircraft fire, the new team members performed well and basically dropped heavy aerial bombs on the heads of the little devils!
At this time, because the little Japanese Shozo Sakurai did not issue an evacuation order, these little Japanese had no choice but to lie down and hide on the side of the road, not far from the road, according to the usual operating regulations. The aerial bombs loaded on the Mustang fighter jets were up to 500 pounds, which could explode The crater was tens of meters wide, and almost no one within the nearby 200 meters could survive.
These little devils, who had no chance of hiding away, were hiding densely on both sides of the road. This was a bad luck.
Within a radius of 200 meters around the large crater created by each aerial bomb, the entire team of little Japs were directly killed by bomb fragments and even shock waves. The road soon became a scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere.
9 Mustang fighter jets are fully loaded
18 such large aerial bombs. After they dropped the bombs, body parts were almost everywhere on the more than 1-kilometer road near large pits.
In just a few minutes of bombing, the Japs lost at least nearly a large group.
However, this is not the end. After throwing away the bombs, these fighters still have thousands of rounds of heavy machine guns. At this moment, after they have dropped the bombs, the first ones turn around and start firing machine guns all over again!
Facing the trees on both sides of the road, four 12.7mm heavy machine guns sprayed fury, plowing out four bloody marks again!
Wave after wave of machine gun fire cleared a distance of nearly two kilometers after the bombing just now. Compared with the bombing just now, the losses in this wave were not light at all. There was another group of little Japs firing heavy machine guns. The land was filled with mourning under strafing.
What was even worse this time than before was that the heavy machine guns caused a large number of disabled people. They could not die for a while, but they were missing arms and legs and became the heaviest burden for the 33rd Division.
The artillery regiment also suffered heavy losses, with more than a dozen trucks and more than a dozen guns blown away by bombs.
Next, Lu Xingguo and Wingman No. 2 fired at the truck towing the cannon, blowing up the driver and even the fuel tank of the truck!
By the time the Japs' anti-aircraft artillerymen at the back reacted and began to fire anti-aircraft cannons into the air, Lu Xingguo and the others had already turned around and headed towards the Japs infantry marching in front of them again, facing the Japs fleeing on the ground. Start using machine gun fire to harvest as much as you like...
"No. 1, No. 1, 4 Type 97 fighters were spotted at my 3 o'clock direction. Repeat, 4 Type 97 fighters were spotted at 3 o'clock from me! The distance is about 5 kilometers." Just as Lu Xingguo was chasing him excitedly When I was a kid, Fighter No. 3 suddenly issued a call. ….
"No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, you go forward and raise your altitude. No. 2 and I will be here soon. We have enough bullets to take care of these little devils!" Lu Xingguo heard the little devil News about fighter jets made me even more excited.
These days, they have killed the Little Japanese Air Force to the point where they dare not dispatch easily. This time, 4 aircraft came at once. I am afraid that they were rushed too quickly by the 33rd Division and they had to come in full force.
According to intelligence, there are only 4 or 5 Type 97 fighter jets deployed in Shanma. After all, the air force under the 15th Army has more than ten fighter jets of different types, including several that have been shot down. reconnaissance aircraft.
At this time, in the sky, Lieutenant Kazutora Nakata, the leader of the Little Devils flight team, looked at the Mustang fighter not far away, with a trace of hesitation on his face. He had no choice but to compare with his opponent. His Type 97 fighter was too old. , almost forming a generation gap!
In several recent contacts, the Type 97 fighter jets were almost completely defeated by the Mustang fighter jets.
Because in terms of flight speed, the opponent's Mustang fighter is almost twice as fast as his Type 97 fighter! In terms of mobility, the two fighters are not on the same level.
In terms of weapons, there is even a huge difference. Not only is there a huge gap in the number of machine guns, but the opponent is equipped with 4 12.7 mm heavy machine guns, and he is equipped with 2 7.7 mm heavy machine guns!
Despite the absolute disadvantage, Nakata Kazutora, who received the order to fully reinforce the 33rd Division, still had to bite the bullet and rush forward.
Behind him, the other three Type 97 fighter jets also followed him and rushed directly to the No. 3 aircraft. This time they did not consider the chance of survival at all. From the beginning, they planned to use the method of dying together and using concentrated fire to see if they could use it. Use the ultimate method to kill one or two of your opponent's fighters.
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Now it’s the little devil’s turn to play extreme one-for-one games in the air!
"No. 3, No. 3, four enemy planes are heading towards you now. Pay attention to the enemy's concentrated fire attack!"
Wingman No. 4 discovered the Japs' attempt and immediately called to alert Wingman No. 3.
"Understood, I'll pull up the clouds to separate them! Number 4, pay attention to their movements and ensure your own safety!" Unit 3 said in a relaxed tone without fear.
When the fighter planes fly into the clouds high in the sky, the field of vision begins to be limited. Under normal circumstances, the little devil's fighter planes will quickly lose their target when charging in groups.
Not spread out.
If they stick together, it will be better.
You only need to use the more flexible body of the Mustang fighter to launch attacks in a maneuverable way, and you can quickly disperse them.
When the field of vision is limited, the impact on the fighter's maneuverability becomes even greater.
Kazutora Nakata obviously knew this, so he did not dare to catch up with the clouds. Instead, he turned the nose of the plane and rushed towards the No. 4 machine with his fighter group.
However, the No. 4 machine flew sideways and accelerated, taking advantage of its speed to instantly distance itself and throw away its opponent. Before they could chase for long, they saw the No. 3 machine that had originally rushed into the clouds rush out of the clouds again, and appeared right in front of Nakata Ichi. Above the tiger formation!
The little devil's Type 97 fighter did not have an instant messaging method to communicate information, but the current Mustang fighter does!
Even though Wingman No. 4 was busy maneuvering to avoid the Japs' swarm's charge, he did not delay reporting the location of the Japs' swarm at any time! ….
Allowing Unit 3 to find their position, they suddenly rushed out of the clouds and appeared directly above Nakata Kazutora and the others!
Fighter No. 3 was condescending towards the group of Japs fighters. Four 12.7mm heavy machine guns fired long and cheerful shots. The four firepower chains intertwined and enveloped one of the Type 97 fighters that was unable to dodge. In an instant, it was There was a puff of black smoke!
1:0!
Before Lu Xingguo and the others joined the battle group, Units No. 3 and Unit 4 used the cooperation of light and darkness to win the first victory!
Nakata Kazutora gritted his teeth and violently pulled up the nose of the plane and turned it around, trying to counter the trend and fire back at the No. 3 machine, in an exchange of one life for another.
However, the No. 3 aircraft that succeeded in the attack did not hesitate to fight, and directly pulled out to fly sideways. In an instant, the relative distance was increased by tens of meters. It used a large turning maneuver to stay away from the remaining three Type 97 fighters, and then pulled up He entered the clouds again, waiting for the next opportunity.
Kazutora Nakata and the others couldn't even absorb the exhaust from Unit 3, so they lost their opponents again.
Seeing that the current combat method was equivalent to being passively beaten, Kazutora Nakata quickly operated the fighter plane and made a left-right swing gesture to let the other two fighters under his command understand that now was the time to disperse and fight.
The three Type 97 fighters separated at once, each looking for its own opponent.
Nakata Kazutora rushed into the clouds to engage in a decisive battle with the No. 3 aircraft, while the remaining two Type 97 fighters were divided into left and right to find the No. 4 aircraft.
Unexpectedly, two or three kilometers away from the No. 4 aircraft, two more fighter planes suddenly appeared in the sky and dived towards them.
Units 5 and 6 came from nearby. Also traveling through the clouds, under the guidance of Unit 4, he arrived on top of the enemy's head.
I saw them each locking onto an opponent, diving down at high speed, and firing fiercely at the enemy plane.
Four 12.7mm heavy machine guns weaved a tight chain of fire in the air, entangled them all at once and exploded in the air.
3:0!
Now there is only one fighter plane left, Nakata Kazutora, who entered the clouds!
At this time, Lu Xingguo's formation in the distance had already arrived at the scene!
6 against 1, now an absolute advantage!
However, Lu Xingguo and his six fighter planes flew up and down in the clouds for half an hour without finding the last enemy plane that had lost its traces, and actually allowed Nakata Kazutora to escape!
But without the entanglement of the enemy planes, Lu Xingguo used the remaining ammunition on the plane to regroup the marching Japs on the road when he returned and launched another wave of dive and strafing attacks.
After killing and injuring hundreds of people again, he was satisfied and returned with the fleet one after another!
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Watching his subordinates bring in the latest damage report. Shozo Sakurai's forehead veins throbbed. This round of attacks had already caused casualties to his two brigades, and the artillery wing also lost a dozen 105mm heavy artillery pieces.
What's even worse is that half of the casualties of these two brigades were extremely seriously injured.
If you want to take them with you
If they go together, it will take at least two people to take care of them.
It means that they have to lose the strength of two brigades. This is definitely not possible. Before they have seen the enemy, they have already lost one regiment of troops. ….
Sakurai Shozo immediately ordered the establishment of a field hospital on the spot, and concentrated all the wounded here for treatment, leaving a squadron and a battalion of the Independence Army for protection.
As for the others, they continued to march forward after the engineering troops repaired the road.
It's just that after a few hours of tossing like this, it's gone.
The original plan to arrive before dark was completely ruined. The morale boosted by the victory over Yang Miding without any blood was now completely destroyed by an air raid.
Of course, this was not the worst. Soon they knew what despair meant.
After returning to Mandalay Airport to replenish ammunition, the Lu Xingguo Squadron made a comeback more than an hour later!
Although this time the little devil learned his lesson and ran away from the road in advance and hid far away in the dense local jungle, which greatly reduced the results of Lu Xingguo's second air raid.
However, in the face of the enemy's continuous air attacks, the mentality of the soldiers who had narrowly escaped death was about to collapse.
The officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division of the Aung San Independence Army who followed the 33rd Division began to flee in an organized manner. Hundreds of people from the vanguard team ran away at once and never came back.
Seeing that the Japs' right army had been rattled by air strikes, Lu Xingguo and the others changed their combat objectives and began to carry out air attacks on the left army.
Although it is said that the little devils of the Left Route Army received advance warning from the Right Route Army and carried out certain air defense evacuation of the marching team.
But how could two legs outrun the plane? They suffered a lot from the air raid. The road that was originally planned to be completed in seven or eight hours ended up being delayed until after 12 o'clock in the evening before arriving at the destination.
One by one, the little devils became exhausted and began to set up camp.
In order to prevent night bombing by long-range artillery fire from the expeditionary force. Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga dispersed the three main infantry regiments to camp in Pawabi, so as to reduce the losses suffered when being bombarded.
Therefore, the entire camp is several kilometers apart and distributed around the small town of Pawabi.
In order to prevent being sneak attacked by the expeditionary force at night, Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Iteng painstakingly planned the method of sneak attack by the expeditionary force, and weaved a light and heavy machine gun firepower network in the camp. If the infantry of the expeditionary force came for a sneak attack, Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Itan Nobunaga believed that he could give the other party a "surprise".
So even though the little devil camps are sparse, they form a firepower network with each other. These carefully calculated firepower points are not easy for the artillery to clear, but when they cooperate with each other, even if thousands of troops want to break in, they can't. not easy.
As outstanding commanders, Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Itan still did not give up under extremely adverse circumstances.
After deploying defensive firepower points, they were still not at ease, so they gathered the entire tank regiment to prepare for the battle, and each one of them slept guarding his tank!
However, all this of the little devil was seen by the observation post arranged by Gao Jianwu. Soon Gao Jianwu drew a detailed distribution map based on the reported information, and superimposed the coordinates of the high-precision map in his mind.
Then based on the distribution of the Japs' troops on this map, a new combat plan was quickly formed. In this plan, Gao Jianwu wanted to destroy the 33rd Division's Qiliang in one fell swoop!
Just in the middle of the night, Meiktila's expeditionary force group mobilized its entire force and began to quietly approach the enemy!
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