The plane fell to the ground, and then came into close contact with the earth, and with a "boom", a huge fireball rose up, and a cloud of smoke rose into the sky, creating a large area of pollution.

Ang Ming Zhuonan's eyes were red with anger, and after a long day of air fighting, our Zero plane had not fired a single shell at the Chinese Air Force. This...... This...... I can't say anything about it!

It's not that I don't want to fight, but I really can't find a chance! The Type 99 20mm cannon equipped with the Zero aircraft did not have a high muzzle velocity, and its trajectory was curved, and its firing range was actually lower than that of the American 0.50-inch machine gun. Because of this, it is said that it is best to ask for a close shot, and if it is far away, as soon as the trajectory is bent, it is a shotgun hitting a rabbit -- it is impossible.

But Sang Ming Zhuonan just wants to try to see if his 20-millimeter cannon can beat these latest Chinese fighters.

So, he issued an order: "Use our high-speed and agile characteristics to circle them in the sky, and if you find an opportunity, attack them with machine guns." ”

Sang Ming Zhuonan led these six fighters to turn away in the sky and flew over. And Xu Da also led 4 fighters, 2 in a group, spinning in the sky, looking for opportunities to annihilate the enemy.

In the air fight, 10 fighters flew everywhere in the sky, all looking for opportunities and the most favorable position to destroy the enemy. In comparison, the J-20 fighter is much faster than the Zero and does not turn slowly, which gives it a greater advantage.

Takao Kuwana counted on his superb driving skills, and finally found an opportunity, and in this kind of spin, it was really a blind cat that ran into a mouse that ran in front of him. In this kind of chaos, no one can really see the six ways and hear the eight directions.

When Takao Sana saw that a J-20 fighter plane suddenly flew to a distance of 2,000 meters in front of him, he quickly adjusted the nose of the plane, and fired a point, and dozens of 20-mm shells flew out.

The "Tom ......" was originally well aimed, but because the initial velocity of the shells of the 20 mm cannon was not high, as soon as the speed was low, it was attracted by the attraction of the earth, and the shells drew a large arc and fell under the J-20 fighter.

There is also a battle for speed, the speed of 20-mm shells does not seem to be much faster than that of J-20 fighters. It's even low, if it's moving at an average speed, it's the rear wheel can't catch up with the front, and if the shell is lower than the J-20 fighter's speed, it's the rear wheel will never be able to catch up with the front.

Ang Ming Zhuonan was so angry that he shouted and scolded: "You cannonballs, won't you run faster!" If you hurry up, you will hit the Chinese fighters. But, but, it's just a little bit slower! ”

Takao Sana's Zero fighter did not hit the J-20 fighter, but instead called the J-20 fighter to kill two more Zero planes. At this time, the fighter ratio between the two sides has changed from the original 4 to 36 to the current 4 to 4.

An even more dangerous situation arose, although the Zero was equipped with two 20 mm cannons, but each gun had only 60 shells, which was only enough for one or two long shots. These Zero pilots were eager to shoot down the Chinese fighters at once and shoot a little more shells.

So the shells ran out quickly.

At this time, Sang Ming Zhuonan really called the sky should not be, the ground was not effective, the Zero plane did not have machine gun shells, and what kind of strength did it fight, not to mention the 7.7mm machine gun.

He said hatefully: "I'm not done with you, and when I fill up the shells and fill up the gas, I will come back." The loyal and brave Zero warriors of the Imperial Army, aren't they? ”

Everyone replied radioed in unison, "Hary! Resolutely fight with the Chinese Air Force to the end. ”

"It's just now," Takao Sana said in a softened tone, "we don't have any more shells." Then there is only, retreat—"

"Hayi!" His Zero drivers replied in unison.

It's just that when he came, he led a squadron of Zero fighters, a squadron of Type 99 light bombers, and a squadron of 96-1 how majestic and unstoppable he was. But now that he is returning, there are only a few planes in Liao Liao, and they are lonely and pitiful.

Fortunately, there was no danger during the retreat, and these four fighters did not suffer any further losses.

Xu Da saw that they were gone, what are we doing here! We also had to go back to refuel, load bombs, maintain the plane, and sing triumphant songs, leading the formation back to Nanyang Airport.

Han Xing was lightly relieved to see that the Japanese air force formation was routed by Xu Da's air force and retreated. If they really can't defeat this Japanese air force and make them lash out against the air raid on the pumpkin shop, the situation in the pumpkin shop will be even worse, and the situation in the pumpkin shop will be even more dangerous.

There is a more important factor, they cannot seize air supremacy, and their own helicopter formations will not be used. If you can't use the helicopter, you won't have legs if you want to.

Han Xing thinks so about this battle, defeat is a certainty, and he has no ability to change history. But if possible, I hope to rescue Zhang Zizhong. I also dreamed that the occasional vibration of a butterfly's wings in the Amazon rainforest might cause a tornado in Texas two weeks later.

Based on this tactical thinking, it turned out that Han Xing ordered all the Southern Expeditionary Army to come and support the battle of the pumpkin shop. Temporarily he changed his order again, and only sent a guard battalion, a characteristic battalion, and a helicopter formation. There are also tank battalions, which serve as a kind of assault force to break out of the encirclement.

Zhang Zizhong divided the two regiments of the 74th Division into two routes, east and west, and the special battalion was responsible for guarding the north.

Zhang Zizhong had diarrhea because of a recurrence of dysentery, his body was weak, and the military situation was urgent, so he had been observing the terrain all night and judging the situation for the past few days, and he could hardly sleep. It wasn't until more than 4 o'clock in the morning that Zhang Zizhong barely fell asleep.

Unexpectedly, less than an hour after sleeping, the Japanese army concentrated heavy troops and attacked Maojiawan in the west first.

Between Maojiawan and Zhang Zizhong's headquarters, there were only 2 small hills, and the 440th Regiment of the 74th Division was responsible for defending this side.

The Japanese offensive was different from the past, and the fierceness was indescribable. Heavy artillery shells rained down on the position of the 440th regiment, and before the smoke of the shells had dissipated, a large number of Japanese troops had already charged.

The 440th Regiment struggled to hold out for two hours, and the first-line position was finally broken through by the Japanese army. The 440th Regiment had to retreat, and the Japanese followed in pursuit. The 440th Regiment was untenable to be pursued by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army once occupied two mountain bags in a row.

At this time, Zhang Zizhong carried a pistol on his back and rushed to the front with Chief of Staff Li Wentian, Senior Staff Officer Zhang Jing, and Soviet advisers. Seeing that the 440th Regiment was defeated by the Japanese army, Zhang Zizhong immediately ordered a battalion of the 440th Regiment that was still behind to immediately counterattack and support.

The battalion charged desperately, and the Chinese and Japanese armies met head-on on the second hill. Because the two armies were too close to each other, it was too late to shoot, and they had to rely on hand-to-hand combat.

Although the 74th Division of the National Army is not a first-class unit of the 33rd Group Army, it is also experienced in a hundred battles. The soldiers drew their broadswords and rushed into the ranks of the Japanese army to slash and kill, which was also unstoppable.

The weapons of the 39th Division are strong, the quality of officers and men is very high, and they are good in all aspects, but they are weaker in hand-to-hand combat. After all, this division has not been formed for a long time, less than one year, and the officers and men have limited experience in hand-to-hand combat.

Therefore, by a fierce hand-to-hand counterattack by the 440th Regiment of the 74th Division, the Japanese army collapsed, with hundreds of casualties, and the rest were defeated.

The 440th Regiment controlled a small hill, but the foothold was not stable, and the Japanese launched a counterattack, and the 440th Regiment smashed the Japanese with grenades.

Unexpectedly, this time the Japanese army was really crazy, they followed one after another, and charged several times in just 1 hour, each time they were smashed down by grenades, and the casualties were not light.

The two sides fought fiercely until 10 a.m., and the 440th Regiment temporarily blocked the Japanese attack, but the situation was very unfavorable. The Japanese army repeatedly attacked with a large number of troops, and the 440th Regiment fought to the death.

So with the west, it's not easy with the east. The Japanese army stormed the 444th Regiment of the 74th Division in Luojia's press. The regiment also struggled to hold out for several hours, and the garrisoned positions were occupied by the Japanese four times, and they recaptured them four times by counterattack. In each counteroffensive, the Chinese and Japanese armies left behind a large number of corpses, and the small positions were full of people.

After the 74th Division crossed the Han River, there was no ammunition supply, although it had brought a lot before, and after three days of fierce fighting, it had been almost used.

This time, due to the particularly fierce attack of the Japanese army, the ammunition consumption of the 74th Division was very large, and before noon, some positions ran out of ammunition.

Ma Guanyi, the commander of the 74th Division, sent people to Zhang Zizhong to ask for ammunition replenishment, but since it has been surrounded, where can there be replenishment.

At this time, Han Xing had to say to Zhang Zizhong: "Commander Zhang, this battle can't be fought anymore." Let's withdraw! ”

Zhang Zizhong sneered and said, "Withdraw!" Where to retreat? The pumpkin shop has been surrounded by the enemy like an iron bucket, and even if you want to, you can't get out. ”

Han Xing said: "Our Southern Expeditionary Army also has a helicopter formation and a tank battalion, and the wounded and people from the headquarters are on helicopters. The tank battalion fought a bloody way, covering our 74th Division, hoping to break through the enemy's encirclement. ”

Zhang Zizhong asked: "What about your helicopter and tank battalions?" Why didn't I see it? ”

"Helicopters and tank battalions can't be placed in the pumpkin shop, it's too dangerous here," Han said. A telegram and they will be able to arrive soon. ”

Zhang Zizhong thought for a while and said: "We still can't withdraw, so we're on the bar with the little devils here, and we must complete the task of containing them." If you want to withdraw, will you? ”

Han Xingxin said, if it weren't for saving you and the 74th Division, we wouldn't have gotten into the enemy's encirclement. But when the words came to his lips, the words couldn't be said like this, so Han Xing had to say: "But if it's too late, I'm afraid it's too late to retreat." ”

Zhang Zizhong thought for a while and said: "I have made up my mind, and I will contain the Japanese army here to the death." ”

Zhang Zizhong ordered Chief of Staff Li Wentian to convey instructions to Division Commander Ma by telephone, saying: "Fight the enemy hard!" When the bullet is finished, fight with a knife, hit with a fist when the knife is broken, and bite with teeth! ”

Subsequently, he wrote a note to Commander Ma: Ma Guanyi, if you are a soldier, follow me, I will never treat you badly. Now is the time for the life and death of the country and the nation, and it is the time for our soldiers to kill the enemy and serve the country. In this battle against the enemy, you just have to fight hard, and it is entirely your work to fight well, and I will be fully responsible for not fighting well.

Ma Guanyi, who was on the front line, saw this note and knew that it was the last moment, so he immediately rushed to the front line with the guards to command.