The crowd looked in the direction Paul Leonard was pointing and saw a group of small black dots flying towards them from the northwest about a few kilometers ahead, and the Americans, who had already learned some basic knowledge, knew that the direction was the territory controlled by Hinata himself. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Everyone knows what will happen if these bulky bombers encounter dexterous and lightweight fighters designed for air combat. What's more, in order to reduce the weight of the plane, they had already removed all the machine guns on the tail, belly and back of the plane, and it was tantamount to a fool's dream to rely on the machine gun in the nose to resist the attack of the Japanese plane.

Looking at the young men whose faces had changed drastically, Doolittle smiled bitterly. He took a deep breath and said loudly, "Lads, now I just want to say that it is my honor to be able to fight with you, and now let's meet the upcoming battle in a brave way!" Paul Leonard, are you ready? ”

Soon the laughter of the gunner-Paul was heard above: "Sir, I'm ready, but what about you? Have you figured out who will replace me when I die?"

Although Paul said this in a joking tone, no one was in the mood to laugh, they all knew that after the fight broke out, Paul would definitely become the priority target of Hinata himself, and once Paul was killed, someone would need to take his place and continue to resist. It is a matter of life and death, and no one can remain indifferent.

At the moment when they spoke, the Japanese plane flying from the northwest had already reached a place less than a thousand meters away from them, and at this distance they could already see the badge on the wing of the other party, and the scarlet sun mark was so dazzling.

"Knock knock ......"

The phrase "strike first" is common to the world, there is no nonsense, the 12.7mm Browning machine gun controlled by Paul began to sound, followed by the other fifteen bombers in the formation also began to pour bullets in the direction of the Japanese planes, and for a time the originally neat formation of the Japanese planes became messy.

However, the RB people were obviously prepared, and after a little messiness, the whole formation immediately began to climb, and then fiercely pounced on the bombing formation, and soon a rain of bullets swept down towards the formation. As the leader, the No. 1 crew that flew in front of the front was undoubtedly under the greatest pressure, and most of the firepower of the Japanese planes flew towards it, and for a while the pilots sitting in the cabin heard the sound of the 7.7mm bullets on the Japanese planes hitting the planes like hail hitting the metal canopy.

"Sir, Ri Ying's own firepower is too fierce, and we won't be able to stop it at all if it goes on like this!" Paul, the gunner who sat at the top, was crying as he fired, and in the first wave of less than thirty seconds of attack, he had received at least dozens of bullets around him, but it was amazing that he miraculously survived this round of bullet rain.

This group of Japanese planes is a flight formation of the Fifth Flight Division Regiment that received the order of the Japanese base camp to search, this formation is composed of eight Type 1 fighters and four Zero Type 12 fighters, led by a captain named Sasaki, when Sasaki saw this American bomber formation can be described as ecstatic, after the first round of strafing, he ordered two Type 1 fighters to try to attack the bombing formation behind, and before the attack, Sasaki also specially instructed the team members: "Everyone be careful, The defensive fire on the tail of the American bombers is very fierce, and you have to use the arc to maneuver behind them and wait for the opportunity to attack. ”

But things quickly went out of Sasaki's expectations, when the two Japanese planes dived towards the bomber formation, it was as easy as walking in their own back garden, and the bomber formation did not fire a single bullet, a discovery that almost all the Japanese pilots could not believe their eyes.

"What the hell is going on? Could it be that the Americans were stupid enough not to put a machine gun in the tail? ”

Sasaki, who piloted a Zero fighter, had wide eyes, and he didn't even dare to dream of a group of bombers that didn't have self-defense weapons installed in their tails. However, surprise is surprise, out of the military quality of a professional soldier, he still gave the order for a full-scale attack at the first time.

"All units obey my orders and immediately attack the bomber group of the American beast from the tail!"

At this time, all the American pilots in the engine room of the bombing formation looked at the Japanese planes that pounced on them from the high air in the tail, and their eyes all showed a look of despair.

"Da Da Da ......"

With a burst of dense strafing sound, the tail of a B-25 bomber located at the rear was almost beaten into a sieve, and its tail rudder was also swept off a large part under the strafing of the Japanese aircraft, as for the other bombers were also more or less strafed, but fortunately, because the Japanese planes generally used 7.7mm machine guns, it was not fatal for the thick-skinned B-25 for a while. However, even if the B-25 has thick skin and thick flesh, it will not be able to stand it if it takes too many bullets.

"Yo West...... Great, after two attacks, these beautiful animals will definitely be shot down by us! Sasaki, who was in the air, laughed proudly as he looked at the fighter formation that had been driven away by his own fighters, and he trembled with excitement at the thought that he was about to become the first commander of the Japanese air force to command the troops to shoot down an entire American bomber formation.

Just as Sasaki was excited, the voice of the pilot in charge of the vigilance sounded in his headset.

"Your Excellency, Captain, another group of unidentified planes has been spotted ahead!"

Nani ...... Someone is here again? Sasaki frowned at first, and said with some unhappiness: "Those people's noses are too sensitive, right, how did they find this place so quickly?" ”

Because the Fifth Flying Division, which received the order, sent multiple batches of planes to search along the coastline, Sasaki's first reaction at this time was that this flying group was another group of his own planes that had come to search. At the thought that the credit that could have been monopolized was now going to be divided into half to others, his mood became a little unhappy, and he said impatiently: "Hurry up and attack, don't let other squadrons take all the credit." ”

After Sasaki finished speaking, he ignored this, and ordered the troops to seize the time to attack those Yankee bombers, after all, this is a real credit, and it is a little more to make a little more.

Just as Sasaki was about to take part in the attack himself, a shout rang in his ears again.

It was still the pilot in charge of the guard, and I saw him shout in a hurried voice: "Your Excellency, Captain, it's not good! It's a plane of the people of China...... Here comes the people of China......"

The pilot's alarm also reached the ears of the pilots of the entire formation, and the Japanese pilots who were fighting were looking ahead, and saw a group of fighters painted in sky blue swooping down on them like arrows from the string, and soon countless deadly tongues of fire were fired towards the Japanese planes.

In fact, the person who exclaimed was not only Ri Ying himself, but also the American pilots who were struggling to support them, who were originally facing the siege of more than a dozen Japanese planes, and they were already in danger of fighting back, and now if there was another group of them, they could really only close their eyes and wait for death.

Doolittle looked at the several crew members around him and said with a wry smile: "Young men, we are going to see God together, I'm really sorry, I led you on this road." ”

Henry, who was sitting to his right, smiled, "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you don't have to say that. This operation was originally voluntary for us, and if I did it again, I would still kick the RB guy's ass with you! ”

"Haha......"

Fred Bremer, the bombardier next to him, continued: "Sir, Henry is right. What am I not satisfied with as the first person to be able to drop a bomb on the head of the sun-brumpy, each of us is going to return to the arms of God after all, and now is only a little early! ”

"Good...... Very good! Doolittle's eyes were a little red, and he said in a trembling voice: "I feel very honored to be able to bomb RB with you warriors, I ......"

"Hey...... Guys, can you save these sensational words for later? Look, who's coming? ”

Before Doolittle could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Paul, and the gunner, who was deadly, roared loudly while firing fiercely: "Look, who's coming?" ”

Everyone hurriedly looked to the side, and saw a group of fighters rushing down from a high altitude towards the Japanese plane, and a tongue of fire tore the sky and swept towards the Japanese plane, and the Japanese plane, which was chasing them violently, fled like a frightened rabbit.

Just as everyone was stunned, a fighter plane was chasing a Zero and whistling past them, and the huge blue sky and white sun badge on the wings was so clear in the sunlight.

"The plane of the Chinese people is coming! God, what do I see? Is this a feral cat? Henry looked at the figure passing by outside the window and opened his mouth in surprise, pointing to the fighter planes outside the window and asked in surprise, those planes that were flying up and down in the sky were very similar to the F4F Wildcat, the main carrier-based aircraft of the United States.

"No...... It's not a wildcat, it's more like an amplified version of a wildcat than a wildcat! Doolittle on the side added with a serious expression, he can see what kind of aircraft he can see at a glance for a person like him who is highly educated and highly qualified and has driven airplanes for half his life, but what surprised him is that although the plane just now is like the twin brother of a wildcat, he can guarantee that he has never seen this kind of plane before. As a senior professional soldier, Doolittle's sense of smell for the aircraft is incomparable, although he is still in danger, but he still noticed the situation of these sudden fighters fighting with the Japanese planes, only to see that the tactical movements of these Chinese fighters are extremely fierce, whether it is climbing and diving or circling and fighting, they are extremely fierce, and the Japanese fighters have no power to fight back, and one after another the Japanese planes are shot down like being beaten by wild ducks.

The sudden battle was quickly resolved, and after nine planes were killed, Hinata himself quickly fled without a trace. These Chinese fighters did not chase after the Japanese themselves, but began to escort them around these Doolittles, posing as escorts.

Seeing this posture, everyone understood that they were saved, and for a time there were deafening cheers from the cabins of all B-25 bombers.

"God, we've been saved, this damn Huaxia guy is finally here! Oh God, forgive me for being so unscrupulous, I'm just too excited! Overly excited, Paul yelled at it.

After all, Doolittle is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and his psychological quality is much stronger than those young men, so he clapped his palms vigorously and said: "Okay boys, the danger is not completely over now, our plane is almost out of fuel, and now it is the most important thing to quickly contact those Chinese people outside." ”

Since all the bombers had removed all the radio stations due to the previous wireless silence, it was very difficult to communicate with the outside world.

At this time, Henry pointed outside and said, "Sir, I don't think we need to contact them, they are already here." ”

As Henry spoke, a fighter plane painted in sky blue was rapidly approaching Doolittle and their cockpit, and it was getting closer and closer, until it was less than twenty meters away from Doolittle and them, and at this distance Doolittle they could even see each other's appearance clearly. A group of people saw an Asian-looking man gesturing at them.

Henry, the navigator, had the best look in his eyes, and he said, "Sir, let us follow him!" ”

"What are you waiting for, hurry up and keep up!" Doolittle shouted.

Under the leadership of this fighter, the group began to fly towards the west and north, and after more than 20 minutes, the crew members finally saw the coastline, and then a Yangtze River came into their eyes, and after flying along the Yangtze River for more than 10 minutes, an airfield with no edge in sight appeared in front of these Americans.

At this moment, Doolittle only felt a tremor of the fuselage, and with a sweep of his eyes, he saw that the red light representing the No. 1 engine had turned on.

"Not good...... Engine No. 1 is down! Doolittle was so startled that he quickly lowered the landing gear and swooped down the plane towards the nearest runway.

At this time, many people on the runway were busy, and many people were so angry that they scolded when they saw a huge B-25 bomber swooping down the runway so rudely.

"Guys, get ready for the ultimate challenge!" Doolittle yelled as he drove the violently shaking B-25 down the runway, and just as their wheels touched the ground, Engine Two stopped running...... (To be continued.) )