Time passed minute by minute, and it seemed that it was only seconds until three o'clock, and although the battle had not yet begun, there was already an atmosphere of slaughter in the entire sky over Mina, and almost all the soldiers on both sides felt that the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and the tense atmosphere spread in all directions.

From time to time, fighter jets passed by in the sky, but basically they were Mustang fighters of the 40th Army with wolf head logos on the nose and Flying Tiger P-40 fighters with shark motifs.

In preparation for this battle, Chiang Haoran dispatched all his air power to fend off the Japanese naval carrier-based aircraft, and the skies over Burma remained dominated by the Chinese air force until the Japanese Fifth Flying Regiment did not recover.

In the suburbs of Mina, the wolf warrior transport planes are also beginning to be airdropped, although the helicopter attack is fierce, but the consumption of fuel and ammunition is unimaginable, logistics support is particularly important, therefore, all the transport planes of the Baoshan base are also dispatched to carry out airdrops on the Hukang River Valley and Mina.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, five Cobra helicopter gunships suddenly appeared in the sky above the Mina Centerline, each with a distance of several kilometers between them, and slowly moved forward.

On the ground, underneath each helicopter gunship, there was a company of infantry that spread out and rapidly advanced, moving swiftly and skillfully with tactical maneuvers.

The helicopter is in no hurry to move forward, maintaining a stable distance of more than three hundred meters from the ground forces, and it is clear that the helicopter is providing guidance to the ground forces, which, according to the helicopter's superiority in high altitude, chooses the right path and sweeps away all possible threats on the offensive path.

Two miles west of Mina City, there is a mountain beam that is not more than ten meters high, and then there is a low-lying land, on the mountain beam, a ring fortification is formed, here is the defensive position of the 20th Wing of the 19th Brigade of the 16th Infantry Division of the Japanese Army in the middle road.

Although it was only a short five or six hours before the attack was stopped and turned into defense, the fortifications had been basically completed, the main trenches and communication trenches were scattered, and the anti-artillery holes and cat's ear holes were all available, and under the slope in front of the main trenches, countless sharpened trees had formed a forest of wooden piles, and several barbed wire fences had been laid.

The fortifications were equipped with Type 92 7.7-mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and the artillery squadrons of the two wings were arranged at the very end of the fortifications, one on the left and one on the left, and then seventy or eighty tanks of various types were scattered in the depression jungle behind.

The 20th Wing of the Japanese Army is the most elite wing of the 16th Division, and its strength has increased from the standard configuration of 3,800 to 5,400.

Wing Commander Noda Takeshi Osa is a strong general, three years ago when he attacked Nanjing, he was still a second lieutenant officer, in the pursuit of Wuxi to Changzhou, he and his fellow townsman at the time, the artillery squad leader of the brigade Second Lieutenant Toshiaki Mukai, made an appointment to arrive in Nanjing, to see who would kill 100 people with Japanese swords first. Subsequently, the two began to kill on a large scale, whether soldiers or civilians, old and young, women and children, but any Chinese who entered their eyes, saw that they must have cut off their heads, and when they reached the Purple Mountain outside Nanjing, Noda Takeshi killed 105 people, and Mukai Toshiaki killed 106 people.

After entering the city of Nanjing, the two carried out a frenzied killing, according to incomplete statistics, the surrendered soldiers and unarmed civilians who died in the hands of the two in Nanjing alone were counted in thousands. Because of the "outstanding" performance of the two, they were able to appear in newspapers such as the "Tokyo Daily News" and became a "hero" figure who caused a sensation in the island country.

After three years of baptism of war, Noda Takeshi has made many achievements, and has been promoted from a second lieutenant to a large sa, and Second Lieutenant Toshiaki Mukai, who had a "killing competition" with him, is now also an official at least Sasa, and he is still partnered with him and became a captain under him.

At this moment, Takeshi Noda and Toshiaki Mukai were at the front of the position looking ahead through binoculars, although their absolute division commander repeatedly forced them to be careful and make a big fuss, but they did not take it lightly.

Suddenly, Toshiaki Mukai beside him shouted, "Look, what's that?" ”

In fact, Noda Takeshi also saw that five strangely shaped planes appeared in the air in front of him, looking more like five small dragonflies from a distance, moving forward like snails. Noda Takeshi knew that this must be the helicopter that the division commander said, and he didn't feel that there was any horror in this thing, more than a dozen anti-aircraft machine guns were in full array, and the bullet nets arranged were enough to destroy everything, I was afraid that they would be disintegrated by the air before they reached the front of the position.

Lowering the binoculars, Takeshi Noda ordered the anti-aircraft machine guns to be ready to fire and open fire as soon as the helicopter came into range, while also ordering the combat units to be ready for battle.

Soon, the roar of the helicopter was clearly audible, and a large number of stragglers appeared on the ground, interspersed with their speed and constantly changing formations, and the battle-hardened Noda Takeshi could see that these soldiers were different from the Chinese soldiers he had seen in the past, and the individual soldier quality was definitely not on the same level, and it was pertinent to say that they were even stronger than the imperial army.

Noda Takeshi knew that this was probably the special operations division of the 40th Group Army that was said to have strangled the three elite divisions of the Imperial Army, and it was also the unit that landed in Mina this afternoon. But he didn't have the slightest timidity, on the contrary, he was a little excited, and in his opinion, only such an opponent was worthy of fighting him Takeshi Noda.

Noda Yi unconsciously clenched the command knife in his hand, and there was a hideous smile on his face, this command knife has not drunk the blood of the Chinese for a long time, and the time has come for him to make a big killing and making meritorious deeds.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded behind Noda Takeshi, and then countless shells rained down on the road of the national army's advance, and for a time explosions rang out everywhere, and the flames soared into the sky, and several helicopters rose rapidly in the artillery fire, fleeing in all directions.

Noda Yi shook his head helplessly with a wry smile, the commander of the Dark Dao Division made a big fuss, the enemy in front was only an advance force at all, and the strength was probably only a reinforced battalion, less than a thousand people, and there were only five helicopters, so it was really not worth entertaining them with such a large lineup.

Just when Noda Yi was in reverie, the cheers of the imperial army soldiers and soldiers suddenly sounded on the battlefield, and Mukai Toshiaki next to him danced and cheered, "Hit it, hit it, Noda-kun, you see it's hit!" ”

Noda Yi looked forward in surprise, there was really a helicopter that fell to the ground, and the propeller was raised high in the dirt, but the fuselage was already torn apart, and in the flames, the scene of the soldiers of the national army fighting the fire in embarrassment could still be seen, and the corners of Noda Yi couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth slightly, and his face showed a look of disdain.