125 eagles in the sky above Hengyang

This year, the Third Flying Division was upgraded to the Fifth Air Force, with the 1st, 3rd, and 8th Flying Regiments under its jurisdiction, and under the unified command of the base camp and ground forces.

This one flying army, two leaders, the problem soon came, the base camp asked them to bomb Hengyang, but the 11th Army asked to repel Lao Chen's 14th Air Force, and ordered the bulls, so that the flight teams in Wuhan and Nanjing and other places were at a loss.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yokoyama hurriedly asked Tada Jun in Wuhan for instructions and asked him to specially divide a group of air forces to help him in the war, otherwise the orders would be inconsistent and it would be easy to be injured by mistake.

Tada Jun doesn't know if he is betting on this treasure right, anyway, most of the soldiers in his hands are all given to this capable general, take Hengyang, the empire can still take a few more breaths, once he can't take it, he has to go home and farm, maybe His Excellency Tojo will be implicated!

Originally, he was full of confidence, but it was a pity that a flying team in Xi'an suddenly stepped in, which made him feel related, those people were Xiaoqiang who couldn't be killed, not only became more and more brave the more they fought, but also suffered very little losses, so they had to telegraph to the base camp and ask for a separate reinforcement of the air power of the Eleventh Army in a strong tone!

Gangmura Ninji ordered Yamashita to fully cooperate, and now there are still many planes in Nanjing and Shanghai, but there are not many pilots, and after the order of the base camp was issued, Yamashita Takuma had to mobilize all the forces that could be mobilized from the small number of flying teams.

There are two regiments, the 2nd Flying Regiment and the 8th Flying Regiment, under the jurisdiction of the 6th, 16th, 25th, 28th, 44th, 48th and 90th Squadrons, of which the 48th Squadron is a fighter and light bomber squadron, and the 90th Squadron is a heavy bomber squadron.

Isamu Yokoyama heard that he was allocated seven flying teams and nearly two flying regiments at once! I can't help but be overjoyed, the total strength adds up to more than 350 aircraft! Pressure can flatten Hengyang!

** This is also very important, but Stilwell has a large amount of munitions, and many troops cannot be replenished, Chen Nade cobbled together to squeeze out four flying squadrons, that is, he can only dispatch two squadrons of the 51st Destroyer Group: the 25th and 26th Fighter Squadrons, with 24 P40 and P51B aircraft each.

In fact, due to the lack of replenishment, there are only 36 fighters, and Guilin's 341st Medium Bomber Group can only dispatch 20 B25 bombers from the 490th Squadron.

The plane is still a little, but there is not enough fuel, most of it is transported from the Hump route, and Lao Shi only gives him so much. Fortunately, Kane said that there would be some oil for a while, and he would be given some replenishment when it arrived in Xi'an.

Hearing the news, Lao Chen simply ordered the 32nd Fighter Squadron of Hanzhong to take off and go to Xi'an, it happened that he had oil there, and it was okay for these eighteen P40s to help him guard the airport, so that Kane could free up all the wild donkeys and fight with the little devils!

This time Kane didn't go out, he sat in Xi'an, and exchanged information with the Sino-US Cooperation Institute in Chongqing, whether it was a plane in Shanghai, Nanjing or Wuhan, as long as the devil was dispatched, the eyeliner all over the world could always summarize the news to Chongqing, and notify Kane and Chen Nade as soon as possible!

On the 23rd, Yokoyama made a move, and he first ordered the 68th Division and the notorious 116th Division to get ready, and as soon as the planes came to bomb, the powerful artillery would open the door to attack for them!

This time, the assist was 12 150 howitzers of a heavy artillery wing, 12 field guns of a 75 field artillery wing, of course, there were more than 30 75 mountain guns, and several 75 mountain guns in the city were estimated to not dare to raise their heads.

Since the other side has an air force, this time he also strengthened four squadrons of anti-aircraft guns, two of which are 24 40-mm anti-aircraft guns and 36 Type 98 20 anti-aircraft guns.

As soon as the sky dawned, the planes at Nanjing Airport began to take off one after another, and the first to take to the sky were eight reconnaissance planes, which would reconnoiter the route in advance and open the way for the follow-up troops, and then, 36 Zero Fighters formed a protective circle in the sky, waiting for the 24 Type 1 land attack and Type 96 bombers below.

The commander looked up at the huge fleet of planes in the distance, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the most dangerous time has passed, and the following is the game of the big group eating the small fleet, and it is not something he can care about.

Suddenly, the officer on duty hurriedly ran over and handed him a telegram: "Emergency, the ships on the river have found a group of planes that have suddenly climbed high!" ”

"Anni? What do those navies do for food? Didn't even find a plane? ”

This is a bit wronged by the Navy, when did the aviation go out to greet them?

They also fought for the carriage, and the most feared thing about night sailing was trekking, there were no electric lights in these years, and it was dark everywhere at night.

Fortunately, there was a moon in the night, and they flew all the way to Wuhan along the railway line by the faint moonlight, turned east when they were about to reach Hankou, and flew all the way east along the Yangtze River.

When they arrived near Tongling, they found a group of devils from the radar, and Ma Yilong and the others waited for a while before slowly climbing into the sky.

After a long time of smearing the walls with dung, the Japanese army finally built a barely usable air No. 2 plane, and the captain Ishikawa Kanji who led the team received a report on the enemy situation from the air No. 2 for the first time, but it was from the bomber behind him: "Ishikawa Shaoza, a call from Nanjing, saying that a group of enemy planes has been discovered, and they are now coming from behind us!" ”

Ishikawa couldn't believe his ears, and looked at the empty No. 2 plane again to confirm that there was nothing wrong, and then replied, "Didn't our reconnaissance plane reconnoitre?" As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of machine gun fire coming from the headphones.

"Baga, return home, protect the bombers!" The two teams were two or three kilometers apart, and when they turned around, they found dozens of silver demons lining up behind them to dive and shoot at the bomber group.

The old 96 bomber has a strong ability to resist attacks, but unfortunately its speed is too slow, and it is a big target in the eyes of the enemy.

Ma Yilong split eight wild asses from the team against the eight 95 land battles of the defenders. The Japanese machine didn't expect Ma Yilong to rush up from behind, so the finishing touches were all old-fashioned fighters, which was a wolf-like wild donkey opponent? With just two charges, 6 were killed!

Seeing Ishikawa and them turn around, Ma Yilong gave an order, and all the attack team planes opened fire, and at once they hit four or five bombers, and then all of them increased their horsepower, quickly broke away from the battle line, and scolded Ishikawa, who was pursuing behind, "Coward, coward, there is a kind of letting the horses fight!" ”

But the problem he faced was quite serious, the twenty-four bombers and eight fighters behind him, now only a pitiful nine can fly in the sky, and three of them have Type 96 wings on fire, and these bombers are the first to throw their bombs into the field when they encounter an attack. Because they are also afraid that in case of an air battle when a bullet hits a big bomb, the whole plane will set off fireworks!

The bombing mission could not be completed, and they did not know where to chase the enemy planes, and they had already run away.

Ishikawa went home in a huff and startled the airport staff, how long has it been, and he hasn't eaten breakfast yet, why did he come back again? However, when I saw a few smoking bombers, I realized that this was a sneak attack halfway.

The two Type 96s that were on fire failed to hold out to the end, and the first one may have had a broken landing gear, and when the belly hit the ground, it could not control the direction, and fell headlong into the grass on the side, and then it burned in full view.

The second one was even more crisp, the fuselage was badly damaged, it could not withstand the impact when it landed, and it broke in two on the runway! The fuel inside the wings quickly ignited the airframe!

Ma Yilong, who was on the way back, saw that the oil was still enough, and hurried to the sky above Hengyang, where they saw two large balloons, which were the standard configuration of Japanese artillery!