At 8 o'clock in the morning of February 19, 1932, the decisive battle of Huating of the two armies of the dragon and snake began.

Kenyoshi Ueda sat in the command headquarters and confidently issued the order: "Order the first formation of the aviation (since the start of the war, the Rotten Snake Army has lost more than 120 aircraft, and now there are still 200 aircraft, 80 bombers, 120 fighters, divided into four formations, each team has 20 bombers and 30 fighters. Set sail, bombard the Yanlong position in clusters, the first echelon of infantry (there are still more than 12,000 remnants of the Rotten Snake Marine Corps, and more than 5,000 remnants of other troops, a total of six infantry echelons, each team of 3,000 people, the ninth division is an integrated division and regiment, fighting independently. Offense. ”

As soon as the infantry of the Rotten Snake Army was dispatched, the forward observation post reported to the headquarters, and Liu Yi immediately recognized Ueda's combat intentions: air wave attack, air-foot coordination.

"Order Shi Bangfan's First Air Brigade (Liu Yi has a total of 56 fighters, all weapons have been replaced with 20mm aviation machine guns, divided into two brigades, each group has 28 fighters) to rise into the air, attack the enemy bombers, and lead the enemy fighters to the No. 1 area, and cooperate with the air defense convoy (put anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns on trucks, one anti-aircraft gun for each vehicle, two anti-aircraft machine guns, two aviation machine guns installed in front of the car and on the roof of the car, a total of 16 trucks, all with camouflage nets) to annihilate it. The 1st Brigade of Machine Guns, the 1st Brigade of Assault, moved to positions on both sides of the anti-tank trenches and was responsible for closing the gates. ”

"Boyan, if the enemy's attacks are frustrated again and again, I estimate that they will no longer abide by the agreement, and will definitely attack the Wusong fortress, and if we counterattack them at that time, we will definitely be attacked by the artillery fire of the Rotten Snake Navy, and the losses will be very large."

In the face of Shi Zhengguang's worries, Liu Yi lit a cigarette and behaved very relaxedly: "The enemy's aviation unit, which still has more than 200 aircraft, is an obstacle to our general offensive, and we must hit it hard." Now that the battle has just begun, with the contradiction between the Rotten Snake Navy and the Army, Ueda will not give up the offensive easily, which is enough for us to inflict heavy damage on the Rotten Snake Air Force. ”

When Ueda Kenkichi learned that the planes of the two sides had exchanged fire, he laughed: "Order the fighters of the second and third air formations to rise into the air, and be sure to annihilate the Yanlong Air Force." The second, third, and fourth echelons of infantry covered the 1st Brigade of the 9th Company of Field Artillery and advanced to the designated position. ”

Tashiro Wanichiro was busy giving orders, and in the eyes of the rotten snake people, the Yanlong army without the air force was vulnerable in the field.

After Liu Yi learned of the Japanese army's movements, he smiled faintly: "Ueda thought that this little trick could eat our air force, so he couldn't wait to order a large army to press." Hmph, it was a pipe dream, and immediately ordered Short's second formation to rise into the air, and sent a team to lure the enemy planes in Area 0 to Area 1 and inflict heavy damage. ”

The Rotten Snake planes, which had been defeated repeatedly, were still arrogant, and they were ambushed by the Yanlong Aircraft Group, and in an instant, more than 20 bombers were destroyed.

Seeing this, the fighters of the Rotten Snake Army were furious, and desperately pursued the planes of the first formation, and after chasing for more than ten minutes, they entered the Yanlong air defense position. Anti-aircraft fire from the ground opened fire together, and the sudden attack caused heavy losses to the Rotten Snake aircraft, with only twelve aircraft remaining.

The remaining 12 enemy planes could not escape the encirclement of the 28 Yanlong planes, and all of them were shot down in less than 10 minutes. According to the pre-war arrangement, the First Air Brigade will refuel at Hongqiao Airport, replenish ammunition, and then quickly take off to continue operations in cooperation with the Second Air Group and the air defense convoy.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the second wave of sixty planes of the Rotten Snake arrived in the No. 0 area, and the five Yanlong planes responsible for luring the enemy quickly fled, and the Rotten Snake planes received the task of cooperating with the first formation to annihilate the Yanlong Air Force, how could they let them escape, and the sixty planes pursued them mightily.

This time, the first wave of ground anti-aircraft fire shot down nearly 40 enemy planes, the second wave of air force fire shot down seven or eight enemy planes, and the remaining dozen or so enemy planes saw that the situation was not good, and they hurriedly fled back in embarrassment.

The Second Air Formation pursued them, and when they reached Area Zero, the surviving enemy planes were intercepted by the Yanlong First Air Formation, and after a fierce battle, the enemy planes were completely annihilated.

This air battle, witnessed by more than 100,000 people, will go down in history -- the famous battle of the Yanlong Air Force. In the first battle, 110 enemy planes were destroyed, and the Yanlong Air Force lost only seven planes, and none of the pilots were killed, while all the pilots of the Rotten Snake Army were killed except for the 65 people who were captured.

Liu Yi smiled, Ueda was blinded, the world was shocked, and the Yanlong Air Force took off.

Liu Yi stood up and roared loudly: "Order the air defense convoy to move to Area 12 and be responsible for intercepting enemy aircraft." The 1st Assault Brigade and the 2nd Machine Gun Brigade were ready to be arrested. ”

The loss of more than a hundred planes made Ueda lose his square inch, and Yanlong had a strong air defense, which made him realize that the air power of the rotten snake was insufficient to threaten Yanlong's army.

In desperation, Ueda Kenkichi ordered: "Order the first echelon to attack, the 5th and 6th echelons to cover the second field artillery brigade, advance to the forward position, and press the armored vehicle brigade and cavalry brigade on the whole line!"

Tashiro also agreed: "Your Excellency the general is wise, so you will be able to completely annihilate the Yanlong army." ”

At 9:15, the Rotten Snake Army violently shelled the position of the Yanlong defenders, Shiozawa Koichi looked at the Yanlong soldiers (scarecrows) who were constantly torn apart by artillery fire, and smiled proudly, although he had been captured, but the emperor's grace was mighty, and Emperor Hirohito allowed him to make meritorious contributions.

Shiozawa Koichi, who laughed wildly, thought angrily: Liu Yi, it's just that you sneak attack me, but you also sold me back in the name of the Axe Gang, so that I was ridiculed by my colleagues, catching you today will definitely make you worse than dead, and be ashamed of being captured by Xue!

Ye Zhongzhong listened to the violent explosion on the surface and sighed softly: "The enemy's artillery fire is so powerful, if it weren't for Bo Yan who had already built underground fortifications, I don't know how many brothers would have been killed or wounded."

Liu Yi felt lucky: "Fortunately, the Rotten Snake Army did not dispatch 200mm caliber heavy artillery, otherwise we would have been buried alive underground, now Western countries are equipped with howitzers of more than 150mm caliber, and China's artillery of more than 100mm caliber are pitiful, if the dragon and snake go to war in an all-out way, I don't know how many lives will be lost in vain?" The herald, go to the forward observation post, pay close attention to the enemy's movements, stop the artillery fire, and quickly dismantle the load-bearing column in Area 0. ”

Before the artillery fire stopped, Shiozawa Koichi ordered Takahashi Kazumatsu to lead the first echelon to charge, and he would lead the second and third echelons to carry out the second wave of attacks.

Major General Uematsu Lianma smiled helplessly, acquiesced to Shiozawa's plan, the artillery fire of the Rotten Snake Army stopped, Takahashi Ichimatsu was only less than a hundred meters away from the Yanlong position, and the vanguard of the Rotten Snake skillfully laid the planks on the anti-tank trench, and the three thousand Rotten Snake soldiers cheered and rushed to the Yanlong defensive position.