As Gao Zhihang's QJ-2 gradually approached, the roar of the motor still attracted the attention of the Asahi Shimbun reporter, who first turned around and found the plane that was silently approaching with the blue sky and white sun logo.

The sudden appearance of the enemy's military plane made the reporter panic, his hand trembled, and the camera in his hand fell off at once. Thanks to the fact that his camera was hung around his neck with a belt, otherwise, his camera would have become a camera bomb.

The young Japanese, in a panic, subconsciously quickly retracted into the cockpit, then shouted loudly and slapped the pilot in front of him on the back with his hand, telling the pilot that a Chinese plane was following. The pilot turned around and was shocked to see that a plane had followed silently, but he quickly calmed down.

Because years of flying experience told him that although there were two black holes in the barrel of this plane with steel armor protection pointing at his plane, it was terrifying to look at, but it was just scary to look at.

From the appearance of this aircraft, he recognized that it was a bomber, and now all fighters are single-seaters, there are no two-seaters. The somewhat bloated fuselage of the plane behind it is obviously much heavier than its own plane, and its speed is definitely not as fast as its own, let alone its own agility, and it is very easy to get rid of it.

However, before the Japanese pilot could react, a louder roar reached his ears, and when he looked up, he was really startled this time.

I saw that more than 20 enemy light Newburg-28s had occupied the attack position in the air, this was a real fighter, and it was also a fairly advanced fighter today, far exceeding the civilian aircraft he was flying in terms of speed and flexibility. Trying to run away at this time is the most stupid thing to do, and he will immediately be caught up and smashed to pieces by the angry Shina people.

The Japanese pilot was obviously a veteran, and since it was impossible to escape, he tried to appear to be free of any hostility, and he tried his best to make the plane fly smoothly, and circled smoothly in the air, indicating that he had no intention of escaping, and asked the other party to calm down and not to act excessively. Then, the pilot turned to the young man in the back seat who looked like a reporter and shouted a few words.

Gao Zhihang piloted the plane at this time and was already very close to the Japanese plane, almost flying side by side, he could see the other party's expression and actions very clearly, the only regret was that he didn't understand Japanese and didn't know what the two Japanese were talking about.

The young reporter in the back seat still had some immature faces, a little purple by the wind blowing at high altitude and high speed, his eyes were full of extreme fear, he looked up at the group above, and then looked at Gao Zhihang, who had been silently watching them with an expressionless face, and tried to calm down for a while, and then he struggled to show a difficult smile that was more ugly than crying, and shouted loudly at Gao Zhihang in Japanese. After shouting a few words, he felt that Gao Zhihang obviously couldn't understand Japanese, and in a hurry, he kept slapping the fuselage with his hand, signaling Gao Zhihang to pay attention to the civilian signs on their fuselage.

Seeing that Gao Zhihang was still looking at him coldly without expression, the young reporter raised the camera in his hand in a trembling manner, trying to show their non-military identity.

Gao Zhihang, who had thoroughly figured out the identity of the other party, wanted to shoot down the Japanese plane with his machine gun, but reason told him that it was very immoral to do so. Moreover, at this moment, he found a little flash of light on the still gray ground, probably near Zhuertun, in the northeast of Shenyang City.

Gao Zhihang, who has lived in Shenyang for a long time, is very aware of the terrain around Shenyang, and the location of Zhuertun is the only way to go north to Tieling, if the Kwantung Army occupies Zhuertun, the convoy going north will be blocked near Shenyang, and the main force of the Kwantung Army that is converging on Shenyang will surround the convoy, and the consequences will be unimaginable. …,

That little flash of light was produced by the explosion of the cannonball, there must have been a fierce battle there, and Gao Zhihang's heart hung suddenly. He no longer had the heart to think about what to do with this Japanese civilian aircraft, he shook his wings, sent a signal to Chen Honglu, and then pressed the nose of the plane, and the QJ-2 pounced in the direction of Zhuertun.

As the altitude decreased, Gao Zhihang could already see the situation on the ground, and there was indeed a battle there, and it was fierce.

The battle took place on the railway line west of Zhultun, along which about a battalion of troops of the Northeast Army was defending, and not far from the roadbed behind them, there were twelve FT-17 tanks lined up, behind the tanks were more than 400 cavalry, and a mile behind them, on the road next to Zhultun, more than 20 trucks were parked.

To the northwest of the roadbed, a Japanese unit of more than 800 men was preparing to attack them, and four kilometers away from the rear of the Japanese army, an artillery position of the Japanese army was now violently shelling the defending Northeast Army position.

Gao Zhihang could tell from the twelve tanks parked there that the defending side was the troops of the 7th Brigade of Beidaying.

Because in the Northeast Army, the 7th Brigade is the only brigade in the Northeast Army that has tanks. The tanks of the Northeast Army, in addition to one company in the Seventh Brigade, also have a tank battalion under which Li Zhenyuan is the battalion commander, with a total of 24 tanks. However, Li Zhenyuan's tank battalion is not in Shenyang at the moment, but is stationed in the pass with Zhang Xueliang.

The main force of the 7th Brigade was evacuated to Dongshanzuizi according to the order, and most of them did not carry weapons, let alone brought the twelve tanks of the tank company here safe and sound. This is the road to the north, the 7th Brigade will not go north, they should go west to Xinmin, and then turn to Jinzhou.

In particular, Gao Zhihang also saw on the plane that a few kilometers south of Zhuer Village, dozens of trucks were speeding towards Zhuertun along the road covered with sorghum on both sides.

However, Gao Zhihang did not find a large-scale convoy on the way from the Northeast Arsenal to Zhuertun, which made his heart relax a lot, the convoy led by Han Guangdi should have passed through Zhuertun and was heading towards Tieling, according to the plan, Tieling should have been controlled by Jing Yuexiu's cavalry division at this time.

Gao Zhihang analyzed that this unit that was blocking the Japanese army should be part of Wang Tiehan's 620th Regiment left by Han Guangdi and the troops directly under the Seventh Brigade who defected to the Fourth Route Army with Wang Tiehan. The purpose was to receive the troops withdrawn from the airfield. The Japanese must have discovered that a large number of convoys had withdrawn to the north through Zhuertun, so they hurriedly mobilized troops to intercept them, and the two sides fought here.

The Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and the roadbed of the section of the railway defended by the Northeast Army was blown to the ground of sleeper rubble, the rails were blown up in all directions, and a section of the rails was even blown off, and the steel rails stretched out into the sky in a zigzag manner.

More than 800 Japanese troops preparing to attack were now divided into three waves, and under the leadership of three tanks, they were gradually approaching the position of the Northeast Army, and they would launch an attack as soon as the artillery fire stopped.

Farther away, from the direction of Beidaying, which was still smoking, dozens of trucks full of soldiers were driving quickly in the direction of Zhuertun, which must be reinforcements from the Japanese army.

Once the Japanese army breaks through the position of the Northeast Army, Li Jichuan's convoy will be blocked, Li Jichuan's convoy not only has a large number of ground staff from the Dongta Airport, but also pulls 36 "unicorn" fighters on the car.

Even if the Northern Army on the ground could block the Japanese attack and cover Li Jichuan's convoy to retreat north, if they could not defeat the attacking Japanese army as soon as possible, they would probably be entangled by the Japanese army and would not be able to get out, and would be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese troops who came later. It can be said that although the Northern Army below is well-equipped, it is in a very dangerous situation. …,

The only way to solve this crisis is to help the Northeast Army on the ground quickly defeat the Japanese troops attacking them.

Gao Zhihang picked up the wireless telegraph microphone in the cabin and wanted to give Chen Honglu an attack order, but suddenly thought that all the planes of the Northeast Army had not yet been equipped with such advanced equipment, so he had no choice but to put down the microphone.

Gao Zhihang, who was so anxious, had to look for Chen Honglu in the group of planes that followed, and the battle situation on the ground at this moment made Chen Honglu very anxious, and he was taking the initiative to pull the plane over.

Gao Zhihang motioned to Chen Honglu with his hand, asking his two squadrons to attack the Japanese brigade on the ground that was attacking the Northeast Army and the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Beidaying, while he himself drove his plane to the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese artillery position was set up on the edge of a rice field, six infantry guns and six 75mm field guns were lined up, and dozens of Japanese were nervously carrying shells for loading and firing.

The reason why it is said that there are dozens of Japanese, but not dozens of Japanese soldiers, is that among these dozens of Japanese soldiers on the Japanese artillery positions, there are not only Japanese soldiers, but also many soldiers in the countryside who do not wear military uniforms, and this is obviously an artillery unit that has been put together on a temporary basis.

In fact, just from the number of Japanese infantry on the offensive and the number of artillery on the artillery positions, it can also be seen that this artillery unit was put together temporarily.

During this period, the Japanese army had only 17 permanent divisions, numbered in the order of Kono, 1 to 20 (the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 18th divisions were owed). It is organized into a four-unit system, that is, there are two brigades under the division and regiment; The brigade has two infantry wings; The Infantry Wing has three infantry brigades; The brigade consists of four infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron with eight heavy machine guns, as well as an artillery squad equipped with two 70mm infantry guns. The infantry squadron has three infantry squads, each of which has a machine gun group with two light machine guns, a grenadier group with two grenadier canisters, and two rifle groups. The division also has an artillery wing, a baggage wing, an engineer wing, a cavalry company with four cavalry squadrons and a machine-gun squadron, and other units.

At this time, the Japanese division was divided into two types, one was the pack horse system, the artillery wing had four brigades, a total of 36 75mm mountain guns and twelve 75mm field guns, and the infantry wing had an artillery squadron with four mountain guns and an infantry gun squadron with four infantry guns, with a total establishment of 28,500 people; The other is the Horse Wing Division, with 36 field guns and 12 120mm howitzers in the artillery wing, and one artillery squadron and one rapid-fire gun squadron with four 37mm rapid-fire guns, with a total strength of 25,000 men.

The 2nd Division was a packhorse division, and one of its brigades had more than 1,000 men, while the artillery squadron contained only two 70mm Type 92 infantry guns.

And here are now six Type 92 infantry guns and six 75mm field guns at once, which is already the equipment of an artillery brigade in the artillery wing in the Japanese army. Also, the artillery brigade in the artillery wing of the second division is not equipped with Type 92 infantry guns, but 75mm mountain artillery. Also because of the small number of artillery on this position, coupled with the presence of soldiers in the township, this nondescript artillery brigade can only be improvised patchwork.

In addition, although the 2nd Division was not yet fully staffed, the 29th Wing, the main force of the 29th Wing, was still fully staffed, that is to say, the infantry of this brigade that was attacking the Northeast Army was not the field unit of the 2nd Division, but should be the independent railway garrison brigade of the Japanese army.

Although the Japanese independent railway garrison brigade was controlled by the Kwantung Army, in fact they were not subordinate to the Kwantung Army and were not regular field troops, so the independent garrison brigade had no artillery units.

Because it was a temporary patchwork of disgruntled artillery units, they did not have time to equip themselves with anti-aircraft weapons. …,

In fact, at this time, it should not be said that this improvised artillery unit has no anti-aircraft weapons, and even the regular field units of the Japanese army have very few anti-aircraft weapons. The main reason for this is that the Japanese army has not been threatened from the air in all the wars it has participated in.

For example, the Russo-Japanese War in the distant future, and the recent armed intervention of the 13 countries in the early twenties in the Soviet Union, these wars were all the same.

Although the development of aircraft in the European theater was in full swing during World War I, air warfare was also in full swing. However, the Japanese army had not experienced a real air battle in Asia, let alone been attacked from the air. Therefore, the Japanese army's air defense consciousness at this time was extremely indifferent.

When Gao Zhihang's QJ-2 flew to the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese army's improvised artillery unit immediately panicked, many people grabbed their rifles and began to shoot in the air, while others began to look for shelter in panic, but some regular soldiers in military uniforms still insisted on firing shells under the command of an officer, regardless of the threat of the planes flying overhead.

The 6.5mm bullet of the Type 38 rifle, hitting the protective armor of the QJ-2, only emitted a "clanging" sound, which could not pose any real threat to the QJ-2 at all, at most it made the patent leather on its protective armor peel off a little. Gao Zhihang didn't even feel the slightest vibration of his plane.

Gao Zhihang did not pay attention to the Japanese troops who were shooting at the air, but aimed the nose of the aircraft at the artillery firing position, pressed the button of the machine gun, and two thick tongues of fire erupted from both sides of the nose. The rain of bullets from the 20mm machine guns was like two fire plows, ferociously ploughing through the artillery position, and the Japanese shooters, sighters, and loaders who still insisted on firing from the gun positions were knocked to the ground one after another by the fierce rain of bullets.

If the 20-millimeter machine gun bullet hits the human body, although it is also a penetrating wound, it is a large blood hole, it is impossible to stop the bleeding, and the internal swelling is also beaten to a pulp, if it is hit on the head, most of the head will fly out directly, hit on the limbs, it is equivalent to amputation on the spot, and the end half of the amputation will be immediately separated from the body.

The DH-10 is a bomber, and its ground attack relies mainly on the 408 kg aerial bombs it can load. For the other weapons, the aircraft was originally equipped with a 7.7mm caliber machine gun, which was only used for self-defense. After Taiyuan was converted into a strong attack aircraft, because it was necessary to carry out the ground attack mission, the machine guns were replaced with 20 mm machine guns, and the ground attack power was several times greater.

After Gao Zhihang strafed the Japanese artillery position twice, no one dared to stay on the Japanese artillery position, and the Japanese troops were deeply shocked by the miserable howls of the dead and wounded and the wounded who were not dead, and they all rushed into the rice fields behind to lie down and take cover, and no one could be found on the artillery position.

It is not difficult for Gao Zhihang to find no one, he has found a new goal.

Gao Zhihang had already set his eyes on the hundreds of boxes of shells stored by the Japanese army not far from the gun position, Gao Zhihang slightly adjusted the direction of the nose of the plane, and as soon as he pushed the control stick, the QJ-2 dived down against the shell pile.

Gao Zhihang, chief of staff of the Fourth Route Army's Air Force, not only developed excellent air combat skills when he was learning to fly in France, but also because of his position, he can now skillfully fly bombers and attack planes unique to the Fourth Route Army. And because the attack method of the fighter plane is very similar to that of a fighter plane, his level of flying the attack plane is also quite superb.

At the moment when the QJ-2 was about to fly to the shell pile, Gao Zhihang pressed the bomb button in time and decisively, and in order to ensure a hit, Gao Zhihang not only flew the fuselage of the plane as low as possible, but also dropped three 50-kilogram aerial bombs at a time.

After dropping the bomb, Gao Zhihang pulled the control stick sharply, and the QJ-2 roared the nose of the plane, and suddenly pulled it up into the air, as the three black bombs fell on the shell pile, only to see a strong white light flash, the shell pile immediately turned into a huge fireball, not only blew up a large crater with a radius of dozens of meters, but also threw 12 artillery pieces more than 30 meters away into the rice field with a strong shock wave.

Although the rice field that was about to be harvested had already been drained, the soil in the rice field was still very soft, and the barrels of three guns were deeply inserted into the soil, and the rest of the guns also fell into the soil after rolling in the rice field a few times.

Moreover, in the process of rolling these heavy artillery, they also received an unexpected effect, and the Japanese soldiers who were lying in the rice fields to avoid the attack of the planes were killed and ......wounded by the continuous rolling of the artillery bodies.