Yangon, known as the army headquarters.

Haruki Isayama reported to Shojiro Iida: "Your Excellency, the agents lurking in Kunming, Myitkyina, and Tingjiang have sent telegrams back saying that martial law has been imposed in the vicinity of these airports since yesterday evening, and until this morning, martial law has not been lifted, and there seem to be signs of major action by the Allies. ”

"Yaga." Shojiro Iida said angrily, "Martial law was imposed last night, why did you report it now?" ”

Haruki Isayama shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, it is dark at night, and our agents are not able to carry out effective reconnaissance at all, and there is heavy fog at various airports after dawn, and it is not until the fog disperses that we can conduct long-distance observation through telescopes, and then we find that most of the airports in the China-Burma-India triangle are under martial law." ”

"I see." Iida Shojiro nodded, and said, "Isayama-kun, what do you think the allies want to do?" ”

"The Allies are nothing more than trying to concentrate their superior air forces to destroy the air forces of the Imperial Army in order to completely seize air supremacy in Burma and even in the Southeast Asian theater." Haruki Isayama paused, and added, "Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Allies have discovered that the Afghan detachment is currently in Yangon Harbor, and if this is the case, then the Allies are likely to bomb the Afghan detachment in this operation." ”

"What do you say? Bombing the Afghan detachment!? When Iida Shojiro heard this, his heart suddenly sank.

Although the atmosphere of Continental Armyism within the army is getting stronger and stronger, Iida Shojiro has always believed that the navy is the foundation of the empire, and as an island country with poor resources, the consequences will be unimaginable if there is no strong naval fleet to escort its maritime lifeline.

At present, the combined fleet of the Navy's navy has a total of more than 230 large warships, including 10 aircraft carriers, 10 battleships, 38 cruisers, 112 destroyers, 65 submarines, and more than 1,000 combat planes of various types.

Moreover, after the naval battles of Pearl Harbor and the Coral Sea, the top brass of the Chinese military became more and more aware of the tremendous lethality of aircraft carriers, especially Yamamoto Isoroku, commander of the combined fleet of the Chinese Navy, who had clearly realized that the decisive force in future naval battles could only be aircraft carriers, not battleships that could only engage in close combat.

Therefore, the two aircraft carriers, "Canglong" and "Feilong," play an irreplaceable role for the Navy.

As soon as these two aircraft carriers were sunk by the Allies in the port of Yangon, then the combat effectiveness of the combined fleet would be seriously damaged.

At this time, the United States had already transferred all six aircraft carriers from the Atlantic battlefield to the Pacific Ocean, and nine escort aircraft carriers rebuilt from battleships, civilian merchant ships, and oil tankers had also been completed and launched, and the number of aircraft carriers of the US Pacific Fleet had reached an astonishing 15 ships, which already constituted an overwhelming advantage over the Navy!

What is even more terrifying is that more than 20 large aircraft carriers are being built intensively in major shipyards in the United States.

"Isayama-kun." Iida Shojiro Huo Ran turned around and said to Isayama Haruki, "Telegraph to the Afghan part of the squadron, asking them to leave Yangon Port immediately and enter the Amanda Sea to hide and standby" After saying this, Iida Shojiro said again, "Order, all fighters of the 3rd and 5th Flight Groups will immediately rise into the air to intercept the Allied forces at all costs and cover the evacuation of the navy!" ”

………… Myitkyina, Command of the 14th Air Force.

The beautiful female secretary walked into the command center with the folder in her arms and said to Major General Chennault: "Sir, the early warning team No. 5 has discovered an emergency, and more than 60 Zero fighters at Yangon Airport all rose into the air five minutes ago and went to the northeast. ”

"Intercept a group of transport planes?" Chennault shook his head flatly, "This can't be! ”

He said that he did not have an early warning plane, and that there was no radar station near Yangon, so it was impossible for him to discover the whereabouts of the Allied planes, so how could he intercept them in the air? Shojiro Iida and Hidera Oda, two old devils, can't make such an idiotic decision unless they're crazy, no, there must be another mystery in the middle!

As Chennault pondered, another US officer strode in and reported: "Sir, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command has just sent a secret telegram that all the fighters of the 3rd and 5th Flight Groups of the Army Air Force have taken off urgently, preparing to intercept the bomber group of the 10th Air Force near Yangon, so as to cover the emergency evacuation of the two aircraft carriers in Yangon Harbor. ”

"Bomber swarms? Did the 10th Air Force send a bomber group this time? Chennault subconsciously asked, then jumped up as if stung by a wasp, and shouted, "Oh God, my God, what did you just say, man?" There are two aircraft carriers docked at Yangon Harbor!? ”

"Yes, sir." The U.S. military officer said, "That's what the telegram says. ”

"Great!" Chennault shook his fist fiercely and said excitedly, "Immediately transfer the information to Tingjiang Airport, I think Britton will go crazy with joy, if he can destroy the two military aircraft carriers docked in Yangon Harbor, he will have made a great achievement, and the situation of naval warfare in the Pacific Ocean will be reversed!" ”

"Yes, sir." The U.S. officer snapped his salute and turned to leave.

Chennault slapped his high-five viciously again, and said to his communications staff: "Order all flight groups, leave two Thunderbolt squadrons to escort the escort, and the rest of the fighters immediately change their course and fly to Rangoon as fast as possible, annihilate the fighter group of the Yue Army in the shortest possible time, and find the two Yue Army aircraft carriers!" ”

Since I didn't know that the Chinese airborne regiment was going to land at Yangon airport, why did I send so many planes to escort it?

I really shouldn't have let all their fighters take to the air so early, let alone ponder the tactical intentions of the allies, after these fighters poured out, what did the army rely on to guard the airfield and prevent the Chinese airborne regiment from landing? Just rely on the 8 twin-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns deployed by the army near the airport?

………… Yangon, known as the army headquarters.

Shojiro Iida was anxiously awaiting news from the Air Forces.

As Chennault had predicted, the military had neither early warning aircraft nor ground-based radar stations, so it was impossible to detect the whereabouts of Allied planes from a long distance, and the only thing the military air force could do was to send a large number of reconnaissance planes to conduct a wide range of patrols in the airspace near Yangon, and at the same time, have all the fighters of the two major flying groups hover in the air.

Soon, two reconnaissance planes spotted the Allied aircraft group in the airspace 20 kilometers northwest of Yangon.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Allied fleet has been spotted!" Lieutenant General Hidera Oda, commander of the 3rd Flight Group, strode into Shojiro Iida's office, and immediately straightened his feet and said with a solemn expression, "In the airspace 20 kilometers northwest of Yangon, there are about 150 Thunderbolt and Mustang fighters!" ”

"More than 150?" Shojiro Iida said awe-inspiringly, "The 14th Air Force is out of the nest!" ”

"Hello!" Oda Hidera bowed his head abruptly and said, "In the previous few air battles, the two major flying groups of the Imperial Army suffered heavy losses, but the Americans also suffered a lot of losses, and the 14th Air Force is now at most this bit of a family foundation!" ”

However, the two old devils, Hidera Oda and Shojiro Iida, made a big mistake this time, they never expected that the 14th Air Force had just been replenished with 60 brand-new Mustang fighters, and Uncle Sam's industrial machinery had been fully activated, and its aircraft manufacturing capacity and replenishment capacity had exceeded the limits of his imagination.

"Isayama-kun!" Iida Shojiro immediately turned back to Isayama Haruki and said, "Has the A-part of the squadron left Hong Kong?" ”

Isayama Haruki shook his head solemnly, the speed of action of naval warships is not comparable to that of airplanes, and it takes time for battleships to start, cook, set sail, and accelerate their escape, and it is a rather short period of time, which has nothing to do with the quality of the sailors, and is completely determined by the characteristics of the ships on the water.

"Command!" Iida Shojiro gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "All air teams immediately turned around to meet the battle, and told all the pilots that the time had come to sacrifice their lives for the empire and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and let them carry forward the spirit of decisive death and hold off the Allied fighter group for at least half an hour at all costs!" ”

Half an hour was enough for some of the detachments to escape.

That's all Iida Shojiro can do, but compared with the two medium-sized aircraft carriers of the Albanian squadron, the more than 60 Zero fighters are insignificant, but the loss of more than 60 veteran pilots who have experienced a hundred battles has made the old Iida devil a little painful.

………… Five minutes later, the US fighter group and the Chinese fighter group encountered each other in the airspace northwest of Yangon, and a fierce battle broke out immediately.

In the fierce air battle, the US Air Force, while using its absolute numerical superiority and superiority in its surname to kill the fighters of the Chinese army, led the fighter group of the Chinese army away from Rangoon in order to facilitate the Chinese airborne regiment to land at the Yangon airport; five minutes later, more than 80 transport planes loaded with more than 2,500 officers and men of the Chinese airborne regiment finally flew over the Yangon airport.

In the sound of the "beep beep ......" siren, the doors of the transport plane opened one after another, and a huge air flow suddenly surged.

Under the raging air currents, the Chinese airborne troops, who had never received any high-altitude training and were unprepared for this, suddenly lost their footing and fell into a pile in the cabin.

Soon, the Chinese airborne troops got up again after vomiting and stabilized their figures.

Then, the voice of Colonel Du Xuewen, commander of the airborne regiment, came from the communicator of the leaders of each detachment: "Attention of all detachments, attention of all detachments, this is not a drill!" This is not a drill! We have already flown over the Yangon airport, the task of our regiment is to seize the Yangon airport, I order, in ten seconds to start the parachute jump, now start counting, ten, nine ......"

………… Yangon, known as the army headquarters.

Shojiro Iida was anxiously waiting for news from the air teams in his office, and what he was most worried about was that the air teams would not be able to hold out for half an hour, and once his worries became true, then it would be difficult for the detachment led by Abe Hiroki to escape the pursuit of the allies, and it would probably be too late to escape into the depths of the ocean.

When Shojiro Iida was anxious, Haruki Isayama suddenly walked in, his face pale.

"Isayama-kun, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Isayama Haruki didn't say a word after coming in, and didn't put his feet in and stand upright, Iida Shojiro suddenly frowned, this chief of staff is really becoming more and more rude, and he is completely ignorant in strategy, tired of him There have been several strategic miscalculations in a row, it seems that it is time to propose to the base camp to change the chief of staff.

"Your Excellency, Commander." Isayama Haruki said in despair, "You better go out and have a look by yourself." ”

Iida Shojiro became more and more dissatisfied, and immediately turned around and walked out of the office, just out of the door, the huge roar of the plane suddenly roared into Iida Shojiro's ear holes, Iida Shojiro suddenly looked up, and immediately found in horror that there were a large number of Allied planes circling over Yangon, dense, like a swarm of locusts covering the sky.

What made the old devil Iida even more frightened was that countless small black dots were constantly spitting out from behind the butts of these allied transport planes, and countless gorgeous little white flowers had bloomed in the clear blue sky, as if they had just broken away from the mother body and raised the dandelion in the air, no, this is not a Pu Gongying, but an airborne force!

"Allied Airborne Forces!?" The old Iida devil's eyes widened, and he screamed in horror.

"Yes, the Allied Airborne Forces, their target is the Yangon airport!" Isayama Haruki's face became more and more pale, and he said in a low voice, "Nearly 100 Allied transport planes, nearly 3,000 people, although they have no heavy weapons, but they have the air fire support of the Allied Air Force, and there is only one garrison squadron at Yangon Airport, how can they resist it?" ”

"Baga Yalu, we have been tricked to transfer the tiger from the mountain!" The old Iida devil finally came to his senses.

"No, Your Excellency Commander, the Allies have not diverted from the mountains." Haruki Isayama finally judged correctly this time, and sighed, "It was our own misjudgment that the Allied forces were targeting the Rangoon airport, but we mistakenly thought that their target was the Afghan detachment in the port of Rangoon. ”

"Command!" Iida Shojiro settled down, and immediately became angry, "All air teams will immediately return to protect the Yangon airport, and wipe out all the Allied airborne troops and transport planes!" ”

"It's too late." Haruki Isayama sighed again, "Moreover, the fighters of the various air teams may not be able to come back, Your Excellency Commander, you have just given the order to fight to the death!" "After the order to fight was given, the military aviation had no way to retreat, and they had no choice but to win or die in battle.

(To be continued)