"Nothing to be afraid of? Commander Li, if it weren't for the weather in our favor today, we would have been able to shoot down so many planes. Don't be too happy, the little devil's plane is not so easy to deal with." Liu Hua replied to Bruce Lee angrily. Because, in his psyche, he knew that the little devil had lost nearly a third of the bombers at one time, and the remaining pilots would definitely not give up. Because if they go back in vain, they will not be able to explain to their superiors, and in the end, they may all end up in a court-martial.

Therefore, in Liu Hua's heart, the more than 20 planes hidden in the clouds at this time were not hiding because they were afraid of their own prevention and control firepower, but they were planning something, thinking, Liu Hua's heart began to have a faint uneasiness.

"Warriors of the Empire, I am the squadron leader of the second formation, Murata Shaosa. Now the captain of the formation, Ichiki Shaozuo, has broken the jade for the great cause of the empire. According to the regulations, I will take over the command of the entire formation. Please report the damage to the fighters of your own formation," Seeing dozens of bombers looming in the clouds, the leader of the second formation, Murata Shaosa, commanded loudly into the walkie-talkie.

"Hi Squadron Leader, the first squad lost two bombers"

"Report to the captain, the second squad lost a bomber, one bomber was badly damaged, and it was no longer able to participate in the next attack" Soon, each squad reported their situation to the squadron leader of the second formation.

"Yo Xi, warriors of the Empire, we lost a total of 7 bombers in the bombing just now, and two bombers were seriously damaged and incapacitated. Now we still have 21 bombers to fight. As the commander of the formation, I cannot tolerate the fact that the Imperial Army Aviation is incapable of resisting after suffering such heavy losses. I'm sure you also know that if we fly back to Taiyuan in this way, then what awaits us will be a trial by a military court. Therefore, we can't just go back like this, we want to retaliate, and I want to make the Eighth Route Army below pay the price. After listening to the reports of the various squad leaders, I couldn't help but curse when I learned that the entire formation had lost one-third of its bombers in just a few minutes.

"Hey, squadron leader, we want to avenge the jade shattered Ichiki Shaozuo, kill the Eighth Route Army below, and the light squadron leader gives the order to attack." Soon, the responses of the various squad leaders came over the intercom.

"Yo Xi, you are all the best pilots in the Great Empire, and I am very proud of you. I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely make the Eighth Route Army below pay a heavy price. Now I order, regrouping in squads, attacking the enemy's anti-aircraft fire with airborne machine guns, eliminating these threats, preparing for the bombardment that will take place. Murata Shaosa, who had just taken over the command, ordered excitedly.

"Hey, squadron leader" The various aircraft groups that received the order immediately formed a formation and prepared for the attack under the orders of their respective squad leaders.

"Yo Xi, each squad should pay attention, carry out strafing and bombing of the enemy's air defense positions in turns, and be sure to destroy these Eighth Route Army. Start attacking. As soon as the squadron leader Murata Shaoza gave the order, he rushed out of the clouds with two wingmen behind him and flew to a high ground not far away. Under the personal leadership of Squadron Leader Murata Shaosa, each squad formation also broke through the sky, drilled out thick clouds, and killed their own targets. As the 21 planes of the remaining seven formations of the Yue Army broke out of the air with a huge whistling sound, Liu Hua, who had been staring at the sky, was the first to discover these groups.

"It's not good, the planes of the little devils are going to attack our air defense positions. Ordered all air defense positions to open fire immediately, and must not give these planes the slightest chance to attack, and quickly block these dog-said planes" Seeing the formation of the military planes, they rushed to the four hills in a daze. Liu Hua, who had a full understanding of the various combat modes of the Air Force, immediately reacted and ordered Bruce Lee behind him.

However, after the great battle just now, the fighters already have a certain understanding of the little devil bomber at this time. Seeing a group of three planes, he was stunned and pounced on his position, and without guessing, he knew that these planes were rushing towards his own machine gun position.

Therefore, without receiving an order from the command, the machine guns of various air defense positions opened fire one after another, and the dense network of fire hit the enemy bombers who were rapidly approaching themselves. At this time, the planes of these little devils seemed to be unwilling to fall, and they were ready to be ashamed, and one after another airborne machine guns opened fire. The airborne machine guns on military planes and the anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground, you come and go. Immediately, the entire battlefield was plunged into a scuffle.

The coarse airborne machine gun bullets, under the effect of the huge habitual surname, shot at the machine gun positions with huge kinetic energy. Dirt debris flying everywhere, the corpses of fighters cut off by their waists, machine guns smashed into piles of parts. Immediately, the machine-gun positions that had been attacked by the enemy turned into hell one after another, and everywhere was full of blood.

However, in the face of the fierce fire from the enemy's aircraft, in the face of the casualties of comrades, in the face of stumps and broken arms all over the ground. These battle-hardened warriors who are accustomed to life and death have no fear. Without any confusion, the comrades in front fell, and the machine gunners behind them continued to make up for it. The machine gun in his hand was shattered, and he picked up the machine gun next to him and continued to shoot. No one retreated, no one feared, knowing that at any moment they would be torn in two by these coarse aviation bullets. However, he still uses his own flesh and blood to fight against the plane of the little devil.

"No, the little devil's plane is hitting too hard, if it goes on like this, the hundreds of soldiers on the mountain will be killed sooner or later, and the whole situation will be annihilated, Commander Li, immediately order the soldiers to retreat, retreat to the air-raid shelter quickly" saw the tragic scene in the telescope. Liu Hua couldn't help but order loudly. You must know that these fighters have crawled out of blood and fire and have rich combat experience, and Liu Hua doesn't want these fighters to lose meaninglessly under the bullets of these planes.

However, at this time, the battle was completely in a state of madness. Although Liu Hua's order was issued, no one retreated. In the face of the dense bullet rain on the enemy's plane, everyone also returned the bullet rain in a dense rain. However, due to the fact that the enemy's planes were diving in a straight line at this time, the area that could be hit by the soldiers' bullets was very narrow. It is often at the cost of more than half of the casualties of a position that the volley explosion of an enemy plane can be exchanged.

"Boom, boom, boom" A series of explosions sounded, and the three planes of the little devils were finally hit by the dense fire nets of the fighters and exploded in the air. The other two planes were also hit with black smoke and hastily withdrew from the battlefield. The loss of 5 aircraft effectively relieved the pressure on the fighters on the position. More importantly, the loss of these planes has dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the little devils.

The various squads of Baga immediately broke away from the battle and regrouped. Quick, out of the battle, to see that the entire formation turned out to lose five bombers again in such a short time. The squadron leader of the formation immediately gave the order to retreat, because he did not want to end up losing both. In addition, there are not many planes in the army aviation in the first place, and if all the losses are here, he will not be able to explain to his commander no matter what.

"Da Da Da" Soon, the remaining dozen bombers, under the cheering of the soldiers' dense fire net, once again burrowed into the clouds. However, this time, the plane of the army that got into the clouds was not so lucky.

Because in the melee just now, the Yue army did not form a formation of more than a dozen planes as it did the first time. Rather, it was a formation of three planes, and with the melee just now, the entire aircraft formation was already fighting separately because of the dense anti-aircraft fire, and it fell into chaos. After receiving the order from the squadron leader of the formation, everyone took care of their own fuselage and rushed towards the clouds in the sky. But completely forgot that in this thick cloud, his visibility was only less than 100 meters, and the two planes could collide at any time.

More than a dozen planes fought on their own, and rushed into the thick clouds in a daze. At this time, two bombers, less than 2,000 meters apart, at the same time after receiving the order, pulled up the fuselage and rushed into the thick clouds. What's more, the two planes flew in the same direction.

"Ah, get out of the way, and when the two planes were less than two hundred meters apart, one of the pilots vaguely saw a bomber rushing towards his plane in a daze. The pilot, who was in a cold sweat, kept yelling into the walkie-talkie while turning.

However, it was too late to say anything at this time, with a distance of less than two hundred meters, plus the two planes flying in the opposite direction, it would take less than half a second for the two planes to collide together. And what can two pilots do in this half second? Maybe as soon as his hands grasped the longitudinal pole, the two planes had already collided together.

A huge explosion was heard in the sky, and in an instant, a huge fireball fell from the thick clouds. The two planes did not hesitate and collided together. Together with the two pilots, they were swept into a huge fireball.

"Okay, let these little devils like to burrow into the clouds. It's better to crash all together and reimburse all the little devils' planes. Seeing that the two planes of the little devil collided in the clouds, Liu Hua shouted excitedly. At the same time, the soldiers on the battlefield, who had already suffered more than half of the casualties, also cheered. The grief over the casualties of his comrades was swept away just now because of the sudden explosion of two planes.

"Commander Li, immediately order the soldiers to retreat, quickly, the little devil has already lost half of his combat effectiveness. If my guess is correct, the group of imp bombers will definitely drop bombs directly outside our anti-aircraft fire network, bomb our anti-aircraft positions, and then retreat quickly, conveying the order for the fighters to retreat. After being happy, Liu Hua saw that the enemy's remaining dozen planes had all penetrated into the clouds, and ordered Bruce Lee eagerly behind him.

"Yes, Commander" Bruce Lee immediately answered the phone from various air defense positions and began to give orders.

And the fighters who received the order no longer hesitated at this time. Carrying weapons and the remains of his comrades, he quickly retreated to the air-raid shelters behind the various positions, preparing to hide from the bombardment of the little devils.

"When did the Cowardly Chinese soldiers of Baga become so tenacious, and in the face of such a fierce blow by the Imperial Army Air Force, they were not afraid of the Eight Grid Tooth Road" When he learned that he had just attacked the enemy's air defense position, he had lost five bombers again. What's more, when they had just retreated, two bombers collided, and the volley exploded at this time the squadron leader of the formation couldn't hold back anymore, and scolded at the walkie-talkie.

"Hey, Squadron Leader, the performance of the Eighth Route Army has indeed exceeded our expectations. Squadron leader, do we launch another attack on the enemy's air defense positions, now our army still has 14 aircraft to participate in the battle. Listening to the squadron leader's scolding, a squad leader asked at an inopportune time.

"Bage Yalu, the planes of this empire are precious, do you want these despicable Chinese to shoot down all our planes with machine guns. Order each squad to immediately drop bombs at high altitude, and after dropping all the bombs, return to the ship immediately" The squadron leader scolded the squad leader who had just asked the question, and then ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader" After hearing the order of Squadron Leader Murata Shaosa, the few squad leaders who survived the battle just now couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time. Because, at this time, all the remaining pilots were invisibly afraid of the Eighth Route Army Reading Division on the ground. Coupled with the low-altitude bomb dropping in such weather, their own bulky bombers were originally the target of ground anti-aircraft fire.

Without any hesitation, the various crews who received the order immediately dropped the remaining aerial bombs in the cabin and flew back to the airport far away in Taiyuan. Of the four planes that had been injured, two of them crashed on the way home, and the remaining two planes returned safely to the airport.

"Report to Your Excellency Commander, our bomber group has returned to the airfield, it's just that," an operational staff officer hurriedly rushed into the temporary headquarters and said anxiously to the commander General Bin Sanyuan, who was sitting anxiously waiting at the headquarters.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, just what? Hurry up" Seeing the operational staff officer with an anxious face, Bin Sanyuan also asked anxiously.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander, it's just that only 14 of the 30 bombers we attacked have returned, and two more have been heavily damaged. More importantly, the captain of the bomber formation, Ichiki Shaosa, has already broken his jade for the great cause of the empire," the combat staff officer replied carefully.

After listening to the answer of the combat staff officer in front of him, the dozen or so people present were stunned. 30 planes, to bomb a small reading division headquarters, turned out to lose 16 planes at a time. You must know that in the past year, the North China Army Air Force has never lost so many bombers. If calculated in this way, how dense the prevention and control firepower of the Eighth Route Army's Reading Division will be Thinking of this, together with the commander General Bin Sanyuan, everyone took a breath of cool air together.

"How can this be like this, I want to send the captain of the bomber formation to the military court Bage Yalu" General Bin Sanyuan clenched his fists and scolded loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, although our aviation failed in the sortie, I believe that the pilots we applied must have caused irreparable losses to the command of the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army. Your Excellency Commander, please don't be too anxious, I think that at this time, the Reading Division of the Eighth Route Army has lost the command of the headquarters, and it must have fallen into chaos. Now is the best time for our army to attack, please give the order to Your Excellency the Commander! Leave the next tasks to the army of the Great Empire to complete! Seeing the commander who was almost losing his mind, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the 5th Division, who was sitting next to him and waiting for the order, reminded.

"Yo Xi, if it weren't for Itagaki-kun's reminder, I would have almost delayed the major event of the march because of the defeat of the air force. Now I command. Listening to Seishiro Itagaki's reminder, Bin Sanyuan, who was in a state of grief and indignation, immediately reacted, got up from his seat, and ordered loudly.

"Hi, Commander, please give an order" Hearing the word order, several senior officers sitting in the command headquarters immediately stood up.

"Yo Xi, order the Fifth Division to be in Itagaki Jun, and immediately lead the Fifth Division from Taiyuan to attack, the target is directly aimed at Liujiahe Village, the headquarters of the Reading Division, and all the imperial strongholds along the way must cooperate in the operation. The commander of the 109th Division, Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka, and the chief of staff, Kuramoge Shuzo Daisa, were ordered to lead their troops from Shijiazhuang and aim directly at Liujiahe Village. It is hoped that the two armies will cooperate wholeheartedly to slowly compress the base area of the Eighth Route Army's Reading Division, and force its main force to conduct a decisive battle against our army around Liujiahe Village, so as to completely eliminate the henchmen of this empire. Bin Sanyuan ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Commander, Seishiro Itagaki will definitely live up to your high expectations" Seishiro Itagaki gave a quiet military salute, walked out of the headquarters, got into his car, and returned to his division headquarters

At this time, Liujiahe Village, where the headquarters had just gone through an air battle, was indeed busy. A battalion of the Guards Regiment had fighters shuttling back and forth from the position. Carrying the wounded, searching for the stumps and severed arms of the martyrs, and counting the casualties is very busy. As the commander of the battle just now, Liu Hua really looked at the busy battlefield in front of him blankly, listening to the reports of Bruce Lee and Wang Kai in front of him.

(To be continued)