Ten minutes later, the mixed aircraft group commanded by Le Yiqin arrived in the airspace of the US Seventh Mechanized Infantry Division's blocking position, and the overwhelming large aircraft group caused an uneasy commotion among the American and Philippine soldiers on the harbor and ships, and they were afraid that these planes covered the sky with black pressure were Japanese planes, and if that was the case, whether it was on the ship or the troops who did not board the ship in the harbor, they would face a massacre from the air!

Fortunately, Chief of Staff Kleist, who was always in the port to direct the troops to board the ship, ordered the commanders at all levels to convey the order, "Don't panic, this is the fleet of our Allied Chinese troops, come to cover our retreat, and escort our retreat to Australia!" ”

Reassuring pills, after falling through the war, and being bitten by the Japanese army for the last time, there are still more than 100,000 American and Philippine soldiers left, all of them breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched their necks, and looked at the sky above their heads, constantly flying over the formations, under the wings, a golden dragon hovering over the Great Wall, under the morning sun of Luzon, exuding dazzling light, the golden dragon, seems to be dancing vividly!

This time, Le Yiqin personally commanded the formation of the first mixed air group, dispatching more than 180 fighters from three fighter regiments, five bomber regiments, and more than 300 bombers, a total of more than 500 planes.

When it arrived at the predetermined airspace, the US military command also sent over the coordinates of the blocking position, and Le Yiqin ordered: "The fighter formation, with the bombing area as the center, is on alert within a radius of 100 kilometers, don't let me in even a fly, bomber formation, according to the coordinates, carry out indiscriminate bombing, and each aircraft group starts to act!" ”

Meanwhile. Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta, commander of the 14 th Army of the Japanese Army, was furious, and the report that the first attack wave had been repulsed had already been submitted, and Lieutenant General Haruta was not satisfied, and was very annoyed and dissatisfied; if it were not for the delay of more than an hour in the urban area of Manila, how could the US and Philippine troops be given the opportunity to re-establish the blocking position. "These stupid pigs!" Lieutenant General Haruta scolded viciously.

He wanted to cut off the heads of all the officers and pay for their stupidity and ignorance, but he had already captured the troops of the American and Philippine armies who were preparing to flee. Then you must not let it go, otherwise. Himself on the island of Luzon. The plan to completely annihilate MacArthur's US troops will fall through, let alone give them time to board the ship, and in that case, won't they give another great annihilation of the enemy to those bastards in the navy?

Lieutenant General Haruta viciously said to the Chief of Staff, Major General Hashimoto, "Chief of Staff Hashimoto. All troops, at all costs, were ordered to storm the blocking positions of the American troops, and heavy artillery wings and field artillery brigades were ordered. Rush to the front line as quickly as possible, be careful, do not shell the positions of the US troops, the target of the shelling is the ships moored on the pier, and only by cutting off their retreat can there be a chance of total annihilation, do you understand? ”

No matter how Lieutenant General Haruta adjusted his deployment, it was too late, and the retreating Japanese troops, after a little rectification, began a second attack, and this time, they were no longer greeted by rifles and light and heavy machine gun bullets from the US and Philippine soldiers, but bombs falling from the sky.

"Boom, boom!" The flames flew and shrapnel flew sideways, and the smoke mixed with smoke and dust rose into the air, and the earth trembled with a huge explosion.

The bomber group of the Southern Flying Group of the Independent Division, divided into several echelons, blew up a sea of fire on the road of the Japanese attack, blew up a place of death composed of steel shrapnel and whistling and flying, and swallowed more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers in one bite.

The Japanese soldiers who charged rushed in headlong and turned into mutilated corpses and minced flesh flying in the sky.

Bombs one after another, with a piercing scream, fell from the sky, the explosion points were one after another, there were no dead ends, there was no place to dodge the bombs, on the ground, one after another, the soil flowers were constantly blooming, and in the black gunsmoke, it was the flesh and blood of the Japanese soldiers who were flying.

After an echelon dropped bombs, the bomber echelon behind began a second round of bombing, this time, using the "Buddha light" napalm, one by one under the reflection of the rising sun, shining silver-white luster objects, slowly falling from the air, falling to the ground, no earth-shattering loud noise, no stirred up dust, no shrapnel, after touching the ground, suddenly cracked.

"Peng!" A cluster of fires suddenly rose, and then, countless fire balls burst open, quickly connecting into a flying sea of fire, whether it was dirt, grass, trees or rocks, all the qiē on the ground began to burn, and the flames were scorching, "beep"!

Lieutenant General Jonathan looked at the sea of fire with some fear, smelled the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke and the smell of burnt flesh in the air, swallowed saliva with difficulty, stayed for a while, and said to the staff officer: "Order the troops, immediately withdraw from the blocking position, board the ship immediately, we are safe!" ”

At this moment, Lieutenant General Jonathan was extremely relieved, in front of him the sea of fire covering the entire blocking area, the Japanese soldiers must not rush over, even if they rushed over, it was a charred corpse, and he was an old soldier, and he had never seen such a terrifying scene.

"Hani? The air force of the people of China appeared, violently bombarded the offensive area of the imperial army, and the second attack wave troops of the imperial army suffered heavy losses, and the casualties have reached more than fifteen thousand? After listening to the phone call from the commander of the forward troops, Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Haruta exclaimed, sat down on the canvas chair, and hung his head in a dejected manner, damn it, that devil's plane still appeared on the battlefield on Luzon.

As soon as the attack was made, the casualties caused to the imperial troops exceeded the casualties of fighting with the United States and the Philippine army for a few days, in fact, this is not to blame Lieutenant General Haruta, who would have expected that the group of the devil suddenly appeared in the Manila defense line, and in addition, the troops were in a dense offensive formation, which just gave the bombers a chance to use their weapons.

Chief of Staff Hashimoto on the side reminded: "Your Excellency Commander, you should immediately order the troops to stop the offensive and take air defense evacuation measures, otherwise, the casualties of the troops will be very large!" Lieutenant General Haruta nodded, and Hashimoto quickly gave the order to the troops to stop the attack.

Lieutenant General Haruta was like a defeated rooster, pulling his head, with a look of unwillingness, could it be that he just looked at the American and Philippine soldiers in front of him and fled from under his nose? Moreover, the 14th Army also suffered so many brave Imperial soldiers!

Lieutenant General Haruta's heart was so suffocated that it was about to explode, he got up suddenly, his eyes were red, and he roared angrily: "No! We also have an air force, and immediately sent a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Ito that the 14th Army was in the Polillo area south of Manila, annihilating the American and Philippine soldiers who were trying to escape, but unexpectedly, it was violently bombed by the air force of the devil Tang Qiuli of China, and the attack was blocked, and the commander of the 14th Army, Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Harata, requested the air force to give tactical guidance! ”

Lieutenant General Haruta did not expect that Commander-in-Chief Ito was more troubled and troubled than him, and Tang Qiuli said that the method he used was exactly the same as the last time he escorted the British and Australian troops, that is, he first dispatched the carrier-based aircraft of the fleet to contain and deter the Araki Air Force and the Kuroda Air Force, so that the more than 700 fighters of the two air groups did not dare to act rashly, and then dispatched several batches of land-based fighter groups to fly in the direction of the Coral Sea along the route of the last time.

With the same method and the same number of fighter and bomber groups, knowing that Tang Qiuli's air force was escorting the US and Filipino soldiers who were evacuating Luzon, General Ito could only watch as the Kashima Air Force, which was in Australia and threw bombs on the heads of British and Australian soldiers, could free up his hands, but what could it do, could it crush Tang Qiuli's actions?

No, last time, the carrier-based aircraft of the two fleets and a part of the land-based fighters of the Kashima Air Force were not the opponents of the Devil fighter group of the Shina, and this time, it was also not possible, fortunately, Tang Qiuli's hand had no intention of reaching out to the Australian battlefield, otherwise, the days of attacking the Australian army would also become sad, and it was normal to be beaten out of the Australian continent, however, General Ito missed a move.

He didn't expect that the first wave of the independent division's aircraft group turned a corner and headed for the Manila battlefield, and after receiving a telegram from Lieutenant General Yoshihiko Harida, he was taken aback and hurriedly called back to Vice Admiral Haruta, "The Araki Air Force and the Kuroda Air Force are going all out to deal with the carrier-based aircraft group of the independent division's fleet, and they cannot provide tactical guidance to your department. ”

Subsequently, Admiral Ito sent a telegram to Vice Admiral Yoshitetsu Shirakawa, commander of the Second Fleet of the Navy, and Vice Admiral Masao Okamura, commander of the Fourth Fleet, ordering the two fleets to intercept and kill the US and Philippine troop carrier formations that were withdrawn to Australia at sea at any cost!

The order has been issued, as for how the navy will fight, whether they dare to fight or not, that is their problem, if Shirakawa and Gangmura, two despicable guys, do not dare to intercept and kill the US and Philippine troop transport fleets, then they will never let them go lightly, and the charges of passively avoiding war and fearing the enemy like a tiger will not be able to escape, Admiral Ito thought viciously.

Lieutenant General Haruta, who received a call back from General Ito, looked at the telegram with straight eyes, his face was blue and purple for a long time, and he suddenly roared, "I'm angry!" "Pounce! A mouthful of blood splattered out, and his eyes were black, and he fell to the ground.

At 10:20 a.m. on 29 August, the last soldier of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army, who had withdrawn from the Polillo blocking position, boarded the transport ship.

Immediately, a low whistle sounded, as if to change the new owner of Luzon, and to say a final goodbye, the Americans left, the Japanese came, and the troop carrier formation slowly left the port and sailed into the depths of the Pacific Ocean.

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )