Chapter 959: Bitter Battle

The only way to give Bai Chongxi direct help without arousing his suspicion and fear is to dispatch aviation troops, and the planes will never occupy the land of Guangxi, right? Tang Qiuli wants to use this way to show an attitude towards Bai Chongxi, and as for the meaning, you Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi will figure it out for themselves.

Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang, the chief and deputy commanders of the aviation unit of the independent division who received the order, were overjoyed, the air force had not participated in the battle for a long time, the little devils in the northeast were more honest than rabbits, and the division commander was not allowed to bomb Tokyo, Japan.

After arranging the bombers, it was the escort fighters, Tang Qiuli's telegram, although there was no mention of the escort fighters, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang were not rookies, and they would not be stupid enough to think where the Japanese were standing, waiting for the bombs to be dropped on their heads from the air, especially since Nanning was so close to the Japanese airfield on Hainan Island, without escort, the bombers were equivalent to sending them to death.

Six squadrons of all Soviet-style fighters served as escort missions, and the two of them arranged ten fighter squadrons according to the flight distance as follow-up echelons, and when the bomber formation returned from completing the bombing mission, they would pick up in the middle of the way.

When determining the commander of the group, the two iron buddies and comrades-in-arms had a fierce dispute, Le Yiqin did not give in, he didn't like to sit in the command tower the most, watching others and the little devil plane air battle, that kind of taste, in his own words, like a cat scratching in his heart, Liu Cuigang would never agree.

"Yiqin, you rushed to come on that mission, I didn't fight with you, right? Isn't it? This time, I have to go anyway, besides, it's cheap, but you take it alone, right? Liu Cuigang said angrily that Le Yiqin had nothing to say, what the old man said was the truth, he did fly more than Liu Cuigang, and in the end, Le Yiqin had to serve as the ground commander aggrieved.

There was a big loophole in Tang Qiuli's order to the aviation unit, he determined the time when his fighter plane arrived in the airspace of Nanning according to the time of the Japanese attack provided in Bai Chongxi's telegram, and did not include the Japanese plane.

Because of this loophole, the defenders of the Gui army on the periphery of Nanning were being severely destroyed by the Japanese army's air-ground firepower, and as soon as the aircraft group approached the airspace over Nanning, Liu Cui, who was in the command position, had just discovered the Japanese aircraft group from the radar, and the number was comparable to his own aircraft group, which was not mentioned in the division commander's order, and it was an unexpected situation, and the original battle plan could not be used.

"Attention to the fighter group, after receiving the order, immediately attack the Japanese aircraft group, pay attention, the first attack on the Japanese fighter bomber group immediately climbed, hid in the clouds, and waited for the attack order," Liu Cuigang quickly adjusted the combat deployment, and at the same time, called through the Guangzhou division headquarters, "Division commander, I am Liu Cuigang, the aircraft group has approached the airspace of Nanning, a large number of Japanese fighters and bombers have been discovered, I plan to use fighters to destroy or disperse the Japanese aircraft group, is it okay, please instruct?" ”

Tang Qiuli heard Liu Cuigang's words, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, it was really like a mountain, he only thought about bombing the Japanese army, but he didn't expect the Japanese to also dispatch planes, air combat This kind of work, or leave it to someone who knows how to do it, don't blindly command, "Cuigang, you can deal with it according to the actual situation of Nanning's airspace, and you don't have to report it," Tang Qiuli replied simply, Liu Cuigang was excited at that time, and the air battle actually had the final say, so according to the way he fought just now, give the little devil's plane a surprise attack.

"Fighter group, throw away the drop fuel tanks and start attacking!" The fighters of the Independent Division Air Force, as if they suddenly came out of the sky, appeared on the head of the Japanese plane that was raging, Liu Cuigang told Sù to be in charge, pushed the control stick violently, and the first plane rushed towards the Japanese aircraft group, and Nishimura Shota was in his target early.

The bombing mission of the Japanese aircraft group was completed, and Nishimura Shota gave the order to return unsatisfied, and at this moment, a strange-looking fighter plane appeared behind him like lightning, "Hani? Where did the plane come from? Who does the work? "A series of questions, don't blame Nishimura Masata, this is a German fighter plane, the first time it appeared in the skies over China, all the Japanese pilots, have never seen it.

Nishimura Shota was stunned, his landline fuselage trembled, he was shot, and there was a similar plane rushing over in the oblique stab, this is Liu Cuigang's wingman, gently pressed the launch button, and three thick fire chains erupted from the nose, smowing out on Nishimura's plane, and a black cloud of smoke bloomed in the air, and Nishimura Shota together with his fighter jet turned into a flower in the sky over Nanning.

As soon as the battle began, more than a dozen Japanese fighters rose to the ground in smoke, and the remaining bombers hurriedly turned around and fled in the direction of Hainan Island.

The deputy commander of the Japanese aircraft group who replaced the command of Nishimura immediately gave the order to return home, in this case, fighting with these fighters is self-defeating, the fuel is not enough, the number is at a disadvantage, and he has to cover those bombers, he is in the stomach, almost scolded the eight generations of Honma Masaharu's ancestors, and did not provide the situation that the Nanning and Guangxi military have fighter planes, otherwise, they would never use such a small number of fighters to escort them.

"Hainan base, I am bombing Nanning aircraft group, there is an emergency, in the sky over Nanning, there are a large number of fighters, about 40 or so, can not be identified, our aircraft group was attacked and lost Yan zhòng, request base reinforcements," just after reporting the situation here, it was shot down by the fighter jets of the independent division aviation that rushed later, however, at the Japanese airfield on Hainan Island, finally got the information.

The Japanese bombers and fighters were beaten to pieces, and the rest were also fleeing with their lives, this time, it was the turn of the Japanese ground troops and tanks to be unlucky, "The two squadron fighters pursued the fleeing Japanese planes, and immediately returned after hearing the order, and the bomber group immediately began to bomb, focusing on the Japanese tank and artillery positions," Liu Cui had just given the order to attack all, and the bomber pilots, who had been waiting for a long time, pushed the control stick violently, and flew over the Japanese army in an instant.

The helpless soldiers of the Gui Army could not distinguish the plane of the independent division aviation unit, which was sacred, and only knew that the plane above their heads, which kept dropping deadly bombs, and there were a lot more hula, and there were many Gui soldiers, it was the first time in their lives that they saw an airplane, such a big iron guy, they could fly in the sky, it was really evil, and after they ate a bunch of bombs falling from the sky, they knew that the guy flying in the sky was more powerful than the cannon on the ground.

At this time, there are so many more, the spirit of the soldiers of the Gui army almost collapsed, many soldiers want to run, but where to run, there are shells and bombs whistling everywhere, from the city to the outside of the city, there is a dark cloud composed of black gunsmoke, there is no way to live, wait for death, an unexpected situation appeared, and the later planes fought with the planes of the Japanese devils.

Now, the soldiers of the Gui Army can't understand it even more, where did the plane come from, anyway, it is not our Gui Army, but these later planes are really powerful, they beat the little devil's plane to the point that it was full of flames, exploded in the air, and they didn't care about throwing bombs, this is help, although the shells above their heads are still flying desperately, many Gui soldiers have begun to cheer.

The Japanese tanks, as always, lined up in a column, covering a large number of infantry, began to attack, but Honma Masaharu changed his face, and the sudden appearance of the plane broke his wishful thinking, at first, he was also blindfolded, and when he saw the plane of the imperial army, he was beaten to the ground, and the bombs were falling with a roar overhead, he suddenly came to his senses.

This is which branch of the devil Tang Qiuli's plane, "Hurry up, order the artillery to stop the shelling, the chariot troops immediately stop the attack, hide on the spot, and the troops are scattered and hidden," Honma Masaharu's disposal can not be described as inappropriate, but the troops that are attacking can not be withdrawn without saying that they can be withdrawn, and Liu Cuigang not only let him go.

Four squadrons of dozens of Stuka bombers aimed at the Japanese tanks, the bombers of the other two squadrons flew directly to the Japanese artillery positions, and the fighters of the four squadrons flew to the depth of the rear of the Japanese army, doing nothing else, aiming at the Japanese army's baggage distribution center, which was a fierce blow, and the division of labor of each type of aircraft was clear.

The situation just now was repeated in the Japanese army, the tanks on the battlefield, the target could not be more obvious, the Stuka bomber, almost at a vertical angle, screamed and wanted to pounce down, one after another Japanese tanks were blown up, thick black smoke came out, dozens of tanks, not enough for one plane to hit one, the bombers that were still unfinished, turned around and flew towards the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese artillery was fighting vigorously, and after receiving the urgent order to stop the shelling, they reluctantly carried out the order, but the blue smoke produced when more than 1,000 artillery pieces were fired was not light enough to disperse in the sky above the position, and became the best target for the bombers of the independent division's air force, and the bomber bombardiers were also ruthless enough to directly drop the "Buddha light" napalm, and in an instant, the fire in the sky shrouded the Japanese artillery position.

Hiding under a large banyan tree, more than a dozen guards formed a human bunker to protect the precious life of His Excellency Commander Masaharu Honma, while the commander himself looked at the pile of scrap metal, the smoking chariot, the blazing artillery position, and the series of huge explosions of the detonating shells, and his heart sank to the bottom.