In the sky over the Yindun River area, the scene in the afterglow of the setting sun, which looked particularly gorgeous, turned out to be similar to what the supreme commander of the Japanese army, General Ito Yanzaburo, expected, and even more miserable, the Japanese bomber group, together with a fighter group, was completely annihilated, and they all became burning turkeys over the Yindun River

Without the slightest threat, the Japanese bombers who were arrogant and almost wanted to use their wings to sweep the British in Southeast Asia were attacked by more than 100 fighters of the British army, and the Japanese bombers were suddenly attacked by more than 100 fighters of the British army.

The role change was so fast that the Japanese pilots were almost not mentally prepared, and one bomber with a big belly and a clumsy body became a live target for the British fighters, either blasting into a black smoke ball in the air, or wailing, dragging the billowing smoke, and planting it on the ground, raising a column of smoke mixed with black smoke and fire.

The Japanese fighter pilots gave full play to the spirit of bushido, and a large group of more than 20 fighters fearlessly rushed to the British fighter group in an attempt to gain enough time for the bombers to evacuate; the British pilots were not fools, and they did not all fight with the Japanese fighters, but divided more than double the fighters, two to one, and fully carried forward the British fine tradition of getting on when they saw a bargain and running away when they saw danger. Fold MB

An air battle under the sunset ended with a complete victory for the British army, the Japanese left more than 10 bombers, more than 20 fighters, the British paid the price of more than 10 fighters shot down, the sky became British, the British and Burmese soldiers who were bombed and bullied by the Japanese planes, cheered.

At that time, morale was greatly boosted, and in several blocking areas, they actually launched a counter-assault on the Japanese army, killed the British pilots of the Japanese planes, and turned to the Japanese infantry, launched a fierce attack on the Japanese infantry, and more than 20 British bombers followed, dropping one bomb after another in the Japanese tank group and in the dense attack formation of the Japanese army.

The bomb that almost fell on Commander Ito's head was the masterpiece of the British bombers that did not pose the slightest threat, and now, it was the turn of the Japanese to take the heroic action of bombing the British aircraft group and save the British and Burmese soldiers who were facing a desperate situation

Francis's mood at this time can not be described in words, the desperate situation is just like that, the British team that went to explore the road also brought back good news, more than ten kilometers downstream from the main battlefield, the river is not waist-deep, you can swim on foot, but the river has widened to more than 1,800 meters, this is not a problem, as long as you can let the soldiers without boats cross the river, no matter how wide the river is, it is not an obstacle.

The good news came one after another, Francis had a feeling of being in a dream, he ordered the troops not to act as a blocker, immediately wade across the river at the designated place, the British army was like a tide, rushed to the crossing point, under the cover of the aircraft, this part of the British troops, not under the continued attack of the Japanese army# attack, rarely heard the sound of gunfire, but no shells fell on the environment, began a fantastic retreat north across the river.

More than 1,000 meters on the river, suddenly crowded with Anglo-Burmese soldiers who were eager to retreat, after a day of bloody battles, the British suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and the remaining troops, but about 100,000 people, this is the last bit of blood that Francis Chief of Staff can reserve for Commander Alexander, he has done his best.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, the British army gathered and did their best to provide air cover for the fleeing infantry, all kinds of bullets and bombs, as if they did not need money, poured on the Japanese position, causing the Japanese position to be full of smoke and smoke, and in the end it still contained the momentum of the Japanese army's crazy attack.

If he ran to India, the commander of the British Air Force in Southeast Asia, Jeffrey. Lieutenant General Hao, not to save the slightest bit of living thoughts, this time, the British on the banks of the Yindun River, the hundreds of thousands of people who have been saved, can all be safely evacuated to Myitkyina, just by planes, can bomb the Japanese for a few hours, but Jeffrey. Lieutenant General Hao had doubts about sending all the fighters to the airspace of the Yindun River to cover the retreat of the infantry.

He knew very well that the Japanese in Southeast Asia had a strong air force that exceeded his own by several times, and that the fierce battle on the banks of the Yudun River was a terrible thing for the Japanese to take part in the fierce battle, although the domestic Air Force and the annoying Alexander had all the orders to send all the planes to the battle. ｛

Jeffrey. Lieutenant General Hao, still left a hand, only sent half of the fighters, two teams of bombers, to carry out this life-saving mission, in the calculation of his heart, beat the thief-fine, the fighter speed is fast, if you encounter the airspace of the Yudun River, there are a large number of Japanese fighters in the group, even if you retreat, it is also flexible.

If you send a large number of bombers, it will be tantamount to sending live targets to the Japanese, your Excellency the smart lieutenant general, will definitely do such a stupid thing, if the Japanese fighters are few, it will be equivalent to picking up a big bargain, the formation of more than 100 planes, it is also reasonable, there can be an explanation in all aspects, and the inside and face are gone.

It's Jeffrey. Lieutenant General Hao, this kind of selfish and self-intelligent plan made the British retreat from the Dunjiang River this time, and new variables appeared and they paid a price that should not be paid.

If most of the British Air Force dispatched bombers, although Ito was eager to destroy the enemy, he would not ignore the casualties and forcibly order the troops to maintain an offensive posture, if he was hit by the British planes on the side of the Yudun River, and his vitality was greatly damaged, what would he do to fight Tang Qiuli's independent division, it would simply be a method that outweighed the losses, and as shrewd as Ito would not do so.

With more than 100 fighters, air combat can show their skills and gain the upper hand, but they can deal with infantry on the ground, which is not as good as bombers that pour heavy bombs, not to mention, the Japanese troops, unlike the British, are tired of fleeing for their lives, and they have lost all their heavy weapons, and they have not even left much light and heavy machine guns, so they can't talk about air defense at all.

The Japanese troops, however, were different, always maintaining an offensive posture, their morale was booming, their structure was complete, and without the need for the general headquarters to issue an order, the units launched their own anti-aircraft fire, and countless light and heavy aircraft and guns were fired at the sky, and the British fighters were fired at the sky, spewing out tongues of fire, so that the British fighters were forced to raise their altitude, the accuracy of their shooting, and the immediate downgrading, and the threat to the Japanese troops was also greatly reduced.

Therefore, although the more than 100 British planes were very lively and the scene was spectacular, the actual lethal effect on the Japanese army was not as obvious as that of the 20 bombers, and a bombshell dropped on it was sure to kill dozens of Japanese soldiers, and it did not kill and wound the Japanese troops everywhere, but only temporarily curbed the momentum of the Japanese army's attack.

Ito, under the protection of his guards, withdrew to a safe place, and after recovering from the initial shock, the first thing he said was, "What are the British troops doing now?" ”

Chief of Staff Koizumi hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, in addition to a large-scale counterattack, the British are now wading across the river under the cover of aircraft, more than ten kilometers downstream, and the British troops we are blocking head-on have significantly weakened their firepower, and they should also retreat to the ferry. ”

Ito suddenly showed a cruel smile, looked up at the sky that was already twilight, and said to himself, "The British planes are just a certain threat to my forward attack troops, and when it gets dark, the British planes should also return, well, let the British remember this night!" ”

Ito raised his head sharply and ordered loudly: "Attack the troops, keep the momentum of the attack unchanged, attract this part of the British army to stay where it is, all the artillery units, immediately rush to the downstream British crossing point, heavy artillery brigades, correct the artillery target, I want to let the blood of the British { before the night really comes, stained red and drink the water of the Dunjiang River, hum, do you think that with the cover of the plane, you can escape the fate of being annihilated?" How naïve! Order the artillery, shoot all the shells! ”＃

Francis followed the first batch of troops, waded through the waist-deep river, and finally set foot on the north bank of the Yindun River at the end of the world, a sense of steadiness, suddenly hit his heart, sighed, looked back at the south that left more than 300,000 soldiers' lives, and looked at the soldiers who were nervously trekking in the river, and the south bank was still a battle area with the rumbling of guns, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

At this time, the number of British soldiers who crossed the Yindun River had reached more than 20,000, and most of the rest of the troops stayed at the crossing site, and some of them moved forward in the river.

Francis solemnly looked at the sky, the gradually distant group, a military salute, in order to express his gratitude, his hand has not been lowered, suddenly there was a dense whistling sound, in the misty twilight, visible to the naked eye, the sky crossed, countless fire meteors, and then, there was a loud sound of the sky falling apart.

The fire meteor plunged into the water of the Yindun River, stirring up a column of water that soared into the sky, and nearly, more shells fell, blowing up the river into a wall of water mixed with blood red, and stumps and broken arms, and the water column that rushed to the sky instantly drowned the British and Burmese soldiers who crossed the river, not only that, but the shells were still on the north bank of the Yindun River, blowing up a sea of fire.

Ito concentrated all his artillery on this ferry, nearly a thousand guns of various calibers, constantly pouring metal projectiles, completely a way of leaving the British here, deadly and crazy, with a killing breath.