Chapter 157: Locusts
As Masuda Tomikawa speculated, the Chutian Song Division of the Cadet Expeditionary Force did not continue to advance after the capture of Rayong Province - "Chinese locusts radiated out from Rayong Province as the center, and villages were burned, fruit trees were cut down, and fields were crushed to the ground—these Chinese, who had suffered greatly from the Japanese Sanko policy, seemed to be transferring the pain imposed on them by the Japanese to the heads of the Thais—in my opinion, I don't think this was the behavior of a heroic army......" This passage was written by a French captain - when Sachmon's 3rd Division entered Thailand at the request of Chu Tiange and followed their route, the French soldiers saw such a miserable scene along the way.
A second lieutenant named Otakeyu of the Japanese Navy's Kisarazu Aviation Unit was even more impressed by this, and he piloted a reconnaissance plane to witness the process of poisoning the area around Rayong Province by the Cadet Army, and he was terrified and thought that the Cadet Corps had lost its mind. Therefore, when he reported to Sakamoto Tsuno, he added a paragraph: ...... This shows that Yamato Soul has indeed seriously injured Ouyang Yun, and it is unwise to fight against the Chinese army at this time, even if it can win, it will pay a considerable price.
Sakamoto took his suggestion very seriously and reflected it truthfully when he reported to Masuda Tomikawa.
Masuda Tomagawa was excited when he heard this, and he said on the phone, "This is a good thing. The crazier the people of China, the more harm they will do to Thailand and the better it will be for us. Sakamoto-kun is too worried, for the time being, I have no intention of launching a ground counteroffensive, let the crazy energy of the people of Guoshi talk about it. ”
In a hill forest on the southern outskirts of Rayong Mansion, Chu Tiange's headquarters was located here. Hearing that various ministries reported that devil reconnaissance planes appeared frequently, he became more and more confident in the achievement of the air defense trap.
At about half past ten, a lookout post 50 kilometers away sent back news that a large number of enemy planes had been discovered, and he immediately contacted Huang Hua and learned that the baggage troops escorted by the 3rd Tactical Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade would arrive at Rayong Mansion in 10 minutes.
"Do you still have Japanese reconnaissance planes above your heads?"
"There's one, and it's following us all the way!"
"The devil group has been dispatched, and now it is still fifty kilometers away from you, so immediately act according to the No. 2 combat plan!"
"Yes!"
At this moment, the second lieutenant named Otakeyu was driving the reconnaissance plane and following the 3rd Tactical Regiment. The little devil suddenly noticed that the convoy below had suddenly increased its speed, and the speed had suddenly risen from about 35 kilometers per hour to about 50 kilometers per hour.
Masuda Tomikawa attached great importance to this air raid and participated in the whole process from beginning to end. After receiving Dazhuyu's report, he guessed that the people of China should have discovered something, but he didn't think that they were capable of resisting this air raid, so he ignored the past after a little thought.
Thirty kilometers away from Rayong, Sakamoto saw a patch of smoke that covered the sky, and after another five minutes or so, the burning village and the soldiers who were raging all over the mountains came into his eyes, and his heart was awe-inspiring, and his eyes became sharp. It's one thing to hear about it, it's another thing to witness it with your own eyes, and if you look down from the sky, you can see the destruction of Rayong Mansion even more clearly - almost everywhere around Rayong Mansion is a fire, smoke everywhere, and the place that has burned out is scorched black, where there is still a trace of the world. He secretly mused: "It is said that the people of China belong to the sheep, but now it seems that when the sheep is provoked, it also turns into lions, and the empire wants to completely conquer China, and there is a long way to go!" ”
Da Zhuyu watched the heavy troops of the Xuebing Army rushing into the city at a high speed, and then disappeared into the main street of Rayong Province, he swept down and reconnoitred at close range, trying to find the assembly point of those baggage trucks, and swooped down for only two minutes, when suddenly the terrible air defense siren sounded, and he saw a little flash below in the afterglow of his eyes, and immediately pulled up the fighter plane in shock.
With a loud bang, the fuselage suddenly shook violently, he did not hesitate to increase the throttle to the maximum, pulled the push rod to the most and rushed straight up, and only after feeling out of the range of ground anti-aircraft fire did he say to the co-pilot behind him: "Check it, where was it hit." ”
The co-pilot looked behind him for a while and said, "The belly of the plane was hit." Strange, is it a rifle? ”
"Rifles?"
"There was no explosion, I think it was a rifle bullet."
What hit Otakeyu's landline was a heavy sniper. In order to ensure that the air defense trap of Rayong Mansion can hit the little devil's aviation unit in one fell swoop, Chu Tiange gathered the forty-seven Changsun Sheng-level snipers under his command to cooperate with the special operations brigade to fight.
Hit by a rifle bullet, it sounded too incredible, and Otake Yu was about to continue the investigation, when Sakamoto's voice came from the headset: "Second Lieutenant Otake, what happened?" ”
Otake looked intently and found that the main group of planes carrying out the air raid mission had flown over Rayong Mansion, and he immediately replied: "Your Excellency, I suspect that the people of China have taken precautions, just now, my landline was hit. ”
"Of course the people of China will be on guard, don't forget, the commander of the army below us is Ouyang Yun's sworn brother Chu Tiange. Alright, your mission is complete, open and watch our show in peace—" The next moment, Sakamoto raised his voice and shouted passionately, "Eagles under His Majesty the Emperor, let the people of China taste our wrath!" The first sequence! Sortie! ”
Fifteen bombers of various types broke away from the main group and dived towards the lower part of the city, and as soon as they passed through the smoke belt, gunfire erupted on the ground, and the four defender anti-aircraft positions scattered in the city of Rayong Province opened fire at the same time to intercept them.
The first to enter the battle were the air defense regiments directly under the First Army and the snipers of the Changsun Sheng class who were hidden everywhere, and they played the role of bait to lure the enemy aircraft into the air defense trap. The anti-aircraft regiment had a total of 18 anti-aircraft artillery trucks and 24 anti-aircraft machine guns, and at the same time, the threat immediately posed a huge threat to the group of Japanese aircraft.
The 18 anti-aircraft artillery vehicles of the Air Defense Regiment, each equipped with two twin rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns, were an improved product of the early Jiguang land-to-air tanks of the Cadet Corps, which not only had a faster rate of fire and a longer firing range, but also adjusted the angle of fire more quickly. Thirty-six twin rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns opened fire at the same time, and a blocking fire line with a width of about 200 meters was immediately laid on the dive line of the group of Japanese planes attacking them. In charge of commanding the first attack sequence was a captain named Takamura Kiya, the little devil did not believe in evil, and first ordered a collective pull-up, and then sent an advanced 99-type sea explosion to make a tentative puncture. This Type 99 sea burst first out of the cluster, then climbed beyond the range of the anti-aircraft guns, almost close to the layers of anti-aircraft artillery fire that swept forward, and the next moment a beautiful 180-degree turn swooped down from the rear of the easternmost anti-aircraft position of the defenders.