The anti-aircraft artillery position quickly destroyed three Type 99 dive bombers (KI51), but there were still quite a few enemy planes that completed the dive/bomb maneuver, but the most recent one* only exploded 15 meters on the side of the bridge pier, and not a single shot directly hit the bridge. After all, the fire of the anti-aircraft guns distracted the pilot, which, combined with the smoke that filled the bridge, made it impossible for the pilot to identify either the target or judge the distance. In addition, the bomber units of the 5th Flying Division have been in a state of rapid attrition, and there are no old birds at all. The young pilots here have not even completed the training syllabus, and their performance on the battlefield is really unsatisfactory.

The drone spotted the other side, and the enemy's Type 99 light bombardment (ki48) was coming along the river. The intervention of the drone increased the early warning time to 10 minutes, and alerted the enemy to fly at a low altitude, and the anti-aircraft artillery on both sides of the strait was aimed at the enemy aircraft group from the south, waiting for the imminent appearance of the enemy aircraft group.

The attack plan of the 5th Flying Division was hasty but complete, and the staff officers decided not to use the length of the bridge to increase the chances of hitting, but to use the area of the cross-sectional projection for horizontal bombardment. According to the plan, the group will fly at a low altitude to a slightly higher height of the larger bridge, and then fly straight at any of the bridge piers, and then drop the bomb horizontally as close as possible, so that * can use the muzzle velocity to glide in the air and hit various structures on the bridge with a high probability. This is a new plan that the staff officer of the army aviation came up with after referring to the * aircraft attack mode of naval warfare, of course, the difficulty is much greater than that of the * aircraft, because the bomb delivery distance must be very close, but the target like the bridge will not move, so there is no need to calculate the amount of advance, which is a favorable aspect.

In this desperate attack, most of the bombers carried a 500kg*. Before departure, the commander, in addition to providing an invigorating "awakening agent", constantly instilled a set of discourses on the success or failure of the attack and the fortunes of the empire, and encouraged the pilots to carry out suicide attacks.

As soon as the Japanese planes appeared, they were fiercely attacked, and the group of planes was immediately enveloped in a net of fire. This light bomber, lacking the necessary armor, was quickly killed two of them, and the rest remained on an almost straight course flight, the pilots had already seen the bridge and taken aim, and the pilots knew that once the course was changed, the accuracy of the bombs would be reduced by orders of magnitude. The forward navigator-machine gunner, trying to return fire with a 7,7 mm machine gun, of course, was pointless.

The enemy is like a machine, and their flight in a straight line makes the commander on the cannon position calmly correct the firing range and constantly form a new fire net in front of the enemy group. As a rule, the closer the enemy aircraft, the more anti-aircraft guns need to track the target, and the greater the angular velocity of movement, this is the most difficult point. But the absence of changes in the enemy's course and speed gave the commander great convenience in calculating the amount of advance. Enemy planes that moved like targets crashed headlong into the net of fire, and then were shot down one after another. Since last year, Nakajima has opened a second production line, bringing the daily production of such aircraft to nearly 1.5 aircraft. But in 40 seconds, 7 bombers were already destroyed.

There were still a few planes that approached the bridge and drilled through the fire net, they opened the magazines and prepared to drop bombs, but the pilots could not judge the exact distance in the face of the smoke from burning tires and oil, and most of the Zhang Hadan dropped fell into the river in advance. But there was a plane, and it was decided to carry out a suicide attack. Without the consent of the remaining three crew members, the young pilot plunged headlong into the smoke and crashed into the bridge piers. However, this improvised reckless act did not have the desired effect, the plane only hit the bridge pier with its wings, and the plane with broken wings drilled under the bridge and flew directly to the other side dozens of meters away, and after crashing into the river, the * still did not explode.

After the Japanese air raids ended, the repair of the bridge began, and in just a few hours, the damaged piers were quickly repaired to the point where vehicles could pass. Immediately arriving, Chu Tingchang's second anti-aircraft battalion, four 90-mm anti-aircraft guns were deployed to the west bank, these firepower can not only deal with enemy aircraft, but also provide curved or direct support fire on the ground.

At noon, the area of the bridgehead was doubled, and the troops continued to cross the bridge, and at the same time, the engineer unit of Chu Tingchang began to build a pontoon bridge. All the strategic bridges on this railway line have already been reached, but the tracks are still being repaired in many places, so the trains from Myanmar will have to wait a few days. At present, the role of railway bridges is not large, so he has to build several pontoon bridges to quickly transport troops.

Xu Chong, who finally settled down. received a telegram from Chief Chu Ting, asking him to find Lin Xiuxuan and everyone else and quickly return to the headquarters. They will face a new problem, how to confront Tao Mingzhang.

Of course, if you want to be held accountable, the main responsibility lies with Qin Xiaosu and Ma Qiang, the two of them are stupid, thinking that relying on the pass issued by the military headquarters of Chu Tingchang, there will be no obstacles, which may be the case in Zhou Youfu's occupied area, but here in Tao Mingzhang, it will not work. Fortunately, in the end, they controlled the crisis to a small scale, and at present, only Tao Mingzhang saw those devices.

Lin Xiuxuan is inclined to have a one-time showdown, but he has no decision on whether to bring Xiong Xianghui together. However, Xiong Xianghui is already on the way, he seems to have something else important, and he can't communicate through the radio, so he has to go to the front to discuss with Chu Tingchang.

Several of them found a jeep and drove to the back. The large army was marching along the highway towards the west bank, and it seemed that the momentum of recovering Indochina was unstoppable, but several of them were in their hearts, because the next thing was far more difficult to deal with than annihilating a Japanese division. High-tech equipment can find the location of the enemy's command headquarters and inform them of their plans in advance, but people's hearts are undetectable, and no one knows what Tao Mingzhang is thinking.

Tao Mingzhang was the successor Chu Tingchang was looking for, and although he did not show much military talent, his style of conduct, and the left-wing ideas that were often revealed, indicated that he was a fellow traveler, and that he probably had contact with the underground party when he was a student, and was probably already a peripheral member of the party (Chu Tingchang could clearly feel it when he communicated with him). One thing that can be confirmed is that as soon as Xiong Xianghui came, he immediately made eye contact with him, and he didn't even have time to investigate, which is abnormal. Of course, it is not clear how far his relationship with Xiong Xianghui has developed at present.

When they arrived at the headquarters 30 kilometers away, it was already evening.

Chief Chu's subordinates are very good at finding a place, and they found a Thai Emperor's Palace as a temporary headquarters. Tao Mingzhang and Xiong Xianghui, one from the north and the other from the west, were still on the way, and before that, the group had to have a meeting.

Chu Tingchang sent someone to guard the gate of the palace, taking care that no one was allowed to come in, and if there was an emergency, call first.

The five of them sat in the conference room, there was silence, and Deputy Captain Chu Aiyun didn't know where to start, but Ma Qiang was unusual. Today the first one broke the silence.

"It's all my fault. Xiao Qin and I should have bypassed those sentry posts, but the result was ...... Hey......" he sighed, obviously to admit his mistake.

"No, I don't think the consequences are irreparable," Lin Xiuxuan said, "and it is likely that the Japanese crossers have gained the trust of the entire Japanese high-level, so it's time for us to meet with the key people as well." ”

"Key person?" The deputy captain immediately guessed what the team leader meant, "You shouldn't be referring to Tao Mingzhang, it's someone else." ”

"Yes, it's Xiong Xianghui."

"He's on the way, he'll be there soon, Tao Mingzhang may be there tomorrow morning."

"Team leader, do you want to contact Yan'an?" Qin Xiaosu said.

"Well, I just have this idea, and the way to continue to hide it is to kill Tao Mingzhang, but this is not in line with our code of action, and although the time is too early, but this step, we will have to go sooner or later, since the opportunity appears, we should also take advantage of the situation."

"I'm for it." Xu Chong said.

"I'm in favor of it too. It's better to hide and hide than to have a showdown. Ma Qiang also agreed.

"Team leader, what I'm worried about is ......" Chu Tingchang stopped when he wanted to speak.

"I know what you think, any decision will be difficult, but I'm thinking that if Makino has the full support of the Japanese side, we must consider using nuclear weapons, and it is likely to be imminent, Cheng Dayang and Political Commissar Pan, the most worried is the issue of the authorization of the Military Commission. If the consent can be obtained there, together with the issue of the nuclear bomb that was exploded last time, it is a solution from a legal and disciplinary point of view. ”

"Well, I got ......"

As he was talking, the phone rang. Chu Tingchang picked it up and listened to it for a while, then put down the earpiece.

"Team leader, Xiong Xianghui has arrived. Decided, right? ”

"Okay, meet him first."

Chief Chu picked up the earpiece again: "Let Deputy Commander Xiong come up." ”

Xiong Xianghui downstairs walked into the dark corridor alone and felt a little strange. The guard just told the room and went back to the duty room, and he walked through the corridor of the palace, and there was not a single guard. If it is said that the lights are not lit in order to prevent air raids, then not a guard is not, for what?

Walking to the door at the end of the hallway, he straightened his clothes, and suddenly, the door opened on its own. Inside stood tall Ma Qiang.

"Deputy Commander, please inside." Ma Qiang said expressionlessly, and did not ask the senior officer manager, but Xiong Xianghui smiled at him and nodded.

Xiong Xianghui walked a few steps and saw a laptop on the table, Qin Xiaosu was entering data in the back, and he didn't look up at him. On the other side, Xu Chong was inspecting his counter-materiel weapon, next to a small drone. Walking further in, he saw that the military seat was facing away from him with another person, studying the map on the large table.

He was such a perceptive person, he immediately felt that the atmosphere was not right today, and he couldn't help but slow down his pace, carefully observing the flickering computer screen behind him, he had never even seen a cathode ray tube in his life, only watched a black and white movie.

Chu Tingchang turned around.

"Deputy Commander Xiong, come, introduce a friend to you......" he said and led Xiong Xianghui to Lin Xiuxuan.

Xiong Xianghui looked a little wooden and reserved. Whoever suddenly saw such a battle, those machines that had never seen it, it was impossible to talk and laugh.

"This is Team Leader Lin, my superior." Chu Tingchang got straight to the point.

Xiong Xianghui was stunned, looking at the whole of South Asia, it seems that Stilwell is the only one who can be called Chu Tingchang's superior, and this person is obviously not Stilwell.

"Fortunately, fortunately." Xiong Xianghui looked overwhelmed and stuttered a little.

"Deputy Commander Xiong, don't be nervous, we are our own people."

Lin Xiuxuan stepped forward and shook hands with Xiong Xianghui, who was nervous, but Xiong Xianghui's hands were not sweaty.

"Your own people?" Xiong Xianghui asked subconsciously.

"Yes, my own people."

"Please let me guess," Xiong Xianghui suddenly became calm, "You are Comrade Lin Jiu?" ”

……

There was silence for at least 20 seconds.

"Comrade Lin Jiu, Comrade Hu Yuexin, let me say hello to you on his behalf."

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Recently, I want to write a synopsis of the will of a country, and the time is too tight, so I won't update it tomorrow.