885 Escape
The plane was riddled with ammunition of various calibers, and when it fell, there was no living person in the plane, but the body miraculously never broke. At the last moment, the pilot, turning the plane from the sea to land, tried to make a forced landing on the coastal seashore, but without success. After his death, the plane continued to fall to the southwest.
Eventually, the bomber fell into the sea at a small angle and ran aground on the seashore. The U.S. military aircraft used a CG-16 camera gun on the nose of the aircraft to film the entire hunt in its entirety, including the second plane falling like a fallen leaf.
Of course, this alone does not prove that all the people on board are dead. The pilot could not fly to the surface of the sea and made two more circles to confirm that it sank. A large number of Japanese planes are chasing after them.
The P38 fleet used the last one or two kilometers to dive near the surface of the sea and get rid of the Japanese planes. For them, pulling 500 meters away means basically getting out of danger, unless they are unlucky enough to be hit by a fluctuating 20-mm shell. In fact, one or two 20-mm shells may not be able to shoot down such a heavy fighter.
Having shaken off the Japanese planes, they began to climb slowly and turned to the north. Thirty minutes had passed since the drop tanks had been thrown, and they needed to cross the entire Gulf of Thailand to enter the area controlled by the troops of the Chu Ting Commander, and if there was enough fuel, they would cross the Thai theater and go to Mandalay. If fuel does not allow, the plane will land at an Allied-controlled airfield in southern Thailand. Eventually, most of them flew over the Shan Highlands and landed in Mandalay.
The falling land attack ran aground on the seashore in this way, and since it was high tide, the sea water extinguished the fire and at the same time pushed the plane to the shore. Patrols of the Japanese Army were the first to arrive there. The soldiers waded into the plane and climbed into the plane. The inside of the plane was like a meat grinder, and the flesh was blurred.
The evil American plane tilted thousands of rounds of bullets at this plane, and not a single body was intact inside. Of course, Yamamoto's saber and the general's epaulettes helped the soldiers recognize him. The soldiers gathered the bodies into several bags and carried them ashore on a stretcher.
The next morning, Yamamoto's body returned to Kuala Lumpur.
Stilwell had just developed the film from the P38 camera gun, but it was impossible to determine whether Yamamoto was alive or dead, and he hoped that the British intelligence would help determine the situation, and the matter was so high that he had to report it to Washington as soon as possible. For President Roosevelt, Yamamoto's life and death have long gone beyond strategic significance, and have become a breakthrough for him to verify the magical value of Chu Tingchang.
Before British intelligence could do anything, the Japanese themselves announced the death of the admiral and vowed to take revenge tenfold for this assassination contrary to martial virtues. Two American pilots who parachuted after being shot down were captured by the Japanese and sent to the mainland for trial. It is estimated that it is a dead end.
Chu Tingchang himself is up and down, what he wants is not Yamamoto, Yamamoto's hunting priority is not even as good as Kagezo Zhenzhao, what he wants to figure out is that Makino is not on the plane. Others thought that he had the ability to predict the future, and they wanted to get a word from him, but what he really wanted to know could not be obtained with a turtle shell.
Makino was gradually out of danger after emergency rescue and woke up, and in his drowsiness, he heard the ugly cry of Takijiro Onishi outside. He opened his eyes and saw that Onishi, whose eyes were swollen from crying, was on the side.
He slowly stretched out his hand, and Onishi grabbed it.
"What's wrong......
"Division...... Cause...... Official? ”
Onishi fell to his knees with a thud.
"Regret should not have listened to you...... Commander he ...... He ......"
Onishi couldn't cry, and the doctor next to him quickly withdrew. Makino turned his head to the side, sighed, and stopped talking, apparently what he expected had happened.
Until the evening, Onishi came to visit Makino again, his expression was still solemn, and he didn't seem to have come out of his grief at all. Onishi didn't realize it at this point, in fact, Yamamoto had already realized that there might be danger at that time, and he was hit on the bar by his unintentional words, if he knew each other at that time and gave him a step down, Yamamoto would definitely not get on the plane.
"You're here again?"
"Yes, the Commander's body has been gathered, it's too hot here, and it will stink soon...... Therefore, it must be sent back to the mainland immediately. The base camp has decided to conduct a state funeral with marshal etiquette. I'm going to send the commander back in person. ”
"How do you send it back?" Makino asked, his voice soft and weak.
"Originally, the 100-style transport plane that picked you up was specially allocated by the commander, and you didn't get on the plane, so you kept parking at the Kuala Lumpur Army Airport, and now you can only use this plane to send the commander back."
"Oh, is that so?"
"Well, it's good you didn't get up, or else......" Onishi lamented, "I shouldn't have listened to you, I should have prevented the commander from getting on the plane." ”
"Don't blame yourself, I want to ask, the plane took off tonight?"
"yes, the fuel and the pilot are already in place, and when the corpse is lifted, take off. I'm here to say goodbye to you now. ”
"I want to ...... I wanted to take one last look at the commander. ”
"Forget it, Commander, he was smashed by the enemy's large-caliber machine gun, in fact, he is completely unrecognizable."
"No, I'm going to take a look." Makino insisted. "If you don't let me go, I'll refuse treatment."
Makino once again used his willfulness, and Onishi knew that he could do everything, and he didn't dare to disobey him.
"That'...... I'm going to arrange for the armored car to open the way. ”
"No, no, no," Makino hurriedly stopped him, "just find a car, I can sit on it." ”
Makino said, forcing him to straighten up and motioning for him to sit up. "Never an armored car...... Don't be guarded, and don't tell the driver where to go, Cheche. ”
"That'...... I'm going to look for the car. ”
After Yamamoto's death, he was already dazed, and he didn't have the energy to think carefully about Makino's purpose, in fact, Makino didn't even have a hand to guard him, so he didn't want to take a last look at Yamamoto who had just been stitched up.
Ten minutes later, Makino was helped by the nurse and Onishi to get into the back seat of a Ford sedan. Onishi sat in the passenger seat, except for the driver with a pistol, there was no second armed person in the car, and the car went straight to the plane at Kuala Lumpur Airport, and there was no danger along the way.
Makino climbed the escalator and got on the plane, and in the middle of the cabin of the plane, there was a coffin, which must have been Yamamoto. Onishi got on the plane and couldn't help but sobbed again.
"Commander, Makino-san has come to see you......" he said, trying to push the lid of the coffin open.
"Don't look at it......" Makino shook his hand.
"What? Came so far and didn't look at it again? ”
"Tell the pilot, take off immediately, let's get out of here."
"No, no, Mr. Makino, you must be confused, it's dangerous to take off now. The range of enemy planes is longer than we estimated, and they may strike here. I'm determined to die this time, so you don't have to take the risk. ”
"The key is not the voyage...... Makino found that Onishi still hasn't learned the truth, "the key is intelligence...... Timeliness of information...... Hurry up and take off, and if you delay any longer, it's hard to say. ”
"Really take off?"
"That's right, you go back home with me. It's safest to take off now. ”
Onishi still hadn't figured out the situation, but Makino seemed to be sure of his judgment. Without further thought, Onishi bypassed the coffin and ran to the front cockpit to inform the pilot to take off.
After 5 minutes, the transport plane slid up on the runway and then lifted off lightly. Except for the two pilots and two passengers, the plane was a coffin and did not have much load.
After the plane took off, Onishi was terrified and looked out of the porthole from time to time, for fear that several enemy planes would suddenly flash out of the clouds.
Aircraft that could fight at night, already appeared in Europe, and the Germans informed about their HE219 night fighter technology, which was used in exchange for Japanese anti-ship * technology. According to common sense, the military technology of the Americans is not far from Germany, and apparently they will probably also come up with night fighters that are searched with radars, and it is clear that such aircraft will be a sharp weapon for assassination.
"Don't be afraid, they won't come." Makino in turn comforted Onishi.
"Really?"
"Their actions require precise intelligence, and the transfer of the commander's body is the best cover. Even if they could think of it, they would not have the ability to distinguish the real from the fake in a short time. ”
"What's next?"
"How's the progress going with General Kagesa?"
"It's not clear, but he hasn't come back, which means it's fine. We can go to Kagoshima and see what they have salvaged this time. ”
"I want to talk to him about the fate of the empire, maybe it's time to give up."
"Give up? No, no, no, our superiority is being built, and it's time to make a big move, and I think the commander's last wish should be the same. ”
"Hey."
Bangkok, Thailand.
Before Huang Tianyang's uncle had passed the first seven years, he received an order from Chu Tingchang, asking him to lead his troops to the west. The Japanese 8th Division, which surrounded Tao Mingzhang, had just landed in an area 150 kilometers west of Bangkok and established a bridgehead. Their next step was to cut off the peninsula from the rear and threaten Tao Mingzhang's three divisions.
Huang Tianyang didn't know why Chu Tingchang was so late to realize that the Japanese were on and stood firm, and only then did he think of his trump card. But it's not too late, he has just annihilated the enemy's strongest division, and he is in a hurry to continue to perform.
Tao Mingzhang is Chu Tingchang's most relied on old subordinate, and if he can save him, he will obviously miss a hand.
After assembling his troops, he swore an oath and set out, and at the same time paid one last homage to his uncle and the fallen soldiers. The Japanese lieutenant general's head was placed between the pig's head and the sheep's head, and was photographed by various media.
At the oath meeting, Huang swore that he would learn to expel the Tartar Yuejia Army and become the Chinese Iron Army. Then, in front of many media, he mentioned his creative words again and again. In the past year, his family has shuttled between home and abroad to raise medicines for Yan'an, which has made Lao Jiang very annoyed. Now Huang Tianyang is going to make trouble for Chu Tingchang again.