Soon three B17 bombers took off from Mandalay Airport, and most of the pilots were retired soldiers hired from the Allies and Southeast Asia, who could serve as instructors in addition to daily battles, and also trained many crew members for Liao Mingyu.

Eight F4U fighters followed closely behind to escort them, and with the roar of the propellers, the air team laden with ammunition rushed to the battlefield.

In order to improve combat efficiency, Liao Mingyu split the Nankan Flying Brigade into two aviation brigades some time ago, one of which is located in the Heihe base, and is responsible for supporting the Honorable 30th Division and the New 50th Division and the 200th Division on the Yangon battlefield.

The other was a former Japanese airfield in Mandalay that was directly responsible for handling all requests for support from the Forces nouvelles on the battlefield in Yinrawaddy province.

The former Nankan Flight Base was reduced to a logistics airfield, used for supplies and pilot training grounds.

Ordinary tactical support orders for fighter planes to dive and bomb to cover the offensive of ground troops do not need to pass through the Heihe Command, and the front-line regimental-level command units can contact the flight groups in the rear of their respective battlefields on their own, and as long as it is a reasonable request, the other side must immediately carry it out, and there must be no excuses or excuses.

For such a task of dispatching bomber formations, the military headquarters would have to give direct orders.

The advantage of gaining air supremacy is this, you can fly over the enemy's head anytime and anywhere, bombard and bomb indiscriminately, and the opponent has no choice.

With the firepower configuration on the B17 bomber and the six escort pirate fighters, as long as the Japanese army does not dispatch a flying group, it can basically come and go freely.

It's just that with the current situation of the Japanese army, even if they know the whereabouts of this bomber team, they can't send decent fighters to intercept it, and the only thing to pay attention to is their anti-aircraft weapons on the ground.

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At this time, the Japanese army did not know that a catastrophe was coming, and due to the suddenness of the incident, they had just packed their bags and began to march to the northwest, and they did not notice that there was a team of dozens of people behind them.

The order given by the wing headquarters was very simple, to rush to a suitable position as soon as possible to launch an artillery bombardment of the Huaxia army in front of the frontline position, and now that the enemy had been fully mobilized, this was the signal of the general offensive, so it must not be delayed.

Chung Shan was still tormented over where to set up an artillery position, and the Huaxia detachment that landed on the east bank of the Bosheng River stuck in his throat like a spike, making him always uneasy. Now it's just that the other party is worried that the other party will suddenly attack, or set up an ambush and wait for them to step in.

Forget it, I can't care so much, after listening to the report of that Shaozuo, it is estimated that the number of the Huaxia squad is not large, and there are also losses in the battle.

There are still two full squadrons on his side, plus those in the artillery brigade, as long as they do a good job in defense, they are not afraid of the other side's sneak attack. Takayama thought so...

The 99-type mountain guns were dismantled, and the heavy parts were carried by mules and horses, and the light ones were carried by the soldiers on their shoulders, and due to the large amount of ammunition, the infantry under Zhongshan also needed to help the artillerymen carry some ammunition.

The road in the mountains and forests is not easy to walk, not to mention that with so much artillery equipment, the Japanese army did not dare to take the main road in order to conceal their whereabouts, but chose to walk through the woods, the difficulty of which can be imagined.

However, for the Japanese who have been "hard-working" for a long time, this little thing is not enough to worry about, and they have been like this for nearly a month.

It's not wrong to describe the little devils as opportunists, these people are just running around the battlefield with cannon barrels on their shoulders, going wherever they need artillery support, and flashing people immediately after a round.

Although they are tired, they are also thanks to their chicken thief style of play, which caused very large casualties to the attacking troops of the 201st Division of the New Army.

Every time the Forces nouvelles gathered artillery and air power to retaliate, the other side hid in the woods, and the general bombing had no effect at all.

Tadayama looked back behind him again, his mind still disturbed by uneasy emotions...

Except for the Huaxia team hidden in the shadows, which is a variable, nothing else seems to be able to threaten their existence, and it's hard to say whether that team has discovered them.

But this faint sense of crisis really made him uneasy.

The location of the Japanese artillery positions was also very particular, not only to pay attention to the issue of the range of the artillery, but also to consider whether it was suitable for the placement of artillery, and whether it was convenient to retreat and transfer after the first round of shooting, so they did not find a suitable place so quickly.

More than half an hour passed quickly, and at this time the Japanese army had only walked a little more than two kilometers north.

But from the position, it was less than 6 kilometers away from the troops defending Gankidang on the front line, and some faint gunfire seemed to be audible, and it was barely possible to fire at this gun.

Due to the urgency of the order of the wing headquarters, Takayama knew that the situation must be very critical now, and he did not care about choosing a better position, so the artillery chose a relatively gentle dry riverbed as a position.

He then scattered his infantry to build a defensive line, ready to defend himself against a possible enemy attack.

The reconnaissance soldiers who were hanging far behind and following closely did not dare to get too close at this time, so as not to be discovered.

Chen Xinmin secretly said that it was a pity, the devil commander on the opposite side was too careful, in a short period of time, he deployed all the defense forces to the south, and there were firepower points in the nearby high places, so it was somewhat difficult to get close.

"It's time to come, right?" Chen Xinmin muttered to himself, and he looked at the blue sky above him through the branches.

The roar of an airplane engine could be faintly heard, but nothing could be seen in the cloudless sky except the glare of the sun.

In fact, the bomber formation had come to the sky over this area a few minutes earlier, but because of the terrain, it was difficult to find the exact location of the enemy's artillery from the sky.

Looking down, most of it was lush bushes, and there was no sign of enemy fire, let alone smoke grenades or flares.

In order not to startle the snakes, they did not lower their altitude to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance, and the pilots of the bombing formation were not sure of the situation, and they could not just bomb and leave, so they could only hover at high altitude and continue to wait for the signal below.

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Time passed minute by minute, and about half an hour later, the Japanese artillery had already assembled more than a dozen Type 99 mountain guns.

The riverbed where they were located had long since dried up due to the dry season, and instead of dripping water, it was overgrown with all kinds of shrubs and vines.

The Type 99 mountain cannon is low, the barrel is not long, and a lot of hay is camouflaged, as long as the cannon is not fired, even after the combat body is deployed, there is no need to worry too much about being detected by aerial reconnaissance.

Although the engines of the B17 bombers were loud, reconnaissance planes hovered overhead at almost every time of the two days. The Japanese army was accustomed to this kind of sound, and it was just that the enemy was scouting again.

As long as you hurry up and shoot two rounds, even if the other party finds out, you can quickly transfer into the mountains, so I didn't pay too much attention to it.

The artillerymen were adjusting the elevation angle according to the shooting elements, while Tadayama, who was standing on the nearby high ground, was still nervously watching everything on the battlefield.

"Inform the artillerymen not to fire for the time being, wait for my orders." Zhongshan raised his hand to shield the sun and looked at the sky, and the roar from the sky made him feel more and more uneasy.

"However, the Huaxia people have already begun to attack, and the Wing Captain has ordered us to open fire immediately, if..." The liaison officer was puzzled, how could the captain, who had always followed the rules, suddenly give such an order.

Moreover, now that the enemy has launched an attack on the front-line positions, if the artillery support is slow, the disadvantage of the operation is small, and if the position is lost, everyone will have to go to court-martial.

"Yaga! Don't I know? Execute the order, and I will bear all the consequences! ”

The liaison officer's concern was quickly reprimanded by Tadayama, who was unaware of the stakes, but if something went wrong on the artillery's side, the entire front would become dangerous...