At half past six o'clock in the morning of August 21, it was sunny and cloudy.

Although today is generally suitable for flying, the state and mood of the army aviation major Asakawa can be said to be extremely bad.

In order to support the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, every pilot of their flying team made at least one sortie.

But even to this extent, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, severely reprimanded Asakawa Masatsuki and warned everyone to put away their negative attitude.

When the twenty-three Type 97 fighters passed over the Zhengtai Railway, every member of the Army Aviation showed a serious expression.

The previous two attacks were at night, and no one noticed the small movements of the Eighth Route Army due to the view. Now that it's dawn, the fragmented Zhengtai Road is in full view.

As a member of Lu Hang, Asakawa Masasaki is not worried that his team will be punished, after all, no matter how much he divides the blame, he can't blame them.

But in this situation, the next few days will definitely not be to think about resting.

As the only air force that can be used by the First Army of Shanxi, whether these people want to or not, they have to honestly become model workers and play the whole field.

As if he was planning for his career, Asakawa was looking at the blue sky a little distracted.

But at this moment, the wingman in the lower left suddenly changed its flight trajectory. They keep their mechs parallel and gesture to him with tactical gestures and blackboards.

Faced with that somewhat comical performance art, the Lu Airlines Shaozuo shook his head helplessly, and then turned on the communicator on his plane.

The Type 97 fighters of the First Army were all reequipped two months ago.

Those Type B planes carrying the Type 96 Flying No. 3 wireless plane allowed them to completely get rid of the dilemma of flying primitive people.

Although due to the shortcomings of the country's electromagnetic technology, spark plugs and generators seriously interfered with the radio installation, so that the members of the army aviation would frequently make noise when communicating.

But overall, Asakawa still likes this new thing. After all, they don't need to lose weight, and even they can lick the ground elegantly in the comfortable combat environment of the Republic of China.

"Akiyama-kun, you are a noble member of the Army Aviation, how can you use a primitive way of communication like those navy red deer?"

"Technology is the most powerful force, and I've heard that the Fighting Falcon has already started production, and it's a much faster fighter. Do you still have to use gestures to communicate with your teammates at that time? It's hard! ”

"Alright, let's get down to business. Do you see any goals? ”

There was a few seconds of silence in the communication channel, and then a voice with an electric current came out, as if the other party was really not good at this new way of communicating.

"Shaozuo! I just saw the enemy, please come with me! ”

Without waiting for the plane to reply, Haruta Akiyama steered the fighter plane around in a half circle and flew towards the position he had just passed by.

Although he didn't want to go, Asakawa said hello to the rest of the team, and then followed the other party's flight path.

A minute later, the two arrived at their destination, where a team of several hundred people was sabotaging the railway.

Obviously, the Eighth Route Army below also knew that they were exposed, and when they saw the devil fighters returning again, they quickly dispersed and took refuge in the mountains.

Encountering such a rare opportunity, Akiyama Haruta is naturally unwilling to give up.

On weekdays, the Eighth Route Army is as slippery as a loach, and the opportunity to gather together like this is too rare.

He was sure that even if he threw two bombs at random, as long as they weren't outrageous, he would definitely be able to kill a lot of enemies. When the time comes, you will use your ancestral skills to lick a wave of land, and you may have more records at one time than last month.

Thinking of this, the corner of this devil's mouth raised a cruel smile, and he said to his superior: "Asakawa San, let's take cover alternately and send these bandits who destroyed the property of the younger country to hell. ”

A few seconds later, Asakawa was heard calmly on the communicator. So Akiyama Haruta never expected that his proposal would be ruthlessly denied.

"Don't think about it, let's go, don't waste time here, I won't allow you to do this."

“.”

"Got it."

If this matter had been put in the past, Asakawa Masatsu would have been happy to participate in this kind of thing, but now they have a more important task.

The most important point is that his flying team is made up entirely of fighters. In addition to 1,000 rounds of 7.7 mm machine gun rounds, there were only four 25-kilogram bombs.

For this weapon, it is also thanks to the fact that the straight-line distance from Taiyuan to Yangquan is only 115 kilometers, and the Type 97 fighter with a basic range of 800 does not need to bring auxiliary fuel tanks.

If all the ammunition in stock is gone, you will have to go back to the base in disgrace. After being known by Yoshio Shinozuka, abuse and big fights are absolutely indispensable.

Originally, the First Army had a certain number of light explosions and heavy explosions, but after the Battle of Zaoyi, Yichang was lost, and a large number of bombers were dispatched to carry out the task of bombing the capital of Guozhu.

After figuring out what happened, Akiyama Haruta left here with a reluctant face. The two quickly returned to the team, and they arrived near Lionbrain Mountain in just half an hour.

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In the temporary command post of the 385th Brigade, Li Yunlong scratched the back of his head with some embarrassment at this time. The few people present said everything to me, and praised him a little fluttering.

Although everyone did not know that Taro Katayama had been killed by the pillars, there was a consensus that the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade would not be able to attack again in the short term.

After the small talk, Brigade Commander Chen looked at the three regiment commanders in front of him, and after pondering for a moment, he said what he thought.

"Next, I'm going to hit Yangquan County, I've already asked the headquarters for instructions, and it is estimated that the reply from the headquarters will come in a while."

"Hit Yang Spring?"

It was Regiment Commander Zheng of the 769 Regiment who exclaimed, only to see him stand up with his arms folded, almost writing four big characters on his face.

In this battle, their regiment was so aggrieved that the devil's mountain artillery brigade was as disgusting as a dog.

And Li Yunlong and the commander of the 14th regiment were also gearing up, looking eager to try. As a regiment-level commander and fighter, how could he not be interested in such a thing as fighting the county seat.

Seeing the three regiment commanders with high fighting spirits, Brigade Commander Chen and Political Commissar Xie nodded with satisfaction, and then spread out the combat map on the wooden box.

"We'll discuss who is going to attack later, and you guys listen to my battle plan first."

But at this moment, a heart-rending exclamation suddenly came from the distant position!

"Devil plane! Take cover! ”

After hearing the warning, everyone in the command room immediately ran out of the cave. In the distant sky, twenty-three monoplane fighters were rapidly approaching.

The enemy planes flew over Lionbrain Mountain and then casually dropped their mounted bombs.

Fortunately, the ground aviation is accustomed to using horizontal bombing. This method of bomb delivery requires accurate sights and quick planning, and the effect can only be said to be very average when using a Type 97 fighter to operate.

As we all know, the relationship between the navy red deer and the army horse manure is particularly poor. If there is no intermediary mediation, it is definitely a level where a civil war can break out.

In order to pursue the hit rate of the dropped bombs and to maximize the survival rate of pilots during the attack, the IJN's aviation has long begun to use dive-bombing tactics on a large scale.

After all, the enemy that IJN has to face is much fiercer than the army aviation, and from time to time it has to attack those fleets that are no different from hedgehogs, and if you don't practice this trick well, you will be sent to death in vain.

However, because the navy used it first, the top management of the army aviation believed that the army should avoid using similar tactics.

After all, pilots can die, the big deal is to retrain. But if you are ridiculed by the Navy, it will become a lifetime of humiliation.

As a result, the efficiency of naval aviation was much higher than that of army aviation on the Songhu battlefield that year.

But Lu Hang also has his own reasons, who is the imaginary enemy of your red deer? It's the British, the ugly country, and the Gallic chicken, and who of these three fathers can't make a move The air defense artillery team is fully alert.

You IJN aviation have to find hard bones to gnaw, but our army aviation is all soft persimmons.

What air defense does the preserved fruit have? In addition to the first fight, there are also a bit of Erlikong and Bofors. The number was already very small, and now that the ammunition has run out, there is no need to worry at all.

The bombers of our army aviation can completely drop to an altitude of several hundred meters to carry out low-altitude bombing of the preserved fruit army. After finishing the work, he swaggered slowly back to the airport to reload the bomb and fly to the battlefield again.

Even fighter jets are invincible, what kind of fighter jets are there? Except for Maozi's Volunteer Air Force, there is nothing to worry about at all. For these well-nourished army aviation, dogs do not learn dive bombing tactics.

However, we still have to thank the captain, after all, he helped the Eighth Route Army suppress the innovation of the devil army aviation in ground attack tactics, and turned these small days flying in the sky into a self-righteous aristocratic class.

Although the horizontal bombing effect was not good, after the 92 bombs were dropped on Lionbrain Mountain, there was some meaning that the thunder was heavy and the rain was small. But the devil's pilots were not disappointed, but turned the nose around again.

For fighter pilots like Asakawa Masatsu, playing with bombs is not a professional thing, as long as they don't hurt their own people on the battlefield, they will be considered successful.

Aviation machine guns are the best things to do, and hunting enemy infantry with 7.7mm machine guns is one of the few pleasures they have.

The soldiers of the 385th Brigade and the New 2nd Regiment will not sit idly by.

Unlike the previous night of air raids, after all, at the speed of the devil fighters, the fighters often ended up before they saw the target.

But now it's broad daylight, and everyone can see the devil's plane clearly. Moreover, some of the comrades who walked through the snow-capped mountains and crossed the meadows mastered at least three methods of calculation.

Theoretically, rifles and machine guns against aircraft are possible for two main reasons.

First, at this point in time, the iron sheet of the fuselage of many aircraft is not thick, and light weapons have a chance to penetrate it.

What's more, the devil's Type 97 fighter is a product of the strict implementation of the design idea of light aircraft. Although the fuselage was light, it also led to particularly poor defense.

There was a serious lack of bulletproof steel plates and self-closing fuel tanks to protect the pilot.

Second, because the devil's army aviation is very arrogant, it often chooses to fly at low altitude without the threat of professional air defense weapons.

This is to observe the target more closely, so as to improve the accuracy of the bomb or shot.

The above two situations give the infantry a chance to shoot down the plane, but this is still a bit depends on fate, and the enemy needs to be brainless enough.

But for the Eighth Route Army on Lionbrain Mountain now, our position has been exposed anyway, so we can't fight back and scold back.

And even if the bullets of the fighters are wasted, it can more or less interfere and drive away, and the enemy cannot be allowed to fly at a low altitude so arrogantly.

After all, the enemy is riding on your head and, and you have ordered yourself not to resist.

After coming out of the command post, the three regiment commanders immediately ran towards the area where their troops were located.

The performance of the new 2nd Regiment under air raids was relatively worse than that of the two brother units.

Many recruits have seen the devil's plane for the first time, and if it weren't for the help of veterans, it is likely that there will be some unnecessary casualties.

On the way back to the position, Li Yunlong casually dragged away a recruit who was a little at a loss, and he slipped the opponent to a heavy machine-gun position.

"Recruit egg, you remember it for me. On the battlefield, you can never just be beaten passively, but use all the weapons at hand to fight back. Even if the enemy is really strong, crush his front teeth! ”

"Even if you only have one king box in your hand! Attack with Lao Tzu too! ”

"Every day shouting that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, today I will let you see what this sentence means! Ready to reload me! ”

Grand Master Li adjusted the firing angle of this Type 92 heavy machine gun to 40 degrees to 60 degrees in advance, and then began to aim using the method learned during the Red Jun period.

There are many factors to consider when using a heavy machine gun against an aircraft, first of all, you have to have some idea of the speed of the bullet, after all, it takes some time from shooting to hitting.

Second, you need to be familiar with the performance of the aircraft, and at the very least, you must know the speed of the other party. Because during the time when the bullet is flying, the plane is also in motion.

The calculation of the amount of advance is a very troublesome process.

Grand Master Li formed a triangle based on the starting position of the aircraft, the starting position of the muzzle, and the hit point, and came up with an approximate amount of advance.

Taking advantage of the fact that the devil's Type 97 fighter was flying towards the New Second Regiment again, he very calmly pulled the trigger of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

The recruits on the side were holding several bullet boards, and even because of nervousness, they didn't even realize that their hands were cut.

There are only 500 meters between the heavy machine gun position and the enemy plane, and the bullets of the heavy machine guns at this distance can completely destroy the fighters with thin skin and stuffing.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, Li Yunlong couldn't suppress the emotions in his heart and shouted:

"Come on! Let's see which of us can survive to the end! Lao Tzu took a step back today! I'll never be your dad again! ”

(End of chapter)