Chapter 33: Horizontal Bombardment
Similarly, for safety reasons, pilots try to empty their bombs before landing.
After all, there is basically no danger for a fighter plane to take off with a bomb, but once it makes a mistake or an accident occurs during landing, there is a high probability that the plane will be destroyed and people will die.
What's more, the current destination is the Great Plains, and the conditions that the 1st Marine Regiment can provide for landing are very limited, and avoiding danger as much as possible is the basic quality of an ace pilot.
After hearing his captain's words, Fang Ziyi's face showed a bright smile.
"Roger!"
"I knew that the king team was distressed, and he would definitely not let me run in vain."
"Don't worry, if we can meet devils, I will definitely let them taste what a twenty-kilogram melon is."
After speaking, the entire formation, led by the pilot aircraft, began to turn around and return home.
It turns out that as long as you have enough intelligence and can grasp the enemy's starting and destination, you can accurately find the devil's armored forces even in the vast plains.
In just fifteen minutes, the escort fighters locked onto the cavalry group pursuing the Eighth Theater of Operations.
After looking at the enemy, Captain Wang Hai picked up the communicator on the side and ordered:
"The devil's troops are dominated by cavalry and tanks, it is impossible to have large-scale anti-aircraft weapons, and all fighter groups will reduce the height to fifteen hundred meters."
"Bombardiers should not act rashly and wait for the order of the pilot aircraft to attack. It doesn't matter if the bombing is not accurate, this is the first time we have tried horizontal bombing in actual combat, and everything is mainly based on accumulating experience. ”
"The action begins!"
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Time returned to five minutes ago, the pursuing troops of the Mongolian army.
"Report to the Wing Commander, the search party has found traces left by the 35th Army three kilometers ahead, and the distance between us and the enemy is gradually closing."
"In addition, the Guoguo troops in the direction of Ningxia do not seem to have the intention of sending troops to respond, and the intelligence department has not monitored the connection between the two at all."
"Your Excellency! It seems that today is a good opportunity for us to wash away the shame of the entire cavalry group! ”
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers nearby instantly seemed to have beaten a few tubes of chicken blood, and everyone was eager to rush forward now to kill the remnants of the seven-and-a-half-way army.
Even Zentaro Kawasaki, the captain of the wing, who was known for his calmness in the past, almost couldn't control his emotions.
It is worth mentioning that the shape of this old devil is very conspicuous in the crowd, and there are two different sabers pinned to his waist.
"Blood debt and blood payment! Today I must slash the commander of the 35th Army! ”
"Inform the 71st Wing of the Chariots! Speed up their group of armored masters! The oil-burning tanks are not as fast as the war horses that eat food, what a group of waste of resources are a group of moths of the younger country! ”
"We must catch up with the enemy before the sun sets today, and we must not let them burrow into the desert in the southwest, and I don't want to be forced to abandon this pursuit."
"Hey!"
The reason why the devils are so excited is very simple, because the cavalry group of the Mongolian army has a feud with the 35th Army, and it is an undying feud.
As early as 1933, the 1st and 4th Cavalry Brigades of the Kwantung Army, which had not yet been assigned to the Mongolian Army, fought with the 59th Army in the Rehe area.
After the war, the devils learned that the 59th Army was actually a division of the 35th Army, and since then the two sides have formed a bond.
After being assigned to the Mongolian army, because the fourth cavalry brigade was transferred to Jiangcheng to participate in the war, there were only a few thousand soldiers at the division and regimental level.
With more than 5,000 cavalry alone, it was impossible to defend the huge Suiyuan.
At that time, small groups of cavalry in the 8th War Zone came and went freely, and often attacked and harassed the devil's strongholds built along the railway. Because of the leakage of air in the entire defense area, the cavalry group once became a laughing stock within the North China Front.
In December 1939, in order to prevent the Japanese army in North China from moving south to support, the Eighth Theater did not hesitate to participate in the winter offensive of multi-theater joint operations.
Among them, the 101st Division secretly sneaked along the northern foot of Wula Mountain, and set up an ambush circle in the mountain pass north of Baotou to provide reinforcements.
In that campaign, the 14th Cavalry Wing was ordered to support the command of the cavalry group. His predecessor, Kazuo Kobayashi, was beaten into a sieve with heavy machine guns by troops ambushed in the 8th Theater of Operations on the road.
The Japanese commander, who was posthumously promoted to major general, was a good friend of Zentaro Kawasaki.
New hatred, old hatred, and personal grievances are added together, and the old devil is naturally eager to destroy the remnants of the 35th Army with his own hands.
In this operation, in addition to the 14th Cavalry Wing, there was also the 71st Tank Wing, which was transferred from the Kwantung Army to the Cavalry Group.
The wing is composed of four squadrons and logistical support units. Counting the tanks of the headquarters, a total of 31 Type 97 medium tanks and 21 Type 95 light tanks were equipped.
With such a large number of troops, it can be seen that the troops stationed in Mongolia are determined to cut through the grass and eradicate the roots.
As one order after another reached the ears of several captains, the speed of the entire cavalry wing accelerated a few points. As if thinking of something important, Zentaro Kawasaki called the signal soldier and said:
"Immediately prepare a telegram on the current situation and send it to Lieutenant General Nishihara, and by the way, ask when the support of the army aviation will be in place."
"If we can have the guidance of the reconnaissance plane, we can definitely go to a higher level of speed, maybe we don't need those waste tanks that eat dry food."
Just as the old devil had finished speaking, a piston engine hum suddenly sounded in the distant sky.
As a veteran who has been in the army for ten years, Zentaro Kawasaki naturally knows that a plane is approaching. He showed a smile at the first time, no one expected his reconnaissance plane to come so quickly.
Listening to the sounds, it seems that there are quite a few more.
"Messenger, change the content of the telegram."
"Just report the situation, and you don't need to ask about the matter of Lu Airlines."
"Hey!"
Suddenly, Zentaro Kawasaki realizes that something seems to be wrong.
The group of planes in the distance was lowering their altitude for some reason, and judging from the appearance of the other party, it seemed that it was still a double-engine ninety-seven heavy explosion.
"How is it a bomber? Could it be that Lieutenant General Nishihara is dissatisfied with our speed? ”
Although Zentaro Kawasaki had some doubts in his heart, he did not think that the comer was an enemy plane.
Empiricism kills people, after all, in everyone's impression, whether it is the preserved fruit or the Eighth Route Army Air Force that rose some time ago, their aircraft types do not include twin-engine aircraft.
The confused old devil grabbed the reins and stopped his horse, then took the telescope handed by the adjutant and looked at the sky.
Through the telescope's field of vision, he saw twenty-four warplanes flying in the sky, and the altitude and distance were getting closer and closer.
"Hey, where's the identification mark, where did the sun go?"
"Something's wrong, this plane doesn't look like a ninety-seven explosion, and the wings seem to be shorter."
"Wait! Why did the magazine open? Yaga! The plane is coming at us! Enemy attack! Spread out! ”
Let's send a short one first.,Wake up and have another chapter.
(End of chapter)