Chapter 105 The Japanese Army is Cursed?

Most of the downstream counties of Wuhan had already been occupied by the Japanese devils, and several important fortresses guarding the Yangtze River had also fallen. Although the Japanese 106th, 101st, 27th, and 9th Divisions suffered a heavy blow at the Battle of Wanjialing.

However, the Japanese army also broke through the second line of defense of the Nationalist army in Wuhan, and they attacked Wuhan even more frantically.

Except for the 106th Division, which had lost the ability to continue fighting, the remaining Japanese divisions began to pursue the Nationalist army again.

In any case, it had been almost four months since the Japanese army began attacking Anqing in June. The Nationalist army and the Japanese army had been fighting, but there had been no major decisive battle.

All battles were local engagements. Although the Nationalist army had been retreating, they inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese army, so much so that the number of replacement soldiers recruited by the Japanese army domestically could not keep up with the consumption at the front.

The Second War Area contracted its defense line along the narrow passes by Poyang Lake, all the way to De'an, Wanjialing, and Baiya, establishing a new line of defense.

Not many troops were placed on this line of defense in the Second War Area. The troops that participated in the Battle of Wanjialing were sent to the rear to rest.

Ito Masayoshi, the commander of the Japanese 101st Division, was shot and wounded while commanding the Japanese army to attack the narrow pass by Poyang Lake on September 28th. He was receiving treatment in Jiujiang.

The Japanese soldiers under his command had just emerged from their initial panic and were immediately ordered by Commander Yan Junliu to rescue the 106th Division.

After that was over, the Japanese soldiers of the 101st Division began to attack the narrow pass again, preparing to avenge their division commander.

Now, more than ten days had passed since Ito Masayoshi was injured, and he had not yet escaped danger, which made the Japanese soldiers of the entire 101st Division somewhat terrified.

They could only hope to perform well on the battlefield, in order to mitigate the punishment that would eventually come. According to the Japanese military regulations, if the commander died on the battlefield, the subordinates were responsible for dying with him.

Although even if Division Commander Ito Masayoshi died, he would die on a hospital bed and it could be argued that he did not die directly on the battlefield.

However, that argument would have to be made to a Japanese officer of the rank of Commander Okamura Neiji. To impress Commander Okamura Neiji, of course, the only way was to show results.

Chief of Staff Kawauchi Masahira of the 101st Division temporarily took command of the troops in place of Ito Masayoshi. He issued an order to the entire division to attack De'an and pray for the division commander.

Brigade Commander Fujii Tomozo issued this order directly to the most combat-effective battalion commander in the entire division, Battalion Commander Hyakutai Ichiro.

He ordered his battalion to break through the narrow pass line of defense first. The narrow pass was located northeast of De'an. It was here that Ito Masayoshi took a bullet to the head and was still unconscious.

Of course, the Japanese devils would never dare to publicly announce such morale-damaging news. Now, Battalion Commander Hyakutai Ichiro was commanding his Japanese soldiers to attack the narrow pass.

The main force of the Second War Area had retreated to Xiushui to reorganize. Defending De'an, Baiya, and the narrow pass were the 139th Division of the Nationalist 32nd Army, and a regiment of the 141st Division.

These Japanese soldiers of the Hyakutai Ichiro Battalion could now be considered desperate troops. Sergeant Fujita Akito learned from Company Commander Funada Ryunosuke that the division commander was seriously injured and unconscious.

The entire division was facing a catastrophe. If the division commander unfortunately died, the entire division might be disbanded. Perhaps the 101st Division could win a great victory and awaken the division commander.

In order to help the division commander regain consciousness, all the Japanese soldiers in the entire division were working hard, and Sergeant Fujita Akito was also working hard.

He held his rifle and lay prone on the ground, patiently waiting for the division's artillery bombardment to stop. This was already their fourth attack on the narrow pass today.

There were hills on both the left and right sides of this place. The Nationalist army occupied these hills, and their commanding position made the Japanese army's attack very difficult.

However, today the Japanese army no longer cared about casualties. They attacked the peaks on both the left and right sides and the narrow pass at the same time, making it difficult for the defending Nationalist army to cope.

The Japanese army's reckless attack was also effective. They stormed the narrow pass and charged straight towards De'an.

In another direction, the Hata Detachment finally learned that the opposing Nationalist army had retreated. They finally sent out a small team to reconnoiter and advance along the railway line.

After confirming the news, Detachment Commander Hata Shigeichi ordered the entire detachment to advance and move into Mahuiling. At the same time, they sent out teams to reconnoiter and advance along the railway line toward De'an.

At this point, Lieutenant Colonel Sato Kaname, the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Hata Detachment, finally accepted a reality: nearly a hundred small units he had sent out on infiltration missions had been completely wiped out.

More than a thousand elite Japanese soldiers had died silently in the mountains, and no one even knew where they died.

Fortunately, his regiment received more than a thousand replacement soldiers and disbanded the relatively intact 4th Infantry Battalion, assigning them to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions. After distributing the replacement soldiers, the framework of his infantry regiment was finally built.

Although the entire regiment only had about two thousand Japanese soldiers, it was very difficult to form four infantry battalions. However, Detachment Commander Hata said that a batch of replacement soldiers he had recruited from Taiwan would arrive soon.

The Japanese 101st Division attacked De'an along Poyang Lake, and the Hata Detachment no longer dared to be careless this time. They had to stoop to acting jointly with this weakest division and attack De'an along the railway line.

Although the Hata Detachment had been severely damaged by the Special Operations Brigade, they could still easily defeat other Nationalist army regiments in the Second War Area.

Lin Fan and the others only retreated back to Xiushui for reorganization on the 12th. On the same day, they received orders to reinforce Guangzhou, but the trains could not be arranged, so they could only stay where they were for the time being.

Only two days after they retreated, the Japanese army attacked De'an County. De'an County was no longer a line of defense that the Second War Area intended to defend, after all, the Japanese 27th Division had appeared behind De'an.

However, they wouldn't just abandon their own country's city without a fight. The Second War Area was implementing a policy of limited resistance, only requiring the elimination of the Japanese army's strength before retreating.

During the two days that the Special Operations Brigade was reorganizing in Xiushui, the Second War Area's level of support for them had not changed, and pork was supplied every day.

This made the other troops in the surrounding Second War Area very envious, and there were also many complaints: everyone was fighting the Japanese devils, why was the Special Operations Brigade's supply different?

The Second War Area Command explained: you all get rewards after fighting, what about them? They get nothing?

The Nationalist army officers couldn't argue, so they had to let it go, but the soldiers watched themselves eating vegetables while others were eating meat, and they were always unconvinced.

The aviation squadron of the Japanese army stationed at Jiujiang Airport played a huge role in the Battle of Wanjialing. If they hadn't dropped flares all the way and bombed and strafed all the way at night for the 106th Division, the commander of the 106th Division, Matsuura Junroku, would have already died.

This was something the aviation squadron was proud of. In fact, within the squadron, there was something that made these Japanese pilots even happier: during these days when they were carrying out missions in the Wanjialing mountainous area, only one of their planes was shot down by mortar fire.

This was a great joy, indicating that the curse they had suffered in this area had finally disappeared.

Now that the Nationalist army had retreated to Xiushui, the Japanese planes naturally had to come and scout, and they discovered that the Nationalist army troops gathered here had formed a series of camps.

This news made Commander Okamura Neiji smile so hard that his mouth was crooked, and he immediately ordered: "The entire aviation squadron is to be dispatched! Bombard the Nationalist army troops in Xiushui."

Such an opportunity was rare, just like when the Shu Kingdom attacked the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period. Because of the heat, Liu Bei moved his 700,000 troops into the woods to escape the heat, and as a result, their camps were burned down.

This time, no matter what the reason was for the Nationalist army's Second War Area to form a series of camps, the result was the same, attracting a fierce bombardment from the Japanese army.

This camping method was proposed by Lin Fan. He was going to Guangzhou, and the Japanese planes here would no longer have an enemy. Lin Fan decided to lure them out again for a wave of attacks, giving the Japanese army a heavy blow.

Lin Fan's suggestion was adopted by the Second War Area Command, but they still retained some reservations. They only set up camps and sent troops to be on duty outside. In reality, there were no troops stationed in these camps.

Only Lin Fan's Special Operations Brigade was stationed here, which was a kind of insurance policy, and Lin Fan agreed with this very much.

October 13th, afternoon: Clear skies! The sky was as blue as washed, with no clouds for thousands of miles, perfect for aerial combat.

The four aviation squadrons of the Japanese army at Jiujiang Airport simultaneously received the order: to bomb the Nationalist army in Xiushui.

After receiving the order, Squadron Commander Tanaka Rei immediately began to gather his pilots. Kawauchi Kohei had made outstanding contributions in the previous reconnaissance mission over Wanjialing and the bombing mission, and was now a company commander.

This time, he was still flying in the lead. The Japanese devils at the entire Jiujiang Airport believed that he was a lucky general who could bring them good luck and open up a lucky flight path.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei himself also thought so. He was in a very relaxed and happy mood when he accepted the mission this time. He believed that such a combat mission was not difficult at all.

Outside of Wuhan, the Nationalist army's planes would not come out, and the Nationalist army's troops did not have anti-aircraft guns. As long as they didn't seek death themselves, there would be no accidents when these airmen flew in the air.

As for those Japanese planes that had accidents a few days ago, it was just that they had bad luck. It was not that the Nationalist army's level was high. If the Nationalist army really had that ability, the Japanese planes would have been completely lost in the Wanjialing battlefield long ago.

In order to support the Wanjialing battlefield, the Japanese army urgently arranged for a batch of planes to be given to the 11th Army, and now Commander Okamura Neiji had more than 300 planes in his hands again.

Enough for him to squander for a while. Although the Wanjialing battlefield caused him to lose a lot, he also took advantage of the Nationalist army's concentrated forces to besiege the 106th Division and newly occupied a lot of territory.

In his view, Jiujiang was now as solid as a rock, so the Jiujiang Airport was full of Japanese planes.

More than 100 planes were dispatched for this bombing mission, and there were also more than 30 fighters, which were sent out to escort the bombers just in case.

From Jiujiang to Xiushui, it was only half the distance to Mahuiling. A distance of 150 *li* was only a 15-minute flight for a bomber with a speed of 700 *li* per hour.

For a fighter jet with a speed of 900 *li*, it would only take 10 minutes to fly over. After the Japanese army took off from Jiujiang Airport, the first squadron to set out had already started bombing Xiushui, and the last plane to set out had not yet left the runway.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei was flying a bomber today. He liked the way the Nationalist army soldiers on the ground were bombed and scurried around.

Following behind him was the Tanaka Rei bomber squadron. The entire squadron had a total of 36 bombers, and behind them were three such bomber squadrons.

The fact that more than 100 bombers could be dispatched this time was also because Commander Okamura Neiji wanted to teach the Second War Area a lesson, and at the same time, he wanted to avenge the 106th Division.

After all, the shock caused by this division in Japan was no less than the great earthquake more than ten years ago.

He needed to give the Second War Area a fierce blow, so as to quell the anger in the hearts of those uninformed people in the country, and also to give Kumamoto Prefecture, which provided soldiers, an explanation.

The Japanese planes had already taken off, but Lin Fan didn't know yet. At this time, he was still listening to the soldiers talking about the pork incident.

After Lin Fan learned about the pork incident, he posted a notice outside the camp gate: "The Japanese devils are attacking De'an. Which brigade is willing to go to De'an to repel the Hata Detachment and the 101st Division? The Special Operations Brigade is willing to give half of its daily pork ration to this brigade."

As soon as the notice was posted, a soldier said: "Why don't you go?"

"We are going to Guangzhou, and we are afraid that the Second War Area will not give us a chance."

Such an opportunity, as long as you want it, you will have it immediately! The Nationalist army troops stationed in De'an had already received orders: closely observe the situation in the air, and report the discovery of Japanese planes to the Special Operations Brigade immediately. Then report to the Second War Area Command.

Once they discovered more than 40 enemy planes in the air, a large black mass, these planes just flew over, and the sound of the engines alone made the defenders of De'an feel uneasy.

After receiving the report, Lin Fan did not dare to neglect and immediately stood in front of the anti-aircraft gun position. Two anti-aircraft guns and two anti-aircraft machine gun companies were all deployed and ready.

The soldiers of the other troops who had just been looking at the notice posted by the Special Operations Brigade also all looked for cover to hide after hearing the piercing air raid alarm.

To their surprise, the Special Operations Brigade soldiers who had just been arguing together did not look for cover at all. Instead of hiding, these Special Operations Brigade soldiers were looking for high and open places, looking around in the air.

Their movements were of course to look for Japanese planes, wanting to see from which direction the Japanese planes were flying.

Although they were dissatisfied with the Special Operations Brigade soldiers eating more pork, everyone was fighting the Japanese devils, and the Nationalist army soldiers were still shouting loudly, telling the officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade to hide and not do such a thing as an old man hanging himself, getting tired of living. Da Feng Novel

The officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade advised them to run out and stand in the open to see how the Japanese planes fell.

The two groups could not persuade each other, so they could only do things according to their own experience.

The Tanaka Rei Aviation Squadron was the first wave to bomb Xiushui today. While they were still flying in the air, pilot Hama Saki Ayumu looked at the winding railway line below and said, "The frontline says that this line has been cursed, but now it seems that the Nationalist army's curse also has a time limit."

Pilot Hamada Ryo, who had just come with the plane from Japan, said with a sneer, "There is no such thing as a cursed land in this world, only those pilots with poor skills and cowardly Japanese devils will make up such lies to avoid combat!"

This put all the Japanese pilots who had previously been at Jiujiang Airport into the picture, and Kota Takuto immediately said: "At that time, two flight squadrons in a row took off and did not return, and there were also survivors from the 27th Infantry Division to testify, this is not fake, right!"

Hamada Ryo said with a sneer, "The 27th Infantry Division, the infantry regiment was defeated by the Nationalist army, and the artillery regiment even gave the Nationalist army their cannons. In such a troop, can you believe what the soldiers say?

They all want to make the Nationalist army sound stronger, so as to prove that it is not that they are incompetent, but that the Nationalist army is too strong. Is the Nationalist army strong? Is a troop that lost most of its territory in less than a year strong?"

Hamada Ryo's reason seemed to make sense, and it was very reasonable!

For a time, the Japanese devils in the entire flight squadron were speechless! Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei opened his mouth: "The railway line below us is Mahuiling."

In order to see clearly this place that had crippled the Hata Detachment, Hamada Ryo looked at the roads on the ground that had been destroyed and only the traces of the railway remained, and said with a sneer, "If the Nationalist army had any way, they would not have destroyed their own Nationalist army railway line like this."

What he said was probably right!

Flying past De'an, Squadron Commander Tanaka Rei spoke: "Not far past De'an is Xiushui, thirty *li*, we will be there in a few minutes, gentlemen, pay attention!"

As a squadron commander, he still had to remind these Japanese devils, although he knew very well that there were no Nationalist army planes and no Nationalist army anti-aircraft artillery in this place.

Soon, Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei, who was flying in the lead, shouted with surprise in his voice: "Target sighted! Target sighted!"

Squadron Commander Tanaka Rei ordered: "Reduce altitude! Prepare to bomb!"

The officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade had already seen the enemy planes, and they burst into cheers: "The enemy planes are here! The Japanese devils' planes are here!"

The Nationalist army soldiers who were hiding in hidden positions looked at the Special Operations Brigade soldiers, and in their eyes, these Special Operations Brigade soldiers had become stupid from eating pork: the Japanese devils' planes were here, and instead of hiding, they were still cheering.

If they hadn't known that they had crippled the Hata Detachment on the front line, they would have suspected that this troop had been sent by the Japanese devils.

The soldiers of the 11th Company of the 2nd Regiment had been ready for a long time. Since the Second War Area had set up such conspicuous camps, the soldiers of the 11th Company of the 2nd Regiment and the 11th Company of the 15th Regiment had been preparing for battle.

Company Commander Hua Zizai and Company Commander Fei Wei looked at the dark mass of enemy planes flying over in the distance, and their hearts were extremely excited. The two companies, one at Xiangu Cliff and one at Huangjing Ridge. Company Commander Fei shouted to Company Commander Hua: "Old Hua, more than forty planes."

The voice of Company Commander Hua speaking into the walkie-talkie was filled with joy: "I see them! I see them! Old Fei! I won't let you have them this time."

"Who wants you to let me have them? So many enemy planes! If you have the ability, shoot them all down!" Company Commander Fei was unwilling.

The two company commanders happily exchanged information, and the 24 anti-aircraft machine guns in the two companies at this time had already begun to aim at the Japanese planes.

The range of the anti-aircraft machine guns was limited to only 1,600 meters, so they needed to attract the attention of the Japanese devils first. The anti-aircraft machine gun company was not afraid of the Japanese devils' planes coming, but afraid that they would not come. In order to attract the attention of the Japanese devils, the two anti-aircraft companies fired three signal flares into the air.

This immediately attracted the attention of Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei. Looking in the direction of the signal flares, there were many continuous barracks.

He immediately ordered: "First Company, follow me!" He led 18 bombers towards the place where the signal flares were fired.

Squadron Commander Tanaka Rei had already ordered the remaining bombers to dive. Pilot Hamada Ryo took the lead. He was a pilot who had just come from the islands and was eager to make contributions.

He sped up his pace forward. Some people said that if you take too big a step, you will pull your balls. Hamada Ryo flew too fast and lowered his nose too much, and almost crashed straight into the ground.

Lin Fan looked at the dozens of bombers diving in the air, and some of the Japanese devils' fighter jets followed down. But there were still four or five fighter jets patrolling in the air, unwilling to come down.

Lin Fan had always shot down the enemy planes that were farthest away first, and then shot down the ones that were closer. This time was no exception: *dong dong dong*! Three shells were fired in one go.

Captain Sakae Uta, who was patrolling at an altitude of 5,000 meters, didn't even know what was happening, and the entire plane fell apart. It exploded in the air into a cloud of fireworks, without leaving even half a point of time for the Japanese devils to give a warning.

Three fighter jets were high in the air, the explosion was too sudden, and those bombers that were diving didn't even know: three of the planes that came with them had already died.

After Lin Fan fired the cannon, he never stopped! At this time, Feng Junya was also directing another anti-aircraft gun to fire.

They didn't shoot at the distance, but only at the closest Japanese devils' bombers that were easiest to shoot down. These bombers had already flown to low altitude, and had just transitioned from diving to level flight, and were preparing to drop bombs when they began to receive a baptism of fire.

The infantry of the Special Operations Brigade saw the three planes flying high up explode and began to cheer again.

The Nationalist army soldiers who were hiding in the air raid shelters listened to the anti-aircraft guns firing shells non-stop, but no Japanese devils' bombs were dropped on the ground.

Some daring soldiers came out and looked at the sky, and were shocked: at this time, the sky was like fireworks, and many enemy planes were disintegrating in the air.

One enemy plane after another exploded in mid-air, and this Nationalist army soldier couldn't even speak. He pointed to the sky and shouted loudly, "Look! Look..., look at the sky!"

More Nationalist army soldiers came out and looked at the sky, which was originally cloudless, and now there were many small black dots and black smoke.

The Japanese devils' bombers that were hit by Lin Fan all exploded in mid-air, and even so, some parts were burning in the air, with black smoke, outlining lines in the air, like a painting.

The Japanese devils' Tanaka Rei Aviation Squadron was using the sky as a canvas and using planes as pens to paint in the air. The cannon that Feng Junya was directing had already shot down four Japanese devils' bombers. Some of these bombers exploded in the air, and some dragged black smoke and plunged into the river.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei led 18 bombers to fly between Xiangu Cliff and Huangjing Ridge, and saw that there were many Nationalist army tents arranged in the middle, and was overjoyed.

He immediately ordered: "Bomb!" Now he understood that the place below should be a very important place for the Nationalist army, they could not hide here, and there was no time. The Nationalist army on the top of the mountain was using signal flares to warn them.

Pilot Hama Saki Ayumu immediately lowered the plane and charged towards the Nationalist army camp between the two hills, and six or seven planes followed behind him.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei led the remaining planes straight towards the mountain peaks on both sides, and the machine guns under the wings of these planes had already started firing.

The squadron led by Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei had a full 18 bombers. Apart from the few planes that bombed the Nationalist army camps between the barracks, there were six bombers following behind him.

There were four machine guns under the wings of these bombers, and the firepower of 24 machine guns was not light. Company Commander Hua directed 12 anti-aircraft machine guns to fire at the incoming enemy planes.

There were seven crew members on board this bomber piloted by pilot Shida Taro, including himself. They had already opened the bomb bay and were ready to drop bombs at any time.

The head of Hokkata Oji, who was responsible for dropping the bombs, suddenly exploded, and blood smeared on Mizuno Taro, who was next to him. Mizuno Taro was taken aback. He didn't even know how Hokkata Oji died?

At this moment, Mizuno Taro suddenly discovered in horror that the entire cabin, which was originally tightly closed, now had one small hole after another.

"We are under attack!" Mizuno Taro shouted loudly, reminding Shida Taro, who was flying the plane in front, but there was no response. Worried, Mizuno Taro staggered towards the cockpit, and when he saw Shida Taro, he found that he had fallen on the driver's seat and was motionless.

This was not what made him panic. What made him even more panic was that when he looked out from the driver's window, he could no longer see the sky, and all he could see were trees, and nothing but trees.

"Ah!" Mizuno Taro felt cold all over. He wanted to rush forward and pull the plane up, and he also wanted to escape from here. He had many ideas, but his body was like he had been immobilized and could not move at all.

His body could not move, but his thoughts were completely released. In less than a minute, he had already thought of his entire life:

He thought of his parents in his hometown, and his newly married wife at home! Miyeko was only married when he enlisted in the army. The two of them had only been married after the wedding night, and he left.

He didn't know if Miyeko was doing well in her hometown now?

With a loud "boom", the bomber crashed into Huangjing Ridge, followed by more explosions, which were the explosions of the aerial bombs carried on the bomber.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei was a very skilled pilot, otherwise he would not have been sent to fly the reconnaissance plane to the Wanjialing mountainous area in the first place.

Today, he was not flying in the lead, nor was he flying in the rear. Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei saw the crash and explosion of this bomber piloted by Shida Taro.

He also felt the machine gun bullets shooting from the top of the mountain. The bomber he was flying could not evade the incoming ammunition at all. The bomber was huge and had a large bomb load.

Since that was the case, Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei could only choose to fight hard. He ordered, "Prepare to drop bombs!"

But there was no response to his order. "Mr. Tsuchiya! Prepare to drop bombs!" There was still no response from the Japanese devils.

What was going on? When Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei was puzzled, he suddenly felt the plane shake violently, followed by a loud noise from the rear of the plane, and then his bomber began to tilt and could not be corrected at all.

Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei looked at the mountain top that was getting closer and closer, and he did not dare to hesitate any longer and ejected immediately.

In the air, he saw that half of the wing of his plane had fallen off.

A plane with only half a wing could not be controlled, of course. Spinning in the air, Company Commander Kawauchi Kohei looked at the squadron following behind him. Apart from the three planes that had already crashed, the wings and tail of the four planes that were still struggling in the air were all carrying black smoke. They were all injured.

This was not a good sign! Some planes had already deviated from the course, obviously the pilots were afraid and wanted to get out of the battlefield.

But since the bombers had already dived down, it was too difficult to escape. They could only continue to charge forward in the face of the hail of bullets.

When Captain Kashii Isamu led the second batch of bombers to the sky above Xiushui, the sky was already a mess, and there were at least a dozen places on the ground where thick smoke was billowing into the sky.

The Tanaka Rei bomber squadron that had arrived in front of him had disappeared. He was only five minutes later than the Tanaka Rei squadron, and it stood to reason that the Tanaka Rei squadron should still be bombing at this time.

"Could it be that something happened to them?" This thought had just arisen in Captain Kashii Isamu's heart when he denied it.

"No! Impossible! I can't think that way!"

He looked at the position of the black smoke rising from the ground, some of which was in the Nationalist army's camps, thinking that the black smoke might have come out after the Nationalist army's camps were bombed.

He couldn't think too much, Captain Kashii Isamu ordered: "Dive and bomb!" In the eyes of these Japanese devils, the Nationalist army soldiers on the ground were as small as ants, but there were many of them.

Lin Fan did not expect that the Nationalist army soldiers would all run out and start cheering when they saw themselves shooting down a dozen planes.

These Nationalist army soldiers had been suffering from the Japanese devils' planes for a long time, and all the time. For the Japanese devils' planes, these soldiers were all suffering in silence. When the enemy planes came, they would quickly hide and wait for them to finish firing their ammunition and dropping their bombs before leaving.

During this time, the Nationalist army soldiers could only rot and lie flat. What else could they do if they didn't do this?

Fight the Japanese devils' planes? There were no corresponding weapons at all, so it was impossible to use bamboo poles to poke them!

Now that they saw the Japanese devils' planes being shot down by the Special Operations Brigade one after another like sparrows, their mood was even more excited than the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade.

These Nationalist army soldiers were cheering and jumping on the ground, which attracted the attention of these Japanese devils from the Kashii Isamu squadron who were flying behind.

Bombers could not only drop bombs, they could also strafe. Their fuselage was huge and their movements were clumsy, but their load capacity was large, and the advantage of a wide fuselage was that more machine guns could be deployed.

The Nationalist army soldiers who were completely exposed on the ground were the targets of these Japanese devils' bombers. Seeing these targets, these pilots from the Kashii Isamu squadron pounced on them like sharks smelling blood, or like moths seeing fire.

This time they no longer had fighter escort. Lin Fan still followed his own routine, first shooting down the farthest enemy planes, the ones falling at the end.

The advantage of this was that Lin Fan only thought that it was possible not to let these planes escape, but there was another advantage that Lin Fan had not discovered in actual combat:

The Japanese devils' planes at the end exploded, and the enemy planes that were still diving in front did not know, they were shattered to pieces before they even smelled danger.

This could also be regarded as the humanism that Lin Fan attached to these Japanese devils, just like slaughtering pigs in a slaughterhouse, he would stun the pigs unexpectedly and let them die without feeling any pain.

The Kashii Isamu squadron was like this now. Yamauchi Nakajo, who was flying at the end, did not know what was happening at all. He and his plane exploded at the same time. He did not feel any pain or fear at all, and he died just like that.

This time, the Kashii Isamu squadron completely ignored Xiangu Cliff and Huangjing Ridge, which were not far away, but the anti-aircraft machine gun companies on these two mountain tops did not let them go.

The plane piloted by Harada Kazuki was slightly on the edge and was hit by the 24 anti-aircraft machine gun airports from the two mountain tops.

Because it was hit from the side, not only was the fuel tank of this plane hit, but it was also ignited by the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Armor-piercing incendiary bullets were standard equipment for anti-aircraft machine guns. When used at night, another type of armor-piercing incendiary electric light bullet would be used to mark the trajectory. Regardless of which type of anti-aircraft machine gun bullet was used, it was able to ignite the fuel tank after penetrating it.

This was also the reason why none of the planes from the Kawauchi Kohei bomber squadron ultimately escaped. Now, even though the two anti-aircraft machine gun companies were only hitting the enemy planes on the edge, the planes flying on the edge could not withstand it.

In fact, it was even more uncomfortable for those Japanese devils for the two anti-aircraft machine gun companies to be hitting the Japanese devils' bombers flying on the edge now: they were simultaneously withstanding the shooting of 24 anti-aircraft machine guns, and once they entered the range of these two machine gun companies, they could not escape.

This situation was also discovered by the Nationalist army soldiers in the Second War Area. They saw lines of fire constantly flying out from the two mountain tops of Xiangu Cliff and Huangjing Ridge, shooting at the Japanese devils' planes.

As long as they were entangled by these lines of fire, the Japanese devils' bombers would emit smoke all over and then struggle to fly lower and lower in the air before finally crashing into the earth.

Some of the Japanese devils on the plane parachuted, but they were also chased and shot by anti-aircraft machine gun bullets. Even so, the troops stationed in various places in the surrounding area of the Second War Area had sent soldiers to capture those parachuting Japanese devil pilots.

While the Special Operations Brigade was still fighting against the Japanese devils' plane squadron, the Second War Area Command had already received the battle report. Many Nationalist army troops had witnessed this battle today.

They were all troops that had retreated from the front line to rest. During the Battle of Wanjialing, these troops had been bombed miserably by the Japanese devils' planes. None of them had seen the scene of the Special Operations Brigade shooting down Japanese devils' planes. Today was the first time they had opened their eyes.

The officers and soldiers of these troops were all extremely excited, and they rushed towards the parachuting positions of the Japanese devil pilots. Lin Fan was still responsible for shooting down the bombers in the distance. Pilot Nagayama Kaito was a very vigilant Japanese devil.

He saw traces of anti-aircraft guns shooting from the ground. Although these shells were not aimed at him, he still maneuvered the plane and tried to bypass them from the side.

When Nagayama Kaito made this turn, he thought he had avoided the anti-aircraft guns in front, but he did not expect that he had entered the firing range of the anti-aircraft machine gun companies of Fei Wei and Hua Zizai. This time, he really escaped the first day of the lunar month, but he could not escape the fifteenth day.

The Japanese devils' flying squadrons flew one after another towards Xiushui, which stunned the Nationalist army soldiers in De'an County. They had called the Special Operations Brigade in Xiushui four times to warn them of air raids. They didn't know if they were still doing well now?

The soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade were doing very well now! They were just short of setting up small stools and shelling melon seeds to watch the Japanese devils' planes perform aerial explosion stunts. After the four bomber squadrons plus one fighter squadron were all shot down by Lin Fan.

Exactly how many enemy planes they had shot down, it was no longer possible to count the exact number at this time. The Special Operations Brigade was not sensitive to this number, anyway, they would not be rewarded even if they shot down enemy planes.

At first, the Nationalist army soldiers counted one, two, three, but later on, the Japanese devils' planes kept falling, and these soldiers' eyes could not keep up. They were so busy being happy that they had forgotten the count.

In any case, there was one thing that the Special Operations Brigade and the viewing troops all agreed on: not a single Japanese devil plane escaped!

In the Second War Area Command, when Xue Yue knew that the Special Operations Brigade had shot down at least a hundred bombers of the Japanese devils, he said with a smile: "Now you know why they eat meat and you can only eat vegetables, right!"

Xue Yue had known about the notice posted by the Special Operations Brigade as soon as it was posted by the Second War Area Command. Xue Yue