Chapter 155 True! Li Yunlong, the Superman of the Eighth Route Army!
It was 6:30 in the morning of August 21st, and the sky was clear with few clouds.
Although it was generally suitable for flying today, the condition and mood of Army Aviation Major Masaaki Asakawa were extremely bad.
In order to support the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, every pilot of their flight team was dispatched at least once.
But even at this level, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, still severely reprimanded Masaaki Asakawa and warned everyone to put away their negative attitude.
When 23 Type 97 fighters passed over the Shotai Railway, every member of the Army Aviation showed a serious expression.
The previous two attacks were at night, and no one noticed the Eighth Route Army's small movements due to the lack of vision. Now it was dawn, and the fragmented Shotai Road was in full view.
As a member of the Army Aviation, Masaaki Asakawa was not worried that his team would be punished. After all, no matter how much they were blamed, it would not be their fault.
However, in this situation, they definitely couldn't think of resting in the next few days.
As the only air force that Shanxi's First Army can mobilize, whether these people are willing or not, they have to be model workers and play the whole game.
As if he was planning for his career, Asakawa Masaharu looked at the blue sky in a trance.
But at this moment, the wingman on the lower left suddenly changed the flight trajectory. The other party kept their bodies parallel and signaled to him with tactical gestures and blackboards.
Faced with that kind of funny performance art, the major of the Army Aviation shook his head helplessly, and then turned on the communicator on his plane.
The Type 97 fighters of the First Army had all been replaced two months ago.
Those Type B aircraft equipped with the Type 96 Flying No. 3 wireless machine completely got rid of the dilemma of flying primitives.
Although due to the shortcomings of the country's electromagnetic technology, the spark plugs and generators seriously interfered with the radio equipment, causing frequent noise when the Army Aviation members communicated.
But in general, Asakawa Masaharu still likes this new thing. After all, they don't need to lose weight, and they can even 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 Corps. How can you use primitive communication methods like those navy idiots?"
"Technology is the most powerful force. I heard that the Type 1 Fighting Falcon has begun production. It is a faster fighter. Do you still need to communicate with your teammates by hand gestures at that time? It will be difficult!"
"Okay, let's talk business. Did you see any target?"
The communication channel fell into silence for a few seconds, and then a voice with electricity came out, as if the other party was really not good at this new communication method.
"Major! I just saw the enemy, please follow me!"
Without waiting for his own long plane to reply, Akiyama Haruta turned the fighter plane half a circle and flew towards the position he just passed.
Although he didn't want to go, Asakawa Masaharu still said hello to the other people in the team, and then followed the other party's flight route.
A minute later, the two arrived at the destination, where a team of several hundred people was destroying the railway.
It is obvious that the Eighth Route Army below also knew that they were exposed. Seeing the devil fighter plane coming back again, they quickly dispersed and hid in the mountains.
Encountering such a rare opportunity, Akiyama Haruta was naturally unwilling to give up.
On weekdays, the Eighth Route Army was as slippery as loaches, and it was rare to have such a dense gathering.
He was sure that even if he threw two bombs at random, as long as they were not too far off, he could definitely kill a lot of enemies. At that time, he would use his ancestral skills to lick the ground, and the record he achieved at one time might be more than last month.
Thinking of this, the devil raised a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth and said to his superior: "Mr. Asakawa, let's take turns to cover and send these bandits who destroyed the property of our brother country to hell."
A few seconds later, the calm voice of Asakawa Masatsugu came from the communicator. Akiyama Haruta never expected that his proposal would be ruthlessly rejected.
"Don't think too much, leave quickly, don't waste time here, I won't allow you to do such a thing."
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"Got it."
If this happened before, Asakawa Masatsugu would also be happy to participate in such things, but now they have more important tasks.
The most important point is that his flying squadron is composed entirely of fighters. In addition to a thousand rounds of 7.7mm machine gun bullets, there are only four 25kg bombs.
With this little 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 carry auxiliary fuel tanks.
If all the stock ammunition is used up, then you can only return to the base in disgrace. After being known by Shinozuka Yoshio, there will definitely be abuse and a big fight.
Originally, the First Army had a certain number of light and heavy bombs, but after the Battle of Zaoyi, Yichang fell, and a large number of bombers were withdrawn to perform the task of bombing the capital of preserved fruits.
After figuring out the whole story, Akiyama Haruta left here unwillingly. The two quickly returned to the team and arrived near Lion Head Mountain in just half an hour.
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In the temporary command post of the 385th Brigade, Li Yunlong was scratching the back of his head a little embarrassedly. Several people present were talking one after another, praising him to the point of feeling a little ecstatic.
Although everyone didn't know that Katayama Shotaro had been killed by Zhuzi, they had reached a consensus that the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade could not attack again in a short time.
After the chat, Brigade Commander Chen looked at the three regiment commanders in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he expressed his thoughts.
"Next, I plan to attack Yangquan County. I have already asked the headquarters for instructions. I guess the headquarters will reply in a while."
"Attack Yangquan?"
The one who exclaimed was the 769th Regiment's Commander Zheng. He raised his arms and almost wrote the four words "eager to try" on his face.
In this battle, their regiment was very frustrated. The Japanese mountain artillery battalion was as disgusting as a dog bomb.
And Li Yunlong and the commander of the 14th Regiment were also eager to try. As a regimental commander, how could he not be interested in attacking the county.
Seeing the three regiment commanders with high fighting spirit, Brigade Commander Chen and Political Commissar Xie nodded with satisfaction, and then spread out the battle map on the wooden box.
"We'll discuss who will lead the attack later. You guys should listen to my battle plan first."
But at this moment, a heart-wrenching cry suddenly came from the distant position!
"Japanese planes! Hide!"
After hearing the warning, everyone in the command room immediately ran out of the cave. In the distant sky, 23 single-wing fighters were approaching rapidly.
These enemy planes flew over Lion's Head Mountain and then casually dropped the bombs they were carrying.
The silver lining of misfortune is that the Army Aviation is accustomed to using horizontal bombing. This bombing method requires precise sights and fast plans. If it is operated by a Type 97 fighter, the effect can only be said to be very general.
As we all know, the relationship between the Navy's idiots and the Army's dung is particularly bad. If there is no middleman to mediate, it will definitely be a level that can break out a civil war.
In order to pursue the hit rate of bombing and maximize the survival rate of pilots in the attack, the IJN's air force has long begun to use dive bombing tactics on a large scale.
After all, the enemies that IJN has to face are much more powerful than the Army Air Force. From time to time, they have to attack those fleets that are no different from hedgehogs. If they don't practice this trick well, they will die in vain.
But because the Navy used it first, the Army Air Force's senior management believes that they should avoid using similar tactics.
After all, pilots can die, and the worst case scenario is to retrain them. But if they are laughed at by the Navy, it will become a lifelong humiliation.
As a result, the efficiency of the Navy Air Force was much higher than that of the Army Air Force in the Songhu battlefield that year.
But the Army Air Force also has its own reasons. Who is your imaginary enemy? It is the British, the ugly country, and the Gallic chicken. Who of these three fathers can't use the anti-aircraft artillery group to be fully alert.
Your IJN air force has to find hard bones to chew, but our Army Air Force is picking soft persimmons.
What anti-aircraft power does Guojian have? In addition to the beginning of the fight, there are still some Oerlikons and Bofors. The number is small to begin with, and now the ammunition has been used up, so there is no need to worry at all.
Our Army Air Force bombers can completely descend to a height of several hundred meters to carry out low-altitude bombing on the Guoju army. After the job is done, they will swagger back to the airport slowly to reload the bombs and fly to the battlefield again.
Even fighter planes are invincible, what fighter planes does Guoju have? Except for the Russian Volunteer Air Force, there is no need to worry at all. For these Army Air Forces that are still living a comfortable life, dogs don’t even 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 Japanese Army Air Force in ground attack tactics, making these days of flying in the sky become a self-righteous noble army.
Although the horizontal bombing effect was not good, after 92 bombs were thrown on Lion Head Mountain, there was a sense of thunder and rain. But the Japanese pilots were not disappointed, but turned the nose and circled back again.
For fighter pilots like Asakawa Masayuki, they are not professionals in playing with bombs, as long as they don’t hurt their own people on the battlefield, it is considered a success.
Aircraft machine guns are their specialty. Hunting enemy infantry with 7.7mm machine guns is one of their few pleasures.
The soldiers of the 385th Brigade and the New 2nd Regiment will not sit and wait for death.
Unlike the previous air raids at night, after all, at that time, with the speed of the Japanese fighter planes, the soldiers often died before they saw the target.
But now it is broad daylight, and everyone can see the Japanese planes clearly. And some comrades who have walked through the snow-capped mountains and crossed the grasslands have mastered at least three methods of calculation.
In theory, it is possible for rifles and machine guns to fight against aircraft. There are two main reasons.
First, at this time, the iron sheet of many aircraft fuselages is not thick, and light weapons have a chance to penetrate.
What's more, the Japanese Type 97 fighter is a product of strict implementation of the light aircraft design concept. Although the fuselage is very light, it also leads to particularly poor defense.
There is a serious lack of bulletproof steel plates and self-sealing fuel tanks to protect pilots.
Second, the Japanese Army Aviation is very arrogant and often chooses to fly at low altitudes without the threat of professional air defense weapons.
They do this to observe the target more carefully in order to improve the accuracy of bombing or shooting.
The above two situations give infantry a chance to shoot down the plane, but this still depends on luck and the enemy must be stupid enough.
But for the Eighth Route Army on Lion Head Mountain, our position has been exposed anyway, so we can't just not fight back or scold.
And even if the soldiers' bullets are wasted, it can more or less play the role of interference and expulsion, and we can't let the enemy fly so arrogantly at low altitude.
After all, the enemy is shitting on your head, and you still order us 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 Second Regiment under air raid is relatively worse than that of the two brother troops.
Many recruits saw the devil's planes for the first time. If it weren't for the help of veterans, there would probably be some unnecessary casualties.
On the way back to the position, Li Yunlong casually dragged away a recruit who was a little overwhelmed, and he dragged him to a heavy machine gun position.
"New soldier, remember this. You can never just passively take a beating on the battlefield. You must use all the weapons at hand to fight back. Even if the enemy is really strong, you must break his front teeth!"
"Even if you only have a box of ass in your hand! You must attack with me!"
"Every day I say that the bravest will win when they meet on a narrow road. Today I will show you what this sentence really means! Prepare to change the bullet for me!"
Captain Li pre-adjusted the shooting angle of this Type 92 heavy machine gun to the range of 40 to 60 degrees, and then began to aim using the method learned during the Red Army period.
There are many factors to consider when using a heavy machine gun to fight against an aircraft. First, you have to have a certain understanding of the speed of the bullet. After all, it takes some time from firing to hitting.
Second, you need to be familiar with the performance of the aircraft, and at least you have to know the speed of the opponent. Because during the time when the bullet is flying, the aircraft is also moving.
The calculation of the lead time is a very troublesome process.
Captain Li formed a triangle based on the starting position of the aircraft, the starting position of the muzzle and the hit point, and obtained an approximate lead time.
As the Japanese Type 97 fighter plane flew towards the New Second Regiment again, he calmly pulled the trigger of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
The new recruit next to him was holding several bullet plates, and he was so nervous that he didn't even realize that his hand was cut.
There were only 500 meters between the heavy machine gun position and the enemy plane. At this distance, the bullets of the heavy machine gun could completely blow up the thin-skinned and large-filled fighter plane.
Seeing the distance between the two sides getting closer and closer, Li Yunlong couldn't suppress his emotions and shouted:
"Come on! Let's see who can survive to the end! If I take a step back today, I will never be your father again!"