Chapter 306 Horizontal Bombing

Similarly, for safety reasons, pilots will try to clear bombs before landing.

After all, there is basically no danger when a fighter plane takes off with bombs, but once there is an operational error or an unexpected situation during landing, there is a high probability that the plane will be destroyed and people will die.

Moreover, the current destination is the Great Plains, and the conditions for landing provided by the Marine Corps are very limited. Avoiding danger as much as possible is a basic quality of an ace pilot.

After hearing the words of his captain, Fang Ziyi smiled brightly.

"Got it!"

"I knew that Captain Wang was still caring and would definitely not let me go in vain."

"Don't worry, if we can meet the devils, I will definitely let them taste what a 20-kilogram melon is."

After speaking, the entire formation began to turn around and return under the leadership of the pilot.

Facts have proved that as long as you have enough intelligence and can grasp the enemy's departure and destination, you can accurately find the devil's armored forces even in the vast plains.

It only took fifteen minutes for the escort fighters to lock on the cavalry group chasing the Eighth War Zone.

After seeing the enemy, Captain Wang Hai picked up the communicator beside him and ordered:

"The Japanese troops are mainly cavalry and tanks, and it is impossible for them to have large-scale anti-aircraft weapons. All fighter groups will lower their altitude to 1,500 meters."

"Don't act rashly, wait for the order from the pilot plane before launching the attack. It doesn't matter if the bombing is not accurate. This is our first time to try horizontal bombing in actual combat. Everything is based on accumulating experience."

"Action begins!"

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Time goes back to five minutes ago, the pursuit troops of the Mongolian Army.

"Report to the commander of the brigade, the search team found traces left by the 35th Army three kilometers ahead, and the distance between us and the enemy is gradually closing."

"In addition, the preserved fruit troops in the Ningxia direction do not seem to have the idea of ​​actively sending troops to respond, and the intelligence department has not detected any contact between the two."

"Your Excellency the Colonel! 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 nearby soldiers were instantly like a few tubes of chicken blood, and everyone wanted to rush up and kill the remnants of the Seventh Route and a Half Army right now.

Even the commander of the regiment, Zentaro Kawasaki, who was known for his calmness in the past, could hardly control his emotions.

It is worth mentioning that the old devil's appearance is very conspicuous in the crowd, and he actually has two different sabers on his waist.

"Blood debt must be paid with blood! Today I must kill the commander of the 35th Army with my own hands!"

"Notify the 71st Tank Regiment! Let their group of armored troops speed up! The tanks that burn oil are not as fast as the war horses that eat food. They are really a group of fraternal parasites who waste resources!"

"We must catch up with the enemy before the sun sets today. We must not let them get into the desert in the southwest. I don't want to be forced to give up this pursuit."

"Hi!"

The reason why the devils are so excited is very simple, because the cavalry group of the Mongolian Army has a grudge with the 35th Army, and it is an eternal feud.

As early as 1933, the 1st and 4th Cavalry Brigades of the Kwantung Army, which had not yet been incorporated into the Mongolian Army, fought with the 59th Army in the Rehe area.

After the war, the Japanese knew that the 59th Army was actually a division of the 35th Army, and the two sides had a grudge since then.

After being assigned to the Mongolian Army, the 4th Cavalry Brigade was transferred to Jiangcheng to participate in the war, so that a division-level unit actually had only a few thousand soldiers.

With more than 5,000 cavalry alone, it was impossible to defend the huge Suiyuan.

At that time, the small cavalry of the Eighth War Zone came and went freely, and often harassed the Japanese strongholds built along the railway. Because the entire defense zone was leaking everywhere, the cavalry group once became a laughing stock within the North China Front Army.

In December 1939, in order to prevent the Japanese army in North China from supporting the south, the Eighth War Zone did not hesitate to participate in the winter offensive of the joint operations of multiple war zones.

Among them, the 101st Division secretly sneaked along the northern foot of the Ula Mountains and set up an ambush circle at the mountain pass in the north of Baotou to attack the reinforcements.

In that battle, the 14th Cavalry Regiment was ordered to support the headquarters of the Cavalry Group. His predecessor, Kobayashi Kazuo, was shot to pieces by heavy machine guns of troops ambushed by the Eighth War Zone on the road.

The Japanese commander who was posthumously awarded the title of major general was a good friend of Kawasaki Zentaro.

With new and old hatreds and personal grudges added together, the old devils naturally wanted to destroy the remnants of the 35th Army with their own hands.

In this operation, in addition to the 14th Cavalry Regiment, there was also the 71st Tank Regiment transferred from the Kwantung Army to the Cavalry Group.

There was no battalion in the organization of the regiment, and it was directly composed of four squadrons and logistics support units. Including the tanks of the headquarters, a total of 31 Type 97 medium tanks and 21 Type 95 light tanks were equipped.

Such a large-scale force shows the determination of the Mongolian Army to eradicate the roots.

As the orders were passed to the ears of several battalion commanders, the speed of the entire cavalry regiment increased a bit. As if thinking of something important, Kawasaki Zentaro called the signalman and said:

"Immediately draft a telegram about the current situation and send it to Lieutenant General Nishihara, and by the way, ask when the support from the Army Aviation will be in place."

"If we can have the guidance of a reconnaissance aircraft, our pursuit speed will definitely be improved, and we may not even need those useless tanks."

Just when the old devil finished speaking, a humming sound of a piston engine suddenly sounded in the distant sky.

As a veteran who had been in the army for ten years, Kawasaki Zentaro naturally knew that a plane was approaching. He smiled at the first time, and no one expected that his own reconnaissance plane would come so quickly.

Judging from the sound, it seems that there are quite a few coming.

"Signalman, change the content of the telegram."

"Just report the situation, don't ask about the Army Aviation."

"Hi!"

Suddenly, Kawasaki Zentaro found that something seemed wrong.

The fleet in the distance was lowering its altitude for some reason, and from the appearance of the opponent, it seemed to be a twin-engine Type 97 heavy bomber.

"Why is it a bomber? Is Lieutenant General Nishihara dissatisfied with our speed?"

Although Kawasaki Zentaro was a little confused in his heart, he did not think that the one coming 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 Japanese pulled the reins to stop the horse, and then took the telescope handed by the adjutant and looked up at the sky.

Through the telescope, he saw 24 fighter planes flying in the sky, and the altitude and distance were getting closer and closer.

"Hey, where are the identification marks? Where did the big sun go?"

"Something is wrong. This plane doesn't look like a Type 97 heavy bomber. The wings seem to be shorter."

"Wait! Why is the ammunition bay open? Damn! The plane is coming towards us! Enemy attack! Disperse!"

I'll post a short one first, and I'll post another chapter when I wake up.