Chapter 1503 The Hot Guy Is Here Again!

In the first hour of the artillery battle, both China and Japan were counting on a living pilot, so both the caliber and the size of the shells were strictly controlled.

The Chinese side used a total of 9 60mm mortars and 4 82mm mortars, all of which were about 280 meters away from the damaged forced landing aircraft. The main purpose was to prevent the Japanese army from increasing the number of infantry in the future.

The Japanese side used 10 70mm infantry guns and 90mm mortars to block the Chinese reinforcements.

At least during this period of time, for the infantrymen of both sides who entered the battlefield to compete for Chinese pilots, all the ways to survive were still in their own hands.

7 Chinese infantrymen against 36 Japanese infantrymen, in terms of the total number of troops, the Japanese army had an absolute advantage.

But these 7 Chinese infantrymen were all carefully selected elites from the battlefield in North China, and the lowest rank was the army corporal, which meant that they had either served in the army for more than 3 years or had made military achievements on the battlefield.

More than 50% of the soldiers in the 116th Division were recruited from China, and the training of recruits was reduced from 10 months to 3 months. Many of them were participating in such a bloody battlefield for the first time. In the eyes of the seven Chinese soldiers, they were all rookies in terms of psychological quality and technical and tactical level.

Of course, at that time, the infantry of both China and Japan collectively ignored the plane parked in the middle of the field and the Chinese pilot who dared to break into the artillery array alone.

How could a passionate young man who had enough courage to save his comrades in the face of heavy artillery fire and a Chinese soldier who was smart enough to escape the pursuit of nearly 20 anti-aircraft guns just sit there and wait to die and become the prey of the opponent?

While the infantry of both sides were fighting fiercely in the farmland around them, no one noticed that the engine of the fighter plane that was almost about to fall apart was started again and began to move forward.

"Fuck, is this guy crazy? Hurry up and inform him that we are here to save him. Can this broken thing still fly now?" The young army corporal who was lying on the ridge of the field and shooting at more than 300 meters away was stunned.

'The Chinese are going to escape? ' This was the same thought of the Japanese army second lieutenant who led the team on the other side.

However, at that time, none of the Chinese and Japanese soldiers thought that the fighter plane could still fly. Not only was it basically covered by artillery fire from both sides hundreds of meters away, but it was also impossible for the plane to accelerate due to the gullies and bumps in the farmland. Look at the miserable appearance of the fighter plane. The entire tail was originally shattered by the shells in half. The huge destructive force brought by the plane's constant "bouncing" in the field during the forced landing completely broke the other half, and the wing was broken after colliding with the ground.

If the intact fighter plane is a prince and princess, then this fighter plane is not even as good as a beggar and a tramp. If a fighter plane like this can still fly, it will completely subvert the awe of these infantrymen for the sky.

Maybe if they were given a pair of wings, they could run faster and take off!

They were right. This fighter plane could not fly, but Lin Heng did not want to take off at all. His purpose was just to make his seat move.

However, it was not the kind of "moving and hitting" movement of Guo Tianwang. The violent turbulence of the plane jumping more than 3 meters on the ground during the forced landing almost cost him his life.

The joystick hit his chin hard, breaking his chin and knocking out two teeth. Now his mouth is full of blood, and he is no longer handsome.

But the intense pain stimulated Lin Heng's mind to be extremely clear. He had seen through the porthole that the soldiers of both sides were shooting fiercely at each other in the fields on both sides. He understood that his infantry wanted to save him, and the reason why the Japanese did not shoot at the plane was to capture him.

The sober Lin Heng even observed the inequality of the forces between China and Japan. Although the firepower on the Chinese side was not weak, there were less than 10 people in total, while the Japanese side was a group, with at least dozens of people.

After a brief thought, Lin Heng decided to save himself.

The slogan of "China has no captured air force" has become the motto of the entire Chinese Air Force since the pilot named Yan Changhai parachuted to the ground in the Battle of Songhu, killed several Japanese invaders with his gun in the face of the surrounding Japanese army and kept the last bullet for himself!

There are 7 bullets in Lin Heng's gun, but the mechanical card table of his plane still shows the number 487, which means that there are 487 bullets in his plane's single compartment.

Death is not that scary! Lin Heng glanced at the photo stained with his own blood. His parents' smiles were still kind and gentle, and his eldest sister's smile was gorgeous and gentle. He resolutely started the fighter engine again.

The fighter plane does not need to move at high speed. It is enough to turn the nose of the plane and aim the heavy machine gun under the wing at the direction of the Japanese army.

So, in the surprised eyes of the Chinese and Japanese infantry, the Chinese fighter plane, which was already tattered but still tenacious and numbered 4305, slowly turned its nose, and then a brilliant fire suddenly burst out from under the wing.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Six crazy bullet streams started the strafing mode.

That was a 12.7mm heavy machine gun. The huge kinetic energy and thick bullet head could penetrate a tree as thick as an adult's waist, and even two layers of sandbag fortifications could be blown up. How could the natural ridges of the fields be blocked?

It would be fine if they were not swept down. If someone was unfortunate enough to be on the trajectory formed by these six metal torrents, they would basically be in a bloody state.

The Japanese Army second lieutenant who was still clamoring for his subordinates to move forward quickly and not let the Chinese pilot escape was unfortunately swept by one of the trajectories.

Even though he was lying under a ridge, the crazy bullet stream resolutely penetrated the soil and hit him, and half of his body was shattered.

"This air force brother is really great. Shanzi is responsible for holding the line, Huzi is the cover, and the rest of you, follow me!" Tan Tai Mingjing waved his hand and led four soldiers to bend over and move towards the fighter plane at high speed.

In fact, at the moment when the fighter plane slowly turned around, Tan Tai Mingjing had already realized what the Chinese air force pilot wanted to do, so when the onboard machine gun fired wildly, he immediately led four elite soldiers to move towards the plane at high speed.

He couldn't waste the gap in the Japanese firepower created for him by the air force pilot.

As a veteran who has been on the battlefield for almost 4 years, Tan Tai Mingjing knew too well that once the victory or defeat was decided on the battlefield between the artillery fire of both sides, no matter which side it was, it would cover the area that seemed to be not covered by artillery fire with artillery fire.

The Chinese would never see their pilots being captured by the enemy, and the Japanese would never see the Chinese rescue people right under their noses. It was related to the morale of both sides.

In front of morale that can determine victory or defeat, everyone can only be a string of numbers, even battalion commanders, regiment commanders, or even brigade commanders and division commanders.

Tan Tai Ming Jing undoubtedly understood the war. Tang Dao on Yan Hui Peak received a report from Tu Yunsheng. He knew that it was his brother-in-law Tan Tai Ming Jing who went deep into the battlefield to rescue people. He twitched his eyes slightly but still gave a cold order: "Order the Sihang Regiment Mountain Artillery Battalion and the 10th Army Artillery Battalion to adjust the artillery coordinates to 400 meters ahead of Zhangjiashan 221 Heights. If the infantry fails to rescue the pilot, notify our infantry in front to immediately evacuate the battlefield. Two minutes after the notification is issued, immediately implement artillery coverage of the coordinate area and extend it by 1,000 meters. Without the order of the combat department, the artillery is not allowed to stop. Since you want to fight, then beat the Japanese hard for me."

"Tell Tan Tai Ming Jing to rescue the people for me quickly, at any cost!" Tu Yunsheng was so anxious that his voice changed for the first time.

He had been dealing with the Japanese army for so many years, and he knew very well how the Japanese army would react after being bombarded. There would definitely be a massive retaliatory fire. That was a distance of 400 meters. Even if he ran at full speed in 2 minutes, he might not be able to run back to the position. How could his 7 soldiers avoid the overwhelming shells?

Fortunately, Tan Tai Mingjing's decisiveness saved Lin Heng and himself.

The sniper who stayed behind accurately killed several Japanese soldiers who were ready to move. The MG42 also completely suppressed the two light machine guns of the Japanese army. The 4 Chinese soldiers approached the fighter plane in less than 1 and a half minutes.

'Er Niu', who had been following Lin Heng, jumped high onto the wing and shouted desperately to wake up Lin Heng, who had pressed the machine gun button and fell into a short coma.

After knowing that Lin Heng's canopy was damaged and could not be opened, Tan Tai Ming Jing almost roughly made Lin Heng curl up in the cockpit, and directly fired at the upper edge of the canopy with an assault rifle, directly breaking the canopy and rescuing Lin Heng, whose face was covered with blood, from the plane.

The whole process took no more than 30 seconds!

The remaining Japanese infantry could only watch several Chinese soldiers covering the Chinese pilot and running backwards.

The walkie-talkie equipped by the infantry squad of the Four-line Regiment finally showed a huge effect at this moment.

"Request artillery support, 250 meters ahead of the established coordinates, we are covering the pilot to leave." Tan Tai Ming Jing shouted wildly in the walkie-talkie.

Tan Tai Ming Jing knew that relying on machine guns and snipers alone could not block all the bullets of the Japanese infantry behind him, and he had to evacuate the battlefield with everyone as soon as possible, even if he could return to the "killing trench" built specifically for the Japanese army as quickly as possible.

The coming overwhelming artillery fire would not give him more time.

"According to Tan Tai Ming Jing's request, bombard immediately!" Tu Yunsheng also made a prompt decision.

Although the bombardment scale required by Tan Tai Ming Jing was less than 100 meters away from them, it was very easy to cause accidental bombing, but compared with the Japanese's possible covering bombardment at any time, it was really nothing.

Facts have proved that the judgments of the two Chinese grassroots commanders were extremely correct. When Tan Tai Ming Jing and his party retreated to the deep trench, the Japanese side, who had already known that the Chinese had rescued the pilots, went crazy and bombarded the area with overwhelming artillery fire, including 221 Heights, which became the target of artillery retaliation.

According to post-war statistics, the Japanese army invested at least 80 artillery pieces in the bombardment.

But the Chinese side did not show weakness, and also invested more than 60 artillery pieces of various types to carry out saturation bombardment on the Japanese positions.

A battle for pilots turned into a large-scale artillery battle, which lasted until about 3 pm!

But the protagonist changed at 3 pm, and a group of 24 fighters and 12 bombers flew in the sky.

That was the retaliatory bombing of the Chinese Air Force against the Japanese air defense forces. This is why the news of Lin Heng's rescue reached Liuzhou Airport. Otherwise, the group of aircraft dispatched this time might not be 36 but more than 100 Chinese fighters deployed at several major airports in Liuzhou and Guilin.

Today's Chinese Air Force has the ability to fight against the Japanese Army Aviation alone, and naturally has the ability to retaliate against the Japanese air defense forces.

The 36 fighters first dropped bombs at an altitude of 3,000 meters on the area where the Japanese army was located. More than 50 tons of bombs were carpet-bombed over an area of ​​more than 5 square kilometers. The four 75mm anti-aircraft guns that could counterattack the 3,000-meter airspace were so weak and helpless in front of the huge group of aircraft.

They could only let tons of heavy bombs fall from the sky, turning the hillsides and valleys on the ground into a sea of ​​fire. The huge explosions were even heard clearly by the infantry of the 3rd Division on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River.

Looking at the dozens of small black dots in the distant sky, the once arrogant Japanese permanent division infantrymen all had stern faces and disbelief in their eyes.

The shadow of the setback of crossing the Xiangjiang River a few days ago still remained. This time, they saw that the Chinese organized such a large fleet to bomb the ground and caused such a big commotion. It has only been a few years, and the Chinese have such a powerful air force. If they continue to drag it on, will the Empire still have a chance to win the final victory as advertised?

Don't ask these Japanese infantrymen how they know that such a large fleet belongs to the Chinese and not the Empire. That's because the ground battle has been going on for a week, and the Empire has never had such a large fleet on the battlefield. More than 20 aircraft are already the limit.

The dozen fighters with bright red suns painted on their bodies rushing from the east and swooping down on the huge fleet for air combat have indirectly pointed out their guesses.

More than 40 fighter planes were entangled and chasing in the air, from the south of the city to the west, and even to the airspace dozens of kilometers away from Hengyang City.

But the Chinese side may not be satisfied with the 36 aircraft groups bombing the ground, or perhaps they knew that the Japanese fighter planes would come to harass, and half an hour later, 12 fighter planes flew over.

The "Thunder" fighter squadron also came to help. The two sides fought for half an hour, and the 16 Japanese planes were already exhausted. Faced with this latest American fighter plane that completely crushed the Zero fighter, the Japanese planes turned around and ran away without hesitation.

But for the "Thunder" that had already entered the battlefield at high speed and had a speed of 680 kilometers per hour, the Japanese planes that had been consumed by their comrades were the dishes on the plate. How could they be allowed to escape easily?

The name of "Tiansha Lone Star" of Major Sasaki once again spread to the Fifth Air Corps.

Starting from 1943, as the Japanese Navy gradually lost the initiative in the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese Navy transferred the main force of the 3rd Fleet in China to the Pacific battlefield. The Japanese Army Aviation could only shoulder the heavy responsibility of maintaining air superiority in the Chinese battlefield alone. The China Expeditionary Army Command made an integration at the end of the year, transferring more than half of the aviation corps in North China to the battlefields of Central and South China, and Major Sasaki also led his troops to the Fifth Air Corps.

Only his subordinates knew the name of Major Sasaki's "Tiansha Guxing". When it came to the Fifth Air Corps, most people just laughed it off. How powerful is the Imperial Army Aviation? How could those Chinese resist it?

But this time, Major Sasaki used facts to verify the power of "Tiansha Guxing" to them. Of the 16 fighter planes of the Fifth Air Corps, only Major Sasaki could return to Jiangxia Airport.

If anyone says that Major Sasaki escaped without a hard fight, the Zero fighter with at least fifty bullet holes and even the landing gear broken will slap him in the face.

No one else could have driven this fighter that was shot into a sieve by the 12.7mm machine gun back to the sky over Jiangxia, let alone successfully landing in the paddy field without landing gear.

But Major Sasaki, with a bitter face, did this almost impossible miracle, which was a little comfort to the Fifth Air Corps whose morale was severely hit.

"You are a hero of the empire!" The commander of the Fifth Air Corps, who was a major general of the army, hugged Major Sasaki, who got out of the fighter without any damage, in a way that was extremely inconsistent with the characteristics of the Japanese nation.

Is this what it feels like to be understood? Major Sasaki burst into tears at that moment!

Long before the battle, he had already warned his subordinates that they only needed to drive the Chinese fighters out of the airspace over Hengyang and not let them bomb the imperial infantry recklessly. Even if their mission was completed, they would have to return in half an hour at most, otherwise the follow-up aircraft groups of the Chinese and Americans would arrive.

But his subordinates got excited as soon as they entered the battlefield, desperately chasing the Chinese fighters and even moving the battlefield dozens of kilometers away. At that time, he felt something was wrong.

How could the Chinese Air Force, which had more fighters than the Empire, be so weak? This was not their style.

In the end, it was as expected! 12 of the latest Thunder fighters arrived at the battlefield at the half-hour time he estimated. How could the Empire aircraft group, which had consumed most of its fuel and ammunition, have any chance of fighting back?

The Chinese fighter planes even chased to the sky above the Miluo River, and shot down two Zero fighters that had left the battlefield early and fled frantically before returning in a swagger. If it weren't for the 12 Imperial fighter planes coming to the rescue, I'm afraid that Major Sasaki's body would have been cold in the Miluo River at this time.

The poor Japanese Army Aviation Major has tried very hard, but in the face of absolute strength, he can only return alone.

In this battle, 15 Japanese Army Aviation fighter planes were shot down, the ground air defense brigade was bombed to the ground, 14 20mm anti-aircraft guns were damaged, and more than 300 anti-aircraft artillery soldiers were blown to pieces. In addition, more than 600 infantrymen were implicated and became cannon fodder in the crazy Chinese artillery fire!

The Chinese side lost a total of 8 fighter planes, including one killed and three injured in an ambush. Three were shot down, one was destroyed by artillery fire after forced landing, two pilots successfully parachuted over Hengyang City, one was rescued by the independent company of the Fourth Regiment on Zhangjiashan Heights, and the infantry lost nearly 100 people.

Judging from the losses of both sides, the Japanese army lost so much that they had nothing to wear.

"Death Star Battalion" is the honorific name given to the newly transferred air defense battalion by the infantrymen of the 116th Division, which was the most severely damaged after being bombarded by artillery and carpet-bombed by the Chinese Air Force!

The Japanese Army Lieutenant Colonel, who was severely burned and almost roasted, was lying naked in the field hospital. He was still breathing when he heard this honorific. He was holding his breath in his chest and died on the spot.

From a certain perspective, this person could have been a heart-to-heart with Major Sasaki, but it was a pity that Major Sasaki's "Death Star" attribute was too strong, and he was not allowed to have friends at all.

Friends must die! That's how tough!

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