Take Taobao to fight against Japan

Chapter 838 Expansion of Air Scale

"Baga, why is the Chinese Huben Army's air force so powerful?"

Haruki Isayama also had a sad face and was full of worry in his heart. He was really afraid that the Japanese Air Force would "pretend to be coercive but would be fooled."

Because in that case, it means that the Japanese Air Force will not be able to control the air supremacy in Myanmar, and the 15th Army will be greatly threatened by the Huaxia Air Force.

"Please rest assured, Commander, there is an entire imperial air force flying division with more than 700 combat aircraft in Thailand, and more imperial air forces will come to fight soon!"

Taro Hanagu, who was standing aside, gave some words of comfort first, then gritted his teeth and said, "As long as the reinforcements from the Imperial Air Force arrive, we will definitely be able to change the situation immediately and shoot down all these hateful Chinese Air Forces."

Taro Hanaya is not just trying to make his face swollen to make him fat, but he knows that with the full support of the Japanese Emperor, the Japanese Air Force has developed extremely rapidly in the past year. The number of combat aircraft of the Air Force has reached more than 3000, and domestic research is still ongoing. A more advanced fighter.

"Yo Xi!"

Shojiro Iida nodded. Naturally, he hoped that the Imperial Air Force would win a complete victory. Not to mention the complete annihilation of the Huaxia Air Force, but at least it must be ensured that the air supremacy would not fall into the hands of the Huaxia Army, otherwise the 15th Army would suffer.

However, the long-distance water cannot quench the near-thirst. The pilots of the Huaxia Huben Army have experienced many battles, and they are like tigers descending from the mountain. They have shown extremely powerful attack power and sense of oppression from the very beginning when they entered the battlefield.

After five or six minutes of fierce fighting, the Devil fighter group was completely disrupted and cut into more than a dozen small battlefields. There were life and death battles everywhere in the sky, underground and sea.

One after another, the Devil fighter jets were hit and smoked, and then one after another fell to the ground and exploded into balls of fire.

However, what is different from before is that most of the Devil pilots chose to parachute to escape, instead of just jumping headlong into the plane and playing self-destruct once the plane was damaged and unable to return, as before.

"Wow, I didn't expect the Huben Army's air force to be so powerful!"

"Yeah, it can actually suppress the Japanese Air Force!"

"Today is really an eye-opener!"

"Brothers in the Air Force, fight well! These devil planes have finally tasted the pain!"

"That's right. Compared with the Japanese devils, the air force is the weakest among us. Every time we are blown up by the devils' planes, we suffer heavy casualties!"

"Now it's all right, with the Huben Army Air Force guarding the blue sky, we can have a hearty battle with the Devil Army!"

"Well, as long as we can restrain the devil's air force, we won't be bombed above our heads. The little devil's army is just a group of tigers with their teeth pulled out!"

"That's hard to say. The one on the other side of the river is the Devil's Guards Division. It is said that the Emperor's Imperial Army is the trump card of the trump card. Not only is there more than 5 soldiers, but the weapons and equipment are also very powerful!"

"What are you afraid of with the trump card! Isn't our 5th Army also the national army's trump card? What we want to fight is these Japanese army's trump card troops!"

"..."

Just when Iida Shojiro and other devils were frowning, the Chinese officers and soldiers were full of enthusiasm and excited.

Especially the national army officers and soldiers stationed on the Salween River defense line. Many of them saw such a large-scale air battle for the first time, and it was the first time they saw the arrogant Japanese air force being shot down continuously!

Seeing such a spectacular and exhilarating air battle scene, the officers and soldiers couldn't help getting out of the bunker, raised their heads and stared at the sky, for fear of missing every wonderful moment.

What's more, he took off his military cap and climbed out of the trench, and waved his hat to the Huben Air Force who was fighting fiercely with the Devils Air Force in the blue sky!

"Haha, this appetizer is really good, it's so exciting!"

"Brothers in the Air Force did a great job, blasting all the devil planes down, so that these dogs don't know to keep shitting on our heads!"

"The Devil Bomber runs pretty fast!"

"Damn, when will the devil army start attacking?"

Hearing that their own air force was coming to join the battle, Xie Jinyuan and others ran out of the fort excitedly and hurried to the observation post.

At this time, the fighter planes of the enemy and the enemy had already fought together, and the air combat range had expanded to a radius of [-] kilometers, so they could only see dozens of fighter jets fighting fiercely over the fortress!

Xie Jinyuan and others hid in the outpost and watched for a while, then the radar station of the fortress began to sound the air defense alarm again, indicating that the second wave of devils' combat aircraft was coming.

Soon, Li Tao, Wei Lei and others who were fighting fiercely with the Devils Air Force also received information.

However, both the enemy and the enemy are red-eyed, and the melee is indistinguishable. It is not easy for either side to withdraw from the battle.

Since this place is closer to the Japan-Thailand Air Force Airport, everyone adopted the strategy of fighting and retreating and luring the enemy to go deep, trying to send the Devils Air Force towards Yangon.

About ten minutes later, the second wave of the enemy and the enemy entered the battlefield one after another, and a larger-scale air battle began.

However, the air combat area at this time has expanded dozens of times. It turns out that the main battlefield above Mawlamyine is almost invisible to the enemy fighter group in the fierce battle.

"Now it's our Imperial Japanese Army's turn to play!"

Seeing the life-and-death battle between the Japanese Air Force and the Chinese Air Force, and the air combat battlefield was far away from Mawlamyine, Shojiro Iida did not wait any longer, and immediately said to the communications staff:

"Pass me an order to order the heavy artillery units to bombard the city of Moulmein and the mountain fortress. After 20 minutes, the troops will launch the attack as planned!"

"Hay!"

The communication staff officer immediately took the order and left.

"Target, one and a half degrees south-southwest, range 42 kilometers, angle of fire [-] degrees, wind direction..."

After receiving the shelling order, the 4th Wing of the Devils Field Heavy Artillery began to load shells and fired at the shelling target that had been set long ago.

Boom boom boom, a moment later, when a heavy cannon was fired, it roared to the ground and blossomed, once again blowing up the inside and outside of Mawlamyine City into billowing smoke and rubble flying everywhere!

"The little devil's artillery has started shelling, quickly measure and shoot Zhu Yuan, and blast these devil's artillery for me!"

Xie Jinyuan picked up the binoculars and looked, only to see clouds of gunpowder smoke rising from a piece of woodland far away, but he couldn't see the exact location of the Devil's artillery position.

Shangguan Zhibiao frowned and said: "It's a small high ground, and most of the little devil's artillery positions are set up on the reverse slope. Otherwise, there will be no fire! I'm afraid it's a bit difficult!"

The basic method of measuring the distance of artillery positions during World War II is to press the timer when you see the fire of the enemy's artillery, press the timer when you hear the explosion, and then multiply the time by the speed of sound!

At this time, the flames from the Devil's artillery position could not be seen. It was really not an easy task to locate its exact location.

Chapter 839 No Contrast, No Harm

"Yeah, these little devils are getting better and better! But it doesn't matter, our defensive position is very strong, and the artillery holes are enough to withstand heavy artillery attacks. Even if the devil's heavy artillery hits directly, the lethality is quite limited!"

Tang Zhensi didn't panic, and then pointed to the devil guards who were about to cross the river in the distance and said: "Our real goal is in that direction!"

In front of Mawlamyine, in addition to the deep and wide Salween River, there are also the meandering Jiing River and the Atlan River.

The Jiying River is comparable to the Salween River. The river is 600 meters wide and 100 meters wide. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a natural danger that is conducive to defense.

It's just an east-west direction, and both sides of the strait are plains. The Japanese army completely outflanked and could not form a closed-loop defense line.

Therefore, Yang Fan only built fortifications on the section of the Jiying River outside the city of Mawlamyine.

Compared with the Salween River, the Atlan River and the Jane River are much narrower, but they still have considerable defensive value. In the Atlan River section near Mawlamyine and the mountain fortress, Yang Fan also built extremely strong Fortifications.

The 1st Brigade of the Devil Guards Division and a chariot brigade began to cross the river from the pontoon bridge at the bend of the Jiying River 38 kilometers northeast of Mawlamyine.

At this time, the 55th Division of the Japanese Army located in Mudong Town also began to advance towards the mountain fortress and Mulamyine under the traction of chariots.

The 33rd Division in Hpa-an began shelling the 31st Army on the west bank of the Salween River, preparing to forcibly cross the Salween River here.

Myanmar Theater Command.

At this time, Yang Fan, Stilwell, Li Zongren, Du Yuming, Sun Zhen, Wei Yunsong and others were discussing the deduction in the war room.

"Report! The Flying Tigers of the Huben Army successfully repelled the Japanese Air Force. According to preliminary statistics, our army shot down 79 Japanese aircraft, lost 22 planes, and killed 8 people!"

The fierce air battle lasted for more than half an hour. All 300 fighters of the Huaxia Huben Army participated in the battle one after another, and the number of Devil fighters reached an unprecedented number of more than 700.

In the end, the Flying Tigers of the Huben Army, relying on their super fighting skills, advanced and powerful fighter jets, and their home court advantage, once again created an air combat record of winning more with less.

The Devil's Air Force, who didn't take advantage of it, had no choice but to withdraw its troops temporarily after exhausting its fuel, and retreated unwillingly.

Hearing this, Stilwell's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and he gave Yang Fan a thumbs up with great joy and said: "It's really great, your air force has achieved a battle loss ratio of 1:4, which is really amazing! "

At this time, Li Zongren smiled and said without hesitation: "Yes, fortunately, the Huben Army Air Force is strong enough, otherwise these ghost planes alone would be enough for our army to drink a pot!"

Sun Zhen nodded excitedly and said: "Yes, in the domestic battlefield, when we fought against the devils, we were never blown up by devils' planes!

At that time, I was thinking that when we can have a strong enough air force, we don't have to be beaten passively like this!

Haha, it's all right now, I don't have to suffer from the old wimps anymore!Fighting devils with Commander Yang is so cool! "

The Devils lost 79 fighters, plus those bombers shot down by anti-aircraft guns, the Devils lost at least 84 combat aircraft, equivalent to the loss of 6 flying squadrons.

The Flying Tigers of the Huaxia Huben Army only lost 22 planes, and they did make a fortune from the statistics. Therefore, both Stilwell and Li Zongren were very satisfied, and they became more confident in their hearts.

It's just that they don't know that the loss of these 22 fighter jets is really not small for Yang Fan, which is equivalent to losing 1800 million wealth points in half an hour.

It's just that Yang Fan's most valued pilot has a high survival rate, more than half of the pilots survived, which is a good deal!

Yang Fan smiled slightly and said modestly: "It's okay! This time it's not too bad! However, such fierce air battles may become the norm in the future, and we still have too few planes.

If we don't build an aircraft factory in Myanmar sooner, we will probably become weaker and weaker! "

Stilwell said with a smile: "There is no need to worry too much about this. As long as we fight a few more good battles, President Roosevelt will definitely increase the aid to Myanmar, even if the aircraft factory will not be completed and put into production for a while.

But fighter jets produced in the United States can be shipped directly! "

Stilwell was really happy. Although there were many riots and riots in Myanmar caused by devil agents and traitors in the past two days, the overall situation was quite stable under Yang Fan's strong suppression.

Under the circumstances, Stilwell was able to be reused and promoted several levels. For a while, he was proud of his horseshoe, but there were also many eyes staring at him. Many people who opposed him in the country hoped to replace him.

And now, a fierce large-scale air battle has once again proved that the Huaxia Huben Army is a strong enough and reliable ally.

At this moment, a communications staff officer rushed in: "Report! The 31st Army is urgent!"

Stilwell immediately nodded and said, "Read!"

The communications staff immediately picked up the telegram and read aloud: "Under the cover of artillery fire, the 33rd Division of the Japanese invaders is launching a cross-river operation against our defense line.

The Japanese army dispatched at least 500 rafts and 30 fishing boats. Our army was under great pressure and asked for air support! "

"What, air support is needed at the beginning of the fight? Are the guns in their hands all fire sticks? Are all the artillery pieces just for display?"

Hearing this, Li Zongren yelled loudly in displeasure, not for anything else, just because the 31st Army is their Guangxi army, and it is the ace army of the Gui army brought by him personally.

Originally, I thought this would make them look good to themselves, and let the world know that the Guangxi army never cheated, but how could they shout no at the beginning of a tough battle?

In particular, Yang Fan's Huben army made prototypes first, not only fought an extremely beautiful blocking battle in Yecheng, but now it has made the devil's air force so temperless, and it has also built such a strong defense line along the river. Automatic firepower and heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fire guns, etc.!

Just as there is no harm without comparison, when these two situations are compared, Li Zongren feels that his side is really weak, and it is a bit embarrassing!

Hearing Li Zongren's position, Wei Yunsong couldn't hold back immediately, and quickly stood up and said: "Mr. Li, please rest assured that our 31st Army will never let you down!

I'll take care of these guys when I get back! "

After a pause, Wei Yunsong looked at the communications staff officer and said, "Call back immediately and tell them to guard me. If anyone dares to let a devil in, I'll screw his head off!"

Chapter 840 Enhanced Version of the 33rd Division

"Commander Li, Commander Wei!"

Yang Fan nodded at Li Zongren and Wei Yunsong, and said with a smile: "This is completely understandable, the devil has been preparing for so long, and he has already suffocated, so he will definitely try his best at the beginning!

At the same time, I also believe that the 31st Army is an iron army capable of fighting tough battles. Maybe the pressure is too great for a while and it is a bit chaotic, but after all, the devils cannot cross the natural moat of the Salween River, let alone break through the steel defense line of the 31st Army. "

Wei Yunsong nodded confidently and said, "Commander Yang, please rest assured, our Gui army has never been persuaded to fight against little devils!

These days, these guys are probably spoiled by Commander Yang, and they have become delicate after too many good days. Today is just the time for them to relive the hard times! "

The 31st Army has a total strength of about 5 people. After entering Myanmar, it not only acquired a large number of automatic weapons such as assault rifles, submachine guns, and light and heavy machine guns, but also equipped them with heavy weapons such as anti-aircraft artillery, mortars, infantry artillery, and cannon howitzers. Compared with the previous weapon equipment and combat effectiveness, it has been greatly improved.

At present, the 31st Army is ordered to garrison the defense line along the river which is about 35 kilometers long, and this line of defense along the river is extremely strong under the massive manpower and material resources spent by Yang Fan regardless of the cost.

So logically speaking, there is absolutely no reason for the 31st Army not to be able to defend this line of defense along the river. Even if the little devil's entire division crosses the river at the same time, it is absolutely impossible for the little devil to break through in a short time!

"I naturally believe that the brothers of the 31st Army can completely defend it! However, our bombers are also idle, and it's time for the devils to taste what it's like to be bombed on top of their heads!"

Yang Fan smiled. At present, the air force in Myanmar is fighting for air supremacy as its top priority, but at least there are 30 full-time bombers. As long as they are well operated, they can return safely before the arrival of the Devil fighters.

Li Zongren said with a smile: "If there is an air force to carry out firepower suppression, it will be twice the result with half the effort! No matter what, the little devil must be beaten to death today!"

Hpa-an is also translated as "Ba'an", a town in southern Myanmar, the capital of Karen State, adjacent to the east bank of the lower reaches of the Salween River, and 50 kilometers south of Mawlamyine.

The current headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army was established in Hpa-an City.

日本第33师团于1939年2月7日在日本本土重建，成立地点仙台师团代号“弓” 是日本1939年成立第二批次师团，是正儿八经日本乙级师团编制。

This time it was assigned to the 15th Army to attack Burma, and the 33rd Division has been further strengthened. There are 9 regiments under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 2.8 people, which is completely equivalent to a Class A division.

Among them, there are 4 infantry regiments, 1 mountain artillery regiment, 1 heavy infantry regiment, 1 chariot regiment, 1 field heavy artillery regiment and 1 independent engineer regiment.

师团长桜（ying）井省三中将也是个人物，先于1911年5月陆军军官学校第23期毕业，后又在1919年11月陆军大学第31期军刀组毕业。

The first Japanese infantry regiment under the command of Shozo Sakurai was the 41st Regiment. He was the commander of the Infantry Section of the Japanese Army, not artillery, cavalry, engineers, and luggage.

The saber group is a title given by Japan to the top six graduates of each Army University before World War II. It is named after these six people can obtain the saber bestowed by the emperor.

Members of the saber group often have a good foundation for development in the army. They have served many senior Japanese generals and people who have had a major influence in modern Japanese history, including Class A war criminals Akira Muto and Class A war criminal Tojo. Yingji's father, Tojo Hideyoshi.