Rise From Eight Hundred

The counterattack of only 10 anti-aircraft guns scattered in various areas in the mountains was still slightly weak compared to the bombs of more than 50 tons exploding in the mountains of Zishan.

"Yoshi! Commander Duotian is still well prepared for this battle." Standing in the trench, Miyauchi Yoshio looked at the huge smoke column rising from the distant mountains with a telescope, and felt the ground shaking under his feet due to the violent explosion thousands of meters away, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Although the Chinese used artillery and surprise attacks to deal a big blow to his infantry regiment, the Imperial Army quickly offset the loss with absolute strength.

The carpet bombing formed by the massive bombs dropped by more than 100 fighter planes destroyed at least one-fifth of the Chinese artillery positions and material supply points hidden in the mountains.

And such bombing, according to the request of the division headquarters, will continue for four to five times.

In the Nomonhan Campaign last year, the Empire invested more than 70,000 people in the battle, and the largest air fleet bombing was only similar to the first round of bombing on the first day.

The Japanese North China Front Army, which had been dormant for half a year, not only attached great importance to its opponents, but also made every effort.

It was hard for Miyauchi Yoshio to believe how many Chinese could survive this flame comparable to hell.

The Japanese Army Colonel even began to imagine that after the second wave of flames burned the mountain, the two infantry squadrons he sent out could easily occupy the Chinese positions 1,000 meters away.

Because there were no living people there.

Yes, according to the agreement of the joint operations staff of the division headquarters and the Army Aviation Corps, the first wave of aircraft that had dropped bombs would return to their respective airports to reload bombs, and would arrive at the battlefield again after 3 hours, roughly entering the battlefield from the direction of Handan.

By then, more than 55 tons of bombs would fall on the Chinese front-line positions facing the imperial infantry.

For this reason, all infantry would retreat 500 meters when the aircraft groups assembled in the air to prevent bombs from accidentally falling on their own positions and causing accidental injuries.

And Yoshio Miyauchi learned from the division commander Saburo Okabe that in order to relieve the pressure on his 501 Infantry Regiment, which had already reduced its manpower, 36 Type 96 fighters and 12 Type 97 heavy bombers would enter from the northwest direction of the 501 Infantry Regiment to bomb the Chinese positions.

According to the calculation that the Type 97 heavy bomber can carry two 500-pound bombs and four 100-pound bombs, plus the one heavy bomb that the Type 96 fighter will inevitably carry, there will be 60 heavy bombs and more than a hundred large and small bombs falling on the enemy's positions.

A 500-pound heavy bomb can destroy all creatures within thousands of square meters, including mountain rats in the burrows.

Moving the telescope towards the Chinese trenches densely covered on the hillside that had been blackened by artillery fire, Yoshio Miyauchi was looking forward to that moment.

The Chinese will not wail in the trenches burned by flames, but will be bloody and flying. The imperial heavy weapon will not give them that opportunity.

The two commanders of the Japanese army in the sky and underground were both optimistic at this moment, and they were looking forward to their enemies being reduced to ashes under the heavy bombs.

Just as there is light, there will be darkness. There will naturally be pessimists when there are optimists.

Captain Sasaki was a pessimist. When he saw several bombs blooming hundreds of meters behind his fighter plane and the two flight squadrons he commanded passed through the war zone and arrived at the safe airspace without any damage, Captain Sasaki warned the highest commander in the air, Masuke Miyano.

"Mister Miyano, I have personally experienced that their ground anti-aircraft artillery fire is far more intense than this. I have reason to believe that they are plotting against the Imperial Army Air Force."

"Haha, Captain Sasaki, have you been worn down by the sharpness of the Imperial Eagles in repeated battles with the Chinese?

The Imperial Eagles did not suffer much loss. That was due to their skilled flying skills and extraordinary courage, not some purposeful weakness shown by the enemy."

Just received a report on the loss of 3 fighter planes. Except for one that was slightly damaged and needed to make an emergency landing outside Handan, the other two could return to the airport. Miyano Masuke, who was relieved, couldn't help laughing when he heard Sasaki's warning.

More than 10 large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, equipment that even the Imperial Standing Division has never had, are only a part of the Chinese. And according to Sasaki, it may just be a tactic of showing weakness to the enemy. Who wouldn't be amused?

What's the matter, China is a super Germanic empire?

As a major military attaché stationed at the German Empire Embassy, ​​Miyano Mashou knew the strength of the German Empire Army.

The number of people in an ace infantry division of the German Empire is about 24,000, equipped with 45 assault gun destroyers, about 40 armored vehicles and reconnaissance vehicles, 1,000 trucks, about 200 light and heavy artillery, 100 mortars, and about 600 machine guns. Such strength is enough to fight against two ordinary divisions of the Empire. Lieutenant Colonel Miyano Mashou, whose eyes are blue with envy, is a pure fan of the German Empire.

But even such an ace infantry division has only one mechanized air defense company with 16 20mm anti-aircraft guns.

The Four-Line Regiment can have more than double-digit 40mm anti-aircraft guns, which is already a great achievement. What's more, can there be dozens more? Then perhaps only the entire southern Hebei, no, the ancestral graves of the Chinese in the entire North China are beginning to smoke!

Miyano Shinsuke was right to think so. Although the Four Element Regiment had been regarded as a formidable enemy by Commander Dotenjun, they were still a formidable enemy and one could not deify them without any reason!

Captain Sasaki belongs to the Second Flying Squadron and is not a direct subordinate of Miyano Masuke. The Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel naturally does not need to worry too much about Captain Sasaki's face, especially now that the Army Aviation warriors need to be encouraged to keep working hard.

A laugh rang out in the wireless communication radio.

Most of this laughter belongs to the First Flying Squadron, and it is also the laughter of the victor.

Although there is a bit of mockery in the laughter, the Japanese Army Aviation pilots still have some awe in their hearts for Captain Sasaki who has survived the war for two years and escaped death countless times. Most of the pilots who laughed were because their own wing commander spoke.

No matter where you are, the human relations and worldly affairs are unavoidable. In ordinary life, it is just that things cannot be done, but on the battlefield, if you offend your superiors, you may easily become cannon fodder.

"But, Mr. Miyano," Captain Sasaki wanted to say more.

"That's enough, Captain Sasaki. You are only the commander of the No. 6 formation. You have the right to give suggestions to your superiors, but they are only suggestions.

The significance of our Army Aviation Corps' unprecedented large fleet since entering China is not how many dangers our Imperial Eagles will encounter, but to pave the way for the infantry to attack, so as to achieve the goal of destroying the stubborn enemy. Do you understand?" Miyano Masuke's face suddenly became serious.

A ray of sunlight shone through the window of the plane on the face of the Japanese Army Aviation Lieutenant Colonel. Miyano Masuke's declaration in the radio was deafening: "Proud Imperial Army Aviation Eagles, are you ready? Follow me, with steel flames, crush all the powerless resistance of the Chinese? The Empire's military fortune is prosperous!"

"Long live the Empire!"

"The Empire's military fortune is prosperous!"

The passionate slogans of the Japanese Army Aviation pilots continued to resound in the radio.

119 Japanese planes that had dropped all their loads were speeding in the sky at lightning speed, like countless sharp arrows, splitting the sky of North China.

"At that moment, there seemed to be light on Lieutenant Colonel Masuke Miyano's face! I know that it was the light of victory. I also believe that under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Masuke Miyano, who was so brave and fearless, the proud and brave Imperial Army Aviation Eagles will definitely destroy all the resistance of the Chinese on the ground, even though I still admire them a little in my heart.

Yes, in the face of such strength of the Empire, there are still people who dare to resist. Even if they are enemies of the Empire, I admire their bravery.

It's just a pity that their bravery will soon disappear under the hellish flames spewed out by the Imperial Army Aviation Eagles."

This is the passionate record of Daisuke Namikawa, a war correspondent of the Japanese North China Front Army stationed in Japan's largest newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, in his diary.

At the invitation of Major General Kataoka Kaoru, commander of the Army Aviation Corps of the Japanese North China Front Army, Daisuke Namikawa boarded the cockpit of the 97 heavy bomber. At that time, he was only half a meter away from Lieutenant Colonel Masuke Miyano.

Really, according to the person involved, at that moment, he was moved to tears by the man with light on his body, and his eyes were still red until he got off the plane.

However, what this rather sentimental Japanese war correspondent did not expect was that the man with light all over his body recorded in his diary actually turned into light.

A ball of light!

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At about 1 pm, a dark group of planes pressed down from the horizon.

However, this wave was different from the previous round of full-scale push to the Zishan area. The group of planes was roughly divided into three directions, which were the directions of the attack of the First Division and the Third Division.

Obviously, this wave of Japanese planes was to bomb the front-line positions facing the Japanese infantry attack!

Because of the overlapping routes, the altitude of the Japanese plane group would naturally be adjusted.

Lieutenant Colonel Masuke Miyano, who had already issued a pre-war declaration of bravery, chose to fly at an extremely low altitude. He personally led the No. 1 formation consisting of 12 Type 97 heavy bombers and the No. 3 and No. 4 formations consisting of 36 Type 96 fighters, entering from the northwest and exiting from the southeast, with the aircraft group maintaining an altitude of 2,800 meters.

This was the lowest altitude in pre-war drills that could ensure the bombing effect and avoid the attack of Chinese anti-aircraft artillery in time.

Since the speed of the fighters participating in the bombing was maintained at more than 330 kilometers per hour, a distance of hundreds of meters could be reached in a breath, and the height difference of the aircraft groups entering the battlefield from three directions at the same time must be guaranteed to be around 600 meters.

Like the No. 6 formation led by Captain Sasaki, they chose to set their altitude of entering the battlefield at 4,100 meters.

For the cautious Captain Sasaki, this was definitely a routine operation. There was a reason why he could stay on the battlefield for more than two years without even a scratch.

However, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Masamune Miyano, who exuded the pride and glory of the imperial eagle, no one envied the safer altitude of the No. 6 formation. They basically shouted various slogans, lowered the rudder sharply, and dived towards the target area 3 kilometers away.

"The altitude of the Japanese aircraft will drop to 3,000 meters, and the straight-line distance is 4,500 meters. All gun positions in the mountains can attack freely. In addition, send a message to Mo Songzi, all 40mm anti-aircraft guns in the No. 2 air defense fort, shoot for me, and shoot hard!" Cheng Tieshou, who was standing in the observation room of the No. 2 air defense fort, held a telescope, stared at the black spots that were already visible to the naked eye on the horizon, and suddenly roared with his tongue.

Several shells suddenly bloomed in the formation of the Japanese aircraft.

In the overflowing air waves and shrapnel splashing, several Japanese aircraft bodies trembled!

"All formations continue to descend in altitude and prepare to drop bombs!" Masamune Miyano's face became serious, but he was unmoved and continued to let the fleet descend in altitude.

"The battalion commander ordered that all 4mm gun positions on the No. 2 anti-aircraft fort should fire at full force!" The signalman who had been holding the telephone receiver in the corner tower shouted heartbreakingly.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, wait until the little devils get closer." Mo Songzi, who was standing by the gun position of the No. 1 corner tower and looking at the distance with a telescope and couldn't wait, was surprisingly calm at this moment.

Until the Japanese aircraft group approached about a kilometer, Mo Songzi suddenly waved his hand and roared in a deep voice: "All gun positions, 4 rounds, altitude 2900, distance 3200, fire!"

The two 40mm anti-aircraft guns that had been ready for a long time burst into deafening artillery fire, and the other 6 anti-aircraft guns followed closely.

"Boom boom boom!"

More than 20 shells bloomed in the sky almost at the same time.

Unlike the gun positions scattered in the mountains, the 8 anti-aircraft guns of the No. 2 air defense fort fired at the same height and gun distance, forming a scattered barrage in one airspace.

This is also the normal mode of ground-to-air combat.

In the field of vision on the ground, an aircraft that is several thousand meters high is actually not much bigger than a mosquito. It is a daydream to use an anti-aircraft gun to shoot a small "mosquito".

But several anti-aircraft guns together form a concentrated fire attack on an airspace that enemy planes must pass through, and use the shrapnel of the delayed fuze to form a barrage of bullets, which can cause damage to the aircraft body.

The Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun is fed by a magazine, each magazine has 4 rounds, and it takes less than 2 seconds to fire 4 rounds at a high rate of fire of 240 rounds per minute.

It seems that dozens of white mushrooms have grown in the sky in an instant!

But even a half-blind man like Boss Cao knows that these white mushrooms represent death.

The four Japanese planes emitted white smoke almost at the same time.

Miyano Shinsuke's pupils shrank fiercely. Did the Chinese use all anti-aircraft guns to deal with the fighter formation in this direction?

Damn Chinese, did they know that he, the highest commander in the air, was in the imperial fleet in this direction?

Perhaps the only person who asked such a stupid question was the somewhat confused Miyano Shinshou.

Using the original words of Tang Tuanzuo who was watching the battle from the observation post: "The Type 97 heavy bomber is so big, isn't it an eye-catcher? If Cheng Tieshou doesn't focus his fire on these big guys, then he should just go and be his machine gunner, which won't be too much trouble."

"Sir, don't let Heizi Platoon Leader hear this, he even sleeps with that new machine gun!" Xia Dayu looked around and quickly reminded Tang Dao.

It's okay to tease Battalion Commander Cheng, but don't attack a large group of people at the same time, although most of those who like to play with machine guns are a bit stupid!

"Haha! You reminded me right!" Tang Dao grinned.

However, Tang Tuanzuo revealed the secrets one by one. Cheng Tieshou used 16 of the 24 scattered gun positions plus 8 of the No. 2 air fortress, a total of 24 40mm anti-aircraft guns, accounting for about half of the anti-aircraft battalion, just for the 12 Type 97 heavy bombers that looked larger at first glance.

But Miyano Masuke sat in the "conspicuous bag" that could accommodate 7 people in order to ride more comfortably. Who else should he be hit?

The speed and altitude of the Japanese planes with two engines suddenly damaged suddenly dropped, especially the Type 97 heavy bomber. Originally, according to the target set by the bomb sight, it was necessary to approach 1,000 meters and drop bombs at a horizontal distance of about 1,400 meters from the target, but at this time it was forced to drop the bombs in advance.

As for whether the infantry below would be bombed by mistake, the panicked Japanese Army Air Force pilots could not care about it.

The two black big guys fell down in the anticipation of the Japanese infantry below

"Boom!" A loud noise.

Miyauchi Yoshio, who took the initiative to walk out of the bunker and was about to wave to the sky, was almost knocked down by the air wave coming from 800 meters away.

"What are these idiots doing?" The Japanese infantry looked at the two smoke columns that were close at hand and were stunned.

If their memory was correct, that was their front line

But this still failed to save the 97 heavy bomber that had entered a stalled state. The fighter plane roared down, like an Osprey with a burning butt but busy for life!

"Formation No. 1, Formation No. 3, continue to maintain altitude and drop bombs on the designated targets! Formation No. 4, dive attack on the Chinese artillery positions!" Miyano Masuke's face was livid, picked up the radio and issued a military order.

The Chinese anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns showed enough power, but also exposed their position. He seemed to be able to see the bright light bursting from the muzzles on the ground from the high altitude.

What Miyano Masuke saw through the telescope was exactly the area where the No. 2 anti-aircraft fort was located.

There was no way, the noise of 8 40mm anti-aircraft guns firing crazily together was really too loud.

The smoke rising from the muzzles gathered together and could be clearly seen from a thousand meters away.

24 Type 96 fighter planes continued to lower their altitudes, like hawks in hunting, rushing towards their prey at high speed.

The 8 anti-aircraft guns that were firing crazily at the No. 2 anti-aircraft fort turned a blind eye to the 24 Japanese planes that were constantly lowering their altitudes and rushed over. They still followed the commander's orders and fired crazily at the Type 97 heavy bomber formation that had entered the bombing area.

In just 20 seconds, each 40mm anti-aircraft gun of the No. 2 anti-aircraft fort emptied 7 magazines, pouring a total of 224 shells into the sky. If the more than 300 shells fired by the other 16 guns are counted, that is a terrible intensity of nearly 600 shells.

So, the Japanese planes that still remained stubborn were in trouble.

Four more Japanese planes emitted thick smoke, and one even tried to pull up and escape from this deadly airspace because it had completed bombing. As a result, as soon as the nose of the plane tilted up, a white bomb exploded near the wing.

The terrible air wave directly tore off a small half of the wing.

So, this "Eagle" with broken wings struggled in the air for a moment and entered a death spiral. It was a state that even ace pilots could not get out of, not to mention that the wing that provided lift for the aircraft was missing.

The huge fireball that hit the hillside and rose up reflected the gray face of Colonel Yoshio Miyauchi more than a thousand meters away.

How to describe this feeling?

It's like an ugly man is full of dislike for a fat woman who just slapped him in the face, but at this time, watching her being wantonly ravaged by her enemies, there is still extreme humiliation and powerlessness.

But compared to a certain lieutenant colonel in the sky, the Japanese army colonel's current state is already in heaven.

Because that person is estimated to be almost at Amaterasu's house.