Rise From Eight Hundred

Chapter 1392 Another defeat!

In the afternoon, the Japanese army once again sent 12 Zero fighters to kill over Yiling!

This is already the entire Zero fighter formation of the Second Air Wing of the Japanese Navy that has arrived at Jianghan Airport. You can imagine how much the defeat over Yiling in the morning dealt a big blow to the Japanese. They were completely mobilized.

However, as early as 11:30 a.m., the convoy carrying the general's coffin arrived at Yiling Airport. Under the **** of five Wildcat fighter jets, the C-47 special plane carrying the general's coffin took off at 11:50. At 1 p.m. Arrive at Shancheng Jiulongpo Airport at 30:00.

This time the Japanese army deployed in full force, but they punched the cotton with one fist, and there was no opponent at all.

After circling Yiling City for several weeks without finding any enemy, the 12 Japanese planes frantically descended to an altitude of less than 600 meters, intending to retaliate with machine gun fire on Yiling City, which had been devastated by cannon fodder.

 Because it mainly seeks air combat with its opponents, the Zero fighter does not carry any bombs, but has plenty of machine gun bullets.

Relying on their extremely high speed and the lack of prevention and control weapons on the Chinese side, the Japanese aircraft unscrupulously fired at deserted neighborhoods and low-rise residential areas.

Looking from a high altitude, you can clearly see the yellow dragons running wildly in the dilapidated Yiling city. They are the dust raised by the terrible machine gun bullets hitting the ground.

 It’s just that no one knows how much blood is mixed in it.

 In fact, the soldiers and civilians in Yiling had already received the warning and either did not go out or hid in the mountains. However, it was still inevitable that some people would be injured or killed in the indiscriminate shooting of Japanese aircraft.

According to the casualty data that China later issued in a document condemning Japan’s attacks on civilians, a total of more than 600 civilians were killed or injured in the crazy strafing by 12 Japanese planes, including 48 children under the age of 10.

The whole crazy catharsis lasted for nearly 20 minutes. I saw Japanese planes swooping in from the edge of Yiling city with roar, and then opened fire on the city indiscriminately. After more than a minute, they shot up into the blue sky with their noses high.

They are like a group of seabirds foraging on the sea, flying up and down to enjoy the feast given to them by God.

The army lieutenant and his colleagues were hiding in an air-raid shelter not far from the airport, watching helplessly as Japanese planes several kilometers away kept flying up and down, destroying the small mountain town.

Thinking of the mother and son in his mind, the anxiety in the heart of the Army Lieutenant was like a fire burning. He promised to give the little child a bag of bullet casings, but because the convoy had to speed up at that time, he only had time to ask about the details of the mother and son. Home address, you have to lead the way.

 Now, does he still have a chance to give it away?

"Sir Tang, why don't you fight back? You're faster!" The lieutenant of the Army moved his gaze into the distance.

In a small fortification on the edge of Yiling City, there was also an army major who was extremely anxiously asking Tang Dao for instructions: "Commander Tang, fire! If you don't fire, the little devil's plane will run away, and we can't let our people Death in vain!"

Tang Dao, who was looking at the sky with a telescope, was like a sculpture, his face was expressionless, and his voice was as cold as ice: "The first Zero fighter to enter service had a total of 6 machine guns, and each machine gun was equipped with 500 to 700 rounds of ammunition. Calculating the average, it's about 3,600 rounds. They have just launched about 5 rounds of ground attacks. Calculated by consuming 400 to 500 rounds of ammunition per round, they still have about one-third of the ammunition.

We only have a total of 6 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 6 20mm machine guns. This is the last air defense force around Yiling City. In order to ensure that the airport can still take off and land aircraft, all the people and equipment here must not be lost!

wait! "

Tang Dao's extremely cold judgment made the major commander of the air defense battalion shudder!

But he knew that Tang Dao was right. The strategic purpose of the air defense company that they were specially transported by C-47 special plane this time was to ensure the safety of Yiling Airport.

Nowadays, Yiling has been completely surrounded by the Japanese army from the outside. Especially with the 33rd Army's defense line responsible for the right defense line of the fifth theater being broken, the only way for the defenders of Yiling's outer defense line to obtain equipment and supplies is the Yangtze River waterway. and the air corridor of the airport.

The Yangtze River waterway was also blocked by Japanese fighter planes. Large ships were too slow to escape Japanese strafing and bombing. Transport by small gunboats was simply a drop in the bucket. Air channels were the most important.

The reason why the Japanese army has not bombed such an important airport before is that after conquering Yiling, the Japanese army may have a dream of taking the airport as their own. However, as Chinese fighter planes bombard the Japanese over Yiling, People get a bruise and a swollen face, and I'm afraid the Japanese will change their minds.

Their air defense company, which received new anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns, was deployed to Yiling Airport after applying for special approval from the commander of the Fifth Theater Zone. The order they received was to defend the safety of the airport at all costs, not the city.

Speaking of this, the Army Major actually admired the Tang Tuan seater who was standing on the edge of the air defense fortification. As a supporting officer sent by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, he could return with the special plane with those big shots. There was no need to talk to Zhang The remnants of the general took a passenger train back to the mountain city, but he still chose to stay.

The most impressive thing is that after watching the special plane depart, Tang Tuanzuo immediately ordered the 1st Company of the 2nd Air Defense Battalion of the 3rd Air Defense Regiment, which had not yet transferred command to the Fifth Theater Command, to continue to obey his command.

You must know that when the 1st Air Defense Company first arrived in Yiling, the order from the Ministry of Military Affairs was that Tang Dao would be responsible for the safety of the general's coffin. The 1st Air Defense Company was also responsible for the air defense security of the entire coffin guarding team. It was under the direct jurisdiction of Colonel Tang Dao. .

According to common sense, if the special plane flies out of Yiling's airspace, even if the mission of the 1st Air Defense Company is completed, Tang Dao's command will be automatically lost. However, Colonel Tang, who took the initiative to stay and planned to board the ship at night, asked to continue to obey his command.

“The Japanese navy was beaten severely in the morning. With their peeing nature, they will definitely not be reconciled to defeat and will send a more powerful fleet to Yiling. Since they have no fighter planes to fight, they will definitely vent all their anger on Yiling City and our Chinese people.

Brethren of the 1st Air Defense Company, you must have heard of the righteous act of one hundred thousand Yiling people kneeling down the street to see the general off in the morning, and not panicking when Japanese planes arrived. They treated us like this, how can we let them down?

I need you to follow me. Before guarding the airport, kill them first so that they will no longer dare to show off their power over this small town. Use your blood to tell them that at low altitudes below 2,000 meters, whoever comes will die! "Tang Dao stood in front of 150 people from the 1st Air Defense Company, his voice was deafening!

“But Commander Tang, the order from the summit is to defend the airport. If there is any battle damage before the position is established, we will all be punished with death!” The army major who personally followed his 1st company to Yiling looked embarrassed.

"I can guarantee my position as commander of the Fourth Army Regiment and all future prospects. If one anti-aircraft gun is lost in this battle, I will pay for 10! Moreover, before the command is transferred to the 5th Theater Command, you They are all still under my command. If someone comes up to the peak and asks about the crime, they will only ask about the crime of me, the commander." Tang Dao replied calmly.

“Then” the Army Major said with a grimace, what if the telegram from the 5th Theater Headquarters arrived.

But he looked dumbfounded as two of Tang Tuanzuo’s subordinates stood in front of the field radio, signaling the communications squad leader to turn off the radio.

"I know what you are worried about, but now you see, at least within 2 hours, the telegram from the Fifth Theater Command to receive command authority will not be in your or my hands." Tang Dao looked at the dumbfounded Army Major with bright eyes. .

I am afraid that he is the only one in the entire military career of an army major who can seize the command power so easily.

Since Tang Tuanzuo has talked about all the things and words, and the army major is also a passionate soldier, there is nothing else to say, just bite the bullet and follow suit.

As for the trucks and the six 20mm machine gun squads of the 67th Army, seeing Tang Dao was like seeing their own parents. As soon as they heard that Tang Dao was going to take them to fight against Japanese planes, they didn’t hesitate for half a second. They lined up neatly and roared: "Please give me the order, sir. The subordinates will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

That really dumbfounded the 150 people of the 1st Air Defense Company. Commander Tang in front of me had a relationship with the famous thorn-headed soldier of the 67th Army, and it seemed that the friendship was not shallow. Otherwise, the Lieutenant Colonel who led the team Nor would he agree without saying a word.

Of course they didn't know that Tang Tuanzuo fought side by side with the 67th Army in Songjiang for four days and nights, and used his own elite troops to guard the 67th Army's only retreat. That was really a life-and-death friendship, let alone obeying his command. It's time to fight the little devil. I'm afraid Tang Tuanzuo said hello and wanted to fight him. The commander of the 67th Army said that half of the people would stand behind him.

This is of course one of the reasons why that person has not touched a hair of Mr. Tang until now. Today’s Tang Dao social circle is really too wide. When he gets married, more than 7 generals come to congratulate him in person, and Seven or eight major generals sent congratulations.

The Sichuan Army Faction, the Northeast Army Faction, the Northwest Army Faction, the Yunnan Army Faction, and the Hunan Army Faction, including the 80th Group Army, are simply a good guy. Several major factions that can fight and fight are all "affected" with Tang. No one should think twice before acting. The general with the surname Tang who made a complete mess in the defense of Jinling was fine, but the big boss who lost the province of Lu was directly killed as a sacrificial flag. Do you think he was the one who fell in love with the surname Tang? No, it's because the relationships and interests behind it are too complicated, and even that person has to think twice.

Tang Dao, who successfully gained command, immediately deployed six 40mm anti-aircraft guns in the hills surrounding Yiling City, while six 20mm anti-aircraft guns were hidden in residential buildings in the city.

However, Tang Tuanzuo issued a strict order. Without his order, no matter how arrogant and rampant the Japanese aircraft were, no artillery squad was allowed to fire artillery without authorization. Anyone who violated military orders would be executed!

The reason why such a cruel military order was issued was that Tang Dao knew very well that the Zero fighter was too powerful, and its speed and maneuverability were far beyond the Type 96 and Type 97 that the Japanese army had equipped. Even at low altitudes, its speed could not be reached. The speed is over 500 kilometers per hour, but it can still maintain a speed of 400 kilometers per hour, which is far beyond the top speed of the Type 96 fighter.

If he has an air defense regiment with 48 40mm anti-aircraft guns, he can naturally use his numerical advantage to form fire barriers in the air and rely on probability to attack the Zero fighters entering the low-altitude area.

But he only has 6 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 6 less powerful 20mm machine guns, leaving him only one chance. If he fails, the Japanese aircraft will not only escape smoothly, but can even use their excellent maneuverability to attack The artillery positions found in the field of vision were attacked wildly.

Because it is a temporary deployment, the 40mm anti-aircraft gun does not have any reinforced concrete permanent fortification defense. It can only be simple defense by piling three layers of sandbags more than one meter high around the anti-aircraft gun.

As long as the Japanese aircraft has a bomb attached, even a 30-pound bomb can carry out a devastating blow to the gun emplacement.

And as the major battalion commander said, if precious anti-aircraft guns are lost before reaching the air defense positions around the airport, the outcome for the entire 1st Air Defense Company may not be good.

  In other words, the entire company No. 150 is really following him in this battle with their heads up.

 So, whether it was for the opportunity to fight or to live up to the officers and soldiers he persuaded, Tang Dao could only wait!

Not only are the Japanese planes consuming their own bullets, but they are also waiting for the Japanese planes to completely lose their vigilance!

If you want to fight, you must fight to the death. The Japanese will be heartbroken and frightened every time they think of this battle. This has always been Tang Tuanzuo's combat principle!

Of course, because the Japanese planes had been plundering for nearly 20 minutes, Tang Dao knew that the loss would not be small. If it were the time when he first arrived in this time and space, Tang Dao would definitely be like the anxious-eyed Army Major in front of him, and it would be difficult to endure it.

But now Tang Dao has experienced nearly three years of battlefield experience in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and his heart has been tempered as hard as a diamond. He knows that the battlefield is as cruel as purgatory, and the so-called perfection can only exist in fairy tales. If you want to defeat the enemy, just The losses must be endured, and even on the surface, the losses will be greater than those of the enemy.

Just like the Woolly Bears in time and space, in order to win that war, they sacrificed almost an entire generation. The figure of nearly 27 million sacrifices would really scare any normal person, but the result in exchange was... The nation has been strong on this planet for nearly 60 years.

If you want to win the final victory, you must first have the courage to endure sacrifice. This is extremely cruel, but it is the only truth that war teaches the victor.

Being kind does not necessarily mean weakness, but being kind on the battlefield is a crime!

While Tang Dao learned to grow into an excellent commander, he also chose to wrap his inner weakness with coldness.

Finally, when the Japanese planes began their seventh round of dive shooting on Yiling City one by one, and some Japanese planes were so arrogant that they dropped to a low altitude of 300 meters, almost flying close to the top of the mountain, Tang Dao's bloodshot eyes exploded. He flashed his sword and waved his arms fiercely: "Hit, each artillery position will give me a hard hit according to the previously formulated tactics, and empty all the planned artillery shells!"

 “Dong dong dong!” The 40mm anti-aircraft gun on the side of Tang Dao took the lead in starting the air bombardment.

Because the Japanese planes all flew at ultra-low altitudes, the 40mm anti-aircraft guns prepared in front were all armor-piercing shells, not high-altitude delayed-fuse detonation shells, and there was no need for barrages or barrages. Even if they were chased, they would not be able to reach a distance of a thousand meters. The Japanese aircraft flew past at high speed and opened fire.

It doesn't matter if a series of artillery shells are missed. Another artillery position hundreds of meters away will pre-fire in the airspace in front of the Japanese aircraft. According to the pre-war deployment tactics, three guns will basically hit a Japanese aircraft. No matter how many aircraft can be killed at once, it can A fight is a fight!

However, the first unlucky thing was not the Japanese plane that flew outside the city and was chased and hit by a 40mm anti-aircraft gun, but a Japanese plane that was passing through Yiling City at high speed and pressing the machine gun button to shoot at a block.

The reason is that the Japanese plane really flew too low. It was so low that the Chinese artillerymen hiding in a residential building could almost see clearly the face of the Japanese pilot who was looking towards the ground. The Japanese plane passed by at a speed of 330 kilometers per hour. He almost exposed his belly to the muzzle of the camouflaged twin machine cannon in the small courtyard.

The sergeant sitting in the shooting position was also an extremely experienced machine gun shooter in the 67th Army. Through the previous dive flights of the Japanese aircraft, he had already estimated that the speed of the Japanese aircraft was about 320 kilometers, so he had to do this in advance. After prejudgment, a total of 20 shells from the two magazines were actually fired at an area about 300 meters in front of the Japanese aircraft.

This unlucky kid hit the bullet chain almost three seconds after the machine gun fired.

Two cigar-thick warheads effortlessly tore open the bottom of the Japanese pilot's cockpit, beating the Japanese pilot until blood splattered everywhere, and even smashed the flight rudder into pieces!

The Japanese plane, which was completely out of control, just plunged into the street where he had just shot it wantonly, and exploded into a ball of flames!

At least for the first five seconds, the Japanese aircraft fleet was covered. It was not until a ball of flames rose on the ground that the Japanese pilots really believed that the Chinese actually had anti-aircraft guns, and they had been holding back until now.

The glory of the Japanese navy did not allow them to retreat in the face of attacks. Therefore, after another fighter plane was shot down, the Japanese plane that flew back to high altitude not only did not leave, but instead roared and swooped down again, shooting at the discovered gun positions!

However, embarrassment soon hit us!

 After one attack, most Japanese pilots reported to their commanders in frustration that they had run out of ammunition.

The plane has no bullets and no bombs, so how can we hit a bird? No, we can’t even hit a bird!

What’s even more embarrassing is that the Chinese on the ground are so fierce that the anti-aircraft artillery shells flew over one after another, hitting them with great vigor.

“Damn Chinese, they are so cunning!” Captain Yoshio Maeda of the Japanese Navy who was in charge of the aircraft formation could only leave such a painful comment, and then issued an order on the radio channel: “Return!”

At this time, four bonfires had been lit inside and outside Yiling City, and the flames were soaring into the sky!

"Oh! God! How did such stupid Japanese cause such heavy losses to your country?" Lieutenant Scott, who was watching the battle with a telescope outside the air-raid shelter, held his head and exclaimed in disbelief.

This is simply an unbelievable victory of the weak against the strong. In his opinion, using 12 anti-aircraft guns to attack such a large number of new fighter planes is a life-and-death struggle. He admires the fearlessness of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, but does not agree with it.

But the final outcome was that the Japanese planes were shot down four times in a row, and finally fled. The key was that during the escape process, the 40mm anti-aircraft gun that was replaced with a delayed fuse fire bomb shot down another one.

These Japanese pilots grew up eating shit, right? Because he can guarantee that the Chinese soldiers who control the 40mm anti-aircraft guns actually only got those guns for a few days!

 Just these rookies.

"Lieutenant Scott, you have forgotten what Chief Tang once said. In order to win the war, in addition to the courage to sacrifice, you also need enough wisdom, but don't place your hope on the enemy's stupidity!" Shen Chonghai replied with a smile in disbelief. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant.

“You Chinese, this is it!” Lieutenant Scott extended his thumb sincerely. "I hope we will always be friends!"

 “Mr. Tang and I hope so too!” Shen Chonghai replied.

 But Lieutenant Scott would never hear the silent sigh emanating from his friend's heart.

Tang Dao said to him very carefully: There is no eternal friendship between countries, only eternal interests!

 All good things will only exist in the wishes of little people like them!

At dusk, the army lieutenant finally fulfilled his promise and handed a bag of bullet casings to the five-year-old child, including a 40mm anti-aircraft gun shell casing signed by Tang Tuanzuo himself!

 Then, dozens of infantrymen followed Tang Tuanzuo on the small passenger ship returning to the mountain city!