Rise From Eight Hundred

At this point, half of the Japanese aircraft formation that was attacking aggressively was killed.

After the remaining six Japanese aircraft circled several times in the sky, they finally confirmed that their second commander would not come back, and could only leave unwillingly.

The three anti-aircraft positions with fangs were not something that their six fighters could defeat with machine guns alone.

Not to mention that they don’t have large or small aerial bombs now, even if they have them, they are not sure that they can accurately drop bombs on the anti-aircraft positions after taking huge risks to break through the ground firepower network.

This is not their job, it should be done by the group of local idiots equipped with dive bombers in the Army Aviation.

Yes, all this is to blame the army millipedes. If they didn’t want to kill the Chinese and save the bridge, how could the excellent naval aviation be so constrained and lead to this defeat?

After a brief exchange in the air, the six returning fighters found the culprit. Otherwise, they would not have a good time after returning, right?

Watching the Japanese planes leaping high into the sky and leaving, the refugees on the ground who had escaped the disaster cheered.

The air battle just now was very short, but it was absolutely thrilling and extremely exciting.

Whether it was tactical choice or fighting will, the performance of the Chinese army on the ground can only be described as "exciting".

A classic weak against strong, the results were also brilliant!

Three Japanese planes were successfully ambushed, and the two Japanese planes that took the initiative to attack were too stubborn and smashed to pieces in the firepower net of the No. 1 air defense position with the strongest firepower. Although another plane also crashed, the reason for its crash was really incredible in Wang Changshou's report after the war. He was actually shot down by a rifle?

Not to mention that the Japanese army firmly refused to admit this reason, even the Chinese side themselves could not believe it.

The Air Force and the Navy have always been the shortcomings of the Chinese army.

But it does not mean that the Air Force has no record. On the contrary, it has made great achievements.

In the Battle of Songhu in March, the weak Chinese Air Force shot down 230 Japanese planes at the cost of 90 losses. The 1:2 loss ratio proved the fearlessness and greatness of the Chinese Air Force.

However, after losing 90 planes and more than 100 planes damaged for various reasons, China only had 81 planes left, which was almost the last of the Chinese Air Force.

If they were put into the battlefield again, they might not even be able to take out the training planes for subsequent pilots, while the Japanese Navy and Army still had more than a thousand aircraft of various types.

The huge gap made the Chinese Air Force have to withdraw from the battlefield sadly. It took only more than two months for the sky in southeast China to become the hunting ground for Japanese Navy and Army fighters after North China.

Throughout November, there were almost no Chinese fighters under the blue sky. Only Japanese fighters dropped evil bombs and swept bullets on the army and the people. Countless lives could only look up at the sky and end sadly.

But at dusk on November 8, Chinese soldiers changed history. Without fighters, they fought purely on the ground to air and shot down six Japanese planes in one fell swoop.

This result was totally unacceptable to the Japanese army, which was already intoxicated with its own strength.

It is said that on that picturesque evening, Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, was originally enjoying tea leisurely on the deck, accompanied by a small table and a low stool, and two navy colonels who specialized in tea ceremony.

As a result, the radio message sent back by the remaining aircraft group on the way back was delivered to him by the bridge duty staff.

The admiral, who was originally smiling warmly and in a very good mood, stood in disbelief for a few seconds, angrily threw the small table and his favorite teapot into the sea, and ordered the ship to approach the aircraft carrier "Kaga". In the afterglow of the setting sun, he watched 6 fighter planes return with his own eyes, while the other 6

The Japanese admiral stood upright on the bridge until night fell, obliterating his figure, just like the 6 fighter planes that would never return.

The Japanese Navy, who knew the inside story of this battle, was silent.

No one knows how he felt at that time. Perhaps only a sentence in his later memoirs can reveal his shock and humiliation at that time.

"The most shocking thing in my life is that the Chinese shot down six fighter planes of my Imperial Navy without sending a single fighter plane!

The damage to the fighter planes and the suffering of the soldiers are not terrible. What is terrible is that, with such a China, can the Empire really conquer it as imagined?"

Therefore, under the instruction of this extremely shocked Japanese naval admiral, they did not even record this battle, but only said that the Navy lost six fighter planes in the Battle of Shanghai West.

It can be regarded as a description of the whereabouts of the six pilots who died in the battle.

But they firmly refused to admit the Chinese propaganda in the newspapers later that six Japanese planes were shot down in the Battle of Baihe Port.

On the Chinese side, because there were no photos as evidence, and even because of the urgency of the war, no special personnel were sent to check the remains of the fighter planes, so in the end they did not fully identify it, and finally did not count it as the military exploits of the Songjiang defenders.

But that, for the Songjiang defenders, is not important.

The corpses left by the Japanese in front of Songjiang City alone are enough to make them famous in history, not to mention that they defended Songjiang and bought enough time for the army to retreat from Shanghai West.

Even the Chinese soldiers on the battlefield at this moment did not think about any military exploits, they just wanted to survive.

However, it is also difficult for the living to watch the passing away.

While the No. 1 position was still in the stage of fighting with Japanese planes, a dozen soldiers stationed at the bridgehead ran towards the burning truck in the wilderness under Lei Xiong's order.

"Li Jijin, take your people and put out the fire for me as quickly as possible. The truck can't be used, and the steel plates can also be used to reinforce the fortifications." This is how Lei Xiong gave Li Jijin the order.

But in fact, everyone knew that Lei Xiong hoped to find a living person, but he did not dare to say it, because those three people took the initiative to embark on the road to death under his command.

On the other side of the woods, there was also a group of soldiers running towards this side at high speed.

Ignoring the six Japanese planes still circling in the sky, private Yang Bicheng and an infantry squad rushed to the burning truck site at great risk, led by the captain himself.

The biggest reason is of course that he wants to grab time to save his brothers. What if something happens? He also used practical actions to tell the supreme commander Lei Xiong that I, the 67th Army, are all men and are not afraid of death.

In the words of the company commander surnamed Zeng of the 67th Army later: "My brothers can be used as bait, so why can't I be one? If the devil's Japanese plane dares to come down, I will die together with him."

There was both bravery and resentment in his words. An army captain was not a saint, and it was a soldier's bounden duty to carry out military orders. But how could he not complain when he watched his brothers embark on a path of certain death under military orders?

However, whether it was because of bravery or resentment, the Chinese soldiers who rushed to the location of the three trucks were destined to be disappointed.

The bodies of the two sergeants were found first. However, the cab that was struck by the Japanese 7.7mm machine gun was almost completely destroyed, let alone the people inside.

However, no one escaped from the truck at the last moment. As a bait, one has to let the prey swallow them, swallowing them deeper, so that the barbs can get stuck in its throat so that the prey cannot escape no matter how hard it struggles.

The flames of the leading car were finally extinguished by the soldiers with sand and earth.

A row of soldiers stood in the wilderness, watching Yang Bicheng howling as he took the second lieutenant officer, whose body was burnt black and had long been unrecognizable, out of the tattered cab. His completely blackened arms were still tight. He held the steering wheel firmly, but the superior soldier who couldn't bear to damage his arm just used a bayonet to pry the steering wheel off.

Rejecting the stretcher and help brought by the other soldiers, the young private placed his brother's darkened head on his shoulder and carried the body on his back. He sniffed the snot from crying, and struggled to carry his brother and his brother. Sir, walked towards the woods where he said goodbye to himself.

The pace is hard and slow, but yet more determined than ever.

Once, his elder brother held up the entire blue sky for him, but now, it is his youngest brother who should accompany him and warm his cold eyes with his body temperature. In this way, his elder brother should not be lonely!

The army captain waved his hand to stop the other soldiers from following, and stood straight on the spot, the muscles on his face twitching violently, but he could not say a word.

He is sad! He apologizes!

But how could he not be sad? How can you not feel guilty?

That was the officer he personally requested from the regiment headquarters. The second lieutenant, who was both civilized and military, performed extremely well. After this battle, he would be promoted to lieutenant and become his deputy. He would have had the opportunity to kill more Japanese.

But such an outstanding young man died like this because of his own orders.

Not a shot fired!

His battle is to take the initiative to face the enemy's gun.

does it worth? Still not worth it?

The captain could not give himself an answer until this moment.

Until the Japanese plane is gone.

Soldiers appeared one after another on various positions. They did not cheer for victory. Instead, under the leadership of their respective commanders, they faced the soldiers who were walking slowly and alone, carrying their brothers on their backs.

In the wilderness, the refugees who had just celebrated their victory also stopped cheering and stared at the duo in silence.

The young children knelt down and kowtowed!

The old man lowered his white head and bowed!

They know that if it weren't for them, these soldiers would not have to die.

"All troops stand at attention and salute!" Lei Xiong's roaring voice echoed through the wilderness as he walked out of the headquarters.

The tears in the Army Captain's eyes finally fell at that moment.

It took almost all of his strength to raise his trembling hands, stand at attention, and salute.

worth!

For those who kneel, all sacrifices are worth it.

The meaning of military existence is not just to win.