"Order all fighter jets to take off immediately, and the air force of the National Defense Force must be dragged to the Weijiang position!" Coincidentally, at this time, Sugiyama Genya ordered to his Army Aviation Commander: "Don't report the losses to me, I will also

Don't listen to the results of the battle. I just want those National Defense Force fighter planes to be unable to leave the Weijiang position!"

"Hai!" Lieutenant General Michichi Sugawara, commander of Japan's third air force, bowed deeply to Gen Sugiyama and said solemnly: "I will do my best to prevent the National Defense Forces from leaving!"

In the previous meeting, Yamashita Tomofumi's worries were confirmed. Those fool-like Filipinos had just finished dealing with the imperial troops, and were directly annihilated by the National Defense Forces before they had time to enjoy the fruits of victory.

"I support the Philippines, this is feasible. But what I need is the support of our aviation force." Sugiyama Motokai recalled Yamashita Tomofumi's firm request at that meeting.

"This is impossible! We currently don't have enough fighter jets to defend Mijiang, and there is simply no extra force to support the front army." At that time, Lieutenant General Sugawara Michichi refused without even thinking.

The Army Aviation suffered heavy losses in the battles with the National Defense Forces Air Force during this period. At least more than 200 fighter planes were shot down. Now there are less than 150 fighter planes that can continue to fight.

If the Navy had not recently shared a large amount of pressure on the Army, perhaps the Army Aviation's fighter jets would have been lost long ago.

"I did not ask the Third Air Force to provide us with cover. My request was that the Third Air Force needed to strengthen its offensive at the position to attract the fighters of the National Defense Force to ensure that they could not spare their power to attack us..."

Yamashita Tomofumi looked at Sugawara Michio and said sincerely: "I will communicate with the Navy regarding support. I believe they are not willing to see the Philippines fall into the hands of the National Defense Forces."

"As long as the Third Air Force can hold back most of the National Defense Force's air force on the Weijiang position, then we can calmly retreat to the port under the cover of naval aviation..."

In this way, the fate of Lieutenant General Michio Sugawara's Third Air Force was decided. In fact, both Sugiyama Gen and Michio Sugawara felt a little uncomfortable when they made this decision.

The Army Aviation Force is inherently inferior to the Naval Aviation Force in terms of actual combat experience. It is so easy to have so many pilots with actual combat experience that the Army Air Force has become a treasure trove.

But now, these pilots have to be forced to die. This is unacceptable to Sugiyama Gen and others. But they also know that continuing to fight like this will only delay the fight for some time.

In the end, the Southern Army had to retreat from South Asia. The signs are now extremely obvious. The National Defense Forces have massive troops, weapons and air superiority.

The only natural barrier that the Japanese army relied on, Mijiang, was also shattered under the strange attacks of the National Defense Forces. Sugiyama Moto himself was not sure how long it could last.

Even the base camp is already making plans for the Southern Army to withdraw from South Asia. For the base camp, the Southern Army is still a rare fighting force.

They hoped to preserve the strength of this force to the maximum extent and use it for other battlefields. The expeditionary force to the Soviet Union was equivalent to being abandoned from the moment Ishihara Kanji was recalled.

The base camp will no longer give them weapons, ammunition and supplies. They must either fight to the gates of Moscow and join the German army or perish on the road to battle!

"Buzz buzz..." The Japanese fighter planes covering the sky roared in the sky and rushed towards the positions of the National Defense Forces. The patrolling reconnaissance planes quickly discovered the Japanese fighter planes.

The situation here was reported to the rear headquarters as quickly as possible. Tu Laohu sneered and ordered the troops on the position to immediately enter the anti-gun cave and take shelter temporarily.

At the same time, Gao Zhihang was asked to handle the matter. Gao Zhihang's face was ugly after receiving the report from the reconnaissance plane. He did not expect that the Japanese would be so determined to send their only remaining army fighter planes directly towards the Wehrmacht positions.

Regardless of whether it is impossible, once these fighter planes enter the sky above the Wehrmacht positions without being blocked, they will carry out strikes on the positions.

With air superiority, the pressure on the National Defense Forces' positions can be imagined. No one can guarantee that the positions will be able to be defended under such a strong attack.

"Order all fighter planes to take off immediately!" Gao Zhihang had no extra time to hesitate. He stood up and said: "The troops scheduled to go to Qinghua will continue, and the rest will board the plane and take off immediately..."

"Tell my war eagles: If the pilots are lighted, then the staff will follow. If you are all lighted, then I will follow!" Gao Zhihang's eyes were blood red. He said in a cold voice: "Anyway, I want these guys.

You can’t move even half a step forward on the battlefield!”

"yes!!"

Since the entry of the National Defense Forces into the Southeast Asian battlefield, the most brutal air battle has begun. Countless eagle-like fighter planes roar across the sky, and the sky is constantly filled with machine cannons and the crisp spray of machine guns.

From time to time, fighter planes fall from the sky dragging black smoke and fire...

"Boom, boom...boom!!" A Tiger Shark interceptor had just shot down a Japanese fighter plane. Before it could take a breath, the Japanese fighter plane circling from the side penetrated the fuselage with a machine gun.

Although the pilot tried to raise the plane at a high speed to avoid the Japanese machine guns, it was too late. With the crisp sound of the machine gun "click, click, click...", the Tiger Shark's fuselage was penetrated by more than ten bullets.

hole.

With a sound of "Boom!", the Japanese bullet hit the ammunition box, causing the fighter plane to explode violently. The pilot did not have time to parachute, and turned into a wisp of sparks in the air...

Situations like this are constantly happening on the battlefield. The National Defense Forces and Army troops on the ground can only suppress their blushes and continue to cheer for their own war eagles.

"Boom!!" Another Japanese fighter plane was shot down. Although the Japanese army thickened the armor on the rear cabin of the new fighter plane, the armor on the sides and front was still very thin.

What this leads to is that as long as these weak points are hit by tiger sharks, they will have no choice but to fall miserably.

At the Japanese airport, Lieutenant General Sugawara Michichi did not wear his own military uniform. What he wore was a pilot's uniform. Also dressed like him were all the staff officers of the Third Air Force Staff Headquarters.

There were still fighter planes, but almost all the pilots had been lost. Michio Sugawara never expected that the air battle would be so fierce from the beginning. In just over half an hour, more than 30 Japanese fighter planes were shot down.

Now the advantage in the air combat area is constantly being lost to the National Defense Forces. Michio Sugawara knows better than anyone what will happen if the Army Aviation does not gain the advantage.

At the same time, he also knew that the National Defense Forces Air Force was almost at the end of its tether. It had shot down more than thirty Japanese fighter planes, and their own losses were about twenty.

"Gentlemen, please prepare!" Lieutenant General Sugawara Michichi waved his hand, and seven or eight staff officers tied Japanese "Hinomaru" headbands on their foreheads with stern expressions and stood neatly in front of the Type 1-2 fighter.

"Gentlemen! Today is the day when we serve His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire on the battlefield! For this, I feel extremely honored! And I am deeply proud of the bravery of you Gentlemen!" Michio Sugawara looked at these and

The staff officers who got along with me day and night said: "Fight! Fight for the empire! Please go ahead. Suga will meet you at the shrine after finishing the secular affairs!"

"I pray to death in battle before my seven lives are over! Become a loyal soul and protect the country!!" These staff officers loudly roared out their farewell poems, then turned around and boarded the fighter plane.

"The Emperor is on board! The Japanese Empire is on board!!" With howls, their fighter planes roared towards the sky. Lieutenant General Sugawara Michichi continued to salute until they disappeared from sight.

…

Not long after, Tojo Hideki, who was the acting chief of staff of the base camp in Tokyo, sent a farewell message to Kanin Miya Zaihito with a pale face.

"Michidai Sugawara of the Imperial Army has never taken a step back from the battlefield since he joined the army. Now that the war situation is not favorable to me, all the warriors of the Third Air Force of the Imperial Army will still serve His Majesty as loyal servants. The Imperial Army and the Third Air Force

The entire army is determined to resist the enemy with only the remains of its body. We are determined not to damage the glory of our emperor..."

"...Absolutely. I only wish that our empire's military fortunes will prosper and that your majesty will be healthy and long-lived. Michio Sugawara and the entire Third Air Force will become loyal souls and protect the country!"

"Commander of the Third Air Force of the Imperial Japanese Army: Lieutenant General Michi Sugawara, the last word..."

Xianyuan Gong Zairen slowly put down the farewell message. An indescribable feeling came to his heart. Has this come to this point?! He actually had to force an aviation force commander to fly

Fighters go and fight them to the death...

"I will personally deliver this telegram to His Majesty..." Hanyuan Palace suddenly felt a little lonely, waved his hand to Tojo Hideki and said: "After Ishihara comes back, you can bring him to see me..."

"Hai..." Tojo Hideki responded with a deep bow without daring to express his anger.

Unlike the Japanese who wrote farewell poems and sent farewell messages, Gao Zhihang did not have any heroic words. He just opened his filing cabinet and took out the still brand-new flight suit and put it on.

When he appeared at the headquarters, all the staff officers and guard officers here had also changed into flight suits.

"Let's go..." Gao Zhihang smiled faintly and said to the soldiers who were silently waiting for his orders: "Kill those naughties, or... be killed by them."

Gao Zhihang's fighter plane never left his airport. The fighter plane was spray-painted with more than thirty solid red stars. This is the confirmed number of enemy planes shot down.

In the next row, there are more than ten dotted red stars. This is a symbol that the damage cannot be confirmed whether it was shot down. Among all the fighter planes, many have more than ten red stars spray-painted on them.

These men who usually don't show off in the headquarters are actually ace! They are all eagles carefully selected by Gao Zhihang and taught by Gao Zhihang himself.

They came to the headquarters just because Gao Zhihang wanted them to be familiar with civilian and command work. In the future, they will still have to return to the grassroots units of the Air Force and continue to serve as officers.

"There is only one order!" Gao Zhihang was about to board the plane. He stood in front of his fighter plane and grinned: "Kill them!"

"Kill them!!" At this time, the silent eagles shouted angrily. Amidst the roar of engines, they rose from the ground and flew towards the sky...

When the fighting between the National Defense Forces and the Japanese troops in the air above Weijiang became intense, the air battle that broke out in the airspace near Thanh Hoa also became more intense. Yamamoto Isoroku did not hesitate to dispatch all the fighter planes he had.

At the same time, the ship docked directly at the port. On the one hand, it was preparing to cover Yamashita Fengfumi's troops. On the other hand, it was also preparing to pick them up and transport them away.

These two air battles may not be the most numerous or largest air battles between China and Japan. But there is no doubt that they will become the most brutal air battles between the two sides.

Gao Zhihang, commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Southeast Asian Theater of the National Defense Force, personally flew a fighter plane to participate in the battle, and Lieutenant General Michio Sugawara, commander of the Japanese Third Air Force, was also preparing to board the plane.

The battle has reached such an extent that both sides have tried their best. They have already guessed each other. This will be the only chance to defeat the other side.

In this battle, the winner will completely occupy the skies of the entire South Asia. The loser will have to enter a dormant state. Without air superiority, the ground troops' attack will have to be in trouble.

Both Sugiyama Yuan and Tu Laohu knew that this air battle could be said to be a decisive battle in the entire South Asia. The difference was that if Tu Laohu lost the air battle, he could still rely on his army's advantage to continue to guard it.

As long as the fighter planes and pilots from the rear arrive, he can launch the offensive again. With almost the entire Annan and China as a backing, the troops can continue to fight as long as there is sufficient logistical support.

But Sugiyama Gen is different. If he wins, the entire Southern Army can survive for a while. It may even be possible to use the advantages of Army Aviation to launch a counterattack.

But if it fails...then it can be said that most of the Southern Army's war in South Asia is over. The next thing they have to consider is how to retreat.

Tu Laohu is now drinking tea in his headquarters unhurriedly. His eyes are slightly narrowed and he looks like he is asleep. The big tea jar in front of him is constantly rising wisps of mist, and behind the headquarters

The sound of external explosions, the roar of aircraft and the sound of roaring fighter planes crashing were all heard together.

Several staff officers were constantly summarizing the situation and reporting to the commander-in-chief.

"It's so crazy! Tu, this is so crazy! I never thought that I would experience such a splendid and great battle!" Stilwell, who came from the imperial capital, flushed with excitement and kept murmuring.

Said to himself: "My God! The battle is over, I must meet Commander Gao Zhihang in person! He is undoubtedly a great hero..."

"Tu! Aren't you worried about those brave warriors?!" Suddenly, Stilwell turned to Tu Huhu, who had his eyes closed to meditate, and asked: "Oh God! At this time, you are actually closing your eyes to meditate.

?!"

Hearing this, Master Pao opened his eyes and smiled: "They are just like me. They have been waiting for this day since they put on these clothes. Bullets don't have eyes, and they won't turn around just because I look at them twice...

"

"What I have to do is to keep my spirits high. If they win, then I will not let down their blood and lives. I will lead my brothers to rush forward and kill these gangsters..."

"If they fail, then I need to keep my spirits up. Otherwise, where will I have the energy to kill these bastards and avenge them?!"

Stilwell was speechless for a moment, and after a while he gave the gunner a thumbs up. I heard that this gunner never cared about life or death. He would go into battle and play man-bear fights when nothing happened. In the past, Stilwell had some

I don’t believe it and think it’s a rumor.
To be continued...