After suffering from this severe blow, the Japanese army in the south of the city finally became more honest and there was no war in the south of the city all morning.

But this is just above land, and the fierce battle in the air started around 9 a.m.

This is actually the daily routine after the start of the Hengyang War. The Military Commission attaches great importance to Hengyang. Although the progress of various ground reinforcements is slow, air support is still in place.

Far from far away, fighter jets took off from airports in Guilin, Liuzhou and other places, and Zhijiang Airport nearby, the fighter jets invested include two brigades of the Chinese Air Force, five squadrons of the Flying Tigers, and four squadrons of the US Air Force. The total number of fighter jets dispatched in turn is no less than 200. The total number of aircraft deployed in the past week of war has exceeded 1,600, and the scale has almost exceeded the Battle of Songhu, which was invested in 1937.

The Japanese army also took the initiative. The Chinese Expeditionary Force Command called almost more than 280 all the land aircraft fighter jets in China and seized air supremacy.

Every day from 8 am to 5 pm, fighter planes are almost attacking ground or chasing each other fiercely in the sky.

But it is obvious that even if the Japanese army gathered all the land aviation forces in the Chinese theater, it was already at the end of its strength.

Because the fighter jets equipped by both sides at this time were no longer like the first few years of the war, the Chinese Air Force was equipped with the old-fashioned Hawk III, I-15, biplane eliminated by the United States and Mao Bear, while the Japanese were the Type 96 and 97 fighters with better performance. The Chinese Air Force had to rely on the tactics of desperate lives or even bayonets in the air to barely achieve the record of shooting down enemy aircraft.

At this time, the Chinese Air Force had completely replaced new fighter jets such as Wildcats or Hellcats, and even a flight brigade had replaced them with the most advanced fighter jet in the United States, nicknamed "Thunderbolt". This new fighter jet, known as "air tanks", is definitely a nightmare for Japan's aviation industry.

The big guy with a huge weight of 6,000 kilograms not only has steel armor guards to improve air combat survival, but also has 8 12.7mm heavy machine guns and a full 3,400 rounds of bombs. The wings can also be loaded with bombs of more than 1,000 kilograms. What makes Japanese mainland aviation's brains most buzzing is that this air firepower output platform also has a speed of 690 kilometers per hour and a combat radius of up to 1,200 kilometers.

In order to fight in Hengyang, the Military Commission actually sent the Thunder and Lightning Squadron that garrisoned the mountain city to Liuzhou Airport.

The Thunder and Lightning Squadron also lived up to its trust. It dispatched five times in a week and shot down 28 Japanese aircraft. However, only three of them were injured and none of them crashed, which greatly inspired the morale of the Chinese Army on the ground.

However, there are only 12 P-47 fighter jets in China, which are leading the Japanese Zero fighter jets in all directions, and it is impossible for them to rely on these 12 lightning fighters to patrol over Hengyang every day.

The Chinese fighter jets with the most numerous airspaces over Hengyang are mainly Wildcats or P-40 models!

Lin Heng, who has been promoted to deputy captain of the 4th Air Force Brigade, was appointed to lead the team to attack over Hengyang at 11:00 on June 10. This is his eighth time in the past 7 days.

Intelligence shows that more than 20 Japanese fighter jets had fought fiercely with friendly forces over Hengyang from 9:00 to 10:30, and no Japanese fleet would arrive over Hengyang in a short time.

He wanted to lead 18 P-40 fighter jets under his command to bomb and dive strafuse the Japanese infantry in the west and south of Hengyang City to relieve the pressure on the Hengyang defenders.

Lin Heng and his subordinates have done this kind of work several times, especially in the open areas like the west of the city, who are not unfamiliar with them.

The west of the city is full of mountain ponds and ponds. Because the weather is hot, Japanese infantry often jump into these ponds during the battle to catch fish and take a bath. When the enemy's fighter planes arrive, most of these Japanese troops will climb ashore naked and make birds and beasts scatter. If they don't have time to run, they will just lurk in the pond and hold their breath, and wait until the plane leaves before climbing to the shore.

Due to the lack of anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns by the Japanese army, Chinese pilots often only leave a few fighter jets to guard the mid- and high altitudes. Most of the fighter jets search for targets at low altitudes, drop bombs or simply fire with machine guns. Sometimes when they see the Japanese army in the pond in the air, they deliberately fly low over and over again, making even the Japanese soldiers unable to get out.

At this time, Japanese soldiers were either suffocated to death in the pond or showed up to the Chinese fighter jets as live targets. As long as they were not too stupid, they would eventually choose the latter.

Only after playing with these stupid critics will the Chinese pilots shake their wings and drop bombs at the pond. After a violent explosion, the water surface will often be covered with white fish and shrimps that were killed and the corpses of naked Japanese soldiers.

Whoever has air control will have the right to speak. The Chinese Air Force will return everything that Japanese fighter jets have done to the Chinese military and civilians in a vain. Not only will they be physically eliminated, but they will also torture them from a spiritual level.

The Japanese infantry were so angry that they bit the back teeth of the Chinese fighter jets, but they were just like the Chinese infantry back then, with only light and heavy machine guns, and they were helpless against the lightning fighter jets.

"Telephones are grouped together, one machine is left at an altitude of 2,500 meters to guard. The two aircraft enter low altitude and find targets to bomb and fire on the ground. Pay attention to each aircraft, each aircraft needs to leave 300 rounds of ammunition for emergency needs. The Japanese army has not completely lost its combat capability, and each marshal must not be careless! I would like to emphasize again, be sure not to be careless!" Before arriving over Hengyang, the young air force captain issued an order with a serious expression on the radio.

The deputy captain of the brigade originally had 24 fighter jets directly under the command of two squadrons, but now there are only 18 fighter jets in him, of which 3 were damaged and repaired at the airport, but there are still three people and their fighter jets in this landscape in Hengyang.

Only one person successfully parachuted, while the other two pilots collided with their fighter plane and burst into a fireball. Lin Heng did not want such a tragedy to happen again.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Received!" The Chinese pilots felt the seriousness of Deputy Captain Lin and answered solemnly on the radio.

The 18 fighter jets were divided into two teams, one went to the west of the city to bomb the Japanese army, and the other went to Zhangjiashan in the south of the city to bomb the main force of the Japanese army that had gathered more than 10,000 people.

As the leader of the No. 3 team leader, Air Force Second Lieutenant Chen Xiangrong was responsible for air alert. Looking down from a height of 3,000 meters, you can clearly see large scattered black on the ground. This is the land that has just experienced heavy rain. It was originally a large scattered yellow mud, but it was burned into black by artillery fire. It is completely imagined that the battle between yesterday and the night was fierce.

The fact is just as the Air Force lieutenant thought, while the 116th Division was deployed to attack Zhangjiashan, Tiger-shaped Nest and other positions in turn, it also mobilized the 116th Division, two artillery gangs under the 68th Division, and an independent artillery gang, with a total of more than 120 artillery pieces. During the more than ten hours of infantry battle, more than 18,000 artillery shells were thrown on the Chinese positions, and the intensity of the artillery fire exceeded the total during the battle against Tanzhou.

Fortunately, China also organized more than 60 artillery types to fight back, and also threw no less than 10,000 shells at the Japanese army.

Anyway, the main focus is one that you don’t let me live, and I won’t let you live well. Hundreds of people on both sides of China and Japan were killed by fierce artillery fire, and various fortifications carefully constructed on the surface of China were also destroyed by 70 to 80%.

Six Chinese fighter jets roared and dived down, looking for positions such as Japanese infantry and artillery that had been hidden. The two 500-pound bombs hung under the wings were enough to blow up any targets they found to the sky.

But after several days of bombing, the Japanese army had already learned to be smart. The infantry used branches to disguise the trenches and fortifications. Not to mention that from a height of thousands of meters, it was difficult to find the Japanese army hiding from a height of four or five hundred meters.

The fighter jets at high altitude and the Chinese Air Force who were passing by at high speed at low altitude did not know that in a jungle on a hillside on the ground, accompanied by the roar of Japanese officers, long gun barrels pointed their heads towards the sky.

The Japanese army lacked sufficient ground prevention and control weapons, but it does not mean that there was no. At the request of the commander of the 11th Army Yokoyama Yokoyama, the Japanese Army Base Camp has been preparing various equipment and materials for the World War I in Hunan Province three months ago, including the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery requested by the 11th Army.

After half a month of hard transportation, the batch of anti-aircraft guns had arrived in the south of Hengyang City two days ago. However, at the request of the 116th Division, the air defense brigade composed of 24 Type 98 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 4 Taisho 111 75mm anti-aircraft guns have been attracted but not hiding in the mountains and forests.

The Japanese army hopes to use this air defense brigade that China does not know as its trump card to attack China's most advanced "Thunder and Lightning" fighter jet squadron. Only in this way, not to mention regaining air supremacy, at least it will not allow China to gain a complete air superiority, and will use fighter jets to bomb the infantry from time to time.

In the past week, the number of infantry soldiers killed and injured by Chinese air bombing and strafing has reached 2,000, which is unacceptable to the proud Imperial Japanese Army.

However, the Chinese Thunder Fighter Squadron did not appear on the battlefield in the past two days. Seeing that the six P-40 fighter jets were carrying heavy bombs and jumped into the low altitude and began to stare at the infantry on the ground. Iron Eiwang, who was hiding in the command post, finally couldn't help it.

"I want to let them know that this is not a place where they can rush around." Iwaao issued a military order to Masao Matsui, the air defense brigade under his temporary jurisdiction on the phone.

"Hi! Please rest assured, your subordinates will shoot down all enemy planes and give the Chinese a deep lesson!" The Japanese Army Nakasa made a promise on the phone.

As the Japanese gunner swayed the robot handle, the gun barrels wrapped in dead grass branches aimed at the air...

At this time, on the 221 Highland, Dan Tai Mingjing was feeding his puppy "Erniu" with a can of meat. Erniu is considered the great grandson of the meritorious dog of the Four Lines Regiment, "Hammer". He was just nine months old and started training since he was two months old. Last month, he was assigned to the army to serve as an infantry squad to search and fight dog, and then followed the temporary independent company to fight. The company commander Tu Yunsheng handed the military dog ​​under one year old to Dan Tai Mingjing and became a member of his infantry squad.

Although the "Erniu" is less than one year old, the puppy who inherited his great grandfather's excellent genes is very smart and brave. In the battle to support the 221 Highland yesterday, this little guy has been following Dan Tai Mingjing.

After discovering the enemy situation in the dark night, he knew that he could not speak, so he used his claws to remind Dan Tai Mingjing, which allowed Dan Tai Mingjing's infantry squad to always discover the enemy situation one step ahead of the enemy. This made Dan Tai Mingjing's infantry squad lose only one person due to injuries during the fierce battle that night. Such casualties rank first among all infantry squads in the 10th Division and the Four Regiment. In the morning, he also received a commendation from the 10th Division headquarters.

During the battle, the "Erniu" who had reached 40 kilograms of weight killed three Japanese soldiers, but it was also injured. A wound was bitten by a desperate Japanese soldier, and a piece of meat was torn off. Fortunately, it wore a special combat vest. Dan Tai Mingjing specially made a 4mm thick steel plate for it before departure and inserted it into the vest and brie on the chest and abdomen. Although it was a bit heavy, it could save its life at critical moments.

After the war, there were at least three dents on the steel plate, which should have been stabbed by the Japanese dagger. If one hit, for this combat dog with the excellent gene of "hammer", the only thing waiting for the Japanese army would be death.

Dan Tai Mingjing liked "Erniu" very much. After the war, he not only carefully bandaged Erniu's wounds, but also gave him canned beef for lunch.

"Squad leader, look, our plane is here to find the bad luck of the Japanese again." A soldier was excited to point at the sky when he heard the roar in the sky.

Although such a scene is not uncommon, it is difficult for infantrymen, especially those who have been bombed by Japanese fighter jets for a long time, to see the Japanese devils being "bullied".

"You kid, if you have this time to watch the Air Force brothers bomb the Japanese, it's better to maintain your baby rifle. I rolled in the mud yesterday. I don't know how much mud was in the gun. Don't stop the gun from falling off when the Japanese came." Dan Tai Mingjing cursed with a smile.

After four years of war experience, the boy who was less than 17 years old not only lost his youth, but also grew up to be a qualified veteran soldier. Although this soldier is several months older than him, his military experience is 2 years apart. He usually regards Dan Tai Mingjing as his elder brother.

"I cleaned and maintained it when I had breakfast in the morning, but the performance of this rifle is really good. I have been soaked in mud and water for so long, but it still has no malfunction. It is much stronger than the German flower mechanism. The thing has fierce firepower, but it is really too delicate. If you fight with the Japanese in such a place, you may be silent if you do it." The soldier replied with a smile.

"That's good. Call your brothers over to smoke and watch the show. I touched a pack from the company commander's backpack yesterday, and it's a bargain." Dan Tai Mingjing took out a pack of wrinkled cigarettes from his shirt pocket.

Fortunately, the packaging was not removed, otherwise the battle scene in the mud last night would have been soaked into slag.

"Haha, the squad leader is so proud!" the soldier laughed. "Brothers, the squad leader has given the benefits, come quickly!"

The 17 soldiers sat in the trenches and happily lit the welfare cigarettes sent by the squad leader, smoking so comfortably.

Now the Four Army Group has tobacco in the supply of individual soldiers, but only 8 packs are provided per person a month. If you still want to smoke, you can only buy it with allowances. Usually, these old smokers can only rub against each other, especially the squad leader Dan Tai, who is not very addicted to smoking.

In order to ensure the brothers in his class who need to get cigarettes, Dan Tai Mingjing's expenditure on purchasing cigarettes accounts for more than half of his monthly expenditure.

Since entering the army, Dan Tai Mingjing has never asked old Dan Tai or his sister Dan Tai Mingyue for money. In his words, "From now on, I have become an adult, and I will make money by myself!"

The Sixing Group's military pay was not enough, but it could not stand Dan Tai Mingjing's flowers. The comrades who died in battle and seriously injured were basically in poor families. Dan Tai Mingjing's military pay and bonuses were basically subsidized to his comrades and relatives.

This is actually a common phenomenon in the Four Lines Group. People who are still alive always don’t want to see their parents, wives and children of their dead comrades don’t even have money to settle down.

After four years of joining the army, the "adults" who have made great achievements in military affairs actually have no deposits, which makes Dan Tai Mingyue sometimes unable to help but talk to a certain adult.

Of course, the Dan Tai family never said that they expected Dan Tai Mingjing to save money to marry and have children. The sisters just couldn't help but feel sorry for their younger brother. Life in the war was already very hard, and I hope he would be nicer to him.

But, what is the happiness of soldiers?

Is it money, peace and tranquility, or is it a simple smile on the faces of comrades? Only soldiers themselves know this best.

After a fierce battle, you can see that all your comrades can still get together to smoke and chat, and have a smile on your face. Perhaps it is the greatest happiness of Dan Tai Mingjing at this time.

The comrade who was carried away by the stretcher team was only shot in the right chest. The Japanese Type 38 rifle had a very strong penetration power, and the warhead was not left in the body, nor did it hurt the heart and arteries. His life could be saved. With the superb medical skills and sufficient medicines of the medical team that came this time, he might be able to return to the army in 20 days.

Without this premise, I'm afraid that Dan Tai Mingjing and his infantry squad brothers would not be so happy either.

"Dongdongdongdongdong!" A series of terrifying shooting sounds suddenly echoed in the sky.

"There is no need to fire our anti-aircraft guns!" A soldier subconsciously listened carefully and asked questions.

The air defense battalion of the Four Army Regiment also participated in the battle, but it was when Japanese fighter jets flew past the sky. Since the five Japanese fighter jets were taken down, Japanese fighter jets did not dare to fly below 2,500 meters in the south of the city. Even if they dropped bombs on Chinese positions in the south of the city, they were still at an altitude of more than 2,000 meters.

But at this time, there were only Chinese Air Force fighter jets in the sky.

"Not good!" Dan Tai Mingjing's face changed drastically. He threw away his cigarette butt and turned over to climb into the trench, picked up the telescope and looked into the distance.

Six Chinese fighter jets are rushing up, and thick smoke has begun to rise from the tails of the two fighter jets.
Chapter completed!