Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 51 The Highlight Moment of the Air Force (Please read and collect)
Jiangqiao Airport, Air Force 4th Squadron

Zhou Xin was showing off his prowess to a group of comrades in the dormitory. His roommate Wang Jie couldn't stand his smug look, so he said sourly:
"Captain, I'm just lucky. Who doesn't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?"

Wang Jie is from Northeast China. He is a pilot trained by Shenyang Aviation School. He fled to the interior of China after the September 18th Incident. His biggest wish is to fight back to his hometown.
He has always been the backbone of the squadron. If Zhou Xin had not returned from studying abroad, he would have been the squadron leader.

He was originally very dissatisfied with Zhou Xin. He lost to Zhou Xin, who studied abroad, and wanted to defeat him in actual combat. However, the result went against his will, and Zhou Xin won first. It is understandable that he was in a bad mood.

Who knew Zhou Xin was such a carefree person, born in a privileged family, so he developed a flamboyant personality. When Wang Jie said he just relied on luck, he was not happy and said arrogantly:
"Wang Jie, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but luck is also a form of strength. How come the captain and I are the only ones in the entire squadron who shot down two enemy planes?

You should focus on how to shoot down the enemy planes, and stop being jealous (I learned this from Yue Qianli). If you have the ability, just rely on luck to shoot down the enemy planes!"

"Captain, don't provoke me. Luck can't always be on your side. Next time I will definitely be able to shoot down the enemy's plane and catch up with your record."

Wang Jie also comes from a wealthy family in Northeast China. His father is a high-ranking government official and his mother is a daughter of a prominent family. He has always been arrogant and has never submitted to anyone, and naturally he would not submit to Zhou Xin.

When Zhou Xin saw that Wang Jie was still arguing with him, he said arrogantly:

"Wang Jie, don't accuse me of bullying you. I don't want the first two planes. Let's start from today and see who can shoot down five planes first to become an ace pilot. Brothers, please bear witness!"

Everyone started to make a noise, and Wang Jie said arrogantly:
"I don't need you to give in. We are only two planes behind. Let's see who can become the ace first. Five planes is the standard in the West. The Japanese have more planes. Let's see who can shoot down ten first."

"Ten crosses, ten crosses. I bet I, Zhou Xin, have never been afraid of anyone. Let's see who's the real one!"

As soon as Zhou Xin finished speaking, the airport alarm sounded, and Zhou Xin, the squadron leader, yelled:

"There is a combat mission, board the plane!"

Bullshit aside, once they had a combat mission, these second- and third-generation rich guys immediately showed their temperament and followed Zhou Xin to run quickly towards their fighter planes without any delay.

Every second counts in air combat. Zhou Xin jumped onto his beloved plane and took off first. Unlike the bare fuselage a day ago, two five-pointed stars had been sprayed on his beloved plane overnight, which represented the glory of the pilot for shooting down two planes.

This time, not only the 27 planes of the th Squadron were ordered to be dispatched, but also the th Squadron. Almost all the Air Force's assets were used. It seems that the scale of the Japanese aircraft fleet is not small.

More enemy soldiers meant more military exploits were waiting for him, so Zhou Xin excitedly searched for enemy planes in the sky;

A few minutes later, densely packed black dots appeared in front of Zhou Xin's eyes. There were at least sixty or seventy of them. This was a "chicken coop"!

"Brothers, kill!"

Zhou Xin screamed with excitement and flew the IV-3 fighter plane straight towards the Japanese aircraft group, like an eagle swooping down on a flock of chickens.

"Bakayaloo, enemy attack!"

Colonel Kanoya, captain of the Kanoya Air Force, cursed in horror. He didn't expect to encounter the Chinese Air Force again a day later.

This time they dispatched more than 60 planes to bomb Jinling, Hangzhou and other places, but they were intercepted by the Chinese Air Force before they even dropped the bombs.

Because six planes had just been shot down on the 14th, Colonel Kanoya no longer had his previous arrogance, and even had some fear in his heart.

Now they had no way to retreat and could only go ahead. Soon hundreds of planes from both sides were engaged in a battle, with planes being shot down from time to time.

Zhou Xin's luck was really good. He opened up within five minutes of the battle and shot down a bomber.

Compared with the flexible escort fighters, he still prefers to fight against the Japanese's bulky bombers, and he can kill them accurately with one shot.

It has to be said that the Japs really only cared about eating and not fighting. During the bombing of Nanjing and Hangzhou, the Japs were still very arrogant and only sent a small number of escort fighters, which were simply unable to stop the wolf-like Chinese aircraft fleet.

After Zhou Xin destroyed a bomber, he was targeted by a Nakajima Type 400 fighter. This fighter could reach a maximum speed of 7.7 kilometers per hour and was equipped with two 3mm machine guns on the nose. It was a leader among biplanes and its performance was better than the Hawk- fighter piloted by Zhou Xin. No wonder the Japanese dared to drag it out so much.

In order to create opportunities for other fighters, Zhou Xin fought with the enemy for two rounds and then pretended to be defeated and ran away;

When Major Yoshino saw Zhou Xin trying to escape, he angrily cursed:
"Bagayalu, you want to run? No way!"

The two flashy five-pointed stars on Zhou Xin's plane irritated Major Yoshino, which meant that two of their planes had been shot down. He could not tolerate the existence of such an awesome Chinese pilot, so he chased after him regardless.

"DaDaDa..."

"DaDaDa..."

Yoshino fired several long bursts of shots from behind Zhou Xin, but Zhou Xin avoided them all with his skillful tactics. This further stimulated the Japanese's competitive spirit, and they chased after him relentlessly, completely unaware that they had already moved away from the main battlefield.

After Zhou Xin took the risk of luring the Japanese out, he thought the time was almost right, so he stopped taking the beating and, after doing a beautiful roll, he engaged in a fight with Yoshino's plane. The battle between the two sides was no longer one-sided.

The two men fought back and forth in the air, trying their best, but neither could shoot down the other, and the two were evenly matched.

Zhou Xin had already seen that his opponent was a veteran. He recalled the air combat tactics his elder brother had told him. He had not taken them seriously before, thinking that Yue Qianli, a rough soldier in the army, would not know anything about air combat tactics.

Now thinking about it, it makes sense. Yoshino was lured out thanks to Yue Qianli's words. He doesn't have to destroy the Japanese now, but to entangle him and let his teammates ravage the Japanese bomber group, sacrificing the individual for the whole.

He did it, and there was a main-wingman formation tactic he had not used, which now seemed to be good. He would try it next time.

The two sides fought for more than ten minutes, and the main battlefield had gradually been decided. The Japanese bombers were shot down one after another, which made Yoshino, who was also the squadron leader, anxious;
Now he has reacted and realized that he has been fooled by the Chinese. His mission is to protect the bomber group, not to play hide-and-seek with a sly guy.

Yoshino began to retreat in his heart. His distraction slowed down his movements, and Zhou Xin seized the opportunity to occupy the best attacking position.
The volley of bullets fired by Zhou Xin woke him up. He didn't have the ability to do two things at once, so he could only force himself to continue fighting.

In the main battlefield, thanks to Zhou Xin and others luring out the enemy fighter planes, Wang Jie shot down a plane in a fight with a group of bombers, which made him very excited and his performance became better and better;
His good luck seemed to be coming. A panicked bomber broke into his field of vision, with its sexy fuselage facing his nose. It was simply a delivery service.

Wang Jie decisively fired a long burst of bullets at the Japanese, and the bullets hit the fuselage, blowing it up instantly.

"Fuck you, Zhou Xin, I've caught up with you this time, so I'll let you show off, you bastard!"

Wang Jie was so excited that he started swearing. When he wanted to catch the chickens again, he found that all the Japanese had run away.

"go to hell!"

Zhou Xin fired a volley of bullets at the back of Yoshino, who was fleeing in a panic. However, luck was not on his side this time. His plane only emitted thick smoke, but he was not shot down. Therefore, his record could only be counted as injuring one plane.

The captain of the 16th Squadron, Gao Zhihang, was in a better mood than Zhou Xin. Their squadron shot down enemy planes.
At the same time, the 11th Squadron also shot down planes and won a great victory!

That afternoon, they shot down another 14 planes. Zhou Xin achieved results again, winning three battles in a row and demonstrating the glory of the Chinese Air Force.

Hongkou, Sichuan North Road, Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters
Rows of M35 helmets were launching a tragic attack on the enemy fortresses. As they rushed forward, a group of them fell down. The open space was filled with the unyielding bodies of the soldiers, all of whom fell facing the enemy. "Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Another row of naval shells flew over from the river, smashing fiercely into the charging ranks of the 524th Regiment. Each shell would knock down a squad or even half a platoon.
An M35 helmet was thrown into the sky, and after landing on the ground, it made a small crater. The body under the helmet had been blown into pieces, and he didn't even have a name left...

"Commander, we can't go on like this. The enemy's firepower is too fierce. We brothers can't rush forward at all!"

The commander of the 524th Regiment complained to Zhu Chi in a tearful voice, saying that the st Battalion, as the main attacking force, had almost been wiped out, but the damage it caused to the Japanese was limited.

Zhu Chi was also upset, but kindness does not make a good army, and the position must be taken, so he immediately frowned and cursed:
"Han Mengzi, stop yelling at me. If your 524th Regiment gets scared, I'll replace them with the 523rd Regiment.

Even if the Japanese headquarters is a piece of iron, you will smash it flat for me!"

When Han Xianyuan heard that the 523rd Regiment was going to be replaced, he thought it was a slap in the face of their regiment. Besides, people would die if the 523rd Regiment was replaced. Thinking of this, he grabbed his hat and said loudly to Zhu Chi:
"Brigade Commander, our 524th Regiment has not yet been wiped out. Let Old Wu wait first. Can you ask the division commander for another round of heavy artillery support? I will lead the brothers to go personally!"

Zhu Chi's expression became better, and he nodded and said:
"I'll go ask the division commander for artillery support. You stay at the regiment headquarters. It's not your turn to lead the charge when the battalion commander is here. You are the regiment commander!"

When Captain Han heard that the brigade commander agreed to his request, he immediately put on a smiling face and said:
"I knew the brigade commander would feel sorry for his brothers. The Japanese turtle shell can only be smashed open by heavy artillery. Mortar shells will only leave white spots on it.
The brothers are not afraid of heavy artillery bombardment, their accuracy is just so-so, what they worry about is that they can't knock down the turtle shell, and they can only take the beating without any success. "

"Old Han, heavy artillery shells are very valuable. We can only have a few rounds. In the end, we have to rely on our brothers to charge. You must seize the opportunity this time and charge in at one stroke!"

"Brigade Commander, don't worry, there is not a single coward in the 524th Regiment."

Captain Han left after saying this. He had to hurry back to adjust the deployment. It was a rare opportunity to get a round of heavy artillery support and he couldn't waste it.

After Captain Han left, Zhu Chi personally called Sun Yuanliang. Sun Yuanliang readily agreed to ask Commander Zhang for the right to use the heavy artillery regiment.

After hanging up the phone, he said to the deputy brigade commander:
"Deputy Brigade Commander Hua, you are a graduate of the fourth-term artillery department, and you are an expert in artillery. In your opinion, can our heavy artillery crack the Japanese's turtle shell?"

Deputy Brigade Commander Hua Pinzhang thought for a moment and said:
“The 150mm heavy howitzer is the most advanced artillery currently, so it’s no problem for it to crack open the turtle’s shell;

The key point is that the enemy headquarters is a fortress complex with four floors, all of which are steel-concrete structures. One shot can only destroy a small part at most. The turtle shell covers an area of ​​several thousand square meters. How much can be blown up?"

Zhu Chi fell into a brief silence. He had understood that for a steel-concrete structure, the most they could do was blow up the top floor, which would not pose much of a threat to the Japanese on the floors below.

The heavy artillery regiment did not have that many shells and had to guard against the Japanese planes, so the support they could provide was limited, and in the end they had to rely on the brothers to pay with their lives.

"That's it. Something is better than nothing. Even without the heavy artillery regiment, our 262nd Brigade will capture the enemy's position!

Let's not stay in the headquarters anymore, let's go and have a look together, maybe we can find a way to crack it."

After Brigade Commander Zhu finished speaking, he grabbed a helmet and strode out. Hua Pinzhang was worried about the brigade commander's safety, so he followed him with a dozen guards.

Commander Sun was indeed a man of great connections. He actually requested artillery support for the 262nd Brigade. Rounds of heavy artillery shells whizzed towards the enemy's headquarters building, and the effect was surprisingly good.

The defenders did not expect the Nationalist Army to use 150mm heavy howitzers and were caught off guard.

The artillery position previously deployed on the top floor was destroyed, and the entire top floor was devastated beyond belief, with the Japanese troops deployed there suffering heavy casualties.

"Alright! Blow up these bastards, you little Japanese devils, and you deserve what you deserve!"

Zhu Chi cheered as he watched. Just as Deputy Brigade Commander Hua had expected, the Japanese's tortoise shells were useless in front of the heavy howitzers.
If there were enough artillery shells, the entire headquarters building could be blown into ruins. Unfortunately, they only fired a dozen rounds, and if they fired again, they would be bombed by Japanese planes.

As soon as the artillery preparation was over, the main force of the 524th Regiment launched a group charge towards the headquarters building, deploying thousands of people at once. Han Xianyuan led the team personally, which made Zhu Chi angry and cursed:

"Han Mengzi, you don't listen to my orders again. I will remove him later."

"Commander, you are willing to withdraw him. He is the most powerful general under your command."

"Even a fierce general cannot ignore orders. He thinks he is the company commander!"

Zhu Chi's tone was obviously much weaker. It was normal for his fellow Huangpu students to lead the charge, and he himself was not much better.
It’s always like this, we can’t retreat, we can’t retreat at all!

The Japanese were dizzy from the explosion and did not react until the 524th Regiment rushed to them. The light and heavy machine guns hidden in the building began to fire frantically at the attacking troops. Bullets rained down on Han Xianyuan and his men, and the soldiers were mowed down in groups.

But this time the attacking troops were not repelled. They used their light and heavy firepower to attack the Japanese. From time to time, unlucky Japanese were shot and fell. The Japanese defense line began to loosen.

"Demolition team, go up and blow open the enemy's gate!"

The assault company commander yelled, and then two soldiers pushed a cart straight to the gate;

The cart was full of explosives, which were used to blow up the gate that was blocked by the Japanese. The Japanese bullets kept pouring down on them. Two soldiers were shot and fell down, and then two more soldiers rushed up...

After the sacrifice of three groups of suicide squad members, the fourth group finally completed their mission, detonated the explosives, blew open the Japanese gate, and the remaining dozens of people in the assault company took the opportunity to rush in.

"Alright, we finally made it in! Charge on, brothers!"

Major Yang Ruifu, the commander of the first battalion, yelled and led his troops to prepare for reinforcement. At this moment, several gates that had been closed before suddenly opened, and armored vehicles rushed out one after another;
At the most critical moment, the Japanese mobilized armored forces. They used vehicle-mounted 7.7mm heavy machine guns to crazily fire at the brothers of the 254th Regiment. The attacking troops were swept to the ground one after another, and blood flowed like a river.

Faced with the counterattack of the Japanese armored forces, the 254th Regiment had no choice but to retreat because it could not hold on with its flesh and blood.

"The brothers in the assault company haven't withdrawn yet. I have to go over to meet them!"

Yang Ruifu shouted at the top of his lungs, but was stopped by others. If he went up now, he would be sending his head to the enemy tank troops...

The sound of gunfire in the headquarters became weaker and weaker, and finally fell into silence, which meant that all the commandos who broke into the building were killed.

"You damned little Japs, I will never forgive you!"

After the iron-clad Captain Yang finished shouting, he burst into tears, for his dead comrades and for his own inability to do anything. If only he could send reinforcements...

There are no ifs on the battlefield!

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