Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 62: The Sorrow of the Chinese Air Force (Please read and collect)

Zhou Xin and Wang Jie formed a main-wingman formation. This set of tactics naturally came from his elder brother Yue Qianli. The first time it was applied on the battlefield, the effect was very good.
Wang Jie was responsible for serving as Zhou Xin's wingman. With someone protecting his weak spot, Zhou Xin fought the enemy with all his strength. In just a short while, he shot down and damaged one enemy plane each, bringing his record to 7.
Captain Gao Zhihang also shot down one. Air combat was as brutal as hand-to-hand combat. After a few rounds of strangulation, more than half of the weak ones would be shot down, and the rest were all masters of aerial combat.

During this process, Zhou Xin and Wang Jie each shot down an enemy plane, but the difference in numbers between the enemy and us was too great. Although we had the advantage in combat record, the gap in absolute numbers was getting bigger and bigger.

Zhou Xin pulled the fuselage higher again. He had entered a state of selflessness, like a fearless lone wolf. He pounced on the enemy planes again and again. As long as he had not been shot down, he would keep fighting.

Wang Jie had already smoothed over his edges and corners. In the face of national hatred and family feuds, the dispute between him and Zhou Xin was almost negligible.
He guarded Zhou Xin's flank like a shadow, not letting any sneak attackers get close to his host. This was the mission of a wingman.

Soon they attracted the attention of the Japanese ace pilot Lieutenant Colonel Okamura Motoharu. The row of dazzling five-pointed stars on Zhou Xin's fuselage made his blood boil. He said excitedly:
"Yoshi, China's trump card, I like it!"

After saying that, he went straight towards Zhou Xin, and Zhou Xin also noticed the presence of Lieutenant Colonel Okamura at the first time. Naturally, he would not allow the Japanese ace to be arrogant in the Chinese sky. There cannot be two tigers in one mountain.

He shook his wings in the air and then rushed towards Lieutenant Colonel Okamura. Wang Jie was still following him like a shadow to protect him.
It’s not that Zhou Xin wants to bully Okamura, but it’s a tactical necessity. Even if the Japanese have four fighter planes, their two-plane formation will meet them without hesitation.

Lieutenant Colonel Okamura had never seen the power of the two-plane formation tactics, and thought that the Chinese were timid and wanted to fight two against one, so he did not take it seriously at all. Instead, he became more eager to fight.

"Yoshi, the cowardly Chinese can only fight with more people against fewer, but the Imperial Warriors can fight one against five!"

The two men fought with bayonets at each other's planes like medieval warriors. This is a game for the brave, and whoever gives in first will be at a disadvantage.

Both of them pushed their speed to the limit and neither chose to open fire. The distance between them was getting closer and closer, and they were about to collide!

Zhou Xin had a contemptuous smile on his face, as if the enemy plane didn't even exist...

"Bagayalu, you lunatic, go to hell!"

Okamura finally couldn't help but raise the nose of the plane, because the distance between the two planes was too close. Even if he opened fire, considering the poor hit rate of the machine gun and the lightning speed of the two planes, there was a high probability that they would crash into each other and die.
At that moment Okamura gave in. He didn't want to die together with the Chinese.

So he reflexively chose to pull up, but made a fatal mistake. He seemed to have forgotten Wang Jie who had been guarding Zhou Xin from the upper side.

Wang Jie naturally would not miss the opportunity Zhou Xin risked his life to create for him, and he opened fire decisively. A long tongue of fire kissed the belly of Okamura's plane - this was the kiss of death!
"idiot!"

Okamura suddenly realized that he had been cheated, but it was too late to regret. He cursed loudly in dissatisfaction and was engulfed by the flames of the explosion.

"DaDaDa..."

"DaDaDa..."

Another Japanese plane suddenly appeared from the clouds and fired wildly at Wang Jie's fighter plane. Several bullets hit his wings, and thick smoke billowed out.
Wang Jie was worried that the enemy planes would continue to attack Zhou Xin, so he pushed the joystick to the limit and rushed towards the enemy planes at the fastest speed. He was using a suicidal attack to force the Japanese to make adjustments and give up attacking Zhou Xin.

The devil instantly realized Wang Jie's intention. If he continued to attack Zhou Xin's back, he would most likely perish together with the Chinese. The holy war had just begun, and he was unwilling to give up. Between life and death, he gave up the military merit that was within his grasp and turned to Wang Jie, firing a long string of sinful bullets at Wang Jie.

He bet that Wang Jie would hide. This is human nature. Everyone will be afraid when facing death.

Wang Jie sneered and roared:
"Go to hell!"

"boom!"

His plane exploded in front of the enemy's eyes, and countless fragments flew in all directions. Captain Nakata breathed a sigh of relief. He was just a little bit away from being dragged down by the Chinese "madman";

He still won, and a smug smile appeared on his face, but then his smile froze, and his eyes were filled with fear. He found that his plane was "burning"...

"boom!"

After the Japanese's fuel tank was ignited by the explosion fragments, his plane also exploded, and Wang Jie was dragged down to take the blame.

Zhou Xin's face was filled with sorrow. He had lost too many comrades that day. Wang Jie died for him, so he had no right to cry. Only by continuing to fight could he comfort the spirits of the fallen heroes...

This air battle for air supremacy lasted for half a day. Zhou Xin fought until his plane ran out of fuel and finally parachuted out;
Gao Zhihang withdrew from the battle with the remaining dozen fighter planes. They shot down more than 160 enemy planes in total, but also used up the last bit of blood of the Chinese Air Force and completely lost air superiority in the Shanghai battlefield, clearing the last obstacle for the Japanese army to land.

On the afternoon of the day when the Chinese Air Force was exhausted, the Standing Committee Chairman urgently dispatched Hu Shoushan's 1st Army, Li Yannian's 2nd Army, Tang Shizun's 21st Army, Yu Jishi's 74th Army and other troops to provide rapid support to Shanghai.

The war was getting bigger and bigger, but distant water could not quench immediate thirst. In the landing area of ​​the 11th Division, China only had one battalion of the Songhu Security Corps, which could not stop the landing of tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers.
This battalion finally blocked the Japanese for an hour at the cost of all its soldiers being killed. The vanguard of the 11th Division completed the landing overnight and successively occupied Wusong Fort, Baoshan and Luodian.

A Marine Corps company guarding the Wusong Fort also fought to the last man, and the Wusong Fort fell into the hands of the Japanese.

The war situation deteriorated overnight, and the strategic advantage previously gained by the Nationalist army was instantly wiped out. The Nationalist government's response was too slow.

Since it was decided to have a decisive battle with the Japanese in the Songhu area, the First Army, the 74th Army and other units should have been transferred to the Songhu area in advance to prepare for battle before the Japanese reinforcements arrived. Wanting to fight but being hesitant has always been a taboo in military strategists.

At the 88th Division Headquarters, Sun Yuanliang shouted:
"Luodian must be recaptured. This is the principal's order. We must do it at all costs and quickly!"

Chief of Staff Zhang took over and said:
"The 11th Division is still landing. According to intelligence, the Japanese occupying Luodian is only a battalion with insufficient strength. It is feasible to send a mobile force with strong combat effectiveness to recapture Luodian before the main force of the Japanese arrives.

But the biggest problem is to hold on to it after recapture it. The Japanese have an entire division!
Sun Yuanliang thought for a moment and said:
"I can't worry about that. Let's take it back first. Commander Chen's 18th Army is marching towards Luodian. We just need to take it and hand it over to the 18th Army. It will be no problem for them to defend Luodian with one army. So send Yue Qianli's Second Battalion!

Tell Yue Qianli that if he fails to take Luodian tonight, he should be beheaded and brought to me."

(End of this chapter)