Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

At six o'clock the next morning, the Japanese Kwantung Army's 1st Division, led by its commander, Lieutenant General Nakaike Sanfu, and headed by the 2nd Tank Regiment, advanced aggressively towards Jiyuan.

As Nakaike Sanfu looked at the endless line of people, he felt overwhelmed with pride.

As the first division of the Japanese, the 1st Division had rich combat experience and obtained a large amount of weapons supplies in the Northeast. It was equipped with the most advanced tanks and heavy artillery.

So he was confident that he could break through Jiyuan directly and advance eastward. However, the "frightened" Okamura Ningji only asked them to defend Jiyuan and then cross the Yellow River from Jiyuan.

"Baga, we set out from Boai at midnight and are almost at Jiyuan, but we haven't even seen the shadow of the so-called independent column. How can there be any resistance? I think Commander Okamura Yasuji is frightened!

In my opinion, we should directly occupy Jiyuan, and then use it as a stronghold to attract the enemy's attack and make the center bloom! "

"General, judging from previous battle reports, our opponent is the Pingshun Independent Column. Their weapons and equipment, as well as their personnel training, cannot be underestimated. They can almost achieve a one-to-one casualty ratio with the North China Front Army, and they can capture Shanxi, Ulanqab, Chahar and other places. We should be careful!"

"Well, has the air cover we requested arrived? As long as the North China Front's air force can hold onto the blue sky above our heads, I have the confidence to defeat them!"

"Report to His Excellency the General, it seems that the time is about right, they will assist us in capturing Jiyuan!"

Nakaike Sanfu looked at his watch and estimated that the vanguard would arrive in Jiyuan in two hours.

However, he thought that the independent column, which had no resistance, had already grasped their whereabouts and was preparing to launch a surprise attack when they arrived in Jiyuan.

More than 20,000 people on the Jiyuan plain looked like a long snake, particularly conspicuous.

"Mengzi, is the Third Air Force Division ready?"

"Well, Lu Tianlong called just now, and they are ready to attack at any time!"

"Order to take off immediately!"

"Yes!"

A sharp alarm sounded over the Pingshun Military Airport. Three fighter squadrons and one bomber squadron of the Air Force's 3rd Division, a total of eighty aircraft, took off one after another on the runway, then circled in the sky, formed a formation, and flew towards the connecting line between Jiyuan and Bo'ai.

At this time, a formation of Japanese aircraft took off from Shijiazhuang, totaling fifty fighter jets, and arrived over the First Division to provide air cover.

When enemies meet, they are extremely jealous of each other. After the two groups of aircraft met, there was no need for much words, and they directly clashed together.

"You will cover the bomber squadron and quickly complete the bombing. Once the bomber squadron withdraws, you will immediately join the battle!"

"Roger that!"

The independent column left behind a fighter squadron to protect the bomber group, while the remaining two squadrons fought with fifty Japanese planes.

Nakaike Sanfu looked at the planes tangled together in the sky and immediately felt something was wrong.

He had been rampant in China for so long, and he had never seen the Japanese planes being held back by Chinese planes.

"Order the troops to stop advancing and pay attention to air defense!"

"Yes!"

The Kwantung Army was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and many anti-aircraft guns, so Nakaike Mitsuo was still confident that he could withstand the first wave of dive attacks by the independent column!

However, he never expected that the planes of the independent column did not dive to attack, but cruised at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, avoiding the threat of the Japanese anti-aircraft machine guns, and then calmly dropped high-explosive bombs one by one.

Although the accuracy of high-altitude bombing is slightly insufficient, it is not a big deal for a long team of more than 20,000 people.

As long as the bomb's killing radius is large enough, what does it matter if it's not accurate enough? If one ton of ammunition doesn't solve the problem, then two tons will do!

Li Yunlong is so heroic now.

Each B-17 Flying Fortress bomber was fully loaded with three tons of bombs, and a battalion had a total of sixty tons of bombs, which hit the Japanese First Division directly. The damn Japanese screamed in pain.

Nakaike Sanfu looked at the troops that were blown to pieces by the bombing and was so angry that his teeth were itching. He immediately became furious and started cursing at the North China Front Air Force in the sky.

"Baka! When the Kwantung Army was mobilized from the Northeast, General Okamura Yasuji repeatedly promised that air superiority must be ensured. But where is the air superiority now? Baka!"

Half an hour later, the Chief of Staff of the 1st Division quickly reported.

"General, according to statistics, this bombing has resulted in the loss of more than 1,200 soldiers, five armored vehicles, and ten artillery pieces of various types!"

"Damn it! We lost so many troops without even seeing the Independent Column! Hand over the wounded to the evacuation team, and immediately advance towards Jiyuan with all our strength to launch an offensive!"

Nakaike Sanfu made up his mind that since he couldn't control the air supremacy, he would let the independent column taste the power of "the strongest division on the earth"!

The decisive and ruthless Nakaike Sanfu ordered the wounded to be abandoned on the side of the road, and then considerately left a rice ball and a grenade next to each wounded.

What it means is that if you can't stand it, just eat the rice ball, then detonate the grenade and be done with it.

After getting rid of its baggage, the 1st Division continued its march towards Jiyuan. According to Nakaike San's estimation, it would only take half an hour to reach the city.

"Let the warriors of the empire work harder. As long as we can capture Jiyuan City, we can stop the attack of the independent column! We can find a shelter to avoid the bombing!"

But the naive Zhong Chi Sanfu would never have thought that Li Yunlong and Wang Meng would never give him a chance.

"Mengzi, has the 4th Air Force Division in Changzhi taken off?"

"It has taken off and is on the way!"

"Haha, let's give the little devils a taste of what it's like to be attacked from behind!"

The First Division, which had finally gathered together, left the area under the fighting planes and thought it had escaped. However, it never expected that it would fall into the tiger's mouth just after leaving the wolf's den.

A large number of planes flew in the sky again, and they were not friendly.

The 4th Air Force Division still followed Lu Tianlong's order. One fighter squadron covered the bomber squadron in dropping bombs, and the other two squadrons joined the fighting fighter group.

Another sixty tons of ammunition, but this time Nakaike Sanfu did not have time to issue an air defense order, resulting in heavy losses.

When Nakaike San'ao saw the independent column bomber dropping its bomb and then running away in a swagger, his back teeth were broken!

"Baga! Baga! Contact Okamura Neiji and have them immediately dispatch all the aircraft of the North China Front Army, otherwise the First Division will withdraw from Jiyuan for the sake of a long-term battle!"

"Hayi!"

At this time, the Chief of Staff of the First Division came running over with a worried look on his face.

"General, this time the loss will be...greater!"