Devil's Army

Captain Gao's fighter squadron was pinning down the Japanese fighters in the air, and the 3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion on the ground was also heavily bombed by Japanese bombers.

Jinzhou Xiaolingshan Aircraft Base is one of the strongest air defense units in the old base of the First Army. There is an anti-aircraft artillery battalion stationed there, and there is an anti-aircraft artillery company around the aircraft base.

As Japanese bombers swooped in from all directions, the anti-aircraft artillery companies around the Xiaolingshan aircraft base quickly opened fire.

Tongues of fire kept flying towards the Japanese bombers dropping bombs in the air. However, the bombs of the Japanese bombers also fell around the anti-aircraft gun positions from time to time, blowing up waves of dirt.

A Japanese fighter plane madly approached the anti-aircraft artillery position of the First Army and continuously strafed the anti-aircraft artillery position to the east.

Several artillerymen were hit by the highly penetrating anti-aircraft bullets from the fighter planes and fell beside the anti-aircraft guns.

Several artillerymen nearby quickly ran forward to take his place.

The second company commander of the third anti-aircraft artillery battalion was so angry that he threw his hat away and personally operated the anti-aircraft gun to fire at the Japanese fighter plane.

Japanese fighter planes roared past the second company's anti-aircraft artillery position.

If the Japanese fighter planes failed to destroy their anti-aircraft artillery positions, they would definitely come again.

The second company commander turned the gun and aimed in the direction where the Japanese troops were moving away.

Sure enough, after a while, the Japanese fighter planes turned around and roared towards the second company's anti-aircraft artillery positions.

The second company commander operated an anti-aircraft gun, spitting out flames crazily, and shot at the Japanese fighter plane until the Japanese fighter plane was blown into pieces in mid-air.

Without the protection of fighter planes, more and more Japanese bombers broke through the anti-aircraft artillery fire network of Xiaolingshan Airport and bombarded the Xiaolingshan runway and various facilities.

Some bombers kept attacking the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Third Battalion, but they were stubbornly blocked by the anti-aircraft artillery firepower network of the Third Battalion.

As one Japanese bomber after another was shot down by anti-aircraft guns, the Japanese commander became angry and began to order fighters and bombers to strafe and bomb the anti-aircraft gun positions at Xiaolingshan Airport regardless of casualties.

The anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the four anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Third Battalion were destroyed one after another by Japanese bombers and fighter planes.

Artillery casualties also rose sharply, and some posts were left without soldiers.

Some artillery positions' gunners also acted as observers, continuing to bomb Japanese planes.

There were four anti-aircraft artillery positions, and none of the commanders could stop to command the battle. They all went to replace the positions of various artillery positions.

The anti-aircraft artillery of the Third Battalion was constantly blown away by the shock waves of Japanese aerial bombs, and the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were also destroyed one after another by Japanese bombers.

The anti-aircraft artillery's counterattack at Xiaolingshan Airport was getting weaker and weaker.

The 1st and 3rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Companies had completely stopped their counterattacks, leaving only the 2nd and 4th Anti-aircraft Artillery Companies still conducting sporadic counterattacks.

Japanese bombers bombed the Xiaolingshan runway and control tower more unscrupulously.

In order to relieve the pressure on the anti-aircraft artillery units, the pilots of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Army Aviation, who had a chance to escape the encirclement of the Japanese army, had been fighting with the Japanese in the air.

Drive away the Japanese bombers that were bombing Xiaolingshan Airport.

Unfortunately, they were outnumbered and could not take care of both ends. Japanese bombers continued to break through the anti-aircraft artillery firepower network of Xiaoling Mountain and the interception of Huaxia II fighter planes.

In the end, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion in Xiaolingshan was destroyed by Japanese bombers and fighter planes.

In the evening, when the sun was about to set, Captain Gao took another damaged Hua Xia II fighter plane, broke through the layers of blockade of the Japanese fighter planes, and flew back to the tribal airport for repairs.

The Japanese bombing of the Xiaolingshan Aircraft Base of the First Anti-Japanese Army resulted in the destruction of all the runways of the Xiaolingshan Aircraft Base.

All the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns equipped by an anti-aircraft artillery battalion at the base were destroyed.

There were 312 people in the Third Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion, and including the seriously wounded, less than 60 survived.

Ten of the twelve Huaxia II fighter planes of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Air Force Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army were shot down and two were damaged.

More than fifty Japanese fighter planes and bombers were shot down or damaged.

This air battle was the one with the largest losses in a single air battle since the establishment of the First Anti-Japanese Army Air Force. However, they successfully completed the task of containing the Japanese Air Force Corps in the Northeast.

This created favorable conditions for the main forces of the 2nd and 1st Air Force Groups of the Tangshan base to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese Central China Front Air Force Corps.

Because more than an hour after the Japanese Kwantung Army Air Corps dispatched more than 300 fighters and bombers to attack the Xiaolingshan Aircraft Base in Jinzhou, the Japanese Central China Front Air Corps also dispatched 300 fighters and bombers to attack the Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.