The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

Marching and camping.

March again and camp again.

Sato Mikichiro commanded his troops to be divided into three parts: front, middle and rear, and advance quickly along the highway.

May 12, noon.

Colonel Mikichiro, full of vigor and ambition, climbed up a small, nameless hill on the side of the road and shouted wantonly:

"The enemy commander is so lax that he didn't even defend such a crucial high ground that commands the highway. His manpower must be extremely limited."

After saying this, he drew his saber, pointed the tip forward, made a feint, and shouted at the troops marching below the high ground:

"Gentlemen! The glory of victory lies ahead. Run forward, and may our army prosper!"

After venting his anger, Mikichiro sheathed his sword, put his white-gloved hands behind his back, turned around and asked:

"Hey, where is my rear guard now?"

The staff officer who had been following the commander quickly stood at attention and reported at the top of his voice:

"Hey, our rear guard's animal carts, carrying artillery shells and baggage, are moving slowly and are currently advancing 10 kilometers behind our center. Should we order the entire army to halt and wait for the rear guard?"

Mikichiro, who was only thinking about taking the credit and killing the enemy leader Zhang Chi before the other two friendly forces, waved his hand and looked indifferent when he heard the staff officer's question.

"That's totally unnecessary. Victory is within our grasp now, and we need to race against time. The rear guard should just advance slowly."

"How's the front team doing?"

"Report, according to the communications troopers in the front unit, small enemy harassing forces have reappeared in the jungle on both sides of the road. Our vanguard has occupied Hill 33, 6 kilometers ahead, and has dispatched personnel to search the rainforest on both sides of the road."

"Very good. Tell Major Jiang Yuan to keep it up."

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December 12, 17pm.

Two Tachikawa Type 98 direct-coordinate reconnaissance aircraft (pictured) flew over the 146th Infantry Regiment's marching column, escorted by eight Nakajima Type 1 fighters.

This aircraft, abbreviated as 98 Helicopter, is officially designated KI-36 and can carry 2 people.

Designed and manufactured by Tachikawa Aircraft Company, it is currently the main reconnaissance aircraft and artillery observation aircraft of the Japanese Army in Fuso. (It was mainly used for Kamikaze in the later period)

This all-metal low-wing monoplane, mass-produced in 38, is equipped with a large observation window for the pilot to observe the ground. It is also equipped with a high-power radio, which allows the pilot to communicate with ground troops at any time and convey orders to them. (How can you drop orders without receiving radios?)

Due to its excellent low-speed performance, it was capable of performing various tasks, including reconnaissance, command, communication, and ground attack. Based on it, the Type 99 advanced trainer aircraft was developed. (Both aircraft were equipped by our army after the war.)

Now, these two Type 98 helicopters are carrying out the mission of accompanying aerial reconnaissance for the 146th Wing.

When the Japanese soldiers on the ground saw their own planes painted with the "Hinomaru" flying low overhead, they all waved and their morale was greatly boosted.

"Look, Ohashi-san, our friendly troops on the ground are saluting us."

Inside the Type 98 helicopter, the observer in the back seat said to the pilot in the front seat with a smile.

However, the excited smile on the observer's face soon froze, and then twisted into a horrified expression.

"Enemy plane, straight up, descend quickly!"

The observer in the back seat screamed in horror, even shouting at the top of his lungs.

Monthly training in fire, water, wood, and gold, as well as the consumption of large amounts of fish oil and goat liver soup, gave the observer excellent eyesight. He saw several black spots in the sky appear from the cloud city and dive towards his own plane at high speed.

"Is the enemy pilot a monster?" The observer in the back seat muttered to himself as he watched the gradually enlarging black spot.

Although fighter jets dive at high altitudes, the kinetic energy converted from gravitational potential energy will make the aircraft faster, and such a fierce attack can often directly destroy the prey.

However, the observers knew very well that this tactic placed extremely high demands on the driver's physical fitness.

During a high-speed dive, due to inertia, blood will instantly flow to the brain, causing congestion of the brain and retina and "red vision".

At the same time, the feeling of weightlessness comes, and the pilot must accurately capture the enemy plane under the interference of these two factors, and pull the trigger in that fleeting window in a few seconds.

As for the Fuso side, it was difficult for ordinary Japanese pilots to maintain clear vision and accurate judgment under such harsh conditions.

At the same time, because both the Navy's Zero and the Army's Type 1 were pursuing weight reduction, resulting in insufficient structural strength of the aircraft, the aircraft had the disadvantages of being unable to withstand vibrations during a dive and being difficult to control at high speeds (War Thunder is commonly known as locked rudder), so their air forces mostly adopted low-altitude dogfighting tactics.

However, the enemy was clearly no ordinary pilot.

The observer watched helplessly as the four AN/M3 20mm cannons mounted on the wings of the diving F4U fired a series of whips of light that hit his fragile aircraft.

The huge impact instantly tore the plane apart, metal fragments and fuel vaporized into a fireball, and the observer's body was smashed to pieces by the 20mm shell.

Even at the last moment of his life, he still couldn't understand why the enemy dared to launch such a crazy dive?

But this no longer matters. The damaged Type 98 helicopter fell from the sky and crashed to the ground, just like the inevitable fate of the Fuso army.

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Four F4U "Corsair" fighters and eight P-40 "Warhawk" fighters had been cruising in the sky for a long time and finally found their prey.

4架‘超时空战士’——金币版的F4U-4B（图）率先在4位合成人飞行员的操作下俯冲而下。（F4U 42年出厂，改进型的F4U-4发动机出力更高，44年才量产）

The four synthetic pilots with abilities beyond the limits of the human body are definitely worth the extra 40kg of gold that Zhang Chi paid.

Without changing their expressions or breathing heavily, they tore apart two Type 2 helicopters and two Nakajima Type 2 fighters with incredible accuracy in the first round of dives, turning them into pieces in the air.

Then, under the huge overload, blood gathered to the soles of their feet, and black vision was caused by cerebral ischemia. They suddenly pulled the plane upwards, ready to convert the huge kinetic energy back into gravitational potential energy, preparing for the next round of more deadly dive.

At the same time, eight P-40 fighters with slightly inferior airframe strength arrived late.

The four Allied pilots and four Qianren trainees who had been rescued earlier did not have the unreasonable physical fitness of the synths. They carefully controlled the dive speed and launched an attack on the remaining six Nakajima Type 1 fighters.

The P-40, a lightweight fighter manufactured by Curtiss, was equipped with six 12.7mm aviation-type "Laoganma" heavy machine guns in its wings.

Then a total of 48 heavy machine guns roared in unison, and the sky was instantly streaked with bright tracer bullets, like countless meteors passing by.

However, the experienced Japanese fighter pilots used their skillful steering to perform the "broken S maneuver" to avoid most of the attacks. Only one Type 1 fighter caught fire after being hit, leaving a trail of black smoke in the air.

According to the air combat practices of Fuso and White Eagle at that time, the Type 1 fighters and P-40s all disbanded their large formations, turned into two-plane formations, and began close combat.

At this time, the "Satchie Shears" tactics invented by White Eagle Naval Air Commander John Smith Thatch against the Zero fighter had just appeared. So, except for the four F4Us, both the enemy and our side entered into a dogfight that simply competed with the pilots' experience and the aircraft's horizontal turning performance.

P-40s and Type 1 fighters kept interweaving and circling in the air, tracer bullets and bullets whizzed past, and every turn and every dodge in the air could determine life or death.