Chapter 1 The Oni Descend

The Japanese devil Kitakaze Fubuki, commander of the air squadron, had led his air unit across the ocean, flying for so long that he wouldn't be stopped by Jin Tieyu's single aircraft.

After ordering the entire squadron to continue towards their target, he left only three fighter planes to pursue Jin Tieyu's already wounded Special Forces plane.

The remaining Japanese planes continued flying towards Humen Fortress. This time, it didn't take them long to encounter Commander Guan Guohao's squadron, which had rushed to the scene after receiving the news.

Guan Guohao didn't see Jin Tieyu's fighter in front of the approaching enemy formation and immediately realized that Jin Tieyu had probably been ambushed by the Japanese and couldn't make it back to the main force.

Jin Tieyu was on his own!

But here, a fierce melee had begun. The Kitakaze Fubuki Air Squadron was the first to take off from Taoyuan Airport.

However, they weren't the only air squadron at this airport. The Yamamoto Eiya Air Squadron was only fifteen minutes behind, and they were also on their way.

When the Kitakaze Fubuki Air Squadron met Guan Guohao's squadron head-on, both sides issued the same order: "Charge!"

Yun Youming received Commander Guan's order and immediately charged forward. In a battle between two armies, the brave win!

The pilots on the Special Forces side weren't afraid and charged straight at the Japanese.

The Japanese devils in the Kitakaze Fubuki Squadron were also elites, and they weren't afraid either.

Pilot Kaneno Yoshio flew at the very front of the air squadron. He saw the plane speeding towards them.

He abruptly pulled up the nose of his plane, trying to seize a favorable attacking position.

Kaneno Yoshio thought to himself: If I take the high ground and attack the enemy planes below from a superior position, coordinating with the other Japanese fighter planes attacking from low altitude, we can form a three-dimensional attack on the charging Special Forces fighters.

That will make it impossible for them to defend, and even if they want to fight back, they won't know which direction to attack first.

The plan was perfect. Of course, the fighter planes on the Special Forces side couldn't allow the battlefield to develop as the Japanese intended.

Yun Youming, who had originally been charging in front, also began to pull up the nose of his plane with all his might. His intention was very clear: at least shoot down a few of the Japanese planes in the high altitude.

In the middle of Commander Guan Guohao's squadron, several planes had already pulled up into high altitude. Their purpose was the same: to suppress the Japanese fighters in the high altitude.

Although the distance between the planes on both sides was a bit far, the fighters were fast, and neither side had any intention of turning to avoid each other.

Soon, gunfire rang out. The first to fire were still the planes charging in front. Kaneno Yoshio was, after all, the first plane to pull up into high altitude.

He had already occupied a favorable position in high altitude, and the machine guns under the belly of his plane opened fire on Yun Youming, who was climbing upwards.

Seeing that the distance between the two sides was already within five hundred meters, Yun Youming, who was still climbing, could clearly see the muzzle flashes of the Japanese machine guns firing.

He calmly operated his plane to dodge the bullets, while also preparing to counterattack: machine gun fire was just a small appetizer.

Yun Youming was still preparing his real trump card. As long as one shell from the autocannon hit, it could send the Japanese devils straight to heaven, so he wouldn't fire unless he was at least seventy to eighty percent sure.

Yun Youming's eyes were fixed on the gunsight, constantly adjusting the attitude of his plane. When the Japanese plane was just within the gunsight, he pressed the autocannon firing button without hesitation.

"Boom!" The plane shook slightly, and three shells flew out in succession, rushing towards the Japanese plane high above.

Kaneno Yoshio had occupied a favorable position and was attacking smoothly and happily when he suddenly saw a burst of flames from the fighter plane below that had been suppressed.

Kaneno Yoshio's first reaction was: that plane has been blown up!

The joyful expression had just appeared on his face when he felt his fighter plane tremble violently as if it was sick. Then, a heatwave struck, and he knew nothing more.

Abe Shiji, who was behind him, watched as Kaneno Yoshio, who had been flying happily in front, suddenly exploded. The entire plane suddenly split apart like a firecracker, shattering into pieces. Kaneno Yoshio didn't even have the chance to think about parachuting before he was smashed to pieces along with his fighter plane.

Abe Shiji was startled. He quickly turned his plane to the left: the situation ahead is unclear, better to get out of here!

He clearly still occupied a favorable attacking position, but he was shocked by the sudden appearance of the situation and subconsciously dodged first.

Then Abe Shiji reacted: this is when I should be attacking! He quickly righted his plane again, preparing to continue fighting.

Yun Youming's reaction was different from his. He had just entered the battlefield and shot down a Japanese fighter plane, so he was excited.

He chased after the escaping enemy plane. Machine gun fire was just an appetizer, and the ultimate move was still being prepared: the fighter plane didn't carry many shells, so he had to use them sparingly.

He wouldn't use them if he wasn't accurate. When he used them, he had to make sure to hit his target with one strike.

Commander Guan Guohao reported to Mao Wenxing: "My squadron has encountered the Japanese plane formation. There are about thirty Japanese planes, and we are engaged in a fierce battle!"

Hearing that there were more than thirty Japanese planes, Mao Wenxing immediately ordered the fighter plane formation that had originally been operating in the inner circle with the bombers to immediately reinforce Guan Guohao's squadron.

Commander Xiao Jianying received the order and immediately led the entire squadron towards this battlefield. The fighter plane formation he led had been fighting over the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet.

Their main purpose was to attack the Japanese fighter planes that took off from the warships. Although the Japanese warships had nearly two hundred planes of various types, and although the Japanese pilots had made their best efforts,

the Japanese pilots ultimately failed to have any impact on the battle. Even if some of them managed to take off from the warships, many were intercepted by the bombers.

Those planes that had the good fortune of not being intercepted by the bombers were also ganged up and killed by the fighter plane formation led by Xiao Jianying.

The Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet had now become a dead fish, with no resistance at all. Xiao Jianying's fighter plane squadron circled in the high altitude, with absolutely nothing to do.

Now, hearing Mao Wenxing's order, Xiao Jianying said happily: "Brother Mao! After this battle, I'll treat you to a drink!"

Mao Wenxing's position was still that of an ordinary pilot, but his status in the entire air squadron was very high.

He was the only one who could be instructed by Lin Fan to command the overall situation of the entire flying squadron from high altitude. Everyone knew that Mao Wenxing was a talent specially valued by Lin Fan.

Xiao Jianying was very grateful to Mao Wenxing at this time. His squadron had only warmed up in the previous battle, and the real battle had ended before it had even begun.

After all, there were more than two hundred bombers bombing the Japanese Fifth Fleet. There were too few Japanese planes that could escape the interception of the bomber formation.

Mao Wenxing didn't stop there and issued new orders. He knew from Commander Pan Yongshan's report that the Japanese planes supporting them from Guangzhou had been completely annihilated.

The fighter plane squadron in this direction no longer had any opponents and was only patrolling in the air, carrying out guard duty.

Commander Pan Yongshan's fighter plane squadron also received an order: "Leave nine fighter planes to guard against any enemy planes that may have slipped through.

All other fighter planes will fly to support Commander Guan's squadron."

Commander Pan, who received the order, didn't hesitate and immediately replied: "Yes!"

He happily left nine fighter planes here to carry out guard duty and immediately led the rest of the planes to the new battlefield.

Mao Wenxing's idea was very simple: ganging up on the enemy is the way to go.

He wanted to send all the fighter planes that the Special Forces Air Squadron could muster to this final battlefield.

Now, the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet had completely lost its ability to resist. Its complete annihilation was only a matter of time. The Humen Fortress occupied by the Japanese devils was also completely paralyzed and unable to organize a counterattack.

The Special Forces' bomber formation could bomb the Japanese devils without any scruples.

The only place on the entire battlefield where there was still fierce fighting was in Commander Guan's direction.

Commander Guan knew that Mao Wenxing had sent two powerful reinforcements to him. He ordered loudly into his headset: "Don't be reckless when fighting the Japanese fighter planes. Fight steadily. Commander Xiao and Commander Pan are bringing their teams over."

Commander Guan's idea was to have the pilots fight steadily, first protecting themselves and then annihilating the enemy.

However, the pilots under his command were anxious: there were only about thirty enemy planes here in total. If everyone divided them equally, each pilot would only be able to shoot down one enemy plane.

If they dragged it out, and Commander Xiao and Commander Pan brought their teams over, they were afraid that it would take several pilots to share the spoils of one enemy plane.

Commander Guan Guohao didn't expect that he originally wanted the soldiers to protect their planes more, but as a result, after his order was issued, the pilots fought even more fiercely.

When Abe Shiji was driving his fighter plane, thinking about turning around to fight, the machine gun bullets fired by Yun Youming, who had already flown to his flank, were already making holes in his plane.

Abe Shiji was shocked. He quickly dived down, while also turning to the left again, trying to get rid of the passive situation where he could only be beaten and couldn't fight back.

Yun Youming, who was about to give the Japanese devil a cannon shot, saw that this Japanese devil's tactical movements were so skilled, and released his finger that was pressing on the cannon button again. He turned the nose of his plane and closely chased after the Japanese devil's plane.

The plane no longer continued to climb upwards, but pressed down fiercely, diving behind the enemy plane. Machine gun bullets were still tightly biting the enemy plane, creating dense bullet holes in the Japanese devil's plane.

Although these bullet holes didn't cause the enemy plane to crash for the time being, they did make the strength of the right wing of the fighter plane driven by Abe Shiji insufficient. Under such a fierce dive, the right wing slowly couldn't withstand the pressure and made a sound.

It actually broke off suddenly. Seeing that the enemy plane was missing half a wing, Yun Youming knew: the Japanese devil's plane was finished.

Abe Shiji didn't hear the sound of his wing breaking, but he felt the plane tremble violently. Then, his steadily diving posture began to spin strangely like a drill.

Although he had undergone professional training, the speed of this drill-like rotation made Abe Shiji dizzy. He quickly controlled the plane, trying to stabilize it.

After trying for less than three seconds, Abe Shiji sadly discovered that all his efforts were in vain.

After all, he was a professionally trained pilot. At this time, he could still press the ejection button. He was ejected together with his seat by a great force: he gave up struggling and abandoned his plane.

Still pressing down on the rotating enemy plane and shooting, Yun Youming saw the Japanese devil pilot who had suddenly ejected. Now there was no need to shoot down the enemy plane.

Yun Youming gracefully controlled his plane, made a circle in the air, repositioned the position of the Japanese devil who had just parachuted, and flew straight towards him.

Abe Shiji looked in horror at the pilot who had destroyed his plane. After controlling his plane, he flew towards him again.

"Don't come over! Don't come over!" Abe Shiji shouted in horror in the air, like a young girl who had encountered a gangster.

Yun Youming couldn't hear what he was saying in the cockpit at all. He didn't operate the plane to cut the Japanese devil's parachute rope with his wing, that was too indirect.

Yun Youming just aimed at this Japanese devil floating in the air and strafed him with a burst of gunfire, watching with his own eyes as this Japanese devil was hit by countless bullets, watching this Japanese devil lower his head weakly and no longer scream in horror.

Only then did he lift his head and look towards the high altitude, looking for the next target. At this time, he discovered that there seemed to be no Japanese fighter planes on the battlefield.

Looking around, all he could see were fighter planes with Pan-Tiger painted on their bellies. These were all his comrades-in-arms.

Xiao Jianying led the fighter plane formation to the battlefield. The Kitakaze Fubuki Air Squadron, which was already at a disadvantage,

immediately disintegrated when another thirty-six fighter planes joined the battle, and their last bit of struggling strength collapsed.

After annihilating this wave of Japanese planes, Commander Guan had just finished reporting to Mao Wenxing when Commander Pan arrived with more than twenty fighter planes.

Commander Pan, who didn't see a single enemy plane, was clearly a little disappointed. He reported to Mao Wenxing: "Request to expand the patrol range."

He was immediately approved! He was just about to lead the plane formation to patrol when Commander Guan Guohao, who was flying in the front, excitedly reported: "Another large number of enemy planes are coming. At least fifty enemy planes."

This batch of Japanese planes was the Numata Eiya Air Squadron's commander who had gathered all the planes together and was bringing them to reinforce the Navy's Fifth Fleet.

What he didn't expect was that before he had even arrived at Humen, he had encountered the Special Forces' fighter plane formation here.

When Guan Guohao saw them, the Japanese devils also saw the Special Forces' plane formation. The two sides encountered each other suddenly, there was nothing to say, and they immediately started fighting.

When Numata Eiya saw that the number of fighter planes in front was not large, only a dozen or so. These planes not only didn't escape when they encountered their fifty or so planes, but instead took the initiative to meet them.

All he felt in his heart was excitement. Being able to annihilate more than a dozen National Revolutionary Army fighter planes at once was a great achievement!

Commander Guan Guohao's report was transmitted to the ears of the pilots in this airspace of the entire air squadron.

Commander Xiao immediately ordered: "We attack the left side."

"We will hit the right wing!" Commander Pan said immediately.

"We will launch the main attack!" Commander Guan Guohao was very happy. This direction was originally his territory, and now he had two powerful reinforcements hitting the left and right wings.

This team of Japanese devils shouldn't think about escaping!

Pilot Miki Kameinosuke was flying in the front. Because he was in the front, he was most able to see the situation clearly: he was clear that they themselves had more than fifty planes.

He also saw that there were only a dozen or so planes charging up to meet them.

Anyone could tell with their toes who had the upper hand in this three-on-one air combat. There was nothing to hesitate about, just charge straight up.

He believed that there would be more planes charging up behind him. Miki Kameinosuke's idea was correct, the entire Japanese plane formation was boiling.

When they heard Commander Numata say that there were only a dozen or so fighter planes coming to intercept them, the idea of snatching credit ignited in their hearts.

More against less, credit is best! This was the easiest time to shoot down these planes in front.

The Japanese devils of the entire Numata Eiya Air Squadron, now didn't need tactics, everyone accelerated and charged forward in a swarm.

When Guan Guohao saw that the Japanese devils were running parallel to his flying squadron and charging directly over, he knew clearly in his heart: the Japanese devils were trying to bully the few with the many.

He sneered in his heart: Japanese devils! You think too highly of yourselves!

When the distance between the two sides was still thousands of meters, the dozen or so Japanese planes flying in the front had already opened fire. The bullets shot out from the machine gun barrels marked their trajectories, weaving lines of fire in the air.

Commander Guan Guohao ordered: "All fighter planes prepare, use autocannons to deal with them, don't save shells."

The planes on the opposite side were so dense that even if they didn't hit the enemy planes in the front, the enemy planes in the back would have to endure.

Eight hundred meters, seven hundred meters, six hundred meters, the distance to the planes flying in the front was getting closer and closer.

At five hundred meters, Guan Guohao gave an order: "Fire!"

The fighter planes in front of his squadron fired at the same time: "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of cannons rumbled endlessly! The smile on Miki Kameinosuke's face suddenly turned to astonishment: "Not only do the planes on the other side have machine guns firing, but they've even mounted cannons on their fighter planes?"

Fighter planes only installed one machine gun to reduce weight. When did the Special Forces' fighter planes actually equip cannons?

The fireworks from the cannonballs being fired were very different from those of machine guns, too different.

Not only did Miki Kameinosuke see it, but pilot Anai Murotaro had already experienced it. The fighter plane he was driving was among the planes in the very front.

Watching a large burst of flames suddenly explode from the planes on the other side, then his plane began to tremble violently.

"I've been hit!" That was Anai Murotaro's first reaction.

Then he felt that the plane had begun to skew uncontrollably. He quickly looked back: the plane's left wing was gone, and the tail was also gone.

"I've been hit! I want to eject!" He shouted loudly in terror, and before there was an echo, he had already pressed the ejection button.