Chapter 1 After Half an Hour of Bombardment

Feng Junya's heavy artillery bombarded the outer Japanese positions of Anji City for half an hour.

Watching the smoke fill the Japanese positions, a scene of devastation.

Only then did he order the bombardment to stop.

As soon as the heavy artillery bombardment stopped, Jia Shusheng had already commanded the First and Second Companies, a total of more than 300 men, to throw themselves into battle.

This was always the way the Special Operations Brigade fought, throwing in all its forces at once.

Smashing walnuts with great force could always open up the position in one fell swoop.

Today, the Third Regiment's attack encountered difficulties from the very beginning.

Even though the position had been bombarded, Japanese soldiers were constantly reinforcing from behind.

A batch of Japanese soldiers would be killed, and another batch would immediately rush up.

The Honami Shuto squad was originally defending the outermost position north of Anji City.

During these days, they had blockaded the entire city of Anji.

The people in the city were forcibly driven out.

Since the Honami Shuto squad entered the position, they had not seen anyone pass through here.

Early this morning, when all the soldiers had just woken up, they were subjected to a fierce artillery bombardment.

This bombardment lasted a full half hour.

Whether the Japanese soldiers of the Honami Shuto squad were hiding in air-raid shelters or exposed outside.

Most of the Japanese soldiers did not escape this disaster.

When the Nationalist troops opposite began to attack, Squad Leader Honami Shuto desperately ordered his soldiers to get up and resist.

At the same time, he asked Company Commander Nakato Takuma for help.

The company commander did not dare to be like the battalion commander, just verbally telling him to hold on and persevere.

Company Commander Nakato Takuma, who had been watching the front-line situation from his command post, immediately ordered the Masuyama Sokyu squad to support.

This made Jia Shusheng a little depressed: it was clear that there were not many people on the Japanese front-line positions.

As a result, the more the team charged, the more Japanese soldiers there seemed to be.

The firepower of these Japanese soldiers was not much different from that of the Special Operations Brigade.

Heavy machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, infantry guns, they had everything.

This infuriated Feng Fei, who had just become the company commander of the First Company:

Battalion Commander Lai Liren personally took the lead in charging in his company, but what was the result?

The earthen armored vehicle was suppressed by the Japanese heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.

Although there were few Japanese soldiers, they used the fortifications and trenches that had already been built.

Blocking the advance of his company.

What made Company Commander Feng Fei even angrier was that the Japanese infantry guns had just blown up one of his heavy machine guns.

This was the first time since the establishment of the Special Operations Brigade.

Jia Shusheng had to stop the attack and request the Eighth Regiment to strike the exposed Japanese infantry gun positions.

Another round of bombardment, this time the bombardment also made Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki feel heartache: the artillery positions he had deployed on the walls of Anji City were blown up by the attacking Nationalist troops.

This was a loss he could not afford.

"If the heavy artillery positions opposite are not destroyed, our losses will continue to expand!"

With this understanding, Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki once again applied to Commander Yanagawa Heisuke to send aircraft to provide guidance.

Yanagawa Heisuke was shocked to hear that a company of mountain artillery in Anji had been completely wiped out!

Too many things had surprised him during this attack on Hangzhou: the Nationalist troops' tanks and artillery had caused heavy losses to his attacking forces.

He now vaguely felt that the team attacking Anji was the same team that had just occupied Guangde yesterday.

Thinking of this, he finally decided to send a bomber squadron to help Yoshikawa Yuki's battalion in Anji.

Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki was so happy that he wanted to kneel down when he received Commander Yanagawa's affirmative reply.

He immediately notified Company Commander Nakato Takuma, who was struggling on the front line, of the good news.

Let him hold on for another five minutes!

In five minutes, the Empire's bombers would appear over Anji and solve his troubles.

Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki, who had just put down the phone, heard the roar of planes in the air.

All the Japanese soldiers stationed in Anji heard the sound of the planes coming.

Company Commander Nakato Takuma's heart was excited.

When he looked up and saw that the planes in the air were Nationalist fighters, his already cold heart slid into a deeper and darker abyss.

Although he urgently needed to destroy the Nationalist troops' heavy artillery positions opposite, at this time, he devoutly prayed that the Empire's bomber squadron would not come.

God knows why the Nationalist troops' fighters would appear here at this time!

Every minute now, the soldiers under his command were being reduced.

Nakato Takuma's heart was bleeding: there were more than 180 Japanese soldiers in his company.

Forty or fifty had already been reduced by the heavy artillery bombardment just now, and now the attack opposite was so fierce.

The Masuyama Sokyu squad that had just been replenished was rapidly decreasing in number.

Squad Leader Masuyama Sokyu was at this time ordering the heavy machine guns that continued to charge towards Feng Fei's company: "Destroy it! Destroy it!"

Although a heavy machine gun had just been destroyed by the Japanese shells, the Third Regiment's attack did not stop.

The remaining four heavy machine guns were still charging.

When he received the order to suspend the attack, Feng Fei had to order: "Withdraw from the battle!"

This was the first time since he joined the Special Operations Brigade that he had retreated in the face of an unfavorable attack.

At the military meeting held on the battlefield, Lin Fan presented the situation he had just seen from the air.

He laid it out one by one on the simple sand table.

He ordered: "The Eighth Regiment, destroy the Japanese artillery positions in the north and south of the city.

The Japanese have managed the entire city of Anji like an iron bucket.

In that case, we will attack on one route and bloom in the center.

Concentrate our forces to attack from the north.

The Third Regiment will be the main attacker in front, and the Fourth Regiment will be the reserve force.

The Sixth Regiment will arrive on the battlefield in half an hour, and when the Sixth Regiment arrives.

The Fourth Regiment will go to the front line to charge again.

Let the Sixth Regiment be the reserve team.

Now the entire army will rest for half an hour, and when the air force comes from Guangde to cooperate with the infantry attack."

After giving the order to the two regiments in Anji, Lin Fan then issued an order to Guangde Airport: "All fighters and bombers take off to support the attack on Anji."

Those pilots who had been waiting at the airport for a long time did not take off immediately after receiving the order.

Since this morning, they had been preparing to carry out missions to Changxing, but now it was temporarily changed to Anji.

The map still had to be looked at again, and when they saw that Anji was just south of Guangde, less than 100 *li* away.

Everyone knew what to do.

These pilots were still a little scared to fight in the airspace of Jiangnan.

They, the fighter pilots, had not seen the battle of artillery shooting down planes in Jurong this morning.

They just heard the soldiers who got off the plane talking about it with great excitement.

The pilots flying the transport planes were about to set off back to Quzhou.

Everyone was originally a comrade-in-arms, and Jing Mingda, Chai Liyan, Shui Chengyin, Di Lexin, and Qian Yimin, the five pilots, made a special trip to say goodbye to those who stayed in Guangde.

They especially explained to these seventeen comrades-in-arms the battle in Jurong, the scene where five Japanese fighters were shot down without firing a single shot.

Jing Mingda finally said: "If I were you, I would definitely ask the brigade commander where he is before each departure.

When encountering Japanese planes, if you can't beat them, lead them to the brigade commander's side."

The sentence he said made everyone present laugh.

Shui Chengyin said with a smile: "If you dare to do this in the Fifth War Zone and lead the Japanese planes to Commander Li's side.

After getting off the plane, you will probably be sent to the military court for investigation.

You must be investigated to see if you are a Japanese spy!"

Xiao Jianying, He Haiqing, and Zhu Qingmao had been following the transport planes all the time.

Hearing this, Xiao Jianying immediately said: "Our brigade commander will definitely not do this.

If someone can lead the Japanese planes to his side, the brigade commander will definitely give him credit.

We have a lot of shells prepared, and the Japanese planes are not enough for the brigade commander to shoot down.

In Jiangyin, the brigade commander shot down 57 Japanese planes in one battle."

Shui Chengyin said with a smile: "You think everyone in the world is your brigade commander!

How many people can be like him, shooting down Japanese planes, hitting one with every shot.

If I had such ability, I would also hope that more Japanese planes would come.

I would wipe out all these Japanese planes in one battle.

Let's see what the Japanese can still be arrogant about?"

What he said made everyone present feel reasonable.

Jing Mingda said with a smile: "Okay! We should go, everyone, take care! We'll meet again."

After sending off these five transport planes.

Twenty pilots were left at Guangde Airport.

Captain Pan Yongshan's seventeen pilots arrived at Guangde Airport last night.

It was night at the time, and they did not see the full picture of the entire airport at all.

At this time, it was dawn, and they were looking at the airport.

Captain Pan Yongshan pointed to the planes parked there and asked in puzzlement:

"These planes are all at the airport, how did you capture these planes?"

This question had been lingering in his mind all night.

Now he finally asked it.

Xiao Jianying pointed to the northwest direction of the airport runway and said:

"We came from Langxi because we wanted to attack Guangde and send the brothers of the 83rd Army and the 66th Army home.

We only discovered when we passed by here: it turns out there is an airport here.

And there are Japanese planes in the airport.

At that time, the first platoon was opening the way at the front, and Platoon Leader Chen immediately ordered to occupy the airport.

They drove their cars into the airport on that road.

The Japanese had not even reacted, and our team had already protected the planes.

I don't know why, but the Japanese did not intentionally damage these planes.

That's how the planes were captured by us."

He said it lightly.

These pilots who had just come from the Fifth War Zone were confused.

Yan Gaofei looked at the direction Xiao Jianying said, that road.

His face was full of disbelief: "Cars can rush over from that road?

There are clearly two rice paddies and a ditch over there, how can they get through?

Can cars fly too?"

Xiao Jianying, He Haiqing, and Zhu Qingmao all laughed.

Xiao Jianying said with a smile: "Of course cars can't fly, but our Special Operations Brigade's cars always have springboards, wooden frames, and wooden stakes prepared.

Sixteen springboards were used for those two rice paddies, and two springboards and four wooden frames were used for that five-meter-wide ditch.

Springboards were laid on those muddy grounds, and that's how the cars got over."

Pan Yongnian was noncommittal and was actually a little suspicious in his heart.

He said with a smile: "We don't have anything to do now, let's go take a look.

Water leaves traces, and geese leave sounds.

Cars have passed by, there must be traces."

This group of twenty people began to walk in that direction.

Although the runway here was also formed after being crushed by mud, it was already very hard.

Cars could not leave any traces on it at all, but on the loose mud on the side of the runway, there were indeed two rows of marks left by the springboards being crushed.

These traces were even more obvious when they were near the ditch.

Without having to go to the rice paddies, just by the ditch, one could already know: cars had indeed passed through here.

Pan Yongshan and the other pilots had come from the Fifth War Zone, and they originally had a superior attitude.

In the Fifth War Zone, what kind of teams and what kind of officers had they not seen?

Last night, as soon as they saw the regiment commanders Lin Fan had brought, these pilots could tell:

These regiment commanders were all country bumpkins who had never seen the world.

They had always looked at the Special Operations Brigade with condescending eyes.

Today, when they saw that this team could actually temporarily create such a road during the march.

These pilots were very shocked.

They certainly knew: according to the Special Operations Brigade's original plan, they would pass through this road.

Even if they temporarily had the idea of attacking the airport, without the speed of the cars, they would not be able to trap the Japanese planes in the airport and prevent them from taking off.

If the Japanese planes were allowed to fly into the air, who would win the battle, it was not certain!

Now these pilots felt that this team might still have some combat effectiveness.

Pan Yongnian led these people back slowly, asking about the situation of the Special Operations Brigade these days.

They were also skeptical about the things Xiao Jianying said.

After all, Xiao Jianying was from the Special Operations Brigade, and it was normal for him to embellish his team.

They knew that they had to carry out a mission this morning to assist the First and Second Regiments in attacking Changxing.

Although it was only 100 *li* from here to Changxing, Captain Pan Yongshan still made every pilot carefully look at the route.

They were ready.

Now suddenly receiving the task of going to support Anji, Captain Pan Yongnian miraculously asked: "Where is Brigade Commander Lin in Anji?"

He did not have any special meaning when he asked this question.

However, as the flight captain sent by the Fifth War Zone to help, his words were immediately sent out.

Soon, he received a reply: "Ten *li* outside the north of Anji City."

"Ten *li* north of Anji City." Captain Pan Yongshan repeated, and said seriously to the pilots under his command.

"We did not witness the battle that happened in Jurong this morning, but there are so many people to testify.

And Commander Deng and Commander Ye have both said that Brigade Commander Lin's artillery is good.

Our task today is to try our best to maneuver if we encounter Japanese planes. Fly to the north of Anji City.

Do you understand?"

"Understood!" More than a dozen pilots responded in unison.

"Let's go!"

Sixteen planes took off from Guangde Airport and flew towards Anji.

Battalion Commander Funakura Takuya received the order yesterday that the entire battalion would be dispatched to bomb Hangzhou.

For this reason, yesterday afternoon, all the bombers and fighters parked at Hongqiao Airport were carefully inspected.

All kinds of ammunition and bombs were also prepared early.

This morning, they had already carried out two flight missions to Hangzhou from Hongqiao Airport.

These two times, cooperating with the 18th Division's attack, they had achieved very good results.

Battalion Commander Funakura Takuya led his battalion's planes back from the direction of Hangzhou.

They had just landed and were preparing to load ammunition and refuel to continue to Hangzhou to attack.

They received the latest combat order issued by the 10th Army Headquarters: Funakura Takuya's battalion would go to Anji to carry out bombing missions.

Where was Anji? Battalion Commander Funakura Takuya did not know yet.

Immediately, a staff officer pointed out the location on the map: 45 degrees northwest of Hangzhou, 100 *li* away.

170 kilometers from Shanghai, such a distance was completely within the combat range of fighters and bombers.

The order clearly stated: there were heavy artillery positions in the Nationalist troops' team! Completely destroy the Nationalist troops' heavy artillery positions! Completely annihilate the Nationalist troops attacking Anji!

With the mission clarified and the location known.

Battalion Commander Funakura Takuya briefly arranged for the pilots of the 36 planes under his command in the combat room.

When arranging the mission, he reminded them:

"We are going to bomb the Nationalist troops' heavy artillery positions, so we must be prepared for them to have anti-aircraft guns.

Gentlemen, please be careful!"

Battalion Commander Funakura Takuya's serious reminder made all the pilots in the conference room laugh.

Squad Leader Shinomiya Ryotaro said in the laughter:

"Gentlemen, please be careful! In Hangzhou. The anti-aircraft guns we encountered were not anti-aircraft guns.

In Anji, the Nationalist troops' anti-aircraft guns are the ones that can really defend against aircraft."

What Squad Leader Shinomiya Ryotaro said made these pilots laugh even louder.

Today, when they bombed the Nationalist troops' defense line in Hangzhou, they also encountered the Nationalist troops' anti-aircraft gun fire.

Not a single plane in the entire Funakura Takuya battalion was hit, not even scratched.

Therefore, these pilots did not care about the Nationalist troops' anti-aircraft guns.

Among the 36 planes in the entire Funakura Takuya battalion, there were only 12 fighters and 24 bombers.

This was also the reason why Commander Yanagawa Heisuke sent this flight battalion to carry out the mission.

Funakura Takuya's battalion departed five minutes earlier than Pan Yongshan and the others. The Japanese bomber squadron took off from Hongqiao Airport and flew towards Anji.

Pan Yongshan was flying a fighter plane at the front as the leader.

A fighter plane followed on each side of him, and three bombers flew in the middle of the formation behind them.

Two fighters escorted on the left, right, and behind the bombers.

A reconnaissance plane followed behind.

The Special Operations Brigade had dispatched all the planes that could be used in combat this time. There were a total of nine fighters and three bombers.

The reconnaissance plane was only going to scout the situation in the direction of Hangzhou and would not participate in the battle.

Guangde to Anji was only 40 kilometers, and the planes arrived at the battlefield eight minutes after taking off.

The planes of the entire Special Operations Brigade's flight squadron specially paid attention to the area outside the north of Anji City.

They clearly saw a fighter plane parked on the road north of the city.

It was parked on the road, and it could be seen that there was a temporary runway for planes to take off and land.

Not far from the side of the temporary airport was an artillery position, and Captain Pan Yongshan also shook his wings at the soldiers below.

Feng Junya pointed to the tigers under the bellies of these planes and asked Lin Fan:

"Brigade commander! Did you ask them to paint them?"

Every fighter plane that flew over their heads had a tiger painted under its belly.

Lin Fan said with a smile: "I didn't ask them to! It seems that everyone likes this tiger.

Then let's call this flight squadron the 'Tiger Squadron'."

Feng Junya said with a smile: "Tiger Squadron! This is a good name.

It just so happens that it can be said that our flight squadron is worthy of it."

Captain Pan Yongshan led the squadron at low altitude in front of the artillery position of the Special Operations Brigade.

A minute later, he saw the Japanese positions outside Anji City.

He immediately ordered: "Guan Guohao, Ti Binhong, Nong Xiuzhu, and Guan Yangping, the four of you go to high altitude to be on alert.

Prevent Japanese planes from coming to make trouble.

The rest of the planes attack!"

He himself skimmed over at low altitude, and the machine guns began to sweep towards the Japanese positions.

Lin Fan's combat order stated: focus on attacking the Japanese positions north of the city.

The three bombers followed the five fighter planes that opened the way and dropped bombs at low altitude.

The first few fighter planes did not encounter the Japanese anti-aircraft fire. Meng Hongzhuang, Guo Yingwu, and Yin Hongyi, the three pilots who were flying the bombers.

Tried to fly the planes as low as possible to make it easier to aim when dropping bombs.

Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki looked at the Imperial warplanes flying in the sky.

He was very excited: Commander Yanagawa Heisuke kept his word!

He had sent the planes so quickly.

Although those planes did not attack when they passed by the Nationalist troops' positions, Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki had already found a good reason for the flight squadron.

This was to more accurately distinguish between friend and foe!

The Japanese soldiers of the Honami Shuto squad and the Masuyama Sokyu squad on the outer defense line north of Anji City.

They thought the same as the battalion commander: their reinforcements had arrived!

All the planes flying in the sky were Imperial planes!

These soldiers stood up, took off their hats and waved, and some people jumped up and down to greet the planes.

Company Commander Nakato Takuma looked at the squadron flying in the sky: they were all Imperial planes, although they had painted a tiger under their bellies.

But that could not change the appearance of these planes themselves.

They were Imperial planes.

When all the Japanese soldiers were cheering!

The planes rushing in the front actually opened fire.

They opened fire on these cheering Japanese soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, the planes following behind kept strafing, and the bombs dropped by the bombers also exploded on the positions.

When Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki personally saw these planes flying over and opening fire on the Imperial warriors on the Anji defense line.

He was dumbfounded: weren't these the reinforcements he had asked for?

Why did they come to bomb their own people instead.

He was just surprised and panicked!

The Japanese soldiers of the Honami Shuto squad and the Masuyama Sokyu squad were bleeding and dying.

The already small number of Japanese soldiers were continuously strafed by eight planes and also suffered the accurate bombing of aerial bombs.

The first and second defense lines on the outer edge of Anji City collapsed completely.

Squad Leader Masuyama Sokyu was killed in action, and Squad Leader Honami Shuto was lucky enough to escape with his life.

He was commanding a total of 13 remaining soldiers from the two squads to prepare to hold on.

Company Commander Nakato Takuma had to send the last reserve squad: the Ichiji Taro squad, to strengthen the outermost defense line.

Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki also had to transfer two squads from the east of the city as a reserve team.

He, the battalion commander, and Battalion Commander Yamamoto Yuo each guarded two directions.

Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki guarded the north and east directions of Anji City, and Battalion Commander Yamamoto Yuo guarded the south and west directions of Anji City.

When the Special Operations Brigade initially attacked from the north and west of the city, the two battalions shared all the attacks equally.

Now that the Special Operations Brigade had changed its attack direction, all the attacks were borne by Battalion Commander Yoshikawa Yuki.

However, this bombing was obviously not like that: Captain Pan Yongshan led the squadron straight to Anji City: there were still Japanese artillery positions south of the city.

This was what Lin Fan had seen just now when he was flying the plane.

Now Meng Hongzhuang, Guo Yingwu, and Yin Hongyi were going to bomb that artillery position.

The path that Yin Hongyi flew over was directly facing the artillery position of Battalion Commander Yamamoto Yuo south of the city.

A series of bombs were dropped.

Yin Hongyi turned around in the air and prepared to come again.

The other two bombers also adjusted their directions and flew towards the Japanese artillery positions.

Pan Yongshan and Jing Hewbi, who were flying at low altitude, were also flying around Anji City.

The machine guns on their planes had never stopped, constantly strafing around Anji City.

Guan Guohao, Shen Binhong, Nong Xiuzhu, and Guan Yangping, the four fighters in the high altitude, patrolled in the air in two-plane formations.

Guan Guohao and Shen Binhong flew a little farther and reached Deqing.

Although they could not clearly see the battle on the ground in the high altitude, they still saw flames and smoke billowing below.

Then they also saw a squadron attacking and bombing below.

Without guessing, they could know that those were Japanese planes.

Guan Guohao saw that the Japanese only attacked the ground and did not find themselves in the high altitude at all.

He coughed twice in excitement.

He did not dare to speak, for fear of being exposed.

Shen Binhong also responded twice!

They reached a consensus that this opportunity was rare, and the two piloted their planes quietly behind the Japanese planes.

Aimed at a plane and fired fiercely.

Immediately, a Japanese fighter dragged black smoke and fell to the ground.

The two of them did not stop and continued to fire at the next Japanese fighter.

The successive shooting down of two fighters immediately aroused the horror of the Shiba Reo squadron's planes.

Pilot Ahoge Shoma shouted loudly: "I saw it: there are two planes that look the same as us.

They are attacking Iga Kosuke.

I'm chasing after them."

Chiba Daisuke also followed behind and said: "I see it too, I'm biting one of them."

The Nationalist troops defending the Deqing defense line had been bombed by the Japanese planes so much today that they had no temper left.

The Japanese planes' bombing came as soon as it dawned, and it had never really stopped.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery was also constantly bombarding.

It seemed that these Japanese soldiers wanted to use up all the ammunition today.

The defense line, which had just been a little easier yesterday, was already crumbling from the beginning of the morning.

If these Nationalist troops had not been persisting all the time, I am afraid that Deqing would be gone.

Just now, they saw two more planes with tigers painted on their bellies appearing in the sky.

Yesterday, there was only one plane with a tiger painted on it that appeared in the sky and helped these Nationalist troops blow up the Japanese tanks.

Today, as soon as these two planes appeared, they shot down three planes.

However, one of the planes with a tiger painted on it was also injured.

They led a large group of Japanese planes to the southwest.

With no Japanese planes in the sky, these Nationalist troops, who had just been unable to breathe under the Japanese attack.

They could finally catch their breath a little, reinforce the destroyed fortifications, and send the wounded down.

The rear could also send the reserve team up.

Everything returned to the original state in the morning.

Guan Guohao felt that his plane was also hit when he fired at the bomber in front.

He shouted loudly: "I'm hit! I'm hit!"

Shen Binhong also said loudly beside him: "Squad leader Guan! There are two planes behind you, go quickly!"

Shen Binhong also issued a warning that there were two more planes rushing towards him not far away when he drove his plane over.

Guan Guohao could only continue to fly to low altitude, he was already lower than some of the surrounding mountains.

At this time, he thought of what the team said before leaving: "If there is a situation, lead the Japanese planes to the brigade commander's side."

Although it was 20 *li* away from Anji, Guan Guohao decided to save himself.

He loudly ordered Shen Binhong: "You go! Go quickly! We have stirred up a hornet's nest.

Many Japanese planes are chasing us."

Squad Leader Shiba Reo's chest surged with soaring anger: their mission was going well today.

In the blink of an eye, in less than two minutes, they were ambushed by the Nationalist troops.

Three fighters and a bomber were destroyed.

This was really intolerable!

Now he only wanted to destroy those two planes that were wearing the skin of Imperial planes, but were actually Nationalist troops' planes.

One of the planes was already injured, no matter how that plane was hiding in the mountains.

It could not hide the fact that it was injured.

Shen Binhong could no longer care about anything at this time! He called out on the radio:

"Captain Pan! Captain Pan! Lao Guan and I are pinned down by the Japanese squadron in Deqing.

Lao Guan's plane is injured, request support!

Request support!"

Captain Pan Yongshan did not expect these two to patrol in the air and be on alert for Japanese planes.

They actually went to Deqing.

When a comrade-in-arms was in trouble, he could not but save him.

He immediately said: "You immediately fly in the direction of Anji! There is a simple runway at the brigade commander's position, you can land.

Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Guan Guohao, who had been traveling through the mountains, finally took the time to reply.

Being able to speak proved that he was still alive.

And it could also be heard from the tone of his speech that the young man was full of energy.

Captain Pan Yongshan gave the order: "The three bombers will return immediately! Nong Xiuzhu and Guan Yangping, the two of you will escort them.

The rest of you follow me and ascend to high altitude to pick up Guan Guohao and Shen Binhong."

Five fighter planes immediately climbed and flew towards Deqing.

As these five planes were flying to high altitude, they saw a plane flying straight towards Anji not far away.

Behind that plane, there were three similar planes chasing it.

Without asking, it must be Shen Binhong in the front.

Captain Pan Yongshan ordered: "Shen Binhong, continue to fly forward, we are right above you."

Five fighter planes had made preparations for an ambush.

The fighters of the Shiba Reo squadron chased after the fighter in front, a three-on-one battle, there was no suspense at all.

Chiba Daisuke and Nakano Mima followed the squadron leader, constantly adding fuel, trying to catch up.

It was just that the plane in front was driving the same model as them.

The person flying in front wanted to escape and had already driven the plane to the fastest speed, and those planes following behind them.

No matter how hard they tried, they could only maintain not being thrown off.

Looking at the fact that they had been chasing for more than three minutes.

Squad Leader Shiba Reo suddenly roared: "Be careful! The Nationalist troops have an ambush."

He saw Captain Pan Yongshan's planes from the clouds.

These Japanese planes that were chasing up immediately climbed up to meet them.

Captain Pan Yongshan said hatefully: "These Japanese devils are so cunning!"

At the same time, Squad Leader Shiba Nei was also saying the same thing: "These Nationalist troops are so cunning!

They deliberately used two fighter planes to lure us, wanting us to enter their ambush."

Now he had seen through the Nationalist troops' cards and immediately began to summon the other planes in the entire squadron over.

The three Japanese fighters who were still chasing Guan Guohao also rushed to this direction in a hurry.

Captain Pan Yongnian led five planes to meet the three Japanese fighters, fighting more with less, of course he did not want to miss such an opportunity.

Shen Binhong, who had been fleeing in a panic, also returned to join the battle.

Six to three!

Seeing that there were fully half as many Nationalist troops' planes as there were on his side.

Squad Leader Shiba Reo immediately understood: he had just been inflated.

He did not expect that the Nationalist troops' fighters were all concentrated together.

Although there were still planes from the Shiba Reo squadron rushing over.

But distant water could not quench the immediate thirst, and Squad Leader Shiba Reo could only order: "Retreat!

Retreat! The Nationalist troops have six fighters!"

Five fighters in the Shiba squadron received the order, and one was still chasing Guan Guohao through the mountains.

The signal was not good and he did not receive the squadron leader's order at all, and he was still chasing.

Even if the Shiba squadron that received the order, it was not possible to leave if they wanted to at this time.

Three of them were tightly bitten on the tail by Captain Pan Yongshan and the others.

Completely unable to get rid of them, at this time Squad Leader Shiba Reo could only fly in the direction of Shanghai.

He was going to fly back to the airport, and he could call for support near the airport.

However, Squad Leader Shiba Reo knew: these Nationalist troops' planes did not dare to chase too far.

After all, the Empire's planes were the kings in this airspace.

Temporarily in the sky over Anji, the Nationalist troops' air power still had the upper hand.

The situation now was completely the opposite of what it was just now in Deqing.

The three planes of the Shiba squadron were escaping in front, and the six planes of the Pan Yongshan squadron were chasing behind.

It was just that they also could not catch up.

Behind Captain Pan Yongshan and the others, there were also two Japanese planes quietly following.

Like poisonous snakes, they were always ready to attack.

Less than two minutes after such an aerial chase, Squad Leader Shiba Reo suddenly saw a large group of planes coming in front of him.

Captain Pan Yongshan also saw: in the middle of the clouds in the distance, a large group of planes were flying towards them.

Without thinking, without guessing!

It could only be Japanese planes.

"The wind is tight! Cut and run!

There is a large team of Japanese planes in front, fly back!

Fly back!" Captain Pan Yongshan issued the order.

"Captain! The Japanese planes have already discovered us, where should we fly?" Yan Gaofei asked.

This was a good question!

In this area of Jiangnan, these planes were all the planes that the Special Operations Brigade could use in combat.

Even if they flew back to Guangde Airport, there would be no reinforcements.

Wouldn't that just be used as target practice for the Japanese devils.

"Fly to the position 10 *li* north of Anji City." Captain Pan Yongshan answered immediately.

Now he could only put all his hope on the brigade commander.

Captain Pan Yongshan drove the fighter plane in the front, and he made a big turn in the air.

As soon as he turned around, he was met by the attack of a Japanese plane.

Jiangzhong Youye, who had been following these Nationalist troops' planes, finally found an opportunity.

He also saw the flight squadron in the distance, dozens of planes were bathing in the golden sunlight and traveling through the clouds.

Flying towards this direction at an accelerated pace.

That's right, those planes should have discovered the pursuit in front, and the fighters that were flying flat were already accelerating.

The three planes of the Shiba Reo squadron were also turning, they were going to come back to join the battle.

And Squad Leader Shiba Reo had already contacted the planes of the Funakura Takuya squadron.

The enemy planes in the sky were uniformly under the command of Squad Leader Funakura Takuya.

Jiangzhong Youye also fired bullets and fortunately hit Captain Pan Yongshan's plane.

On the other side, Jing Hewbi, along with his plane, was injured by the Japanese.

He was shot twice in the thigh, and there was no time to bandage it at all.

There was also no chance to dodge.

The Japanese plane swooped down from a high place and kept staring at him.

Jing Hewbi could not avoid it and could only accelerate and rush under the Japanese plane.

The Japanese plane was above, and Jing Hewbi's plane was below, and the machine gun on Jing Hewbi's nose had also been firing.

He wanted to die with the Japanese devils and crash straight into this Japanese plane.

Iga Kosuke, who was driving the plane, was still intact, and of course he was not willing to collide with a plane that had already been injured.

It was important to avoid it, and then chase after it, and he would definitely be able to shoot down this plane.

With such thoughts in his heart, there were corresponding actions in his hands.

Iga Kosuke gently pulled the nose of the plane upwards, and the plane jumped up easily, and the noses of the two planes perfectly missed each other.

Then these two planes heard a "squeak!" sound.

Captain Pan Yongshan, who had just avoided Jiangzhong Youye's plane, and many pilots of the Funakura Takuya squadron in the distance.

Stared wide-eyed