The powerful firepower from the ground caught the pilots of Kuto Air Force by surprise. Because Kuto was flying a brand-new Kawasaki Type 92, he was given priority by Ouyang Yun. A sniper rifle bullet from later generations took his life.
I don't know if it was because he was dissatisfied that he was treated the same as Baldy Kimura. You must know that not long ago, Kimura was everyone's laughing stock. Kuto, who was about to fall into hell, relied on his last trace of god to fly the plane to the blocking position of the military training division. bumped up,
Because Ouyang Yun's shooting was too concealed, in the eyes of the Japanese troops on the ground and in the air, Kudo Houbing's behavior was really abnormal. The Japanese are more superstitious about ghosts and gods. Some people think that this is how Kimura Baldy died, and they can't help but wonder: Could it be? Squadron Leader Kudo, like Kimura, had their fighter planes cursed. At this time, the arrogant and stubborn Japanese still didn't believe that rifles could really bring down planes. They didn't know that right below them, a rifle from later generations was like hell. The seductive ropes with bull heads and horse faces are looking for their necks,
"Lieutenant Kudo, is your plane out of order?" The clever kid shouted hoarsely on the intercom, but received no response. After quickly adjusting their flight attitude, they began to fly towards the air defense under the command of a squad leader. The battalion's position rushed forward,
Feng Yuanxiu was very lucky to see this scene. He didn't feel any danger at all. He threw the car away, jumped into the traffic ditch and ran to the air defense position. At this time, he only had one thought in his mind: he must see with his own eyes how the master brought down the plane. He didn't run far when he was discovered by soldiers hiding in several nearby air raid shelters. Someone got into the hole and shouted behind him: "You don't want your life, get in the hole quickly."
Feng Yuanxiu didn't care at all and still ran fast.
"This kid is crazy."
"Why is he going?" the soldiers muttered behind him.
There is another person who was lucky enough to witness Kuto’s crazy move. He is Doihara.
The legend that Ouyang Yun shot down a plane with a rifle had a certain impact on the morale of the Japanese army. Fortunately, Kudo Gohei, who succeeded Kimura Baldy, led the troops well. With his efforts, the aviation officers and soldiers have eliminated their fear. Now, Doihara is I hope that with the might of the Kudo Air Squadron, the shadow that has shrouded the hearts of the soldiers stationed in the garrison will be completely eliminated.
So, after he issued the order, he counted the time and drove the troops of more than a thousand people stationed in the original camp to the front line of Daliuhe Town, so that he could watch the wonderful performance of the Royal Air Force. His car was a Sitting in the co-pilot's seat of a semi-new armored vehicle, he looked complacent, waving a folding fan that appeared in his hand at some point, as if he was a strategist who had no plans left.
Kawabe Shozo actually looked down on him a little, because in his view, the glory of a soldier can only be obtained on the battlefield, and Doihara's previous so-called achievements were just some petty theft. Of course, because Doihara was like this The commander-in-chief of this battle, so he looked quite respectful.
Doihara led a large group of Japanese troops to Daliuhe Town. When he left Tianjin City, he saw Chinese soldiers of the 38th Division digging fortifications outside the city gate. He frowned and said: "Zhang Zizhong What do you want to do?"
Kawabe Shozo knew the reason and said, "I heard they are going to hold a military exercise recently."
Dofei was stunned for a moment, and then said to the staff officer sitting in the back: "Send the order and ask the soldiers to restrain themselves." He thought in his mind: Zhang Zizhong conducted some exercises for no reason. There must be another purpose behind it. I heard that the 38th Division and the students The military division has been walking closer, so you need to be careful.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Agency, are you afraid that the 29th Army will stab us in the back?"
"Zhang Zizhong is not Feng Zhian and Liu Ruming. He, like Zhao Dengyu, is the two most difficult bones for the 29th Army."
The Japanese army has always been used to being domineering in Tianjin. Before Doihara gave the order, the little Japanese made a lot of mischief when they faced the officers and soldiers of the 38th Division who were doing civil engineering work not far away. The officers and soldiers of the 38th Division who were fighting with them in Tianjin seemed to be a different person this time. No matter how they provoked them, they just worked in silence.
Doi was originally going to the front line to watch the emperor's warriors conquer Wen'an County with high spirits. Seeing this scene, his face couldn't help but become serious.
However, Kawabe Shozo looked down upon the Chinese army. In his mind, except for the military training division, which he had suffered a defeat in the past, it was still an army. The Central Army, the 29th Army, and the Jin Army could only be regarded as reserve forces. , or even worse, he said: "There is nothing to worry about. Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army was so arrogant back then, so we drove them away."
"No, no, you can't say that." Doihara held the armrest and looked at him seriously and said: "The reason why China is weak and can be bullied is because they are a piece of loose sand and are not as tightly united as our people, the Emperor. Regiment, General by the River, if the 400 million people unite, this force cannot be underestimated. This is also the reason why I want to promote the founding of the puppet Manchuria. Only by dividing their strength can we defeat them one by one. The 29th Army The combat power is still good, but they are not as united as they appear on the surface. I am not afraid of them, but our main enemy in North China is the Xuebing Division. Please remember this."
"Hai." Although Kawabe Masami was dissatisfied, he had to respond respectfully.
Doihara's current military rank is no different from that of Kawabe Shozo. Seeing him speaking to him in such a respectful tone, he was very satisfied. The tone of his words became softer next. He waved and took a copy from the staff officer. He pointed at the place name of Wen'an on the map and said: "This time we will first dispatch a brigade to capture Wen'an under the cover of aircraft and artillery, and then..." He poked at the two place names of Xiongxian and Dacheng with a swipe of his finger. "Your troops and Yin Rugeng's puppet troops will attack these two places respectively, and then I will personally lead a brigade to attack Renqiu."
"Yin Rugeng, are you okay with the puppet army? The Xuebing Division is not a miscellaneous army."
Doihara smiled: "It will definitely not work to let the puppet army bear the main offensive responsibility alone, but I will let Chief of Staff Sakai personally lead the gendarmerie to supervise the battle." He tapped the place name of Renqiu hard with his fingers and said: "Moreover It doesn’t matter if we can’t capture it. As long as we can draw in a certain amount of troops from the Xuexi Division, when Renqiu is defeated and the Xuexi Division has no base, it’s not up to us to decide how to fight next.”
Frankly speaking, Doihara's combat plan is highly feasible. Kawabe Shozo is not an idiot. He immediately saw the mystery and couldn't help but be impressed by it. He said: "No wonder I haven't seen Chief of Staff Sakai in the past few days. It turns out that He went to Yidong, Your Excellency, Chief of the Agency, I really didn’t expect you to have such high attainments in the military."
Doihara smiled, picked up the folding fan, waved it, and said modestly: "The general is so complimentary."
Four wheels must be faster than two legs, because the roar of the plane was heard halfway. Doihara hurriedly ordered the driver to speed up. He and Kawabe Shozo rushed to the front line with the staff of the headquarters. I happened to be able to watch Kudo Gohei's wonderful performance from a distance,
"What's going on? That plane must have been flown by Captain Kuto himself," Kawabe Masami couldn't hold his breath and shouted first,
Doi's originally red face was suddenly shrouded in dark clouds. He was not naive enough to believe that Kuto did such a crazy thing because he was possessed by an evil spirit, or that he was showing off his skills in a flying show.
There is only one explanation. The new Kawasaki Type 92 fighter plane was hit. A total of three planes were hit. It seems that the Xuebing Division has air defense troops. This was something Doihara did not know in advance.
Kuto was brave. After the fighter plane was hit, he did not try to escape but dived down with the idea of dying together with the enemy. The quality of the pilots of Kuto squadron was also good. The sudden attack did not disrupt their position, and the remaining aircraft immediately Adjusting their status, they began to attack the air defense positions that threatened their safety. Black bombs were dropped one after another. Those who had dropped all the bombs began to use airborne machine guns to attack the ground.
As the brand new Kawasaki Type 92 disappeared from the sight of Doihara and others, there was a loud "boom", followed by explosions one after another. Although they were far away, Doihara and others still felt the intensity of the explosion. , the armored vehicle jumped obviously, and a black mushroom cloud rose up. Then, the explosion sounded more and more densely, and clouds of smoke rose up. The corner of Doihara's right eye couldn't help but jump. He He waved his left hand vigorously and shouted: "Stop."
Kawabe Shozo: "Director,."
"There is an artillery position ahead. I want to go down and take command personally."
The Japanese artillery participating in this battle was all the force that Doihara could use. An artillery regiment was added to the original artillery squadron of the garrison. There were a total of four 150 mm caliber heavy artillery and twelve 75 mm caliber mountain guns.
Doihara conducted a detailed investigation into the rumors that Ouyang Yun used a rifle to shoot down the plane, but found nothing. Some officers and soldiers of the training division said that they used rifles, others said that they used machine guns, and even more ridiculously, they said that they used a mysterious weapon. Martial arts, Doihara was at the scene when Gohei Kudo did that crazy experiment, so he believed very much in the conclusion of that experiment: Kimura's fighter plane could never have been shot down by a rifle. The most likely reason was that the plane itself malfunctioned. , because the surviving pilots all confirmed that the opponent had no anti-aircraft weapons at all,
Seeing two planes being hit and exploding in the air, Doihara knew that he had been fooled. This damn Ouyang Yun had already been equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, and all he could use was the Kudo squadron.
The effect of the aircraft was not up to expectations, and all he could count on now were cannons.