Different from the conventional aviation force organization of the Japanese army, the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft Force under the Yamato Spirit Team has one group with six squadrons, and each squadron has twelve Fifty Special Attack Aircraft. In other words, the Ishikawa Koyu Group includes Including the Fifty Special Attack aircraft flown by himself and his adjutant, there are seventy-four in total. In terms of quantity alone, even if the seventy-four Fifty Special Attack aircraft can be exchanged one for one, it seems that it is not enough to consume all Dai Anlan's resources. Of course, from another perspective, because a suicide attack can greatly damage the morale of the enemy, it seems that as long as Yamakawa Eryu can successfully lead his troops to complete the attack, it will certainly be able to contain the Chinese armored forces. The offensive momentum and morale will give the ground troops a chance to make a comeback.
When Yamakawa Koyu saw the Chinese armored vehicle troops beginning to adjust their formation, he suddenly remembered the comment he had heard from a senior about the Chinese tank troops. He frowned and thought: It seems impossible to expect the Chinese tank troops to be destroyed by the near field. , then,, thinking "then" in his mind, he began to give orders again: "The Chinese chariot troops have been entangled by the field squadron, go around to the front of the Chinese mandrills, attack them from the front, and the whole army presses on them." .”
The Shanchuan Brigade has a total of seventy-four fifty special attack aircraft. One was consumed in the previous test, twenty were dispatched in the first wave, and then twelve more were used to target Liu Dasheng's troops. Now there are forty-one left. , all forty-one and fifty special attack aircraft were dispatched, and the roar of the engines alone was quite shocking.
Dai Anlan had just stood in the turret of another mandrill when he heard the roar of the engine above his head suddenly became harsh. He turned around to look, then immediately got in and picked up the microphone to change the order and ask all mandrills to be released. Slowly, he then called out to the armored troops and said directly: "Liu Dasheng, we need support from your department. The Japs are attacking us from the front. I need you to help us withstand it."
Liu Dasheng had actually seen the situation here. He was a little hesitant to continue setting up a circular defensive formation. After hearing Dai Anlan's words, he immediately made a decision and shouted: "Those in front will immediately support the mandrills, and the others will continue to form formations. Brothers , the test is coming.”
Dai Anlan continued to shout, but this time he was targeting the mandrill cluster: "Don't hide in the tanks. The little devils are going to attack us from the front. Come out and use machine guns to stop them. Damn it, do your best." "After shouting, he threw away the microphone, stood up straight from the turret again, and pulled the vehicle-mounted machine gun over.
In the head-on collision between the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft and the Mandrill, if the Japanese army insists on implementing suicide tactics, then the Mandrill will definitely be beaten passively. As for using machine guns to defend, it is not impossible to prevent it, but the shooter still requires luck. That is not an ordinary high. If the machine gun wants to defend the Fifty Special Attack aircraft head-on, there is only one possibility, and that is to directly kill the pilot in the cockpit. However, the cabin of the Fifty Special Attack aircraft is specially made, and although the cabin window is also made of It is made of glass material, but the target is quite small, and the effective range of the general-purpose machine gun carried by the Mandrill is only about 1,200 meters. This distance only takes four seconds for the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft to cross. Considering The movement speed ratio of the two sides requires a certain amount of time for the Mandrill to make evasive actions if the pilot of the attacking Fifty Special Attack Aircraft is killed. In fact, the time left for the Mandrill gunner is actually less than two seconds.
Using a vehicle-mounted machine gun to fight against the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft was not a decision made by Dai Anlan in a rush. The most critical point in why he issued such an order was that, in view of the fact that the mandrill that had been targeted by the Japs before was killed during the attack. No one shot down by Liu Dasheng survived, so he thought it would be better to fight to the death than to huddle in the tank and wait for death. No matter how bad this was, it could boost the morale of the troops and arouse the hatred of the surviving comrades.
Dai Anlan went into battle shirtless despite the objections of his brothers. In the Yamakawa Brigade, Yamakawa Eryu made the same choice as him. Unlike other standing teams, those who can be selected as Yamato Soul, regardless of officers and soldiers, are the purest in the Japanese army. Regardless of the abilities of these militarists, what is certain is that from the time they joined the Yamato Soul, they were truly ready to sacrifice themselves for the "Empire of Japan" at any time.
History has never lacked coincidences, especially in the history of war. Many years later, when a Chinese military historian named Guo Shida specialized in studying this war and interviewed the survivors to collect information, he learned from some people who had experienced this war. From the mouths of the soldiers of the Third Expeditionary Army during the battle, he unearthed an interesting thing from the few battle history materials that had been almost forgotten by people, that is, when the Japanese major named Yamakawa Koyu was driving a fifty-fifty When the special attack plane crashed into the Chinese Mandrill below, because he suddenly saw three shining general stars, he immediately pulled up the fighter plane. When he dived again, he pointed the nose of the plane at the Third Chinese Expeditionary Army. The new car of General Dai Anlan, commander of the 7th Expeditionary Corps.
"...a dignified Chinese general actually went to the front line personally and dared to personally control the machine gun to defend the enemy. This seems unimaginable now. When Shanchuan Eryu saw those three shining generals, he was filled with emotion in his heart. He must be ecstatic, because if he can fly and die together with General Dai Anlan, then he will not only set a record in the history of Japanese military warfare, but he will also be able to rewrite the outcome of this war. Such a thrilling scene, now we just rely on it Imagination is actually not enough to describe the real situation at that time. What makes me, the interviewer, feel gratified or fortunate is that many of the soldiers of our Mandrill tank group noticed this and immediately made the final decision. The correct response...machine gun shooting. Such successful battles were not uncommon in World War II and even World War III. However, anyone who understands the performance parameters of the Fifty Special Attack Aircraft will know that this is not applicable. Due to the environment at that time, when we look back now, we can only say that General Dai Anlan or the fate of our Chinese nation is too strong, because the old man next to me, this anti-Japanese hero who most people have forgotten, in the final At the critical moment, he killed Shanchuan Eryu with continuous shooting..."
There is no doubt that this is the most thrilling scene in the entire nameless battle. As for why Dai Anlan did not mention it in the battle report at that time, and even issued a hush order to his subordinates, according to Guo Shida's analysis, he should be worried that once the matter is disclosed, it will make people It will be rare for him to have the chance to take command on the front lines in the future.