Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

boom boom boom…

More than a dozen rockets landed around the Gale, causing huge explosions, but only two of them hit it.

Although the Japanese Type 94 armored train was in motion, the pilots of the New 1st Regiment anticipated it.

Each rocket has the power of a 105mm artillery shell.

The huge power of the explosion blew the entire coal and water car off the rails.

The remaining carriages also derailed.

"Fighter finishes off!"

Seeing this, Zhang Chengwu immediately piloted fighter No. 01 and led fighter No. 02 and No. 03 to dive towards the derailed Gale train.

At this time, the entire Gale train was in a state where it could not fight back.

But most of the carriages are still there.

If they don't destroy it, the Japanese can repair it and use it again. What they have to do is to destroy it completely.

There was no anti-aircraft guns or Type 92 heavy machine guns firing into the air.

Three Mustang fighters can dive, drop bombs and strafe without any scruples.

Compared with the low hit rate of rockets, the hit rate of dropping aerial bombs at low altitude to attack static targets is much higher.

Moreover, the power of aerial bombs is even greater.

A 50-kilogram aerial bomb can hold about 40 kilograms of high explosives, and its power is comparable to that of a 203mm howitzer.

Three aerial bombs fell, and the entire Gale armored train collapsed almost instantly.

The Japanese soldiers in the car were also turned into powder.

Another Kamikaze armored train luckily escaped the first wave of attacks and hurriedly hid in Taiyuan Station.

Because they did not carry enough ammunition and had lost the Kamikaze armored train.

The battle at Wusu Airport was almost over, so Zhang Chengwu ordered to return.

Taiyuan.

inner city.

Headquarters air-raid shelter.

When the sounds of explosions and air raid sirens disappeared, Yoshio Shinozuka and Renya Mutaguchi immediately returned to the ground headquarters.

Shinozuka Yoshio's face was gloomy. "Immediately calculate the results and losses."

"Hi."

Mutaguchi Renya immediately called Wusu Airport to inquire about the situation.

Not long after, Mutaguchi Renya reported with a dark face: "Commander, the airport just reported that the aviation unit suffered heavy losses."

Shinozuka Yoshio asked gravely, "How many planes and pilots were lost?"

The loss of airport guard forces and facilities is just a loss, and they can be replenished and repaired at any time, but the aircraft and pilots are strategic-level forces.

Mutaguchi Renya bowed his head and said, "All 23 planes were destroyed, and 8 pilots were killed. Lieutenant Colonel Sakagawa and Major Kobayashi of the 66th Flying Squadron were both killed."

"What?" Shinozuka Yoshio said with a gloomy face, "Did the enemy use heavy aerial bombs?"

Lieutenant Colonel Sakagawa was the ace pilot of the Locust Army, but he died in such a way.

In order to avoid air raids and artillery bombardments, Yoshio Shinozuka spent a huge amount of money to build an aircraft hangar that could withstand attacks from small and medium-sized aerial bombs.

If the enemy used heavy aerial bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms, the hangar would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Of course, the Japanese army also has the ability to build hangars that can withstand heavy aerial bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms, but the consumption of strategic materials will increase several times, which is not worth the cost.

"No, the enemy didn't use aerial bombs," Mutaguchi said. "The enemy used a missile that penetrated the hangar and destroyed the plane."

"What?" Shinozuka Yoshio's brows knitted together. "The enemy used missiles?"

"General."

A moment later, a staff officer rushed in:
"The Wind Armored Train was destroyed."

"Nani?"

"What are the results of the battle?"

"An enemy plane was damaged..." "Baga!"

……

Beiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

North China Front Army Headquarters.

"Nani?"

"missile?"

After listening to Yukio Kasahara's report, Shun Tada showed the same expression of disbelief and shock as Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Hi," Kasahara Yukio reported, "According to the airport, these missiles flew accurately into the hangar."

During this period, Tada Shun had been planning to bomb the Eighth Route Army.

Unlike the last bombing of the Northwest Shanxi Arsenal, this time Tada Shun planned to bomb the Eighth Route Army's assembled troops.

to this end,

He specifically applied to the headquarters to transfer a reconnaissance squadron equipped with 20 Type reconnaissance aircraft from the Kwantung Army in order to find out the assembly location of the Eighth Route Army, and then sent dozens of bombers from Shenyang Airport to bomb the assembled Eighth Route Army.

If the effect is good, it would not be difficult to kill thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers in one wave.

If you are lucky, you can even kill tens of thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers.

but,

Before the Type 100 reconnaissance aircraft squadron could fully figure out the Eighth Route Army's assembly point, the entire Type 100 reconnaissance aircraft squadron was wiped out.

"Report to the Commander."

At this moment, the communications staff hurried in with a telegram in his hand:

"Just now, Lieutenant General Shinozuka, commander of the First Army, sent an urgent telegram."

"Hi," the communications officer read from the telegram. "This morning at 66:8, Wusu Airfield was attacked by unidentified enemy aircraft. All aircraft of the th Flying Squadron were lost. Eight pilots, including the squadron commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sakagawa, and Major Kobayashi, were killed. The Hayate armored train was destroyed."

"Your Majesty the Heavenly Locust is on board. The Great Japanese Locust Army is on board."

"What?" Tada Shun's expression grew increasingly grim. "Wushu Airport was also attacked?"

Tada Shun suddenly felt a breath of air stuck in his chest, which he couldn't spit out or swallow.

In one morning's air raid, he lost more than 40 planes and nearly 20 pilots.

The destruction of the Type 100 reconnaissance aircraft squadron meant that it was difficult to detect the assembly location of the Eighth Route Army infantry units, and bombers could not be sent to carry out bombing.

Yukio Kasahara asked in a puzzled tone, "The other side has advanced aircraft and missiles. Who did this?"

Yamamoto Ikki said in a deep voice: "This is expected."

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to Yamamoto Ikki, who had just taken a transport plane from Taiyuan to the North China Front Army Headquarters a few days ago to serve as an adjutant.

Yamamoto Ikki is usually taciturn and looks like everyone owes him five hundred gold bars.

"Yamamoto-kun," Tada Shun asked in a deep voice, "Do you know who did it?"

"It's the Eighth Route Army," Yamamoto Ikki replied. "To be more precise, it's the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, Li Yunlong's unit."

"Why is it the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army?" asked Deputy Chief of Staff Masaaki Hirata, "and not the Chinese government air force stationed at Xi'an Airport?"

"The reason is simple," Yamamoto Ikki said. "The Chinese government's air force stationed at Xi'an Airport doesn't have the strength to attack both the Locust Army's Taiyuan Airport and the Peking Airport simultaneously. They also don't have advanced aircraft or missiles."

"That makes sense." Tada Shun nodded, his expression stern. "But Yamamoto-kun, you guessed that the Eighth Route Army would raid the Locust Army's airfield, why didn't you report it in advance?"

A group of officers looked at Yamamoto Ikki with unfriendly eyes.

Yamamoto's tone and expression remained unchanged. "I've already reported this to the Commander-in-Chief and Commander Shinozuka, but you both ignored it."

Tada Shun then remembered that Yamamoto Ikki had reported this matter to him on the day he arrived at the headquarters.

At that time, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that even if the Eighth Route Army had planes, it would not be able to achieve anything without pilots.

"Baka!" Tada Shun cursed, "I was careless. We can't afford this. Order the Air Corps to wait for Lieutenant General Takeda Isamu to return to Shenyang. Immediately order the fighter units to attack the Eighth Route Army airfield and destroy the Eighth Route Army aircraft units."

"Hi." Kasahara Yukio suddenly lowered his head. (End of this chapter)