Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

At 6:30 in the morning of August 21st, the sky was clear with few clouds.

Although it was generally suitable for flying today, the condition and mood of Army Aviation Major Masaaki Asakawa were extremely bad.

In order to support the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, every pilot of their flight team was dispatched at least once.

But even at this level, the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, still severely reprimanded Masaaki Asakawa and warned everyone to put away their passive attitude.

When 23 Type 97 fighters passed over the Shotai Railway, every member of the Army Aviation showed a serious expression.

The previous two attacks were at night, and no one noticed the Eighth Route Army's small movements due to the lack of vision. Now it was dawn, and the fragmented Shotai Road was in full view.

As a member of the Army Aviation, Masaaki Asakawa was not worried that his team would be punished. After all, no matter how much they were blamed, it would not be theirs.

However, in this situation, they definitely couldn't think of resting in the next few days.

As the only air force that Shanxi's First Army can mobilize, whether these people are willing or not, they have to be model workers and play the whole game.

As if he was planning for his career, Asakawa Masaharu looked at the blue sky in a trance.

But at this moment, the wingman on the lower left suddenly changed the flight trajectory. The other party kept their bodies parallel and signaled to him with tactical gestures and blackboards.

Faced with that kind of funny performance art, the major of the Army Aviation shook his head helplessly, and then turned on the communicator on his plane.

The Type 97 fighters of the First Army had all been replaced two months ago.

Those Type B aircraft equipped with the Type 96 Flying No. 3 wireless machine completely got rid of the dilemma of flying primitives.

Although due to the shortcomings of the country's electromagnetic technology, the spark plugs and generators seriously interfered with the radio equipment, causing frequent noise when the Army Aviation members communicated.

But in general, Asakawa Masaharu still likes this new thing. After all, they don't need to lose weight, and they can even lick the ground elegantly in the comfortable combat environment of the Republic of China.

"Akiyama-kun, you are a noble member of the Army Aviation Corps. How can you use primitive communication methods like those navy idiots?"

"Technology is the most powerful force. I heard that the Type 1 Fighting Falcon has begun production. It is a faster fighter. Do you still need to communicate with your teammates by hand gestures? It will be difficult!"

"Okay, let's talk business. Did you see any target?"

The communication channel fell into silence for a few seconds, and then a voice with electricity came out, as if the other party was really not good at this new communication method.

"Major! I just saw the enemy, please follow me!"

Without waiting for his own long plane to reply, Akiyama Haruta turned the fighter plane half a circle and flew towards the position he just passed.

Although he didn't want to go, Asakawa Masaharu still said hello to the other people in the team, and then followed the other party's flight route.

A minute later, the two arrived at the destination, where a team of several hundred people was destroying the railway.

It is obvious that the Eighth Route Army below also knew that they were exposed. Seeing the devil fighter plane coming back again, they quickly dispersed and hid in the mountains.

Encountering such a rare opportunity, Akiyama Haruta was naturally unwilling to give up.

On weekdays, the Eighth Route Army was as slippery as loaches, and it was rare to have such a dense gathering.

He was sure that even if he threw two bombs at random, as long as they were not too far off, he could definitely kill a lot of enemies. At that time, he would use his ancestral skills to lick the ground, and the record he achieved at one time might be more than last month.

Thinking of this, the devil raised a cruel smile at the corner of his mouth and said to his superior: "Mr. Asakawa, let's take turns to cover and send these bandits who destroyed the property of our brother country to hell."

A few seconds later, the calm voice of Asakawa Masatsugu came from the communicator. Akiyama Haruta never expected that his proposal would be ruthlessly rejected.

"Don't think too much, leave quickly, don't waste time here, I won't allow you to do such a thing."

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"Got it."

If this happened before, Asakawa Masatsugu would also be happy to participate in such things, but now they have more important tasks.

The most important point is that his flying squadron is composed entirely of fighters. In addition to a thousand rounds of 7.7mm machine gun bullets, there are only four 25kg bombs.

With this little weapon, it is also thanks to the fact that the straight-line distance from Taiyuan to Yangquan is only 115 kilometers, and the Type 97 fighter with a basic range of 800 does not need to carry auxiliary fuel tanks.

If all the stock ammunition is used up, then you can only return to the base in disgrace. After being known by Shinozuka Yoshio, there will definitely be abuse and a big fight.

Originally, the First Army had a certain number of light and heavy bombs, but after the Battle of Zaoyi, Yichang fell, and a large number of bombers were withdrawn to perform the task of bombing the capital of preserved fruits.

After figuring out the whole story, Akiyama Haruta left here unwillingly. The two quickly returned to the team and arrived near Lion Head Mountain in just half an hour.

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In the temporary command post of the 385th Brigade, Li Yunlong was scratching the back of his head a little embarrassedly. Several people present were talking one after another, praising him to the point of feeling a little ecstatic.

Although everyone still didn't know that Katayama Shotaro had been killed by a pillar, there was a consensus that the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade could no longer attack in a short time.

After the small talk, Brigadier Chen looked at the three regiment leaders in front of him. After thinking for a moment, he expressed his thoughts.

"Next, I am going to attack Yangquan County. I have already asked the headquarters for instructions. It is estimated that the reply from the headquarters will come in a while."

"Hit Yangquan?"

The person who exclaimed was Captain Zheng of the 769th Regiment. He stood up with his arms almost written on his face.

In this battle, their regiment was extremely aggrieved. The Japanese mountain artillery brigade was as disgusting as a dog.

Li Yunlong and the leader of the 14th regiment were also gearing up and looking eager to try. As a regiment-level commander, how could he not be interested in attacking the county town?

Seeing the three regiment commanders with high fighting spirit, Brigadier Chen and Political Commissar Xie nodded with satisfaction, and then spread out the combat map on the wooden box.

"We will discuss who will be the main attacker later. You should listen to my battle plan first."

But at this moment, a heart-rending exclamation suddenly came from the distant position!

"Japanese plane! Hidden!"

After hearing the warning, everyone in the command room immediately ran out of the cave. In the distant sky, twenty-three monoplane fighters were rapidly approaching.

These enemy planes flew over the Lion Brain Mountain and then casually dropped the bombs they carried.

Fortunately, the Army Aviation was accustomed to using horizontal bombing. This method of bomb delivery requires precise sights and quick planning. If operated by a Type 97 fighter jet, the effect can only be said to be very average.

As we all know, the relationship between Navy red deer and Army horse manure is particularly bad. If there is no middleman to mediate, it is definitely a level where a civil war can break out.

In order to pursue the hit rate of bombing and maximize the survival rate of pilots during the attack, IJN aviation has already begun to use dive bombing tactics on a large scale.

After all, the enemies that IJN has to face are much more powerful than those of the Army Air Force. From time to time, they have to attack fleets that are no different from hedgehogs. If they don't practice this skill well, they will die in vain.

But just because the Navy used it first, the top brass of the Army Aviation believed that they should avoid using similar tactics.

After all, pilots can die, and the worst they can do is retrain them. But if you are laughed at by the navy, it will be a lifetime of humiliation.

As a result, on the Songhu battlefield that year, the efficiency of naval aviation was much higher than that of army aviation.

But Lu Aviation also has its own reasons. Who is your imaginary enemy of Red Deer? It's the British, the Chou, or the Gallic chicken. Who among these three can't use one move to put the anti-aircraft battery on full alert.

Your IJN aviation forces are determined to find hard bones to gnaw on, but our Army Aviation forces are all soft persimmons.

What anti-aircraft power does preserved fruit have? Except when the fight first started, there was also a bit of Oerlikon and Bofors. The quantity was originally very small, but now that the ammunition has been used up, it is not a concern at all.

Our army aviation bombers can drop to an altitude of several hundred meters to carry out low-altitude bombing of the preserved fruit army. After that, he would fly back to the airport slowly and confidently, reload the bomb, and fly to the battlefield again.

Even fighter planes are invincible, so what kind of fighter can preserved fruit be? Except for Mao Zi's volunteer air force, there is nothing to worry about. For these relatively well-off army aviation, no dog can learn dive bombing tactics.

But we still have to thank the captain. After all, he helped the Eighth Route Army suppress the Japanese army aviation's innovation in ground attack tactics, turning these days of flying in the sky into a self-righteous aristocratic force.

Although the horizontal bombing effect was not good, after 92 bombs were dropped on Shinao Mountain, it was a little bit louder than thunder. But the Japanese pilots were not disappointed, but turned the plane's nose and circled back again.

For fighter pilots like Masaki Asakawa, they are not professional in playing with bombs. As long as they do not hurt any of their own people on the battlefield, they will be successful.

Aviation machine guns are their specialty. Hunting enemy infantry with a 7.7mm machine gun is one of their few pleasures.

The soldiers of the 385th Brigade and the New Second Regiment will not sit still and wait for death.

It was different from the air raids they encountered at night. After all, with the speed of the Japanese fighter jets at that time, the soldiers often ended before they even saw the target.

But it was broad daylight now, and everyone could see the Japanese plane clearly. Moreover, some comrades who have walked across snowy mountains and grasslands have mastered at least three calculation methods.

In theory, it is possible for rifles and machine guns to fight against aircraft. There are two main reasons.

First, because at this time, the iron sheets of many aircraft fuselages are not thick, and small weapons may have a chance to penetrate them.

What's more, the Japanese's Type 97 fighter jet is the product of strict implementation of the light machine design concept. Although the fuselage is very light, it also results in particularly poor defense.

Ballistic steel plating and self-sealing fuel tanks to protect the pilot were severely lacking.

The second reason is that the Japanese army aviation is very arrogant and often chooses to fly at low altitudes without the threat of professional air defense weapons.

They do this to observe the target more carefully in order to improve the accuracy of bombing or shooting.

The above two situations give the infantry a chance to shoot down the aircraft, but this still depends on fate and the enemy must be mentally retarded.

But for the Eighth Route Army on Lion Mountain now, our position has been exposed anyway, so we can't fight back and scold us.

And even if the bullets of the soldiers are all wasted, it can still have the effect of disturbing and driving away, and the enemy cannot be allowed to fly at low altitude so arrogantly.

After all, the enemy is sitting on top of you, so why don't you order your side not to resist?

After coming out of the command post, the three regiment commanders immediately ran towards the area where their troops were located.

The performance of the New Second Regiment under air strikes was relatively worse than that of the two brother units.

It was the first time for many recruits to see a Japanese aircraft with their own eyes. If it were not for the help of veterans, there would probably have been some unnecessary casualties.

On the way back to the position, Li Yunlong casually grabbed a new recruit who was a little overwhelmed, and he slipped him to a heavy machine gun position.

"Recruit Danzi, remember this. You can never just passively take a beating on the battlefield. You must use all the weapons at hand to fight back. Even if the enemy is really strong, you must break his front teeth!"

"Even if you only have one bastard box in your hand! You must attack together with me!"

"Every day we shout that when we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win. Today I will show you what this sentence means! Prepare to reload my ammunition!"

Commander Li Da pre-adjusted the firing angle of the Type 92 heavy machine gun to a range of 40 degrees to 60 degrees, and then started aiming using the method learned during the Red JUN period.

There are many factors to consider when using a heavy machine gun to fight aircraft. First, you must have a certain understanding of the speed of bullets. After all, it takes some time from firing to hitting.

Secondly, you need to know the performance of the aircraft, and lastly, you need to know the speed of the opponent. Because during the time the bullet is flying, the aircraft is also in motion.

The calculation of lead time is a very troublesome process.

Commander Li formed a triangle based on the starting position of the aircraft, the starting position of the gun muzzle and the impact point, and came up with an approximate advance amount.

When the Japanese Type 97 fighter jets flew towards the New Second Regiment again, he calmly pulled the trigger of the Type 92 heavy machine gun.

The recruit on the side was holding several springboards, and because of nervousness, he didn't even realize that his hand was scratched.

There are only 500 meters between the heavy machine gun position and the enemy aircraft. At this distance, the bullets of the heavy machine gun can completely blast the thin-skinned and large fighter jets.

Seeing the distance between the two parties getting closer, Li Yunlong could not suppress his emotions and shouted:

"Come on! Let's see who among us can survive to the end! I just took a step back today! I will never be your father again!"