Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 364 Worth It
So far, half of the menacing Japanese aircraft formation was killed abruptly.

After the remaining six Japanese planes circled high in the sky for several times, they finally confirmed that their second commander could not come back, so they could only leave unwillingly.

The three air defense positions with their fangs bared cannot be defeated by the six fighters just relying on machine guns.

Not to mention that they don't have large and small aerial bombs now, even if they do, they are not sure that they can accurately drop the bombs on the air defense position after breaking through the ground firepower net at the risk of taking a huge risk.

This is not their job, it should be the army aviation's gang of ground turtles equipped with dive bombers.

Yes, it's all the army's Malu's fault. If they didn't want to kill the Chinese and save the bridge, how could the excellent naval aviation have been so restrained and led to this defeat?
After a brief exchange in the air, the six returning fighter planes found the culprit. Otherwise, there would be no fruit to eat, would they?
Watching the Japanese plane leap into the sky and leave, the refugees on the ground who escaped the catastrophe cheered thunderously.

The air battle just now was very short, but it was absolutely thrilling and exciting.

Whether it is tactical choice or fighting will, the performance of the Chinese army on the ground can only be described as "excellent".

The classic battle of the weak against the strong, the results are brilliant!

Three Japanese planes were successfully ambushed. Two Japanese planes that took the initiative to attack were smashed into the fire net of the No. 1 air defense position with the strongest firepower because they were too heavy. Although one plane also crashed, the reason for its crash was Wang Changshou's report after the war was really unbelievable. Was he shot down by a rifle?

Not to mention that the Japanese army firmly refused to admit this reason, even the Chinese side could not believe it.

The air force and navy have always been the weak points of the Chinese military.

But it's not to say that the Air Force has no record, on the contrary, it has made great achievements.

In the Songhu War in March, the weak Chinese Air Force shot down 90 Japanese aircraft at the cost of 230 battle losses. The 1:2 battle loss ratio proved the fearlessness and greatness of the Chinese Air Force.

However, after 90 fighters were damaged in battle and more than 100 fighters were damaged for various reasons, China has only 81 fighters left, which is almost the last possession of the Chinese Air Force.

If it is put into the battlefield again, it may not even be able to produce the trainer aircraft for training subsequent pilots, and the Japanese navy and army still have more than a thousand aircraft of various types.

It was a huge gap, and the Chinese Air Force had no choice but to withdraw from the battlefield. In just over two months, the sky in southeastern China became the hunting ground for fighter planes of the Japanese navy and army after North China.

Throughout November, there were almost no Chinese fighter planes in the blue sky. Only Japanese fighter planes dropped evil bombs and swept bullets on the army and the people. Countless lives could only look up at the sky and mourn the end.

But on the evening of November 11, Chinese soldiers changed history. They did not use fighter planes, but purely ground-to-air combat, and even killed six Japanese planes in one fell swoop.

This kind of result is completely unacceptable to the Japanese army who has been indulging in self-improvement.

According to legend, on that picturesque evening, Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, the commander of the Japanese Navy’s Third Fleet, was still enjoying tea leisurely on the deck, with a small table and low stools, accompanied by two naval officers who specialize in tea ceremony .

As a result, the wireless telegram sent back by the surviving fleet that was still on the way back was sent to him by the bridge duty staff officer.

The admiral, who was originally smiling and in a good mood, stood in disbelief for a few seconds, angrily threw Xiaoji and his most beloved teapot into the sea, and let the ship move closer to the "Kaga" aircraft carrier, in the afterglow of the setting sun Next, I watched 6 fighters return with my own eyes, while the other 6 .
The Japanese admiral stood upright on the bridge until night fell, obliterating his figure, like six fighter planes that could never return.

The Japanese navy, who knew the inside story of this battle, was silent.

No one knows his mood at this time, perhaps only from a certain sentence in his later memoirs, we can get a glimpse of his shock and humiliation at that time.

"The most shocking thing in Yu Ping's life is that the Chinese shot down six fighter planes of our Imperial Navy without even one fighter plane!
It is not terrible for the fighter plane to be damaged and the soldiers to suffer hardships. What is terrible is that in such a China, can the empire really conquer as imagined? "

Therefore, under the instigation of this extremely shocked Japanese admiral, they did not even record this battle, but only said that HNA lost six fighters in the Huxi battle.

It can be regarded as a general description of the whereabouts of the six pilots who died in the battle.

However, it resolutely does not recognize the Chinese side's propaganda about the shooting down of 6 Japanese planes in the Battle of Baihe Port in subsequent newspapers.

On the Chinese side, because there were no photos to prove it, and even because of the urgency of the war, they did not send special personnel to check the remains of the fighter plane, so they did not fully confirm it in the end, and did not include it in the Songjiang garrison's military exploits.

But that is not important to the Songjiang defenders.

The corpses left by the Japanese in front of Songjiang City alone are enough to make their names go down in history, not to mention that they defended Songjiang and bought enough time for the Huxi retreating army.

Even the Chinese soldiers on the battlefield at the moment didn't think about any military exploits, they just wanted to live.

However, it is also an unspeakable difficulty for the living to watch the passing away.

At the stage when the No. 1 position was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese planes, a dozen soldiers stationed at the bridgehead ran towards the burning truck in the wilderness under the order of Lei Xiong.

"Li Jiujin, the person who brought you put out the fire for me as quickly as possible. The truck can no longer be used, and the steel plate can also reinforce the fortification." This is how Lei Xiong gave Li Jiujin an order.

But in fact, everyone knew that Lei Xiong hoped to find a living person, but he dared not say it, because it was under his orders that the three of them took the initiative to embark on the road to death.

On the other side of the woods, there is also a group of soldiers running towards this side at high speed.

Regardless of the 6 Japanese planes that were still hovering in the sky, the captain and company commander personally led the team, and the soldier Yang Bicheng and an infantry squad took great risks to rush to the burning truck.

The biggest reason is, of course, that you want to save time to save your brother. What if?He also used practical actions to tell the supreme commander Lei Xiong that Lao Tzu's 67th Army is all men and is not afraid of death.

In the words of the company commander Zeng of the 67th Army who later said: "My brothers can be used as bait, so why can't I be a bait? If the devil's plane dares to come down, I will die with him."

There is heroism in the words, but also resentment, the captain of the army is not a saint, and it is the bounden duty of a soldier to execute military orders, but how can he not complain when he sees his brother embarking on the road to death under the military orders?
However, whether it was because of bravery or resentment, the Chinese soldiers who rushed to the location of the three trucks were destined to be disappointed.

The remains of the two sergeants were found first, but the cab swept by the Japanese 7.7mm machine gun was almost destroyed, let alone the people in it.

However, no one fled the truck at the last moment.As bait, he had to let the prey swallow them and swallow them deeper, so that the barbs could firmly jam his throat, making it impossible for the prey to escape no matter how hard they struggled.

The flames of the lead car were finally extinguished by the soldiers with sand.

A row of soldiers stood in the wilderness, watching Yang Bicheng wailing and carrying the second lieutenant officer who had been scorched and blackened out of the dilapidated driver's cab. Holding the steering wheel firmly, the first class soldier who couldn't bear to hurt his arm insisted on prying the steering wheel off with a bayonet.

Rejecting the stretcher and help brought by the rest of the soldiers, the young senior soldier leaned his elder brother's dark head on his shoulder, carried the body on his back, sucked the snot from crying, and carried his elder brother and Sir, go to the woods where he bid farewell to himself.

The pace was hard and slow, but firmer than ever.

In the past, his elder brother held up the entire blue sky for him, but now, he, the youngest brother, should accompany his elder brother and warm his already cold eyes with his body temperature. In this way, his elder brother should not be alone!

The army captain waved his hand to stop the rest of the soldiers from following. He stood straight on the spot, the muscles on his face twitching violently, but he couldn't say a word.

He is sad!He is sorry!
But how could he not be sad?How can you not feel sorry?
That was the officer he personally asked for from the regiment headquarters. The second lieutenant, who was capable of writing and martial arts, performed extremely well. After this battle, he could be promoted to lieutenant and become his deputy. He had the opportunity to kill more devils.

But such an excellent young man died like this because of his own order.

No shot was fired!
His battle is to actively meet the enemy's muzzle.

does it worth?Still not worth it?

The captain couldn't give himself an answer up to this moment.

Until, the Japanese plane went away.

Soldiers appeared one after another on various positions. Instead of cheering for victory, they faced the lonely and slow-walking soldiers with their brothers on their backs under the leadership of their respective officers.

In the wilderness, the refugees who had just celebrated their victory also stopped cheering and watched the duo intently and silently.

The toddler knelt down and kowtowed!
The old man lowered his white head and bowed!

They knew that, not for them, these soldiers would not have died.

"The whole army stands at attention, salute!" Lei Xiong's roar resounded through the wilderness as he walked out of the headquarters.

The tears in the army captain's eyes finally shed at that moment.

He raised his trembling hands almost with all his strength, stood at attention, and saluted.

worth!

For those who kneel down, all sacrifices are worth it.

The meaning of military existence is not just to win.

(End of this chapter)