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Chapter 277 Erase from the Surface; Heavy Machine Gun Negotiation and Tai Chi

At the beginning, because it was impossible to determine 100% whether the enemy on the ground had anti-aircraft weapons, the pilots manipulated the gunship very carefully, not daring to drop the altitude too low.

At the same time, the entire aircraft also maintains a high circling speed. Once it is attacked by anti-aircraft fire, it will immediately accelerate and leave along a tangential direction.

This decision must be reasonable, and rash action can be said to be irresponsible to myself and my colleagues - thanks to Yiluansi who took down the mound during the infiltration, otherwise the two gates deployed well-concealed Erli A 20mm anti-aircraft gun is enough to make the huge and heavy Type [-] seaplane more dangerous.

For the four gunners on this plane, the feeling of looking down on all beings and sending death to the enemy is probably a wonderful memory that they will never forget in their lifetime.

The roar of engines, the roar of guns, the screams of the wounded... All kinds of sounds are mixed in this camp that looks like a slaughterhouse.

The formation that the Resistance Army had barely reorganized after more than a quarter of an hour was messed up, and the terrified soldiers were running around.

Occasionally, the bold and tenacious Japanese fought back in the sky, but such a move was undoubtedly seeking their own death, and they were immediately knocked down by a series of bullets falling from the sky.

"Quick, quick! Why isn't it better? Moji is dead!" The gunner manipulating the main gun saw a group of enemy soldiers running wildly on the ground, and urged him to reload quickly.

Since one box of shells has just been fired, the loader can only go to pick up another box now, which is naturally much slower.

But at this moment, the plane trembled slightly, and several small holes suddenly appeared on the side.

The gunners in the cabin were immediately surprised, but before they could react, a series of small holes were added.

The collapsed aluminum alloy skin and brass warhead fragments scattered in all directions, forcibly drawing a slender bloodstain on the gunner's arm.

"Damn it! Machine gun!" The machine gunner manipulating the aviation machine gun shouted sharply.

He swung the 12.8 mm aviation machine gun back and forth, trying to find the anti-aircraft machine gun on the ground that fired at the plane.

Pull the bolt to eject the empty cartridge case, push the cartridge into the chamber, and close the breech block!

The shells were finally reloaded again, and the failed gunner was furious, and opened fire on the Vickers heavy machine gun that was firing desperately as if in revenge.

"Boom—" The 80mm bomb blasted out a cloud of smoke and dust, which instantly swallowed those figures.

In the blink of an eye again, one of the figures could be seen rolling limply on the ground twice, and stopped moving.

At the same time, the main force of Yiluan Division had already withdrawn from this area. They quickly left along the mountain path in the north and escaped calmly.

They fired two green flares into the sky, signaling that they had left safely.

This stronghold built with a lot of painstaking efforts and resources has been devastated beyond recognition.

Houses, buildings, stables, and warehouses were either collapsed or in flames. As far as the eye could see, there were corpses in different shapes everywhere.

A puff of black smoke rose up, as if covering the entire valley, so that most of the light from the sun that had jumped out of the horizon was blocked.

"Look, it's green." The navigator patted the driver's shoulder, pointed to the window on the right and said, "They have withdrawn."

The former nodded, turned his head and shouted towards the cabin: "It's done, it's done, call it a day and go home!"

That's the end of it?Not fun.

The gunners who were fighting were quite dissatisfied, and they couldn't help complaining a few words.

The large four-engine plane circled again at low altitude, then turned around and slowly climbed to the altitude, flying towards the place it came from.

About half an hour later, six twin-engine bombers from the [-]th Light Bomber Detachment of the Air Force also flew over this place.

The billowing black smoke straight into the sky became the best indicator, and the six bombers passed by at a uniform speed in a neat two-character formation.The bomb bay door opened, and eight 100kg aerial bombs stacked neatly on the bomb rack fell one after another.

The small propeller at the head of the projectile rotates rapidly under the action of the air flow, and a screw connected to it is gradually unscrewed as it rotates. After all the screw is unscrewed, the firing pin originally blocked by the screw will return to its original position, and the fuze enters here. ready to go.

"Boom boom boom-"

The six bombers dropped a total of 36 anti-explosive bombs and twelve incendiary bombs, and all but two duds detonated.

From the bombardier's point of view, there were clusters of flames flickering in the valley below, shrouded in black and gray smoke.

What flashed by was an ordinary anti-explosive bomb; what continued to flash was an incendiary bomb—thermite released a dazzling white light and a lot of heat when it reacted, and the high temperature of nearly [-] degrees was enough to melt steel!
The scattered corpses were incompletely cremated and turned into lumps of coke;

The barrel of the missing rifle was scorched and distorted, and the wooden gun body and butt caught fire;
The primer of the bullet was detonated by the high temperature, crackling like setting off firecrackers;
The bloodstains and puddles of blood on the ground were also quickly evaporated, and the water vapor filled the air.

So far, this camp that might have become a thorn in the side of the Ming army no longer exists and has been completely erased from the surface of the earth.

In the afternoon, the border of Aichi Prefecture.

The sun is warm and the grass is growing and warblers are flying. This is a good day. Being in the hills makes people feel extremely relaxed and leisurely.

Although the straight-line distance is only twelve miles, it is obviously impossible to walk in a straight line in the actual process. It took half a day to finally arrive at the scheduled pick-up point after going around in the rough mountains.

The large-scale stalking and chasing that was originally feared did not happen. How could the resistance army, which had internal differences and was messed up by multi-directional fierce attacks, have any spare energy to pursue this elite squad?
From the perspective of the original purpose, the First Marine Regiment to carry out the support mission is a waste of time, but it seems that it is not absolute...

"Report, report from the outpost, there is a patrol of local soldiers and horses ahead."

Cai Zhichen was a little puzzled by the discovery of the leading soldiers. The so-called "local soldiers and horses" refer to the military forces in Hyogo, Wakayama, Fukui, Aichi and other places, such as Aichi and Wakayama.

Just as Cai Zhichen was struggling with whether to just walk over like this or take a long way around, there was another news from the front - he had seen the Marine Regiment who had come to meet him, and they were questioning each other with the patrol team of dozens of people. .

ah?

After hesitating for a few seconds, he ordered the whole team to take a two-mile detour to the south to avoid being discovered by the patrol.

It's not to cover up the fact that "the ground troops of the Arimei Army crossed the border", but to prevent the existence of the special operations unit of Yi Luansi from being exposed.

Since it was occupied by the Americans during the frenzy of carve-up that year, they are naturally indispensable to the army of the feudal town here.

Today, apart from being unable to directly command the army in name, the actual status of the U.S. military is actually similar to that in the colonial Philippines.

Such a profound influence and control is different from other great powers.

Compared with the mentality of Britain, France, Italy, Russia and other countries, the United States can be said to be quite concerned about this area.

From a political point of view, whether it is the Philippines or Japan, although the economic benefits are not good, or even make ends meet, it is very important for projecting influence.

From a military point of view, especially after the end of the European War, the U.S. Navy, which regards the Ming Navy as its biggest imaginary enemy, naturally dare not ignore it.This small piece of land in Japan seems to be isolated and meaningless, and the deployment of troops can only be a battle of the beasts, but if you think about it seriously, the submarines deployed here can bring enough threats to the opponent.

Although the US Navy's Asiatic Fleet is of average size and quality, it exists independently of the Pacific Fleet.In peacetime, it is the vanguard of safeguarding its interests in Asia, and in wartime it is the first line of defense for delaying, blocking, and harassing the Ming Navy.

In Ishikawa County, just north of Honshu Island, the Asian Fleet deployed five submarines here; in Wakayama Prefecture, another six submarines were deployed.

According to expectations, once a war breaks out between Ming and the United States, the submarines that have been prepared will immediately leave the port and set sail.

After that, the sea was wide and the fish jumped. With today's technical conditions, it is extremely difficult to accurately search for submarines in the vast sea.

And submarines are deadly ocean assassins—even battleships with rough skin and thick flesh have to go back to Hong Kong for overhaul after being hit by a few torpedoes.

This meant that the Ming Navy had to face the underwater threat as soon as it left the house, and had to be cautious, and it was very likely that a few ships would be sunk if they were not careful.

If there is no Japanese colony, the nearest base of U.S. submarines is also in the Philippines. When the war broke out, it could only threaten the Ming Navy’s Nanyang Fleet; but now the dozen or so submarines deployed in Ishikawa and Wakayama can still threaten the Dongyang Fleet.

Now that the cloud of war is approaching, the political significance is rapidly declining, and the military significance has risen sharply. Even though the rest of the powers have withdrawn their respective forces wisely, the United States is still not happy.

When the tired Yiluansi began to detour to avoid these dozens of people, the officers and soldiers of the Marine Regiment in front were arguing with these guys.

Zhou Changfeng specially changed his military rank plate to a lieutenant, and then came to the place where the two sides were facing each other.

"I've been arguing for a quarter of an hour, and the other party hasn't been persuaded yet?"

"These guys are just pretending to be powerful, and they are all backed by those Americans." Fan Qijin replied nonchalantly.

About 40 Annotsu soldiers lined up in a row, led by three Americans besides the Japanese lieutenant.

"... I strongly protest against your use of force beyond the border for no reason. This matter will rise to the diplomatic level, and diplomats will severely condemn such violations!"

A bearded U.S. captain was eloquent, blaming the Marine Regiment for crossing the demarcation line earlier and the planes flying over to bomb it.

The bombing was real, everyone saw it.But the so-called crossing the dividing line is clearly nonsense. There is no such thing as a national border in the mountains, and there are no natural dividing lines such as creeks and rivers. God knows if there is any crossing.

The soldiers of the Ming army present didn't pay attention to the combination of "foreign devils and two devils" at all. They were neither stern nor angry, and all smiled as if they were watching a play.

Following Zhou Changfeng were two [-]-type heavy machine guns, one left and one right placed in the middle like exhibits.

The black muzzle of the gun was pointing at the dozens of people. Under the light shining through the dense treetops and leaves, the surface of the gun body treated with exquisite bluing showed a beautiful dark blue luster.

The arrival of the two big guys made the atmosphere stagnant. Anyone who was pointed at by a gun would feel terrified, let alone a heavy machine gun with a belt on it.

Zhou Changfeng thinks that this should be titled "heavy machine gun negotiation", which can be summarized as the category of persuading people with reasoning.

He leisurely sat down on the big rock next to him, and asked with a smile: "Hey, don't talk about diplomatic protests, it's useless, didn't you have this before? Who allowed you to put those rebellious Are the molecules released across the border?"

The bearded captain immediately denied it, "No, we never allowed it."

"Then why are they on your side?"

"No one found out, it may have infiltrated into the world secretly."

"Oh, why not drive them away?"

You speak to me, ask and answer, but the battles between the two sides are far apart, and the momentum has lost a lot, which is not reasonable in itself.

Gradually, the captain began to falter and haw.

"No matter what, you can't cross the border on a large scale without prior notice! The consequences are very serious, you know?"

"Well, I know, I know, what you said is very true."

Zhou Changfeng didn't bother to talk to him, so he just casually said a few perfunctory words from time to time.

After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, the officers and soldiers of Yiluan Division who returned across the border finally joined the contingent of the First Marine Regiment.

Although the operation was unexpected and quite smooth, casualties were still inevitable.

Fortunately, our own cooperation is in place and the support is strong, so Yiluansi has enough time to take away the dead bodies or wounded.

Since several people were seriously injured and needed surgery as soon as possible, Zhou Changfeng simply ordered to rest in place overnight, and at the same time let the accompanying military doctors perform the surgery on the spot.

The first regiment of the Marines who came to respond did not fight, but it was helpful. If not, I am afraid that a few more names will be added to the death list, and the Ministry of War will issue more obituaries.

The tired Cai Zhichen's eyes were bloodshot, and he sat on the stone and smoked to refresh himself.

Zhou Changfeng, who came slowly, threw a piece of chocolate to him, and then commented with his hands on his hips: "The volley battle last time was relatively routine and not worth mentioning, but this time it is indeed an unconventional battle, and it is bound to be rich and colorful. a sum."

Although the opponent is very crotchless, it is not worth boasting, but after all, the first air-ground coordinated special operation in history is groundbreaking and significant enough to be recorded in the history of the war.

The Americans in the colonies were extremely angry about this, and the next day they sent a note to the representative of the Ming Dynasty in Osaka, expressing their strong dissatisfaction and protest, as if they were going to make a fuss forever.

The reason why the latter came to Japan to work was purely because he failed in the official game in the past two years, but he was optimistic by nature, so he simply regarded this period as a public holiday.

But he didn't bother confronting these stupid Americans at all, so he resorted to the housekeeping skill of a Ming official—playing Tai Chi.

The first day is a question and three don't know - oops?And this? ? ?
The next day was a feigned surprise - oops!What happened? !

The third day is filled with anger and righteous indignation - alas, this will not be tolerated!
The fourth day is about helplessness and helplessness—oh, this matter is extraordinary, I can’t do anything about it, so go directly to the imperial court.

　After comprehensive consideration, it was preliminarily decided to use yellow characters on a red background as the national flag, rather than an abstract symbolization, so as to highlight (fit) the characteristics of the world view-Chinese civilization has not been Westernized in some aspects.

　　Compilation engraved fonts, now made two kinds.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)