Chapter 480 The performance of the Mustang fighter
Finally, the Japanese devils determined a route that they thought was very safe and reasonable, and then the Japanese cavalrymen prepared to set off for Datong.
The Japanese didn't know that they were sure that this route was completely futile.
In the second half of yesterday, a large number of troops of the 36th Army had basically surrounded all these Japanese devils. There were a large number of troops from the 2nd Column to the east and south. The 2nd Column not only dispatched a tank regiment and a mechanized infantry regiment, but also dispatched a cavalry regiment and two motorized infantry regiments.
To the west of the Japanese, an infantry regiment stationed in Fengzhen, the 36th Group Army Guard Division also set out from Fengzhen overnight and is now lurking to the west of the Japanese.
Even the Japanese retreat was cut off now. More than 1,000 infantry regiments of the First Local Security Brigade stationed in Jining had already ambushed on the Japanese retreat.
The Japanese were completely unaware of all this. Now, the Japanese were still ecstatic about their impending success.
According to Zhang Yunfei's plan, this time we wanted to make dumplings from the Japanese devils and the Japanese devils tank regiment, which was dealt with by the tank regiment of the 2nd Column, and the remaining troops were concentrated on encircling and annihilated the Japanese cavalry 5th Brigade.
But before these troops attacked, the Japanese will face air strikes from the Flight Brigade. Two Mustang Fighter Squadrons at Datong Airport have taken off to the Japanese.
These two Mustang fighter squadrons will deal with the Japanese cavalry brigade and the chariot gang respectively.
The Japanese were completely unaware of the careful deployment of the 36th Army. Now, the Japanese were preparing to set off and headed straight to Datong according to their plan.
The 5th Brigade of the Japanese Cavalry. Many Japanese were turning over horses. The thick cotton cloth wrapped in horse hooves had long been removed by the Japanese. Now, the Japanese believed that these cotton cloths would no longer be needed.
"Set off!!!"
The commander of the Japanese brigade, wearing snow-white gloves, waved the command knife in his hand excitedly, and ordered the Japanese cavalry to start advancing. Suddenly, many Japanese brigades began to set off.
Less than two minutes after the Japanese set out, a Mustang fighter squadron of the Flight Brigade, a total of 24 Mustang fighters flew over.
"Your Excellency Brigade Commander! Not good! Look!"
The Japanese Chief of Staff, who first discovered that there were fighter planes in the sky, immediately shouted anxiously.
Upon hearing this, Shigerichi Fujita hurriedly looked into the sky and saw that at least twenty planes were flying towards their cavalry brigade in the sky.
This area is a few kilometers in radius, and is full of Japanese cavalrymen. The pilots on the Mustang fighter have long seen the situation clearly at an altitude of two or three thousand meters.
Seeing so many planes, the Japanese brigade commander's face changed. These fighter planes were obviously coming towards his own cavalry brigade.
"Baga! How did the planes of the 36th Army know our location?"
No one answered Fujita Shigeru's angry shout, and replaced it with the roar of the planes.
These Mustang fighters are getting closer and closer to the Japanese, and the altitude of the planes is getting lower and lower.
In the sky.
The soldiers watched these Japanese soldiers running around. Obviously, the Japanese discovered that they were evacuating dense formations to prevent them from being bombarded by themselves.
"Comrades! Drop the bomb quickly!"
Without further ado, more than twenty wild horse fighter jets whizzed past the Japanese heads, and 150 kilogram aviation bombs were dropped into the Japanese cavalry.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
A violent explosion and the earth was trembling. The power of these aviation bombs was fully reflected at this moment.
On the ground, there were huge pits, and there were many corpses and minced meat of Japanese devils around the pit. The Japanese devils at the center of the explosion, all of them were shattered. Around the explosion site, huge explosion air waves and shock waves shocked many Japanese devils to death.
When the Japanese Brigade commander saw this scene, he was both heartbroken and such a bomb was too powerful.
The wild horse fighter planes in the world did not allow the Japanese to have a chance to breathe, and immediately launched a second round of bomb drops. In this area of several kilometers, explosions sounded, and with the explosions, the Japanese cavalry continued to die.
Everyone was dropping bombs happily. Several planes saw the cavalry artillery gang behind the Japanese team, the more than 20 Type 92 infantry cannons dragged by war horses, and many carriages, which looked very conspicuous.
These planes immediately flew towards the Japanese artillery corps.
Immediately, a fierce explosion sounded in the cavalry corps. The Japanese cavalry corps suddenly fell over and flew with blood and flesh. Many Japanese were killed and many infantry cannons were blown away.
I saw an aviation bomb exploded a few meters away from a Type 92 infantry cannon. With a loud "boom", the war horse that pulled the cannon was blown into blood mist. The 920 infantry cannon was dispersed, and all the parts were seriously deformed. The curved gun barrel and twisted tire flew far away with the air waves.
The cannon barrel that flew out from afar, and then with a "bang", it actually hit a Japanese cavalry running in panic. The cavalry's head was smashed to pieces, and the war horse also neighed and fell to the ground with a bang.
Another aviation bomb exploded near a carriage full of shells, and a cart full of shells exploded in an instant. At least two or thirty Japanese soldiers were killed, all around.
Many Japanese devils were frightened by the bombs dropped one after another in the sky, and rode their war horses and ran around in panic.
In just a few minutes, more than 100 aviation bombs carried by 24 Mustang fighters were dropped into the middle of the Japanese cavalry. At least more than 1,000 Japanese cavalry were killed directly, and hundreds of them were probably seriously injured.
The commander of the Japanese Brigade witnessed his cavalry and was killed and injured by a large number of bombs. His face turned pale and felt extremely uncomfortable. A few minutes ago, the commander of the Japanese Brigade was still in heaven, but now he has completely reached hell.
In the distance, in the far perimeter, many soldiers from the 36th Army heard the explosions and knew that the Japanese must have been blown up miserably by the flight brigade's plane. Everyone thought to themselves that this time, they might have become the one who cleaned up the mess again.
Especially the comrades from the 1st Tank Regiment of the 2nd Column, everyone drove 30 to 40 Type 39 tanks, more than a dozen or twenty Type 39 armored personnel carriers, and set off from Zhangjiakou overnight to reach here. Everyone thought to themselves, have they become the ones who have cleaned up the mess?
The 2nd Column Tank Regiment was not fully equipped at all. Many soldiers did not have tanks yet. There were not many tanks equipped, only a few dozen tanks. The chariots that everyone had already left were all in Jingzhou, and were given to the soldiers of the 3rd Column.
The soldiers of the first tank regiment were not far from the Japanese tank chariot corps, only two or three kilometers away. Our chariots were either in the woods or hidden in the bushes, and many of them were covered with these branches.
Two or three kilometers, many commanders could see clearly the situation ahead through the telescope. The Japanese tank corps suffered heavy losses under the attack of a squadron of Mustang fighter jets. At least half of the tanks were blown up, and many Japanese tanks and armored vehicles had become a pile of scrap iron, emitting thick smoke and burning.
The bombing for several minutes made the Japanese devils feel like hell in the depths. The Japanese devils' tank gang's air defense capability was too weak, and they could only be bombed obediently.
After all the bombs carried by these 24 Mustang fighters, they destroyed most of the Japanese chariots. Everyone looked at the only thirty or forty Japanese chariots left on the ground, and they seemed to be unsatisfied.
"Comrades! Forget it, leave these Japanese chariots to the comrades of the tank regiment! Let's fight the Japanese cavalry brigade."
After dropping all the bombs, the Mustang fighter squadron can only use machine guns. Although the power of the Mustang fighter 12.7mm machine gun is good, it is still a bit insufficient to deal with these Japanese chariots, but it is very powerful to deal with Japanese cavalry.
So, these 24 Mustang fighters hovered slightly over the Japanese chariot wing, immediately changed direction, and flew towards the Japanese Cavalry Brigade more than ten kilometers away.
The captain of the Japanese War Tank Regiment had been hiding in the armored command vehicle. There were loud noises outside. Such a violent explosion made the Japanese War Tank Regiment Captain pale.
The Japanese corps leader has been suffering. In the past few minutes, he has been living like a year. The explosion outside not only destroyed a large number of chariots, but also made the Japanese corps leader feel very distressed. In addition, the Japanese corps leader was also worried that the next bomb would kill him.
Finally, the explosion outside gradually stopped, and the roar of the 36th Army plane disappeared.
Have all these planes left? The Japanese corps captain thought to his heart.
The Japanese corps captain hesitated to push open the door of his armored command vehicle, walked down the armored vehicle, looked at the sky, and saw that there was no sign of an airplane in the blue sky.
The planes finally left, and the Japanese corps captain breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension in his heart relaxed a little.
But when the Japanese devils captain, when they saw the vast surroundings, many chariots had become a pile of scrap iron, the discomfort in their hearts increased a little.
In the distance, the soldiers of the Second Tank Regiment, seeing the Flying Group's fighter planes gradually fading away, were ready. Now, it was their turn to take action.
"Comrades! Let's go and clean up the mess."
The tank leader was riding in his armored command vehicle and shouted loudly at the microphone of the inter-vehicle wireless communication system, conveying the orders for the battle.
After receiving the order, the soldiers launched chariots, 30 to 40 Type 39 tanks, and more than 20 Type 39 armored personnel carriers, rushed out of the woods and bushes, and headed straight for the Japanese.
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