kingnovel Chapter 734: Annihilation of the Type 0 Fleet
Chapter 734: Annihilation of the Type 0 Fleet
Chapter 734: Annihilation of the Zero Group
734 Destroyed Zero Group
The Japanese lieutenant colonel next to him curled his lips and disagreed.
They are all going to die in the battle soon, what's the point of thinking about these things.
Kitani Suetoshi also realized this later, and his face gradually became ferocious: "The headquarters asked us to stay in Echeng for a while.
The time has come for us to serve the Empire and His Majesty."
"Pass the order down, have Captain Noguchi and the Imperial Army in the city arrest all the civilians who have not escaped."
"Sir, are you going to use these Chinese civilians as human shields?"
The Japanese lieutenant colonel asked.
"Ah."
Kitani Suetoshi nodded.
"There's no need to use this method, with the few remaining troops we have in the city.
I don’t think it will last even two days.”
"But didn't the General Headquarters issue an order?
We are required not to use Chinese civilians as human shields when we fight against Ye Qingshan's troops.
Otherwise, that bastard Ye Qingshan will torture His Royal Highness again..."
"Baga, shut up."
Kitani Suketoshi interrupted the Japanese lieutenant colonel halfway through his words with a roar.
Of course he knew what the consequences of doing so would be.
Ever since Ye Qingshan captured their Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko and many other Japanese generals.
Whenever the Japanese fought with Ye Qingshan's troops, they used civilians as shields.
Or, when large-scale massacres of civilians are exposed in other places.
Ye Qingshan would cut off a part from Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's body and chop off the heads of one or two captured Japanese generals.
Then, publish it in the newspaper as revenge.
The identities of the Japanese princes and those captured generals suffered such humiliation, which was also a humiliation to the Japanese royal family and major Japanese families.
Naturally, they couldn't accept this.
Therefore, the old Japanese soldier Nishio Hisazo later issued an order, not allowing the Japanese troops below to fight with Ye Qingshan's troops.
Adopt this tactic of using civilians as human shields.
But today, Kitani Suetoshi was obviously going to disobey the order from the General Headquarters.
"For the great cause of the empire, for His Majesty, everyone should be prepared to sacrifice everything.
Not only us, but also His Royal Highness the Prince."
Kitani Suetoshi said with a crazy look.
He has gone crazy.
He wanted to take revenge on Ye Qingshan. Before he died, he decided to create trouble for the 89th Army's attack at all costs.
"Go down and get ready."
"Hi!"
……
At this time, groups of P38 and P40e fighters arrived in the sky around Echeng and encircled and suppressed the Japanese Zero fighters.
It's almost the end.
A new air battle broke out between them and the Japanese Zero fighters.
But the battle was much more intense and short-lived than before, when the Japanese Zero fighters were chasing Leng Tiancheng's group of 40 P aircraft.
After all, Leng Tiancheng and his men had been fighting with the Japanese Zero fighter group mainly to delay time.
After Meng Jifei and his men encountered the Japanese Zero fighters, they didn't even think about delaying time.
Direct is the most violent collision.
Both sides strive to shoot down the other side in the shortest time possible.
One side was filled with hatred for revenge for teammates, the other side was filled with anger for being ambushed.
In addition, the fighter jets of both sides set off from the airport in the morning.
Meng Jifei had traveled nearly two thousand kilometers and had used up most of his fuel.
The Japanese Zero fighters have also been chasing and fighting in the air and are running out of fuel.
Both of them must kill their opponent before the fuel runs out.
Under such circumstances, the intensity of the air battle between the two sides exceeded any of their previous air battles.
Every moment, fighter planes from both sides were shot down in the sky.
At the beginning, Meng Jifei drove thirty P38 fighter planes to hunt down the Japanese Zero fighter planes, which were fewer in number than theirs, and gained a slight advantage.
However, as more Japanese Zero fighters arrived in the surrounding airspace, they discovered the battle here.
They rushed to support.
The number of the Japanese Zero fighters began to take the majority.
The P38 fighter group on Meng Jifei's side was suppressed.
Not long after, a group of fifty P40e fighters commanded by Johnson entered the battlefield.
Only then was the final outcome of this air battle finally determined.
"Baga, where did the Chinese get so many fighter planes?"
The Japanese Zero fighter pilots looked extremely unhappy when they saw the large group of P40e fighters flying from the west.
It wasn't until a Japanese ace pilot was seen flying these P40e fighters up close that he realized it.
Many of them are descendants of white people.
They started to curse: "Damn the British and Americans, they are the ones helping Ye Qingshan.
Damn white pigs, you all deserve to die."
As time went by, the number of the Japanese Zero fighters in the sky became fewer and fewer.
By one o'clock in the afternoon, only a dozen or so Japanese Zero fighters were left.
The rest were basically shot down.
At this moment, a warning sounded on the dashboard of the P40e fighter jet piloted by Johnson, indicating that their fuel was running out.
“Meng, our fighter plane’s fuel is running out.
We need to get off the battlefield."
Johnson spoke to Meng Jifei on the communication channel.
"it is good.
You leave first and fly east.
Follow the ground instructions and land at the airport in Chaozhou."
Meng Jifei responded immediately.
He also knew that the P40e fighter jets flown by Johnson and his men had much worse endurance than their P38 fighter jets.
Although, they flew in late and joined the battle.
But now, they have to leave the battlefield before Meng Jifei and his P38 fighters.
However, their mission has basically been completed.
Although, they only participated in the air battle for less than half an hour.
However, relying on their huge advantage in numbers and cooperating with P38 fighters led by Meng Jifei, they basically wiped out the main force of the Japanese Zero fighter group.
He even solved the problem by himself, with a group of Japanese bombers flying westwards and preparing to fly back to Guangzhou.
Now, the last dozen or so remaining Japanese Zero fighters were no longer enough to pose a threat to them.
"Leave the remaining Zeros to us.
See you at Chaozhou Airport."
Meng Jifei finally spoke to Johnson and others.
"OK!"
Afterwards, Johnson commanded twenty-seven P40e fighters, left the battlefield, and flew east to Chaozhou Airport.
And when they came, there were fifty of them.
In just less than half an hour of air combat, twenty-three aircraft were lost.
This was when they had the advantage in numbers. One can imagine how fierce the air battle between the two sides was during this half hour.
The pilots on both sides fought with almost all their might.
The 89th Army rescue teams on the ground were too busy to rescue the parachuting pilots.
After Johnson left, Meng Jifei still had seventeen P38 fighter jets.
Looking at the remaining thirteen Japanese Zeros, Meng Jifei issued the final order: "Kill them all, don't let any of them escape."
(I have something to do tomorrow, please take a day off!)