Chapter 71: Langfang Aerial Battle! (Seeking recommendations and collections ~)

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  On the morning of July 21, the Japanese army telegrammed Chiang Kai-shek, accusing the Chinese side of launching an air raid on a Japanese camp and provoking an incident. Comrade Chiang did not yield at all this time, pointing out that the Japanese bombing of Wanping was first, and the Chinese side was only defending itself, and warning the Japanese to abide by the ceasefire agreement.

  The Chinese government, while accelerating preparations for war, did not give up seeking a peaceful solution to the Sino-Japanese conflict. From July 21 to 26, Chiang Kai-shek met with British, American, German and French ambassadors in China, attempting to stop Japan's invasion through diplomatic efforts, but to no avail.

  By July 25, the Japanese army gathered in Pingjin had exceeded 60,000 people. The offensive posture has been put out, and the Japanese reconnaissance planes often hover over the Chinese military camps. After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's order to restrain himself, Sun Xiang led the Fow Long Jian squadron to start patrolling and reconnaissance. When encountering Japanese planes, they only used tactical intimidation without firing shots. For this, Sun Xiang had some complaints about the old Chiang, who still wanted to mediate at this time. Historically, Chiang Kai-shek was a suspicious and self-conceited person, and compared with what Sun Xiang encountered, it was indeed correct.

  Peace did not last long, and the Japanese decided to clear out the Chinese troops stationed at important railway stations between Tianjin and Beiping on the Northern Ningxia Railway. The Japanese used the pretext of repairing telegraph lines to launch an attack on the Chinese garrison in Langfang on July 25.

  Langfang Railway Station is a major station between Tianjin and Beiping, where the headquarters of the 113th Brigade of the 38th Division of the 29th Army is stationed with the 226th Regiment. After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the regiment built simple defensive fortifications, streets were blocked with sandbags filled with earth, and various shelters were piled up on rooftops.

  On the afternoon of July 25, a Japanese squadron arrived at Langfang by train and occupied the station, building fortifications outside the station. The garrison tried to stop and warn them, but the Japanese ignored it, leading to an armed conflict between the two sides. The Japanese army suffered heavy casualties in the fierce attack by the Chinese army. The Japanese "China Garrison Army" immediately ordered the 77th Regiment of the 20th Division to reinforce Langfang, and at 3:30 am on the 26th, it ordered the 20th Division to advance towards Tianjin, while ordering the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Brigade of the Garrison Infantry Brigade to take a train to Beiping, passing through Langfang to join the battle.

  On the 26th, at dawn, Sun Xiang led his team to support Langfang after receiving the news. Half of the Fulongjian squadron's strength was dispatched by Sun Xiang to Shanghai Hongqiao and Hangzhou Jianqiao airports to defend against the Japanese naval air raid. At this time, there were 45 aircraft left in Baoding.

  F4U propellers spinning, hatches closed, the plane slowly accelerates. Baoding Airport's runway is not well-maintained and can only accommodate two planes taking off at a time, which reduces the efficiency of wartime aircraft takeoffs. However, this situation will not change in the short term. No choice, Sun Xiang deeply understands the harsh domestic conditions. 25 aircraft took off, and the remaining 20 aircraft were on standby for patrol work around the airport.

  Sun Xiang's flight squadron had just flown over Langfang when they encountered Japan's G3M96 land-based medium-sized attack aircraft (bomber). Sun Xiang's head buzzed, this 96th medium-sized attack aircraft should have made its debut in the August 14 air battle, how did it appear in Beiping? Sun Xiang sighed, I've already started influencing the course of history...

  Without thinking much, the Japanese side launched 27 Type 96 bombers and began bombing the Chinese army barracks in Langfang. More than 30 Nakajima Ki-97 fighter planes approached the F4U aircraft group...

  Sun Xiang let out a cold laugh and began issuing orders: "Third squadron, Erik, Andy's twelve planes take care of the bombers, the rest follow me to fight the fighters! Quickly settle this battle!"

  "Yes!" "Alright, Steve"

  Erik and Andy each brought five planes to give 96 Mid a hard time.

  G3M96 medium-sized attack aircraft, speed 350 km/h, ceiling 7,500 meters, equipped with three 7.7mm rotating machine guns, 800 kg bombs, and a crew of seven. As the long-range bomber of the Japanese army, it was originally able to deal with China's weak air force in history, after all, there were not many fighter jets blocking the sky. However, the fate of this aircraft is not very good now.

  Erik and Andy had always wanted to prove themselves on the Chinese battlefield, now that they've encountered a bomber, this ultimate target of course cannot be let go.

  Andy yelled loudly as he flew his plane towards a 96, two wingmen flanking him on either side, the Japanese 7.7mm guns opened fire but posed no threat to the F4U because the range of the 7.7mm and 12.7mm were off by one beat.

  Andy and his companions opened fire at a position about 240 meters away from the Japanese plane, with powerful bullets hitting the body of the plane and flames bursting out. Seeing that their attack was ineffective, Andy pushed the control stick forward, and the plane suddenly accelerated and climbed at an angle of fifteen degrees, with the wingman following closely behind.

  After flying to the upper left of the sun, adjust the attack angle. The large body shape of the medium bomber sacrificed the flexibility of the aircraft. In the face of the F4U fighter's siege, the bomber seemed to have no way out. The plane clumsily changed its flight direction once, but bullets still came from behind. After 2 seconds of continuous shooting, the bomb on the plane was detonated, and this No. 96 medium bomber was shot into a fireball!

  "Whoa~~ Beautiful~~!" Andy yelled loudly.

  "Don't be so cocky, watch this!" Eric's team also opened fire on a bomber. Three planes concentrated their attack on the tail of the plane, and the rudder was quickly hit and caught fire. The plane lost its balance and crashed to the ground, and the pilot jumped out with a parachute to escape.

  "Andy, speed up and solve the remaining planes, we don't have time to linger here." Eric's voice came from the wireless.

  "Right, don't let them get away, guys! Quick fight!" Andy said.

  The three-plane formation made the F4U's powerful firepower stand out to the extreme, although it was a medium bomber, but facing such fierce firepower was equally useless. After eleven 96 attack planes were shot down in succession, the Japanese Army Aviation commander couldn't take it anymore and ordered the bombers to drop their bombs over Langfang, but under Eric and Andy's harassment, most of the ammunition was dropped off-target, with only a small portion landing on the battlefield, some of which even landed on the Japanese military positions. This bombing mission was a thorough failure, Eric had bloodshot eyes and wasn't about to let this group of 'war achievements' fly away, the F4U roared as it charged towards the Japanese bomber formation...

  Sun Xiang faced the Nakajima Ki-97, his wingman was still Bao Yingdong, the two of them formed a high-tech duo, now the situation on the field is like a heavyweight boxer facing a lightweight opponent, the heavyweight boxer was hit by a combination of punches from his opponent but didn't suffer any damage, and then knocked out the lightweight opponent with one punch.

  Nord's F4U was swept by the 7.7mm machine gun of the Japanese plane, the plane rattled and shook slightly before returning to normal, Nord tensed up for a moment and found that his plane had no problems, overjoyed, he and his two wingmen locked onto this Mitsubishi Ki-96 fighter and blew it up, Nord excitedly looked for his next target like a hunting dog who had just gotten its bone.

  Facing the joint attack of three planes, Sun Xiang and Bo Ying covered each other, keeping their teammates within their own firing range. The two planes alternated in attacking, with Sun Xiang opening fire first. His silver F4U hit a Nakajima 97, with bullets entering the front cockpit cover and slanting into the plane's engine, causing a burst of black smoke to erupt. The propeller struggled for a moment before coming to a stop, and the pilot was forced to bail out by parachute.

  Then came Bao's three bursts of fire, the first two bullets leaving a string of bullet holes on the plane's fuselage, and the third burst hitting the tail, causing the plane to emit smoke and drop out of formation, gliding towards the ground. The third plane tried to bite onto Sun Xiang but was shaken off by his snake-like maneuvers. Huang Que laughed at this foolish pursuer from behind Bao. To quote a phrase from gaming, only those who can take a stand are true DPS; otherwise, they're not even as useful as support players.

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