Chapter 150: Annihilated Japanese Troops
Over 20 “DH98” Mosquito bombers, escorted by more than 10 FW-190 fighter jets, took the lead in launching an air strike bombing against the Japanese Troops on the other side of Lugou Bridge.
Buzz buzz buzz.
As the roar of the dense airplane engines continuously echoed over Lugou Bridge,
it immediately drew both enemy and friendly forces at Lugou Bridge to look up,
“Is that an aircraft group? It can’t be Japanese airplanes coming to air strike bomb us again!”
“Those aren’t Japanese airplanes; they don’t have the Japanese People’s ointment flag markings!”
“Then what airplanes are those? Friend or foe? They don’t seem to have the Blue Sky with a White Sun Flag markings either! They probably aren’t our National Revolutionary Army Air Force!”
“What nonsense are you saying? The National Revolutionary Army Air Force is deployed on the Hangzhou Lanqiao Airport side; they’re guarding the capital and Shanghai. How could they appear out of nowhere in our distant Northern China? And enter the airspace of our local troops?”
“Then where did they come from?”
“Who knows! As long as they’re not coming to air strike bomb us! They seem to be flying toward the Japanese People’s position. I wonder if they’re going to air strike bomb the Japanese Troops?”
Meanwhile, the remnants of the 29th Route Army’s 3rd Battalion, who discovered Zhou Wenhua’s air force appearance, were buzzing in their hiding spots, discussing heatedly.
They also kept observing the flight direction of these air forces.
“Baka Yarou! Where did these airplanes come from?”
“How could an aircraft group from other forces appear here instead of our Empire’s Imperial Air Force?”
“It can’t be the Chinese Army’s Air Force, can it? But isn’t the Chinese Army’s Air Force concentrated on the Shanghai side?”
“How could they suddenly appear here in Northern China? And the Chinese 29th Route Army doesn’t seem to have an air force either?”
Meanwhile, on the Japanese People’s camp that also discovered Zhou Wenhua’s air force appearance,
Company Commander Shimizu Setsuro also had a face full of incredulous expression, muttering to himself.
“Baka Yarou! Bad! These are enemy aircraft groups! They’re not our Imperial Air Force, nor the Chinese Army’s Air Force, but they’re dropping aerial bombs on us!”
“Quick, take cover! Scatter and take cover!”
“Enemy attack! Enemy aircraft groups incoming!”
But after Company Commander Shimizu Setsuro came back to his senses,
his expression drastically changed as he said.
He also shouted loudly, issuing orders to his subordinate Japanese Troops to evade the air strike bombing.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
“Boom rumble rumble! Boom rumble rumble”
Unfortunately, the warning came too late.
Following a series of earth-shaking explosions from the air strike bombing,
a large batch of Japanese Troops was immediately bombed with heavy casualties on the spot,
especially those Japanese artillery units that hadn’t fully reacted yet, who suffered focused air strike bombing from the “DH98” Mosquito bombers.
In an instant, a large number of Japanese artillery pieces were destroyed, along with the Japanese gunners turned into cannon fodder and scrap metal.
Faced with such an unexpected battle situation,
Company Commander Shimizu Setsuro’s Japanese company was bombed nearly to annihilation.
Even he himself lost a leg to the blast, lying in his own pool of blood, letting out agonized howls and constantly crying for help,
but at this moment, no Japanese medical team could arrive in time to rescue him and the other Japanese wounded soldiers.
Meanwhile, Zhou Wenhua’s “DH98” Mosquito bomber group and FW-190 fighter jet group continued their air strike bombing, along with fierce sweeping attacks from onboard machine guns and cannons.
The remaining remnant Japanese Army was struck by their unparalleled metal storm sweeps and bombings, routed in defeat and nearly annihilated.
As for the soldiers of the 29th Route Army’s 3rd Battalion remnants holding fast at Lugou Bridge, they were dumbfounded and speechless at the inconceivable reversal of the battle situation before them.
They had never dreamed that their side would have air force support operations, and ones that inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese People, nearly annihilating them.
They felt as if they were dreaming; it didn’t seem real at all.
“Hiss! Am I dreaming? These air forces of unknown origin are actually helping us annihilate those damn Japanese Troops?”
“I feel like it’s so surreal!”
“Me too! But the battle situation right now is real! The Japanese Troops are about to be completely annihilated by these suddenly appearing air forces!”
“Then are we saved?”
“Nonsense! Of course we’re saved! And we can hold Lugou Bridge here too, at least temporarily!”
Then, many of the surviving soldiers of the 29th Route Army’s 3rd Battalion wore incredulous expressions, buzzing excitedly.
Finally, they grew emotionally agitated and excited, shouting joyful cheers and thanks to Zhou Wenhua’s air force for their assistance in the operation.
After Zhou Wenhua’s air force completed their combat mission and flew away,
Company Commander Shimizu Setsuro and his Japanese company, along with the Japanese artillery platoon, were completely annihilated.
