July 19, 1938, early morning, Xiaogan Airport.

Although it was the hottest season of the year, the commander of the aviation regiment, Tadashi Shiga, wore a rare dress and stood in front of the runway of the airport with a solemn face.

In front of Tadaharu Ozaga, six pilots wearing flight caps lined up.

Tadaharu Shiga's gaze swept over the faces of the six pilots, his eyes sad and reluctant.

The six pilots held their heads high, but their eyes showed undisguised unruliness and madness.

"Ejima-kun!" Tadaji Shiga stepped forward, stood in front of the first pilot, and patted him on the shoulder.

The pilot who called Ejima immediately said hello, and Tadaharu Oga ordered the orderly to hand Ejima a wine glass, and then personally lifted the jug and poured a glass of wine for Ejima.

Then the second pilot, then the third.

When all the pilots had been poured with wine, Tadaharu Shiga poured himself another full glass.

Then, Tadaji Shiga raised his glass and said loudly: "Gentlemen, the empire will remember you, all the people of the entire Yamato nation will remember you, and His Majesty the Emperor will remember you!" ”

"Hello!" The six devil pilots raised their wine glasses and brushed their heads together.

"Cheers!" Tadaji Shiga took a hard glass and drank the sake from the glass.

"Hello!" The six devil pilots paused again, then tilted their heads, drank the sake from their glasses, and finally slammed the glasses to the ground.

With the sound of wine glasses shattering, the six devil pilots roared hysterically.

"Great Japanese Empire, onboard!"

"Imperial Japanese Army, onboard!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, onboard!"

"Yamato nation, onboard!"

"Onboard!"

Amid the frenzied roar, the six devil pilots turned around one after another, stepped on the gangway to board the plane, and then got into the cockpits of the three Type 96 land attack planes that had long been parked on the runway.

The airport ground crew helped close the cabin and remove the gangway.

Then, the flight pilot gives a thumbs up and is ready to take off.

Including Ejima, the six devil pilots saluted Tadashi on duty through the cabin, and then launched the attack plane without hesitation, and the huge propeller began to rotate and accelerate.

Then, the attack aircraft began to glide slowly down the runway.

After sliding for a few tens of meters, the attack aircraft began to accelerate, and then, with its nose raised, took off into the air.

Then came the second attack plane, then the third, and in less than a moment, all three Type 96 land attack planes had already taken off into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the 16 Type 96 fighters responsible for escorting the escort also took off.

Sixteen fighters and three attack planes completed the formation and roared in the direction of Wuhan.

Seeing the flight formation disappear into the clouds, Zhongzhi of Zhaga paused heavily, gentlemen, please!

……

More than ten miles north of Hankou City, the headquarters of the Second Army.

A huge sounding balloon was rising, and in the hanging basket under the balloon, the commander of the Second Army, Higashikuremiya Tsuhihiko, and the chief of staff of the Second Army, Machijiri Riki, were among them.

Machijiri Liangji persuaded: "Your Highness, you still don't want to take off this time, right?" ”

"No!" Higashikurenomiya waved his hand and said, "I'm going to see the fortress of the Shina people destroyed with my own eyes!" ”

"Hello!" Seeing that Higashikunomiya Tsukihiko had made up his mind, Machijiri was stunned and didn't say anything more.

The sounding balloon was rising into the air, and soon it was 100 meters in the air, and Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko and Machijiri raised their binoculars at the same time to look in the direction of Kameyama and Snake Mountain Fortress.

But I saw that Turtle Mountain and Snake Mountain were shrouded in a thin morning light, and I couldn't see it really.

"The mountains and rivers here, the scenery is really magnificent!" Higashikurenomiya couldn't help but sigh, "Compared to this, the scenery of the main island of the empire is no less than that of a grass chicken and a phoenix!" ”

"Hello!" Machijiri Ray Keaton said, "The scenery of Shina is truly magnificent. ”

"However, such magnificent mountains and rivers belong to the inferior Shina nation, not to the great Yamato nation!" Higashikurenomiya said hatefully, "How unfair is God? ”

"That's why the Empire is going to wage a holy war!" Machijiri Ryoki was stunned and said, "Such magnificent mountains and rivers must only belong to the great Yamato nation!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Higashikuremiya nodded happily.

In the voice of the two of them, the morning light that shrouded the three towns of Wuhan gradually dispersed.

Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain and the Yangtze River between the two mountains were presented in front of the two without reservation, and the two old devils couldn't help but sigh again.

While speaking, Higashikurenomiya Tsusahiko raised his wrist and looked at his watch, saying, "It's almost time." ”

As soon as the words fell, the rumbling sound of aircraft engines was heard in the northwest sky, and immediately after, more than a dozen Japanese planes painted with sunburst patterns under their wings came out.

……

Almost at the same time, Zhong Yi, who was patrolling the streets of Hankou, also heard the roar of the engine.

However, Zhong Yi doesn't care about this, although the three towns of Wuhan are no longer protected by the Air Force, the design standards of several large fortresses are all enough to resist the bombing of 2-ton bombs, and the highest level of bombs that can be mounted by Japanese attack aircraft is only 800Kg, so they are not afraid of bombing at all.

Before this, the little devils did not send bombers to bomb.

But there were more than a dozen bombings, and Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain, and the fortress of Hankou Railway Station were all safe and sound!

Zhong Yi firmly believes that these fortresses will be able to hold on to the end, hold on until the veterans of the Little Devil Division are tired, and hold on until the main force of the national army in the Fifth Theater launches a large-scale counterattack!

At that time, it was the end of the second army of devils!

Therefore, when the roar of the aircraft engine came from the sky in the northwest direction, and when Zhu Liangcheng and several officers accompanying him looked back one after another, Zhong Yi did not squint his eyes.

After a while, the roar of the plane's engine became louder, and it was almost close at hand.

This means that the devil plane has already flown over Wuhan, and the altitude is extremely low!

This was followed by a piercing screech of the wings as it swept through the air!

Almost at the same time, Zhu Liangcheng and several officers accompanying him also exclaimed.

Zhong Yi turned his head sharply and saw three huge bombers diving straight down from the sky.

The rising morning sun shone under the wings of these three devil bombers, and the plaster pattern was clearly visible!

"Holy! What are you doing here?! Zhong Yi instantly realized that something was wrong, because these three bombers were not small dive bombers, but large horizontal bombers.

But now, these three large horizontal bombers are diving!

What are you doing here, little devil? Is it suicide bombing?

Thinking of this, Zhong Yi's heart suddenly sank, it's bad!

(End of chapter)