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The arrival of reinforcements meant an increase in the air power of the Japanese army...... You must know that those are land-based heavy bombers and combat power, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of seaplanes. Not only that, because the transport machine will airdrop supplies to Iwo Jima, it will also improve the combat effectiveness and morale of the army to a higher level, so the battle on Iwo Jima can basically be over.

As soon as Naoto Ohara was happy, he immediately reported the news to Tadamichi Kuribayashi.

After receiving the call, Kuribayashi Tadamichi replied with great relief, "Great! Thank you so much...... Ohara-kun, when these Chinese are defeated, I invite you to the island for a drink! ”

"Your Excellency the Lieutenant General is polite!" Ohara replied, "This is what I should ......"

Before Xiao Yuan finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong, because in the direction where the reinforcement group should appear outside the window, sparks like fireworks had exploded at this time, and from time to time black smoke would be seen falling straight to the sea.

"What's going on!" Naoto Ohara was taken aback, and as soon as he threw away the phone, he ran out of the cabin and raised his binoculars, and he couldn't help but be stunned by the scene he saw, a group of American fighters were strangled with the Japanese planes...... To be exact, it was not a strangulation but a massacre, because the Japanese planes were like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, and they had little power to fight back.

"Bastard!" After a long time, Naoto Ohara said, "These enemy fighters ...... Where did it come from? ”

Naoto Ohara couldn't figure this out, the main force of the US aircraft carrier and navy were in the Philippines, the Chinese navy had just been defeated and withdrawn from the battlefield, and the Mariana Islands were outside the combat radius of the "Mustang" fighters...... Could it be that these "wild horses" came out of the sea?!

But no matter what Naoto Ohara thinks, the air battle continues.

The Japanese army had about 50 fighters of various types...... In addition to the second wave of twenty fighters that were temporarily pulled back by Taro Shiina last time, more than a dozen bombers came from the Japanese mainland to reinforce them, and ten Type 100 transport planes.

The main body of this group is bombers, and there are even new Japanese bomber Comets among these bombers, and the bombers are also covered by Zero fighters...... There were fifteen Zero fighters in total.

If you look at the battle loss ratio at the beginning of the war, one Zero fighter can fight more than a dozen "Wildcats", so these fifteen Zeros are already very good.

But here's the problem......

Although the Zero War was still the Zero War at that time, and the "Wildcat" was still the "Wildcat" at that time, the quality of the pilots who flew these fighters was very different.

The Japanese pilots were basically rookies who had been trained for three years or even less than three years, and the price given to them by Japanese instructors was ...... They were barely capable of flying planes to sink enemy warships.

At this time, the Chinese pilots were already experienced in a hundred battles, and they were able to skillfully fly the fighters and make all kinds of difficult maneuvers and fight with enemy planes in the air.

In addition, the Chinese pilots were well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the various Japanese fighters, especially the Zero War, so the air battle situation showed a one-sided trend without any suspense.

The first wave of eighteen "Wildcats" swooped down from the clouds, and the first ones to fight were all Japanese zero battles without exception.

The Japanese were caught off guard...... In fact, even if they were prepared, it was useless, they did not know how to deal with this situation.

As a result, a bullet came down, and immediately ten Zeros were shot down and damaged, and although the remaining five Zeros were lucky enough to escape the first wave of attacks from the "Wildcat", they could only play a role in trying to make themselves later shot down by the enemy.

At this time, the commander of the Japanese reinforcement group made a decision, and he let the group continue to fly...... His decision should be said to be correct, and further on is his own fleet, as long as it is within the range of the fleet's anti-aircraft guns, then at least there is the cover of the anti-aircraft guns to fight.

But soon the Japanese commander was completely disappointed, because another wave of "Wildcat" fighters suddenly swooped down in the clouds in front of him, so he could only watch helplessly as the surrounding fighters, bombers, and transport planes sparked one after another, dragging the black smoke down.

Not long after, with a rain of bullets, the Japanese commander also lost control.

"I'm sorry! Lieutenant General Kuribayashi! The Japanese commander finally said: "There is nothing we can do to help you!" ”

In just a few minutes, the entire Japanese reinforcement group was shot down under the eyes of the Japanese Navy and the 109th Division of Iwo Jima...... At this moment, the navy forgot to fire at Iwo Jima, and the army forgot to attack the high ground, and they all looked at the sky in amazement, watching the Chinese air force ruthlessly slaughter the Japanese aircraft group.

Of course, a very important reason why all the Japanese planes were shot down so quickly was that the Japanese reinforcements were too careless, and most of them were bombers and transport planes that bombed Iwo Jima, and these planes certainly did not have much room to survive under the "wildcat" fighters used in air combat.

Then, there was a cheer in the camp of the Chinese army, and the bullets soon rained down from the high ground against the Japanese army in patches, and it did not take much effort to knock the Japanese army down from the high ground.

It was only at this point that Tadamichi Kuribayashi understood what was going on.

He slumped down in his chair and said weakly, "We'...... Fooled! Abominable Chinese! ”

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General means ......" Yoshitaka Horie asked puzzled, "Is this a trap set by Chinese?" ”

"Of course!" Tadamichi Kuribayashi replied: "Their aircraft carrier was not seriously damaged at all, we were completely deceived. We could have stayed in the tunnel, but now we ...... A large amount of living forces and ammunition were consumed on the offensive on their heights. Even more serious are ...... Not only did we not be able to defend Iwo Jima, but we also brought Rear Admiral Shiina's flying troops and warships into a trap, and they became our burial objects! ”

Horie Yoshitaka couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine when he heard this, if it was really like what Kuribayashi Tadamichi said, then the Chinese would be terrible.

However, this is the case again, and it is too late to regret it now...... Just now, the Japanese army was in a good situation, but now they are facing a dead end.

It wasn't just Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Yoshitaka Horie who felt hopeless, Naoto Ohara stood silently by the side of the ship and didn't know what to do!

Keep fighting?

In front of an enemy with air superiority, one's own fleet and seaplanes are nothing more than targets!

Escape?

How can a warship outrun an airplane?

That's why the enemy is not in a hurry to bomb the fleet!

(To be continued.) )