Zhang Zizhong sighed with a little envy: "Brother, this time your heavy artillery group has played a great role, I think, after half an hour of shelling, the Botian detachment is estimated to have nearly half of the casualties, and then our tens of thousands of troops will surround it together and completely wipe out the Botian detachment." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled mysteriously and said: "Big brother, after the end of the shelling, although the Botian detachment suffered nearly half of the casualties, there are still thousands of little devils, and they will definitely fight for trapped beasts, if our troops rush up, it is inevitable that there will be certain casualties, I think after the shelling is over, we will send our flying team to attack, and hit the Botian detachment again, after fierce shelling and air strikes, most of the casualties will definitely be killed and wounded, and the morale will be very low. ”

Zhang Yunfei's words made Zhang Zizhong's eyes light up, and Zhang Zizhong thought that with the big killer of fighter jets, the Botian detachment might be directly disabled, and it might lose its combat effectiveness, and when the troops rushed forward again, the casualties of the soldiers would definitely be very small, and it was even possible that there would only be very few casualties.

Zhang Yunfei felt Zhang Zizhong's admiring eyes, and also smiled slightly, and then said with a straight face: "Order, all the fighters of the flight group will take to the air, carry aerial bombs, and carry out air strikes on the Botian detachment." ”

"Yes!" An operational staff officer next to him immediately stood up and replied loudly: "I'll call the flight group right away." ”

"After connecting the phone, I want to talk to Comrade Gao Zhihang on the phone in person." Zhang Yunfei thought for a while, and immediately added.

At Yichang airport, all the Mustang fighters have been back for a few hours, and the ground crew has filled the planes with fuel and loaded ammunition. The noon sortie made all the pilots very excited, and the pilots of the more than a dozen Mustang fighters on the mission were still describing the battle situation in vivid colors.

Next to these pilots, many pilots who had no chance to attack were also gathered around these pilots, listening to them with great sound, and they wished that the fighters would personally fly the fighters and strike a severe blow at the hateful little devils.

Gao Zhihang, the captain of the flight group, was also smiling at the airport headquarters, and was in a very good mood, and many pilots were "gathering to chat" in the dormitory, but Gao Zhihang did not stop it, but acquiesced happily in his heart.

Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang with a rapid ringtone, and Gao Zhihang picked up the phone, "This is the flight team, I'm Gao Zhihang." ”

"Hello Captain Gao! This is the headquarters, and now the commander-in-chief is going to talk to you personally on the phone to convey important combat missions. ”

Seeing that it was Zhang Yunfei and himself on the same phone, Gao Zhihang immediately put away the smile on his face, stood up straight, and took the microphone to listen respectfully to Zhang Yunfei's assignment.

Zhang Yunfei's majestic voice immediately came from the phone, "Zhihang, now assign important tasks to your flight team, at present, the Botian detachment has been surrounded by us in a narrow area less than ten kilometers east of Jingzhou, with an area of only ten square kilometers, and your task is to immediately send all the fighters and carry aerial bombs to carry out air strikes on the Botian detachment." ”

"Yes, please rest assured that our flight team will complete the mission beautifully." Gao Zhihang replied confidently.

Putting down the phone, Gao Zhihang couldn't hide the excited look on his face, and said to a communications soldier next to him: "Sound the assembly alarm, all the pilots will gather immediately, there is an important combat mission." ”

Immediately, a rush of sirens sounded at the airport, and all the personnel immediately took their places, and the pilots, who were still dancing and talking loudly, heard the assembly sirens and knew that there was another combat mission, and everyone immediately ran to the meeting place at the airport with happy faces.

When everyone walked neatly and ran to the designated meeting place on the tarmac, they found that their captain was already standing there, everyone quickly stood in line, and forty or fifty pilots stood in a neat line, looking at Gao Zhihang with expectant eyes.

Gao Zhihang saw that everyone had already stood in line, so he looked around at everyone and said with a faint smile: "Comrades, I just received a call from the commander-in-chief, and our flight brigade has another important combat mission. ”

As soon as Gao Zhihang's words fell, the excitement and expectation on the faces of all the pilots became even stronger, and everyone thought to themselves, if there is really an important mission, they can fly the plane to fight the hateful little devil again.

Gao Zhihang saw that everyone's faces were full of expectations, so he didn't sell it, and continued: "At present, the Botian detachment has been surrounded by us in a narrow area less than ten kilometers east of Jingzhou and an area of only ten square kilometers. ”

As soon as Gao Zhihang's words stopped, everyone began to cheer, and they asked to fly to the plane, Gao Zhihang saw everyone's enthusiasm for fighting, and his heart was also very happy, but Gao Zhihang already had his own plan in his heart, and the pilots who attacked this time will all be sent to the pilots who did not participate in the morning mission.

So, Gao Zhihang raised his hands, pressed them down, motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then continued: "Comrades, this time to carry out the air strike mission, I will send pilots who have not yet attacked today, and I will start the roll call ,...... below."

As Gao Zhihang reported the names of the pilots, there were suddenly a few happy and sad scenes, all the pilots who were hit by the point, seemed very happy, and those who were not hit by the pilots were full of disappointment, and looked at the pilots who were selected by Gao Zhihang very enviously.

This time, Gao Zhihang sent pilots who had not yet carried out a mission today, mainly because of the low difficulty of this mission, and it was not an air fight with the little devil fighters, but only an air strike against the ground troops of the little devils.

The pilots who got the task took neat steps, ran to their own fighters, skillfully climbed one after another Mustang fighters that had been prepared for a long time, and one after another Mustang fighters sailed to the runway, taxied a few hundred meters, and then took off, and after completing the formation in the air, more than a dozen fighters flew in the direction of the Botian detachment.

At this time, the position of the Hatian detachment was full of big pits, and the overturned trucks were burning, and now, the artillery regiment of the Third Infantry Division had just stopped shelling for half an hour, and Hakuda Shigeichi looked at the troops with heavy losses with a pale face, and his heart was full of despair.

After half an hour of shelling, there were less than 5,000 little devils left in the Potian detachment, almost half of the 5,000 people were wounded, and there were also a lot of baggage soldiers and transport personnel.

The current Harata Shigeichi began to regret a little in his heart, Hakata Shigeichi thought in his heart, he was really dizzy at the beginning, and when he heard the number of the 36th Group, he actually abandoned the city and retreated to the east, if he relied on the strong walls of Jingzhou City, maybe it would not be such a result.

Since Zhang Yunfei chose to take the initiative to attack the Botian detachment, he had the absolute certainty of eating the Botian detachment in a short time, and now Zhang Yunfei not only has planes in his hands, but also a large number of 105-mm howitzers.

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him also had an ugly face, knowing that this time he might be explaining here, so the chief of staff of the little devil slowly pulled out his command knife and prepared to commit suicide for the dignity of his so-called samurai.

Shigeichi Hata, who was next to him, saw this move of the chief of staff of the little devil, and immediately scolded angrily: "Yaga, what do you want to do?" ”

The chief of staff of the little devil smiled miserably and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, we have fallen into a desperate situation, please allow me to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Hata Shigeichi listened to the words of the little devil's chief of staff, and his heart was silent, his Hata detachment was really in a desperate situation, maybe seppuku was a more decent way to die.

At this time, there was a faint roar of planes in the sky, could it be the plane of the [***] team again, Shigeichi Hauda hurriedly took his telescope, followed the sound and looked, only to see more than a dozen planes appear in the sky in the distance, and in the telescope it was already able to distinguish that it was the plane of the [***] team.

Hatada Shigeichi, who was already desperate in his heart, saw the arrival of so many planes of the [***] team, his heart was full of anger, his own Hatada detachment was about to be disabled, and the [***] team also sent so many planes to bomb, this was obviously trying to make fun of himself.

The chief of staff of the little devil next to him saw that so many Chinese planes were coming in the sky, and the Botian detachment was even worse, so the chief of staff of the little devil gritted his teeth and stabbed the sharp katana into his fat and snow-white belly, and drew a standard cross, and then slowly fell towards the east.

Seeing this scene, Shigeichi Hata, his face was full of despair, and he trembled slightly and took out his katana, unbuttoned his clothes, revealing his belly, and hesitated for a long time before sending the katana into his stomach, and finally turned himself out.

Some of the little devil commanders next to him, seeing that their commanders and chiefs of staff were seppuku, also took out their katanas, faced the east, knelt in a row, and committed suicide one after another.

The rest of the little devils, seeing that the Chinese plane was getting closer and closer, and so many little devils and senior officers collectively cut their stomachs, many little devils ran in a panic and fell into a state of madness and madness.

A little ghost communication soldier, seeing this scene, was also full of despair and sadness, and insisted on sending the last telegram to Wuhan, but also completely collapsed.

The Mustang fighters in the sky had lowered their altitude at this time and completely flew over the Botian detachment, and the pilots of the Mustang fighters began to drop bombs on the places where the little devils were relatively dense, and one after another heavy aerial bombs smashed into the crowd of little devils.

(To be continued)