Age of Conquest Reborn

Over the Yindujiang area, the aerial battle looked particularly gorgeous under the setting sun. The result was similar to what the Japanese supreme commander, General Ito Genzaburo, had expected, and even more tragic. The Japanese bomber group, together with a fighter group

, the entire army was wiped out, and they all became burning turkeys over the Yindun River...

The Japanese Southeast Asia Expeditionary Force aviation unit and bomber team, which were not threatened at all and almost used their wings to sweep across the British, were not psychologically prepared at all and were suddenly attacked by more than a hundred fighter jets from the British army.

The sudden attack by the Japanese bombers, which was an unstoppable nightmare for the British infantry, instantly transformed into the hunted role in front of the British fighter jets.

The roles changed so quickly that the Japanese pilots were almost unprepared. The bombers with big bellies and clumsy bodies became living targets for the British fighter jets. They either exploded into a black smoke ball in the air or whined.

Dragging thick smoke, it fell to the ground, rising into a column of smoke mixed with black smoke and fire.

The Japanese fighter pilots gave full play to the Bushido spirit. A group of more than 20 fighter jets fearlessly rushed towards the British fighter group in an attempt to buy enough time for the bombers to evacuate. The British pilots were not fools and did not fight all the Japanese.

Fighters fight, but more than twice as many fighter jets are divided, two against one, which fully develops the British tradition of attacking when they see an advantage and running away when they see danger.

An air battle under the setting sun ended with a complete victory for the British army. The Japanese left behind more than ten bombers and more than 20 fighter jets. The British paid the price of more than ten fighter jets being shot down, and the sky became British.

Damn it, the British and Burmese soldiers who had been bullied by the Japanese planes cheered.

At that time, morale was so high that they actually launched counterattacks against the Japanese in several blocking areas, killing the British pilots of the Japanese aircraft, and then launched a fierce attack on the Japanese infantry, followed by more than 20 British bombers.

Throw heavy bombs into the Japanese tank group and into the dense Japanese attack formation...

The bomb that almost fell on Commander Ito's head was the work of British bombers who had no threat at all. Now, it was the Japanese's turn to bomb the British fleet and save the British and Burmese soldiers who were facing a desperate situation.

With the help of the power of bombs and machine gun bullets, he summoned up enough courage to push back the Japanese army for five kilometers on the entire front, and squeezed out a space for himself to cross the river...

Francis's mood at this time cannot be described in words. This is the only way to survive a desperate situation. The British team that went to explore the road also brought back good news. More than ten kilometers downstream from the main battlefield, the river was only waist deep.

You can swim across the river on foot, but the river widens to more than 1,800 meters. This is not a problem. As long as soldiers without boats can cross the river, no matter how wide the river is, it is not an obstacle.

The good news came one after another. Francis had a feeling that he was in a dream. He ordered the troops not responsible for blocking to immediately wade across the river at the designated location. The British troops rushed to the crossing point like a tide. Under the cover of the aircraft, this part

The British troops were not attacked by the Japanese army. They heard the rare sound of gunfire but no shells fell around them, so they began their dreamy retreat north across the river.

The river surface of more than a thousand meters was suddenly crowded with British and Burmese soldiers who were eager to retreat. After a day of bloody battles by the Yindun River, the British casualties were tens of thousands, and the remaining troops were only about 100,000.

This is the last bit of blood that Francis, Chief of General Staff, can save for Commander Alexander. He has tried his best.

Before it was completely dark, the British troops gathered in groups and tried their best to provide air cover for the fleeing infantry. All kinds of bullets and bombs were poured on the Japanese positions for free, causing the Japanese positions to burst into flames.

The smoke filled the air, but in the end, the Japanese army's crazy attack momentum was curbed.

If Lieutenant General Geoffrey Howe, commander of the British Air Force in Southeast Asia, who had fled to India, had not had a living thought, this time, all the hundreds of thousands of people who had been saved by the British on the banks of the Yindon River would have been able to survive.

Withdraw safely to Myitkyina. Just using planes can blow up the Japanese for several hours without stopping. However, Lieutenant General Jeffrey Howe is not ready to send all fighter planes to the Yintun River airspace to cover the enemy.

I have doubts about the infantry's retreat.

He knew that the Japanese's air power in Southeast Asia was several times greater than his own. It was a terrible thing that the Japanese had planes to participate in the fierce battle on the Yintun River. Although the domestic Air Force Ministry still had

That annoying Alexander sent an order for the Asian Air Force to send out all its aircraft to join the battle.{

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Howe still held back and sent only half of the fighter jets and two teams of bombers to carry out this life-saving mission. The Lieutenant General's own calculation was that the fight was extremely good and the fighter jets were fast.

If you encounter the Yindun River airspace and there are a large number of Japanese fighter groups, it will be easy to retreat.

If you send out a large number of bombers, it will be like giving the Japanese a living target. Your Excellency, the smart lieutenant general, will definitely do such a stupid thing. If the Japanese army has few fighter planes, it will be like picking up a big bargain. More than a hundred

The formation of the planes is also reasonable, and all aspects can be explained, and both the inside and the face are saved.

It was Lieutenant General Geoffrey Howe's selfish and smart plan that caused the British to retreat by the Dunjiang River this time. New variables appeared and a price should not have been paid.

If most of the British Air Force dispatched were bombers, even though Ito was eager to destroy the enemy, he would not force the troops to maintain an attacking posture regardless of casualties. If he was beaten by British planes on the Yindu River, he would be beaten to death.

If he was injured, what else could he use to fight against Tang Qiuli's army? It was simply an approach that outweighed the gains and losses. A smart man like Ito would not do this.

More than a hundred fighter jets can show off their skills and gain the upper hand in air combat, but they can't deal with infantry on the ground as much as bombers dropping heavy bombs. What's more, the Japanese troops, unlike the British, were exhausted and lost their lives.

Not counting all the heavy weapons, there are not even many light and heavy machine guns left, so there is no air defense at all.

The Japanese troops were different. They always maintained an offensive posture. Their morale was high and their organization was intact. Without the need for orders from the headquarters, each unit started shooting in the air on its own. Countless light and heavy machine guns fired at the sky.

The British fighter jets sprayed out streams of flames. In this way, the British fighter jets were forced to increase their altitude, and the accuracy of their shooting was reduced immediately. The threat to the Japanese troops was also reduced a lot.

Therefore, although the more than one hundred British aircraft appeared to be very lively and the scene was spectacular, the actual killing effect on the Japanese army was not as obvious as that of the more than twenty bombers. A heavy bomb dropped would definitely kill the Japanese army.

The lives of dozens of Japanese soldiers did not inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese army, but only temporarily curbed the momentum of the Japanese attack.

Under the protection of the guards, Ito evacuated to a safe place. After recovering from the initial shock, his first sentence was: "What are the actions of the British army now?"

Chief of Staff Koizumi quickly replied: "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, in addition to a large-scale counterattack, the British are now crossing the river more than ten kilometers downstream under the cover of aircraft.

It has obviously weakened, and it should be retreating to the ferry. According to the forward observation report, the British troops are concentrated at this only point where they can wade on foot."

Ito suddenly smiled evilly, looked up at the dusk-filled sky, and muttered to himself, "The British planes only pose a certain threat to my forward attack force. When it gets dark, the British planes

, it’s time to return, well, let the British remember this night!”

Ito suddenly raised his head and ordered loudly: "Assault troops, keep the attack momentum unchanged, attract this part of the British army to stay put, all artillery units, immediately rush to the downstream British army crossing point, the heavy artillery brigade, correct the artillery target

, I want to let the British blood dye the water of Dunjiang red before the night really comes. Huh, do you think that with the cover of the plane, you can escape the fate of being annihilated? How naive! Order the artillery to fire all the shells!

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Following the first batch of troops, Francis waded through the waist-deep river and finally set foot on the north bank of the Yindun River, which was so far away. A feeling of solidity suddenly hit his heart. He sighed and looked back at the south where more than 300,000 soldiers had died.

Looking at the soldiers trudging nervously in the river, the south bank is still the battle zone with the roar of gunfire, and I feel an indescribable feeling in my heart.

At this time, there were more than 20,000 British soldiers crossing the Yindun River. Most of the remaining troops stayed at the crossing point, and some moved forward in the river. The sunset took away the last brilliance and poured out bombs and bullets.

, the British military aircraft fleet, which saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of compatriots, returned triumphantly with the joy of victory, preparing to go back to claim credit and receive rewards, and brag about it.

Francis solemnly saluted the sky and the fleet of planes that were gradually retreating, and saluted a military salute to express his gratitude. Before he put down his hand, there was suddenly a dense whistling sound. In the misty twilight, in the sky visible to the naked eye,

, streaking across countless fireballs, and then, there was a loud sound of the earth shattering.

The bolide plunged headlong into the Yindun River, stirring up water columns that reached the sky. As it got closer, more cannonballs fell, exploding the river surface into a wall of blood-red water mixed with broken limbs and broken arms. The water columns soared into the sky,

The British and Burmese soldiers crossing the river were instantly submerged. Not only that, the artillery shells were still on the north bank of the Dunjiang River, exploding into a sea of ​​fire.

Ito concentrated all the artillery on this ferry. Nearly a thousand artillery pieces of various calibers were constantly pouring out metal projectiles. It was a completely deadly and crazy way of keeping the British here.

A smell of killing.