IbukIto Ibuki, the captain of the squadron, immediately began preparations after receiving the order.

He was the first to jump off the deck in his plane, soaring into the blue sky.

After flying a large circle around the entire aircraft carrier fleet, he waited for all thirty-three bombers and thirteen fighters of his squadron to take off.

Under the cover of the fighters, the entire air fleet flew towards the Jiangyin Fortress.

This sortie wasn't just their air combat squadron.

All the air combat squadrons belonging to the aircraft carrier fleet stationed on the Yangtze River were flying in this direction.

The Navy was determined to capture the Jiangyin Fortress before the Army attacked it.

Ito Ibuki and his pilots had been bombing the Jiangning and Jiangyin Fortresses for three months.

They were already extremely familiar with them, as well as with the positions and tactics of the anti-aircraft guns on the fortress.

Although those anti-aircraft guns were powerful, it was still very difficult to shoot down a plane.

The Nationalist army wasn't yet proficient in using this new type of artillery.

In the past three months, the Empire had only had two planes shot down at the Jiangyin Fortress.

This had made Ito Ibuki feel extremely ashamed.

Furthermore, they had lost planes without being able to bomb those anti-aircraft guns.

The Empire had also sent spy teams to try to infiltrate and sabotage the fortress.

However, Jiangyin had been under military control by the Nationalist army for two years already.

The Empire's spy teams were exposed as soon as they entered the city.

They were all destroyed!

In any case, they should at least leave some bomb craters on the Jiangyin Fortress today!

Lieutenant Commander Ito Ibuki wasn't so arrogant as to think he could destroy the Jiangyin Fortress's gun emplacements today.

The gun emplacements were designed too cleverly, making it very difficult to attack them from the air.

Pilot Tokitsukaze Shinnosuke, however, was secretly praying: "Great Amaterasu, please protect me and let me return safely today!"

He was piloting a Japanese B4y1 "Type 96" carrier-based bomber.

It was manufactured by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in Japan and began equipping the Japanese Navy in 1935.

The aircraft was 10.15 meters long, 4.36 meters high, with a wingspan of 15 meters and a wing area of nearly 50 square meters.

This aircraft was equipped with a Mitsubishi Kinsei 2 radial engine, producing 700 horsepower, with a takeoff weight of 3,600 kilograms and a bomb load of 600 kilograms.

Its maximum level flight speed was 278 kilometers per hour.

The aircraft was equipped with a 7.7mm machine gun and could also carry an aerial torpedo.

It had a crew of three.

Of course, there was no need to carry torpedoes today; the bomber was filled to the brim with aerial bombs.

Every time he took off from the aircraft carrier, Tokitsukaze Shinnosuke felt reluctant.

To save his life, he was always the one who trained the hardest, so his courage was the smallest in the entire air combat squadron.

However, his skills were the best in the entire air combat squadron, which was why a coward like him had never been kicked out of the air combat squadron.

Their air squadron wasn't the only one bombing the Jiangyin Fortress; the other three aircraft carrier fleets had also sent bombers.

Inspired by the Army's successful landing in Hangzhou Bay, the Navy was eager to make some achievements today.

The Jiangyin Fortress was just ahead.

The bomber piloted by Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki was different from Tokitsukaze Shinnosuke's.

Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki was piloting a Japanese D1A2 "Type 96" carrier-based bomber, manufactured by Aichi Aircraft Company, which was slightly smaller than the bomber piloted by Tokitsukaze Shinnosuke.

It carried only 300 kilograms of bombs, but it was equipped with three 7.7mm machine guns in the nose and belly positions.

Each time they carried out a mission, Squadron Commander Ito always flew in the lead.

After arriving at the battlefield, he would always drop his bombs and then fly back to check the results.

Then he would use the three machine guns on the plane to strafe the Nationalist soldiers on the ground.

This was Ito Ibuki's twisted pleasure.

They hadn't encountered any interception from the Nationalist army's air force along the way. In fact, after entering October, the Nationalist army's planes had basically disappeared from the blue sky.

Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki issued an order over the radio:

"The Jiangyin Fortress is below! Prepare! Double-row formation, dive in order! Bomb!"

The entire squadron already understood this.

However, Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki issued the guiding order again.

When the Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky, the entire Jiangyin gun battery became tense.

Inside the Jiangyin Fortress, the rangefinders imported from the United States began to work.

The distance of the enemy aircraft was constantly being reported by the observers.

"Thirteen thousand meters!"

"Twelve thousand meters!"

"Eleven thousand meters!"

Each reported distance was closer to the fortress.

These reports made everyone on the gun battery nervous.

The air raid alarm on the gun battery was already sounding shrilly.

Inside the city of Jiangyin behind the gun battery, ordinary people were running quickly, looking for places to hide.

The entire Jiangyin Fortress, all non-combatants, retreated into the air raid shelters.

Even those units without air defense tasks were ordered to enter shelters at this time.

Lin Fan's special company, more than a hundred people, were still all gathered around their anti-aircraft gun.

Staff Officer He Hesong, in the command post, saw this team not knowing to take cover.

Anxious, he rushed out of the shelter and shouted at Lin Fan, "What's wrong with your company?

Don't you know there's an air raid?"

Lin Fan pointed at the anti-aircraft gun: "We want to fire the cannon!"

Staff Officer He Hesong was even more angry: "I know you want to fire the cannon.

But one cannon doesn't need the whole company watching, right?

Hurry up and get into the air raid shelter.

Don't have unnecessary casualties!"

Liu Laopao couldn't help it: "Commander! With our company commander here, the Japanese devils can't hit us!" Dafeng Novel

Staff Officer He Hesong was even angrier: "Can your company commander even perform magic?

Does having him mean you're invulnerable?

That the Japanese devils' machine guns and bombs won't fall?"

Liu Laopao said seriously: "We don't know if the company commander can perform magic.

But you're right about one thing: with the company commander here, the Japanese devils' bombs really can't fall."

Staff Officer He Hesong was completely well-intentioned.

Lin Fan couldn't let his men anger such a well-intentioned person.

He said, "Staff Officer He Hesong is worried about you getting hurt, Liu Laopao!

What's with your attitude?

Take your squad and follow Staff Officer He Hesong into the air raid shelter."

Liu Laopao still wanted to argue a few words.

Lin Fan said sternly: "Get in there quickly! The enemy planes are arriving soon, I don't have time to deal with this."

After saying that, he ignored them.

He began busily adjusting the anti-aircraft gun.

"Nine thousand meters!"

After the rangefinder reported this distance, the anti-aircraft guns of several gun batteries had already started firing.

In the sky, anti-aircraft shells exploded into puffs of smoke, though without color.

From the ground, they looked like ink wash flowers, extremely beautiful.

"Eight thousand meters!"

"Seven thousand meters!"

There seemed to be many enemy planes flying in the sky, but the ground's anti-aircraft fire hadn't hit a single one.

Shooting down planes with cannons was originally extremely difficult.

It wasn't something that could be done with a single shot.

When the enemy planes entered a distance of six thousand meters, all the anti-aircraft weapons except for the anti-aircraft gun controlled by Lin Fan began firing.

Even the anti-aircraft machine guns were roaring angrily.

Each time, they hoped to shoot down an enemy plane.

Disappointment always outweighed hope!

Today was different from the past. Commander Xu opened his mouth and gave this newly arrived company a cannon.

Many officers and soldiers were watching Lin Fan and their cannon.

All the anti-aircraft weapons on the Xiaoshan gun battery were firing nervously.

This was a kind of luck-based tactic. The ammunition was fired, hoping it would hit an enemy plane by chance.

This kind of shooting hadn't shown any results yet, and hadn't hit a single enemy plane.

Commander Xu, Chief of Staff Zhang, and the officers and soldiers on the gun battery saw Lin Fan nervously adjusting the angle of the anti-aircraft gun, but hadn't fired a single shot.

Lin Fan's movements were skilled and very fast.

But after adjusting the anti-aircraft gun, he didn't move.

He didn't continue adjusting, nor did he fire.

Lin Fan wasn't in a hurry!

The soldiers of the special company weren't in a hurry either!

They listened to the numbers being reported in their ears:

"Three thousand meters!"

"Two thousand meters!"

"One thousand meters!"

Those officers and soldiers watching Lin Fan were so anxious that they wanted to take matters into their own hands and fire the cannon.

Commander Xu Kang was really anxious, disregarding the imminent bombing and strafing by enemy planes.

He strode out of the shelter, wanting to personally question this Lin Fan.

Chief of Staff Zhang Boting was also among these anxious people.

Commander Xu Kang's exit from the shelter was clearly to question Lin Fan.

Perhaps to enforce battlefield discipline.

In any case, Chief of Staff Zhang Boting had no choice but to accompany him.

Since the superiors had left the shelter, the subordinate staff officers had no choice but to follow.

Suddenly, more than a dozen high-ranking officers of the Jiangyin Fortress walked out of the shelter.

This made all the officers and soldiers still in the shelter even more anxious.

Even if one of these high-ranking officers was injured, it would be a loss to the party and the nation!

Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki led the bomber squadron to dive towards the Jiangyin Fortress.

He could already see the blazing muzzles.

The three machine guns under the belly: Fire!

The rangefinder imported from the United States measured the distance at five hundred meters.

The rangefinder calmly reported:

"Five hundred meters!"

At this time, Jiangyin Fortress Commander Xu Kang and Eighty-eighth Division Chief of Staff Zhang Boting were directly exposed to the Japanese devils' bombing range.

They had originally wanted to see the Lin company commander, who had returned from Germany, perform.

They hadn't expected him to remain motionless at the critical moment.

This angered the two men so much that they walked straight out of the shelter to question Lin Fan.

Before Xu Kang and Zhang Boting reached the special company's gun position.

The two commanders suddenly saw the expressions of the soldiers in the special company.

The soldiers' faces showed joy, excitement, and happiness, but no fear!

What kind of soldiers were these?

Even if they weren't afraid in this situation, they should at least be a little nervous!

This was a battlefield, not a show.

But the eyes and expressions of these soldiers were completely like they were in the audience, just waiting for the show to begin.

Liu Laopao and his second squad also followed Commander Xu Kang out at this time.

They returned to the ranks of the special company.

Lin Fan's expression remained unchanged, and the soldiers of the special company were still the same as before.

They looked at their company commander excitedly.

They didn't show the slightest intention of dodging the bombing that the enemy planes were about to unleash overhead.

Lin Fan silently watched the enemy planes diving towards the Xiaoshan gun battery. The enemy plane at the front was less than five hundred meters away from the gun battery.

At this moment, Lin Fan moved.

Zhang Boting once again experienced the slow motion that Lin Fan had explained at the Great World.

It's not that my movements are slow!

It's that your eyes are too slow!

You can't keep up!

Commander Xu Kang had given up observing the shooting of other gun positions on the gun battery.

He had also temporarily given up observing Lin Fan's gun position.

His eyes were fixed on the diving enemy plane: Squadron Commander Ito Ibuki had already begun machine gun strafing at this time.

Due to the angle, he couldn't hit the people on the Xiaoshan gun battery for the time being.

But: The next moment, he would definitely let those Nationalist soldiers who dared to stand on the gun battery and resist when his squadron came to bomb know how powerful they were.

Commander Xu Kang saw that the enemy planes were actually arrogantly forming two long lines this time, diving towards the gun battery.

They were less than five hundred meters away from the gun battery, and Commander Xu could already feel the airflow transmitted by the air compressed by the planes.

He could clearly see the muzzle flashes from the six machine guns firing on the two enemy planes at the front.

Just at this moment, the two enemy planes at the front suddenly exploded.

Two fireworks suddenly bloomed in the sky.

Commander Xu Kang turned his head in astonishment!

Chief of Staff Zhang Boting turned his head in astonishment!

All the officers and soldiers who had been tensely watching the diving enemy planes looked towards the special company's gun position, which had finally started working.

In everyone's fiery gazes, Lin Fan's movements were still the same, not fast, even somewhat slow.

Like slow motion in a movie.

The two enemy planes at the front exploded in the sky.

This was just the beginning, they were as brilliant as fireworks.

With bright red light!

This kind of firework spread like an infection, quickly spreading among the incoming squadron.

The formation that was closely following behind these two enemy planes didn't have time to react.

Before long, more and more planes were accurately hit by the shells fired by Lin Fan.

One plane after another exploded, and red fireworks bloomed in the sky one after another.

After the three pairs of enemy planes at the front exploded, three pairs of enemy planes far away from them also exploded.

Then another three pairs.

At this time, Commander Xu's gaze towards Lin Fan was full of disbelief: This was not a cannon that a human could fire!

If the Japanese devils' planes were so easy to hit, his gun battery would have blown up all the Japanese devils' planes in central China long ago.

He saw Lin Fan still constantly firing, and every shell fired from his cannon.

Could hit an enemy plane.

In the beginning, all the Nationalist officers and soldiers watching the enemy planes put on a fireworks display in the sky didn't understand.

They didn't understand: After hitting three pairs of enemy planes, why did he have to skip a long distance and then hit three pairs of enemy planes?

When they saw: The fragments produced by the explosion of the three pairs of enemy planes in mid-air scattered in the air.

The enemy planes closely following behind these planes that had already exploded crashed into them.

The entire plane immediately spewed thick smoke, and like it was drunk, either plunged straight down, or flew crookedly towards the back of Xiaoshan.