Flying in mid-air over the Numata rice fields, there was no reason for excitement. The Third Air Squadron had been out of contact with the Navy's Tenth Squadron for a long time.

Normally, they should have been able to maintain contact with the Tenth Squadron.

Now, they could see some thick smoke rising from the sea, which meant the Tenth Squadron had been found.

Without Captain Tokugawa Akira issuing an order, all the planes of the Third Air Squadron flew towards the rising smoke.

The planes were fast, and they quickly discovered two burning warships not far from the shore.

The warships were severely tilted. From what remained, it was easy to recognize the Tenryū-class cruiser and the Tatsuta-class cruiser.

There were also several speedboats searching the sea.

Captain Tokugawa Akira ordered, "Numata squad, search the shore and find out what force attacked the Imperial Navy."

He himself took a few planes and wanted to fly low to see the current situation of the two cruisers.

Just then, the fighter piloted by Nikko Juro, flying beside Captain Tokugawa Akira, suddenly exploded in mid-air. This was the first plane of the Third Air Squadron to be shot down today.

Soon, Captain Tokugawa Akira's earphones were filled with horrified voices: "Yamamoto-kun's plane has been shot down! Nikko-san's fighter has been shot down! Matsushita-san's fighter has been shot down!"

Misfortunes never come singly!

The dead pilots couldn't hear these unfortunate messages, so they had no reaction.

But the surviving soldiers, listening to the voices of their familiar comrades being blown to pieces along with their planes,

couldn't help but feel fear. Captain Tokugawa Akira ordered loudly, "Everyone, immediately attack the enemy artillery positions on the shore. No more talk about the fallen soldiers."

He couldn't let the living soldiers hear one death after another. If the roll call of the dead continued, the entire Third Air Squadron might not dare to fight at all.

At this point, Captain Tokugawa Akira did not continue to check on the condition of the warships and those floating in the water.

His main task now was to blow up the cannons on the shore and avenge the Tenth Squadron.

Numata led the bomber squadron, charging aggressively towards the Special Operations Brigade's artillery regiment on the shore. These twelve bombers had been replenished from the mainland after the Third Air Squadron was almost completely wiped out in Conghua a few days ago.

The soldiers had only heard that the Navy's Fifth Fleet Air Squadron had suffered heavy losses last time, but not how heavy.

This was already a strictly confidential message within the Navy's Fifth Fleet, and any discussion was strictly prohibited.

Now, the small captain Numata, who didn't know what kind of force they were facing, was leading the bomber squadron towards Lin Fan and the others.

Yamaguchi Taichi, a pilot, was flying a bomber, listening to the fighter pilots reporting crashes in his earphones.

He said casually, "Those pilots flying fighters need to practice their skills.

Look at us bomber pilots, not a single casualty. The entire fighter squadron has already suffered more than half."

He was right. In just a short time, six of the Third Air Squadron's twelve fighters had been shot down.

On the other hand, the bombers, which were the easiest to be shot down, had miraculously not lost a single plane. This couldn't help but make the bomber pilots proud.

Igawa Yuto, another pilot, also chimed in with a smile, "Maybe they've been eating too much lately! Weighing down the fighters so they can't fly."

The joke wasn't funny, but all twelve bomber pilots laughed.

At this time, they could already see the artillery positions ahead. When Numata saw the artillery positions, he was shocked.

So many cannons, enough for a field artillery regiment. No wonder the Tenth Naval Fleet was annihilated.

Numata shouted loudly, "All attention, target sighted, prepare to attack."

The pilots in the squadron stopped talking. Each of these bombers had a crew of seven.

The pilots were already giving orders to their crew members.

Seeing the enemy planes less than two thousand meters away, Feng Junya finally ordered, "Open fire!"

His artillery regiment had a full twenty 88mm anti-aircraft guns, all deployed here.

Just now, only Lin Fan was demonstrating how to hit distant fighters. This was because they were light and fast, and could quickly escape the range of the cannons after being hit.

Now it was different. These bombers had already entered the trap, and they had no chance to escape.

The sound of the cannons firing, "Boom! Boom!", traveled far across the sea.

The soldiers in the speedboat squadron, who were clearing the battlefield, saw the Special Operations Brigade's cannons shooting down enemy planes for the first time.

Just now, they had seen the shells hitting the planes above them one after another, as if they had eyes.

The soldiers couldn't help but cheer. Originally, they had been a little scared when they saw the enemy planes flying over.

If it hadn't been for the orders from the shore via radio, telling them to continue their mission, the speedboats would have probably turned back.

Seeing the enemy planes falling from the sky like dumplings, their initial worries and fears turned into excitement.

Now they could also recall the legend in the army: the Brigade Commander was a god of artillery, and he could shoot down any plane he could see.

Today, they saw that it was indeed true.

The planes flying towards the shore began to fall under the intense artillery fire.

Yamaguchi Taichi shouted in terror, "I've been hit! My plane is out of control, I have to make an emergency landing." His plane's tail had been hit and was emitting a lot of black smoke.

He could only make an emergency landing on the sea. He didn't know what the success rate would be, but he knew that if he didn't make an emergency landing, he would crash.

Igawa Yuto was also shouting, "I've been hit, I'm falling! I'm falling!"

At this time, Numata realized that he had fallen into a trap! His bomber squadron had completely fallen into the Special Operations Brigade's trap and couldn't escape.

Captain Tokugawa Akira, who was far away, also understood this. He shouted in terror, "All planes, disengage immediately! Disengage immediately!"

After giving the order, he spoke to the Fifth Fleet Headquarters: "This is Captain Tokugawa Akira of the Third Air Squadron. We have arrived at the sea where the Tenth Squadron was attacked. The Tenth Squadron has been annihilated.

The Air Squadron is under heavy fire from the enemy and is suffering heavy casualties! Heavy casualties! Boom!"

The last thing the Fifth Fleet heard was an explosion. The Japanese soldiers knew that Captain Tokugawa Akira's plane must have exploded.

What was going on?

Captain Tokugawa Akira's call was only a few seconds long, but the amount of information was huge.

The Tenth Naval Fleet was annihilated and the Third Air Squadron suffered heavy casualties?

No wonder they hadn't been able to get a response from the Tenth Naval Fleet. But how could a fleet composed of two cruisers be so easily wiped out?

Unfortunately, there were no Japanese soldiers left who could explain this clearly.

Yamaguchi Taichi forced an emergency landing on the sea, but his plane was severely damaged and couldn't be controlled perfectly. In the end, the nose of the plane crashed heavily into the sea, and the entire plane immediately broke apart.

All twenty-four planes of the Third Air Squadron crashed in this area. Two hours later, the speedboat squadron cleaning up the battlefield also returned.

Lin Fan ordered the entire artillery regiment to withdraw from the battlefield immediately and retreat to the rear.

Two hours later, the Eighth Squadron of the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet arrived in this area. They could only see a lot of wooden blocks and some items from the warships floating on the sea.

They couldn't even find a trace of a warship. This made Commander-in-Chief Yizawa Kōichi gnash his teeth in anger. He never thought that the navy fleet would suffer such a great loss at sea.

The Special Operations Brigade did not publicize the news that it had ambushed and wiped out a Japanese naval squadron at sea.

The Japanese also didn't want to publicize it. But Koso Kōtaro, the commander of the Japanese Twenty-First Army Group in Guangzhou, secretly ordered that it must be investigated!

They wanted to know how the Special Operations Brigade had annihilated the Tenth Naval Fleet, and they also wanted to know why the Special Operations Brigade could always restrain their planes.

In order to find out the secret of the Special Operations Brigade's ability to shoot down planes every time, Commander Koso Kōtaro ordered the Special High Secret Service to formulate a plan specifically for this task. The plan was called "Project Bamboo."

According to this plan, the Japanese would send a group of people to sneak into the area controlled by the Special Operations Brigade, and then take the opportunity to contact the high-level officials of the Special Operations Brigade to gather intelligence.

Lin Fan did not know about the Japanese actions. During this time, the Special Operations Brigade had been fighting all the way from Zengcheng to Huiyang, recovering lost territory along the way.

Although it was not heavily publicized in the newspapers, the people of Guangdong Province had seen it.

In particular, many progressive students came directly from Hong Kong to Huiyang. They strongly demanded to join the Special Operations Brigade and participate in the war against Japan.

Ke Xiangtong, Ding Lingxue, and the other girls met at a gathering of progressive youth. They were all second-year students at a Chinese school. After several gatherings,

they had a bold plan: to go to Huiyang and join the Special Operations Brigade.

Because they had heard that the Japanese had suffered a major defeat in Conghua and Zengcheng recently, and it was the Special Operations Brigade that had defeated the Japanese.

These students were at an age where they were full of imagination about heroes, and now they were wholeheartedly wanting to participate in the war against Japan. The closest anti-Japanese force was in Huiyang.

They were not alone. Several boys who had gathered together also smuggled themselves along with them.

Whether they were lucky or not, just as Ke Xiangtong and the others came up with this plan, a boat happened to be going from Hong Kong to Huiyang.

The boat took ten yuan from each of them and safely transported them to Huiyang.

Once they were on the pier, Ke Xiangtong felt that the air here was different. There was a team of spirited soldiers patrolling the pier. The uniforms these soldiers wore were no different from ordinary National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

But from the way they walked and stood, it could be seen that they were different from ordinary National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

Ke Xiangtong mustered up the courage to walk up to this team of patrolling soldiers and asked loudly, "Officer! We came from Hong Kong and want to join the anti-Japanese forces. Can you tell us how to get there?"

Today, the patrol on the pier was the tenth squad of the first company of the fifteenth regiment of the Special Operations Brigade. Squad leader Bai Jiagui looked at the girl in front of him, who had short hair and was full of youthful vigor, and was asking him questions.

Before he could open his mouth, his face turned red. Soon, squad leader Bai Jiagui came to his senses and asked loudly, "Why do you want to join the anti-Japanese forces?"

"Everyone has a responsibility to protect their country!" Ke Xiangtong's crisp voice was full of power.

"Jin Xiwu! Lead them and let them report to the Education Office." After giving the instructions,

Bai Jiagui then said, "We have a special Education Office to receive students and progressive youth like you. Once you get there, work will be arranged according to your wishes and expertise.

Just follow him."

"Thank you, officer. What is your name?"

"My name is Bai Jiagui!"

Ke Xiangtong was just one of the many progressive youth who came here. Bai Jiagui had seen many female youth with such enthusiasm coming these days.

Some of them came, and some were chased by their families and taken back, and some stayed.

There were many people coming and going, but Ke Xiangtong was undoubtedly the most attractive person among them. She was so beautiful, and her appearance was too weak. The contrast between her appearance and the temperament she showed formed a strong contrast, which was also the reason why Bai Jiagui suddenly blushed.

Jin Xiwu led the way, and Ke Xiangtong asked, "Officer! That person looked very brave. What is his rank?"

"That's our squad leader. You have a good eye. The squad leader killed three Japanese soldiers in Conghua with bayonets alone last time." Jin Xiwu said proudly.

He really admired the squad leader. Now, hearing this beautiful girl ask about him, he immediately started to talk endlessly.

"Ah! Oh!" Along the way, Jin Xiwu kept talking about the heroic deeds of the Special Operations Brigade, matching Ke Xiangtong and the other girls' exclamations.

It seemed that they had not walked for long before they arrived.

Jin Xiwu took them to the Education Office and asked them to report on their own, and then left reluctantly.

Lin Fan never thought that his team would be so welcomed by so many progressive youths. Students from Guangzhou and Hong Kong were constantly running over to join the war.

Of course, he could not object to such a thing. At this time, those who could run over to join the war were all truly enthusiastic youth, and they all had a heart to serve the country.

Most of these young people had gone to school and studied, which was exactly what the Special Operations Brigade needed.

In order to better guide these people to do their jobs well, the Special Operations Brigade specially set up such a department to guide these young people, to see what they were suitable for and what they could do.

Only a very small number of these young people would enter the combat troops. This was not because Lin Fan was discriminating against them, but because it was really a waste to send intellectuals like them to the battlefield.

But this time, when Ke Xiangtong was choosing a position, she strongly demanded to go to the front line. She wanted to go to the front line and fight against the Japanese soldiers.

Looking at her fair skin and delicate appearance, not to mention going to the battlefield, it would be enough to make her struggle just to complete the usual training every day.

The cadres who were guiding them were dumbfounded, but Ke Xiangtong's idea of going to the front line was very firm.

Beautiful girls were always treated preferentially, so Ke Xiangtong was delayed.

She refused to go to the hospital or school several times. These days, she often went to Bai Jiagui to play when she was free.

She asked Bai Jiagui to teach her how to shoot and practice assassination. The sudden appearance of such a beautiful student often coming to the camp to find Bai Jiagui soon attracted the attention of Jing Chengxuan.

He reported the situation to the security department of the Special Operations Brigade. Jing Chengxuan believed that such a beautiful young woman was too concerned about the training content of his company.

Soon Ke Xiangtong received the latest appointment: to report to the health team of the Special Operations Brigade.

The excited Ke Xiangtong told Bai Jiagui the good news. Bai Jiagui was also happy for her. The headquarters of the Special Operations Brigade was in Zengcheng, not in Huiyang.

The two of them would definitely see each other less often in the future. When they were about to leave, Bai Jiagui opened his mouth several times to say something, but in the end, he did not ask.

After Ke Xiangtong left, Company Commander Jing Chengxuan found Bai Jiagui: "You don't even think about it, why would someone like her fall in love with you when there are so many people in the whole company?"

"Why?"

"Because you are stupid!"

After arriving in Zengcheng, Ke Xiangtong entered the health team. She realized that many doctors and nurses in the entire health team were all Japanese.

They claimed to be slaves. Ke Xiangtong, who did not know the reason, could not help but ask the soldiers on guard, and then learned that these doctors and nurses were all exchanged by the brigade commander with prisoners of war on the battlefield.

That was the only time the Special Operations Brigade returned prisoners of war to the Japanese, and these doctors and nurses would stay forever.

"Will the brigade commander come here?" Ke Xiangtong asked.

"No! The brigade commander has never been injured. What is he doing in the health clinic?" The soldier guarding the door said.

"But I want to see the brigade commander. I heard that the brigade commander is a great hero when I was in school. I have been in Zengcheng for half a month, and I have not seen the brigade commander once.

I wouldn't even recognize the brigade commander if he was standing in front of me."

Lin Fan did not know that a beauty who was determined to meet him was waiting for him in the health clinic.

After the artillery regiment ambushed the Japanese warships some time ago, the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet was really honest.

They no longer sent teams to harass the coast, because they had learned their lesson and found that harassing the coast with warships had no effect on the strength of the Special Operations Brigade.

But the Special Operations Brigade ambushed them once, and it hurt the Fifth Fleet badly. They did not dare to come again.