Yamamoto Taiga's aviation brigade was completely destroyed, and Gao Hongmin's reconnaissance plane flew back.

This time, he was only escorted by two fighter jets, Wang Bo and Fu Yesheng. Li Ming's fighter jet needed repairs and could not fly into the sky for the time being.

Wei Mingyang annihilated thirty-six Japanese planes at Tanggu Fort.

Looking at the Bohai Sea, I started thinking: The Japanese suddenly sent so many planes here today, what do they want to do?

Attack Tianjin?

The importance of Tianjin to the Japanese is self-evident. It can be said that without Tianjin, all the Japanese plots against North China over the past thirty years have come to nothing.

They no longer have an outpost or springboard to enter North China. If they enter from the northeast, it will not only be time-consuming and laborious, but also face the Great Wall.

As long as the Japanese are still obsessed with North China, they will definitely not give up their attack on Tianjin.

Wei Mingyang has always known this.

"It seems that the preparations for the Japanese counterattack on Tianjin are all completed." Wei Mingyang said to himself.

Returning to the headquarters, he immediately ordered: "Send a report to the 98th Division and order: Temporarily stop the forward attack, build defenses, and prepare for the Japanese counterattack."

His telegram was sent out and he received a reply immediately: "Our army has just been attacked by Japanese planes! Five enemy planes were destroyed and the rest retreated!"

Yao Ziqing also reported: "We were bombed by Japanese planes again, destroyed three enemy planes, and the rest escaped!"

The two forward positions were bombed by Japanese planes. It was obvious that the Japanese were ready for counterattack these days.

Wei Mingyang ordered Yao Ziqing: "Be careful of the Japanese's sudden counterattack! You must be steady when attacking. Stand firm before making the next attack."

Just when he was giving instructions to the entire army to prepare for the Japanese counterattack, Gao Hongmin had already discovered the Japanese warship on the sea twenty kilometers away from Tanggu.

From the densely packed warships, it can be seen that the scale of the Japanese attack this time is huge.

Wei Mingyang had always been prepared for the Japanese counterattack. This time the Japanese finally sent out the fleet that arrived at Lushunkou.

It was exactly what he had in mind.

The commander of the Fifth Fleet, Koichi Shiozawa, was standing on the bridge of the flagship "Myoko" at this time, looking at the Bohai Sea, which was full of sea water.

It had just received a report that Yamamoto Tai's aviation group had been completely destroyed.

In Tianjin, the Japanese had worked hard for decades, but the Japanese army was beaten away.

There are countless Japs lurking all over Tianjin and traitors determined to follow them.

Many people saw the air battle at Tanggu Fort just now.

When the Japanese plane crashed, the Japanese spies immediately reported the information through the radio.

This turned into the hands of Yuichi Shiozawa.

It crumpled the telegram into a ball in its hand, threw it into the sea, and coldly ordered: "Sekiya Air Force! Attack!"

Its flagship "Gaomiao" is a heavy cruiser, 202 meters long, 20 meters wide and with a draft of 6.4 meters.

It has a standard displacement of 13,000 tons, a power of 130,000 horsepower, a maximum speed of 33 nautical miles per hour, and a endurance of 8,000 nautical miles.

The weapons include ten main guns with a caliber of 203 mm, six secondary guns with a caliber of 120 mm, twenty-four 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, eight 13.2 mm machine guns, and twelve torpedo tubes.

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There are also three reconnaissance aircraft with a crew of 891 people.

Such a battleship is considered powerful in the world in every aspect.

Especially the main gun with a caliber of 203 mm, the shell weight is 126 kilograms, and the range is more than 25,000 meters.

According to the range of the main gun of the "Gaomiao", it can already hit the Tanggu Fort at this distance.

However, Commander Shiozawa Koichi had never thought of such a strategy.

This heavy cruiser, with its rough skin and thick flesh, is not afraid of any attack. It needs to keep the battleship closer.

Only when the naval guns of the entire fleet can be used can a fatal blow be launched against the national army.

The entire fleet has ten reconnaissance planes flying in the air. The aircraft of the First United Air Force were dispatched at this time just to deal with the accident.

Captain Sekiya Hailine led a group of fighter jets into the air. Its current mission is to protect the airspace around the battleship from the entry of national military aircraft.

Therefore, the entire group that took off was filled with fighter jets.

As soon as its brigade took off, it received a report from Tanaka Sanyi in front: "Two fighter jets of the national army were discovered."

The same reaction as Captain Yamamoto just now: "Deport them!"

Captain Sekiya Kailine had no plan to pursue, but the report from the Tanaka Triplane pilot left him speechless: "The enemy plane is fleeing towards Tianjin!"

The direction of Tianjin is the direction where the Navy's Fifth Fleet is going to attack today. The captain of Guangu Sea Line ordered: "Catch up! Kill them!"

"Hai!" Tanaka Sanchi's plane was followed by six fighter jets including Miki Black Tea and Yamada Sho.

The seven fighter jets they have here are completely victorious in terms of both quantity and quality.

The seven fighter jets immediately accelerated to catch up.

What else could Wang Bo and Fu Yesheng do?

Two against seven, they could only escape.

At the same time, Gao Hongmin must be informed to run away quickly!

When the three planes escaped, I was still careless.

This time they were more than ten kilometers away from Wei Mingyang's cannon, and they were able to fly into the range of the cannon in less than a minute.

The truth is within cannon range!

For these three aircraft: safety lies within the range of the cannon!

Wei Mingyang only issued the order in the headquarters. Before he could take a sip of water, he received the report: "The enemy plane is coming again!"

I know the Japanese will not let this place go so easily!

The geographical location of Tanggu determines that if you want to attack Tianjin from the sea, you must come from here.

Wei Mingyang rushed out of the headquarters without any pause.

As soon as they sat on the gun position, they saw Gao Hongmin and the three of them running away quickly.

Behind him were seven Japanese fighter jets.

This time Wang Bo and the others chose the timing of their escape better.

At least until now, the Japanese haven't chased him far enough to shoot.

Sanmu Black Tea loudly reported: "We can already see the Tanggu Fort.

I found several cannons on the fort!"

Yamada Sho quickly reported: "One anti-aircraft gun and four howitzers."

The difference between the two types of guns is too obvious: the barrel of the anti-aircraft gun is raised high towards the sky, while the barrel of the howitzer stretches straight out towards the Bohai Sea.

"An anti-aircraft gun?" Captain Guangu Hailine sneered.

The entire brigade of Japanese soldiers laughed.

"Did they escape?"

Captain Guangu asked very casually. In his opinion, the national soldiers with these guns would definitely run away when they saw the flying group.

"No! They are still operating the cannon and trying to resist!" Tanaka Sanyi reported.

"Kill them!" Sekiya Haixian gave the order.

There were seven fighter jets rushing at the front, and only two planes were needed to kill the gunner on the single cannon on the ground.

Yamada Xiang agreed and immediately began to dive.

The straight line between the two points is the shortest, so it is prepared to use the shortest distance and the least time to knock out the single cannon.

The closer it got, the clearer it could see: there were five guns on the Tanggu Fort, and there were Chinese soldiers on each gun position.

They were not running away or busy manning the cannon.

Those Chinese soldiers actually stood at the gun emplacement, watching the arrival of these planes.

"Are these national soldiers dead soldiers?" Yamada Xiang was a little confused. He reported what he saw to the entire brigade on the radio.

Captain Sekiya Kailine was obviously not interested in this situation: "No matter what they do, they can't change the fate of death.

Yamada-kun, kill them immediately!"

"Hai! I'm approaching!" Yamada Xiang heard the captain's displeasure.

Tanaka Sanyi saw that the escaping plane in front had already flown over the fort, and it was also preparing to pass directly.

At this moment, I suddenly felt the fuselage trembling and came quickly.

Yamada Xiang only heard Tanaka Sanyi's scream from the radio, and quickly raised his head to look into the sky.

It saw three clouds of sparks bursting out in the air, and three fighter jets were blown up by the team chasing the Chinese aircraft.

When it looked at the fort again, the muzzle of the anti-aircraft gun was facing it, and a shell flew out of the barrel.
To be continued...