This thing would leave even Yoshio Shinotsuka completely baffled, and even someone with a wildly imaginative mind like Kennedy would find it incomprehensible.
How can a tank weighing over ten tons hover in the air by rotating its gun barrel?
Even if you don't understand, you still need to take the necessary measures.
Yoshio Shinotsuka never imagined in his life that he would be shot and forced into an air-raid shelter.
Seeing the tanks flying rampant in the sky, he immediately ordered planes at Taiyuan Airport to take off, ready to teach these guys of unknown origin a lesson.
Let them know that the Great Japanese Empire is invincible.
Li Yunlong was so excited that he didn't remember that he should attack the airport first and seize air superiority until the Japanese planes took off.
However, it's not too late now. Commander Li still has great confidence in the quality of the tanks that Li Chang'an gifted him.
If you can crash a tank into a mountain and nothing happens, what's a few planes?
After the Japanese planes took off, the pilots inside were somewhat bewildered as they watched the tanks spiraling upwards into the sky.
"What is this thing?"
The squadron leader, Tetsuo Shinjo, looked at the tank in front of him and felt like he hadn't woken up yet.
When will this thing be able to fly?
The deputy captain, who was digging, also expressed the same sentiment.
"Your Majesty the Heavenly Locust, what is this strange thing?"
Before they could finish their reflections, Li Yunlong spoke into his headset and ordered, "All members of the New First Regiment, go and play with the Japanese planes. Let them know how powerful our Eighth Army is."
Upon hearing this, Sun Desheng immediately performed an aerial drift in his tank and then charged towards the Japanese plane.
Modern aircraft primarily rely on machine gun fire in aerial combat; there are hardly any tracking missiles.
So even from a great distance, the Japanese planes started firing.
Sun Desheng single-handedly stood guard, charging through a hail of bullets.
The machine gun bullets hit the tank without leaving a scratch, and the bullets didn't even spark when they hit the armor.
Seeing that the Japanese attack hadn't even triggered the alarms inside the tanks, Sun Desheng couldn't help but burst into laughter.
What a load of rubbish, cavalry! Nothing beats driving a tank.
Aiming at the Japanese planes, Sun Desheng immediately turned on the machine guns.
A fiery chain appeared in the sky, relentlessly chasing and shooting at the Japanese planes.
Meanwhile, Sun Desheng's voice could be heard from the tank's communication channel.
"Cavalry company, attack!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but curse into his headset: "What kind of bullshit cavalry company is this? This is a tank company. If you say the wrong thing again, I'll make sure you actually lead a cavalry company."
"Hehe, Captain, I'm used to calling you that."
Sun Desheng shrank his neck. He used to dream of leading cavalry into battle, but now he didn't even want to be a cavalryman anymore.
With tanks around, who would want to ride a horse?
His current dream is to lead his tank company and soar through the skies of the island nation.
So putting him in charge of the cavalry company was tantamount to killing him.
As Sun Desheng opened fire, the other soldiers of the New First Regiment followed suit and joined in beating up the Japanese soldiers.
So, more than a thousand tanks appeared in the sky, ignoring all the gunfire and bullets, chasing after the Japanese planes.
As for the Japanese planes, once they were hit by a single 1150mm machine gun shot, they basically had no chance of parachuting.
It exploded directly in mid-air along with the plane, turning into a firework.
The superior equipment, coupled with unlimited firepower, left no chance for a comeback in this air battle.
For the tanks of the New First Regiment, facing the Japanese planes was as easy as a father beating his son.
And this son is not even a month old yet.
Seeing the overwhelmingly negative situation, many ordinary people couldn't help but cover their mouths and weep bitterly.
They had suffered at the hands of the Japanese for a long time, and now seeing the once arrogant Japanese being utterly defeated, how could they not be happy?
Some of the spies lurking in Taiyuan City, while excited, couldn't help but have some doubts.
Where do these flying tanks come from?
They guessed that the Chairman must have received aid from that country and then came to Taiyuan to test the firepower.
Or perhaps Commander Yan obtained the new weapons from somewhere.
As for the Eighth Army, they never even considered it.
This group of Tu Ba Lu has always been known throughout China as a beggar's army.
How could an army composed of farmers possibly possess such powerful weapons?
Even if they did, these people wouldn't open it.
They don't even know how to use heavy artillery, how could they possibly understand such a high-tech thing as a tank?
Even the underground Communist Party members in Taiyuan City dared not imagine that these tanks belonged to their own troops.
They also felt that this was aid that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek or Yan Xishan had received from a Western country.
Yoshio Shinotsuka, inside the air-raid shelter, immediately realized that Taiyuan City was in danger as he looked at the one-sided battle situation in the sky.
Having lost air superiority, and with surrounding troops being dispatched to sweep through the Eighth Army, there are now very few troops stationed in the entire city of Taiyuan.
Now, having lost its aircraft at Taiyuan Airport, it has lost air superiority.
If a force were to suddenly attack Taiyuan at this time, he didn't know how long he could hold out.
Although Taiyuan City was protected by high walls, Yoshio Shinotsuka still felt unsafe seeing the tanks hovering in the sky.
He immediately ordered his men to send a telegram to the troops surrounding the Eighth Army and to rush back to Taiyuan City.
Then he sent a telegram to Okamura Yasuji in Tieshizi Hutong, requesting tactical guidance.
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