Time passed slowly, and on the front lines of the Southern National Liberation Front, only two-fifths of the soldiers were still alive; the rest lay in pools of blood.
The battlefield was littered with corpses, and the thick stench of blood filled the air, pungent and nauseating.
Of the seven divisions positioned in front and on both flanks, only about 20,000 remained, but even those few were covered in blood.
July 25, 1941, 8:00 AM.
Suddenly, dark clouds gathered in the northern sky, and a fierce storm with torrential rain and lightning crashed down from the sky.
Thunder roared and lightning flashed; dark, heavy clouds, like a giant net, obscured the sky.
The wind howled and the rain poured down.
A chilling atmosphere descended upon the world, when suddenly a thunderclap resounded.
The fighter and bomber formations composed of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Air Divisions soared through the sky like eagles spreading their wings.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz buzz buzz—!"
The roar of the engine was like the howling of a ghost.
"Damn it!"
"That old Liu, he's always hoarding the food!"
"They promised to give us meat, but they started eating it themselves and left me with scraps."
On the lead NC.223.4 heavy bomber, Wang Donglin, commander of the 1st Air Division, looked at political commissar Zhao Haitao sitting next to him with a resentful expression and complained.
Zhao Haitao glanced at him indifferently and said, "Old Wang, you should be grateful for the scraps. You know Old Liu's personality, he has a bad temper and always argues with everyone. I guess the people on the other side must have provoked him, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the lead in such underhanded tactics."
"Well, that's true, but..."
"Alright, Lao Wang, stop thinking about the meat. Let's finish these scraps first."
After saying this, Zhao Haitao immediately shifted his gaze to the position below.
On the enemy's position, a thick layer of corpses had already piled up, along with many severed limbs. Many soldiers from the Southern National Liberation Front were treating their comrades.
Seeing this, Zhao Haitao couldn't help but lick his lips, his throat moving slightly.
Following his gaze, Wang Donglin immediately issued the bombing order: "Attention all personnel, adjust flight altitude to 3000 meters, maintain formation, and prepare to drop bombs."
"Understood, maintain formation at an altitude of 3000 meters!"
"Attention, gunner, target locked."
Gunner (inside each machine): "Understood, target locked!"
"All units, listen to my command... 3... 2... 1... Drop the bomb!"
"bomb--!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang—!"
One bomb after another was launched from the smoothbore under the belly of the NC.223.4 heavy bomber, trailing orange flames as it swooped down toward the positions below.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The bombs sliced through the air, tearing eardrums and emitting a sharp whistling sound.
Seeing the sky filled with aerial bombs, Wu Liguang and Li Guoxing were dumbfounded once again.
They stood frozen in place, their eyes filled with terror.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
The next second, the bomb slammed into the position.
The violent shockwave from the bomb's impact and explosion caused the ground to shake violently.
Clusters of dazzling mushroom clouds rose into the sky, illuminating the night sky and spreading rapidly, turning the sky completely red, as if the end of the world had arrived.
Immediately afterwards, countless Devatina D.520 fighter jets descended from the sky.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
Bullets pierced the bodies of soldiers on the Southern National Liberation Front, tearing them to pieces. Their remains were scattered across the battlefield, creating a scene of extreme carnage and horror.
The three-story building where Wu Liguang lived was targeted by more than a dozen D.520 fighter jets.
One bomb after another exploded on the rooftop, and the huge shockwave instantly destroyed the three-story building. It also blew the soldiers hiding inside, along with the fortifications and watchtowers outside, into the air, before they crashed heavily to the ground and died on the spot.
"Boom—! Boom—! Boom—!"
"Thump thump thump thump...!"
"Da da da da da...!"
Wu Liguang and Li Guoxing struggled to climb out of the ruins and were heartbroken to see the devastation around them.
Their painstakingly built fortifications have now been completely destroyed. How could they not be heartbroken?
But reality is always cruel.
In the face of this disaster, everything else is meaningless.
"Old Li, let's go!" Wu Liguang grabbed Li Guoxing and ran. He didn't care about the heartache anymore; he had to get out of here as soon as possible.
"Boom—! Boom—!"
"Thump thump thump thump...!"
"Da da da da da...!"
The D.520 fighter jets of the Devatina were strafing their location wildly. Bullets shattered windows, penetrated doors, and even smashed walls and concrete floors, penetrating their skin. Blood gushed out, and the intense pain caused Wu Liguang and Li Guoxing to scream in agony.
However, they didn't dare to stop and ran desperately down the mountain.
"Boom! Crack!"
An aerial bomb exploded violently at the spot where the two had just fled, sending a fireball soaring into the sky. The intense heat dried and evaporated the dust on the ground, revealing a crater several meters deep.
Wu Liguang and Li Guoxing were terrified and quickly lay down on the ground.
"Bang bang bang!"
Several more aerial bombs struck the ground near them, kicking up large plumes of smoke that buried them.
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