Chapter 093: Shooting Down the Plane

  Because it was daytime, there weren't many vehicles on the highway. The special agent team set out at noon and sped along the way. Although there were only a few cars, wherever the convoy passed, yellow dust rolled up, and the speed of progress was relatively smooth.

  Just before sunset, the red sun that had shone over the earth all day was lazily preparing to fall from the edge of the sky. At this moment, the convoy arrived at a mountain pass where the Ren'an Tibetan and Dongguan highways intersected. Suddenly, three objects flew out of the fiery sunset like three flies, buzzing loudly at first, but gradually growing larger, resembling three large birds, roaring as they dived head-on towards Dong Li Mao's convoy.

  "It's Little Devil's plane!" Dong Li Mao clearly saw the two big red dots on the left and right wings of the plane.

  Dong Li Mao drove the jeep that broke out of the encirclement, with Pan Guangzu sitting beside him and Hu San and two other soldiers in the back. He knew he couldn't stop now, but had to speed up instead - only if the ground targets moved faster could the planes in the sky find it harder to capture their targets.

  The three Japanese planes initially formed a triangular formation, but when they began their dive-bombing run, they shifted into a straight line, with the lead plane diving first, followed by the left wingman and then the right wingman. This was a basic tactical formation for dive-bombers attacking ground targets.

  When the first plane was still a hundred or two hundred meters away from Dong Li Mao, Dong Li Mao could clearly see the flames spewing out of both sides of the plane and knew that the plane had begun its attack. First, it used its machine guns to strafe the convoy, and the yellow earth on both sides of the road was shot up by the heavy machine gun bullets, splashing up more than a meter high clouds of yellow dust.

  "Fatty! Quick, use the machine gun to shoot that son of a bitch!" Dong Li Mao bowed his head and loudly told Pan Guang Zu beside him. He knew what the plane would do next. If they didn't counterattack now, it would be easy for the little devils on the plane to aim at their target and drop deadly bombs.

  Pan Guangzu then held up the machine gun on the Jeep with both hands, aiming at the leading plane in the sky and started firing, and the machine guns on the following cars also fired back, starting a ground-to-air crossfire.

  It seems that the Japanese enemy planes were afraid of the machine guns on the vehicles, and they flew high and dropped a few bombs when approaching the convoy. Because the convoy was moving forward quickly during the climb, the dropped bombs lost their accuracy and exploded in the forests on both sides of the highway, without damaging any vehicles.

  Three planes flew over the convoy one after another, roaring loudly as they passed by.

  "Order everyone to get off the bus! Into the woods by the roadside, open fire on enemy planes!" Dong Li Mao shouted loudly after the enemy plane's first dive, and before it could turn around for a second attack.

  Pan Guangzu carried the machine gun on the jeep, holding an iron box full of ammunition belts, while Hu San ran to the back to convey Dong Li Mao's orders.

  In just over a minute, all the brothers of the Special Operations Brigade jumped off the truck and ran quickly into the woods by the side of the road. Some set up machine guns on branches, while others held up machine guns with both hands in front, with the gunner gripping the trigger tightly behind them, waiting for the plane to dive again. Those soldiers who did not have machine guns held submachine guns in their hands, aiming at the sky above the woods, as if they had laid down a forest of guns, waiting for the Japanese planes to fall into the trap.

  Dong Li Mao and Pan Guang Zu did not run into the woods, but stood at the edge of the woods. Pan Guang Zu held the machine gun with both hands, as a support point: "Company Commander, you come and fire!"

  Dong Li Mao understood Pan Guang Zu's meaning and held a machine gun behind him, waiting.

  At this time, the three Japanese military planes with a large red dot on their wings turned around and dived down towards the convoy again. Dong Li Mao also saw that on the body of the first plane, there was a picture of a Japanese woman wearing a kimono, her upper body exposed with a pair of white breasts, her left hand lifting up the hem of the kimono, her right hand inserted into the kimono, making extremely lewd movements.

  "Come on, little devil! Let's see how I'll deal with you!" Dong Limao muttered to himself, aiming the heavy machine gun at the diving plane.

  This time the plane didn't strafe from the beginning, but flew over the convoy and started bombing. Almost at the same time as the first bomb was dropped, Dong Li Mao pulled the trigger of the machine gun, "Rat-a-tat... Rat-a-tat...", Pan Guang Zu held the machine gun firmly with both hands, his eyes wide open in anger, shouting loudly: "You little devils! Come over here to old man Pan!" He raised the machine gun above his head, his feet shoulder-width apart, standing steadily without a hint of fear.

  The bomb dropped from the plane landed right on a truck, blowing it to smithereens.

  When the first plane flew over Dong Li Mao and Pan Guang Zu's heads, Dong Li Mao took aim and shot another arrow. The plane with a Japanese woman's head on its tail began to emit thick smoke, and its body shook and swayed in the air like a drunkard before crashing into the forest in front of it with a loud explosion. The plane, pilot, and the lewd picture on the plane all went together to meet their emperor.

  After shooting down the first plane, Dong Li Mao pointed his gun at the second plane that was flying over. However, before it could drop any bombs, it had already been shot down by Zhang Da Li. Although the plane did not emit thick smoke like the first one, the Japanese pilot on board was killed by the machine gun fire. The plane spun around like a kite with a broken string and crashed into the cliff outside the highway.

  Zhang Dalie jumped off the car and quickly climbed up a big tree by the side of the road, straddling his legs on the branches, putting the machine gun on the branch. He missed the first plane, so he aimed at the second one with the machine gun. He could see the Japanese pilot biting his teeth and staring wide-eyed from the gunsight. Seizing the opportunity, he fired a burst of shots at the pilot. The pilot's body shook several times, the glass cockpit was shot out with several large holes, and blood splattered on the glass cockpit. Then the plane lost control, rolled over several times, and crashed into the mountain cliff.

  The third plane seemed to see the first two shot down, somewhat fearful, and did not dare to fly low and drop bombs. It planned to pull up and escape, but it was too late. Almost all the guns that could shoot bullets from the special forces were aimed at it. The dense gunfire made it impossible for the plane to pull up in time, and it was shot full of holes, exploding and disintegrating in mid-air, with fragments scattering and falling everywhere.

  From Dong Li Mao's parking to shooting down three Japanese planes, it took less than three minutes, so fast that people couldn't catch their breath. The battle in the sky and on the ground ended with the victory of the disadvantaged special agent team.

  It's hard to predict the outcome of things, and in a contest between two parties that seem unequal in strength, the winning side isn't necessarily the one with the greater power. Sometimes, even a large elephant can be helpless against a small ant or mosquito, which will always find its weak spot.

  This was the first battle with Japanese enemy planes since the establishment of the Special Operations Brigade, and almost everyone did not expect such a one-sided result. Except for the loss of one truck, all other vehicles and personnel were unharmed. The excited soldiers rushed to Dong Limao, shouting "Long live Commander! Long live Commander!..." and lifted Dong Limao up and threw him into the air.

  There isn't a soldier who doesn't fear death, all of them know that perhaps one day they will lose their lives on the battlefield. But once the battle is over and they realize they are still alive, the excitement is beyond words.

  This time, the unexpected sunset of the three planes made all the soldiers of the special forces feel the aura of invincibility emanating from Dong Li Mao's body. It seemed that as long as he was there, no matter what kind of enemy they faced, they would be annihilated. They were overjoyed to have such a powerful company commander and cheered "Long live Dong Li Mao" - the highest reward they could give him.

  Dong Li Mao was beyond proud, he was over the moon with joy. Who would have thought that a poor student who failed his college entrance exams twice would become so powerful after crossing over? He even shot down an enemy plane with his own hands! If he were to stand on the stage in front of all the teachers and students again and tell this story, probably no one would believe him, and some classmates might even think he's crazy.