0p0 Chapter 466: Iron Wings Ignite the Sky! F-35s Furious Cut Through Japanese Armor, Type 0 Fighters Fe
Chapter 466: Iron Wings Ignite the Sky! F-35s Furious Cut Through Japanese Armor, Type 0 Fighters Fe
The F-35 fighter jet's turbofan engines darted through the clouds. On the instrument panel, a red navigation dot approached the snowy plains of northeastern China. Lei Tao gripped the joystick tightly when he suddenly caught sight of a strange glow of fire in the air below. Through the onboard telescope, he saw, on a scorched earth, the remnants of the Central Army, entrenched in trenches, engaging the Japanese in a fierce firefight.
Muzzle flashes from the Japanese Type 92 heavy artillery positions rose and fell, and shells trailing black smoke continuously pounded the Central Army positions, sending frozen soil and flesh flying through the air. Farther away, three Type 97 tanks and five Type 94 armored vehicles formed a steel formation, slowly crushing the Central Army's defenses.
"Beast!" Veins bulged in Lei Tao's temples as the fighter suddenly veered sharply to the right, tracing a sharp arc across the sky. He quickly switched weapon systems, disarming both napalm bombs and activating the electronic jammer. A faint blue electromagnetic halo enveloped the fighter, instantly disabling the Japanese air defense radar. The fighter dived at a 70-degree angle, piercing the battlefield. The friction between the air and the fuselage produced a sharp whistling sound.
Lei Tao's breathing quickened as he descended, his retina pulsing with distance data: "800 meters! 600 meters!" With only 200 meters to the ground, Lei Tao yanked the control stick, and the F-35 roared like a beast, its wings barely scraping the tops of the coniferous trees. He decisively pressed the launch button, and two orange-red napalm bombs detached from their pylons. The bombs clashed violently with the air as they plummeted, sending dazzling sparks flying from their tails. The first bomb struck the center of the tank cluster with pinpoint accuracy, instantly engulfing three Type 97 tanks in a thick haze of flame. The armor warped and buckled in the intense heat, and the screams of the Japanese soldiers inside were completely drowned out by the blast.
Another bomb exploded among the armored vehicles, the flames piercing the thin steel plates of the Type 94 armored vehicles like paper, and the ammunition on board exploded one after another, sending debris flying everywhere. Lei Tao didn't bother to stop, and quickly pulled the fighter plane above the clouds, performing a rolling maneuver to avoid the sudden anti-aircraft artillery fragments.
"It's not over yet." He turned the plane and dived again. This time, the underwing cannons roared, and tracer bullets harvested the Japanese machine gunners like red sickles. The fighter plane completed a harrier-like hover at low altitude, accurately destroying the last two heavy guns.
In the trench, a machine gunner, his face covered in blood, leaned forward and shouted hoarsely, "Good job! Blow them up!" The new recruit, his hand trembling as he gripped the broken blade, asked, "What kind of new bomb is that? It burned the devils to ashes!" The company commander pushed aside the corpses beside him, grabbed a Czech machine gun, and shouted, "It's friendly forces! Push on! The fighter planes are clearing the way for us!" Suddenly, an alarm blared! The rising sun flags of three Zero fighters appeared through the clouds.
Lei Tao sneered and fired up his vector engines. The F-35 executed a seemingly physics-defying right-angle turn in mid-air, simultaneously unleashing three infrared jamming flares that burst forth like artificial meteors. The Zero formation hesitated for a split second, and Lei Tao seized the moment, thrusting the throttle hard. The cannon's flames pierced the enemy's tail fin on the left. Amidst the shredding of metal and the roar of detonating fuel, the Zero plummeted to the ground, trailing a long trail of black smoke.
"Scatter! Scatter!" the Japanese pilot's screams mingled with the crackling of electricity. Lei Tao, leveraging the F-35's superior maneuverability, executed a cobra maneuver, his fighter rapidly flipping through the air, facing down as a hail of bullets fell. Sparks flew from the aluminum alloy wings under the armor-piercing rounds, and another Zero lost its balance, tumbling and falling through the air. The last Zero suddenly charged forward like a madman, the pilot's red eyes clearly visible in the cockpit.
On the ground, the soldiers held their breath. A new recruit asked in a trembling voice, "Can we handle it?" The veteran shouted, pulling the trigger: "Shut up! See how our pilots handle them!" Lei Tao calmly adjusted his aiming ring, waited until the enemy plane was within optimal range, and then fired a three-second burst, accurately hitting its cockpit. With the crisp sound of shattering glass, the Zero fighter lost control like a kite with a broken string, eventually crashing into the snow in a huge fireball. Amid the smoke, a soldier looked up at the sky, tears welling in his eyes: "We won... Our plane won!"
Lei Tao looked at the rolling dark clouds in the northeast and pushed the joystick without hesitation. The F-35 fighter jet accelerated again, and the tail flame of the engine drew a scarlet track in the sky. On the ground, the morale of the Central Army was greatly boosted. The company commander waved his Mauser pistol and shouted: "The Japs' artillery and armored units are all destroyed! Reinforcements are here! Follow me! Beat the Japs back home!" The soldiers jumped out of the trenches with rifles in hand, and the light and heavy machine guns opened fire. The rain of mortar bullets covered the front line of the Japanese army. The Japanese army was thrown into chaos by this sudden counterattack.
A sergeant shouted while charging: "See it! This is the fighter plane that blew up the Japanese steel turtle! Kill all these beasts!" The recruit gripped his rifle tightly and asked: "Company commander, will the plane come back?" The company commander said firmly: "Yes! Definitely! We can hold on!" The sounds of fighting and gunfire were intertwined. On the battlefield shrouded in smoke, a new bloody battle was unfolding fiercely.