21: Chapter 021 East Wind Project
Zhou Xiaoyi steered the plane upward, pressing the throttle to the floor.
The sudden increase in speed brought a massive G-force, pinning Zhou Xiaoyi's back firmly against the seat.
Her vision blurred into white, and she felt nauseous, wanting to vomit.
She hurriedly eased off the throttle, and the plane's rate of climb slowed.
The dizziness and the blacking out in her vision subsided significantly.
By the time she could clearly see her surroundings, the plane had climbed out of the clouds and was flying steadily above them.
Zhou Xiaoyi leveled the control stick, and the plane stopped climbing.
She saw that the plane was now at an altitude of two thousand meters.
At that moment, a voice suddenly came over the radio.
"Yide, Yide, what is your status?"
Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyi quickly replied.
"It's nothing, it's nothing."
"Copy that, continue with Operation East Wind."
At this moment, a panel appeared in front of Zhou Xiaoyi again.
[You are a member of the 2nd Squadron of the Chinese Air Force.]
[Mission: 1. Assist in bombing the Japanese Naval Headquarters in Hongkou, codenamed East Wind. 2. Assist in bombing the warships on the Huangpu River, codenamed Thunderstorm. 3. Assist ground troops in the attack.]
Seeing the mission, Zhou Xiaoyi was stunned.
Wait, why are there so many tasks?
Assist in bombing the Japanese Naval Headquarters in Hongkou—where is Hongkou?
Zhou Xiaoyi looked completely bewildered.
Just then, a few planes suddenly streaked past not far away.
One of the planes banked left beside Zhou Xiaoyi, as if signaling her to follow.
Seeing this, Zhou Xiaoyi didn't stop to think and immediately followed.
Flying along with these planes, Zhou Xiaoyi gradually became familiar with the aircraft's controls during this time.
If she had to do it again, she definitely wouldn't be like she was at the start, when her clumsy handling almost caused a crash.
Suddenly, Zhou Xiaoyi saw the planes in front diving downwards.
She immediately followed.
Besides that, another group of planes was climbing upwards.
Zhou Xiaoyi followed the formation through the clouds.
She watched as the plane's altitude slowly dropped to around fifteen hundred meters.
At this point, they had arrived beneath the cloud layer.
From high up, Zhou Xiaoyi could see the city below.
At this time, the city of Shanghai was filled with low-rise buildings, and the ground looked completely deserted.
Billowing black smoke rose from many places, and the ground was cast in shadows.
Is this the Shanghai of 1937 in the game?
The viewers in the livestream room were also very shocked to see this scene.
"Why are the houses in this most prosperous Shanghai so short? They don't even look as good as our current county towns."
"What are you thinking? This is a city from nearly a hundred years ago; our houses in China weren't this tall back then either."
"Have all the people in the city left? Why can't I see anyone?"
"There's a war on; of course everyone ran away. Otherwise, would they stay and wait for death?"
The planes continued to fly forward, their altitude still slowly descending.
The scene below became increasingly clear.
Zhou Xiaoyi saw people moving below.
They suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
"Brothers, the view from this plane is really great."
Zhou Xiaoyi completely forgot that she was on a battlefield at this moment; she looked at the city of Shanghai below and enjoyed the scenery.
The journey had been uneventful so far, which made Zhou Xiaoyi feel relaxed.
Just then, the radio rang out again.
"Prepare to execute Operation East Wind."
This voice pulled her thoughts back to the game.
At this moment, in the Japanese Naval Headquarters in Hongkou below.
Okawachi was commanding the Marine Corps to hold Hongkou.
And what he was facing was the attack from the Chinese 87th and 88th German-equipped Divisions.
The two German-equipped Divisions had been attacking for a day and a night, setting out from two different directions.
During the battle at Bazi Bridge, one battalion sacrificed nearly half its men just to occupy the eastern side of Bazi Bridge.
However, the Little Devils located in Hongkou relied on solid defenses and tenaciously resisted their attacks.
On the Japanese Naval Headquarters building, there were countless firing points.
The Little Devils had deployed a large number of machine guns and artillery, and being positioned high up with a wide field of vision, they were surrounded by low-rise buildings and flat ground.
Facing such firepower, the soldiers of the two divisions found it difficult to advance.
The previous day, the Japanese warships along the Huangpu River had fired thousands of rounds, causing them heavy casualties.
In order to break into the Japanese Naval Headquarters, the two divisions had assembled 150mm heavy artillery to shell the Japanese Naval Headquarters building.
But the effect was not very significant.
Because once the Artilleryman opened fire, they would be met with counter-artillery fire from the Japanese warships along the Huangpu River.
This forced the artillery units to relocate.
Yesterday, the commanders of the two German-equipped Divisions received news of the air force's bombing of the Japanese Naval Headquarters today, so they slowed down the pace of their attack slightly.
At the Japanese Naval Headquarters building.
Okawachi and a group of Marine Corps officers stood in the command room.
This command room was very sturdy; even if the building were bombed, the command room would not be affected.
At this moment, a Japanese Officer suddenly walked over.
"Your Excellency Commander, we have just intercepted a radio transmission from the Chinese; please review the content."
The officer handed Okawachi a telegram sheet.
Okawachi took it and looked; there were only a few words on it.
Execute Operation East Wind.
Seeing this paper, Okawachi frowned deeply.
Because he did not know what this Operation East Wind was.
He felt some unease in his heart.
Over these past two days, the Chinese army's attacks had been very fierce.
He needed to rely on three thousand men to hold out until the army landed, which was not easy.
Just then, another officer ran over.
"Your Excellency Commander, our warships have spotted the Chinese planes."
Only then did Okawachi realize.
The enemy was going to attack them.
He immediately ordered the anti-aircraft guns to prepare for defense.
...
At this time, Zhou Xiaoyi arrived over the combat zone in her plane.
She suddenly saw a familiar place.
"Hey, brothers, is that Bazi Bridge?"
The viewers in the livestream room were confused upon hearing this.
"Ah, where?"
"Are you sure you're not mistaken? Why can't we see it?"
"I think I see it."
"Wait, how did Sister Yi recognize that place as Bazi Bridge?"
Zhou Xiaoyi did not pay attention to the comments in the livestream room.
Because she still needed to focus on flying the plane at this moment.
As for why she could recognize it, it was probably because she had died so many times that she had become somewhat familiar with the place.
Plus, her flight altitude was only a few hundred meters at the moment, so her view was relatively clear.
She spotted the familiar bridge below at a glance.
Seeing the Little Devils on the west side of the bridge, Zhou Xiaoyi could no longer suppress the excitement in her heart.
She had been brutally abused before, but now that she was flying a plane, it was a direct dimensional strike.
"Hehehe, watch me abuse these Little Devils to death!" Zhou Xiaoyi laughed strangely.
The scenes she had experienced before resurfaced in her mind.
She immediately began to dive and strafe.
However, as she dove down, the burst of bullets from her onboard machine gun hit nothing.
They hit the building next to it directly, and she almost accidentally injured friendly troops.
Seeing this, the viewers in the livestream room couldn't hold it together.
"Sister Yi, why don't you change targets? I'm afraid you'll end up hitting our own people before you kill any enemies."
"Yeah, your flying skills are really nothing to boast about."
Seeing the comments, Zhou Xiaoyi's face flushed red.
She felt very embarrassed.