bookrandom Chapter 591 Put all our capital on the line and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese at all costs
Chapter 591 Put all our capital on the line and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese at all costs
Lin Zhenhua quickly informed Li Yunlong that he was safe, and told him not to worry about him anymore, as he had now taken over the air defense command of the entire base. Zhao Gang immediately mobilized troops according to his orders, and a large number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns gathered near Maoershan Airport, preparing to have a ground-to-air showdown with the Japanese here.
"Zhu Zi, immediately pull out all our rockets and use them all in this attack on the Japanese air force. Be careful when you fire, don't fire blindly, pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese air force, and fire when I tell you to!"
"Xiao Zhongyuan, you must lead all the armored vehicles in our base and rush to Maoershan Airport. Your main goal is to attack the enemy's fighter planes. As for the enemy's bombers, let the anti-aircraft artillery unit deal with them."
"Old Ding, you must rush to the fortress immediately and protect the safety of our air force battalion. You must protect them at all costs, otherwise we will never have peace in the future!"
Under Lin Zhenhua's order, the ground-to-air battle at Maoer Mountain entered the decisive battle. Sato Ichiro and Fujiwara Ichiro, who were in the sky, soon found something wrong. They never dreamed that Lin Zhenhua would be so crazy that he actually tried to trap them above Maoer Mountain Airport and annihilate them all.
"Damn it! General Sato, our enemy has gone crazy. They have moved all their air defense forces to the vicinity of Maoershan Airport. They are ready to fight a decisive battle with us. We must not show weakness at this time. We must win this battle no matter how great the price we have to pay. Otherwise, once we have the idea of retreating, our morale will be greatly affected, and the pilots below will be vulnerable when they fight against the Chinese Air Force in the future."
"This battle is the survival battle of our 17th and 18th Flying Divisions. We must win at all costs. After we return, we really won't be able to explain to the commander!" Fujiwara Ichiro persuaded earnestly!
At the beginning, Fujiwara Ichiro did have the idea of retreating, but after seeing Lin Zhenhua's determination, he knew that he must not give up. No matter how great the price, he must win this battle. War is all about momentum. They have lost several battles in a row before. If they keep losing, the soldiers below will lose the courage to fight the enemy.
Sato Ichiro also understood this truth. The previous few air battles had caused a major blow to the morale of the air force. If they did not recover quickly, even if they had more fighter planes in the future, they would probably not be of much use. Once the pilots under their command lost the courage to fight to the death, the slightest setback on the battlefield would most likely lead to a total collapse.
In order to avoid this situation, he and Fujiwara Ichiro already had no way out. No matter how great the price they had to pay today, they had to win this ground-to-air battle.
"Yes! Fujiwara-kun, I will be in charge of the left wing, and you will be in charge of the right wing. Even if we have to use up all the ammunition we carry, we must destroy the enemy's Maoershan Airport."
After getting the support of Sato Ichiro, Fujiwara Ichiro immediately gave the order to attack to Colonel Nagata, asking him to lead the fighter unit to eliminate the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, while he led his bomber group to attack the airport runway, fuel depot, and ammunition depot below again.
After Zhou Haiyang learned that reinforcements were arriving continuously, he completely let go. Under his command, the two anti-aircraft companies kept firing at the dive-attack Japanese fighter planes. A fierce battle broke out between the enemy and us. A large number of shell casings were piled on the ground, but no one paid attention to them.
Gun barrels were replaced one by one, and the stockpiled ammunition was emptied one by one. After an hour and a half of fierce fighting, all the ammunition in the stockpile of Maoershan Airport was used up, and the entire airport was devastated. Only two anti-aircraft guns and one anti-aircraft machine gun were left intact, and the rest of the anti-aircraft firepower was completely destroyed.
The four anti-aircraft artillery companies ordered by Lin Zhenhua were firing fiercely at the enemy's fighter planes from the periphery, trying to stop the enemy's bombers from bombing the airport, but they failed in the end. Among the more than 400 soldiers, including Zhou Haiyang, only 36 survived, which shows how fierce the battle was.
After learning that the Maoershan Airport was destroyed by the Japanese, Lin Zhenhua did not order the air defense forces to retreat, but instead asked them to continue to increase their firepower output and compete with the Japanese in endurance.
"Lao Zhao, you must immediately mobilize all the forces that our base can mobilize, and you must ensure the supply of ammunition for the air defense forces. Even if we suffer heavy losses today, we must let those damned Japanese know that we are not easy to bully!"
"If we want to be bombed less often by the Japanese and to have fewer soldiers and civilians killed, we have to fight this battle. Even if it means wiping out all our air defense forces, we must hurt the Japanese air force. Otherwise, the Japanese will never stop."
"We have just selected a site for our anti-aircraft artillery, and it will take a lot of time to complete its construction. Once the Japanese get a huge advantage in this air raid, they will immediately attack our arsenal and other important facilities starting tomorrow, which we absolutely cannot afford."
"Old Ding, you must immediately send a signal to the air force battalion and have them prepare for the attack. Even if I sacrifice the entire air force battalion today, I will never let the Japanese get away with it."
Zhao Gang and Ding Wei did not expect Lin Zhenhua to be so crazy. They wanted to dissuade him, but Lin Zhenhua did not listen to their advice and insisted on fighting this battle. Under the circumstances of military orders, they had to execute them. This time, all the forces that could be mobilized in the base were invested in this ground-to-air confrontation. The scale of this battle was completely beyond the expectations of Sato Ichiro and Fujiwara Ichiro, and the two were completely defeated!
"Damn it! Who on earth is commanding this air defense battle? This bastard has no tactics at all and wants to fight us to the death. We can't keep fighting like this, otherwise we might all die here today!"
"Fujiwara-kun, immediately activate Operation Plan No. 2, use bait to destroy the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, and cover the main force of the air force to withdraw from the enemy's firepower range!" Sato Ichiro shouted anxiously.
An anxious look also appeared on Fujiwara Ichiro's face. He initially thought that even if Lin Zhenhua wanted to fight a decisive battle, he would not be able to use all his strength. However, he never dreamed that Lin Zhenhua would be so crazy and fight with all his might, causing huge losses to his air force. If they continued to fight like this, their entire army might be wiped out!
"General Sato, I will give the order to the Kamikaze Force now. Have them open an escape route for us immediately. We will immediately make a tactical transition!"
Under the order of Fujiwara Ichiro, the Kamikaze commando team launched a mutually annihilative attack, launching a desperate attack on the place where the firepower was the most fierce. This attack method caught the soldiers off guard. After learning about it, Lin Zhenhua immediately judged that the Japanese were going to escape.
"Zhu Zi, prepare to launch anti-aircraft rockets immediately. Shoot as soon as the Japanese fighter planes open a gap!"
Wang Chengzhu had already installed the rockets according to Lin Zhenhua's order and had been waiting for the order to launch. After receiving the confirmed launch order, he immediately issued the order to launch.
"All teams, fire immediately. Use up all our rockets at once. Don't keep any!"
Under Wang Chengzhu's command, hundreds of anti-aircraft rockets were fired, and then the soldiers quickly reloaded the empty rocket launchers and fired a second salvo. After three rounds in a row, all the rockets were used up.
Lin Zhenhua was flying the Goshawk reconnaissance plane, preparing to descend a little to check the situation on the ground. But for some reason, he felt a faint sense of crisis in his heart, and he immediately stopped the dangerous operation and looked behind him. His intuition told him that there were probably two zero fighters of the Japanese lying in ambush there.
In fact, Lin Zhenhua's intuition was correct. There were indeed two Zero fighters hiding there. They had been waiting there to launch a surprise attack when Lin Zhenhua was a freshman, but who would have thought that Lin Zhenhua would not give them this opportunity at all.
For safety reasons, Lin Zhenhua continued to maintain the current flight altitude and checked the fuel situation of the aircraft. His face became relaxed. There was still half of the fuel left in the tank. He was flying at a relatively high altitude, which surprisingly saved fuel. This also gave him the confidence to confront the Japanese for a long time.
The ground-to-air battle below was still going on. Under the attack of the Japanese Kamikaze Commando, a gap was quickly opened for the main force of the Japanese Air Force, allowing Fujiwara Ichiro and Sato Ichiro to escape successfully. However, the Japanese also suffered heavy losses in the breakout just now. Another 16 fighter planes were shot down, of which were shot down by anti-aircraft rockets.
"All units keep firing. We must shoot down these 11 Japanese fighter planes that have not evacuated. We must not let these 11 Japanese fighter planes escape successfully." Zhao Gang shouted angrily, holding the intercom in his hand.
The soldiers once again fired fiercely at the Japanese fighter planes in the air defense circle. After nearly an hour of fighting, they shot down another seven Japanese fighter planes, and the other four successfully escaped. Zhao Gang was very angry about this. He could only hope that the Air Force Battalion could inflict heavy losses on the Japanese aviation force!