bookrandom Chapter 247 It’s time to test your courage. Whoever is not afraid of death will survive! 3-character
Chapter 247 It’s time to test your courage. Whoever is not afraid of death will survive! 3-character
For Lin Zhenhua, as long as the three kids can keep the Japanese bombers out, he has the confidence to fight the Japanese to the end. In comparison, the threat posed by the Japanese Zero fighters is much smaller. That's because they have solid steel turrets and their defense is fully utilized.
Of course, these assembled steel turrets also have their shortcomings. In order to protect the artillery inside the turrets, the reserved firing ports are not too large, which limits the performance of the heavy artillery. Fortunately, Lin Zhenhua already had a solution to this problem. When placing the heavy artillery, he adjusted their angles. This meant that during an artillery battle, no matter where the Japanese moved the heavy artillery, they could not escape the firing range of the heavy artillery.
The only thing that made Lin Zhenhua feel a little uncomfortable was that his firepower was weakened by 1/3, otherwise he could have achieved greater results.
Adjutant Noda was also a battle-tested heavy artillery commander. He quickly discovered the weakness of the first artillery company and ordered two artillery pieces to move. At the same time, he concentrated four artillery pieces to fire at a heavy artillery piece of the first artillery company. This caught Lin Zhenhua off guard. After just three minutes, a 120mm heavy artillery piece was destroyed by the Japanese artillery. This also made Lin Zhenhua put away his contempt again. He immediately adjusted the shooting angle of the artillery again and even fired a batch of smoke bombs to block the sight of the Japanese artillery pieces.
"The smoke bomb is very effective. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity when the enemy's vision is blocked, we will immediately correct the trajectory and use a double-gun attack to keep a close eye on the enemy's heavy artillery!"
"Xiao Zhongyuan, immediately give orders to the anti-aircraft machine gun company and tell them to keep the Japanese fighter planes out! Also, call Sanwazi and have him activate Operation Plan No. 3, let some of the Japanese fighter planes go, and attack the Japanese bomber group with all your strength!"
Lin Zhenhua was very reluctant to make this decision, but he knew that the time had come to make drastic measures. The two anti-aircraft companies could not stop the Japanese aircraft fleet at all. Although the Japanese pilots' tentative attack was beaten back, the anti-aircraft company also paid a huge price. He had to choose the lesser of two evils and make this decision.
"College student, I have already informed Captain Qian and Sanwaizi. The Japanese fighter planes are coming in full force this time. We have already lost three 88mm anti-aircraft guns. If we don't let the Japanese fighter planes in, the losses will be even more severe! Anyway, the bombs of the Japanese fighter planes are relatively small and weak in power. They can't do much against our steel fortifications. As long as we can keep the Japanese bombers out, even if the Japanese attack from the air and the ground, they will not be able to break through our positions!" Xiao Zhongyuan said confidently.
Major General Tengtian was indeed a little annoyed about the steel fortifications built by the independent regiment overnight, but he had no good way to deal with it. Just now, a Zero fighter plane ran rampant over the artillery company, dropped two small bombs, and fired dozens of 20mm machine gun shells, but it only injured eight people in the artillery company, and all the artillery were safe and sound.
"General, the speed at which the Chinese army builds fortifications is too fast, beyond our imagination. The only thing we have now that can threaten the steel fortifications built by the Chinese army is the 250-kilogram bomb. The Zero fighter planes cannot pose a substantial threat to the Chinese army hiding in the steel fortifications!"
"What's even more annoying is that the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower is much stronger than yesterday. If we directly launch a bombing on the enemy's fortifications, we will most likely be surrounded and intercepted by the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, and the losses will be very heavy! I suggest mobilizing all Zero fighters to suppress the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, and let the bombers attach and destroy the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower. After solving the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower, we will carry out the bombing of the enemy fortifications with all our strength!" Colonel Sasaki suggested after careful consideration.
Major General Fujita did not object this time. He felt that this was the best way at the moment. As long as the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower could be destroyed, the bomber brigade would be able to lower the bombing altitude and greatly improve the accuracy of bombing, so more enemy fortifications could be destroyed!
"Yoshi! Mr. Sasaki, let's follow your suggestion and eliminate the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower first!" Major General Fujita gave the order.
Under the order of Major General Fujita, the Japanese aircraft group launched a swarm attack on the first and second anti-aircraft companies. The battle became fierce from the beginning. Xiao Sanzi felt a lot of pressure for a while. In order to facilitate anti-aircraft shooting and move at any time, the anti-aircraft guns were only equipped with protective baffles, and the defense was very weak. The Zero fighters had a strong penetration capability, and the Japanese bombers dropped a few bombs from time to time to interfere, which made the two anti-aircraft companies under great pressure.
Although Sanwazi had tried his best to stabilize the front line and ensure that there would be no gap in the anti-aircraft firepower, the opposite happened. After the last actual combat, the driving skills of the rookie pilots of the Japanese army had improved a lot. Under the leadership of the veteran pilots, they began an ultra-low-altitude raid and directly destroyed six 88mm anti-aircraft guns at the cost of a Zero fighter, causing a large gap in the anti-aircraft firepower.
Before Sanwazi could plug the gap, the Japanese fighter squadron following closely behind seized this favorable opportunity and expanded the results of the battle in time, resulting in the destruction of three 88mm anti-aircraft guns and six anti-aircraft machine guns. Of course, the Japanese did not have an easy time either. The quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft gun left by Lin Zhenhua in the anti-aircraft company was operated by Li Gousheng to shoot down a Japanese Zero fighter.
But for the two anti-aircraft companies, shooting down two Japanese Zero fighters could not reverse the current situation of the battle. The six Japanese dive bombers also seized the opportunity and destroyed three 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns again. This made the gap in anti-aircraft firepower become larger and larger, and the situation of the air defense positions became precarious.
It's not that Sanwazi didn't want to ask for help at this time, but in the current situation, there was no reinforcement at all. Of the other three companies, one was responsible for the air defense of the base, and the other two were responsible for the air defense in the direction of Xiaobaozhuang. Even if he went to ask Lin Zhenhua for help, it would be like a cook without rice. Sanwazi had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight on.
"Brothers, we have signed a military order with the regiment commander and the college students. Today, even if we die, we must firmly nail down our positions. Fire with all your strength and shoot down as many fighter planes as you can. This will relieve some pressure on the brothers on the positions!"
The scene on the anti-aircraft position was tragic. The soldiers watched the rampaging Japanese fighter planes with gritted teeth and fought to the death with the Japanese under the fierce rain of enemy bullets.
"College student, there is a big problem at the air defense position, you should go over and take a look!" Xiao Zhongyuan reported anxiously.
But Lin Zhenhua couldn't get away at the moment, and Adjutant Noda was also keeping a close eye on him. The two sides were engaged in a life-and-death artillery battle. Whoever dared to take a step back would lose everything, and the loser would suffer huge losses.
Lin Zhenhua wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied without any emotion: "Xiao Zhongyuan, the only threats that the Japanese can really pose to our steel fortifications are heavy artillery and large-caliber bombs. Sanwazi and I have a heavy responsibility on our shoulders. There is only one way left for us, and that is to carry on!"
"Sanwazi has fought with me for so many times and has accumulated a lot of command experience. I believe he can do it! Now we are in the final battle with the Japanese heavy artillery. No one dares to take a step back. If we don't get rid of the Japanese heavy artillery and allow them to bombard us, the steel fortifications we have built will still be broken by the Japanese. Let me tell Sanwazi one thing: the brave will win when two meet in a narrow road. Now is the time to compete in courage. Only those who are truly not afraid of death will be qualified to survive!"
As soon as Lin Zhenhua finished speaking, he started to talk about the artillery positions that needed to be corrected in trajectory. Xiao Zhongyuan listened to the roar of heavy artillery, picked up the phone and made a call, repeating Lin Zhenhua's exact words, and began to help the artillerymen carry the shells. The roar of heavy artillery rang out one after another.
After hearing Lin Zhenhua's original words, the last bit of luck in Sanwazi's heart disappeared. He mobilized the last reserve team, brought the transport team to the battlefield, adopted the fourth combat plan, and really fought a bloody battle with the Japanese. The decisive battle in the air began!
Junichiro Hatoyama looked at the time and immediately ordered the infantry to launch an attack. At the beginning, he did not plan to increase the intensity of the attack. He let two squadrons launch an attack against more than 300 puppet soldiers. The puppet soldiers could be used to consume the ammunition of the independent regiment and serve as meat shields.
As the infantry began to attack, the Japanese light artillery also began to move forward, ready to provide artillery cover for the attacking infantry! Li Yunlong had been waiting impatiently in the command center. Seeing that the Japanese had launched an attack, he immediately ordered the second and fourth battalions to come out of the air-raid shelters and fight back the first wave of the Japanese attack.
Ichiro Katayama saw through the telescope that two infantrymen were rapidly approaching the enemy's position, and a smile finally appeared on his lips. He had previously been dissatisfied with Major General Fujita's command. He believed that the air force should first destroy the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower. Only in this way could they bomb the enemy's defensive positions without any worries. Now everything is back on track as he imagined, plus he has also gained a battalion of fresh troops. As long as the air force provides proper support, there will be no problem in taking down the independent regiment's defensive position today.
"Yoshi! Tell Hatoyama to slow down. There is no need to push all the troops at once. Once our air force destroys the enemy's steel fortifications, we will immediately launch a full-scale attack. We will use all the troops we can to directly engage in a decisive battle with the Independent Regiment and completely defeat the main force of the Independent Regiment!"
Li Yunlong saw that the Japanese soldiers slowed down halfway through their run, which was something he had not expected before. It also made him understand the Japanese soldiers' sinister intentions. He saw that the Japanese soldiers ordered the puppet soldiers to pile up the sandbags they were carrying one by one, and simple trenches were formed. The Japanese soldiers lay in the trenches and advanced forward little by little. What were they planning? It was obvious!