bookrandom Chapter 246: Hit me hard, at worst we can trade 1 for 1 with the Japanese today! A big chapter with
Chapter 246: Hit me hard, at worst we can trade 1 for 1 with the Japanese today! A big chapter with
Lin Zhenhua was also happy this time, but what he could be sure of was that these puppet soldiers were most likely real puppet soldiers, not pretending to be the Japanese. It was just that the Japanese had made a wrong calculation this time. Their independent regiment had a grudge against the 726th Regiment, and at this critical juncture, they would not sympathize with these puppet soldiers!
"Old Li, the Japs have come up with another plan after one failed, forcing these puppet soldiers to be cannon fodder and die. These damn puppet soldiers are such cowards. They have already torn their faces with the Japs, thinking that the Japs will spare their lives. They might as well fight the Japs directly, and maybe there is still a way to survive. Now they are doomed to die!"
"Based on the grudges in our hearts, it is impossible for us to take them in. Besides, these guys have done a lot of bad things on a daily basis. Ordinary people have been harmed by them many times. There is no difference between dying at the hands of the devils and dying at our hands. If these bastards have any blood in their veins, they might as well fight the devils to the death. In this way, even if they die, they can still be respected by others!"
Li Yunlong curled his lips and replied disdainfully: "College students, these damn puppet soldiers are scared like quails by the devils. They should be the new recruits of the 726th Regiment. These guys have already accepted their fate. Their fear of the devils even surpasses life and death. Expecting them to fight the devils is harder than climbing to the sky!"
"The damned Japanese wanted to use these puppet soldiers as human shields, making me hesitate to speak, but they forgot that these damned puppet soldiers are also our enemies. I have never been merciful to my enemies!"
As the two were talking, a shrill air defense alarm sounded in their ears, followed by two 105mm anti-aircraft guns launching an attack on the Japanese. The Japanese artillery regiment also withdrew from the battlefield at this time. Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua had no time to care about the puppet army, but turned their eyes to the Japanese fighter planes in the sky.
"Old Li, the Japanese have really invested a lot this time. The six fighter planes lost yesterday have been replaced, but this should be the limit of the number of fighter planes the Japanese can take out. As long as we can destroy all 66 Japanese fighter planes, we don't have to worry about the Japanese sending fighter planes to raid us in the next few months, and the safety of the arsenal can be guaranteed!"
Li Yunlong agreed with Lin Zhenhua's judgment very much. He nodded and replied, "College student, the Japanese have been very restless these days. They have been constantly mobilizing troops to the south. Could it be that they really intend to start a war in the south?"
Lin Zhenhua smiled and shook his head, saying, "Old Li, you really guessed wrong this time. I think the real target of the Japanese is not us at all. I will explain the specific situation to you in a few days. Let's repel the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese Second Mixed Brigade first, otherwise it will be meaningless to say more. Not to mention that our current situation is very dangerous. There are some things that we can't worry about, and they are also out of our control. Let's take care of ourselves first. It's not too late to intervene when we have the strength in the future!"
Wang Chengzhu ran over from the position and asked anxiously, "College student, are we just going to stand aside and watch? The Japanese artillery and infantry are very honest. They are planning to copy yesterday's tactics. Should we allocate some firepower to deal with the Japanese fighter planes?"
Lin Zhenhua waved his hand and said, "Zhu Zi, we have two goals today. The first artillery company is responsible for dealing with the Japanese heavy artillery, and the second artillery company is responsible for dealing with the Japanese infantry. The air defense of the position is all in the charge of San Wa Zi. This kid has fought many battles with me and has accumulated a lot of experience. It's time for him to take the lead!"
"As for your worries, I know very well that the defense of our position is much stronger than you think. Just stay in the gun position and follow my orders to beat up those damned Japanese devils!"
Lin Zhenhua originally wanted to brag a little, but seeing the worry on Wang Chengzhu's face, he could only swallow his words. He comforted him a few words a little stiffly, said hello to Li Yunlong, and took Wang Chengzhu to the artillery battalion's position.
Li Yunlong was worried and warned from behind: "College student, you have to be careful, bullets and shells are blind, you must protect your own safety!"
"Zhu Zi, you should listen to the college students. They know more and are smarter than you. Don't worry about the future. Just follow their orders. If you complain again, I will give you a good beating!"
After Li Yunlong finished his instructions, he did not sit idle. He gave an order to the signalman Xiao Ma: "Notify Shen Quan and leave one company to defend the position. Let the other brothers hide in the air-raid shelter immediately. The Japanese bombs are very powerful. We can't bear them with our bodies. Wait until the Japanese bombing is over before letting the brothers enter the position!"
The Japanese infantry has not launched an attack yet, and it would be too dangerous to let the soldiers stay in the trenches at this time. After all, the Japanese fighter planes are not vegetarians. It is better to hide just in case.
Lin Zhenhua picked up the telescope and observed the movements of the Japanese fighter planes. He found that the Japanese pilots were really cunning. In order to break through the air defense network set up by the independent regiment, they did not disperse the aircraft group, but rushed over in a swarm. This suddenly increased the pressure on Sanwazi. Fortunately, the first and second air defense companies had experienced many air defense operations and had a very fast reaction speed. They quickly adjusted the gun positions before the enemy planes rushed over. More than 50 anti-aircraft guns fired frantically at the incoming enemy planes.
The anti-aircraft machine gun company on the position was also not idle. They quickly adjusted the shooting angle and direction. As long as the Japanese fighter planes dared to come over, they would immediately open fire!
Sanwazi kept Lin Zhenhua's arrangement in mind and used fierce firepower to keep the Japanese aircraft group firmly outside. However, there were dangers everywhere. If he was not careful, the Japanese pilots might take advantage of the opportunity, which put Sanwazi under great pressure!
Lin Zhenhua had no time to pay attention to the Japanese fighter planes in the sky at this moment. Just now, the Japanese heavy artillery launched an attack on the independent regiment's defensive positions again, and the two sides started a heavy artillery showdown again!
"Damn it, the Japs are definitely doing this on purpose. They're trying to expose the position of our heavy artillery so that they can guide the bombers in the sky to the target. Since the Japs have bad intentions and want to use themselves as bait to have another artillery battle with us, we can't let the Japs look down on us. Immediately aim at the Japs' heavy artillery positions and bombard them hard according to the angle and direction I just gave. At worst, we can just trade one for one with the Japs today. I want to see how many heavy artillery the Japs have that they can exchange with us. Anyway, we have plenty of heavy artillery in our hands, and the Japs should be the ones to be afraid of in a fight!" Lin Zhenhua roared angrily.
Lin Zhenhua was also furious with the Japanese. He kept his eyes fixed on the landing point of the shells. As long as he found that the landing point deviated far away, he would immediately correct the trajectory. All the sounds around him were blocked out by him. He kept correcting the landing point of the shells. After six minutes of artillery battle between the two sides, an extended-range shell directly hit a 150mm heavy howitzer of the Japanese, blowing the heavy artillery up into the sky, and even the barrel was twisted into a knot.
Once again achieving victory, the morale of the soldiers in the first artillery company was even higher, and they moved their hands even more happily than before. Although they did not reach the maximum firing rate of the artillery, they maintained it at a level of six rounds per minute. It was no exaggeration to say that they performed above their normal level.
Adjutant Noda is better than Colonel Miyata in commanding heavy artillery. Adjutant Noda is quite talented in artillery, but this time he has met a real opponent. In the two artillery battles just now, his artillery hit the two 105mm heavy artillery of the first artillery company twice, but they were bounced off by the steel plates. This made him very regretful, but he has ordered the use of armor-piercing shells, and he should be able to achieve success soon.
"Order all gun positions to reload armored shells and bombard the Chinese heavy artillery. The bombers in the sky are blocked outside and cannot destroy the Chinese army's heavy artillery for the time being. We must firmly attract the firepower of the Chinese heavy artillery and guide the bombers to the target!"
Under the order of Adjutant Noda, the Japanese artillery also increased the intensity of the bombardment and no longer saved shells as before. For a while, the pressure on the artillery company doubled, and the sound of clanging was endless. Then an armor-piercing shell directly penetrated the steel plate defense and hit a 105mm heavy howitzer, directly knocking down the artillery. Fortunately, the ammunition did not explode. The surviving artillerymen immediately transported the shells in the gun position to other gun positions and abandoned the 105mm heavy artillery that was not completely destroyed.
This is because Lin Zhenhua issued a strict order that when a gun position was hit by a Japanese artillery shell, it must be moved to a new position immediately. Regardless of whether the artillery is intact or not, it must be done according to his regulations. For him, the cost of training an artilleryman is much greater than the cost of producing a gun, and human life is more precious. It is precisely because of this that although the independent regiment had lost more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces, only more than 30 artillerymen were lost. This also means that there is no shortage of artillery in Lin Zhenhua's hands. Otherwise, there is a real possibility of an embarrassing situation of having artillery but no soldiers.
"Comrades, we just destroyed another heavy artillery piece of the Japanese. The Japanese have the same idea as us this time. They want to fight us to the death. So we must not be cowards. As long as we destroy the Japanese heavy artillery, it will be harder for them to attack our position than to climb to the sky!"
"Bombard them all, start the No. 2 combat plan. No more shells will be reserved in the artillery positions. Use up all the shells in the current positions. Order the reserve team to start transporting ammunition immediately. It's been a while since we had a good artillery battle with the devils. Today, I will lead my comrades to have a contest of courage and technology with the devils, so that the devils will know that the artillery of our independent regiment is not made of mud. This battle will make our independent regiment famous and let the surrounding forces see that our independent regiment's reputation is not boasted, but earned through real fighting!"
While Lin Zhenhua encouraged the soldiers, he kept a close eye on the landing point of the shells and quickly calculated with his hands. Li Yunlong was in the command post, listening to the rumbling of the artillery outside. Especially when he saw that two more heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese were destroyed, he shouted excitedly: "The artillery company did a good job, showing the prestige of our independent regiment!"