bookrandom Chapter 200: Hit them hard and leave all the Japanese bombers behind! 3-word chapter!
Chapter 200: Hit them hard and leave all the Japanese bombers behind! 3-word chapter!
Since the anti-aircraft firepower was mainly aimed at the Japanese Zero fighters, only a small number of anti-aircraft guns were aimed at the bombers in the high altitude. The result was very limited. Only one Type 96 bomber was damaged. Apart from that, no other results were achieved.
Dozens of bombs fell, causing a fire in the forest. Some bombs fell directly into the mountain village. Looking at the flames rising into the sky, Lin Zhenhua was burning with anger. He rushed out of the command post and came to the Bofors 88mm anti-aircraft gun. He pushed away the soldier who was in charge of shooting and roared: "Fill the shells in for me. If I can't shoot down a Japanese bomber today, I will take the Japanese surname!"
Lin Zhenhua estimated the wind speed in the air and immediately adjusted the height and angle of the muzzle, setting the lead time directly to two. This time he would shoot along the flight path of the Japanese bomber. The soldier responsible for loading the ammunition had already completed the loading of the shells. Lin Zhenhua was not polite and stepped down at once. The 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun in his hand fired six shells into the sky, following the advance path of the Japanese bomber. The fragments of one shell hit the fuselage of the Japanese bomber, but it only caused some damage to the Japanese bomber. This made Lin Zhenhua secretly think that there was a way.
This time he directly changed the lead time to one, re-estimated the wind force, adjusted the shooting angle, stepped down hard, and fired 20 shells continuously. It only took one minute for Lin Zhenhua to achieve the maximum shooting speed of this anti-aircraft gun.
"Haha, I hit it. I shot down a Japanese bomber. Listen to me, change the lead time to two and press the Japanese's flight path. It's about to rain, but the Japanese won't retreat and want to fight us again. So let's have a good fight with them and let them see how powerful our independent regiment's air defense force is!"
With Lin Zhenhua's encouragement, the soldiers' enthusiasm was aroused again. They achieved an excellent result of 17 rounds per minute from the anti-aircraft guns. Under the intensive anti-aircraft gun and machine gun fire, another Japanese bomber was shot down.
However, the Japanese Major General Kudo was determined this time. In the first round of bombing, an anti-aircraft gun and three anti-aircraft machine guns were destroyed, and a lot of bombs fell into several mountain strongholds. This made Major General Kudo unwilling to give up this hard-won opportunity, so he ordered all bombers to turn around immediately and started the second round of bombing.
The reason why Lin Zhenhua was anxious just now was because he saw the sinister intentions of Major General Kudo. Now there was a gap in the anti-aircraft firepower, and the Japanese Zero fighters took this opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the independent regiment's air defense forces, causing a lot of casualties.
"Kuroda, you continue to deal with the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower. I will carry out a second round of bombing. After the bombing is over, we will retreat immediately!" Major General Kudo ordered again.
In fact, Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda had already thought about leaving at this time. The fierce battle just now consumed a huge amount of fuel. Besides, the dark clouds were about to reach Maoerling ahead, and they had no more than ten minutes left. However, Major General Kudo's order forced him to execute it. After all, it was not a critical moment yet, and he had no way to evacuate the battlefield early.
What followed was the most brutal moment of this air defense operation. In order to complete their respective combat missions, both sides were ready to die, like two high-speed bulls colliding with each other, with explosions and gunfire sounds one after another.
Lin Zhenhua had no time to pay attention to the tragic scene around him at this time. He was operating the 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, shooting madly at the Japanese bombers. For the independent regiment, the bombers posed a greater threat. Therefore, Lin Zhenhua had to deploy the remaining half of the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to attack the Japanese bombers madly.
It was precisely because of the dense firepower blockade that the remaining five Type 96 bombers had to climb their flight altitude again, to five thousand meters. After seeing this situation, Lin Zhenhua finally felt relieved. The higher the altitude of the bomber, the lower the accuracy of the bombing.
Because of this, he had to adopt such tactics. The machine tools in the mountain stronghold were extremely important to the independent regiment. He had obtained them at a huge cost, but he had to protect them no matter how great the casualties were. That was the core of the entire independent regiment's arsenal, and he could not afford any mistakes.
Just when the battle was reaching a fever pitch, the long-awaited dark clouds finally arrived near Heiyun Village, and a light rain began to fall from the sky. However, no one had time to cheer. As long as the Japanese fighter planes did not withdraw, they would have to continue to maintain the current density of firepower output.
When Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda saw the raindrops on the cockpit window, he directly notified Major General Kudo and immediately led the other four Zero fighters to return.
"General, it's raining outside. I need to lead the team to evacuate. General, please stop fighting. Stop the bombing immediately and retreat!"
Major General Kudo listened to the voice coming from the radio and wanted to curse, but he found that Lieutenant Colonel Kuroda had turned off the radio, so he had to hold back the words he wanted to curse.
However, Major General Kudo did not give the order to retreat. He felt that the bombers could still continue the bombing operations, and he asked the three following bombers to continue to execute the orders he had issued before.
Seeing the Zero fighters in the sky began to retreat, Lin Zhenhua finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he thought that the four bombers in the sky would also retreat, he found that the other side actually began to descend. This was obviously looking down on him, Lin Zhenhua. With his short temper, how could he tolerate it? He roared with all his strength: "Hit them hard for me. Since the Japanese bombers want to die, let's keep them all here today. Concentrate all your firepower and shoot down the four Japanese bombers!"
"All reserve forces must join the battlefield immediately. No matter how much it costs today, we must shoot down these four bombers and make the Japanese pilots understand one thing: if they dare to challenge our independent regiment, they must be prepared to be destroyed!"
After Lin Zhenhua's order was issued, the firepower of each anti-aircraft position was directed at the four Japanese bombers, pouring out fire madly. Machine guns were responsible for blocking the bombers' dive routes, and anti-aircraft guns were responsible for intercepting the bombers. With everyone's concerted cooperation, it only took two minutes to shoot down one of the Japanese Type 96 bombers.
However, the soldiers did not stand up and cheer. There were still three bombers in the sky watching them closely. The soldiers did not dare to relax at all until they were all shot down.
Major General Kudo watched the loss of another bomber in the rear, which gradually calmed his heated mind. Looking at the increasingly heavy rain outside the window, he finally had to issue the order to retreat.
"Attention, all aircraft, immediately break contact with the Chinese air defense forces and immediately move to Taiyuan Airport! Repeat again, stop the bombing operation and immediately make a tactical move to Taiyuan Airport!"
Under the order of Major General Kudo, the remaining three Japanese Type 96 bombers began to turn, gradually climbing to an altitude of 6,000 meters, breaking away from contact with the independent regiment's air defense forces, and flew towards the direction of Taiyuan Airport!
Lin Zhenhua let the raindrops fall on his face. He picked up the binoculars and watched the three Japanese bombers leave. He did not let the soldiers evacuate their positions, but was ready to open fire at any time to prevent the Japanese from making a counterattack.
Fortunately, the Japanese bombers really retreated this time without any tricks. Lin Zhenhua then ordered: "Comrades, the battle is over. Pull back the anti-aircraft guns and machine guns immediately. Especially the shells. Once they are wet by the rain, they are likely to become duds!"
"Zhu Zi, you must immediately arrange for people to rescue supplies. Make sure to cover all of them with rainproof cloth before the heavy rain comes!"
The rain came at a very timely moment, otherwise, if the fighting continued, the air defense forces would suffer even greater losses. More importantly, more supplies would be destroyed by the Japanese bombs. Fortunately, none of the Japanese bombs fell into the ammunition depot, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Lin Zhenhua hoped that the rain would last for a few more days so that he could buy more time for the independent regiment. As the rain got heavier, a happy smile appeared on Lin Zhenhua's face.
"College student, luckily we brought the waterproof sheet back with us when we transported the equipment, otherwise some guns and ammunition would have been soaked by the heavy rain. Now, except for some ammunition used for air defense operations outside that has been soaked by the rain, the rest of the ammunition has not been soaked by the rain!"
"The losses have been counted. More than 100 rifles and eight mortars were destroyed. In addition, more than 300 helmets were damaged to varying degrees. The forest fire caused by the bomb explosion has also been extinguished by the rain!"
Lin Zhenhua had no time to care about the loss of weapons and ammunition. He asked in a serious tone: "Zhu Zi, have you calculated the casualties in each mountain stronghold?"
Wang Chengzhu replied with a sad face: "College student, in this air defense operation, we destroyed two 88mm Bofors mountain guns, eight anti-aircraft machine guns, and 20 light and heavy machine guns for air shooting, resulting in 66 deaths and 122 injuries. After emergency treatment by the medical staff, the wounded are not in danger of life for the time being. Now the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and we can't rush to the rear hospital. We can only stay in the mountain village to recuperate!"
When Lin Zhenhua heard the casualty figures, his face became very gloomy. After more than an hour of air defense combat, they lost nearly 200 people. The casualties were extremely huge. This incident also made him understand that only with fighter jets can they truly defend the sky above their heads.
Seeing Lin Zhenhua's gloomy face, Wang Chengzhu reported in a low voice: "College student, in this air defense operation, our unit destroyed a total of three Japanese Zero fighters and three Type 96 bombers, achieving an unprecedented victory and teaching the Japanese Air Force a lesson so that they will never dare to underestimate our independent regiment again!"