coobybook Chapter 558 Damn it, stop the car and go with me to rescue the overturned communication vehicle!
Chapter 558 Damn it, stop the car and go with me to rescue the overturned communication vehicle!
At Liu Haishan's command, hundreds of fighter planes swooped down from the sky and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese on the ground. Due to the serious lack of anti-aircraft firepower of the Yoshiwara Brigade, it was unable to stop the air raid of the air force battalion. It did not even last ten minutes before all its anti-aircraft forces were eliminated.
Dive bombers began to dive bomb key targets, Fat Baby enemy attack planes aimed at the Japanese positions on the ground, madly pouring firepower, and horizontal bombers set their targets on the Japanese positions, and a large number of bombs and artillery shells were poured out, making the Yoshiwara Brigade suffer terribly.
"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, we have lost all our air defense positions, and our warriors can no longer launch an effective counterattack with the weapons in their hands. I have ordered the warriors to hide in the air-raid shelters. I also ask Your Excellency the Brigade Commander to urge the headquarters again and request air force reinforcements to arrive as soon as possible. Otherwise, Li Yunlong is very likely to break through our defensive positions while we are suppressed by air fire!" Jiro Onogawa persuaded earnestly.
Yoshihara Jiro listened to the continuous explosions outside, as if he had lost his soul, and murmured: "Ono, do you think I didn't ask the headquarters for help? I just asked the telegraph operator to send three emergency telegrams for help, but there was no response?"
"I didn't expect the enemy's bombing to be so fierce. This was completely beyond my expectations. With the air defense force of my brigade, I was afraid that I couldn't even hold out for ten minutes, let alone half an hour. The facts also proved that my judgment was correct. We only held out for less than eight minutes. The air defense force of a battalion was completely strangled by the enemy air force. I even suspected that I was hallucinating. When did the Chinese army become so powerful?"
"This is totally not the Chinese army we are familiar with. The enemy's weapons and equipment are more advanced than ours, and they even have an advantage in manpower. I really don't know how to fight this battle. Do we have to learn from the Chinese army and defend our positions to the death?"
"I can't imagine how many warriors will die here. I, Jihara Yoshihara, will probably become the shame of the entire division. My brigade has no way out now. No matter how much it costs, we must block Li Yunlong's armored regiment. Otherwise, I will not be able to explain to the commander!"
"Have the warriors ready. Once the enemy's bombing is over, immediately enter the position and order the death squad to prepare for the attack in advance. Even if my entire brigade is wiped out, we must win this blocking battle!"
Yoshihara Jiro was determined to fight to the death and quickly changed the defense plan, preparing to attack instead of defend to solve the current dilemma. In order to ensure the safety of the heavy artillery unit, Yoshihara Jiro ordered the heavy artillery unit to move to the bottom of the mountains on both sides to avoid the air raid of the independent regiment air force battalion.
The aerial bombing lasted less than 20 minutes before it was forced to stop. It was not because Liu Haishan did not want to continue the bombing, but because the Japanese air force was only three minutes away from them, forcing the independent regiment's air force battalion to stop the bombing and prepare for an air battle against the enemy.
"General Sato, my 18th Flying Division is ready to attack from the right wing. I suggest that the 17th Flying Division attack from the left wing. We both use the left and right encirclement tactics to annihilate the enemy's air force fighters. What do you think, General Sato?" Fujiwara Ichiro proposed with the intercom in his hand.
Sato Ichiro was very upset. You know, Fujiwara Ichiro was his subordinate before, but now he is on equal footing with him, which really made him feel very unhappy. But for the sake of the overall situation, he had to swallow his anger. After all, if they couldn't win this air battle, neither of them would have a good ending. If they continued to fight internally at this time, it would be a real act of seeking death.
"Fujiwara-kun, your suggestion is indeed very good. We will send out the fighter unit to fight first, and the bomber unit will immediately set up an air defense firepower network to protect its own safety. There is no need to fight the enemy bombers head-on. Our real target is Li Yunlong's armored regiment. No matter what the cost, we must stop Li Yunlong's armored regiment."
Sato Ichiro and Fujiwara Ichiro reached a consensus and ordered their fighter units to attack. After seeing the Japanese response, Liu Haishan immediately led the fighter unit to fight. The enemy and us started a fierce air battle. Fighters fell every minute. This air battle was very difficult and completely exceeded Liu Haishan's expectations.
"Brothers, you must hold on. The damn Japs' driving skills have suddenly improved a lot. There must be something fishy going on. But my air force battalion is no pushover. Brothers, follow me and use the man-machine combination tactics immediately. No matter what the cost, we must ensure the safety of our bomber group in the rear."
"The transport plane suicide squad will attack immediately and help us stabilize the situation on the battlefield. We must not let the Japanese win today's air battle. Even if we have to shoot down every plane left, we must ensure that the regiment commander and his men can safely withdraw to the base."
Liu Haishan led hundreds of fighter planes to launch a suicide attack on the Japanese fighter unit in order to reverse the decline in the battlefield. The enemy and us once again engaged in a brutal fight. In order to kill the Japanese Zero fighters, every four fighters of the transport plane suicide squad kept a close eye on one Japanese Zero fighter, ensuring that no matter which direction the Japanese Zero fighters moved from, they would not be able to escape the encirclement of the transport plane suicide squad.
This caused the enemy's Zero fighters to encounter a huge crisis. The difference in driving skills was fully demonstrated at this moment. The enemy's naval aviation relied on its superb driving skills to repeatedly escape the blockade of the transport plane death squad. The enemy's army aviation had much worse driving skills and was often firmly blocked by the transport plane death squad. The final result was only one, that is, to perish together with one or two transport planes.
Because the air battle between the two sides was too brutal, fighter planes in the sky kept falling from the sky like dumplings, which made Fujiwara Ichiro and Sato Ichiro terrified. They really didn't expect that Liu Haishan and his men would use such a brutal fighting style, completely giving up their own defense, and only thinking of dying together with the enemy!
"General Sato, we must go to join the battle now. We can't continue to watch the show in the rear. Li Yunlong's armored regiment will soon arrive at Erchaling. The bomber showdown must begin now. If we wait any longer, the situation will only become more unfavorable to us!" Fujiwara Ichiro urged anxiously.
Sato Ichiro wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although his fighter unit did not suffer many casualties, he was terrified after seeing the crazy tactics of the independent regiment's air force battalion. He replied without hesitation: "Fujiwara-kun, let's follow the previous tactics and fight a decisive battle with the enemy's bomber unit by encircling them from left and right to cover our dive bombers in bombing Li Yunlong's armored regiment."
Ichiro Sato and Ichiro Fujiwara reached a consensus in an instant. They ordered their horizontal bomber units to start attacking, and the dive bombers left the battlefield and launched an air strike on the armored regiment that was about to reach Erchaling. This extremely brutal air battle had truly entered the most brutal stage. The previous ones were just appetizers, and what was served now was the real main course.
"Old Li, the Japanese have sent out 24 dive bombers, which are rushing towards us. Order the troops to start air defense immediately, have the soldiers fire at full speed, have the tanks and armored vehicles speed up their march, have the engineering company clear the obstacles on the road immediately, have the artillery battalion stop their cars and open fire immediately, and clear the minefields that the bomber troops have not cleared." Lin Zhenhua gave the order anxiously.
After learning about the attack by the Japanese bombers, Li Yunlong reacted very quickly and quickly passed on Lin Zhenhua's arrangements. The artillery battalion, which was advancing rapidly, quickly stopped, and the gun cover covering the gun barrel was directly pulled off. The artillery observer responsible for calculating the target position completed the target determination in just 30 seconds. Lin Zhenhua quickly calculated the coordinates of the attack based on the target position and sent it to the artillery battalion through the radio.
"Pillar, start rapid bombardment immediately according to the coordinates I just gave!"
"Sanwazi, tell the anti-aircraft battalion to open fire immediately. Even if we can't hit the Japanese dive bombers, we must disrupt their bombing routes."
"Old Zhao, immediately have the soldiers from the transport battalion deliver ammunition to the air defense battalion. We must ensure the safety of our armored assault force."
Zhang Dabiao followed Lin Zhenhua's order and continued to march down Erchaling. He didn't care about the dive bombers of the Japanese in the sky. There were several loud explosions, and two tanks and an armored vehicle were blown up. However, this did not scare the soldiers of the armored regiment. They drove the tanks and used the buckets in front of the tanks to flatten the road, clearing a safe road for the large troops behind.
"Zhang Dabiao, hurry up. We must open a safe road within half an hour. Don't worry about the loss of armored vehicles and tanks at this time..."
Before Lin Zhenhua could finish his words, a bomb fell near the communication command vehicle, directly blowing it upside down. Lin Zhenhua was very close to the blown-up communication command vehicle and was also slightly affected. The radio station's communications were greatly affected, causing the communication between Lin Zhenhua and Zhang Dabiao to be directly interrupted. Even the communication of the radio station was greatly disturbed, and it took dozens of seconds to return to normal.