Spy Wars: Get the Predator equipment at the beginning

Chapter 1087 Armed Helicopters Debut on the Battlefield

As the sun rose higher, the temperature also increased.

In the operations command center, at 11:30 a.m., Commander Tian Tao glanced at his watch, picked up the phone, and said, "This is Tian Tao. Order the bomber group to take off and bomb the Japanese positions on Nansan Island. The first squadron of fighters will escort them. The bombing mission must be completed before 12:00 p.m.!"

"Yes, sir!"

At the airport, after receiving orders from command, the pilots who were already on standby quickly assembled by the runway. After the squadron leader gave a brief speech and issued orders, the pilots rushed to their fighter jets.

Ten minutes later, the aircraft flew over the three southern islands and the bombers dropped a series of bombs from high altitude. The Japanese soldiers on the three islands had heard gunshots and explosions from the other two islands in the morning, and they could not contact the Japanese soldiers on those two islands. They knew that the two islands had probably been captured.

When the bomber formation arrived, the deafening roar signaled to the Japanese soldiers that a bombing raid was imminent. After all, they had been bombed many times before and were experienced in dodging bombings, so they all scrambled into the tunnels.

One aerial bomb after another landed on the Japanese positions, blasting away large amounts of rocks and sending soil flying everywhere. Half of the trenches dug by the Japanese were filled in during just one round of bombing.

Inside a tunnel on the coast of Xidao Island, Koizumi Shinnobu, covering his ears, crouched in a cat-ear hole and shouted loudly to his companion Shimizu Itsuki, "Shimizu-kun, the Chinese bombings have never been this intense before. What's going on today?"

"I have a feeling the Chinese might be about to attack. Although we can't see their ships on the sea yet, perhaps the Chinese, fully loaded with soldiers, are heading towards us to land!" Shimizu Kiichi exclaimed, clutching his head.

Koizumi Masanobu said, "If Chinese ships were to appear on the sea, the observation post would notify us. We can still hear the alarm bells, which means there are no Chinese ships on the sea."

“I think we should still go out and take a look. If the observation post has been destroyed, we won’t be able to hear the alarm bells!” Shimizu Kiichi said.

The two argued incessantly inside the tunnel, while the other Japanese soldiers huddled together, covering their heads. Explosions continued to come from the ground, shaking the entire tunnel. Sand and gravel rained down from the tunnel ceiling, covering many Japanese soldiers in dust and gravel.

The bombers flew for more than twenty minutes, and the trenches that the Japanese had dug in advance were almost completely flattened. Many tunnel entrances were blocked with mud, but there were ventilation holes inside the tunnels, so the Japanese soldiers were not suffocated.

"Toot toot toot—" Suddenly a series of urgent whistles sounded, the observation post sounding an alarm.

"The Chinese have appeared! Everyone back to your positions!" came the squad leader's shout from not far inside the tunnel.

Upon hearing the order, the Japanese soldiers got up, grabbed their rifles, and crawled toward the tunnel entrance.

The bombing seemed to have ended, as the sound of explosions gradually diminished and the vibrations inside the tunnel gradually disappeared.

When the Japanese soldiers crawled out of the tunnel, they found the battlefield covered in white, and they couldn't see anything. The air was filled with a pungent smell, and many of them started coughing, their eyes watering from the spiciness.

"Poison gas! This is a poison gas grenade! Quickly cover your mouth and nose with cloth!" the squad leader shouted.

Actually, this wasn't a poison gas bomb, just a smoke bomb. However, this smoke bomb was modified, containing a lot of irritating microparticles, so when the Japanese soldiers smelled it, their eyes watered and they sneezed. In addition, with the large amount of smoke, they couldn't see anything.

"Rat-a-tat-tat, tat-tat-tat-tat..." Gunshots rang out from all over the position. It was clearly not the sound of a Type 38 rifle. The gunshots were accompanied by screams.

"Enemy attack! The Chinese have stormed the position... Fire! Fire now!" a Japanese soldier shouted.

In the smoke, no one could tell who was who. They didn't recognize each other, and in order to protect themselves, the Japanese soldiers could only fire indiscriminately, which caused a lot of friendly fire.

Wearing gas and smoke masks and carrying AKs, the volunteer soldiers charged into the ravaged Japanese positions through the smoke, just as the Japanese soldiers emerged from their tunnels. They immediately opened fire on the Japanese.

The Japanese soldiers couldn't see anything, were completely unprepared, couldn't distinguish east from west, or friend from foe, and were shot down one by one.

Seeing that they could not withstand the attack of the volunteer army, the remaining Japanese soldiers retreated to the rear. At this moment, the order from the position commander came, and everyone retreated to the second line of defense to continue the resistance.

Under the cover of smoke bombs, the volunteer army easily captured the Japanese first line of defense on the beach and quickly launched an attack on the second line of defense.

This time, the Japanese had learned their lesson. When the volunteer army fired smoke bombs at the Japanese second line of defense again, the Japanese were prepared. Moreover, the second line of defense consisted mostly of tunnels and bunkers, with no visible trenches. The Japanese were hiding in the bunkers and tunnels, inside their firing positions.

They first blocked the firing ports of the bunker to prevent smoke from entering the bunker and tunnels.

By the time the Volunteer Army's attacking force reached the second line of defense, the smoke had just dissipated. The Japanese soldiers immediately pushed aside the stones blocking the firing ports and opened fire on the Volunteer Army soldiers.

A barrage of machine gun fire erupted from the position, all fired by the Japanese soldiers inside the bunker. One by one, the volunteer soldiers were hit and fell into pools of blood.

"Take cover! Everyone take cover! The Japanese are firing from their bunkers!" a platoon leader shouted.

The soldiers lay prone on the ground or hid behind rocks or in shell craters to avoid the bullets.

Upon realizing they had encountered a formidable foe, a company commander in the attacking force immediately picked up his walkie-talkie and shouted, "This is the second company commander. We are under heavy fire from Japanese pillboxes. Requesting fire support!"

"Roger that! Flamethrower troops, rocket launcher teams, and army aviation attack helicopters are on their way. Hold on!"

From the day it was established, Zhang Yunhe's volunteer army had no shortage of weapons, equipment and ammunition. Compared to the soldiers in other places who were fighting the Japanese and were using sticks, Zhang Yunhe's army had a large number of semi-automatic weapons right from the start, and its machine gun firepower and artillery firepower were superior to those of the Japanese.

Now, the weapons and equipment of his volunteer army are far superior to those of the Japanese.

Not long after, a large number of helicopters flew in from the northern sky, the first batch being 10 armed helicopters, followed closely by transport helicopters.

As the armed helicopters flew over, some exposed Japanese bunkers and firing positions also became targets of the armed helicopters. Bunkers that were not built solidly enough were blown up by a few machine gun shells. Some bunkers were built very well and the machine guns of the armed helicopters could not penetrate them, but they still made the Japanese soldiers inside dizzy.