HCB Chapter 260 Damn it, we finally won the fight, the only flaw was that we escaped!
Chapter 260 Damn it, we finally won the fight, the only flaw was that we escaped!
Li Yunlong hurriedly passed on Lin Zhenhua's order. When it comes to air defense operations, he trusted Lin Zhenhua's judgment very much. This time, Li Yunlong personally sounded the air defense alarm, and sounded it three times in a row. This was the pre-agreed signal for a decisive battle. The soldiers who received the order immediately increased their firepower output and firmly locked the Japanese fighter planes within the air defense circle.
Major General Fujita did not care about the huge firepower coming from below. Under his personal leadership, he began to dive rapidly from the sky in his self-piloted Type 96 bomber. During the descent, he kept dropping bombs and threw all the bombs carried by the bomber out at once. After dozens of seconds, the bombs fell to the ground and exploded violently, directly creating a gap in the air of about 100 meters in the southwest direction. Colonel Sasaki, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately accelerated and rushed towards the gap.
Lin Zhenhua was furious but seemed helpless. It was impossible to block the 12-meter gap in a short time. What Lin Zhenhua did not expect was that 88 anti-aircraft machine guns were standing on the position, firing madly into the sky, and two mm anti-aircraft guns were also firing at the gap, intending to intercept the escaping Japanese fighter planes.
"Lao Li, we have to plug the gap even if it costs our lives today. The wounded soldiers and the soldiers of the transport team have used their lives to plug the gap for us. We can't let them down. Today we must keep all the Japanese fighter planes and let them know that our independent regiment is not easy to mess with!"
When Li Yunlong discovered that something was wrong, he immediately took the quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft gun from Li Gousheng and frantically blocked the gap. With the joint efforts of everyone, the gap was finally blocked, but a Zero fighter still managed to escape.
When Major General Fujita saw that Colonel Sasaki escaped safely, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This proved that their previous efforts were not in vain. This made them more confident than before. They accelerated and dived downwards. I want to open another gap to let more Japanese fighter planes escape.
But Lin Zhenhua had already been prepared. He would never allow what happened just now to happen again. You know, in just a few minutes, more than 30 soldiers were sacrificed, which made him very self-blame. At the same time, he also understood how cruel the war was and that there was no room for any mistakes. He was also more determined to strengthen the training of the soldiers on weekdays and make them sweat more so that they would bleed less on the battlefield.
The soldiers of the independent regiment don't know that the big devil has awakened again and will take charge of their training next. Before, they might not care about Lin Zhenhua's training methods. After all, Lin Zhenhua often laughs and jokes with them. But this time, Lin Zhenhua is determined to train them, so the intensity of the training is self-evident!
However, Lin Zhenhua had no time to think about this matter at this time. All his thoughts were on the Japanese fighter planes in the sky. When he saw the Japanese bombers, he wanted to use the same trick as before, and immediately gave an angry order: "Let the first anti-aircraft company aim all anti-aircraft guns at the Japanese bombers, the second anti-aircraft company will continue to be responsible for the outer defense, and the third anti-aircraft company will be responsible for preventing the Japanese fighter planes from escaping!"
Since the anti-aircraft rocket company had used up all its rockets, they also began to help carry the ammunition. This made the ammunition supply on the anti-aircraft position sufficient again, and the firepower returned to its previous intensity. They soon achieved results, and two Type 96 bombers were directly blown up in mid-air.
But Major General Fujita didn't care, and still drove the bomber madly towards the direction of the air defense position. When the altitude was only one thousand meters from the ground, Lin Zhenhua shot down another Type 50 bomber, but Li Yunlong did not shoot down the Type 62 bomber driven by Major General Fujita. This Type 30 bomber rushed down from the air at a high speed like a bull, and was not shot down until it was meters away from the position. However, the fallen aircraft wreckage caused huge losses to the air defense position. soldiers died on the spot and more than soldiers were injured to varying degrees.
The remaining four Zero fighters also took the opportunity to fly out at this time, but they were firmly blocked in the fire circle. In desperation, they could only cooperate in twos and send two fighters to escape first. They were ready to use the gecko's tactic of cutting off its tail to survive.
It was precisely because of their ruthlessness and decisiveness that they gained a glimmer of hope for themselves. Since the Zero fighter had excellent low-altitude and high-speed performance, although it was compressed into a small airspace, it was not hit by bullets and artillery shells. However, as the first air defense company joined the battle, the pilots of the four Zero fighters also felt tremendous pressure.
"Bagayaro! Yoshino-kun, we can't delay any longer. If we delay any longer, no one will survive! Let's split into a single team and break out directly. This way, maybe half of them can escape. If we're lucky, we can all escape!" Hirano Taro said anxiously.
"Yoshi! Hirano-kun is right. This is our only way to escape right now. Let's do as you ask!" Yoshino Harahira replied in agreement.
Since the Japs' Zero fighters were equipped with radios, their communications were very smooth. After agreeing on a time for action, they quickly formed a single-line formation and fled madly.
Lin Zhenhua immediately gave the order: "Immediately execute Operation No. 3, use a V-shaped shooting method, and be sure to intercept the damn Japanese fighter planes!"
With everyone's desperate interception, they finally managed to survive the two leading and rearmost Zero fighters. The other two Japanese fighters were also severely damaged and their engines were hit. Thick black smoke was emitting from the engines outside, but the Japanese did not parachute. They were adjusting their course and flying towards the base of the Second Mixed Brigade.
Taro Hirano and Harahira Yoshino were very lucky and escaped safely from the circle of fire, but their engines were also severely damaged, making it impossible for them to fly back to the airport for an emergency landing. When they arrived above the camp of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, they jumped directly out of the cockpit of the plane, safely opened their parachutes, and after landing on the ground, they were safely rescued by Ichiro Katayama.
"College student, if we continue to fight, we really won't be able to hold on. All the new artillery shells in our hands have been used up. This air defense battle lasted for three hours, and only 20% of our air defense ammunition reserves are left. If the Japanese send another 20 or 30 fighter planes, we really won't have much power to fight back. There is not a single soldier on the air defense position who is not good at fighting, and in the end, no more than a hundred people will be able to return alive!"
"Fortunately, we won the final victory. Today, we destroyed 41 Japanese fighter planes, and only one Zero fighter escaped. I thought this Zero fighter would come back to rescue his teammates, but I didn't expect the Japanese pilot to escape without looking back. Our wish to wipe out all the Japanese fighter planes was not fulfilled. However, for a long time to come, we should not encounter the Japanese air threat again. This time, the Japanese suffered such a big loss, they will definitely not come to trouble our independent regiment in a short time!"
"After all, the Japanese don't know how many anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition we have. The two of us should not sit idle. We should hurry up and pack up and rush to the front line. We have been responsible for air defense operations, and now we don't know what the situation is like at the front line?" Li Yunlong urged anxiously.
Lin Zhenhua knew that what Li Yunlong said was true. This time, the air defense operation was to defend the Xiaoyunling position. If they failed to defend the Xiaoyunling position in the end, it would be useless even if they destroyed more Japanese fighter planes. He shouted hurriedly: "Comrades, leave one company to take charge and send the wounded to the medical company. The rest of you follow me to the Xiaoyunling position immediately. Today's decisive battle is not over yet. Only by defending the Xiaoyunling position can we truly win!"
Under the leadership of Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua, nearly five hundred soldiers followed behind and ran rapidly towards the Xiaoyunling position. It took less than five minutes to reach the Xiaoyunling position.
At this time, a fierce hand-to-hand combat was going on at the Xiaoyunling position. A squadron of Japanese soldiers rushed in from the gap. Ding Wei and Kong Jie mobilized the reserve troops, but still failed to drive out the more than 200 Japanese soldiers. Just as the two were about to lead the last company to reinforce, Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua arrived.
After the two sides met, there was no time for greetings. Ding Wei said anxiously: "Lao Li, there is a 20-meter gap on the left wing. We are almost blocking it now, but there is a squadron of Japanese soldiers coming in. I have just sent two companies of reserve troops to support them, but they were all beaten back by the Japanese. Lao Kong and I are planning to bring another company of troops to support them. Now don't say anything. Hurry up and follow me to kill all the Japanese soldiers in this squadron who have entered the position. We can talk about it later if there is anything else. Emergency rescue is like putting out a fire. There is no room for delay!"
Li Yunlong immediately took out the Japanese sword from his back and said to Lin Zhenhua beside him: "College student, I will give you a reinforced company of soldiers. The command on the position will be handed over to you. You must plug the firepower gap! Lao Kong, Lao Ding and I will go and destroy the Japanese squadron that rushed in. We must not let them stabilize the front line and let more Japanese rush in. Otherwise, we will not be able to hold this Xiaoyunling position at all!"
"Monk, lead the charge with me. Gather all the submachine guns we have and shoot at the Japs as soon as you see them. No matter how much it costs, we must destroy the Japs that rush into our position!"
"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, don't just stand there, hurry up and rush forward with me. We have just dealt with the threat from the Japs in the air. Now we just need to get rid of the Japs' infantry, and then we can rest easy!"
Under Li Yunlong's command, everyone immediately began to act. Especially when the news of the annihilation of the Japanese fighter planes spread, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and the previously low morale was instantly restored.
Lin Zhenhua was not idle either. He came to the front of the position and looked to the left wing. He found that the gap had not been blocked, but was constantly expanding. Another squadron of Japanese soldiers was only 50 meters away from the position. The situation was extremely critical. He immediately ordered the soldiers to shoot obliquely to block the Japanese reinforcements!