SWDnovel Chapter 135 Destroying the Fighter Group, Long Live the 3rd Squadron, Reinforcements from the 5th Di
Chapter 135 Destroying the Fighter Group, Long Live the 3rd Squadron, Reinforcements from the 5th Di
The latest work by author Wu Yun in his later years, "You were put to guard the Sihang Warehouse, and you brought out a German-equipped division", is exclusively released for the first time!
"Bang bang bang bang!!!!!"
Amid the continued roar of artillery fire, another Japanese bomber was shot down.
"Why haven't you taken out the enemy's anti-aircraft positions yet?"
Higashino Akichi coldly questioned over the communication channel.
"Enemy air defense positions are moving!!!"
Pilots shouted as they maneuvered in the air to avoid strafing fire from below.
"Are the air defense positions moving?"
Higashino Akike hurriedly picked up his binoculars and looked down from the side of the porthole.
Sure enough, those anti-aircraft gun positions were moving rapidly; no wonder they hadn't been eliminated for so long this time.
"Damn it, it's a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun! They mounted it on a vehicle!!"
Higashino Akichi shouted angrily:
"Bomber formations will return immediately after dropping their bombs; fighter formations await entry! Dive fire!!!"
The Japanese bomber group climbed up while dropping bombs downwards, then quickly withdrew from the battlefield.
Even so, another bomber was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed to the ground, exploding with a loud bang.
The bombing accuracy was not high this time, and some even landed outside the city.
Japanese fighter planes then entered the airspace again.
Li Jianghe held binoculars and observed the formation of Japanese fighter planes.
As expected, in order to ensure firing accuracy, Japanese fighter formations were all lowering their flight altitude and attempting to dive-bomb.
"Anti-aircraft machine guns, prepare to fire!!!!"
He shouted.
At this moment, the MG42 and MG34 machine guns of the guard battalion had been switched to anti-aircraft machine gun mode, with their muzzles pointed at the sky.
Although the twin-mounted anti-aircraft guns had fierce firepower, their overall rate of fire and number of guns were still quite different from those of the anti-aircraft machine guns.
The dense use of anti-aircraft machine guns was enough to form a dense fire network on the front, effectively supplementing the firepower gaps of anti-aircraft artillery.
In fact, those anti-aircraft machine guns had already been pointed at the sky, but they had not yet received the order to fire.
Finally, Japanese fighter planes swooped down and strafed, their cannons on both wings spitting fire.
The anti-aircraft machine guns below also began to roar at that moment.
"Hiss hiss hiss!!!!"
The large number of machine gun bullets instantly made up for the lack of fire density of the anti-aircraft guns, spreading a net of fire across most of the sky.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!!!"
The metal plates on the surface of the Japanese warplanes were quickly pierced by machine gun bullets, leaving holes in the fuselage.
If you're lucky, these holes will just be holes and won't cause any damage to the fighter jet as a whole.
However, if one is unlucky enough to be hit in the cockpit by a stray bullet, or by some critical components, or even the engine, fuel tank, etc., the fighter jet will go out of control in the air or explode.
Japanese warplanes continued to drop bombs or strafe, destroying some anti-aircraft vehicles and bombing some anti-aircraft machine gun positions.
Even so, the Japanese had only so many warplanes, and their ammunition was also limited.
One, two, three...
The fighter jet was shot down just like that.
This scene made Higashino Akira's heart bleed, and he angrily said:
"Return to base!!! Return to base immediately!!!"
Higashino Akike realized that the enemy's air defense firepower far exceeded his previous predictions.
A large number of Japanese warplanes immediately increased their altitude, disappeared into the clouds, left the battlefield, and quickly returned to base.
Seeing the Japanese warplanes being destroyed and shot down one after another, and finally fleeing in disarray, the soldiers of the Northwest Army cheered.
"Well done!!! Well done!!!"
"Long live the Third Detachment!!!!"
"You damn Japanese devils, we're not afraid of you this time!!!!"
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The Nationalist soldiers cheered, while the Japanese soldiers watching the battle cursed loudly.
"Go to hell, air force! What are you guys even good for?"
"You guys are completely useless! You can't even drop bombs accurately. What are you doing?"
"Why weren't they all shot down? When the bombs were all gone, you could have rammed your fighter jets into enemy positions! We could have charged in with our guns! Why couldn't you?"
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This Japanese soldier probably never knew that his words would become a self-fulfilling prophecy. In order to make up for the huge gap in equipment between the Japanese navy and the navy, the Japanese air force created the "Kamikaze" tactic, which used precious pilots as consumables. It can be called a great spectacle in the history of world warfare.
"The bombing was not very effective; many bombs landed far from their target areas, and a large number of aircraft were destroyed or damaged by the enemy."
Sei Takehiro said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.
Rensuke Isogai's face remained expressionless.
"The ground offensive must continue! The aerial bombardment must continue!"
His voice remained completely still.
As the samurai swords fell, a large number of Japanese infantrymen launched another fierce attack on the city of Taierzhuang amidst the billowing smoke.
The battle continued until night had completely fallen.
The Japanese 10th Division launched more than ten large-scale assaults almost continuously.
Japanese air force units also launched repeated attacks.
Unlike before, this time the air force learned its lesson. Instead of confronting the anti-aircraft fire head-on, they first dropped incendiary bombs on the ground. Once the smoke obscured the target area, they then dropped high-explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and so on.
Although this method significantly reduces the accuracy of bombing, it at least ensures that their fighter jets are not shot down too many times.
During this process, more sections of the Taierzhuang city wall collapsed, and the Japanese army repeatedly stormed into the village.
However, after repeated battles for control of the streets, the Japanese army was still unable to make an effective advance and was even pushed back by the counterattacks of the troops in the city.
In particular, when Li Jianghe's tank unit launched a counterattack with infantry, the Japanese army found it even more difficult to resist.
In many instances, Japanese soldiers even began to emulate the Chinese soldiers of the past, using their own flesh and blood to destroy armored tracked vehicles and light armored vehicles.
The Japanese offensive on the second day ended in failure again, and they were even unable to effectively control a block in the village.
A new guest arrived at the 10th Division headquarters.
He was Jun Sakamoto, the commander of the Sakamoto Detachment of the 5th Division.
"Sakamoto-kun, how many people came this time?"
"Isoya Rensuke asked in a deep voice."
The 10th Division has lost more than 2,000 soldiers in the two days of fierce fighting, which is almost an entire regiment.
The arrival of the Sakamoto Detachment to provide support was a timely and much-needed boost for them.
Sakamoto Jun glanced at the people in the room and noticed that the expressions on each of their faces were quite complex.
It goes without saying that the attack on the front lines was not going well, or rather, not going well at all.
This made him feel much better.
After all, the Sakamoto detachment had been soundly defeated and looked quite pathetic in Linyi before.
He cleared his throat before speaking:
"My 21st Brigade, plus the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Regiment reinforced by the division headquarters, the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment, the 3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment, and two tank companies."
"Heavy artillery regiment?"
Isogai Rensuke's eyes lit up.