vrcanaries Chapter 139 Damn, this thing made by college students is really so useful, why can’t I believe it?
Chapter 139 Damn, this thing made by college students is really so useful, why can’t I believe it?
Kong Jie pointed to the terrain ahead and said, "Lao Ding, the terrain ahead is like a gourd with only one passage about ten meters wide. Our large forces can't deploy at all. The Japanese only need to block the intersection with machine guns. Even if we send more people, it will be useless!"
"According to the intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance company, a squadron of Japanese tanks are heading here. Once the Japanese use tanks to counterattack us, we won't even have a foothold and will be at risk of being defeated!"
"The brigade commander has given us a death order, but our two regiments have been fighting for six days and haven't made a single step forward. Our casualties are almost half. If we continue to fight like this, my New Second Regiment will be wiped out! Once our two regiments are wiped out, the entire northwest of Shanxi will become the devil's world. If they want to establish a base here, how many soldiers will have to be sacrificed before they can break in? We have to think about the future!"
Ding Wei took the telescope off his neck, slammed his fist on the wooden table, and angrily cursed: "Damn Li Yunlong, he is really a troublemaker. I don't know what he did to provoke the Japanese and make them mobilize nearly two brigades of troops to attack us in northwest Shanxi!"
"This is damned, we have been surrounded by a brigade of the Japs and two tank squadrons. Our two regiments have suffered an unprovoked disaster! We can't keep fighting like this. Once the Japs' reinforcements arrive, we won't even be able to retreat and will most likely be wiped out by the Japs!"
"Lao Kong, I will send a messenger on horseback to the brigade headquarters in a moment. The round trip will take at most three days. Whether to fight or retreat, we should wait for the brigade commander's opinion!"
Kong Jie nodded in agreement and said, "We have just experienced a large-scale raid by the Japanese. It has only been two or three months. Our New Second Regiment has just completed the injection of new recruits and has not yet started training when we were dragged onto the battlefield. If it weren't for the soldiers fighting for their lives, we would have been unable to fight yesterday! Now our New Second Regiment only has eight artillery shells left, and there are not many grenades and bullets left. If we continue to fight, we can only let the soldiers fight the Japanese with bayonets!"
Ding Wei understood the meaning of Kong Jie's words. If they were not pushed to a certain extent, the two would never think of retreating. They had a very good relationship with Li Yunlong, so how could they just stand by and watch them die? It was really that the team suffered too much loss and the ammunition consumption was too serious, and they could no longer hold on alone.
The front-line position of the independent regiment.
The battlefield was exceptionally quiet today. Ever since the Japanese withdrew yesterday, they did not leave the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold today. Instead, they stayed there and began to rest. This left Li Yunlong a little confused. He felt that the Japanese must be planning something bad!
Lin Zhenhua worked all night yesterday and got two anti-aircraft proximity rockets, which have already been installed on the position. After reading the detailed instructions on how to use them, this aroused Li Yunlong's interest, and he followed Wang Chengzhu to fiddle with these two big guys.
Li Yunlong knocked on the rocket and asked curiously, "Zhu Zi, this thing made by college students is really useful. It doesn't look much different from before. Are the college students bragging again?"
Zhuzi adjusted the direction of the rocket again and said helplessly: "Captain, I don't know if this thing is easy to use, but the weapons made by college students have never disappointed people. I don't know if it can shoot down the Japanese fighter planes, but it should be no problem to scare the Japanese fighter planes! With such a big size and many steel balls installed inside, the Japanese's combat record is like a big meat bun with thin fillings. As long as they are hit by a large number of steel balls, the Japanese will have no chance of getting away with it!"
After listening to Zhuzi's explanation, Li Yunlong finally felt relieved. Yesterday's bombing by the Japanese still left him with lingering fears. Today, the Japanese did not come out of their stronghold. He had just arranged for the soldiers to hide in the air-raid shelter. Even if the Japanese came to bomb, it would not cause much damage to the front line.
"Haha, Zhuzi, if it's really as you said, then I'm relieved! I only left one platoon on the battlefield, and let the rest of the people hide in the air-raid shelter. Even if the Japanese bomb our position to pieces, it won't have much impact on us. After all, it's impossible for the Japanese pilots to fall from the sky and run to the ground to fight us!"
Just as Li Yunlong was about to continue, the hum of an airplane engine came from afar. Li Yunlong picked up the telescope and saw more than 40 Japanese fighter planes flying towards the front line of the independent regiment. He shouted loudly: "Bugler, blow the air defense alarm immediately. A large number of Japanese fighter planes are attacking. Let the brothers take cover quickly. Stay in the air-raid shelter honestly. No one is allowed to come out without my order!"
"Zhu Zi, what the hell are you standing there for? The Japanese fighter plane is coming. Hurry up and adjust the shooting angle of the proximity rockets and shoot down the Japanese fighter plane for me!"
Wang Chengzhu had cold sweat on his forehead. The direction of the incoming Japanese aircraft that he had estimated was very off, and he was now desperately trying to adjust it. Li Yunlong hurried over to help. With Li Yunlong's assistance, the shooting angle and direction of the two proximity rockets were quickly adjusted. At this time, the Japanese were only a few miles away from the front-line positions.
Li Yunlong yelled at Wang Chengzhu who was standing beside him, "Zhuzi, why are you so nervous? After the two rockets are launched, hide in the air-raid shelter immediately. We will come out after the Japanese bombing is over!"
Zhuzi didn't dare to wipe the sweat off his forehead. He wiped his palms on his clothes, staring at the enemy's fighter planes, and muttered: "Shoot ahead to six, angle 36, direction east by south, distance one thousand meters!"
Li Yunlong did not interrupt Zhuzi's words. He put his hand on the switch, waiting for Zhuzi's order, and then pressed the launch switch of the rocket. When the Japanese fighter plane was 100 meters away from the front line, Wang Chengzhu shouted loudly: "Captain, press the launch switch and fire the rocket!"
Li Yunlong, who had been prepared, pressed the launch switch of the rocket at Wang Chengzhu's order. After the power was turned on, the primer was ignited, and the rocket flew towards the sky with a bright flame at the tail.
Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu did not see how effective their attack was. They immediately went into a nearby air-raid shelter before the Japanese could steal their eggs. As soon as they entered the shelter, before they had time to catch their breath, the Japanese aircraft group had already started dropping bombs, and violent explosions sounded on the position.
The two rockets that were launched also rushed to the sky unstoppably, and when they reached an altitude of 500 meters, they began to gradually lose power. The close combat fuse detected an obstacle nearby and immediately detonated the rocket. The rocket exploded violently, and the scattered steel balls and shrapnel spread out, hitting two Japanese Type land attack aircraft. The two attack aircraft were riddled with holes, and the engine caught fire and then a violent explosion occurred. The two land attack aircraft were directly blown into pieces in the sky.
It has to be said that Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu were very lucky. The Eighth Route Army had no air defense capabilities and had no good way to deal with the Japanese bombing. This made the Japanese arrogant and domineering. Before each bombing and strafing, they would descend to an altitude of about 500 meters. Otherwise, these two proximity rockets would not have achieved such great results.
After seeing the two land-based attack aircraft being hit, the remaining fighters and bombers immediately climbed to a higher altitude and searched downward for suspicious targets, but they found nothing. This made the Japanese suspect that the two land-based attack aircraft had malfunctioned, causing the violent explosion.
However, for safety reasons, Colonel Fujita ordered the fleet to climb to an altitude of 1000 meters, and the fighter jets were responsible for clearing out the threatening targets below. As small bombs were dropped one after another, the front-line positions of the independent regiment were devastated.
More than a dozen Zero fighters, plus a dozen land-based attack aircraft, began to strafing suspicious targets in the independent regiment's front-line positions. After ten minutes of continuous strafing without encountering any resistance, they stopped the action.
After confirming that there was no danger below, Colonel Fujita ordered the bomber brigade to start dropping No. 1 and No. 3 ammunition, and to deliver the ammunition brought this time in batches within the base of the independent regiment.
As the bombs fell one by one, they did not explode after landing, but began to release poisonous gas. Colonel Fujita looked at the effect through the observation mirror and found that most of the bombs were dropped into the front-line positions of the independent regiment. He ordered the bombers to continue flying forward and drop all the No. 1 and No. 3 shells at other locations in the base, even the marked positions of the independent regiment headquarters and the arsenal were not spared.
The Japanese fighter planes were not idle either. A few were left to escort the bombers, and the remaining 20 or so fighter planes began to wreak havoc in the base, causing many casualties among soldiers and civilians. Some houses in the base were destroyed. With the release of poison gas, a greater crisis was about to come!
"Yoshi! Today's bombing operation has been completed. We can return home and continue bombing the independent regiment tomorrow. We will see the damage effect after three days!" Colonel Fujita said with a beaming face.
"Colonel, I suspect that the China Independent Regiment has anti-aircraft weapons, otherwise how could our two land-based attack aircraft catch fire and explode in mid-air?" Koharutaro said earnestly.
"Xiaochun, it was just an accident. We dropped bombs No. 1 and No. 2 on the independent regiment, killing many of their soldiers and civilians and destroying many buildings, but they didn't suffer any attack at all. It's likely that the aircraft had been in use for a long time and had a malfunction. When I go back, I will tell Major General Fujiwara about this and ask him to order someone to check the land attack aircraft to prevent similar incidents from happening again!"
"Okay, stop looking so sad! We only need to carry out this bombing three more times, and this area will become a no-man's land. The Imperial Army will soon be able to occupy it, and you can just wait to get another medal!"