#1209 fire cover
"Baga Road! How could this happen?"
The commander of the Japanese Division, Maedaji Maeda, was several kilometers away, but he could still clearly see the operation of the Hu Ben Engineer's construction of the floating bridge, and he was stunned.
Although the Yellow River in Shandong is no longer as wide as before, it is still as fast as the river, it has a river surface that is dozens of meters wide. The terrain on both sides is much higher than the river channel, so it can still serve as a natural defense line.
Maeda Yuki believed that it was not easy for the Hu Ben Army to build a floating bridge under his nose, and it would not be possible to complete it without an hour or two.
Within one or two hours, the Imperial Army along the river defense line could cause great casualties to the Hu Ben Army engineers, and delay the construction of the floating bridge to three or four hours, or even longer.
Moreover, even if the engineers of the Hu Ben Army paid a heavy price to build a simple floating bridge, they could only pass through infantry.
In Maedajima's view, those crossing infantry wanted to break through the Yellow River defense line lightly, they were simply dying. Although the surface defense buildings were severely destroyed under the long-term violent shelling of the previous period, it was still possible to resist the infantry's attack.
But what was happening in front of him suddenly made Maedaji stunned. The speed of the engineers of the Hu Ben Army building the floating bridge was too fast and amazing.
More importantly, the pontoon bridge that was rapidly forming in front of him was obviously not a simple pontoon bridge that he imagined could only pass through infantry soldiers. Maybe he could pass through armored vehicles or even main battle tanks directly!
"Bagaya Road! Shoot quickly!"
"Baga! Fire up!"
The Japanese soldiers on the front line were even more panicked. They all thought that the engineers of the Hu Ben Army would slowly build simple floating bridges, and they would have enough time to organize defense and counterattack, but they never dreamed that there would be such a slut in the world.
For a moment, the front-line Japanese soldiers were panicked and hurriedly organized firepower to block the attack. Heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fired cannons, war defense cannons and other weapons were set up one after another to enter the combat state as quickly as possible.
"Damn it, you finally showed your head! Xiao Wang, hurry up, beat me hard!"
Helicopter pilot Chen Fahui was now guarding the formation above the Yellow River. As soon as he saw the Japanese soldiers coming out of the underground bunker, they began to set up guns and cannons to organize firefighting.
"Don't worry, leave it to me!"
At this time, how could the archer Wang Tao be spoiled by these Japanese soldiers and wait for them to enter the battle state calmly?
When Chen Fahui adjusted the direction of the machine head, Wang Tao pressed the fire control switch without saying a word and hugged the fire fiercely at a Japanese trench.
The modified helicopter is equipped with two Vicks 40mm S-type air cannons, each air cannon can fire 100 armor-piercing shells or high-explosive grenades per minute.
Bang bang bang, two Vicks 40mm S-type air cannons roared instantly, clusters of green light flashed, and several Japanese soldiers in the trench ahead were directly beaten to the head or were beaten to pieces.
Even the heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, flat-fired cannons and other weapons in their hands were unable to escape. Some were directly destroyed, and some were seriously damaged.
At the same time, the other three helicopter pilots were not idle either. They opened fire and fired almost at the same time. Clusters of deadly green light flashed by, beating the Japanese soldiers in front of them all over the ground for their teeth, and they couldn't raise their heads for a moment.
Although the firepower of the helicopter modified by himself is far inferior to that of the modern version of the armed helicopter, it is also very powerful. It not only has an excellent field of vision and shooting range, but also has a very good firepower intensity, which is enough to suppress the Japanese infantry on the ground.
In addition, the helicopter is also equipped with bulletproof glass and bulletproof armor with superior performance, which greatly improves the battlefield survivability.
"Bageya Road! Hurry up, kill the Chinese helicopter first! Tank tanks and tanks will be dispatched to attack immediately!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese front commander had to give up the concentrated attack on the engineers who set up the floating bridge, and instead concentrate firepower to attack the helicopter unit of the Hu Ben Army, which poses the greatest threat.
Da da da da da!
Bang bang bang bang!
Soon, various weapons such as rifles, light and heavy machine guns, and anti-aircraft machine guns in the Japanese positions started to fire wildly at the four helicopters above.
A string of bullets soared into the sky, forming a series of cross-fire networks, which suddenly caused the Hu Ben Army helicopter to be shot one after another.
Fortunately, these helicopters have been specially reinforced, otherwise all the planes would be destroyed and killed in one go.
There was no way, the Japanese concentrated two armies along the river defense line, with nearly 200,000 troops in eight divisions, which could be easily eliminated and suppressed.
"There are such strong firepowers for these dogs! Hurry up, evacuate the battle, you can't force it!"
After a fierce firefight, the four helicopters were all riddled with holes, and the distance was not far from being completely collapsed. Chen Fahui and others did not dare to continue to roam, so they quickly turned around and ran away.
Their main task is to fight and assist, and be able to cover the engineering troops and build bridges as soon as possible, and it is definitely not to let them be the C position to output.
After all, the maneuverability of the helicopter is still too weak, and it is difficult to avoid ground firepower shooting without sufficient range advantage.
"Damnor, go to death!"
At this time, the two Il-2 ground attack aircraft were naturally not idle. They circled around the Japanese positions and began to dive and strafuse, aiming at the Japanese soldiers at the trenches and shot ruthlessly.
Dada, strings of bullets roared out, dragging out extended bullet lines on the ground, and after a moment, strange blood flowers splashed out from the Japanese crowd, and the Japanese soldiers fell down in pieces.
The original weapons of the two Il 2 ground attack aircraft are 2 23mm Vya-23 cannons, 2 7.62mm shkas aviation machine guns, and 1 12.7mm Berezinubt rotatable machine gun, with good firepower.
Now, two 23mm Vya-23 cannons have been modified to turn them into two Vicks 40mm S-type air cannons, greatly enhancing their lethality against ground armored targets.
With such powerful firepower, even these Japanese soldiers were unable to hide in tanks and tanks, not to mention that they were in an unblocked trenches at this moment.
There is no doubt that in front of these caliber ammunition, the flesh and blood body is simply a pile of tofu, and one shot can only be killed or injured.
It is absolutely impossible that there will be situations where people can still grit their teeth and shout slogans and continue fighting after getting a string of bullets on the screen.
The two Il2 ground attack aircraft immediately suppressed the Japanese ground firepower by half, reducing the pressure of the helicopters fleeing the battlefield a lot.
"Baga! Where to run, die!"
In a Japanese bunker, the gunner of the Japanese anti-aircraft machine was roaring with red eyes and kept firing wildly at a helicopter.
This is a Japanese double-mounted Type 2 Type B 20mm anti-aircraft gun. The barrel length is 1,400 mm, the maximum range is 5,500 meters, and the initial muzzle velocity is 950 meters/sec. It is mainly used for air defense and can also shoot ground targets. The firepower density is 1 times higher than that of Type 2 Type A 20mm anti-aircraft gun.
Chapter completed!