The place where the Japanese bombers just dropped their bombs was indeed the mountain artillery battalion position of the new regiment.
However, after the cannon was fired, the artillery and cannons had long been moved to concealed locations.
In order not to be wiped out by Japanese planes, each mountain cannon was hidden in a different position and fully concealed.
The Eighth Route Army lying on the ground was a dummy made of straw and Eighth Route Army uniforms. The mountain artillery camouflage net was an extra gift from Chen Feng to the New Regiment. There were more than 100 of them.
These dummies and camouflage nets reflect their value and consume 10 100-kg aerial bombs of the Little Devil.
Kato Ryuichi was furious when he learned that he had been deceived by a false target.
Their mission this time was different from the last time they pursued the New Regiment in the Xinzhou Basin. Last time, they harassed and contained the Eighth Route Army. This time, Yoshio Shinozuka gave them the price of killing and injuring the Eighth Route Army at all costs.
Kato Ryuichi led the flight formation and swooped down towards the main peak of Lion Mountain at all costs. Two Nakajima fighter jets were also coming from the west.
At the Lion Rock position, the commanders and fighters of the new regiment had long heard the buzzing roar of aircraft motors.
However, after shooting down two Japanese planes in Hulugou and being chased by dozens of Japanese sorties in the Xinzhou Basin, the New Regiment successfully jumped out of the Japanese encirclement.
The commanders and fighters of the new regiment were not so afraid when facing Japanese planes.
"Enemy plane!"
"hidden!"
"All battalions and companies gather firepower and prepare for air defense!"
"Let labor and management set up the machine guns!"
Through the field of view of the telescope, Li Yunlong shouted loudly when he saw six aircraft approaching at high speed in the distance.
Following his order, the soldiers of the new regiment immediately took action, hiding in squad units, crawling to avoid, setting up light and heavy machine guns, and pointing them in the direction of the Japanese plane's dive.
They have long been familiar with the air defense after the Japanese planes arrived. Not only do they have actual combat experience, they have conducted hundreds of drills in the past few months, with an average of one air defense drill every day.
Don't panic at all.
At the same time, the firepower of each battalion and company quickly set up light and heavy machine guns throughout the Lion Rock, pointed in the direction of the Japanese plane and pulled the trigger.
On the top of the mountain, 40 camouflaged machine guns were ready to fire. They saw the Japanese plane swooping down and aiming in the direction of the Japanese plane's dive.
The machine gun on the top of the mountain is fully camouflaged and very concealed. Even if the Japanese pilots use binoculars on the plane, they cannot see the specific location.
Therefore, the first dive attack of the Japanese aircraft was directed at the new position on the front slope of Lion Rock.
Da da da…
Everything…
More than 100 light and heavy machine guns, more than 200 submachine guns, and 40 machine guns formed a firepower network laid out on the Japanese dive route.
The tracer trajectory fired by the weapon filled the entire sky over Lion Rock like a spider web.
Under the dense rain of bullets, the Japanese aircraft continued to dive downwards without fear of death.
This is a battle of either you die or I live.
Da da da…
A long way away, blue light emitted from both sides of the Japanese plane's wings, and machine guns and cannons fired fiercely. The bullets and cannon shells splashed half a meter high of dirt and gravel on the ground.
Six planes and twenty bullet marks extended towards the new regiment's forward position.
A Type 96 bomber on the left emitted black smoke before it had time to drop its bombs.
First, the fuselage shook violently, then an open flame lit up, and the fuselage fell diagonally downward uncontrollably, grazing the top of the mountain and passing the Lion Rock.
Falling to the ground below the reverse slope of Lion Rock.
boom!
Ten 100-kilogram-class aerial bombs under the fuselage exploded. The ground shook violently, and the entire earth shook violently.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other two Type 96 bombers quickly dropped their bombs and then pulled the joystick upwards.
Due to the hasty bomb delivery, when the two bombers pulled up, only some of the bombs landed on the new group's positive slope position, and some of the bombs fell in front of the position.
Compared with fighters, bombers are a bit bulky and difficult to change and avoid directions when entering a dive route, especially when pulling up.
At this moment, several machine guns on the top of the mountain suddenly spurted out tongues of flame, and chains of tracer shells whipped towards the Japanese Type 96 bomber like whips.
The two Type 96 bombers first shook violently, and then exploded and disintegrated in the air with a bang. The parts with black smoke scattered in all directions, and then fell one after another.
The Japanese pilots were also very stubborn and were risking their lives in bombing the new regiment's positions.
Knowing that the new regiment was equipped with anti-aircraft guns, they still chose to dive bomb.
Although they have the advantage of attacking the ground at high altitude, they are faced with a firepower network composed of 40 anti-aircraft guns, more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 200 submachine guns.
The advantage is infinitely reduced.
The other three Nakajima fighter jets were lucky enough not to be hit in the fire net.
Compared with bulky bombers, fighter jets are more flexible, faster, and can change direction more easily.
"Baga! Baga! Baga!"
A series of angry curses from Takashi Kato sounded on the radio.
In the first round of dive bombing, three Type 96 attack planes were actually lost. Wearing a jacket hood and windshield in the cabin, Kato Ryuichi's cheeks were twisted together with anger.
"Dazuo, the Eighth Route Army has more than 20 machine guns, probably no less than 40. We still..." a pilot said on the radio.
Mechanical anti-aircraft guns, and those equipped with a large number of tracer shells, are simply the nemesis of attack aircraft.
The 40 machine guns below are simply more powerful than the protective firepower on a battleship. They guard the position below like a battleship.
"Yamaguchi-kun, shut up!"
"Come back with me and kill the anti-aircraft guns on the hill!"
Kato Ryuichi's tone was cold and left no room for doubt.
"Hi!" the Japanese pilot had no choice but to obey the order.
The three Nakajima fighter jets turned somersaults, turned around and flew back, heading straight for the cannon position on the top of the mountain. Another two Nakajima fighter jets also joined the attack queue.
It is worth mentioning that the Japanese pilots during this period had extremely rich combat experience.
They are all pilots who survived the battle with the Chinese Air Force, and there are many ace pilots among them.
With the outbreak of the Pacific War in the mid-to-late period, Japan's experienced pilots were lost in air battles with the US military.
In the later period, the Japanese even let new pilots fly fighter jets to carry out suicide attack missions, such as kamikazes.
This is the consequence of losing too many battles. There are fewer and fewer experienced veterans, and there are inexperienced recruits on the battlefield. Naturally, the balance of victory will not tip to Japan.
But for now, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese pilots and elite soldiers is still very strong.
Five Nakajima fighter jets dived down toward Lion Rock from different directions while performing tactical evasive maneuvers. Their targets were the machine guns located on the top of the mountain.
The two 12.7mm machine guns under the wings of each Nakajima fighter jet spit out long tongues of fire.
"What a stupid little devil!"
Monk Wei's eyes widened as he saw a twin-mounted machine gun in front of him that was already filled with 120 rounds of 20mm shells.
Li Yunlong squinted his eyes at the swooping Japanese planes in the command post, his expression calm and not affected at all.
Under his order, the 40 machine guns were replaced with new drums. Each drum contained 60 rounds of machine shells. The shooters aimed at the Japanese planes that were swooping down through the circle sights, with their fingers on the weights.
Up, hold your breath and concentrate.
Seeing the Japanese plane getting closer and closer, Li Yunlong shouted: "Fire!"
In an instant, firepower composed of 40 machine guns and more than a hundred light and heavy machine guns were directed at the Japanese aircraft, weaving a dense firepower net.
Both sides engaged in a wave of frontal confrontation.
It's a matter of life and death. If you don't accept it, just do it.
The Japanese pilot operated the fighter jet to dodge the bomb chain, and at the same time pressed the firing button of the machine gun to dive and shoot down.
But it is a pity that in the face of the dense firepower and air defense network, there are only 5 Japanese fighter jets, and they can no longer gain an advantage.
In this round of competition, three machine guns were hit by machine guns and aerial bombs from Japanese aircraft, and two fighter jets were shot down by the machine guns of the new regiment.
A new group makes a small profit.
The three Japanese fighter jets turned around and returned, but the Japanese pilots who had tasted the new anti-aircraft firepower did not dare to dive and shoot at low altitude.
After shooting randomly at a height of several hundred meters, aiming downwards, I had no choice but to carry out ammunition, which was all gone and flew back towards Taiyuan in a gray manner.
There were 9 planes when we arrived, but only 4 were left when we went back.
After watching the Japanese plane fly away, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief: "The Japanese plane has finally left."
Although I had killed 5 Japanese planes in the ground-to-air battle just now, facing the Japanese dives, loud sounds, machine gun fire, and powerful aerial bombs, I felt an indescribable psychological pressure.
However, Li Yunlong always had calm eyes and his expression did not change at all.
"Pass my order and the first and second battalions will meet the enemy immediately."
"The Third Battalion and the Sharp Sword Squadron must guard the rear to prevent the Japanese from sneaking around and attacking."
Through the vision of the telescope, Li Yunlong saw the Japanese driving a large number of puppet troops towards the forward position, and gave orders with a cold look on his face.
The forward position of the new regiment was blown into a sea of flames by more than a dozen aerial bombs.
Almost every aerial bomb blasted a crater the size of a pond.
However, the soldiers were spread out widely in the trenches, and the losses were not great. At most, dozens of people were killed, which was within Li Yunlong's tolerance.
After all, this wave of frontal shots downed 5 Japanese aircraft. Based on the calculation of 3 American mountain cannons for each aircraft shot down, 15 American mountain cannons can be exchanged.
There are almost 4 mountain artillery batteries, which is great.
Li Yunlong hoped that a few more Japanese planes would come and shoot down more of them, so that the new regiment could soon form a mountain artillery regiment.
Immediately afterwards, the attack force composed of puppet troops and Japanese ronin quickly exchanged fire with the first and second battalions.
As soon as the exchange of fire broke out, the commanders and fighters of the 1st and 2nd Battalions felt that the combat effectiveness of this puppet army was incredibly low. Many soldiers could not even shoot accurately, and their firepower was too low.
The New Regiment had no pressure at all when fighting with such an army.
The first wave of offensives by the Japanese and puppet troops was easily defeated.
