"Hurry...the Japanese plane is coming down, shoot quickly!"
On both sides of the road, a fire team of twelve MG42s equipped with tripods in anti-aircraft mode poured out tongues of fire at the five fighter planes that fell from the sky.
"Kakaka..."
Twelve tongues of flame chased the Japanese plane in the sky, but because the Japanese plane dived too fast, the bullets fired could only follow the Japanese plane in vain.
When the Japanese planes dived to an altitude of 600 meters, they opened fire.
"Da da da da..."
In a burst of rapid gunfire, two tongues of flames passed by both sides of the road. Three members of a machine gun team fell in a pool of blood on the spot. After the strafing was completed, the Type-1 fighter pulled up its nose again and rushed into the sky, leaving only
Fire several bullets that chase after you.
"Idiot... measure in advance... measure in advance..."
Seeing the casualties, Hu Dahai, who was not far away, jumped anxiously, but he had no choice but to direct the 88 anti-aircraft gun to continue firing into the sky.
At this time, Yan Xishan, who had already entered the cave dwelling, heard his subordinates report that Gao Hongming not only did not enter the cave dwelling to avoid the air raid, but instead went to the front line to command the troops for air defense. He was so angry that he almost cursed his mother.
It was Sun Chu who comforted him: "Sir, calm down, Gao Hongming is like this. Ever since Mr. Gao was killed by the Japanese, he and the Japanese have forged a bloody feud. Otherwise, he would not have formed a team to fight against the Japanese, and even run away."
I went to Cangyun Ridge to participate in the battle and captured this alliance flag. Do you think this is true?"
"That's true."
After hearing what Sun Chu said, Yan Xishan's face became a little better, but he still said displeased: "That's what I said, but there will be a press conference tomorrow. If you run out so recklessly, what if?
What should I do if something goes wrong? Wouldn’t the press conference become a memorial service?”
"Woooo...boom...boom..."
As soon as Yan Xishan finished speaking, he heard two consecutive huge explosions nearby. The scale of the explosion was so large that people in the cave could even notice that the ground shook for a while.
Before anyone had time to ask, an officer in charge of observation hurried in and said loudly with a joyful face: "Good news... good news... Commander Gao's air defense force shot down three enemy planes in a row, and they all crashed on the ground.
Nearby, Commander Gao is now commanding the air defense troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Japanese bomber group."
"Oh, great!"
The people in the cave were surprised at first, and then overjoyed.
Mr. He Changqing, the president of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce, said repeatedly: "Good... very good. This leader Gao is indeed the pride of our Shanxi people. Congratulations to Chief Yan... you have produced talents in Liantai."
Upon hearing the news that the Japanese plane was shot down, Yan Xishan also turned from anger to joy. He stroked the beard on his lips with his right hand and thought about how to spread the news quickly tomorrow.
Just when he was thinking about how to spread the news, He Changqing was about to walk out of the cave. The people around him were so frightened that they quickly stopped him: "Mr. He, where are you going? Japanese planes are bombing outside.
It’s dangerous to go out!”
He Changqing smiled faintly: "I am already in my seventies this year. I am about to reach the age of octogenarian. I have enjoyed all the blessings I deserve. Even if I die today, I have nothing to regret.
Now, I, Shanxi, are fighting fiercely with Japanese planes outside. Even though I can't step forward to help carry the shells, I can still cheer for them from a distance. So, please don't stop me. Let me do it while I can.
Just do what you should do when you move."
Many people just felt a little hot on their faces after hearing this. They didn't dare to stop him anymore and could only watch him walk out of the cave.
After a while, Wang Jingguo, the commander of the Thirteenth Group Army, smiled bitterly and said: "I'm ashamed. It is reasonable to say that marching and fighting is our bounden duty as soldiers, but now I have been outclassed by a merchant. I'm ashamed... I'm ashamed... Yan
Sir, please allow me to go out and accompany Mr. He. Even though we can't help, we can still support him."
Yan Xishan turned his head and glanced at everyone, and laughed: "Brother Wang has already said so. If we have anything else to say, then let me be the only one... let's go..."
After that, he strode out of the cave dwelling.
When everyone saw that their boss had gone out, could he still stay in the cave, so everyone followed him out of the cave.
Under the escort of the guards, Yan Xishan and others came to a hidden slope and began to watch the battle.
At this time, the battle also reached its climax.
I saw five Japanese planes swooping and shooting around the anti-aircraft gun positions on both sides of the road, while the air defense troops on the road also opened fire wildly, and the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder smoke.
"Hurry... put the gun in place quickly..."
"Fire...fire..."
Gao Hongming also fired real fire. He ordered the troops to mount all machine guns on tripods, activate anti-aircraft mode and start shooting into the air.
The expanded machine guns of the militia have been equipped to the squad level. The entire militia has nearly a hundred MG42 machine guns in total.
When hundreds of MG42s fired into the air at the same time, Ono Junsheng's luck came to an end.
Although most machine gunners have not received systematic anti-aircraft shooting training, the amount of advance is not clear.
But sometimes quantitative changes can also lead to qualitative changes.
Hundreds of machine guns poured out tongues of fire into the sky, shrouding the Type 1 fighter planes that were conducting low-altitude dives and strafing fire. A Type 1 fighter plane that had destroyed a machine gun group just pulled up its nose. Only this aircraft was seen.
It suddenly shook, and then a burst of black smoke began to emit from the nose of the plane, and soon it fell to the ground, making a huge explosion.
"Good... well done... kill these idiots!"
A burst of cheers came from the distance, and Yan Xishan was stunned. It turned out that at some point, many people were already standing on the surrounding hillsides, and some were even standing on the roof of the cave dwelling, cheering and cheering for the air defense company.
"Hit me... hit me hard..."
Under the fire net composed of hundreds of MG42s, Ono Junsheng could no longer hold on. In less than ten minutes, he lost two more fighters. As a result, only two of the six fighters originally responsible for escort were left.
He had no choice but to order to return to high altitude to avoid the fire net on the ground, and reluctantly reported to Ryoichi Yamagami.
"Your Excellency Shanshan, my escort squadron has suffered heavy losses and is no longer able to open a bombing channel for you."
Seeing that there were only two fighter planes left in the escort squadron, Yamayama was anxious and angry.
Not only did the Chinese anti-aircraft guns shoot high, but their firepower was unexpectedly fierce. In just over ten minutes, their group of twelve bombers lost two more. Such heavy losses are very rare in recent years.
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I was determined to continue the bombing, but I was afraid of losing too much. I wanted to retreat too far and wanted to retreat too far. I was also afraid of being punished by Captain Fujino Shigeharu. For a while, I began to hesitate.