The position was filled with the wails and charred corpses of soldiers who had been set on fire. One of the wounded officers, who couldn't stand the smell of burnt human flesh and the groans in the air, took out the Nanbu pistol in his waist and swallowed it in his mouth.
"Bah!"
A crisp gunshot sounded on the battlefield, but surprisingly no one turned around to look at all this. They were used to death, or at least numb.
Only at this moment did these Japanese soldiers truly realize the powerlessness of the Chinese army in the face of air attacks in the past. When the bombing was going on, the Japanese soldiers did not even hear the sirens at all. It was so sudden and dense with incendiary bombs and high-altitude high-definition bombs.
Explosive bombs fell on their heads.
The sky was filled with the roar of aircraft, the explosion of bombs, and of course...the sound of the remaining three Type 96 25mm triple anti-aircraft guns.
"Dong dong dong...dong...dong...dong..."
Although the gunner exerted almost all his strength, the gunfire still sounded sparse.
Here I have to talk about the "artifact" of the Type 96 anti-aircraft gun.
Nominally, this anti-aircraft gun adopts a triple-mounted configuration, and theoretically can reach between 200 and 260 rounds per minute during salvo firing.
But the strange thing is that this gun uses a 15-round magazine to feed the ammunition. When firing, three gunners must be waiting with the magazine at the same time.
As the old saying goes, all five fingers are of different lengths, let alone three people.
Therefore, in actual combat, except for the first round of salvo firing, the other times are when one gun is firing and the other two are still in the process of loading. The situation when the three guns fire at the same time is
It's hard to show up.
With such firepower, it is difficult for enemy aircraft to form an effective firepower network.
A good triple anti-aircraft gun forced the Japanese to have the rate of fire of a single-barreled artillery. This is considered a unique skill of the Japanese.
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Chinese bombing caused 252 imperial warriors to be broken into pieces, and another 215 were injured, at least 40% of which were extensive burns. The howls of the wounded were everywhere, and some of the wounded continued to cry.
Praying for others to give him a shot, some soldiers even couldn't bear it and chose to have their bodies disemboweled."
There was a hint of sadness in the words of Colonel Miura, Chief of Staff of the 9th Compound Brigade. Anyone who has been to the bombed positions will be touched by the hell-like scenes there.
Tomomi Kyuuda loudly said: "This is a long-planned attack by the Chinese, relying on their air power!"
"Your Excellency, what should we do now?" Miura Master said worriedly: "According to Kame Ueno's report, the casualties of the 86th Regiment have reached more than 40%, and some squadrons have even been destroyed.
If the fighting continues, it will be difficult for the troops to regain their combat effectiveness."
Miura-sama's concern is correct. According to international practice, once the casualty ratio of a unit exceeds 20 to 30%, it should be withdrawn for repairs. Once it exceeds a certain degree, it will be more troublesome for the unit to restore its combat effectiveness.
This is also the reason why once an entire army is wiped out, it will be deactivated.
Because if the organization is not abolished, even if this force is reluctantly reorganized, it will not be the same force as before.
"The Eighty-sixth Regiment cannot withdraw now." Tomomi Kuta shook his head, "If the Eighty-sixth Regiment withdraws, where will I find troops to replace them?"
"We can send a telegram to Commander Gangcun and ask him to send us additional reinforcements. Otherwise, if we continue to fight like this, the ninth brigade will be wiped out." Master Miura still refused to give up and planned to persuade him again.
"Don't I know that?"
Seeing that Master Miura was still nagging, Tomomikuda wanted to get angry, but considering that he had been with him for several years, he still patiently explained: "The problem is that Commander Gangcun can no longer be dispatched.
The troops are strong, unless..."
"Unless Commander Gangcun is willing to continue to mobilize troops from Shandong and Chahar." Master Miura interrupted Tomomi Kuta.
"idiot!"
Tomomi Kuta finally couldn't help but get angry.
"Miura-kun, you are too presumptuous. Are you teaching the commander how to fight?"
"Hey... I'm really sorry." Miura Master also realized his mistake and quickly bowed his head to apologize.
Seeing Master Miura's apology, Tomomi Kuta said nothing more and just sighed softly: "Miura-kun, you have to remember that all we can do now is compete with the Chinese people in terms of endurance to see who can persist.
Go down."
Tomomikuda was right. Today, Okamura Neji and Gao Hongming are competing to see who can't hold on first. But even Okamura Neji didn't expect that his opponent Gao Hongming would start to make moves again.
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In the blue sky, a Mitsubishi Type 97 reconnaissance aircraft is flying at a distance of more than 100 kilometers west of Liantai County at an altitude of 6,000 meters. The observer and telegraph operator is nervously observing the surrounding movements. It is no longer the same as before.
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Since the Japanese air force in Shanxi suffered continuous attacks, the sky in Shanxi has now become almost dominated by Liantai militia aircraft, and Japanese aircraft are rarely seen.
Just when the observer inadvertently turned his head to look to the lower right, his face suddenly froze, and then his face turned pale, and he stammered and shouted: "The Chinese aircraft fleet..."
In the operations hall of the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan, the newly appointed commanders of the First Army, Yoshimoto Teiichi and Okamura Neiji, received an emergency telegram from the 21st Flying Team.
"Your Excellency, Commander... our reconnaissance plane reported that the Chinese have dispatched another fleet of aircraft heading towards Taiyuan, and the number is very large. According to observation, there are at least no less than two hundred aircraft."
"Nani...two hundred?"
Upon hearing this number, everyone in the combat hall instantly turned pale.
A staff officer murmured to himself: "Does Gao Hongming want to blow up all the airports in Shanxi?"
Someone shouted again: "Your Excellency, Commander, please quickly order our plane to take off and leave here, otherwise it will be too late."
Neji Okamura closed his eyes in pain. He had already ordered the fighter planes in Shanxi to stop attacking. Why did Gao Hongming still not let them go? Did he have to kill them all?
However, he quickly put away this emotion. This was a life-and-death war. How could he expect his opponent to be merciful?
He took a deep breath: "Pass my order and all fighter planes will take off immediately. Since the Chinese want to wipe out all the planes in Shanxi, let me see if they have this ability?"
Tell Mukayama and Saburo to take off all the fighter planes that can take off to meet the enemy!"