Since they have been here for bombing every day these days, they have been here no less than a dozen times these days. They have long been very familiar with the terrain from the Niangniang Temple to Daling. Moreover, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, the sky was basically dominated by Japanese aircraft.
Therefore, as soon as the Japanese plane arrived, they divided into three echelons very familiarly, and pounced on them under the leadership of a major.
On the ground, Seishiro Sakagaki was holding a telescope and looking at the Niangniang Temple area. The calm surface could not hide his inner anxiety. The heavy damage to the 11th Regiment this morning gave him a bad premonition, that is, this trip
If he is not careful, the Battle of Linyi may become his Waterloo.
If Linyi cannot be captured and his division suffers too many casualties, those guys in the base camp who already dislike him will definitely jump out and attack him.
However, Sakagaki Seishiro's worry did not last long. When the familiar buzzing sound came from the sky, his mood began to calm down. The empire's aerial warriors finally arrived.
In his impression, as soon as the imperial planes bombed, the Chinese positions would be in a state of chaos. This was the best time for the imperial army to attack. He turned to the chief of staff, Colonel Saburo Kawabe, and said:
"Order the 42nd Regiment to be prepared and must launch an attack within five minutes after the bombers retreat. I will see their regiment flag planted on the high ground of the Empress Temple in half an hour!"
"Hai!"
Just as Saburo Hebian was about to call the captain of the 42nd Wing, the four Type 93 twin-engine light bombers of the first echelon lowered their altitude, and their noses dived toward the ground at an angle of 35 degrees.
The hatch in the belly of the plane has been opened, revealing the gleaming aerial bomb inside.
At this time, their height from the ground was only 500 meters. Originally, this was already a good height for bombing, but the lead Japanese aircraft was not satisfied. In order to pursue higher accuracy, it planned to lower the height to 300 meters before carrying out the bombing.
bomb.
During these days of bombing, they had already learned that the defenders here did not even have an anti-aircraft gun, not to mention an anti-aircraft gun. If they encountered an opponent who would not fight back or scold them, they would not be able to do anything to their heart's content.
To bully them would be to live up to their reputation as the "Locust Army".
But they didn't know that their opponent had changed today. They were facing a group of troops that were armed to the teeth in this era.
Just when the lead plane was about to drop the bomb, a burst of fire suddenly appeared on the ground. If the cockpit of the Japanese plane was not sealed, they would definitely hear a series of heavy "dong-dong" sounds from below.
"Dong dong dong..."
Accompanied by a series of gunshots, the two leading Japanese planes plumped black smoke and fell to the ground.
"No, the Chinese have anti-aircraft guns!"
The fleet commander in the sky, Lieutenant Colonel Yunobu Inoue, was shocked when he saw the sudden fire on the ground and the exploding shells around him. He quickly shouted into the intercom: "First team, pull up immediately, pull up, the Chinese are below.
Ambush with anti-aircraft fire!”
The reaction of the first bombing echelon was very quick. After seeing the fate of their companions in front, the last two Japanese planes immediately pulled the control sticks in unison. The heads of the two Japanese planes quickly turned around and avoided the ground.
of artillery fire.
But they forgot one thing at this moment, that is, their plane was still fully loaded with ammunition. The heavy weight made the plane's movement very clumsy, and the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground could easily catch up with them.
Another burst of fire caught up with a Type 93 bomber at the rear, and this time the shell directly hit the ammunition compartment in its belly, directly detonating the aerial bomb in the cabin.
With a loud "boom", the bomber turned into metal fragments in the air.
"No……"
Uekai Yunobu let out a shrill scream.
Watching the bomber turn into a ball of metal flames in front of his eyes, his eyes almost turned blood red. He sternly ordered: "Everyone abandon the original plan and immediately bomb the ground artillery fire in China. We
All China’s anti-aircraft firepower must be wiped out.”
"Hai!"
All the bomber pilots agreed in unison, and drove the bombers to dive towards the ground like wolves...
"Baga, these fools, why have they forgotten their original mission?"
Seeing that the bombers in the sky were competing with ground anti-aircraft firepower in an angry manner, but forgetting their original purpose, Seishiro Sakagaki was so angry that he cursed. These fools who call themselves air samurai, don't they know that their main mission is to bomb China?
Human positions instead of competing with ground anti-aircraft firepower? Only these fools can do this kind of thing.
Seeing that the bombers he had relied on as a siege weapon had lost their original role, Sakagaki had no choice but to order the artillery regiment behind him to start bombarding the Chinese army's positions on the opposite side. Although he knew that doing so would definitely expose the position of his own artillery, but
In this situation, he couldn't care less.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Japanese artillery shells landed on the position in front of the Empress Temple one after another, blasting the Chinese army's position into flames. On a hidden artillery position three miles away from the Empress Temple, Wang Dezi looked at the smoke columns rising from time to time at the Empress Temple.
He Huoguang looked at the bombers in the sky that were competing with the anti-aircraft firepower on the ground. He couldn't help but sneered: "It seems that little Japan has nothing to do. The planes are useless and now they have to move out the artillery. I really think we can't do anything to him."
"Zhang Tiezhu, have you measured the position of the Japanese artillery?"
As soon as Wang Dezi finished speaking, a voice came from the side, "Sir, the Japanese artillery positions have been withdrawn!"
"Okay, immediately order the brothers to prepare for a counterattack!"
As the artillerymen pulled the gun ropes together, the whole ground trembled randomly, and more than ten artillery shells of different calibers flew towards the direction reported by the observation post.
The duel between artillery may not be one-sided, but it does not mean that Chinese artillery will be passively beaten. Attack is always the fundamental creed of artillery.
A series of violent explosions with nearly a thousand degrees of heat and countless steel fragments tore through the Japanese artillery position, instantly blowing three artillery pieces of the Japanese artillery regiment into the sky.
"Reporting to the commander, we found that the Chinese Army has two artillery positions. They are firing at us. Their distances are 3600 and 4487 respectively..."
Colonel Akira Yoshikawa, captain of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment belonging to the 5th Division, soon received a call from his own observation post.
"Yo Xi, all artillery positions obey my order and immediately launch a counterattack against China's artillery positions! Kill them!"
"Boom boom..."
After discovering the opponent's artillery position, the artillery fire from both sides started again...
The sudden appearance of anti-aircraft artillery and artillery positions completely disrupted Seishiro Sakagaki's plan. After losing the cover of aircraft in the sky and artillery fire on the ground, the Japanese infantry completely lost all cover and could really only rely on themselves.
.
"Kill me!"
The 42nd Regiment was responsible for attacking the Niangniang Temple. They put on a large-scale attack posture from the beginning. A large group of Japanese troops divided into skirmish formations on the left and right and quickly rushed towards the front line of the Niangniang Temple.
Although they lost the cover of air and artillery fire, their grenade launchers were not idle. They still followed the infantry and moved quickly, taking the time to launch grenades at the national army's firepower points from time to time.
"boom……"
With this huge noise, an MG34 machine gun and the man were blown to pieces.
"Sniper, sniper, quickly knock out the grenade launcher of the little devil."
On the position of the 1st Battalion of the 398th Regiment, Wu Chengfeng observed the movements of the Japanese army and calmly directed the troops to counterattack.
Although the Japanese attack looked fierce, Wu Chengfeng was not worried at all. On this line of defense, they were much stronger than the Japanese in terms of numbers and firepower, and they still had fortifications to hold on to, without the loss of artillery fire and air cover.
What the hell would it be if the Japanese could attack?
Sure enough, the Japanese army only attacked for less than half an hour. Under the overwhelming rain of bullets, a whole group of more than a thousand Japanese troops lost half of their troops, and finally had to retreat in embarrassment.
"Hiss..." Sakagaki Seishiro, who had been paying attention to the development of the war, couldn't help but take a breath.
"Where did these Chinese soldiers come from? Their firepower is so fierce!"
Seishiro Sakagaki quickly called the captain of the Eleventh Regiment, Sasaki Go, and asked.
"Zao Zuo-kun, did this Chinese army attack your troops last night?"
"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, this is the China army. Their biggest feature is that they have an outrageous number of automatic weapons. They took advantage of the darkness early this morning to catch us off guard with the automatic weapons in their hands. Otherwise, Liujiahu would not have been able to
It will be lost so quickly!"
Hearing this, Sakagaki Seishiro glared at him impatiently. At this time, this guy did not forget to defend his failure.
"Then do you have any good way to capture the Chinese position?"
"No!"
Sasaki Wu answered Seishiro Sakagaki's question very honestly. Although Japanese soldiers pride themselves on being brave, they are not arrogant enough to think that soldiers can ignore the enemy's hail of bullets.
"Baga, where did this hateful Chinese army come from, and what is their designation?"
Sakagaki, who took off his military cap, touched his bare head and fell into distress.
"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, we have figured out the number of the Chinese troops in front!"
At this time, the voice of Chief of Staff Kawabe Saburo came from the side...
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