The Japanese plane with a blood-red plaster flag penetrated the thick clouds and swooped down toward the Wushimen defense line like a ferocious steel monster with teeth and claws.
"Hidden! Hidden!"
On Highland No. 3, as soon as the air defense sentry shouted, a series of bullets swept down, and the air defense sentry was knocked down in the trench.
The violent machine gun bullets shot up puffs of muddy mist from the edge of the trench, and the helmets clanked with the flying gravel, and some even caused sparks to strike.
"Knock down the Japanese plane!" Zhang Qingyun, the regiment chief of staff, stood on the trench and shouted.
The quadruple anti-aircraft machine guns deployed on position 3 opened fire, and the bullets flew high into the sky, but the Japanese planes slyly turned around to avoid them.
The anti-aircraft weapons all over Wushimen opened fire, and clouds of black smoke erupted under the gloomy sky. The Japanese pilots were also very capable, and they just broke through these anti-aircraft firepower nets and pounced again.
There were many anti-aircraft guns and the brothers in the anti-aircraft machine gun positions were too slow to dodge and were cut into bloody pieces by the machine gun bullets.
Seeing that the machine gun positions on the nearby positions were massacred, the first battalion commander Lu Xing was very calm and did not dare to let his brothers fight the Japanese planes. He hurriedly called on them to hide in the trench with their machine guns.
"Fight, keep fighting! You cowards!" Seeing the machine gunners hiding in the trenches, the regiment chief of staff Zhang Qingyun yelled angrily.
But in the face of the Japanese planes swooping down, only a fool would stand still and let the Japanese planes fight. The brothers turned a deaf ear to Zhang Qingyun's orders and were too lazy to listen.
"Chief of Staff Zhang, it's dangerous!" Lu Xing saw Zhang Qingyun angrily pulling out his pistol and shooting at the Japanese plane, but he had no choice but to rush up and drag him into the trench to hide.
"Commander Lu, let them fight, we can't let the Japanese be so rampant!" Zhang Qingyun was very excited at this moment and ordered loudly to Lu Xing.
Lu Xing persuaded loudly: "The Japanese planes are too powerful, let's not fight hard!"
"You are cowardly!" Zhang Qingyun yelled at First Battalion Commander Lu Xing, glaring angrily.
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Before Lu Xing could answer, he saw a Japanese plane swooping down and hurriedly threw Zhang Qingyun to the ground. A stream of smoke and dust passed over their heads, making Zhang Qingyun turn pale with fear.
First Battalion Commander Lu Xing saw that Zhang Qingyun was not injured and was too lazy to pay attention to him. He hurriedly ran to a brother who was shot, covered his wound and shouted: "Medical soldier! Medical soldier! Someone is injured here."
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Soon two brothers rushed out of the hidden trench carrying a stretcher and carried away the injured brother.
"Be careful!" Lu Xing shouted as he ran in the trench, while Zhang Qingyun was furious.
"Shoot! Shoot the Japanese plane!" Zhang Qingyun ordered loudly to his brothers who were huddled in the air-raid shelter holding a machine gun.
But the brother stuck his head half out and saw the Japanese planes flying in the sky. His head was shaking like a rattle, and he refused to get out despite Zhang Qingyun's scolding and kicking.
The Japanese planes were arrogant and arrogant. Like annoying flies, they kept flitting over the Wushimen position at low altitudes, sweeping all visible targets into transparent holes.
As soon as the Japanese fighter jets flew away, the bombers followed closely behind, pouring incendiary bombs and high-explosive bombs onto the position as if they were costless.
The trenches everywhere in Wushimen were plunged into a sea of smoke and fire, and the bombs kicked up a sky full of mud and sand that fell like rain, leaving the brothers disgraced.
Zhang Qingyun, the regiment chief of staff, was also exhausted from shouting, and sat slumped in the trench, looking at the Japanese planes roaring in the sky and dropping bombs, his face full of anger.
"Pull the chief of staff in, don't get killed." A veteran company commander saw Zhang Qingyun exposed and asked two brothers to drag him into the air-raid shelter.
These trenches and air-raid shelters were built in advance by organized troops and civilians. However, under such fierce bombardment by the Japanese, many places were still damaged by the bombing.
However, the air-raid shelter was solid. Except for some brothers who were scratched and bleeding by the flying explosion fragments, most of them were covered in a layer of dust.
Soon the Japanese plane dropped all its bombs and flew away, and the entire position was covered in billowing smoke and dust, making it a mess.
"Don't stay still, the Japanese plane has already left! Come out to rescue the wounded and repair the trenches!"
Seeing the Japanese plane leaving, the company and platoon commanders got out one after another, looking at the battlefield that had been bombed into a mess, and cursed again and again.
Before the Japanese troops arrived, the fortification position was bombed into what it looked like. I originally wanted to be lazy, but now I have to clean it up again.
The brothers got out of the air-raid shelters one after another and started repairing on their own, digging out the trenches that had collapsed due to the bombing. They had all fought against the Japanese, so they naturally knew the difference between strong trenches and no trenches.
Without trenches, you can only lie down and be shot by the enemy's artillery machine guns. But with trenches, at least the enemy's machine guns can't penetrate them. You can still have a place to hide when the artillery is fired. This is for your own life, so you curse with your mouth and use your hands.
It didn't stop.
Regiment Chief of Staff Zhang Qingyun was also in a state of disarray due to the bombing. The neat military uniform he had just changed into was covered with dust and mud. Like the ordinary brothers, he had turned into a gray-headed mud monkey.
But compared to the mud and dust all over his body, his face was extremely ugly. Looking at the brothers who were busy, a ruthless look flashed across his face.
The life and death of the regiment leader Yang Ling and half of the regiment's brothers are unknown. In Zhang Qingyun's opinion, they are all probably dead. He also came back from the battlefield last night.
In a melee like that at night, dangers are everywhere. Even an experienced veteran may not be able to escape unscathed. The only way he can come back alive is by hiding in the grass and waiting for the retreat signal.
Every company and platoon of the combat troops that rushed to attack suffered losses, ranging from seven or eight men to as many as half a company. Those who were brought back alive were all in a state of bloody and bloody state.
Yang Ling and the others have not come back now. There is a high chance that they have bumped into the main force of the Japs, and the chance of coming back is slim.
Although his qualifications are still relatively young, he has been on the battlefield after all. The life and death of the regiment commander is unknown, and the deputy regiment commander is vacant. He, the chief of staff, was appointed by the brigade headquarters to serve as the interim commander of the 301st regiment.
Although the brigade department repeatedly emphasized that it was only a temporary replacement, Zhang Qingyun was not worried. As long as Yang Ling could not come back, this temporary replacement could naturally be removed.
You must know that the 301st Regiment is the main force of the 51st Division, and it is also a well-known presence in the entire 74th Army. Although there is only half a regiment left, it is still the main force. A starved camel is bigger than a horse. As long as you fight a few battles well
, a meteoric rise is not a problem.
But now Zhang Qingyun is not happy at all. Instead, he is very angry and angry. The reason is that he is the temporary commander in name only.
In the face of his orders, these officers and soldiers ignored his orders, which made him very unhappy. However, they listened to the first battalion commander Lu Xing, which made him very unhappy.
The so-called tiger does not show off its power, but if you think of it as a sick cat, he will now let the brothers know who is the leader in the group!