The Japanese bombers arrived at the Mahuiling area amidst the roar of their engines. The dark area cast a huge shadow under the sunlight.
Liu Yidao was hiding in the anti-artillery shelter. He looked up at the group of Japanese bombers charging at them fiercely and took a deep breath. Damn it, this must be an all-out attack.
Liu Yidao didn't take it seriously when Yang Ling called to remind him. Now that he saw the Japanese plane really coming, he admired Yang Ling's foresight.
"Old Liu, the Japanese are about to bomb. It's dangerous where you stand."
Seeing Liu Yidao still standing at the door of the anti-gun shelter, deputy battalion commander Qin Shou reminded him loudly.
"I'm coming."
Liu Yidao glanced at the Japanese aircraft that had begun to dive toward the position. Like a frightened rabbit, he turned around and ran deeper into the shelter.
The brothers did not pay attention to the construction of field fortifications and trenches in the past, but since Yang Ling took over as the regiment commander, they have specially conducted short training on trench construction and established an engineer platoon.
Now, the first thing their regiment does wherever they go is to ask the brothers to assist the engineer platoon in building fortifications and digging trenches.
Therefore, although Yang Ling and the others had not been in Changling for a long time, Changling was already lined with trenches and fortifications, and fortresses covered with logs were densely covered. Although it was not an iron wall, as long as the Japanese dared to attack, they would be able to break their teeth.
"boom!"
"Boom!"
The Japanese bombers swooped down one after another at low altitude, and their wings stirred up huge airflow, overturning many sandbags on the position.
Heavy aerial bombs dropped from bombers fell on the position one after another.
One bomb had just exploded, sending up a huge cloud of dark red smoke, and the second bomb had already exploded impatiently, one after another.
For a time, the entire Changling position was shrouded in a billowing wall of smoke. The powerful force of the explosion destroyed the simple trenches and lifted countless logs and sandbags into the air, tearing them to pieces.
The explosion was deafening, and thick smoke covered with mud rolled into the anti-gun shelter. The hot air waves at high temperatures made it difficult for the brothers to breathe and almost suffocated.
The water vapor in the air was evaporated by the high temperature of the explosion, and the heat wave mixed with explosive debris and sand rolled in the air, and the entire position was obscured by dark red gunpowder smoke.
And in this dark red smoke, the rumbling explosion flash is like the lightning before the storm, which is heart-stopping.
The Japanese attacking troops who had approached within two hundred meters of the Changling position were forced to retreat a hundred meters and bury their heads on the ground when faced with the scorching waves of air.
There were constant exploding rubbles and rotten wood falling from the sky like raindrops. The Japanese helmets clanged when they were smashed, and many people were bruised and bruised all over their bodies.
The Changling position was like a volcanic crater in the sky-shaking explosion. Everything that could burn was burned. High temperature, raging explosions, craters several meters deep, and the entire position was in a mess.
The Japanese soldiers looked at the Chinese garrison position covered by the explosion, with unspeakable pride on their faces.
Anyone who blocks the pace of their imperial army will be blown to pieces under the cover of these ferocious bombs.
In fact, the commander of the 11th Army in Jiujiang, Okamura Neiji, also took great pains to rescue the besieged 106th Division.
In order to cover the breakout of the 106th Division, the Army's Aviation Corps and the Navy's Joint Flying Group have not paid attention to other battlefields in the past few days, and have been flying and bombing the Wanjialing area.
This was not because Commander Okamura Neiji was biased, but because the encirclement of the 106th Division had aroused personal intervention from the imperial family, and the Commander of the Central China Front strictly ordered him to seek help at all costs.
Since they entered the battlefield in China, there has been no precedent for an entire integrated division to be wiped out. If this time the 106th Division under their command was wiped out by the Chinese Army.
It is not just as simple as throwing away the black hat, but it will greatly damage the morale of the army. On the contrary, it will enhance China's confidence in resistance. One will wax and wane, and future wars will be difficult to fight.
So Okamura Neji couldn't care about anything now, and all his combat subordinates were focused on rescuing the 106th Division.
However, the 106th Division was unable to hold up the wall. Three full days had passed since it was surrounded. Under the cover of nearly a hundred aircraft, it was still unable to open a breakthrough gap.
The Changling position was once again bombed to pieces, the repaired trenches were flattened, many fortifications were destroyed, craters several meters deep were scattered all over, and the position became riddled with holes.
"Kill Gai Gai!"
Before the thick smoke had dissipated, the Japanese bombers were still circling overhead, and the beastly howls of Japanese commanders at all levels echoed in the mountains.
The Japanese soldiers who had been forced to the front all had fierce looks on their faces. They drew back their bayonets and started to attack, like a raging wave, slamming hard into the fragmented positions of Changling.
"Up! Up! Get into position quickly!"
On the smoke-filled Changling position, the disgraced defenders' platoon commanders emerged from their artillery-proof shelters, shouting at the top of their lungs to urge their brothers who had been stunned by the explosion.
"Puff!"
The Japanese rushed up shouting shocking slogans. They ran and shot, bullets flying wildly in the smoke. Many brothers who had just emerged from the shelter were shot and fell to the ground before they could stand firm.
A machine gun squad leader rushed to the machine gun position with an imitation Czech-style light machine gun, pulled the trigger of the gun, and swept across the several Japanese soldiers who had just rushed into the trench.
"Puff puff puff puff——"
The Japs' strong body burst out with blood like a blood-filled balloon, and he howled miserably and fell backwards.
One magazine was used up, and before there was time to replace the second magazine, the following Japanese soldiers rushed up again, stepping on the corpse.
"Boom!"
A veteran calmly threw a bundle of cluster grenades. In the shocking explosion, these Japs were all blown over in a pool of blood.
"Quick! Press down the little Japs!" Seeing Japs appearing at the front of the trenches everywhere, Liu Yidao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot and kept shouting.
The brothers who got out of the anti-gun shelter opened fire one after another, and the dull gunshots suddenly rang out. The bodies of the Japanese who rushed up continued to explode with blood, and they were thrown to the ground by the brothers.
"Teng Teng Teng——"
The Civilian Type 24 heavy machine gun roared amidst the tremors, and the muzzle spit out tongues of fire amid the gunpowder smoke. The little devils within the shooting range were harvested like ripe wheat, with their flesh and blood flying everywhere.
More and more light and heavy weapons joined the blocking force, and soon an airtight cross-fire network was formed in front of the position.
Facing this ferocious crossfire, many Japanese soldiers were crushed to pieces by bullets fired from several directions.
"Grenade! Shoot!"
When the commander at the Japanese front saw his soldiers rushing up alive, he rolled down covered in blood with his eyes blood red.
"Boom-boom-boom!"
The Japanese grenadiers quickly started shooting, and grenades landed one after another near various fire support points.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The mud and sand kicked up by the explosion swept around in a radial pattern, and many machine gunners were knocked to the ground by the air waves.
The Japanese grenades were suppressing the defenders' machine gunners, and the Chinese grenadiers who had been assigned to the battalion level were not willing to be outdone and fought back.
"boom!"
A grenade landed on the hillside among the group of Japanese who were feinting to attack, and the explosion immediately caused the Japanese to fall over, causing death and injury in a mess.