"I understand. The Eighth Route Army wants to fight with us so that planes will not dare to bomb them because they are worried about us!"
"However, these Eighth Route Army troops obviously underestimated the imperial army's courage to fight to the end. If it really comes to that point, the aviation force will definitely carry out coverage bombing on the ground battlefield, regardless of the enemy or ourselves!"
The Major's words sounded passionate, but the hope that had just been ignited on the faces of the surrounding subordinates disappeared again, and the expressions of despair returned to their original expressions.
He obviously saw this, and as soon as the topic changed, he ordered: "However, if you want to hang with us, it depends on whether we are willing or not!"
"The troops continue to search and defend, resolutely withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack, and keep a distance from them, even if it is only twenty meters!"
"We must believe in the capabilities of the aviation force. They will definitely be able to avoid us and attack the Eighth Route Army!"
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
In this attack, all the weapons available to the three battalions were used, and several companies attacked simultaneously from different directions regardless of priority.
In just two minutes, the other two Japanese defense lines on the battlefield were breached.
The new group of attacking troops and the remaining Japanese soldiers strangled together and killed their opponents with bayonets.
Only the more than a hundred Japanese soldiers commanded by the Major persisted and used rifle bullets to block the three companies thirty meters away.
However, this persistence did not last long.
The shells constantly hitting their heads and the bullets flying towards them were killing them as if they were free of charge.
As long as the three companies of the Eighth Route Army rush forward five to ten meters, they can use grenades to kill the remaining Japanese on the battlefield and end the battle!
"Rumble..."
At the critical moment, a huge engine roar suddenly sounded above their heads.
A silver-white plane flew from far to near, like a giant cannonball, towards the approaching Eighth Route Army, getting closer and closer.
"Da da da……"
Two thick tongues of flames emerged from the plane, and huge bullets hit less than fifty meters away from the attacking troops. Earth and rocks flew everywhere, and smoke filled the air. It was very scary.
It is conceivable that if this kind of bullet hits the middle of the attacking troops, the attacking troops will definitely be beaten into two bloody paths.
As long as the Eighth Route Army was hit by a bullet, if he was lucky, he would have short arms and legs. If he was unlucky, he would be cut into two pieces by the bullet!
"Da da da……"
Just as the bullets falling from the sky were about to hit the attacking troops, dense gunshots rang out from two hilltops not far away, which was very dull.
A total of six anti-aircraft machine guns fired six tongues of flame, creating a fire cover in the sky and blocking the Japanese plane directly.
"Bagheya Road is an anti-aircraft machine gun...the plane will climb up immediately!" Above the battlefield, the squad leader who had been cruising and searching for the target ordered over the radio when he was startled.
The Japanese pilot who was about to witness the Eighth Route Army being killed by himself was also frightened. He was startled at first, and then heard the command from the earphone. Then he turned off the machine gun firing button, pulled up the aircraft control stick, and climbed to avoid the ground.
Anti-aircraft bullets flying over.
"Bang bang bang... bang bang bang... bang bang bang..."
The Japanese pilot's reaction speed was very fast, but the sound of metal banging outside the cabin still clearly reached his ears, and then he saw a row of bullet holes on the wing, which continued until he was in the cabin where he was.
A cold sweat quickly broke out on the pilot's forehead. If there had been a few more bullets, the cabin he was in would have been smashed into pieces. As long as one bullet flew into the cabin, his life would have been lost.
The plane climbed higher and higher, and the anti-aircraft firepower chasing it finally disappeared.
"It's too dangerous. I almost lost my life here... Cunning Chinese people, I will blow up your airfield!" The pilot breathed a sigh of relief and shouted with a murderous look on his face.
Just when he was about to control the plane to turn around, return to the attack position, and start a new round of attacks, the captain's command came from the earphones!
"Ida-kun, your plane was hit by a bomb. The tail of the plane is dangerous. Continue to climb. Drop the aerial bombs you are carrying and return immediately!"
"Yoshino-kun, cover my attack on the Eighth Route Army's ground air defense troops...kill their air defense troops first, and then bomb their ground attack troops!"
Looking at the plane that was already emitting black smoke, the pilot could only obey the order even though he was unwilling to do so.
More than a thousand meters above the ground, aiming at one of the battlefields, he pressed the bomb button without hesitation.
A total of six bombs hit the ground with a piercing scream.
Because the bombing height was too high, coupled with the impact of the battlefield, only two of the six bombs hit the target!
The remaining two planes quickly formed a formation, one behind the other, and flew towards one of the mountain tops with a roar.
All it takes is one aerial bomb to accurately hit the target, and the entire hilltop will be blown up.
At this time, anti-aircraft machine guns on two other hills not far away also opened fire.
There were a total of twelve tongues of flames, staring at the plane at the front. Bullets kept hitting the target and shooting a hole in the plane.
The squad leader was very experienced. He flew the plane to dodge left and right and dodged the most deadly bullets.
However, the closer to the target, the more accurate the bullets flying from the ground became. The team leader finally gave up on the more accurate low-altitude dive bombing, pulled up the joystick and began to climb.
In the end, all the twelve aerial bombs carried by the remaining two Japanese planes were dropped on the newly exposed hilltop.
In the violent explosion, several thick plumes of smoke quickly rose from the two hilltops. Two anti-aircraft machine gun platoons were directly bombed, and the entire army was wiped out!
In front of the enemy headquarters of the new regiment, Wang Ping's face was terrifyingly gloomy.
The counterattack of the air defense battalion not only failed to meet his expectations, but also suffered heavy losses, which he did not expect.
Although the ground offensive troops were not hit by precise bombing strikes from Japanese planes, two bombs still accurately hit the crowd on the battlefield.
It is certain that these two aerial bombs could kill at least one company of the new regiment.
"I still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese Air Force!" Wang Ping said with regret on his face.
"Even if we have an air defense force, we are still vulnerable to the Japanese's powerful aviation force! The air defense battalion will have to train more troops after returning. The losses were so huge that not a single Japanese aircraft was shot down!"
Zhong Chenggong, who was next to him, comforted: "Captain, no matter what, the Japanese planes have been shot away... It is getting dark now, and the Japanese planes will definitely not come again today! Moreover, the air defense battalion also injured one.
If it weren't for them, the eighteen aerial bombs and aerial bullets brought by the Japanese planes could have killed at least two of our battalions, or even more!"
"That's not necessarily true..." Wang Ping shook his head and replied, his face becoming more serious than ever.
"Order the troops to disperse and move immediately. The troops still fighting will end the battle quickly. The battlefield will not be cleaned for now~"
"If the Japanese plane comes again, all the troops will be dispersed and hidden, so that they cannot find the bombing target..."
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