The sound of explosions kept ringing in the village, and Li Hao's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
The shelling has been going on for almost ten minutes, and there are explosions everywhere in the village. Black smoke, fireballs, gunpowder smoke rising into the sky...have enveloped the entire village.
Li Hao stood on the high ground behind the village, holding a telescope and staring at the little devils outside the village, hoping to find some clues from them.
What's disappointing is that except for the artillery, there is no movement from other troops!
"Buzz buzz..."
Suddenly, a faint roar reached Li Hao's ears through the gap between explosions.
Except for the Pingxingguan battlefield, Li Hao, who had never faced a Jaap aircraft face to face, did not feel the danger, nor did he think that the roar was coming from the Jaap aircraft.
In his mind, the Japs are not rich either. It is impossible for such a scarce weapon as airplanes to be used against one of his own battalions.
"Buzz buzz..."
The roar became louder and louder, and when a white spot appeared on the edge of the sky, the guard's exclamation made him realize the danger.
"Battal Commander...it's a plane. The little devil sent a plane over!"
Li Hao's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly realized and shouted: "I understand, the conspiracy behind the bombardment of the little devil is the plane!"
"Drag us in the village through shelling, and then send out planes to bomb, razing the village to the ground with us... What a cunning little devil!"
"What are you still doing? Find our soldiers hiding in the village immediately and retreat immediately. As many as you can withdraw!"
"Aerial bombs are not artillery shells. They blow up a large area. The houses in the village are like paper in front of the aerial bombs. A bomb can level them to the ground. No place is safe!"
"Yes, battalion commander..." Several guards rushed out immediately.
Li Hao quickly raised his telescope and looked at the sky, staring closely at the approaching plane, praying in his heart that it would fly a little slower to give the Independence Battalion more time to retreat.
"Buzz buzz...wuwuwu...boom...boom..."
the more you hope, the harder you fall.
With a deafening roar, the plane quickly passed over Li Hao's head, and then dropped the first bomb and exploded.
Amidst the ear-piercing screams that broke through the sky, the bombs hit the village at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A thick smoke and fireball rose into the sky and quickly swept around, and then the sound of an earth-shaking explosion reached Li Hao's ears.
Even though he was at least two hundred meters away from the impact point, Li Hao could still clearly feel the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly from the explosion.
"It's over..."
Li Hao's eyes immediately turned red and he cried out.
The power of aerial bombs is so great that the light shock wave can kill people within a few dozen meters around the impact point.
Li Hao closed his eyes with a face of pain, and seemed to have seen the tragic scene of his subordinates being killed in the explosion. There were no wounds on the surface, all the internal organs were shattered, and the seven orifices were bleeding!
"Woooooooooooo...boom..."
Less than half a minute after the explosion stopped, the second bomb had already dropped!
It wasn't until the third aerial bomb exploded that Li Hao finally saw soldiers rushing out of the village.
"Battal Commander, only 16 soldiers have been evacuated from the village..."
"The deputy battalion commander was hit by a mortar shell while protecting a soldier and was seriously injured! Company Commander Jiang Tianhong of the 1st Company died, and Company Commander Huang of the 3rd Company was also injured, but he can still move!"
"All the comrades who have not yet evacuated the village should have died!"
"Little devil, I'm going to see your grandma..."
For the first time, Li Hao lost his mind because of his anger. He clenched his fists, stared at a pair of red eyes, and cursed loudly.
Then he ordered with a murderous look on his face: "Blood debt must be paid with blood. We must avenge this!"
"Our independent battalion has never suffered such a big loss since its establishment. Instead of eliminating a single Japanese, we lost more than 60 soldiers, sacrificed a company commander, and seriously injured a deputy battalion commander!"
Yuan Qingfeng, commander of the artillery company next to him, was the first to step forward: "Batalion Commander, let us go!"
"This battle has been going on until now, but our artillery company has not participated in the battle yet!"
"Six mortars and three mountain guns have been prepared for a long time. They are all locked on the Japanese artillery positions. As long as you give the order, battalion commander, I guarantee to severely damage the Japanese artillery troops!"
"And our fire company!" Chen Bing stepped forward!
"The firepower company now has twelve heavy machine guns, nine of which were snatched by the comrades from the Japs yesterday. No matter what, we must avenge our fallen comrades and avenge Company Commander Chiang!"
"We can still fight, battalion commander, give us the order!" Independent company commander Zhao Wen, second company commander Zhang Yun, and guard company commander Xiao Yuan all stood up at the same time to call for battle.
The anger among his subordinates made Li Hao slowly calm down.
After taking a deep breath, he interrupted: "The Japs' planes are still roaring overhead. Now rush out and fight the Japs. No matter how many comrades we have, there won't be enough for them to blow up!"
"All troops are on standby in concealment. The aircraft's fuel is limited. It takes at least an hour to get here from the airport. They won't be able to stay long before they return!"
"After their plane leaves, we will fight against the Japanese to avenge them!"
"Artillery Battery!"
"It's time..." Yuan Qingfeng stood up with excitement on his face and looked at Li Hao with an expression of eagerness to try.
"Immediately change the target of the bombardment. Six mortars are aimed at the Jaap infantry assembly area. As soon as their plane leaves, fire the gun and give them a round of five-round rapid fire!"
"They don't even have a hiding place in their assembly area. If they hit thirty high-explosive bombs at once, they will definitely cause a lot of casualties to the Japanese!"
"Retreat after the fight is over. Don't let the Japanese artillery target you!"
"They have more cannons and their gunners are more well-trained than us. We are definitely no match for them in a direct bombardment!"
"The mountain artillery platoon is slow to move and does not participate in the battle... Now break them into parts and put them on mules and horses, ready to move at any time!"
"The little devils have even used the plane now. They will definitely not stay here for too long. We will keep an eye on them and fight them. We will not stop until we kill them!"
After all six aerial bombs were dropped into Dongtian Village, the plane, which had been arrogant for more than ten minutes, finally began to return and slowly disappeared from the edge of the sky.
At the Japanese army assembly area, several squadron commanders gathered around Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe.
As soon as the plane left, a squadron leader eagerly asked for a fight: "Sir, can we attack!"
"Wait another five minutes!" Lieutenant Commander Watanabe shook his head and refused.
"Although the plane destroyed most of the houses and yards in the village, some fish must have slipped through the net!"
"Order the artillery to continue firing. I will continue to use artillery shells to blast the village to the ground completely. The independent battalion will have no hiding place in the village and will be completely exposed!"
"After the five-minute shelling ended, the No. 1 Squadron launched an assault and wiped out all the Eighth Route Army soldiers still alive in the village!"
"Sir is wise!" Several squadron leaders complimented at the same time, with confident smiles on their faces.
Aircraft bombing and artillery bombing were the two most important of the three axes used by the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield. Almost no Chinese army was able to resist after being attacked by these two axes.
In the eyes of several squadron leaders, the independent battalion hiding in the village is no exception and will definitely not be able to withstand the fierce attack of these two axes.
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