"Batalion Commander, the heavy artillery battalion is here!" the observation post reported.
At the end of the road, the first heavy artillery piece slowly entered Chen Quan's field of vision.
Gunners, ammunition carriers, and horses all surrounded the heavy artillery, pushing or pulling, dragging the heavy artillery forward slowly.
The first heavy cannon traveled more than thirty meters before the second heavy cannon appeared.
Using the same method and marching speed, we gradually entered the pocket formation that the air defense battalion had prepared.
"Order the troops to prepare for battle. After the heavy artillery battalion is in place, the Japs' plane should be coming soon." Chen Quan ordered nervously but excitedly.
This is the first battle after the establishment of the air defense battalion. Whether the record can break zero and whether the air defense battalion can get a good start depends on the next two hours.
In less than half an hour, all twelve heavy guns of the artillery battalion entered the pocket formation of the air defense battalion, and then stopped and began to rest. This was all agreed in advance, and the purpose was to lure the Japanese aircraft here.
Perhaps in order to maintain stability during the air defense evacuation and prevent the heavy artillery from being swamped by Japanese aircraft, the heavy artillery battalion's team stretched out to a length of more than 500 meters.
"boom……"
A faint gunshot reached Chen Quan's ears.
Then I heard the increasingly nervous reports from the observation post.
"Battal Commander, it's a signal flare. It was fired from the observation post ahead. A Japanese plane is coming."
"Weng buzz..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a very weak roar came over. As time passed, the roar gradually became louder.
The artillery battalion on the road was busy first.
The gunner and ammunition hand worked together and used all their strength to push the artillery to the side of the road, and then covered it with a concealment net.
Some gunners rushed directly into the bushes, cut grass and trees, and covered the artillery with all the thatch and branches to make the heavy artillery look more concealed.
The horse was unhooked from the artillery by the gunner and pulled to other places to disperse and hide.
This prevents the enemy from being frightened during aircraft bombing and exposing the concealed artillery.
"Planes, so many planes..."
The observation post never blinked and kept looking at the sky with a telescope. When the plane was just a few small black dots, it started reporting.
"There are six planes in total, and they will arrive above us in one minute."
A look of solemnity flashed across Chen Quan's face: "The Japanese sent more planes than I expected."
"This ambush is likely to be a bloody battle, so everyone must be mentally prepared."
"Command the troops: Fight according to the original plan. After the battle begins, the troops participating in the battle must obey the orders and prohibitions and absolutely obey the orders of their company and platoon commander. No one can be reluctant to fight."
The plane arrived faster than expected.
On the road at the foot of the mountain, the actual air defense drill brought a tense atmosphere to the heavy artillery battalion that was indeed stronger than usual training.
When the plane came overhead, there were still many artillery pieces that had not yet completed their camouflage.
During normal training, this situation is impossible to occur.
The soldiers next to the artillery became more and more nervous because the plane was already overhead. Some even forgot about their usual training and started to panic.
The Japanese pilot obviously saw this scene and did not conduct patrol and reconnaissance of the surrounding environment. He lowered the nose of the aircraft and dived towards the road.
The huge plane seemed to be in free fall, crashing towards the ground with a roar.
Whether you see it with your eyes or hear it with your ears, it brings a huge shock to the soldiers on the ground.
Especially for those who face an airplane for the first time, their already nervous mood turns directly into panic.
"The Japs are too cunning. They want to make the artillery camp more chaotic and panicky through bombing, so that the remaining heavy artillery on the road will not be able to hide." Chen Quan has studied the combat style of the Japs Air Force and saw it at a glance.
their purpose.
Then he snorted coldly and said to himself: "But they are too arrogant. They don't take us seriously at all, and they don't even do the most basic investigation. This is to make it clear that they are bullying us and the Eighth Route Army did not discharge its weapons!"
"But today he will make a miscalculation, and he will have to pay the bloody price for his arrogance."
"Weng buzz..."
As he spoke, the roar produced by the plane could already be described as deafening.
The plane that is diagonally inserted into the ground is still at most 500 meters above the ground.
As expected, within the next two seconds, the plane will drop bombs and then climb quickly to complete this textbook bombing.
"Da da da……"
The familiar yet unfamiliar sound of machine gun fire suddenly reached Chen Quan's ears.
On another hill less than 500 meters away from me, three anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns and three heavy machine guns were shooting into the air at the same time.
The plane was less than 500 meters above the ground, and the hilltop where it fired was more than 100 meters high, which meant that their air defense height was only 300 meters.
Coupled with the parallel width from the aircraft, the range is exactly five hundred meters. Not only anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns, but ordinary heavy machine guns can easily reach them.
Six tongues of flames intertwined with each other and hit the plane diagonally down from the sky.
This scene was something the Japanese pilots did not expect.
His survival instinct made him subconsciously pull the joystick to avoid the incoming bullets.
But in this way, his bombing mission can only be temporarily terminated!
With his skillful operation, the fighter jet successfully dodged the hail of bullets.
Except for a few large holes punched out by anti-aircraft machine guns on the fuselage, there were no fatal injuries.
The pilot couldn't help but let out a long breath, and a smile that looked like he was surviving the disaster appeared on his face.
Then he prepared to control the fighter plane and attack the air defense position that had just been exposed, preparing to kill these Eighth Route Army soldiers who had shocked him into a cold sweat.
"Da da da……"
Before the thoughts in his mind could be put into action, another string of tongues of fire appeared.
The flying bullets flew directly from the ground to the belly of the fighter plane, which had the weakest defense.
The pilot quickly increased the power of the fighter plane to the maximum, raised the nose of the plane, and tried to climb out of the effective range of ground anti-aircraft fire.
The roar from the engine immediately more than doubled in intensity.
Even though the pilot wore headphones, the huge roar still made his ears ring.
He frowned and ignored the discomfort caused by his ears.
Compared with my own life, those discomforts are only temporary.
If he lost his life, he would not be qualified to experience this kind of discomfort.
The pilot's good luck ended here.
A thick anti-aircraft machine gun bullet easily penetrated the aircraft skin and penetrated into the fuel tank.
The sparks generated by the collision between the bullet and the metal fuel tank quickly ignited the fuel next to the empty bullet.
In the blink of an eye, a spark turns into a blazing fire, enveloping the entire fuselage.
"Rumble..."
The burning fuel tank exploded quickly under the high temperature, and the fighter plane that was just showing off was instantly dismembered into several parts.
Some were burning with raging fire, while others were emitting black smoke and crashing to the ground together.
"Okay, good fight, our air defense battalion's record finally broke zero."
"Contact all the troops you can contact. There are still five planes in the sky. Don't worry, everyone, continue to work steadily and try to knock them all out and get a good start!"