Just as Masato Hirota's plane dived to an altitude of 150 meters, the flames from Mo Dahai's machine gun finally locked onto the cockpit of the Type 92 reconnaissance plane.
"Da da da……"
Like ice and snow exploding, the front windshield of the aircraft cockpit was torn apart in an instant. The bullets that rushed towards him were like gusts of wind, violently passing through Hirota Masaoshi's body, bringing out countless blood sprays.
"ah……"
The screaming Hirota Masato didn't know how many bullets he had been hit. The weakness and pain all over his body made it impossible for his finger to press the trigger, but he didn't want to give up yet. At this time, he just wanted to try his best to control the plane before dying.
, even if you die, you will crash the plane into the artillery position of the Chinese army.
Unfortunately, he overestimated the consequences of the collision between flesh and blood and metal bullets. The weakness and weakness after losing control of his body made his movements uncoordinated, causing the plane to begin to tilt and change the direction of its descent.
Moreover, at such a close distance, more flames from machine guns bit the entire plane. Just before the plane reached the dense treetops in the woods, it turned into a ball of fire in the air and then disintegrated.
It fell and ignited an umbrella-shaped plume of smoke in the woods.
The location where the plane exploded was still about 100 meters away from the artillery position of the mercenary regiment.
"Quickly put out the fire, engineer platoon follow me!" Engineer platoon leader Lin Ling shouted.
Dozens of engineers who were watching the excitement quickly followed their platoon leader and ran towards the fire site.
If a Japanese plane ignites a fire at this time, the brothers in the woods will suffer.
Now, the benefits of having a complete mercenary group are revealed.
Think about it, if the mercenary group is all combat soldiers and participating in the battle at this time, some people will inevitably be dispatched to put out the fire, which will not only weaken the combat power, but also may cause chaos.
Now, under the leadership of the engineer platoon, dozens of soldiers from the logistics team also rushed to support. In just a few minutes, the fire was extinguished with earth, eliminating the hidden danger of the battle.
At this moment, Mo Dahai wiped the cold sweat from his head and felt a little scared.
If this little devil were to fly his plane directly into the artillery position, not only would it be possible to detonate the artillery shells, but the casualties would be unbearable, and it might also affect the ongoing battle. He simply didn't dare to think about it further.
You must know that mercenary groups now have a detailed division of labor and clear responsibilities on the battlefield. The headquarters only issues combat plans and specific tasks, but when unexpected situations arise on the battlefield, emergency decisions must be made by the military chiefs of each unit.
No matter how good the plan is, it is impossible to take into account every detail during the battle, not to mention the rapidly changing battlefield conditions. At this time, the military commanders of each branch of the army must take responsibility.
This is why Zhou Wen attaches great importance to Meng Yuting and the other officers who stayed in the Soviet Union. Professional matters must be left to professional people.
The reason why Zhou Wen set up so many arms in a team of thousands of people was that each arm should be able to exert its own characteristics and advantages. The mutual cooperation and combination of the various arms is the basis for the strong combat effectiveness of the mercenary group.
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For example, why did Zhou Wen set up two machine gun companies, even as many as infantry? The purpose was to maintain overwhelming firepower in battle while also taking into account the air defense function.
Mo Dahai and Wang Zhili, the company commanders of the two machine gun companies, knew this very well, which is why Zhou Wen appointed their two air defense experts as machine gun company commanders.
In today's battle, he and Wang Zhili also had a division of labor. The 2nd Machine Gun Company was responsible for ground attack, while his 1st Company was responsible for air defense.
According to past experience, as long as he deploys a certain amount of machine guns to block the dive channel of enemy aircraft, the Japanese aircraft will inevitably be unwilling to risk being shot down and resort to ultra-low-altitude bombing or strafing.
Because everyone knows that planes and pilots are expensive, and unless it is a last resort, they generally will not adopt the perish strategy.
This idea has also been verified in several previous air defense operations.
But this time, he underestimated the madness of the little devils and made an empiricist error. He did not understand these devils who cannot be treated as ordinary people from the root, because they are all madmen, but you don't know when they will suddenly
go Ape.
Just like in the late Pacific War, they actually used people to fly planes filled with explosives to ram American warships. Behind the bravery was full of madness. It was the earliest human bomb in the world.
Therefore, if the Japanese plane's conspiracy succeeds this time and causes heavy casualties to the artillery battery, then he, Mo Dahai, will be the first to bear the brunt.
Do you think he is afraid?
But even so, Hirota Masato's firing in just a few seconds still caused two people in the machine gun company to be seriously injured and three people to be slightly injured. Fortunately, no one died on the spot, and the two seriously injured people also received timely treatment.
, the possibility of saving one's life is very high.
When Mo Dahai ordered his men to turn their machine guns to the battlefield again, this classic battle between infantry and cavalry that could be included in the textbooks had come to an end.
Facts have proved that in the face of powerful machine gun and artillery firepower, the cavalry, as a classical arm, should withdraw from the stage of history.
In just over a minute, 18 artillery cannons and 6 Schneider Mountain cannons fired hundreds of artillery shells towards the middle and rear of the Japanese cavalry formation. Moreover, it was not a mass bombardment, but a regional bombardment.
The segmented bombardment almost plowed through the area where the Japanese troops were located.
The 1st Japanese Cavalry Squadron in the first row was the focus of hundreds of semi-automatic and automatic firepower from the machine gun company and the infantry company.
At a distance of 100 meters to 200 meters, the well-trained officers and soldiers of the mercenary group would almost never have a chance to empty their guns. The only question left was how many shots these Japs had received.
The second wave of desperate charges led by Captain Kuroda Mori was without any suspense blocked on the way forward. No horse with a human on the saddle could rush within 50 meters of the mercenary group.
As for Kuroda Mori, a noble and senior Japanese officer, Xu Dacheng, who had been targeting him for a long time, sent him to the west with one shot.
It really hit the sky, Xu Dacheng's shot accurately landed less than half a meter in front of Kuroda Mori's galloping horse, and this guy also used a 6.9-kilogram heavy bullet very wastefully.
So, at the moment when the fire splashed, weighing more than 500 kilograms, Kuroda Mori and his beloved mount were thrown into the sky. The flesh and blood of man and horse blended together, performing a tragedy of the unresolved love between man and horse.