PFC Chapter 234: Monk, you are really bad at everything, but you are the best at bragging! 1-character c
Chapter 234: Monk, you are really bad at everything, but you are the best at bragging! 1-character c
Ichiro Katayama looked at the situation on the front line through a telescope and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. With the arrival of air support, the situation was developing in a direction favorable to the 2nd Mixed Brigade!
"Matsushima, send a telegram to the Fujita Air Corps immediately and ask them to launch an attack on the positions of the Chinese Independent Regiment and cover our infantry to occupy the positions of the Chinese army!"
"Order the artillery regiment to move forward immediately, find the shelling position of this family, increase the shelling firepower on the Chinese front-line positions, and destroy the bunkers and artillery positions built by the Chinese army!"
"Order the Matsuda and Morita Battalions to continue their attack and reach the front of the Chinese position within half an hour!"
As Katayama Ichiro's order was issued, the Fujita Air Wing that was circling in the air dived down directly. When Lin Zhenhua saw this situation, he cried out that it was not good. With the air defense force of a company under his command, it was probably difficult to block the surprise attack of the Japanese fighter planes with firepower.
"Shoot at the maximum rate of fire. We must keep the Japanese planes out. The soldiers of the Second Battalion are fighting the Japanese tenaciously on the battlefield. Our First Anti-Aircraft Company cannot fall behind!" Lin Zhenhua shouted angrily.
"Sound the second air defense alarm. The first air defense company enters decisive battle mode. Each team is free to fire and lock onto the target on their own!"
Lin Zhenhua actually didn't want to give this order, because once this order was issued, it would mean that loopholes would soon appear in the defense. However, this time the Japanese attacked, and the number of fighter planes was too large. He could only let a single air defense team conduct anti-aircraft shooting. Only in this way could the best air defense effect be achieved.
As Lin Zhenhua's order was issued, the firing speed of each position in the first anti-aircraft company suddenly increased by 20%. Hundreds of shells were fired, and the scattered fragments of the explosions in the air formed a death zone. Anti-aircraft guns were responsible for hitting high-altitude targets, and anti-aircraft machine guns were responsible for hitting low-altitude targets. With the coordination of the two, most of the fighter planes were intercepted.
Lin Zhenhua kept his eyes on the diving Japanese fighter planes. As long as they descended to an altitude of about two thousand meters, he would immediately adjust the muzzle of his gun and shoot at them frantically. After experiencing three large-scale air defense operations, Lin Zhenhua's shooting skills had greatly improved. He also overcame his previous nervousness and calmly shot back the diving fighter planes. The two sides were temporarily in a stalemate.
Due to the tight pressure on the front line, the six anti-aircraft artillery guns under Wang Chengzhu were forced to lay down their gun barrels horizontally and began shelling the attacking Japanese infantry. Their extremely high rate of fire fired a large number of shells in a short period of time, directly clearing an area of about 100 meters in radius, causing considerable casualties to the attacking Morita and Matsuda battalions.
"Damn it, I never thought that this anti-aircraft gun would be so useful. It's even more useful than the 105mm howitzer. It's so accurate when it comes to attacking the Japanese infantry. I don't think highly of heavy artillery now. Instead, I want to replace all the artillery in our hands with anti-aircraft guns. They will definitely beat the damn Japanese into a pulp!"
"Monk, hurry up and reload for me. Didn't you eat breakfast this morning? You're like a wimp. You're not even as good as Xiao Zhongyuan. I'm ashamed of you. You brag to me all day long that your martial arts are unparalleled in the independent regiment, but you can't even change the ammunition. You have the nerve to brag about this every day with such little physical strength. You're really incapable of anything and are the best braggart!" Li Yunlong scolded in a bad tone.
Wei Dayong wiped the sweat from his forehead, this time he really had no way to refute, it was indeed difficult for him to supply ammunition by himself. Duan Peng was originally going to help, but he sent him directly to Wang Chengzhu. Unexpectedly, he really embarrassed himself this time. Wei Dayong took a deep breath and decided to show his true strength. He first drank a bowl of mung bean soup, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took the ammunition clip handed to him by a soldier, and completed the loading in less than three seconds.
"Captain, I'm going to use my true strength this time. I want to prove that I'm not a wimp and that I can do the work of two people. If I really can't do it, I'll fetch water for the common people's homes for a month!" Monk Wei replied with a firm face.
As Wei Dayong's speed increased, some of the ammunition that was previously in short supply was miraculously supplied. Li Yunlong had no time to chat with Wei Dayong. The Japanese pushed up the heavy artillery and were bombarding the frontline positions. A machine gun bunker had been destroyed and the smoke from the explosion obscured the view. Taking advantage of the more than a minute, the Japanese launched another charge. Li Yunlong turned the muzzle of the gun and shot at the Japanese frantically.
"You damned little Japs, today I'm going to let you have a taste of the power of anti-aircraft guns. I want to see if you damned Japs are afraid of death or not."
Just as Li Yunlong kept cursing the Japanese, a Zero fighter broke through Lin Zhenhua's fire tracking and raided the front line of the independent regiment at an ultra-low altitude. It fired more than 20 20mm shells with its machine gun, all of which were blocked by the armored steel fortifications. No casualties were caused, but the soldiers were temporarily deafened for a few dozen seconds.
"Major General Fujita, this is Sasaki Taro. Our machine gun shells are simply unable to penetrate the Chinese army's defenses. The 25-kilogram small bombs mounted under the belly are also unlikely to be effective. I request that dive bombers be dispatched immediately to eliminate the enemy's defensive bunkers. I have just dropped two 25-kilogram bombs, one of which hit the target, and I am currently conducting a damage assessment!"
Colonel Taro Sasaki stared closely at the damage to an anti-aircraft machine gun position that had just been hit after the bomb exploded. As the smoke cleared, he said in disbelief on the radio: "Major General Fujita, the Chinese army's artillery position is not made of cement at all, but a thick layer of steel plate. After assembly, it is directly embedded in the position. Its air defense capability is very significant. With our Zero fighters, it is difficult to cause damage to it. The most hateful thing is that the Chinese army hid in the shooting holes. Our fighters can only be used to deal with the Chinese army's anti-aircraft firepower, and cannot effectively strike the Chinese army's frontier positions at all!"
"General, our fighter squadron will be responsible for clearing the anti-aircraft firepower of the Chinese army. You need to personally lead the bombers to carry out the bombing operation on the frontline positions of the Chinese Independent Regiment!"
"Yoshi! Mr. Sasaki, your suggestion is very timely. I will lead the bombers to leave the air defense battlefield now and turn around to carry out bombing operations on the frontline positions of the Chinese army!" Major General Fujita replied with surprise.
Under the leadership of Colonel Sasaki, 36 Zero fighters launched a fierce attack on the Anti-Aircraft Company where Lin Zhenhua was located. The battle became intense from the very beginning. It was already very difficult for all the anti-aircraft firepower of the Anti-Aircraft Company to deal with the Japanese Zero fighters. They could not spare any other forces to target the Japanese bombers. It can be said that Lin Zhenhua now even had problems protecting himself.
"Li Gousheng, call Wang Chengzhu immediately and ask him to use the 105mm anti-aircraft guns to bombard the enemy bombers. Use the six anti-aircraft artillery I deployed before. We must not let the devils drop bombs into the defensive positions of the Second Battalion. Cheer up, everyone. Now is the time to fight to the death. The devils are not afraid of death, so we are even less afraid of death. Whoever is timid at this time will die first. When two meet in a narrow road, the brave will win. When it comes to fighting to the death, our independent regiment has never been afraid!"
"Xiao Zhongyuan, get two more people to help me load the ammunition. This time I'm going to use the highest rate of fire to give the Japs a showdown. I don't believe that I won't be able to defeat a Japs fighter today!"
Sanwaizi was directing two 88mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns to fire into the air. He directly opened the maximum firing rate and mobilized the reserve troops in advance, just to barely withstand the Japanese attack.
"Damn it, the Japanese pilots' flying skills are much better than before. This time, the Japanese pilots are really hard to deal with. They must follow the college students' orders and shoot at level two in advance. Shoot in front of the Japanese fighter planes and block their dive routes. As long as the Japanese can't come down, our safety can be guaranteed!" Xiao Shitou said sternly.
Under the command of Sanwazi, two 88mm anti-aircraft guns locked onto a Japanese Zero fighter. When the Japanese suddenly turned, they predicted it in advance and a shell directly hit the Zero fighter, blowing it up in mid-air. The Japanese pilot was also killed on the spot. Sanwazi achieved the first victory in this air battle.
The news that a Japanese plane was shot down boosted the confidence of all the soldiers in the First Air Defense Company. The depressing situation just now was suddenly swept away, and the morale of the entire First Air Defense Company was high. Then Lin Zhenhua achieved the second victory. A Japanese Zero fighter was hit by six shells directly by him when it dived at low altitude and was blown up in mid-air on the spot. Two victories were achieved in just three minutes, which made the morale of the First Air Defense Company even higher!
Colonel Sasaki was not surprised to see two Zero fighters shot down. Those two guys were rookie pilots with barely 100 hours of flying time. This was the first time for them to carry out an air defense operation like this, so it was completely reasonable that some problems would occur. Among the 36 fighter planes it brought this time, there were 12 veteran pilots and 24 rookie pilots. Even so, it created tremendous pressure on Lin Zhenhua. This showed how elite these veteran pilots of the Japanese were.
"Damn it, the Japanese pilots are much more skilled than last time. It seems that we took advantage of the rookie pilots last time. I don't know what the Japanese are up to. They actually mobilized a large number of elite pilots. Are they going to do something big?"
Lin Zhenhua continued to bombard the sky while thinking in his heart. Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind. If this was true, everything made sense. However, he remembered that the Japanese had never mobilized so many troops in history. This time, the number of troops mobilized was much larger than before. It seemed that the Japanese were very ambitious this time!
"Little devils, it seems like you really can't wait any longer, so I'll add fuel to the fire for you to make your actions go more smoothly. I'm also going to prepare a surprise for you, and I hope you'll like it when the time comes!"