Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 590: Pass on my order. Even if we have to fight to the last man, we must severely damage the

"Damn it, I never thought that the Japanese would come for us this time. No wonder Li Yunlong cursed this time. Lao Zhao, you take people to guard the warehouse immediately. I will go to guard the arsenal. Let Lao Xing be responsible for guarding the safety of the air-raid shelter. We must thwart the Japanese conspiracy at all costs!" Ding Wei held the microphone tightly in his left hand and spoke in a hurried tone.

Zhao Gang glanced at the Japanese fighter planes overhead and replied anxiously, "Old Ding, you guys go to the underground command center immediately and command the air defense operations. The Japanese fighter planes have entered the airspace of the base. We have to open fire now. It will be too late if we are late!"

Ding Wei listened to the shrill air defense alarm outside. He stuck his head out and saw a number of small black dots approaching rapidly in the sky. He knew that they had lost the time to react in advance and now they had to open fire immediately.

"Lao Zhao, I will be in charge of the air defense command in the north of the base, and you will be in charge of the air defense in the south of the base. Lao Xing will be in charge of the east, and Sanwazi will be in charge of the west. We must protect the safety of the base at all costs."

Zhao Gang didn't have time to say anything more. He answered with a "OK" and hung up the phone in a hurry. He immediately mobilized the two companies of anti-aircraft artillery self-propelled vehicles in his hands and asked them to immediately join the air defense combat.

Five minutes later, more than a dozen Japanese bombers launched intensive bombing on Maoershan Airport. Dozens of bombs were dropped from the cabin and landed on the airport runway, making the entire airport full of potholes and seriously affecting the normal takeoff and landing of fighter jets.

The only good news was that there were only two fighter jets left at Maoershan Airport that had not taken off. The remaining thirty or so fighter jets evacuated Maoershan Airport in advance as soon as they received Lin Zhenhua's warning.

The ground crew responsible for defending the Maoershan Airport had already withdrawn from the airport, and the two remaining anti-aircraft artillery companies fired frantically at the incoming Japanese fighter planes. Originally, Lin Zhenhua deployed an air defense battalion at the Maoershan Airport, but due to the heavy losses suffered in the previous battle, he had to withdraw part of the air defense force to increase the air defense of the arsenal.

"Brothers, fight hard. No matter how great the cost, we must protect the safety of our oil depot. Even if we all die here today, we must not let the Japanese succeed." Zhou Haiyang shouted at the top of his voice.

The soldiers operated the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns in their hands, shooting frantically at the incoming Japanese bombers and fighter planes. Bullets and shells were splashed out like water. The dense anti-aircraft firepower also caused considerable trouble to the Japanese fighter planes' surprise attack.

The enemy and our side engaged in a fierce exchange of fire, and the battle reached a white-hot level from the very beginning. The anti-aircraft guns equipped with automatic loaders had a firepower density that was completely beyond the expectations of the Japanese air force, which made our dive process extremely dangerous.

"Fujiwara-kun, the enemy's firepower is much more ferocious than we imagined. I suspect that the enemy is equipped with a large number of automatic loading mechanisms, otherwise it would be impossible to fire such a high density of firepower. If we want to completely destroy the oil depot and ammunition depot at Maoershan Airport, we must mobilize more air forces. Now the battle situation is completely stalemate. I hope Fujiwara-kun can provide some reinforcements, otherwise it will be difficult for me to complete the task you assigned to me!" Colonel Nagata requested anxiously.

Ichiro Fujiwara never dreamed that the air defense capability of the Zhaojiayu base would become so strong. He could hardly believe his eyes. The last time he came, the ground anti-aircraft firepower was only half of what it is now. He did not expect that in just one month, the enemy's air defense firepower would have doubled. This really surprised him.

"Bagayalo! I told the commander before that we should destroy the enemy's arsenal as soon as possible, but we haven't been able to get any fuel and bombs, so my bombing operation has been delayed!"

"Our enemies have secretly strengthened their ground-based air defense capabilities without our noticing. If we hadn't launched a large-scale raid today, we would have been kept in the dark. This is the intelligence department's negligence. I will definitely file a complaint when I get back. Those bastards in the Special High Section, who only take money but do nothing every day, should be punished to let them know how difficult our situation is!"

After venting his anger, Fujiwara Ichiro returned to the point and said, "Nagata-kun, I will immediately mobilize other troops to come back to support us. We will first destroy the enemy's Maoershan Airport at all costs, and then destroy the enemy's arsenal. We have enough fuel now. If we can't finish it in one day, we will do it in two days. If we can't finish it in two days, we will do it in three days. In the next month, our goal is to fight the enemy's Zhaojiayu base to the death and blow it into ruins!"

Ichiro Sato had also been paying attention to the situation below. He had not expected that the Zhaojiayu base would have such tight anti-aircraft firepower. This also made him realize that his previous orders were indeed wrong. The goal should not be set on destroying the enemy's fortress fortifications, but the enemy's airports and arsenals should be destroyed first.

"Fujiwara-kun, there are some mistakes in our plan. The enemy's anti-aircraft firepower is much more fierce than we imagined. I think we should focus on attacking Maoershan Airport first, destroying the roads that the enemy can use to take off fighter planes, and blowing up the enemy's synthetic gasoline factory. This is our top priority."

"The Commander made it very clear to us before we set out, requiring us to not let the Independent Regiment Air Force Battalion assist the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at any cost. Our most important task now is not to destroy the enemy's arsenal. That task can be put off until later. We should concentrate all our fighter planes to complete the task assigned by the Commander first!"

Fujiwara Ichiro did not object to Sato Ichiro's proposal. They did underestimate the enemy when they came, but it was not too late to correct it now.

"General Sato, I agree with your proposal. We do need to give up multiple targets and focus on eliminating the enemy's air force battalion. I think we should reserve an air force to search for the enemy's air force battalion, and use most of the remaining air force to eliminate the enemy's airport. No matter what the cost, we must destroy the enemy's fuel depot and ammunition depot."

After a brief discussion, the two quickly began to mobilize troops. A fighter squadron was drawn out to search for the air force battalion. The rest of the Japanese fighter planes, under the command of the two, launched a fierce attack on the Maoershan Airport. Some Japanese fighter planes even crashed into the fuel depot on the ground with the intention of dying together, trying to completely destroy the entire Maoershan Airport.

Zhao Gang had been keeping a close eye on the movements at Maoershan Airport. When he learned that the Japanese air force had placed all its main attack forces at Maoershan Airport, he was immediately shocked. He immediately mobilized three anti-aircraft artillery self-propelled companies and rushed to Maoershan Airport for reinforcement.

The telephone to the airport in Maoershan had been blown up, and even the radio station had been destroyed, which caused Zhao Gang to lose contact with the Maoershan Airport. At this time, the Air Force Battalion sent an urgent telegram for help, saying that they had encountered a Japanese patrol and requested ground firepower to provide cover.

Zhao Gang did not dare to delay and immediately ordered the Air Force Battalion to rush to the fortress, intending to use the dense anti-aircraft firepower on the fortress to help the Air Force Battalion escape danger.

Lin Zhenhua thought of many ways and finally got rid of the Japanese pursuit. He immediately contacted Zhao Gang. After learning that Lin Zhenhua was safe, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said anxiously: "College student, the target of the Japanese attack this time is our air force battalion and Maoershan Airport. I have urgently mobilized three self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery companies to support them, and also arranged for the air force battalion to go to the vicinity of the fortress to use the ground anti-aircraft firepower to avoid the attack of the Japanese aviation force!"

"The entire base is now in chaos. We fought for half an hour before we shot down six Japanese fighter planes, but our losses were very heavy. Judging from the casualties reported by various units, not to mention the loss of weapons and ammunition, the loss of personnel alone has exceeded 300, and this number is still increasing rapidly!"

"I really don't know how to fight the next battle. With our current anti-aircraft firepower, we can't defend Maoershan Airport at all. If Maoershan Airport wasn't too important, I would have planned to give it up. If we continue to fight like this, the casualties of our troops are likely to exceed that of a regiment. We really can't afford to fight such a battle."

Lin Zhenhua understood that Zhao Gang was not passively avoiding the battle. The anti-aircraft artillery he had advocated for was just approved and would officially start construction in three days. This made the base area have a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower on the surface, but in fact these anti-aircraft weapons had no protection at all. Facing the agile Zero fighter raids of the devils, they often suffered heavy losses and could not even kill a single Zero fighter.

"Lao Zhao, we have no way to retreat now. We have to fight this battle no matter how many casualties there are. We have to fight this battle well and hurt the Japanese. Only in this way will the Japanese air force not dare to attack us as recklessly as they did today."

"Since the Japanese want to fight us at Maoershan Airport, we should mobilize all the air defense forces that can be mobilized from our base to Maoershan Airport. No matter how great the cost, we must win this battle! Pass on my order immediately. Even if we have to fight to the last man, we must beat back the damn Japanese air force!"

Lin Zhenhua knew that he must not show weakness at this time. Only by hitting the Japanese hard would the Japanese be cautious. Otherwise, the base would never have peace.