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

Chapter 569 Even if the Japs are made of copper or iron, I will smash their turtle shells with artil

"Fujiwara-kun, I will be responsible for strangling the enemy's left-wing fighters, and you will be responsible for strangling the enemy's right-wing fighters. Today we must restore the glory of our air force and completely regain the air supremacy we have lost. Otherwise, you and I will become a shame to the Imperial Air Force. Even if we have to sacrifice our lives, we must regain our military honor!" Sato Ichiro said with a crazy look on his face.

Fujiwara Ichiro was also overwhelmed by the passion. Before, he had the idea of ​​passively avoiding the war, but at this moment, the airman blood in his heart was directly activated. He wanted to fight for the honor of the airman. He no longer cared about the gains and losses of this battle. He wanted to use his courage and skills to win this battle and tell the world that he, Fujiwara Ichiro, was not a coward.

"Sato-kun, I feel like I'm back to my youth. This battle is a duel of brave men. Only brave men who are not afraid of death can survive this duel. I will lead the 18th Division's aviation regiment to strangle the enemy's right wing with all our strength. It's a good opportunity for us to compete to see who can shoot down more enemy planes."

Ichiro Fujiwara and Ichiro Sato did not command the battle from a bomber as they did in the past. This time they flew Zero fighters and directly participated in the air battle. With their sophisticated flying skills, the two were like fish in water in the air battle and achieved considerable results.

Liu Haishan's air force battalion fought very hard in this battle. They relied entirely on their passion and bravery to intercept the Japanese air force. After seeing the fighting in the air, Li Yunlong immediately changed his mind and ordered Zhang Dabiao to stop retreating immediately and launch an attack on the Japanese outer positions.

"Zhang Dabiao, don't talk to me about casualties. The casualties of the brothers in the Air Force Battalion are no less than yours. I only have one order for you, and that is to attack at all costs. The armored battalion of the independent regiment has launched an attack from Fortress No. 1. Now is the best time for us to capture the enemy's outer positions. Don't talk to me about difficulties. I have already sent an anti-aircraft battalion and two mechanized infantry battalions to support you. I only have one request for you, and that is to attack at all costs, attack and attack again!"

"Zhuzi, immediately move our heavy artillery forward for me. I want to have a head-on artillery battle with the Japanese this time. I don't care how you, Wang Chengzhu, fight, you must destroy the Japanese heavy artillery for me."

Wang Chengzhu was very upset. The artillery under his command could not compare with the artillery of the devil. The difference in technology between the two sides was too great. Having heavy artillery did not mean having heavy artillery. After learning about Li Yunlong's risky move, Lin Zhenhua did not go to stop him, but went directly to the artillery battalion. He wanted to personally command this artillery battle.

"College student, why are you here? It's very dangerous here. We are now on the edge of the range of the Japanese heavy artillery..." Wang Chengzhu said anxiously.

Lin Zhenhua interrupted Wang Chengzhu's chattering and ordered in a serious tone: "Zhu Zi, I will take over the command of the artillery battalion from now on. The heavy mortar company and the 105 heavy artillery company will all be commanded by me personally. The mountain artillery Type infantry guns and mortars will be under your command, Wang Chengzhu!"

"The rocket artillery company immediately uses all the rockets in stock to clear the threats on the path of the attacking armored forces!"

"Xiao Zhongyuan, immediately bring your men and carry the artillery observation and aiming equipment with me. Let's immediately determine the location of the Japanese heavy artillery and try to destroy all of the Japanese heavy artillery in the first round of artillery attack."

"Heavy mortar company and 105 heavy artillery company, follow me immediately. You must reach the preset artillery position within five minutes. Anyone who dares to delay the opportunity will be subject to military law!"

Lin Zhenhua quickly issued a series of orders, and the artillery battalion quickly launched an extreme artillery bombardment under his orders. After the artillery observation and aiming equipment was deployed, Lin Zhenhua immediately began to determine the position of the Japanese heavy artillery, holding a pen and paper in his hand, and quickly calculated that the heavy mortar company and the 105 heavy artillery company that arrived later had developed the preset positions.

"Number one, 60 mils to the left, raise the elevation angle by two degrees!"

"Number two, 20 mils to the right, elevation 45 degrees."

"..."

"16th position, 32 mils to the right, 38 degrees elevation."

"Immediately adjust to the angle and direction I gave you, fire three rounds rapidly, and make a secondary trajectory correction to fully cover the enemy's heavy artillery positions."

Under Lin Zhenhua's command, more than 200 soldiers quickly completed the adjustments before firing, and the shells were pushed into the gun barrels at the first time. With the command flag in Lin Zhenhua's hand, they launched an artillery attack on the Japanese heavy artillery positions. The first round of artillery attack did not cause much damage to the Japanese heavy artillery positions, and a total of one Japanese heavy artillery was destroyed. Lin Zhenhua immediately made a second ballistic correction, and the second round of artillery attack was more accurate.

However, the Japanese heavy artillery battalion was no pushover. After discovering the threat from the artillery battalion, they quickly launched a counterattack. Three shells directly hit the two 105 heavy artillery on Lin Zhenhua's side, blowing the artillery upside down and even twisting the gun barrels into twists. The only lucky thing was that the artillery shells did not explode. This was thanks to Lin Zhenhua's method of manually transporting artillery shells. Otherwise, if the artillery shells really exploded, the losses would have been huge.

At this time, the heavy artillery of both sides were within the range of each other, but neither side took the initiative to withdraw. Both sides were determined to fight to the death and fired at each other frantically. This heavy artillery battle lasted for half an hour before it ended. The Japanese lost two heavy artillery squadrons in this battle, and Lin Zhenhua's side was not much better. A heavy mortar company and a heavy artillery company were beaten to only two 160 heavy mortars and a 105mm heavy howitzer. In general, it was a draw, and the heavy artillery of both sides were forced to withdraw from the position.

The independent regiment commanded by Ding Wei suffered the heaviest losses. Its heavy artillery losses were the greatest. Two 105mm heavy howitzer companies were reduced to only three artillery pieces. The results were very pitiful. They only destroyed one of the Japanese's heavy artillery pieces. This made Ding Wei furious. He wanted to shoot the two heavy artillery company commanders, but was stopped in time by Kong Jie.

The only good news on the battlefield was that the armored forces attacked the Japanese's outer positions after suffering the loss of a battalion. The enemy and our side fought fiercely in the outer positions. The Japanese completely gave up their defense and adopted the pig-rush tactics on a large scale, forcing Zhang Dabiao to ask Li Yunlong for help and dispatched two infantry battalions. The battle lasted until noon before the Japanese's outer positions were completely occupied.

After losing the outer position, Ichiro Akai retreated to the inner position with the remnants of his squad. Junichi Aoki did not blame him. Facing such a fierce attack, it was already very good to be able to fight to such an extent.

As for the fighting in the air, it had ended two hours ago. The reason for the stop was very simple. Both sides had run out of ammunition. Even if they used man-machine combined tactics, it would not work. The high-intensity air combat that lasted for more than two hours had already pushed the physical and mental strength of both sides to the limit. As a last resort, both sides had to suspend the fighting and wait until this afternoon to engage in another fierce fighting.

"College student, all the modified transport planes of my air force battalion have been lost. Now there are only 8 Thunder fighters, 9 Lightning fighters, 12 light bombers, 9 heavy bombers, and 6 Fatso ground attack aircraft left, a total of 38 fighter planes. If the eight remaining transport planes in the base are included, there are a total of 46 fighter planes. It is estimated that in the air battle this afternoon, my air force battalion will lose almost all of them!" Liu Haishan said in a sad tone.

Lin Zhenhua had long anticipated that the losses of the Air Force Battalion would be very heavy, but after hearing the number of double deaths, he was still deeply shaken. Today's air battle was no easier than yesterday's. It entered the decisive battle from the very beginning. The pilots of both sides fought this battle with the idea of ​​dying together.

"Liu Haishan, we don't have time to grieve. Let the pilots go back and rest immediately. The air battle this afternoon is likely to come earlier than we thought!"

Liu Haishan returned to the base as arranged by Lin Zhenhua. After having the ground crew inspect the fighter plane, he loaded it with ammunition and fuel, ready to attack at any time.

After taking the outer positions, the Independent Regiment and the Armored Regiment successfully joined forces. Both sides were able to concentrate their forces to launch an attack on the Japanese inner positions. The Aoki Division was completely surrounded in Komatsu Ridge.

"Old Li, we didn't fight very well in this battle, and our troops suffered heavy losses. We used to think that with advanced weapons and equipment, we could ignore the Japs. Now it seems that this was a completely wrong idea. The damn Japs are much more powerful than we imagined." Ding Wei said with emotion as he looked at the devastation on the battlefield.

Li Yunlong did not refute him on this matter. He also had a deep understanding of this. The Japanese reaction speed was much faster than he imagined. Zhang Dabiao's armored vanguard suffered a great loss today. This was the best proof.

"Old Ding, we really can't underestimate the Japanese. We have only taken the outer positions. It is still very difficult to conquer the inner positions of the Japanese. I decided to concentrate three artillery battalions to launch a large-scale artillery attack on the inner positions of the Japanese. I don't plan to go all the way this time. I will use artillery shells to pile up a victory."

"Even if the Japs are made of copper or iron, they will be blown to pieces by our massive bombardment. This time, I will let the Japs have a good taste of what it feels like to be bombarded and avenge the sacrifices of our soldiers!"