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

Chapter 562: Lao Li, you can’t be confused at this time and jump into the Japanese trap!

Yamamoto Ikki was having a very difficult time at this time. The development of the situation was completely beyond his expectations. He thought he could play a leading role in this anti-breakout battle, but he did not expect that facing the fierce firepower of the armored regiment, the raid launched by his special forces team suffered heavy losses. He had no choice but to watch the show from the sidelines.

However, Yamamoto Ikki was not reconciled. He requested the Taiyuan Command to launch a special operation against Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, but was not allowed. Shinozuka Yoshio ordered him to continue to strengthen airborne training and must master the parachuting skills thoroughly before the end of mid-June.

It was precisely because of this that Hirata Kojiro and others had no intention of pitting Yamamoto Ikki. In addition, they had a very good relationship before, so they did not leak any information about the training of the special forces team. This made Li Yunlong completely unaware of it, and he really suffered a great loss at the hands of Yamamoto Ikki afterwards.

The air battle at Erchaling was gradually coming to an end at this time. Both the enemy and our side suffered heavy losses. However, judging from the number of fighter planes, the Japanese side had a slight advantage. This made Li Yunlong and others who were trying to break out look very solemn. They could only find ways to urge the troops to speed up their breakout. They had to pass Erchaling within 20 minutes, otherwise they would once again fall into the dangerous situation of fighting on two fronts.

"Liu Haishan, you must hold on. The armored regiment has now successfully broken through 20%. You must find a way to hold on for minutes. I am not negotiating with you. This is a death order I give you, and you must complete it!" Lin Zhenhua shouted without question.

Liu Haishan suppressed his inner sorrow and watched his pilots rushing towards the enemy planes frantically, his face full of tears. He did not shirk Lin Zhenhua's order, but choked up and replied: "College student, my air force battalion will hold on for 25 minutes no matter how much it costs. As long as the armored regiment below does not withdraw, my air force battalion will fight to the death!"

After expressing his determination, Liu Haishan once again issued an order to attack on the radio, intending to adopt an offensive approach instead of a defensive one to attract the enemy's firepower and escort the armored regiment that was breaking out below.

Ichiro Sato and Ichiro Fujino were also very determined this time. They no longer had any thoughts of retreating and personally led the team to launch an attack.

This made the decisive battle between the enemy and us so brutal that it was unbearable to watch. The Japanese naval aviation used its superb flying skills to cause great trouble to the independent regiment's air force battalion. A strange situation formed on the battlefield. The Japanese naval aviation suppressed the independent regiment's air force battalion, and the independent regiment's air force battalion suppressed the Japanese army aviation. However, the Japanese naval and army aviation could not cooperate perfectly because of their previous hatred, which gave the independent regiment's air force battalion room to find loopholes.

The Japanese Army Air Force suffered heavy losses and was almost annihilated. Fujino Ichiro had no choice but to order the 11 Japanese Army Air Force fighters to gradually withdraw from the battlefield. The independent regiment air force battalion, which was able to spare time, adopted a fearless spirit of sacrifice and a two-on-one strategy to completely counter the Japanese Navy Air Force, and the air battle once again fell into a strange stalemate.

The loss rate of fighter planes on both sides has miraculously dropped to a very low level. Before, a fighter plane was destroyed in less than ten seconds, but now only one fighter plane is destroyed every three minutes. At this point in the battle, the ammunition carried by both sides has been almost consumed, and they can no longer launch fierce offensive operations.

The only thing both sides could do was to treat themselves as a cannonball and shoot themselves out, but that way of fighting was too brutal, and neither side wanted to do it unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, it takes more time to train a pilot than to produce a fighter plane.

"Brothers, hurry up, everyone must evacuate within ten minutes. The brothers in the Air Force Battalion are fighting very hard. If we find a group of them to evacuate, we can get them to safety sooner!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly, holding the intercom in his hand.

"Lao Zhao, you guys in the transport battalion need to speed up for me. You are the slowest runners. Otherwise, our armored regiment would have been evacuated long ago. You better run faster for me. Don't sit on the vehicles like idiots. Get out of the vehicles and run!"

"Shen Quan, immediately launch a full-scale counterattack for me. Fight back this round of attack by the Japanese. Even if it means sacrificing many lives, we must protect the safety of the people."

"Zhu Zi, what the hell are you still standing there for? Hurry up and increase the intensity of the artillery fire. I'm not going to cross this time. Even if I have to flatten the top of Erchaling, I have to stop the Japanese from coming down from the mountain!"

Yoshihara Harajiro's face was still stained with gunpowder. He had just organized three rounds of attacks, but they were all blocked by Li Yunlong, which made him very angry. In order to stop Li Yunlong's armored regiment, Yoshihara Harajiro could be said to have gambled everything he had. If he failed in the end, he would most likely be dismissed.

"Xiao Ye, pass on my order. Order each squadron to attack freely. No matter how much it costs me, you must stop Li Yunlong's armored regiment and complete the mission assigned by the division commander!"

At a command from Yoshihara Jiro, the Japanese directly abandoned their defensive positions and first launched a circle of grenades, which created a smoke screen. Then, the Japanese on the high ground on both sides once again adopted the pig-rush tactic and launched a fierce attack on the two transport battalions that had not withdrawn without fear of death.

Shen Quan led two battalions of soldiers to charge back with submachine guns. After discovering that the situation was not right, Li Yunlong also hurriedly led two battalions of soldiers to charge back. They finally blocked the last dying counterattack of the Japanese. After suffering casualties of one battalion, they successfully evacuated the two transport battalions.

However, the two transport battalions still suffered huge losses during the evacuation. 19 supply vehicles were destroyed, and hundreds of civilians were injured or killed. The transport battalion soldiers suffered even greater casualties, with casualties directly exceeding 300. This made Li Yunlong very distressed, and he almost couldn't help but fight back again.

"Old Li, you can't make a fool of yourself at this time. If you fight back at this time, it will just fall into the devil's trap. We have successfully evacuated Erchaling now. I will send a telegram to Liu Haishan now and ask them to prepare for evacuation."

"Lao Zhao, contact Lao Kong and Lao Ding immediately and ask them to increase the intensity of the attack. They must open a safe retreat route before we arrive. My armored regiment suffered heavy losses in the previous breakout. If we cannot retreat to the base in time and get stuck in a confrontation with the Japanese, the consequences will be unimaginable." Lin Zhenhua said with a grim face.

Li Yunlong suppressed his anger and became very calm. He immediately checked the intelligence sent back by the reconnaissance plane, and his face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. What he didn't expect was that the Yoshiwara Brigade had once again organized a pursuit force, with a full two and a half battalions of troops chasing the armored regiment. If the breakthrough in front was not smooth, the armored regiment would most likely fall into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

"College students, the air force battalion can no longer provide us with air cover. As long as they can hold off the Japanese air force, we are already thankful. We really cannot ask for more from them. The only thing we can do now is to break through the Japanese defense line of Xiaosongling at all costs. There is a brigade of Japanese troops stationed here, with a total of about 8000 people. There are a large number of anti-tank trenches, and it is impossible for us to pass safely."

"I think that instead of being chased by the devils like rabbits, we should change our retreat into an attack. Let Lao Kong and Lao Ding mobilize heavy troops and follow us to use a two-pronged attack to devour the devil's Aoki Division. As for the devils chasing us from behind, we don't have to worry too much. I only need to deploy three battalions of troops to firmly block these damn devils outside Heiyunling."

"We must take advantage of the fact that the Japanese fighter planes have not been fully replenished to severely damage the Aoki Division. Otherwise, with this dog guarding our base, it will become very difficult for us to get out in the future."

"I've decided to eat this watchdog first, and then launch a large-scale counterattack against the devils together with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. By then, the crisis of my Zhaojiayu base can be directly resolved. Maybe we can take this opportunity to expand the territory of the base again."

Li Yunlong's bold idea shocked Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Gang. Up to now, neither the enemy nor our side had gained any advantage in the battle. If they really changed the retreat to an attack, there would be too many variables in the middle, and it was really difficult to make such a decision.

"College student, Lao Zhao, you two don't need to worry too much. We are very close to the base now. If we don't have enough ammunition, we can ask the base to airdrop it to us. We just need to open up a cheap landing field, and our transport planes can complete short-distance takeoff and landing. This time we need to teach the devils a good lesson and let them know how powerful we are."

"Before, the Japanese had no clear understanding of our strength, and they used various conspiracies and tricks one after another. The plague alone has made us miserable. If we don't hurt the Japanese, who knows what tricks they will use."

"We have nowhere to retreat now. The only thing we can do is to face the challenge head-on. As long as we can kill the watchdog of the Aoki Division, the puppet troops stationed nearby will have to retreat without us having to fight them. The blockade crisis of our base will be solved directly!"