The air defense position extends from the center of the camp to all sides. It is 800 meters long from north to south and 600 meters wide from east to west. It is about 300 meters away from positions 1 and 2. It is about 400 meters away from positions 3 and 4.
At exactly 12:00 noon, the Japanese Air Force dispatched two squadrons and eighteen bombers took off from Qingdao Chengyang Airport and flew all the way to the southwest.
Fifty minutes later, behind the Fourth Position of the Independent Regiment, the sentries on the two observation towers pointed to the east and blew a rapid whistle. This gesture and sound told people that the enemy plane was coming from the east.
As soon as the siren went off, the buzzing roar of enemy planes was heard. The air defense team quickly prepared for shooting. The light and heavy machine guns and rifles turned their muzzles together and pointed to the east at an elevation angle of 45 degrees.
In the first independent regiment defense battle, Shanzi came up with an ingenious idea. He hung the light and heavy machine guns in the air defense position with ropes on the horizontal bars supported by wooden sticks. The machine gunners fired from a standing position, making it easier to adjust the shooting direction and angle.
But this time, in order to narrow the target and facilitate concealment, Shanzi dug a pit one and a half meters deep under the crossbar. The height of the crossbar was relatively lowered. The machine gunners all stood in the pit and fired.
In addition, the air defense positions also dug more than 300 shallow pits one meter deep for the use of riflemen. The riflemen can kneel down and shoot in the pits to attack targets.
Also during the first battle to defend the Independent Regiment, the Japanese army dispatched reconnaissance planes from Weilai to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the Independent Regiment's camp. Based on aerial photos, a floor plan of the Independence Regiment's camp was produced.
At this time, eighteen bombers were lined up in a row, marching hand in hand. The length of the formation started from position four and extended to position three.
In order to effectively attack ground targets, the enemy plane flew about three thousand meters to the No. 1 position. Suddenly it nosed down and flew at a low altitude of less than 500 meters. It quickly approached the No. 1 position.
At this time, all I could see were black bombs falling in rows in a row. Eighteen revolving machine guns were spitting out wisps of white smoke and firing at the ground.
Thanks to the soldiers in the trenches, they had already hid in the cat's ear holes. No matter whether bombs or bullets, only the trenches and trees were blown up, and only the open ground was hit.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy plane flew over the air defense position. Thirty light and heavy machine guns from the forward fire point locked onto the target more than 100 meters ahead. They carried out continuous strikes on the target without any intervals.
At the same time, more than seventy rifles on both sides of the machine gun were ready. Then the trigger was pulled. Then subsequent firepower burst out one after another, forming a tight firepower network.
The enemy planes flew less than 400 meters into the air defense position. Two of them were riddled with bullet marks. One staggered and fell vertically into the dry grass. The other dragged a long black smoke and fell into the darkness of position No. 1. Pit area.
It was not just the enemy planes that were damaged. In less than two seconds, a total of twenty-nine members of the air defense position were killed or killed by enemy planes. Fourteen soldiers were seriously injured. More than a dozen barracks collapsed and caught fire. .
Enemy planes are still bombing. Swinging machine guns are still firing. Soldiers are still suffering casualties.
Xiaoru is at the western edge of the air defense position. Ever since the air defense siren was sounded, she has been kneeling on her right leg, supported by her left leg, and hiding alone in the bushes with a machine gun in her arms.
As early as the enemy plane flew over the No. 1 position, Xiaoru aimed his gun at the fourth plane on the opposite side. When the enemy plane approached about 100 meters, the light machine gun fired head-on. The bullets hit the bottom of the cabin and the bottom of the belly.
The enemy plane, which was hit in vital parts, jolted left and right. It fell from above Xiaoru's head in an inclined manner. Xiaoru reacted quickly and rolled continuously to the north. It rolled out more than ten meters at a time.
There was a loud thud. The enemy plane landed heavily more than 20 meters away from Xiaoru.
The fifteen enemy planes flying away from the camp suddenly raised their heads, quickly increased in altitude, and then turned and flew south.
However, in less than a minute, the enemy planes completed their formation several thousand meters south of Circle Ridge and roared towards the No. 3 position.
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Xiaohu is located in the southern half of the air defense position. It is less than a mile away from Position 3.
When he saw the enemy plane rushing this way, Xiaohu got excited and stood up from the half-meter deep pit. He raised his gun and aimed at the seventh bomber in front of him.
But this time the enemy plane did not fly at low altitude. It always maintained an altitude of about one thousand meters.
Just as the fuselage passed over Circle Ridge, the magazine suddenly opened. A string of bombs jumped out of the hatch.
Xiaohu hurriedly picked up the iron whistle hanging on his chest and blew it three times in a row. This sound was telling the air defense team not to shoot blindly and to avoid bombing.
After the whistle sounded, the enemy planes flew overhead. Three bombs fell rapidly. According to feeling, after the first one landed, it was no more than four to five meters away from Xiaohu, and it was within the effective killing range.
But judging from the height, it was completely too late to dodge the bomb at this time. Unexpectedly, Xiaohu got angry and raised the rifle again. He pointed the muzzle at the first bomb and clicked the trigger.
It can be said that the flowers are planted deliberately but the willows are planted unintentionally. It was originally a reckless act to vent anger. However, with the sound of a gunshot, the bomb exploded at an altitude of about 200 meters.
It flew over Position No. 4 in a few seconds. The enemy plane never fired machine guns. It only dropped hundreds of bombs.
However, due to being dropped at a high altitude, the bombs were affected by air currents and the flight inertia of the aircraft. Most of the bombs deviated from the target. Only a dozen barracks were destroyed. Five other soldiers were killed and seven were seriously injured.
From the north of position 4, they turned around and headed west. The enemy planes completed the formation again and continued to fly from west to east at an altitude of about one thousand meters. They started bombing over position 2.
During this round of bombing, more than a dozen barracks collapsed and caught fire. Three air defense team members were killed and 11 soldiers were seriously injured.
The enemy planes quickly passed over the No. 1 position. Then they turned north and completed their formation several thousand meters away from the No. 4 position. They headed south and headed straight for the No. 4 position.
Just like the first wave of attacks, the enemy plane flew towards the No. 4 position at an altitude of less than 500 meters. The magazine opened the door first. The revolving machine gun then launched a blanket fire on the ground.
Xiaolong is located in the northern half of the air defense position. It is located in the middle and is less than 500 meters away from Position 4.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy plane flew over the forward firing point of the air defense team about a hundred meters away. Twenty-six machine guns opened fire head on. A string of bullets flew towards fifteen targets each.
Occasionally, you can see the bullet hitting the target hitting the machine body, emitting wisps of elegant smoke.
When the enemy plane was about to fly overhead, more than 60 rifles fired simultaneously at an elevation angle of 85 degrees. Although more than a dozen bullets hit different targets, the targets only suffered superficial damage.
Xiaolong knelt down sideways and fired one shot, hitting the lower left side of the enemy aircraft's cockpit. Unfortunately, the bullet failed to penetrate the aircraft body and only embedded most of the warhead in the aircraft casing.
However, at this moment, hundreds of bullets from the enemy planes rained down on the air defense forward position. Dozens of bombs exploded from the air defense forward position. In just this moment, the air defense team paid the price of nine deaths and ten injuries.
Suddenly they flew over the air defense position. The two enemy planes that had been hit the most were already covered in scars. They were just like two headless flies turning left and right. Finally they dived straight down and crashed into the Circle Ridge.
Even though the enemy plane disappeared from the south side of the circle, the air defense team members stood ready and continued to maintain a fighting posture to meet the enemy plane.
Until the sentry on the tower blew the all-alarm whistle, dozens of health workers and stretcher bearers ran out of the tunnel and hurried towards each anti-aircraft firepower point.
At the same time, Shanzi, Yumei and Zhao Danian also walked out of the regiment headquarters. Followed by Xiao Liu and two correspondents, they walked quickly towards the air defense position.
After climbing onto the mound in front of the regiment headquarters, Xiaomei burst into laughter and huffed and caught up.
According to Xiaomei's report, calls came in from various positions. The enemy was packing up their belongings and dismantling their tents. It seemed that they were preparing to withdraw their troops.
After listening to Xiaomei's report, Shanzi ran towards position No. 1 without saying a word.