Chapter 1135 For the sake of brothers, stop pretending and lets show off!
Li Jijin’s prediction was absolutely correct!
The focus of the Japanese heavy artillery attack was Highland 1.
After the Japanese artillery test-firing was completed, the ground on Highland 1 was no longer exploding with artillery shells one by one, but was instead a mass of explosions.
1. There is a total position of less than 5,000 square meters on the high ground. If only one missile falls on it, nearly one-tenth of the area is covered by shells, let alone a salvo of 4 shells.
Looking this way from the tunnel hundreds of meters away, we can't see the original appearance of Highland 1 at all. We can only see gunpowder smoke, dust and flames.
And people inside it can't actually see what the area they are in actually looks like.
It was a purgatory where there was a sea of fire everywhere, gravel and wood flew everywhere in the gunfire, and terrible air waves picked up everything on the surface and then slammed it down!
The army sergeant who was still swearing just now didn't care about the curse now. He was shaking constantly as if he was sitting in the shell hole of a boat in the rough sea. The only thing he could do now was to cover his ears with his hands and huddle up.
Lie on the ground and use your elbows to prevent your chest and abdomen from touching the ground.
Otherwise, even if the two of them were lucky enough not to be hit by artillery shells, they would still be injured by the violent concussion caused by the grenade explosion and die quietly.
Boss Cao also copied the gourd, which was not trained in the training ground, but one of the life-saving skills taught by the veterans to the recruits. It was gained by the veterans with their lives. If the movements are not standard, the veterans will not get hurt.
Scolding, if you don’t value your own life, then who can you blame?
The postures of the two people are very correct, but as for whether they can survive, it only depends on God.
However, it was not only the Chinese soldiers on the highlands who suffered in this shelling.
The dozens of remaining Japanese troops who had just been ordered by Li Jiujin to block the retreat with mortar barrages were miserable!
They were too close to the high ground. When the first grenade streaked across the sky and exploded on the hillside, the Chinese artillery fire and machine guns stopped, leaving them with a way to escape.
But, is there enough time?
In modern times, all artillery has a reasonable error value, which is about 2% to 3% of the range. In other words, at a range of 10,000 meters, the shell will land about 200 meters away from the target, which is reasonable.
Artillery is not a sniper rifle. It is unscientific to expect a cannonball to hit your head when fired from 10 kilometers away.
However, this was the error value given by the major arms dealers in the West who had precision machinery. However, Japan's precision workmanship at that time was a level lower than that of the Western world that had entered the industrial revolution early.
Therefore, the 75MM mountain cannon with a range of 6,500 meters has an error value of close to 150 meters, not to mention the 105 howitzer with a range that is nearly twice the difference, which can almost reach 300 meters or even further.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers were running extremely fast, rolling and crawling with various types of firearms, like a group of frightened chickens!
But even though they were more than 400 meters away from the top of the mountain at this time, the hot air waves generated by the explosion of the shells two to three hundred meters away still seemed to burn their buttocks.
"Baga, everyone stop, find a bunker to avoid bullets first!" A Japanese second lieutenant roared angrily to stop the stupidity of his subordinates.
It is true that the rocks on the hillside can block Chinese bullets and even mortar shrapnel, but in the face of 18 kilograms of projectiles, it is false!
But the key point is that after squeezing out their potential under the crisis, everyone actually came forward in unison. With their current personnel density, just one cannonball dropped and hundreds of people flew into the air. Almost no one could do it.
Survive.
It's better to take a gamble and find a bunker to hide for the time being. Bet that the level of the division's artillery is not that bad and bet that they are lucky enough.
There is actually nothing wrong with the Japanese Army second lieutenant's point of view. After all, it is more than 400 meters away from the top of the mountain, right?
But human nature has always been complicated and changeable. Especially when the ground is shaking violently and the air waves are so hot that it burns the buttocks, almost no one still obeys the military orders and continues to rush downwards like a swarm.
Bet on me! I want to take my destiny into my own hands! This should be the inner monologue of most Japanese infantrymen.
Brainwashed by the so-called bushido spirit, they have always shouted "board" and launched brave charges against the enemy. The infantrymen of the so-called Imperial Army of Japan, after losing all their courage in the hail of bullets from the Chinese soldiers, fell in front of their own artillery shells.
, they were just like a group of frightened rats, and their speed of escaping could completely set a new record in the history of the Japanese army.
The expression on the face of Yokoyama Sawa Ozuo, who was looking at the battlefield completely shrouded in gunpowder smoke through a telescope, was unclear. No one knew whether he was grateful that the defeated soldiers escaped quickly enough, or whether he was frightened by the defeated soldiers.
Dare looked extremely angry.
Then, there was still a kind of showmanship that broke the defense because of a shell on our side with a slightly larger error value.
As if it had eyes, a grenade pierced the sky and hit the bottom of the hillside!
The group of 'ground mice' that were still running wildly were swept up into the sky by the air waves!
In the field of view of the Japanese army's left telescope with a stiff face, many elements are missing from the dynamic picture!
After the war, according to statistics from the 62nd Infantry Regiment, as many as 42 Imperial infantrymen were accidentally injured due to howitzer errors!
The power of the 105 howitzer is so terrifying!
And the Japanese artillery fire was still raging, one minute, two minutes, five minutes
Not to mention Highland 1, which was the focus of artillery fire, even the high ground hundreds of meters away where Li Jijin was located was trembling.
Sitting in the tunnel behind the high ground, Li Jijin lowered his eyebrows. He pulled out the triangular thorn and placed it on his leg. He wiped it with his own towel over and over again. No one knew what he was thinking, and no one dared to
ask.
The second lieutenant of the Sharp Knife Platoon was sitting at the entrance of the tunnel, looking with red eyes at the small high ground trembling in the firelight a few hundred meters away.
His class 4 is there!
In addition to the 6 wounded soldiers who were sent to the rear medical team for rescue, there were only those 5 people left.
As for the situation of the six wounded soldiers, the health soldiers he sent to inquire about them had already brought back bad news. Two of them had already died due to excessive blood loss and did not even survive the operation. The other two people whose limbs were cut off by shrapnel were seriously injured.
It was too serious. Even though he was bandaged in time, it was still unclear whether he could survive the night.
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Then his Class 4 can basically announce the cancellation of its establishment.
In fact, the tunnel entrance is very dangerous. If a cannonball explodes nearby, shrapnel and air waves can cause damage to this area.
But no one dared to pull this second lieutenant platoon leader who was already red-faced. He just wanted to get closer to his brothers.
But everyone still underestimated Nagano Kameichiro’s determination!
Ten minutes later, an air defense alarm sounded at the main position of Niangziguan.
The long cry of "Woo! Woo!" resounded throughout the mountains and fields.
Amid the distant rumble of artillery, the roar of Japanese aircraft engines in the sky gradually reached Tang Dao's ears.
The Japanese army actually dispatched a group of bombers, and the timing was so well connected, which means that they had already formulated a tactical plan!
"Very good! We have such a small high ground. It doesn't matter if the mountain artillery is fired, the howitzer is fired again, and now we want to use heavy aerial bombs!" Tang Dao looked up at the sky, reflecting the autumn sun in his eyes.
The light is very bright, but there is no warmth.
"Do you really want to see my trump card? Then I'll let you see it!" Tang Dao murmured to himself.
The body was like a solidified statue, but a metallic voice came out: "Order the air defense companies to all positions. No need to reserve strength. Whenever the Japanese aircraft group dares to enter the 2000-meter airspace, all anti-aircraft guns will fire at full strength. 1600 meters. Anti-aircraft machine guns will open fire! 1200 meters.
, all MG34 heavy machine guns and 7mm heavy machine guns on the position are replaced with anti-aircraft machine gun mounts, and fire!"
Cheng Tietsou's heart trembled after receiving Tang Dao's order. The regimental commander was really firing! Not only did he ask the air defense company to fire 24 20mm machine guns and 48 7mm machine guns, he also asked three infantry battalions to open fire.
The 27 MG34 heavy machine guns they carry must also fire. This is to weave a bullet net over Niangziguan!
Nagano Kameichiro gave the 62nd Infantry Regiment under his command the greatest support. Not only did he use 4 105 howitzers, but he also personally called Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Saburo Okabe, who was commanding the Shanxi East War, to request 12 fighter planes to drop aerial bombs!
Tang Dao underestimated him, but then Tang Dao made his strongest counterattack. All the anti-aircraft machine guns, heavy machine guns, and machine guns of the Four Lines Regiment that could shoot in the air opened fire with all their strength.
Both China and Japan almost used their most powerful firepower, and all this was due to a small mountain with an altitude of only 200 meters, a radius of only 5,000 meters, and a defensive force that at its peak was no more than two infantry squads!
The Japanese aircraft formation came with a mission this time, but it did not mean that they would engage in low-altitude dive bombing.
All this is because their opponent is the Four Elements Regiment, and their commander is Captain Zuo Zuomu!
The Japanese aircraft formation did not enter the airspace from north to south, but made a special detour and entered from the direction of Yuancheng, that is, from west to east. This purpose is self-evident, staggering the main battlefield of Niangziguan.
Anyone with some military common sense will put the main air defense force on the main battlefield. After all, the flanks are only auxiliary forces.
Moreover, the 12 Japanese planes were divided into three waves, four of which entered the 2,000-meter airspace. Until the first wave of Japanese planes entered the 1,500-meter bombing area, the other two waves of eight Japanese planes were still in the airspace of about 2,000 meters.
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But this is enough!
Tang Tuanzuo said, open fire with all your strength! No matter how many fights there are, just do it first.
This time, the air defense company did not have many tasks to destroy the enemy. They did not need any tactics to show the enemy's weakness. They only needed to prevent Japanese planes from dropping heavy bombs on their own positions.
If you have the ability, just drop the bomb in the rain of bombs. Either you will throw the bomb and get out, or you will be hit and exploded together with the aerial bomb.
There are as many as 4 air defense positions 1,000 meters away from the flanking high ground, consisting of 8 20mm anti-aircraft guns and 16 7mm heavy machine guns. The firepower of these 4 air defense positions is already comparable to the previous four lines.
The entire regiment had anti-aircraft firepower, not to mention supplemented by the MG34 heavy machine guns and 7mm heavy machine guns set up on several highlands of the third battalion.
"Hit!" came the command.
In the sky on the flanking high ground, clearly visible streaks of red whips were waving!
The four Japanese planes that bore the brunt were like frightened little rabbits. They immediately dropped the bombs under their belly, turned right and turned their fuselage sideways, and fled away from the battlefield.
However, it is impossible to escape from such a powerful anti-aircraft firepower with the current maximum speed of propeller aircraft of only 360 kilometers, unless Amaterasu really appears.
The clouds of smoke formed by the 'explosive bombs' are like mushrooms that suddenly grow in the sky, but the fragments that cannot be seen by the naked eye can extend the destructive power to more than 20 meters away.
The two Japanese planes were unable to hold on at first. Thick black smoke came out of the tail of the plane. The Japanese plane whose speed dropped to less than 300 kilometers was finally bitten by a 7mm machine gun that could reach a height of 1,800 meters. The thick machine gun bullets were not Maxim.
That kind of 92mm bullet, with a muzzle velocity of up to 900 meters per second and a thick warhead, can even penetrate a 7mm steel plate. It only takes a dozen rounds to punch large holes visible to the naked eye in the body.
The two Japanese planes made a weird scream, and in the eyes of the Japanese troops on the ground who looked in pain and fear, they hit the mountain and erupted into two bright balls of fire.
The other two were not much better. They were hit by machine gun fragments while climbing to escape. They dragged two smoke ribbons and fled southward in embarrassment.
This scene was even seen by Chinese and Japanese officers and soldiers of the 921st Division, 104th Division, 18th Division, and 21st Division who were still fighting fiercely.
That is to say, the two Japanese pilots who had fled for tens of kilometers finally woke up. There was still a war zone over there, and they quickly turned and continued HD to escape in the direction of Xingtai. Otherwise, the Chinese troops on the ground would not mind beating up the drowned dogs.
Although the 921st Division does not have 7mm heavy machine guns, the 683rd Brigade secretly possesses six Oerlikon 20mm machine guns that Tang Dao secretly gave him. It was difficult to shoot Japanese aircraft at an altitude of 2,000 meters, but the attack was due to damage to the engine.
The power is weak and the speed can only reach an altitude of 1,000 meters, but the speed is 260 kilometers per hour. However, the Japanese aircraft should not be too relaxed.
The two 96 fighter jets, whose full-fuel range was only 600 kilometers, seemed to have avoided the ground firepower of the Chinese soldiers while circling around, but they wasted nearly 100 kilometers of range. This was really bad.
HD, Xingtai is still in their hands, but there is no airport. The nearest airport is in Baoding, 200 kilometers away.
The plane can still fly, but there is not enough fuel.
What? Crash landing?
In wheat fields or on the road?
There are many roads on the wheat fields and the North China Plain, but there are really too few, especially standard roads that can accommodate fighter jets with speeds of more than 200 kilometers to make an emergency landing.
Poverty was China's fault in not winning this war, but at this time it also became the despair of Japanese pilots.
The two Japanese planes that ran out of fuel had to make an emergency landing in the fields. The two Japanese planes that had no bombs and fuel did not explode, but this does not mean that the Japanese pilots could save their lives.
Two unlucky children, one drowned alive because the nose of the plane plunged into a pond, and the other was a high-speed taxiing plane that encountered a field. The whole body jumped high and then had a fight with the earth to see who would win.
The nose of the plane was not as hard as the ground, and the pilot's head was obviously a little worse. The flight hat, which was only used to keep warm, did not provide much protection. The whole head seemed to be pinched by the six door panels of the aircraft, and it was flat for the Japanese soldiers who came to collect the body.
The gendarmerie couldn't find a suitable container to load it into.
However, 4 Japanese aircraft were damaged in battle and 4 Japanese pilots were killed in action. This was by no means the final loss of the Japanese North China Front Army Provisional Aviation Regiment.
Captain Zuo Zuomu's reaction was already extremely fast. When the sky was full of 'little mushrooms', he had already given the order, and the fleet immediately dropped the heavy bombs and left low altitude.
He had escaped from the anti-air firepower of the Fourth Line Regiment countless times. He knew that the maximum height of the Four Lines Regiment's anti-aircraft firepower was only a little over 2,000 meters. At the current height of their eight fighters, as long as they could quickly raise the altitude, it would not be a big problem.
This is a misjudgment caused by habit. In the past, it was only a little over 2,000 meters. That was because the firing height of the Oerlikon single-barreled machine gun was that high, but now all the four-line regiments have been equipped with 20mm Suloton twin-mounted machine guns.
, although the 7mm heavy machine gun of the American cowboys has a shooting height of 1800 meters, that does not mean that the metal bullet will drop when it reaches 1800 meters.
What's even more deadly is that Captain Zuo Zuomu's name as the "Tiansha Lone Star" resounded throughout the entire temporary aviation regiment. When he saw Xia Jiba drop the bomb and pull up, he didn't care whether the bomb was dropped on the Chinese or his own head.
There are still some "honest" Japanese pilots who express disdain.
In particular, visible to the naked eye, there are still many Chinese active on the high ground below. How could the great Imperial Army Air Force pilots be so cowardly?
Still, two Japanese planes did not rise but descended instead. Not only did they break through the clouds and fog and lowered to an altitude of 1,300 meters, they even pulled the triggers of their machine guns, and a series of whips fired out clouds of smoke on several mountain tops of the Third Battalion.
A heavy aerial bomb landed less than 30 meters below a high ground, shaking the mountains for a while.
This is really a good guy. The four anti-aircraft positions and the 7mm heavy machine guns and MG34 machine guns belonging to the third battalion that were just chasing them all aimed at these two heroic Japanese planes!
"These two idiots!" Zuo Zuomu glanced melancholy at the two companions who were 'fighting bravely' below him, and decisively ordered: "All the bombs have been dropped, the mission is over, let's go!"
"But, Captain Zuo Zuomu, Mr. Inoshita and the others," the voice coming from the wireless intercom hesitated to speak.
"My mission is to bring disaster to the Chinese people and bring outstanding young men home. Inosha-kun and others, let them be loyal to the empire!" Zuo Zuomu's slightly aged voice sounded on the radio.
"Bring the outstanding boys home!" later became a catchphrase of the temporary aviation group.
But everyone knows that the most gorgeous clothes and the best ones used to escape have actually been left on the battlefield!
Two minutes after the six Japanese fighter planes left quickly, the two Japanese planes were exploded by 8 machine guns and more than 20 heavy machine guns of various types. They became a brilliant fireworks that stung Yokoyama Ze Ozuo.
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However, the ground-to-air battle cannot determine the outcome on the ground. At most, it can sprinkle some pepper on the bloody wounds of the Japanese.
This battle for the highlands, after the end of the air combat and artillery bombardment, reached the final decisive moment.
The Japanese army's siren and the Iron Whistle of the Fourth Army Regiment sounded almost at the same time.
There were nearly 200 Japanese troops, including 40 men from the 7th Company, almost all of them rushed towards the battlefield still shrouded in smoke from 500 meters away!
Except for the second lieutenant platoon leader of the 7th Company Sharp Sword Platoon, and Zhou Dapeng, whose heart was filled with sadness, no one thought that anyone could survive on that position.
But the miracle happened tragically like this.
In the smoke, a figure whose body was burnt black moved!
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PS: Brothers, please take leave tomorrow! Tomorrow we will drive to Jiangnan. The whole journey is 800 kilometers and takes 10 hours. Are there any brothers from Jiangnan? Let’s make an appointment for dinner!
