Chapter 712 Li Yunlong: This battle was a bloody loss!
at the same time.
The entrance to the outer tunnel of the First Battalion of the New Regiment is the headquarters of the New Regiment.
"Damn..."
In the field of view of the telescope, Li Yunlong couldn't help but purse his lips as he watched the Japanese plane disappear among the thick clouds.
Only one Japanese fighter jet was shot down, not the Japanese transport plane.
There is a high probability that there is a high-ranking Japanese official in the Japanese transport plane, perhaps the commander of the North China Front Army, Okamura Neiji.
Okamura Neiji has the rank of general, and he is also a general with nearly 200,000 troops.
If the New Regiment can kill Okamura Neji, Li Yunlong estimates that Boss Chen can directly provide him with fighter jets and bombers.
Killing Okamura Neiji would be a huge morale blow to the entire North China Front and even the Japanese Army.
The New Regiment discovered the Japanese transport plane a little late, and the 88mm anti-aircraft gun position was relatively far away from the Japanese aircraft, so even if the 88mm anti-aircraft gun was deployed, it failed.
"pity…"
Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and others on the side also had expressions of pity on their faces.
Those who can be protected by 5 fighter jets should at least start as major generals, and may be lieutenant generals or even generals. If they can kill his new group, they will definitely make a lot of money.
However, the results in the direction of Dagu Town are remarkable.
At this time, the ground-to-air battle over Dagu Town was coming to an end. At least dozens of aircraft had been shot down, but the specific number was unclear for the time being.
Dozens of other Japanese planes either escaped the fire net or were hit and caught fire.
A Japanese plane was hit, and the plane was trailing thick black smoke. The Japanese pilot, knowing full well that he was dead, drove the plane toward the Eighth Route Army air defense position on the ground...
Some Japanese planes emitted black smoke from their engines, and the Japanese pilots jerked the control stick to pull the plane into the clouds.
Under the cover of other planes, it flew staggeringly towards Beiping.
From the time the Japanese planes bombed Dagu Town to the new regiment's anti-aircraft fire counterattack, the two Japanese flying teams suffered heavy losses. The whole process took less than 10 minutes.
"Chief of Staff, have you calculated the number of enemy planes shot down?"
Li Yunlong looked in the direction of Dagu Town and asked Chief of Staff Wang Dehou without looking back.
Several combat officers in the staff department were not idle either. They were responsible for counting how many Japanese planes were shot down just now.
Wang Dehou said: "A total of 36 enemy planes were shot down, and more than 20 Japanese planes were damaged and escaped."
A combat staff officer suddenly said: "No, together with the Jaap fighter jet that was shot down in the northwest just now, we shot down a total of 37 Jaap fighter jets over Dagu Town."
Wang Dehou nodded and said: "That's 37 planes!"
As for the number of bombers and fighter jets, the staff department did not count them. It only needed to count the total number.
The reason why the Japanese planes lost almost all their bombs was that Li Yunlong let the anti-aircraft firepower open again.
It is to reduce the casualties of air defense fire fighters.
During the battle, Japanese planes swooped down from the air to straf the new group of fire points, as well as conducted suicide attacks, causing some casualties.
The New Regiment has too many anti-aircraft firepower points, so they are relatively densely packed in the fields. Once Japanese planes are allowed to drop aerial bombs on the firepower points in a large area, the casualties of the New Regiment will definitely be considerable.
At present, the new regiment also has casualties, but they are not large and are completely within the acceptable range.
"Shooted down 37 aircraft and damaged more than 20 enemy aircraft..." Li Yunlong looked very satisfied with this result. "Chief of Staff, immediately report the results to the headquarters and request the headquarters to order the brother troops along the way to pay close attention to the Japanese aircraft and see
Can we catch the Japanese pilot who parachuted?"
"yes!"
Wang Dehou smiled slightly, then picked up paper and pen and began to draft a telegram.
The distance from here to Beiping Airport is almost 400 kilometers.
Not every injured Japanese plane can land safely at Peiping Airport.
Once the plane loses control halfway, the Japanese pilot will definitely parachute, and there are many areas along the way that are the territory of the Eighth Route Army.
If the Japanese pilots parachuted into the Eighth Route Army's base area, they might be able to capture some Japanese pilots alive.
"Our new regiment shot down at least 40 enemy planes this time!" Xing Zhiguo said at the side.
Since Japanese planes bombed Dagu Town in the first two rounds, no anti-aircraft fire counterattack was found in Dagu Town.
Therefore, the third round of bombing by Japanese planes was almost all low-altitude bombing, at a low altitude of two to three hundred meters from Dagu Town.
When more than 1,000 anti-aircraft firepower points fire at the same time, the Japanese aircraft cannot escape even if they want to.
Xing Zhiguo didn't need to think about it to know that some of the injured Japanese planes would definitely fall down halfway, and the fallen planes would also be counted on the head of the new group.
This time, the new regiment's results will most likely exceed 40.
Wang Dehou handed the prepared telegram to Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong looked at it and signed his name if there was no problem.
Then, Wang Dehou handed the telegram to the decoder. The decoder quickly translated the text into secret numbers, and then handed it to the telegraph operator. The sound of the radio station began to sound rhythmically: beep, beep, beep.
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Even with such a powerful anti-aircraft firepower network, it could not shoot down all the Japanese aircraft.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Fighting from a low altitude to a high altitude requires some luck.
And more than 1,000 anti-aircraft firepower points firing at the same time only magnifies luck, but it is impossible to shoot down all enemy planes 100%.
Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou were all smiles after hearing this.
Okamura Neji shot himself in the foot this time.
At this time, Dagu Town was already in flames, and not a single complete house could be seen. The billowing smoke covered the sky and the sun.
"Oh, what a loss!"
Looking at the scene in Dagu Town, Li Yunlong suddenly shouted, almost startling Zhao Gang and the others.
"Commander, why did we lose money?"
"Yes, Commander." Zhang Dabiao also said, "The little devil has suffered a huge loss in this battle."
Li Yunlong said with a blood-stained expression: "Last time we killed 33 Japanese planes and 18 Japanese pilots at Taiyuan Wusu Airport, the head of the headquarters told us not to hand it over. All the business last time belonged to us. I made a statement at that time,
All the next business will be handed over to the headquarters. This time we shot down 37 planes and killed 37 Japanese pilots. According to Boss Chen’s business, how many guns will we earn in total?"
Zhao Gang had the best calculation. After thinking for a moment, he blurted out: "185 75mm mountain cannons and 111 105mm howitzers, a total of 296 cannons. When the enemy's injured plane falls, the number of cannons will have to increase."
Hearing Zhao Gang's calculation, Li Yunlong's expression of loss of blood deepened:
"Last time we only earned 219 guns."
"This time I earned 296 cannons, all of which go to the headquarters. Isn't this a blood loss?"
Zhao Gang gloated and said with a smile: "You deserve it. Who asked your kid to boast so much in front of the head of the headquarters?"