The Japanese artillery battalion captain was standing on a truck conducting reconnaissance through binoculars, looking for favorable artillery positions.
They have eight 100mm cannons, four 120mm howitzers, twelve 80mm mortars, plus eight 75mm mountain guns, etc., a total of no less than 45 artillery pieces of various types.
Pulled by thirty trucks and protected by a squadron of Japanese infantry, they headed straight to the outside of Baijia Town.
The terrain outside Baijia Town is flat, and if you set up artillery positions, you will definitely encounter enemy artillery strikes.
The Chinese defenders were so commanding that they could be completely suppressed even with mortars.
So the Botian detachment was defeated in the artillery battle last night.
But today is different. The imperial planes have restrained a large number of Chinese artillery. They have the hope and ability to set up artillery positions in a very short period of time and launch carpet bombing of Baijia Town.
But little did the little devil know that Sun Shiyu had already prepared six trucks. Two of them had a 37mm anti-aircraft gun hanging on the back, and the other two trucks were 80mm mortars. The remaining two trucks had
On the carriage are two 60mm mortars.
There are a total of six trucks and eight artillery pieces of various types.
Sun Shiyu led the artillery out of the city. There was no infantry cover, and they had less than thirty people in total.
At this time, the Japanese truck was already about one kilometer away from Baijia Town, and Sun Shiyu's convoy had just left the city.
A Little Japanese fighter jet spotted the convoy leaving the city and flew towards Sun Shiyu's convoy.
Zhu Shengzhong set up an Oerlikon 20mm machine gun on the wall of the North City Gate. He personally aimed it at the Japanese fighter jets and fired a series of shots.
The maximum range of the Oerlikon 20mm cannon can reach 4,300 meters. If the Little Japanese fighter jets want to swoop down and shoot at Sun Shiyu's convoy, they must first ask whether the Oerlikon 20mm cannon agrees.
As soon as the little Japanese plane dived down, the left wing was hit by three artillery shells, making three holes larger than the mouth of a bowl.
The plane began to shake violently, and the little Japanese pilot quickly turned the plane to the right to avoid it, and shouted for help: "I was shot, and the left wing was seriously damaged. Pay attention to the enemy's machine guns on the north wall, and there are
,..."
Bang bang! Boom!
The Jaap pilot wanted to say something else, but he didn't want Zhu Shengzhong to sweep his machine gun over again and hit the Jaap fighter jet's fuel tank directly.
The fuel tank was hit, and the bullet rubbed against the metal on the plane and caused sparks, which directly ignited it.
The plane exploded after emitting violent smoke and fire. The Little Devil's fighter jet disintegrated in mid-air and was blown into countless pieces.
Zhu Shengzhong snorted disdainfully, then turned the muzzle to look for the next target.
This is Zhu Shengzhong's mission. When Sun Shiyu and Zhu Shengzhong were discussing it before, they said: If he drives a truck out of the city, the Japs' plane will inevitably intercept him.
The convoy was unable to fight the Japanese aircraft, so Zhu Shengzhong could only lead his troops to cover it. He also placed soldiers in ambush on the north side of the north city wall and the east city wall, and then deployed artillery, ready to assist them in withdrawing from the north city gate at any time.
Because if there is no one to respond, then Sun Shiyu's artillerymen leaving the city are looking for death.
Because what they had to face was a Japanese artillery brigade and nearly eight infantry brigades of Japanese soldiers.
Facing so many Japanese, if you don't leave yourself a life-saving trump card in advance, then this trip will be a life-or-death situation.
Dragon Boat Festival once told them that it is the duty of a soldier not to be afraid of death in a war. But you cannot rush to death in a war. Even if you are in a desperate situation, you must find a way to survive. Because only if you survive can you kill more.
The devil.
Therefore, Sun Shiyu adhered to the Dragon Boat Festival's combat philosophy, which was to kill more Japanese and preserve his own strength.
Zhu Shengzhong naturally knew the importance of this matter, so he personally operated an Oerlikon 20mm machine gun to prevent Japanese aircraft from approaching the convoy, and ordered his first company and artillery to quietly climb up the north city wall and head north of the east city wall.
Side maneuver.
The troop mobilization of the Independent Regiment naturally caught Zhou Weiguo's eyes. He sighed in his heart that the Independent Regiment not only has strong combat capabilities, but also has stronger execution capabilities.
It can be said that it was his helpless move to mobilize the Independent Regiment again. As the supreme commander, he could not face enemies attacking from both sides at the same time, so he could only throw this difficult nut to the Independent Regiment again.
But he didn't expect that after the battle of Xiaoyangzhuang, the independent regiment still completely obeyed his orders.
So even Zhou Weiguo had to sigh that this is a team with strong obedience.
Moreover, they possess wisdom that the officers under him do not possess.
If his subordinates received such an order, they would definitely rush out with the entire battalion and use their own flesh and blood to delay time. And in this way, no one knows how many people will die.
However, the Independent Regiment only dispatched a mere six trucks, as well as a company of infantry and artillery to maneuver to the north of the east wall.
Zhou Weiguo guessed that the independent regiment was preparing to send reinforcements to the troops leaving the city on the north side of the east city wall.
But he still hasn't figured out how the troops leaving the city will fight.
Of course, this is not important anymore. What is important is that he has time to deal with the bombing of Japanese planes.
Moreover, he believed that the Little Japanese bombers would not last long because the fuel tank of the Little Japanese Type 93 bomber was as big as a lunch box.
Of course, this is just a joke. What Zhou Weiguo means is that the Japs’ Type 93 bombers consume very much fuel and they cannot keep hovering over Baijia Town.
What's more, he also has two 88mm combat anti-cannons in his hands.
The maximum range of the shells of this kind of combat defense artillery can reach 7,200 meters. The maximum range of horizontal firing can be doubled to more than 14,000 meters.
Therefore, even if the little devil's plane hovers over Baijia Town, it cannot be safe even if it flies to an airspace of more than three thousand meters. They may be shot down at any time.
But the little devils will not sit still and wait for death. The 88mm combat anti-cannon and the 37mm anti-tank cannon are so powerful that it is impossible for the Japanese aviation team leader to just leave them alone.
He ordered three Japanese bombers to launch the Banzai Charge.
Just like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, many Japanese aircraft ran out of fuel after performing long-distance maneuvers and returned to the aircraft carrier.
So the planned plan at that time was for some of the planes to use up all the bombs, machine gun bullets, etc. on the planes to launch a suicide attack on the US warships.
And this time it was the same. In order to deal with China's anti-aircraft artillery and tear a hole in China's air defense firepower network, the captain of the Little Japanese Flying Group also spent a lot of money and ordered three Japanese bombers to carry out suicide attacks to end this war.
A pointless battle.
Indeed, this was meaningless in the eyes of the Japanese flying group captain. He originally thought it was a very simple bombing mission. But who would have thought that it would become a nightmare for his flying group. In a battle that lasted less than twenty minutes,
, they lost thirteen fighters and bombers.
This is simply a great shame for his Fujino Flying Group.
He wants to wash away the shame brought upon him by the Chinese, even at the cost of the lives of his colleagues.
Naturally, the little Japanese did not dare to disobey Colonel Fujino's order. They made a final maneuver in the air, as if they were reminiscing about their past and admiring the last smoke of gunpowder in the world, and then plunged into Baijia Town!...