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

Chapter 559: The Japanese bombers are attacking, immediately carry out air defense, and never let th

"Damn it, those damn Japs are really accurate in their bombing. If I hadn't pulled down the baffle in time, we would have been turned into hedgehogs covered with shrapnel. Immediately check the antenna outside and quickly connect with the front-line troops to ensure smooth communication!"

"Lao Li, one of our communication vehicles was just blown up. For safety reasons, the communication vehicles must be separated immediately and must not be crowded together. Lao Zhao, you must immediately arrange for people to rescue the wounded. In just a few minutes, the Japanese dropped more than 20 bombs, blowing up more than a dozen of our vehicles. The casualties have reached a hundred people. Let the medical staff stop the bleeding of the wounded as soon as possible, otherwise our final casualties will be very large!"

Lin Zhenhua was so dizzy from the explosion that his words were incoherent. It took him two or three minutes to finally recover and his mind became clear again.

Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong both breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Lin Zhenhua was safe. They were really scared just now. They didn't expect that the Japanese dive bombers would be so accurate. Although they knew that today's breakout operation would be very difficult, they didn't expect it to be so difficult.

Zhang Dabiao led the soldiers of the Armored Death Battalion to help the engineering company clear the anti-tank trenches ahead. They encountered fierce bombing from Japanese bombers and lost a total of 12 tanks and 16 armored vehicles before they flattened the trenches and erected the steel plates.

"Brothers, speed up the bulldozing. 12 minutes have passed now. We must build a two-meter-wide road within 18 minutes. The First Armored Suicide Battalion has been wiped out, so the Second Armored Suicide Battalion will take over. No matter how great the cost, we have to flatten the Japanese anti-tank piles and anti-tank trenches." Zhang Dabiao shouted with a flushed face.

Under the cleaning efforts of the two armored death squads at all costs, the trenches and anti-tank cement piles previously dug by the Japanese were destroyed one by one. The engineering company risked great sacrifices and, with the help of the soldiers of the transport battalion, laid steel plates on the road. In order to solve the problem of insufficient steel plates, Lin Zhenhua took out the bulletproof plates on the carriages of all three-wheeled motorcycles, and the problem of insufficient steel plates was solved at once.

As for the problem of insufficient steel plate thickness, it can be completely solved by stacking them. It took 42 minutes, and a simple road about two meters wide was cleared and presented to everyone.

"Brothers, charge with me. If we meet the Japanese on the way forward, beat them hard. The machine guns and machine cannons in our hands are not fire sticks. We have been frustrated for so long, we must vent our anger!" Li Yunlong, riding in a Rabbit armored vehicle, holding a machine gun, gave the order passionately.

Under Li Yunlong's command, the armored regiment quickly began to break out. In order to ensure the safety of the vehicles, a 30-meter interval was set. Even if the troops were bombed by Japanese bombers, the losses could be controlled within a very small range.

The long convoy made a creaking sound as it moved along the steel plate road. The Yoshihara Brigade, which was responsible for defending Erchaling, did not continue to stay on the high ground on both sides, but launched a desperate charge down the mountain like crazy, which caused great trouble to the armored regiment that was breaking through.

"Order the heavy artillery units to immediately establish artillery positions and cover the enemy armored units with artillery fire. Order the artillery battalion to open fire immediately to cover our soldiers in launching a desperate charge! Order the soldiers to die and blow up the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles. Even if our Yoshiwara Brigade is completely destroyed, we must stop Li Yunlong's armored regiment."

Under the command of Jiro Yoshihara, the Japanese completely gave up the advantage of the terrain and adopted the method of carrying explosive packs and grenades on their backs. Every 20 people formed a death squad and relied on tragic suicide attacks to blow up the tanks and armored vehicles of the armored regiment. This tactic seems stupid, but it is very effective. The armored troops on the march suffered a great loss in this regard. One tank and armored vehicle after another was blown up, directly blocking the road, forcing the soldiers to get off the car and push the destroyed tanks and armored vehicles aside, which seriously slowed down the armored regiment's breakout speed.

"College student, the damn Japanese attack is too fierce. The vanguard armored forces suffered heavy losses. You must quickly mobilize the Fat Baby attack aircraft to support us. We must have them suppress the Japanese firepower. We must not let the damn Japanese rush down the mountain in large numbers, otherwise we may not be able to stop them."

"Sanwazi, you son of a bitch, stop dealing with the Japanese bombers in the sky. Concentrate all your anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on me to stop the Japanese death squads coming down from the mountains on both sides!"

"Zhu Zi, immediately have the rocket company fire a salvo at the enemy's position. I'm not going to survive today. Have the rocket company use up all the rockets in our stockpile to cover the main force's breakout!"

Under Li Yunlong's command, the armored regiment once again increased the density of its artillery output. Eighteen Fat Baby ground attack aircraft were like crazy, pouring firepower madly on the Japanese positions. Violent explosions continued to sound in the Japanese positions on both sides, effectively blocking the connection between the Japanese front and rear troops, greatly reducing the pressure on the armored vanguard troops that were breaking through.

The aerial battles also reached a fever pitch, with 1 to 2 fighter planes falling to the ground every minute, and the battles between the enemy and our pilots were extremely brutal. In order to cover the armored regiment's breakout, the bombers were used directly as fighter planes, and one after another, like moths to a flame, rushed towards the enemy's bomber group, which made Lin Zhenhua, who was watching the battle below, full of anger.

"Damn it, the damn Japanese are bullying us because we have few fighters. I must increase the production capacity of fighters after I go back. Even if the performance of the fighters is poor, it is better to have them than not. Especially in mountainous terrain, the performance of fighters is greatly restricted. The faster the speed, the more dangerous it is. This was fully demonstrated in this air battle. The high-low combination plan really cannot be stopped."

"Liu Haishan, tell the soldiers to fight as hard as they can. Do whatever it takes to disrupt the Japs' formation. We must not let those damn Japs maintain a tight formation. We must break them up. I believe the soldiers can do it!" Lin Zhenhua gave the order with a clear mind, holding the intercom in his hand.

Under Lin Zhenhua's command, the Air Force Battalion quickly adjusted its tactics and used the method of death assault. At the cost of 12 bombers being destroyed, it successfully broke up the tight formation of the Japanese. The air battle entered the final state of chaos. The air fighting between the enemy and us became more brutal. In the next 20 minutes, the loss of fighter planes between the two sides was more than the previous half hour.

Seeing the escort bombers falling one after another, Sato Ichiro and Fujino Ichiro's faces turned very livid. The current air battle was very chaotic and they could not give effective command at all. The most annoying thing was that their situation was also very dangerous. They did not dare to evacuate the battlefield at this time, which would cause a huge blow to the morale of the army. The only thing they could do was to hold on.

"General Sato, the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to us. I think we must launch a final counterattack. I had a bold idea before, which is to use the man-machine combination tactics to destroy the enemy's armored forces. Although this approach will cause us to lose a large number of fighter planes and pilots, it is currently the most effective method."

"If the current melee continues, I'm afraid not many of our bomber units will survive. It would be better to let them play some role. What do you think, General Sato?" Fujiwara Ichiro suggested seriously.

Sato Ichiro refused directly and said, "Fujiwara-kun, my naval aviation force will never do this. The training of naval aviation forces is different from that of your army aviation forces. The difference in training costs between the two sides is too great. I will never let my pilots sacrifice in vain in such a meaningless air battle."

"I plan to continue shrinking the defense line, order the fighter unit to return to support, and find an opportunity to withdraw from the battle. If you, the Army Aviation Corps, want to do this, I admire you very much. I can only wish you good luck and provide you with firepower support to the best of my ability. As for using suicide attacks to prevent Li Yunlong's armored regiment from retreating, I will never do it, and my pilots will not agree to it either."

Fujiwara Ichiro did not expect Sato Ichiro to flatly refuse. He cursed him as a coward in his heart and replied with a stern face: "General Sato, your naval aviation force is indeed more valuable than our army aviation force. It is just like that exquisite porcelain, which cannot withstand any bumps. It looks good but is useless. The real battle depends on our army aviation force. This time, I will let you really see how powerful our army aviation force is!"

Fujiwara Ichiro hung up the communication with Sato Ichiro and immediately issued a mission of desperate attack. More than 20 Japanese bombers received the order and dived towards the armored regiment that was breaking through below like crazy. Sato Ichiro did not break his promise. He found ways to mobilize six Zero fighters to escort these suicide bombers to ensure that they would not be shot down by the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower when diving.

Lin Zhenhua really didn't expect the Japanese to be so crazy. He held the intercom tightly and shouted anxiously: "Attention, all battalions, 26 Japanese bombers are coming. All battalions immediately start air defense operations and use all available air defense weapons to conduct air defense operations. No matter how much it costs, we must not let the Japanese succeed."