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

Chapter 491 The Japanese air force has discovered us. Order all battalions to prepare for air defens

"College student, it's almost nine o'clock. We can't delay any longer and have to leave Shuiquan County. The Japanese air force base is very close to Shuiquan County. It only takes an hour and a half to get there. Even if you add the time for fuel and ammunition, it will not exceed three hours. If we don't leave in time, we are likely to encounter high-intensity bombing by the Japanese air force. It is better for us to evacuate as soon as possible." Zhao Gang reminded worriedly.

Li Yunlong also said with a serious expression: "What Lao Zhao said makes sense. The Japanese air force has probably been dispatched and is rushing towards us. Our situation is indeed very dangerous. We must not delay in Shuiquan County. We must quickly order the vanguard to evacuate immediately, leaving an armored battalion behind to cover the rear. We must reach a safe area within an hour to deal with the attack of the Japanese air force."

"Shuiquan County is quite far from our base, which means our fighters don't have much time to stay in the air. We can't rely on our own fighters to protect the safety of the air."

Lin Zhenhua also sensed the crisis and immediately issued a retreat order, asking the transport team to leave in advance without waiting any longer. In order to leave Shuiqian County as soon as possible, this dangerous place, he anxiously ordered: "When ordering the troops to retreat, don't worry about the consumption of fuel, and evacuate Shuiquan County as quickly as possible. It is now 8:50. In ten minutes, all troops must evacuate Taiyuan City and move towards the Black Stone Forest."

After Lin Zhenhua issued the order to retreat, he followed the communication command vehicle out of Shuiquan County and rushed towards the Black Stone Forest. After Li Yunlong arranged the retreat, he also quickly left Shuiquan County in a communication command vehicle. In less than ten minutes, all the vehicles stranded in Shuiquan County were withdrawn, and they rushed towards the Black Stone Forest without assembling a team.

At the same time, hundreds of fighter planes departed from Taiyuan Airport and arrived over Shuiquan County at 9:35 a.m. In order to ensure that there were no accidents in this operation, Sato Ichiro did not stay behind, but led the team personally and launched this bombing operation.

"Takagi, take your men to investigate the situation immediately and check the enemy's information."

Ichiro Takagi immediately led a squadron of fighter planes to dive at low altitude and circled the 20-kilometer airspace near the entire Ping'an County, but found nothing.

"General, the situation is not good. The enemy has already evacuated Shuiquan County. No suspicious personnel have been found within 30 miles. According to my inference, the enemy has already retreated. We have come to nothing this time."

Ichiro Sato did not expect that the campaign would fail. He had been rushing as fast as he could, not wasting a single day, but still failed to block the enemy in Shuiquan County. This made him feel humiliated.

"Takagi, you must immediately expand the search area. We must find the enemy's traces no matter what. It takes a lot of fuel to dispatch hundreds of our fighter planes. If we can't achieve even the slightest result, Fujiwara Ichiro will laugh at us in secret. I will never allow this to happen!"

Takagi Ichiro had no choice but to lead the fighter squadron to expand the search range. In this delay, 20 minutes had passed. Before Takagi Ichiro arrived at the Black Stone Forest, the armored regiment had all entered the Black Stone Forest, all vehicles were turned off, and the forest below was silent, without a single sound.

"Sir, the wheel tracks disappeared here. I suspect the enemy is hiding in the woods. I request that you drop a few bombs into the woods..."

Before Nakamoto Ichiro could finish his words, Takagi Ichiro interrupted him and said, "There is no need to doubt or test anymore. The enemy must have hidden in the woods. I have just reported this matter, and the general is on his way."

"Order each squadron to patrol the entire forest and block the enemy's escape route. Today we must blow up all of the enemy's armored forces in the Black Stone Forest."

Twenty-four Zero fighters, following Takahashi Ichiro's orders, began a low-altitude patrol. Lin Zhenhua, who was hiding below, used a telescope in his hand to discover the actions of the Japanese and realized that the troops had been exposed and must immediately prepare for a counterattack.

"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, the Japanese fighters have spotted us and are probably calling for bombers to come. We must immediately engage in air defense operations and notify the vehicles to disperse. We must act quickly. We can no longer avoid this air defense battle today. We can only use our own strength to fight the Japanese well."

"Sanwazi, get the anti-aircraft battalion into combat readiness immediately and attack the Zero fighters in the low altitude. We should first eliminate the Japanese fighters and cut off the low-altitude threats, and then attack the Japanese bombers. Only in this way can we get rid of the crisis."

"Lao Li, you go command the air defense of the armored forces. Tell the soldiers to set up all the machine guns and light and heavy machine guns to form a tight air defense formation to block the low-altitude raids of the Japanese."

"Lao Zhao, tell the transport team to put the machine guns on the roof of the car. We must protect our supplies and never let the Japanese bombers destroy them."

"As for the air defense of the infantry battalion, leave it to me. I will divide it into dozens of defense teams to deal with the threat of the devils."

"Zhu Zi, light the waste rubber for me immediately. Use the smoke to attract the enemy's attention and provide cover for our air defense operations."

Lin Zhenhua reacted very quickly and made air defense arrangements quickly. All troops that received the order quickly engaged in air defense operations, and machine guns and cannons were set up. The armored regiment had sufficient ammunition after replenishment, and the anti-aircraft shells were fully replaced with new radio proximity fuze shells, which posed a greater threat to the Japanese fighter planes.

Wang Chengzhu's artillery battalion had a difficult task in this air defense battle. They needed to ensure the safety of the artillery. The artillery pieces were hidden one by one, and the soldiers of the artillery battalion were busy until the Japanese bombers arrived, and then they could camouflage the artillery pieces.

The Zero fighter squadron, which was circling at low altitude, encountered a surprise attack from ground anti-aircraft fire when it joined the bomber group. The sudden dense firepower network killed six Zero fighters of the Japanese and damaged two of them, which made Takahashi Ichiro scream with anger.

"Bagayalu! Damn Chinese, we have been discovered, yet they still dare to launch a sneak attack. I must kill them all and wash away the humiliation I just suffered!"

Sato Ichiro, who was near the Black Stone Forest, immediately ordered the bomber formation to retreat after discovering the dense anti-aircraft fire below. After retreating to a safe range, Sato Ichiro ordered the bomber unit to climb to an altitude of 4,000 meters, and the bomber unit once again came to the sky above the Black Stone Forest.

"Order the horizontal bomber units to drop bombs immediately. Throw all the bombs we carry into the woods below to destroy the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles."

"Order the dive bomber units to find ways to break through the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower and blow up important enemy targets. Do not hold back in this bombing. Drop all the bombs we carry. We will teach the enemy a painful lesson!"

Under the command of Ichiro Sato, dozens of horizontal bombers hovering at an altitude of 100 meters opened the bomb bay doors and dropped kg bombs downwards. From below, it was a spectacular sight, with bombs falling from the sky one after another, posing a huge threat to the armored regiment.

"College student, our anti-aircraft guns can't reach the Japanese at all, and the shells we fired are completely useless. You have to think of a solution quickly." Li Yunlong asked anxiously.

Lin Zhenhua did not expect the Japs to be so cunning. The dense anti-aircraft array he deployed, apart from achieving some results at the beginning, basically wasted ammunition and did not even shoot down a single plane.

"Old Li, don't worry. I have already notified the anti-aircraft rocket company to urgently reload rockets. We must severely damage the Japanese air force today, otherwise the Japanese will keep their eyes on us, which will bring us huge trouble."

Lin Zhenhua took Li Yunlong to the anti-aircraft rocket company position to help the soldiers load rockets. After five minutes of emergency loading, 360 anti-aircraft rockets were installed and ready to be launched at any time.

"Old Li, immediately adjust the firing position according to the one I gave you. You must complete the adjustment within three minutes. I will give the order to Sanwazi later to attract the Japanese air force to attack. We only have one chance. If we can't get any effect this time, we can only let the Japanese bomb without any reaction."

Li Yunlong knew how serious the situation was, and replied in a firm tone: "Don't worry, college student, I will never fail at a critical moment. As long as you give the order, I will do whatever you want!"

While Lin Zhenhua was adjusting the rockets, he had someone call Sanwazi over and deliberately left a gap to attract the enemy's fighter planes to attack. The bombers circling in the sky dived and soon found the gap in the anti-aircraft firepower. They pounced like ferocious hungry wolves, broke through the defense of the anti-aircraft battalion, and prepared to accurately bomb the tanks and armored vehicles they found at low altitude.

Lin Zhenhua had been watching the movements of the Japanese bombers. When he saw 26 dive bombers swooping down, a triumphant smile appeared on his face, and he loudly ordered: "Set the lead time to three, fire all the anti-aircraft rockets, and shoot down the damn Japanese bombers for me."

"Lao Li, fire all eight of our hidden 88mm anti-aircraft guns and take out the horizontal bombers in the sky."

"Sanwazi, immediately pass on my military order and order all anti-aircraft firepower points to open fire at full force. Today we must make sure that the Japanese fighter planes will not return."