My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 308
"Get down! Get down!"

"Enter the bomb hole, hurry up!"

At around 4:[-] p.m., the Japanese army suddenly began to violently shell the positions of the second and third regiments, and shells without warning exploded on the two lines of defense in an instant.

The soldiers quickly shrank into the individual artillery holes to avoid the shells. The hot soil was flying up and down, and blackened bullet craters abounded.

The three artillery battalions immediately began to counterattack, and the rear roared in unison. Flames blazed and gunpowder smoke filled the entire battlefield in an instant.

With the addition of our own artillery, the density of Japanese firepower suddenly decreased, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce artillery battle.

The Artillery of the Third Division quickly adjusted the angle under the feedback of the observation post, and poured shells one by one onto the opponent's position.

"Load the arson bombs, shoot three rounds of coverage, and withdraw after shooting!"

"Yes!"

After several days of confrontation, from the accuracy of shooting to the proficiency of quick transfer after firing, the hard skills of the soldiers have made a substantial leap, and they are no longer at a disadvantage like they were at the beginning of the battle.

The Bofors 75 Mountain Cannon has a nine-kilometer range that almost catches up with the 105 howitzer. Although it is slightly inferior in caliber, it is not inferior in range at all, and it fights the little devil very well.

Especially the arson bombs, which exploded in a large area on the ground, the splash of fire was shocking, and the devil's artillery position had to be moved in a hurry if it was slightly close to the side, for fear that its shell pile would be ignited and detonated.

"What the hell does that mean?"

Hong Mu, who had just rushed to the front line, observed the situation through the artillery mirror. Although the Japanese were firing at full strength, the attacking team that was supposed to come did not appear for a long time.

He thought he was going to have a big fight, but he was a little discouraged. How could the little devil only thunder but not rain?

buzzing...

The shelling lasted for nearly 20 minutes. Just when Hong Mu thought it was about to end, there was a sudden roar in the air. It was the sound of fighter planes flying across the sky!
"Damn it, shouldn't it be..."

Hong Mu ran out of the fortification with the binoculars and looked around the sky. Sure enough, he saw a dozen fighter planes coming out of the clouds in the southwest and galloping towards them.

The fighter coming from that direction would never be our own fighter plane, Hong Mu screamed, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie on the table and shouted: "Li Jie, where are you son of a bitch? Prepare to hunt birds!"

Almost at the same time as the fighter plane appeared, the Japanese army also launched an attack. There were probably two brigades pulling a long line of skirmishers and rushing towards the main position.

On the other side, Li Jie didn't bother to reply, he had already rushed to the anti-aircraft artillery position when he heard the loud sound of the engine, and asked the soldiers to tear off the concealed canvas, revealing the dark muzzle of the door below.

"Battle...battalion commander, what are we going to do...how to fight?"

A soldier stammered and asked, although Li Jie had been training them for a while, but most of the air defense troops were fighting for the first time, so they inevitably felt a little panicked.

"Listen to my orders. The four anti-aircraft guns in front of the formation fire first and cross! Those behind the forest don't panic and hide, and shoot when the enemy planes evade. Try to kill two or three of them in one round!"

Li Jie made a quick and calm tactical arrangement without changing his face or beating his heart. The soldiers gradually calmed down when they saw that the commander was not in a hurry.

He used to be the air defense platoon leader in the 49th Division. At that time, he played with the Bofors anti-aircraft gun. Although he was later transferred to the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, he was quite familiar with this anti-aircraft gun.

This battle can also be regarded as Li Jie's first battle after entering the Sichuan Army Corps and even the Third Division. Although he showed fearlessness in front of the soldiers, he was still a little nervous inside.

The ground attack formation composed of 12 Falcons quickly flew over the position. Two 250kg aerial bombs were hung on the wings of each fighter. They had already begun to lower their flight altitude and prepared to dive and drop bombs.

"Don't panic! Stabilize!" Li Jie shouted loudly standing next to the anti-aircraft guns. The anti-aircraft artillery teams on the third regiment's position were organized in groups of two, and he was divided into four combat groups one after the other.

The surrounding soldiers had already waited on the left and right sides of the anti-aircraft guns, and everyone was staring at the Japanese plane that was getting closer, with sweat in their palms.

"beat!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Just as the fighter plane swooped down from high altitude, four anti-aircraft guns fired suddenly, and two crossfires stopped the Japanese in an instant.

The three Japanese fighter planes in the front were taken aback by the sudden barrage. They didn't care about dropping bombs, so they hurriedly turned the joystick to avoid it.

I have to say that the little devil's falcon fighter is still very flexible, and can quickly change direction to avoid the enemy's attack in an unexpected situation. Of course, this is also due to the lack of experience of the gunners.

The pilots in the three Falcons skillfully manipulated the aircraft to dodge, and were lucky to escape the shells, but unexpectedly, when they flew through the woods behind the enemy's anti-aircraft guns, two more crossfires attacked them.

"Boom! Boom!"

With two loud bangs, two of the Japanese fighter planes that could not hide were blasted by the condensate on the spot, and the other one was also grazed by the shells, causing the plane to lose its balance and fall obliquely to the ground.

It was too late to say it, and the other Falcon fighters that followed quickly stretched their noses and took off quickly. They didn't expect such a dense anti-aircraft firepower on the Chinese position, so they could only fly out of the opponent's attack range first. Think again.

At this moment, the other eight 233mm anti-aircraft guns on the 40 Heights also began to join the shooting team.

For a while, there was a lot of gunfire! 16 Bofors anti-aircraft guns and more than 2 anti-aircraft machine guns refitted by M[-] Laoganma were fully fired at the same time.

The terrifying barrage was overwhelming, and the enemy planes were attacked from multiple directions. Under such firepower, the remaining nine Japanese fighter planes could not approach at all.

Moreover, the salvo of multiple anti-aircraft guns will seriously interfere with the judgment of the pilots of the enemy aircraft, making them afraid to dive and bomb the anti-aircraft gun positions below. They can only passively evade and try to get out of the fire circle.

"The Kusuo! The Huaxia Pig actually has such a fierce anti-aircraft artillery team. It seems that our opponent is not as powerful as usual!"

On the Japanese army's position, Tanaka Shinichi gritted his teeth and scolded. He originally thought that the fighter support requested from the military this time could pry open the enemy's defense line, but unexpectedly, the opponent had already prepared a counterattack weapon.

Although the air attack was not satisfactory, but today he has more than one hole card.

"Ushido, the chariot brigade has arrived, right?"

"Hey, Captain Kato has arrived at the rear of the 165th Regiment, and the attack will be launched in 10 minutes. In addition... special bombs have also arrived at the front line." Ushishima replied respectfully with his feet together.

"Yoshi, order Yamazaki to start."

"Hi Hey"

Tanaka smiled grimly, and looked at the enemy's position with roaring artillery fire opposite him for a long time without saying a word. Today... we must open the shell of you turtles!

……

(End of this chapter)