Anti-Japanese heroic righteousness

Such an embarrassing situation made Cao Guoliang and Wang Teng unexpected, and at the same time, all of them were burned. He could not just watch his soldiers be wiped out by the enemy.

"Ask the helicopter brigade to come over immediately." Cao Guoliang roared hoarsely.

Due to the limited roads and terrain in the jungle, it is very difficult to enter and install large-scale artillery, and the light and flexible small-caliber artillery is too thin. At this time, we can only consider using rockets? Missiles? Missiles on helicopters to complete this task.

Although the helicopter has the reputation of "Jungle Killer", it is not suitable for the immediate battle, because the island army is now equipped with German-style jab multiple rocket launchers, and the jungle is too dense, so it is easy for the enemy to find and lock the helicopter. Spotting them is difficult, especially over an open river, where helicopters are easy targets for the enemy.

Therefore, Cao Guoliang originally did not plan to dispatch them.

Now it is also driving him into a hurry, and he has no choice but to make such a bad plan.

A few minutes later, the roar of machines came from the sky, and twenty or thirty armed helicopters were divided into two columns, all the way to the landing site upstream, all the way to the landing site in front of them.

The purpose of the helicopter is very clear, which is to provide fire support to the landing troops and win time and opportunity for them to retreat.

Fifteen helicopters were divided into two echelons, with eight helicopters in the first echelon flying in a row over the Kagayan River. They started firing about tens of meters away from the enemy's front. Cluster rockets? The enemy's defense line exploded into a sea of ​​flames. Immediately, the helicopter turned around and aimed the missiles on the short wings at the enemy's bunker.

The enemy's defense line suddenly burst into flames and billowing clouds of smoke.

They don't consider whether they can hurt the enemy, at least during this time, the enemy cannot operate the machine gun to fire bullets.

The powerful firepower made the enemies on the defense line and in the bunker afraid to stand up, which gave the soldiers on the landing field time and opportunity to retreat.

The soldiers who had been prepared for a long time took this opportunity to jump into the river immediately, hurriedly turned the assault boat around, climbed into the assault boat, started the motor, quickly evacuated and rushed to the opposite bank.

As expected, the enemy was on guard against the helicopters. Numerous artillery shells flew towards them from the perspectives of various countries in the jungle. Five helicopters were blown up in the air on the spot. The guns fired violently.

The helicopters of the second echelon immediately took over the suppression task and continued to pour ammunition towards the jungle defense line and the bunker.

In this way, a few minutes of precious time was finally won for the assault boat attacking troops. Dozens of assault boats all reached the opposite bank smoothly, and they were not attacked by the enemy during the whole process.

The well-trained landing soldiers safely evacuated the river beach, and even the assault boats were carried into the jungle.

Soon, good news came from the upstream landing site, and the trapped soldiers escaped safely.

Although the two rescues were successful, the price paid was also very high. A total of twelve armed helicopters were hit and destroyed by the enemy during the rescue.

The little devil was indeed very cunning. All the gunners were hiding in the trees. Even when the landing troops crossed the river, these gunners held back and didn't expose at all. They only took action when the helicopter was dispatched.

Half an hour later, Subic Bay, far from the headquarters of the First Army.

Commander Liu Dakun was furious in the office: "Damn it, Cao Guoliang and Duan Ruyi are two stupid pigs, who actually suffered such a big loss at the hands of the little devil. Wait until I see them, and see if I don't kill them?"

Just now there was a war report from the front. Not to mention that the troops had not fought the Cagayan River, they also suffered serious losses. The casualties of Cao Guoliang's troops reached [-], and the loss of [-] helicopters.

Duan Ruyi's department was even more outrageous. A division almost lost its establishment, with nearly [-] casualties and [-] helicopters lost.

This was a heavy casualty that had never happened since the formation of the Yuanyi Group Army, so it was no wonder that Liu Dakun got angry.

"Commander, we can't completely blame them for this failure." Chief of Staff Zhao Liangyu said.

"Why, what do you mean, do you blame me?" Liu Dakun stared at Zhao Liangyu with an angry face.

Zhao Liangyu said seriously: "If we want to blame, we can only blame the enemy's commander for being too smart and cunning. It's hard for us not to fall into the trap."

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Liangyu picked up the battle report that had just been sent on the table and raised it, saying: "I just studied the report carefully and found two serious problems. There is no mistake in the prediction, and the accuracy rate is [-]%. Second, the enemy's defense line is very particular, and all kinds of troops and firepower configuration are impeccable. The indiscriminate bombing may not bring them too many casualties. Their real ultimate move is in the dark fort, and the dark fort is only used when large troops cross the river on a large scale. Also, hide the snipers and gunners in the big trees On the ground, the snipers used cold shots to attack our officers and sailors, while the gunners were used to deal with our helicopters. They performed their own duties. No matter how fierce our firepower was, no matter how strong our offensive was, they would not mess up at all. Therefore, this failure is a tactical failure. Strictly speaking, our responsibility is greater than theirs, because their combat plan was reported to us, and we did not check it strictly, or we underestimated the enemy. cunning."

Liu Dakun was stupefied immediately, and scratched his head in frustration, as if he didn't know what to say.

Zhao Liangyu went on to say: "The attendant sent me the detailed information of the chief of staff of the Jiannan Group Army of the Island Army, Hori Rongzo. From the information, it can be seen that the battle in front of us was all planned by him. Unfortunately, I failed to see through his plot in time, so , The main reason for the failure of this battle is me, and I will truthfully report to the headquarters."

"What are you talking about? I am the chief military officer. The main reason for the failure is of course me. I won't ask you to shoulder this responsibility. Forget it, it's useless not to fix these things now. The key is how we cross the Cagayan River right now. ?”

Zhao Liangyu nodded and said: "Yes, now is not the time to pursue responsibility, we have to figure out how to get through this difficult time."

"Don't you usually have a lot of ghost ideas, think about it quickly."

Liu Dakun sat down on the executive chair as he spoke, lit a cigarette and began to puff, with a bitter face and scratching his head from time to time, acting very impatient and helpless.

Zhao Liangyu stood with his hands folded in front of his chest, staring at the huge map on the wall in deep thought, as if he was really thinking of a way.

"By the way, Xiao Dao and the others aren't in Devil's Valley? Can we find something from them?" Liu Dakun suddenly slapped his thigh and said.