"It's too slow. By the time they reach the battlefield, the heavy artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment will have disappeared without a trace. How can we kill them!" Lieutenant General Sato cursed with dissatisfaction.
But he was unhappy to return home, and he couldn't change the fact that the aviation force was late.
Besides, the plane also needs time to prepare and travel, and it is impossible to change to the battlefield out of thin air and join the battle.
The only thing he could do was to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall, and find a way to fill the firepower loopholes of the mountain artillery brigade.
Looking at the sparse artillery fire on the battlefield, he gave a serious order: "Let the heavy artillery brigade join the battle..."
"The artillery fire that attacks the independent regiment's surface positions must be fierce enough, especially the first round of artillery fire, so as to cause maximum damage to the independent regiment's surface troops before they move to the anti-gun holes..."
The chief of staff did not dare to hesitate at all, fearing that he would anger the division commander if he was a little slow, so he quickly took the order...
"Woooooooooooo...boom..."
The scream of heavy artillery shells passing overhead quickly reached Lieutenant General Sato's ears. Soon, a series of large fireballs more than ten meters high rose from the blocking position halfway up the mountain...
But Lieutenant General Sato did not become happy, and the look of anticipation on his face was replaced by disappointment.
He had expected the heavy artillery brigade to turn the tide and re-arm the surface troops of the independent regiment.
As a result, the heavy artillery brigade was too far away from the mountainside, and the bombardment error was too large. Only two of the twelve artillery shells in the first round hit the target, and two heavy artillery shells hit the attacking troops. The casualties caused to the attacking troops were actually higher than those of the independent regiment. There are even more surface troops...
"Division commander...the first batch of aircraft to reinforce us from the aviation force have arrived!" the chief of staff said, pointing to three black spots that suddenly appeared on the edge of the sky.
As if grasping a life-saving straw in despair, Lieutenant General Sato immediately placed all his hopes on them and blurted out an order: "Contact them quickly!"
"First find the heavy artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment...when you see a heavy artillery destroy one..."
"After blowing up the heavy artillery camp, immediately bomb the blocking position halfway up the mountain. Burn all the enemies hiding in the anti-gun caves to death..."
"The artillery troops continue to fire... If you can destroy a bunker, destroy one for me!"
Independent Regiment Heavy Artillery Battalion Headquarters...
Five minutes ago, Chen Daliang began to ask about the concealment situation of each company and whether they were well disguised...
After the roar of the plane was faintly heard on the battlefield, Chen Daliang became nervous at the same time.
"Don't worry, battalion commander: except for the heavy artillery battery, which is hidden on the transfer road, all other artillery units have arrived at the preparatory artillery position on time and are well disguised... Even if the Japs plane is close to the artillery position for reconnaissance, they will not be found!" the deputy battalion commander said confidently.
Just now, he personally made confirmation calls to several artillery units. He also personally selected the reserve artillery positions. There will definitely be no accidents!
Chen Daliang shook his head: "It's not them I'm worried about!"
The deputy battalion commander didn't understand for a moment. Just as he was about to ask, the instructor suddenly interrupted.
"The battalion commander is worried that the kid will not be fooled by the plane!"
"Aren't you fooled?" The deputy battalion commander finally reacted and said with a look of realization: "You mean those fake cannons made of wood can't fool little Japanese pilots?"
Chen Daliang nodded: "Deputy Chief of Staff Huang asked me to make those fake cannons!"
"If we can deceive the Japanese pilots and let the Japanese planes bomb them randomly, Sato's division will definitely mistakenly think that our heavy artillery battalion suffered heavy losses in the air raid and lost its combat effectiveness!"
"Once they relax their vigilance in the next attack, we can find the opportunity to hit them hard again!"
The instructor replied seriously: "Don't worry, battalion commander!"
"I had people make those fake cannons, and it took me half a month!"
"If you don't tell the difference between a fake and a real thing, you definitely wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you were standing twenty or thirty meters away."
"No matter how low-altitude reconnaissance the little Japanese plane is, it is still at an altitude of more than 100 meters. It will definitely not be able to distinguish between true and false..."
"I also prepared a lot of explosives at the fake artillery position..."
"As long as the plane drops incendiary bombs, those explosive packets will detonate, and they are no less powerful than artillery shells."
"The devils will observe him from the air and will definitely detonate him as a shell..."
Chen Daliang's heart immediately relaxed after mentioning it. He thought for a moment and added: "After the fake artillery positions deceived the Japanese, our real artillery positions must be well hidden to prevent the Japanese pilots from discovering any clues. Without my order, any The artillery company cannot act rashly!"
"We must make that old devil Sato believe that the heavy artillery battalion suffered heavy losses in the air raid and has lost its combat effectiveness!"
"Weng buzz..."
As soon as I finished speaking, the huge roar of the plane sounded overhead, and the sound became louder and louder. You didn't need to guess to know that it was diving...
In less than five seconds, a "rumbling..." explosion sounded more than two hundred meters away.
Chen Daliang quickly raised his telescope and looked over...
The instructor introduced while watching: "That's the No. 3 fake artillery position we prepared for the Japanese... The plane dropped two incendiary bombs at the same time, which is generous enough..."
"Rumble..."
A more violent explosion came from the fake artillery position again. A ball of fire instantly rose in the middle of the blazing fire, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky at the same time.
The instructor became even more excited and immediately shouted: "The explosive package next to the fake cannon was detonated by an incendiary bomb..."
"Weng buzz..."
The huge roar caused by the plane's dive once again reached the command headquarters.
The explosion just now was also noticed by the Japanese pilots, and they became more convinced that their attack target was the artillery position of the Independent Regiment. Seeing that there was still an artillery position on the ground that had not been hit by the incendiary bomb, they did not hesitate to launch a new round of attack...
"Battal Commander... The No. 2 fake artillery position was also attacked, and all four gun positions were covered by fire..." Another good news soon came from the observation post.
"Battal Commander, Fake Position No. 1 was attacked by a Japanese plane... The explosive package we placed on the position was successfully detonated... The Japanese plane launched three consecutive attacks before stopping..."
Chen Daliang's hanging heart completely relaxed.
Looking at the No. 3 fake artillery position that had been shrouded in flames, I was very happy and sighed: "Our plan to steal and replace the pillars must have been successful!"
"As long as the little Japanese pilots report their bombing results to Sato, the Japanese will definitely mistakenly believe that the heavy artillery battalion has suffered a devastating blow, and then remove us!"
"When they completely relax their vigilance and no longer guard against us, the heavy artillery battalion will find the right opportunity to suddenly take action. It will definitely catch them off guard and give them a major blow!"
"By the way, inform the leader of our plan immediately..."
"The regiment commander doesn't know about the fake artillery yet... If he mistakenly believes that the positions of three real artillery batteries were discovered by Japanese planes and suffered a devastating blow, he will definitely be heartbroken!"
"Contact the regiment headquarters immediately, and I will personally report the matter to the regiment commander and chief of staff..."
