Li Shuanggui lay on the pile of rocks chewing grass roots in boredom, but he kept the telescope in front of his eyes and never put it down.
Behind him were a dozen soldiers, lying quietly in the grass waiting for orders.
The location they were in was a steep wall with cliffs on three sides. Not far ahead was a dry river bed covered with shrubs, where the artillery positions set up by the Japs were also located.
In order to prevent the large force from being discovered by the Japanese army, the company commander divided the remaining men of the reconnaissance company into two parts, and asked Li Shuanggui's men to temporarily form three platoons to get as close as possible to the Japanese position to monitor the opponent's movements.
The other part is on the other side of the Japanese position one kilometer southwest. The two groups of people communicate by walkie-talkie, relying on each other and ready to respond at any time.
There are rugged rocks on the top of the mountain. The large and small rocks can provide better cover, but there are also many thorn-leaf vines growing here. The skin of those small leaves with thorns will turn red when touched, making people itchy and unbearable.
There is no way, further ahead is the edge of the defense line arranged by the little devil. If you go out, you will probably be discovered. After picking and choosing, this is the most suitable place to hide and not be easily discovered.
At this time, half an hour had passed since the Japanese army began to expand their positions, but there was no movement there.
If it weren't for the fact that through the telescope he could still vaguely see the artillery on the riverbed and the Japanese soldiers shuttled among them, Li Shuanggui would have thought that the little Japanese had escaped.
"Something's wrong, Lao Jiao. Why haven't the Japs made any movement for a long time?"
"What should we do? How about we move forward?" The three rows next to them scratched their forearms, obviously being tortured by the thorn leaf vine.
The same was true for the soldiers around him, and coupled with the scorching sun above his head, the feeling was as good as it felt.
"Move over, do you want to get shot? Just be patient."
Li Shuanggui agreed angrily, there was an open space in front of him, and it was not enough for someone to get out with a machine gun.
"I mean, why are the Japanese so calm? It's been half an hour since they got here. What are they doing?"
"How do I know? Why don't you go over to the other side and ask the grandsons?" The third platoon leader glanced suspiciously and pursed his lips to express his dissatisfaction. In anger, he pulled his sleeves down as much as possible to cover the exposed skin as much as possible.
This damn lurking place was also found by Baldy Li. Now that everyone is being tortured to death by the thorn vines, this kid is still talking nonsense.
Knowing that he was in the wrong, Li Shuanggui ignored his complaints and continued to observe with his telescope.
At this moment, the two B17 Sky Fortresses slowly lowered their flight altitude and flew through the airspace in front of them at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Here we come!" The third platoon leader clasped his hands and looked at the sky with excitement.
"Huh? There's something wrong with this sound..."
Li Shuanggui was a little suspicious. It was almost the same sound when he was bombed by a Japanese plane in western Yunnan.
As the roar of the aircraft engine gradually faded away, the ear-piercing screams of aerial bombs sounded overhead.
stop…
Until I saw those black objects appearing in my eyes...
Li Shuanggui was so frightened that his eyes were split open. Before he could shout out, a deafening explosion exploded in his ears!
boom!
boom!
boom…
At this moment, there seemed to be hail falling in the sky, and then bombs exploded on the ground one after another!
The air waves swept through the woods like a hurricane, and countless trees were overturned by this devastating shock wave...
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Huhu...!
Although the noise was loud and the terrifying power of the 500-kilogram aerial bomb was indeed scary, the location of their bomb drop was ridiculously wrong.
The ground was shaking like an earth dragon turning over, as if it was about to burst. Li Shuanggui and his party were staggered by the air waves, and the strong air pressure made it seem like their eardrums were about to burst.
This round of bombing did fall near the riverbed, but it was still some distance away from the Little Japanese artillery position. Most of them were dropped in front of Li Shuanggui's team.
Even the nearest bomb was less than 500 meters away from the hillside where they were. Everyone was shocked to the point where their ears were ringing, their eyes were dizzy, and their chests were tight.
If they hadn't been lucky enough to choose a high ground with huge boulders as cover, the terrifying shock wave alone would have made this group of people hate the northwest.
Li Shuanggui shook his stuffy head and pushed himself up from the ground. At this time, he felt his stomach was churning. He opened his mouth wide and retched several times, almost not vomiting out.
Taking a closer look, the companions around him were all of the same character. Everyone was really badly affected by this round of bombing.
"Lao Jiao, how are you?"
"What?".
"How are you doing!? Are you okay?"
Facing Li Shuanggui's shouting, the third platoon leader looked confused. He saw the other person open his mouth but couldn't hear any sound, and his head was filled with buzzing tinnitus.
"Open your mouth and take a big breath..." Li Shuanggui warned, but had no choice but to check on his companions one by one.
Fortunately, there were no casualties. The team members were just shaken and dizzy, but those bombs were thrown in vain. The Japanese artillery in the riverbed was fine at all.
"Big Li, what's going on? Why are the planes bombing us?" The third platoon leader, who had recovered a little, opened his eyes wide with disbelief on his face.
Those who didn't know this thought it was a good thing done by Japanese planes.
"How the hell would I know, why don't you go to heaven and ask them!? Grandma's..."
Li Shuanggui responded angrily with the same words. If there was a loudspeaker, he would scold those bastards flying airplanes in the sky.
At this moment, the silent walkie-talkie suddenly rang: "zizi...call...zizi...call wolf boy, please answer when you receive it..."
The third platoon leader hurriedly pulled the walkie-talkie behind his back and put it to his ear: "Got it, please speak!"
"I just received news from the command center that the bombers are running out of fuel...zizi...they are preparing to return...
zi...there is an error in the bombing coordinates...zi...needs...accurate signal identification...can you...zizizi...can..."
"What!? Please repeat the order! Hello! Hello? Damn..." The third platoon leader patted the walkie-talkie angrily. His ears were already deafened by the blast, and the noisy current was still sizzling, so he couldn't hear it very well. Know what the other person is talking about.
Perhaps due to the impact of the bombing shock wave, the radio signal was intermittent. It took him a long time to understand what the other party meant.
It turns out that the bomber formation was carrying out its mission with a full load of ammunition and had to reach the target as quickly as possible, so it did not take off with full fuel.
In addition, the Japanese army had not opened fire to reveal their position, so they could only hover in the sky and wait for the opportunity based on the coordinate information.
But as time went by, the fuel on the plane gradually ran out, and it would be impossible to fly back if we didn't leave.
Due to helplessness, the crew flew two of the B17s to drop bombs on a general area of the river bed, hoping to gain something.
Unfortunately, this round of bombing did not have much substantial impact on the Japanese army...
Limited by the radio technology of this era, it is difficult for airborne radios to achieve real-time communication with individual infantry radios on the front line, unless the terrain is suitable and there is no signal obstruction, and the aircraft is hovering at low altitude. But obviously this is not available at this time. condition.
They all transfer information through the high-power transceiver radio station of the headquarters. Not only is the speed slow, but it is also extremely inconvenient for task guidance on the battlefield.
There was no way, who made it easy to hide the team's whereabouts in this area. Originally, we expected the enemy to open fire and expose the position. Who knew that those little devils were so calm, and the bomber pilots had no choice but to do so.
The last chance left now is to take advantage of the chaos to approach the Japanese army before the bomber formation evacuates, and fire signal bombs or smoke bombs into the Japanese artillery positions.
Only in this way can accurate guidance be given to aircraft in the sky, otherwise all efforts will be in vain...
