The Little Japanese bomber flew very fast. In Yang Yuanshan's telescope field of view, it took less than 10 minutes to transform from sesame seeds to clearly visible fighter jets!
Looking at those chubby bombers, he knew without even thinking that they were full of aerial bombs that chased souls and killed people.
At this moment, he just hoped that his four machine guns and Guo Youqing's eight heavy machine guns could be more powerful and knock down a few planes, so that the pilots of the little devils would be frightened and not dare to dive and drop bombs wantonly. That would be fine.
It can be said that at this stage, facing the Japs' aviation forces, they could only be passively beaten.
How many casualties you will encounter depends on luck!
Fortunately, at this time, the observation post rushed over and told him:
"Battal Commander, our companies have already rushed into the coal mines, and the artillerymen on several mountains have simply disguised their artillery and the people have withdrawn."
"Okay! That's good. As long as the people withdraw, the artillery doesn't matter."
Yang Yuanshan felt a little more at ease.
While he was talking, the Japs bomber had already flown over Shuiquan City.
When the little Japanese soldiers on Shuiquan City saw their bombers coming, their morale was immediately boosted and they cheered loudly. For a moment, they wanted to rush down to the city and eliminate the Tuba Road who dared to come and offend.
Lieutenant Colonel Kenji Ikeda, the commander of the Little Devil's flight formation, also saw the Locust Army warriors in khaki military uniforms on Shuiquan City and knew that the city was still in the hands of the Locust Army, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He was strictly ordered by General Okamura to keep the water spring intact!
Along the way, he ordered all the bombers to fly at full speed. He was afraid that he would be late and Shuiquan City would be lost. By then, the Fifth Flying Group and the Sixth Flying Group would inevitably suffer losses.
But at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, and thought to himself: Didn't Shuiquan City encounter a main force attack from a brigade on Tubal Road? Why can't you see anything now?
What about the Tubalu people?
While flying the plane, he immediately asked on the radio:
"Gentlemen, have you discovered the Tubal Road position?"
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
Several pilots responded repeatedly, saying they had not seen it.
This made Kenji Ikeda a little puzzled and thought to himself: Do these bastards from the 225th Regiment dare to lie about military information?
Do you think the gendarmerie's marksmanship is inaccurate?
Fortunately, at this time, a machine gunner suddenly shouted:
"Your Excellency, Captain, to the north, there are the trenches of Tubal Road and their flags!"
"Yoshi, turn! North!"
Kenji Ikeda gave the order decisively.
Soon, they flew over the 1st Battalion's position. When they saw the little ants in gray military uniforms on the ground shivering and hiding in the trenches, Kenji Ikeda showed a cruel look on his face and said with a cruel smile:
"Xingxi, gentlemen, send these Tubal Roads to hell immediately!
Quick, dive and bomb! "
"Hi!"
The pilots of the bomber formation agreed in unison, and then dived towards the 1st Battalion's position.
…
In the trench, Zhang Dabiao saw the 24 bombers of the Japs rushing towards his position. He couldn't help but cry without tears. There were 24 bombers. How could he, Zhang Dabiao, be treated like this by the Japs?
This is too flattering on him, he is just a little battalion commander!
He couldn't help shouting angrily:
"You little son of a bitch, you're just bullying me for not having an anti-aircraft gun!"
He wanted to let the soldiers use rifles and heavy machine guns to shoot at the Japs' planes, but he thought that since his soldiers had not been specially trained, it would be ineffective and would only increase casualties, so he had to give up the idea.
Then he shouted loudly:
“Comrades, stop digging trenches, bend over and squat down with your head in your hands, no one is allowed to stand up!
The little devil is going to drop a bomb! "
At the same time, he was also thinking in his mind: Yang Yuanshan, Yang Yuanshan, you kid has screwed me over, you can't get rid of me even if you turn around a thousand times.
Soon, the Japs' bombers rushed over like eagles pounced on food, and then the aerial bombs weighing dozens of kilograms fell down like dumplings.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
The sound of explosions flooded the position. Although the soldiers of the first battalion were hiding in the trenches, dozens of aerial bombs were dropped recklessly. The huge bombing shock wave still caused many soldiers to die on the spot, unable to even howl. Come out loud.
Broken limbs and shrapnel were thrown away, and the trenches were stained red with blood.
Even the flag that Zhang Dabiao had specially made to attract the attention of the little devils was blown into tatters.
After a round of bombing, the little Japanese saw that there was no movement on the 1st Battalion's position. He immediately felt that they had eliminated the 1st Battalion, and immediately shook his wings and flew towards the coal mine a few miles to the west.
A pilot had just discovered that there was still fierce fighting over there, and immediately reported the situation on the radio.
…
In Shuiquan City, Nakao Satoshi was very satisfied when he saw that Tubal Road was blown to pieces by the Locust Army's planes.
Seeing that the flags on Tubal Road were blown to pieces, he immediately ordered Lieutenant Colonel Jungen Sanada, the captain of the 225th Wing's Second Battalion:
"Sanada-kun, hurry up, lead your team and fight out!
Cut off all the heads of these nasty country rats and hang them on the city wall. I will make Tubal Road never dare to attack my water spring again! "
Of course Shunyuan Sanada, who was next to him, was very happy with this kind of bargaining, and immediately nodded and bowed:
"Hi! Let's go right now!"
Then he went to lead the second group of thousands of locust warriors, preparing to open the city gate and leave the city.
However, as soon as he took the troops who had assembled in formation on the street and trotted a few steps to the city gate, he saw a messenger rushing down from the city tower and shouting to him:
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, ordered you to stop leaving the city. Tubal Road has not suffered any major losses!"
When Sanada Shunyuan heard this, his mind was filled with confusion and he quickly ran up to the tower to question Nakao Soichi:
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, why did you change the order so quickly?"
Nakao Satoshi pointed to the 1st Battalion’s position and replied:
“The aviation bastards didn’t drop bombs into the trenches on Tubal Road at all!
Look at those Tuba Road, there are at least a thousand people there. If we abandon the strong city defenses and go out to fight with them in the field, we will have fallen into their trap! "
Sanada Shunyuan picked up the binoculars and took a look, and saw that a large number of Tubal soldiers in gray military uniforms had indeed appeared on the battlefield that had been completely silent just now!
…
On the first battalion position, as soon as the Japs plane left, Zhang Dabiao immediately jumped up and shouted:
"Quick, treat the wounded!
Count the casualties and prepare for battle! "
He was worried that the little devil would go out from Shuiquan City to take advantage.
Upon hearing his order, the soldiers of the first battalion emerged from the trenches one after another and quickly checked on their comrades around them.
At the same time, rescue comrades who were buried in the ground and injured by bombs.
Soon, the health workers carried stretchers and carried away the wounded one by one.
After a while, deputy battalion commander Luo Dafei went to report to Zhang Dabiao:
"Battal Commander, eighty-six people were killed and more than one hundred and fifty were seriously injured."
"What? More than two hundred casualties?
Son of a bitch, sooner or later I have to blow up these iron crows! "
Zhang Dabiao cursed angrily.
In the round of bombing just now, each of the 24 bombers dropped two 60-kilogram aerial bombs, a total of nearly 3,000 kilograms of bombs!
If they hadn't been hiding in the trenches, they would have directly suffered 70% to 80% casualties, it was possible!
After scolding the little devil, Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered:
“Send people to immediately return the bodies of the wounded and martyrs to our base area.
Yang Yuanshan's side is not finished yet, we can't retreat yet.
If the little devil really dares to leave the city, then I will have no choice but to fight and retreat with them. "
"yes!"
Luo Dafei's expression was also very solemn. He also knew very well that if this situation really happened, the losses of the battalion would definitely be very heavy.
After solving the problem of the wounded, Zhang Dabiao immediately ordered the remaining soldiers to continue digging trenches. However, this time, he did not let the soldiers dig forward, but desperately dug anti-gun holes.
He was worried that the Japs' bombers would come again.
…
Seeing their movements, Nakao Soichi on the Shuiquan Castle Tower couldn't help but feel very depressed. After some thought, he decided to continue to defend the city and not go out to fight with Tubal Road for the time being.
He could see that there were still thousands of people in this group of Tubal and they were not easy to mess with.
…
(End of chapter)
