Chapter 288 The belated counterattack
"Damn it! Those two 40-caliber anti-aircraft guns were also shut down!"
Yu Xiaoqing, who was full of anger, couldn't help but punch the tree trunk. The miserable scene in the distance made him very angry.
"Have you contacted Helterin?" Liao Mingyu put down his telescope, turned his head and asked in a deep voice.
"Report to the squadron, the telegram has been sent, and Colonel Heltering replied that two fighter squadrons had been lifted off." The communications officer immediately replied.
Liao Mingyu felt a little relieved when he heard this. Helterin's flight squadron was in Baoshan. If he took off now, he would be able to reach the sky above Zenda within 10 minutes.
The convoy was still two miles away from Zenda. The soldiers had all hid in the woods, and all the trucks were moved under the big trees on both sides of the road, covering them with branches and banana leaves to prevent them from being discovered by enemy planes.
Faced with the Japanese bombing, the 300 people of their 300 people were completely helpless and could only watch the enemy's planes rage on their heads, with no other way except to call for the planes to support them.
The only thing that is thankful is that I didn't enter Zenda before the bombing began, otherwise I would have been in the mood.
Here, there is a division chief of staff and an army commander. Any mistakes are made, it will be a devastating blow to the two troops.
"Didn't those Americans with noses fly into the sky all day long? As a result, they didn't find out what they were doing after so many Japanese fighter planes came!"
He Shuguang, who was standing beside him, complained about the bad words of the Americans in anger, but was then shut up in disappointment after being glared at by Yu Xiaoqing.
In fact, American reconnaissance planes patrol in the sky almost every day, but I don’t know why the Japanese did not have any warnings for such a big disturbance this time.
"It was probably because the Japanese found out their patrol time."
Liao Mingyu's eyes were cold and stared at the Zenda who was filled with smoke in the distance. In addition to this, the chaos and dereliction of duty of these two Chinese troops were the biggest reasons.
The bombing of Japan was very successful. Several barracks around Zenda were trapped in a sea of fire, and countless people were killed and injured by the bomb.
The organization of the 8th Army and the 6th Army suffered varying degrees of losses, and under the attack of the Japanese, they could not even achieve a normal counterattack.
The ultimate reason is nothing more than a lack of air defense awareness and air defense methods. Many soldiers and officers were not thinking about how to fight back when they were attacked, but were mixed in the crowd and ran away.
Only a few backbone people were still struggling to resist the few air-defense guns.
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"Don't be silly, just make me move!"
Milong held up his pistol and yelled loudly. After killing the major officer, he urged the deserters to bring them back to the anti-aircraft gun position.
Several deserters were frightened by the murderous Milong. A company commander said that he would kill him. This was definitely not something that ordinary people dared to do, so how could they dare to resist more?
In addition to the destroyed 40mm anti-aircraft gun, the other one stood intact. Milong was so angry that he had air defense weapons. The gang of sluts were just thinking about escaping. Is it worthy of calling a soldier?
"How to play this cannon? Get moving it to me now!"
The soldiers quickly started to operate. At this time, the enemy planes were still roaring in the sky, and there was no resistance on Zenda's position.
The three Type 96 bombers had already thrown the aviation bombs and were preparing to return under the protection of several falcons, but the remaining fighter jets did not intend to leave.
There were not many anti-aircraft guns on the ground, but they also shot down four Japanese fighter jets. Although the Japanese destroyed all these anti-aircraft guns, they didn't want to give up.
The six falcons in the sky turned the nose again and continued to dive and shoot at the crowds below. The soldiers and people who lost their ability to counterattack were like lambs to be slaughtered.
Two falcon-style flies swept through the sky at a low altitude, and the Japanese pilots were prideful observing the situation below, and they were still looking for any targets below to attack.
"Touch! Touch! Touch…"
At this moment, a long chain of shells suddenly hit behind him. Before he could react, the explosion of shrapnel hit the fuselage, and the plane instantly lost control and fell onto the ground.
The wingman who was flying with the fighter plane was startled and the pilot immediately pulled up the joystick to avoid it, but the shells shot from the same direction followed his flight trajectory.
"Put it hard! Don't let him run!"
Milong shouted loudly next to the anti-aircraft gun. Although he could not operate the artillery, he also carried the ammunition box to help carry the artillery shells. Seven or eight soldiers tried to control the empty cannon and bit the Japanese fighter plane trying to escape.
"Touch! Touch... Boom!"
The plane failed to escape the pursuit of the shells in the end, and one of the shots hit the wings directly. The thin-skinned falcon type rolled down like a big bird with a folded wing.
"Haha, that's right!"
Milong burst into laughter and slapped a soldier on the back, causing the latter to almost stagger to fall to the ground.
The skills of these air defense soldiers are really good, and they successfully killed two birds with one move.
But they clearly have rich operating skills but have no fighting will. As long as the situation is not right, they immediately think of running away instead of finding ways to continue fighting, especially under the command of waste officers.
However, under the control of Milong, it can play a role. After all, there are no natural wastes in this world, only kings who do not work hard.
"Ammunition! Quick!"
"Here you come!"
The Bofos 40 anti-aircraft gun was supplied with ammunition, but there were only 20 rounds of ammunition at a time. Under a fierce shooting, the air defense quickly exhausted the ammunition.
The soldiers began to press the bullets in full swing and turned. Although they knocked off the two enemy planes, their positions were also exposed. With their toes, they could think that other Japanese fighter planes would definitely fly here in an instant!
At the same time, the remaining falcons were about to turn the nose and launch a new attack, but unexpectedly, several rapid whistling sounds suddenly came from the direction above their heads.
Twelve US P40 fighter jets finally arrived at the battlefield. Without saying a word, they immediately dived from high altitude and fired wildly at these Japanese fighter jets.
Two falcons were beaten into hornet's nests on the spot, and the explosion in the air was squeaked. Seeing this, other Japanese pilots dared not stay, so they immediately controlled the fighter plane and turned around and ran away.
But the Americans followed closely and continued to pursue, and they were about to destroy the little Japanese before they could give up.
Before they attacked, they were scolded by the commander. They were already full of anger, so they would not let this group of Japanese leave safely at this moment.
The fierce battle continued in the sky, and the tortured Zenda finally calmed down at this moment, but the town lost its former prosperity.
The streets were filled with smoke, countless houses and buildings were blown up, and the military camps around the town were also devastatingly hit.
Chapter completed!