Chapter 991: Airdrop
During the defense of Nanchang, Jiang Haoran used this method to make it impossible for Japanese planes to see the ground troops clearly, and to carry out accurate bombing and machine-gun fire. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In less than half an hour, the entire area around Lashio for dozens of miles began to be filled with thick smoke, piles of firewood were set underground, and after they were lit, they were immediately covered with wet firewood and wet grass, and the smoke immediately rolled out, and from above, the place within a radius of dozens of miles of Lashio had completely disappeared into the smoke.
Chiang Haoran's disposition proved to be completely necessary, and about two hours later, Japanese planes reappeared over Lashio, and it was a swarm of hundreds of planes, like locusts, covering the sky and the sun.
Although the Sino-Michiel coalition flight team was seriously damaged and unable to organize effective air defense, their super command and flexible dispatch in air combat also forced the Japanese army to take precautions, and the small-scale planes did not dare to act alone for fear of being surrounded and annihilated by the Sino-Mimelian forces, so a sortie would inevitably be a large-scale dispatch that the Sino-Michiel coalition forces could not provoke.
But no matter how big the size of the Japanese army was, they were only dumbfounded when they flew over Lashio at this moment, and the smoke clouds filled the sky, and the ground could not be seen clearly from the sky, and the entire Lashio had disappeared into the sea of smoke.
The two fighters tried to lower the altitude to observe, one dive after the other, and just entered a low altitude of more than 1,000 meters, and the splashing bullets suddenly flew like raindrops, and the first fighter was immediately blown up by the volley, and the second saw that the situation was not good, and immediately prepared to pull it up, but it was too late, the nose of the plane had not yet been raised, and the 20-millimeter cannon shells swarmed in, and it exploded in an instant.
The Japanese planes no longer dared to act rashly, hovering at an altitude of 2,000 meters away, and dropping a few 60-pound bombs from time to time, whether they could hit the target or not was entirely up to luck, but the Japanese army was absolutely not so generous as to allow them to bomb blindly, and after being angry and angry, the planes began to fly away from the skies over Lashio.
But they did not go back to the south, but all of them went west, and it was estimated that this evil breath was about to be spread on the heads of the expeditionary force Yingduo troops.
On the edge of the Shan Plateau, more than ten miles east of Lashio, Jiang Haoran stood under a big tree, looking at the group of Japanese planes in the distance, and a smug smile appeared on his face.
Standing tall and seeing far away, Jiang Haoran originally wanted to use his eagle-like sharp eyes to overlook whether there were still loopholes in Lashio's defense line, so he took a helicopter up the mountain half an hour ago, but who knew that he saw this good scene.
A rustling sound sounded in the woods, and then Su Canwen walked out of the bushes, stood beside Jiang Haoran and said, "The main seat, everything is done, more than 200 armed helicopters and more than 100 transport helicopters are all hidden in this forest behind." ”
"Hmm!" Jiang Haoran nodded and said: "Canwen, you don't have to go down the mountain, the terrain here is open, although the distance is a little far, but once the little devil appears, you can always find a little clue, the most important thing is that you must lock the Japanese artillery position with Lao Tzu." ”
Su Canwen patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, you will leave this matter to me, as long as the little devils fire, I will definitely be able to lock their positions, and I will serve them to you overnight." ”
"Okay, I'll leave the mountain to you, arrange a helicopter to take me down the mountain."
"Huh!"
Su Canwen agreed, and was just about to leave, but Jiang Haoran suddenly raised his palms nervously, signaling him not to make a sound, and listened attentively, which made Su Canwen not scratch his head.
Dozens of seconds later, Jiang Haoran's gaze began to turn to the southern sky, and muttered, "Why is the little devil here again?" ”
Su Canwen was so frightened that he looked around blankly, still unable to grasp the essentials, and shouted: "Little devil? Boss, where is the little devil? ”
Jiang Haoran didn't answer him, his eyes stared at the southern sky in a daze, but except for a cloud of smoke in the sky, there was not a single bird in sight.
After another two or three minutes, Su Canwen also seemed to hear something, the roar of the machine, by the way, it was the roar of the machine, and the little devil's plane flew back again.
Sure enough, the roar got closer and closer, and then countless black dots flew over in the sky, far larger than the Japanese fighter group just now.
"It's not good, Mr. Zo, the little devil is ready to bomb intensively?" Su Canwen let out an exclamation, he had already seen that it was not a fighter plane, but a bomber.
"No, they are not bombers, but transport aircraft." Jiang Haoran replied affirmatively, frowning unconsciously.
"Transporters? Are you saying that the little devils are ready to start airdropping the Japanese army on the northern front? ”
Jiang Haoran didn't care about answering, watching the locust-like Japanese planes flying over Lashio, and was already silently counting the number of Japanese planes in his heart, until the last plane disappeared from view, he exhaled heavily and muttered: "Three hundred and forty or fifty, the little devil is so big, it seems that the battle is going to be recalculated?" ”
"Holy shit, the vigilance of the little devils is so fucking high, just surrounded them, and they started to airdrop on a large scale?" Su Canwen scolded hatefully, so many transport planes are heading north, and the idiots know that the little devil is preparing to be airdropped.
Half an hour later, Jiang Haoran returned to the temporary headquarters of the cave, and as soon as he entered the cave, Zhang Zhen, the commander of the 75th Army, reported to him that half an hour earlier, Yingduo sent an urgent telegram, and the Japanese Second Division and the 16th Division began to attack Yingduo.
In this regard, Jiang Haoran was not surprised, all this was basically within his expectations, the whereabouts of the First Guards Division had been clear, the purpose of the Japanese army covering up in the direction of Sidang had been completed, in order to put pressure on the rear line of the expeditionary force, it was completely reasonable for the Japanese army to attack Yingduo, and the fighters who had just left from the sky over Lashio were clearly supporting the battlefield of Sidang.
Jiang Haoran immediately ordered the staff officer to inquire about Yingduo's battle situation, this first battle could not be broken, although Luo Zhuoying swore that Yingduo could be defended, but if there was any other choice, Jiang Haoran would never rest assured that Yingduo would be handed over to him.
Luo Zhuoying has no outstanding record, his tactical level can only be said to be average, in Jiang Haoran's eyes, he is even inferior to Dai Anlan, the commander of the 200th division under him, so before he set out for Lashio, Jiang Haoran put Dai Anlan in the position of deputy commander of the Fifth Army, and the right to arrange troops at the front was also put in Dai Anlan's hands.
Fortunately, the reply was informed that Yingduo was unharmed, the Japanese army had not yet begun a large-scale offensive, and the air raids did not cause too many casualties. At the same time, the telegram also reported that a British division in Homarin had been transferred to the Wanjiang River by Deputy Army Commander Dai Anlan in order to consolidate the western defense line and prevent the Japanese army from repeating the old drama.