Chapter 80: The Battle of Shihe (7)
4 J-20 fighters closely protected the Y-8 transport aircraft in the air at a slightly higher point, the Y-8 transport aircraft slowly descended, and then along the direction from south to north, aimed at the direction of the enemy's artillery wing, and as soon as the rear hatch opened, they began to throw bombs.
80 meters each, 80 meters one, according to the speed of the plane's flight, the operators in the air to the next one by one unhurriedly pushed the bombs down on the earthen shelf.
"Sizzle-" "Boom-" "Boom-" "Boom-"
The 50-kilogram bomb exploded continuously, and the huge fireball, the powerful and ferocious shock wave, the shrapnel flying everywhere, and the smoke rushing into the sky, instantly blew up the Japanese position again.
The tremendous power of the aerial bombs, from time to time, hit the Japanese artillery shells again, causing even greater explosions, stirring up greater fires, forming larger shock waves, and even larger clouds of smoke rushed into the sky. In the end, the clouds of smoke formed a huge area of smoke, like a cloud of devils sweeping through the positions of the little devils.
A Y-8 transport plane formed a death zone nearly 160 meters wide, stretching from the devil's position in the south to the devil's position in the north. After blowing it up, it will be done again in the next new place that has not been developed, just like cultivating the land, ploughing over and over again, and it will not be finished until the uncultivated land is finished.
One Y-8-transport plane, with great difficulty, dropped 20 tons of aerial bombs, and then another one came again.
When the 2 Y-8-transport planes finished throwing 40 tons of aerial bombs, and then looked at the position of the little devils, there was no movement, as if they were asleep.
The temporary headquarters of the 13th Division was also blown up, and Lieutenant General Ogisu Libei looked very wolf when he came out of the soil.
His hat had fallen off, revealing gray hair and black dirt on his face, like a charcoal-burning farmer who had just come out of a kiln. He waved his arms and shouted loudly: "Is this a Chinese bomber, why haven't we got any information?" What does the intelligence service do? Why are their planes so big, how can they fly so fast, why are there so many bombs, it always seems that they can't finish dropping them. What about the aviation of our Great Japanese Emperor? What about aviation...... What about aviation......"
He was shouting weakly to the sky, and the attack of the Chinese air force disrupted his battle plan.
When Major General Umeji Yamada of the 103rd Brigade came out of the soil, he was not much better than Lieutenant General Ogisu Libing, his forehead was smashed by the collapsed fortifications, and blood was still dripping down, and even his hair was dyed half red, plus the black half, making him almost like a monster.
While wiping the blood from his forehead, he said strangely: "Your Excellency, the Chinese Air Force is really beyond my imagination. I don't have any information about which country produced these planes. If our aviation is equipped with such aircraft, will this battle still be fought? ”
"Don't think so far," Ogishu reprimanded, "the question is what do we do now?" Will it continue to be bombed? Or rush forward and get mixed up with the Chinese army. ”
Although Yamada Meiji had blood flowing from his head, he did not mean to be timid at all, but said stubbornly: "Our Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, rather than being bombed here, it is really better to rush up and get mixed with them, I don't believe it, did their planes dare to drop bombs down at that time?" ”
Ogisu Libing thought about it, and there was really no better way, so he had to say: "General Yamada Meiji, you are one of the best generals in our Great Japanese Empire, I think, just by looking at this small Chinese army, you can't stop the advance of our Great Japanese Imperial Army." For your honor, go ahead and destroy them! ”
Yamada Meiji gave Ogishu Libing a military salute and shouted loudly, "Hayi! Resolutely live up to the trust placed in me by His Excellency the Commander, and wait for my good news! And he carried out the order with blood.
The 1st Brigade of the 103rd Wing of the 104th Brigade of the Japanese Army immediately launched an attack on the Chinese troops opposite the Shi River.
The total strength of the first brigade was more than 1,100 people, but unfortunately, in this round of air raids, more than 200 people were killed or seriously injured, and they could not participate in the battle, and only more than 800 people were able to participate in the battle. Even these more than 800 people are more than the 212 regiment of the Chinese army, the original establishment of the 202 regiment was more than 1,200 people, and after the first round of Japanese air raids, only more than 700 people remained.
When Han Xing arrived at the headquarters of the 202nd Regiment, half of the headquarters had been blown up, only half of the roof was left, and half of the roof was exposed.
Chen Ruihe met Han Xing in the headquarters of Myoko Temple, and when he saw Han Xing coming in with a dusty face, he hurriedly grabbed Han Xing's hand and said, "Chief of Staff Han, why are you here?" ”
Han Xing smiled and said, "If I don't come, I can't do it, if I don't come, how can I carry out an air attack on the little devil!" ”
Only then did Gu Baoyu know that the air raid just now was an order from Han Xing, so he hurriedly patted Han Xing's shoulder affectionately, and shouted loudly: "I said Chief of Staff Han, you are really good, if there is no plane for you, my position will really be blown up by little devils." You drove away the little devil's plane and blew up the little devil's artillery, and the rest is up to our 212th regiment. ”
Han Xing smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple, can you withstand this round of attacks from the little devils, maybe it's okay?" ”
Gu Baoyu frowned and said, "How can you say this, don't you believe in the ability of our 212 regiment?" ”
Han Xing shook his head and said, "No. If you want to defend Shihe, it is indeed not easy, and the devil does not necessarily have to attack from the Shihe Bridge, there are a few other places that are also easy to attack, Commander Gu should pay more attention? ”
"So what do you say?" Gu Baoyu asked Han Xing.
Han Xing said bluntly: "If it is me, the key defense plus the comprehensive defense, especially a few places that are easy to bridge, you must pay close attention." ”
Gu Baoyu thought about it, and what Han Xing said also made some sense, so he called the combat staff officer again and readjusted the defensive area, focusing on a few places where the Japanese army could easily build bridges, and strengthened the defense.
Chen Ruihe silently observed Han Xing's words and deeds, and never spoke, and then smiled at Han Xing and said, "I can't imagine that Han Xing still has a set of arrangements for troops?" ”
Han Xing said self-deprecatingly: "I can't talk about one set, you have to be careful." Originally, I was quite confident in Shi He's defense, but this time I took a closer look at Shi He's terrain and really felt that it was a little difficult to defend. Our main position is on the Shihe Bridge, if the Japanese army does not attack from the Shihe Bridge, then what should we do? ”
Chen Ruihe nodded.
The Japanese army, risking the constant explosion of aerial bombs of the Chinese Air Force on the ground, first attacked the Shihe Bridge. Although the Japanese lost their heavy artillery, they still had some mortars, some heavy machine guns, light machine guns and grenadiers, so the firepower was still quite strong.
Grenades continued to explode on the position on the Shihe Bridge, raising clouds of fire and smoke, and the bullets of light and heavy machine guns caused strings of dust to rise from the positions of the 212th Regiment from time to time. Under the blow of such a dense number of shells and bullets, from time to time Chinese soldiers were wounded and lay on their positions.
Xu Da's air force could not be idle, and in the face of the dishonest Japanese army, another Blue Sword 7 air-to-ground missile came, a huge fire flashed, and a thick cloud of black smoke rose, which instantly smashed the rampant Japanese army, and swept away the Japanese mortars and heavy machine guns, which were slightly better weapons.
In the huge shock wave, in the thick black smoke, about a squadron of Japanese troops drilled out, their faces were blackened by artillery fire, some of them were still bleeding on their heads and bodies, and without the cover of mortars and heavy machine guns, they launched an attack on the Shihe Bridge without fear of death.
The Japanese soldiers, who were not afraid of death, rushed to the Shihe Bridge, and there were still 120 meters, 100 meters, and 80 meters away from the 212th Regiment......
Gu Baoyu yelled: "Hit, beat me hard-"
The heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and medium rifles on the Shihe Bridge position of the 212th Regiment rang out at the same time, and only the bullets on the bridge were like an impermeable torrential rain. As long as the devils who stepped on the Shihe Bridge fell down one by one, they were like scarecrows.
The devil continued to rush forward, but just after rushing up, he was hit by a ball of bullets and fell.
Some of the dead devils were hit by seven or eight bullets, and to say the least, there were three or four bullets. As long as you are not dead and still panting, you will rush forward with no life.
The leader of the devil squadron saw that rushing down like this was undoubtedly a death, so he could only order the devils to lie down temporarily to avoid the bullets of the Chinese army, even if they fell down, it was not much better, although many devils fell down, but their heads were still blown up, and the white and red ones immediately dyed the red soil on the bridge.
The devil's attack on the Shihe Bridge was temporarily blocked, but the other devils who attacked from other places on the Shihe River were still a little smooth. Just downstream on the Shihe Bridge, there were dense gunshots and shouts, needless to say, the devils were attacking Shihe from three or four places at the same time.
The Shi River is too long, it stretches endlessly, the 212 regiment is about 700 people, these people sprinkle on the long Shi River, it is the same as sprinkling pepper noodles, how much can be sprinkled? But the devil is concentrated on a few points, and these points still have an absolute advantage in strength compared to a line.
The Taichang squadron is 1,000 meters away from the Shihe Bridge, and the water in this section of the river is the same as what Han Xing saw, there is a thin neck, that is, seven or eight meters away, although the river is more urgent, but Taichang has a way.
He told each soldier to carry a bag full of red clay, and when he got to a place where there was water, he threw it there, and dozens of bags of dirt were piled together to form a small mound out of the water, and he then told the soldiers behind him to put up the planks that had been prepared to form a small bridge. Then it went on and on, and soon the seven or eight meters of water was filled with planks.
The rapid victory of the battle depended on careful preparation in peacetime, and Squadron Leader Taichang adhered to this principle.
Although in the morning, his squadron was also considered to be full, more than 180 people, but by Xu Da's air force, there were only more than 120 people left, although the number has decreased a lot, but the Dachang squadron leader is still quite confident, he believes that the Japanese soldiers are much stronger than the Chinese soldiers.
Every move of the Japanese soldiers had long been seen by the mobile sentinels on the position of the 212th Regiment, and the first to arrive at this place was the 2nd Battalion and 1st Company of the 212th Regiment. In the morning, the 1st Company was still fully manned, but after a round of air raids, only these 80 people remained.