Chapter 717: First Taste of Defeat
Just as the attacking troops were looking for a position to avoid the shelling, the shells whistled and fell.
With a loud bang, the flames immediately annihilated the Japanese position, and then, the frozen ground pierced through the dense fog that had faded and flew in all directions. The shock wave stirred up the fog and smoke, and in the shrill screech of shrapnel, it writhed like the sea in a hurricane, unleashing a force that destroyed everything.
"Destroy the artillery of the Japanese army! The helicopter clears the area covered by artillery fire in five minutes!! ”
Qu Jun just held up the binoculars and yelled.
In the shouting, the artillery positions were calibrated, and the moment his shouts fell, the shells flew out.
In the flying of shells, the soldiers who entered the position have drilled into the advanced military vehicles, in the explosion of air waves, in the shrapnel, struggling to drill into the advanced military vehicles, only there is currently the safest for them who have no protection, especially those flamethrowers, their oil tanks can't even withstand bullets, let alone explodes, any piece of shrapnel will cause them to have a big explosion, causing huge fire damage.
The helicopters also stopped moving at this moment, and turned around and climbed, but did not pounce on the position where the Japanese artillery came, which was about to be annihilated by a large number of shells, not to mention the shrapnel, the shock wave would blow them away.
In this chaotic order, at the moment when the shells staggered, in the violent explosion, when the flames that were still burning were swept away by the shock wave, the bunkers several meters high on a position suddenly revealed holes, and then the sound of gunfire rang out intensively, and the tongues of fire were sprayed, mixed with clusters of firelight, which suddenly flashed.
The fighters, who did not have time to board the infantry vehicles, were in the shock wave, and there were casualties in the flying shrapnel. The sudden blow caused blood to flash on the soldiers who were running hard, and they fell to the ground one by one.
The sudden change made the surrounding tanks, Spitfire tanks, and armored vehicles have no time to react, and those thousands of soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and then, more than a dozen master's slate jets were shot in the oil cans they carried, splashing their blood. A roar burst into flames, and in an instant, the sea of fire covered the surrounding thousands of meters, and the front of the entire Japanese army position burned fiercely.
The splattering flames ignited the doors of the infantry vehicles, which had not had time to close. In the flames, the soldiers rushed to the fire extinguisher, and in the white mist, they struggled to extinguish the flames in the infantry vehicles on their comrades.
Violent explosions still continued, in tanks, infantry vehicles. The moment the soldiers in the Spitfire tank were stunned, a roaring explosion sounded on them.
The power of the Iron Fist was tickling for the T62, and in the firelight, the turrets of the tanks turned, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the cross-section of the bunker behind them.
An iron fist can't deal with tanks, but not infantry and armored vehicles, in a faint explosion. Masked by the sound of shell explosions, armored vehicles one after another. Infantry vehicles exploded one after another, igniting fires or emitting thick black smoke, and in a short moment, dozens of armored vehicles and infantry vehicles were destroyed, leaving the explosion with a thick stench of burnt meat.
At the same time. The same attack broke out at several other attack points, where the tanks were concentrated, tongues of fire suddenly appeared, and the rain of bullets swallowed the lives of the fighters who had no time to pedal, and exploded. The Iron Fist destroyed almost all armored and infantry vehicles, the flamethrower's oil tank was blown up, and the sea of fire engulfed all the soldiers outside.
Everything changed so fast that it didn't even take five seconds before and after, and everything was already irreparable, and the armored vehicles and infantry vehicles at several points within a few kilometers were destroyed by the sudden iron fist almost at the same time, and very few escaped.
At the same time as the explosion, the moment the sea of fire appeared, the turret of those tanks was turning, in the paralysis of armored vehicles and infantry vehicles, the turret of the tank was also turned, and the position of the tongue of fire was seen, and the gunner inside was angrily reloaded, and at the same time, the Spitfire tanks that were also shot also turned the body, and then, in a crackling sound, the whirring fire dragon spewed out, and the Japanese army without a firing port reacted, and the tongue of fire rushed in. The tongues of fire disappeared one after another, and the sound of gunfire suddenly disappeared at the moment when the tank finished loading and had not yet fired.
"Grass mud horse!!"
"Holy shit!!"
The gunners in the tank cracked their eyes, and the moment the flames erupted, the toms ignited the shells, and in the boom, the flames rolled in the shock wave.
But the timely reaction of the Spitfire tank failed to save those armored vehicles and infantry vehicles, did not save the fighters who got off the vehicle, they were not hit by bullets at the moment when the flamethrower tank exploded, and their bodies were also ignited by the flames sprayed everywhere, and in the convulsions of pain, they fell to the ground, and soon, they were pumped into a ball, believing that after the flames were extinguished, they would be char with a clear face.
At this time, the command behind did not know what was happening in the road, only saw the sea of fire churning there, only heard the angry curses coming from the tankmen and the Spitfire tank, and in the violent shock in the distance, in the rising mushroom clouds, they all looked at the sea of fire in the smoke over there, and an ominous premonition rose in their hearts.
The Spitfire tank stopped the moment the Japanese shelling stopped, and the flames were also stopped, and a figure quickly drilled out of the car, carrying a fire extinguisher, extinguishing the flames burning on itself, to avoid the fuel storage tank being ignited, once the Spitfire tank was ignited and exploded, within a few hundred meters around here, including those Tuinako, will be destroyed, even if the tank is sealed well, it will not ignite the engine, but in the flames, the tank can not see the direction, in the state of extreme lack of oxygen, there is little hope of being able to leave safely.
"What happened to the attacking troops in front!?"
Qu Jun just held up the binoculars, but he couldn't see clearly, and shouted anxiously.
He was in a hurry, and the commander in charge of the command was also in a hurry, shouting in the headset for the attacking troops to report on the situation.
"What ?!!"
When Qu Jun heard that the more than 200 armored vehicles and infantry vehicles on his side had basically been destroyed, he was shocked and angry.
The cunning of the Japanese army only at this time did he really see that the previous attack was too smooth, the Japanese army did not even have the strength to fight back, the self-propelled guns fired effectively, the anti-aircraft machine guns of armored vehicles and heavy machine guns strafed, the Japanese positions were like paper paste, and after having flamethrowers, the position defense was a joke.
But just after the attack, he lost the lives of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of armored vehicles and infantry vehicles were scrapped, and this time the loss was more than the total number of armor losses since he fought with the Japanese army, including the battle with Lao Maozi.
"Damn!"
Qu Jun just smashed his fist on the bunker, but he didn't lose his mind, he knew that the Japanese army was desperate to defend like this, and it was difficult to advance if the tunnel was not cleared, or wouldn't the troops become a live target here during the march?
Just as he was about to give the order to blow up the tunnel and clean up the Japanese troops inside, the shelling on this side also stopped, and then the helicopter flew to the location of the Japanese artillery that had been bombed everywhere and the frozen ground was rolled up.
But their propellers dispersed the smoke, but unexpectedly they didn't see a single cannon, no trace of camouflage, and no wreckage of the cannon.
Where did the artillery go?
All the helicopter pilots stared at the patchwork of bulges, looking for the location of the enemy's artillery.
Suddenly, they saw, they saw the opening of the black hole in the smoke-filled dirt, and the mouth of the black hole cannon that showed a little bit from the hole.
"Holy!"
All the pilots were stunned for a moment, and then reported the situation to the rear command. The Japanese army actually put large-caliber artillery into the ground, built fortress guns, and kept these goods in the concrete work carried out in the tunnels, and built cement bunkers that could resist the artillery shock, and the soil outside was just camouflage, otherwise, without the enemy's shelling, they would be able to collapse their tunnels.
Qu Jun woke up as soon as he heard the report, and promptly accepted the order to blast open the tunnel and enter the interior to clean up.
If this is a cement bunker, it must not be easy to explode, and the inside is not easy to get the same blocking tunnel as Erlong Mountain and Tiger Head Fortress, and the Japanese army hides cats in it, and it is not cheap.
It seems that the offensive plan is going to be adjusted!
Qu Jun just hurriedly ordered the Spitfires and tanks at the front to stay there, hold the firing ports of those tunnels, and wait for the sappers to go up and find out the situation before deciding. The enemy's artillery landed directly there, and used explosives to stuff it into the hole where the gun muzzle was located, and if it did not collapse, the gun muzzle could not be moved, so that the collapsed earth blocked the space for the gun muzzle to move.
After giving the order, Qu Jun immediately reported the situation to Sun Tao, and Sun Tao was also very surprised, he lost the first battle, and the loss was so big. Before he could say anything, Yu Lei, Yu Ke, and Liu Haisong reported one after another that their attack was blocked, and the situation was the same as that of Qu Jungang here, each losing more than 100 armored vehicles and infantry vehicles, and thousands of soldiers died in the first wave of attacks.
Sun Tao This will not be an accident, he felt shocked, he was from Heilongjiang to fight the Japanese army has no power to fight back, to win more with less, all the way to Hangzhou, to Shanghai, to all the way through Yangzhou, to the Yellow River, the Japanese army did not have a decent blockade and battle, in the face of the superior firepower here, although they can not reach the vulnerability, but there is absolutely no pressure.
And now, the Japanese army is clearly ready for a decisive battle with the advance army at this front.
Just as he was about to hold a pre-battle meeting to see how to formulate an offensive plan, the transport plane hovering above the muzzle of the gun quickly slid down Yi Mingming's soldiers. They slumped low, quickly approaching the top of the holes, preparing to slide down the dirt slope, throwing explosives into the holes more than two meters above the ground in motion.
But as soon as they approached the edge of these bunkers, a clatter suddenly sounded, and then a rain of bullets struck them.
"Not good!"
The warriors were startled, rolled over, and quickly dodged the edge. But even so, several fighters were hit by bullets and fell in pools of blood. (To be continued......)