kingnovel Chapter 1005: Successful Counterattack
Chapter 1005: Successful Counterattack
At 10:55 in the morning, the sound of artillery fire finally began to weaken. Many Japanese soldiers on the positions crawled out of the soil, feeling like they were reborn, but more of them could no longer crawl out.
Some were killed in the explosion on the battlefield, and some were directly covered by the dust raised by the explosion and were suffocated to death. Although their hands were still exposed, they were no longer warm. When they were pulled out by their companions, the hideous faces of those who died from suffocation left a deep impression on all the Japanese officers and soldiers present.
Woohoo… Woohoo…
Before the Japanese soldiers could organize their positions, the air raid alarm sounded again.
Li Shaoyi is going to use firepower to teach these Japanese how to fight today. Previously, due to the restrictions of the Nationalist government, we did not show our strength. Today, I will let you have a taste of it. I said that killing 500,000 of you would be an understatement.
"Look, look at the heavy bomber..."
The sharp-eyed soldiers had already seen that not far to their north, a large number of heavy bombers were flying in a formation in the sky, just like a small mountain moving slowly in the sky.
Many Japanese fighter planes also began to gather over the battlefield, but they were soon entangled with our fighter planes and had no strength to attack these twin-engine bombers.
Many Japanese fighter planes ignored their own safety and simply shook off the 72nd Army fighter planes next to them, hoping to perish together with the twin-engine bombers. Unfortunately, when they tested the fuselage, their weaknesses had already been exposed. Can the 72nd Army fighter planes let you succeed?
The busier they are, the more chaotic things will be. Many Japanese pilots also felt that wanting to die together with the twin-engine bombers was just a beautiful idea. The 72nd Army dispatched more fighter jets than us, and there was a gap in the performance of the aircraft itself. If you ignore these fighter jets and just think about dying together with the twin-engine bombers, the final result will be that your plane will be emitting black smoke, while the other party's bombers will still have no problems.
"bomb!"
After the pilot plane opened the hatch, there was no need for special aiming. Below was either the Japanese military camp or their position. In any case, if a large number of bombs were dropped, there would definitely be results.
The subsequent planes also followed the lead plane to start dropping bombs. After each plane was fully fueled, it had a bomb load of about four tons. But even so, nearly two hundred and seventy tons of bombs fell down with a whoosh.
The bombing infantry used small 25-kilogram bombs, so looking from the sky, there was not a single good spot on the Japanese positions below, and almost everywhere were small mushrooms floating in the air.
Compared with the previous bombardment, this time may not be as powerful as the large artillery shells, but the bombing is too dense. The distance between the two bombs is less than 50 meters. Under the explosion of the two bombs, if you stand within these 50 meters, even if you are not directly affected, the shock wave alone is enough to take your life.
General Matsui sat in his headquarters, listening to the constant explosions from above. He no longer cared about the casualties of the troops above him; his biggest concern now was whether this underground bunker could hold up. It had been all morning, and it was still shaking.
After receiving the order, the Japanese naval aviation force also immediately took emergency action, but this time Li Shaoyi was very well prepared. All the aircraft in the Pujiang war zone were dispatched, including the Jinling and Hangzhou airports.
All the twin-engine bombers came from the island city. They did not land locally after a round of bombing, so they would not cause trouble to the local airport.
The Japanese army suffered the most. When the bombers turned and began to retreat, many Japanese soldiers thought they had another chance to catch their breath. Unfortunately, the artillery fire started again, sending shells one after another to the Japanese positions.
Is it ever going to end? Is it ever going to end?
General Matsui was so angry that he slammed the table in the headquarters. Under such bombardment, the Japanese army had no ability to fight back and could only watch their casualties increase.
They blame this and that, but when you were fighting the Dragon Nation army before, why didn’t you say that you were not good at this or that?
At twelve o'clock noon, the three-hour shelling and bombing finally came to an end.
The various parts of the Chinese position began to counterattack. Led by 192 tanks and 295 armored vehicles, 150,000 troops stepped out of the trenches along a nine-kilometer-long front and advanced towards the Japanese position.
Inspired by the morning's bombing, many brothers from other National Army units, holding brand-new Mauser rifles, bent over and rushed towards the Japanese positions.
The Japanese troops suffered serious casualties on their positions, and their strength was less than one-third of the original strength, so they were unable to withstand the attack of the National Army. In the past, it was difficult to reach the Japanese positions, but now, with just a little effort, we have entered the Japanese front-line positions.
And because of the increase in light machine guns and pistols, when the Japanese want to engage in hand-to-hand combat with us, we also know how to respond. If they are not in good physical condition, we will have to shoot them at close range.
The Japanese troops fell one after another, and the Dragon Army took advantage of the situation to recapture the country. Most of the positions lost in the past few days have now been recovered.
Of course, everyone understands that the reason we were able to take back this position was not because we fought so bravely. When we lost the position a few days ago, those brothers were also very brave, but unfortunately the gap in strength between us and the Japanese was too big, and we couldn't hold it at all.
Now the situation has changed again. The gap in strength between the Japanese and us is too big. Their squad light machine guns are Type 99 light machine guns, and the bullets jam easily.
Although our Czech light machine gun is not as good as the German general-purpose machine gun, it is also a very useful machine gun on the battlefield, and it can defeat Japanese machine guns.
This is how infantry combat works. When artillery and machine guns are ineffective, there is basically no chance of survival for this infantry unit.
No one expected that Li Shaoyi's simple counterattack would allow him to regain all the positions lost in the previous ten days. Moreover, at the last moment, the Japanese army planted a large number of mines on their own positions, which successfully curbed the attack of the 72nd Army. Otherwise, they would really have to retreat to the seaside today.
Li Shaoyi did not continue to pursue the Japanese in response to their defeat. This was also to take care of the other nationalist troops. There were so many good things left on the battlefield, and everyone had to pick them up and have fun...