"Swish ~ Swish ~"
The cannonballs flew out of their barrels and flew towards the Rising Sun soldiers.
The parabola trajectory and the almost vertical cannonball made it impossible for the Rising Sun soldiers to dodge.
The people of Rising Sun looked up in despair. One after another, small black dots fell rapidly, causing their pupils to shrink and their souls to run out.
They really couldn't figure out what kind of troops they had encountered. Why did they have to use so many mortars to attack just a few people?
Perhaps they could only ask Amaterasu this question themselves. Amidst a series of explosions, the corpses of the Rising Sun people were sent flying by the shockwaves.
When faced with artillery fire, staying in the craters to avoid the shells was undoubtedly the best solution.
However, this Rising Sun Firepower Investigation Team was only a hundred meters away from the security regiment's position.
At such a distance, facing the large number of small and medium-caliber mortars equipped by the Security Corps, there was no other choice but to wait for death.
The short and hurried bombardment stopped in just a few minutes.
The Rising Sun soldiers who had been hiding in the craters had all turned into incomplete corpses scattered around.
Looking at the corpses of the Rising Sun soldiers that were still emitting green smoke, Zhong Yu asked calmly,
"How are our casualties in the battle just now?
" Reporting to the commander, 28 soldiers have died, 12 are lightly injured, and 4 are heavily injured."
Zhong Yu had not expected such a high casualty rate. He had killed more than 40 people in the process of wiping out a small team of the Rising Sun Army, which was almost one-to-one with the casualties of the Rising Sun Army. Moreover, not many of the Rising Sun Army soldiers had actually died from gunfire. Most of them had been killed by mortars.
" Pass down my orders. All units, do not engage the little Rising Sun soldiers. The Rising Sun soldiers are accurate in their shooting skills. Most of us are new recruits, and we are at a disadvantage in a fight. Use our firepower advantage to suppress the Rising Sun soldiers. Don't hide your machine guns and mortars. Take them out and beat them up.”
Zhong Yu pondered for a moment before giving the order.
The artillery regiment of the Rising Sun Empire had already been blown up to the sky, so there was no need for them to hide their firepower. As for the grenade launchers and Type 92 artillery, they would leave it to their own artillery. Zhong Yu was still very confident in the professional artillery recruited by the base.
In a hidden command post behind the Rising Sun Army, the commander of the 22nd Regiment, Yamazaki Ken, was observing the progress of the probing team with his binoculars. When he saw that the defenders did not use machine guns and only had semi-automatic rifles in their hands, and the probing team was directly covered by artillery fire, Yamazaki Ken frowned slightly. He then turned around and ordered the reporter beside him,""Quickly report to Major General, the scout team has not found the firing point of the defending troops, but the Chinese defending troops on the opposite side are extremely powerful and equipped with a large number of rifles and mortars.”
The command post that received the news quickly gave a reply.
"Stop the attack!"
On the afternoon of August 30th, the two sides on the battlefield of Shanghai were engaged in an unprecedentedly brutal massacre. Large caliber heavy artillery pierced through the sky, medium caliber howitzers tore through the air, and small caliber rapid-fire cannons weaved into a barrage. Hundreds of thousands of elites from both sides were fighting in this fertile land, and at the center of the battlefield, Luo Town, which was the battleground for both sides, was unusually calm.
After losing the Mountain Cannon Regiment, the 11th division of the Rising Sun Army chose to temporarily give up on attacking without knowing anything about the defenders of Luo Town.
The security team was also quiet. This time, apart from the ammunition carried by the logistics team, there was also the weapons and ammunition piled up in Zhong Yu's personal storage space. It seemed like a lot, but Zhong Yu, who was familiar with history, knew that the Battle of Shanghai had been going on for three months. Even though this was no longer Blue Planet, they still had to save their ammunition.
The Red Alert base was far away on Qiongya Island. It was unrealistic to transport ammunition from such a far place. Perhaps they could replenish some ammunition from the government, but the government's attitude towards the local troops had always been known. The troops that used bolt rifles were short of guns and ammunition, not to mention Zhong Yu, who was fully equipped with semi-automatic rifles and even MG42s with high firing rate monsters.
Both sides fell into a strange silence.
On the morning of August 31st, Zhong Yu was awakened by the roar of a plane.
He had returned to the rear command post after wiping out the Rising Sun Army's probing troops yesterday. After all, as the highest-ranking officer of a 6,000-man army, he couldn't always be fighting the Rising Sun Army on the front lines. Bullets and bullets were not blind. If he accidentally died, the dream of a rising power in Zhongxia would be shattered before it even began.
From the Kaga and Dragon Xiang aircraft carriers, 14 Type 89 attack aircraft, escorted by 10 Type 95 fighter jets, flew towards Luo Zhen. The shrill air defense alarm immediately broke the calm of dawn.
The security regiment was equipped with a total of 48 Oricon 20mm dual anti-aircraft guns. Hundreds of MG42 machine guns could also be used as anti-aircraft machine guns for air defense. Amidst the ear-piercing air defense alarm, the soldiers pointed their muzzles at the sky. For a moment, the gunfire in the town was like a forest.
In the headquarters of the 18th division, Luo Ying looked at the huge battle map without saying a word. He couldn't tell whether the decision to replace the 11th division with the security regiment was because he wanted to preserve his strength.
Although this move could preserve the strength of the Eleventh Division, he was worried that the Security Regiment would not be able to withstand the attack of the Rising Sun Army. If Luo Zhen was lost, the principal would definitely be furious, and he would not be able to escape the blame.
"Commander, according to the intelligence report from the military bureau, this morning, 24 enemy aircraft took off from the Shengyang Navy's Kaga and Dragon Stallion aircraft carriers, targeting Luo Town!”
……
The Shengyang fleet flew over Luozhen. The leader of the fleet was Lieutenant Hengshan Shota, who was piloting a No. 95 warship. He had carried out many bombing and escort missions. He knew how terrifying the Chinese Air Force was. Although their aircraft were outdated and their numbers were few, the superb skills of the Chinese pilots still left a deep impression on Hengshan Shota.
The goal of this mission was to find and destroy the artillery unit of the Luo Town garrison and protect the bomber unit from possible attacks by the Chinese Air Force. In order to successfully complete the bombing mission and reduce the chances of encountering the Chinese Air Force, he led the fleet to take off from the aircraft carrier before dawn.
Hengshan Shouta shook the wings of the fighter jet and took out a writing board to order the planes to search for the artillery positions of the Central Xia Defense Army.
Upon receiving the order, dozens of aircraft immediately spread out to search for the mission target.
As the sky had just brightened and there was some fog, visibility was not high. In order to observe more clearly, the Rising Sun Airplanes kept lowering their altitude.
Hengshan Shouta didn't think that the Zhongxia troops below were equipped with expensive anti-air cannons. As for the light and heavy machine guns, he directly ignored them. Ordinary firearms could hardly pose a substantial threat to the high-speed fighter jets.
Zhong Yu, who was in the air defense bunker, saw that the planes of the Rising Sun Empire were still not dropping any bombs. He guessed that they were definitely looking for his artillery position. Fortunately, after eliminating the artillery of the Rising Sun Empire yesterday, he ordered them to hide.
"Order the anti-air cannons and general machine gun teams to wait until the plane descends to 200 meters before firing!”
Because of the fog, the Rising Sun Airplane continued to descend without sensing the impending danger.
300 meters above the ground, Shouta Hengshan looked down at the quiet defensive position and the descending fighter jets, and an ominous feeling rose in his heart.
However, he immediately threw this thought to the back of his mind.
This was not his first time at the Chinese garrison. When he had bombed the Chinese garrison a few times, the anti-air firepower on the ground was only a few machine guns, which did not cause any damage to them. Even if the anti-air firepower was strengthened now, how strong could it be? Even the army did not have many expensive anti-air cannons, let alone this group of farmers.
"Boom!"
The sudden loud noise scared Hengshan Shouta so much that he shivered.
Countless crimson tracers were being fired from the Chinese garrison on the ground, and not far away, an 89-warship was falling towards the ground with black smoke and flames.
The sudden anti-air firepower made Hengshan Shouta break out in cold sweat. He had never encountered such a tight anti-air firepower network since the start of the war.
"Baka! How is that possible?"
……
The Rising Sun Army's fighter aircraft descended to 200 meters. Without needing Zhong Yu's orders, the ground anti-air firepower that had been prepared for a long time opened fire.
Oricon's 20mm, 320 shots per minute, and the terrifying 1500 shots per minute of the MG42 formed a tight net of fire.
A Type 8 - 9 warship attack could not dodge in time and crashed into it. Several 20mm high explosive rounds directly tore the entire cockpit of the nose. The uncontrollable bomber plunged diagonally to the ground like a kite with a broken string. Even after it hit the ground, the pilot did not parachute.
Knowing that they were ambushed, the planes of the Rising Sun Army pulled up their noses and pushed the throttle. The 95 warships were still fine, but the 89 warships were clumsy and could only fly at a maximum speed of 213 kilometers per hour. Moreover, they were loaded with bombs. It was not easy to escape from the air defense fire network.
A flame woven from an MG42 directly lashed at an 89 warship that was adjusting its body. Dozens of 7.92mm heavy bullets swept across the wings of the 89 warship.
"Thump, thump, thump…"
After a series of heart-palpitating explosions, a row of bullet holes were left on the wing of the bomber. Fortunately, the plane did not lose control.
Hibino Yoshigao looked sideways at the wing full of bullet holes, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and continued to adjust the plane's nose.
However, the damaged wing of the 89-ship could not hold on. With a toothache, the wing broke from the bullet hole. The fighter aircraft that had lost half of the wing immediately entered a spiral state and fell to the ground with the three Rising Sun pilots.
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