Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 325 French 75mm anti-aircraft gun?

 For the black general Yasuhiko, there are only two choices before him now.

Either launch an attack decisively and retreat immediately after fighting a wave. You may have a chance to retreat to a safe airspace before the enemy's air force arrives on the battlefield.

This option also has drawbacks. His intuition kept reminding him that the enemy below had a high probability of hiding a backhand.

 The second method is to continue testing until the Eighth Route Army loses its composure and uses all its trump cards.

The risk of this option is not small, after all, they are not playing at home and time is not waiting for anyone.

The 1st Air Division of the Eighth Route Army may arrive on the battlefield at any time. Once bitten by those locust-like guys, the slower light explosive flying team will probably all have to stay.

 After weighing the pros and cons, the black general Yasuhiko made the final decision with difficulty.

The old devil gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and ordered in the communication channel with murderous intent:

"The general attack begins! The 47th and 48th Independent Flying Squadrons are responsible for containing the enemy's air defense positions. The aerial bombs can be used up, but at least half of the bullets must be left in order to prevent accidents!"

“You can choose your target for light explosions, but they must be mainly for large fortifications. You must also leave one-third of the bullets for self-defense.”

"We have five minutes left. Once the time is up, everyone must retreat according to the planned route!"

"Hi!"

As soon as the enemy planes in the sky made any movement, Captain Liu of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment showed an excited expression.

Five minutes have passed since the start of the war, and the enemy has never made up his mind to launch a large-scale attack. He even feels that he can only play a supporting role today.

 Finally, patient waiting has paid off, and now is the best time for their team to show off their skills!

 “Fire! Everyone fire!”

 “Shoot down all the Japanese planes!”

 After receiving the order from his regiment commander, the artillery team originally hidden in the frontal position immediately removed its camouflage.

Sixteen Hotchkiss 25mm and nine Schneider 37mm anti-aircraft guns opened fire simultaneously, and a denser firepower net than before instantly enveloped the swooping Army aviation fighters.

 The first targets of the warriors are naturally those 97 light explosions that are slightly farther away.

The bomb load of this thing is not small. If they are allowed to bomb the fortifications outside the city arbitrarily, it will definitely cause trouble in the subsequent defensive battle.

What's more, the 97 light explosion is slightly less flexible and is much easier to fight than those slippery fighters.

 “Boom! Boom!”

After a loud noise, the two dive bombers turned into fireballs one thousand meters in the air, and then plummeted straight to the ground.

This is not because the Japanese pilots reacted slowly, but mainly because the soldiers launched the attack at a very tricky time.

At an altitude of less than two thousand meters, there was no chance for the pilot to maneuver, and the gun barrel was almost thrust into the person's mouth.

 The sudden explosion stunned the black general Yasuhiko, who was still fighting with the anti-aircraft gun position, for half a second. He even almost hit an oncoming artillery shell.

At this time, the old devil's expression was very exciting, rapidly changing between confusion, anger and shock.

 “Nani?”

“The enemy really has something hidden. They actually have a batch of anti-aircraft guns?”

 Bewildered because the Eighth Route Army has changed so much.

 It has been less than a year since I returned to my homeland. I just studied new tactics for a period of time at Akeno Flight School and the Navy's Yokosuka Air Force.

 How come after returning, Tubalu suddenly became a wealthy man, and his field air defense capabilities were even more powerful than the Empire's Class A divisions.

 Angry and shocked because the enemy really looks down on himself.

Facing the attacks of five squadrons and his carefully designed multiple feint tactics, the commander of the Eighth Route Army below actually dared to leave a reserve force.

Although in this battle of patience, the black general Bao Yan was completely defeated by Commander Liu. But as one of the few ace pilots in the Army Airlines, the Japanese were very unconvinced by their defeat.

However, there was no extra time for him to vent his emotions at this moment. Every second was important in the rapidly changing battlefield, and the team members were still waiting for the next combat order.

 After a brief thought, the black general Baoyan ordered on the communication channel:

“The general plan remains unchanged, the light explosive flying team will continue to attack freely.”

“The 47th and 48th Independent Flying Squadrons, we must destroy the enemy’s air defense positions! Either the enemy dies or we die.”

 All fighter planes are now at very low altitudes, and forcing them out of a dive means they need to fly low and level. Facing an unreasonable number of anti-aircraft artillery groups, exposing the belly of the aircraft is no different from committing seppuku.

Rather than die in vain, it is better to destroy the Eighth Route Army's air defense positions as much as possible and forcefully complete the current mission.

After saying this, the Japanese Major secretly became cruel. While maintaining his dive, he continued to dodge incoming shells, and even found opportunities to shoot at the ground.

With the commander taking the lead, the other Japs made the same choice one after another and continued to carry out the task of attracting firepower despite the metal storm in the sky.

  In 1941, the Japanese were still at their peak in terms of fighting will and personal qualities.

 Otherwise, there might be a talent like Yuji Sasaki on the battlefield who can perform the unique skill of serving the Locust nine times.

Moreover, the positions deployed by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region outside Datong are large enough to accommodate sixty-three aircraft for simultaneous operations.

  If it's like in a certain ship world, a group of aircraft must attack in several waves, and they may be shot down by anti-aircraft artillery on the ground.

While the Japanese launched their attack hysterically, the artillery groups of the Eighth Route Army fought more and more smoothly, and the overall performance was very calm.

 The initial panic was because the soldiers really had little experience. At best, they aim rigidly, and it is not easy to calculate the amount in advance.

 After all, we were all infantrymen before, and we only had some experience in using light and heavy machine guns to fight aircraft.

But things like battlefield experience are all gained in actual combat. The tacit understanding between the gun crew members requires everyone to go through the test of blood and fire.

After firing hundreds of artillery shells in a few minutes, many veterans were on track and even corrected some wrong training habits on the spot.

  Accompanied by the firing of anti-aircraft artillery and the roar of piston engines of various types of aircraft, the battle between the anti-aircraft artillery regiment and the two squadrons officially entered a fever pitch.

 Thirty-four bursts of explosive dust rose from the anti-aircraft artillery regiment's position, and multiple artillery groups were shrouded in gunpowder smoke.

 Then, then it’s gone

The two squadrons led by the black general Yasuhiko are both experimental units. Their Type 1 Fighting Falcon and Type 2 Zhongkui are Ki-43 Type 1 Armor and Ki-44 prototype trial machines respectively.

 The former can mount two Type 92 15kg aerial bombs, while the latter does not even have a pylon.

How can we expect this kind of weapon to blow up the carefully prepared air defense positions of the Eighth Route Army? Do we need to rely on mysterious cohesion?

 After you sing, I will come on stage. After the Japanese's three rounds of axes were completed, the anti-aircraft artillery regiment's counterattack force reached its extreme. From time to time, a fighter plane will be blown up in the air. After all, bulletproof steel plates cannot stop artillery shells above 25 mm.

In just one round of continuous output, the Japanese lost five 97 Single Lights and two Type 1 Fighting Falcons.

The remaining aircraft are also more or less decorated. Whether it will affect driving and combat operations depends on the nature of the pilots.

 Looking at the anti-aircraft artillery position below that had been strafed by him, and then at the left wing that was not too seriously damaged, the black general Yasuhiko clenched his fists reluctantly.

Without him, I really can’t lick it.

Two 12.7 and two 7.7 mm aviation machine guns alone could not cause any substantial damage to the Eighth Route Army.

 After a moment, the old devil almost squeezed out an order through his teeth.

 “Everyone has it, retreat!”

 “We no longer need to continue fighting, today’s goal has barely been achieved.”

As soon as these words came out, the members of each squadron couldn't wait to leave the battlefield. No one wants to fight such a frustrating battle, it's like every punch is punched into cotton.

 Fortunately, the confrontation just now was not without success. They at least disrupted the rhythm of the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft artillery and gave them a chance to evacuate now.

 After consuming part of the machine gun bullets and all the aerial bombs, the mobility of the three Japanese fighter planes has increased slightly.

 According to the preset plan, the survivors would make a large circle over Datong and then retreat to the Jining area of ​​Fengzhen.

Seeing the enemies preparing to flee, Commander Liu, his eyes red, picked up the communicator and called his allies. If the black general Yasuhiko and his party want to retreat smoothly, they must pass through the territory of the other two regiments.

 “Lao Wang, Lao Zhang!”

 “The Japs are going to run! They will pass through your defense area! You must not let the enemy walk comfortably!”

Enemy aircraft are eager to escape and will certainly not be willing to fight or engage in combat.

 In a sense, this is a good time to collect tolls. Who wouldn’t like an opponent who doesn’t fight back and scolds him?

"receive!"

 “Don’t worry! I’ve been waiting for you!”

There was a lot of movement on the main frontal position, and every move there affected the hearts of the comrades.

 When seeing the enemy's retreat, the two regiment commanders immediately ordered the artillery crews to prepare for battle. Shanxi is the territory of the Eighth Route Army. How can you be allowed to come and leave at will?

  ·······

 While the urban and left wing positions were blocking enemy planes, the regimental deputy had already arrived at the command post with the loss report.

“Captain, our losses this time are quite acceptable. After a fierce battle, a total of seven positions were damaged to varying degrees.”

“In the current statistics, there are 68 lightly and seriously injured people, who have been sent to the county hospital by stretcher teams. There are seven soldiers who died, and their bodies have been collected.”

 After hearing the report, Captain Liu’s face was full of bitterness.

　　Japs are not human beings. They die when they die. They have no father or mother, so naturally no one will feel sorry for them.

 Our own soldiers are different. Each one of them is a good comrade of flesh and blood. A ten-minute battle resulted in seventy-five casualties. As a regiment leader, he felt really uncomfortable.

As if seeing the regimental leader's self-blame, the regimental deputy patted the other party's thick shoulder, and then comforted:

“Captain, our regiment’s gains from this battle are not small. In addition to the two we shot down in the initial raid, we shot down seven more in the subsequent battles.”

“Nine planes, it was something I couldn’t even think of before. The sacrifices of our comrades have not been in vain!”

“Through the battle just now, we have learned a lot of experience. If there is another chance to fight against enemy aircraft next time, the soldiers will definitely improve to the next level!”

 “Okay! We must avenge our comrades!”

 The current performance is not only the result of the hard training of the soldiers, but also the optical sight on the 37mm anti-aircraft gun also played an important role.

Compared with the simple mechanical sights on the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun, the optical sights greatly improve the efficiency of each gun group. Of the nine shot down, a full six were shot down by 37 guns.

Perhaps one day in the future, the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft artillery unit will have a 37mm anti-aircraft gun with ten red stars engraved on the gun mantlet.

As if thinking of something, the regimental deputy suddenly asked before leaving:

“Captain, I heard that Director Huang has prepared a new weapon for us. It should be a larger caliber anti-aircraft gun.”

Different from ordinary soldiers, the commanders of the three main anti-aircraft artillery regiments have to go to the headquarters for training. During this period, they would more or less hear rumors about new weapons.

 After all, the Taiyuan Arsenal is also near the headquarters, where all anti-aircraft artillery is produced.

 “Well, it’s true.”

"But I heard it from hearsay. It seems to be a 75mm anti-aircraft gun."

  ·······

 After officially evacuating the Datong airspace, the black general Baoyan breathed a long sigh of relief.

The process of this operation was too bumpy. Just the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery force exhausted them. He even felt like he was simulating a battle with the Navy's Red Deer.

　　Until now, the old Japanese understands a few things, that is, why the First Army was completely wiped out in Shanxi, and why the troops directly under the Mongolian Army and the North China Front Army were facing a powerful enemy.

Without him, the Eighth Route Army is too strong.

 After a while, the black general Yasuhiko looked at his car.

 As for the second-style Zhong Kui's performance today, objectively speaking, it is quite good.

Compared with the Type 97 fighter, it is simply a powerful beast of power, capable of diving, climbing and rolling at any speed.

 The shortcomings are also obvious, the first being the lack of firepower.

As long as this fighter plane is equipped with a 20mm cannon, there will be no embarrassing scene of being unable to lick the ground. Even if the overall ammunition supply is less, he dares to challenge the enemy's anti-aircraft artillery position in a duel.

  Secondly, it is a bit uncomfortable to drive, and the forward field of view can be used to act.

 After summarizing, the black general Yasuhiko picked up the communicator at hand and said to the survivors of the 47th and 48th Squadron:

“Please rest assured, our speed is very fast, and the enemy’s Hurricane fighter jets cannot catch up. In other words, our current situation is very safe.”

Without waiting for a reply from the team members, the old devil continued:

“In the process of returning home, I need you to recall the driving experience just now and think about the advantages and disadvantages of the new fighter plane. This is the ultimate goal of our trip.”

“Whether we are fighting against the United Kingdom, the United States, or the Eighth Route Army of the Republic of China, we need to continuously improve the performance of our aircraft!”

 (End of this chapter)