mesbooks Chapter 278: The 3rd Japanese Flying Regiment
Chapter 278: The 3rd Japanese Flying Regiment
278th Devil's Third Flying Regiment
"Chief of Staff Qiu, we are also following orders."
A major officer nearby could only answer with a wry smile when he heard Crazy Qiu's question.
"Tell me, how are you going to fight?"
Crazy Qiu turned around and asked.
“There are a total of seven anti-aircraft guns here. Our division commander wants them to be deployed on your main position.
In addition, there were thirteen anti-aircraft guns deployed in our positions.
And other flank positions, forming a multi-level air defense firepower network.
When the Japanese air force comes to bomb us again tomorrow, we will launch a surprise attack on them.
We must try to inflict severe damage on these Japanese bombers and reduce the pressure on our subsequent defense.
The reason why our division commander did not take out these anti-aircraft guns when the war just started was.
It was to paralyze the devils.
Chief of Staff Qiu, you have also seen that the Japanese bombers over there are becoming more and more unscrupulous during the day and evening.
They would dive over our position at a very low altitude and then drop bombs.
This shows that the Japanese pilots have completely lost their guard.
They couldn't imagine that we would have so many anti-aircraft guns.
As long as we execute well, we will be able to shoot down a batch of Japanese fighter planes tomorrow."
The major commander of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the 1st Militia Division was now excitedly telling Crazy Qiu about their plan.
After hearing this, Crazy Qiu also nodded: "Well, there is some truth in that.
I leave a company of soldiers behind to assist you.
Let’s see how you perform tomorrow.
You should try to shoot down as many enemy fighter planes as possible.
This way, we won’t have to endure the bombings of these Japanese fighter planes every day.”
"Yes!"
Crazy Qiu left behind a company of soldiers to assist the anti-aircraft artillery battalion commander in the battle.
He returned to the headquarters.
As soon as he returned to the headquarters, Crazy Qiu shouted to Gui Yongqing: "Captain, Ye Qingshan has a big appetite.
He actually hid twenty anti-aircraft guns in order to destroy the Japanese air force.
Damn it, Ye Qingshan got twenty of those large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.
We underestimated him before.
I don’t know what other cards this guy has in his hand.”
After hearing this, Gui Yongqing also laughed and looked up at Crazy Qiu: "Yes.
I just received a telegram from Ye Qingshan, telling me about this.
When I first saw the telegram, I was also stunned.
Chief of Staff Ye did a very thorough job of keeping the secret, and only let us know about it now.
But it's a good plan.
If their ambush tomorrow is successful and they can shoot down a few more Japanese fighter planes, it will be of great significance.
During the daytime battle, the bombers of the Japanese Air Force continuously dropped bombs on our positions.
It caused us too many casualties.
After the war statistics.
In fact, the casualties caused to us by the attack of the Japanese ground forces were not as many as those caused by the bombing.
Now, there are only two people from the Japanese side who pose the greatest threat to us.
One is their air force, and the other is their heavy artillery.
If you don't want to find a way, solve these two problems.
If we want to defend Purple Mountain, we must continue to sacrifice human lives.
Ye Qingshan should have realized this a long time ago.
That’s why we spent a lot of money to purchase this batch of anti-aircraft guns from the Americans.”
Gui Yongqing came over and continued, "Tell the soldiers below to fully cooperate with the anti-aircraft artillery battalion in its operations."
"Yes, don't worry, Captain.
I have already arranged it.”
In the second half of the night, the Japanese did not launch any more attacks, which gave the defenders on Zijin Mountain a rare opportunity to rest.
But this rest period did not last long.
Before daybreak, the sound of the Japs' heavy artillery began again.
The Japanese attack began again.
The battle lasted for two hours. As daybreak approached, dozens of kilometers away, at the Japanese military airport.
There are more than 30 Japanese fighter planes parked here, one third of them are fighters and two thirds are bombers.
At this time, the main bombers in the Japanese airport were their Type 96 attack aircraft and Type 97 heavy attack aircraft.
They mainly carried out bombing missions.
The fighter jets are Nakajima Type 97 fighters, which are responsible for escort missions.
However, at this time, there were basically no sightings of the Nationalist Air Force fighter planes in the sky above Nanjing.
There is basically no air battle to fight with these Japanese fighter planes.
In addition to these main fighter planes of the Japanese at that time, there were also some other old-model fighter planes.
At this time, the Japanese already had many types of fighter planes.
Even the best Type 96 and Type 97 tanks at that time did not have very good performance.
After all, it was only 1938, and the level of world fighter aircraft had not yet entered the stage of explosive growth.
The Japanese Zero fighter has not yet appeared.
It took another two years for advanced fighter jets from various countries to emerge during World War II.
But even so, these Japanese rubbish fighter planes can still fly rampant over the National Army.
It’s because the National Army lacks the means to deal with them.
Not to mention the air force, the Kuomintang air force had already been crippled at that time and was unable to participate in the war.
As for ground counterattack means, that is anti-aircraft guns.
The national army couldn’t produce it either.
Therefore, there is a reason why the Japanese air force is becoming more and more unscrupulous.
"Report to the general, all fighter planes have been fully fueled and ammunition loaded.
Ready to take off at any time!"
A Japanese pilot ran up to the commander of the Third Flight Regiment, Zhihe Zhongzhi, and shouted loudly.
"Yoshi, set off immediately.
Today we will focus on bombing the Chinese Army positions on Purple Mountain."
Zhiga Tadashi gave the order.
"Hi!"
Buzz!
Soon, one after another Japanese warships took off from the runway and glided into the air.
They formed a formation in the air and flew straight towards Jinling.
Soon, these Japanese fighter planes flew over the eastern part of Nanjing.
The location of Zijin Mountain is too conspicuous, and these Japanese pilots can see the Zijin Mountain battlefield from a long distance.
"Japanese aircraft group, Japanese aircraft group spotted."
At the Zijin Mountain position, the observers arranged by Zhou Xinghai had been staring at the eastern sky.
The weather was cloudless today, and the Japanese fighter planes were spotted by observers from the 1st Militia Division even though they were still far away.
Report this news immediately.
The anti-aircraft artillery battalion immediately entered a state of combat readiness after receiving the news.
Remove the camouflage covering each anti-aircraft gun.
All shooters and loaders, all get into combat positions.
"Damn it, where are the Japanese fighter planes?"
But there were still many soldiers who did not see any trace of the Japanese fighter planes.
“Yes, wait a moment.
You will see it.”
The observer said firmly.
Sure enough, two minutes later, the Japanese planes flew even closer.
Now, everyone could see the Japanese aircraft group.
"Damn it, Tiedan.
You are really something. You have a very good eyesight.
The Japanese fighter plane was just a small black dot from such a distance, but you could still see it.
sharp. "
Some veterans of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion gave the observer a thumbs-up.
"Stop talking nonsense and get ready to shoot.
This time, we're going to give those damned Japanese fighter planes a big surprise."