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Chapter 1,108: God-like artillery battle (Part 2)

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    Not only the Nagano troops at the east gate were overwhelmed by the national army artillery in the city, but the Futian brigade at the north gate was also the same!

    Commander Chang saw that this tactic was so commonly used. Even if the artillery troops were tossing the Japs back and forth, they would often attack the North Gate after attacking the East Gate. The Japs at the North Gate were furious and the attack was greatly affected.

    In comparison, the artillery losses of the Futian Brigade at the North Gate were smaller, but 7 mountain guns and 4 field guns were destroyed, and at least one squadron of cannons was knocked out.

    Fortunately, for a first-class division like the 10th Division, its artillery wing is stronger than that of the 110th Division, so they can still afford this loss.

    But being able to bear it and being happy with it are two different things. The strength of the national army artillery in the city was obviously much weaker than they imagined. The battle that could have been won easily was turned into a bear. Who should blame it?  Can you not be angry?

    The battle on the morning of the 23rd came to an end in a panic. The Japs launched four attacks at the East Gate and North Gate throughout the morning, but all of them were repelled by the defenders. The tanks they sent  The troops and artillery suffered heavy losses, and the infantry also suffered heavy losses, which caused great psychological pressure on the Japanese officers and soldiers on the front line.

    Major Generals Nagano and Fukuda both saw that the national army in the city was determined to resist, so they decided to let the troops eat first and wait until the afternoon to fight again.

    Taking advantage of the meal time, Major General Nagano and Major General Fukuda met and discussed the afternoon attack. Both sides simultaneously thought of a way to deal with the Chinese artillery in the city - dispatch aviation!

    The biggest reason why the Chinese artillery in the city can hide and seek with the artillery of the Imperial Japanese Army in such a cunning way is that they are hiding in the city, and the troops outside the city do not know where they are hiding.

    But if there is a coordinated operation by the aviation force, then all this will be much easier to handle. Under the high-altitude reconnaissance of the aviation force, the artillery in the city will be invisible!

    Therefore, in the afternoon, Major General Nagano and Major General Fukuda jointly sent operational guidance to the 12th Army Headquarters, and the request also included participation in the war!

    After receiving the combat request from the frontline troops, Iida Sadagu naturally would not refuse and immediately dispatched an aviation brigade with a total of 18 aircraft to assist in the battle.

    At three o'clock in the afternoon, a low sound of engines suddenly broke the silence above Heze, and then a dozen black spots suddenly emerged from the clouds and launched a fierce bombardment towards the city of Heze below.

    "Ula"

    "Ula"

    The piercing air defense siren had just sounded, and the shells were already falling.

    "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

    Violent explosions resounded throughout Heze City, as if the end of the world was coming.

    The violent air wave overturned more than half of the tiles on the roof of the city defense headquarters, and the glass on the windows was shattered to the ground. One of the two soldiers standing guard was killed and the other injured. The frightened guards hurriedly rushed Commander Chang and others.  He was escorted to the underground command room.

    This bombing lasted for nearly half an hour. When fires were everywhere in the city and thick smoke enveloped the city again, the Japanese aircraft left the sky over Xinghe in a swaggering manner.

    Although Commander Chang thought that the Japs¡¯ fighter planes might come to bomb, he didn¡¯t expect that they would come at this time, and he was caught off guard by the Japs¡¯ bombing!

    After a bombing, most of the city was destroyed.

    Some military industrial facilities were also damaged, and there were some casualties.

    Fortunately, Commander Chang had always been worried about Japanese aircraft bombings, so he built a large number of air-raid shelters in the city early. Most of the soldiers rested in the air-raid shelters at night, so the number of casualties was not many.

    However, the damage to the private houses in the city was considerable, especially the tall buildings, which were heavily targeted by Japanese bombers and many were destroyed.

    In addition, the headquarters of the 111th Division was also bombed by Japanese fighter planes. An artillery shell fell in the yard. One guard was killed and one was injured. Many maps, weapons and equipment, and important documents in the headquarters were also damaged.

    Fortunately, Commander Chang and others were escorted to the basement where the Japanese bombed them and were not affected. This was a blessing in misfortune.

    If Commander Chang is killed or injured, the national army in the city will be even worse!

    After the Japanese fighter planes withdrew, Commander Chang immediately ordered the troops in the city to collect vegetation and cut down one-third of the poplar trees in the city!

    Then he ordered the soldiers to pile up the vegetation and the still green branches with leaves hanging all over the city, and??Specially guarded!

    At five o¡¯clock in the afternoon, after the two Japanese attacks outside the city were repelled, the Japanese fighter planes that had returned before appeared again!

    However, when the sound of the plane's engine appeared, an order from the 111th Division headquarters quickly spread throughout the city!

    Immediately afterwards, we saw hundreds of fires being lit in the city. Below these fires were dry firewood and dead wood, and above them were wet branches full of moisture. When the fire started, thick smoke suddenly billowed.

    In addition, this July in southwestern Shandong is the hottest time of the year. There is no wind or rain, and thick smoke goes straight into the sky!

    After a while, the entire Heze City was enveloped by the billowing smoke!

    In the sky, Major Onodera was in a very good mood. As a commander of the North China Front Army Aviation Regiment, he was actually not very important.

    During this period, other aviation wings, under the command of the dispatched army headquarters, carried out all-round bombings on the rear areas of the Chinese government, but the troops under his command were required to stay in Jinan City.

    "Seeing my colleagues performing meritorious services every day, familiar people can often be seen in various battle reports from the base camp and the dispatched army headquarters, but they are the only ones who are gathering dust in the rear. It feels really depressing.

    Fortunately, this situation did not last long. On the second day when the front army launched an attack on southwestern Shandong, his aviation group's opportunity came.

    Two hours ago, they had been ordered to carry out a large-scale bombing of this small town called Heze. As a result, there was not even a single anti-aircraft gun or anti-aircraft machine gun in such a large city. Their fighter planes seemed to be in an uninhabited land.  , it¡¯s so cool.

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    What makes him even more happy is that His Excellency Commander Iida has already said that as long as Heze City can be captured, his air force will ask for credit from the Front Army Headquarters.

    Although it is still a bit difficult to be promoted to lieutenant colonel with his current qualifications, it is gratifying to get one more medal, not to mention that military merits are accumulated. He cannot be promoted this time, but with the accumulated military merits, next  You can get promoted in one go.

    The most important thing is that for them, this battle is really not challenging. The enemy poses no threat to them at all. The only thing they can do is to transport the bombs to the sky above the city, or drop them from high altitude or dive bomb them.  Throw these aerial bombs and that's it.

    It¡¯s so simple that it makes them think it¡¯s a free trip!

    However, when Major Onodera arrived over Heze again, he was dumbfounded. He saw thick smoke billowing over the entire city. Under the smoke, only an outline of Heze City could be seen in front of him, and no specific target could be seen.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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