Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 81 The plane left again

After circling in the air for a few minutes, the two Japanese light bombers began to lower their altitude.

"Swoosh!~~" As the Japanese planes began to drop bombs, a sharp whistle sounded.

"Get down!" Chen Chengxing shouted.

Faced with aerial bombs weighing at least hundreds of kilograms, any earthen shelter is useless and one can only hope that the bomb does not fall nearby.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
After just one round of bombing by the Japanese bombers, most of the hill where the three regiments were located was covered by explosions.

"Rescue the wounded immediately and check if there are any buried soldiers!" Chen Chengxing shouted after the bombing.

Now Chen Chengxing is very glad that he pulled a lot of sleepers here when he was prying the rails.

If the anti-artillery holes were simply dug in the trenches without wooden support, they would not be able to withstand the bombing of aerial bombs.

Once the anti-artillery cave collapses, the entire class will be sacrificed.

As far as Chen Chengxing knew, it was impossible for the two Japanese bombers to carry only so few bombs. If the Japanese infantry attack was thwarted, they would definitely bomb again.

"The Japs are coming!" The front-line observer shouted as everyone was busy rescuing.

"TND, Second Battalion! Follow me!" Li Yunlong looked at the tragic situation and his temper immediately flared up. He led the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment to the front-line position on the spot.

Chen Chengxing did not say much about this, but transferred the command of the first battalion to Li Yunlong, and the front-line position was completely handed over to Li Yunlong.

"Old Chen, some of the wounded are very abnormal. They clearly have no injuries and were normal a second ago, but suddenly they fall to the ground and roll around like crazy, and we can't hold them down." Kong Jie ran over and said, "Is there poison in the Japanese bombs?"

"I'll go take a look." Chen Chengxing stood up and said.

The Japanese bombs had all exploded, and there was no obvious smoke on the position, so it was unlikely to be poisonous.

After seeing the wounded rolling on the ground, Chen Chengxing immediately understood what was going on.

"Tell the comrades, if the Japanese bomb again, everyone should lie down with their chests and abdomen not touching the ground, and use their arms to support themselves," Chen Chengxing ordered.

The veterans of the Red Army had undergone training. Although they didn't know why, they knew what the standard posture was. However, the new recruits didn't understand because this was their first time being bombed.

Facing a 75mm artillery piece, the prone position has little effect, but the shock waves from heavy artillery and aerial bombs, which are high-powered bombs, are astonishing, and lying on the ground can cause damage to internal organs.

At the beginning, you may not feel it because of the influence of adrenaline, but once the effect of adrenaline disappears, the severe pain will make life worse than death.

After hearing what Chen Chengxing said, Kong Jie asked, "You mean lying on the ground is not okay?"

Kong Jie certainly knew what the standard action was, but he didn't know why.

"In addition to the shrapnel damage, the bomb also produces a very strong shock wave. The ground will transmit the shock wave. Keeping the abdomen off the ground can minimize damage to internal organs," Chen Chengxing explained.

"So that's how it is. I'll inform everyone about this right away." Kong Jie left in a hurry.

At this time, Li Yunlong had already fought with the Japanese.

In order to avoid being directly bombed by the Japanese, Li Yunlong led his team out of the trenches and engaged in a melee with the attacking Japanese.

Hirosuke Takada was also very clear about his strengths and weaknesses. To engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eighth Route Army was to use one's own weaknesses to attack their strengths.

"Provide firepower to cover the troops' retreat. Tell the bombers to bomb the Eighth Route Army's positions again immediately after the troops withdraw. The mountain artillery should also cooperate in the attack." Takada Hirosuke ordered.

"Hai!"

As soon as the Japanese began to retreat under the cover of mountain artillery, Chen Chengxing noticed something was wrong.

"Notify Captain Li immediately and ask him to lead the team to withdraw to the position. The Japanese are about to bomb again!" Chen Chengxing said to the communicator beside him.

The Japanese bombers are now adjusting their routes. If we can't return to our positions before the bombing, the casualties will be unimaginable.

"Yes!"

After receiving the notification from the communicator, Li Yunlong immediately looked up into the sky and saw that the Japanese planes were already preparing. "Stop chasing! Retreat! Retreat to the position immediately!" Li Yunlong ordered loudly.

Then the troops began to run back.

As soon as he jumped into the trench, Li Yunlong heard the whistling sound of bombs.

“Swoosh!~~~”

"Lie down!"

"Belly off the ground!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
The hilltop was once again engulfed in explosions.

After dropping the bombs, the Japanese bomber did not leave, but circled and lowered its altitude again.

“Da da da da.” “Da da da da.” “Da da da da.”
The soldiers who had just climbed up were strafed by aircraft machine guns, and at the same time the Japanese infantry began to attack again.

"Call the anti-aircraft position and tell them to be ready. Once the Japanese planes enter the designated range at low altitude, immediately open fire at full speed!" Chen Chengxing gave the order immediately when he saw that the Japanese planes were relentless.

"Yes!"

"Hello? Anti-aircraft position? The commander wants you to be ready. Open fire immediately when the plane enters the designated range!"

After the Japanese planes swept several times, the pilots became bolder and flew lower and lower.

"Lower, lower." Qin Jisheng, who was in charge of the air defense position, kept following the movements of the Japanese planes.

Seeing the plane enter the designated area, Qin Jisheng immediately shouted: "Fire!"

"Da da da da da"

The six heavy machine guns fired a long burst of fire, using up all 6 rounds of magazines in one go.

The leading Japanese bomber was immediately hit and smoke came out. The other plane saw an ambush and immediately began to climb.

Although the smoking plane also tried to rise, its engine soon lost power and the plane began to glide downward.

"Ma Zhiyuan! Take the reconnaissance platoon and follow them immediately. You must find the place where the plane crashed. We must find the people alive or the bodies dead!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

Just as Ma Zhiyuan was about to leave, Chen Chengxing suddenly added, "Well, if the Japanese pilot is not dead, then capture him alive and don't kill him."

Pilots are highly skilled personnel. If we can capture them and send them to headquarters, it will be a great achievement.

Chen Chengxing knew these people in the New Second Regiment too well. If there were no orders, it would be a miracle for the Japanese pilots to survive.

"Yes!"

Ma Zhiyuan then realized that when the regiment commander said "I want to see the person alive or the body dead", it turned out that he did not mean to let him kill the pilot.

As this Japanese plane was damaged and lost power, the other one no longer dared to act so arrogantly and turned around and flew back.

When Hirosuke Takada saw the damaged plane diving northward with smoke, his face looked uglier than if his entire family had died.

He knew very well how valuable the Locust Army's planes were.

"Second Squadron, First Squadron! Chase after them immediately and make sure to find the plane!" ordered Hirosuke Takada.

The plane is now just emitting smoke, but it seems to be still controllable. Hirosuke Takada feels that the plane may still be able to make an emergency landing.

If I can get the plane back, then my merits and demerits will be offset.

(End of this chapter)