freenovelworld Chapter 427 Aircraft bombing the county town
Chapter 427 Aircraft bombing the county town
At this time, the fire in the distance had not yet arrived.
But there were still wild beasts running towards them.
As the fire was getting closer and closer, the beasts had nowhere to run and could only run towards places where there was no fire.
This made all the brothers very happy.
Many brothers, even child soldiers, took the opportunity to practice their marksmanship by shooting at the beasts...
Finally, the fire reached the fire line.
However, because of the firebreak.
The fire did not cross the firebreak.
All the brothers have retreated to the back, happily enjoying various game.
Everyone was eating with their mouths full of oil.
The entire lake was filled with the brothers’ happy laughter.
Although the dust that rose into the air fell on their bodies, heads, and even into their bowls, no one minded.
The Japs in the distance were also laughing.
Because the fire is still burning.
The entire Wild Boar Forest was surrounded by fire and thick smoke.
They felt that these guerrillas hiding in the wild boar forest would definitely be burned to death.
Without any worries, the Japanese launched a fierce attack on Pingpan Castle.
The defense of Pingpan Castle begins.
All national troops, including local armed militia, went to the battlefield.
Originally, the Japanese thought that they could fight a night battle and capture Pingpan City in one night.
But after fighting for a whole night, the Japanese troops suffered heavy losses. They tried to enter the county town several times but were driven out again.
The angry Japanese brigade commander, Shota Yamazaki, put his hands on his hips and pointed in the direction of Hirai Castle and cursed.
"Baga, it's just a small county, but it's so difficult to defeat. What kind of army is on the other side? How many people are there?"
"Report, the ones guarding the city are Long Qian's New Sixth Army's New First Brigade! There should be only over 5,000 people!"
"Baka! An entire brigade has fought with me for a whole night and hasn't been completely wiped out yet! Baka! Keep attacking!"
Yamazaki Shota angrily slammed the table and cursed.
After all, his junior schoolmate, the woman he once pursued, was right next to him, and he certainly didn't want this woman to laugh at him.
Moreover, he is also a brigade. Although he had lost a regiment before, the number of people under his command is not much different from that of the New Sixth Army's New First Brigade on the opposite side, but his team has a tank squadron and a field artillery battalion.
Where would he put his face if he couldn't take over a small county?
However, Miss Meiko stopped her.
"Mr. Yamazaki, don't underestimate the New Sixth Army on the other side. As far as I know, this New Sixth Army is all Hunan Army!"
"The Hunan Army?! Wasn't the Hunan Army wiped out in Songhu? How come there is still a Hunan Army?"
Yamazaki Shota widened his eyes in disbelief.
Miss Miko explained.
"In the Battle of Songhu, almost all the Hunan Army was killed. Later, many Hunan Army soldiers were assigned to the Central Army and became the main force of the Central Army. But in June this year, the local armed forces of Xiangxi established the New 6th Army. The army commander, Long Qiankun, was born and raised in Xiangxi. The Hunan Army soldiers under his command are all Xiangxi barbarians, and their combat effectiveness is quite strong!"
"Besides, this is Hunan. The Hunanese will fight to the death to defend their homeland! You can't even get in at night. Continuing to attack now is nothing more than a tactic of adding fuel to the fire!"
"Moreover, your men have suffered heavy casualties and a huge consumption of ammunition. Even if you attack again, you probably won't be able to take it down today! The best way is to call for air support!"
Yamazaki Shota gritted his teeth with helplessness on his face.
"The Air Force said they can't spare too many planes to support us for now! They are trying to intercept the 74th Army now!"
"Can't spare a plane to come over?! Humph!"
Miss Miko snorted coldly.
"That's just an excuse. I'm going to make a phone call!"
"Thank you Miss Miko!"
Yamazaki Shota was so moved that tears almost came out.
Sure enough, as soon as Miss Meiko made a phone call, the Air Force immediately agreed to send a plane.
However, in order to save face, the Air Force said that there would only be planes flying there in the afternoon.
Although the time was delayed until the afternoon, a plane finally arrived.
Yamazaki Shota was extremely happy, and quickly ordered the team to retreat to rest and wait for the plane bombing in the afternoon to attack again.
At the same time, contact the rear to arrange material supplies and replenishment of troops for them as soon as possible.
At this time, his men had lost nearly a thousand people, leaving only more than three thousand.
It is necessary to replenish troops to prevent the national army from counterattacking.
And here in the National Army.
When Tan Guohao, commander of the newly formed First Brigade of the New Sixth Army, saw the Japanese retreating to rest, he couldn't help but sneer.
"You damned little Japs, don't run away if you have the guts. Come over here and fight me. I'll kill you all!"
"Brigade commander, the team has suffered heavy casualties, can you please call for backup?"
The staff officer ran over with dust on his face.
"How are the casualties?"
"We haven't counted the numbers yet, but judging by the situation, we estimate that at least more than a thousand brothers were killed or wounded! Fortunately, it was a night battle, and after letting the Japanese in, we engaged them in hand-to-hand combat in the streets, otherwise, even more people would have died!"
"Damn it! Over a thousand casualties in one night!"
Brigade commander Tan Guohao punched the city wall with great force.
This is just an estimate of casualties. If we really count the number, it is estimated that it will be higher than this number, with perhaps more than 2,000 casualties.
Originally he only had a team of more than 5,000 people.
This is almost half of the casualties!
He looked up at the sky and said through gritted teeth.
"When the Japs retreated, their field artillery didn't bombard them. Either they were short of shells, or they were waiting for reinforcements. The damn Japs will definitely send planes to bomb them. Inform the troops. Only a few soldiers will be left on the city wall to be on guard. The others should quickly find a place to hide from the bombing! Inform the chief of the police station and order all the people to enter the air-raid shelters!"
This guy Tan Guohao also graduated from the Military Academy.
After he came here, he built many air-raid shelters and some bunkers to prevent Japanese attacks.
So, last night, after he let the Japanese in, he used these bunkers and street fighting to repel many of the Japanese attacks!
If it weren't for these bunkers, secret bunkers and air-raid shelters, the Japanese field artillery bombardment would have killed more people.
But even so, after the Japanese tanks drove in, he suffered heavy casualties.
After all, they had no good weapons to deal with tanks.
But even so.
They still managed to blow up the five Japanese tanks.
Time passed slowly and soon it was two o'clock in the afternoon.
Black spots have appeared in the distance in the sky.
"Plane, plane, sound the air raid siren!"
The sentry on the city wall saw the plane and shouted loudly.
The air raid alarm sounded and everyone looked for places to hide from the bombing.
Soon, planes flew over the county town and dropped bombs continuously.
The entire county was filled with smoke from the bombings by the Japanese planes.
Looking at this scene, the Japanese brigade commander Yamazaki Shota had a sly smile on his face.
"Yoshi, the planes of our Great Japanese Empire are still so mighty!"