freenovelworld Chapter 416: Exploded in One Blow
Chapter 416: Exploded in One Blow
The sudden arrival of the Japanese Air Force stunned the officers and soldiers of both sides who were fighting fiercely. No one could figure out what the planes flying from afar were doing.
For the officers and soldiers of the Chinese attacking force, there was nothing they could do when the Japanese planes came over. It would be nonsense to support the Japanese troops that had been compressed into such a small area. With such a small area, wouldn't all their own people be blown to death?
The Japanese officers and soldiers were even more confused. They had not had a good rest to begin with, and their heads were already in a mess and they couldn't figure out what was going on.
However, when the Japanese bomber group just appeared, the commanders of various Chinese troops quickly ordered all troops to prepare to avoid the Japanese aerial bombing. Even the troops that were attacking were ordered to stop and retreat temporarily to avoid the bombing.
For the Chinese troops, the Japanese headquarters is now very close, so it doesn't matter if they attack now. It will be the same if they wait until the bombing by Japanese planes ends and then launch an attack. Anyway, there are only a few Japanese soldiers left.
"咻" "咻" "咻"
As the Japanese bombers approached, there was a series of sounds of bombs breaking through the wind as they fell, and then there was a dense sound of aerial bombs exploding.
The area that was bombed was the headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, or the area where all the officers and soldiers of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army were currently located. This made all the officers and soldiers of the Chinese attacking force dumbfounded. Are they sure this is a Japanese plane? It can't be our Chinese Air Force.
The battlefield that was originally filled with constant gunfire has now been covered by a series of intensive aerial bomb explosions. Japanese bombers are in a very perfect formation, continuously dropping aerial bombs in the cabin into designated areas. Looking at the series of explosions on the ground, the Japanese airmen also smiled with satisfaction.
For the Japanese air force on the bombers, this bombing support operation was as simple as normal training. There was no air interception by the Chinese Air Force and no threat from ground anti-aircraft fire. It was even easier than going shopping.
When all the Japanese bombers had dropped their bombs, they continued to line up in neat formation and turned back in the direction they came from. The officers and soldiers of the large Chinese army raised their heads and opened their mouths in surprise, watching from the beginning to the end. If the officers had not used binoculars to see the plaster flags on the bombers, reminding everyone that they were Japanese planes, they would have wanted to cheer loudly for the performance of these bombers.
With this crazy bombing by the Japanese bombers, all the Chinese attacking forces quickly took advantage of the favorable conditions of the Japanese bombers and launched a charge. However, most of the attacking forces had retreated far away and were scattered before, so they could not reach the original defense line of the Japanese army for a while.
The bombing by Japanese bombers also caused considerable casualties to the Chinese troops. Many attacking troops did not completely evacuate or find shelter nearby. As a result, the bombing by the Japanese army also caused casualties of more than 400 Chinese officers and soldiers. The loss was not too heavy. After all, all the remaining officers and soldiers of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army added up to only more than 300 people.
The charge of the Chinese attack force was very smooth. The places originally guarded by the 16th Division of the Japanese Army had been bombed beyond recognition. The ground was full of large pits left by the explosion of aerial bombs, and the bodies or broken limbs of Japanese officers and soldiers were scattered on the ground.
The Chinese attacking force cleaned up the battlefield carefully. There was no living Japanese soldier on the entire battlefield. Even the body of the division commander, Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, was not found. The Chinese soldiers only found a lieutenant general rank plate on the side of a large bomb crater.
If there was a Japanese soldier alive, he would definitely point to this big bomb crater and tell the Chinese officers and soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield that this was where the tent of their division commander, Lieutenant General Fujie Keisuke, was located, and that the division's headquarters was also here.
The news that the Japanese 16th Division was completely annihilated was reported to the Fifth War Zone Command at the first opportunity. When the telegrams from various attacking forces were received almost at the same time, all the people in the Fifth War Zone Command cheered loudly. This battle has been fought for so long, and today the combat objectives set before the war have finally been achieved. The hard work of so many days has finally paid off.
"Commander Li, the 31st Army, the 2nd Army and the New 22nd Army just sent telegrams almost at the same time. The remnants of the Japanese 16th Division have been completely wiped out by us. This time we have completely annihilated an entire Japanese regular division. Congratulations, Commander Li. Without your strategic planning, we would not have been able to achieve such a brilliant result." Chief of Staff Xu also walked quickly into Commander Li's office with three telegrams in his hands and said excitedly.
Commander Li had already judged from the loud cheers outside the office that the attacking troops in front had completely eliminated the Japanese 16th Division. After hearing the report from Chief of Staff Xu, Commander Li also smiled and waved his hand and said, "No, it's all thanks to the soldiers' successive fighting and the command of the commander of the troops that we can have such a brilliant result today. They are the real heroes."
After hearing Chief Li's humble words, Chief of Staff Xu also smiled. It was not easy for him to respond to such words. The boss was just being humble and polite. The credit belongs to whoever made it, and the superiors will make the decision.
"By the way, Commander Li, according to the attacking force's estimate, it would take us at least one to two hours to break into the last defense circle of the Japanese 16th Division. But guess what, the Japanese army got confused and sent six bombers to bomb the defense positions of the 16th Division. As a result, some of our troops were affected by the bombing, but the 16th Division of the Japanese Army was wiped out. Even their division commander Fujie Keisuke was blown to pieces. Our soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield only picked up a lieutenant general rank plaque next to a bomb crater." Chief of Staff Xu immediately changed the subject and talked about the previous battle in a relaxed manner.
Commander Li was amazed when listening to Chief of Staff Xu's narration. Finally, he laughed and said, "It seems that we should thank the Japanese pilots. Haha, it's a pity that we don't have their radio call frequency. We can only remember this credit for now, haha."