Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 616: What? Li Yunlong took over all the outer positions in just 49 minutes?

At 282 o'clock in the morning on September , the troops participating in the attack were ready to go. The first wave of attack was carried out by the rocket artillery battalion. The moment the time came, they immediately launched an attack on the Japanese outer positions. rockets were fired almost at the same time.

The six positions defended by the Japanese were directly covered. Only more than 30 people from the four Japanese squadrons survived by chance, and the rest were all killed. Less than three minutes after the battle, the casualties of the Japanese reached 800 people, which really stunned Junichi Aoki who received the news. At this moment, he just felt cold all over. He didn't expect that only two months later, the enemy's strength had become so much stronger.

"General, it is really difficult to hold on to Ping'an County. We must be prepared to evacuate in advance, otherwise our Aoki Division will most likely be wiped out here." Yoshihara Jiro persuaded with a painful face.

Ichiro Matsubara had not expected the enemy's firepower to be so terrible. He only had one feeling now, that is, he was tricked by Kojiro Hirata and his men, and he should not have intervened in this matter. He wanted to say something, but when he saw Junichi Aoki's gloomy face, he swallowed his words back. He secretly signaled to his confidant to prepare in advance. If he really found that things were impossible, he would evacuate Ping'an County secretly.

Now he has completely understood that once his troops are exhausted on the battlefield, it is impossible to expect the superiors to replenish them. The 12th Army is having a very hard time now. It has to face threats from two directions at the same time, and its troops are already stretched to the limit. The most criticized thing is that the troops responsible for defending the border between the two provinces dare not withdraw, fearing that the situation will get out of control.

"Order all troops to continue to defend their positions. The commander has agreed to my request. In half an hour, the aviation reinforcements will arrive. Tell the warriors below to hold their positions at all costs. Anyone who dares to retreat will die!"

Compared to the Japanese who were determined to fight to the death, the more than 4000 puppet soldiers did not have the courage to fight to the death. If they were not afraid of death, they would not surrender to the Japanese and become puppet soldiers. After seeing the fierce firepower of the independent regiment, the two puppet army commanders were so scared that they wet their pants. They made up their minds that as soon as Li Yunlong launched an attack, they would immediately stand up and surrender.

"Gouzi, tell the brothers to shoot at the sky. If anyone dares to aim at people, I will kill him! When Li Yunlong's soldiers launch an attack, take action immediately and kill the Japanese soldiers who are in charge of supervising the battle. We must surrender immediately!"

Under the instructions of the two puppet army commanders, the puppet soldiers lowered their heads very low, pointed their guns at the sky and fired randomly, hitting one enemy after another, but not hitting a single enemy. After seeing this, the Japanese squadron in charge of supervising the battle immediately stepped forward and severely reprimanded the puppet army commander. The puppet army commander, who was scolded so much that he could not raise his head, did not dare to resist, and quickly ordered his soldiers to lower their guns and shoot at the attacking armored commandos.

At this time, fighter planes in the sky began to dive, firing intensive fire at the Japanese and puppet troops defending on the ground, making them unable to raise their heads. Then dive bombers began to drop bombs at low altitude, knocking the Japanese and puppet soldiers off their feet, and destroying one position after another.

The next to come on the scene was the Fat Baby ground attack aircraft squadron, whose ferocious firepower effectively suppressed the Japanese and the puppet army. At this time, the Japanese air force also arrived at the battlefield. The three fighter squadrons that had been waiting for a long time immediately pounced on them and intercepted the Japanese air force that came to support them. A fierce air battle broke out between the enemy and us over Ping'an County.

It was also the first time that the Japanese Zero fighter encountered an equally powerful opponent. The Thunderbolt fighter, relying on its superior firepower and defense, as well as its super high maneuverability, fought a tie with the Japanese Zero fighter for the first time. Lin Zhenhua now had a weapon in his hand that could truly restrain the Japanese Zero fighter.

The entangled Zero fighters were unable to effectively protect the bomber group. As for the old Type 96 fighters, they were no match for the Raiden and Lightning fighters. The situation in the air battle was completely one-sided.

After discovering this situation, Colonel Nagata immediately ordered the bomber units and old fighter units to raid the enemy's armored cluster at all costs and adopt human-machine combined tactics to complete the task assigned by Fujiwara Ichiro.

The Japanese pilots were very brave at this moment. They rushed towards the enemy's armored group one by one. The anti-aircraft battalion on standby on the ground immediately opened fire after discovering them. However, due to the distance between the armored assault team and the artillery battalion, the air defense support they could provide was very small. 22 Japanese bombers and 19 Japanese Type fighters rushed towards the armored assault team like wild bulls, overcoming the obstruction of anti-aircraft artillery fire.

The rumbling sounds of explosions rang out one after another. The armored commandos who were unable to dodge suffered heavy losses. A total of 22 tanks and 56 armored vehicles were destroyed, and the loss of personnel exceeded 600. The losses were extremely heavy.

Colonel Nagata was not satisfied after seeing the results on the ground, but now he was powerless and immediately ordered his pilots to retreat. Lin Zhenhua immediately ordered the air force regiment to pursue and take the opportunity to strangle the enemy's air force. He was also very angry about the loss of the armored commando, but he also understood that this was unavoidable.

Faced with the Japanese's life-threatening fighting style, no matter how many anti-aircraft firepower he deployed, it would be useless. The only thing he could do now was to rescue the wounded and take the position in front of him as soon as possible.

"Order Zhang Dabiao to continue the attack. No matter what the cost, all the enemy's outer positions must be captured within an hour. Order the artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion to increase the intensity of the bombardment and suppress the enemy's firepower in all directions!"

"Order Shen Quan to lead his men to follow immediately. All the outer positions of the Japanese must be occupied within an hour. Contact the 358th Regiment and ask them to send out an infantry battalion to join the battle immediately. If they continue to be slow, there will be no need for them to participate in this battle!"

After seeing the losses of the armored assault team, Li Yunlong's face looked very gloomy. He really didn't expect that the losses of the armored assault team would be so great. He also realized that without seizing air supremacy on the battlefield, the so-called armored blitzkrieg was simply a joke. This also gave him a clearer understanding of air supremacy on the battlefield.

The two Japanese battalions responsible for the outer defense now only had four squadrons left to mobilize, two of which were responsible for supervising the puppet army, and only two squadrons could really be used for combat. Under the attack of the armored assault team, the two squadrons of the Japanese could not make any waves at all. At this time, the two puppet army also turned the battlefield around and launched an attack on the Japanese supervising team. At the cost of nearly half of the casualties, they completely wiped out the two Japanese supervising squadrons.

The two remaining Japanese squadrons were reduced to only more than 100 people. They had no choice but to withdraw from the outer positions. Only 49 minutes after the war started, the outer defense line was completely lost and occupied by the independent regiment.

Junichi Aoki was also shocked by the enemy's performance. In less than an hour, all the outer positions were lost, and only 122 Japanese soldiers escaped. He did not blame the more than 100 Japanese soldiers. Even if he faced such fierce firepower from the enemy, he could not guarantee that he could hold out for another ten minutes. It can be seen how much shock Lin Zhenhua and Li Yunlong's attack brought to him.

"Immediately blow up the wooden bridge in the city, and then hold on until help arrives. No retreat is allowed unless it is absolutely necessary!"

Forced into a desperate situation, Jun'ichi Aoki had no choice but to resort to this method. It was not that he did not want to retreat, but that there was simply no way to retreat. He had already expressed his determination to the Taiyuan Command that he would defend Taiyuan City at all costs.

Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua were also not idle. They immediately arranged for people to rescue the wounded, and then transported the wounded back to the base for recuperation via transport planes sent by the Air Force Regiment.

In this battle, there were thousands of casualties among the soldiers, including 691 killed, 282 slightly injured, and 123 seriously injured. This number of casualties was still within the acceptable range for the two men. The casualty ratio in this battle was close to 1 to 4, which can be called a great victory.

"Old Li, these puppet soldiers are on the battlefield out of necessity, but since they have surrendered, we cannot turn a blind eye. We should first incorporate them into the transport team to be responsible for carrying supplies. We must be vigilant against them and confiscate all their weapons to prevent sabotage by people with ulterior motives!" Lin Zhenhua made the arrangements in a calm tone.

Li Yunlong had no objection to this. He also felt that such an arrangement was very appropriate. One must be wary of these surrendered puppet soldiers. If one really treated them as one of their own people, then one would be a fool.

"College student, your arrangement is very appropriate. We still need to screen these puppet soldiers. Those puppet soldiers who have no bad records can be absorbed into our team, and those puppet soldiers who have committed heinous crimes must be publicly executed."

"This air-to-ground battle also revealed many problems. The air defense battalion did not catch up with the armored forces in the first place. I have already dismissed the commander of the air defense battalion and appointed Sanwazi as the new commander. The command of the artillery battalion and the rocket launcher battalion has been handed over to Wang Chengzhu. When we attack Ping'an County later, I will never allow anyone to make such a low-level mistake again!"