Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Taiyuan is far away from the independent battalion base and it takes a long time to reach it, but this is only for the ground troops. The Japanese bombers appeared on the horizon around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Lin Qiang stood on a high slope, looking at the black spots gradually approaching on the horizon - the Japanese bomber group.

His eyes were stern and resolute as he gave orders over the intercom: "Everyone, follow my command! Enter the air defense position, and the camouflage team quickly set up decoys!"

The soldiers acted quickly, and the ground targets used to confuse the Japanese also started to operate at this time.

Soon, when all the soldiers entered the cat ear cave, fake targets were everywhere.

As the first Japanese bomber entered the range, Lin Qiang yelled into the intercom: "Fire!"

In an instant, the anti-aircraft machine guns spewed out angry flames and the anti-aircraft guns also issued a deafening roar.

One shell after another exploded in the air, creating brilliant sparks and forming a dense network of fire.

The Japanese pilots obviously did not expect to encounter such a fierce attack. The first few bombers were hit and caught fire instantly, falling to the ground with long trails of black smoke.

The remaining enemy planes tried to fly higher to avoid them, but the soldiers of the independent battalion were very skilled in their operations, adjusting their shooting angles and continuing their pursuit.

A Japanese bomber took the risk of diving and dropping a bomb. The bomb exploded not far from the cat ear cave, and the soil was blown into pieces.

But the soldiers were not afraid at all and continued to stay at their posts and shoot.

As the Japanese bombers continued to increase their altitude, the threat posed by anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns to the bombers became smaller and smaller.

In the first round of bombing, only one shell fell behind the position. It was a shell that was accidentally missed when the Japanese bomber was shot down.

The air defense team completed the task assigned by Lin Qiang, and no enemy plane dared to drop bombs at low altitude.

However, the fact that enemy planes flew overhead did not mean that the bombing was over.

Before Lin Qiang had time to give the order to continue on alert, he found that the previous scene had appeared again, with a group of fighter jets escorting the Japanese bomber group.

He frowned, knowing that the situation had become more serious.

However, Lin Qiang did not panic at all. He calmly gave orders: "Concentrate your firepower on the bombers first, and ignore the fighters!"

The soldiers immediately adjusted the distribution of firepower, giving priority to attacking the bombers.

The threat posed by bombers is far greater than that of fighter jets. The machine guns on fighter jets cannot cause effective damage to cat ear holes, so the soldiers hiding inside will naturally be safe.

The Japanese fighter planes began to fire crazily, and bullets fell on the position like raindrops.

Several of the air defense fighters were injured, but were quickly replaced by others.

After a fierce battle, the bomber group suffered heavy losses and the remaining few began to flee.

Lin Qiang saw the right moment and shouted, "Switch fire and take out those fighter planes!"

The soldiers turned their guns and fired fiercely at the fighter planes.

The fighter planes didn't expect that the independent battalion would dare to counterattack, and their formation was in chaos for a while.

The soldiers' firepower was fierce and accurate. Fighter planes were hit one after another, smoking, struggling in the air and turning into fireballs and falling.

However, just when everyone thought victory was in sight, a low roar suddenly came from the distance.

Lin Qiang was shocked and picked up the telescope to look, only to see more Japanese fighter planes appearing in the sky, more than double the number before.

The soldiers had just experienced a tough battle and had little ammunition left on the battlefield. Everyone had a solemn look on their faces.

The soldiers were worried that something might happen if all the ammunition was left on the battlefield, so they put it in the cat ear holes. However, the Japanese bombers did not give the soldiers a chance to move the ammunition.

Fortunately, the logistics team came out of the cat ear cave in time, each carrying a box of ammunition.

When the Japanese planes came into range, Lin Qiang gave an order and the sound of battle rang out again.

Relying on their excellent skills, the soldiers prevented the Japanese bombers and fighter planes from launching effective attacks on their positions.

On the other hand, many Japanese planes in the Japanese bomber formation were damaged and crashed, but the independent battalion also suffered heavy casualties.

The air defense team lost four men and injured thirteen.

None of them were caused by the bombs dropped by the Japanese bombers, but by the enemy planes losing control and intentionally crashing into the air defense positions.

However, due to the height problem, the impact position deviated and the enemy aircraft did not cause effective damage to the air defense position. The soldiers were injured and sacrificed because of the fragments carried away by the shock wave after the explosion of the enemy aircraft.

The reserve soldiers of the air defense team quickly took over the position and turned their grief and anger over the death of their brothers into artillery shells to bombard the enemy planes.

At this time, Lin Qiang saw a Japanese plane break away from the formation and dive towards the ground, as if it was going to carry out a suicide attack.

Lin Qiang roared: "Get out of the way!"

After hearing Lin Qiang's shout, Xiao Wu resolutely pressed his body on the radio equipment, hoping to protect these precious equipment in this way.

Fortunately, the anti-aircraft shells hit the wing of the enemy plane, causing its flight direction to change.

The Japanese bomber crashed into an open space a hundred meters away from the command post, and the bomb in the plane exploded at this time.

The explosion caused a huge shock wave, which carried the aircraft fragments in all directions.

There were no soldiers on the battlefield, so there were no casualties. Otherwise, it is unknown how many casualties there would have been.

Lin Qiang looked at the reorganized bomber formation with a gloomy face. He still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese.

Even if Ren Linqiang racked his brains, he would never have imagined how powerful the Japanese army had mobilized in order to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army.

If it weren't for the strong combat effectiveness of Lin Qiang's Independent Battalion, these bombers would have targeted the entire Eighth Route Army base in northwestern Shanxi.

Lin Qiang knew how many enemy planes were at Taiyuan Airport, but the number of bombers that arrived this time was more than twice that of the number at Taiyuan Airport.

Where do these planes come from?

Just as Lin Qiang was puzzled, he discovered that there were several aircraft with strange designs behind the enemy aircraft group, which were different from ordinary Japanese bombers. These aircraft flew at an extremely high speed and soon surpassed the formation in front.

Lin Qiang had a bad feeling in his heart and ordered everyone to be prepared for the response.

As the mysterious planes approached, Lin Qiang realized that they were actually modified new attack aircraft with better equipment and stronger firepower.

The attack planes began to fire wildly, and bullets fell like raindrops. The soldiers relied on the cover to fight back, aimed at one of the planes, and fired a shell after a roar, but unfortunately it only grazed it.

The training of the air defense group has always been based on the standards of the Japanese bombers, so that the soldiers can capture the Japanese bombers at the first time.

However, these planes were so fast that they had already flown over the position before the soldiers could catch them.

Fortunately, these planes did not carry bombs, otherwise the air defense positions would have been reduced to ruins.

"Damn it, I don't believe I can't cure you!"

As a cheater, Lin Qiang felt like the Japanese were slapping him left and right on the face, and mocking him for not being able to beat them even with cheats.

Lin Qiang personally came to the air defense position and took over a 40mm L60 anti-aircraft gun.

Lin Qiang narrowed his eyes and locked onto the new attack aircraft that flew away and then turned back.

He took a deep breath and concentrated on adjusting the angle of the anti-aircraft gun. The soldiers around him looked at him nervously. They knew the difficulty of this battle and Lin Qiang was their last hope.

The attack planes roared towards them again. Lin Qiang remained calm, his finger firmly on the trigger.

When the attack aircraft entered the optimal range, he opened fire decisively.

"boom!"

A huge explosion sounded, and a shell accurately hit the wing of the front attack aircraft. In an instant, flames shot up into the sky, and the attack aircraft staggered and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the other enemy planes immediately dispersed, trying to avoid Lin Qiang's attack.

But Lin Qiang seemed to have predicted their route in advance, and quickly turned the anti-aircraft gun and fired several shots in succession.

Dazzling flames burst out one after another in the sky, and the remaining several new attack aircraft were hit one after another.

"Commander, we hit them all!"