Facing the sudden night attack and bombardment by the Japanese gunboat fleet, the faces of Commander Xue of the headquarters and Commander-in-Chief of the 19th Group Army Luo Zhuoying became increasingly ugly.

"Immediately find a way to sink or repel these Japanese gunboats!"

"Where are our coastal defense artillery units and artillery units? Let them fight back quickly! Hurry!"

But soon, Commander Xue loudly issued orders to the guards who followed him to protect him.

"I will personally supervise their battle!"

Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, also responded quickly.

Then he stopped talking and quickly ran to personally supervise the remaining coastal defense artillery and the artillery unit's counterattack against the Japanese gunboats.

For a time, the entire city of Changsha was plunged into panic and the shadow of war amid the constant shelling and bombardment of the Japanese gunboat fleet.

"How could this happen?"

"Is this the only amount of coastal defense artillery we deploy along the river?"

"What on earth is going on? Didn't I already ask you to redeploy more coastal defense artillery here? There are also artillery units here to assist in the battle?"

"Why are there so few coastal defense guns and artillery now? Please explain to me, what is going on that I don't know about?"

However, when the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, Luo Zhuoying, arrived at the position of the coastal defense artillery, he was immediately stunned, and soon roared and yelled furiously.

The national army officers who were scolded by him all lowered their heads and looked worried.

"Report! Commander!"

"The reason why we have so few coastal defense artillery and artillery pieces left here is because the Japanese Japanese planes of the Japanese army bombed us one after another during the day, so there are a lot of artillery and coastal defense artillery pieces.

All the artillery pieces were destroyed by their bombing! That’s why there are so few artillery pieces and coastal defense guns left!”

"As for the artillery and coastal defense guns that were bombed into parts and scrap metal, we have cleared them and stacked them aside. The commander can inspect them at any time. We have also reported the damage report here.

Got it!"

"So we are all waiting for the artillery supply from above!"

However, in response to the accusations made by Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, Chen Lingjun, the officer in charge of the defense and artillery operations here, bit the bullet, stood up and reported truthfully.

"...."

Luo Zhuoying, commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army.

He was in a very unhappy mood, but now he was facing shelling and bombing by the Japanese gunboat fleet, so he didn't have much time to punish him or continue to curse.

So when he heard this explanation, he stopped talking nonsense.

"In that case, everyone should immediately use the remaining coastal defense guns and artillery to blow up those Japanese soldiers!"

So he quickly issued the battle order loudly.

"Yes! Commander!"

All the artillery units standing in front of him immediately responded loudly in unison.

Immediately, all the artillerymen quickly entered their respective shore defense batteries and artillery positions. They were waiting for the flares on their side to rise, and then launched a counterattack.

However, when they raised the first round of flares, the buzzing engines of Japanese planes suddenly appeared in the sky above them, as well as in the sky above the city of Changsha.

"No! These damn devils are actually attacking and bombing at night!"

"Hurry and hide!"

"Protect the commander and hide! Hurry!"

When he saw the sudden appearance of the Japanese aircraft group, Chen Lingjun, the officer in charge of the defense and artillery operations here, was the first to exclaim.

At the same time, he was also quick to let the artillery under his command immediately cover Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army who was supervising the battle beside him, and quickly find air defense cover.

For him, he never imagined that such a big commander would suddenly come over and personally supervise his artillery unit's bombardment of the Japanese gunboat fleet.

Therefore, when faced with the sudden appearance of a group of Japanese aircraft that launched a night bombing attack, he had a severe headache. Therefore, even in panic, he immediately sent people to cover Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, and left quickly.

Otherwise, if something happened to such a big commander, then the commander of a small artillery unit like him would lose his life at any time.

Facing the unexpected Japanese aircraft group, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, Luo Zhuoying, showed no pretense and quickly followed the officers and soldiers around him who were covering his evacuation to hide together.

He knew his current responsibilities very well, and he could not be blown up by a group of Japanese planes so easily, otherwise his 19th Army might be in chaos.

Fortunately, it was night, so these relatively backward Japanese aircraft groups did not have as advanced instruments and equipment as later generations for bombing, so they could only carry out indiscriminate bombing.

Therefore, this also gave Luo Zhuoying, Commander-in-Chief of the 19th Group Army, time to hide. Because the bombing of the Japanese aircraft group was not accurate enough, they also saved a life, otherwise they might have to be blamed here.

"Damn it! Are you just standing there helplessly watching these damn Japanese planes and the Japanese gunboat fleet bombarding the residential areas outside our city and inside the city with such unbridled bombardment?"

While looking at the Japanese aircraft groups that were bombing at will without much interception, and the bombardment of the Japanese gunboat fleet, the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army Luo Zhuoying was hiding in the air defense bunker, gritting his teeth and cursing.

But no matter how much he curses, how angry, or even furious, it doesn't help.

Because this time the scale of the night attack by the Japanese aircraft group was relatively large.

The scale of the bombing was not inferior to that of the Japanese planes during the day, so the entire city of Changsha and outside the city were bombarded with fire, smoke, and screams and screams.

But there are no troops who can carry out exciting counterattacks. Even the national officers and soldiers who can't see it use anti-aircraft machine guns to counterattack, but it is dark and disrupts the sight, and there are Japanese aircraft groups.

The flight altitude was quite high, so nothing was gained.

However, the losses and casualties in Changsha City continued to increase and expand.

Regarding this, all the officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang hated the Japanese to the point of death, but they were helpless and could only watch the indiscriminate bombing of these Japanese planes.

Although the bombings of these Japanese aircraft groups were not very accurate, in the face of these indiscriminate bombings by the Japanese aircraft groups, the casualties in Changsha increased at an unbelievable speed.

This is a very sad thing,

"Damn Japs! Can we just be so useless tonight and watch the indiscriminate bombing of these Japanese planes?"

Looking at the unbridled bombing of Japanese planes, many officers and soldiers of the national army clenched their fists and cursed through gritted teeth.

Of course, there were also many Chinese military officers and soldiers, but they were fearfully avoiding the bombings of the Japanese planes.

Even Commander Xue and Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying of the 19th Group Army had fierce expressions on their faces, staring intently at the groups of Japanese planes that were constantly bombing, as well as the Japanese gunboat fleet.

Because in their hearts now, there is nothing but hatred for the Japanese.

The pilots who were bombing the Japanese aircraft groups in and outside Changsha so smoothly were in a good mood and happily continued to quickly drop all the aerial bombs on their planes, hoping to increase the number of bombs in Changsha.

casualties, and building collapse.

At the same time, on the Japanese gunboat fleet, many Japanese navy officers and soldiers, with victorious smiles on their faces, laughed at the Chinese officers and soldiers and civilian areas who were being bombarded by their naval guns.

"Hahaha! These Chinese troops are really too vulnerable. Facing our shelling and bombing, they have no power to fight back!"

"That's of course. After you know that our Imperial Air Force dispatched so many aircraft groups for bombing this time, and our Imperial Navy assisted in the bombing, how can these Chinese troops fight back against us!"

"Hehe! Even without the assistance of the aviation force, the bombardment by so many of our gunboat fleets can still cause certain casualties and losses to these Chinese troops!"

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Chapter completed!