62: Chapter 62 Thank you, Japanese devils, for sending us the big airplane!

"Shooting down a few planes... just for fun?"

"Is this something you can just shoot down for fun?"

"Mr. Shen, this..." The Brigade Commander didn't know what to say for a moment.

Shen Wang didn't say anything more. He first turned his head and made a few concise gestures to the "tool men" convoy waiting behind him.

The silent drivers immediately sprang into action, like an ant colony with a unified consciousness, driving thousands of trucks to quickly disperse and hide in different directions.

In a short time, the eye-catching, massive convoy at the village entrance broke into pieces and disappeared into the mountain forests and ravines.

The efficiency was jaw-dropping!

After giving the order to transfer supplies, Shen Wang turned back.

He knew that if he didn't explain the key points, the Brigade Commander and the others wouldn't be at ease.

"Brigade Commander, everyone, please stay calm!"

"The anti-aircraft ammunition I brought doesn't use 'impact fuses' that rely on luck, nor does it use 'time fuses' that require complex calculations and experience."

He paused, looked at the puzzled eyes of the crowd, and said word by word:

"It is called—'Proximity Fuse'."

"Proximity fuse?"

Li Yunlong repeated. The name sounded fresh.

"That's right, proximity fuse!"

"As the name implies, as long as the shell flies close enough to the Japanese planes, it doesn't need to hit them. At a distance of ten or twenty meters, it can 'sense' the existence of the plane itself."

"Then... Boom! It explodes automatically! Using the countless fragments generated by the explosion to tear the plane to shreds!"

"What?!"

"It explodes... when it gets close?"

"Within a range of ten or twenty meters?"

"It can... sense it itself?"

The Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang, and the others were completely dumbfounded!

This method of explosion... was simply unheard of!

This had completely exceeded their cognitive limits regarding weapons!

How... did the shell grow eyes?

How did it know it was getting close?

It was simply... incomprehensible!

But after the shock came ecstasy!

The Brigade Commander's breathing became heavy instantly. He was an expert and immediately grasped the most critical core.

"Mr... Mr. Shen! You mean... as long as the shell can reach the vicinity of the plane, it will automatically explode?"

"Then... then this hit rate..."

"The hit rate will be greatly improved!" Shen Wang took over.

"Therefore, operating these anti-aircraft guns does not require profound experience or complex calculations. It only requires—"

"Sharp eyes and quick hands! Knowing how to aim! Just being able to get the shell into the airspace where the plane is located is enough!"

Shen Wang looked at the Brigade Commander and Li Yunlong with a smile on his lips:

"I wonder... in our Eighth Route Army, are there... such sharpshooters?"

Are there?

The Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong, and the others looked at each other, and then they all laughed!

"Yes! There damn well are!"

Li Yunlong jumped up first: "Don't talk about the entire Eighth Route Army, even in my Independent Regiment, I can find you dozens of such sharpshooters!"

"That's right! Among our soldiers, who doesn't value bullets more than their own lives? Shooting accurately is a basic skill!" Kong Jie was also glowing with excitement.

As long as you can get the shell within ten or twenty meters of the plane, this difficulty is not small, but... it's really not big either!

If it was really as Shen Wang said, and the operation of the anti-aircraft gun was simplified to just "aiming at the plane," what else did they have to fear?

At this time, Kong Jie's "blockhead" temper flared up. He rolled up his sleeves and shouted at Li Yunlong:

"Old Li! Stop talking nonsense! I was also a good shot who could hit a target at a hundred paces back in the day!"

"You assign me a platoon, and I will operate the gun myself. I must shoot down those damn Japanese planes!"

With him taking the lead, Ding Wei, Zhao Gang, and fierce generals like Zhang Dabiao were also completely blood-boiling, scrambling to ask for battle:

"Count me in! Old Li, you assign me a platoon too!"

"Regimental Commander! Count me in! I guarantee I won't let the Japanese planes escape!"

"Don't fight with me! I've long wanted to mess with those damn planes!"

...

Shooting down a Japanese plane with your own hands!

Just thinking about it was satisfying!

Before, they could only take the bombing and suffer the humiliation. Now with a divine weapon in hand, how could they miss this opportunity?

Li Yunlong was also full of heroic spirit.

"Brigade Commander, you go to the rear to command with Mr. Shen, leave this to us!"

"We guarantee the Japanese planes won't be able to return!"

At this time, Shen Wang said again: "Then... what, I'll stay too, I want to shoot down planes too!"

He had never shot down a real plane before!

Originally, the Brigade Commander was also high-spirited, but upon hearing Shen Wang say this, he calmed down instantly.

"Mr. Shen! We appreciate your intention! But this gun position is really too dangerous, you absolutely cannot go up!"

"You just stay in the rear and command with me!"

Following that, the Brigade Commander, along with a few guards, pulled and dragged Shen Wang away.

Shen Wang rubbed his nose regretfully. He really wanted to experience... the feeling of shooting down a real plane.

But looking at the Brigade Commander's unquestionable gaze, he had to suppress this thought and nodded: "Alright, then I'll listen to the Brigade Commander."

Moreover, the anti-aircraft gun position was indeed dangerous; it belonged to the front line of the front lines!

Shen Wang came to a hilltop in the mountains in the rear with the Brigade Commander.

The location here was hidden, but the view was good. Through binoculars, they could just vaguely see those few 85mm guns.

Twelve 85mm anti-aircraft guns were lined up northwest of Yang Village!

After just a little experimentation, Li Yunlong and the others knew how to operate this thing.

Actually, it wasn't difficult; it was similar to a heavy machine gun.

Everything was ready, just waiting for the Japanese to deliver the big planes!

...

Meanwhile.

Taiyuan.

Headquarters of the 3rd Aviation Brigade of the First Army of the North China Area Army.

"Hai! Report to the Brigade Commander!" An operations staff officer walked in quickly.

"Just received reconnaissance reports that a large-scale gathering of Eighth Route Army supplies has been discovered in the Yang Village area of Shanxi Province!"

"Preliminary observation shows at least a thousand military transport trucks!"

"Nani?! A thousand trucks?"

Major General Saburo Nakamura, Commander of the 3rd Aviation Brigade, opened his eyes wide suddenly.

"Ha! The Imperial Air Force has finally caught a big fish!"

The tank incident more than ten days ago made the entire North China Army feel ashamed!

In the end, they were beaten into retreating to the county seat and abandoning strongholds, which was simply a great humiliation!

But the opponent only had one tank, the target was too small, it couldn't be locked on, and couldn't be bombed.

Now hearing that there were a thousand trucks of supplies, Saburo Nakamura felt his opportunity had come!

"Daring to gather supplies so blatantly? This is a provocation to the Imperial Air Force of Great Japan! It is even an excellent opportunity for us to wash away our shame!"

He turned around abruptly and ordered the communications officer sternly: "Order! The 1st Aviation Squadron, all take off!"

"Target, Yang Village!"

"Blow those trucks, along with all the Chinese soldiers who dared to gather there, into pieces for me!"

"I want them to know who is the real master... of this land!"