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Although the Japanese infantry retreated.

However, the Japanese field artillery and mountain artillery scattered everywhere began to exert continuous force, shelling the main position of the Jizhong troops.

However, the Japanese artillery did not dare to gather together to implement fire coverage.

The pilots and aircraft of the Eighth Route Army aircraft were not vegetarians.

Therefore, the Japanese artillery firepower is not too strong.

However, even though the artillery firepower was not too strong, it still caused the Eighth Route Army on the position to suffer a lot.

One after another, 75mm artillery shells soared into the sky from all directions, drew arcs in the sky, and then fell to the positions of the Jizhong troops at high speed.

"Boom boom boom..."

Fireballs exploded one after another, billowing smoke rose into the sky along with the shock wave, and a cloud of mud mist was lifted up.

"Leave the lookout post and the rest of the soldiers retreat to the artillery holes in the rear positions!"

Facing the Japanese bombardment, the company and platoon leaders of the Jizhong troops quickly issued orders and withdrew from the forward positions with their weapons on their shoulders.

With only one night of preparation time, the soldiers of the Jizhong Army could only build simple trenches, foxholes and anti-gun holes.

There was not much time to build the kind of multi-layered civil fortress that could withstand Japanese 75mm artillery shells.

Facing the Japanese 75mm artillery shells, the soldiers could only choose to retreat temporarily.

When the Japanese infantry begins to attack, enter the main forward position.

"You little son of a bitch!"

"I'm going to fight you today!"

After retreating to a relatively safe area, a company commander used binoculars to look at the forward position shrouded in artillery fire. The company commander cursed.

On the battlefield, the bodies of many fallen soldiers have not yet been removed.

The remains of these soldiers were blown to pieces under the bombardment of the Japanese.

"Don't let me get the chance. If I get the chance, I will chop off the heads of the Japanese artillerymen and use them as chamber pots!"

The company commander spoke harshly.

"Company Commander, the Japs this time are really extraordinary!"

"It's really fucking difficult to deal with!"

Beside the company commander, a platoon commander also sounded amazed.

This platoon leader is also an elite veteran with outstanding marksmanship. He has been fighting the Japanese for several years, and this is the first time he has encountered such a powerful Japanese.

Compared with the group of ghosts that were eliminated at Niangziguan last time, there is a big gap between the group of ghosts and this group of ghosts.

Relying on advantageous terrain, powerful firepower, sufficient ammunition and logistics supplies, and air support, the Jizhong Military Region blocked the Japanese breakout attack.

But this group of devils, whether it is the marksmanship of the infantry or the accuracy of the artillery, almost always hit wherever they point.

Even though the Jizhong troops had two waves of air support, under the three waves of Japanese attacks, the two main regiments on the main position still suffered heavy casualties.

Fortunately, the army has recently added a new batch of Czech and Maxim troops, and its firepower has been greatly enhanced, so it was able to repel the Japanese attack.

If the equipment used in the last battle at Niangziguan was still the same, the casualties of the Jizhong troops would have been even greater.

"The ones attacking our Jizhong troops this time are the Japs from the 11th Division, which is the Japs from the Type A Division. How can they not be powerful?"

Although he said this, there was no fear in the company commander's expression.

"No wonder."

The faces of the platoon leader and the surrounding soldiers suddenly showed a look of surprise.

But... there was no look of fear on the faces of the soldiers. The battle has reached this point, and fear is useless. Don't they think the Japanese will kill you if you are afraid of them?

Aren't they just the Japs from the Class A Division?

Everyone has two shoulders supporting one head, who is afraid of whom?

"It would be nice if there was always air support..."

A veteran squad leader sounded expectant.

If they have air support, they can more easily repel the Japanese attack and inflict heavy damage to the Japanese.

"Buzzing—"

At this moment, the sound of airplanes sounded in the sky. The soldiers looked happy at first, thinking that their own planes were coming to provide air support again.

The company commander's expression was a little confused. Didn't his superiors say...that the air support from the new regiment would come every two hours?

He raised the eight-fold telescope on his chest and looked towards the sky. When he saw the direction of the Japanese plane, there were indeed about 40 planes flying in, as well as the plaster icon on the plane, and his expression suddenly changed.

He shouted: "It's a Japanese plane, hide it!"

In this kind of simple trench, the soldiers are relatively concentrated, and the aerial bombs are like exploding targets.

One explosion will kill a large area.

But I definitely can’t run now. How can I outrun a plane flying in the sky with two legs?

They can only hide on the spot. How many soldiers can survive can only depend on God's will.

At the same time, officers at all levels in various regiments of the Eighth Route Army also changed their expressions and shouted loudly to the soldiers, telling them to take cover immediately.

The power of aerial bombs is much greater than that of 75mm artillery shells!

This time, the 83rd and 47th squadrons of the Japanese flying division came to bomb.

There are 21 Type 23 fighter jets and Type land attack aircraft.

Fighters are responsible for escorting and dive bombing strafing. Each Type 800 attack aircraft carries kilograms of aerial bombs.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers kept crawling and avoiding, with solemn expressions on their faces.

"Onboard..."

In the direction of the Japanese army, the Japs saw the attack formation composed of their own fighter jets and bombers appearing. The Japs were overjoyed, stood up from their hidden positions, and shouted "Onboard".

The Japanese's 5th Infantry Brigade also had their morale boosted and was ready to attack at any time.

After the bombing by fighter jets and attack planes, it was time for the 5th Infantry Group to perform.

"Yoshi!"

In the telescope field of view, looking at the fighters and bombers flying the 6th Division, Takashi Takamori couldn't help but smile.

Air support finally arrived, the battle was secured!

At this moment, the already loaded Jizishan artillery and field artillery fired red smoke bombs at the deep positions of the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei to guide the aircraft for bombing.

As for the forward positions, I don’t know how many times they have been plowed by Japanese mountain artillery and field artillery.

"Command, the 11th Cavalry Regiment, be ready to attack. After the Locust Army aviation unit is completed, break in from here!"

"To prevent the Eighth Route Army cavalry from attacking the 5th Infantry Brigade!"

Takamori Takashi gave the order in a cold tone.

The Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei Province also has a cavalry unit. Its strength is that of a regiment, but its combat effectiveness is unknown.

At this time, neither the Eighth Route Army nor the Japanese army dispatched cavalry units, hoping to use them as a trump card.

After the aircraft bombed the main position of the Eighth Route Army, the only thing that still threatened the 5th Infantry Brigade was the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army.

As for the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery unit, the fighter jets will not leave so quickly.

Once the Eighth Route Army's artillery fires on the 5th Infantry Brigade, it will immediately be attacked by Japanese fighter jets.

Similarly, when the Eighth Route Army aircraft came for air support, the Japanese artillery did not dare to fire.

"Hi."

Chief of Staff Masao Nishihara suddenly lowered his head, turned around and gave orders to the 11th Cavalry Regiment.

"General, the Eighth Route Army fighter jets have been spotted in the southwest!" At this moment, a Japanese lookout soldier rushed into the headquarters and reported to Takashi Takamori hastily.

"Nani?"

Takamori Takashi's expression changed:

"How many fighter jets came from the Eighth Route Army?"

When the Locust Army aviation unit arrived, the Eighth Route Army fighter jets suddenly appeared. This was not a good thing.

"About 20!"

The Japanese lookout replied.

"20?"

Takashi Takamori suddenly thought of something bad, and his expression became more solemn.

Judging from the data on paper, the Eighth Route Army has only 20 fighter jets, while the Locust Army Aviation has more than 40 aircraft. The advantage is mine.

However, the strength of the Eighth Route Army's fighter jets is not comparable to that of the Locust Army's fighter jets.

In the air battles in central China, the Eighth Route Army's fighter jets and the Locust Army's fighter jets had a battle loss ratio of more than 20 to 1.

but.

Now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired.

Takashi Takamori quickly walked out of the headquarters and looked into the sky with his telescope. Sure enough, about 20 Eighth Route Army fighter jets appeared in the field of view of the telescope.

A jet fighter without a propeller.

Now I just hope that before the Eighth Route Army's fighter jets arrive, the Locust Army's planes can drop aerial bombs on the Eighth Route Army's positions.

The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel!

The pilots of the Eighth Route Army had obviously seen the Japanese aircraft. Their speed suddenly increased, and they formed an attack formation and flew towards the Japanese aircraft at a speed close to the speed of sound. They penetrated the Japanese aircraft from the flank like flying swords!

At this time, all the Japs pilots' attention was focused on the red smoke grenade area on the ground.

The Japanese pilot was preparing to operate the control stick and pull the aircraft into a dive position.

Entering the attack range, Liu Zesheng, leader of the Independent Flying Squadron of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, aimed at a Japanese plane and opened fire first.

"Tom tom tom..."

The firing sound of the 20mm aerial cannon rang out, two tongues of flame spurted out from under the wing, and two eye-catching bullet chains instantly wrapped around a Japanese bomber preparing to dive.

"boom!"

I saw that the Japanese bomber was hit first, then trembled, and was blown up in the air in an instant.

The Japanese bomber burst into a brilliant fireworks in the sky. The aerial bombs carried under the wings exploded. The entire bomber and the crew members on the bomber scattered in the air.

Yanagisaki was not proud of the successful attack.

Instead, he continued to fly the Saber fighter, looking for the next prey.

His goal is to shoot down 100 Japanese aircraft!

And this is just the first one.

The Japanese pilots' reaction was also extremely fast. When the first bomber was blown up, all the Japanese aircraft immediately scattered.

But it was of no use. In front of the Saber fighter jets approaching the speed of sound, the Japanese aircraft were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Forty Japanese planes were hit one after another, either blown up in the air, or had their wings broken, and fell like a kite with its string broken.

In less than 5 minutes, the two flying squadrons that came to provide air support to the Japanese infantry were completely wiped out.

When the Japs on the ground saw this scene, they immediately felt as if they were mourning for their heirs.

The good news is that air support has arrived, a total of 40 aircraft.

The bad news is that the air support aviation units were wiped out by Eighth Route Army aircraft.

It was also the first time for the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Central Hebei Province to see such a one-sided air battle. It was not even exciting, it was a complete one-sided massacre.

The soldiers of the Jizhong Eighth Route Army fell into a sluggish state, so much so that they even forgot to stand up while lying on the ground.

After wiping out all the Japs' planes, the 20 Saber fighters did not leave. Instead, they quickly gathered and swooped down toward the location where the Japs' 5th Infantry Brigade and the 11th Cavalry Regiment were assembled.

Seeing that something was not going well, the Japanese infantry and cavalry ran wildly and crawled on the spot to avoid it.

The Japanese troops ran very fast and dispersed quickly, but the Japanese infantry ran slower.

As the Saber fighter jets passed by, there was an overwhelming explosion, and dozens of huge fireballs rose from the Japanese formation.

Boundless flames swept across with terrifying heat.

Almost the entire 5th Infantry Brigade was swallowed up, and the Japs at the center of the flame explosion were burned to ashes almost in the blink of an eye.

As for the Japanese cavalry regiment, because they ran fast, not many were affected by the napalm bombs.

but.

Subsequent waves of swooping and strafing attacks by 20 Saber fighter jets killed more than 100 Japanese cavalry.

After that, 20 Saber fighter jets completed their mission and then flew towards Taiyuan.

In the Japanese command post, Takashi Takamori relaxed as he watched the Eighth Route Army fighter jets disappear from the sky. As the Eighth Route Army plane left, the sense of oppression from the Eighth Route Army fighter jets also disappeared.

"idiot!"

Takashi Takamori walked into the headquarters, and immediately drew out his command knife, instantly cutting the table in front of him and the map on the table into two halves.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, shall we continue the attack?"

Seiyo Nishihara on the side asked with a very solemn tone and expression.

Obviously, this wave of Eighth Route Army aircraft was not the two waves in the morning.

This means that planes from the Eighth Route Army will come to provide air support later and bomb the Locust Army's offensive troops.

The attack was blocked. More than 6 aircraft of the 40th Division that came for air support were shot down. The 5th Infantry Brigade, which was assembled to prepare for the attack, was severely damaged. The 11th Cavalry Regiment was chased like a rat with its head...

All this was carried out under the witness of soldiers from the 11th Division, 40th Division and 56th Division.

Seio Nishihara could predict that the morale of the three divisions of the Locust Army had already dropped significantly.

The morale of the Jizhong Eighth Route Army troops on the opposite side is probably rising sharply at this time.

There is nothing that can be done about this. Who makes the Locust Army's aviation force unable to defeat the Eighth Route Army's air force?

"Immediately report to General Okamura Neiji of the North China Front that the 83rd and 47th Battle Teams were all shattered on the Jinzhou battlefield, and request tactical guidance."

Takamori Takashi's tone was no longer as confident as before, and was replaced by deep helplessness.

"Hi."

Nishihara Seifu suddenly lowered his head.

……

Jingxing battlefield.

The Eighth Route Army's frontline headquarters.

Li Yunlong stepped on the ladder of the earthen fortress and used the artillery mirror to observe the situation on the battlefield.

The team is currently going very smoothly, much smoother than expected.

The first attack was when the main ace of the new regiment was re-armed into the first, second and third battalions. In less than half an hour, they captured the forward positions of the Japanese and puppet troops. At this time, they had penetrated into the deep positions of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The power of the large number of flamethrowers prepared by each battalion was fully demonstrated at this time.

The Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the artillery holes and civil fortifications often do not need infantry to get in and clean them up. They only need flamethrowers to attack the artillery holes and civil fortifications of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Within the Japanese fortifications, various Japanese-style screams and pseudo-style screams will inevitably be heard. (End of chapter)