An enemy plane flew close to the ground again, firing machine-gun bullets at them in a "da-da...... manner.

Wu Xiaoming saw that he couldn't go up anymore, so he immediately pounced, caught up with the children in three steps and two steps, held one in one hand, protected them tightly under his body, and quickly lay down.

"Da ......" Strings of soil bubbles bubbled up next to Wu Xiaoming's body.

After the enemy plane flew away, the child's mother ran over in a panic, and she saw that Wu Xiaoming had stood up, holding a child with one hand. The children and Wu Xiaoming's bodies were covered with mud, their faces were dirty, and Wu Xiaoming's body was hit with several bullet holes.

Luckily, neither child was hurt, but they were a little scared. The child's mother held the child in one hand, and quickly pulled her two children with the other, protected her body, and hurriedly said to the child: "Hurry up and thank Uncle Guojun!" ”

The child had no choice but to parrot and say, "Thank you, Uncle Guojun—"

Wu Xiaoming smiled and said, "I'm not an uncle of the National Army, I'm an uncle of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

The woman muttered, "Uncle ...... Eighth Route Army"

Han Xing looked at the site after the Japanese air raid, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh for a while. Dozens of civilians were killed and killed in this yellow land, and many cattle, sheep and livestock were also killed. Most of his cars were blown up, and there were few that could drive.

Whether there is fairness and morality in this world, and whether there is a minimum right to live, is simply a world of the jungle. Who stepped on other people's heads and laughed arrogantly, who took other people's lives, and who robbed others of their right to live. The world has gone mad, full of war and blood.

Every shell falls, how many people will be smashed, and every bullet, maybe a soul will say goodbye to this world forever. Poor and uncertain riverside bones, they are all people in deep dreams. Everyone comes into this world and has the right to live and breathe. Everyone is their own angel, and everyone is the protagonist of their own life.

Why do you want to smash someone's head, why do you want to crush someone's throat, everyone has the right to choose, why don't I have the right to choose to crush your throat?

The only way to deal with these murderous demons is to fight hard against hard, and blood for blood.

Han Xing decisively gave the order: "Anyway, the car can't sit on it, the whole army will accelerate and quickly reach the front line of Miyang." ”

Han Xing took the lead and walked forward, followed by Zhang Xiaosan, then the guard battalion, then Liu Zhiyuan's regiment, Hou Dashan's mechanized regiment, and the rest of the officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition.

As soon as he reached the edge of the Miyang front, Han Xing observed that the Miyang front line was in a miserable situation.

The main defenders of the Miyang front line were Liu Ruming's 68th Army of the 2nd Army and the 20th Army of Chifengcheng. There was nothing wrong with their defensive position, that is, the position was established in the area of Magutian Town in Piyang County.

This Magutian town is a hilly area to the north, and a hilly area to the south, with a valley in the middle, about seven or eight miles wide, which is the necessary place for Xinyang to attack Piyang County. Liu Ruming and Chi Fengcheng blocked the Japanese army based on this hilly area and valley mouth.

The positions constructed by Liu Ruming and Chi Fengcheng were beyond reproach, and the hills were the commanding heights, but they only occupied some points in order to obtain fire support. And the main position was built at the mouth of the valley, which was really a first-line fortification, a second-line fortification, and a third-line fortification, with in-depth defense, and communication trenches between the fortifications. Heavy machine-gun positions, battalion command posts, regimental command posts, and division command posts are dotted in between.

Further back, there are all great plains, and there is basically no danger to defend.

The superficial luxury of the 2nd Front does not hide the emptiness inside.

It is extremely difficult to replenish weapons and equipment.

In the first four years of the Anti-Japanese War, the national army lost a huge amount of equipment, and the German-style equipment originally purchased had already been exhausted, and the equipment of the 20 simple divisions aided by the Soviet Union had been almost used up after the battles of Wuhan, Nanchang, Suizao, and the first Battle of Changsha.

At this time, Britain and the United States and other countries were still slow to wait and see, refusing to sell arms and provide assistance to China.

As for Germany, threatened by Japan's allies, it has long ceased arms sales to China.

The Soviet Union, on the other hand, entered a stalemate phase because of the Sino-Japanese war, and basically achieved its goal, and also largely stopped aiding.

There is a serious shortage of equipment, and a considerable part of light weapons can still be produced on its own, while it is extremely difficult to fill the gap in heavy weapons.

In other words, there were almost no medium and large caliber artillery in the national army at that time.

As the war dragged on, some of the commanding heights on the hills of Magutian Town had gradually been lost. And the fortifications on the main position, under the attack of the enemy's superior artillery fire, have been blown to tatters. As the fortifications gradually blew up, the casualties also increased. At this time, the Japanese also used his killer weapon, that is, to compensate for the lack of infantry, the tank wing was used.

The tanks of the tank wing are mainly Type 97 tanks, which are the most powerful tanks of the Japanese army in World War II. The performance of this tank is generally comparable to that of the Great Powers of the same weight. The national army does not have a tank against it!

This 15-ton medium tank was the most powerful main battle tank of the Japanese army in World War II. Naturally, there is still a big gap between this tank and the main battle tanks of the great powers, but it is more than enough to deal with the national army.

The thickness of the armor of the Type 97 medium tank was increased to 33 mm, the caliber of the gun was increased to 57 mm, and the mobility was greatly improved, with a maximum range of 220 km.

The 37-mm anti-tank guns of the national army and the 45-mm anti-tank guns purchased from the USSR, it was already difficult to deal with it at a longer distance. The 57 mm main gun of the Type 97 medium tank can destroy the relatively strong fortifications of the National Army, while the previous Type 89 light tank 37 mm tank gun can only deal with the simple civil fortifications of the National Army.

Liu Zhiyuan and Hou Dashan had already caught up with Han Xing, and the three of them formed a front-line command center. Liu Zhiyuan also saw that the situation was very serious, and said to Han Xing: "Commander Han, do you want to shell first, and then let the tank battalion swim forward." ”

Han Xing shook his head and said, "The artillery of the 3rd Division is a wing, and we are just a regiment, so we can't have the upper hand. And the tank battalion that swam forward will not have the upper hand against the enemy's bean tanks, but it will not have the upper hand against the enemy's Type 97 medium tanks. One can only count on air strikes. ”

Liu Zhiyuan and Hou Dashan nodded in agreement. Han Xing immediately informed Xu Da at Nanyang Airport through a telegram from the General Staff that he would carry out an air attack on the Japanese 3rd Division, focusing on artillery and armored troops.

The commander of the 3rd Division, Masataka Yamawaki, led an artillery wing, a 7th tank regiment, as well as the 5th Infantry Brigade and the 29th Brigade to attack violently towards Miyang.

An artillery wing has four brigades with a total of 36 75mm mountain guns and 12 120mm howitzers. Each infantry wing also has a mountain artillery squadron (four mountain guns) and an infantry artillery squadron (four infantry guns), making a total of 32 guns in the four infantry wings.

In this case, the entire 3rd Division had almost 80 artillery pieces. If these guns fired each shell, they could cover a square kilometer at a time. If the target is continuously transferred and launched, how many square kilometers will be covered by it!

What is artillery, artillery is the god of war, whoever masters superior artillery, who will master the initiative in the war.

In addition to the superior artillery, the 3rd Division also had a tank regiment, that is, a tank wing.

The formation of the Tank Wing, the basic unit of the Japanese Army's tank unit, began in August 1933, and the 1st Tank Wing and the Chiba Infantry School Tank Fleet were formed into the 1st and 2nd Tank Wings. The chariot wing has 1,071 officers and men, 60-70 chariots, and has 3 medium tank squadrons, 1 light chariot squadron, 1 artillery chariot squadron, and 1 maintenance squadron.

The medium tank squadron has 3 squads (3 medium tanks per squad), 2 medium tanks and 3 light tanks (reconnaissance) at the squadron headquarters. According to the number of vehicles owned and the structure of the organization, the tank wing of the Japanese Army is slightly stronger than the tank battalion of the US Army and Marine Corps.

Yamawaki Masataka couldn't help but smile smugly when he saw that the only artillery, heavy machine gun positions, command posts at all levels, and shelter fortifications of the Chinese army had been blown up one by one under the attack of superior artillery fire.

He said to his chief of staff, Ono: "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, I see that the Chinese small artillery is gone, the heavy machine guns are gone, the command post is broken, and the trenches are blown up, so I'll see how they fight this battle?" Do I want to learn from the Chinese army? Haha......"

His chief of staff, Ono, said: "Now, we have completely suppressed the Chinese army with absolutely superior firepower. Now, use our Iron Warriors to destroy the will of the enemy! ”

Yamawaki Masataka gave the order: "The 7th Tank Regiment is attacking. ”

With the order of Yamawaki Masataka, the 7th Tank Regiment, which had already been prepared, immediately marched towards the Chinese army at full speed and launched an attack.

Leading the 7th Tank Regiment was Captain Kazusho Sanmaru. He also studied tactics quite a bit, and did not line up the entire chariot regiment in a long snake formation, but formed a wedge-shaped convoy. His theory was that the tank regiment did not need to completely annihilate the Chinese troops in front, but to penetrate the positions of the Chinese army and break the will of the Chinese soldiers.

So he lined up the first squadron in the front, the second squadron, and the third squadron followed in turn. And then there was his command organ. As for the first squadron, the three medium tanks of the first squad were lined up in the front as wedges, followed by the second squad and the third squadron.

The tanks in front are only in charge of interspersing, and as for the surrounding enemy, they don't care, and they are solved by the tanks and troops behind themselves.

The 7th Tank Regiment was advancing, and despite a few sporadic shells, none of them were hit. In fact, even if it hits, it may not be able to penetrate 33 mm of armor.

As soon as the infantry of the Chinese army saw that the tanks were crushed, there was no other way but to pack grenades and explosives.