Chu Yunfei's troops suffered heavy casualties in the face of the onslaught of several brigades in the kneeling position, and letting the brothers of the 358th Regiment hold on would only increase the casualties.

Li Hong knew in his heart that Nakamura Dairo was desperately trying to occupy Saddle Hill.

Saddle Hill is the commanding height, surrounded by hilly terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as the little devil occupies Saddle Hill, he can condescendingly launch a counterattack and wait for help.

Chu Yunfei quickly thought about it for a few seconds, and then responded: "Okay, Brother Hong, I'll let the troops withdraw immediately!" ”

After the two sides hung up the phone, Li Hong sent a series of orders to the communication squad leader.

"Immediately send a telegram and order the flying squadron to carry ammunition to support Wuqiao Ridge, and let the artillery battalion pull out the two cannons and shell the target Saddle Hill! Also, order the 4th and 5th battalions to cooperate with the troops of the independent regiment to annihilate the Devil's Pingchuan Brigade and the Devil's rear baggage troops in the fastest time! ”

"Yes, Tuanza!"

The communications squad leader turned around, and then asked the communications squad soldiers to convey Li Hong's orders to the troops one by one.

……

Five kilometers south of Mt. Otani, the base of the flight squadron of the security regiment.

After receiving the combat order, the ground crew and pilots of the flight squadron quickly ran to the nest of the airport aircraft to make preparations.

Soon, the ground crew took out the bombs and transported them to the plane, and they carried the bombs in twos and threes to quickly load the long ammunition onto the bomb carrier.

After the ground loader loaded the bomb, several pilots jumped into the flight cockpit to carry out flight testing.

In less than ten minutes, several planes were in motion, and the airport was filled with the sound of airplane motors.

"Buzz—"

Three "Bomber" planes slowly pulled out of the nest and turned to the long runway.

I saw that the bombers accelerated and buffered on the runway, and one after another sprinted into the sky and sailed in the direction of Wuqiaoling......

In addition to the field artillery and mountain artillery of the security regiment, the soldiers also dragged two 155-mm cannons to the battlefield by truck.

Schneider 1932, 155 mm cannon, shells alone weigh 50 kilograms, the maximum range can reach 27 kilometers, the lethal power and area is extremely large.

At a distance of 10 kilometers from Maanling, Zheng Tietou chose a gentle place and ordered the cannon squad to begin establishing artillery positions.

"One, two, three! One, two, three! ”

More than a dozen artillerymen shouted slogans and pushed two cannons onto the artillery positions with all their strength.

This cannon is very powerful, but it is very heavy, and a squad soldier may not be able to push this big guy.

The artillerymen spent a lot of effort pushing the cannon to the artillery position, and Zheng Tietou stood on the highest point, looking at Saddle Hill through the viewing glass.

Subsequently, the artillerymen adjusted the firing height and angle according to the firing parameters of the artillery.

As long as Li Hong gives an order, the 155-mm cannon can launch long-range shelling at any time.

Except for two cannons, which remained here, the rest of the artillery battalion's artillery was transported to the vicinity of Ucho Ridge.

……

The ambush battle at Wuqiaoling intensified, and the two sides fought fiercely more than a dozen times, from dark to dawn.

The old devil of Itagaki received a telegram from the 14th Brigade of the devil asking for help, and immediately sent two additional wings, 113 and 143, to reinforce Wuqiaoling, and also sent a flying team to provide air support.

Wei Boru learned that the devils were reinforcing Wuqiaoling, and decisively sent a brigade under the jurisdiction of the 22nd Division to block the 113th Wing of the Devils who rushed to the north road, and then ordered the 8th Independent Brigade to block the 143rd Wing of the Devils who rushed to the west road.

Now Li Hong can be said to stomp his feet casually, and the entire Shanxi battlefield can cause a large-scale battle.

In addition to the strength and ability of the security regiment, the key Li Hong is that he has eaten well in the second war zone and has helped many other brother troops, only he said a word to ask for support, and at least tens of thousands of troops in the second war zone came to support the security group.

"Buzz—"

Several devil bombers sprayed with Japanese spray paint sailed rapidly to the sky over Wuqiao Ridge.

"Da Da Da-"

"Boom, boom—"

The devil's bomber flew at a low altitude, strafing and suppressing all the way, and dropping bombs all the way to bomb.

"Ahh......h

Nearly 100 soldiers died on the side of the highway under the blows of the devil bombers, who circled back and forth from Wuqiaoling to Panshan Pass, wantonly killing and taking the lives of the soldiers.

Some soldiers raised their M2 Gaoping dual-purpose heavy machine guns and fired wildly at the devil bombers in the air.

"Little devil, come on, grandpa will let you taste the power of the anti-aircraft machine gun!"

"Tutu Tu Tu Tu—"

Dense anti-aircraft machine gun bullets flew from the ground into the air.

Ordinary machine gun bullets are really not afraid of the planes of the little devils, but the large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns are different, a few bullets pass through the plane is a row of bullet holes.

Several devil bombers dropped a wave of aerial bombs, quickly raising their heights to dodge the flying anti-aircraft machine gun bullets.

Two planes dodged bullets, and one of the ghost planes was hit by dozens of shots in the fuselage, the fuel tanks were all smashed, and the windshield of the flight cockpit was half shattered, and the pilot died inside.

The runaway Devil bomber made a sharp turn from a height of 300 meters, and its nose fell down into a hill not far from Saddle Hill and exploded.

With such unscrupulous bombing by devil planes, the anti-aircraft guns of the artillery battalion have long been aimed at them.

When the other two devil bombers turned back, the anti-aircraft artillery squad hidden at the foot of Wuqiaoling Mountain opened fire.

"Tom, tom, tom—"

More than a dozen anti-aircraft artillery shells flew into the air and hit the devil's bombers fiercely.

"Yaga, there is an anti-aircraft gun !! of the soldiers of China on the ground"

The two devil pilots shouted in terror, and the swiftly controlled plane fled in a hurry.

When the anti-aircraft artillery squad saw that the devil plane was about to escape, they reversed the direction of the anti-aircraft guns and kept chasing them with dense shells.

The pursuit line of the shells was tightly bitten around the fuselage of the devil plane, and in the end, the devil plane was still hit by the shells of the anti-aircraft guns.

One devil plane was blown in two, and the other devil plane was blown off in the tail and planted under the mountain road.

After several devil planes were killed, the gunfire on the side of the road was scattered.

At this time, Li Hong stood on the top of Wuqiaoling and clearly saw the crashed devil plane.

He was thinking in his heart that when the battle was over, he would move the wreckage of these planes back, and the parts on them would be dismantled and reassembled to make a whole plane.

After standing for a while, the communication soldier ran with a telegram to report: "Report to the regimental seat, the 321st Regiment, the 386th Regiment, the 4th Battalion, the 5th Battalion, and the Independent Regiment have completely annihilated the Devil Pingchuan Brigade and all the baggage troops in front and back!" ”

Li Hong nodded, showing a look of confidence, he turned to the signal soldier and said, "Immediately notify the commanders of other troops to come to my headquarters, and the rest of the security regiment are ready to counterattack Saddle Hill!" ”

"Yes, Tuanza!"

The communications corps ran back to the headquarters and made a phone call to the other regiments.

(End of chapter)