"No matter how many people are lost? You have to continue to attack the plank road for me. Once the plank road is captured, the battle that follows will be much easier. The order was sent down, and the three infantry infantry battalions belonging to the 80th Wing were ordered to take turns attacking in a squadron as an offensive tactical group. Most of the light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns of the 79th Wing were concentrated and handed over to the Imperial soldiers of the 80th Wing for use as plank road fire cover. ”

Nanata Ichiro thought about it, and finally gave an order to the chief of staff of the division, Nakai Shotaro, with a solemn face.

At this time, it was already ready to be fired, and the plank road was narrow, so it could only rely on the advantage of troops and concentrated firepower to gnaw away the new group of defenders on the plank road little by little.

Observing the defenders' counterattack on the winding boardwalk through the binoculars, Nanata Ichiro knew that the plank defenders of the new regiment did not use grenades and mortars to blow up the boardwalk.

The old devil estimated that the new group wanted to keep the plank road, after all, if the plank road with natural danger was to be restored, the difficulty was not ordinary. Moreover, for the new group that enters and exits the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge through the plank road, this plank road is the main way out, and it must be kept, and it will not be easily blown up with high-power weapons and equipment.

And this, Nanata Ichiro felt that it was the only favorable opportunity for the Japanese army to use its strength advantage to gnaw away the position of the plank road defenders little by little.

Otherwise, once the plank road defenders felt that they couldn't hold the plank road and blew him up, for the Japanese army, the battle plan of sending troops to storm the new "old nest" Hengshan base area was basically on the verge of failure.

Seeing this, Nakai Shotaro insisted on continuing to storm the plank road with superior forces, and could only pause and say: "Hai, Your Excellency the division commander, I understand my humble position. Then he sent a messenger.

At this time, the plank road defenders, who temporarily repelled the first wave of Japanese squadron-level onslaught, were also relieved.

Especially Xiao Yan, the commander of the second company of the third battalion of the plank road defenders, sat behind the sandbag fortifications, lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, "Damn, this little devil is really ruthless enough, and he actually came up with this method to attack and advance." There are more than a dozen snipers from the special combat team who condescendingly call and kill the machine gunners who snipe the little devils, and there are really times when the conspiracy of being pushed forward by the little devils succeeds little by little. ”

"Company commander, it seems that the second wave of the little devil's attack will start soon. You see, the little devil is moving the Japanese soldiers of the first wave of attack out of the plank road, and another squadron of Japanese troops has come up. The machine-gun fire has also been strengthened, damn it, if this is to the death of our second company! Just as Xiao Yan was muttering, the cat walked quickly to the platoon leader next to Xiao Yan, Zheng Wendong, and scolded.

This guy had a color on his face, and Xiao Yan saw that there was blood on his face.

"You kid has a color on his face and is injured?" Xiao Yan pointed to Zheng Wendong's face and said with a smile.

Zheng Wendong smiled and said: "Company commander, it's nothing, I was scratched by the bullet of the little devil!" ”。

Xiao Yan smiled: "You kid pay attention, there are many machine gunners of the little devils." This is probably the little devil who wants to concentrate the fire of machine guns and submachine guns to eat our plank road defenders, you as a platoon leader, be careful, don't capsize in the gutter. ”。

After a pause, Xiao Yan said to Zheng Wendong again: "The snipers of the dozen or so special combat teams left by the regiment commander in the base area have good sniping skills and assist us in defending the plank road. With the conditions of the plank road, even if the little devil concentrates his firepower towards the onslaught, we can withstand it. But you must be ready for a hard battle at any time, and this plank road must be held for two hours, which is required by the political commissar. "Glamorous e-books

"Understood, company commander. Guaranteed to complete the task, we have a defensive advantage, and the bullets in our hands are not used up, hehe, if the little devil wants to capture the plank road, dream! Zheng Wendong smiled and said with a relaxed expression.

Xiao Yan said: "Okay, you hurry back and call the brothers to repair the damaged fortifications." The little devil's attack will be stronger next, and we have to keep an eye on it. ”。

"Yes, company commander, then I'll go back first!"

Xiao Yan waved his hand and asked Zheng Wendong to hurry back to the first row of positions.

Just when the men and horses of the 3rd Battalion and 2nd Company of the plank road defenders were strengthening their fortifications and preparing to meet the onslaught of the Japanese army commanded by Ichiro Nanata, more than a dozen Japanese bombers and fighters that had been ordered by Yoshio Shinozuka to take off from Yangmingbao Airport were basically less than two minutes away from the Hengshan base at this time.

At this time, the weather conditions over the Hengshan base were good, and the visibility was conducive to aerial bombardment.

The Japanese fighters that took off from Yangmingbao Airport reported 10 Type 96 land bombers and five Zero fighters responsible for covering the bombers on both flanks.

Because Yangmingbao Airport had been bombed by a new group of sneak attacks before, it was just that before evacuating Yangmingbao Airport, although Li Yunlong and others had already blown up the airport. However, because the new regiment was not strong enough to occupy Yangmingbao Airport for a long time, the Japanese army waited until the new regiment withdrew from Yangmingbao Airport and sent troops to reoccupy the airport and repair it.

After that, Yoshio Shinozuka asked the North China Front Headquarters to re-dispatch fighter planes to Yangmingbao Airport so that it could carry out the next aerial bombardment of the Hengshan base area.

At this time, the Japanese flight commander Hojo Keiichi Shaosa, who commanded the air raid on the Hengshan base area, directly contacted Yoshio Shinozuka on the ground in front of the Jinlong Gorge of Hengshan on the walkie-talkie, "Missy, Your Excellency Commander, our flight brigade is already less than two minutes' flight away from Cuiping Peak, Tianfeng Ridge, and Hutou Mountain, please instruct Your Excellency, Commander!" ”

On the ground, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was waiting for the fighter planes to come, ordered through the walkie-talkie and sneered: "Yo Xi, Hojo Shaosa, you will bomb these three places for me hard, the focus is on bombing Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, these are the two most important commanding heights in the new group of old nest bases, located at the back of the plank road behind the Yunge Hongqiao less than fifty meters away!" However, please be careful not to bomb the plank road and Yunge Hongqiao, which are under onslaught by the imperial army, lest the plank road be blown up by aerial bombs, which is not conducive to the imperial army's advance to the base area of the new regiment through the plank road. ”。

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I understand my humble duties!" The commander of the Japanese fighter flight formation on the other end of the walkie-talkie, Keiichi Hojo, replied heavily.

Yoshio Shinozuka snorted, and then soon heard the roar of Japanese fighters coming from the west.

In this bombing, Yoshio Shinozuka did not hesitate to give up his old face and requested in advance to Tada Jun, the headquarters of the North China Front, to send 10 Type 96 land bombers back to Yangmingbao airfield, so as to bomb several commanding heights and hills in the Hengshan base area of the new regiment and severely damage the fortifications and troops of the defenders at the commanding heights.

The Type 96 land bomber is the main bomber type of the Japanese army's main air force, with a crew of seven and a range of 4,000 kilometers! The onboard armament has three 7.7mm caliber return machine guns, and the cabin can carry 800Kg of aerial bombs, which is the main force of the little devil's aerial bombardment, and is extremely useful for the bombing effect of ground buildings and land fortifications.