The deputy chief of staff didn't quite agree with this style of play, and hesitated for a moment to remind: "General, if you fight like this, Datong will definitely be blown into ruins, and the civilians inside will be accidentally injured, will this affect the image of the imperial army!" ”

"I can't care so much!" The brigade commander insisted on his idea.

"As long as we can block the Eighth Route Army attacking us, Datong City will be blown into ruins."

"As for civilians, if I'm not mistaken, as long as the Japanese civilians in the city can move, they are all fighting, so the planes are all Chinese."

"The last thing China lacks is people, even if it blows up all the civilians in the city, it's nothing."

"Carrying out the order, as soon as the planes arrive, they will bomb the area controlled by the Eighth Route Army, which is our only hope of blocking their attack."

After the troops entered the city, in order to get close to the command, the siege headquarters moved directly to the east gate tower.

Chief of Staff Zhou stood on the commanding heights of the city tower, and could condescendingly look down on most of the battlefield.

Several chiefs of staff who had arrived from the base area before dawn stood behind him, reporting to the chief of staff the latest battle situation on the battlefield and marking the specific battle situation on the city defense map.

At this time, a staff officer suddenly came over: "Chief, it's already dawn, and the devil plane may rush to the battlefield at any time, do you want to suspend the attack if the order is not right, air defense first, and then fight after dark!" ”

"I don't need to!" Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head in denial.

"If there was a field fight outside the city, I would definitely stop. But we are now fighting street fighting, where we are staggered, and we do not even have a line of defense that clearly distinguishes our positions, and there is no way for planes to bomb when they come. ”

"And it's not like we're not unprepared for anything."

"An hour ago, I already ordered two thousand local troops to collect what could be smoked in the occupied area."

"It should be almost now, Staff Officer Wang, send out all the signal troops of the headquarters, and order all the local troops to ignite the smoke materials they have collected, to ensure that all the occupied areas are shrouded in smoke, so that the devil planes can not find the bombing targets when they come."

"They must also be told that the local troops must follow closely behind the main forces."

"When the main force takes an area, they take control of an area and quickly release smoke in this area, so as not to give the Japanese planes any chance."

Ten minutes later, puffs of black smoke rose in the area occupied by the Eighth Route Army.

There were dozens of meters between the pillars of smoke, and the ground did not affect the vision of the fighters at all.

The black smoke rose higher and higher, and after reaching an altitude of one or two hundred meters, it no longer rose due to the influence of air pressure, and then quickly spread around.

The space of several tens of meters between the plumes of smoke and the plumes of smoke was soon enveloped in gray smoke.

After a few minutes, these small patches of smoke joined together, like black clouds, covering the occupied area.

Especially on the staggered lines of defense, where the pillars of smoke are the densest and the smoke is the thickest.

The extra smoke unconsciously spread to the area controlled by the puppet army, causing the sky to turn gray within a few tens of meters of the defense line deep into the enemy-occupied area.

Just then, the plane on which the Japanese army had high hopes came.

The three planes slowly approached the battlefield, and the roar of "Weng Hum ......" became louder and louder, and it appeared in the sky over Datong City in the blink of an eye.

Nearly 100 orange smoke grenades flew into the occupied area of the Eighth Route Army from different directions.

At the former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Chief of Staff Zhou saw the orange smoke constantly rising from the occupied area, and then his face showed a thick killing intent.

The combat staff officer on the side analyzed: "Chief, the orange smoke represents the attack, and the devil wants planes to attack our attacking troops from the sky." ”

"The battlefield is full of civilians, and the enemy and our defense lines are staggered, don't they worry about accidental injury?"

Chief of Staff Zhou shook his head and replied: "With signal flares as a guide, and the planes carry out low-altitude bombing, even if the enemy's and our defense lines are staggered, with the ability of Japanese pilots, they can accurately hit the target, so the Japanese army is not worried about accidentally injuring their own people." ”

"As for the people in the city, they can't care about their own life and death, do you think the little devils will care about their life and death?"

The staff officer shook his head and replied: "Not only will I not care, but I will also let the plane bomb a few more civilians to accompany them to the funeral." ”

After finishing speaking, he stared at Chief of Staff Zhou and asked, "Chief, although we can temporarily block the devil's signal smoke by releasing smoke in the control area, it will definitely not last long." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou had already prepared, and looked at the battlefield and confidently ordered: "As long as you can block for a minute or two, it's enough." ”

"Signal smoke grenades are not poison gas bombs, except for the release of signal smoke, the lethality to the fighters is almost zero."

"Order the local troops following behind the main forces to immediately find these signal smoke grenades and destroy them."

At the Japanese headquarters, a staff officer hurried in, his expression solemn and desperate.

"General, something happened at the front!"

Without waiting for the brigade commander to speak, he told everything he saw at the front like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

"The Eighth Route Army released smoke on the front line, and many areas occupied by the Imperial Army were shrouded in smoke, and the planes could not see the ground situation clearly at an altitude of several hundred meters."

"The smoke flares fired by the troops towards the area occupied by the Eighth Route Army lasted for a minute at most and were destroyed by them, and there was no way to continue to release smoke."

"If there is no smoke made by the Eighth Route Army, the smoke bombs can be detected by the planes in the sky as long as they release the signal smoke for tens of seconds, and then lock on the attack targets, and the Eighth Route Army will have no point in destroying them."

"But now there is thick smoke to obscure it, and before the pilot can see the signal smoke released by the smoke grenade, the smoke bomb is destroyed, and it does not play the role of guiding the target at all."

The brigade commander hurried out of the war room.

A few hundred meters away, the sky over the battlefield was really gray, covering the sky and the sun, and nothing could be seen.

When he first saw the smoke, the brigade commander thought that it was formed after the smoke of the battlefield had spread.

Now he understands that this was created by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

The planes are their only hope of holding Datong City, and if they can't provide support on the ground, the possibility of their own fiascos is very high.

The brigade commander couldn't afford to gamble, and he was unwilling to go back after the plane came to circle over Datong.

With a calm face, he ordered: "There is still a way!" ”

"The smoke is all concentrated at an altitude of more than 100 meters, and further down there are only columns of smoke, which cannot block the pilot's sight."

"Order the planes in the sky to fly at an ultra-low altitude and search for attack targets."

"Order the front-line combat units to wait for the aircraft to start flying at ultra-low altitude through the thick smoke before firing signal smoke grenades."

"There is no smoke to obscure the view, as long as the smoke bombs can be released for more than ten seconds, the pilot can find them, lock on to the target, and then launch an attack."

The deputy chief of staff knew that this was the only way to solve the trouble, but there were also a large number of hidden dangers in it, and he hesitated to remind him.

"General, the planes are flying at ultra-low altitudes, and the light and heavy machine guns equipped by the Eighth Route Army can threaten them, and it is very likely that some planes will be destroyed during the attack."

The brigade commander snorted coldly and asked, "Then tell me whether Datong City is important or a few planes are important?" Is it the lives of more than 1,000 Japanese people in the city that matter, or the three planes? ”

"As long as Datong is safe, the imperial army will be able to create a lot of wealth here, and if you have money, a hundred planes can be made."

The deputy staff officer instantly understood what the brigade commander meant: "The general is wise, and he will give orders now." ”

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