If the troops speed up their movements, they may not be attacked by the Japanese army. On the contrary, it is extremely dangerous to return to the Eight Pine Ridge area. is not only a delay in the back and forth, but more importantly, some of them go too far, but it is easy for the opponent to take the opportunity to bite back.

After listening to He Sanliang's suggestion, Li Ziyuan frowned and did not immediately reply to him. Instead, he turned around in the same place for a few circles, pondered for a few minutes, and then raised his head and looked at the cadres above the battalion level in front of him. After looking at and listening to He Sanliang's opinion, Ma Yongcheng, who fell into deep thought, finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay, follow Lao He's opinion." ”

"A platoon of the reinforced artillery company of the second battalion played the front station, and the marching sequence followed in echelons in formation. Once it encountered the resistance of the Japanese puppet army, it concentrated its firepower on Lao Tzu and opened a passage for the whole army to kill. The first battalion was covered on both flanks with two and three companies, followed by a company protecting the baggage and the wounded, as well as local cadres. ”

"Zhang Zijian, you tell you that the commander of the first company should be heavy when necessary, even if it is a heavy machine gun. But to lose a wounded and a local cadre, I want his head. The whole army was ready for battle and moved to the territory of Ludong at the speed of a forced march. Old horse, you do a good job of containment. ”

As soon as Li Ziyuan's words fell, Dong Ping stood up and said, "Sir, I am willing to take my troops to open the way for the whole army." Chen Feng is my subordinate, and this incident was caused by his defection. I am willing to be the vanguard of the whole army, to snow the shame of traitors within us. Even if we all fight out, we will not hesitate to do it. ”

After Dong Ping's words were finished, Li Ziyuan looked at him, but he was a little hesitant. Seeing the hesitation on Li Ziyuan's face, Chen Feng hurriedly said, "Sir, please believe us." Although there is a bed bug among us, my subordinates believe that they will not have a second Chen Feng. I have made a military order here, and if I can't open a passage, I'm willing to fight with my life. ”

Chen Feng's rebellion obviously made Dong Ping feel humiliated. Looking at Dong Ping, who had a somewhat hideous face, Li Ziyuan hadn't spoken yet, and a voice came from behind him: "Regiment leader, let them go." If he doesn't go, this guy won't close his eyes until he dies. ”

Seeing the old squad leader who didn't know when he came behind him, still carrying Li Ziyuan's British-made rifle in his hand, Li Ziyuan glared fiercely at the guards around him who didn't dare to speak. Turning his head and just about to say something, the old squad leader waved his hand and said, "I just arrived, and I originally wanted to ask if I was taking the opportunity to get some hot food for my brothers now that the troops have stopped advancing." ”

"I didn't hear anything but what this guy said. Don't stare at these two guys, do you suspect that I will also defect? These two guards are good, don't punish them for a shitty day. Also, borrow your gun. If you have a life to come back, Lao Tzu will return it to you. ”

Speaking of this, the old squad leader walked up to Dong Ping and patted him on the shoulder: "You shit, isn't there a bedbug?" Need to be so excited? Lao Tzu will help you this time, don't let Lao Tzu lose face in front of the head of his own army. Grandma's, I haven't fought with you in almost twenty years. ”

Regarding the kindness of the old squad leader, Dong Ping was very annoyed and said unappreciatively: "Who are you?" Don't forget, you're a soldier I brought in. Also, you're a deserter, don't mess around with me, I can't afford to lose that person. I brought so many soldiers, not to mention the success of you, and also abducted a Hanyang-made rifle, which hurt me with dozens of military sticks. ”

Dong Ping didn't appreciate it, but the old squad leader didn't care and said: "Okay, after so many years, your old boy still remembers." Don't forget, I was caught when you captured the soldiers. At the level of Lao Tzu, if I hadn't run away back then, I would have been your commander a long time ago, and you old boy would have to salute Lao Tzu when he saw him.

"You shit, don't fuck a dog who doesn't know how to lift. I can tell you, Lao Tzu is watching you for our regiment commander and political commissar to prevent you from fishing in troubled waters. You kid caught Lao Tzu's soldiers back then, and also arrested the young master of Lao Tzu's owner's family, and Lao Tzu didn't even dare to go back to his hometown, so it's good that Lao Tzu didn't shoot you with a black gun. ”

Li Ziyuan listened to the two people arguing here, and his brows furrowed quite tightly. It's just that after He Sanliang whispered a few words in his ear, Li Ziyuan finally nodded and said to the second battalion commander: "You transfer the fourth company to their command, and tell the fourth company commander and instructor that if anyone disobeys the command and goes to the battlefield to make trouble with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will pick their skins." ”

After explaining to the second battalion commander, Li Ziyuan looked at Dong Ping and the old squad leader in front of him. Looking at the old squad leader's face that could not be refused, he could only shake his head with a wry smile. Tell the guard behind you to give all the British rifle bullets to the old squad leader. After receiving the bullet, the old squad leader dragged Dong Ping away from Li Ziyuan's side to gather troops.

Now that you have made up your mind, there is nothing to hesitate about. Li Ziyuan's movements were quite fast, and the troops were rapidly interspersed all the way to the territory of Ludong at the speed of a forced march. But trouble came after dawn, after Li Ziyuan's headquarters crossed a road at eight o'clock in the morning and officially entered the territory of Ludong.

Several light bombers dispatched by the Japanese army, like a few flies that saw fat, constantly dived and strafed around his troops. Although the Japanese planes threw down a dozen kilograms of small *, the strafing power of the airborne machine guns should not be underestimated.

Moreover, these Japanese planes obviously took off from the nearest Changzhi field airfield. After the throw* was finished, it didn't take long for it to reappear. Not only did it create certain casualties, but the most important thing was to evade these planes, and it also greatly delayed the speed of movement of the troops.

It's just that although there are a few 20-mm guns in the troops, the gunners have only mastered flat fire at the moment. Shooting at the air, no one will use it at all. There is a sharp weapon in his hand, but no one will use it, which makes Li Ziyuan very annoyed. But anti-aircraft shooting is definitely a technical job, and rushing into battle is just a waste of shells.

But looking at these Japanese light bombers, they were unscrupulously diving, bombing, and strafing on their heads, and even so arrogant that they were almost flying against the scalps of the troops when they strafed. Li Ziyuan gritted his teeth and said to He Sanliang beside him: "It's not okay to go on like this, the casualties of the troops are too great." ”

"We dodge the air raids, and we have lost too much time. The devils used these planes to drag us, they can afford to drag us, but we can't afford to drag it. Tell the troops, concentrate all the light and heavy machine guns, and give Lao Tzu a shuttle to hit him in the air. Rifles, all shot me in the air. Even if it's a bamboo pole, give me a few stabs. ”

"Also, those small cannons and anti-aircraft machine guns have also been brought out, even if they can't be defeated, they can't let them bomb us so calmly. Grandma's, I don't believe I can't cure them. Tell the troops, don't fucking give Lao Tzu distressed ammunition at this time. Even if you can catch the devil's plane and fly higher, you will win. ”

Hearing Li Ziyuan's order, He Sanliang, who also knew that it was not a way to go on like this, immediately began to prepare. However, he did not draw all the light and heavy machine guns. Instead, the heavy machine gun companies of the two battalions were concentrated, plus the Soviet-made light machine guns of the regimental heavy machine gun companies, and a network of anti-aircraft fire was hastily formed.

The Soviet-made heavy machine guns of the regimental heavy machine gun company, which used wheeled gun mounts, were not suitable for this job. Light machine gunners work in pairs, and the secondary shooter serves as a bracket. Although He Sanliang does not know much about air defense knowledge, Wang Jun, the only staff officer he has now, is no stranger to air defense subjects.

Although Wang Jun said that when he was at the Central Military Academy, he studied infantry. However, on the frontal battlefield, Chongqing, which could only buy planes by begging people everywhere, did not know what air superiority was since the full-scale war between China and Japan began. The limited air force is such a large battlefield, it is like pepper noodles sprinkled into the sea.

Coupled with the high amount of battle losses and the lack of effective replenishment capabilities, all combat aircraft rely on outsourcing. Even at a certain stage, the embarrassing situation of not being able to buy combat aircraft with a large sum of money has also been in a position of being bombed. In addition to the limited number of anti-aircraft guns, it could only be held close to the main battlefield.

In many cases, the combat units in front could only use anti-aircraft machine guns, even ordinary light and heavy machine guns, as anti-aircraft weapons. Air defense training has become a necessary training subject in military academies. Although He Sanliang didn't know much about this matter, Wang Jun understood how to fight machine gun air defense and how to use the intensity of firepower to blind down the enemy's planes.

He divided the light machine guns into two groups, one of whom held a gun carriage and used it as an anti-aircraft gun mount. For all heavy machine guns, stones or even overturned carriages were used to increase the elevation angle of the gun as much as possible. But it is not Wang Jun, who is studying air defense, and that's all he can do.

As for the measurement of the dive path of the aircraft, he also did not understand the calculation of the speed of the aircraft. However, being able to do this has already made his immediate boss quite satisfied with this staff officer. It is estimated that even if he is in a safe place, Li Ziyuan agrees to let Wang Jun go, and He Sanliang will try his best to keep him.

And Zhou Tong also took the small artillery platoon into battle in person, and he personally manipulated a Breda 20-mm small cannon to point it at the sky. Fortunately, he was born as an artilleryman, and although he had never used this kind of small cannon, he still had some knowledge in ballistic calculations. He adjusted this small cannon to the maximum elevation angle.

Li Ziyuan used a weapon that could hit the sky this time, and even used a rifle, which can be regarded as at all costs. Wait until the Japanese planes have finished refueling and refueling, and then return to the battlefield again. Once again, he was so arrogant that he swooped down unscrupulously, but this time he was not so lucky.

Compared to the target's previous passive evasion, this time they were greeted by a dense fire net. The dense 20-mm shells, coupled with Li Ziyuan's own operation, the 13-mm bullets of the anti-aircraft machine gun captured from the puppet army, although the barrage composed of it was purely dependent on the density of firepower. But the good thing is the density of firepower, which is definitely enough.

This time, the three Japanese planes swooped down, but they were not as lucky as before. Two of them plunged headlong into the net of fire, and were riddled with holes in the dense barrage of bullets and shells. A plane should have crashed into the 20-millimeter shell, or was hit by a bullet in the fuel tank, and was directly blown up in the air and disintegrated.

The other one was also beaten and fell to the ground with fire all over his body. The rest of the plane, although it only grazed the fire net and narrowly escaped, was also damaged by one wing. Seeing that both of its companions had been shot down, the damaged plane did not dare to delay, and flew away crookedly with black smoke.