On October 28, Hideki Tojo took his main force of more than 20,000 Chahar to reinforce Shanxi, joined up with Sakagaki's main force, and then took over the position of the dead Sakagaki, commanding the elite of the Japanese army with a force of 60,000. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Hideki Tojo is also a hardliner, his personality is still very different from Sakagaki, who is completely daring, while Tojo likes to plan before acting.

Therefore, after controlling the Japanese troops in Shanxi, Tojo Hideki did not immediately attack, but made various arrangements on the position, and sent some Japanese soldiers disguised as ordinary Chinese civilians to blend in with the rear of the Chinese army to conduct various reconnaissance.

On October 30, after Tojo Hideki felt that he was almost ready, he quickly launched a powerful attack on the Xinkou area, and the first attack was the central position of the Xinkou defense line, the area of Nanhuaihua.

Hideki Tojo was known for his arbitrariness, ferocity and brutality, and he also had this style when he commanded operations.

In the first round of attack, Hideki Tojo sent two wings of 7,000 or 8,000 attacking troops, equipped with more than 20 fighters, 70 or 80 cannons, and dozens of combat vehicles.

In terms of heavy firepower, the Japanese had an absolute advantage, and as soon as the battle began, it was white-hot.

The area around Nanhuaihua is commanded by General Hao Mengling, commander of the Ninth Army, and at this moment, he is personally supervising the battle on the front line.

"Commander, it's too dangerous here, you better retreat, if there is any situation, we will report to you at any time." The guard battalion commander was really worried, and persuaded again.

"I'm afraid of danger, I, Hao Mengling, won't come to resist Japan, you don't have to persuade me." Commander Hao let out a deep sigh and continued to observe the enemy situation with a telescope regardless of it.

Commander Hao observed for a while before putting down the binoculars and sighed, "The brothers are really good, the little devil has been beaten back again." ”

"Commander, let's withdraw first, as soon as the little devil retreats, it will be bombed and shelled by planes in a while, this is too dangerous." The battalion commander of the guard advised again.

This time, Commander Hao did not refute, although he was not afraid of death, he would not deliberately expose himself to enemy fire. The soldiers at the front line also guessed what the Japanese army would do next, so they also hid themselves in the fortifications and waited for the Japanese artillery bombardment.

Sure enough, not long after the Japanese retreated, the ferocious shelling began.

At this moment, the sound of "buzzing ......" planes came from far and near, but not from the Japanese position, but from the direction of Taiyuan.

"It's our plane." Many soldiers were very excited when they saw it.

Suddenly in the sky was a formation of 12 American Hawker 2 and 3 fighters and Northrop 2EC bombers. For the weak Chinese Air Force, it is already a big deal to be able to send such a lineup at one time.

The Hawker Combat can be used for both aerial combat missions and bombing missions, as it can carry bombs itself. First of all, with Hawker fighters in the lead, strike at the exposed artillery positions of the Japanese army.

"Woo......" the whimper of the plane's dive.

"Boom ......" the scream of dropping bombs.

"Boom, boom, boom ......" one aerial bomb after another exploded on the Japanese artillery positions.

Subsequently, Northrop bombers also raged wildly over the Japanese positions, and the Japanese anti-aircraft fire quickly started. After a battle, the Japanese artillery positions were baptized, especially some of the exposed anti-aircraft firepower, and then they were taken care of.

Although several planes were injured, none of them crashed, and it seems that it is more effective to deal with planes. Except, of course, helicopters.

Not long after the group of planes of our air force left, the Japanese ground forces launched a fierce attack.

"Buzzing ......" And at the critical moment of the Japanese attack, the air force flew over in a swarm, and suddenly there were twelve planes, all of which were Hawk fighters.

However, after the appearance of the group, it did not immediately launch an attack on the ground forces of the Japanese army, but continued to press on the rear positions of the Japanese army. The Japanese ground forces, which were attacking, saw that the planes of the Air Force did not attack them, and they also ignored them and continued to launch a powerful attack.

At this moment, another plane appeared from the west, this plane was obviously different from the style of the sky fighter, and it was flying at a low altitude, it was Apache.

The reason why Apache appeared in time was because this air operation was initiated by Wei Qidong, and he asked Sun Yue to tell Taiyuan about his thoughts, and received a positive response, because Wei Qidong proved again and again through actions that he was reliable in air combat. Therefore, Taiyuan, with the support of Nanjing, decided to fully cooperate with Wei Qidong's actions.

"Near the ...... behind the Japanese army"

Tang Xinyi quickly rushed the Apache to the rear of the Japanese army on the ground, and then flew directly in translation, so that the backs of all the Japanese attacking troops were under the guns of the Apache.

"Da da da......" As soon as Wei Qidong pressed the launch button, the 30mm cannon poured down towards the dense crowd.

The Japanese troops below the "ahh......h

Many Japanese soldiers suddenly showed a shocked look, the plane could have such a slow speed, but it had such a powerful firepower. It's like building a mobile fortress in their heads, powerful and very accurate, how can their flesh and blood resist?

"Shoot, shoot, shoot ......" One by one, the Japanese commanders hurriedly commanded the machine gunners to raise the machine gun and fire it into the air as an anti-aircraft machine gun.

However, how did they know that this kind of machine gun was simply an itch for Apache, so Wei Qidong didn't bother to pay attention to it at all, and continued to let Tang Xinyi fly with the Apache in translation, while he himself was like shaving his head, pushing directly from back to front.

In such a frenzied strafing massacre, the Japanese troops who were attacking the positions of the Chinese army were simply on their backs, and the Japanese troops did not have the heart to attack at all, and they always felt that great danger was coming from behind, and their morale plummeted.

The momentum of the Japanese army is weak, but the momentum of the Chinese army is like a flood.

"Good job, good ......" Commander Hao saw through the telescope that the Japanese attacking troops were already in disarray, and the Japanese troops were falling every minute, and he was so excited that he couldn't do it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Commander Hao immediately commanded the troops to launch a counteroffensive, and cooperated with Wei Qidong to form a two-sided attack on the Japanese army.

"Baga, why hasn't our plane shown up yet?" When Toshiji Miura, the commander of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army, saw through the binoculars that his troops were being slaughtered, he was so angry that he cursed, and what made him even more aggrieved was that he did not dare to jump out blatantly, for fear of being discovered by the strange plane.

Thinking that he Miura Toshishi is also the brigade commander directly under the Fifth Division of the Ace Division, he was forced to this step, and he was helpless. There's no way around it, no matter how arrogant he is Miura Toshishi, is he comparable to his old boss Seishiro Sakagaki? But now, Sakagaki has reported to Amaterasu.

There was no way, the Japanese army could only call in part of the anti-aircraft firepower to attack it, but the distance was a little far, and the hit rate and power were much worse, not to mention that there was also the Chinese Air Force staring at the sky, as long as the Japanese anti-aircraft fire was exposed, it would be a rapid strike.

It turned out that the mission of the Chinese Air Force was not to inflict much damage on the Japanese army, but to protect Wei Qidong's Apache.

At this moment, the Japanese aircraft formation, which was expected by the Japanese army, finally appeared, and suddenly there were more than 20 planes, including four Type 93 bombers, three Type 96 land attack planes, and the rest were combat escort aircraft groups composed of Type 95 and Type 97.