Under the expectant gaze of both sides, dozens of armor-piercing shells fired from 88mm anti-aircraft guns hit more than a dozen No. 4 tanks fiercely. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The dazzling flames rose into the air, completely engulfing the more than a dozen tanks,

When the dazzling fire dispersed with the smoke of gunpowder, it was found that the hit No. 4 tank began to emit billowing smoke, and it was obvious that the 80mm-thick vertical front armor of the No. 4 tank could not withstand the heavy shelling of the 88 anti-aircraft gun.

There is one statistic that Zhang Xinghan does not know, that is, during World War II, the 76mm tank gun of the American tank Sherman could penetrate the vertical armor of the No. 4 tank at a distance of two thousand meters.

&n% Pig % Pig % Island % Novel; Not to mention the German-style anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of 88mm, and at such a close distance of a thousand meters, even if the Soviet-style T3485 tank comes, it may not be able to resist it, so the destruction of the No. 4 tank is also an inevitable result.

Seeing that his tank was destroyed, Zhang Xinghan's face was gloomy, and he immediately ordered: "Order the troops to stop the attack immediately, and all the No. 4 tanks will also retreat." ”

Guo Zhong and the others knew that Zhang Xinghan was in a bad mood, so they hurriedly responded to the order and left.

Not long after, the order was delivered, and the officers and men of the attacking troops, who were fearless of death, immediately turned around and withdrew from the battlefield one after another.

Zhang Lingfu did not order a counterattack, he knew the firepower of the Northeast Frontier Army, so he had the upper hand in the first encounter, but he did not dare to hold it up.

"Brother Lingfu, this anti-aircraft gun of the Northeast Army is powerful, it killed more than a dozen of their tanks, haha, happy!" Wang Yaowu laughed with some excitement.

"Shizuo, now is not the time to be happy, such a small defeat has not hurt Zhang Xinghan's vitality at all, and I am afraid that I will attract the aerial firepower of the Northeast Army to retaliate next!" Zhang Lingfu said worriedly.

Wang Yaowu suddenly realized and exclaimed, "Oops." Brother Lingfu, if you don't say it, I almost forgot, come on, immediately order the transfer of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns! ”

Wang Yaowu's voice fell, and before the adjutant could execute, Zhang Lingfu hurriedly spoke out to stop: "Slow, division, at this time, we must not evacuate the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns on the positions outside the city gates, otherwise we will not be able to resist the charge of the Northeast Army's tank clusters." ”

"What then? Wouldn't it be bad if Zhang Xinghan really recruited the Air Force? "Wang Yaowu is in and out of two ways.

Zhang Lingfu said patiently: "Master, have you forgotten that these anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns themselves are used for air defense. Flattening it against infantry and armored tank fighting vehicles is still a tactic invented by Zhang Xinghan. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Lingfu couldn't help but admire Zhang Xinghan, who is this person sacred, neither has he been to Huangpu, nor is he born in Baoding, he has been in the Northeast Lecture Hall for a year and a half, how can there be so many unheard of and unseen forward tactics and ideas in his mind?

"Lingfu means to use these anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns for air defense?" Wang Yaowu is obviously a little lacking in confidence.

"Yes. If the Northeast Air Force attacks, it will be air defense, and if they attack again, it will be used to suppress their tanks and attacking forces. Zhang Lingfu said.

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Zhang Lingfu's guess was not wrong. After returning to the headquarters, Zhang Xinghan was a little annoyed, and said to Guo Zhong angrily: "Zhongzi, send a telegram to Gao Zhihang immediately." Immediately send bombers to me to take out Zhang Lingfu's air defense position. ”

"Yes." Guo Zhong should not be delayed, and immediately took the order.

"General seat, Zhang Lingfu has already prepared. With the use of captured anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of our army, it is difficult to capture Puyang in an urgent manner, do we need to change the battle plan? Liu Jianguo was a little ashamed, but he made a suggestion out of the duty of a subordinate.

"No need, if you don't take Puyang and capture Zhang Lingfu alive, I will not give up." Zhang Xinghan was a little angry when he said this, since he led his troops to participate in the 918 Incident War, there have been hundreds of battles, big and small, and no one has ever frustrated his attack three times or twice.

He couldn't help but be angry, but he hadn't completely lost his mind, and subconsciously he was waiting for the airborne brigade's surprise attack to succeed.

Before the results of the airborne brigade's surprise attack came out, he was going to compete with Zhang Lingfu in Puyang, and with his superiority in advanced weapons in many arms, Zhang Xinghan couldn't beat Zhang Lingfu if he didn't believe it.

Guo Zhong quickly went and returned, and said to Zhang Xinghan: "The general seat, I have already contacted the Air Force, a bomber squadron has taken off from Beiping and is rushing towards Puyang, and it is expected to arrive in about half an hour." ”

"Well, that's good." Zhang Xinghan said awe-inspiringly: "Concentrate all the tank guns and artillery, cooperate with the air force, and bombard the defenders' positions at the West Gate, especially the artillery positions in the rear, and strive to kill all the anti-aircraft guns for me!" ”

"Yes." Guo Zhong, Liu Jianguo and others stepped forward one after another.

More than 30 minutes later, about 14 or 5 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers roared to the northeast of Puyang City.

Zhang Lingfu's air defense observation post deployed in the field defense position in the north of the city was the first to detect it, and quickly fired signal flares to warn him.

The defenders' anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine-gun positions quickly became busy, but at this moment, the artillery positions of the Northeast Army opposite the west gate suddenly opened fire.

With the cooperation of the artillery of the tank division, dozens of shells of different calibers fell from the air with a long tail flame.

"Boom, boom...... Boom ......" violently exploded into dust and smoke, and flames erupted, and several defender soldiers who were running back and forth to prepare for air defense fell in a pool of blood on the spot.

Immediately after that, more than a dozen flying fortress bombers came under the clouds and dropped bombs weighing hundreds of pounds.

In the violent explosion that shook the ground and shook the mountains, the entire Puyang West Gate became a sea of fire.

Some of the defenders were engulfed in flames before they could even howl, others were hit by raging shrapnel and lay wailing in pools of blood, while others were burned by the flames, rolling and tumbling on the ground, and the terrible screams they emitted were eerie.

This kind of bombing and explosion lasted for about 10 minutes, and because the air force came quickly, and the defenders lacked experience in operating anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, it was okay to use them as machine guns when they were flattened, and it was different if they really fought anti-aircraft aircraft.

Therefore, the dozen anti-aircraft guns and machine guns deployed by Zhang Lingfu outside the west gate failed to cause any substantial damage to the incoming Flying Fortress bomber group, and they were almost completely destroyed.

After the bombardment, the Northeast Army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately launched another fierce charge at the West Gate.

This time the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns were lost, and the defenders were powerless to stop the advance of the tanks of the Northeast Army.

Seeing that the first trench was broken through by the Northeast Army without much effort, the entire field defensive position outside the West Gate was in danger of collapsing on the entire front.

Wang Yaowu looked anxious and said, "Lingfu, what should we do?" Think of a way. ”

Although Zhang Lingfu didn't show it obviously, the anxiety in his eyes and the frowning of his brows all showed that he was so nervous and worried at the moment.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Lingfu said: "Division, the time is almost up, it's time to let the death squad go up and kill the tanks of the Northeast Army at all costs." ”

"Fuck the squad?" Wang Yaowu looked unbearable, the death squad is a lose-lose style, and it will not be dispatched unless it is absolutely necessary.

However, when he saw the tanks of the Northeast Army outside the city advancing as if they were entering a no-man's land, many officers and men of the central government were suppressed by their fierce firepower, unable to raise their heads, and the casualties continued to expand.

Wang Yaowu finally nodded and said, "Okay, immediately order the death squad to immediately top me up." ”

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Jincheng, known as Zezhou in ancient times, has been the gateway to Henan, the land of the Central Plains, since ancient times. It is also known as Fengtai, Danchuan, and Zezhou Mansion. It is known as "Pinghan in the Central Plains, Xiongzhen in Southern Hebei".

It is located at the border between Henan and the southeast of Shanxi[5], and borders Henan Xinxiang, Jiyuan, Qinyang, Boai, Jiaozuo and other counties on the east and south.

It is connected with Yuncheng and Linfen in the west, and Changzhi in the north. Backed by the Yellow River, it faces Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, Kaifeng, and Luoyang, the ancient capitals of Henan Province[1]. Northeast overlooking the ancient capital of Anyang, Handan, Hebei. It is an important place to guard the thoroughfare of Henan, Hebei and Jin provinces.

Dan River, Qinhe River two water longitudinal flow into Henan is an important watershed of the North Henan Plain and Zezhou Basin, there is Xiongguan in the south of Jincheng forty-five miles, the name is Tianjing Pass, also known as Taihang Pass, Xiongding Pass, because of the unfathomable spring of the three wells in front of the pass, it is the first Xiongguan on the border of Henan and Jin, one of the eight Taihang Mountains, guards the important passage of Henan and Jin, is the only traffic artery from Henan into Jin, and now it is also the only way for the Jin Sui army to retreat south to the Central Plains when Shanxi can not be defended.

Zhang Xinghan led the lone army to go deep into Jincheng and Tianjing Pass, if there was no airborne brigade before, then Zhang Xinghan wanted to capture Jincheng, he must first take Tianjingguan, a key place.

In ancient times, located in the southernmost part of the Taihang Mountain, the Tianjing Pass is the north and south to rush, since ancient times, it is the place where the soldiers must fight, hold the steepness of the Taihang, enter the Tianjing as the high pass, the importance is needless to say.

However, now that the Northeast Army already has airborne troops, it has become an ornament in the period of the Cold Weapon War.

As long as the airborne brigade can take Jincheng by surprise, then Tianjing Pass will be in the bag.

After receiving Zhang Xinghan's urgent military order, Wang Longxiang immediately led the officers and men of his unit to take off from Dalian with the help of the air force, and after a nearly two-hour flight, finally arrived in the airspace around Jincheng at the height of the battle in Puyang.

Under the guidance of the agents of the Secret Bureau lurking in Jincheng and other places, the airborne brigade began to paralyz.

Countless umbrella flowers fall from the sky, dazzling.

Half an hour later, all the airborne brigades landed safely and quickly gathered around Wang Longxiang's location through the radio.

"Captain, the troops are assembled, please instruct." A squadron leader came to Wang Longxiang's side and said.

Wang Longxiang looked up at the sky and said: "It's still early, order the troops to hide on the spot, send a guard post, once a suspicious person approaches, arrest it first, and then act on time at seven o'clock in the evening." (To be continued......)