Yoshimoto Eisaku's division of troops soon reached the front command. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Yang Tianfeng immediately discussed with Liu Chen and Ma Biao to adjust the deployment.

"The Chen Lou defense line can be given up after a little blocking, so as to lure the enemy on this road to continue to go deeper and widen the distance between it and the enemy on the other road." Yang Tianfeng looked at Liu Chen and Ma Biao tentatively, and saw that the two had no objection, so he continued: "Transfer a brigade of troops to Anling Town to assist the 14th Cavalry Brigade in stabilizing the defense and blocking the enemy's reinforcements. ”

"General Yang wants to fight this way first?" Liu Chen pondered for a moment, smiled faintly, and said, "First strong and then weak, but it will surprise the enemy." ”

"The enemy has heavy artillery on this way, and if it can be defeated first, there is no need to worry about the other way." Ma Biao was very much in favor of Yang Tianfeng's intentions, but he was not without worries, "Abandon Chen Lou, I don't know if there is enough time?" If it affects the construction of the Qingheyi position, don't take any chances. ”

"Send additional troops, recruit migrant workers, and rush repairs overnight." Yang Tianfeng said confidently: "The trench under Huaiyang City is almost dug, and it doesn't take too many men and horses to trap and defend the enemy." The key now is to gather and annihilate the enemy of Kaifeng, as long as victory is achieved, Huaiyang is at your fingertips. ”

Liu Chen looked at the map carefully, and from a general point of view, the 80th Division, the 1st Cavalry Division, the 2 more than two detachments of the 3rd Column, and the 14th Cavalry Brigade had formed a strategic semi-encirclement of the Japanese army in Kaifeng. As long as the Japanese army continued to move south, the whole encirclement situation became more and more obvious. Since Yang Tianfeng was so confident in encircling and annihilating the Japanese army, he didn't even need the help of the 80th Division, then he was happy to see it.

"I agree with General Yang's deployment." Liu Chen said, "If you don't deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army that came to Kaifeng, you can't attack the important town of Huaiyang with peace of mind." If Huaiyang cannot be captured, our army's territory north of the Yellow River will lack depth, and it will be very dangerous to fight against the river in the future. In this way, I will telegraph to the 80th Division, order them to move east and south, and then form an encirclement for the Japanese army. ”

"It's better to go east." Yang Tianfeng stretched out his hand and nodded at Taikang and Zhecheng, and suggested: "If Huaiyang is down, our army can take advantage of the victory to attack Taikang and Zhecheng again." In this way, it has firmly driven a wedge between Kaifeng and Shangqiu, no matter whether the next step is to continue to attack Shangqiu, or to fight Kaifeng again, or to cut off the Longhai Road in the north, it will be in an extremely advantageous position. ”

"Exactly." Ma Biao stretched out his hand and measured, and said, "Fifty or sixty miles deep and nearly a hundred miles wide, the space for activity is large enough." ”

"So that's it?" Yang Tianfeng nodded vigorously in an inquiring tone, after receiving an affirmative answer.

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The enemy changes and we also change, and the changes in the situation on the battlefield are always not whimsical and always unexpected.

And war is such a dangerous game: the loss of a fighter means the loss of superiority, and the loss of superiority can lose everything. The problem is that whether or not a fighter plane can be seized is often not subject to the subjective will of man.

The plan formulated by Yang Tianfeng is not static, but leaves room for flexible adjustment. To achieve this is both difficult and simple, that is, to have reserve forces in hand.

The remaining detachment, with the cooperation of the troops of the 1st Cavalry Division and a regiment, was responsible for besieging Huaiyang; Chiang's detachment suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of the Pagoda and the ensuing siege and annihilation, and now only two brigades remained in formation, and were thrown into Qingheyi and Anling Town respectively; In addition to the special operations squad and guerrilla team that attacked and harassed the enemy, Yang Tianfeng still retained the Guo detachment as a reserve force.

The 1st Cavalry Division, the Guo Detachment, plus a brigade in the Qingheyi position, and most of the artillery, the total strength has reached more than 12,000 people, and the operation to encircle and annihilate the enemy is quite certain for Yang Tianfeng.

The devil's heavy artillery is very powerful, but it is by no means impossible to resist with perfect trench fortifications. Yang Tianfeng did not use the newly established air force because he considered that the training time for pilots was too short, and even if it was super ******** and easy to operate and pilot, it was still far from enough to undertake combat missions.

But he thought so, and the three guys who were a hundred miles away had other thoughts.

Between the blue sky and white clouds, Han Zhen and Sun Gang flew in the air with the Type 98 direct coordination reconnaissance plane.

Simple to operate, good stability at low speeds, few engine failures and easy maintenance, and the ability to take off and land over short distances because of the relationship between the single-leaf aircraft, the nine-entry reconnaissance aircraft quickly became familiar with the performance of the two veteran pilots and began to teach the trainees.

But today, the two instructors got on the plane together, saying that they were doing a slightly long-distance reconnaissance cruise to test the effect of the supercharger, but in fact they were discussing unauthorized actions that disobeyed orders.

"Judging from the flights in the past few days, the effect of mechanical pressurization is good, and the performance is obvious at medium and low altitudes." Sun Gang piloted the plane and talked to Han Zhen, "With other improvements, I think it can be used as a fighter." ”

Han Zhen was relatively old, thought about it, and said: "This plane originally had a combat function, but if it wants to fight against a real fighter, it will definitely not work." ”

Sun Gang chuckled lightly and said, "Think about what kind of place this is, the occupied area, what do the Japanese devils want fighters to do?" They have this kind of aircraft that can reconnoiter and can fight with infantry, as well as Type 96 land attack aircraft. ”

Han Zhen frowned and said, "What are you and Gao Yunge doing?" Chief Yang has repeatedly said that this is a training plane, and many pilots will be trained. As for the fighter, what is being made is. ”

Sun Gang was silent for a moment, and said faintly: "Of course I know that the fighter is being manufactured, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be built in a few months, right?" I don't want to fight hard with the devil plane, but you also know that this plane has been modified and equipped with armor-piercing incendiary bombs, and if it meets the same Japanese plane, the odds are very high. Moreover, none of the Japanese insignia on this plane has been erased. Didn't Commander Yang also say that if you encounter a Japanese plane in the sky above the base ground, maybe it will make the Japanese plane misjudge and create a chance for a sneak attack! ”

"You-" Han Zhen paused and asked in a deep voice, "What are you and Xiao Gao going to do?" Let's be honest! ”

"Revenge." Sun Gang briefly stated the reason, paused, and continued: "Of course it's not a brutal fight, I discussed it with Yunge, and tomorrow I will drive the plane to the west and take a turn around Huaiyang." If you can meet the opportunity, you will **** all at once. If not, go back and act as if nothing happened. ”

It is only more than 200 miles to Huaiyang, and the maximum speed is less than an hour, which is nothing in terms of time and fuel volume. Han Zhen pondered for a while, and felt that it was okay. The key is navigation, how to find Huaiyang accurately.

"Yun Ge and I carefully studied the map, accurately calculated the distance, and chose the most reliable flight route." Sun Gang seemed to guess Han Zhen's concerns, and explained: "Fly west along the Vortex River first, at the confluence of the Shahe, Yinghe, and Jialu Rivers, that is, Zhoukou, and then turn north, and it will not be far from Huaiyang." ”

"You two want me to cover up?" Han Zhen sighed.

"If Chief Yang blames him afterwards, Yun Ge and I will say that it is a miscarriage, or directly admit the mistake, it will not be good." Sun Gang said: "You just pretend that you don't know anything, and just secretly prepare the fuel and ammunition tonight." ”

After a long time, Han Zhen said helplessly: "Okay, I'll help you this time." You--Alas, you have to take into account the painstaking efforts of Chief Yang, and don't be impulsive, and drive this only training plane back intact! ”

Sun Gang was silent for a while, nodded vigorously, and said, "We will be very, very careful, and we will definitely return safely." ”

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Heavy shells exploded, and the ground rolled like boiling water.

An explosion seems to be in the ears, and in the shadow of death, people will be on the verge of collapse, shouting and screaming, and even running and jumping.

A hand suddenly reached over and pressed the recruit Liu Dachuan tightly, preventing him from getting up. Liu Dachuan looked back anxiously, and what emerged from the smoke was the calm face of the squad leader.

The shells exploded incessantly near the trenches, and the sound was so loud that it almost tore people's eardrums. Large swaths of dirt were tossed and scattered like raindrops. The squad leader slapped Liu Dachuan fiercely, and only after he calmed down did he signal him to follow the movements of other veterans.

said that he was a recruit, Liu Dachuan was also trained, and even fought a few small battles. But this was the first time such a shelling had been encountered, and it caused a brief confusion of mind.

Holding his head and squatting and opening his mouth wide, Liu Dachuan curled up into the anti-artillery hole again, and the squad leader bent down and moved to another place in the trench.

The explosion sounded like thunder in my ears, and the world seemed to be flipped under my feet. Liu Dachuan saw a veteran squatting in the cat's ear hole diagonally opposite, his face was calm, he turned a blind eye to the explosion, gunsmoke and falling soil, and squeezed his eyes at him. This small action made Liu Dachuan suddenly feel relaxed, and he wanted to squeeze a smile in response, but the muscles on his face only felt stiff.

The shells were still falling, and extended to the rear of the position, and the power and frequency of the falling shells were significantly weakened, and they should have been the devil's 92 infantry guns or 75mm mountain guns.

Liu Dachuan saw that the veteran on the opposite side obviously had a relaxed posture, grabbed the gun next to him, and checked it carefully and carefully. He did the same, and some cold guys gave him greater comfort.

A sharp sound sounded in the sound of cannons, and Liu Dachuan could still vaguely hear that it was the whistle ready for battle. His nerves tensed instantly, waiting for another signal to be sent.

Yoshimoto Eisaku held up the binoculars and put all his energy into the view of the lens tube, as if he was watching a brilliant fireworks display.

Chen Lou easily broke through the enemy's defensive position, and the advance speed of the Japanese army led by him accelerated somewhat. In the report of the reconnaissance plane, he knew that the enemy was massing towards the second line of defense, Qingheyi. Obviously, the enemy gave up most of the harassment and attack, and was preparing to organize more troops and a stronger defense line at Qingheyi to fight to the death against the locust army. (To be continued.) )