This time, the 12th Division was annihilated in Suiyuan, and its remnants laid down their arms and surrendered to the Eighth Route Army for the first time. Such a thing is undoubtedly a huge shame for the Kwantung Army, and I feel that I have been slapped in the face.

Although the 12th Division was originally invited by the North China Front Army to go south to cooperate in the operation. Before the 12th Division was surrounded, the Kwantung Army also ordered the North China Front Army to do everything possible to rescue it.

As a result, in the end, the remnants of the 10th Division actually chose to surrender. For a time, the Kwantung Army felt that this division had brought shame to their Kwantung Army. No one mentioned it anymore, and the matter of ordering the North China Front Army before.

Receiving a reprimand telegram from the domestic military headquarters, the Kwantung Army was under greater pressure than the North China Front. After all, the 12th Division is under the jurisdiction of the Kwantung Army, and now that there is a surrender, the Kwantung Army is also to blame.

In order to wash away the shame brought to the Kwantung Army by the 12th Division, the Kwantung Army also dispatched a lot of army aviation planes to join the formation of the bombing of Yulin. even from Suiyuan, all the way to Yulin.

According to the information obtained by the Kwantung Army, the base areas from Suiyuan to Yulin are all base areas for capturing the remnants of the 12th Division. Therefore, in the eyes of the Kwantung Army, it was necessary to teach a profound lesson to the independent column of the Eighth Route Army.

The mighty bomber formation looked at Yulin City, which had already appeared in their field of vision. Although it has long been known that Yulin City must have carried out an air defense evacuation. But in their opinion, they also came prepared this time.

In order to teach the independent column a profound lesson, and also to show that the honor of the Kwantung Army is not to be disgraced. The aerial bombs carried by the bombers of the Kwantung Army this time were not ordinary aerial bombs, but incendiary bombs.

I know that many houses in China like to use wooden structures, and if you bomb with ordinary bombs, it is far less shocking than incendiary bombs. For this reason, they deliberately carried a large number of incendiary bombs this time in an attempt to burn Yulin City to the ground.

Just as they were about to launch the bombing, the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, which was ready to open fire, locked on the little devil bombers that had entered the shelling range, and the battalion commander in charge of the command shouted: "Hit! ”

After the sound of "tom", the rest of the 75 anti-aircraft gun positions, which were also preparing for shelling, also fired their first anti-aircraft shells to counterattack the little devils. The battalion's twenty-eight 75 anti-aircraft guns fired the first anti-aircraft guns almost in an instant!

Looking at the anti-aircraft guns rising from the ground and the Japanese formation flying over Yulin City in formation, he immediately said in a chaotic formation: "Baga! The enemy has large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, spread out! The squadrons quickly dispersed! ”

Although the pilot aircraft made the order to disperse at the right time. Compared with the flight speed of the shells, many planes that could not dodge were directly pierced by the anti-aircraft guns that rose into the sky.

Looking at the bombers that instantly turned into fireballs and exploded in the air, many planes that were relatively close to the exploding planes were also quickly affected by the pond fish. For a time, the originally orderly formation of Japanese bombers instantly became a big mess.

The fighter plane, which was more agile than the bomber, soon dived towards the position where the 75 antiaircraft artillery battalion was located under the leadership of the pilot aircraft, hoping to use the agility of the fighter to destroy the antiaircraft artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army, which posed a fatal threat to the bomber formation.

He Zhengdao, who had been staring at the sky, immediately said when he saw this scene: "Order the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion to prepare for fire cover!" Tell the machine-gun battalion to stop at all costs from blocking the positions of the imp fighters approaching the anti-aircraft artillery battalion. ”

'Yes, Commander! ’

The fighters of the little devils, if they want to destroy the positions of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, must lower their altitude and dive and strafe. But on the periphery of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, He Zhengdao also deployed an anti-aircraft machine gun battalion to deal with these nimble fighters.

Just as the Japanese fighters approached the position of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion, the roar of machine guns made these fighter pilots also tremble: "Baga! The enemy has anti-aircraft machine guns, pay attention to dodge! ”

Many Japanese pilots with superb flying skills also controlled the fighters they controlled, constantly shuttling through the fire network of anti-aircraft machine guns. As for the matter of urging the destruction of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, at this time they could no longer care about it.

The reason is very simple, if they accidentally dodge the bullets fired by these anti-aircraft machine guns, let alone destroy the positions of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion on the ground, then even their fighters may be shot down.

As the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion and the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion took the lead in firing, the menacing Kwantung Army flight formation was hit head-on. Not to mention the bombing of Yulin City, now many planes are hurriedly choosing to avoid artillery fire!

Looking at the Japanese fighters scurrying in the sky to avoid the anti-aircraft artillery fire, He Zhengdao said very calmly: "Order the remaining two anti-aircraft artillery battalions, without my order, they are not allowed to fire in advance." ”

'Yes, Commander! ’

Receiving the order of He Zhengdao, the two anti-aircraft battalions using 20-caliber anti-aircraft guns felt somewhat regretful. But the battalion commander on standby also said in a timely manner: "There are not many shells in the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and it will be our turn after they finish fighting!" ”

'Yes, Battalion Commander! ’

'Keep an eye on the little devil's plane, and once the commander's order arrives, give me a hard beating!' ’

Looking at the formation of little devil fighters scattered in formation, the blow of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion has been reduced a lot. He Zhengdao also knew that the range and lethality of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion were good, but the speed of firing was undoubtedly a bit slow.

Looking at the little devil planes that began to form a bombing formation outside Yulin City, He Zhengdao said in a timely manner: "Inform the 75th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion and ask their first company and second company to transfer the anti-aircraft guns as soon as possible and stop firing."

Ordered the third company and the fourth company to conduct free fire at the little devil fighters in the air. Each anti-aircraft gun, with 10 shells, was withdrawn into the dugout. Let the third company and the fourth company, pay attention to avoid the shelling of the little devils.

Once the imps' bombers began to bomb, they did not need to disassemble the anti-aircraft guns, but all entered the bomb shelters built by the gun emplacements. I lost some anti-aircraft guns, and I lost them, and the lives of officers and men mattered! ”

'Yes! ’

With the spread of the little devil bomber formation, the shelling of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion has also become much slower. Even a lot of shells hit the air directly, and they failed to hit the little devil plane that was constantly circling in the sky.

At this time, after receiving the order from He Zhengdao, the commander of the 75th anti-aircraft artillery battalion immediately said: "First company, second company, stop fighting!" Begin to disassemble the artillery, go into their respective anti-aircraft hiding points, and three companies, four companies continue to fight! ”

Looking at the air outside the position, the fighters of the little devils began to attack the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion. The battalion commander of the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion, who also knew that their anti-aircraft guns were of little use against nimble imp fighters.

Once the little devil's fighter approaches, the fate that awaits them is to be slaughtered by the little devil's plane. For this reason, the withdrawal of two companies from the battle in advance was also a wise decision in the eyes of the battalion commander.

In the first battle, the 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion also shot down more than a dozen planes of the little devils in the first round of shelling. In the eyes of the battalion commander, their task was still well accomplished, at least the first shot hit required by He Zhengdao!

As for the officers and men of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, even if casualties began to appear. However, the officers and men of every machine-gun position knew very well that they could not let the little devil's fighters rush into the airspace where the 75 th antiaircraft artillery battalion was located, and they all bit these little devil planes that were scurrying around.

In the face of these anti-aircraft machine guns that accompany them like shadows, these little devil fighters are also unable to do a good job of aiming and shooting. If they do not maneuver, they risk being hit by anti-aircraft machine guns on the ground.

Even one or two anti-aircraft machine gun rounds were not enough to kill them. But if they are unlucky and are hit by a machine gun in the fatal part of the plane, they will not be able to return to the nearest airport smoothly even if they are afraid of their plane.

When the fighter formation, which was responsible for covering the bombers, began to complete the formation in the air one after another, and adopted the tactics of wolf packs, constantly harassing the positions of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalions. He Zhengdao realized that the two small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery battalions could open fire.

'Order the 2nd and 3rd Air Defense Battalions, it's time to do it!' Tell them to beat down all the little devil's fighters, all of which don't pull me. This time, I'm going to keep them coming and going! ’

'Yes, Commander! ’

The two anti-aircraft battalions, which had been waiting for a call, looked at the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, which was constantly in crisis, somewhat anxious. At this moment, the phone was heard ringing, and both battalion commanders immediately picked up the phone.

'Commander's order, your battalion is ready to fire!' ’

'Yes, the order is received, execute it immediately!' ’

After hanging up the phone, the two air defense battalion commanders immediately said: "Attention of the whole battalion, start aiming!" Shoot! ”

With the first anti-aircraft guns firing, the rest of the concealed anti-aircraft gun positions soon began firing one after another. The two small-caliber anti-aircraft artillery battalions, coupled with the fire of the anti-aircraft machine gun battalion, inflicted further heavy losses on the little devil fighters who had thought that victory was in sight.

Their fighters can withstand the fire of anti-aircraft machine guns, but it is difficult to withstand the blows of such anti-aircraft guns. As long as one anti-aircraft shell is hit, their fighters are in danger of falling.

'Yaga! Didn't the intelligence provided by the intelligence services say that Yulin's anti-aircraft fire was weak? The anti-aircraft fire on the ground is at least the size of a wing. Yaga, we've been fooled! ’

The fighter that accompanied the little devil finally began to flee for his life, trying to leave the anti-aircraft fire network carefully deployed by He Zhengdao. The little devil bombers who served as bombers also did not dare to get too close to Yulin City.

The 75 anti-aircraft artillery battalion that was still firing its guns, and the anti-aircraft shells they fired could also threaten the bombers at high altitude. If they get too close, these bombers are also at risk of being shot down.

It's just that in the face of the fighters covering them, the scene of being shot down repeatedly, the pilots of the bombers also felt incredible. But they all had the feeling that they had been misled by the information they had seen earlier.

Such anti-aircraft firepower is difficult to deploy even in some important cities in the northeast. However, the Eighth Route Army deployed such large-scale anti-aircraft firepower here. The mistake of intelligence doomed them to be difficult to achieve their wish in this bombing! (To be continued.) )