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Chapter 853 Forge ahead with victory

An Yi had a good conversation with the teachers in the air-raid shelter, but 21 Japanese planes wantonly bombed the positions of two divisions of the 17th Army outside the Gubei Pass, and two of the three-plane formations successively pounced on Nantianmen in the southwest to attack the condescending defensive positions of Liu Huan's 83rd Division. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Japanese planes dropped bombs again and again, but did not cause many casualties to the defenders, and the more than 10 hours after the Japanese retreated were enough for the officers and men on the front line to dig air defense trenches, and at the same time, the backbone of Tu Zhirong's air defense brigade went to various positions on the front line to give propaganda and guidance, and none of the officers and men who had already seen the power of aircraft bombing dared to be lazy; coupled with the advance warning of the two radar reconnaissance groups that went forward, the Japanese army's fierce bombing did not achieve the goal of annihilating the defenders in large numbers.

However, the blazing fires on the battlefield, the thick smoke that covered the sky and the sun, the suffocating heat wave, and the prolonged violent explosions still made the soldiers guarding the front line extremely frightened.

"Here we go again!"

The operational staff officer standing at the observation post of the command post of the flank division of Nantianmen shouted.

Liu Huan, the commander of the 83rd Division, who was sitting on a stone pier and brushing away the dust, shook his head helplessly, thinking that after the Japanese planes came down in a few rounds and dropped bombs, they must have attacked the ground with aviation machine guns.

The deputy division commander scolded Liu Jian and said that if there was a battalion of the air defense brigade arranged here, the little Japanese planes would not dare to be so arrogant, and Liu Jian thought about it, but considering the huge pressure on Gubeikou, he knew that the air defense brigade, which had only half of the air defense artillery left, was not capable of coming to support.

"Boom-"

The violent explosion after the dense gunfire was earth-shattering, shaking the command post several times, and pieces of dirt were sprinkled from the thick horizontal timber gaps at the top, and the headquarters was suddenly filled with smoke and miasma, and it was impossible to open its eyes, and the excited exclamation of the combat staff officer came again: "Oh my God! Little Japan's planes went crazy and fought on their own......"

"What?"

Liu Jian was very surprised, he didn't care about spitting out a mouth full of dust, rushed to the observation port in a few steps, followed the guidance of the combat staff officer, opened his eyes and observed, and soon found that a small green Japanese plane was beaten by the larger and longer green biplane fighter behind it, and the two layers of wings were broken, and the fragments were flying, and the Japanese plane, which had lost most of its wings, lost its balance and suddenly rolled over after shaking a few times, and quickly lost control and quickly rushed to the ground.

The biplane that succeeded in the sneak attack in the rear suddenly pulled up, roared and turned sideways at a large angle, and before the fuselage could be balanced, a string of flames sprayed out of the nose, and the dense rain of bullets shot a ball of fire at the lower part of the cabin of another Japanese plane that had no time to turn diagonally, and the Japanese plane that was hit by the bullet suddenly climbed dozens of meters, and then exploded violently, disintegrating in the air, bursting into dazzling firelight.

The plane that had caused two accidents in succession dived one by one, let out a piercing scream, dodged the wreckage of the fierce shooting from the sky, climbed sharply again, crossed with another identical plane, soared into the sky, and soon converged and flew quickly to the northeast, as if it was going to chase several other Japanese planes that had fled separately.

Liu Huan, who was quite familiar with the plane, exclaimed: "Could it be that little Japan is really crazy...... I can see clearly, the last two planes left are exactly the same, both are Hawker II planes, different from the Walker 65 and Junker W33 planes that bombed us, it seems to be faster, more maneuverable and flexible, the shooting action just now that suddenly rose up and almost flew upside down, Walker planes can't do it, but the planes are painted green, and there are plaster flag signs on the wings, what the hell is going on......"

"You say, could it be Senior Brother An's air team?" Brigade Commander Chen Wu asked suddenly.

Liu Jian thought for a while and shook his head resolutely: "No, Senior Brother An's two air teams have almost no biplanes, and their aircraft livery is all silver, after a few months, the two air groups have suffered considerable losses, the eleventh air force has returned to Qiancheng in Xiangxi to rest, the twelfth air force now has six large transport planes and four or five Junker destroyers under maintenance, and they all flew back to Baoding Qingyuan Airport, only one of the latest Hawker III biplanes for reconnaissance remained at Nanyuan Airport in Beiping, hovering over North China every day, When I asked him last time, he said that the General Staff Headquarters had conducted a detailed verification of the terrain in North China, Northern Shanxi, and other regions in order to produce a more accurate operational map. At this time, Senior Brother An's plane should not be in the battle, so there must be some fire, right? ”

The combat staff officer scratched his head suspiciously: "Ah, is the pilot of Little Japan really crazy?" ”

The generals don't know why, you look at me, I look at you, no one can figure out for a while, they don't know that it was Stevens of the advisory group and Lin Fei, the captain of the 12th Flying Group, two high-skilled and daring guys, piloting two Hawk modified planes from the Northeast Army and disguised as Japanese planes, who launched a sneak attack.

In the end, Liu Jian said: "I sent a telegram to Senior Brother An and the General Headquarters, saying that two Japanese planes and six Japanese planes suddenly exchanged fire after bombing our position, and four of them were destroyed on the spot. ”

Chen Wu frowned: "Why did I hear it weirdly?" The chairman won't reproach us for talking nonsense, right? ”

"Go, go, what we state is the truth, so let's report it! We all look weird, how can we say it if we don't say that? ”

Liu Jian shook his head and asked the adjutant to go through the telescope and carefully observe the forward positions of the fire and the big pit.

At 10:50 a.m., Miyun.

The air raid sirens were lifted, the soldiers returned to their posts and continued to perform their duties, and thousands of students and workers and masters returned to the school in droves, led by the gendarmes.

An Yi helped Lin Lao, a professor of medical school, to slowly walk out of the air-raid shelter, and other teachers and generals also came out quickly, everyone came to the sunny sky, suddenly felt fresh air, and felt comfortable, and looked around without seeing any traces of air raids, and felt very comforted.

Zhan looked around and suggested that he continue to climb the review stand, and the teachers readily agreed, saying that they would listen to General An's speech.

Everyone returned to the stage and took their seats, and after greeting for a while, An Yi just wanted to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat and stepped forward to speak, when suddenly a school official ran to the review stand, jumped on the stage with a few "kicks", and came to An Yi to stand up and salute.

"Report to the Commander: Chief of Staff Good News." Sun Fu, who stayed by An Yi's side to study, saluted and handed over the message with both hands.

An Yi took a look, and immediately smiled and exclaimed loudly: "His grandmother's Stevens is amazing!" Piloting two modified fighters with Lin Fei, the madman, and taking advantage of the chaos to shoot down eight enemy planes in the airspace outside Gubeikou, and returned safely without damage, what a miracle! Looks like I've got to get three cases of Scotch ready haha! ”

"Huh!? How did the two of them do it? Zhan tilted his head, his face full of surprise.

An Yi smiled: "No matter how they did it, it is certain to shoot down eight enemy planes, but I didn't expect them to do it so quickly and so well...... Alright, teachers, brothers, teachers, students, and workers, and masters are almost here, let me announce this victory to you. ”

The teachers on the side were very excited when they heard the good news, and frequently nodded their heads to indicate that An Yi was at ease.

An Yi got up and walked to the front desk, once again ushered in warm applause from the audience.

An Yi waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, raised his voice and said loudly: "Teachers, students, workers, big brothers, two hours ago, I was just about to meet with you and say a few words, when little Japanese planes flew in to make trouble, and twenty-one Japanese planes pounced on Gubeikou to the north of us, and launched indiscriminate bombardment of the positions recovered by the officers and men of our 17th Army outside the pass.

"Fortunately, our officers and soldiers were prepared and did not let little Japan inflict heavy casualties on us. After the bombing, the army of little Japan saw that our soldiers had reappeared on the position, and they did not dare to attack as before, and the position was still firmly in our hands! ”

The audience applauded and cheered, An Yi waited for a moment, and said loudly: "Why is Little Japan so arrogant? That's because there are no planes that can confront us, so in the absolute air superiority, we frequently launch attacks, but although our air force cannot compete with small Japan, we have firm convictions and a brave and fearless patriotic spirit!

"Now, I would like to tell you the good news that I have just received -- while 21 Japanese planes bombed and attacked our positions outside the Gubeikou Pass, two patrol fighters of our army's 12 th Air Brigade met them fearlessly and fearlessly; after 40 minutes of fierce air fighting, our two fighters scored the astonishing record of shooting down eight enemy planes and damaging five enemy planes, and finally calmly withdrew from the battle and returned to Nanyuan Airport unscathed. Our front-line ground troops captured six Japanese pilots who had parachuted, and war correspondents also captured some of the moving scenes of fierce air battles......"

The cheers rang out again, the excited teachers, students and workers applauded desperately, cheered, the whole audience waved their flags, and the slogans of "Long live the National Revolutionary Army" and "Bloody battle to the end" sounded one after another.

An Yi glanced at the audience with a smile, and waited for the applause and cheers to stop, then said loudly: "I didn't prepare a microphone and a speaker today, everyone is so happy that I am afraid that I will not be able to hear my voice." ”

The audience burst into laughter, followed by a warm applause, and thousands of people quickly quieted down consciously, and finally the audience was quiet, and all the excited eyes looked at An Yi.

An Yi nodded with satisfaction: "Just now, Mr. Wang Chengjun of Yenching University asked me that the Northeast Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Northwest Army are all recruiting troops with great fanfare, why has the Central Army not moved?" Tens of thousands of patriotic students in the Pingjin area are all proud of being able to devote their pen to the army and defend their homes and the country, so why does the Central Army not meet the demands of the vast number of patriotic youth?

"I told Mr. Wang the truth, he was very happy to hear it, let me tell you again, I will say it again now: the reason why our Central Army did not recruit troops, is not to recruit soldiers, but to give priority to satisfying the friendly forces fighting side by side, from today, according to the instructions of the Central Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters, several heroic units in the Central Army that are well-known throughout the country will begin to recruit troops in six cities and counties, including Beiping, Tianjin, Baoding, Shijiazhuang, and Cangzhou. an independent division led by General Hu Jialin; the 44th Division of General Gu Changfeng, who made great achievements in the Songhu 128 Battlefield, the Liaoxi Battlefield and the Gubeikou Battlefield; After 918, the 40th Division of General Yang Jiuxiao, who insisted on staying outside the border to fight the Japanese invaders, won many great victories such as the victory of Chaoyang, and shocked the enemy; The newly formed training brigade of the Fifth Army Corps of the North China Theater under the direct jurisdiction of An Yi will begin a 10-day recruitment activity......"

The huge cheers drowned out An Yi's voice, and many of the thousands of students and workers were overjoyed, and it seemed that more than half of them had the desire to join An Jiajun.

The long cheers slowly stopped, and An Yi once again announced three news that made everyone excited and infinitely yearned: "Since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, the Pingjin area has been deeply affected, factories in Tianjin, Tangshan, Beiping, Baoding and other places have been closed one after another, colleges and universities in Pingjin have been forced to suspend classes, hundreds of thousands of helpless people have moved their families south to escape the war, and countless diligent workers, masters, and erudite teachers and gentlemen have been forced to leave their hometowns, for this, I am very sad, I also deeply feel the sadness and helplessness of the country's poverty and backwardness......

"However, we must not retreat, we must not cower and tremble in the face of the aircraft and artillery of the aggressor, not only cannot, but we should rise to the occasion! To this end, after consulting with the Southern Sichuan Pacification Office, the Xiangxi Pacification Office, Nanchang universities, Jiangnan Group, and other departments in the rear, I reached the following agreement, which was published in the newspaper and notified to the whole country:

"1. Recruit a group of teachers of science, engineering and law at high salaries in the Pingjin area to teach in universities in southern Sichuan; 2. On March 28, Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, Jiangnan Medical College, and South Sichuan University in Nanchang jointly held a special enrollment examination in Baoding, at which time 200 outstanding students who study in Europe and the United States at public expense will be selected, and students who are willing to transfer to these three schools will be accepted to continue their studies; Third, the Southwest Aviation School and the Syrian Aviation School, which are among the best colleges and universities in the country, will join other colleges and universities to recruit 200 three-year students from among the students and young people who take the examination; Fourth, March 28, Jiangnan Group will hold a seven-day recruitment fair for skilled workers and professionals in Langfang, involving mining machinery and mining, railway maintenance and management, machining, automobile manufacturing and maintenance, glass products manufacturing and design, and other 12 industries.

"All students and teachers, please tell each other, welcome everyone to join the enterprises of Jiangnan Group, join our army, and work together to defend and build the motherland!"

An Yi saluted, returned to his seat in the cheers of the audience, and ignored the enthusiastic discussions of the teachers around him, let alone glanced at Wang Chengjun, who was preoccupied, picked up the teacup and tasted the tea comfortably.