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Chapter 1428 is heart-pounding

According to a comprehensive analysis of the type, formation, and course of the Japanese fighters, Yu Zhixiang's arrangement of troops appeared to be decent and had no new ideas. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the information fed back by the radar, the Japanese planes mainly flew from the East China Sea and Taiwan to the Shanghai area, and when they were over the Ma'an Islands (only the 37-year map of the Republic of China in hand, the northeastern periphery of the Zhoushan Islands), they were caught by the radar deployed on the front line of Hangzhou Bay and immediately issued an early warning.

At this time, the Japanese army once again turned around and flew towards the airspace of Hangzhou, apparently its main purpose was to reinforce its army in battle.

The data obtained by the computer is that the Japanese army dispatched a total of 22 reconnaissance planes, 96 bombers, 59 attack planes, 116 biplane fighters, and 178 monoplane fighters, with a total number of astonishing 471 planes.

Continuously accumulating strength for nearly two months, based on the Japanese army's daily production of 50 fighters (note: the real history reached 76.71), even if the production line of half of the backward fighters is eliminated, it can still reach the output of 25 aircraft per day, this number is multiplied by 60 days, that is, 1500 aircraft, of course, in fact, limited by the insufficient supply of raw materials such as steel, alloy, rubber, etc., this number is more fair to be calculated by half, but it can also reach 750 aircraft, relative to the production capacity of the Syrian aircraft plant, It is still a complete victory (note: it should be close to the reality of this time, and the plane of this book, due to the strong assistance of the United States, should be much stronger than the original history).

In addition, the number of fighters purchased from Italy and the United States, although there were many losses in the previous series of operations, the number of fighters now equipped by the Japanese army has reached a rather terrifying level.

In the fourth year of Taisho (1915), the Army Aviation Brigade was established, and by the ninth year of Taisho (1920), six aviation brigades had been established, with 428 Army Aviation Corps on the staff. At the same time, the government established the Army Aviation School on April 15, 1919, with Major General Kawataka as the principal of the aviation school, and in the year of its opening, it had 353 cadets. In the 10th year of Taisho (1921), the Akeno Branch of the Army Aviation School and the Shimojizu Branch were established successively, and in the 13th year of Taisho (1924), the three Army Aviation Schools were renamed Tokorozawa Army Flight School, Akeno Army Flight School and Shimojizu Army Flight School. That year, the three army flight schools had 2,618 cadets. In the eighth year of Showa (1933), the Hamamatsu Army Flight School and the Tokyo Army Aviation School were established, and in the tenth year of Showa (1935), the Tokorozawa Army Second Flight School, the Kumagai Army Flight School and the Army Aviation Technical School were also officially established (Note: the previous historical data, real data). At this point, it is only the first army aviation unit, which already has eight army flight and technical schools, and it is conservatively estimated that in the past 17 years, the aviation school has trained at least 10,000 pilots, and excluding factors such as birth, old age, sickness and death, there are at least 5,000 experienced aviation units that can now go into battle.

What if you add this figure to the number of pilots trained by naval aviation? It's unimaginable!

In addition, due to the defeat in the Baoding air battle in July and the Jidong air battle in August, Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi submitted a proposal to the Japanese emperor for the first time on the issue of training professional flight non-commissioned officers and officers. In mid-August, Hirohito issued an edict to establish two schools in Nagoya and Osaka respectively to train professional army aviation officers, the Nagoya Army Aviation Noncommissioned Officer School and the Osaka Army Aviation Officer School. The navy was not willing to be left behind, and successively established the Yokohama Naval Aviation Noncommissioned Officer School and the Yokosuka Naval Aviation Officer School in the two port cities of Yokohama and Yokosuka.

Therefore, it can be seen from all of the above that at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese war, the talent reserve of Japanese pilots was far superior to that of China, and as long as the production capacity of fighters could keep up in time, then the instantaneous ability of the navy, army, and air force would be very terrifying.

Suddenly seeing the invasion of so many fighters, the response made by the front commander of the Air Force was:

Order the three fighter squadrons of the 7th Air Regiment at Nanchang Airport, which is the farthest away from Hangzhou, to take off immediately and rush to the airspace of Hangzhou to join the war group at any time; The 3rd Air Regiment stationed in Kunshan and the 5th Air Force Regiment stationed in Taicang, a total of six fighter squadrons, were ordered to lurk in the airspace of Hangzhou Bay first, so as to wait for their work, and when the Japanese aircraft group arrived, they would be given a fatal blow; The three fighter squadrons of the 2nd Air Regiment should quickly break away from the ground battle and join the ambush operation, so as to strike a blow at the Japanese fighters in the early stage of the air battle.

After the order was issued, Yu Zhixiang discussed with the generals and colonels of the combat command and monitoring center, and found no problems, so he asked the officers to forward the order to the Anjia Army Headquarters, and then continued to monitor the situation on the battlefield, and reminded the departments of the latest movements of the Japanese aircraft group at any time.

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In the Guyi Garden War Room in Nanxiang Town, An Yi was explaining to a cadre colonel of the headquarters the reason for the transfer of the troops stationed in Baoding to the south.

"The destruction of the Baoding military station is, of course, the most important factor; with the loss of the grain, artillery, guns, and ammunition stored at the Baoding military station, our normal supply has basically been cut off, and the officers and men will suffer from starvation for one day, and they will have no strength for two days, and there will be a large-scale attrition of the troops for three days, and it is estimated that the entire army will collapse if they stay for four days. This state of affairs cannot be reversed by manpower, so it is no longer of practical significance for our army, air force, and air defense units to remain in Baoding City, and it is better to take this opportunity to withdraw, and with their rich experience in fighting the enemy, we can train more talented people, so that we can continue this war that is getting bigger and bigger.

"In addition, there is an extremely important reason, and that is that I expect that the war in North China may soon change, and there may even be an unprecedented rout. War has never been decided by the number of troops, but is a concrete embodiment of comprehensive strength and the strategy of the commander. So far, there are only three bridges on the entire Yellow River, namely, the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge of the Pinghan Railway, the Jinan Luokou Bridge of the Jinpu Railway, and the Lanzhou Highway Bridge, among which only the two bridges of Zhengzhou and Luokou can support the operations on the front line in North China.

"As we all know, China is an oil-poor country, although our geological experts at Southwest University of Technology have found large oil fields in Changqing and Yumen areas, and have also harvested in Qinghai, but from a large number of mass production of oil, it is not very realistic, in addition to the Yanchang oilfield exploited as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to backward oil production equipment and complex geological conditions, it can only achieve a daily output of 1.5 tons of crude oil. China's coastal ports have been exhausted, to North China to send oil is extremely difficult, one day the fuel supply of vehicles will be cut off, I am afraid that there will really be a starvation of people at that time. It's really that far, don't talk about fighting *** people, as long as people launch a charge, I guess it will be a tragic situation of defeat!

"If there is a way, I will not let my troops back down, but knowing that the war will be lost, do we still need to cling to the little face in our hearts and ignore the safety of the front-line soldiers? I hope that you will always remember the phrase that I often mention: only by saving yourself can you better fight the enemy! ”

In the war room, a cadre colonel and staff officers nodded silently.

Liu Yu, the operational staff officer, asked with some curiosity: "Commander, since you know that *** people have already started to make moves, why don't you remind the chairman?" How many innocent lives could be saved by that! ”

An Yi looked helpless: "At this time, is the reminder useful?" Now that the international situation has changed dramatically, the Geneva meeting of the League of Nations has passed a formal resolution, demanding that the League of Nations immediately stop its aggression against China, otherwise it will be expelled from the League of Nations and imposed all-round sanctions on it. The chairman of the committee wants to keep the million-strong army in North China, intimidate the people, and seek the initiative at the negotiating table, once the contract is completed, Hebei and the Pingjin region will be under the control of the central government.

"The temptation of the Northern Expedition to recover the homeland and leave a name for eternity is too great, in the opinion of the chairman, the immediate difficulties are only temporary, grit his teeth and pass, I estimate that next, the chairman will strictly order to increase the supply of food and materials to Hebei, but he has not thought about what a terrible number the daily consumption of more than one million people, the further it drags down, the worse the situation can only be!"

Shen Fengdao thought thoughtfully: "No wonder when you came back from Simao, you heard that the northern Henan and central Hebei and southern Hebei regions were flooded by heavy rains, so you began to organize a large-scale migration of Hebei people through the Zhengtai Railway, Jinpu Railway, and Pinghan Railway, and so far nearly five million people have been transferred, I thought you were in a hurry to dilute the proportion of Jews with these populations, it turned out that you were worried about ......"

An Yi shook his head: "Military disasters have always been more terrible than natural disasters, soldiers have guns in their hands, and those who don't have food can take guns to grab them, there will always be a way, what should the people do?" At the end of last month, the rainstorm came at a really bad time, for a week in a row, the big rivers and small rivers in the central and southern parts of Hebei overflowed, and all the wheat that entered the grain-filling period was soaked in water, and I had a hunch that the operational plan of the General Staff and the Military and Political Department to raise grain on the spot was going to be ruined. An Yi sighed.

Just as the long sighs in the war room sounded one after another, Li Yufu walked into the house quickly, came to An Yi, and directly sent a message. An Yi took it and looked at it, and said with a slightly mocking smile:

"Sure enough, the chairman agreed to my request for transfer, and at the end of the message he asked when the new Second Army would be deployed. Lao Shen, you can call Brother Fang Lu and ask him to accept the orders of the Military Commission! Remember, any unreasonable orders that do not correspond to the concept of mechanized warfare will not be accepted! ”

Shen Fengdao left willingly, some words were difficult to say through An Yi's mouth, and only he, the adjutant director, could do it for him.

Today is destined to be an unusual day, An Yi has not taken a breath, Lin Fei, chief of staff of the Southwest Air Force, came to An Yi's side with a solemn expression and handed him a message:

"Commander! This is the combat order just issued by the former commander of the Air Force......"

An Yi's face changed after reading it: "Zhixiang, have they forgotten the Japanese fighter group in Pudong?" Is it wise to show all your hole cards at once? ”

Lin Fei was a little helpless: "It is estimated that Zhixiang is also in a hurry, the Japanese army has been swallowing their anger for so long, holding back so many planes in one breath, wanting to bulldoze us in one wave, no matter who suddenly sees such a large number of aircraft, it is estimated that they will be worried!" Now let's see how we can remedy it! ”

"Needless to say, all the anti-aircraft artillery fire must be ready at this time, from Pudong to our nearest Songjiang Airport, it will take at least a quarter of an hour, and Pudong is all under the monitoring of our air defense radar, but I am not afraid that they will be a moth......" An Yi paced back and forth, thinking carefully: "Well, our Second Artillery Corps must be protected, this is our killer weapon, don't fail to succeed...... Phew, crow's mouth! Forget it, don't think so much, just improvise! Let's hope luck is on our side this time! ”

Lin Fei nodded silently, the battle order had been issued, and it could only be so for the time being.

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Hangzhou, the picturesque West Lake, has now been reduced to a killing hell.

Due to the fact that the 37th Brigade of Liu Jianxu's 10th Group Army, the 11th Brigade and the 12th Brigade were defeated and retreated too quickly, and Zhang Fakui had not yet arrived at the second-line position designated by Chen Cheng, the Japanese army had already taken the first-line heights of Lion Rock, Qipan Mountain, and Wulao Peak in one go, and was now rushing to repair the fortifications.

Once the Japanese army has gained a firm foothold and its usual arrogance, it will certainly continue to launch fierce attacks until it penetrates the entire defense line and faces the Jiangnan Plain.

Zhang Fakui set up his headquarters at Lingxi Taoyuan Ridge, two kilometers north of the Japanese defense line, and the Second Artillery Regiment was deployed on the first line of Beifeng and Meiren Peak, and transferred Li Songshan's 55th Division to storm the Lion Rock and Qipan Mountain on the left flank of the Japanese army from Tianxi Mountain, and Ruan Zhaochang's 57th Division attacked the main Japanese position at Wulaofeng.

Because the 62nd Division needed to guard the Lotus Peak in the southwest of Hangzhou, Zhang Fakui only left the 45th Brigade as a reserve.

Soon, the 30 75mm mountain guns of the artillery regiment opened fire under the command of Zhang Fakui.

Thirty shells with a huge roar fell from the sky and fell into the crowd of Japanese soldiers who were nervously repairing the fortifications, and the fire flashed and the smoke filled the air, killing dozens of Japanese soldiers in an instant.

The 92 infantry guns and mortars set up by the Japanese army on the top of Wulao Peak subconsciously opened fire and carried out a suppressive counterattack on the position of the Second Artillery Regiment, but the range was not as good as that of the 75mm mountain guns equipped by the Second Artillery Regiment, and the accuracy was naturally greatly reduced, and the shells either missed or fell a few hundred meters in front of the artillery position, which had no effect, but the Japanese infantry guns and mortars were beaten by the powerful mountain artillery of the Second Artillery Regiment, and they were soon dumbfounded.

Zhang Fakui saw clearly from the binoculars, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the artillery to continue the artillery bombardment of the Japanese positions, and then told the commander of the 57th Division, Nguyen Zhaochang, to take Wulao Peak at all costs.

The Japanese army was guarding Wulao Peak with the 39th Infantry Wing of the 8th Brigade of the 10th Division.

Wing Commander Numata Takazo Dasa set up his headquarters on the top of Qinglong Mountain, one kilometer behind Wulao Peak, and took a group of staff officers to hide in a forest, carefully observe the offensive of the squadron through the telescope, and promptly dispatched front-line troops by telephone to plug the gap.

Looking at the ongoing battle on the front line of the Wulao Peak in front, Numata Duojiazo Daisa was a little depressed, and the violent shells of the squadron exploded the flesh and blood of the devil soldiers on the top of the Wulao Peak, and the corpses were all over the field.

I have always bombed others by myself, but today I saw my troops being bombed by others, which is really a special feeling in my heart. The 39th Wing's majestic six 70mm 92 infantry guns had now been turned into scrap metal, and even the 20 mortars newly equipped to strengthen the wing's firepower had been lost. Before the infantry of the squadron had launched a formal charge, the 39th Wing suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, Numata Tazo Osa still couldn't believe it, the opponent was obviously not an An Jiajun, how could he have such a fierce artillery suppression? In desperation, he had to order the troops deployed on the front line to temporarily withdraw to the back of the mountain, and use the artillery dead angle formed by the mountain wall to avoid the killing of shells, rock fragments and shock waves.

The artillery fire of the squadron continues.

Since Qinglong Mountain is more than 100 meters higher than Wulao Peak, even if he is in the rear, Numata Duojiazo Dazuo can still see the dense infantry of the squadron, which is charging towards Wulao Peak.

These so-called mountains by the West Lake, in fact, are just 100 meters, 200 meters, the highest is only more than 300 meters of highland, the difficulty of attacking from the bottom up is not great, 400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, the squadron is approaching step by step, and at this time, the opponent's artillery has not stopped the meaning.

Numata Osa felt a burst of shock, the other party was either overconfident in his cannons, or they were simply a group of madmen, but this was a group of madmen who wanted the lives of his soldiers, seeing that the squadron was about to rush to the Goro Peak Heights, Numata Osa still did not give the order to counterattack, so braving the fierce artillery fire to meet it, it was no different from sending him to death.

Fortunately, at this time, as the infantry of the squadron rushed up to Wulao Peak, the shelling finally stopped.

Numata Osa hurriedly ordered an attack, and as soon as the devil soldiers on the front line appeared on the top of the mountain, they fought with the soldiers of the 57th Division who rushed up.

The officers and men of the 57th Division, which was attacking, kept throwing grenades in the direction of Wulao Peak while running, and the Japanese troops who fell behind were instantly blown up.

At the critical juncture, the devil finally regained his strong nature, and the white-bladed skills were really outstanding, and in the face of the black pressure on a large number of *** soldiers who pressed up, they were not afraid, but they were the *** soldiers who fought bayonets with the devils in the same military uniform as themselves, and they felt a little unable to adapt for a while, and people kept being stabbed by bayonets and fell.

Some devil soldiers were so successful that they held bayonets without any cover, and faced the endless crowd of people from the top of the mountain, and carried out a frantic counter-charge. About a quarter of an hour later, more than 300 officers and men of the 57th Division who rushed to the top of Wulao Peak suffered most of the casualties, and the rest were timid, turned around and ran.

The devil stood in his position, quickly set up a crooked sub-machine gun and a Type 92 heavy machine gun, and fired wildly at the soldiers of the 57th Division who had escaped, taking more than 200 lives again.

Zhang Fakui, who was carefully observing the tense battle situation with a telescope, was angry, obviously the troops rushed up, how could he be defeated in a daze?

Immediately ordered to continue the shelling, and the front line of Wulao Peak was once again shrouded in thick gunsmoke.

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On the south bank of the Qiantang River, with An Yi's order being conveyed, the Japanese army's talisman instantly lost its effectiveness, and as one aerial bomb after another fell, the Japanese anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, and the houses where they were located were all shrouded in a sea of gunpowder smoke and fire.

Subsequently, the ab26 dive bomber began to chase the Japanese army on the ground, constantly diving, strafing, and bombing, taking away the lives of a large number of devils, but the rest of the devils were still indomitable, in groups of two, one tall and one short, raising crooked machine guns into the air and shooting wildly, and the machine gunners also fulfilled their duties. Set up all the Type 92 7.7mm heavy machine guns, and strive to suppress the attack of the AB26 bombers, even the infantrymen also used the Type 38 rifles in their hands to fire into the sky, and the pilots of the An Jiajun did not dare to reduce the altitude too much, and the casualties of the Japanese army were reduced.

In an antique two-story wooden building in the family of the big landlord Gao Ergui in Xixing Town, Xiaoshan City, the commander of the Japanese Zhejiang Front, Ishikawa Hao, wearing a *** lieutenant general uniform, stood in front of the window on the second floor, held a telescope, watched the battle on the south bank of the Qiantang River, and shook his head slightly:

"It is worthy of An Jiajun, a strong man who breaks his wrist, and knows how to make trade-offs at critical moments...... Tell the following, don't do such stupid things in the future, it will be despised for no reason, and it will be criticized internationally ......"

Major General Suzuki Sadachi, the chief of staff standing beside Koichi Ishikawa, was a little disapproving, but he knew that Commander Ishikawa had the blood of the imperial family, and at the same time he had outstanding military achievements, and the scars all over his body were the best proof of his strength.

"Commander, these are what Hattori-kun meant. Hattori-kun insisted that war is inherently unscrupulous, so when facing the enemy, it is the right thing to do by taking advantage of the weaknesses in the opponent's humanity and looking for everything that can be used as a breakthrough.

"And the commander also knows that all the special operations of our front army are undertaken by the pig turquoise special attack team. Just like this operation to provide cover for the ground air defense units, including the selection of hostages, the lightning-fast hijacking, the use of various means to coerce, and then the rapid expulsion of civilians to the vicinity of our air defense fire points, such high efficiency is exactly the goal that the pig turkey special attack team has always insisted on. So, although I was shocked, I understood their persistent pursuit and belief! ”

Suzuki Sadachi was one of the culprits of the 918 Incident, and had been engaged in foreign affairs before, known as the "Western Soldiers" in the army, in fact, the infamous "Tanaka Song" came from his hands, before the Lugou Bridge Incident, the smuggling activities of the Kwantung Army, the garrison army and the Jidong puppet regime were all masterminded and planned, and the fiat currency reform of the Nanjing National Government was the first time he saw the meaning contained in it, and suggested that the Kwantung Army and the garrison army destroy the fiat currency reform. Suzuki Sadachi instructed the *** bank in China to resist the order of the Republic of China government, refused to sell silver, and instructed Song Zheyuan to detain the silver that was sent to Nanjing from *** and so on. It can be said that Suzuki Sadachi is completely an expert on China issues, and the plan to attack Ken and then sweep eastern Zhejiang was planned by him and Ishikawa Koichi.

"Ninjas always act unexpectedly...... However, now is not the era of cold weapons blocked by news, we should pay attention to the impact of our every move, and if we want to conquer China, we can't always use this extreme method, and the combination of rigidity and softness is the king. ”

When Koichi Ishikawa said this, his left hand was raised, unwilling to discuss this issue any further, so he turned his head and asked Sadaichi Suzuki: "Chief of Staff, where has our aviation regiment been?" ”

Suzuki Sadachi: "I just received information that our fighter group has reached the periphery of Hangzhou Bay, and if there is no accident, it will fly over Hangzhou City in about half an hour." ”

Hiroshi Ishikawa nodded: "I hope that the new tactics developed by our big *** aviation force this time can give the Chinese Air Force some hardships...... After this battle, if nothing else, this sky will no longer be exclusive to the people of China! ”

This is also the reason why the Tokugawa shogun has always given him unconditional trust despite repeated setbacks. Only by constantly groping in failure and summing up the experience of failure can we give the opponent a better blow! Our army aviation and naval aviation are advancing by leaps and bounds! ”

Suzuki Sadashi looked at the resistance of the Japanese ground forces at the bridgehead, and under the blow of the Southwest Air Force, it gradually weakened until the whole army was annihilated, and sighed leisurely:

"Air supremacy is too important for a country and a nation! It seems that Isotani-kun still has to grit his teeth and persevere, hoping that he can hold the position on the north bank to the death under the threat of the Shina fighter! ”

Hiroshi Ishikawa smiled with a relaxed smile: "Suzuki-kun, the ammunition carrying capacity of the fighter is limited, after a long period of fighting, the ammunition of the Anjia Army's air force is almost exhausted, and when they return to the air base, fill up the fuel and ammunition out, our air cluster has arrived in Hangzhou, and everything will be settled at that time!" ”

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The battle of the 62nd Division of the Eighth Army to defend the front line of Lotus Peak was also extremely fierce!

Since the Japanese army had to use its forces to control the western and northern fronts of the Qiantang River Bridge at the beginning, it had no time to scruple about the eastern front for a while, which provided time for the 62nd Division to enter the position and quickly deploy defenses.

Like most of the mountains near the West Lake, Lotus Peak is also a highland of less than 200 meters, and the geographical advantages are not so significant, but fortunately, because this mountain peak chokes the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, the Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway, it has always been valued by the garrison, so what the 62nd Division took over was actually a complete permanent fortification designed by the General Staff Headquarters and personally supervised by the Zhejiang Provincial Government.

In the first fortification, a regiment of the 62nd Division had just entered the position when the Japanese attacking troops pressed towards Lotus Peak.

A brigade of Japanese troops playing the vanguard *** Soon, 300 meters, 250 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters, quickly approaching the position, the soldiers guarding the first trench can already see the hideous face of the devil and the cold light of the bayonet on the gun.

When the distance of the Japanese army was still 100 meters, all the Chinese soldiers began to breathe rapidly, as the Japanese army rushed forward a few positions again, the commander of the defending corps gave an order, and on the position of the squadron that was still dead silence just now, a fierce gunfire suddenly sounded, hundreds of rifles roared in unison, mixed with the roar of submachine guns and Czech machine guns, and thousands of bullets whistled and tore a big hole in the offensive front of the devil.

Dozens of devils fell screaming in the blood mist, and the rest of the infantry, who did not give the defending officers and soldiers a second chance to fire, all lay down on the spot and launched fierce fire with the defenders.

The bullets fired from the Type 38 rifle and the crooked machine gun rained down on the defensive line.

Long-term training has made the devil's shooting very accurate, because in the defensive operation in the fortifications, the defending officers and soldiers only showed the upper part of the nose when shooting, but the bullets of the devil's counterattack were all grazed by the heads of the *** officers and soldiers screaming, and from time to time there were evil bullets hitting the officers and soldiers of the 62nd Division.

However, at this time, there was no time to be afraid, all the Chinese soldiers faced with bullets that would take their lives at any time, stubbornly hooked the board machine, because the density of the construction of the fire network was large enough, although the marksmanship was not perfect, but also from time to time in the heads of devils drilled a bloody hole.

In order to suppress the Japanese firepower, the Czech machine guns arranged on the position and the Japanese crooked machine guns launched a fierce firefight. Tongues of fire staggered through the air and continued to roll towards their respective targets, and it didn't take long for more than half of the machine guns to stop roaring.

Without hesitation, the Chinese soldiers on the side of the Czech machine gun on the position pushed away the brother who fell on the machine gun, straightened the machine gun that had been soaked in blood, and the angry flames spat out at the machine gun position where the devil was also extinguished and roared.

At this time, the grenadiers of the devils had been arranged in place, and at a distance of more than 100 meters, for these experienced grenadiers, they did not need to test fire at all, so they accurately aimed the angle at the machine gun position on the position of the Zhinamen, who posed the greatest threat to them.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

Melon grenades swooped down on the machine gun positions, and with loud noises, many machine gunners who didn't have time to react screamed and turned into a mist of blood, and pieces of meat, internal organs, and machine gun parts were sprinkled all over the trenches.

The moment the grenadier fired, the defenders immediately made adjustments, and the Mark Mi heavy machine gun, which had been hidden, began to roar, and the sound of tearing oilcloths resounded throughout the battlefield, and the devil who was about to load the second melon grenade was quickly swept into piles of minced meat by the airtight barrage.

After knocking out the grenadiers that posed the greatest threat to him, the two Mark heavy machine guns began to sweep the crooked machine guns of the devils.

Not to be outdone, the devil machine gunners tried to concentrate their fire to counterattack, but sadly found that before the powerful fire of the defenders' heavy machine guns, there was no chance to return fire at all, and they were all pressed to the ground and unable to move at all.

However, at this time, the artillery bombardment of the rear of the Japanese army began, and two shells landed accurately on the heavy machine gun positions of the defenders, raising a huge fireball.

The suppressed devils quickly retreated, joining up with the large team that followed, and it didn't take long for the second wave of attacks to begin again.

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The sea surface of Hangzhou Bay.

It is estimated that before the start of the Sino-Japanese war, no one expected that in the short period of two and a half months before, the air forces of the two countries had already engaged in more than 100 air battles, of which more than two were more than 200 air battles, and these two air battles ended with the Chinese air force having the last laugh, which is also one of the important proofs that China has changed its international image and leapt to become a military power in the eyes of international military experts and observers.

And now, the biggest aerial battle is about to begin.

As for the Southwest Air Force, 158 A-26 fighters and 15 S3 high-altitude reconnaissance planes that monitor the airspace and have a certain combat capability will be deployed in batches for this operation.

The Air Force, on the other hand, has an absolute superiority in numbers.

Different from the previous operations, the *** air force in this campaign has new fighters to join, and has a new combat formation and new tactical arrangements. Due to the existence of spies, the Japanese army base camp already knew that the squadron had a new type of equipment that could detect the course and quantity of fighters in advance, so it also took great pains in choosing the decisive battle site and striving to give the Chinese Air Force a dismount.

At 10:16 a.m., the generals and colonels in the Qingpu Operational Command and Monitoring Center of the Southwest Air Force discovered that on the electronic display screen, a group of Japanese fighters densely covered with electronic screens suddenly turned around and flew in a southwestern direction when they flew to the Xishan Islands in Hangzhou Bay.

Yu Zhixiang immediately issued an order, and the fighter squadrons quickly followed, not giving the Japanese army any respite, and quickly disrupting the combat deployment of the *** air force.