At this moment, the Japanese army in the county began to meet the first round of charges of the Eighth Route Army troops outside the city. Chinese Net ωωω.χiΝniеpο.СΟΜ Far away in the urban area of Changchun, nearly a thousand kilometers away, in the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army, more than a dozen generals who stayed in Changchun gathered in the war room under the command of the commander, General Umezu Mijiro. Around a huge combat sand table, the battle situation on the front line was discussed

And on the combat sand table surrounded by more than a dozen generals, it was the county town of Baishan that had fallen into a state of fierce battle at this moment

For General Umezu Mijiro, the commander of an army of more than one million, the reason why he paid so much attention to the county seat of Hakuyama, the 40,000 Japanese troops in the town of Hakuyama, and the fact that this battle was not particularly big for the Kwantung Army, which had nearly one million troops, could be said to be very simple

Since its establishment, it can be said that the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Army has spent as long as ten years, although in these ten years, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Japanese army have constantly harassed themselves and caused a lot of trouble to the development of the Kwantung Army. Add to this the constant skirmishes with the Soviet Red Army to the west

However, in all these battles, the loss of the strength of one integrated wing at a time has never appeared in the history of the formation of the Kwantung Army. More importantly, in this decade of fighting, all the losses were added up, and there were no 20,000 Japanese troops, that is, less than a main division.

However, this time in Baishan County, the cunning Eighth Route Army actually surrounded two main divisions and 40,000 elite imperial soldiers at one time, which was unimaginable in the past, but these Eighth Route Army did it

As a result, in the face of the largest battle faced by the Kwantung Army since its establishment. In the face of a large-scale battle with the possibility of direct loss of two integrated divisions at once. Even if the commander, General Umezu Mijiro, has a large number of troops, he cannot be treated with caution

Just when a dozen generals with Venus on their shoulders gathered around the huge combat sand table in front of them, they began to point and discuss the battle situation with each other. A loud command rang out at the door of the war room

"Your Excellency Commander"

In an instant, in the entire war room, everyone who was still talking about it just now immediately closed their mouths. Then, motionless, standing beside the huge combat sand table with a serious face, waiting for the arrival of the commander, General Umezu Mijiro

"Bang" As the door of the war room was pushed open, the figure of the commander General Umezu Mijiro appeared in front of everyone and walked into the war room, and the commander General Umezu Mijiro who was frowning, holding a telegram in his hand, hurriedly walked to the front of the combat sand table.

After seeing more than a dozen generals carrying Venus on their shoulders in front of him, all motionless and energetic around the combat sand table, waiting for their arrival. The commander's frowning brow finally slowly unfolded. After throwing the telegram in his hand onto the combat sand table in front of him, the commander spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what I have in my hand is a telegram for help from General Sato in Hakusan County. According to the telegram, the Anti-Japanese Federation entrenched in Manchuria united with the advance detachment of the Northeast Field Army of the Eighth Route Army, and various anti-Japanese armed forces around Baishan County, totaling more than 20,000 people. Taking advantage of the large number of siege artillery captured in the Mengshan area, the final general attack on Baishan County was launched at eight o'clock this morning."

Seeing that the dozen or so generals immediately fell into shock and panic because of their speeches, and began to talk about it, the commander, General Umezu Mijiro, waved his hand and spoke again

"Ladies and gentlemen, at present, the entire Baishan County, because the people of China have a large number of engineering artillery and sufficient ammunition, have fallen into a fierce fierce battle, at the same time, because the 40,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army who are sticking to the county have already fallen into a situation of running out of food and water, plus the troops do not have any artillery fire to cover the entire Baishan County, 40,000 elite imperial soldiers, under the fierce attack of the people of China, IT CAN BE SAID THAT THEY HAVE FALLEN INTO AN EXTREMELY HARD BATTLE Chinese NET ΩΩΩ.ΧIΝniеpο.СΟΜ ALMOST EVERY MINUTE HAS PASSED, THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF ELITE IMPERIAL SOLDIERS, FALLEN INTO THE ARTILLERY FIRE OF THE CHINA PEOPLE, ALL OF YOU STANDING HERE TODAY ARE THE BEST OFFICERS OF THE EMPIRE, EVERYONE SAYS, IN THE FACE OF SUCH A BAD SITUATION, WHAT SHOULD OUR KWANTUNG ARMY HEADQUARTERS DO? How about rescuing these 40,000 Kwantung Army soldiers from the tiger's jaws of the Chinese people?"

"Your Excellency Commander, I don't know if Lieutenant General Sato has any specific requests in the telegram asking for help" After a short silence, it was the chief of staff of the headquarters who took the lead in breaking the silence in the war room. Under the gaze of the officers, the first one asked

"Lieutenant General Sato asked the headquarters of our Kwantung Army to immediately send planes to support it. At the first moment, destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese people, "the commander spoke

"Hay, Your Excellency Commander, I humbly believe that we should immediately send combat planes to support the county town of Hakusan and destroy the artillery positions of the people of China, as requested by General Sato. Otherwise, my heroic Imperial Army, under the fierce shelling of the Chinese people, will not be able to exert any combat effectiveness at all, and will only be passively beaten," the chief of staff said

"Yo Sai, Chief of Staff, keep talking" Senior General Umezu Mijiro nodded and continued to ask

"I thought that at the same time as providing air support to General Sato. We should once again send a brigade of transport planes to airdrop all kinds of food and all kinds of medicines urgently needed by the troops against the garrison troops in the county town, otherwise, just because of the lack of food and medicine, the 40,000 troops can only hold out for one day at most under the continuous attack of the Eighth Route Army, and they will completely lose their combat effectiveness and become lambs to be slaughtered in the hands of the people," the chief of staff continued, with the commander's affirmation

"Very good, Ono-kun, immediately according to the request of the chief of staff, issue an operational order to the air force headquarters of the Kwantung Army, ordering the air force units, no matter what the cost, to destroy the artillery positions of the people of Shiina outside the city of Baishan County. At the same time, it is necessary to drop food and medicine into the city of Hakuyama County, and immediately go and give orders," the commander, General Mijiro Umezu, turned around and ordered with a serious face to a major general's combat staff officer in front of him

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I will go and give orders right away" After speaking, the staff officer of the major general turned around and rushed out of the war room.

"Nakamura-kun, immediately send a telegram to all the troops reinforcing Baishan County: ask all departments to immediately speed up the march of the troops, throw away all unnecessary baggage materials, and be sure to rush to the territory of Baishan County within three days, and at the same time, telegraph to General Sato that any situation that occurs in Baishan County must be reported to the Kwantung Army Headquarters at the first time, through the radio" Looking at the operational staff officer of the major general who left in a hurry, the commander continued to order

In the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army outside the north gate of Baishan County, Commander Liu Huazheng looked at the war-torn Baishan County in front of him with a solemn face, and did not say a word

Just when Commander Liu Hua held the telescope in his hand and stared motionlessly at the Baishan County in front of him, where the gunsmoke was filled and the artillery was blazing, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu rushed into the headquarters, holding a telegram he had just received, and said with an anxious face: "Commander, Commander Zhou Baozhong telegraphed: Although our fierce artillery fire destroyed most of the various fortifications that the enemy did not know about the city wall. However, the strength of the little devils' counterattack did not lower the morale of the three main divisions in the first round of attacks, and they were attacked head-on by the little devils, and the troops suffered heavy losses. At present, the various sorties have withdrawn to their sortie positions and are shooting at the little devils on the city wall."

"Lao Yang, didn't you find out, is this the last trapped beast battle of the little devils If my expectations are correct, the little devils in the county also know that now, it has come to their most critical time. If we don't do our best to block the attack of our three main divisions, then what awaits them is the annihilation of the whole army."

"Tell Zhou Baozhong to let him organize the troops, continue to launch small-scale attacks on the Japanese positions in front of him, so that the little devil's tense nerves cannot be relaxed. At the same time, through this kind of attack, a large amount of their limited ammunition is consumed, I don't believe that the ammunition carried by the little devil infantry can withstand our several attacks" The corners of Liu Hua's mouth showed a sneer, and he ordered fiercely

"Commander, I understand, I'll send a telegram to Zhou Baozhong" Yang Jingyu nodded thoughtfully, the look on his face that was still anxious just now was immediately swept away, and he turned around and wanted to rush out of the command headquarters

"Lao Yang, wait a minute, I haven't finished talking yet, I believe that the Japanese Kwantung Army Headquarters will not be able to watch its 40,000 little devils be wiped out by us. The support of the army units, which will take at least a few days, will not have much impact on our fighting. However, the air support of the little devils may be above our heads in the blink of an eye, and we can't help but order Liu Xiaogang and the guerrillas from all walks of life on the outskirts of the county town to increase the concentration of black smoke in the sky At the same time, all the light and heavy machine guns that we did not use will be transferred to the first brigade, so that they can be used for air defense In a word, as many planes as the little devils come, we will destroy as many as they want" Liu Hua continued to order, "Okay, I will arrange it immediately, this time, I must let the little devil Kwantung Army Headquarters know, Our Eighth Route Army is powerful" After listening to Liu Hua's order, Deputy Commander Yang Jingyu replied excitedly

You must know that before the advance detachment left the customs, the entire Anti-Japanese Federation, so to speak, when it comes to the planes of the little devils, it is a change of style, after all, in the entire Anti-Japanese Federation, not only does it not have any air defense weapons, but even the most basic air defense common sense, few people know

Therefore, in the face of every air attack by the Japanese army, what the commanders and fighters at all levels of the Anti-Japanese Federation can do is to lie on the ground, hide as much as possible, and avoid the air raids of the little devils. This is basically a very common thing for the Anti-United Nations

However, since the arrival of the advance detachment, the first air attack of the advance detachment and the successful shooting down of three Japanese transport planes can be said to have made Yang Jingyu and all the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Federation feel sincerely happy

As for the advance detachment, with the smoke that usually looks unusually simple, it makes the various planes of the little devils lose their eyes. Forcing them to lower their flight altitude and enter the range of ordinary light and heavy machine guns is even more shocking to these ***

What they didn't expect was that the Japanese plane, which was usually extremely arrogant in front of them, turned out to be blind in the face of such a simple method as the advance detachment, and was easily shot down by ordinary light and heavy machine guns

In a word, the appearance of the advance detachment completely relieved Yang Jingyu and all the commanders and fighters of the Anti-Japanese Federation of Japanese aircraft. At this moment, after Yang Jingyu received Liu Hua's order, the scene of the planes reinforced by the Japanese army began to appear in his mind in the face of the thick smoke and the dense firepower of the first brigade of the advance detachment

With the issuance of Liu Hua's order, in the direction of the three city gates in the southeast, south, and west of Baishan County, there was once again a dense sound of gunfire and the whole battle situation, as Liu Hua said, the little devil who stuck to the city wall was carrying out his last battle of trapped beasts. At the same time, their nerves have been in a state of tension

Just outside the city, the figure of the Eighth Route Army had just appeared in their eyes, and when they hadn't even entered the range, these little devils who were nervous pulled the trigger of the weapon in their hands one after another

Suddenly, a series of bullets, as if they didn't want money, were poured into the position of the Eighth Route Army outside the city by these little devils, but these bullets like raindrops, which can hit the target, can be said to be only a handful

This is because the forward positions of the three main divisions are strictly in accordance with the orders of Commander Liu Hua: For each attack, only one company or less of troops will be dispatched to carry out continuous exploratory attacks and incorrect attacks, and once they encounter resistance, they will immediately retreat

At the same time, just when the Japanese troops in the direction of the three city gates used raindrops of bullets to block the 'attack' of the Eighth Route Army outside the city, the long-awaited air support of the Japanese army finally arrived

With the roar of a huge aircraft engine from far and near, through the dense sound of gunfire, from far to near, slowly reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield when the first round of air reinforcements sent by the Japanese army, three fighters, six bombers a total of nine planes, lined up in a neat formation, appeared over the battlefield

Of course, when they entered the sky above the battlefield, they were greeted not by the clear battlefield on the ground, but by a thick smoke in the eyes of these little devils, and under the plane, except for the thick smoke, there was only a dense sound of gunfire, and nothing else could be seen

"Baga, the great cunning of China, actually used thick smoke to block our sight Order, fighter squad, immediately through the smoke, reconnaissance of the specific enemy situation, bomber detachment, ready for bombing" Like the captain of the transport aircraft brigade who suffered several losses, the Japanese commander who led the team also scolded loudly. Then, ordered

The three responsive fighters quickly broke away from the formation, and then, with a huge whistle that broke through the air, quickly rushed towards the thick smoke on the ground

However, just when they had just rushed out of the smoke, every move on the ground battlefield was clearly displayed in front of them. They were greeted by a dense rain of bullets consisting of dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns and dozens of light and heavy machine guns

Although these light fighters, at an altitude of several hundred meters, constantly swayed and deflected, trying to avoid the rain of bullets flying around them, under the fire of dozens of experienced anti-aircraft machine gunners of the special combat team, in less than half a minute, a fighter plane was hit into a volley and exploded, and in an instant, it turned into a huge fireball, followed by another fighter being hit with thick smoke, like a downed eagle, with a sharp whistling sound, smashed towards Baishan County

Eventually, after almost a minute of intense firefighting, three escort fighters exploded in a volley. One was heavily damaged, and then crashed into Baishan County, causing dozens of casualties to the little devils in the small city. Only one fighter remained, under the cover of his comrades, covered in bullet holes and burrowed into the smoke, escaping from the range of the fighters' fire

Of course, the destruction of the two fighters did not scare away the six bombers in the sky The six bombers whose sensitivity was reduced by I don't know how many times compared to the fighters, at the captain's order, divided into three ways, from three different directions, rushed into the billowing smoke, and prepared to launch an attack on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army on the ground

However, their courage did not bring them any good luck, because when they first appeared in the eyes of the ground special operators, the dense network of fire fired from the ground completely enveloped them

Each aircraft faced a dense network of at least four anti-aircraft machine guns and a dozen or so light and heavy machine guns, which were clumsy, slow-flying bombers. There is only one result that awaits them, and that is the explosion of the hit volley