"Is this the strength of the Eighth Route Army?" Kanji Tsuneoka looked at the group of planes that seemed to be a black cloud, and took a step back tremblingly and said.

"Where is there such a fighter plane? Isn't this nonsense? A Japanese staff officer looked at the tactics of the Air Force, which was completely out of common sense, and said incomprehensibly. You must know that planes generally take off only one-third of the way in order to ensure the safety of the airport and ensure long-term air supremacy on the battlefield.

About 20 of the nearly 100 fighters rushed towards the Japanese planes, all of which were Type 95, and in order to deal with the Soviet army in Mongolia, all the advanced fighters of the Japanese army had been concentrated in Manchuria and Mongolia, leaving only a large number of Type 95 fighters as his air support.

"Whew~~ Boom!" A SU-2 fighter lowered its fuselage and dived down against the Japanese position.

"Shoot!" The Japanese riflemen and machine gunners desperately fired at the fighters in the sky, hoping to prevent the Eighth Route Army planes from approaching, but such sparse firepower could not hit the high-speed planes at all, and a black and large bomb was dropped violently, and the fuselage of the plane was light, and it flew up.

"Boom" up to 100KG of bombs exploded violently, this bomb did not explode out of a fire ball like other bombs and ended, but flew away, like a fairy scattered flowers, countless small fire balls flew around, where they flew, the fire burned. A Japanese soldier was burned to his clothes, immediately rolled to put out the fire, just stood up, but was horrified to find that the fire was not only not extinguished, but burned bigger and bigger, the severe pain made him scream, the surrounding Japanese soldiers hurriedly retreated a few steps, watching the Japanese soldiers burned alive, couldn't help but take a few steps back.

But this was only the beginning, one fighter after another swooped down and dropped bombs, round after round, as if there was no end, the Japanese army did not carry many professional anti-aircraft weapons, only rifles and machine guns, only to see one incendiary bomb after another being dropped, and soon, the entire Caojiagang became like a big volcano.

"Wow, I'm afraid this little devil has been beaten into a roast suckling pig." Wang Jinshan said with a smile.

"Lao Wang, as far as your mother's nonsense is concerned, our air force has finished fighting, and it's up to us next." Saying that, Li Long shouted at Shen Lang, "Order the troops to attack immediately, resolutely attack, and take down the head of Torooka Kanji for me." ”

"Damn, Lao Li, you sneaked away again, ordered the troops to attack, whoever took the head of Changgang Kanji, I personally asked for credit for him!" Wang Jinshan shouted loudly.

"Boom Boom"

The melodious trumpets and artillery sounds sounded together, row after row of mortars fired shells, and the artillery fire formed a line, advancing at a speed of 50 meters per minute, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army continued to charge less than 200 meters behind the shells. Caojiagang's front was slowly pushed up the mountain.

"Good! That's it, tell the artillerymen, give me a hard beating, don't worry about the ammunition, we will retreat after this fight, the ammunition is just too much, we can't take it away, it's better to kill it all! Chen Geng waved his hand fiercely. In his binoculars are Japanese fortifications and corpses that are constantly being blown up.

-- Beiping

King Minoru Higashikurenomiya looked at the telegram, stomped his feet and said, "Damn, why does the Eighth Route Army have so many planes?" Couldn't our aviation still be able to defeat these Chinese peasants, who had just learned how to turn on their planes? ”

Yamashita shook his head and said, "We believe that these planes are Soviet planes at all, and this has been discussed in Tokyo for a long time. In addition, Tsuneoka's telegram said that the Eighth Route Army used incendiary bombs, and there were not many such bombs even in Chongqing, but in just half an hour, the Eighth Route Army dropped three or four hundred, making Caojiagang a sea of fire. ”

King Minoru Higashikurenomiya nodded and said, "Before this war, I was a little dissatisfied with Ishihara's words, and I also felt a little unworthy of this Mongolian war, but now it seems that the biggest enemy of our Great Japanese Empire is the Red Empire." ”

Yamashita Fengwen said, "I just asked, the imperial army on both sides is trying their best to approach the Changgang Kanji brigade, but there are guerrillas along the way who are constantly harassing, and the speed is even slower than expected, and we are really a little difficult to move in Taihang Mountain." ”

King Minoru of Higashikure Palace closed his eyes, knocked on the table angrily, and said, "These damn rats, isn't there a good way to deal with them?" ”

Yamashita Fengfumi hesitated for a moment and said, "I wonder if Your Excellency the Commander still remembers the person Eiji Nishimura?" ”

King Minoruhiko of Higashikurenomiya thought for a while, and slowly spit out four numbers "1855?" ”

Yamashita Fengwen nodded and said, "That's right, as far as I know, they have already made some discoveries and research results, if we are willing to take Taihang Mountain, we can use their weapons to turn Taihang Mountain into a huge cemetery!" ”

King Minoru Higashikurenomiya shook his head and said, "If we use this, doesn't it mean that our imperial army will not be able to defeat the Eighth Route Army on the frontal battlefield?" I can't accept such a shame. ”

Yamashita Fengwen didn't persuade anymore after listening to it, he knew in his heart that when the time came, King Minoru of Higashikure Palace would naturally think of that demon army again, and now it was just that his pride couldn't accept it.

King Minoru Higashikunomiya exhaled and ordered, "Let our aviation continue to support, the planes of the Eighth Route Army come to the battlefield for a long time, they can't stay in the air for a long time, and this is also a large-scale one-time attack, the result is that in the next few hours, the Eighth Route Army will have no planes to come to the battlefield, we must make good use of this time!" Also, let the troops of the other two flanks move forward at full strength, and leave the harassment alone. ”

-- Caojiagang

"Kill!" "Da Da Da" "Bang Bang Bang"

The gunfire on the battlefield did not stop for a moment, nearly three or four thousand Japanese troops were trapped in a place of less than two or three square kilometers and were bombed indiscriminately, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and the 61st Army kept charging towards Gaogang, and nearly 500 light and heavy machine guns were tilting ammunition in this narrow area, and even birds flying over would be hit by stray bullets.

Shen Lang led a team and rushed forward desperately, only to see a long wire rising out of a cave.

"Damn, such a long wire, it can't be the devil's headquarters, right?" A soldier said excitedly.

Shen Lang held two barge guns, beckoned and said, "No matter where it is, it must be an important place, first ask for the location of the cave here, it is indeed right, let's go and bring them up, and the grenades are ready." What about grenadiers? ”

A soldier took out a grenadier from his back, the Japanese grenadier was only five catties, extremely lightweight, and at this time it had become a close combat fire support in the hands of veterans of the Eighth Route Army.

"Give me three shots at that wire, and the others, when they see the grenadier attack, immediately rush over, throw the grenade first, and then shoot the gun, it must be fierce, understand?" After Shen Lang finished giving the order, with a wave of his hand, a soldier immediately assisted the grenadier to start attacking, and the three grenades flew over in less than fifteen seconds.

Shen Lang saw the grenadier soldier's hand move, and immediately took the lead in rushing up, the grenade blew down the Japanese army on the wire, Shen Lang and others threw the grenade in the direction of the cave, and then shot wildly. As soon as several Japanese soldiers were about to rush out, they were beaten back.

"Damn, little devil, go to heaven for Lao Tzu." Shen Lang tied up the fire rope of a cluster grenade, counted a few secretly, and then threw it into the cave, just dropped it for a second, he heard an explosion inside, Shen Lang then led people to rush in, and when they entered, they only saw a dozen Japanese officers and soldiers falling to the ground.

"Battalion commander, this is a big official." Immediately, sharp-eyed soldiers saw the Japanese officer who fell to the ground and said.

Shen Lang walked a few steps and saw a fire with a small half of the burned military flag in it, and a circle of tassels around the flag.

Shen Lang angrily kicked the dead Japanese officer and said, "Damn, this is the flag of the wing, if we capture it, it will be a great achievement, and now it is all burned down, it is really not good to do good deeds." ”

Hearing that this was actually the flag of the Japanese army that had been circulating in the Eighth Route Army for a long time, all the soldiers showed regret and curiosity on their faces. Competing to see half of the military flag.

"Okay, tell the regiment commander quickly, we have eliminated the devil's headquarters, and the victory belongs to our only three regiments!" Shen Lang cheered as he spoke, and immediately a soldier took out a stack of seals and began to occupy the spoils of war.

"Brigade commander, I just got the news that the Japanese troops on the north and south roads have moved closer to our army regardless of casualties, and the guerrillas can't contain it at all." Chen Zaidao took the telegram and handed it to Chen Geng and said.

"These little devils are really red-eyed, how long will it take for us to end the fight? This is just a small hill, why can't it be defeated? Chen Geng also said a little anxiously.

"It seems that the devils have given up on breaking through and are bent on defending, and with our strong firepower, I think we will be able to end the battle soon." Before Chen Zaidao's words fell, he heard a burst of cheers coming from far and near.

"What's going on?" Chen Geng said with a smile on his face, although it was not clear, but he guessed; Three points.

"Victory! Victory! The Sojo Regiment took out the headquarters of the Toneoka Kanji Brigade, and the devils were separated by us in three places, and they were about to be eaten by us. The communications soldier said with an excited look on his face.

"Great, amazing, congratulations, Brigade Commander Chen, your Eighth Route Army is really an eye-opener for me." Tong Linge held Chen Geng's hand and said.

"Haha, then what are you waiting for, hurry up and clean up the battlefield, we're ready to slip away!" Chen Geng said like a fox who had stolen a hen.

-- A day later

Tanaka walked to Caojiagang, looked at the battlefield strewn with corpses, shook his head and sighed.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, there is no one alive, the Eighth Route Army is very clean, everyone except for underwear, not even shoes are left, and there are many traces of mending knives, this Eighth Route Army is extremely cruel." An officer walked over to Tanaka and said.

Tanaka pointed to the battlefield and asked, "You said that if you want to destroy so many imperial troops in one day, how much strength does the Eighth Route Army need?" And at what cost? ”

The officer shook his head and said, "I can't say it either, but they must have paid a great price, and I believe that the number of their dead and wounded will not be less than 10,000." ”

Tanaka nodded and shook his head again, saying, "If two years ago, we would probably say 100,000, but now we only dare to say 10,000, the Eighth Route Army, you say, they carry so many wounded and sick people, will they go fast?" ”

The officer's eyes lit up and he said, "You mean, we still have a chance?" ”

Tanaka pointed to the west and said, "We are coming from the north and south, the east is in the direction of Beiping, only the terrain in the west is relatively flat, which is convenient for the movement of large troops, immediately contact the aviation to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they have a large number of wounded and sick, we will definitely be able to catch up!" ”

"Your Excellency, the order sent by Peiping, let us all stop the sweep and wait for the next order." A communications soldier said with a telegram.

Tanaka frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Why should we stop moving? ”

"The telegram doesn't say," said the messenger, shaking his head.

Tanaka immediately said: "If you want Beiping to generate electricity, it means that our fighters, if Chen Geng is let go this time, Taihang Mountain's plan to exterminate the Red Party will be difficult to achieve." ”

-- Beiping

"A call came from Jinhekou, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army attacked the granary at night and set it on fire, and our army lost 30 tons of military rations."

"Caogou Fort called, the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army attacked the grain transport team, although there were not many casualties, but the grain could not be delivered to the designated location a day late."

"Gu'an County called, we found that the food we had hoarded there had been poisoned, and now we are under urgent investigation, and we are temporarily unable to provide food to the front line."

One telegram after another flew to the desk of King Minoru Higashikunomiya, making King Minoruhiko of Higashikunomiya explode higher and higher.

"Eighth Route Army! Eighth route army! Liu Bocheng! Damn it!! Damn it, bastard! Bastard!!! King Minoru of Higashikure yelled frantically, tearing the thick telegram on the table to shreds and throwing it everywhere.

"Your Excellency Commander, Liu Bocheng's plan is very simple, that is, he wants to cut off our army's food and grass, so that we can defeat ourselves without a fight." Yamashita Fengwen bowed his head and said.

"Do you have any good ideas?" King Minoru Higashikuremiya asked with squinted eyes.

"The guerrillas and underground parties of the Eighth Route Army are lurking very deeply, and it is difficult for me to rely on our strength to dig out these rats, but the enemy of the Eighth Route Army is not only us." Yamashita said with a smile.

King Minoru of the Higashikure Palace immediately understood, nodded and said, "It is indeed a way, immediately contact those people and tell them that as long as I can help the imperial army, whether it is money, power, or women, whatever they want, I can give them anything." ”

Yamashita Fengwen nodded and said, "Those people are just reckless people, as long as they are lured with profits, I think there is a great opportunity, and using China to control China is also a practice that Tokyo has always advocated." (To be continued.) )