Chapter 256: Candle Dragon - Stage 4 (3)

Seeing that the fighters of the Eighth Route Army were pinned down, the Japanese planes hurriedly turned their noses and attacked the planes of the Eighth Route Army. However, the MiG-3 is not only a metal fuselage, but also strengthened in key parts, making the vitality extremely strong, on the other hand, the Japanese fighters are often swept around by the machine gun to withdraw from the battle, which is like playing a game, a person has seven or eight lives, and a person has only one, which makes the Japanese fighters continue to be shot down, and the MiG-3 is only a small number of injuries.

At this time, I saw only twenty planes with huge SU-2 planes in a dense formation, maintaining altitude, and flying over in black pressure.

The planes were ten meters long and had a wingspan of fourteen meters, half the size of the MiG-3, and they were carrying four hundred-kilogram bombs, some of which were incendiary bombs, which were specially prepared for Japanese airfields.

Since most of the anti-aircraft guns in front of it were destroyed by the MiG-3, the SU-2 was able to safely lower its altitude and drop bombs on various equipment at the Japanese airfield, as if it were a show.

Tokugawa was horrified to see a large plane drop a huge bomb into the nearby hangar, and the huge explosion caused the glass of the entire control tower to shake continuously.

"Be careful, General." A Japanese officer hurriedly pulled Tokugawa Yoshitoshi under him, and another bomb hit the control tower not far away, and the entire control tower shook violently, as if the loss would collapse.

"Get the hell out of me." Tokugawa Yoshitoshi shouted, sat down to the side and said, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it, I don't believe that our great Imperial Japanese Army Air Force will be defeated so badly." Offensive! Offensive! Keep going on the offensive for me and send all the planes up. Shoot down all these Soviet planes for me!! โ€

Tokugawa Yoshitoshi shouted like a gambler who had lost a bet, and the other Japanese planes that had already taken off saw that these bombers were bombing the airfield, and their eyes immediately turned red with anxiety, and the airfield was blown up, even if they won the air battle, they would lose, and these planes couldn't all land on the mountains.

Wang Hai applauded the bomber brigade. While turning the corner and fighting with the Japanese planes, several Japanese planes broke through the blockade of the MiG-3 and flew into the bomber group, which was a shuttle to a SU-2, but saw that the plane continued to fly without doing anything, and the bullets hit the fuselage with just a few small holes.

"Nani?" The Japanese pilots did not give up and wanted to continue the attack, but they were forced back by a fire whip, and it turned out that the machine gun at the tail of the SU-2 had fired.

"You've got enough, go down!!" Wang Hai turned over and fell from the sky. There was a burst of fire at the Type 97 fighter, and the machine gun bullets easily tore apart the Japanese plane, which was Wang Hai's fourth result.

The Japanese airfield had already been on fire, and the explosion of the oil depot had caused the entire airfield to burn, and Tokugawa Yoshitoshi was put on a small car and drove away from the airport, watching his hard work be destroyed in a fire, and then thinking of the battle situation of losing air superiority, Tokugawa Yoshitoshi finally fainted happily.

After the bombing. The Eighth Route Army also began to retreat, taking advantage of the speed advantage. The MiG-3 and SU-2 quickly left the battlefield, and the Japanese aviation could not help but feel bitter when they looked at the burning airfield below and their comrades in the air in disarray.

"Everyone, fly to Datong Airport immediately, we must arrive before we run out of fuel, or we will have to die." The Japanese air force, which was still sober, pointed out the way out. The remaining dozen or so Japanese planes flew north.

But the horror of this day will forever be engraved in their hearts and become a shadow for their whole life.

-- Luliangshan Headquarters

Mr. Zhu patted the telegram and said, "Our air force is fighting well, Taiyuan Airport has been completely destroyed by us, and now Liu Yalou is preparing to bomb other Japanese airfields, and the sky in Shanxi is finally clear." โ€

Zuo Quan pointed to the map and said, "There is no air superiority. The heavy artillery of the Japanese army is not in place either, and all the conditions are ripe, and I think it is possible to carry out a full-scale counterattack. โ€

Mr. Zhu nodded and said, "Send electricity to all troops, and the general offensive will begin!" โ€

-- Pingyao

He Long looked at the already empty sky, and then took the telescope to look at the black spot that gradually appeared in the distance, it was the Japanese army who had been on the road all night, in order to be able to open the supply line as quickly as possible, the wildness of the Japanese army was also completely stimulated.

He Long touched his beard and said, "It's so fast, how did our frontier fortifications become like this?" Not at all! Who repaired it? โ€œ

Zhou Shidi next to him kicked the ground helplessly and said, "Division commander, the soldiers have done their best, this heavy snow has frozen the land hard, and our soldiers really can't dig it."

He Long took a hard puff of cigarette and said, "It's okay, our firepower is stronger than the devil this time, and the devil left us a lot of shells, so we will use their shells to entertain them." The fortifications are insufficient, and the artillery will come to make up. โ€

Zhou Shidi smiled and said, "Mr. He Long, aren't you distressed?" โ€

He Long smiled: "What's distressed? You didn't listen to the tone of Mr. Zhu's speech when they had a meeting, it was completely a feeling of going bankrupt to fight this battle, I feel guaranteed, as long as we win, how many shells we shoot out, how many will come back. โ€

Several huge balloons were slowly raised, which were shelled balloons captured from the Japanese army, and several flag bearers waved red flags on the balloons to indicate the direction.

In the past, He Long would never dare to release a hot air balloon, this hot air balloon was simply committing suicide when there was no air force superiority, but now it is different, there is not a single flying object with the red pill logo within a hundred miles, and He Long also knows that the troops on the opposite side have not brought a single anti-aircraft gun, so he is not worried about the danger of the hot air balloon at all.

Due to the sudden doubling of the number of artillery, the number of artillery was suddenly insufficient, and the artillery team simply pulled an infantry battalion to help, but nothing else, pulling the fire rope, transporting artillery shells was no problem, only saw more than 40 75 mm field guns and mountain artillery, hundreds of 82 mm mortars lined up in rows, obviously it was the cold winter season of February, but the soldiers felt hot and wanted to take off their clothes.

The vanguard of the attack on Pingyao was a Chibon detachment formed by a mixture of two infantry wings, Chibon Taro looked at the South City Gate that had been blown up, nodded and said, "The aviation did a good job, but they were too anxious, how could even their artillery balloons be knocked out." โ€

At this time, it was only half an hour before the Japanese fighters were driven away by the MiG-3, and the Japanese army had not yet received news that the Eighth Route Army had an air force.

The Japanese army first set up a position three kilometers away from the forward position in Pingyao, which was also the combat experience of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army. The range of the 82 mortar, the main artillery of the Eighth Route Army, was 3,000 meters, and setting up positions at this distance could ensure that they would not be attacked by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army.

He Long shrugged indifferently, and Xiao Ke just wanted to laugh.

About half an hour later, the Japanese army began to attack tentatively, and a brigade of more than 1,000 Japanese troops walked quickly towards Pingyao, after all, at this distance. Neither rifles nor machine guns did much.

Two thousand meters, the formation of the Japanese army had been completely lined up, and He Long's eyes narrowed and narrowed.

Fifteen hundred meters

"Boom" "Boom" The Japanese artillery began to fire, and the shells of the Japanese mortars and infantry artillery hit the position under the city of Pingyao, and suddenly the sand took off, Xiao Ke nodded and said, "The devil's artillery is really good, the shot is very accurate, our forward position is not more than 100 meters wide, and it actually hit the range of this 100 meters." Awesome, we still have something to learn. โ€

He Long took out his pipe and raised his hand, and the flag-bearer on the hot air balloon immediately waved the flag, and the starter, who had been waiting for a long time, shouted, "Fire!" Fire! โ€

"Pass! Open! Open! The mortars were put into the shells one by one, and the ropes of the "boom" and "boom" field guns were pulled by the artillery as if they would not be broken, and more than 40 field guns flew towards the Japanese artillery positions, and hundreds of mortar shells hit the advancing troops of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was suddenly plunged into a sea of fire purgatory.

The soldiers carrying the shells gradually stripped off their clothes. Boxes of shells were opened, and then they were lightened. In each round, the commander of the artillery team took a look at the flag soldiers on the hot air balloon, and when it came to the tenth round, what he was waiting for was not to stop firing, but to give an order to extend the artillery fire. It wasn't until the twenty-fifth round that the red flag was lowered.

"Huhu is tired to death. I'll go. How many shells have we fired? A soldier carrying a cannonball crouched on the ground, looking at the shell casings beside him, and couldn't help but say.

"Twenty-five rounds, I counted, this time thousands of artillery shots were ejected, and our 120th Division probably really made a fortune. Devils don't have such luxury! Another attentive artilleryman laughed.

On the battlefield, the 1,000 Japanese troops had already been bombed in horror, and this time there were more than 2,000 mortar shells alone, and an attacking Japanese army could get two rounds on his head, and the Japanese artillery position had already been blown up, and those who barely escaped to death hid outside the range of artillery fire and sat back and watched their infantry guns being blown into parts.

"Baga, what are the aviation forces doing, haven't you responded yet?" Chibon said angrily.

"Report to the report, Taiyuan news, Taiyuan Airport has been destroyed by the Chinese people, and now only Datong Airport and Linyi Airport are left." The communications soldier stammered.

"What did you say?" Qian Ben snatched the telegram and only felt that he either had his eyes dazzled, or his head was broken, when did the Eighth Route Army already have such a powerful air force.

-- Linyi

Fifty fighters were flying from the west to the east, but these 50 fighters were the remaining air force units of the Eighth Route Army, and their target was Linyi Airport, another gathering place for Japanese air forces in Shanxi.

At this time, the Linyi airport was still unknown, and when the Japanese army found out that these fighters were not their side, the first bomb had already fallen on the Linyi airport. The attack here was much smoother than in the direction of Taiyuan.

-- The Third Army Command

"What do you say? You repeat? Tada Jun pointed to Takeda Takeo and said.

"I just got a telegram that the air force in the Taiyuan direction has been defeated by an unknown enemy, the Taiyuan airfield has been completely destroyed, the Linyi airfield is also being bombed, and there are no more than 50 planes available to our army, and according to intelligence, the wings of the enemy planes are painted with red five-pointed stars, and our side suspects that the Soviet air force did it." Takeda Takeo said with his head down.

Tada Jun slowly sat down on the stool, boundless fear slowly creeping up in his heart, beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down.

Yoshimoto Sadachi said quickly, "If we not only lose the support of the air force, but instead give the Eighth Route Army air superiority, it will be extremely difficult for us to open up the supply line in Pingyao, but there will be the possibility of being completely annihilated, Your Excellency Commander, I suggest that the whole army retreat immediately, Wen Pingyao is far away, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely not be able to stop the impact of our 80,000 people." โ€

When Tada Jun heard the word "total annihilation", his body trembled in fear, and Tada Jun slowly asked, "What about the loss?" How big will our losses be after the deduction of the staff? โ€

Yoshimoto swallowed his saliva and said, "If we leave some people behind, plus the Eighth Route Army really has the support of more than seventy Soviet air forces, plus the current firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the most pessimistic figure is 30,000 to 40,000 people, mainly because it will be bombed and pursued all the way." โ€

"Haha!! Hahaha!! Hahaha!! Tada Jun laughed, and said with tears in his eyes, "Thirty or forty thousand!" Thirty or forty thousand losses! Has the Imperial Army ever suffered such a defeat? After such losses, can we still hold on to Shanxi? โ€

Takeda Yoshio bowed and said, "It was my wrong suggestion that caused the whole army to fall to this point, and I am willing to apologize with death!" Takeda knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Tada, stood up and drew his gun and was about to shoot himself in the temple.

"Stop", "Pop", "When" Yoshimoto quickly pulled Takeda Takeo's hand, and the bullet hit the lamp, and a puff of black smoke came out of the lamp.

"Yaga!! You coward, it's not the last moment yet, what are you anxious about!! Yoshimoto Sadachi also admired Takeda Takeo very much, and it couldn't help but hurt a little when he saw Takeda Takeo like this.

Tada Jun was also upset by this, he walked over and patted Takeda Takeo's shoulder and said, "That's right, don't worry! As a samurai of the Empire, you can't be defeated by such difficulties! And this mistake has nothing to do with you, your idea is very good, we did surround a large number of Eighth Route Army, if it weren't for the Eighth Route Army being too cunning, and the Soviets playing ghosts out of it, we would definitely not be so passive!! โ€

After speaking, Tada Jun looked at the north, and couldn't help but feel a little indignant in his heart, the giant bear in the north kept interfering in the war in China, which was really hateful, and sure enough, Ishihara was right, before solving the Soviet problem, any war launched was extremely stupid.

Tada Jun cleaned up his mood and said, "Gather the troops immediately, we are ready"

Before Tada Jun's words were finished, a signal soldier hurriedly ran in and saluted and said, "Report to Your Excellency Commander, the 20th Division, the 108th Division, and the 109th Division have all sent urgent telegrams. โ€

Tada Jun shook his hand, took it, lost one after reading one, lost one after reading one, and finally handed it to Yoshimoto Sadachi and said, "Look at it, our opponent is not slower than us, it has been confirmed, Wenshui is the 115th Division, Pingyao is the 120th Division, we are behind the 129th Division, and the south is the Shanxi New Army, all of which are the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, what are we surrounding!" After fighting for so long, who the hell are we fighting against? Could it be that the west is full of guerrillas who are not in the flow of the Eighth Route Army!! (To be continued.) )

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