"Commander, our unit was attacked by an air raid, a total of two companies of troops were lost, and almost half of the heavy weapons were lost, so I asked for the next operational guidance, and in addition, although our unit laid down a devil plane, but the devil will continue to send planes to reinforce the 117th Wing, the commander of the third regiment, Wang Nanhu."

"Hey, Chief of Staff, it's all my fault, we didn't expect that the devil would have planes to reinforce at any time, and the entire two companies of troops were lost in our mistakes." After reading the telegram in his hand, Commander Liu Hua bowed his head and said.

"Commander, it's not your fault, it's our staff that didn't complete the task, now the key is to think about how to solve this problem, the devil dispatched three fighters this time, maybe six next time, or even more, if the soldiers are exposed to the devil's plane, the casualties of the soldiers will be more than two companies of the three regiments, maybe two battalions." After listening to the commander's remorse, Chief of Staff Li Qing hurriedly comforted and reminded at the same time.

"Yes, the chief of staff is right, the soldiers must not be exposed to the devil's plane, otherwise, it will be to let the soldiers go to death. Counselor Wang, immediately record the order. Liu Hua said to the combat staff officer beside him.

"Order, the three regiments immediately assembled, rushed to Changle Village, to participate in the task of encircling the main wing of the devils, among which the two battalions interspersed on both sides of the second brigade of the devils immediately disengaged from the army, withdrew from the position, and constantly attacked the devils with small troops on the periphery of the devils, preventing them from escaping. Of course, when retreating, you can't cheapen the little devils, let them leave all the grenades they carry with them, and give the devils a good meal.

The second is that the mountain artillery battalion immediately shifted its position and hid in place, leaving only mortars for fire support. The special operations brigade gathers all the snipers, machine gunners, the cavalry battalion of the guard battalion, gathers all the machine gunners, and immediately assembles at the headquarters, be quick. Liu Hua saw Staff Officer Wang who was holding the record book and ordered.

Since the three battalions at this time were all serving as the general reserve, they were all stationed near the headquarters, and it was very convenient to assemble. Since the special operations brigade was equipped with the best weapons in the whole army, the four squadrons of the entire special operations brigade were equipped with a total of 36 machine guns, plus the cavalry battalion and the guard battalion, and the three battalions totaled more than 50 light machine guns, plus the deputy shooters and snipers, and the strength of nearly 200 people was quickly assembled in the bunker of the headquarters.

Of course, soon several staff officers came over to form troops according to Liu Hua's orders, and Liu Hua divided all the machine gunners outside into four groups, and the snipers flew in four groups on average. The four groups were arranged on the top of the four hills along the way. The snipers aim accurately, while the machine gunners form a dense network of fire over the entire position, making it impossible for the Devil's planes to deliver low-altitude bombs. In this way, their hit rate will be much lower, and likewise, the casualties of the fighters will be much less.

If any of the devil's planes are killed, then those riflemen and machine guns will shoot him down mercilessly. Liu Hua believes that more than 50 light machine guns and dozens of snipers are enough to set up a fire network for prevention and control on a highway of only a few kilometers.

Looking at the machine gunners in the distance, the second battalion and the third battalion of the second regiment blocked on both sides of the second brigade of the devils also received an order to retreat, although the soldiers didn't know why they fought well with the devils, the commander asked to retreat, but although the soldiers were dissatisfied in their hearts, they still carried out the order happily.

However, the soldiers were very happy with the commander's request to keep all the grenades, and they all found the grenades on their bodies, and began to think of various ways to arrange the mines. In order to increase the power of the thunder, some warriors even collected a large number of bullet casings and sprinkled them on the thunder

In this way, under the cover of the last artillery fire of the mountain artillery battalion, the soldiers of the two battalions smoothly disengaged from the devils and withdrew from their positions. Give way to the positions that have been laid out as hell. The captain of the second brigade of the devil saw that the position of the Chinese country, which had not been attacked for a long time, suddenly became quiet, and when he was puzzled, a retreating Chinese soldier appeared on the hill opposite the road.

"Baga, the people of China are going to run away." Seeing the retreating Shina people, the captain suddenly understood that although the imperial air force did not come to reinforce him just now, it must have caused heavy casualties to the Shina people who attacked him. Otherwise, how could the people of China, who had heavy fire support, easily withdraw from their positions? Thinking of this, the captain immediately gave the order to attack, wanting to open the passage with the wing headquarters as soon as possible, join the first brigade, and stick to the reinforcements.

Looking at the forward squadron that had slowly entered the position of the Zhina, the captain's heart finally relaxed, and it seemed that his guess was not wrong. However, the next scene surprised me here. With the sound of an explosion on the Zhina position, there were continuous explosions on the position, and at this time, the heart that the captain had just put down was once again lifted up by the sound of explosions.

Finally, the explosions on the position stopped, and the squadron leader came to the captain's side with a face full of gunsmoke. It turned out that when the Shina people retreated, they arranged a large number of mines on the position, which caused casualties of nearly a squad of the forward squadron.

Although the captain of the brigade who learned the situation felt that he wanted to cry without tears because of the loss of a squad of troops for no reason. However, the captain was still very excited, because he had opened the passage. In this way, the strength of several brigades can be combined, and there will be more troops to hold on and wait for reinforcements, and bring time to the peripheral Zhina people to a center to blossom

Just as the three brigades of the devils slowly converged, the deafening roar of airplanes sounded in the sky again. Liu Hua's long-awaited devil fighter finally came.

Maybe it's because the devil lost a fighter plane in Baicaoyan last time, or maybe it's because Baicaoyan at this time is quiet, and there is no battlefield where two armies are fighting, so the three fighters who came to the battlefield here didn't stay in Baicaoyan for more, and they didn't even fly low, but just dropped two bombs casually over Baicaoyan

The battlefield that was still lively just now, seeing the devil fighters getting closer and closer, several defensive positions that were still continuing to hold on immediately quieted down. Except for the necessary forces to hold on, the rest of the soldiers hid in trenches or dug bombs to hide from the bombardment of aircraft.

And the army also quickly broke away from the battle, because after all, the plane dropped the bomb with the same accuracy as the artillery shell, and after all, it was not enough to say that there was an accident, so they threw the bomb into their own people, and in that way, their gains outweighed their losses. Therefore, after the arrival of the plane, the devil wisely chose to break away from the battle with the Chinese people, and after the fighters bombed the positions of the Chinese people, they would attack and get twice the result with half the effort.

The "Buzz" three planes flew onto the battlefield with a huge roar, and since these three planes had not tried the taste of being hit by machine guns, they still followed the usual practice of forming high in formation and preparing to dive and drop bombs at a low altitude against a trench below, so as to increase their own hit rate.

As the devil plane got closer and closer, the roar of the fighter plane became louder and louder, and looking at the plane getting closer and closer, the soldiers lying in the trenches began to scratch. However, under the strong pressure of commanders at all levels, no fighters came out of the trenches. The first group of machine-gun positions ambushed behind the position opened fire.

More than a dozen tongues of fire immediately blocked the front of the three planes, and at the same time, several snipers were also equipped to shoot accurate bullets into the cockpit of the planes. The plane that was hit by the bullet suddenly sparked, especially the main engine at the front, and the windshield was shattered by a sniper.

"Baga, the people of China have anti-aircraft fire, immediately pull up, quickly" The squad leader who dodged the bullet shouted eagerly to the two wingmen beside him, with a hint of panic.

However, after all, the devil pilots had rich combat experience, and although they were shrouded in more than a dozen tongues of fire at this time, they looked a little panicked, but they still calmly raised the nose of the plane and pulled the plane out of the range of the machine gun. Still, one plane was slightly injured.

After the aftermath just now, the three planes that were constantly hovering in the sky no longer had the courage to dive and drop bombs, and could only fly high at an altitude of 1,000 meters, in an attempt to rely on the density of the bombs to destroy the suspicious places they had discovered. Then the heads of the soldiers of the three planes hovered back and forth, dropped bombs, and stayed for dozens of minutes before they reluctantly shook their wings and left in the cheers of the devils.

However, although three planes dropped dozens of bombs, only six of them were thrown into the trenches, causing casualties to the soldiers. And the remaining bombs only added some shrapnel to the land. However, the casualties among the soldiers were still very heavy in this bombing, and in less than half an hour, the Japanese army used only a few dozen bombs, which caused casualties to one company of the Second Regiment.

"Commander, the 2nd Regiment reports that a company of casualties is carried out." The chief of staff ran into the command and said.

"The casualties are so great! It was still nearly three hours before dark, and if the military planes were to attack at a rate of half an hour, they would have to bomb it six times. That's at least six companies of casualties. Chief of Staff: Order that all regiments and positions deepen their trenches, dig more bomb shelters, and prohibit any troops from attacking the Japanese army before dark. All commanders are required to explain the knowledge of prevention and control to the soldiers, and the next time the enemy plane comes, there must be no more panic. ”

Liu Hua frowned and continued, "Order each regiment to organize machine gunners, cooperate with the guard battalion and the machine gunners of the special operations brigade, organize strict anti-aircraft fire, and strive to give him a big blow when the devil plane comes next time, so that they can be afraid." ”

In this way, patches of dust immediately rose from the various positions, and in addition to leaving a certain number of troops to guard the enemy, the remaining soldiers all picked up sapper shovels, reinforced trenches, and dug air-raid shelters

And the North China Headquarters of the Yue Army, which wanted to annihilate the Reading Brigade in one fell swoop, put a lot of thought into it this time, and Taiyuan Airport specially sent a squadron of bombers to take turns to reinforce the imperial army on the battlefield in Changle Village. Although one fighter had been lost and three had been wounded, the headquarters had not stopped bombing and continued to reinforce a group of three aircraft

Thus, in the next few hours, the warring sides of the entire battlefield have moved from infantry to infantry to air force. On the entire battlefield, except for the besieged army, there was hardly a single active Eighth Route Army, but as soon as the devil's plane approached the ground, countless tongues of fire would immediately appear on the ground. In a word, the Reading Brigade can't just be beaten and not fight back.

However, the results of the battle were also very huge, although the devils flew nearly 25 sorties in the whole afternoon, causing a total of more than one battalion of casualties to the soldiers, but the soldiers also achieved the result of shooting down three planes and damaging six planes, which was a very effective blow to the planes of the Japanese army

With the arrival of six o'clock in the afternoon, the last group of planes of the devils left the battlefield with a long black smoke. At the same time, the soldiers slowly walked out of the air-raid shelter where they had been staying for a day, preparing to launch the last attack on the Japanese army at night. In the evening, the 117th Wing of the Japanese Army will be completely wiped out.

Of course, the soldiers on the battlefield of Changle Village began to act, but the soldiers who served as blocking the reinforcements from other routes did not stop for an afternoon, and still ignored the casualties to block the reinforcements from these routes.

(To be continued)