The huge explosion caused by the disintegration of the plane in the air stunned all the generals of the Japanese provisional command, and Lieutenant General Norihide Abe did not even notice that the telescope he was holding high had fallen to the ground.

In the eyes of all Japanese officers, the new equipment of the aircraft was not invincible, but only the same aircraft could pose a threat to them. Although there are many armies that can make the Imperial Eagles break their wings, it is absolutely impossible for them to appear on the battlefield of China, and they firmly believe in this.

But it turned out that they were wrong, and the successive explosions over the small county town of China just now and the fireballs that burned and fell one by one made these Japanese generals have a sense of faith collapse.

"Your Excellency, the observation post at the forward position has called, the Imperial Army Air Force has suffered a major setback in Xinghe County, and has suffered heavy losses, only 9 fighters have left the battlefield, 8 of them are dragging thick black smoke, and the rest of the fighters have all been shot down." A lieutenant staff officer came in and reported.

"Baga, this is impossible, the people of China have no anti-aircraft artillery, no anti-aircraft machine guns, and no fighters, how can they inflict heavy damage on the Imperial Air Force?" Norihide Abe yelled hysterically.

Although Abe Norihide didn't believe in this result, the facts were in front of him, and the huge fireballs generated over Xinghe County made him have to bow to reality.

After venting the anger in his heart, Abe Norihide ordered in a cold voice: "Order the forward positions to attack immediately, and I will go to the county town to rest tonight." In addition, I will pick up His Excellency Shouichi Terauchi, we need more fighters to help in the war. ”

"Hay!"

A hearty counterattack completely detonated the passion of the soldiers of the 222nd Division, and strengthened the confidence of a large part of the recruits. At the same time, after this battle, the soldiers of the 222nd Division Air Defense Regiment have a certain understanding of themselves and the weapons in their hands, and they are more confident in the next battle.

"Report to the division, the forward position called, the Japanese army launched an attack on the four directions of the county, east, west, north and south at the same time, and more than 50 combat vehicles participated in the battle."

Chen Feng knew that the little devil was preparing to fight hard, and without the assistance of artillery and aircraft, the Japanese army could only use those dozens of combat vehicles now.

"Order the forward troops to counterattack in accordance with the plan set before the war." Chen Feng ordered.

Chen Feng then asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Andrei, ordering the cavalry troops to postpone the attack until tomorrow morning. Originally, Chen Feng planned to let the cavalry troops raid Zhangbei County this morning, and then carry out a plan to encircle and send reinforcements, but this morning's air defense regiment performed so well that the Japanese troops on the front line went crazy, so Chen Feng temporarily changed his mind and postponed the plan to attack Zhangbei.

The postponement of the attack on Zhangbei was because Chen Feng was ready to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army's madness, and with the assistance of the perfect city defense fortifications in Xinghe County, he would first kill and injure a large number of Japanese troops and reduce the pressure on the Japanese army to encircle and annihilate this road.

"Boom Boom"

The 37mm main guns on the Japanese tanks attacked the forward positions where the guard regiments were stationed, and the front and back of the tanks were Japanese puppet troops wearing khaki dog skins. If you look closely, you can see that it is the two devils who are hunched in front, and the Japanese soldiers who are following behind the chariot.

"Boom" exploded, an unlucky puppet army stepped on the mines in the forward position, and after a miserable scream, the whole person was torn apart, sprinkled with blood rain and several stumps and broken arms.

The frightened puppet soldiers all lay on the ground and fired indiscriminately for the first time, while the Japanese tanks and infantry following behind the puppet army also stopped.

The commander of the Japanese forward position soon discovered that it was not the shelling of the Chinese army, but the unlucky Imperial Allied troops who stepped on the mines, so they drew their command knives and drove the puppet troops to continue advancing.

In the binoculars, Li Deming, the commander of the guard regiment, saw the scene just now, hung the telescope in his hand to his chest, and said angrily: "The little devil of the dog day, really fucking does not treat the Chinese as people, order the first battalion, give Lao Tzu the four twin machine guns newly equipped to Lao Tzu, and today Lao Tzu will kill him with a river of blood." ”

After shelling, gunning, and man-to-man, the Japanese finally broke through the minefield arranged by the 222nd Division, and then launched a charge towards the forward position where the guard regiment was stationed.

300 meters, 200 meters, 150 meters

Seeing that the Japanese puppet army had entered the effective firing range, Li Deming gave the order to open fire.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da"

More than 300 light and heavy machine guns and more than 1,500 long guns, plus more than 40 field guns, more than 70 mortars opened fire at the same time, and of course, 12 twin anti-aircraft machine guns were newly installed.

The Japanese puppet army that rushed to the front fell to the ground like a cut straw, and the most unexpected thing for the Japanese puppet army was that the tank they regarded as indestructible was like paper paste in front of the Chinese army, and the 25mm armor was actually punched out one by one, and the driver and gunner inside were killed, and some even caused the detonation of the shells inside the tank.

The worst of all were the infantry that followed behind the chariots, charging under the heavy fire of the Chinese army, falling one by one, and their superstitious three-stage wave attack model seemed to have lost its effectiveness here.

The distance of 100 meters seems to be an insurmountable chasm, no position in the four directions can break through, what makes the front-line commanders and soldiers panic even more is that the people of China actually used a weapon with extremely strong attack power, not to mention the firepower of this weapon, the lethality of the ammunition is also extremely terrifying, it can actually penetrate the frontal armor of the chariot, as for the ordinary soldiers as long as they are hit, it is a blood hole, and may even be broken in two, there is almost no possibility of treatment, and the Japanese army began to retreat rapidly after holding on for more than ten minutes.

In the first round of attack, the Japanese army invested a total of four infantry brigades, four puppet regiments and 55 combat vehicles, but they were repulsed in less than half an hour, which made Abe Norihide extremely dissatisfied.

Enraged, Abe ordered his troops to continue the attack, while urging the aviation to speed up and reinforce fire.

Soon the Japanese army organized a second attack, and at the same time, more than 40 fighters also arrived at the battlefield from Baoding Airport.

The fiasco of the aviation units at the Zhangjiakou airfield did not attract the attention of the Japanese high-top, since the pilots of the three surviving fighters shifted the responsibility for the defeat to the killed wing commander Takeo Matsushita. It is believed that the reason why the Flying Wing suffered such a crushing defeat was entirely due to the stupid order of Takeo Matsushita's ultra-low-altitude bomb.

The air defense regiment led by Victor was overjoyed when the Japanese fighters came to the aid of the battle, they had just shot down more than 30 Japanese planes, and now it was the time for their hands to itch, and when they saw that new Japanese planes had arrived, they immediately geared up, adjusted the design height, and were ready to deal a fatal blow to these Japanese iron birds at any time.

In order to be ashamed, the Army Aviation Regiment of the North China Front of the Japanese Army sent more than 40 planes this time, which was bound to raze the county town of Xinghe to the ground. After the Japanese fighters arrived at the battlefield, they first carried out carpet bombing of the forward positions.

"Boom Boom"

Heavy aerial bombs exploded in the forward positions, some civil fortifications were destroyed in an instant, even those reinforced concrete fortifications shook for a while, one aerial bomb exploded in one of the defenders' machine gun positions, four heavy machine guns and one anti-aircraft machine gun were destroyed, all 10 machine gunners and ammunition men were killed, and more than a dozen soldiers transporting ammunition were injured.

The command post of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Guards Regiment was hit by aerial bombs, and five officers, including the company commander and deputy company commander, were killed. An artillery hole in the eastern position was blown up, and all 12 soldiers of the 3rd battalion, 1st platoon, and 1st squad were buried alive.

After dropping the bombs, the Japanese fighters who had shaken off their might in the forward positions pulled their fuselages and flew towards the city, preparing to blow up this small county town into a sea of fire.

However, the dream is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. As soon as the Japanese planes flew into the city, they were devastating before they could drop their bombs. More than 100 anti-aircraft machine guns opened fire at the same time, and bullet carriers flew to the Japanese fighters with invitations from the Grim Reaper.

Despite the fact that today was the debut of the air defense regiment, the results were surprisingly good. Due to the huge gap in armament, the Japanese bombers were like a live target in front of the Type 75 anti-aircraft machine guns. The speed of the Japanese planes made it difficult for them to escape once they were locked by the Type 75 anti-aircraft machine guns.

Although this round of strikes was not as good as the first one, it still shot down 6 Japanese planes, and 16 fighters were damaged and forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

Seeing that the Chinese army was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, although the remaining Japanese fighters did not withdraw from the battlefield, they were all shocked and fled from the city in a panic, and the flight altitude was also raised to more than 3,000 meters.

It turned out that the altitude of 3,000 meters was also unsafe, although other anti-aircraft machine guns were below 3,000 meters of firing altitude, but the Type 75 anti-aircraft machine gun had an effective firing altitude of more than 5,000 meters, and the height of 3,000 meters was very good for the Type 75 anti-aircraft machine gun.

When the three fighters were shot down at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the commander of the air wing, Takahashi Daisa, hurriedly ordered all the fighters to immediately withdraw from the battlefield and return to Baoding Airport.

Although he lost air support, Norihide Abe, who was frantically, did not order his troops to stop the attack. By 6 p.m., the Japanese had organized a total of 8 attacks.

The battlefield was full of corpses of the Japanese puppet army, although the Japanese army destroyed more than 30 pillboxes and nearly 40 firepower points of the 222nd Division in a whole day's attack, but did not break through a single position, and suffered heavy losses themselves.