It was close to noon, and the fighting on the ground battlefield had come to an end. Under the wreak havoc of more than a dozen Japanese gunboats, even if the Jiguang tank had much more efficient armor than the Type 99, it still had no choice but to retreat.

Under the clouds in the east, the Japanese fighters were already clearly visible, and at this moment, the artillery division commanded by Li Hansoul had just begun to withdraw from the battlefield.

The artillery division played quite well today, and it can be said that it played a decisive role. It was under the almost perverted precision fire of the artillery division that the heavy artillery wing of the 11th Division, which was the most threatening to the tank division, was annihilated in about ten minutes after it entered the battle. In this way, the superiority of the tank unit of the Cadet Army was established, and as a result, the following battles almost became the performance time of the Cadet Army Tank Division.

Ouyang Yun came down from a high place, drilled into the command headquarters, and said to the staff officers who were busy: "Give orders to the air defense forces, it's time for them to behave." Whether the artillery division can safely withdraw to Nanjing depends on them. ”

The Air Force of the Cadet Corps is under construction, and although the Cadet Corps' aircraft factory is already capable of producing the "Wanfu-02" fighter with full intellectual property rights, it is now only possible to produce a finished aircraft every two months because most of the materials needed need to be imported from the United States and there is a serious shortage of skilled workers. Such a production rate has seriously affected the expansion rate of the Air Force. The good thing is that with Gu Lianyun's efforts, the US joint venture aircraft factory has been put into production, and although the current production capacity of this factory, which is dominated by the US military, has reached about 40 planes per month, according to the original agreement, among the 40 fighters, the Cadet Army can get about 10 of them, plus one L-19 per month, so I believe that after half a year, the Air Force of the Cadet Corps will be able to truly become a backbone.

At that time, at least the safety of the airspace between Fujian and Guangdong can be guaranteed, but now, it will have to rely on the air defense force-Ouyang Yun thought so, feeling a little powerless. In the first battle of Jiangyin Fortress, the greatest loss of the Cadet Army was the air defense unit, and the 5th and 10th Divisions each had half a brigade-sized armored unit, but because they pulled out the air defense, they lost a full regiment and a half regiment of armored vehicles and tanks. If it weren't for the lack of so many chariot troops, this time it would have been completely pressed in one fell swoop, and the Japanese army in Pukou would have been completely driven into the Yangtze River to feed Wang Ba.

The artillery divisions of the Cadet Army, except for self-propelled howitzers about the size of a brigade, are all towed. The marching speed of the self-propelled artillery is about 45 kilometers, but the towed one is much worse, only about 35, such a speed, if the Japanese army does not have an air force to participate in the war, it is enough, however, once the speed of those at every turn exceeds 500 kilometers, or even more air strike power, it will be like a snail.

The efficiency of relying on ground forces to intercept fighters is really too low, and the worst thing is that the enemy can completely ignore the ground interception forces and fly over to directly strike at the target.

In order to minimize the intensity of the artillery division's blows, Ouyang Yun had no choice but to dispatch all the ground troops with air defense capabilities, and the combat requirements for them were a little harsh: I don't care what method you use, you must intercept the little devil's fighters, as long as the Japanese army is not allowed to bomb the artillery, you will complete the task.

After all the Japanese fighters appeared on the battlefield, Ouyang Yun sincerely felt that he was too lucky. Yes, I don't know for what reason, the number of Japanese planes in this wave is only a mere eight, and, judging from the bombs they dropped, they are only the kind of medium bombs weighing about 20 to 30 pounds, and such bombs, as long as they do not directly hit the weak position of the relay light type, they cannot even effectively penetrate the armor.

After discovering this new situation, he immediately gave Qian Guangming an order: "After evacuating the strike area of the Japanese gunboats, defend in place, attract the attention of the Japanese planes, and try to strike at them!" As for the 22nd and 40th regiments, let them go back to the trenches. Now, the 11th Division still has the devils of the Shantian detachment, and they should be busy integrating troops and treating the wounded. ”

The first of the eight Japanese planes to spot was the tank unit of the Cadet Corps, and four of them immediately began to look for a suitable dive position and then bombed it.

Bombs after bombs fell from the belly of the Japanese plane, and the sound of "whooshing" through the air made people's scalps tingle when they heard it, and then, in a series of explosions, an area the size of a football field was shrouded in fireworks. After the violent explosion, one tank was directly overturned by the gas Lang, and another was killed because the ammunition depot was hit, and after a loud "boom", this Jiguang tank turned into a pile of burning scrap metal, and all the crew members inside were martyred.

It would be unwise to use tank units to attract the attention of the Japanese planes, but the existing anti-aircraft firepower of the Cadet Corps is limited, and the air defense units of the original five regiments are now only one and a half regiments left in Pukou. Therefore, if you want to really delay all the Japanese fighters here, you can only rely on these tanks equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns.

The simultaneous bombing of two Japanese fighters in the same area destroyed three tanks of the tank division and damaged four at one time, which made Qian Guangming very annoyed. He took the telephone and yelled: "Don't mess around! Maintain the formation, in battalion units, cover the shooting. TMD, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, we have so many tanks, we can't win against these eight Japanese planes. ”

Eight Japanese planes, leaving behind four tank units to bomb the Cadet Corps, and Captain Zhengyun Kuyo, who led the team, originally thought that this was enough. The results of the bombing of the first two Japanese planes also convinced him of this, but only about five minutes later, as one of the Japanese planes to his left was disintegrated by the dense anti-aircraft fire, and then the other Japanese plane was wounded on the right flank, he frowned and secretly thought: The artillery of the Chinese people has not been found yet, so let's just deal with these tanks first! The tank unit of the Cadet Army is a big problem for the Empire, before, the Amatani and Kunisaki detachments have suffered losses at their hands, and now, the Empire's latest Type 99 tank wing has been crushed again, anyway, it is necessary to solve these tanks by turning around, so let's change the order of attack. So, just as the remaining two Japanese planes had completed their bombing and began to shoot at the tank units of the Cadet Corps with machine guns and machine guns, the four Japanese planes, which had been far away, turned around again and flew towards the position of the tank division led by Qian Guangming.

In the fifth trench behind the tank unit, the remaining air defense units of the Cadet Corps had already fixed their antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns, and as the Japanese planes began to reduce their flight altitude, the commander gave an order, and the antiaircraft guns distributed in the five air defense positions opened fire at the same time.

As soon as the anti-aircraft guns appeared, the wingman of the captain immediately reported the situation, and at the same time made a gesture, asking for the detachment to be dealt with by himself.

The flight altitude of the Japanese aircraft is still about 1,500 meters, and at such an altitude, the anti-aircraft machine guns are powerless, so only the anti-aircraft guns are powerful. The anti-aircraft guns on the five positions totaled 17 units, and these 17 anti-aircraft guns fired at the same time, which also caused a certain psychological pressure on the Japanese pilots. The captain made a gesture and agreed to the wingman's operational request.

As a result, this Japanese plane broke away from the four-plane formation and pulled to the left alone, and then swooped down from the left and went straight to an air defense position on the far left of the Cadet Corps.

Jiang Haiyang was a battalion commander of the Air Defense Regiment of the Third Division, and the battalion he commanded was on the far left.

Jiang Haiyang is a native of Renqiu, and before joining the Cadet Army, he worked as a bookkeeper for two years. And it was because of this experience that his comrades-in-arms gave him the nickname "Old Account".

The reason why Lao Cheng joined the Cadet Army was not to protect his family and defend the country or to be promoted and make a fortune, his original intention was only because the salary of the Cadet Army was five oceans per month. In fact, as a bookkeeper, his income is already good, three oceans a month, and he is also a "white-collar worker" in Renqiu. However, because his parents are not in good health at home, and he has to support five younger siblings, these three oceans are far from enough, so he resolutely joined the army in order to earn two more oceans a month regardless of the ancestral training of "good men are not soldiers" in his family.

Lao Cheng joined the army just to make ends meet, so it is not difficult to understand his slack performance in the barracks at the beginning. As a former bookkeeper, Jiang Haiyang is a person who has really seen the world, and he has been to Beiping three times, so he has the opportunity to see those soldiers, and in his original understanding, although the slogan of the Xuebing Army is loud, in fact, it is just a thug who is a warlord and has a strong force.

The change in his thinking had to start from listening to Ouyang Yun's class for the first time. The cadet army attaches great importance to the education of the cultural quality of officers and men, so various training classes have emerged one after another. And as Jiang Haiyang, who likes to read, he is naturally happy to recharge for free. The first time he listened to Ouyang Yun's class, he didn't know that the young man standing in front of the podium was the "little commander" of the Cadet Army. It was the first time Ouyang Yun had given a lecture to the cadets, and unlike other instructors, he didn't bring handouts at all. And in that class, Ouyang Yun didn't really preach and clarify doubts.

Jiang Haiyang still remembers that the first thing the little chief said after he came to power was this: "Everyone, you are now a member of the Cadet Army, so what I want to ask is - what are you doing as a soldier for?" ”

As soon as he finished asking, someone below immediately stood up and shouted, "Report to the instructor!" It's to protect the family and defend the country! ”

The little chief smiled and nodded, and asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Someone stood up: "Report! I want to avenge my parents! I am from Shenyang, and there are five people in my hometown, except for me, who were all killed by little devils! I've heard that the purpose of the Cadet Army is to fight devils......"

After this person finished speaking, several more people gave a few righteous and awe-inspiring answers. When Jiang Haiyang heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he showed a disapproving expression. What he thought in his heart was: "Those who say they want revenge may be sincere, but the others, hum, what they say is better than what they sing, and they think this is singing?" However, that instructor seems to like to listen to the theater very much! Hehe, who doesn't like to listen to this kind of scene? ”