Under the shouting of the Japanese captain, some junior officers who had come to their senses also drove the surviving soldiers on the position to the trenches and broken fortifications. Most of these Japanese soldiers had not yet come to their senses, but they had just entered the position with the instinct of long-term training, and then pulled the trigger against the attacking Chinese troops in the distance.

For a time, there was a lot of gunfire on the Japanese position, but there were still three or four hundred meters apart, and the hit rate at this distance was not high even in peacetime, not to mention that the soldiers were still in a semi-conscious state, and there were a lot of gunshots, but the bullets did not know where to fly. The captain looked at these soldiers who were not in a state, and he was angry but couldn't let it out. Having just experienced a long period of shelling, it would be good for these soldiers to be able to do this, but what else could they ask of them?

The blocking of the Japanese position, which sounded lively and lethal, was basically non-lethal, and the attacking troops also began to counterattack. There were no shooters in the attacking infantry, and the hit rate of either a charge, a sharp spear or a semi-automatic rifle at such a distance was not good, and only a few dozen sharpshooters used their hands to carry out accurate strikes.

The tanks in front were different, with more than a dozen tanks lined up in a line, carrying out suppressive counterattacks with vehicle-mounted artillery and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns as they advanced. Under the blow of the chariot fire, the Japanese troops on the position were completely suppressed, and not only the soldiers who dared to shoot with their heads out suffered heavy casualties, but even the soldiers hiding in the bunkers also suffered many casualties under the artillery fire.

Soon the tank broke through to the side of the anti-tank trench, facing the anti-tank trench five meters wide and more than two meters deep, the tank could not pass, and could only stop or wander around the side of the anti-tank trench, which was used as a mobile fire point. At this time, the infantry who followed behind the chariot jumped out of the anti-tank trench without hesitation. Faced with a very steep ditch wall more than two meters high, the fighters in the anti-tank trench were also prepared.

I saw that the soldiers took off the sapper shovels from behind them and dug against the ditch wall. The men were dug out of the steep walls of the ditch with great strength and great strength, and the soldiers put away their sapper shovels, retrieved their weapons, and prepared to rush out of the trench from these steps. At this time, the roar of engines came from the sky, and the soldiers who were very familiar with this sound knew that the Japanese planes were about to come over the battlefield.

The sound of the plane also attracted the attention of Li Changwu, the commander of the offensive position. Before the attack, Li Changwu's 462nd Brigade was assigned 30 37-mm caliber self-propelled twin antiaircraft guns, and Li Changwu concentrated these antiaircraft guns in front of the self-propelled howitzer and artillery regiment, and built a second anti-aircraft fire network for the self-propelled howitzer and artillery regiment. On the attack position, there were 100 heavy machine guns equipped with anti-aircraft tripods arranged in three anti-aircraft fire nets.

This time, the Japanese dispatched a flying squadron, which included 10 large bombers, 62 medium bombers, and 12 escort fighters. Dispatching so many planes for support at one time can make Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama also make a bloody investment. After the planes flew over the city of Yongzhou, twelve fighters took cover at high altitude, and the rest of the medium bombers split into three and pounced on the three battlefields.

More than 20 bombers that pounced on the 462nd Brigade rushed down in a group of three and rushed down at the artillery position, the attack position, and the attacking unit. Just as the Japanese planes began to dive, all the anti-aircraft weapons on the attack positions and in front of the artillery positions opened fire, and the dense anti-aircraft firepower formed a network of firepower. The unprepared Japanese planes were like moths to the fire, swooping down on the net.

In the deafening sound of gunfire, the Japanese bombers were shot one after another, either exploding into a fireball in the air, or planting black smoke on the ground after being shot. Of the fifteen planes that pounced on the attacking positions and artillery positions, only five were able to evade the fire net and re-rise, while the five planes that pounced on the attacking troops were much more fortunate in not encountering the blows of anti-aircraft fire, and the * carried by the air was pulled up after being launched.

The situation on the three battlefields is not much different, the Japanese army put into attack more than 60 bombers, only 26 can be pulled up after completing the bomb dropping, and more than 30 are lost at one time, which also makes the captain of the flight team sitting in the heavy bomber Fukuzawa Nakao Osaku look dumbfounded, Fukuzawa Nakao Osa, did not expect that the Chinese army would have such a strong air defense, this attack on its own flight team suffered such a big loss, and the combat effectiveness was lost half at once.

Knowing that the Chinese army has such a powerful anti-aircraft firepower, it is impossible for Fukuzawa to send heavy bombers to bomb at low altitudes, these ten heavy bombers are the foundation of his own flying team, each of them is expensive, and he cannot afford to lose at all, otherwise he will be escorted to the mainland and sent to a military court immediately. After letting ten heavy bombers drop all the * at high altitude, Nakao Fukuzawa took the rest of the planes and went back to the plane in a stupid way.

The bombing by Japanese planes lasted for more than half an hour, but it still brought some losses to the troops, and the attacking troops did not have the cover of anti-aircraft weapons, so the losses were even greater. In particular, in the end, the heavy bombers were all heavy aviation of 500 kilograms each*, and the power was naturally not small, and basically there were no survivors within a few tens of meters after the explosion. Fortunately, there were not many such heavy * and even fewer accurate shots, but it also forced the attack from three directions to stop.

After the planes left, the troops stopped the attack and withdrew the attacking force, and began to rescue the wounded, reorganize their ranks, and count the losses. On the side of the 462nd Brigade, only one heavy* fell in the attacking position, causing the 2nd Battalion of the 878th Regiment to sacrifice more than 100 people. Several small aviation* also fell in the anti-tank trenches, causing more than 200 casualties to the 877th Regiment, and two heavy armored vehicles and a light tank were blown up by bullets.

The 461st Brigade suffered the greatest losses in three directions, suffering more than 400 casualties and six vehicles damaged and blown up, including one heavy tank. The 463rd Brigade to the west suffered the smallest losses, suffering more than 200 casualties, and only one heavy armored vehicle was blown up. After the troops rested for a while, a new round of attacks began in the afternoon.

Lieutenant General Chilu Li in Yongzhou City saw that the plane had played a great role, and kept asking Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama to send a plane to support, but Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama was a little lacking in confidence. The flying unit of Central China has an air corps, but what it can command is only three flying squadrons of a flying regiment, and half of the flying squadron is lost in one support, and how many times is its own aviation unit enough to support it? And the commander of the army aviation command will not agree to such support.

But Yongzhou still has to go to support, otherwise once Yongzhou City is lost in a short period of time, it will affect his entire battle plan. After weighing for a long time, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama gritted his teeth and sent another plane to support. However, this time, Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama repeatedly told the captain of the flying team, Kazuo Hirota, that he should only drop bombs at high altitudes and not dive bombing, so as to reduce the loss of planes.

The attack of the 462nd Brigade in the afternoon was smoother than in the morning, and the artillery fire stopped after only twenty minutes, because there were not many targets left on the Japanese positions to bomb. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the chariots and infantry began to attack together. After the troops successfully rushed to the anti-tank trench, they approached the Japanese position, and at this time the Japanese resistance on the position also became fierce.

All kinds of small guns and grenadiers hidden by the Japanese army threw shells, grenades, and shells at the attacking team, and the machine gun fire points that were not destroyed also frantically dumped bullets on the Chinese army. In front of the dense firepower, the attacking troops were suppressed, and although the fighters were also hiding, there were still soldiers who were shot and killed.

Li Changwu was also anxious when he saw that the attack was not going well, and immediately mobilized more than 100 heavy artillery guns concentrated by the whole brigade to strike at the Japanese small artillery and the remaining machine-gun fire points. In addition, dozens of heavy machine guns on the heavy machine gun positions were also roaring incessantly. Under the heavy attack of more than 100 heavy mortars and dozens of heavy machine guns, it only took about ten minutes for the Japanese army to be unable to support it.

First, the small artillery was completely destroyed, and then the machine-gun fire points were also eliminated one by one, and the intensity of fire on the Japanese positions, which had lost heavy fire support, was greatly reduced, and the attacking troops tended to move forward while returning fire. When they were only fifty meters away from the first trench, the fighters took out grenades and bullets and threw them over. Amid the dense explosion of hundreds of grenades and shells, the fighters broke through to the first trench.

The Chinese troops who burst into the trenches and the remnants of the Japanese army immediately engaged in hand-to-hand combat. As soon as Li Changwu, who was in command at the rear, saw that the troops had broken through into the Japanese position, he immediately asked the 879th Regiment to reinforce the attacking troops, and just as the two battalions of the 879th Regiment were preparing to assault, the sound of airplanes was heard in the air again. As soon as Li Changwu heard the sound of the plane, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn the plane, it's really not the right time." ”

In desperation, Li Changwu could only let his troops disperse and hide, while all the anti-air units were ready to fight against the air. Soon the Japanese planes flew over the battlefield again, splitting into three and flying towards three battlefields. However, this time, the Japanese planes did not dive and bomb, but dropped them at a high altitude*. This also greatly disappointed the anti-aircraft forces on the ground.

It is indeed safe to drop bombs at high altitudes, but the accuracy of dropping them is quite poor, and the troops have been scattered and hidden, so the losses are not large, and the troops of the 877th Regiment have broken through into the Japanese positions and strangled together with the Japanese army, and the Japanese planes have not been able to drop a bomb. However, the two sides fought in one place in the trench, and they couldn't care about the plane overhead.

In the hand-to-hand battle, the Chinese army had a great advantage in terms of numbers and weapons. In the narrow terrain of the trench, the advantages of the rushing and frontal machines were brought into full play, and most of the soldiers in the 877th Regiment were veterans of a hundred battles.

Some of the soldiers even pulled out the big knives behind their backs, chopping, slashing, rushing, and stabbing in the trenches, and a big knife played with flowers. Coupled with the strength of the Chinese army's combat effectiveness, the Japanese troops in the trenches held out for more than ten minutes before completely collapsed, and only a few dozen soldiers fled to the rear positions, and the rest were wiped out in the trenches.