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Facing General Ye Ting's question, Wang Haitao nodded and said: "General Ye, I don't have many of these two kinds of heavy mortars, I am going to give you six of them, so that the twelve mortars can allow you to form a heavy mortar company." But I have a limited pack horse, and you have to prepare your own pack horse. ”

General Ye Ting replied excitedly: "Great, with them, we can better fight little Japan." I'll send someone to carry these heavy mortars right away. Wang Haitao said with a smile: "General Ye, don't worry, this artillery is a technical arm, there is no artillery that can be accurate, and it is useless to give you more artillery." In this case, how about you first assemble this heavy mortar company, and then send the gunners to me, and let the fighters of my guard regiment train for a while, and then take them?"

General Ye Ting laughed and said, "That's really unbelievable! Thank you Commander Wang for your generous gift." Early the next morning, a company of New Fourth Army soldiers was ordered to come to the headquarters, Wang Haitao can fully understand General Ye Ting's mood at this time, immediately called Tangshan Leopard, after explaining to Tangshan Leopard, handed over this company of New Fourth Army to Tangshan Leopard.

After the Japanese army postponed its offensive for two days, the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters finally sent a flying team of planes to Lieutenant General Masaki Ito to support the operation. This flying squadron consisted of eight fighters and twenty-four bombers, mainly to support and bomb the Jingxian battlefield. On the Yangliu Town position on this day, the routine bombardment before each attack of the Japanese army had come to an end, and the position had been replaced by soldiers from the second battalion and the second company guarding.

After the artillery bombardment was over, the soldiers waited at the entrance of the anti-artillery hole, and the observation post left in the bunker on the position would give a signal as soon as the Japanese infantry assembled and attacked, and the soldiers quickly entered the position. However, there was no signal to enter the position at the observation post this time. The commander of the second company couldn't stay at the door of the anti-artillery hole, so he took two soldiers and ran into the bunker quickly.

When the observation post heard the sound, he turned his head and saw that it was the company commander, and after saluting, he shouted, "Company commander." The soldier replied, "Report to the company commander, the Japanese army did not assemble to attack, but did not move in place, as if waiting for something." ”

The company commander came to the observation port of the bunker, raised his binoculars, and looked in the direction of the Japanese army. Sure enough, at the front of the Japanese position, about one or two hundred Japanese troops had been assembled, but there was no sign of an attack. Just when the company commander was a little confused, there was a "buzzing" sound. The commander of the second company is also a veteran of a hundred battles, and after listening carefully, his face changed, and he shouted to the two soldiers behind him: "Go and inform the soldiers to hide in the anti-artillery hole, the Japanese planes are coming to bomb." ”

The two soldiers' faces also changed, and they quickly ran towards the anti-artillery hole. The commander of the second company quickly took the telephone and went directly to the command post in Yangliu Town to report the arrival of the Japanese plane to Wei Yongchun, the commander of the second battalion. I don't know how many times the Second Battalion has been bombed by Japanese planes from the Battle of Shanghai to the present, so it naturally knows how to deal with it.

The soldiers of the second company on the position have been hidden, and on the city wall of Yangliu Town, more than ten heavy planes of the first company and the firepower company have entered a state of anti-aircraft firing. Six of these more than 10 heavy planes are Type 67 heavy planes, and after using anti-aircraft mounts and anti-aircraft sights, these Type 67 heavy planes can hit airborne objects below 500 meters, and naturally they can also deal with Japanese planes dropping bombs at low altitudes.

Because the number of Type 67 heavy machines is not too many, that is, the 271st Brigade and the 1st Regiment of the 10th Division in the past are equipped with guard regiments and reconnaissance regiments, while other units use Type 57 heavy machines. While the soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were in full formation, Japanese planes appeared in the distant sky. Soon the bombers of the Japanese planes lowered their altitude and, after a dive, dropped on the position of the second company.

Wei Yongchun used a telescope to see very clearly on the wall that this time the Japanese planes dropped a small 50-pound one, and a bomber should carry 10 to 12 of these pieces, which would explode in a straight line when dropped. The bunkers on the positions should be able to carry three to five of these bombardments, and any more will not be able to withstand it.

Seeing that the first batch of four planes was finished and was about to pass over Yangliu Town, Wei Yongchun shouted: "Fire!" More than a dozen heavy planes and more than a dozen light planes on the wall spat out tongues of fire into the sky, weaving a fire in the sky. Four planes threw themselves into the fire unprepared.

One of the four planes with the best luck was slightly injured and staggered away in black smoke, while the second plane flew to the ground with fire and black smoke. The unluckiest one exploded into a fireball directly in the air. The sudden change caused the rest of the planes in the air to be chaotic for a while, and they stopped diving and bombing, and flew to a high place one after another.

After a while, after not seeming to have too powerful anti-aircraft weapons, two more agile fighters took the lead and flew towards the wall of Yangliu Town. Just now, when the Japanese planes were raised, the planes at the head of the wall also stopped firing, and at this time, when they saw the Japanese planes rushing directly at the wall, they began to shoot at the air again. Perhaps because the Japanese fighters were relatively nimble and the pilots were prepared, the two Japanese planes safely passed the fire this time, and the airborne aircraft also destroyed a heavy plane, and the two fighters of the heavy crew were also killed and wounded.

After determining the location of the anti-aircraft weapons, the Japanese planes were like flies with a fishy smell, and they dived and bombed the wall one after another. The dozens of planes on the wall did not show weakness, and under the command of Wei Yongchun, they confronted the Japanese planes. The confrontation lasted for more than an hour, and only after the Japanese planes had dropped all of them did they leave helplessly.

In addition to the loss of three at the beginning, the Japanese lost two more and damaged three in the later attack. And the bombing that was dropped destroyed half of Yangliu Town, and the city wall was also blown down for a while. Half of the light and heavy aircraft placed at the head of the wall were blown up, and the fighters also lost more than thirty people, and more than twenty were wounded.

This is the second battalion full of veterans, if it is replaced by the fourth battalion, the fifth battalion or the New Fourth Army of most of the recruits, I don't know if it can shoot down so many Japanese planes, but the casualties will definitely be much larger. Wang Haitao judged that the Japanese planes would come again soon, so he ordered Wei Yongchun that when the Japanese planes bombed again, they should not confront each other, but only need to hide.

This is also a last resort, the number of veterans is too small, and Wang Haitao can't afford to lose. However, Wang Haitao remembered the more than 30 German-made anti-aircraft guns placed in the warehouse. When the heavy artillery regiment was formed at that time, firstly, because it could not find a few fighters who could use these anti-aircraft guns, and secondly, because the personnel were really tight, Tangshanhu was already very reluctant to pull up a heavy artillery regiment, and it was even more difficult for Tangshanhu to find hundreds of soldiers to operate antiaircraft artillery. Third, these antiaircraft guns were inconvenient to move, and besides, there were no Japanese planes coming to Jingxian at that time, so the matter of forming an antiaircraft artillery battalion was put down.

Now Wang Haitao's idea is to place these anti-aircraft guns on trucks, so that the trucks and anti-aircraft guns become one, so that these anti-aircraft guns can be used flexibly. With an idea, Wang Haitao called Wu Jianzhou, chief of staff and head of the armored regiment. Wang Haitao told Wu Jianzhou about his ideas, and Wu Jianzhou also agreed.

Wu Jianzhou has also been very annoyed these days, Wang Haitao did not let the armored regiment participate in the battle, except for a few tank detachments that went out, most of the soldiers of the armored regiment were idle. These soldiers pestered Wu Jianzhou every day, asking to participate in the battle, and Wu Jianzhou had no choice but to avoid these soldiers, now that they have something to do, Wu Jianzhou can also calm down.

Just do it, Wu Jianzhou and Wang Haitao took out five anti-aircraft guns from the warehouse first. This German-made 20-millimeter anti-aircraft gun had a four-clawed base frame and weighed 460 kilograms, fortunately, it could be split into several parts. Its four-jaw chassis is four meters long, one meter eight meters wide, and one meter six meters high, which is just right for the trunk of a heavy truck. It's just a matter of revamping the trunk of the truck.

The technicians of the armored regiment all went into battle, researching, and installing at the same time. Finally, within two days, five anti-aircraft guns were successfully installed on five armored trucks. And in these two days, a group of fighters learned and became proficient in the operation of this anti-aircraft gun. In order to test the results, the soldiers, with Wang Haitao's approval, drove the five anti-aircraft guns loaded on trucks to Yangliu Town, and confronted the Japanese planes in an attack by Japanese planes.

As a result of the confrontation, one of the five anti-aircraft guns was destroyed with a truck, and one was okay and the truck was damaged. The other three were fine, but five anti-aircraft guns destroyed six planes in one fell swoop, including one fighter. Through this battle, the fighters of the armored regiment were so energetic that in five days they loaded all 34 anti-aircraft guns on armored trucks [some of the armored trucks were also on site].

Wang Haitao formed these anti-aircraft guns into an independent anti-aircraft artillery battalion, with every ten anti-aircraft guns as an anti-aircraft artillery company, and the remaining four anti-aircraft guns were assigned to the guard regiment. This independent anti-aircraft artillery battalion was placed under the jurisdiction of the armored regiment, and the battalion commander was Yang Baoshan, the deputy commander of the former tank battalion. At the same time as it was established, Wang Haitao sent a company to Yangliu Town to help the second battalion deal with the Japanese planes.

In the past few days, Yangliu Town has become the focus of the battle between the two sides, and Japanese planes will come two or three times a day, and after several days of bombing, there is hardly a single intact building in Yangliu Town, and the soldiers guarding the town are forced to hide from the bombing of Japanese planes in the anti-artillery holes. On the positions outside the town, except for a few anti-artillery holes that are still intact, the rest of the fortifications are basically in ruins.

Every time the infantry attacked after the bombing or artillery bombardment, the soldiers on the position used the ruins as cover to block the Japanese attack. In the course of several days of fighting, more than 50 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion had lost their lives, and more than 40 soldiers had been seriously wounded, and basically a company had lost its combat effectiveness. In this case, Wang Haitao is considering whether he should give up Yangliu Town.