Just when Li Yunlong was discussing the counteroffensive plan with the leaders of the headquarters.

Northwest of Shanxi.

Daguzhen Airport.

Li Shaorong was loudly mobilizing the pilots in leather jackets before the war:

"This morning, the squadron of reconnaissance planes carried out reconnaissance on Taiyuan, which was occupied by the devils."

"It was found that the devils were building large-scale fortification positions around Taiyuan."

"The regiment commander ordered us to fly the brigade and go to Taiyuan to help the devils."

"This is the first time that our flying group has been dispatched to bomb the infantry of the devils, and the enemy's infantry also has anti-aircraft fire."

"If."

"Whoever is unlucky enough to be shot down and falls into enemy-occupied territory, you know what to do!"

Li Shaorong's tone was sharp.

Although the planes of the new regiment flying group are very advanced, and even the planes of European and American countries are not comparable, this is a war, a cruel war to the death.

There will be casualties in war, although the high-altitude hit the ground, and the high-altitude aircraft have the advantage, but the devils on the ground will also fight back.

There is still a risk that the plane will be shot down.

Li Shaorong didn't say what he was going to say, but the pilots knew what he was going to say.

If you are shot down, face being captured by the devils, use the Colt pistol on the waist of the pilots to shoot yourself in the head.

However, some of the pilots were indifferent, some were resolute, and some were ruthless.

Of course, there was a hint of eagerness in the eyes of many more pilots, a desire to fight.

It has been more than half a month since Boss Chen's overseas military base returned, and the pilots only carried out a combat mission yesterday, which is obviously not enjoyable.

Not a single pilot was afraid.

Although the pilots came from various units of the Eighth Route Army.

But at this time, this group of pilots, like the elite veterans of the new regiment, were the most staunch anti-Japanese fighters.

Li Shaorong yelled: "Meet on a narrow road-"

"The brave wins!"

The pilots, including Wang and Xin, responded in unison.

This sentence on Li Yunlong's lips has become the motto of every new regiment of soldiers, including the newly established flying brigade.

At this time.

The ground crew had already made a gesture to Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin, indicating that the fuel had been refueled and the aerial bombs had been loaded.

"Get on board!"

A group of pilots and attack plane crews quickly ran to their respective planes.

The engine started slowly, the propellers spun rapidly, and the jet engine suddenly burst into a loud roar.

Sixteen Sabre fighters and 20 A20 attack planes were driven into the main runway by the pilots, and they took off one after another amid a huge roar.

Subsequently.

Thirty-six planes converged in the air, formed a flight formation, and flew in the direction of Taiyuan.

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The straight-line distance between Daguzhen Airport in the northwest of Shanxi Province and Taiyuan is about 200 kilometers.

More than half an hour later, the flight formation had arrived in the sky over Taiyuan.

Followed by.

Sixteen Sabre fighters and 20 A20 attack planes began to bomb the devils who were building fortifications on the ground, as well as the reinforced concrete pillboxes and artillery towers around Taiyuan.

Boom Boom Boom ......

A dense and huge blast wave rose over the positions of the Japanese 5th Division.

The terrifying incendiary bombs exploded overwhelmingly, and the flames swept and spread like huge waves with terrifying high temperatures, and countless devils were blown to pieces and burned into ashes.

A pilot piloted an A20 attack plane and dropped an aerial bomb on a reinforced concrete devil turret.

Rumble!

With a huge explosion wave, the pilot pulled the control stick to drive the plane high into the air, and then looked back at the ground.

It was found that the bombs did not destroy the reinforced concrete turrets of the devils.

"01, 01, the bomb can't blow up the devil's turret."

While operating the plane, the pilot immediately reported to Li Shaorong on the radio.

"01, 01, my bombs didn't blow up the devil's bunker either."

Another attack plane pilot also called Li Shaorong on the radio channel.

The reinforced concrete permanent fortifications of the devil are mainly divided into two kinds, one is the pillbox, the other is the turret, the thickness of which has reached 3 meters, which is high and large.

Aerial bombs, in general, are synonymous with weapons of mass destruction.

When a conventional aerial bomb is dropped, both the power of the explosion and the shock wave generated by the explosion are difficult to match with ordinary ground weapons.

If an ordinary masonry turret hit, an aerial bomb can easily destroy it until only a pile of masonry debris remains.

However, the heavy reinforced concrete fortifications can easily make the explosion effect of the bomb negligible.

Li Shaorong was piloting a Sabre fighter, and he had just dropped an incendiary bomb, and the overwhelming flames engulfed at least one squad of devils.

Even a devil with a little spark can be hurt no less than a rifle bullet.

"Leave the devil's bunker and turret alone!"

Li Shaorong replied calmly on the radio channel:

"Don't waste aerial bombs, blow up the devil's infantry positions first, and then discuss how to blow up the devil's bunkers and turrets."

"Roger!"

Pilots responded on the radio channel.

Then.

The pilots, who were preparing to bomb the reinforced concrete fortifications, turned their noses one after another and rushed towards the ground infantry field fortifications of the devils.

The First Army didn't have many resources to put all the devils in reinforced concrete fortifications.

After the reinforcements of the three divisions of the Japanese army arrived in Taiyuan, so many devils could not fit it anymore.

Therefore, the devils of these three divisions built field fortifications outside the city.

Fortifications are generally divided into permanent fortifications and field fortifications, permanent fortifications generally rely on the terrain, and even the main part is underground, with strong concealment and exquisite materials.

The field fortifications are relatively coarse, mostly civil fortifications, and the materials used are simple.

The devil's civil fortifications can be broken even by 75mm mountain guns, not to mention the powerful conventional aerial bombs and incendiary bombs.

The devil planned to build three lines of defense in the north to defend against the attack of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Jin.

The main forces were mainly the 5th and 41st Divisions.

With the strength of two divisions and regiments, defend against the attack of the Eighth Route Army in the northwest of Shanxi. On the Taigu defensive line, Iwamatsu Yoshio also deployed the strength of a division.

This morning, the squadron of reconnaissance planes of the flying group had already come to conduct reconnaissance, and the devils' positions were basically about to be completed, and there were no Chinese on the positions, almost all of them were devils and puppet troops, and most of them were devils.

Since the devils have no air defense preparations, the most powerful anti-aircraft firepower is the Type 98 20-mm machine gun, and the number of equipment is very small.

Not long after the start of the war, the Devil's Type 98 20-mm machine gun position was destroyed by Sabre fighters.

Under the sparse machine-gun fire of the devils, the pilots of the new regiment dived and strafed all the way, and then dropped aerial bombs and incendiary bombs on the devils' positions.

After dropping the aerial bombs and most of the machine shells had been consumed, Li Shaorong immediately ordered to return.

More than half an hour later.

The flight group returned to Daguzhen Airport.

Taking advantage of the time when the maintenance master checked whether the plane was faulty, refueled on the ground and mounted aerial bombs, Li Shaorong gathered a group of pilots to discuss how to deal with the devil's bunker and artillery tower.

"This kind of reinforced concrete fortifications with large pillboxes and cannon towers, although they are not as exaggerated as the Tiger Head Fortress, can hide dozens of devils in one turret."

Li Shaorong, the leader of the flight group, pointed to the bunkers and turrets piled up of sand and gravel in front of him and said:

"Our conventional aerial bombs can't be blown up, unless we use our new B4 heavy howitzers to destroy this kind of reinforced concrete fortifications."

The power of conventional aerial bombs is no worse than that of the high-explosive shells of the B4 heavy howitzer, but the warhead of the B4 heavy howitzer is made of chrome-vanadium alloy, which is a concrete-penetrating projectile, which can increase the penetration force of the warhead.

Li Shaorong knew that Boss Chen had a tall cabinet bomb there, that is, a ground-drilling bomb.

That cabinet bomb can definitely kill the devil's reinforced concrete fortifications.

However, at present, the new regiment is not equipped with this aerial bomb.

There was a pause.

Li Shaorong continued: "But it's not that there is no way to deal with the reinforced concrete fortifications of the devils, conventional aerial bombs can't work, let's use incendiary bombs!" ”

The new regiment was equipped with Sabre fighters, each capable of carrying two napalms, which were mounted under the two wings of the aircraft.

Each napalm has a volume of 100 gallons, which is equivalent to 378 liters of napalm.

When a single napalm explodes and burns, it can cover an area of almost 2,000 square meters, that is, about a quarter of the area of a football field, and the flames can rise dozens of meters high.

Devils like pig attacks, and napalm is the nemesis of pig attacks and crowd tactics.

The flames of the explosion can penetrate through the shooting holes and drill into the reinforced concrete fortifications to destroy the devils.

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up slightly.

The napalm of the first wave of attacks was mainly used to barbecue devils, and the effect was remarkable, and it was a large piece as soon as it was burned.

Wang Hexin smiled: "The first wave of our aerial bombs, failed to blow up the devil's bunker and turret, will make the devil feel that the bunker and turret are absolutely safe, a large number of devils squeeze into the turret and bunker, the second wave of attack, our napalm all used to blow up the bunker and turret, will definitely achieve great results!" ”

Li Shaorong nodded and glanced at the pilots: "But this attack method can only be used once at most, and the next time the devil blocks the shooting hole, the flames will not be able to get in." ”

"In the second wave of attacks, the attack aircraft squadron is still dealing with the infantry in the devil's field fortifications, and the fighter squadron is dealing with the devil's pillboxes and turrets!"

"A narrow encounter—"

"The brave wins!"

After a while.

After the maintenance master inspected the aircraft, the ground crew filled up the fuel, mounted the aerial bombs and napalm, and filled up the cannon shells and machine gun shells.

"Get on board!"

The pilots and crew rushed towards their respective landlines.

After a while, the flight formation of the new regiment buzzed across the blue sky, and 36 planes full of aerial bombs flew in the direction of Taiyuan.

As Li Shaorong and Wang Hexin expected.

In the first wave of attacks, the conventional aerial bombs of the Eighth Route Army caused heavy losses to the devils in the direction of the field fortifications, and the aerial bombs failed to blow up the reinforced concrete fortifications.

These reinforced concrete fortifications suddenly became fragrant buns.

Originally, there was a reinforced concrete bunker or turret, and only a small detachment of more than a dozen devils was stationed, but the devil infantry got into it one after another, and each pillbox or turret was crowded with a team of more than 60 devils.

That kind of napalm scared the devils, and when an incendiary bomb came down, at least dozens of devils were burned to ashes.

The devils talk about the color change.

There are still many devil lieutenants and adjutants crowded in the pillboxes and turrets, and the identity gap between the devil soldiers and officers is very large, and ordinary devils dare not compete for positions with devil officers.