Although the devil's infantry retreated.

However, the field artillery and mountain artillery scattered by the devils began to continue to exert force, shelling the main position of the Jizhong troops.

However, the artillery of the devils did not dare to concentrate together and implement fire coverage.

The pilots and planes of the Eighth Route Army were not vegetarians.

So the devil's artillery firepower is not too strong.

However, even if the artillery firepower was not too strong, it still made the Eighth Route Army on the position suffer a lot.

One after another, 75-millimeter shells soared into the sky from all directions, crossed arcs in the sky, and then fell at high speed into the positions of the Jizhong troops.

"Boom, boom..."

Fireballs exploded one after another, billowing smoke rose into the air with a shock wave, and a cloud of mud and mist was lifted.

"Leave the lookout post, and the rest of the fighters will retreat to the anti-artillery hole in the rear position!"

In the face of the artillery bombardment of the devils, the platoon commanders of each company of the Jizhong army quickly issued an order and withdrew from the forward position with their weapons on their shoulders.

With only one night of preparation, the soldiers of the Jizhong army could only build improvised trenches, foxholes, and anti-artillery holes.

There wasn't much time to build the kind of multi-tiered civil fort that could withstand the devil's 75-mm shells.

Faced with the 75-mm shells of the devils, the fighters had to choose to retreat temporarily.

When the devil infantry begins to attack, they will enter the main forward position.

"The little devil raised by the son of a bitch!"

"Lao Tzu is on a par with you today!"

Retreating to a relatively safe area, a company commander swore and cursed as he looked through a telescope at the forward positions covered in artillery fire.

On the positions, there are many bodies of sacrificed fighters who have not yet been moved.

The bodies of these fighters were blown apart under the shelling of the devils.

"Don't let Lao Tzu catch the opportunity, if you let Lao Tzu catch the opportunity, Lao Tzu will definitely cut off the head of the devil artillery as a night pot!"

The company commander's tone was fierce.

"Company commander, this time the devil is really not ordinary!"

"It's a fucking tough one!"

Beside the company commander, a platoon commander also spoke in amazement.

This platoon commander is also an elite veteran, with outstanding marksmanship, and has been fighting devils for several years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a powerful devil.

The group of devils that were eliminated in Niangzi Pass last time is very different from this group of devils.

With superior terrain, strong firepower, sufficient ammunition and logistical supplies, and air support, the Jizhong Military Region blocked the devil's breakthrough attack.

But this group of devils, whether it is the marksmanship of the infantry or the accuracy of the artillery, almost always refers to where to fight.

Even if the Jizhong troops had two waves of air support, under the three waves of attacks by the devils, the two main regiments on the main position still suffered a lot of casualties.

Fortunately, the troops have recently added a new batch of Czechs and Makqins, and their firepower has been greatly enhanced, so that they can repel the attack of the devils.

If it was still the equipment from the last battle at Niangzi Pass, the casualties of the Jizhong troops would be even greater.

"This time it was the 11th Division of the Devils who attacked our troops in Jizhong, that is, the devils of the A Division, can it not be powerful?"

Although he said this, there was no fear in the company commander's expression.

"No wonder."

The platoon commander and the surrounding soldiers suddenly showed a sudden look on their faces.

But... The soldiers didn't show a look of fear on their faces, the battle was fought to this extent, and it was useless to be afraid, didn't you kill you if you were afraid of the devil?

Isn't it the devil of the A Division?

Everyone is two shoulders and one head, who is afraid of whom?

"If only there was air support all the time..."

A veteran squad leader spoke expectantly.

With air support, they can more easily repel the Devil's attack and inflict heavy damage on the Devil.

"Buzz—"

At this moment, the sound of airplanes sounded in the sky, and the soldiers were first overjoyed, thinking that their own planes had come to air support again.

And the company commander's expression was a little puzzled, didn't the superior say... Is the air support of the new regiment coming every two hours?

He raised the eight-fold telescope on his chest, looked at the sky, and saw that the direction of the devil's plane was indeed about 40 planes coming, as well as the plaster icon on the plane, and his face immediately changed greatly.

shouted loudly: "It's the devil's plane, hidden!" ”

In this kind of improvised trench, the fighters are relatively concentrated, and the aerial bombs fall as if they were blowing targets.

A blockbuster is killed as soon as it is blown up.

But now you can't run, how can you run on two legs and run past a plane flying in the sky?

It can only be hidden on the spot, and how many fighters can survive can only depend on the will of God.

At the same time, the officers at all levels of the regiments of the Eighth Route Army also changed their faces one after another, and shouted loudly to the soldiers, telling them to hide immediately.

The power of an aerial bomb is much greater than that of a 75-mm shell!

This time, it was the 83rd and 47th divisions of the Japanese Flying Division that came to bomb.

There are 21 Type 1 fighters and 23 Type 96 land attack aircraft.

Fighter planes were responsible for escort and dive bombing, and each Type 96 attack aircraft carried 800 kg of aerial bombs.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army continued to crawl and dodge, their faces solemn.

"Onboard ......"

In the direction of the Japanese army, the devils watched the attack formation composed of their fighters and bombers appear, and the devils were overjoyed, stood up from their hidden positions, and shouted that they were on board.

And the 5th Infantry Brigade of the devils is also highly motivated and ready to attack at any time.

After the bombing of fighters and attack aircraft, the 5th Infantry Group put on a show.

"Yo Xi!"

In the field of vision of the telescope, looking at the fighters and bombers of the 6th Division, Takashi Takashi couldn't help but smile.

Air support has finally arrived, and the battle is secure!

At this moment, the Devil's Mountain Artillery and Field Artillery, which had already been loaded, fired red smoke bombs at the deep position of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei to guide the planes for bombing.

As for the forward positions, I don't know how many times they have been ploughed by the devil's mountain artillery and field artillery.

"Order, 11th Cavalry Wing, prepare for the attack, and when the locust army aviation unit is finished, break through from here!"

"To prevent the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army from attacking the 5th Infantry Brigade!"

Takashi Takashi gave the order in an indifferent tone.

The Eighth Route Army in Jizhong also has a cavalry unit, the size of which is a wing, and the combat effectiveness is unknown.

At this time, neither the Eighth Route Army nor the Japanese army sent cavalry units to use them as a killer weapon.

After the planes bombed the main position of the Eighth Route Army, the only thing that threatened the 5th Infantry Brigade was the cavalry units of the Eighth Route Army.

As for the mountain artillery units of the Eighth Route Army, the fighters would not have left so quickly.

As soon as the artillery of the Eighth Route Army opened fire on the 5th Infantry Brigade, it would immediately be attacked by Japanese fighters.

Similarly, when the planes of the Eighth Route Army came to air support, the Japanese artillery did not dare to open fire.

"Hey."

Chief of Staff Seio Nishihara bowed his head suddenly, turned around and went to give orders to the 11th Cavalry Wing.

"General, southwest direction, find the fighter of the Eighth Route Army!"

At this moment, a devil lookout soldier hurriedly rushed into the headquarters and reported to Takamori Takashi in a hurry.

"Nani?"

Takashi Mori's face changed:

"How many fighters are coming from the Eighth Route Army?"

At the moment when the locust army aviation unit arrived, the fighters of the Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared, which was not a wonderful thing.

"About 20!"

The devil lookout replied.

"20?"

Takamori Takashi suddenly thought of something bad, and his expression became more and more solemn.

On paper, the Eighth Route Army has only 20 fighters, while the Locust Army Air Force has more than 40 aircraft, and the advantage lies in us.

However, the fighter strength of the Eighth Route Army is not comparable to the fighter jets of the Locust Army.

In the air battles in central China, the fighters of the Eighth Route Army and the fighters of the Locust Army fought a battle loss ratio of more than 20 to 1.

But.

Now the arrow has to be fired.

Takashi Takashi walked out of the headquarters quickly, holding a telescope and looking at the sky, and sure enough, about 20 fighters of the Eighth Route Army appeared in the field of vision ∞ the telescope.

The kind of jet fighter without a propeller.

Now it is only hoped that before the fighters of the Eighth Route Army arrive, the planes of the Locust Army will be able to drop aerial bombs on the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is cruel!

The pilots of the Eighth Route Army had obviously seen the Japanese planes, and their speed increased sharply, and they flew towards the Japanese planes at a speed close to the speed of sound, like flying swords from the flanks into the devil's group!

At this time, all the attention of the devil pilot was focused on the area of red smoke grenades on the ground.

The devil pilot is preparing to operate the joystick and pull the plane into the dive position.

Entering the attack range, Liu Zesheng, the leader of the independent flight squadron of the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, aimed at a devil plane and took the lead in firing.

"Tom tom tom..."

The firing sound of the 20-mm cannon sounded, and two tongues of fire gushed out from under the wings, and two eye-catching bullet chains instantly wound around a devil bomber preparing to dive.

"Boom!"

I saw that the devil bomber was first shot, then trembled, and was blown up by a volley in an instant.

The devil bomber burst into a brilliant firework in the sky, the aerial bombs carried under the wings were detonated, and the entire bomber and the crew members of the bomber scattered in the air.

After a successful blow, Yanagi Zesheng was not complacent.

Instead, he continued to fly the Sabre fighter jet, looking for the next prey.

His goal is to shoot down 100 Japanese planes!

And this is only the first one.

The Devil pilots also reacted extremely quickly, and when the first bomber was blown up, all the Japanese planes immediately scattered in all directions.

But there is no use for eggs, in front of Sabre fighters approaching the speed of sound, the devil plane is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

40 devil planes were hit in succession, either by volleys or with broken wings, falling like kites with broken strings.

In less than 5 minutes, the two flying teams that came to provide air support to the devil infantry were completely annihilated.

When the devils on the ground saw this scene, they were immediately mourned.

The good news is that air support has arrived, with a full 40 aircraft.

The bad news was that the air-supported aviation units were wiped out by the planes of the Eighth Route Army.

And the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong are also the first time to see such a one-sided air battle, which is not even very exciting, this is completely a one-sided massacre.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong fell into a stupor, so much so that they forgot to stand up when they lay on the ground.

After completely annihilating the Devil's plane, the 20 Sabre fighters did not leave, but quickly assembled, and then dived down towards the position where the 5th Devil Infantry Brigade and the 11th Cavalry Wing were assembled.

Seeing that the devil's infantry and cavalry were not good, they ran wildly and prostrate on the spot to hide.

The devil's horses ran fast and soon dispersed, but the devil's infantry ran slowly.

As the Sabre fighter swept by, there was an overwhelming explosion all of a sudden, and dozens of huge fireballs rose from the devil formation.

Boundless flames swept through with terrifying heat.

Almost devouring the entire 5th Infantry Brigade, the devil who was at the center of the flame explosion was burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

And the devil's cavalry wing, because of its fast running, was not affected by napalm much.

But.

The ensuing waves of 20 Sabre fighters took out more than 100 devil cavalry.

After that, 20 Sabre fighters completed the task, and then flew in the direction of Taiyuan.

In the Japanese headquarters, watching the fighters of the Eighth Route Army disappear into the sky, Takamori Xiao's expression was relaxed, and as the planes of the Eighth Route Army left, the sense of oppression from the fighters of the Eighth Route Army also disappeared.

"Yaga!"

Takashi Takashi walked into the command headquarters, and immediately drew his command knife, cutting the table in front of him and the map on the table in half in an instant.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, are we still going to attack?"

Seio Nishihara's tone and face on the side were very solemn and inquiring.

Obviously, this wave of Eighth Route Army planes is not the two waves in the morning.

This means that there will be planes from the Eighth Route Army to provide air support and bomb the attacking troops of the Locust Army.

The attack was blocked, more than 40 planes of the 6th Flying Division that came to air support were shot down, the 5th Infantry Brigade, which was assembled for the attack, was heavily damaged, and the 11th Cavalry Wing was chased by the head of the rat...

All this was done in the presence of soldiers of the 11th, 40th and 56th Divisions.

Seio Nishihara could expect that at this time, the morale of the locust army troops of the three divisions had been greatly reduced.

As for the troops of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong on the opposite side, the morale of the troops at this time may be rising in a straight line.

This is also a matter of no choice, who let the locust army aviation unit not be able to defeat the air force of the Eighth Route Army?

"Immediately report to General Okamura Ninji of the North China Front Army, the 83rd and 47th teams, the news of all the jade shatters on the Jinju battlefield, and ask for tactical guidance."

Takamori's tone was no longer full of confidence just now, replaced by deep helplessness.

"Hey."

Seio Nishihara bowed his head suddenly.

……

Jingcheng Battlefield.

The General Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army Front.

Li Yunlong stepped on the ladder of the civil fort and observed the situation on the battlefield with the artillery mirror.

At the moment, the team is going very well, much more smoothly than expected.

The first attack was the main ace of the new regiment reloaded into the first, second, and third battalions, and in less than half an hour they took the forward position of the devil's puppet army, and at this time they had already broken through the deep position of the devil's puppet army.

The large number of flamethrowers prepared by the battalions was vividly displayed at this time.

Devils and puppet soldiers hiding in anti-artillery holes and civil fortifications often do not need infantry to drill in to clean up, but only need the flamethrowers to shuttle at the anti-artillery holes and civil fortifications of the devil puppet army.

In the fortifications of the devils, there will inevitably be all kinds of Japanese-style screams and pseudo-screams.