The telegraph soldiers immediately used walkie-talkies to issue orders to the troops in each company and platoon.
Although the Saber fighter jets and A20 attack aircraft provided by Boss Chen have night combat capabilities.
However, when fighter jets and bombers dive and attack and bomb at night, even with a large number of flares, one's own side is easily injured.
After all, Boss Chen has not yet unlocked the laser guidance function for fighter jets and bombers.
so.
When the plane was about to arrive, the soldiers on each hilltop not only had to shoot out a large number of flares to illuminate the Japanese soldiers on the ground for the pilots.
Fires were also lit on the tops of the hills to prevent pilots from dropping napalm and aerial bombs on the heads of the first battalion.
If it's daytime, just put red smoke bombs on the position.
But it was night, and we needed something eye-catching to mark our position.
After all, the power of napalm and aerial bombs cannot be overstated.
The artillery fire from both sides continued, wave after wave, constantly firing at each other's artillery positions.
You can even see dense orange-red cannonball trajectories in the sky.
The dense bullets were like orange-red raindrops in the night sky.
The dense gunfire continued, like firecrackers during the New Year.
Three groups of Japanese soldiers desperately attacked the first battalion's position. The Japanese soldiers in front fell, and the Japanese soldiers behind them continued to fight.
But at this moment, there was a buzzing sound in the sky!
"Fire flares!"
"Light the fire!"
Hearing this sound, the platoon commanders of each company in the first battalion looked happy. The artillerymen immediately replaced the artillery shells with flares, and the soldiers lit the pyre poured with gasoline.
The surroundings of the four mountaintops were instantly illuminated as if it were daytime.
Although in the previous battle, the first battalion also fired illumination bombs around, but when all the mortars fired illumination bombs.
The area around the four mountains became several times brighter than before.
Seeing the dazzling light in the sky, the attacking Japanese were obviously stunned.
But at this moment, the buzzing sound of aircraft engines in the sky became more and more obvious.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang bang...
As the surroundings of the hilltop were illuminated like daylight, the Eighth Route Army soldiers' vision became like daytime, and they began to call out the names of the Japanese. The sound of bullets and gunshots fired sounded like fried beans on the high ground.
"Nani?"
"airplane?"
Under the cover of night, the commander of the Fifth Division, Matsui Tataro, who was in the safe area behind, heard the roar and looked up in disbelief.
No planes could be seen in the dark night sky, but judging from the roar of the planes, there were quite a few Eighth Route Army planes coming.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army's high ground fired a large number of flares towards the Japanese attack position.
"Order a retreat immediately!"
Seeing this scene, Matsui Tataro's expression suddenly became extremely ugly.
Things are not going well!
But it was too late. The Japanese were not equipped with advanced walkie-talkies like the Eighth Route Army, and could not give orders to squadron and squad-level troops from the division headquarters anytime and anywhere.
Moreover, it was night, and the Japanese flag soldiers had no way to immediately convey the order to retreat to the attacking troops.
The faces of the attacking Japs changed drastically: Airplane?
"Enemy plane!" the Japanese squadron leader and squad leader shouted hysterically, their pupils shrinking sharply, "All of them lie down!"
The Japs moved very quickly. They all immediately found cover on the spot. Even those who did not have cover crawled to avoid it.
But soon, dozens of black spots in the sky tore through the sky like lightning, flying towards the four mountains in a hurry.
The speed was so fast that the sight of the Japanese in the distance and the Eighth Route Army on the hilltop were somewhat blurred.
Immediately, these planes swooped down in the sky at extremely fast speeds, bringing with them shocking air waves and deafening roars.
Buzz buzz...
The planes flew over the mountains, and aerial bombs and cylindrical napalm bombs visible to the naked eye fell like dumplings.
Then: Boom, boom, boom, boom...
Explosions, overwhelming explosions, landslide-like explosions, huge fireballs spread along with air waves and explosion waves.
In order to prevent aerial bombs and napalm bombs from falling on the heads of the brother troops, all fighters and attack aircraft were dive bombed.
But some aerial bombs and incendiary bombs still fell near the 1st Battalion's forward position.
The moment the first aerial bomb landed, the entire earth shook violently. More and more aerial bombs and napalm bombs exploded, as if the earth was shaking into pieces.
Looking down from the perspective of a battalion of soldiers on the top of the mountain.
The explosions of aerial bombs spread all over the place, and the overwhelming explosions of napalm bombs almost covered the area where the Japs were. The mountains were shaking and the sky was trembling.
After the flying brigade's planes flew over the Japs' heads, countless huge fireballs shot up on the ground!
The soldiers of the first battalion stopped shooting, and everyone stared at this scene with wide eyes.
In the face of such weapons of mass destruction, even shooting seems redundant.
The pupils of the soldiers were filled with the flames of napalm.
The location where the Japanese attacked was already a scene of corpses strewn across the field.
Although they were amazed at the sight before them, the artillerymen were not idle, and they continued to fire flares into the sky.
After dropping the bombs, the bombers and fighter jets made another turn, turned around and swooped down, continuously swooping, strafing and bombing towards the position halfway up the mountain.
Then, after some dive and strafing, the plane flew away.
There were only fires all over the sky and mushroom smoke clouds lingering in the air. There were large craters blown up by aerial bombs everywhere on the mountainside, as well as endless burning flames, just like a hell on earth.
The few Japanese who survived had already lost the courage to attack and ran away.
Most of the Japanese were killed during the attack, killed by aerial bombs, or burned to ashes by napalm bombs.
Zhang Dabiao did not order the soldiers to launch a counterattack.
Halfway up the four hills were covered in flames from napalm explosions.
If you rush down at this time, won't you burn your own soldiers as well?
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At the foot of the mountain.
In the temporary headquarters of the Fifth Division, Matsui Tataro almost fainted from anger when he saw the small number of troops that had fled back in front of him.
"Baga! Baga! Bah, gah!"
Matsui Tataro was so angry that he cursed three times, each one louder than the last.
Tonight he ordered his troops to launch three attacks, and the losses in this attack were undoubtedly the greatest.
Four fully equipped infantry brigades attacked, but only two or three squadrons of soldiers at most escaped.
Moreover, most of the soldiers who escaped had lost their guns and had a lost expression on their faces. They were extremely embarrassed and had obviously lost their courage.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, are we still attacking?"
Captain Sasaki Gozo of the 11th Infantry Regiment took a few steps forward, walked up to Matsui Tataro, lowered his head and asked.
The Fifth Division was reorganized into a mechanized corps and reorganized into a three-unit division, but its strength still numbered more than 25,000.
The 11th Infantry Regiment was the main force in tonight's attack and suffered heavy losses.
"idiot!"
Matsui Tataro was furious, and Sasaki Gosan stretched his face in front of him, giving him just enough room to vent.
Snap!
After hearing only two crisp noises, Matsui Tairou opened his bow left and right on Sasaki Gosan's face and slapped him twice.
"Hi!"
Although he was slapped, Sasaki Gosan did not dare to show any dissatisfaction and even straightened his face.
"The attack ends here tonight."
"retreat!"
Matsui Tataro's tone was full of anger and unwillingness.
What a great opportunity for meritorious service was in front of him, but he had nothing to do. Now the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwestern Shanxi has registered with the base camp and Tianchu, and it is a serious problem for the base camp and Tianlu.
If he could lead his troops to eliminate more than 2,000 people from the Eighth Route Army's new regiment before the war, he would definitely be rewarded by Tojo Hideji and Tian Locust.
It will be very beneficial to be promoted to general in the future, but it is a pity...
"Hi!"
All the Japanese officers lowered their heads and walked quickly towards their troops.
Following Matsui Tataro's order, the Japanese of the Fifth Division withdrew their defensive positions overnight.
…
"It's a pity. I have high regard for the Fifth Division."
Noon the next day.
In the headquarters of the first battalion, Li Yunlong couldn't help but curse after listening to Zhang Dabiao's report on the battle.
The Japanese came for a sneak attack last night. After Li Yunlong received the telegram from the first battalion, he personally led the mobile troops to come at full speed.
Five cavalry battalions, two tank battalions, and the main second battalion traveled 50 kilometers in cars.
We arrived at Caidong Village at noon.
Prepare to go around to the south to block the escape route of the Fifth Division's Japanese troops.
As a result, halfway through, Li Yunlong learned that the Japanese from the Fifth Division had been repelled by the First Battalion and the Flying Brigade.
"Captain, the main reason is that our flying brigade's firepower is too fierce."
Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Yunlong and smiled slightly:
"Didn't you see the scene last night? As soon as the napalm bombs and aerial bombs were dropped, swarms of Japanese soldiers were blown up and burned to death. The Japanese soldiers gave up and ran away."
Li Yunlong nodded, but still felt a little pity.
The fighting power of the 1st Battalion was too fierce, and the firepower of the Flying Group was too strong, and they directly defeated the 5th Division.
This also resulted in his center blooming tactics not being successful.
Zhao Gang said: "The Japs of the Fifth Division were relatively cautious. They knew that if they continued to fight, not only would they not be able to eliminate the first battalion, but the casualties would be greater, they decisively chose to retreat."
"but…"
"After all, the Japanese troops in the Fifth Division are not the same Fifth Division that attacked Shanghai and Shanxi in 1937."
After a pause, Zhao Gang looked at Zhang Dabiao: "First Battalion Commander, can you estimate how many Japs were killed last night?"
"Political Commissar Zhao." Zhang Dabiao said, "It's hard to estimate. Many Japanese soldiers were blown to ashes by aerial bombs and incendiary bombs. But if you ask me to count, a lot of Japanese soldiers were killed in the Fifth Division last night.
Less than 4,000, maybe more than 5,000.”
"Kill four to five thousand Japanese?"
Both Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang's eyes lit up slightly.
You know, this fifth division is a Category A division, and the business of killing Japs from a Category A division is three times that of ordinary divisions.
Although the center failed to blossom, one battalion plus a flying group killed four to five thousand Japanese, which was already very profitable.
The new regiment won the first battle and gave the fifth division a blow. Li Yunlong had a look of satisfaction on his face.
