The second batch of Japanese attacks was launched half an hour later.
Just as Wang Xuexin imagined, this batch of attacks was much more violent than the previous batch.
First of all, hundreds of fighter planes gathered in the sky above Wangxing Airport... The Japanese attack on Wanxian Airport was just a show. The real target was always Wangxing Airport, so almost all the fighters and bombers gathered in the sky above Wangxing Airport.
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For a moment, the sky was filled with the roar of enemy fighter jet engines, followed by dense bombs bombing Wangxing Airport indiscriminately, and then fighter jets continued to dive and strafe.
Among them, especially the "Zero" fighter planes, these fighters are driven by experienced veteran pilots. They are trained to easily perform various maneuvers in the air, including, of course, diving and shooting.
Therefore, whenever the "Zero" fighter plane dived towards the Eighth Route Army trenches, it would always cause a rain of blood...Zero pilots were very smart. They made the plane fly along the trend of the Eighth Route Army trenches, and then fired as soon as it dived.
Dense machine gun bullets poured down like raindrops on the trenches of the Eighth Route Army, leaving almost no one alive wherever they passed.
Not to mention the Type 95 tanks captured by the Eighth Route Army. Their targets were too big to escape enemy fighters and bombers.
In fact, not only were the Type 95s of the Eighth Route Army, but some of them were Type 95s of the Japanese. Because the two armies were still fighting at the time, no one could tell whose Type 95s were mixed together.
For this reason, Captain Ehide Morimoto of the Japanese Air Force asked Shino Endo for instructions through the headquarters.
"Your Excellency Major!" Morimoto Ehide said: "We still can't tell which are our tanks and which are the enemy's. Can you order our tank soldiers to give some hints? For example, hang our flag!"
Shino Endo thought this was a good idea at first, but then he thought about it, what if the Eighth Route Army followed suit and hung military flags on their tanks?
Thinking of this, Shino Endo gritted his teeth and replied: "No need, those are all tanks of the Eighth Route Army, shoot to death without mercy!"
After a while, Endo Shino added: "There are also those immovable tanks. They may be used as forts by the enemy. They must be blown up!"
Morimoto Ehide and the pilots watching the battle in the air knew that this was not the case, because the tanks below were still chasing each other and firing at each other. If they were all from the Eighth Route Army, were they crazy enough to fight themselves?
But an order is an order. Morimoto said nothing more and could only grit his teeth and order: "Destroy them all!"
As a result, fighter planes swooped down one after another and fired a series of bullets "click-click-click" at the tanks that were still in combat.
How could the thin-skinned armor of the Type 95 light fighter block the 7.7mm machine gun of the "Zero War"? It didn't take long for one after another to be paralyzed in place, and a few of them emitted black smoke and then burst into flames.
(Note: Type 95 uses a diesel engine. Unless the engine is hit, it will not catch fire so easily)
Several Type 95s parked in front of the trench were not spared, and were blown up into a pile of scrap metal by Japanese bombers soon after.
This is the importance of air supremacy. This is another level of crushing. You cannot compete with the enemy simply by relying on numbers.
After Japanese fighter planes and bombers almost overturned the Eighth Route Army's position, Endo Shino ordered the attack.
This time, Shino Endo felt more confident in his attack.
The confidence did not come from air force bombing.
Because Endo Shino understands that no matter how fierce the bombing is, the enemy cannot be completely eliminated. In the end, infantry will still have to occupy it, especially when the enemy has underground warehouses...
Although Endo Shino did not know about the "refueling tactics" used by the Eighth Route Army, he also understood that when the Imperial Air Force was bombing, the Eighth Route Army could hide in underground fortifications and come out when the bombing was almost over.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to completely defeat the enemy by relying on the air force.
Endo Shino's confidence came first from the replenishment of troops... The defeated skirmishers gathered a hundred men, and together with the three squadrons of more than 600 men who came later, the total strength reached more than 700 men.
Although the total strength of the army is still not as good as that of the Eighth Route Army, the imperial army has tanks and aircraft, and coupled with the quality of the imperial soldiers, at least it doesn't have to worry about not being able to attack the enemy's defense line, right?
On the other hand, six minesweepers came with the three squadrons.
These six minesweepers are roller-type minesweepers.
This is what Endo Shino thought. Even if the enemy's directional mine is made of steel plates and can blow up the tracks of a tank, can it blow up the rollers of a minesweeper? Can it withstand the crushing of the rollers?
More importantly, minesweepers are modified from tractors. The difference between them and the 95 tank is that their steel structure is not at the top to protect the driver, but is mostly concentrated at the bottom.
Therefore, even if the directional mine detonates, the steel balls cannot penetrate the tractor chassis.
To this end, Endo Shino also made a special trip to let the scouts "touch" a few directional mines from the position to conduct an experiment... In fact, they used a mine clearing truck to press them.
The result was just as Endo Shino thought, the directional mine was immediately crushed, deformed or even broken, and the explosive at the bottom was also pressed into the yellow mud and mixed with it.
Obviously, even if such a "directional mine" can be detonated by a wire, its power is almost negligible.
This gave Shino Endo a reassurance.
He stood like an armored command vehicle, pulled out the command knife from his waist and pointed in the air in the direction of the Eighth Route Army, and gave a vicious order: "Attack, leave no one alive!"
The staff officer responded "yes" and directed the troops to attack the Eighth Route Army.
The tactics are the same as before, they are still encircling and pretending to attack on three sides and attacking one side... This kind of attack is correct. The most taboo thing about attacking on the battlefield is that there is no focus and the offensive power is the same in every position. This is actually a waste. "
The advantage of "offense is greater than defense".
This is because the attacking side clearly could have concentrated its forces to break through, but did not do so. Instead, it dispersed its forces to engage in a war of attrition with the defending side... This clearly allowed the defending side to take advantage of the location.
Shino Endo understands this.
Therefore, he assigned four of the six minesweepers to the west of the main attack.
For the other two minesweepers, Shino Endo hid them behind the hill.
Shino Endo believes that a little secret should always be kept on the battlefield.
Because this secret will make the enemy anxious.
Once the enemy is anxious, he will not dare to devote all his troops to defense.
On the other hand, the imperial army can also use these "secrets" as surprise troops to play a role at critical moments and win a battle.
The Eighth Route Army did feel this anxiety.
Because they had detected six enemy minesweepers before, but only four of them were seen at this time.
then……
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