"Commander, there is an urgent telegram from the military region... Three bombers have just been dispatched from Taiyuan Airport and are flying directly towards us. The military region has asked us to prepare for air defense!" the communications staff officer reported as soon as he rushed in with the telegram.
"Three bombers, the little devil really thinks highly of our new group..." Wang Ping sneered.
Then he ordered with a serious face: "Contact Li Wen. Three Japanese bombers will arrive over Xiangfen City in at least 20 minutes. Let him be prepared and start air defense now..."
"The air defense battalion is ready for battle..."
Zhong Chenggong became anxious and asked directly: "Commander, what are the air defense preparations~"
"You'll know in a moment..." Wang Ping replied: "Go and give the order right away!"
After saying that, Wang Ping raised his telescope again and looked at Xiangfen County, where thick smoke was still rising a few kilometers away.
Not long after, a surprised expression flashed across the face of Zhong Chenggong next to him, and then a deep puzzled expression appeared on his face.
"Captain, something's wrong... The Japanese didn't launch any shelling. Why did there suddenly be so much smoke in the city... And the smoke was darker than the smoke from the explosion of the shells..."
"This is what I call air defense preparation!" A mysterious reply flashed across Wang Ping's face.
"As long as the sky above Linfen City is completely covered by this thick black smoke, the Japanese bombers will not be able to bomb our positions even if they reach the sky above Xiangfen City."
"Japanese planes can carry out low-altitude bombing and drop bombs close to our scalps. This way the bombing will be more accurate..." Zhong Chenggong subconsciously retorted.
However, as soon as he said the words, a look of realization appeared on his face!
"No! If the Japanese planes carry out bombing at low altitude, they will just hit the air release net prepared for them by the air defense battalion... The airspace of one to two hundred meters is the best range for anti-aircraft machine guns. Even light and heavy machine guns can hit the Japanese at this distance.
airplane……"
"Captain...this is a great idea, how did you come up with it...and, what did you use to create so much black smoke!"
Wang Ping answered readily: "Car tires~"
"When we first captured Linfen and Linfen Railway Station, we not only seized a large number of cars, but also a large number of spare tires and scrapped tires... Because it took a long time, I moved all these tires back, and I didn't expect that they would be put to use now.
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"There are more than 500 scrapped tires in total, and the smoke produced is enough to last until dark when the little devil returns..."
Outside Xiangfen City, looking at more and more black smoke pillars inside the city, Lieutenant General Ito could see the purpose of the new regiment at a glance.
Then he gritted his teeth and cursed: "Baga~ Tubalu is so cunning. He can use thick smoke to cover the sight of aviation pilots and make them lose the accuracy of their bombing. It's so unexpected!"
The chief of staff comforted: "Division commander, this can only prevent our aviation forces from carrying out high-altitude bombing, but it does not prevent them from carrying out low-altitude bombing!"
"So the division commander can rest assured that when the aviation force arrives, it will definitely destroy the Eighth Route Army fortifications and then destroy their will to resist..."
Of course, Lieutenant General Ito knew about low-altitude bombing. He hesitated and reminded: "In this case, we need to remind our aviation forces to pay attention to the anti-aircraft firepower of the Eighth Route Army on the ground!"
"Although they do not have specialized anti-aircraft weapons such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, their light and heavy machine guns can also fire upwards, threatening our low-flying aircraft!"
"On the battlefield in northwestern Shanxi, it happened that our bomber was destroyed by the Jinsui Army's heavy machine gun hitting the fuel tank during a low-altitude bombing!"
"Hey...I'm going to remind the aviation forces right away...even if they are conducting low-altitude bombing, the flying altitude should be as far as possible to ensure that it is outside the range of light and heavy machine guns."
After the thick black smoke column rose to an altitude of two to three hundred meters, it slowly dispersed because there was too much black smoke and it was too thick. Although it became lighter after being dispersed, it formed a thick layer of smoke over Xiangfen City.
, like a cloud covering the entire Xiangfen, covering the county town tightly.
"Rumble..."
Amidst the roar of the huge engines, the three bombers distributed in a zigzag shape slowly grew in size from the three black spots, revealing their silver-white silhouettes and appearing in everyone's field of vision.
Looking at Xiangfen County, where the ground was completely shrouded in smoke, the three bombers circled in the air for several times without finding their target.
In the end, it could only fly low into the smoke with a roar.
Five hundred meters... four hundred meters... three hundred meters...
The three planes finally broke into the smoke, passing through thick black smoke columns, and then saw the county town shrouded in smoke.
"attack……"
The team leader said in a low voice, and then controlled the fighter plane to make a tail swing, using tactical movements to contact the auxiliary aircraft to assist him in the attack.
The two bombers stared at the motionless city wall and swooped over like sharp arrows.
Looking at the city wall getting closer and closer to him on the ground, the little Japanese pilot's face slowly showed the fanatical expression before the battle. He pressed his thumb on the bomber's bomb release button, preparing to release the bomb as soon as he rushed to the best angle.
Several tongues of fire suddenly appeared on the ground, and then within a few days the tongues of fire turned into more than a dozen tongues of fire, divided into three parts, staring at themselves and shooting from different directions.
Although the Japanese pilot could not see the trajectory of the bullet, he could still clearly hear the impact of the bullet hitting the metal skin of the aircraft.
"The Eighth Route Army has anti-aircraft machine guns, but they stopped it on their own!"
The pilot was startled and subconsciously pressed the bomb release button. Then, regardless of the situation, he pulled up the aircraft control stick to let his car climb and get off the ground and shoot the bullet at him.
"Bang bang bang..."
The sound of gunshots and collisions continued to sound, especially the sound of collisions. Every time there was a sound, the pilot's heart tightened, fearing that the bullet that hit the plane would hit the plane's fuel tank or engine.
"Woooooooo..."
Suddenly, a piercing alarm sounded in the cockpit, and then the pilot saw a thick black smoke coming from the engine.
The propeller, which was spinning at high speed just now, had a tendency to stop at this moment.
"The engine is broken and the plane is going to crash!" This thought quickly appeared in the pilot's mind.
The consciousness of saving his life made him subconsciously press the escape button, and then the pilot was thrown out of the cockpit. The bomber that lost power was like a bomb, hitting the ground and exploding.
There was no drunkard in the auxiliary aircraft that followed, but as it continued to climb, dense anti-aircraft bullets still left dozens of bullet holes in the bomber's fuselage!
It is certain that if this auxiliary aircraft had stayed at an altitude of two to three hundred meters for a few more seconds, the dense bullets would have hit the bomber's huge fuel tank and engine, destroying it...
On the ground, Lieutenant General Ito, who had great expectations for aviation, was dumbfounded.
Three bombs falling from the sky hit the city wall and exploded, creating a gap in the city wall, but the aviation force also paid the price of a bomber...
Such a result is definitely not what Lieutenant General Ito wants to see, but he cannot change this result.
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