The roar of the plane became louder and louder, like a rescue plane roaring down from high altitude and plunging into the thick smoke.
When the ground was still more than a hundred meters away, the pilot finally saw clearly what was happening below.
The "Imperial Army" relied on the city wall to defend, with light and heavy machine guns mounted on the top of the city and firing continuously.
There are several trenches staggered outside the city, with light and heavy machine guns mounted on them, shooting at the top of the city.
A large number of "Eighth Route Army" corpses were lying in the open space between the position and the city wall. There were more Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding among the corpses. Whenever they had the opportunity, they got up from the ground and continued to approach the city wall with guns in hand...
The pilot decided to lend a helping hand to the defenders.
After circling in an altitude of more than 100 meters, it flew directly to the Eighth Route Army's offensive position, preparing to drop two bombs there.
"Bang bang... clang clang clang..."
A sound of metal collision suddenly sounded in his ears, and then he saw several holes in the wings of the fighter plane.
The pilot was so frightened that he subconsciously pulled the joystick of the plane and steered the plane high into the sky.
After completing these actions, he had time to look at the ground.
At least eight heavy machine guns were firing in the air from the two anti-aircraft positions on the left and right. There were also nearly ten light and heavy machine guns shooting in the air on the offensive position they wanted to bomb.
The pilot took a deep breath and pulled the control column to the top, hoping to climb up to the altitude as quickly as possible.
"Dang Dang Dang..."
The sound of metal collision kept ringing in the ears, and the fear on the pilot's face became more and more intense.
The power of light and heavy machine gun anti-aircraft shooting is very small. As long as it does not hit the vital parts of the aircraft, it will hardly affect the use of the aircraft.
But it can't hold up in large numbers, and the bullets fired from the ground are too dense. If any bullets hit the fuel tank and engine, you will be finished.
Thinking of this possibility, the pilot tried his best to raise the plane, and the ground air defense troops also fired desperately.
Use your fastest firing speed to shoot out bullets to form a bullet curtain and increase your hit rate.
"Boom..." Just when the plane was about to rush out of the range of the heavy machine gun, an explosion resounded throughout the sky, and then the plane was seen wrapped in a ball of fire and crashed to the ground...
The pilots of the remaining two aircraft in the sky were shocked by the scene before them. Even though they were already flying at a high altitude outside the effective range of the heavy machine guns, they subconsciously pulled the control stick and climbed to a higher airspace to fly.
After circling the county town for two more times, the investigation was decisively ended.
Before leaving, he threw all the bombs he brought into the smoky city. Only God knows how many Eighth Route Army troops were destroyed.
On the way back, they found two reinforcements and formed a battle formation to attack the county town. From time to time, explosions were heard in front of the troops. The speed was very slow. At a glance, they knew that they were being blocked by the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements.
From the Japanese military headquarters in Taiyuan, the deputy chief of staff walked in with a complicated expression and reported with a serious face: "Your Excellency, Army Commander, there is news from the aviation force."
"Huaiyuan County is still in our hands, and the Eighth Route Army is attacking the city."
"They were too cunning. They lit a large amount of firewood and gasoline outside the city, and artificially created smoke to obscure the pilot's sight, making it impossible for the aviation force to carry out precise strikes against them."
"The reinforcements were also found by them and are very safe."
"But it has been targeted by the Eighth Route Army's reinforcements. It is constantly being attacked and its marching speed is very slow!"
"It's okay!" The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile.
"As long as the county town is still in our hands, it will be no problem for the reinforcements to arrive two or three hours late. I believe in the command ability of the chief of staff."
"In addition, several reinforcement troops also dispersed many reinforcement troops, which greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the chief of staff."
"From this point of view, even if they can't reach the county seat, they still have merit."
The deputy chief of staff thought for a moment and continued to report: "There is one more thing!"
"While the Eighth Route Army created smoke on the battlefield to obscure the pilot's sight, it also deployed a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower on the ground."
"An aviation aircraft was accidentally hit by anti-aircraft fire while conducting low-altitude reconnaissance and exploded in the air!"
"Baga!" The commander's good mood suddenly disappeared.
The Shanxi garrison has a limited number of aircraft at its disposal. If one is destroyed, one will be lost.
Now the war between the 20,000 frontline mopping up troops and the garrison regiment has reached a critical moment. A large number of aircraft are needed to provide air support every day. Now that one is missing, two more will be allocated to provide uninterrupted air support to the chief of staff. There will definitely be an appearance on the front line.
There are many air defense holes.
If the garrison takes the opportunity, the mopping up troops will definitely suffer a lot of losses.
As he thought about it, the murderous intent on the commander's face became stronger and stronger, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Send a telegram to the reinforcements dispatched from Zhangjiakou immediately."
"Their march speed must be accelerated. After reaching the battlefield, they will cooperate with the chief of staff to attack from inside and outside to completely annihilate the entire Eighth Route Army."
"In order to destroy our logistics base, the garrison must have mobilized a lot of troops."
"Kill them, and the garrison's plan to defeat us by cutting off their logistics will fail. Not only will it severely demoralize them, but it will also destroy their effective strength and speed up our process of annihilating the garrison."
Over the county town, Japanese planes came one after another, dropping two bombs from time to time outside the smog-shrouded city, making everyone nervous, fearing that they would see through this grand drama.
It wasn't until five o'clock in the afternoon that the buzzing in the ears disappeared and everyone's tense nerves relaxed.
"Captain Li, the Japs plane has left. It's almost dark. It's finally our turn to take action." Commander Zhou said anxiously when he saw the plane leaving after circling overhead for a day.
Before dawn, the other three ambush battles of the Independent Regiment ended successfully.
Four battles and four victories, five Japanese infantry squadrons, five puppet companies, and nearly 1,500 people were eliminated.
If he had achieved such a result in the past, he wouldn't have dared to think about it.
More importantly, while the independent regiment eliminated so many Japanese and puppet troops, it suffered less than 300 casualties.
Captain Zhou, who had tasted the sweetness, quickly focused on the reinforcements coming from Zhangjiakou.
There are a total of two thousand little devils, and there are four to five hundred cavalry in them. They are definitely a piece of fat meat, and they will take a bite of any independent regiment.
Li Hao smiled and replied: "Don't worry, I will definitely surprise the little devil tonight, and you will have no place to regret it."
He turned to look at Hong Linfeng and asked: "The commando team will go looking for the reinforcements coming from Zhangjiakou at dawn. They should have found them."
"Send a telegram to them immediately. I want to know the specific situation of this reinforcement force. The more detailed the better."
"Order the second battalion, third battalion, and cavalry battalion to assemble immediately and be ready for battle."
"The first battalion and all the lightly and seriously injured people stayed in the county to protect the safety here."
"The independent regiment quickly returned to the county seat to assemble, leaving the wounded behind. The others took the time to rest, replenish their strength, and be ready to set off at any time."
Just after seven o'clock, the call back from the commando team arrived. The content filled two entire telex newspapers, at least 500 words.
Hong Linfeng took the telegram and introduced: "Regiment Commander, Commander Zhou, and the commando team reported that the Japanese troops coming from Zhangjiakou numbered more than 2,000, and they were all marching like mules and horses."
"There are nearly 500 cavalrymen. They are divided into forwards and rears and protect the flanks of the reinforcements."
"The main force consists of a full infantry brigade, a mountain artillery squadron, a medium mortar squadron, and a rapid-fire artillery squadron..."
"Equipment: 12 heavy machine guns, 12 ordinary mortars, nine medium mortars, two infantry guns, four mountain guns, and 12 rapid-fire guns."
"There are still twenty kilometers away from here. We can kill them by marching in three and a half hours."
While Li Hao was listening, his eyes kept searching for something on the map...
After Hong Linfeng finished the introduction, he also finished reading, and his eyes were fixed on a plain five kilometers northwest of the county seat.
With a murderous look on his face, he ordered: "There is still time, we will wipe out all these little devils from Zhangjiakou here."
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