At nine o'clock in the morning, the roar of airplanes began to sound over Lingqiu City!
The two small black spots on the edge of the sky slowly grew in size, and finally turned into two silver-white airplanes with plaster flags painted on them!
The roar became louder and louder, and the Japanese chief of staff on the city wall was in a better and better mood!
Just glancing at the captain of the garrison, he understood and reported: "Sir, all attacking troops are ready!"
"There is a reinforced squadron of the garrison, the second squadron of the guard squadron, the third company of the Imperial Association Army, and the special agent team. The total strength is 500 people. A total of four heavy machine guns and two mortars have been reinforced!!"
"The special agent team is very familiar with the terrain outside the city. With them clearing the way at the front of the troops, the attacking troops will never be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Yoshi!"
The smile on the chief of staff's face grew wider, and he decisively ordered: "Then let's set off now!"
"The special agents go to the front to open a road, find the road signs left by the reconnaissance force, use the road signs to find the hidden Eighth Route Army, and kill them!"
Regarding today's operation, the Japanese Chief of Staff is determined to win, and he walks with a smile on his face!
Soon, an officer from the special agent team came over and happily reported with the help of a translator: "Sir, we found a road sign left by the reconnaissance force ahead. Judging from the road sign, they are tracking the artillery unit of the independent regiment!"
The chief of staff was overjoyed at that time, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "It really took no effort at all. The biggest threat to us from the Independent Regiment is the artillery. As long as we kill their artillery unit, the crisis in Lingqiu City will be resolved!"
"Since a reconnaissance force has found their artillery, we will kill their artillery first!"
"The troops follow the road signs to pursue!"
"Contact the aircraft in the sky, and as long as they see the attack signal from the ground reconnaissance troops, regardless of whether our attacking troops have arrived on the battlefield or not, we will bomb directly without any orders!!"
"The Independent Regiment is too cunning. If we let them know that the mountain artillery has been targeted by us, they will definitely try every means to move it, and may even disperse the artillery to avoid bombing. It will definitely be very difficult to destroy them by then, even if there are aircraft
Attacking from the sky will not help!"
After walking forward for less than ten minutes, the chief of staff saw the ruts left by the mountain cannon!
The captain of the garrison immediately complimented: "Sir, I humbly confirm that these are the ruts left by the mountain cannon. They must be correct. Moreover, they are left by the mountain cannon just after they passed by. Our pursuit direction is correct!"
"Bang bang bang..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of three signal gun shots came from the front!
Even though there was still several kilometers between them, the chief of staff was still very sure that he heard correctly!
His eyes lit up and he shouted: "That's the sound of our signal gun, the artillery of the Independent Regiment is in front!"
"The gunfire just now was the scout sending a signal to the aircraft, directing the aircraft to bomb the artillery position!"
The captain of the garrison also showed an excited smile on his face, and immediately said: "Sir, the plane in the sky has also moved, and is rushing towards the place where the signal was sent just now!
"Weng buzz..."
The roar of the plane's engine became louder and louder. It didn't take much guessing to know that the plane was conducting dive bombing to ensure the bomb's hit rate!
Get as close as possible to the bombing target, then drop the bomb to completely destroy the target!
"Boom boom boom..."
The violent explosion, like thunder, soon resounded in the woods a few kilometers away, and the Japanese chief of staff heard it clearly!
Looking from a distance, the thick black smoke from the explosion also rushed into the sky. Even though he was several kilometers away, he could still see it clearly!
"Sir, the planes have started bombing! There are ground reconnaissance troops to guide them to the bombing targets. The artillery of the independent regiment must be finished!" The captain of the garrison seemed to see victory waving to him again, with a smile on his face!
The chief of staff suppressed the excitement in his heart and ordered decisively: "The troops must speed up their march, and we must kill them quickly!"
"The two planes took turns bombing, and they must have killed and injured many Eighth Route Army troops. We will kill them just in time to kill them and completely eliminate this artillery unit!"
The troops are marching faster and faster, and the constant explosions are getting louder and louder!
At this moment, a plane suddenly flew over their heads, flapped its wings, and then flew away!
A staff officer was responsible for air contact. He took one look at the movements the aircraft had just made, and a smile appeared on his face!
He shouted excitedly: "Sir, the action of the plane just now means that they have completed the bombing. The artillery unit of the independent regiment was bombed by them. The bombs it brought have been used up. They must return, leaving one plane to continue to cover us!"
The chief of staff was excited. He subconsciously drew out his command knife, pointed the blade forward and shouted: "Warriors, the artillery unit that poses the greatest threat to us in the Independent Regiment is over!"
"Everyone, follow me and fight, find the bombing point just now, eliminate the remaining enemies, and completely kill their artillery!"
"Kill me!"
The rapid march turned into a charge, and the formation of the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly became chaotic!
The special agent team at the front of the team was too fast and had to stop and charge with the main force!
Li Hao was standing on a high ground not far from the highway. Not a single move of the Japanese and puppet troops escaped his eyes!
The two Japanese planes did blow up the artillery hiding place of the independent regiment, but the damaged artillery pieces were all fake and made of wood!
The eight mountain cannons actually equipped by the mountain artillery battalion had been dismantled into parts a few hours ago and transported deep into the mountains on mules and horses. The Japanese would never find them!
The reason why such a fake artillery camp was prepared for Japanese planes to bomb was for one purpose: to consume the bombs brought by the planes!
In Li Hao's view, airplanes are like the machine guns everyone equips. They are very powerful when they have ammunition, and they rarely find opponents!
Once they lose their ammunition, they will turn into tigers without their fangs. Without their attack power, they will not even be as good as a fire stick on the battlefield!
He remembered every bomb dropped by the Japanese plane just now!
Each plane carried six bombs. After one plane dropped all six bombs, it had to return because it ran out of ammunition!
It will take at least two hours to replenish ammunition and fuel!
Even if the Japanese plane does not need to replenish ammunition and fuel, it will still take nearly an hour to send a new plane over!
And this time is the perfect opportunity for the independent regiment to kill a large number of Japanese and puppet troops!
Chief of Staff Hong Linfeng knew Li Hao's overall combat plan. Seeing that there was still one plane left, he immediately reminded: "Commander, the plane left behind still has two bombs! If the troops attack, these two bombs will hit
When we get to the battlefield, we can at least kill one of our infantry companies!"
Li Hao answered confidently: "Don't worry, these two bombs won't wait until then!"
"Immediately send a signal to the first battalion and ask them to drag out the two hidden fake cannons and make a posture of dragging them into the woods, forcing the Japanese plane to drop the remaining two bombs as well!"
"The second battalion, the third battalion, the guard company, the reconnaissance company, and the commando team will begin to approach the Japanese and puppet troops now, forming an encirclement trend!"
"As soon as you see the three flares I fired, attack immediately, completely surround them, and then launch an attack directly without distinguishing between main attack and assist, and strangle with the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"After the melee begins, the guard company, commando team, reconnaissance company, and all company and platoon officers of the main force must give full play to our close combat firepower advantage!"
"Box cannons, bastard boxes, and submachine guns, don't save bullets for me, hit them hard, kill the little Japs in the middle of the attacking troops in the shortest possible time, and then end the battle!"
"All troops must remember that the entire battle from beginning to end and then retreat cannot take more than fifty minutes!"
"Yes, leader!" Hong Linfeng answered expectantly!
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