The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

"General..." Cunshang Zhongzuo ran over with a happy face.

"Aviator emergency call."

"Three planes to reinforce us have taken off."

"Arrive in the sky over Baoding in 10 minutes."

Major General Kawasaki slapped the table in front of him, and said happily: "Finally, they are here."

"What is the Eighth Route Army attacking us outside the city doing?"

"Did you retreat at night?"

"I now especially hope that they will continue to dig trenches outside the city."

"After the aviation troops arrived, they would blow up the soldiers who were digging trenches together, and let the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the wing suffer a dull loss in our hands first."

Cunshang Lieutenant obviously thought the same way, and quickly replied: "They are still outside the city..."

"Hiding in the trenches and continuing to dig fortifications, there is no intention of retreating at all."

"They must have felt that the troops were hiding in the bunkers. The heavy machine guns and artillery equipped by our army could not do anything to them. They didn't know that we had planes, so they didn't evacuate from the battlefield."

"Very good..." Major General Kawasaki was in a better mood than eating candied fruit.

He said happily, "I have fought so many battles with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army."

"God is finally fighting our side."

"Let the city defense troops keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army outside the city."

"If they evacuate their position before the aviation arrives, make sure to focus all firepower on them."

"They had night cover last night, and our firepower advantage couldn't be maximized, and the shooting accuracy was greatly affected."

"Now it's dawn, even if the distance between the two sides is far away, the heavy machine gun troops can kill many people."

"Let the city defense force form a 50-man blasting team, ready to go out of the city under the cover of aviation to destroy the Eighth Route Army's offensive positions at any time."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the door of the war room, ordering as he walked.

"This is our first big victory since we stuck to Baoding."

"As the commander of the Baoding garrison, I must be present."

"The chief of staff stays at the headquarters."

"The No. [-] Guard Squadron follows me to the east gate."

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Major General Kawasaki rode his horse and galloped to the east gate of Baoding in only 10 minutes.

From the perspective of time, the air force will be able to reach the sky over Baoding in another 10 minutes.

At that time, he will be able to witness the tragic scene of the Eighth Route Army being blown up outside the city.

Before climbing to the top of the city, he asked the team leader who greeted him: "Did the Eighth Route Army outside the city escape?"

"It's not withdrawn, it's not withdrawn...just..." The captain seemed to have encountered a problem, and looked at Major General Kawasaki with a puzzled face.

"What is it, can you tell me clearly?"

Major General Kawasaki raised his eyebrows, thinking something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked.

"General..." The captain still didn't know how to speak, so he replied with a wry smile.

"You'd better go and see for yourself..."

"I don't even know what kind of conspiracy the Eighth Route Army outside the city is playing?"

Major General Kawasaki turned his head and saw a lot of black smoke rising from the Eighth Route Army positions outside the city.

On both sides of the trench, there is a pile of firewood emitting black smoke every ten meters. There is no open flame, but only black smoke, which is obviously watered.

Hundreds of thousands of strands of black smoke rose into the sky at the same time, slowly spread towards the surroundings, and the dense one quickly formed a piece at an altitude of more than 100 meters.

The good mood on Major General Kawasaki's face disappeared instantly.

The whole person was shrouded in chill, clenched his fist, and slammed it hard on the battlement in front of him.

Gritting his teeth, he said, "What a cunning Eighth Route Army."

"They wanted to cover the ground attack positions with smoke, so that the air force would lose the bombing target and be unable to launch an attack."

"We must not let their conspiracy succeed."

"The artillery immediately fired at the Eighth Route Army's attacking position, blowing up the firewood piles and preventing them from continuing to release smoke."

The captain slapped his head and suddenly realized: "The Eighth Route Army outside the city is indeed very cunning."

"Humble job, go and give the order now..."

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Compared with last night, the firing accuracy of the artillery unit at this moment is very high.

Firewood piles were constantly being blown up, and the wet firewood flew everywhere like heavenly maidens scattered flowers.

But these firewood did not go out, black smoke was still coming out.

More importantly, the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trenches was still throwing wet firewood outside.

Instead of thinning the smoke, shelling made it thicker.

Major General Kawasaki was so frightened that he hurriedly stopped: "Stop shelling..."

"Bombardment is useless, we must think of other tactics."

"Buzzing..."

As soon as the order was issued, the roar of the plane reached his ears.

From far to near, the sound is getting louder.

Major General Kawasaki raised his binoculars and saw three small black dots, which grew bigger and bigger and turned into three silver-white fighter planes.

It shone silver in the sunlight, very dazzling.

"General..." the captain hurriedly asked Major General Kawasaki.

"The air force is here, shall we continue to prevent the Eighth Route Army from releasing smoke?"

Major General Kawasaki shook his head: "Wait a minute."

"Maybe the aviation arm can see the ground from the sky."

When he said this, his eyes never left the three planes.

One lap, two laps... four laps...

The three planes had already circled back and forth four times over Baoding, but never launched an attack.

The expectant expression on Major General Kawasaki's face was once again replaced by solemnity, and he shook his head helplessly.

"The pilot's vision must have been blocked by the smoke and he couldn't lock on to the target."

"Otherwise they would have launched an attack..."

"Contact the aviation immediately and let them launch an attack from a low altitude."

"We have fought against the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong for several years, and we have never heard of them having anti-aircraft weapons."

"Let the pilots lower the bombing altitude, don't be afraid."

Major General Kawasaki's order was full of risks, but he had to give it.

Artillery is the only long-range attack weapon of the Baoding garrison.

Now even they can't stop the Eighth Route Army from releasing smoke, let alone other troops.

As for sending troops out of the city to fight.

As soon as the idea came up, he was rejected.

The garrison in the city is limited, and no reinforcements will be received in a short period of time.

The Eighth Route Army hid in the trenches and waited for work. Sending troops out of the city by themselves was tantamount to shooting them at the muzzle of their guns and seeking their own death.

Even if the Eighth Route Army outside the city is completely wiped out and the aviation forces destroy all offensive positions outside the city, the attacking troops will pay a huge price in the battle.

The enemies outside the city are only a small part of the Eighth Route Army's forces in the wings, and eliminating them will not affect the Eighth Route Army's attack on Baoding.

The price of going out of the city is very high, and it is not worth it.

Only when the air force takes the risk of low-altitude bombing can the Baoding garrison have the opportunity to destroy the fortifications outside the city and wipe out the Eighth Route Army outside the city at the lowest cost.

For the sake of Baoding City, he decisively sold the air force in the sky.

After all, they are from Peiping. Even if all three planes are lost, Peiping can still send new planes to continue to reinforce Baoding.

Unlike the Baoding garrison in hand, it will be gone if it is gone, and it will take ten days at the earliest to replenish it, so it cannot afford to lose.

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The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong is more than 200 meters away from the offensive position. After one night of construction, this semi-underground bunker has been completely completed.

Except for the entrances and exits and lookouts, all other places are covered with thatch to blend in with the surrounding environment.

You can't see anything unusual from a dozen meters away, let alone a little devil pilot hundreds of meters high.

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