Bright Sword: Heiyunzhai was closed at the beginning

Chapter 298 Nothing But Three Things

小鬼子11军兵分3路南下进攻。左翼为精锐的第3、第13师团，自通城方面南下，第27师团随后推进；湘江东岸方面为第68、第116师团，分成6路强渡新墙河，第34、第58师团逐次跟进；湘江西岸方面以第40师团为主力，从华容、石首一带出发。

The left-wing troops of the Japanese army going south from Chongyang, more than 4000 people all the way to the southeast of Tongcheng, and more than 2000 people all the way to the southwest of Tongcheng, respectively, encountered stubborn resistance from the New 72th Division and the New 15th Division of the 13nd Army. Come prepared and use firepower to clear the way. When the army approaches the position, they don't attack immediately, but use the artillery wing and aircraft bombing to launch fierce firepower coverage on the positions of the New 15th Division and the New 13th Division!
"Commander, Commander, little devil and tortoise son, the artillery fire is too fierce. Our army's position can't stand it at all. I ask for reinforcements, and I ask for immediate reinforcements!" After half a day of fierce fighting, Tang Xunbo, the commander of the newly formed 13th Division, looked at his position Gunpowder smoke filled the sky, and there were heavy casualties. Immediately, they shook the phone to ask for reinforcements.

The little devil's artillery fire was extremely fierce, and it was different from the previous little devil. Tang Xunbo remembered that in the last war, the little devil's artillery regiment only had 24 75mm mountain guns, but this time the little devil had a total of 36 The 120mm howitzer, after the shell exploded, there were no survivors within tens of meters!

Even a strong trench is useless if it hits near the shells. The huge shock wave will instantly rupture the liver and gallbladder and cause death.

Coupled with the air bombing by the little devils, the casualties of the newly formed 13th Division's square kilometers in half a day exceeded one-third!

This is really unbearable!Tang Xunbo knew that it was difficult for the army commander. Now the position of the newly formed 15th Division was also attacked by the little devils. The whole position is not far from his place, but he has no choice. If he does not ask for reinforcements, his position will not be able to hold today. up.

After being bombarded indiscriminately by the little devil, his position not only suffered heavy casualties, but also suffered heavy weapon losses.As prominent parts, machine guns and heavy machine guns suffered more blows, and the loss rate on the position was quite high.

In terms of the equipment of the newly formed 13th Division, machine guns and heavy machine guns are their most powerful counterattack weapons, and now more than half of them have been lost by shelling and bombing by the little devils.

As the sound of the little devil's shelling gradually weakened, Tang Xunbo knew that the little devil's infantry was about to start charging.While he was asking for reinforcements, he ordered to pull his only reserve team to the position.

"How did this happen? How did this happen?" In the headquarters of the Ninth War Zone, Chief Xue watched the little devil's three groups of troops attack almost at the same time, investing as many as 10 divisions and several brigades, and Gao Jianwu proposed through the allied forces The pre-war warnings are almost identical.

For such a situation, Chief Xue did not expect that the young man was so determined this time, and the offensive was so fierce. In less than a day, the outer defense line was almost completely breached. It was not because the brothers did not work hard or desperately. The 6 infantry divisions were almost wiped out.

In every aspect, the cannons dispatched by the little devils are more than dozens of large-caliber howitzers, and there are also a large number of air forces for bombing.

Looking at the little devils' attacking troops marked on the map and our lost positions and troops, the time loss in just one day has exceeded the previous battle for more than a week.

Although it is not his direct troops that have been lost now, the 40 divisions that have been deployed layer by layer along Tanzhou and Hengzhou have lost 6 divisions in the war, and this loss is also unbearable for him.

"Mr. Xue, for the present plan, it is best to immediately ask for help from the Hengzhou Expeditionary Army Group. The Expeditionary Army Group can conquer and fight well. It has wiped out hundreds of thousands of devils in the Southeast Asian theater and made great achievements. It will have an immediate effect on changing our current unfavorable situation. " Zhao Zili, chief of staff in the war zone, looked at the precarious line on the map and suggested to Chief Xue.

Officer Xue turned his head and glanced at Chief of Staff Zhao Zili, who stared at him calmly.As if it was a common suggestion.

But Chief Xue knew that Zhao Zili was not a simple person. He was a confidant arranged by the principal by his side, and he had always been very dissatisfied with his monopolizing power in Hunan.

It's just that because of Chief Xue's great achievements in killing more than [-] little devils in the previous three battles in Tanzhou, the principal can't directly intervene in the personnel arrangements here, but firmly controls the development of the army. In a land as rich as Hunan, Chief Xue's direct troops only have a Fourth Army.

Zhang Deneng, the commander of the Fourth Army next to him, seemed to see through the thoughts of his parents and officers, and stood up and said, "It's not like we haven't fought the little devils before. Which one of the three previous fights didn't beat them to death? This is what Chief of Staff Zhao has in front of him." Small setbacks are nothing, when we let them in and close the door to beat the dogs, this time we can also clean up the little devils severely."

The tactics Zhang Deneng mentioned were exactly the "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" that Chief Xue was famous for. Layers of defenses were used to consume the little devils in the blocking.

In the previous three battles of Tanzhou, Chief Xue used this tactic to punish the little devils severely. In the three battles, more than [-] little devils were annihilated near Tanzhou. Before Gao Jianwu, Chief Xue was The well-deserved first general of the Anti-Japanese War.

It's just that with the rise of Gao Jianwu, there has been a massacre of little devils in Jin, Burmese and British territories, and Southeast Asia. In addition to the current Qiongzhou Battle and the Pearl River Delta Hong Kong-Kowloon Battle, the cumulative number of captured little devils has exceeded 30.

It is equivalent to eliminating the little devil with as many front troops, and his reputation has long surpassed Chief Xue.

Chief of Staff Zhao Zili looked back at Zhang Deneng, "Mr. Zhang, the situation on the front line is in dire straits now. If there is no strong reinforcements, can your fourth army stand up to the little devils in Tanzhou? Chief Xue's tactics are very powerful, but they are also very dangerous. , need to have a strong force to stand in Tanzhou, so that the little devil can't move, so that the outflanking of the two flanks is meaningful."

"Otherwise, luring the enemy deep will turn into luring wolves into the house. Can you bear the responsibility of losing the entire Hunan Province?"

As soon as Chief of Staff Zhao Zili said this, Commander Zhang Deneng immediately felt as if his hair was blown. "Chief of Staff Zhao, what do you mean by that?"

Chief of Staff Zhao smiled coldly, ignoring the anger in Commander Zhang's eyes, "I'm just talking about the facts. The little devils now are completely different from the little devils in the past two years. Can't you see it? The frontline we deploy is almost It will be broken with one stab. The firepower equipment of the little devil is completely different from what we estimated."

"Now the little devils are coming in three ways. In one day, they can defeat our three lines of defense and defeat six entire divisions of our army. If we let the powerful reinforcements sit by and watch for our own selfishness, we will lose the city and lose the ground." The responsibility, of course, lies with you, Commander Zhang."

Although Zhang Deneng wanted to refute further, he didn't know how to start it. The current situation is indeed as Chief of Staff Zhao said that the entire front is more fragile than expected.

It's not that the force deployed by oneself is less, but that the enemy is stronger.

"Okay, don't quarrel, now we should help each other and tide over the difficulties together." Officer Xue saw that his confidant was being manipulated by Chief of Staff Zhao, and stood up to rescue him.

"Chief of Staff Zhao's current situation has not reached the point you said. The main force of our army is still there. The expeditionary army group stays in Hengzhou. It is always a reliance. When it is necessary, I will ask them for help." Xue Xue The magistrate went on to say,

"It's just that the air force also asked Chief of Staff Zhao to ask Shangfeng for instructions to dispatch the air force of the beautiful country as soon as possible to eliminate the threat of aerial bombing for our army."

It is impossible to easily let the expeditionary army group in. It is easy to invite this group of people, but it is difficult to send them away.Chief Xue himself is such a person, that's why he occupies the rich land in Hunan now.

What's more, what the expeditionary army group has just done in Guangdong made Officer Xue even more vigilant.Unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never use the expeditionary army group.

But the air force can, because the air force base is right there in Hengzhou.

He was very clear about Chief of Staff Zhao's intention. He just wanted to muddy the water here and let the expeditionary forces come in. Then there would be another force here. For Chief of Staff Zhao, this would give him more opportunities to reach out.

After all, he represents the principal.

"If it's just the air force, I personally don't think it's enough to reverse the current unfavorable situation. Chief Xue, I will truthfully report the situation here to the principal." Chief of Staff Zhao disagreed with Chief Xue's words.

For him, the last thing he wants to see is that the place becomes monolithic and becomes like an independent kingdom, so that even the principal's words will not work here.

So Chief of Staff Zhao was willing to do anything that would make Chief Xue unhappy.This does not mean that Chief of Staff Zhao approves of the expeditionary force group.

In fact, he knew very well that in the eyes of the principal, the expeditionary army group was as rebellious as Chief Xue and needed to be dealt with.

Take advantage of this opportunity for the little devil to attack.Chief of Staff Zhao hopes to get rid of these two disobedient ones.

"Chief of Staff Zhao, please." Officer Xue said with a livid face seeing that Chief of Staff Zhao didn't give him any face at all.

He has already asked Shangfeng for air force reinforcements several times, but so far, the air force of the beautiful country is still standing still.

Of course he knew that it was Shangfeng who was beating him.

To be honest, the current battle situation is beyond his expectations.Luring the enemy deep is an inherent tactic of his Heavenly Furnace tactics, but it's not as fast as this, it's almost like a rout.

If all the troops are like this, then his sky furnace tactics become a joke.

Because no matter how strong the tactics are, they need combat power to support them.Now the little devil's combat effectiveness far exceeded his imagination, and the positions of the six reorganization divisions were broken through in one day.

This kind of offensive efficiency is simply terrifying.

Hengzhou.

"Commander Gao, are you going to dispatch the air force to reinforce Tanzhou?" Commander Fang obviously didn't understand Gao Jianwu's approach.

After all, in his opinion, Chief Xue has not humbled himself to ask for help, so if he posts it now, wouldn't that be a lowering of his self-worth?

"Yes, the little devil broke through our first-line position on the first day of his menacing attack. The friendly troops on the front line suffered heavy casualties, and we can't sit idly by here." Gao Jianwu said.

"But now that Chief Xue hasn't received a military order, would it be inappropriate for your army to fight on its own?" Commander Fang asked cautiously.

He and Chief Xue are in the same situation, and now the two divisions originally planned for the Hengzhou defense line have not yet been released by Chief Xue.Commander Xue made it clear that he was using his position to bully him, but Commander Fang was helpless.

The expeditionary army group appeared in Hengzhou like timely rain this time. For Commander Fang, it was like rain after a long drought.

With the expeditionary army group in charge, he now feels that his line of defense is very stable, so for Chief Xue, he hopes that the opponent will be as miserable as possible.

"Our expeditionary army group does things, but we just want to be worthy of our hearts." Gao Jianwu replied.

In the face of the great enemy, the generals here are still fighting independently, and even guard against each other.This made Gao Jianwu, who had time traveled and experienced this situation for the first time, very upset.

No wonder in his memory, this time the battle would be lost so badly, the 40 army was almost destroyed.

But now that he's here, and he has the power to reverse the situation in this battle, then he won't take too much into account, and will do everything according to what he wants to do.

Hengzhou Airport.

"Lu, are there any combat missions today? 40 of them were dispatched at once." Howard, Colonel of the Beautiful Country Air Force at Hengzhou Airport, watched Lu Xingguo order the attack, and couldn't help asking curiously.

"Yes, Colonel Howard, our combat target today is the little devil fighter jets over the north of Tanzhou, no matter how many they come." Lu Xingguo said while picking up his helmet.

Although Howard knew that the little devil's air force was wreaking havoc not far away.But there was no order from above, so the fighter jets under him could only stand still.

Through confrontation training in the past few days, Lu Xingguo and others have already won the respect of Colonel Howard, because these people are really working hard to improve themselves, even though they still lack a lot of operational skills compared to the elite air force of the beautiful country.

But they dare to fight and fight, and the time spent on training every day far exceeds that of the Air Force of the United States.Although this has a great impact on the lifespan of fighter jets, in the current situation, the lifespan of fighter jets may be the next battle, and there is no need to take care of so much.

"I wish you all the best!" Howard shook his head and extended his thumb to encourage Lu Xingguo.He also wanted to go into the air to fight. He didn't understand why the order hadn't been issued yet. He heard that the little devil's air force was already raging in the north of Tanzhou.

"Thank you!" Lu Xingguo responded with a smile.Because of Major General Smith, Lu Xingguo has a good impression of the Air Force of the beautiful country.

For the bearded Colonel Howard, Lu Xingguo is also very grateful that he readily agreed to be their sparring opponent, so that the brothers' technical level can continue to rise.

Coming back here from Southeast Asia, transitioning and fighting along the way, the air cluster of the expeditionary force cluster has grown very rapidly. With the accumulation of flight time and the improvement of operating level, most pilots have thoroughly understood all aspects of the Mustang fighter jet. Compared with the beautiful As far as the ace pilots are concerned, everyone is lacking in actual combat now.

Therefore, regarding Gao Jianwu's order, Lu Xingguo and the others were far more excited than worried.

The 40 fighters are divided into 5 waves and gradually lifted into the air. Now there is no radar for early warning. We can only estimate the airspace and number of opponents based on experience.

During yesterday's battle, Gao Jianwu received information from the intelligence system that the air force dispatched by the little devil was the 3rd Flying Regiment, which dispatched the 27th Flying Squadron, the 59th Flying Squadron and the 75th Flying Squadron respectively, dispatching a total of 116 fighter jets and bombers.

And today, Gao Jianwu received a new reminder that today the little devil will dispatch 27 Nakajima Type 48 Hayabusa fighter jets from the 59th Flying Team, and 32 Type 99 light-explosive bombers from the [-]th Flying Team!

However, of course, Gao Jianwu would not tell Lu Xingguo and the others directly about this intelligence information, but instead instructed them to dispatch 40 Mustang fighter jets to guard the area where the little devil fighter planes were active.

Compared with the combat effectiveness of the Nakajima-40 Falcon fighter jets, Gao Jianwu felt that dispatching [-] Mustang fighter jets was already a high opinion of them.

Lu Xingguo and the others don't care about other things. From their point of view, even if they don't meet little devils in today's battle, if they appear in the sky above their friendly troops' positions, they will cheer and encourage the friendly troops.So today is also a harvest.

Even for the friendly army, Lu Xingguo and the others could not understand the current intrigue of their enemy.But Lu Xingguo and the others are almost all from this system, and now they can do their part for them, of course Lu Xingguo and the others are very proud.

The airspace Commander Gao instructed them was the airspace over the middle and west roads that the little devils attacked. This time their combat target was the little devil's fighter jets, so the fighter jets were full of machine gun bullets.

Didn't carry any bombs.

All fighter jets are organized into a combat group of four, with an experienced pilot as the lead plane, and a pilot who joined relatively later as a wingman to form two fighter jet formations.

After all the fighter jets took off, everyone was silent and flew to the target according to the pre-planned route. Due to the limited battery capacity of the walkie-talkie and the lack of air generators, no one wasted a little power for small talk.

On the other side, Commander Fang walked by the window, watching the fighter jets of the expeditionary army cluster disappearing in the sky to the north, and regained some understanding of the expeditionary army cluster in his heart.

A certain air force base on the front line of the little devil.

"Mr. Kuroda, be careful, and I wish you a triumphant return!" Major Iwata Kazuo, captain of the front-line airport guard of the little devil, saluted and blessed Lieutenant Kuroda Hisafumi of the 27th Flying Squadron.

"Thank you Iwata-kun, I will buy you a drink when I am triumphant!" Kuroda Hisafumi turned around and smiled back. "If it's routine, don't worry."

The Air Force of the United States of America is huddled at Hengzhou Airport. For Kuroda Hisafumi, now is to go out and reap a wave of achievements.

Although his 27th Flying Team is equipped with older Nakajima-[-] fighter jets, it is equally powerful when facing the strafing Chinese army on the ground.

The Zhina position, which has no anti-aircraft firepower at all, is simply their private plot to wreak havoc.

Therefore, in addition to being the cover of the 27th Light Explosive Flying Team, the 59th Flying Team poured the bullets it brought out on the Chinese army's position when returning home.

According to the insider information obtained by the intelligence department, the Hengzhou Beautiful Country Air Force has not yet received an order from its superiors, so they will not be dispatched, and the 27th Flying Team has no opponent in the air.

Everything is under control.With a relaxed and happy mood, Kuroda turned and boarded his fighter.

The 27th Flying Squadron and the 59th Light Explosive Flying Squadron all took off and flew towards the target as planned.

Today, they will cooperate with the front-line troops to defeat the second line of defense of the Chinese army, and divide and encircle the 15 reorganized divisions deployed on the first and second fronts in the nine theaters!

今天，能携带8枚50公斤航空炸弹的川崎99式轻爆战机才是战场的主角，256枚50公斤航空炸弹，足以让支那军队2个师级规模的阵地被炸崩溃！

Especially the firepower of their heavy weapons will definitely be completely destroyed this time!
"Attention all teams, we have entered the clouds above the target, and now the whole army keeps flying high and hides in the clouds, and No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 fly out of the clouds to conduct reconnaissance." Lu Xingguo opened the whole channel and sent issued the first order.

Soon, the four fighter planes swooped down and flew out of the clouds. As the flight altitude decreased, the targets on the ground gradually appeared in front of Lu Xingguo. The criss-cross trenches on the ground and the familiar flags were the target area. That's right.

Seeing fighter jets appear in the sky, the defending soldiers on the ground panicked.

The power of the little devil's bombing has been reflected in their minds like a nightmare.

There was a burst of running on the ground, preparing to hide from the bombing of the little devils everywhere.

Looking at the turmoil below, Lu Xingguo naturally knew what they were doing. He knew that he couldn't speak to them now. To convince them that this was his own, he had to lower the height to the point where they could clearly see the markings on the fuselage. OK.

"No. 3, No. 4, we lowered the altitude by 500 meters, and flew around at low speed twice from the side of the position, so as to give the brothers on the ground a chance to see clearly!" Lu Xingguo called No. 3 and No. 4 while lowering the altitude, The No. 2 wingman behind him naturally followed him closely.

When flying around the position for the first time, the soldiers on the ground were still in a panic, but as Lu Xingguo and the others began to fly around the position for the second time, someone finally noticed the difference.

"George, don't be afraid. That's a Mustang fighter jet. It's our own plane! It's our own plane!" A knowledgeable battalion commander looked up for a long time, and finally saw that there was no dog skin plaster symbol on the plane, but a A big five-pointed star symbol, and the painting is obviously not the gray color of the little devil.

What Gao Jianwu chose for the Air Force was not the fancy ones of the Flying Tigers, but a silver-gray low-visibility painting, which is almost invisible in high altitudes. Although this kind of painting is not as powerful as other people painting shark mouths or tigers, it is still practical.

Hearing the battalion commander's shout, some courageous soldiers on the ground began to stop and carefully observe the fighter jets in the air. Sure enough, they found that this plane was indeed significantly different from the little devil's.

The most important thing is that I didn't drop a bomb after wandering in the sky for a long time.

Lu Xingguo and the others finally recognized someone on the ground, and waved their wings left and right to signal. Although most soldiers on the ground couldn't see this movement, some people still guessed that it was a fighter jet in the sky greeting them, and couldn't help it. Jump up and cause a cheer in the field!

Only then did Lu Xingguo drive the fighter plane and began to increase the altitude, looking for the little devil's fighter jet.

(End of this chapter)