Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 42: The bombing of Tuanchengkou.

The front of Tuanchengkou.

Chu Yunfei was so anxious that he was pacing around the command center.

Since dawn, the sound of propellers in the sky has never stopped.

It seemed that he was really annoyed by Itagaki Seishirō, so he swallowed his pride and asked the North China Command for help.

A brigade of six to seven thousand combat troops was surrounded and annihilated.

Terauchi Hisaichi, the commander of the North China Front Army at the time, could not afford this loss.

Although he kept complaining, Itagaki Seishirō ignored his orders to move to Baoding and insisted on attacking Shanxi.

However, an aviation corps with hundreds of various types of fighter planes was also dispatched to deliver supplies and provide aerial bombing support to the Japanese troops at Tuanchengkou.

This is no small matter.

Previous bombings were usually carried out by fighter jets with aerial bombs mounted on both wings to bomb the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's positions.

The advantage of doing this is that it can achieve precise bombing similar to that of a dive bomber.

This time, Terauchi Hisaichi dispatched a large number of Type 97 heavy bombers.

This was the first aircraft model developed by the Japanese army, and it had just been tested for less than a year.

It is currently only used in North China and Songhu.

The Type 97 heavy bomber can carry more than one ton of aerial bombs.

Because the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army lacked effective means of air control, these large bombers acted recklessly, lowering their flight altitude to the safe lower limit in order to increase the killing efficiency of their bombs.

Don't underestimate a one-ton aerial bomb.

A bomb weighing about 150 kilograms has an explosive power that is no weaker than a heavy grenade of more than mm.

With a high hit rate, if all of them are deployed, it will be enough to completely destroy the defense line of a battalion.

If it was deployed more slowly, it would not be a problem to severely damage two battalions.

Chu Yunfei pounded his fist on the wooden table, raised his head and looked at the Japanese fighter planes in the sky preparing to return, his anger reached its peak.

During the Japanese army's indiscriminate bombing, the 358th Regiment became the focus of attention because of its fierce attack.

After several rounds of bombing, the original fierce momentum of the attack was completely extinguished.

Now it seems that there is no way to organize an attack.

Even holding on to the occupied positions became a problem.

Fang Ligong approached with a dusty face, not looking like an officer at all.

The hat was blown off by the violent shock wave, and his hair was messed up.

The glasses on his face were also lost during the battle and no one knew where they were lost.

"Commander, the brothers can't hold on any longer. The Second Reserve Army has already begun to retreat."

"If we don't make a decision soon, our army may be attacked from three sides by the Japanese army."

In the command room, several other staff officers also advised: "Yes, Commander, why don't we withdraw quickly!"

"If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood!"

"yes."

The noise around him made Chu Yunfei feel upset.

His brows knitted together and he slapped the table.

"Shut up, everyone!"

"I see that you are all cowards who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"The soldiers fighting the Japanese invaders on the front line did not say to retreat, but you, a group of officers in the rear and in the headquarters, dared to say such nonsense."

"The superiors have not given us a clear order to retreat! Our brother troops, the Temporary 1st Brigade, are fighting the Japanese invaders in the rear!"

"If we withdraw now, will we be worthy of our colleagues, the Party and the country, and the people of Shanxi?"

As the regiment commander, Chu Yunfei is also quite prestigious in the army.

Under his loud shouting, several staff officers looked at each other and dared not say a word.

"The telephone lines have been cut and the radio stations have been destroyed. You guys run to the various camps and give the order to continue fighting."

"Go!"

The staff officers said weakly: "Yes, sir."

Chu Yunfei put his hands behind his back and looked through the lookout at the entire regiment's position.

Facing the swift and fierce attack of the Japanese air-ground integration, Chu Yunfei also thought about retreating. This seemed to be a war that was bound to fail.

air force
The generation gap between the two sides' weapons is really too big.

With China's current strength, I'm afraid that within ten years, the Japanese fighter planes will be wreaking havoc overhead.

But looking at the current situation.

Not to mention ten years, if you can hold on for two years, everything will be fine.

Chu Yunfei shook his head: "Alas, the Japanese invaders are causing chaos in China. Can Mr. Sun really have a smooth future?"

Although he was an officer under Yan Laoxi.

But he always firmly believed that the Three Principles of the People could save China.

At the moment, different factions are unable to truly unite against a common enemy, and Chu Yunfei cannot change anything about this.

But the 358th Regiment and Wang Feng's st Temporary Brigade were both part of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army under Commander Yan.

He couldn't abandon his brother troops.

Looking at the fighter planes that were diving and dropping bombs, Chu Yunfei gritted his teeth and said, "One day, if our army can also have such sharp weapons, we will not let these little devils off!"

Fanzhi.

At the war zone military meeting.

Yan Laoxi lowered his head and glanced coldly at the senior military officers below.

The atmosphere in the conference room was extremely cold.

Even Chu Xichun, his trusted and beloved general, lowered his head and remained silent.

Yan Laoxi's mood has been up and down these days.

The Eighth Route Army, the 115th Division, no matter what, is also a unit under his Second War Zone.

The offensive plan was also issued from his office.

A beautiful ambush was fought in Xiaozhai and Guangou areas. No matter how hard you try, part of the credit should go to him as the commander-in-chief.

I originally planned to let go and do something big in Pingxingguan.

Who would have thought that the old devil Hideki Tojo, seeing that he had failed to capture Yanmen Pass for a long time, turned his attack towards Ru Yuekou.

If Ru Yue makes a mistake in speaking, Fan Zhi will definitely be the next one to go.

The Japanese invaders are about to reach the Second War Zone Headquarters.

Old Yan was shocked when he thought that there was a good chance that he wouldn't even be able to return to his hometown in Mount Wutai.

I felt a chill in my heart.

He immediately ordered the three brigades heading towards Tuanchengkou to rush to Ruyuekou.

The meeting officially begins.

Yan Laoxi had a blank expression on his face: "Do you have any good ideas for the current situation?"

The officers and staff below looked at each other, and someone stood up and said softly:

"Sir, the current Ruyuekou crisis requires us to make early plans in addition to dispatching additional troops."

Yan Laoxi frowned slightly, stretched out his hand and said, "Go on."

The officer turned around and looked around: "We should move the headquarters to the south of Xinkou as soon as possible."

"Ah this?"

“How can this be possible?”

"yes."

"It's a good idea."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the conference room.

With a powerful enemy at the doorstep, wouldn't it cause great chaos in the army's morale if they were to do such a thing?
But Yan Laoxi did not express his attitude, but just frowned even more tightly.

Chu Xichun stood by, observing his micro-expressions all the time.

Seeing this situation, Yan Laoxi's attitude was clear to him.

Then he said, "Everyone, the purpose of moving the headquarters is to protect the command center. Only in this way can you and Commander Yan better command the battle."

"It is a strategic shift, not a retreat."

Yan Laoxi nodded secretly: "Which troops are currently fighting in the direction of Tuanchengkou?"

(End of this chapter)