Jiang Xianyun didn't dare to call for support at first, because he was afraid that the other party would have a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Once the field army supported this direction, it was very likely that other positions would be breached.Now that the enemy was getting closer and closer, according to his estimation, the opponent had at least one division's strength, so he confidently called for reinforcements.

Even if the headquarters sends reinforcements, it won't be able to arrive in a short while. At this time, you can only rely on yourself.Jiang Xianyun knew this very well, he didn't dare to have the slightest extravagant hope, his eyes were fixed on the slowly approaching Japanese army tanks, and he was thinking about how to deal with it.

With a distance of more than 100 meters, the coaxial machine guns on the Japanese army tanks were firing aggressively, trying to suppress the firepower of the machine guns in front of the position.Taking advantage of the Japanese army's machine guns being attracted by their own machine gun positions, soldiers holding cluster grenades jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the tanks.

Dense bullets came overwhelmingly, including coaxial machine guns from tanks and infantry from the rear.The soldiers guarding in the trenches desperately suppressed the enemy with the weapons in their hands, and won the opportunity for the comrades in arms to attack.

The soldiers were proficient in technical and tactical movements. They took advantage of the complex terrain and quickly rushed towards the Japanese army tanks.Soldiers fell one after another, and less than a quarter of them were able to rush to the front of the Japanese tank.With a violent explosion, more than 30 tanks were blown up, but there were too many Japanese tanks, and they were still advancing.

At this moment, there was a clear and crisp shooting sound, and the first few Japanese army tanks exploded with sparks.Those tanks caught fire and exploded quickly, and they were paralyzed on the charge road.Jiang Xianyun was taken aback, but found that the air defense company who stayed behind as a guard had arrived.

As a force to deal with the air force, this air defense company is equipped with many 25mm machine guns and [-]mm large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns.Originally, these weapons were used to deal with aircraft, but the company commander had an idea and asked everyone to put their guns flat and use them to shoot tanks.

Originally, the company commander only wanted to stop the opponent's advance, or try to kill the opponent's infantry as much as possible.Unexpectedly, the Japanese tanks were too thin-skinned, and the anti-aircraft machine guns could penetrate them, and they achieved good results.

Seeing the sudden increase in anti-tank firepower of the opponent, the Japanese army thought they had fallen into the opponent's trap, and the tank troops suddenly panicked.Under the command of the commander, the tanks retreated in reverse, while covering themselves with tank guns and machine guns.Their retreat was so hasty that many Japanese infantry who couldn't dodge were crushed under the tracks, and the retreat road was immediately covered with flesh and blood.

"Hey, how is the commander? Our air defense company is not bad." The company commander walked to Jiang Xianyun and said, obviously he was trying to be as close as possible so that the commander would not scold him for not obeying orders.

Surprisingly, Jiang Xianyun didn't scold anyone. He nodded and said, "That's right. The armor of the Japanese army tanks is so thin. If I knew it, I would have let you go to the front line earlier, so as to save some sacrifices. Now you immediately enter the position and put all the machine guns on the ground." Come forward and let the anti-aircraft guns use the flanks."

Jiang Xianyun knew that the anti-aircraft machine guns were always too reluctant to penetrate the armor. In order to maximize the armor-piercing power, they had better be placed on the flanks, trying to hit the weaker side armor of the Japanese tanks.The Japanese army was obviously just beaten up, and after regrouping, they rushed up again.

This time the Japanese army made up the number and dispatched more than 100 tanks again. They covered thousands of Japanese infantry and launched an offensive again.However, those infantrymen obviously had lingering fears about the crushing incident just now, and they all followed at a distance, for fear that the tank would reverse suddenly.

The disconnection between Japanese infantry and tanks allowed the soldiers of the garrison to find a gap, and many sharpshooters shot from long range, killing each other's infantry one by one.Those heavy machine guns with sufficient range also rang out, and the dense bullets hit the Japanese infantry ranks, immediately bursting into bloody clusters.

Chapter One Thousand and Seventeen Air Reinforcements

Those timid Japanese infantrymen finally understood that the fate of not getting close to the tank was that they didn't have to get close at all, so they ran two steps quickly and rushed to the dead corner behind the tank.The mistake was corrected, but after such a toss, the Japanese army lost at least six to seven hundred people.

The artillerymen of the Japanese army immediately began to suppress firepower, and dense shells fell on the forward position of the garrison regiment, blowing up a piece of mud.The two recoilless guns and the three machine guns couldn't dodge in time, and were blown into parts. The trenches that were originally two meters deep were also blown much shallower.The bombardment ended soon, because the Japanese army's assault team had approached within 600 meters. If they continued to cover with artillery fire, their own people would be in danger.

"Fire." Jiang Xianyun gave an order, and the anti-tank battalion and the air defense company opened fire at the same time. The tanks of the Japanese army were destroyed one by one, but the counterattack of the Japanese army was not slow. Immediately, two anti-aircraft machine guns were blown up. The barrel of the recoilless gun was blown into twists.

Despite the increasing losses, the soldiers desperately manipulated their weapons and fired fiercely at the Japanese tanks.One after another Japanese tanks were destroyed, but they were getting closer and closer to their positions. "Commander, there are not many grenades left." A company commander came over to report.

"What?" Jiang Xianyun frowned. The anti-tank firepower was insufficient, and the only thing that could stop the opponent's attack was the cluster grenade.But it's no wonder that bundles of grenades are used intensively, and the consumption must be very high.

After being silent for a while, Jiang Xianyun suddenly said: "Take out all the wine we distribute."

Jiang Xianyun suddenly remembered what his former classmates had said when they were chatting with him.That classmate served in the Ural Krai, and from time to time he had small conflicts with the Red Army. He said that the other party used an anti-tank method.

A few guards didn't ask why, and they moved a big box in a while.Because of the coldness in the north, the troops here have a kind of military equipment that other troops do not have.These sweet potato wines are as high as [-] degrees, even if a frozen person takes a sip, it can slow down.What's more, most of the soldiers in the north can drink booze. Of course, everyone has strict quotas. Apart from the amount for warming up, they don't drink too much to avoid accidents.

In today's battle, the number of tanks of the Japanese army exceeded previous expectations, and the anti-tank battalion seemed to be incompetent, so he had to resort to local methods.Under the leadership of Jiang Xianyun, the soldiers quickly filled the torn cloth with spirits, and then stuffed most of it into the bottle, leaving only a short section outside.

Seeing the Japanese tanks getting closer, Jiang Xianyun said: "We must not let the opponent break through the defense line, and we must not let the enemy set foot on our land. Two people from each squad will come with me and burn them with Molotov cocktails."

"Commander, you can't go." A guard stopped him and said, "The whole regiment depends on you, let me go this time." After he finished speaking, he grabbed the Molotov cocktail and still rushed out of the trench.

Jiang Xianyun didn't hold back the guard, and could only watch helplessly as he climbed through the bomb craters and rushed towards the Japanese tank troops.The enemy army continued to approach, and a soldier, either holding a cluster grenade or holding a Molotov cocktail, rushed towards the Japanese army firmly.

Relying on the flesh and blood of the soldiers, they destroyed more than 30 tanks one after another. The Japanese army finally became timid, and the remaining tanks began to back up one after another.Those Japanese soldiers had been prepared for a long time, and they fled immediately, without giving the tank a chance to crush them.

Seeing the opponent's retreat, Jiang Xianyun hastily ordered all the anti-tank weapons on the position to enter the anti-gun holes, and at the same time counted the number of casualties.Roughly counting the figures, Jiang Xianyun was very distressed. He only repelled the Japanese army's two charges, and the 1148 garrison regiment killed more than 800 people. Including yesterday's casualties, the death toll of the entire regiment reached one-third. , this is not counting the injured personnel.If the fight continues like this, it is estimated that the position will be taken away before night.

The artillery coverage of the Japanese army came again, but the soldiers had already hid in the anti-artillery holes, while the artillerymen of the remaining garrison regiment fought guerrilla warfare with the opponent.The practice of withdrawing after firing a shot distracted the energy of the Japanese artillery, and also reduced the density of firepower suffered by the forward positions by a lot.

The thick logs covered the roof, and the blast hole covered with a thick layer of soil was quite strong, able to withstand most of the bombardment of artillery fire, but now it was rustling with soil foam.Jiang Xianyun shook off the floating dirt on his shoulders and coughed twice. At this time, the blast hole was full of smoke and dust. He knew that this was a sign that the blast hole was about to collapse. If he continued to let the artillery bombardment continue, it would be a disaster. A bigger threat than tanks.

At this moment, the sound of rumbling motors suddenly sounded in the sky, and it sounded like there were quite a number of them.Jiang Xianyun's eyes lit up, he knew that the reinforcements from the sky had arrived first.Hearing the sound of the cannon outside gradually disappearing, Jiang Xianyun was the first to rush out. Standing in the trench, he looked up to the sky and found that the giant bombers covering the sky were flying slowly towards the Japanese army's position.

This is the sixth heavy bomber division stationed in Beiji Province. Under the leadership of the division commander Zhuang Yilin, they supported the forward position as quickly as possible.The H-3 bomber with a two-and-a-half-ton load was in the air, and dropped a large number of 25 kg small bombs on the artillery positions of the Japanese army.

Intensive bombs exploded on the artillery positions, and the Japanese artillery who were showing off their might just now scattered like birds and beasts.The artillery neatly arranged on the position was quickly blown up, and the shells placed nearby were also ignited. The two field artillery regiments of the third division of the Japanese army and the other three independent field artillery battalions of the Japanese army was completely destroyed.

"Our reinforcements have arrived." The soldiers of the garrison on the ground cheered, but they were not excited for long. In the distant sky, a dark cloud came from far and near, and soon came to the battlefield.This is the first air force that the Japanese army dispatched from China for the sake of insurance in this battle.

The First Air Force has been equipped with the new Type [-] fighter jets of the Japanese country. This biplane wooden fighter developed by Saar engineer Herbert Smith was originally intended to be equipped on warships. Because of its good performance, it was also adopted by the Japanese Army Air Force Adopted.As the absolute main force, the First Air Force was naturally the first batch to be replaced with new aircraft. This time the Japanese government took them out, which shows the determination to win this battle.

Zhuang Yilin, who was in the air, had already seen the arrival of the Japanese fighter group, and he immediately gave the order to gather the bomber group and form a dense defensive formation.The bombers that did not drop bombs were at the bottom of the formation and continued to bomb the positions of the Japanese army and the tanks that were gathering, while the rest of the bombers surrounded and above them, tightly protecting them.

Chapter One Thousand and Eighteen

When the Japanese fighter jets arrived on the battlefield, the formation of the West Air Force had already been assembled.Seeing that the opponents were all bombers, a Japanese pilot rushed up impatiently, trying to shoot down one of the bombers.Unexpectedly, the H-3 bomber equipped with three machine guns used collective power to smash the machine gun bullets into a fire net.

The Type Ten fighter equipped with a Mitsubishi HIV-[-] [-]-horsepower engine can only reach a speed of [-] kilometers per hour, which is faster than the H-[-] bomber.The two Vickers machine guns it is equipped with have a caliber of only [-] mm, and the range is too short to pose a threat to the bomber from a long distance.

A Japanese pilot suddenly pulled up the nose and rushed towards the rear of the bomber group. As a result, they were quickly shot by at least ten machine guns.The Japanese army plane was hit in the air and exploded, turning into a pile of debris.

Seeing that the bombers at the bottom of the formation were still dropping bombs unscrupulously, the front of the Japanese army on the ground was blown to pieces.Even if there was no direct hit, as long as a bomb fell nearby, the tank would be overturned by the huge shock wave, and the infantry was killed and injured in large numbers, and the scene was chaotic.

The pilots of the Japanese army were obviously a little anxious, and soon several fighter jets rushed up from all directions, rushing towards the bomber group.A bomber was hit in the flank, and a row of holes was punched in the aluminum alloy fuselage.It's just that the structural strength of aluminum alloy is very high, and such a row of bullet holes will not cause fatal danger at all.

The fighter jet was overjoyed to see that it had hit the opponent, but before he could turn its nose and escape, it was blocked by the firepower of four or five machine guns. It was the signature point-control shooting method of the West Air Force bomber.The Japanese plane instinctively turned around and got rid of it, but the last stream of bullets hit the middle of its fuselage accurately.

A large piece of debris flew out of the wooden fuselage, and the entire tail and front part were completely broken. Two pieces of broken aircraft wreckage lost power, and one end stuck on the ground, exploded and caught fire.

The Japanese fighter jets launched four attacks in a row. Except for more than 30 fighter jets being shot down by the aviation machine gunners, only two West Army bombers were shot down.The pilots of the Japanese army were a little flustered. The natural advantage of fighter jets as the natural enemy of bombers seemed to be showing signs of loosening.

This situation cannot be blamed on the Japanese pilots. Only the Type 100 fighter jets with two 400mm Vickers machine guns must approach within [-] meters to effectively cause damage.After the modification, the H-[-] bomber has been completely replaced with the Air-[-] [-]mm caliber aviation machine gun, which can cause effective damage within [-] meters.Often Japanese fighter jets were shot down before they entered the effective range.

With the help of large-caliber aviation machine guns to suppress the Japanese army, the bombers dropped all the bombs one after another, blowing up the Japanese army on the ground to a miserable state.In addition to the almost total destruction of the artillery positions, [-] tanks were destroyed, and more than [-] soldiers were killed. Among them, the losses of the tank soldiers cannot be made up in a short time.

The bombers of the West Air Force dropped their bombs and began to retreat, but the Japanese fighter jets were still lingering and surrounded the bomber group, hoping to get some results.The West Air Force formed a strict formation and did not give the opponent's fighters any chance at all. The Japanese fighters continued to chase for another 10 minutes, and finally returned due to insufficient fuel.

The air contest was temporarily suspended, but the battle on the ground was still fierce.After the artillery of the Japanese army suffered a devastating blow, Jiang Xianyun seized the opportunity to gather the remaining artillery and launched a surprise attack on the tank assembly area of ​​the Japanese army.Originally, the artillery of the Japanese army had an overwhelming advantage, so that the artillery of the garrison troops could not focus their fire at all, and could only scatter sporadic shooting, and it was difficult to form a sufficient artillery coverage. Therefore, the Japanese tank troops were much bolder.

They no longer scattered the tanks as they did in the first attack, but gathered them together and approached the West Army defense line to facilitate the attack.Unexpectedly, an air strike just now caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, and the artillery was almost completely wiped out.After the bombers of the West Air Force left, the Japanese army was busy helping the wounded, forgetting the problem of losing artillery suppression, but Jiang Xianyun seized the opportunity.

After a fairly intensive artillery fire, the Japanese tank troops were hit hard again. Matsui Iwane believed that the loss was too great and could not achieve the expected results. He was afraid that the West Air Force would return and cause the Japanese army to suffer more serious injuries. Therefore, he decisively ordered the withdrawal of all troops.

When all the Japanese troops withdrew from their positions and retreated towards the interior of the Far East, Jiang Xianyun let out a sigh of relief. With the strength of a garrison regiment, it was an unimaginable task to resist several elite tank brigades of the Japanese army.Fortunately, with the loyalty and bravery of all soldiers and the strong support of the air force, they barely repelled the enemy.When the follow-up reinforcements arrived, even the shadow of the Japanese army could not be seen, and the field army that was planning to fight a big battle had no choice but to give up.

After the battle, Jiang Xianyun quickly counted the number of casualties and reported the battle, and wrote a letter of thanks for the Air Force.At the same time, Jiang Xianyun did not forget to report the losses, and asked for additional equipment and personnel, and deepened and strengthened the position again to prevent the Japanese army from coming again.

Iwane Matsui withdrew to Vladivostok, and more than half of the originally well-equipped chariot troops had been lost, and they could not be replenished within half a year.The first show of the Japanese army's first armored force ended in a disastrous defeat, and the army was slapped directly in the face.In order to cover up their mistakes, the Japanese army reported to the government, claiming that the reason for the defeat was that the aircraft was not as good as the opponent.

The powerful bombing capability of the West Air Force caused heavy losses to the army, and it was difficult for the Japanese fighter jets to win against the bombers. The reason was that the Japanese fighter jets were too poor in performance.If you want to win the war against Hualan, you must improve the performance of your fighter jets, at least to be able to withstand the opponent's bombing.

The Japanese government attached great importance to this report. For the first time, the military did not invest special military expenditures in the navy, but in the aviation manufacturing industry.The development of new military aircraft was put on the agenda, and Japan began to concentrate its efforts on the development of fighter jets.

The West Air Force also discovered the problem. Although Gao Zhihang did not participate in that battle, after seeing the combat situation report, he immediately contacted Air Force Commander Li Ruyan, hoping to report something.Seeing Gao Zhihang's report to him, Li Ruyan also attached great importance to it, and he directly recalled Gao Zhihang to report to him in the capital city of Shu.

"Your Excellency, Air Force Commander Li Ruyan and No.11 Division Commander Gao Zhihang are asking to see you." Secretary General Zhang Shenfu walked into the living room and reported to Zhao Shouhong.

Chapter One Thousand and Nineteen Air Force Adaptation

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