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The 24 120mm mortars transported from Wucheng can form six support mortar companies. This is Ding Wei's personal collection and was not obtained from Arnov.

In addition, there are 24 75mm Japanese mountain cannons, which are mainly light and strengthen the firepower of the Third Column.

For several consecutive days, horse-drawn carriages transporting artillery shells frequently arrived at the mountainous area where Zhang Dabiao was located.

"The commander made a fortune in Longcheng. I heard that 8 artillery shells were seized. It seems that this is true."

Zhang Dabiao took off his hat, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and put it back on.

After Zhao Gang went to the Soviet Union for further studies for half a year, he returned to the Third Column after the New Year. He was mainly in charge of local government affairs and the ideological construction of the troops.

The Third Column has always been the column with the largest number of troops, and Zhang Dabiao's ability to recruit people is even better than Li Yunlong's.

During the four or five months of rest and recuperation, eight battalions were mobilized.

The combat effectiveness is guaranteed, you have to admit that.

On the contrary, in the Chifeng area where Gao Qing is located, the military strength has not changed much and remains at around 1.5.

This is related to the area where the two people are located, not due to insufficient high-definition capabilities.

Zhang Dabiao's Third Column was adjacent to northern Hebei, where the population was relatively rich, while Gao Qing was located in Chifeng, which was mountainous and remote, so he could only continue to use the path of elite troops.

The First Column did not receive any artillery support, but Gao Qing was always accompanied by 80 BT-7 tanks. This tank regiment could fully cooperate with the First Column in combat.

As long as the war goes smoothly, we can advance into the plains in one fell swoop and push straight into the Tongliao area.

Before the troops move out, food and fodder must be sent first; before the war begins, ammunition must be sent first.

A strong army must be built through various battles, rather than being nurtured by preserving strength.

Ding Wei firmly believes this.

When it comes to fighting, you learn it as you go along.

No one is born a military god.

The company commander came with a batch of new guns and asked the troops to replace the damaged rifles.

The old guns were all brought back to Wucheng and recast or repaired.

Then the bullets were distributed, all of them were from the Japanese, and the yellow bullets were greased with oil, so that they could be used at any time to shoot with the crooked handle.

Experienced veterans could tell at a glance that it was captured ammunition, which was easier to use than reloaded ammunition and less likely to jam.

"Captain, are we going to fight?"

"Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. Take your personal ammunition. This is for practice shooting."

In fact, no combat mission has been issued yet. It is just a simple matter of distributing reserve ammunition to each unit to strengthen the bullet reserves of frontline soldiers.

Especially for the sharpshooters in the army, if they are equipped with more ammunition, they can carry out concealment and sniping methods in advance.

Sharpshooters are fed by bullets. Ding Wei has just seized 8 artillery shells and more than 300 million bullets, it's like he picked them up for free.

Take it out and feed a few more sharpshooters.

There has always been a selection process for sharpshooters and snipers in the army. As long as you are successfully selected, you will be fully supplied with bullets, and as long as you can shoot, you will be given as many as you want.

The task of Kong Yong's advance team is heavy, but not very dangerous, because the comrades no longer need to take the risk of sneaking over with explosives to blow up the bridge.

As long as the direction is discovered and the bombing coordinates are provided, the Wucheng Flying Squadron will be responsible for the action.

In the afternoon, near dusk, the bombers appeared near Suizhou under the cover of more than a dozen fighter planes.

A major train robbery once took place here, during which hundreds of Japanese tanks were taken away in one go.

The Japanese Kwantung Army Intelligence Department investigated for three months but could not find out which spy leaked the information. After a large-scale internal investigation, many spies were cleared out.

Liao Fei, who was lurking in the high-level positions of the Kwantung Army, did not reveal his identity and still had the trust of the major general of the Japanese intelligence department.

After finishing his work, Takeshita Shun also went into the area controlled by the Kwantung Army alone and secretly contacted the anti-war faction in the Kwantung Army.

Colonel Takeshita Shun has become the representative of the anti-war alliance. He has gone from being despised by everyone to being a hero in the eyes of some people.

As the war progressed to this point, the situation in Europe had turned around, but the situation in the Pacific had been losing ground.

Anyone who is a little smart can see that the end of the fanaticism is coming.

Although the Kwantung Army was the most fanatical group, there were also some people among them who were relatively clear-headed and realized the mistakes of the war.

Therefore, when Takeshita Shun arrived in Fuxin area, he first met one of his good friends.

The other party was a lieutenant colonel and served as the commander of the garrison in Fuxin, with four to five thousand men under his command.

Responsible for security and public security tasks in Fuxin area, similar to the gendarmerie captain in the county.

The two sides met at a Chinese restaurant, and Zhou Zhujun, in the identity of Zhou Zhujun, met his good friend Lieutenant Colonel Matsuno.

After exchanging some information, Takeshita Shun asked Matsuno to join the anti-war alliance and jointly raise the banner of opposing the war.

As long as the two of them work together, they will be able to deal with the fanatics in the army.

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Leaving aside what happened in Fuxin for now, in early April, Ding Wei’s first wave of bombing mission arrived.

The target is Liugu River Bridge in the northern part of Suizhong County.

There is one railway bridge and two highway bridges, and it is an important river that runs through the Beijing-Fengtian Railway.

There was also a regiment of Japanese troops stationed in the Suizhou area, with a large number of bunkers and small fortifications.

The fortifications and firepower points were facing the mountain defense line to guard against the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack.

Before the bombing, a group of snipers were active in the vicinity, and the Japanese were frightened and dared not show their heads easily.

Little did they know that this bombing was not carried out by the Eighth Route Army on land, but came from the air.

After the bridge-laying machine on the Yellow River Bridge was bombed, the Kwantung Army should have received the news and should have known that Ding Wei had twenty or thirty planes.

The idea of ​​air defense was not that strong. Twenty or thirty fighter jets would be basically abandoned after one flight.

The Eighth Route Army has no airport and no maintenance capabilities, so it poses no threat at all.

But no one would have thought that Ding Wei could come up with 150 planes.

After bombing the bridge, he was rewarded with 150 new fighter planes. The second-hand planes seized from the Peking Airport had been reduced to training planes.

Just before sunset, the sound of fighter jets buzzing could be heard in the sky.

Lin Yihu divided the flying brigade into three waves, forming three flying squadrons, each squadron consisting of 2 bombers and 28 fighters.

In the afterglow, it seemed as if it was wearing golden armor.

The Japs looked up at the sky and saw a fleet of Japanese fighter planes roaring towards their positions.

I was confused at first. What were we doing with so many planes?

As the bombs fell, bomber fighters quickly joined the battlefield.

Machine guns, machine cannons, and two bombs carried by fighter jets were quickly dropped onto the target location.

The bombing target was small, which was difficult for this group of novice pilots. Lin Yihu carried out the bombing in three waves to improve the effect of the bombing.

If the first group doesn't finish, then the second group will come.

The bombs whizzed down below, and when looking at the bridge from a height of thousands of meters, it was just a line.

It is necessary to shorten the distance and lower the flying altitude.

[Destroy the Liugu River highway bridge, obtain 100 Japanese fighter planes, 60 fighter planes, 20 heavy bombers, and 20 light bombers. ]

As the second round of bombing arrived, a blast was heard above the bridge.

The highway bridge was the first to be destroyed.

The third wave of personnel, led by Li Eryong, bombed the second railway bridge.