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Under the huge level of weapons and firepower suppression, the 666th Regiment advanced much faster than expected. This was not only due to its strong mobility and blitzkrieg, but also because the previous Meidongshan Battle and Puxian Battle drained the Japanese troops stationed in the surrounding areas.

The Japanese in Taiyuan made an emergency response plan. However, when Numata Tokushige was still on the way to Luliang, the 666th Regiment had already attacked Jixian, the only county town west of Xiangning, in the early morning of October 10.

More than 20 kilometers west of Ji County is the surging Yellow River. With the current industrial capacity, it is impossible for human beings to cross it.

In his previous life, Xu Le did not get to see the majesty of the Yellow River, but he knew one thing clearly: even in China, it took decades to build the first bridge across the Yellow River between Shanxi Province and Shaanxi Province, and it took countless efforts!

At this moment, Xu Le did not care about the specific battle situation on the two fronts. He was leading 100 disguised guards wandering among the mountains.

The route he took was exactly the same road that was originally taken from Fanzhuang to Meidong Mountain.

It is said that this road is difficult to travel. It took the troops several days and nights to cover these dozens of kilometers. Now, all 101 people were traveling light, and it took them one night to reach the Fawang Temple west of Fanzhuang.

Fawang Temple is only 10 kilometers away from Xiangning County, but because Xiangning is not of great significance, the outer defense line does not extend that far.

"Young Marshal, are we setting up our positions here? Isn't it too far away?" Xu Da observed the surrounding terrain and asked with some concern.

Xu Le: "It's a bit far. Our purpose of attacking Xiangning is too obvious. The Japanese can't fail to notice it. Their fastest way to support is to send fighters or bombers! Now Taiyuan is the only place in the entire Shanxi Province that has Japanese fighters. If the Japanese want air support, they can only take off from Taiyuan! How much is our route deviation?"

Xu Da seemed to have already calculated it. He answered directly: "The Japanese planes may be divided into two teams. One team will directly bomb Pu County, and the other team will fly over Pu County and go straight to Xiangning 666th Regiment. It is also possible that it is a large formation, which will bomb Xiangning immediately after bombing Pu County.

But no matter which method they used, their planes flew straight from Pu County to Xiangning. Our current location is about 9 kilometers away from their flight path. If we calculate it by shooting distance, I'm afraid the difference is 15 kilometers, which is far beyond the range of our Type 74 twin-barrel 37mm anti-aircraft machine guns."

That's right, Xu Le's secret mission this time was to deal with the Japanese planes. Although the mobility of the 666th Regiment was very strong, the load-bearing capacity of the troops was also very large. Although there were Type 77 anti-aircraft machine guns for air defense, their power was much worse.

Logically speaking, the Japanese did not have many planes to mobilize, and this was a rare opportunity for the troops to conduct actual air defense combat, but Xu Le could not bear to let the lives of the soldiers be exchanged for such an opportunity.

So he decided to help the 666th Regiment in this first air defense in an auxiliary manner, and the infantry regiment would have to rely on itself in the future.

What he took advantage of was the opportunity to store the system into space for free. He specially bought 10 Type 74 double-barreled 37mm anti-aircraft machine guns. When he arrived at the position, he took them out for actual combat and put them back into the system after use.

When the army expands in the future, we can give it to the newly formed troops for use.

"Then tell me, where is the best place for us to place the anti-aircraft position?"

"The Japanese attack planes only fly at a height of a few hundred meters. If they want to accurately bomb small-scale targets, their bombers must also stay at a low altitude."

As Xu Da spoke, he pointed to a location on the map and said, "Baiqi Temple is only 3 kilometers away from Xiangning. According to the time, the 666th Regiment will advance southward at noon today at the latest, and Baiqi Temple is also the only way to go south to Hejin. If we deploy here, we will have enough time to respond!

Even if the Japs carry out low- to medium-altitude bombing, we can still shoot them down!"

"it is good!"

Xu Le made the decision immediately. He was not as expert as Xu Da in many matters, so he directly approved many of Xu Da's suggestions.

They did it as soon as they said it. The 101 people moved to Baiqi Temple again. It took them only half an hour to arrive there. Then Xu Le took out the 10 anti-aircraft machine guns that he had prepared.

This is automatic tracking and aiming and shooting. Even if the Japanese send a flying squadron of planes, it can be easily dealt with. This is the suppression power that transcends time and dimension.

As for the safety of the Meidongshan headquarters, Xu Le had never worried about it at all.

Meidong Mountain was once occupied by the Japanese, so the Japanese must know its exact coordinates. He believed that the Japanese would not miss such a great opportunity and would definitely bomb Meidong Mountain to delay the offensive strength of the front-line troops.

But the Japs could never have imagined that there were 27 85mm anti-aircraft guns waiting for them at the Meidongshan headquarters, with a maximum firing height of meters and an effective firing height of meters. With the assistance of gun-aiming radar and a 3-meter rangefinder, its fully automatic shooting capability and lethality were many times stronger.

As for Pu County, the air defense battalion of the 387th Brigade is deployed there, so its air defense capability is equally strong.

I am not afraid that you will come, but I am afraid that you will not come!

At 10 a.m., the 666st Battalion of the th Regiment, which had been divided into two groups to attack Ji County, returned to Xiangning and joined up with the regiment headquarters. The nd and rd Battalions advanced southward, and the st Battalion would follow up in the afternoon after a short rest.

"Young Marshal, the headquarters called. Five minutes ago, more than 5 fighters and bombers of the Japanese attacked Pu County and the headquarters. However, something unexpected happened..."

Xu Le was puzzled: "What kind of accident? Could it be that our weapons were useless and were blown up by the devils?"

Xu Da scratched his head in embarrassment: "Just the opposite, our detection radar is too powerful, the Japanese plane was detected before it entered our visual range, and then the anti-aircraft guns opened fire.

According to the report, it seems that more than 7% of the Japanese planes were shot down, and the remaining Japanese planes seemed to have turned around and ran back! "

Xu Le............

Xu Da.....

The remaining 99 guards...

It seems that we have been tinkering with it for a whole day and night, climbing over mountains and crossing rivers, just to have fun defeating the Japanese.

Now, 10 anti-aircraft machine guns are set up, rows of ammunition are loaded, you tell me the Japs have been driven away!

"Forget it, let's just run away! This is good, it proves the power of our weapons!" What could Xu Le do but shake his head helplessly.

In fact, Xu Da and others did not know that there would be such a big gap. After all, their theory was based on the modern military system, and they had never operated in a battle with such a big gap, so it was normal that they did not take it into consideration.

The more Xu Le thought about it, the more unwilling he became. He stood up and shouted, "No, this trip can't be in vain. Join up with the 666th Regiment and attack Hejin! If we can't use high-altitude fire, I'll use horizontal fire!"