Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 481 Blocking
After more than three hours of marching, the Eighth Route Army finally arrived at the city of Yuncheng.

The devil's defense line is like an egg shell. It looks hard on the outside, but once the shell is broken, it will be empty inside.

This can't be blamed on devils.

One reason is that the devils have a very serious thinking of underestimating the enemy. They always think that they only need to block the Eighth Route Army at passes such as Longfengping, and the Eighth Route Army cannot break through its defense line.

So after a line of defense was set up outside Luliang Mountain, there was no longer any east-west line of defense that could stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive.

Another reason is that the devils transferred most of their troops to the northeast to participate in military exercises, and at the same time confronted the recalcitrant army across the Yellow River south of Zhongtiao Mountain, so the troops around Yuncheng were very empty.

Among them, the devils organized three attacks.

One was the bombing of the Devils reconnaissance plane.

Neji Okamura didn't seem to believe that the Eighth Route Army had established an air defense network, or hoped to test the Eighth Route Army's air defense capabilities, so he sent ten 98 light explosives to bomb the tanks...

In fact, this is not Okamura Ningji's original intention.

Neiji Okamura's order was: "I hope to find out the strength of the Eighth Route Army and confirm how many tanks and air defense equipment they have!"

So the devils took off six and four reconnaissance planes from Linfen and Zhongtiaoshan respectively, making up ten joint operations.

There is nothing wrong with Okamura Ningji's idea, which is in line with the art of war of "know yourself and the enemy".

According to Neiji Okamura's order, these reconnaissance planes should plan a safer flight route, such as avoiding mountainous areas and choosing plains or locations with railway lines... Most of these areas are areas controlled by devils, and it is unlikely to deploy anti-aircraft artillery .

Then, after approaching the enemy tank, the aircraft formation should conduct a tentative attack, such as sending two planes to fight, and if the situation is wrong, immediately pull up to avoid it.

But the captain of the flight squadron, Captain Takami Takayuki, didn't think so.

Perhaps it was due to his disdain for the Eighth Route Army, or perhaps it was out of habit. When Takami found dozens of chariots on the ground, he shouted excitedly on the radio: "Did you see it? The chariots of the Eighth Route Army, this is ours." opportunity! Come on, Takami Squadron!"

The devil pilot cheered excitedly when he heard this, and then the planes aimed at their targets and dived down.

If it was before, the Eighth Route Army would really have nothing to do with these reconnaissance planes.

But now... there are forty high-altitude aircraft on the ground ready to fight in all directions, waiting for these reconnaissance planes to swoop down.

Unexpectedly, the devil really did this, so when the plane dived to a certain height, there was a sudden burst of gunfire on the ground, and flying bullets were everywhere in the air.

Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army controlled the high-speed aircraft and fired "clang clang", and steaming bullet casings were thrown out of the gun chamber in strings like popcorn.

Then, on the spot, two reconnaissance planes were beaten up with black smoke, lost control and plunged down, turning into a ball of flames with a "boom".

Soon, another reconnaissance plane was hit on the wing while fleeing from a high altitude. It turned a few times in the air and then dived fiercely to the ground, setting off a large piece of loess.

Although the plane did not explode, it is conceivable that the pilot inside must have felt uncomfortable. Even if he survived, he would become a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, the other reconnaissance planes hurriedly dropped a few bombs and then hurriedly pulled up.

However, due to the influence of the high-altitude aircraft and the maneuvering and evasive action of the tank on the plain, none of the five bombs dropped hit.

"What should we do? Your Excellency Captain!" asked a devil pilot, "They have powerful anti-aircraft firepower!"

At this time, Gao Jianshangzhi should choose to retreat, because the situation is obvious, the Eighth Route Army has organized a trap on the ground waiting for them to jump down... Those high-altitude planes are almost evenly distributed with the tank troops as the center of the circle, no matter which angle the devil planes come from If you dive, you will face terrifying anti-aircraft firepower.

But Gao Jian Shangzhi was unwilling to just retreat like this.

Or it can be said that this is the so-called "bushido spirit" pressure on him.

Gao Jian Shangzhi knew that if he just went back like this, what awaited him would be dismissal, punishment or even questioning.

Gao Jian Shangzhi didn't want this result, so he should get some results, so that he can explain something when he goes back.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian Shangzhi gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let's destroy the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower first, and attack from the surrounding area!"

"Yes!" The others responded, and then began to look for their targets.

The tactics of the noble opinion are correct, and to deal with this kind of ground anti-aircraft machine gun, it should be cleared from the periphery to the center.

The reason is that the range of anti-aircraft machine guns is limited, only more than 1000 meters.

If the fighter clears from the center, it puts itself in range of all anti-aircraft guns.

But if we start to clear from the periphery, at least half of the high-altitude aircraft are beyond the range, so the fighters can deal with it calmly.

However, being tactically correct does not mean that it is strategically correct.

From a strategic point of view, the Eighth Route Army certainly hopes that reconnaissance opportunities will turn their targets to anti-aircraft machine guns rather than tanks.

How much is an anti-aircraft machine gun worth?

How much is the tank worth?

How much is the reconnaissance plane worth?

It would still make sense for the devil to trade a reconnaissance plane for a tank, but if he traded a reconnaissance plane for an anti-aircraft machine gun... that would be out of his mind!
What's more, Mao Xiong's anti-aircraft machine gun is surprisingly safe. If the Devil's reconnaissance plane didn't hit the high-altitude plane with a bomb, it might not be able to blow it up.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army was also willing to accompany them, and the soldiers even used the indigenous method of air defense, that is, firing Czech machine guns on their shoulders towards the sky.

The bullet from the ground seemed to weave a net in the air, trapping the dived planes so that they could not escape.

The devils were also frightened by this battle. They never knew that the Eighth Route Army could have such firepower. Not long after, they lost two reconnaissance planes, and even Gao Jianzhi's plane was damaged and emitted a little black smoke. .

Helpless, Gao Jian Shangzhi could only order to retreat.

However, the house leak happened to be raining all night, and Gao Jianzhi went to the wrong place in a hurry... It led the fleet and plunged into the sky above Longfengping, where there were two anti-aircraft guns with seven anti-aircraft guns.

After a bang, three of the remaining five reconnaissance planes were knocked out, including Takahiro Takayuki...his plane was wounded and smoked, and slowed down at the tail of the team, so he became Takashi Good target for the cannon.

The soldiers cheered immediately, and many tank commanders poked their heads out and waved their hats vigorously.

Li Yunlong on a horse caught up and yelled at Wang Xuexin who was on his shoulders: "Little Northeast, damn it, we really shot down devil planes, when are you going to get this kind of machine guns and cannons that can shoot planes out?" ! These things are powerful enough!"

Wang Xuexin looked helpless. This anti-aircraft gun and anti-aircraft machine gun are not all in one, they are not like rifles, they are all large-caliber, and there are matching ammunition...

How many production lines does this take?

(End of this chapter)