Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 263 Arrogant Japanese Aircraft

"Report, the New Ninth Brigade has sent a telegram that two Japanese reconnaissance planes and six fighter jets have passed by Yongping County in the north of Handan!" the telegrapher reported.

Zhou Weihan waved his hand, indicating that he understood.

Seeing Zhou Weihan's calm expression, Zhao Gang couldn't sit still, and said, "Old Zhou, are you really going to take a gamble, what if the Japanese army's plane still comes to Handan?"

"To be honest, I'm not [-]% sure, so I can only gamble!" Zhou Weihan said with a deep breath.

"Monk, go inform Jing Dagang and the others!"

Zhou Weihan talked about taking a gamble, but he still made preparations.

Machine gun positions were set up on the north side of Handan City, including four anti-aircraft machine guns.

The artillery battalion has been transferred to a safe area, and the cavalry battalion has been dispersed to the surrounding areas of Handan City. The wounded in this battle have also been transferred with the transport team.

In the Battle of Handan, 300 commandos served as sharp knives, 76 were sacrificed, 62 were injured, and only 162 remained intact after the war.

When the commandos broke through the city, the casualties were not large, and even caught the Japanese army by surprise in the city. But when the two sides fell into a stalemate, the casualties increased sharply.

Even when the heavy machine guns and armored vehicles of the Japanese army did not join the battle, Zhou Weihan felt anxious. You must know that the reconnaissance company is an elite team selected from the whole detachment.

When the first regiment, first battalion and second battalion arranged at the north city gate advanced along the east and west walls, due to the narrow fortifications of the city wall, the formation was inconvenient. In the end, they fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, injuring more than 260 people in total.

On the contrary, the second regiment and the third battalion of the first regiment were deployed in the three directions of east, south, and west. As a feint attack force, they attracted the firepower of the enemy's fortifications on the city wall. Although there was no large artillery support, the casualties were relatively small, a total of 200 Yu people.

Coupled with the casualties of various ministries when they broke into the city and wiped out the remaining enemies in the city, the independent detachment suffered a total of more than 600 casualties in this battle.

In addition, comrades from the martial arts team took down the Japanese army's arsenal at the cost of sacrificing six people and wounding four.

After this battle, it also showed Zhou Weihan's improper allocation of firepower for the commando team. Even though the commando team has a strong combat effectiveness, all members are equipped with submachine guns.

But when the battle situation fell into a stalemate, with the Japanese army's tricky marksmanship, the range of the submachine gun was too short to suppress the Japanese firepower from a long distance.

This is why the Yamamoto Special Team added light machine guns, grenades, and mortars to the team's firepower configuration.

The words are divided into two parts.

Xing Zhiguo led a local army of more than 4000 people along the way to the north. During the march, the troops did not split up, but gathered together, for fear that the Japanese army would not know that a group of the main force of the Eighth Route Army was going north.

Of course, there are still scouts of this faction.

Yang Bo, the company commander of the guard company, led a selected platoon of elites to the front of the marching ranks, about five miles away from the main force.

Yang Bo looked at the sky from time to time, watching the movement of the Japanese aircraft.

"Company commander, can we attract the little devil's plane?" It was also a soldier of the guard company who spoke.

"Do you want to attract the Japanese planes, or not?" Yang Bo asked back.

"Of course I thought about it. There are still a lot of supplies in Handan City that have not been transported. If the little devil's plane blows up, I will feel distressed just thinking about it!"

"Then stop talking nonsense, everyone keep their eyes open and their ears pricked up, as long as we can find out the movement of the little devil's plane in advance, the casualties of the team will be less!" Yang Bo instructed.

While speaking, the roar of the plane came from the sky, and then several black spots slowly appeared.

Yang Bo's reaction was also quick, calling the soldiers to hide in the mountains and forests on both sides.

Immediately afterwards, he raised the shell pistol in his hand and fired a warning shot.

"Papa papa!" The gunshot rang out, startling the birds in the forest.

The Japanese aircraft in the sky also noticed this situation. Keita Kawagami, who was flying the Type [-] reconnaissance plane, was the commander of the operation.

"Fortunate Chinese people, I'll let you off this time!" Keita Kawagami said with a sinister smile.

Taking off from SJZ Airport, I met many Eighth Route Army troops along the way, but this operation was to support Handan City, so Keita Kawagami did not cause trouble.

In order to reduce the weight of the Japanese aircraft, the aircraft was not equipped with radio devices, so they did not know that Handan City had been breached.

The warning gunshots spread to the large troops behind. Xing Zhiguo had ordered long ago that as soon as the gunshots sounded, the troops would disperse and each find a place to hide.

After Xing Zhiguo led the team to set off, he didn't dare to rest for a moment. For more than half an hour, the forced march was nearly forty miles, and many soldiers of the local troops fell behind halfway.

In the blink of an eye, the Japanese aircraft came over the large forces.

Keita Kawagami witnessed the panic of the Eighth Route Army troops below through the glass window of the reconnaissance plane, and couldn't help laughing.

Immediately, his pupils shrank, and it was the first time he encountered such a large number of Eighth Route Army armed forces along the way.

Looking at the endless marching ranks, at least three or four thousand people.

The Japanese planes whizzed past the team, and Xing Zhiguo had been watching the movements of the Japanese planes.

"Chief of Staff, the little devil is flying towards Handan City!" Xing Zhiguo's guard said anxiously.

According to the speed of the Japanese aircraft, it took only ten minutes to reach Handan City.

Xing Zhiguo just wanted the telegraph operator accompanying the army to send a warning telegram to Zhou Weihan, but the Japanese plane turned around and flew back.

It turned out that Jingtai Heshang was suspicious when he saw the large Eighth Route Army troops appearing in the north of Handan City. He couldn't help suspecting that Handan City had fallen, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army began to go north.

Then he made a gesture, turned around, and came back again.

The order issued by the high-level Japanese army this time was to support Handan City. From the perspective of the Japanese army, Handan City would not fall before the arrival of air support, so it did not mention how to deal with Handan City if it fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. The problem of a large amount of materials.

Kawagami Keita took it for granted that the task was changed to revenge against the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

"Baga, a group of lowly farmers!" Burning with anger, the nose of the plane sank immediately, and the screecher swooped down.

"Da da da!" The two aviation machine guns on the plane sprayed bullets out.

Two tongues of flame swept towards the road, and some soldiers who reacted too slowly had no time to dodge, raising blood mist.

The Japanese Type [-] fighter jets also bombed the forests on both sides of the road.

Aerial bombs were dropped one after another, and the mountains and forests suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

After dumping the bombs, the Japanese fighter jets fired at the mountains and forests again.

Looking at the beautiful scenery below, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After Keita Kawagami circled the plane half a circle in the air, he left immediately.

Seeing the Japanese planes going away, Xing Zhiguo stood up, let out a long sigh of relief, and said loudly: "Quickly, count the casualties and treat the wounded!"

Looking at the tragedy in front of them, the flames produced by the explosion of the aerial bomb became more and more intense, and many wounded soldiers had no time to dodge and were swallowed by the flames.

Xing Zhiguo couldn't help being a little shaken, whether this time's approach was right or wrong.

Fortunately, during the march of the troops, the queue was very loose, and the Japanese aircraft gave more buffer time, so the casualties were reduced a lot.

(End of this chapter)