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Fifteen minutes after the shelling began, the devil's plane came again.

The Eighth Route Army observers located 12 kilometers south of Taiyuan City used high-power walkie-talkies to transmit the news to the artillery groups immediately.

After receiving the news, the artillery positions stopped firing immediately, and the personnel and shell boxes were concealed.

"You gentlemen."

17 planes lined up in flight formation and flew towards the target, and faintly saw the outline of Taiyuan City. In the communication channel, the captain of the flight team Kinji Mukai said solemnly:

"In this battle, our mission remains the same, it is still to destroy the artillery units of the Eight Route Army!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the communication channel, and no pilot made a sound.

Unlike the lively scene on the communication channel when the Central Army was bombed a few days before the start of the battle, the Central Army has no aviation and has very few anti-aircraft weapons, so it can only be beaten on the ground.

Moreover, often as soon as the ground troops attack, the Central Army is quickly defeated under the offensive, and when they flee, they still carry their family papers and looted property and huddle together on the road.

A single aerial bomb can blow up a large area.

However, since the mission of bombing the Eighth Route in batches yesterday, the nightmare of the Japanese pilots began.

4 planes were shot down yesterday, 3 planes were shot down this morning, and even 2 ace pilots were shot down. Since the establishment of the 32nd Kwantung Army Flying Team, there has never been such a big loss.

After flying back to Xinxiang Airport, the Devil pilots had breakfast, inspected the plane, refueled and mounted bombs, and it was already [-] noon when they took off again and arrived in Taiyuan.

17架飞机中2架三式联络机，2架侦察机，6架战斗机和7架攻击机。

The weather was sunny and the sightlines were excellent.

As if sensing the depressed atmosphere among the pilots, Mukai Kinji's hoarse voice sounded again in the communication channel: "The Imperial Japanese Army is invincible, Amaterasu God bless us!"

"My lords, I know that the enemy has a large number of anti-aircraft weapons, but it is an honor to be a pilot of the Imperial Japanese Army to sacrifice one's life for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire of Japan!"

As soon as these words came out, all the ghost pilots looked crazy.

"Put aerial bombs on their heads, blow up their cannons, blow up their artillery to the bone."

A devil pilot said through gritted teeth on the wireless channel.

"My plane is the last-minute bomb. When necessary, I will die with the enemy!"

A ghost pilot said sharply.

The other devil pilots echoed their stance, even if they died, they would drag the Eighth Route Artillery back.

Yoshi, upon hearing these echoing statements, Mukai Kinji's mouth curled into a cruel arc.

Faintly seeing the camouflage net set up by the Eighth Route Artillery in front, Mukai Kinji said: "The liaison plane and the reconnaissance plane are responsible for communicating the position of the Eighth Route Artillery to the First Army Artillery Regiment, observing the impact point, and the fighter planes covering the attack planes to attract China's anti-aircraft fire."

"Gentlemen, please, attack!"

The murderous pilots pulled the joystick and drove the plane roaring through the clouds, flying towards the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Report to the left, the target is found in front, do you want to attack?"

There was a Jap pilot calling on the radio. …

Mukai Kinji raised his binoculars and looked down, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he saw that the ground below was covered with camouflage nets, at least there were more than 200.

These camouflage nets are spaced at intervals of 40 to [-] meters. Looking down from the top, it is impossible to see which camouflage net hides the eight-way cannon.

Moreover, smoke is coming out from under these camouflage nets, and it is impossible to find them based on the traces left by the firing.

Mukai Kinji looked around at the surrounding terrain, except for the flat ground.

According to the news conveyed by the First Army Command, there are artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army in the four directions of Taiyuan, east, west, north, south.

At the moment Mukai Kinji ordered:
"The eight-way artillery is hidden under these camouflage nets, and the liaison plane immediately guides the artillery to counterattack."

"Attack aircraft and fighter jets, blow up all camouflage nets!"

"attack!"

With a shout, Mukai Kinji took the lead in pulling the joystick, and the nose of the aircraft suddenly sank, diving down towards the camouflage net on the ground.

However, the Devil pilots did not dare to dive at low altitudes, but dropped aerial bombs at a height of 500 meters.

The hit rate at this altitude is very low, but it is not so easy for the eight-way cannon to hit the plane.

The Devil pilots dropped the aerial bombs and quickly pulled up the joystick.

……

"All anti-aircraft artillery positions, listen to my order and fire again!"

"Everyone keep calm!"

Ding Wei grabbed the walkie-talkie and said with a stern expression.

The south city wall is the direction in which the 1st attack group is responsible for attacking, and the commander is Ding Wei.

He has 100 machine guns in his hand, including 70 machine guns allocated by Li Yunlong and more than 20 machine guns brought by the gun group, as well as 10 machine guns that Li Yunlong gave to the new second regiment.

Now these machine guns are naturally under the command of Ding Wei.

The Devils planes reinforced Taiyuan from Yuxingxin Xinxiang Airport, flying from south to north, and the first thing to bear the brunt was to attack the artillery positions of the first attack group.

The surrounding area is flat, and the cannon has no other means of concealment other than camouflage nets.

However, Ding Wei is good at thinking about how to kill the devil's plane as much as possible.

According to the previous air defense experience, Ding Wei found that the devil's aircraft had the worst maneuverability when it dived and attacked, dropped the bomb, and climbed upward.

At this time, it is not easy for the Devil plane to turn around.

Therefore, Ding Wei temporarily transferred dozens of low-power walkie-talkies from each company to each machine gun group, and tuned all the walkie-talkies to the same channel.

Facilitate unified command.

"Prepare!"

Ding Wei held a telescope in one hand and fixedly stared at the Devil's plane, and a low-powered walkie-talkie in the other.

The Devil's plane dropped the aerial bomb, and Ding Wei's explosive shout sounded simultaneously: "Fire!"

In an instant, dark red ballistics filled the sky, and more than 100 tracer bullets formed a whip like a god of death, and suddenly lashed towards the Devil plane.

Although the Devil pilots were already very cautious and did not dare to dive and attack at low altitudes, they couldn't hold up too many cannons and had enough shells.

The precision is not enough, the quantity is made up.

In addition, with the popularity of "How to Fly a Plane", soldiers all know how to fly a plane in advance.

When the plane climbed up with full power, especially the bulky attack plane, it lost its speed and maneuverability, and was immediately whipped. …

As the aerial bombs dropped by the devil exploded, the devil's planes fell down one after another.

Of course, no matter how strong the anti-aircraft firepower is, it is almost impossible to shoot down all the aircraft.

最终，俯冲攻击的13架飞机被击落7架，其中2架战斗机和5架攻击机被击落，剩下4架战斗机和2架攻击机。

As for the other 2 reconnaissance planes and 2 liaison planes, they were far away and flying very high, so there was no chance of shooting them down.

However, watching a wave of attacks shoot down 7 planes, the soldiers cheered like thunder.

Of the remaining 4 fighter jets and 2 attack planes, 2 of them were still injured, and flew away after hastily dropping aerial bombs at high altitude.

Devil pilots are indeed not afraid of death, but if they want to fly a plane to hit a cannon, they must first find the cannon of the Eighth Route Army.

The infantry of the Eighth Route can be seen, but if you use a plane to launch a suicide attack on the infantry of the Eighth Route, isn't that head flooded?
Ding Wei held up his binoculars and looked up into the sky. Although 6 Devil planes flew away, there were still 4 planes circling at high altitudes, which were out of reach of machine guns at this altitude.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound in the sky, and a shell was fired from the city of Taiyuan. The shell flew around the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions, and there was a deafening explosion.

A ball of fire and gunpowder smoke suddenly rose.

Ding Wei looked at the devil plane in the sky, and seemed to understand something.

At this time, the communication officer in charge of the high-power walkie-talkie turned around and said to Ding Wei, "Reporting to the head of the team, the commander-in-chief wants to talk to you."

Ding Wei walked quickly to the high-power walkie-talkie, picked up the high-power walkie-talkie and put it to his ear: "Hello, Commander-in-Chief, I'm Ding Wei!"

"Old Ding, what's the situation with you now?"

Li Yunlong's inquiry sounded in Ding Wei's ear.

"what's the situation?"

"The situation is getting better. A wave of machine guns fired rapidly and shot down 7 devil planes. Now the devil's fighter jets and bombers flew away, and 4 reconnaissance planes did not leave."

Ding Wei's tone was happy.

Li Yunlong's tone was extremely surprised: "What are you talking about, you shot down 7 devil planes, you kid will not lie to me, will you?"

Ding Wei replied: "That's right, there are seven planes. I can see it very clearly. If you don't believe me, you can come and see for yourself. The wreckage of the Devil's plane is still burning."

Li Yunlong's tone was excited: "Including the three planes we shot down this morning, wouldn't we have shot down a total of 3 planes?"

Shooting down Japanese planes is a long-term business.

击毁1架飞机有3门山炮，干掉1个飞行员有1门榴弹炮、5部电台和10吨粮食。

Now that Ding Wei is also under the command of Li Yunlong, the planes shot down by Ding Wei's troops will naturally be counted as long-term business.

击落这10架飞机就让李云龙赚了30门75山炮，10门105榴弹炮，50部电台和100吨粮食。

There is more than enough to equip an artillery regiment.

"That's right!"

Li Yunlong was overjoyed and laughed: "Haha, Lao Ding, you did a great job. After this battle is over, I decided to reward you with seven 7mm mountain cannons."

Ding Wei's eyes widened suddenly, and his breath became short of breath: "Really?! Lao Li, no, Commander-in-Chief, do you really want to reward me with 7 mountain cannons?" …

Li Yunlong said: "Crap, isn't it true, is it still fake?"

"Haha, interesting enough!"

Ding Wei expressed his gratitude, thinking that this is the rhythm of labor and capital making a fortune. Before the start of the war, they made a fortune of 70 cannons, and within half an hour after the start of the war, they made a fortune of 7 mountain cannons.

Ding Wei couldn't imagine how much the New Second Regiment could earn in this battle after winning Taiyuan, but he was full of expectations.

In addition to the New First Regiment being transferred to Northwest Shanxi, Ding Wei, the Second Second Regiment and Kong Jie's independent regiment were also going to Northwest Shanxi.

Although Northwest Shanxi is very poor and cannot support too many troops, the 8000 members of Xinyi Regiment do not need the support of ordinary people at all, and are completely self-sufficient.There is even surplus food to support the common people and brother troops.

Moreover, the area of ​​Northwest Shanxi is not smaller than that of Southeast Shanxi, let alone 3 regiments, even 30 regiments.

Of course, the premise is that so many troops can be supported.

"Old Ding, congratulations!"

"Old Ding, you have received 7 mountain cannons, you must buy us a drink!"

Kong Jie and Cheng Shi's sour voices came out of the high-powered walkie-talkie suddenly.

The two brothers have been diving and eavesdropping on the high-power walkie-talkie channel.

Ding Wei was overjoyed and said haha: "It's easy to say."

Li Yunlong said: "There are also Lao Kong and Lao Cheng. You two are the same as Lao Ding. As long as you can shoot down a plane, I will reward you with a mountain cannon."

Cheng Shifa and Kong Jie quickly looked at the plane in the sky. The Devil's plane was too high and too far away, and they felt that it was a pity that they had no chance to make a fortune.

While everyone was talking, two more shells were fired from Taiyuan City, and fell around the artillery positions of the 1st Attack Group and exploded.

After looking at the impact point with a telescope, Ding Wei found that the impact point of the shell fired by the Devil Artillery was getting closer and closer to the fake artillery position.

Ding Wei frowned slightly. If the devil's artillery had adjusted their shooting elements, they would probably have to concentrate their artillery fire to plow all the camouflage nets.

"Which direction is the devil firing?"

Li Yunlong heard the sound of cannons in the high-power walkie-talkie and asked.

Ding Wei said: "It's shooting at me. The devil's reconnaissance plane in the sky is observing the impact point, and the impact point is getting closer and closer to our artillery position."

Li Yunlong asked: "Old Ding, can you shoot down the devil's reconnaissance plane?"

Ding Wei shook his head: "I can't hit it down, the distance is too high and too far, if I can hit it down, I would have done it long ago, the devil's artillery positions should be set up in the city, can the Sword Squadron guide our artillery to counterattack?"

"There is no way!" Lu Yingjun was also in the channel, and after hearing Ding Wei's words, he said immediately:

"Judging from the trajectories of the artillery shells, the devil's artillery positions are located in the city, very close to the city wall. The devil's artillery regards the city wall as a reverse slope position, and our artillery can't hit it."

Ding Wei said: "If you don't suppress and kill the devil's artillery, under the guidance of the devil's reconnaissance plane, the devil's artillery will definitely carry out counter-suppression against our artillery, and even kill our artillery positions."

"Damn it! Can a living person be suffocated by urine?"

Li Yunlong scolded: "While the Devil fighter jets and bombers are flying away, continue to fire on labor and capital. After the city wall is smashed, the infantry immediately rush up to occupy the city wall, and the Devil's cannons will be useless." …

"Yes!"

Ding Wei, Cheng Shifa and Kong Jie agreed in unison on the walkie-talkie.

Following Li Yunlong's order, the artillerymen began to get busy again, stuffing shells one after another into the barrel, and then hit the outer city wall of Taiyuan.

The sound of explosions like landslides and ground cracks spread from the direction of Taiyuan City Wall to all around in a continuous and rapid manner.

……

North of Taiyuan City.

The artillery position a few kilometers away from the headquarters continued to operate non-stop, and under the guidance of the sharp sword team members, they bombarded the north city wall violently.

Under the concentrated bombardment of artillery fire, the northeastern section of the city wall was the first to be breached, and the broken bricks and soil blocks that collapsed spread out into a slope under the city.

Coincidentally, when the Japanese army attacked Taiyuan, the Japanese artillery, under the guidance of the plane, was the first to blow down the city wall in the northeast direction.

Li Yunlong picked up the binoculars and looked at the gap in the city wall. The gap was less than 10 meters, a very narrow section.

not enough.

The circumference of Taiyuan City Wall is 12 kilometers, and the length of each city wall is 3 kilometers.

It is not enough to punch a gap.

Li Yunlong ordered to the Sword Squadron: "Give me concentrated artillery fire to hit a point on the city wall, and try to make a few more gaps, so that the pressure on our infantry attacking the city will be much less."

Following Li Yunlong's order, the members of the Sword Squadron quickly used their walkie-talkies to report a series of shots to the howitzers and mountain cannons respectively.

The previous shelling was to hit the devil's fortress, so it was all free fire.

Now that the artillery fire is concentrated on a certain point of the city wall, the city wall will soon be unable to bear it, and another gap will be collapsed.

Seeing this scene in the mirror of Li Yunlong's artillery team, he was immediately happy: "Okay, just fight like this, and make a few more gaps, and the infantry can attack."

"Chief of Staff Wang, immediately convey this bombardment method to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd attack groups."

"Yes!"

Wang Dehou turned around and called with a high-powered walkie-talkie.

"Look, what is that?"

Guard Huang Erhu pointed to the sky in the direction of Taiyuan and said that he didn't have a telescope, so he could only see a small spot the size of an ant.

Li Yunlong glanced at Huang Erhu, and raised the binoculars on his chest to look at the sky above Taiyuan.

"What is that?"

Seeing a balloon hanging from a basket slowly lifted into the sky, Captain Li was also a little confused, he had never seen such a thing before.

Zhao Gang, Wang Dehou and Xing Zhiguo also raised their binoculars to look.

Wang Dehou put down the binoculars and said to Li Yunlong: "Commander, this is the observation balloon of the Japanese army. When Japan and Russia were fighting for Lushun in Northeast China, the Japanese army used observation balloons to open the eyes of the artillery. The use of observation balloons brought great benefits to the Japanese army. In the end, the Japanese army also defeated the Russian army. A few years ago, there were records of the Japanese army using observation balloons in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Jinling.”

"As expected of Chief of Staff Wang, he came from the headquarters. He is really well-informed."

Li Yunlong nodded, first praised, and then asked: "How high can this thing fly?"

"It can fly very high." Wang Dehou said, "But the devil will definitely not fly that high, and the highest estimate is only 2 kilometers. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the devil's observers to see the artillery position and the impact point."

Li Yunlong thought about it for a while, and 2 kilometers is 2000 meters, which is within the range of the machine gun.

If the vertical height of the devil's balloon from the ground is 2000 meters, then the devil's observer must be 3000 meters away from the impact point or the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army.

But at this time, the devil's balloon had just risen, and it was still a little far away, and the cannon couldn't reach it.

Li Yunlong immediately ordered: "Order all the cannon positions to shoot down the balloon for me. If I can't shoot down the reconnaissance plane, can I still not be able to shoot down your balloon?"

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Wang picked up the walkie-talkie and gave orders to the various machine artillery positions.

"Lao Li, there is a situation."

Zhao Gang said suddenly.

"what's the situation?"

Zhao Gang pointed to the gap that was first blasted by the shell and said, "Look, the devils and puppet soldiers are sealing and repairing the gap."

Li Yunlong turned the artillery mirror, and then put his eyes in front of the periscope. Through the vision of the artillery mirror, he saw devils and puppet soldiers transporting sandbags to the gap in an attempt to seal and repair the gap.

Li Yunlong sneered: "Let the Sword Squadron guide two howitzers and kill these sons of bitches for me."