Comrade, your ingredients are too complicated.

Chapter 255
Outside Taiyuan City, the southern group position.

"put!"

After receiving the order, several gunners mechanically pulled the matchlock.

The stability of the M1897 75mm cannon is extremely high. Due to the existence of the hydraulic retreat and recoil device, the recoil force of each firing cannot even push the gun position.

With the assistance of the artillery observation post, one round of shells steadily hit the fortress group within a few kilometers ahead.

After a full 9 minutes of shelling, the positions outside the Devil's City were already riddled with holes and ruins, and even some of the city walls were damaged to varying degrees.

Our side can achieve such an excellent record without injury, in addition to the hard training of the artillerymen, it also benefits from excellent logistical support.

After all, in modern warfare, an excellent logistics team is equally important as a combat team.

After 1 minute, the shelling of the first stage ended.

The brigade walked out of the field command post with long strides, and he took the telescope handed over by the staff officer on the side.

The first thing that catches the eye is the gunpowder smoke and the piles of shell casings behind the various artillery positions.

As the commander-in-chief of this battle, the brigade commander originally wanted to give priority to observing the devil's position, and decide whether to let the infantry attack according to the specific damage situation.

However, the artillery positions on our side were too spectacular, so I couldn't help but take a second look.

At this time, more than [-]% of the fortifications around the castle of the First Army were damaged, and only twenty or so reinforced concrete fortresses stood alone among the ruins.

The high-explosive and armor-piercing projectiles fired by Miss 75 are simply the nemesis of masonry fortifications.Yoshio Shinozuka's shabby project was a disaster for Yoshio Iwamatsu after all.

"Notify the First Air Division and let the fighter jets take off. The rest of the fortress can only be handed over to them."

"Infantry, sappers and artillery are ready to move, and the next step is to start the siege. We need to break through the walls as soon as possible, and every minute counts now."

"The shelling just now will definitely alarm the devils in the city. The enemy is likely to jump over the wall in a hurry. Once they attack the industrial area, the special agent team will not last long."

As soon as the brigade commander's voice fell, the correspondent on standby picked up the phone and conveyed the orders to the relevant troops.

But at this moment, a mutation arose.

In the distant city of Taiyuan, a huge streamlined balloon numbered 104 rose slowly.

Everyone here is familiar with this thing. In the early years when the army was still struggling, they were often bullied by the enemy with the combination of observation balloons and artillery.

The enemy's intentions are also obvious. They want to find their own artillery positions and launch a retaliatory counterattack.

"boom!"

Just as the staff members were preparing to implement the response plan, the observation balloon, which had just appeared for less than half a minute, turned into a brilliant flame in the air.

Accompanied by a violent explosion, the artillery observer in the basket was directly crushed to ashes.

The reversal came too fast, and the staff didn't react for a while.

Among the people present, only the brigade commander was always smiling, as if everything was under control.

A few seconds later, the portable communicator on his waist vibrated rapidly, and the loud voice of Han, the head of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, came from it.

"Report to the commander-in-chief! Our department successfully completed the task!"

"Based on my many years of experience, the enemy's observation balloons have never acquired any data!"

As a well-known hexagonal fighter in our army, the brigade commander took almost all possible things into account when preparing a specific combat plan.

The enemy would send out observation balloons, which he expected.

Since the Eighth Route Army had 150 Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft guns, the deputy commander mobilized talented artillery from the three main forces and established a directly subordinate anti-aircraft artillery regiment.

It's a pity that the Army Aviation of the entire North China Front Army was completely lost in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.

This has led to the newly established anti-aircraft artillery regiment, which has not had the opportunity to flex its muscles since October last year and can only silently guard the safety of the headquarters and logistics department.

In this Taiyuan campaign, the brigade commander took the initiative to take away the anti-aircraft artillery regiment.

One is to deal with any aircraft that may appear when the Air Force is not present.

The second is to support the infantry. After all, the Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft gun is lighter in weight, and with its own wheels, it can follow the infantry.

Isn't the main business of anti-aircraft guns used to fight infantry flatly? Whoever is serious about air defense is AA.

Facts have proved that every countermeasure prepared by the brigade commander is very far-sighted.Killing an observation balloon in half a minute is the perfect answer given by the antiaircraft artillery regiment.

In such a short period of time, the enemy's artillery observers will inevitably fail.

"Stay vigilant and watch out for Yoshio Iwamatsu's back."

"The First Air Division has not rushed to the front of the battlefield, and the air defense is all up to you."

"Yes!"

As the saying goes, good fortune is unparalleled, but misfortune never comes singly.

As soon as Head Han finished communicating with the brigade commander, the last Lu Hang of the First Army came out of Taiyuan City.

The Japanese pilots at this stage are all old devils with a combination of strength and luck.The two are indispensable, otherwise it would be impossible to survive the pursuit of the First Kong Division.

Looking at the observation balloon that was blown up by Rinku, Shenbao Xingji's face became extremely gloomy.

The advantage of anti-aircraft guns lies in concealment and firepower. If they enter the effective range of anti-aircraft guns without knowing it, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although one's own observation balloon used its own life to open the way for them.

But the anti-aircraft artillery commander of the Eighth Route Army is obviously a master, and the positions arranged are natural.Even if the position was exposed by firing the gun just now, he couldn't see how many anti-aircraft guns the opponent had.

This is due to the five invisibles that the Antiaircraft Artillery Corps has observed since its establishment, that is, no people, no guns, no roads, no new soil, and no flashes.

Even though there is a high probability that the enemy has no planes to use, the lessons of blood and tears in the past made Commander Han engrave concealment and bomb defense into his bones.

After thinking for a while, Shen Baoxing led the team to raise the altitude, and said in the communication channel:
"The damn Eighth Route Army actually hides an air defense unit. The fighter jets follow me to attract firepower and buy time for the dive bomber formation to break through."

"My lords, it's time to dedicate your life to your brother's country! The sky is full of black cards! Onboard!"

"attack!"

After the words are finished, God is lucky to take the lead.

Since the devil was determined to die, he did not use the horizontal bombing that he was usually best at, but chose the half-baked but highest hit rate dive bombing.

The noses of the three Type [-] fighter jets sank suddenly, and they changed from level flight to dive to the anti-aircraft artillery regiment's position and launched a suicidal attack.

During the whole process, they kept maneuvering and trying to avoid the attack of anti-aircraft guns.From time to time, they also used small water pipes to shoot, trying to attract the positions below to actively fire.

Seeing the menacing enemy plane, Deputy Head Han was not in a hurry to order to fire.

The positions of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment are fortified, and the aviation machine guns of the Type [-] fighter jets are difficult to pose a threat.

He is not interested in those fighters who come to die on their own initiative.It was hard to lead the team to the battlefield, and it was enough to take down the bombers in the rear.

The comrades of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment are also very calm. After eight months of training, they have already mastered the skills of using circular sights.Everyone predicted the flight speed of the enemy plane according to the speed circle, and they were ready to shoot at any time.

Head Han held up the binoculars in one hand, fixed his eyes on the Devil's plane, and held the portable communicator in the other.

In order to unify the command of the artillery regiment, each company is equipped with a portable communicator.With one command, the whole regiment can attack at the same time.

"Fire! The anti-aircraft battery is on full alert!"

In an instant, traces of tracers pierced the sky.

With 150 Hotchkiss 25mm anti-aircraft guns at full fire, the soldiers were like experienced hunters waiting for their prey to fall into the trap, and then launched the winning blow.

After a long period of rigorous training, all members of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment can change bombs extremely fast, and almost every artillery group can maintain a level of more than 110 rounds per minute.

With such proficiency, even the Japanese and French navies had to knock it off before they saw it.

Faced with such dense anti-aircraft firepower, the three Type [-] fighter jets were ruthlessly shot to death on the way to attack without even breaking the waves.

Aircraft without armor protection can easily disintegrate in the air.

It's a pity that there were still two [-]s single-handedly breaking through the position of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment.

"Damn it! I can't hit it! Commander, the enemy has exceeded the shooting height and range, what should we do now?"

Seeing his battalion commander's anxious expression, Captain Han waved his hand casually.He picked up the binoculars and looked to the southeast, where dozens of planes were faintly approaching.

"What's the hurry, the devil won't succeed."

"Did you forget, who took our side job?"

"Okay, let's prepare quickly. We will follow the infantry in a while, maybe there are still tanks in the city to fight!"

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Time went back to 10 minutes ago, Wusu Airport.

Although the First Air Division had already made its name in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the entire Republic of China now knows that a powerful air force guards the airspace of the motherland.

But we have to admit that this young team still has some problems.

Bearing the brunt is the severe shortage of skilled ground crews.

After all, the difficulty of cultivating an excellent ground crew is no less than that of pilots.

Whenever there is a large-scale task, empty-handed always needs to prepare a long time in advance, otherwise it will face the problem of insufficient manpower.

On the tarmac, Captain Wang Hai was cooperating with the ground crew to check his Spitfire for the last time before takeoff.

There are already 34 solid or hollow red stars on the fuselage of this fighter jet, and it has become a symbol of the glory of the First Air Division.

Limited by the limited production capacity of the military industry, Captain Wang Hai may not have the chance to compete with those three German ace pilots who are like hanging out in this world war.

But based on the current record, there must be no problem with second-tier players who surpassed Ivan Kozhdub, Richard Bang and Saburo Sakai.

After confirming that everything was normal, Captain Wang Hai returned to the cockpit.

With the sound of piston engines and propellers, the Spitfire he was sitting on flew into the sky.After circling a few times at low altitude, they formed a formation with five hurricanes and flew towards the airspace of the Southern Group.

Due to the extremely short distance between the airport and the battlefield, all fighter jets do not need to carry auxiliary fuel tanks, and each plane takes off with a full load of ammunition.

Looking at the densely packed ground crew below and the group of fighter jets queuing up for departure, Captain Wang Hai said with a smile on his face:
"Let's go, first get rid of the remaining reinforced concrete fortresses. Then try to blow up the city walls with special bombs, and provide help to the infantry as much as possible."

　It’s pulling again today, but fortunately it’s not hell time, at least it’s dawn

　　
　
(End of this chapter)