Glorious Mission 1937

() The huge explosion caused by the disintegration of the plane in the air stunned all the generals in the temporary headquarters of the Japanese army, and Lieutenant General Kihide Abe didn't even notice that the binoculars he was holding high fell to the ground.

In the eyes of all Japanese officers, although the new equipment of aircraft is not invincible, only the same aircraft can pose a threat to them.Although there are many armies that can break the wings of the imperial eagles, they are absolutely impossible to appear on the battlefield of China. They firmly believe this.

But the facts proved that they were wrong. The successive explosions and the burning and falling fireballs over the small county of China just now made these Japanese generals feel like their faith had collapsed.

"Your Excellency, the observation post at the forward position is calling. The Imperial Army Air Force suffered a major setback in Xinghe County and suffered heavy losses. Only 9 fighters left the battlefield, and 8 of them were dragging thick black smoke. The rest of the fighters were all shot down." The captain's staff came in and reported.

"Baga, that's impossible. The Chinese don't have anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, or fighter planes. How could they severely damage the Imperial Air Force?" Kihide Abe roared hysterically.

Although Norihide Abe did not believe this result, the facts were in front of his eyes. The huge fireballs that occurred over Xinghe County forced him to bow his head to reality.

After venting the anger in his heart, Abe Kihide ordered in a cold voice: "Order the front line to launch an attack immediately. I will go to the county town to rest tonight. Also, pick up His Excellency Terauchi Shouichi. We need more fighters to help us fight. "

"Hay!"

A hearty counterattack completely ignited the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the 222nd Division, and strengthened the confidence of most of the recruits.At the same time, after this battle, the soldiers of the Air Defense Regiment of the 222nd Division had a certain understanding of themselves and the weapons in their hands, and became more confident in the next battle.

"Reporter's seat, a call from the forward position. The Japanese army launched an attack on the four directions of the county town, east, west, north, south, and more than 50 tanks participated in the battle."

Chen Feng knew that the little devil was going to do his best. Without the assistance of artillery and planes, all the Japanese army could use now were those dozens of chariots.

"Order the frontline troops to counterattack according to the plan set before the war." Chen Feng ordered.

Then Chen Feng asked the operator to send a telegram to Andre, ordering the cavalry to postpone the attack until tomorrow morning.Originally, Chen Feng planned to let the cavalry unit raid Zhangbei County this morning, and then carry out the plan to encircle and attack the reinforcements, but this morning the anti-aircraft regiment performed so well that it drove the Japanese troops on the front line crazy, so Chen Feng temporarily changed his mind and postponed the attack Zhang Bei's plan.

The reason for delaying the attack on Zhangbei was because Chen Feng was going to take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army going crazy, and with the assistance of the perfect city defense fortifications in Xinghe County, first kill and injure a large number of the Japanese army's vital forces, so as to reduce the pressure of encircling and annihilating the Japanese army.

"boom boom"

The 37mm main gun mounted on the Japanese chariot launched an attack on the forward positions stationed by the Jingwei regiment. The front and back of the chariot were full of Japanese puppet troops wearing khaki dog skins.If you observe carefully, you can see that the two devils are bowing in front, and the Japanese army is following behind the chariot.

"Boom" sounded, and an unlucky puppet army stepped on a mine in the forward position. After a scream, the whole person was blown to pieces, sprinkled with blood and several broken limbs.

The frightened soldiers of the puppet army immediately lay down on the ground and fired randomly, while the Japanese chariots and infantry following behind the puppet army also stopped.

The commander of the forward position of the Japanese army soon discovered that it was not the artillery bombardment of the Chinese squadron, but those unlucky imperial association troops who had stepped on a mine, so he drew out his command knife to drive the puppet troops away.

In the binoculars, Li Deming, the head of the Jingwei regiment, saw the scene just now clearly, hung the binoculars in his hand on his chest, and said angrily: "You bastard, you really don't treat the Chinese as human beings. Order the first battalion to set up the four newly equipped dual machine guns for Lao Tzu, and today I will kill him and let his blood flow like a river."

Shelling, gun sweeping, and people walking, after paying huge casualties, the Japanese army finally broke through the minefield set up by the 222nd Division, and then launched a charge towards the forward position where the Jingwei regiment was stationed.

300m...200m...150m...

Seeing that the Japanese puppet army had entered an effective firing range, Li Deming gave the order to fire.

"Da da da" "Da da da"

More than 300 light and heavy machine guns and more than 500 long guns arranged on the outer positions of Xinghe County, plus more than 40 field guns, more than 70 mortars fired at the same time, and of course there are 12 newly installed double-linked high-speed guns. she machine gun.

The Japanese puppet army rushing to the front fell to the ground like straw that had been cut down. What surprised the Japanese puppet army most was that the chariot they regarded as indestructible was like paper in front of the squadron. The 25mm armor was punched with holes, and the driver and gunner inside were killed, and some even caused the shells inside the tank to explode.

The worst thing was the infantry behind the chariot, charged against the fierce firepower of the squadron, and fell down one after another. Their superstitious three-stage wave attack mode seemed to have lost its effectiveness here.

The distance of 100 meters seems to be an insurmountable gap. There is no position in the four directions that can break through. What makes the frontline commanders and soldiers panic is that the Chinese people actually used a powerful weapon. Not to mention the extremely fierce firepower, the lethality of the ammunition is also extremely terrifying. It can actually penetrate the front armor of the tank. As for ordinary soldiers, if they are hit, they will be a blood hole, and they may even be broken into two pieces. There is almost no possibility of treatment. After more than ten minutes, the Japanese army began to retreat rapidly.

In the first round of attack, the Japanese army invested a total of four infantry brigades, four puppet regiments and 55 tanks, but they were repelled in less than half an hour, which made Abe Yukihide extremely dissatisfied.

Furious, Norihide Abe ordered the troops to continue to organize the offensive, and at the same time urged the air force to speed up fire reinforcements.

Soon the Japanese army organized a second attack, and at the same time more than 40 fighters also rushed to the battlefield from Baoding Airport.

The fiasco of the aviation unit at Zhangjiakou Airport did not attract the attention of the top Japanese army, because the pilots of the three surviving fighter planes shifted the responsibility for the defeat to the killed wing leader Takeo Matsushita.It is believed that the reason why the flying wing suffered such a disastrous defeat was entirely due to Takeo Matsushita's stupid order to drop bombs at an ultra-low altitude.

The Japanese fighter planes came to help the battle, which made the air defense regiment led by Victor very happy. They had just shot down more than 30 Japanese military planes, and now it is the time when their hands are itchy. Height, ready to give these Japanese iron birds a fatal blow at any time.

In order to avenge the shame, the Japanese North China Front Army Aviation Corps dispatched more than 40 planes this time, which is bound to raze Xinghe County to the ground. After the Japanese fighter planes arrived on the battlefield, they first carried out carpet bombing on the forward positions.

"boom boom"

A heavy aerial bomb exploded at the forward position, and some civil works were destroyed instantly. Even those reinforced concrete fortifications shook for a while. An aerial bomb exploded at a machine gun position of the defenders. Four heavy machine guns and one high-shelf machine gun It was destroyed, all 10 machine gunners and ammunition hands were sacrificed, and more than a dozen soldiers transporting ammunition were injured.

The command post of the First Battalion and Second Company of the Jingwei Regiment was hit by aerial bombs, and five officers including the company commander and deputy company commander were killed.A bomb defense hole in the eastern position was blown down, and all twelve soldiers from the third battalion, row and squad were buried alive.

The Japanese fighter planes shaking their prestige in the forward position dropped their aerial bombs, pulled the fuselage, and flew towards the urban area, preparing to blow up this small county of China into a sea of ​​flames.

However, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel. As soon as the Japanese military plane flew into the urban area, it received a devastating blow before it could drop its bombs.More than a hundred high-speed machine guns fired at the same time, and each bullet carried an invitation letter from the god of death and flew towards the Japanese fighter plane.

Although today is the first show of the air defense regiment, the effect is surprisingly good.Due to the huge gap between weapons and equipment, Japanese bombers are like a living target in front of the Type 75 high-speed machine gun. The speed of the Japanese military aircraft makes it difficult to escape once they are locked by the Type 75 anti-aircraft machine gun.

Although this round of attacking the little ghosts was not as good as the first time, it still shot down 6 Japanese aircraft, and at the same time 16 fighters were injured and forced to withdraw from the battlefield.

Seeing that the squadron was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, although the remaining Japanese fighter planes did not evacuate the battlefield, they all panicked and fled the city in a panic, flying at an altitude of more than 3000 meters.

Facts have proved that the height of 3000 meters is also unsafe. Although the shooting height of other high-speed machine guns is below 3000 meters, the effective shooting height of the 75-type high-shelf machine gun is above 5000 meters. For a machine gun, that's the best thing to do.

When the three fighters were shot down at an altitude of 3000 meters, Air Wing Commander Takahashi Dazuo hastily ordered all the fighters to withdraw from the battlefield immediately and return to Baoding Airport.

Although the air support was lost, Kihide Abe frantically did not order the troops to stop the attack.From the battle to 8 pm, the Japanese army organized a total of [-] attacks.

The corpses of the Japanese puppet army were everywhere on the battlefield. Although the Japanese army attacked more than 222 bunkers and nearly 30 firepower points of the 40nd Division throughout the day, they did not break through a single position and suffered heavy losses.