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"Each battalion's machine gun company and artillery battalion air defense company are ready for air defense! The rest of the troops enter the bunker immediately! Quick, quick, quick!"

After the four A-type regiments on the front line sounded the air defense alarm, the commanders of the combined regiments began to issue air defense and evasion orders, and the air defense troops who received the order immediately prepared for battle.

八路军甲种团的防空力量，主要由炮营防空连的9挺54式12.7毫米高射机枪，和三个营属机炮连共18挺53式重机枪。

Of course, the Type 53 light machine guns equipped by each team can also carry out air defense operations to a certain extent.

After all, the 53 light machine also uses 7.62*54R full-power ammunition!
However, this time the Eighth Route Army did not order the light machine guns in each team to join the air defense operations, but asked them to directly carry out concealment.

After all, this is around Changgang Village. After several years of rotation, the Eighth Route Army's first-line positions outside Changgang Village already have very complete defenses.

If the Eighth Route Army hadn't spent most of its money on equipment procurement and personnel training, the defenses here would probably be inferior to the standard!
After receiving the air defense order, the Eighth Route Army soldiers hid in the air defense fortifications in an orderly manner.

The air defense force set up air defense equipment to respond to the Japs' air attacks.

At this time, the soldiers belonging to the heavy machine gun platoon of the battalion's machine gun company immediately adjusted the Type 53 heavy machine gun in their hands.

Two Eighth Route Army soldiers detached the heavy machine gun from the gun mount and lifted the heavy machine gun mount. The thick shield of the Type 53 heavy machine gun became a support for anti-aircraft shooting.

"Yo Xi! This time, let you guys have a taste of what it means to be aerial strike!"

As the Japanese 40mm machine gun opened fire, a series of shells exploded around an anti-aircraft machine gun.

At this time, two Japanese Stuka dive bombers began to dive towards the position of the 18th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Then the heavy machine gun was changed from flat-fire mode to anti-aircraft mode.

Looking at the sparse anti-aircraft firepower, the pilots of the Little Devils scorned the Eighth Route Army's air defense power, and then immediately flew towards the anti-aircraft firepower, while using the 40mm aerial cannon equipped by the Stuka to shoot at the ground.

The nine anti-aircraft machine guns of the 18th Regiment Air Defense Company immediately began to fire concentrated fire at the two dive bombers on the wide defense line.

This state is not only faced by the Japanese air defense forces, but is a unified portrayal of all ground air defense forces in this era.

"Attention everyone! The Japs' plane is coming, prepare to shoot!"

The most effective air defense is still to use fighter jets to block attacks.

"Boom bang bang..."

During World War II, ground air defense forces in various countries around the world could only rely on firepower density to increase air defense efficiency, whether in the European battlefield or the Pacific battlefield.

The entire conversion takes less than a minute!

In the initial 3861 plan, Zhang Shijie's positioning of anti-aircraft firepower in the regiment-level units of the Eighth Route Army was just to allow them to have a certain amount of anti-aircraft firepower.

An even greater reason is to use these anti-aircraft firepower to increase the anti-armor strength of the Eighth Route Army.

Ground air defense, nine out of ten air defenses.

After all, with the Eighth Route Army's logistical support, it is somewhat unrealistic to equip regiment-level troops with a large amount of heavy air defense firepower. Not to mention how to supply ammunition, just maneuvering is enough for the Eighth Route Army.

The same is true for the Eighth Route Army.

As the Japanese aviation gradually approached, the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower also began to fire.

The regiment-level troops of the Eighth Route Army can only be said to be better than nothing in terms of air defense.

The red police force used radar to accurately locate and then dispatched intensive air defense firepower to carry out air defense ambush. During World War II, basically no country could master this technique.

Since the Eighth Route Army troops have basically entered the fortifications, the little Japanese dive bombers have not found any high-value targets. The only firepower in their eyes now is these anti-aircraft machine guns that are firing wildly at them.

The 18th Regiment directly lost an anti-aircraft machine gun in this series of explosions.

And just as the little devil's Stuka was firing, a Type 53 heavy machine gun that was nearby as concealed firepower immediately opened fire.

A series of 7.62mm hits crackled on the Stuka bomber, and another bullet was fired into the cockpit of the Stuka, hitting the driver.

Although the Japanese pilot did not die immediately, under the powerful lethality of the heavy machine gun bullets, the Japanese pilot no longer had any ability to move.

So the Stuka dive bomber, which had just knocked out an anti-aircraft machine gun, lost control and plunged to the ground in a diving attitude.

"boom!……"

"Nani?!"

As the Stuka dive bomber crashed, all the surrounding Japanese aircraft were stunned on the spot.

It is not that other Japanese planes were not hit by bullets, it is just that it is not easy to shoot down an aircraft like the Stuka with 12.7mm machine gun bullets and 7.62mm machine rifle bullets.

Of course, what we are talking about here is ground anti-aircraft firepower.

But now a Stuka dive bomber was suddenly destroyed, making the little devils suddenly frightened.

According to the little devil's limited intelligence, the Eighth Route Army and the Ping'an County Security Group have a considerable degree of military cooperation. The equipment currently used by the Eighth Route Army, including individual light weapons, artillery artillery and even Air Force aircraft, are basically the same equipment.

The most important thing is that the ammunition specifications used by the Eighth Route Army are the same as those of the Ping'an County Security Group!
Baldhead: Do you still dare to say that you and Zhang Shijie are innocent? !
Under such circumstances, it is not impossible that some weapons and equipment from the Ping'an County Security Group would appear in the Eighth Route Army.

The rich means of the Ping'an County Security Group are beyond imagination. After all, in the past few years of fighting, the Japanese troops were completely wiped out by the Ping'an County Security Group in silence.

The little devils can’t even figure out how their troops died!
So after the Stuka bomber was shot down, another bomber accompanying the operation immediately used the radio to call: "Your Excellency, Captain, Matsushita-kun has been shot down! I suspect they used unknown equipment. Can they evacuate?" !”

Because the other Stuka dive bomber did not see the firing Type 53 heavy machine gun due to its angle, the Japanese's report was full of fear of the unknown.

In fact, within the Japanese aviation force, after many experiences of fighting with red police forces and annihilating the entire army, there has long been a rule to retreat immediately in the event of abnormal situations.

So the captain of the Japanese Air Force who was responsible for commanding the air strike immediately began to issue orders after learning that a dive bomber had been destroyed.

"All crews, drop all aerial bombs and return immediately!"

"Hai!" The kid's air raid ended abruptly due to the shooting down of a Stuka dive bomber.

In fact, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were also very surprised that they could shoot down a Japanese plane in such a short period of time.

In the original plan, these limited anti-aircraft weapons were only used to interfere with the air strikes of the little devils. To be honest, they really didn't expect to be able to shoot down the Japs' plane.

After all, it was just luck that the anti-aircraft machine gun directly hit the pilot in the fighter plane.

It was the Eighth Route Army's "good luck" that allowed the little devil who had been beaten so badly by the Red Police troops to escape.

"Nani?! The aviation unit retreated? How long did the air strike last before they retreated?!"

Upon learning of the hasty evacuation of the aviation force, Otomo Sadamune, the commander of the Japanese 202nd Division, was so angry that he scolded his mother. Their troops were blocked due to the offensive, and the artillery was re-building their positions, so the aviation force was urgently needed to connect firepower at this time.

But in less than 5 minutes, the aviation force is about to withdraw? !

This made Otomo Sadamune unacceptable.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, according to the aviation report, the Eighth Route Army position opposite is likely to have mysterious equipment from the Ping'an County Security Group. The aviation force lost a dive bomber during the first round of attacks, so they followed Ordered to retreat!"

"Baga! These damn Tubalu, and damn Zhang Shijie!"

After learning of the situation, Otomo Sadamune could only sigh, and then ordered the artillery troops to build positions as quickly as possible and launch artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army's positions.

In addition to the artillery regiment of the 202nd Division, the artillery regiment of the 105th Division that had just arrived from the rear was also involved in the artillery bombardment against the Eighth Route Army.

After all, in the previous Eighth Route Army air raids, the direct artillery force of the Japanese 202nd Division was hit. Facing the wide front defended by four Eighth Route Army Class A regiments, a battered artillery regiment was somewhat weak. No arrest.

On the Eighth Route Army's position, as the Japs' air raid ended, some Eighth Route Army soldiers also returned to their positions from their bunkers.

However, the number of these Eighth Route Army soldiers who entered the position was not large. Each regiment only had about one company. After all, the Japs' air raid ended so quickly, and there was no guarantee that there would be no artillery fire later.

The Eighth Route Army's worries happened to predict the little Japanese's next move.

Fifteen minutes later, the two Japanese artillery regiments all completed their deployment and began a fierce artillery attack on the Eighth Route Army's front-line positions.

"Japanese shelling! Everyone except the guard post enters the bunker! Hurry!"

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Under the fierce bombardment of the little devils, dense explosions rang out from the Eighth Route Army's position.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army's defenses were strong enough, otherwise this round of shelling alone would have killed and wounded more than half of the frontline Eighth Route Army.

"Whoosh! Boom! Boom..."

As the Japanese barrage advanced, dust fell from the Eighth Route Army's artillery defenses due to constant explosion shock waves.

"You guys, if our artillery regiment was here, why would the little devils be so arrogant?! If they dare to fire artillery, how dare we fight back!"

"Stop talking about these useless things and talking about the artillery regiment. Why didn't you say the logistics support regiment is here?"

Hearing the topic about the logistics support group, the originally depressed fortification instantly became active.

"I heard that the logistics support group is sending reinforcements to us. When they arrive, we won't have to suffer from this cowardice!"

"I don't know how many people from the logistics support group came this time... The little devils opposite have two divisions. I guess their commander Zhang has sent the whole group here, right?"

These Eighth Route Army soldiers did not know at this time that Zhang Shijie's Red Police Force had sent all the Japanese Eleventh Army to meet the locusts a few days ago.

At the same time, due to the confidentiality system of the Red Police Force, in the eyes of these Eighth Route Army soldiers, such powerful enemies as the two divisions are still enemies that logistics support should go all out to deal with.

The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for an hour, and the Eighth Route Army's position was turned into a mess by the intensive artillery fire.

However, with the complete fortifications, except for the sacrifice of several soldiers in the anti-gun holes who were directly hit by large-caliber Japanese artillery, the Eighth Route Army soldiers did not suffer too many losses.

This shows the importance of complete fortifications in defensive operations.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army brigade artillery battalion located in the rear was preparing to launch an artillery bombardment against the Japanese attacking troops.

Since the artillery of the Japanese divisions are all 105mm and 150mm heavy artillery, which far exceeds the range of the 75mm mountain field guns and 85mm cannons of the Eighth Route Army's brigade artillery, the Eighth Route Army's artillery can only wait for the Japs to attack. Strike against attacking forces.

And during the attack, the Eighth Route Army's battalion artillery units had to transfer troops in time to avoid retaliatory counterattacks by the Japanese artillery units.

After the artillery regiment was transferred to Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who lost their artillery advantage felt extremely aggrieved.

This shows how important artillery, the king of war, is in war.

"Keep hiding! The Japs' artillery fired again!"

Not long after the little Japanese's artillery fire coverage ended, the guard post on the position once again reminded the troops that the Japanese army had once again started another round of artillery strikes.

However, this time the little devil's attack area was not the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions, but the minefields, anti-tank cones and other anti-tank fortifications in front of the positions. Under the barrage, these fortifications were cleared to the last tenth.

Under the attack of large-caliber artillery, the front exit tunnel dug by the Eighth Route Army in advance also collapsed in a large area!
All the means arranged in advance failed.

"You're on horseback! If the artillery regiment is here, I will blow up you idiots directly!"

Seeing the Japs' artillery fire covering them, Song Xianggui, the leader of the 18th Regiment, had his eyes red with anger.

The fortifications at the front of the position were blown up, which meant that the Eighth Route Army would have to fight with their own lives in the ensuing battle! Although they, as revolutionary soldiers, had long had the consciousness of sacrifice, Song Xianggui still felt indescribably sad when he thought that his comrades were about to leave one after another.

At this time, it was not just the 18th regiment that faced this situation. The four A-type regiments deployed on the front line were all facing this situation at this time.

And more importantly, among the four Type A regiments of the Eighth Route Army, the headquarters of one of the Type A regiments was lost in the shelling just now!
"Regiment commander, it's bad! There's a call from the headquarters. Our 343 brigade and the 4th regiment on the right wing have lost contact!"

"What?!" (End of Chapter)