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Chapter 962: The tactic of adding fuel to the fire can’t be played like this!

More than half an hour later.

Liu Changshun, the commander of the artillery company of the Fifth Battalion of the Special Forces Regiment, came running over breathlessly:

"Captain, are you looking for me?"

Yang Yuanshan nodded, motioned for him to find a place to sit first, and then waved to the door:

"Xiao He, go get Chu Kun for me."

After a while, Chu Kun ran in:
"Captain!"

Yang Yuanshan motioned for him to sit down as well, and then said to the two of them:

"I have a mission for you two companies. Are you confident you can complete it?"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

The two men immediately stood up, patted their chests and shouted.

The sound made Yang Yuanshan's ears buzz.

“Okay, just have confidence.

So, later on, you two companies will have lunch first, then take your artillery and shells, head east to Wutai County, attack the Japanese in the city, and take the city for me!"

"What? Take over Wutai County?

No infantry with us?

Just our two artillery companies?"

Both of them frowned.

They are not afraid of fighting, but Yang Yuanshan's mission seems a bit too unreliable.

Although most of their soldiers were equipped with twenty-shot box cannons, relying on these to attack the city would be a joke with the soldiers' lives.

“Of course it’s not just your two artillery companies.

There are three infantry regiments in the Wutai Division, totaling 4000 people, who are feinting an attack on Wutai County. You rush over to provide them with artillery support."

Yang Yuanshan explained with a smile.

Upon hearing that three groups were already working, Liu Changshun and Chu Kun breathed a sigh of relief and said confidently:
"That's no problem. We promise to take good care of the little devils!"

“Well, you are all people who have fought old battles.

I won't waste any more time talking to you guys.

I have only one request: if the problem can be solved with artillery shells, don't let our comrades in the brother units pay with their lives!
You have to show your style and let them see how our special forces regiment fights!
Understand? "

"understand!"

They both shouted in unison.

"Okay! Go down and prepare immediately. Once you are ready, take action immediately without asking for instructions.

Remember to bring enough ammunition."

Yang Yuanshan patted them on the shoulders and gave them instructions.

"Yes!"

……

12 o'clock noon.

The losses caused by the Japanese bombing have been completely counted.

In addition to the anti-aircraft artillery battalion which suffered the heaviest casualties, Jinchang County also suffered a lot of damage.

Hundreds of houses were destroyed and hundreds of civilians were injured or killed.

In Xin County, in addition to the east city gate tower being completely blown down, more than a dozen houses in the city also collapsed, and dozens of civilians died.

After receiving the report, Yang Yuanshan naturally ordered the soldiers to do their best to clear the collapsed houses, treat the wounded, and use the seized dollars to help the affected people.

……

After Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing had sorted out the affairs in their respective camps, they took their men to the valley east of Yuwangling to look for the anti-aircraft guns that Yang Yuanshan had mentioned.

Then, they were stunned.

——Those brand new cannons are endless!
Guo Youqing couldn't help but sigh to Feng Shuanglin:

"Old Feng, the captain is so awesome!

With so many artillery pieces, our two battalions can easily recover their strength!"

Feng Shuanglin nodded:
“Need I say how powerful the leader is?
In the past two years, how many victories have we won with the captain? "

“Haha, that’s true.

I have never seen or heard of a leader so powerful! "

Guo Youqing laughed out loud.

Then the two of them quickly counted the number of artillery and artillery shells here.

After a while, Guo Youqing, who had finished counting first, ran over to ask Feng Shuanglin:

"Old Feng, I have a total of 16 Surotong machine guns.

How many anti-aircraft guns do you have?"

"I have 50 doors here."

Feng Shuanglin's face was full of disbelief.

Previously, he thought that their battalion had a total of 45 anti-aircraft guns, which was quite exaggerated.

——After all, they are just one battalion!

As a result, after being bombed by the Japanese, only 4 guns were left.

But I didn’t expect that in less than 2 hours, they would expand to 54 gates!
This is fucking faster than blowing up a balloon.

He felt that if he were the Japanese air force commander, he would probably doubt his life.

Even if you get supplies from the arsenal in the rear, it won’t arrive in just a few hours!

……

Hearing that there were 50 Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns here, Guo Youqing couldn't help but take a breath and said with envy:

"Good fellow, Lao Feng, you really made a fortune this time!

Your battalion has 54 anti-aircraft guns at once, which is ridiculously powerful!
If the Japs dare to send another 10 or 20 planes to cause trouble, I'm afraid you can easily deal with them with just one battalion."

Feng Shuanglin couldn't help but smile when he heard this, but then he muttered in annoyance:
“I’m having a headache right now because we don’t have enough staff!
Your battalion is fine, with only 18 guns including these newly arrived Surotong machine guns.

There are more than 700 of you now, so you should be able to handle it.

But our battalion has more than 600 people, and it is a bit stretched to operate 54 anti-aircraft guns.

If we suffer even the slightest loss, we won't have enough ammunition!"

Guo Youqing nodded slightly:
“That’s true.

How about this, Lao Feng, I can temporarily transfer 200 people to you?

If that's still not enough, go find the regiment commander and he'll give you one or two hundred ammunition handlers from the infantry battalion, and that should be enough."

"That's great.

Lao Guo, thank you very much! "

Feng Shuanglin hurriedly thanked him.

If Guo Youqing gave him 200 men, then his anti-aircraft artillery battalion could be restored to more than 800 people. They had to operate 54 anti-aircraft guns. Although it was still a bit tight, it could barely have basic combat effectiveness.

……

After the discussion, the two men hurriedly brought their men, drove the mules and horses, and dragged the artillery to the anti-aircraft artillery position they had just found, ready to continue fighting.

……

Beijing.

The Japanese Army Headquarters.

When Tanabe Seigo received a call from the Beijing Airport, his face suddenly changed.

I hurried to find Okamura Ji Ning:

"Your Majesty Commander!

The two flying squadrons we sent out to bomb the Tubalu Special Forces have returned."

When Okamura Ji Ning saw the expression on his face, he knew it must be bad news again, and a trace of gloom rose in his heart.

He asked in a deep voice:

"What was the outcome?
Have we razed Xin County and Jinchang County to the ground and wiped out all those damned Tubalu?"

Tanabe Shengwu shook his head bitterly:
"No. And—"

"And what?" Okamura Ji Ning's heart tightened.

"And our air force... suffered heavy losses!"

Tanabe Seigo almost cried out loud.

There were only a few air force troops left after they had finally asked the headquarters for them, and now they had suffered such a heavy loss. It was like breaking a leg of the entire Jibei Front Army!

"What? Heavy losses?

Baghya Road!

Are all the idiots in the Army Aviation a bunch of fools?

Hadn't we reminded them long ago that the Eighth Route Army might have a large number of anti-aircraft guns?

How many planes did they lose?"

Okamura Ji Ning roared.

He suddenly realized that in recent months, he had been unable to control his temper.

Decades of effort in cultivating qi seemed to have been wasted by 90%.

“A total of 27 fighter planes were lost!
The loss of 54 pilots included two ace pilots with the rank of major! "

Tanabe Seigo answered tremblingly.

"Baka! 27 planes, 54 pilots?

The waste of Lu Hang, they should all be loyal to His Majesty Tian Huang!"

Okamura Jining suddenly smashed the tea bowl in his hand to the ground.

I almost fainted on the spot.

At this time, Tanabe Shengwu said again:

"Commander, just now the Liaodong Army and the Central China Expeditionary Force called to say that they have each sent a bomber squadron to the Xinkou area for bombing.

I am worried that they may also encounter a counterattack from the Tubalu. Should we contact them urgently and order them to return?"

"Baka! Could it be that our two flying squadrons were just sending the Eighth Route Army to their deaths? Not only did they fail to complete the mission of bombing the two counties, they even failed to destroy the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft guns?"

Okamura Ji Ning felt a little breathless in his chest.

All he heard day after day was bad news, and even though he was a veteran, he couldn't hold it any longer.

“That’s not the case.

The aviation unit reported that although they suffered heavy losses, they also destroyed almost all of the anti-aircraft artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army."

Tanabe Seigo replied quickly.

"Yoshi, that's it!"

Okamura Ji Ning's anger finally subsided a little and he nodded slightly.

Then he ordered:

"Tanabe-kun, send someone to send a message to these two air forces.

Remind them to be wary of the small number of anti-aircraft guns that the Eighth Route Army may still have!

Ask them to complete the bombing mission before returning!"

"Hi!"

Tanabe Seigo agreed and immediately went to do the job.

However, not long after, he came back with a bitter face:

"Commander, our radio cannot contact these two flight formations.

Maybe it’s because the distance is too great.”

At that time, the Japanese had limited radio communication technology. The radio stations equipped on their bombers had low power and limited communication distance, which was why this situation occurred.

Upon hearing this, Okamura Ji Ning could only frown and said with forced confidence:

"It doesn't matter! I believe in the brave warriors of the aviation force!"

Hearing what he said, Tanabe Seigo was speechless.

I thought to myself: You just now scolded Lu Hang harshly!
But I don't see that you believe them at all!
……

On the Xinkou battlefield.

The members of the special forces regiment didn't know that two more formations of Japanese bombers were coming to bomb them.

They were each busy with their own affairs.

Before one o'clock in the afternoon.

Observation posts everywhere suddenly shouted loudly:
"South! The Japanese planes are coming, hide quickly!"

When Yang Yuanshan and others received the news, they rushed out of the command center and looked towards the sky to the south.

Soon, two fighter planes with 2 bombers were seen flying over in a swagger.

Seeing this scene, Yang Yuanshan was not surprised but delighted, and couldn't help but show off to Han Yang and Zhan Haishan behind him:

"Good fellow, the Japs haven't learned their lesson yet, they're sending us food!"

Han Yang is also happy:

"Only 18 planes dared to come to our territory. They really wanted their lives to last."

Hearing their conversation, Zhan Haishan was naturally speechless.

I thought to myself: You really don’t take the Japanese seriously!
Do you think that with dozens of anti-aircraft guns, you can easily shoot down the Japanese planes like birds?

Isn’t this a bit... too arrogant?
He quickly reminded:

"Captain, we can't be careless!
After all, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion is not in full strength, and no one knows how much combat power it has left!"

Yang Yuanshan heard this, but he didn't agree, and said with a smile:
"Haishan, just watch. I believe in Shuanglin and the others!"

He felt that after the battle just now, the gunners of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion should have become even more skilled in artillery.

Although their numbers are small, as long as there are enough of them to use those anti-aircraft guns, their combat effectiveness will not be affected.

On the contrary, it becomes more threatening because of the increased number of anti-aircraft guns!
……

Soon, the Japanese planes flew over their heads, then split into two and flew towards Xin County and Jinchang County.

——The order they received before taking off was to raze the two counties to the ground.

Then, they were hit head-on.

Suddenly, countless shells were fired from somewhere on the ground, rushing towards them like an overwhelming force.

The Japanese pilots were immediately frightened and their faces turned pale. They shouted in horror:
"Baga! Enemy attack! Anti-aircraft guns!"

……

The two anti-aircraft artillery battalions of the special forces regiment, with a total of 54 anti-aircraft guns and 18 Suloton machine guns, bombarded their 18 planes.

In less than ten minutes, the Japanese pilots felt the situation was critical and asked the squadron leader for solutions on the onboard radio.

The major was so annoyed by their chatter that his head hurt. Seeing that he had less than 10 planes left so quickly, he gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Quick, quick, turn in!
Return to Jiangcheng Airport!"

Upon hearing the order, the Japanese pilots immediately pushed the aircraft's control stick to start climbing, and then turned to retreat.

One by one, they run faster than rabbits!
They originally belonged to the Central China Expeditionary Army and were not very willing to travel thousands of miles to fight in northern Shanxi.

Now that we can retreat, of course we won't hesitate.

However, even if they wanted to run away, the soldiers of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion of the special forces regiment on the ground would not let them go.

Dozens of anti-aircraft guns chased them and fired wildly, shooting down another plane and damaging two.

……

The soldiers of the special forces regiment were naturally very excited after easily repelling this group of Japanese devils, and they couldn't help cheering loudly.

However, the soldiers of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion had just finished rescuing the wounded and had not had time to carry away the bodies of the fallen martyrs when the observation sentry shouted loudly again:
"To the northeast, the Japanese planes are coming again!"

……

This time, the Japanese only sent 12 planes. When Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing saw it, they both thought the Japanese were joking.

How can you fight a war like this?
You can’t use the tactic of adding fuel to the fire like this!

They never expected that no other of our troops could replenish their equipment and restore their combat effectiveness as quickly as they did.
The Japanese used the tactic of adding fuel to the fire, not because they were really stupid, but because they could not anticipate the special nature of the special forces regiment!
……

Seeing that the Japanese planes were approaching rapidly, Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing naturally used the same trick again. They first fired an anti-aircraft gun to attract the Japanese planes, and then suddenly opened fire across the board, stunning the Japanese pilots on the spot.

In just one encounter, 4 planes were lost!
However, the commander of this group of Japanese pilots was very decisive. Seeing that the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery shells were so dense that it made his scalp numb, he immediately ordered his men to pull up the plane with all their strength, and then after dropping all the bombs at high altitude, he immediately returned.

Seeing the Japanese running so fast, the soldiers of the anti-aircraft artillery battalion were naturally very unwilling to accept this.

After chasing them and firing for a few minutes, they realized that they could not hit their opponents, so they gave up their efforts and started rescuing the wounded.

……

(End of this chapter)