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Chapter 199 Send away all the Japanese planes and tanks
To the east of Jiuyuan is Dongxing.

This is a Hulukou, with rolling mountains to the north and the surging Yellow River to the south.

The remaining flat area is less than 2 kilometers away.

Jiuyuan’s first line of defense is set up here.

Seven zigzag trenches were dug along the north-south direction, and anti-artillery holes were dug on the side walls of the trenches. When the enemy bombarded, people could drill into them to effectively reduce the power of the shock wave and defend against air-bombing fuses, increasing the chance of survival.

Thanks to the rotary tiller provided by Ren Zhong, it was very useful for digging trenches on the front line, which greatly accelerated the speed of battlefield operations and built seven trenches in a short period of time.

Heavy firepower such as machine guns, mortars, and G20 anti-aircraft guns were deployed on the positions.

Now each platoon also has an RPG rocket launcher team, and the 107 artillery is in the mountainous areas and rear far away from the positions, following the cavalry troops and ready to move and fight at any time. According to combat regulations, they will fire at most two rounds in one place and then move to ensure that they are not caught by the Japanese artillery and counterattacked.

Facing the attack of the Japanese army, four main regiments were deployed at the front to defend the front. The artillery regiment and cavalry regiment, according to different combat areas, served as the main mobile force for counterattack or reinforcement.

The current artillery regiment is fully powered by mules and horses, and the artillery position can be changed at any time. Both the 107mm artillery and the S41 mountain artillery have the function of fire and run. The artillery shells of the entire artillery regiment are carried on horses and can be transferred at any time.

Only on the grasslands can such convenient conditions be found. Through flexible and maneuverable transfers, artillery greatly enhances its survivability.

On the third day, the entire battle began with the Japanese artillery bombardment.

As the Japanese bombarded, our artillery observers quickly discovered the position of a Japanese artillery battalion that launched the bombardment. After determining the location of the Japanese artillery position, they quickly passed the news to our artillery regiment. In less than 10 minutes, the 107 artillery began to counterattack.

Hundreds of rockets whistled and flew towards the Japanese artillery positions.

On the distant high mountain, our artillery observers nervously evaluated the effect of this round of shelling, and at the same time guided the artillery to continue attacking the artillery positions of the Japanese that had escaped.

Soon, this Japanese artillery position was completely wiped out.

As our army's rocket launchers revealed their approximate location, the roar of Japanese fighter planes soon came from the sky.

Three Type 97 fighter planes suddenly appeared from the mountains and flew directly over our exposed artillery positions. The Japanese dispatched their air force to bomb our 107th Artillery Regiment.

(Japanese Nakajima Type 27 fighter, Ki-)

However, our army had already predicted the Japanese's intentions.

When two Japanese fighter planes flew over the 2th Artillery position, they were ready to lower their altitude to three or four hundred meters, dive toward the ground, and carry out precision bombing on the 107th Artillery position.

The Japanese Type 4 fighter plane was equipped with two machine guns and four 25-kilogram bombs. The Japanese had already figured out that our army had no ability to resist, so they boldly approached the ground and carried out precision bombing.

But this time they were going to have a surprise. When they lowered their altitude to more than 300 meters, they were shocked to find that the heavy artillery position they had thought was now no longer had any heavy artillery at all, but instead had a number of 20mm anti-aircraft guns erected next to it!
The two Japanese pilots were unprepared and tried desperately to raise the plane to escape, but it was too late.

The tongues of fire spewed out by the G20 anti-aircraft guns intertwined in the air, weaving a dense web of bullets, which directly swept the Japanese fighter planes into the rain of bullets. They quickly blew up one in mid-air and damaged another. The Japanese fighter plane that was luckily blown up hurriedly flew away with black smoke, while the other Japanese fighter plane in the sky was so scared that it hurriedly dropped its bomb and flew away.

On the ground, Li Biao, the commander of the anti-aircraft artillery company of the Saibei Military Region, looked at the fleeing Japanese and sighed repeatedly. He had finally set up an ambush to trap the Japanese, but he didn't expect to only achieve a victory.

However, despite the regret, Li Biao still ordered the troops to start moving positions directly. After all, the Japanese were not vegetarians. The positions exposed this time were also covered by the Japanese artillery fire. The Japanese had no experience to judge the specific position of our army's artillery, so they called the air force to bomb.

This time, these two escaped Japanese fighter planes should pass their location information to the Japanese command center.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes after the transfer, the first batch of shells landed where the anti-aircraft artillery company was staying.

However, by this time the anti-aircraft artillery company had already fled far away. The mobile G20 anti-aircraft gun, like the S41 mountain gun, is wheeled and can be towed by a horse. Like other artillery units, the anti-aircraft artillery company is also equipped with horses. During combat, the ammunition is carried on the horses and the position can be moved at any time.

These preset positions all have mountain roads that are accessible to large trucks, so they can be moved very quickly. Ten minutes is enough for the anti-aircraft artillery company to run one kilometer.

After the first round of shelling, the Japanese not only failed to gain any advantage, but instead lost an artillery battalion and two fighter planes that were heading to bomb the Jiuyuan artillery position.

Although Nanata Ichiro was hiding more than ten kilometers away from the front line and avoided the killing range of 107 fire, he soon received the information from the front line. Nanata Ichiro was so angry that he drew his sword and chopped off a corner of the table in the headquarters, but this did not solve any problems.

Ichiro Shichida finally realized how difficult his opponent was.

Although he still doesn't know what the opponent's artillery is, he is certain of one thing: the opponent's artillery is extremely mobile and now has anti-aircraft firepower.

In this way, Nanada Ichiro's attempt to launch an integrated air-ground attack was thwarted. Now, there was only one way left for Nanada Ichiro.

Pull up the tank regiment as the trump card and deal a devastating blow to the enemy's position!

Soon, the Japanese tank regiment rushed to the front line. Seeing that the opponent did not even have an anti-tank trench, Colonel Fukuda Mineo, who was driving the Type 97 tank, smiled contemptuously and shouted coldly to the tank's public channel:
"To tsu ge ki (Go!)"

The problem that those idiots in the infantry and artillery can't solve, let our tank regiment solve it now!
The Japanese army's more than 50 tanks were arranged in 8 rows and staggered on the battlefield of several hundred meters and launched a charge.

Behind him was a whole battalion of Japanese infantry following the charge!

Seeing the little devils rushing over,

On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Saibei Military Region were as steady as a rock.

In the first and second trenches were the elite veterans of the 717th Regiment of the th Brigade of the Border Region.

Although no one had ever seen such a large-scale Japanese tank charge, they had already received training in fighting tanks, so they were not panicked at all.

In particular, they discovered that the Japanese artillery fire was silenced after just one round, and the old soldiers lying in the anti-artillery caves returned to their combat positions as soon as the artillery fire stopped.

Seeing that the Japanese tanks entered the marked line of about 500 meters, the RPG rocket launcher operator in the trench aimed at the Japanese tanks and started a round of salvos!
Of the nine frontal tanks, except for one that was shot away due to trembling hands, the other eight RPGs all hit the targets without exception. Even though they were only using ordinary armor-piercing bullets, the RPGs with an armor penetration depth of more than 8 mm were not something that the Japanese third-rate tanks with thin skin and large fillings could resist.

The first to rush forward was the Japanese Type 97 medium tank. The Japanese usually used this tank to break through the defense line, and then the Type 95 light tank behind it would carry out machine gun strangulation to open a passage for the subsequent infantry.

This tactic has been tried and tested on the battlefields of China and has been successful in every fight. It has been ingrained in Colonel Fukuda Mineo's bones.

However, this time, the first thing to explode was the Type 97 tank driven by Fukuda Mineo!
An armor-piercing bullet broke through Fukuda Mineo's tank head-on and exploded directly inside the tank, blowing the Japanese colonel to pieces on the spot!
Sure enough, the Japanese tanks are rubbish!
An RPG rocket launcher soldier who had received training from Ren Zhong spat out a mouthful of saliva and cursed, "You damned little Japanese, I'll make you crazy!"

Next to him, the soldier's friend squatted and nervously reloaded his bullet for him.

The Japanese tank driver, whose brain was overloaded with blood, did not give up just because the first row of tanks was destroyed. Instead, he increased his horsepower and rushed towards the trench faster!
In the distance, the Japanese front-line support Type 41 infantry guns and Type mountain guns also began shelling.

It caused some trouble to our army's front line, but it was no big deal.

The RPG launcher operator in the second trench then launched a new wave of attacks, blowing up the Japanese tanks that had rushed to the front again!
Before the Japanese could react, the RPG gunners who had scored a goal in the first trench reloaded their bullets, aimed more calmly at the Japanese tanks, and began the second wave of firing!
This time no one missed, and all of the Japanese tanks in the third row were wiped out in one fell swoop!

Then the machine guns on the position and the G20 machine guns prepared for air defense were laid flat and started firing together. Tongues of fire kept rushing towards the Japanese soldiers behind the tanks, sending these Japanese soldiers with over-blooded brains back home one by one.

At the same time, the company's mortar team began to continuously counterattack the Japanese infantry artillery, and the regiment's 107 artillery was also looking for the Japanese mountain artillery positions to fire back. The battlefield was suddenly filled with smoke and entered a white-hot stage.

However, this was not the result that Ichiro Nanada wanted. Upon hearing that the tank regiment on the front line had lost more than half of its troops, the Japanese almost vomited blood!

But what was even worse than he had imagined was that the 107th Artillery Regiment, which had moved its position, found its position again and launched another round of covering strikes on the charging Japanese and their subsequent artillery positions!

An infantry battalion charging at the front was almost left standing in the instant due to the artillery bombardment, and the fearless tank regiment, before it could rush within 200 meters of the trench, all of its Type tanks were hit and killed by RPG rocket launchers.

As for the Type 95 tanks at the back, they were blown up one after another by anti-aircraft machine guns!

After the 20mm anti-aircraft guns were lowered, it was a disaster for the Japanese tanks! In less than ten minutes, the Japanese tank regiment was sent away in an orderly manner!

Not only that, an infantry battalion following behind it, and the infantry regiment behind it, were almost wiped out in a new round of covering bombardment from 107 rocket launchers!
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