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The Japanese have already reached the south of the Makou stronghold, so they are not far from here! The Japanese can reach the attack distance in about an hour and a half by marching on foot. If the time wasted carrying artillery is included, it will be about two hours. But judging from the actions of the Japanese, they at least have the information that Shouyang City has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army!
So, be careful and prudent, and calculate that the devils have mastered the existing positions. This is not something difficult to understand, right? Now we are at war, and it is never too careful. Don't make any mistakes!
Because once a mistake is made, the price paid will not just be one or two lives!
The main force regiment is naturally not in one position. Since they feel that their position has been exposed and they need to move, they must all move! Fortunately, the main force regiment is an offensive regiment. They can have or not have positions. They are good at mobile warfare.

Besides, after being here for a few days, everyone was familiar with finding a backup position for themselves. Therefore, Zheng Changfeng gave an order for the whole regiment to rotate positions, at least to give them peace of mind.

Wang Zixian also had spare artillery positions, and more than one, to guard against enemy artillery counterattacks. Since Zheng Changfeng felt that it was not safe, Wang Zixian decisively placed the position on the hill on the north side of Shouyang City. There were already dug artillery positions here, and they could set up artillery when they came over.

When the main regiment was changing positions, Xing Weiguo was also notified. Old Xing thought about it, then called the 4th Company Commander over and whispered a few words. Thus, the artificial earthen position outside the east gate was transformed from a fake position into a real position. A platoon of soldiers was placed here...

An hour passed in a flash, and before the enemy attacked, the roar of planes was heard in the sky. The telephone also received a telegram from the regiment headquarters, informing him that another plane had taken off from Taiyuan Airport. However, looking at the 12 bombers and 2 reconnaissance planes circling overhead, Lao Xing felt that the call to the regiment was in vain.

Woo-ah… The bombers were circling in the mountains, seemingly looking for targets to bomb. Listening to the increasingly loud roar overhead, the soldiers of both the main regiment and the new second regiment were lying tightly in their respective bunkers, waiting for the verdict of fate. They had been preparing here for more than two days, but they never expected that the devils would mobilize bombers to bomb here.

With a roar, the two reconnaissance planes gradually lowered their altitude, flew northward along the Baima River in the south of the city, and after passing through the county town, climbed over the Shimen River in the north. After climbing to a certain height, the planes circled and arrived at the Baima River in the west of the city, then lowered their altitude, and flew eastward along Shouyang City at an altitude of about 100 meters above the ground.

"The Japs are so damn arrogant!" In a mountain village in the east of the city, quick reaction company commander Hu Lanzhou looked up at the sky, watched the reconnaissance plane flying overhead, and uttered these words lightly.

"Captain, our quick reaction company is the main force company after all. It's a bit inappropriate for us to stay in this small village as a reserve force..." Deputy Captain Xiao Liang also looked up at the sky and did not continue.

"Xiao Xiao, looking at the altitude of the Japanese reconnaissance plane, it is completely within our shooting range. Do you still remember how to shoot down the plane in the sky?" Hulan Zhou asked.

"I know. I'll prepare right away and arrange the anti-aircraft shooting formation!" Xiao Liang said and ran away.

Xiao Liang ran away, but Hu Lanzhou was not idle either. He called several sniper teams from the company to his side and asked them to ambush on the eastern ridge and look for opportunities to shoot.

Hu Lanzhou was actually betting that the Japanese bomber would fly over their heads! As long as they waited for the Japanese bomber to fly over, they would have a chance to cause damage to the Japanese plane after some preparation! As for the sniper ambushing on the eastern ridge, they were just trying to see if there was a chance to face the Japanese plane head-on.

Time passed quickly. The Japanese reconnaissance plane dived and soared three times before returning to the bomber formation in the sky. It seemed that these three low-altitude reconnaissances had allowed the Japanese to grasp the situation on the ground. And now, it was time for these dive bombers to drop bombs! Woo ang... In the air, the bombers were divided into two groups, each group of 6 bombers followed by a reconnaissance plane.

Soon, one of the formations flew to the south and saw the Japanese infantrymen marching on the ground. It waved its wings to greet them. Then, after re-adjusting its course, the aircraft of this formation flew to the north and flew directly over Shouyang...

Woo hum... Planes dived down one after another. At an altitude of more than 300 meters above the ground, the bomb bay opened and bombs fell from the belly of the plane one by one like dumplings.

Chirp, chirp, chirp... Boom, boom... The bombs exploded on the city walls, outside the city gates, in the streets and alleys inside the city, and even in the houses. The damage caused by the powerful bombs was incomparable to that of mountain artillery! But every time the explosion occurred, there were visible ripples that spread rapidly in all directions, destroying everything in the middle.

Especially those residential houses, often a bomb explosion would blow the entire courtyard to pieces, the roof would be blown off, and the tiles would be scattered all around...

When the planes of this formation were pulling up, another formation that had reached the west of the city also began to dive and drop bombs. However, the targets of their bombings, apart from the East City Gate, were the narrow hills running from north to south in the east. That's right, the positions of the main regiment here, including the artillery positions, were really the main targets of the Japanese bombing!
Boom boom boom... Looking at the destroyed gun pit and the wooden fake targets placed in the pit, everyone who had moved their positions was secretly thankful. If they hadn't moved in advance, they would probably be bathed in the artillery fire now! Everyone is not a phoenix reborn from the ashes. If they were blown up like this, they would most likely die!

"Here they come, everyone, get ready to shoot..." Just as the Japanese bombers completed the bombing of the main regiment's position, Hu Lanzhou shouted loudly in the village to the east, and then all the soldiers in the company raised their assault rifles and semi-automatic rifles. The machine gun crew also raised the Qi Lali light machine guns in groups of two, ready for anti-aircraft shooting.

Woo ang... The bomber that had finished dropping bombs continued on the original route, and then the bomb bay on the belly of the aircraft began to close, and the aircraft gradually pulled up. During this period of time, the formation arrived in front of the village where the quick reaction company was located.

"Shoot... fire with all your might..." After looking at the speed of the Japanese plane, Hu Lanzhou shouted loudly, asking everyone to fire their bullets directly at the designated locations.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... The bullets flew into the air at high speed... Woo-ah... The plane also flew over at this time...

Now, it's time to rely on luck. (End of this chapter)