Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Little Zhuge Liang sat firmly in the central military tent, setting up the Bagua formation to capture the flying general.

Under the care of the military sub-district, the soldiers of the 17th Regiment who were guarding the Bagua formation at this time had food and drink, and they were very comfortable. And knowing that they would have a head-on fight with the Japanese this time, everyone was very enthusiastic! Even though the weather turned cold at this time, the north wind was howling, and the biting cold wind cut the cheeks of the comrades with the cold air, it could not take away the fiery emotions in the comrades' hearts.

After a few days of comfort, the Japanese finally accumulated enough supplies for war and launched a formal attack on this small, nameless village.

The Japanese were also helpless. If they left this village unattacked, not to mention whether they would be ridiculed by the media, what would they do if these thousands of people raided their lair from behind after they went north?

Woo-ang... The Japanese ground forces were still moving towards the 17th Regiment's position when the roar of planes came from the sky. Looking up, a group of bombers flew over from afar, circling in the air, and there were reconnaissance planes flying low in front, looking for suitable bombing targets.

"Leave an observer behind, and the rest of you, leave your position, leave the ground, and enter the air-raid shelter..." In the village and the surrounding positions, the commanders shouted loudly, and the iron whistles in their mouths made sharp blasts, urging the soldiers to hide in the underground air-raid shelters.

Because it is a plain area with a thick loess layer, the trenches of the entire position are reinforced with logs. The large air-raid shelters are dug more than 10 meters underground, and then supported by logs, with logs, sand, gasoline barrels and other structures on top to seal the top.

The sand can absorb some shock waves, and the log structure can support the impact energy, which is a relatively good structure! Of course, the most important thing is the 10-meter-thick earth layer on top, which is the guarantee. Moreover, the air-raid shelter is connected to the tunnel network in the village, and there are traffic roads leading to other villages. It is also the hiding point and central node of the entire position.

Following the leadership of the commanders, all the soldiers on the entire Bagua formation hid themselves, except for more than 30 observers left in the surrounding trenches.

At this moment, the bombers in the sky began to dive, and bombs were dropped one after another, hitting the ground hard and sinking into the soil.

Before the war, all the commanders held a meeting to discuss the situation. They believed that the first wave of bombing by the Japanese would target the village and the artillery positions. Therefore, they dug an artillery battle pit in the small square in the center of the village and placed some wooden heavy weapons in it.

Now, the Japanese bombers came, laid eggs, and flew away, and huge explosions were heard from the small square in the center of the village. Looking at the flames all over the sky and the burning wood that occasionally flashed in the flames, everyone unanimously concluded that the Japanese really blew up the small square in the center of the village!
In a single-soldier bunker in the third trench in the west of the village, observer Sun Liang looked up at the village from above and the flames rising into the sky, laughing: "Hahahaha... damn Japs, we only used a few pieces of wood to exchange for dozens of aerial bombs. This business is making a lot of money... Hahahaha... Come on, come at me..."

Sun Liang's shouting was loud, but it could not be heard by the Japanese pilots, because after circling in the air, they dived down again, but their target was no longer the village.

Woo-ang... The planes were divided into several groups in the air, and one of the groups flew lower and lower, heading for the outer circle of the trench position. Then, the observers saw the round bombs with small tails falling from the hatch and exploding in the anti-tank cone array outside the position. Chirp chirp chirp... Boom boom boom... The whistling sound was accompanied by the roar of the engine, and then it was covered by the explosion! The three bombers dropped bombs this time, and a gap of more than 200 meters was blown out in the anti-tank cone array in the southwest direction. This is not because the bombs are powerful, but because % of these anti-tank cones are just for show, made of mud in a way that drags mud blocks.

The anti-tank cone made by the Mud Camel can block bullets and small-caliber artillery shells, but it is vulnerable to aerial bombs!

Therefore, after three bombs, a channel was opened in the anti-tank cone array! And that's not all. The bombers in the air seemed to have assigned targets. The 24 bombers were divided into 8 groups, 3 in each group, flying towards the eight directions of the Bagua, and dropping bombs into the anti-tank cones one after another.

It must be said that the Japanese prepared a lot of ammunition for this battle, and 48 bombs were used up in one go! Then, the Japanese bombers continued to circle, and then dived, dropping bombs on the trench fortifications, which only blew out several circular craters in the trench fortifications, causing the unfortunate death of three observation posts.

The Japanese bombers didn't care about this! In their observation, the center of the village was in flames, the anti-tank roadblocks around it were useless, and the Eighth Route Army's positions were bombed in several places. Am I worthy of this? I have done this, what else do you want us to do? I can't jump out of the plane to help you fight, right?
Woo ang... The plane flew away, and the observation post blew the whistle, asking the garrison troops to come out and prepare for battle.

At this time, more than 1000 Japanese ground troops appeared in the west, northwest and southwest, each with 10 tanks leading the charge.

But at this time, the Japanese troops stopped about 300 meters away from the outermost barbed wire, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, the whistling sound of artillery shells came from far away, and dozens of shells exploded on the other side of the barbed wire, directly blowing out a gap of several hundred meters. It must be said that the Japanese really had money this time, and they were fighting a war of affluence. Of course, this was not all, because after these shells blew up the barbed wire, they continued to extend forward, and after jumping over the anti-tank area, they aimed at the first trench on the outer layer and bombed it.

Chirp, chirp...Boom, boom, boom...The whistling sound of the shells was sharp, the explosion was dull, the dust was flying all over the sky, and occasionally there were soldiers who were blown away with the shock wave.

"Damn, the power of the Japanese 105mm howitzer is comparable to that of our heavy mortars, right?" In the second trench of the western position, someone sighed as he looked at a section of earth slope that had been blown up in front of him.

"Not really. If a heavy artillery shell had landed there, this section of the trench would have been buried! But now, only half of it is buried, which means the power is not enough!" Even though they were more than 200 meters away from the front, the two soldiers who were talking could feel the wind pressure brought by the shock wave that just exploded. Of course, there was no danger to them.

Because we had to choose a position to fight the Japanese, the village we chose was built on high ground with the surrounding terrain getting lower and lower. Although the height difference was only about three or five meters, the height difference allowed the trenches behind to see through the trenches in front, and there would be no accidental injuries when the bullets were fired. (End of this chapter)