Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Early the next morning.

Eighth Route Army Dagu Town Airport.

20 fighter jets, 30 attack aircraft, and 10 combat reconnaissance aircraft were on the runway preparing to take off.

"Captain Zhang, as instructed, most of the ammunition has been loaded with napalm. The aircraft has been filled with 150 high-grade fuel and the ammunition is fully loaded."

The ground crew manager quickly walked into the airport operations room and reported to Zhang Chengwu.

"Okay." Zhang Chengwu nodded and looked at the pilots. "Today, our mission is to eliminate the Japanese in the bunkers and artillery towers outside Xin County and relieve the pressure on the main ground attack force."

"Yes!"

The 60 pilots on the mission responded in unison, with fire burning in their eyes.

In the mission a few days ago, they destroyed all the brick and stone artillery towers and bunkers outside Xin County.

But conventional aerial bombs and rockets are powerless against concrete bunkers and artillery towers.

However, Boss Lin replenished the supply of new napalm bombs yesterday, which are extremely powerful.

Although it is impossible to destroy concrete fortifications, it is no problem to burn the enemies inside the concrete fortifications.

Zhang Chengwu led the pilots to board the plane quickly. After takeoff, they formed a formation and flew towards Xin County.

Although Jinzhong Airport is closer to Xin County.

However, the Xinxian Airport is currently home to a flight regiment directly under the headquarters.

The independent regiment's flying brigade was stationed at the northwest Shanxi airport. On the one hand, it could quickly reinforce the Taiyuan battlefield, and on the other hand, it could also defend the northwest Shanxi arsenal.

Although the new regiment was short of aircraft, it had 128 pilots.

Therefore, the performance of the aircraft can be exploited at will, and each aircraft can be dispatched up to 10 times a day.

Anyway, if the plane is old or damaged, Boss Lin can replace it with a new one immediately.

Even if it crashes, Boss Lin can reimburse the money and provide full after-sales service.

……

Xin County.

"Report to the captain, the 1st Battalion, the Tank Battalion, and the st Howitzer Battalion are ready and ready to attack at any time."

In the command center, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong reported to Chu Yunfei.

With Chu Yunfei's efforts, Li Yunlong handed over the task of collecting tolls in Xin County to Chu Yunfei and his independent brigade.

yesterday afternoon.

After the independent brigade arrived in Gang County, Li Yunlong sent 500 large trucks to transport more than 1 people from the independent brigade to the outskirts of Xin County.

Now the independent battalion is ready to attack.

Chu Yunfei looked at the watch on his hand. It was not yet time to attack, so he came to the position of the first battalion.

Chu Yunfei looked at the death squad soldiers with submachine guns hanging from their chests and explosives wrapped around their bodies, and asked, "Captain Sun, why aren't the troops eating breakfast?"

Because the Eighth Route Army rarely had adjutant positions, after the independent battalion was reorganized, Sun Ming was appointed as the battalion commander.

The former battalion commander Qian Bojun has now become the deputy commander of the independent battalion.

Qian Bojun's way of life is to be loyal to whoever feeds you. Now that the Eighth Route Army has become so powerful, Qian Bojun is completely devoted and loyal to it.

Anyone who dares to deal with the Eighth Route Army will be killed by him.

"I've already told my comrades," Sun Ming said loudly, "We'll have breakfast after we capture the enemy's frontier positions."

"You!" Chu Yunfei smiled slightly, "You always come up with new tricks for me." Then, Chu Yunfei touched the chests of the soldiers and found that every member of the suicide squad had a steel plate inside his chest clothes.

Today, the steel production of steel mills in northwest Shanxi is sufficient, and all the steel is of high quality, so it is possible to equip every suicide squad member with a steel plate bulletproof vest.

These single steel plates can save lives at critical moments.

Chu Yunfei nodded with satisfaction, and then went to inspect the positions of the Tank Battalion and the 1st Howitzer Battalion.

He keenly noticed that the soldiers' morale was very high, and there was a wolf-like murderous intent in their eyes, which had never appeared in the 358th Regiment before.

And there was plenty of ammunition, too much so.

Chu Yunfei felt that it would not be a problem to capture the frontline positions, but it would be extremely difficult to clear all the Japanese fortifications outside the territory.

Because the 105mm howitzers equipped by the independent battalion were difficult to destroy the Japanese concrete bunkers and artillery towers.

However, the battle had to be fought despite the difficulty. The independent battalion had to carve out a bloody path to Taiyuan for the main force.

If that doesn't work, then apply for the 203 howitzer battalion, which is said to be able to deal with concrete bunkers and artillery towers.

"Time's up, prepare your artillery, fire!"

Looking at the pointer on his hand pointing to eight o'clock, Chu Yunfei gave the order to fire with a fierce look.

"Boom, boom!"

"Boom boom boom..."

After a few test shots, 24 105mm howitzers launched a rapid attack on the Japanese front-line positions, and huge fireballs continued to rise above the enemy positions.

On the Japanese front-line positions, there were more than 10 concrete bunkers and gun towers spaced more than meters apart, as well as various trenches, foxholes, and anti-artillery holes.

There are also some remains of brick and stone artillery towers, fragments of Japanese and puppet soldiers' corpses, and bullet craters on the battlefield. These are all masterpieces of the New 1st Regiment's Flying Brigade.

The Japanese soldiers hid in concrete bunkers and gun towers, and the puppet troops could only stay in trenches, foxholes and anti-artillery holes. After 10 minutes of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers in the concrete fortifications were not hurt at all, but the puppet troops outside suffered heavy casualties.

Taking advantage of the time for artillery preparation, a tank company and an infantry company of the independent battalion had already entered the attack position.

As soon as the artillery fire stopped, 13 tanks and more than 300 infantrymen immediately attacked the Japanese front-line positions.

at the same time.

In Xin County, in a bunker on the north wall of the county town, Hideo Miki, Toranosuke Ogose and others came here to watch the battle.

The Japanese had hollowed out the inside of the city wall and placed mountain cannons and twenty infantry guns inside the wall. This not only provided artillery support to the infantry, but also effectively avoided being bombed by the Eighth Route Army artillery units and aircraft.

However, even with the 9 mountain guns equipped by the 12th Brigade and the 4 mountain guns equipped by the Yoshino Regiment, the total artillery firepower was still seriously insufficient in this level of defensive battle.

"The Eighth Route Army conducted a test bombardment," said Major Yamada, the mountain artillery battalion commander, in a horrified tone. "Over 105 mm shells were fired."

105榴弹炮常规射速是一分钟4发，24门榴弹炮火力全开，10分钟就是2400发。

"The Eighth Route Army's infantry and tank units have begun their attack."

A group of Japanese officers hurriedly raised their binoculars with serious expressions and looked towards the front line.

The front line is about 3 kilometers away from the city wall. Within this 3-kilometer area, there are trenches, trenches, foxholes of various sizes, as well as a large number of concrete and brick fortifications.

The masonry fortifications have been destroyed, but more than 200 concrete fortifications still stand there.

"It's not a big problem," said Lieutenant Colonel Miki Hideo, Chief of Staff. "The Eighth Route Army's tank guns can't destroy the Locust Army's concrete fortifications. Even if the Eighth Route Army captures the frontier positions, they will suffer heavy losses. We can organize a death squad to retake the frontier positions at night."

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander," Major Yamada asked, "Should the Mountain Artillery Battalion open fire to provide artillery support for the forward positions?"

"No need." Kosei Toranosuke said disapprovingly, "This is just a test attack by the Eighth Route Army." (End of this chapter)