Li Yunlong didn't answer, but he was imagining the combat scene proposed by Huang Yu in his mind.
On the battlefield, there are man-made thick smoke everywhere.
It spread over a hundred meters in the air, blocking out the sky and the sun.
The Japanese plane was hovering at an altitude of three to four hundred meters, and nothing could be seen on the ground except smoke.
When they plucked up the courage to lower their flying altitude and dived into the smoke, hoping to gain something, dozens of light and heavy machine guns on the position suddenly opened fire.
The bullet instantly enveloped the plane...
If by chance a bullet hits the engine, fuel tank, or cabin... there is indeed a high chance of taking it down.
"Snapped……"
He slapped Huang Yu on the shoulder and said excitedly.
"Xiao Huang..."
"I really want to pry your head open and take a look..."
"What kind of brain does he have? Even the Japanese aviation force, which claims to be invincible in the world, can easily solve this problem."
"I seldom convince others."
"But based on what you just said, I will obey you."
"I'm going to prepare something to release the smoke now."
"Let the engineer platoon build a dozen more racks and add the heavy machine guns to shoot in the air."
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At the Baoding Garrison Headquarters, Major General Kawasaki just received the bad news that the Eighth Route Army was building offensive positions outside the city.
The real purpose of the Eighth Route Army's actions can be seen at a glance.
"The Eighth Route Army wants to fight a protracted war with us here."
"Send the attacking troops to the foot of the city wall through trenches to shorten the offensive distance."
"You can also use the offensive position as a starting point to dig tunnels toward the city wall."
"Go underground and blast the city wall."
"We have to find a way to stop them."
Cun Shangzhongzuo immediately suggested: "Report to the general."
"The artillery units under each city defense force have begun to counterattack, but the effect is limited."
"Every time we fired, we were met with counterattacks by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire."
"Heavy machine gun counterattacks don't do much either."
"The Eighth Route Army lay on the ground digging trenches. The distance between the two sides was so long that the hit rate was very low."
"Report from the garrison in the north of the city."
"The Eighth Route Army has dug a trench half a meter deep five hundred meters outside the city."
"The Eighth Route Army hid inside to deepen and widen the trenches, and the city defense troops were unable to do anything to them."
Major General Kawasaki was very angry. He did not expect that his carefully planned countermeasures would be defeated by the Eighth Route Army.
He punched the table hard and ordered: "Order the Mountain Artillery Squadron to join the battle immediately."
"They can destroy fortifications."
"Open artillery immediately, destroy the offensive positions built by the Eighth Route Army, kill the Eighth Route Army there, and never let them touch the foot of the city wall through the trench."
After hearing this, Zhong Zuo was ready to make arrangements, but as soon as he took his right foot, he was called back by Major General Kawasaki.
"Contact the aviation force by the way."
"Send planes to reinforce us as soon as daybreak."
"If the mountain artillery squadron fails to achieve the attack effect."
"Directly contact the aircraft to bomb the fortifications outside the city."
"If that doesn't work, let the planes cover us, send dozens of infantrymen out of Baoding, and use explosives to completely destroy those fortifications."
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"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
The scream of mountain artillery shells streaking across the sky soon sounded on the battlefield.
The shells roared in and hit the offensive position like eyes.
Fire splashed, countless pieces of soil were blown away by the gunfire, and the soldiers hiding in the trenches were not spared.
The trench, which was more than half a meter deep, collapsed on the spot and turned into a huge crater.
The slope of the crater is very low, and bullets fired from the city can just fly against the slope to the bottom of the crater.
This scene instantly made everyone give up the idea of using the crater as a bunker.
Kong Jie's face suddenly became solemn: "It's a mountain cannon."
"The artillery fire is powerful enough to completely destroy the offensive positions we built."
"We must find a way to kill the Guizishan field artillery unit."
"Otherwise, our position building speed will not be able to keep up with the enemy's artillery speed."
"A large number of soldiers will also be lost in the artillery fire coverage. In the end, I will lose my wife and lose my troops."
Huang Yu answered confidently: "Captain, don't worry."
"The Japanese have mountain artillery, and so do we."
"The worst case scenario is that the two sides will fight each other and fight to the death."
After saying that, he ordered the combat staff behind him: "Immediately count how many mountain field guns the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding used in the artillery attack just now."
The combat staff officer returned to Huang Yu five minutes later: "Deputy Chief of Staff..."
"It's been calculated."
"Baoding has four city gates, two in each direction, and a total of eight mountain cannons."
Huang Yu snorted coldly and said, "The little devils are also beginning to learn from us in hiding our strength."
Li Yunlong shook his head and answered: "The Japanese and puppet troops in the city are equipped with at least twenty mountain field guns."
"Hide half of the mountain's field artillery and stand still."
"Either it is because Major General Kawasaki is too arrogant and thinks that eight mountain field guns can destroy our offensive positions."
"Either he wants to use the remaining ten or so mountain field guns as an ambush to catch us off guard."
"I prefer the latter."
Kong Jie supported: "I think the same as Lao Li."
"The Japanese and puppet troops dispatched eight mountain field guns to attack the offensive positions."
"In order to maintain the offensive position, our normal reaction is to assemble mountain and field artillery units to immediately counterattack."
"The dozen or so mountain cannons hidden by the Japanese took the opportunity to take action."
"Kill our exposed mountain artillery units with lightning speed."
An idea popped into Huang Yu's mind at the same time: "Captain, Commander Li."
"The devils can hide their strength, and so can we."
"Not only do we have a reinforced field artillery battalion, but we also have five mixed artillery companies. We must be equipped with more mountain field artillery and infantry artillery than the little Japanese."
"The devils can fish, and so can we."
"Let the field artillery battalion deploy twelve field artillery pieces to counterattack, four in each direction, to force the remaining Japanese and puppet army mountain field artillery units to join the battle."
"The artillery companies directly under each regiment are ready to participate in the war."
"As soon as the Japanese hidden artillery is exposed, I will join the battle and kill them."
"The remaining artillery pieces in the field artillery battalion are stationary to prevent the Japanese army from hiding some trump card that we don't know about."
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Half an hour later, Major General Kawasaki received the bad news that the Yamano Artillery Squadron had been severely damaged.
Artillery played a large role in his plan to hold on.
As a result, the mountain artillery squadron that he had high hopes for suffered heavy losses before the enemy and we officially fought.
Major General Kawasaki was full of reluctance, but there was no regret in the world. He could only temporarily adjust the defense plan and reduce the role of the mountain artillery unit in the defense plan.
The Eighth Route Army's offensive positions outside the city are taking advantage of this general trend to quickly take shape.
Major General Kawasaki had no choice but to place his hope of destroying them on the aviation force.
At half past six in the morning, the night gradually gave way to light.
In the east of Baoding City, a winding trench blocked more than 500 meters outside the city, completely cutting off Baoding's connection with the outside world.
Eight branches were dug facing the city wall, forming an S-shape and going straight into the city wall. The trench with the fastest digging speed has extended forward for more than fifty meters. In another day, it can be dug to more than 300 meters outside the city.
