"General..." Cun Shangzhongzuo ran over with a happy face.
"Air Force urgent call."
"Three planes to reinforce us have taken off."
"We will arrive over Baoding in thirty minutes." Major General Kawasaki slapped his hand on the table in front of him and said happily: "Finally, we have expected them to come."
"What are the Eighth Route Army attacking us doing outside the city?"
"Did you retreat during the night?"
"I especially hope now that they will continue to dig trenches outside the city."
"After the aviation force arrives, they will blow up the soldiers digging the trenches together, so that the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong will suffer a heavy loss in our hands first." Cun Shang Zhong Zuo obviously thought the same way, and quickly replied: "They are still outside the city... …”
"Hiding in the trenches and continuing to dig fortifications, with no intention of retreating."
"They must have thought that the troops were hiding in bunkers and that the heavy machine guns and artillery equipped by our army could not do anything to them. They did not know that we had aircraft, so they did not withdraw from the battlefield."
"Very good..." Major General Kawasaki was in a better mood than eating candied fruit. He said with a happy face: "We fought so many battles with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army."
"God has finally reached our side."
"Ask the city defense troops to keep an eye on the Eighth Route Army outside the city."
"If they evacuate before aviation arrives, be sure to focus all your firepower on them."
"They had night cover last night, so our firepower advantage couldn't be used to its full potential, and the shooting accuracy was greatly affected."
"It's dawn now. Even if the distance between the two sides is far away, the heavy machine gun troops can kill many people."
"Let the city defense force form a fifty-man demolition team, ready to go out of the city under the cover of aviation at any time to destroy the Eighth Route Army's offensive positions." After that, he walked to the door of the war room, giving orders as he walked.
"This is our first big victory since we defended Baoding."
"As the commander of the Baoding garrison, I must be present."
"The chief of staff remains at the command post."
"The First Guards Squadron is following me to the east gate." Major General Kawasaki galloped on his horse and arrived at the east gate of Baoding in only twenty minutes.
Judging from the time, the aviation force will be able to reach the sky above Baoding in ten minutes. Then he would be able to witness with his own eyes the tragic scene of the Eighth Route Army being blown away outside the city.
Before he climbed to the top of the city, he asked the captain who greeted him: "Did the Eighth Route Army not escape outside the city?"
"I haven't withdrawn, I haven't withdrawn... It's just..." The captain seemed to have encountered a problem, and looked at Major General Kawasaki with a confused look on his face.
"What is it, please tell me clearly?" Major General Kawasaki raised his eyebrows, thinking that something had happened, and asked quickly.
"General..." The captain still didn't know how to speak and replied with a wry smile.
"You'd better go over and take a look yourself..."
"Even in my humble position, I don't know what conspiracy the Eighth Route Army is playing outside the city?" Major General Kawasaki turned around and saw a large amount of black smoke rising from the Eighth Route Army's position outside the city.
Every ten meters or so on both sides of the trench, there was a pile of firewood that was emitting black smoke. There was no open flame, only black smoke, and it was obvious that it had been watered.
Hundreds of thousands of black smoke rose into the sky at the same time, slowly spreading towards the surroundings, and soon became so thick that they became more than 100 meters high in the sky.
The good mood on Major General Kawasaki's face disappeared instantly. His whole body was shrouded in chill, he clenched his fists and smashed them hard on the battlements in front of him.
He gritted his teeth and said, "What a cunning Eighth Route Army soldier."
"They want to use smoke to obscure the ground attack positions so that the aviation forces lose their bombing targets and cannot launch attacks."
"We must not let their conspiracy succeed."
"The artillery immediately fired at the Eighth Route Army's offensive position and blew up the firewood pile to prevent them from continuing to release smoke." The captain slapped his head and suddenly realized: "The Eighth Route Army outside the city is indeed very cunning."
"I am humble enough to give the order now..."...Compared with last night, the artillery unit's artillery fire accuracy was very high at the moment.
Piles of firewood were constantly being blown up, and the wet firewood was like a goddess scattering flowers, flying everywhere. But the firewood was not extinguished and black smoke was still emitting.
More importantly, the Eighth Route Army hiding in the trench continued to throw wet firewood out. Instead of thinning the smoke, the shelling was getting thicker.
Major General Kawasaki was frightened and quickly stopped: "Stop the bombardment..."
"The bombardment is useless, we must think of other methods."
"Buzz buzz..." As soon as the command came out, the roar of the plane reached his ears. From far to near, the sound gets louder and louder.
Major General Kawasaki raised his telescope and saw three small black spots, which grew bigger and bigger and turned into three silver-white fighter planes.
The silver light shines under the sunlight, which is very dazzling.
"General..." the captain quickly asked Major General Kawasaki.
"The aviation force has arrived, should we continue to prevent the Eighth Route Army from releasing smoke." Major General Kawasaki shook his head: "Wait a minute."
"Maybe the aviation force can see the ground from the sky." When he said this, his eyes never left the three planes.
One circle, two circles...four circles...the three planes have circled back and forth over Baoding for four times without launching an attack.
The expectant expression on Major General Kawasaki's face was replaced by solemnity again, and he shook his head helplessly.
"The pilot's view must have been blocked by smoke and he was unable to lock on to the target."
"Otherwise they would have launched an attack long ago..."
"Contact the aviation force immediately and ask them to launch an attack from low altitude."
"We have been fighting with the Yizhong Eighth Route Army for several years, and we have never heard of them possessing anti-aircraft weapons."
"Let the pilots lower their bombing altitude without fear." This order from Major General Kawasaki was full of risks, but he had to give it.
Artillery is the only long-range attack weapon of the Baoding garrison. Now even they can't stop the Eighth Route Army from releasing smoke, let alone other troops.
As for sending troops out of the city to fight. This idea was rejected by him as soon as it came up. The garrison in the city is limited and no reinforcements will be received in a short period of time.
The Eighth Route Army was hiding in the trenches waiting for work. Sending troops out of the city was tantamount to hitting their guns and seeking death.
Even if the Eighth Route Army outside the city is completely annihilated and all offensive positions outside the city are destroyed with the help of aviation, the attacking troops will still pay a huge price in the battle.
The enemies outside the city are only a small part of the Eighth Route Army in the wing. Their elimination will not affect the Eighth Route Army's attack on Baoding.
The cost of leaving the city is so high that it’s not worth it no matter how you calculate it. Only by risking low-altitude bombing by the aviation force, could the Baoding garrison have the opportunity to destroy the fortifications outside the city and eliminate the Eighth Route Army outside the city at the minimum cost.
For the sake of Baoding City, he decisively sold the aviation force in the sky. After all, they are from Peiping. Even if all three planes are lost, Peiping can still send new planes to continue to reinforce Baoding.
Unlike the Baoding garrison in hand, it will be gone if it is defeated. It will take ten days at the earliest to replenish it, so we cannot afford to lose it.
.........The former enemy headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong is more than 200 meters away from the offensive position. After one night of construction, this semi-underground bunker has been completely completed.
Except for the entrance and exit, all other areas are covered with thatch, blending in with the surrounding environment.
You can't see anything strange even if you stand more than ten meters away, let alone a Jaap pilot who is hundreds of meters tall.
