The little devils, who had absolute air superiority, suddenly sent planes for reinforcements, which indeed turned the situation around quite a bit.
In various departments in the Taihang base area.
Originally, due to the destruction of the observation group, the failure of the Yamamoto special agent team's beheading operation, and the obstacles in the advancement process, the Japanese army had no choice but to retreat.
They were ambushed layer by layer by various regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and the casualties continued to increase.
If this situation continues, if there is no Japanese air support.
Even if these Japanese and puppet troops can get out of the quagmire of the Eighth Route Army base area, they may still have to shed their skins if they don't die.
After the Japanese air reinforcements arrived, the Japanese who were originally being pursued took advantage of the air support to suppress the Eighth Route Army's firepower.
Many troops took the opportunity to escape the Eighth Route Army's pursuit.
But even so, with the help of air reinforcements and the support of reinforcements arriving from the outside, the casualties of the Japanese troops who broke out from the mopped-up Eighth Route Army's base areas were still quite heavy.
A Japanese brigade advancing from the direction of the fifth regiment.
When Captain Feng led the soldiers of the fifth regiment to set up ambushes along the way and pursue them all the way.
When they broke out of the base area, they suffered more than one-third casualties.
For this reason, the soldiers of the fifth regiment felt proud and proud.
I remember not long ago during the Japs’ April 12th raid, a Japanese brigade was forced to force the fifth regiment to constantly shift positions.
A Japanese squadron can even suppress the entire fifth regiment in a positional battle.
Had it not been for the timely reinforcements from the Independent Regiment, the Fifth Regiment would have been severely damaged by the Japanese army.
When thinking about the combat situation at that time, the cadres of the Fifth Regiment felt sad.
The entire regiment only had one old heavy machine gun, and a company had less than three light machine guns, each with less than two hundred rounds of ammunition.
The battle lasted only a few minutes, and the soldiers were forced to move with empty guns.
Unlike now, the regiment's equipment and ammunition have been developed.
When blocking the attack, three ninety-two postures and more than a dozen crooked weapons appeared, which directly stunned the Japanese.
"This is the confidence. If the Japanese planes had not provided timely support, we might not have been able to defeat the Japanese brigade if we had spent more time!"
When cleaning the battlefield after the battle, Captain Feng said to the cadres with a proud look on his face.
As the two main combat regiments in the brigade, not to mention the defense areas of the 771st and 772nd Regiments.
Under the strong firepower blockage, the Japanese advancing troops were unable to move forward.
In the confrontation between the two sides, the artillery fire that the Japanese had always relied on did not gain any advantage at all.
During the battle between China and Japan, the casualties caused by the Japanese army to the Eighth Route Army were mainly concentrated on the Japanese artillery fire, especially the firepower of some small-caliber but large-number grenade launchers.
In today's battle, the Japanese army has completely lost the advantage of grenade fire.
When the two sides were fighting, the combat troops of the 771st and 772nd Regiments pulled out the 50 small artillery pieces.
It is more powerful than the Japs' Type 89 grenade, and the shells can also hit farther. It can even get stuck in the range and beat the Japs unilaterally.
For this reason, the Japanese officers in command became more and more depressed as they fought.
No advantage was gained in artillery fire.
In terms of military strength, it is not as good as the Eighth Route Army.
I am not familiar with the topography of the base area.
The Eighth Route Army used their best mobile warfare, mountain warfare, and roundabout raid warfare.
The Japanese army raided the troops from all sides and failed to gain any benefits.
After the Japanese air support arrived, the Japanese officers from all sides of the Japanese army breathed a long sigh of relief. They dared not stop and quickly took the opportunity to escape with their troops.
Direction of Yangquan.
The Japanese army quickly gathered a brigade, plus two regiments of the Royal Association Army, to reinforce the direction of the Independence Regiment's base area through communication lines to meet the Japanese troops retreating from the Independence Regiment's base area.
The order from the Japanese military headquarters was to quickly send reinforcements to Niukou Village.
As a result, the Japanese army was ambushed again on the way.
The attacking troops had considerable firepower, and even had mortars.
The supporting Japanese and puppet troops couldn't tell for a while whether the enemy troops in the sneak attack were the Eighth Route Army local troops or the main combat troops.
Fearing that they would run into the main force of the Eighth Route Army and be ambushed midway, the Japanese and puppet troops' support was greatly slowed down.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who finally received the news, specially ordered the dispatch of four more tanks, and then drove all the way, breaking through the blocking troops along the way, and arrived at the outer defense area of the Independent Regiment, where they were trying to break out of the swamp of the Independent Regiment. Japanese and puppet troops.
The speed of the Japanese and puppet troops who came with reinforcements was not slow.
The arriving Japanese captain received the news.
Communication among many units located at the base of the Independent Regiment and besieged by the Eighth Route Army was interrupted.
Including the Matsuda brigade communications department, they also lost contact two hours ago.
The fighting continued until about 7 p.m. that day.
In a few more hours, it will be completely dark.
There were four Japanese brigades that originally advanced towards the Independence Regiment base area, as well as two regiments of the remaining troops of the Imperial Association Army.
With the help of air support and the reinforcements from Yangquan.
Only then did they break out from the outer defense zone of the independent regiment.
The Japanese and puppet troops that rushed out at that time were all wiped out except the Matsuda Brigade.
The structures of the other three brigades were also completely crippled.
Only less than half of the two regiments of the Imperial Alliance Army rushed out.
In the end, less than half of the more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops broke out.
When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the news, he was shocked and furious at the same time!
Immediately ordered the reloaded aircraft to fly over the independent regiment's station for several laps.
7:35 p.m.
Manual anti-aircraft bells were sounded at the independent regiment's station and surrounding areas.
boom--
Boom——
Twenty-five Japanese Zero fighter jets circled back and forth many times over the Independence Regiment's base area.
In total, more than two hundred shells were thrown.
According to a direct notification from the Japanese flying team performing the mission to the enemy headquarters:
The flight team successfully completed the bombing mission against the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, blowing up more than 20 suspected military factories, base stations, anti-aircraft batteries and other targets in the Independent Regiment.
The headquarters of the independent regiment.
Out of caution, the regiment leader Kong Jie and the regiment headquarters personnel moved into the air defense fortifications under the protection of the guard company.
Faced with the unbridled bombing by Japanese aircraft, Commander Kong was very angry.
As soon as he received the air defense alert, Kong Jie issued two orders:
First, relevant personnel and facilities were quickly moved to air defense fortifications. Villagers in villages affected by aircraft bombings were quickly moved to air raid shelters with the assistance of militia cadres.
Second, we must not let the Japs' planes continue to be so arrogant, and the air defense fortifications used in the regiment's defense construction will be activated immediately.
"Shoot down this stupid Japanese plane!"
In the defense construction of the independent regiment base area and surrounding areas, Kong Jie has always attached great importance to anti-artillery construction.
The repair shop has also made a lot of efforts to this end.
As early as two months ago, the independent regiment's air defense infrastructure construction had achieved quite good results.
There is no need to say more about the fortifications used to avoid Japanese air raids such as air raid shelters.
It is worth mentioning that the fire strike fortifications for air combat are hidden and constructed in the independent regiment's base area.
There is an anti-air turret equipped with Type 98 20mm machine guns captured from the Japanese.
This kind of machine gun is perfect for air defense. The maximum effective shooting height is more than 3,600 meters. Facing the Japanese low-altitude bombing aircraft, as long as one shot hits, the Japanese aircraft will basically not be spared.
Especially the Japanese Zero aircraft, which pursue speed and maneuverability, have very weak armor.
In addition, the independent regiment's anti-aircraft tower is also equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, especially for air strikes.
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Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army Headquarters had a rare smile on his face after listening to the first half of the flight team's report.
But then, his smile completely froze.
"... Our military intelligence has made major mistakes. The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army already has quite powerful anti-aircraft capabilities. They are equipped with many machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns."
"The anti-air fire attack came suddenly. Nine of our aircraft were hit by the opponent and crashed and damaged in the Taihang Mountains."
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Nine aircraft were used in exchange for the destruction of some base stations, forts, and factories of the independent regiment. Yoshio Shinozuka didn't know whether to say whether this was a profit or a loss.
I can only comfort myself in my heart, at least I blew up a lot of factories, forts and the like of the independent regiment.
Independent regiment.
The Japanese plane was obviously stunned by the air defense force of the independent regiment. After retreating, Kong Jie led the cadres back to the regiment headquarters.
"Immediately check the specific damage situation within the group."
Kong Jie gave the order, feeling a little worried in his heart.
Soon, the first news passed to the regiment headquarters was the results of the air defense fortifications everywhere:
"Reporting to the commander, we shot down a total of nine Japanese aircraft in this air combat!"
"Okay, good fight. After this battle, the little devils should know that our base area is not a place where their planes can come and leave whenever they want!"
Kong Jie offered praise, and then asked the question he was most concerned about: "Have the losses in the regiment been calculated for this bombing by the Japanese?"
The commander of the communications company arrived, with a happy face, and reported to Kong Jiehui personally:
"Report to the leader, the damage has been verified."
"In addition to some camouflaged forts, camouflaged air observation towers, and camouflaged factories that were blown up by the Japanese, some farmland around our station was affected, and more than an acre of crops was lost."
"As for the casualties, our air defense warning was delivered in a timely manner, and everyone had gone through many evacuation drills on weekdays, so they moved to the air raid shelter as soon as possible. However, some fellow villagers were slightly injured due to falling explosives. .”
"Is this gone?"
Beside Kong Jie, the outspoken monk couldn't help but ask.
Political Commissar Li Wenjie admired: "Regiment Commander, you are really there. At the beginning, you said that you would carry out air defense construction in the regiment, build more camouflaged air forts, watchtowers, and particularly obvious fake factories."
"What we were prepared for was that one day the Japanese would launch an air raid, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today!"
"We shot down nine Japanese planes. If we knew that what we replaced were just empty shells used as camouflage, we would be very angry!"
Ha ha ha ha--
The cadres laughed together when they heard this, and the depression and solemnity caused by the Japanese air raid were swept away...
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