It was a bright morning. The base area had just woken up from the morning fog. Air defense whistles sounded in each village. With the assistance of the militia company, the villagers quickly dug into the tunnels, leaving an empty Liuzhen to the Japanese. airplane.
Ten minutes later, a dozen bombers with disgusting plaster flags flew over Liuzhen and began bombing Liuzhen;
One after another, Type 97 heavy bombardment aircraft roared and swooped down, dumping heavy weights weighing tens to one hundred kilograms each. The huge explosion leveled every house to the ground.
Each plane carried one ton of bombs. After dropping the bombs, the Japanese pilots were still not satisfied. They used the two 20mm cannons and three 7.7mm machine guns on the plane to fire wildly at the ground below, sweeping away thousands of adobe houses. Full of holes...
The houses in Liu Town are now made of mud bricks. Not to mention the price of an expensive aerial bomb, even a shuttle of 20mm machine gun shells are not worth it.
Xiao Zhuoyi Nan wants to use planes to defeat the Independence Regiment and Liuzhen Base. He will feel sorry for his expensive aviation gasoline and bombs!
In the underground command room of Liu Town, Gao Wancheng had a serious look on his face. After the Japanese bombing, post-war reconstruction was another headache for him. However, Chu Xiong was very calm and still in the mood to have breakfast.
"Old Chu, you still have enough to eat. Listen to this news. Liu Town, which has been rebuilt for a year, has to be rebuilt again!"
"Lao Gao, let the old Japanese bomb the enemy. I want the old Japanese soldier Xiao Zhuoyi to explode until I feel heartbroken. Do you know how much that aerial bomb is worth?"
The aerial bombs they dropped today are more expensive than several Liu towns. This is a mountainous area, not a big city. Am I afraid of them bombing? "
Gao Wancheng naturally knew this truth, but he couldn't turn around and said:
"Old Chu, the Japs have a great cause. Can we afford to compete with them? Isn't this the same as a beggar competing with the Dragon King for treasures?"
"The beggar only has a dog-beating stick on him. If it blows up, just chop another one back. The more this war goes on, the more exhausting it will be. Believe me, the Japanese will be the first to bear it!"
Just as the two were grinding their teeth in the underground command post, the Japanese plane had consumed all its ammunition and left with satisfaction.
"Telegraph Shitou and ask them to find the Japanese airport and look for an opportunity to blow up all the chicken coops for him!"
As soon as Chu Xiong gave the order, the whistle for the air raid to be lifted sounded in the basement.
When Chu Xiong and others came out of the tunnel, they saw that Liu Town was devastated, with more than one-third of the houses destroyed.
"Inform the outer air defense sentry and continue to be on alert. The Japs will not blow up just once. As long as there are no large-scale casualties, the Japs will bomb any place!"
Chu Xiong's order was well implemented. Many villagers in the village even hid in the tunnels and did not come out. The Japanese's 100 kilogram aerial bombs could not blast the people hiding in the tunnels.
As expected by Chu Xiong, another batch of planes came over, this time their targets were various villages...
There was another burst of indiscriminate bombing. After leaving, another wave came an hour later, this time in another village.
This is already the limit of the Japanese. After dropping dozens of tons of bombs, it’s hard to say what the effect will be. Anyway, Major General Miyamoto, who was in charge of the transportation, couldn’t bear it anymore, so he suggested to Xiao Zhuoyinan:
"Your Excellency, Commander, the mission of the Air Warriors has been completed very well. Judging from the results returned by the reconnaissance aircraft, Liu Town and surrounding villages and towns have been razed to the ground. The independent regiment has suffered heavy losses, and 40% of the aerial bombs have been consumed. , it’s time for a ground attack.”
When Xiao Zhuoyinan heard that 40% of the aerial bombs prepared for this battle had been consumed, he instantly felt a pain in his heart. The empire's resources were very precious and could not afford such a waste!
"Yoshi, Miyamoto-kun, let's start!"
Following Miyamoto's order, several armies came out, one regiment at a time, to attack Li Tiejun's new regiment;
Another army entered the area under the jurisdiction of the New Second Regiment and pinned down all the Eighth Route Army troops from two directions who might support the Independent Regiment;
In addition, there were nearly a brigade of Japanese soldiers who were planning to invade the brigade commander's jurisdiction and pinned the brigade commander's headquarters to their own jurisdiction.
For a time, all major base areas were filled with smoke!
After these combinations of punches, the main force of the Japs, about 15,000 people, moved toward the outskirts of the independent group to kill;
This time they learned the hard lesson of being defeated one after another after the last division of troops. They lined up several brigades in a row, with only half a day's journey between each brigades. They used barrel formations and marched towards the base area step by step.
As long as they attack one of their brigade, the other surrounding brigade will surround them like wild dogs, denying the Eighth Route Army any chance to defeat them one by one.
In order to prevent the main force of the Eighth Route Army from escaping, they relied on roads and gun towers to build a stable chain in an attempt to lock the Eighth Route Army within the base area.
Chu Xiong's response plan was to transfer a company from each battalion, a total of 5 companies, plus artillery battalions and cavalry companies to form a mobile battalion. It would be commanded by Chu Xiong himself and hidden in the mountains, just like a wild wolf. Hidden in the dark.
In addition to leaving one platoon behind to assist the militiamen in fighting guerrillas, each battalion of the main force planned to partially or completely jump to the outside line, preparing to attack the enemy's defense area. Each battalion would attack its own area and wait for the Japanese to enter the base area...
At the foot of Qinglong Mountain, in Huaishu Village, some villagers evacuated to Qinglong Mountain, and some elderly people who were inconvenient to evacuate all evacuated to the tunnels. The village was quiet and empty.
The person responsible for clearing Huaishu Village was the Chiba Squadron. This time they entered the Eighth Route Base Area and felt like they were in an uninhabited land...
"Your Excellency Qianye, we are about to enter the entrance of Huaishu Village. Do you want to send a search team to search first?"
Second Lieutenant Ichiro Nitta reported to Chiba.
"No, the Eighth Route Army has become a frightened bird. You can lead the Xintian team into the village quietly, and you don't want to shoot;
Drive out all the Chinese people, and then I will lead the remaining two teams outside the village, setting up a net and waiting. All the flower girls will be captured, and all the others will die! "
At the entrance of the village, the third team of the Huaishu Village Armed Forces Team is lurking here. They have planted two bombs at the entrance of the village. Going inside is a dense minefield, which is guaranteed to give the Japanese one surprise after another.
The Nitta team formed a fan-shaped skirmish line and surrounded the village entrance...
100 metres!
50 meters!
10 m!
Until the search team entered the village, no one was seen, which made the always cautious Nitta Ichiro bold.
He led the other two teams into the village from the entrance, preparing for the carnival...
"Boom! Boom!"
Two huge explosions blew up the number of the Japanese to more than 20 people at once, causing great distress!
"Bagaya Road, enemy attack!"
The Japs who were lucky enough to have no casualties, under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek, led by Ichiro Nitta, fired wildly in all directions. Unfortunately, there was no response. The demolition team had already evacuated from the tunnel entrance.
"Boom! Boom..."
There were several more explosions, and Nitta was frightened and asked angrily:
"What kind of work?"
"Your Excellency Nitta, we were attacked by a landmine. Five people were shattered! Eight people were injured. All the injured had their legs broken!"
A Japanese soldier came over to report in disgrace.
