This was the first time for Zhao Tianci to return to China to participate in the war, and he was very excited. Looking at the Japs panicking in the airport below, he was as excited as a rookie who was participating in the war for the first time.
The Japanese seemed to have a premonition that the end was coming. Dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns inside the airport fired wildly at the sky above the airport, making a desperate struggle in vain.
Zhao Tianci set the appropriate bombing height and gave the bombardier instructions to drop the bombs. After just a moment, a string of heavy aerial bombs fell from high altitude and smashed into the Japanese aircraft fleet and the crowd.
A series of explosions covered the entire airport. Planes were ignited and blown to pieces, and a large number of Japanese pilots, ground crews, defense personnel, and airport facilities were all engulfed.
The exclamations, screams, and explosions at the airport merged into a beautiful piece of music, and Zhao Tianci couldn't help but whistle.
"Bombs, throw them at the heads of the devils..."
(Chu Xiong: You are really a fucking talent!)
Because the Johnson plane crashed and blocked the Japanese runway, none of the Japanese fighter jets took off. Ferreira's good wish to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune was in vain. He could only watch in boredom as Zhao Tianci and others ravaged the Japanese, and he I can only watch.
After the bombers took turns dropping bombs, they left Taiyuan Airport with unfulfilled satisfaction. Even if there were bombs, they could not drop them. There was no intact aircraft in the entire airport, and only a few fish that had slipped through the net were left kneeling on the airport to commit seppuku. Zhao Tianci and others no longer bothered them to report to Amaterasu.
After eliminating the Japanese air power at Taiyuan Airport, the flying detachment carried out indiscriminate bombing of important military targets near Taiyuan, destroying a large number of Japanese military facilities and supplies, and greatly weakening the combat potential of the First Army.
The advantage of having control of the air came out, and they could blow up whatever they wanted. The Japanese military camps around Taiyuan were ravaged, causing heavy casualties.
The Japanese had no choice but to withdraw all their troops into the city and use the Chinese people as a shield to escape the endless bombing.
A few days later, outside Yuci City, the main force of the Eighth Route Army was already approaching the city.
During the air strikes, the vanguard troops of the Yuci Military Division were not idle. They attacked in all directions and wiped out more than a dozen strongholds scattered around Yuci City, wiping out more than 500 enemies. The other Japanese soldiers saw the situation well. All retreated into the city.
Yuci is the gateway to Taiyuan. Once Yuci fails, Taiyuan will be exposed to a direct attack by the Eighth Route Army;
For the defense of Yuci, the Japanese also spent a lot of money. The Japanese responsible for the defense alone had an independent brigade and 5 brigades. In addition, the total strength of the directly affiliated troops was about 7,000 people, and there were more than 5,000 puppet troops. , the force is very strong.
At the First Army Headquarters, Lieutenant General Wakamatsu finally tasted the pain of Xiao Zhuoyi Nan. The Japs in Hedong were so miserable that they didn't even dare to go out of the city. Now they are being attacked by the Eighth Route Army.
Major General Miyamoto seems to have become accustomed to the enemy's weakness in Hedong, and he was beaten until he became numb. Wakamatsu is still not used to it, so he still gets angry:
"Bagayalu, is the Eighth Route Army going to have a decisive battle with the Imperial Army?
They suddenly transferred a large number of fighter planes back from the south. Duanmu, did your intelligence department find out the true intention of the Eighth Route Army's sudden attack? "
Duanmu bowed and said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, according to the information we have, the Tigers of China have returned, and their campaign goal is to attack and occupy Taiyuan."
Wakamatsu nodded, then turned to Major General Miyamoto and said:
"Miyamoto-kun, please ask Commander Okamura for tactical guidance. If the First Army does not receive sufficient support, the empire may lose Taiyuan and even the entire Hedong."
Lieutenant General Wakamatsu has been serving in the domestic second-line army for a long time. He is okay for playing politics, but it is too reluctant to command tens of thousands of troops in combat.
Facing the Eighth Route Army's attack, he could not come up with a feasible response plan. He only asked for help and complained, but did nothing.
The person responsible for attacking Yuci City was the New 1st Brigade of the Military Division, formerly the Purple Mountain Guerrilla Detachment, and the brigade commander Gao Feng;
It has 4 infantry regiments and an artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of 15,000 people. It is the absolute main force of the military division.
The artillery regiment of the New 1st Brigade is a large-scale regiment, including a 16-piece 130mm 8-barreled Wei Shen artillery battalion, a 15-piece 75mm mountain gun and field artillery artillery battalion, and an artillery battalion of 24-piece Wei Yixiao artillery pieces. This firepower is greater than The artillery regiment of a Japanese division is even more powerful.
The military factory in the military division can guarantee the supply of Wei Shen artillery shells and Wei Yixiao artillery shells, so now the new brigade no longer has to search for anything when fighting, and just cover it with artillery fire.
Dozens of cannons from the artillery regiment were ready and were waiting for Gao Feng's order.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the bombardment began. 15 mountain artillery field guns took the lead in firing at the Japanese city wall, and the shells hit the city wall like raindrops;
Immediately afterwards, 24 Wei Yixiao cannons were fired at a distance of about 500 meters. The focus was on shelling the main entrance wall of Yuci City.
The Japs in the city did not expect the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire to be so fierce. A large group of Japs standing on the city wall was bombed and howled like ghosts. More than half of them were injured and killed. More than a dozen gaps were blown down in the city wall. The largest one was more than 300 meters wide, and 200 people were buried alive. There are too many Japs, and the Japs' city wall protection is ineffective.
If it weren't for fear of causing a large number of casualties to the city's residents and the 130mm Wei Shen cannon opened fire, the battle would not have been fought.
The strategy used by Gao Feng was the common siege of three and one, with the main attack on the front and feign attacks on the two wings, leaving an escape route for the Japanese Independent First Brigade to retreat to Taiyuan City.
After the bombardment, the first regiment launched an attack from more than a dozen gaps towards the main gate. This was the first time the new first brigade organized a city attack since the completion of training. There was a lot of experience to be summarized.
The offensive formation of the first regiment is a standard three-three system, and the cooperation between the teams is very tacit, which makes Major Tomita, who is responsible for guarding the city wall, look grim;
He is a true veteran. When he first came to fight in Hedong, he was just a second lieutenant. At that time, the Chinese army did not dare to attack the Japanese. They were all passive defensive battles. The Japanese could fight as they wanted.
In just a few years, the Chinese are getting stronger as they fight, while the Japanese are getting weaker and weaker. More than half of his brigade are supplementary soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, and the elite have been taken away.
He was about to bring the Chinese people closer to within a hundred meters before hitting him. Just when he was estimating the distance, there was a sudden sound of gunfire, followed by the sound of gunfire like fried beans. Still far away, a recruit came out. He went off because he was overly nervous.
As soon as he fired, he detonated the defense line in an instant. Many Japanese soldiers thought it was the commander's order and fired accordingly. This immediately disrupted Major Tomita's defensive rhythm, and he could only order others to fire.
As soon as the attacking Eighth Route Army heard the gunshots of the Japs, they fell to the ground. When the Japs opened fire, they were beaten alone, which exposed their firepower configuration in the city.
A group of machine guns began to suppress the enemy and attract the enemy's firepower. Then the Mulan cannon of the firepower team named the enemy's machine gun positions one by one, hitting each one accurately.
"Bagaya Lu, who asked the heavy machine gun squadron to open fire? How many Ba Ga Lu are there?"
Tomita cursed that the heavy machine gun squadron was a gift he prepared for the main force of the Eighth Route Army when they charged, but as a result some skirmishers were exposed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The three Weiyixiao cannons accompanying the infantry attack threw three explosive packets at the Japanese machine gun position. The huge shock wave generated by the explosion blew the Japanese machine guns into parts.
"Bagaya road!"
"good!"
The enemy and our commanders shouted almost simultaneously.
