When the first wave of Japanese planes appeared, Ouyang Yun didn't take it too seriously. In fact, because these four Japanese planes flew over the armored forces, they were surprised when they discovered this pure infantry force led by Ouyang Yun. After that, they only stayed for a while and then flew away towards the way they came. Obviously, after analyzing and comparing these Japs pilots, they felt that Ouyang Yun would not stay in this pure infantry team with poor protection capabilities, so they turned around. Flying south to bomb the armored forces,
The 3rd Xue Division, the 5th Division, and the 60th Division are now divided into five parts in total, one part is in Zhenjiang City, one part is in Xiuxiu Bridge, and some are setting up ambushes in Guodaigou; the armored troops are moving down Xiaxiu Bridge along the Xiaxiu River. Moving forward, the only remaining troops are the two brigades led by Ouyang Yun.
Among the cadet armies in the five places, the armored troops were the first to be bombed. The armored troops had outstanding protective capabilities and their battlefield survivability was far stronger than that of ordinary troops. Perhaps considering this, the Japanese pilots thought that Ouyang Yun would definitely follow. The armored forces were moving, so after continuously detecting the two large armies of the student army, they chose to carry out air strikes on the armored forces first.
Leading the armored force was Qian Guangming, commander of the Third Division's Chariot Brigade.
These four fighter planes had flown high above the armored forces before. Qian Guangming originally thought that they were going to perform missions elsewhere, but now he saw them flying back again and lowering their altitude, obviously intending to carry out bombing operations. , immediately chose to fight. Just when the Japanese planes just started to dive, on the ground, under his command, all the armored vehicles and tanks quickly opened the distance between each other. Then, the machine gunners had already moved their guns. Head towards the sky and start aiming at the Japanese aircraft,
"Tat, tap, tap." More than 150 anti-aircraft machine guns opened fire almost at the same time. The scene was spectacular. Under this tight fire net, one of the four Japanese planes had just entered the dive attitude and was shot into the air. It exploded, disintegrated, and turned into burning fragments falling everywhere. However, the remaining three fighter planes still completed the bombing.
When the gas bombs fell in clusters, Qian Guangming, who was well-informed, had already discovered something strange. Compared with ordinary aerial bombs, these bombs were much smaller in size. Another important point was that the number was not There are many, and the models of the Japanese aircraft should be pure bombers. What is going on?
When a bomb started to explode and a thick yellowish fog burst out, he knew what was going on.
"Gas bombs, hurry up, put on a gas mask." He immediately gave the order,
The equipment of the Xuebing Army is relatively complete, and based on Ouyang Yun's understanding of the Japanese army, gas masks are one of the indispensable equipment. However, the toxicity of these gas bombs is obviously beyond Qian Guangming's understanding. It can not only It enters the human body through the respiratory system, and can actually penetrate through the skin. The good thing is that because the team is spread out, the poisonous gas does not cover the entire army. However, more than one-third of the tanks are still exposed. When these smokes arrive,
Without any warning, after only two of the three fighter planes escaped, many soldiers began to experience shortness of breath. Even Qian Guangming himself felt itching in many places on his body. He took off his clothes and took a look. , his face immediately changed, and irregular red spots appeared on his abdomen. The skin there became extremely fragile. He couldn't help but scratch it with his hand and immediately scratched off a piece.
At this time, there were already many soldiers who were poisoned. Cai Feihong, the political director of the brigade, was walking at the back of the team and was the first to be bombed by the Japs. At this time, he shouted on the walkie-talkie: "Old Qian, the Japs dropped poison gas bombs." , many of our soldiers have been poisoned, the gas masks don’t work, what should we do now?”
"Let everyone get out of the car quickly and jump into the river."
"That's all. Let's give it a try."
As a result, a full third of the officers and soldiers of the chariot unit got off their vehicles and jumped into the river. At this time, soldiers had already fainted and died. Among them, at least one squad of soldiers could not bear this kind of situation. In pain, he shot himself to death,
Qian Guangming made a mistake at this time. He did not report the situation to Ouyang Yun immediately. When he came up from the river and remembered it, Ouyang Yun had already been attacked by air strikes, and he and Li Hanhun The two people were taken special care of by the Japs pilot because they were traveling in a car. Both of them were surrounded by the smoke emitted by the poison gas bombs. The two people fainted due to suffocation at the first moment.
The coming and going of the four Japanese planes in front obviously paralyzed Ouyang Yun. When four more fighters appeared, Ouyang Yun just asked the air defense regiment to organize firepower to intercept the Japanese planes, without letting the team stop and take precautions.
This gave the Japanese planes the opportunity to carry out bombings calmly,
"Damn, gas bombs." When those small bombs fell from the sky, Ouyang Yun realized that something was wrong, and immediately issued an order to wear a gas mask. However, his luck seemed to be bad. His car was directly hit by a bomb. Not only was the whole car blown over, but the driver was also killed on the spot. When he was thrown out of the tank, his gas mask actually fell off. So, he was unprepared. , he was surrounded by yellow smoke, and then he fainted immediately,
Ye Zhao was the only senior officer who did not suffer. It was he who sent telegrams to other units on behalf of the headquarters. After contacting the armored units, he issued such an order to the 604th Regiment and other units under Xiuqiao.
Later, considering that the troops had lost the ability to fight in the First World War, he directly ordered the troops to move towards Zhenjiang City. At the same time, he telegraphed to Guangzhou and asked the headquarters to immediately airdrop doctors with the best medical skills.
In Guo Daigou, when the order signed by Ye Zhao was sent to Zhang Minghua, he was observing the Japanese troops approaching not far away with a telescope.
Zhang Minghua is the commander of the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division, and the mission of the 13th Brigade is to ambush the 35th Brigade of the Japanese 18th Division in Guodaigou.
"The commander and the army commander are unconscious." When the political director Ren Xianghe handed the telegram into his hands, he was so shaken that he almost had something wrong with his ears.
"Mr. Ye asked us to act according to the situation and to preserve our strength. If we can fight, we will fight. If we can't fight, we will withdraw."
"Then what do you think?"
"I'm not good at fighting, so I'd better listen to the chief of staff."
Zhang Minghua looked at Lu Yu on the left with a gloomy face,
Lu Yu was wearing a pair of glasses. At this time, he pushed the frame of the glasses with his left hand and said coldly: "Fighting must be fought. The key is what to do after the fighting. Whether to seek annihilation, or to fight and leave, or Go and meet the troops of the 60th Division at Xiaxiu Bridge."
Zhang Minghua said: "Then we will fight. It will be regarded as revenge for the commander and the military commander." After a pause, he said: "I have a bad idea. What if there is something wrong with the commander and the military commander, especially the commander?" ,us……"
Before he could finish his words, Lu Yu interrupted him. He glanced at Ren Xianghe and said, "Don't rush to conclusions about this kind of thing. I personally feel that the commander is not a short-lived person. Since the establishment of the Xuebing Army, he has We are not in danger once or twice. Take the last time as an example, we were in a coma for two weeks, so we just fought."
Of course, what Lu Yu said was not just to discuss matters, but to make it more interesting for Ren Xianghe to listen to. Zhang Minghua was not an idiot. He realized it immediately. He frowned slightly and said, "I'm still in charge. , you keep in touch with the master, okay, I'll go down first."
The place where they stayed was an earth slope, and the ambush position was set up on the half slope of this earth slope. There were dense bamboos growing on the earth slope, which provided the ambush army with good concealment.
A quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the 35th Brigade, about a group of Japanese soldiers, appeared on the road about three kilometers away to the west of the slope in a truck.
A Japanese officer on horseback looked up the slope with a telescope for a while, and then saw him waving and shouting loudly. The Japanese team stopped, and in its place were three three-wheeled motorcycles emitting black smoke. Galloping this way,
In the bamboo forest, Zhou Jin, the leader of the 39th regiment, watched three motorcycles speeding towards him and shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't shoot without my order. These devils are opening the way. They will definitely shoot them with guns later." , Hide it for me, and don’t say anything even if you are hit, otherwise you will go back and put on women’s underwear for him.”
Zhou Jin's words were very venomous, and of course also had a bit of black humor. Many soldiers immediately laughed out loud, and then they quickly covered their mouths to avoid speaking out again.
As Zhou Jin expected, the three motorcycles stopped in front of the bamboo forest. Then, three machine guns began to shoot at the bamboo forest, hitting the bamboo until the bamboo cracked and the leaves rustled.
All three machine guns fired a magazine, and then drove around the bamboo forest again, and then drove back along the way they came. However, just when the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and were ready to stretch their hands and feet, One of the motorcycles suddenly made a sudden U-turn and drove over again. A Japanese soldier on the motorcycle actually picked up a rifle and fired a grenade into the bamboo forest.
In the shooting just now, although no one in the 39th regiment was shot dead, two people were injured. Both of them bit their lips and tried not to make a sound, which made the brothers next to them give a thumbs up. , and because this grenade was shot farther, it landed next to Zhou Jin and exploded, shocking him.
"Grandma, it's okay." Seeing that a bamboo tree in front of him was cut down by shrapnel, Zhou Jin was secretly frightened and muttered softly,
After the nine Japanese soldiers fired a grenade, they observed for a while, and then returned to resume their lives with complete confidence.
When they were far away, Zhou Jin's adjutant, Chang Zai, laughed in his heart and said: "Master, you just made a sound."
Zhou Jin glared at him angrily and said, "Why, you still want to put women's underwear on me."
"Don't dare."
"Hmph, brothers, cheer up, the little devil is coming now."
"Tuanzuo, do you want to wait for the Japanese army to come up?"
"What are you waiting for, the big army? There are more than a thousand Japs, enough for us to drink a pot. Hehe, our mission is just to lure the enemy. Let the 37th and 38th Regiments deal with the Japs behind."