The Japanese aircraft in the sky suddenly panicked. The heavy bombers forgot to drop bombs and accelerated towards the southeast. Several Japanese fighter planes serving as escorts quickly divided into several formations. Four fighter planes followed the bombers and fled around them.
Towards the southeast, the remaining fighter planes were grouped in twos and threes, quickly adjusted their posture, accelerated to the north and northeast, and rushed head-on towards the Chinese fighter planes that suddenly appeared less than ten kilometers away. A sudden attack of more than fifty aircraft of various types began.
The fierce air battle began in the Kuancheng airspace north of the towering Great Wall.
There were endless howls and thunderous roars in the sky, and the sound of dense large-caliber machine gun fire could be heard endlessly. The first encounter between the fighter planes from both sides caused smoke to billow all over the sky. The enemy and us were entangled in the entire sky, which was dizzying. In the blink of an eye, the two sides
A Japanese plane exploded in the air. The fire that illuminated the sky was still spreading. The earth-shattering explosion was still heard. The three Japanese planes dragged their long tail flames and rushed down to the ground. They were stuck in a courtyard three kilometers away in the northeast.
On the north side of the mountain, pillars of fire soared into the sky amid earth-shaking explosions.
A fighter plane of the National Army rolled down despite the flames. The two fighter planes with their tails destroyed crookedly and staggered down. They quickly threw out three parachutes and slowly fell towards the independent division position. The out-of-control fighter planes let out a sharp roar.
The wails landed almost at the same time and exploded on the hill between the independent division's position and the rear command post. The thousands of soldiers who were looking up in fear on the position had their blood surge and their ears were deafened. The flames and debris that filled the sky were aroused.
Amazingly covering hundreds of meters of sky.
More than a dozen silver fighter planes came rapidly from west to east, breaking through the fog formed by bursts of gunpowder smoke, and continued to chase eastward. Apart from the screams that tore through the air, there was no response to this blazing aerial battlefield.
Give birth to a little bit of nostalgia.
On the high ground to the east of the command post, Hu Jialin pointed to the disappearing army fleet in the east and shouted loudly to Zhang Zuoxiang and Wan Fulin beside him:
"Senior, the work of the southwest air defense brigade has been completed. The two air interception squadrons have probably achieved a great victory! The fighter planes that just flew over our heads and did not stop were waiting for the Japanese planes to defeat them and chase them and beat them up. If
If they haven’t killed the dozen or so Japanese fighter planes that first flew to the southwest, they won’t launch a pursuit eastward now!”
"Great fight! I didn't expect that air combat can be the same as ground combat, using tactics such as luring the enemy, ambush, combined attack, pursuit, etc. It's amazing... Brother Hu, who commanded this air combat?"
Wan Fulin asked loudly, but Zhang Zuoxiang was still staring blankly at the fierce battle in the sky to the north, seemingly not hearing the conversation between Hu Jialin and Wan Fulin.
"It's a long story. I'll tell the seniors later when the fight is over!" Hu Jialin's eyes were still looking at the sky where the fighter jets roared.
Another violent explosion came, and a Japanese plane that disintegrated in the air was torn apart in the blazing fire. The four surrounding Japanese planes hurriedly changed directions, roared, raised their attitude, and rushed into the sky. However, the clumsy controllability of the old fighter planes and the
The slow flying speed was clearly visible, and six Chinese silver fighter planes clung to them, firing frequently. Before the two Japanese fighter planes had time to lift up or change their route, they were shaken violently by the dense rain of bullets, and their wings were broken.
The gun tumbled and fell like a bird, and fell to the ground in the blink of an eye, emitting another earth-shaking explosion and blazing fire. Hu Jialin's heart was surging when he saw it from above, and tens of thousands of brothers who had returned to the battlefield on the battlefield were mesmerized.
drunk.
At this moment, all the soldiers felt their own strength for the first time, and felt the pride in their hearts. The cheers came one after another, and soon they became louder and louder, and finally turned into a majestic wave of overwhelming waves. The soldiers' hearts were ups and downs,
Naturally, he was overjoyed when he saw an enemy plane being shot down. When his own fighter plane was shot down and damaged, he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Tiger General Wu Liheng on the battlefield had wet eyes and sweaty hands. He had forgotten to instruct his brothers to spare no effort to rescue and capture the parachuting pilots. He stood on the battlefield like a stone pillar, looking up at the smoky sky, unable to speak for a long time.
Suddenly, Wu Liheng felt his arms shaking. He lowered his head and saw that it was Ling Qian, the captain of the Special Forces Brigade, who was calling loudly. Wu Liheng quickly put his ear to the ear and after hearing what he heard, he suddenly turned around, took the telescope handed over by Ling Qian and hurried north.
Looking up, he soon discovered that the three Japanese officers standing on the stone hillock were staring blankly at the sky like all the brothers around them.
Wu Liheng put the telescope into Ling Qian's hand and shouted loudly: "I agree! Kill those bastards in the north, especially the short, fat assistant officer in the middle. I'll watch from here. I'll give you credit when you're done!"
"yes!"
The distance of more than three kilometers quickly shortened under the feet of the special soldiers. In less than ten minutes, two groups of snipers had moved at high speed to a location more than 400 meters southwest of the Japanese officers.
The fierce battle in the sky came to an end. In just half an hour, 11 Japanese planes were shot down, 24 Japanese planes were damaged, and the remaining 17 fighters fled in panic. There was a huge gap and heavy losses.
The loss made the three Japanese officers standing on the stone hill beat their hearts and lungs and wailed.
Such a failure really left the Japanese army, which had always been aloof and complacent, completely unprepared. Such an unexpected and heavy blow was enough to hurt their self-esteem, and it was understandable that they would do such a heart-wrenching move.
However, what made them even more distressed was what happened later. After the two gunshots, the short major who was squatting on the stone hillock and just straightened up was so sad that a blood mist appeared on his head. The other lieutenant on the left fell headlong into the stone hillock.
, the lieutenant on the right screamed in fright, but the scream stopped abruptly after only half of it. A special bullet shattered half of his face. The lieutenant spun twice quickly on the stone hillock, fell heavily, and waited for the Japanese army.
While shouting and setting up their machine guns to look for the enemy, two groups of excellent snipers had already retreated to the back of a mountain bag more than 500 meters away, and quickly returned to their position along the rugged valley filled with mud and snow.
In the trenches on the edge of the frontline command post, Ye Qing and several female reporters looked pale and stared at the blazing battlefield. Their legs were still shaking uncontrollably as they stepped on the bullet boxes. It was difficult to stay calm no matter what, but the weapons they held in their hands
The camera faithfully recorded everything that happened in front of me.
In the command post, Zhang Zuoxiang, who had put down his telescope and had just taken a drink of water and put back his marching kettle, had fully recovered. His eyes were shining. It was obvious that this battle had greatly touched him. Wan Fulin's face was still flushed, and his behavior was at a loss and excited.
Unbearable.
By this time, the entire front line had calmed down. The soldiers once again rushed to repair the fortifications and paved the muddy trenches. The Japanese army on the opposite side also lost the courage and strength to attack, and the two sides entered a confrontation.
Zhang Zuoxiang sighed and looked at Hu Jialin with a smile: "My dear nephew, little Japan cannot break through this direction in a short period of time. There is no open space coordination, and the complex terrain of undulating mountains limits the use of the Japanese army's superior artillery fire. The Japanese army loses these two offensive magic weapons.
, there is no way to compete with the more than 20,000 elites of my nephew.
"In addition to taking advantage of speed and impact, the Japanese cavalry troops are unlikely to launch large-scale charges in such terrain. On the contrary, from today on, they will probably have to be prepared for our troops' attacks from the air at all times."
No matter how fast it runs, it is not as fast as an airplane, and it does not have the rapid concealment ability of infantry. It can be said that unless the Japanese army more than doubles its troops, it will not be able to shake the line of defense of my nephew."
Hu Jialin answered modestly: "Of course it won't be a problem in the short term, but if time goes by and the friendly forces make no progress, the juniors can still only passively defend. In addition to containing the main force of one or two Japanese brigades and fully coordinating the front-line friendly forces in Chengde,
I'm afraid it's hard to do anything else.
"Furthermore, the two divisions of our army won with firepower and training, and the pressure on logistics was very high. Once there was a problem with the 32-kilometer transportation line from Guankou to Kuancheng, more than 20,000 soldiers had no choice but to retreat. Senior
I have also seen that although today's battle defeated two Japanese regiments and achieved a record of annihilating more than 3,400 enemy troops and injuring more than 3,000 enemy troops, the three brigades of our independent division also suffered more than 4,500 casualties.
This was achieved with the strong cooperation of our fighter planes. Once there is no air support, it will be difficult for us to defeat the well-trained and well-equipped Japanese army in an offensive battle. Even if we defeat one of them, we will still pay a huge price.
Huge casualties.
"The Independent Division and the 17th Division are far away from their bases. The use of a large number of new equipment and the requirements for new operations have restricted the two divisions from replenishing troops on the spot. Now they are at the forefront of the entire defense line. Frequent battles are inevitable, resulting in casualties.
One is missing, so I have to be careful every step I take. Please forgive me for this, senior."
How could Zhang Zuoxiang, who had become a man, fail to hear the unfinished meaning of Hu Jialin's words? He nodded in agreement and asked Division Gu Changfeng, who was still in the hinterland of the Japanese army: "My dear nephew, what's the news from General Hutou?
"
Hu Jialin shook his head: "Commander An, in order to allow our department to fully concentrate on facing the current enemy, did not inform the divisions about the situation of Brother Gu's department. It is probably very embarrassing. If they have not entered the Xiaoheishan area by this time, it is very likely that they will
The vast majority of brothers will never come back." When he said this, his face was full of gloom.
Zhang Zuoxiang thought that it was Tang Yulin's incompetence that caused this scene to happen, and he couldn't help but sigh sadly. However, Tang Yulin was the sworn brother and life-and-death friend of the late Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Xueliang had to respect him as an uncle, and added other
With a heavy army in his hand, he had no way to defeat him. He could only hope that after retreating to Chengde, he would wake up and fight, otherwise the Northeast Army would be completely disgraced by him.
Wan Fulin also looked unhappy. More than 30,000 soldiers of the Northeast Army's Fifth Army retreated without a fight. As a result, Gu Changfeng, the elite division of the Anjia Army, lost all retreat and was trapped in a tight siege. As a general of the Northeast Army, he had nothing to say.
Wan Fulin smiled bitterly, comforted Hu Jialin with a few words, and once again expressed that he would do everything possible to protect Hu Jialin's logistics and transportation lines, and would never let the more than 20,000 soldiers have any worries.
After talking to each other, Hu Jialin, Yang Guan, Huang Yingwu and other generals bid farewell to Zhang Zuoxiang and Wan Fulin who had rushed to Xifengkou for inspection. They returned to the temporary headquarters in the north of the city that was mostly destroyed by Japanese fighter planes. They looked at the busy cleaning figures of the brothers in the guard regiment and kept shaking their heads.
, it seems that we can only find a new place to set up the headquarters.
There was no laughter at the Dangshan headquarters in Peiping. In the minds of An Yi and the generals, the victory of the two aviation brigades, which shot down thirty-seven enemy planes and damaged twenty-nine enemy planes, was far superior to that of Gu Changfeng's troops.
The safety of thousands of soldiers is not worth mentioning at all.
Crisis is coming! The action of Gu Changfeng personally leading two regiments to attack for more than 40 kilometers has been exposed. Nearly ten thousand soldiers are in danger and need urgent rescue!
Due to the critical situation, the front line did not specifically state the reasons for the failure of the operation in the emergency message, but only gave a short sentence: The main force of our attack was exposed at 6:15 in the morning, briefly engaged the enemy, and quickly retreated south...
An Yi stood in front of the map for a long time, thinking hard. Based on the time when Gu Changfeng led the main force to set off, the time when the enemy was encountered and the direction of retreat, he speculated over and over again in his mind about the course of the war and possible crises.
Fortunately, at this moment, officers and soldiers of a main regiment had safely escorted more than 500 surviving wounded soldiers, and more than 100 women and children to the Xiaoheishan area. The big stone that pressed on the hearts of An Yi and the brothers was not so heavy.
, otherwise An Yi and the brothers around him would not know how to be anxious.
"Liu Qing——"
"arrive!"
An Yi suddenly turned around and gave a serious order: "Send a telegram to Gu Changfeng and instruct him to telegraph his location as soon as possible. At the same time, he telegraphed the Aviation Command and asked them when they will be ready to take off again? Both messages need to be clear.