Tong County is located due east of Peiping City, at the northernmost end of the world-famous Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and is the "leading head" of the Grand Canal. The county seat is only 20 kilometers away from Tiananmen Square in Peiping, and is known as the capital city east of Beijing.
Although the Anjia Army's heyday military appearance shocked Xiaoxiao, gave great psychological comfort to all walks of life in Beijing and Tianjin, and stabilized the morale of the military and the people, the people in Tong County did not feel this way - they saw Japanese aircraft flying around in the sky all day long.
A few bombs were dropped from time to time, the roar of cannons could be vaguely heard, and sporadic gunfire sounded from time to time. In addition, missing people wrapped in thick gauze and leaning on crutches could be seen everywhere on the street.
There were injured soldiers with broken arms and legs, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. Many people who had lived here for generations finally couldn't bear the huge psychological pressure, and they called their friends and families to flee south. In such a large town, within a few days,
The sky became lifeless, and all the people coming in and out of the city were soldiers. Tong County, which was originally prosperous and prosperous in industry and commerce, became a veritable military camp.
In half a day, the 44th Division and the 39th Division rushed from Peiping to Bali Bridge in the west of Tongxian City. Along the way, they saw the panicked flow of refugees and the hungry and screaming babies in the arms of ragged mothers.
Seeing the emaciated old men and children lying dead on the roadside made every soldier feel uncomfortable, which aroused even more deep-seated hatred against the Japanese invaders.
Although the Forty-fourth Division and the Thirty-ninth Division have not yet disappeared, the reconnaissance cavalry has already continuously reported the latest positions of the two divisions to the Tongxian headquarters. At this moment, at the city gate in the west of the county, people retreated from Xifengkou
Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, Yu Xuezhong, the commander of the 51st Army who came from Peiping for urgent reinforcements, and Wang Yizhe, the commander of the 67th Army who came from the Luandong area, had already led the generals and generals of the various armies to line up to greet them.
In fact, the current Tongxian County is not considered a battlefield. The real battle site is on the front line of Jixian County, Fengrun, more than 100 kilometers east of the county. There are now three armies of troops gathered on the front line of defense. Compared with the number of Japanese troops,
It should be no problem to say that we are not at a disadvantage. However, facing the Japanese army's superior aircraft, artillery, and invulnerable tanks, no one is sure. Therefore, seeing the reinforcements arriving, everyone feels that they have support.
Finally, the sky in the distance was filled with dust, followed by the roar of motors. What they saw through the telescope did not disappoint the three generals who took the initiative to greet them, not to mention the high-spirited momentum of the officers and soldiers.
, just looking at the mechanized equipment that stretches for miles, it is said that there are sharp weapons specially designed to deal with aircraft and tanks, which is enough to give everyone reassurance.
Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian were riding in the same jeep and driving at the front of the team.
"Hutou, tell me, is Han Yu from the art troupe the boss's confidante?" Xia Jian looked ambiguous.
"Are you talking about that arrogant ice and snow beauty who is also cold and indifferent to me?" Gu Changfeng touched his chin thoughtfully: "I think it's a bit similar. Whenever we talk about it these days,
Boss, she has become very sensitive, always coming to our place, but other times she is cold and unkind, it seems there is something wrong with her!"
Xia Jian's eyebrows were full of joy: "You don't know how many people support that girl in southern Sichuan. Many people in our army are also her suitors. You know Wang Geng, right? He is the director of education of our Xufu Military Academy and the social butterfly Lu
Xiaoman's ex-husband, a dignified Army Major General, also seemed to be interested in her. He sent her flowers many times, but unexpectedly they all ran into trouble. Many generals asked Yang Bin to be a matchmaker, but they all turned him back. Do you think you have some inside information?
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Gu Changfeng rolled his eyes at him: "When did you still care about this? Let him handle the boss's affairs by himself. Let's think more about how to fight a good war next! I had a narrow escape last time when I went out to fight.
I was about to go to see King Yama, but unexpectedly I was rescued by the brothers from the flying brigade. This time we brothers got together to settle old scores with the little devil..."
Xia Jian nodded: "I heard about this. It was a brutal battle. Fortunately, the main key members are all fine. Japan's casualties were far greater than ours, so it was worth it! Now the Japanese troops are rushing into the pass.
It does give us a good opportunity to close the door and beat the dog, we can’t miss it!”
Gu Changfeng was a little worried: "Although each of our divisions is assigned an air defense battalion, the enemy's fighter planes are very flexible. Now that the Bohai Sea has long since thawed, the enemy's fighter planes can take off from the aircraft carrier and carry out long-range bombing. We have no air superiority. This
The battle is still a bit difficult to fight.”
Xia Jian frowned slightly: "It stands to reason that a batch of fighter jets ordered from the United States should have arrived. I have heard it mentioned by the boss a long time ago. Who would have thought that there is still no news after so long? I don't know what happened... Although we
The number of fighter planes is far less than that of the Japanese army, but they are still useful at critical moments. I will call and ask again later."
While the two were talking, the town of Tongxian County had appeared in front of them. When Gu Changfeng saw Song Zheyuan, Yu Xuezhong, Wang Yizhe and others standing at the city gate to greet them, he said "Hey" in surprise, and quickly said "Stop" and pulled the car.
Xia Jian got out of the carriage and greeted Song Zheyuan and others who came forward:
"Brother Mingxuan, Brother Xiaohou, and Brother Dingfang, I, Gu Changfeng, am ashamed to bother you to personally welcome him!"
Although Wang Yizhe lost Gubeikou, and the Anjia army had great objections to this, Gu Changfeng received help from Wang Yizhe when he retreated to the pass, so there was still some friendship between the two. Therefore, Gu Changfeng greeted him cordially and naturally, without any
Not the slightest grudge.
Song Zheyuan held Gu Changfeng's hand tightly: "I have long been looking forward to one day joining hands with General Hutou to fight against Japan. I didn't expect that day to come so quickly. With An Jiajun's help, the next battle will be much easier to fight."
Yu Xuezhong looked at Xia Jian curiously: "Is this General Xia? I have admired his name for a long time, and now I see him for the first time. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"
Xia Jian grinned, stood at attention and gave a military salute to the three of them, and then said: "I am Xia Jian, and I am Commander An's little follower. I will fight wherever the commander tells me to fight. No, now that I am here, I will fight in the future."
I am going to join forces with you to fight against the Japanese devils, so please take care of me."
Wang Yizhe came forward to greet him and exclaimed: "I have heard for a long time that General Xia is loyal and generous. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation..."
Xia Jian was just about to say a few words of modesty, but who knew that the shrill air-raid siren sounded in the distance.
Just as Song Zheyuan and others and the generals under their command were looking around to find the source of the sound, Gu Changfeng looked solemn and said loudly:
"There is a dense fleet of aircraft flying towards us. Don't panic, everyone. It is estimated that there are still 70 or 80 kilometers away, and we can evacuate calmly!"
Xia Jian nodded and patiently explained: "It was the sound made by our air defense siren vehicle. Don't worry, the message will never be wrong."
Gu Changfeng and Xia Jian once again paid a military salute to the three of them, turned around and left, each evacuating their troops and setting up air defense positions.
Twenty minutes later, a black cloud of Japanese fighter planes flew over Tongxian County, still looking for bombing targets. Strings of flames appeared on the ground, and the two fighter planes suddenly disintegrated in the air. Amidst the huge explosion, a series of dazzling sparks burst out.
, then the wreckage flew across the sky, hitting a fighter plane following it, and quickly fell to the ground. After the earth-shattering explosion, a black mushroom cloud rose into the sky with an extremely terrifying momentum.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the other Japanese planes scattered in all directions, looking for ground air defense positions.
Just as the Japanese planes were circling, another dense rain of bullets hit. One plane was unable to dodge and was hit by a bullet on its right wing. It let out a shrill scream and crashed into the dense forest on the north bank of the Tonghui River. The moment it hit the ground, a violent crash occurred.
There was an explosion. Two parachutes fluttered in the air. Although the lives of the pilot and his assistant were saved, the place was too far from the front line and it was obvious that they would only become prisoners after landing.
At this time, the Japanese aircraft group had locked the position of the ground air defense position - a small forest on the south bank of the Tonghui River. Judging from the density of shelling, there were not many anti-aircraft guns. So the roaring dense fighter planes circled in the air and then dispersed.
, and then rush towards the target area from all sides like a fisherman casting a net.
At this time, another burst of intensive shelling came. The first three fighter planes that rushed towards the dense forest from the east were hit first. One exploded in the air, and the other two were severely damaged. Long thick smoke came out of their butts.
Rushing towards the surface of the Tonghui River below, they fell into the water one after another, stirring up water columns that soared into the sky.
It turned out that the two air defense battalions were optimized and reorganized, and three air defense positions were formed in a triangle shape. At this time, another air defense firepower point that had been suppressed before was also unleashing its power, but the efficiency was much worse. The two Japanese aircraft that were hit were both light.
Injured. But apparently the Japanese pilots had been attacked by ground air defenses.
Terrified by the artillery fire, they quickly pulled up the fighter plane, circled in the air, then turned around and flew back to where they came from. The five or six fighter planes following closely behind and the four or five Eastern planes stopped fighting when they saw this, and hurriedly pulled up the plane.
Increase altitude, fly over Tongxian County, drop a few bombs, and return.
In a short period of time, three dense anti-aircraft artillery positions appeared. I don’t know how many similar ambushes the Chinese army has. The other planes were panicked and continued to climb up. They just dropped bombs randomly around the spot where the flames were constantly spitting out.
When the trouble is over, regardless of the consequences, he flees in a hurry.
Song Zheyuan and the other two people hiding in the air defense bunker looked at each other, almost unable to believe their eyes. In the past two days, Japanese fighter planes came to Tong County in twos and threes to show off their power, but they had never seen such a dense group of planes. I just did a rough calculation.
Suddenly, the Japanese army dispatched about 35 fighter planes from four bomber squadrons. They originally thought that they would cause huge casualties to the newly arrived 44th Division and 39th Division, but they did not expect that it would end in such an anticlimactic manner.
Wang Yizhe and Yu Xuezhong were both old men of the Northeastern Army. Since they returned to the pass, they had endured endless reconnaissance and bombing by the Japanese fighter planes obtained from the Northeastern Army every day. They had long been suffocating. Now they suddenly saw the Japanese Air Force being so unbearable.
performance, my heart was open to it, and I kept applauding.
Song Zheyuan said with emotion: "The Anjia Army is indeed well-trained! I don't know how they did it. The Japanese fighter planes discovered it in advance before they got close, then calmly arranged the air defense positions, spread the bait and waited for the opponent to take the bait. This is an open space
After the offensive and defensive operations, it was unexpected that the aircraft, which had the advantage of being flexible and versatile, suffered a loss."
Yu Xuezhong agreed repeatedly, and then shook his head regretfully: "Unfortunately, our Northeast Army is sitting on nothing and has no money to purchase such new weapons. If we also equip three or five anti-aircraft artillery regiments, the Japanese aircraft will not
How dare you be so arrogant. In the final analysis, I still didn’t cherish it at the beginning, and it was so unjust to throw away the jars and jars..."
Wang Yizhe smiled bitterly, raised the telescope in his hand again, and looked at the Anjia Army soldiers who suddenly climbed up from the foot of the hill, beside the small tree, in the ditch, and under the city wall to gather together. He suddenly looked at the man in the Baoding camp who single-handedly created this army.
An Yi has some kind of fear and timidity.
At this time, An Yi still didn't know that the air defense force had made another great contribution. He was worrying about a telegram, his face full of bitterness and loneliness.