Anhua.

Sadae Inoue has realized the danger.

The First Army stationed in Shanxi has three divisions and two brigades. Now the Third Brigade is far away in Yuncheng and cannot escape. The Fourth Brigade not only needs to guard Taiyuan, but also guard the Zhengtai Railway, and cannot draw out one soldiers. The only ones who can mobilize troops to reinforce their 69th Division are the 36th Division in Changzhi and the 37th Division in Fenyang.

However, the reinforcements of the 36th Division were entangled by the Eighth Route Army in Taihang District, and the reinforcements of the 37th Division were blocked by the Eighth Route Army in Taiyue District on the Shuangqin Highway and could not make any progress.

Within at least three days, their 69th Division would not receive any reinforcements.

Therefore, at least within these three days, their 69th Division can only rely on themselves.

Therefore, Sadashi Inoue attached great importance to Anhua's defense deployment, and personally brought his adjutant and several staff officers to the peripheral positions for inspection.

"Baga, the trench is too shallow!"

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"This is also called fortifications? It has been rebuilt."

"Damn it, the heavy machine gun position must be reinforced!"

While patrolling, Sadashi Inoue pointed out the shortcomings of the fortifications without hesitation and ordered the soldiers to improve them. Most of the Japanese soldiers who received guidance bowed respectfully.

While inspecting, the communications department head Igarashi Mi ran over.

"Teacher Commander!" Igarashi Mi ran to Sadashi Inoue and said with a dark face, "The main force of the 290th Infantry Regiment was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army's heavy army group near Chenzhuang!"

"What? The heavy army group sieges?"

When Sadashi Inoue suddenly shook his expression when he heard this.

"Yes, heavy troops siege." Igarashi Mi said heavily, "Tanumura Jun said that there were at least a dozen regiments of the Eighth Route Army participating in the attack and more than 20,000 people!"

"This is impossible!" Inoue Sadashi shouted, "The main force of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi is clearly still in Ping'an County, so how could it suddenly appear in Chenzhuang?"

Igarashi Mi said: "Captain of the division, could it be the Eighth Route Army who ambushed the Tokuta United team in Zhanggezhuang last night?"

"That's impossible." Sadao Inoue said, "Although the Eighth Route Army in Zhanggezhuang had eaten the Tokuta United team, the Eighth Route Army's casualties would never be small after a fierce battle. I will never believe that they can restore their combat effectiveness in such a short time. I will never believe that the Eighth Route Army has the ability to fight continuously, which is completely illogical!"

According to previous information, the Eighth Route Army had almost no ability to fight continuously.

Igarashi Mi said: "However, the division commander and Tanimura corps were surrounded by heavy troops from the Eighth Route Army."

"It may not be the fact!" Inoue Sadao said, "After all, in addition to the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, there are also their so-called militias in the northwest of Shanxi. This must be the militia of the Eighth Route Army, a group of mobs. The Dieting Gu Village Regiment doesn't have to worry about it, and continue to attack and advance in the direction of Anhua!"

Igarashi Mi said sternly: "Second Commander, this..."

"This is an order!" Inoue Sadashi snorted coldly, "In addition, order the 9th Flying Team to send all attack aircraft and fighter aircraft to cover the Tanimura wing to move south."

"Hayi." Igarashi Mi's head was dull.

...

Chenzhuang, the temporary command of the first detachment of the Eighth Route Army Northwest Column.

Li Xiaoxian hurried into the command center and reported: "Commander, the attack ahead is not going well."

"As expected," Ding Wei said, "This is during the day, and there is still a big difference between fighting at night."

Li Xiaoxian said: "Yes, night combat training is the key training subject of our Northwest Shanxi Column. In a sense, our Northwest Shanxi Column can be said to be the best unit in China in the whole of night combat, and the Japanese do not often conduct night combat training, so when fighting at night, we can say that we are the best of our own strengths and the shortcomings of the enemy."

He paused and said, "But there is no advantage in fighting during the day, at most it will be five or five."

"No 55." Ding Wei shook his head and said, "Although the equipment of our Northwest Shanxi Column has improved in the past two years and the training intensity has also increased, the proficiency of controlling grenade launchers, mortars and other technical equipment cannot be compared with the Japanese. We have to lose our military strength six or seven times that of the Japanese, otherwise this battle will be difficult to fight."

Li Xiaoxian turned his head and looked at the direction of Taiyuan and said, "Commander, I am not worried about anything else. I am worried that the Japanese bombers and fighters will come to join in the fun. After all, it is broad daylight..."

Before he finished speaking, the roar of the plane engine suddenly came from the sky in the southeast.

"Fuck, the Japanese plane?" Li Xiaoxian slapped his mouth hard, "I'm a crow's mouth."

"Take it down, this is not what you summoned." Ding Wei walked out of the shelter and looked up, and indeed saw that more than a dozen planes had emerged from the thin clouds in the southeast direction.

Unexpectedly, the wings of these aircraft were painted with plaster patterns, which were Japanese aircraft.

Judging from the size of the aircraft, three are bombers and the remaining are combat reconnaissance aircraft.

However, even a combat reconnaissance aircraft can carry one or even two bombs under the belly of the aircraft.

Just as Ding Wei and Li Xiaoxian were watching, the two combat reconnaissance aircraft of the first echelon had already dived toward the ground. At an altitude of about 500 meters, the two bombs broke out from the belly and roared down. Then, two huge red lights rose from the ground, and smoke and dust rose up, gradually condensed into two pillars.

Immediately afterwards, more Japanese fighter jets started diving, and screamed in an instant.

"Damn it." Ding Wei cursed, "It was casualties against the bombing of the Japanese aviation army, and it was also casualties against the Japanese machine gun charge. Order the troops to launch a general attack and rush forward to get involved with the Japanese!"

"Yes!" Several communicators agreed and ran away.

...

Seeing that almost all the rookie pilots hurriedly threw away the bombs from a height of 500 meters, Toshio Nishizawa couldn't help but shake his head. These guys who had just graduated from aviation school were really timid.

Isn't it okay to lower the flight altitude a little? Are you so afraid of hitting the ground?

With you like this, how dare I leave Shanxi with confidence and go to the Pacific battlefield?

Yes, just two days ago, Toshio Nishizawa had received a transfer order and was about to go to the Pacific battlefield.

Because the pilot gap on the Pacific battlefield became larger and larger, the veteran pilots of the 9th Flying Team have almost been drawn, and now it is finally Toshio Nishizawa's turn.

After Toshio Nishizawa was transferred, there were only a group of rookies left in the 9th Flying Team.

At that moment, Toshio Nishizawa said to the radio station: "Hey, what are you idiots doing? How to ensure the hit rate when throwing bombs from a height of 500 meters?"

"Do you know how much a bomb costs?"

"If you want to waste as much as you, the imperial finances will sooner or later go bankrupt."

After a pause, Toshio Nishizawa said again: "Look for me, see how I dropped the bomb!"

Speaking of this, Toshio Nishizawa pushed the joystick violently, and the Nakajima fighter under his crotch immediately dived towards the ground. The air swept across the air in an instant.

Toshio Nishizawa's landline dives straight at a very high angle.

It was not until it was less than 100 meters away from the ground. At the moment of pulling up, the 25Kg bomb hanging under the belly of the aircraft had fallen off. The bomb that was leaving the belly of the aircraft immediately turned head down and plunged head-on to the Eighth Route Army position on the ground. Then it exploded with a bang. The air waves generated by the explosion almost caught up with the tail of the Nishizawa Toshio's plane, but Nishizawa Toshio's plane finally escaped with a slight difference and successfully pulled upwards.

"pretty!"

"Long live!"

“The squadron captain is awesome!”

A cheer suddenly sounded in the communication channel.

It can be heard that these rookie pilots admire Toshio Nishizawa to the core.

After returning to the air, Toshio Nishizawa drove his plane around a large circle first, and then said from the communication channel: "Now, I will demonstrate the dive strafing for you again, and take a closer look!"

The next moment, Toshio Nishizawa dived again.

...

On the ground, the fourth regiment of the first detachment of the Shanxi Northwest Column of the Eighth Route Army and two regiments of the Third detachment were launching an attack from all directions of the Japanese Gu Village Regiment.

The third regiment commanded by Shen Quan was involved in the attack.

Toshio Nishizawa just dropped the bombing position of the third regiment.

Due to the low height of the bomb drop, the accuracy was extremely high. The 25Kg-class bomb just now caused at least ten people to suffer heavy casualties to the Third Regiment, and four of them died on the spot.

Shen Quan was already full of fire.

Seeing the same fighter diving again, Shen Quan was immediately furious.

"Pumpkin!" Shen Quan roared at his guard, "Give me your submachine gun!"

Gu Xiaonan has been following Shen Quan for more than two years. Shortly after the Independent Regiment arrived in Fuliang Mountain Area, Gu Xiaonan joined the Eighth Route Army and soon became Shen Quan's guard.

As soon as Shen Quan reached out to Gu Xiaonan, he knew what he wanted to do.

As a guard, Gu Xiaonan naturally would not let the regiment commander take this risk.

Gu Xiaonan yelled: "Captain, I'll go!"

After saying that, Gu Xiaonan ran forward.

In just a moment, Gu Xiaonan came to the front of the Japanese plane and waited for breath.

...

Although it was more than a thousand meters away, one in the sky and the other underground, Nishizawa Toshio, who was flying the plane, discovered Gu Xiaonan's existence at a glance.

The reason is very simple. The other Eighth Route Army either hid in trenches or foxgloves or were escaping in the vertical direction of its dive line. Only this Eighth Route Army did not hide or run, and stood there straight.

Obviously, the Eighth Route Army could not have been stunned by being frightened, but should have wanted to fight for their lives.

Interesting, is this to trade my life with me? Then come and see who died in the end?

After realizing this, Nishizawa Toshio was not afraid, but felt particularly excited, with a beast-like excitement in his eyes.

...

"Da da da da!"

The Japanese plane dived from the air and fired first.
To be continued...