"Boom..." The plane exploded in the moment when it came into contact with the ground, turning into a ball of orange-red fireball.

Even though it is daytime, the fireball is still dazzling.

The black smoke rising from the sky is 100 meters high, and everyone can see it on the battlefield.

This scene scared everyone, and Zhou Cheng was no exception.

He didn't expect that the air defense company would be so powerful that he would destroy an Japanese aircraft if he took action.

With this unexpected air defense battle, the remaining Japanese planes must not dare to fly against the ground like they did just now, and do not take the national rescue army seriously.

As long as the Japanese planes do not conduct ultra-low-altitude bombing, the accuracy of the aviation bomb will be greatly reduced, and the casualties and losses of the National Salvation Army during the air strikes will also be reduced.

Zhou Cheng immediately seized this rare retreat opportunity and ordered: "Put the first battalion of the garrison to retreat quickly and give up the position!"

"Before the Japanese pilots in the sky have not yet reacted from the confusion, they will leave the position immediately, the faster the better."

"Carry the mortars and grenade launchers that cooperate with the defense, and try to kill dozens of people more while the Japanese offensive troops have not yet withdrawn their effective range!"

When the Japanese attacked the position, Colonel Ishida was also shocked by the accident, and was about to say that he was shocked by the National Salvation Army.

Unexpectedly, the National Salvation Army not only hid a large number of machine gun castles on the defense line, but also arranged air defense forces on the positions. If they didn't take action, they would destroy a bomber as soon as they took action.

But no matter what, Colonel Ishida is a middle- and senior officer with heavy troops.

Although the National Salvation Army's methods scared him, the losses of a bomber were still afforded. He directly ordered with a gritted teeth: "The National Salvation Army has set up air defense positions on the ground and immediately notified other aircraft in the sky. From now on, no matter what mission is performed, it must be maintained at an altitude of more than 300 meters."

"The artillery troops immediately counterattack. I not only want to destroy the firepower points just exposed by the National Rescue Army, but also destroy the air defense positions just exposed by the National Rescue Army..."

Before he finished speaking, the adjutant's scream rang in his ears: "Sir, the gunshots on the blocking positions have stopped, and the National Rescue Army seems to be about to run away!"

Colonel Ishida quickly raised his telescope and looked forward.

The Mountain Field Artillery Brigade and the Heavy Artillery Brigade had not had time to fire, but the mortars equipped by the offensive troops were still firing.

Eighteen mortars of two squadrons were desperately firing at the blocking position, and round after round of shells were smashed into the blocking position like they didn't have money.

In the violent explosion, the smoke filled the gunpowder and the black smoke rose into the air quickly swept across the entire blocking position.

No matter how round Colonel Ishida's eyes were or how big the multiplier of the telescope was, he could not see the situation behind the gunshots. He could only judge the approximate movements of the National Salvation Army through gunfire.

Because I didn't see the National Salvation Army evacuate from the position with my own eyes, Colonel Ishida did not fully believe the adjutant's judgment.

He felt that the reason why the guns and cannons stopped was not only the National Rescue Army running away, but also the National Rescue Army took the initiative to cease combat after seeing the attacking troops begin to retreat.

Compared with the two, Colonel Ishida is more willing to believe the reasons behind.

The National Salvation Army relied on the castle to repel its first round of attack and destroyed an aircraft. It was a time when morale was high. No matter who served as the commander of the National Salvation Army, he would choose to continue his efforts and take the opportunity to win one or two battles instead of giving up the great form in front of him!

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that my judgment was more accurate. I continued to continue the order just now: "No matter whether the national-savior army on the position retreated or not, we must use shells to flatten the place and execute the order!"

The Japanese offensive troops had just retreated less than twenty meters, and the whistle of shells passing through the sky rang over the battlefield.

More than twenty more denser black smoke rose from the blocking position filled with gunpowder smoke, and a more violent explosion followed closely to the surroundings.

Listening to the increasingly dense explosion behind him, the remaining Japanese invaders all showed a glad expression of resurrection after the disaster.

The scene of them being suddenly fired by thirty light and heavy machine guns just now was too scary. Everyone's blocking positions were close. If the artillery had not fired in time to suppress the machine gun fire of the National Salvation Army, they were still suppressed by the National Salvation Army in front of the blocking positions and were waiting to die, and they could not turn around and retreat.

"Boom..."

Just then, more than a dozen explosions suddenly rang in their ears.

Because the explosion behind them was too loud, they did not notice in advance that the National Rescue Army also fired a round of shells at them.

It was not until a ball of fire splashed around them, and a violent explosion came to their ears, and many former comrades were blown away... The alive Japanese realized that they were also bombarded.

The captain of the Japanese team led the team reacted very quickly and immediately shouted: "Bageya Road, we were attacked by the National Salvation Army's mortars and grenade launchers. Their fire speed was too fast. Everyone immediately scattered and retreated, and withdraw the effective range of the grenade launchers as soon as possible."

"The Mortar Squadron fought back on the spot, found the artillery position of the National Savior Army, and destroyed him!"

"As soon as the mountain artillery brigade participated in the battle, you won't be able to use the artillery attack on the blocking positions of the National Rescue Army!"

The captain had a very good idea, but his opponent Zhou Cheng did not make him do what he wanted.

The sudden shelling stopped after only three rounds, because the time was too short and the battlefield was too chaotic, and there were rumbling cannons and screams everywhere. The artillery squadron did not even lock the opponent's position, let alone counterattack.

Looking at the sixty or seventy soldiers around him who had just been killed and injured by the bomb, the squadron leader was in tears. Although he was unwilling to accept his feelings, he could not fight back and take revenge. He could only suppress his anger in his heart, hoping that he could find an opportunity to take revenge in the next battle.

After hurriedly evacuated from the battlefield with his subordinates, the captain ran to Colonel Ishida as soon as possible.

At this moment, he thought of the military orders made before the attack. At that time, he was full of confidence and shouted that he would take down the first line of defense of the National Savior Army in an attack and wipe out all the National Savior Army above.

Unexpectedly, I was slapped in the face in an hour. Not only did I fail to capture the position, but the attacking troops also suffered heavy casualties.

Facing the gaze of his colleagues and commanders looking at him, the captain's face was soon red due to shame. He lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "Sir, the attack just now was not good, and he failed your trust and asked for punishment!"

"How many people have been lost in the army?" Colonel Ishida was also very angry, but did not take up the words of his subordinates or curse people. Instead, he frowned and asked.

In his eyes, the winner or loser of an attack is nothing. As long as there are troops, artillery, and aircraft support, at least you can attack a few more times and you will definitely defeat the National Savior Army in the end.

And I also prepared a backhand. As long as the third team was successfully encircled, the national rescue army defending Zhujiazhuang would be blocked here and be attacked by themselves. At that time, they would definitely lose!"

Therefore, Colonel Ishida is more concerned about the casualties of the offensive troops.

"Please rest assured, the combat effectiveness of the First Brigade has not been greatly affected!" Seeing that the regiment captain was not held accountable, the brigade commander breathed a sigh of relief and tried to pick up good content reports.

"Although we killed 218 warriors in the offensive, 42 soldiers were seriously injured, and nearly two infantry squadrons were lost. But Beishi has drawn some soldiers from the baggage team and artillery squadron to add four infantry squadrons!"

"Ensure that each infantry squadron will recover to 70% of its combat effectiveness before the war. As long as you give an order from the commander, we will be able to go to the battlefield immediately!"

Colonel Ishida breathed a sigh of relief and decisively refused the request for the First Battalion: "The next attack on the Second Battalion will come first, and the First Battalion will be the reserve team!"

"Immediately draw 400 baggage troops from the baggage brigade to reinforce the front line, and divide it into 150 baggage infantry first brigade to ensure that there are no vacancies in the first brigade four infantry squadrons!"

"After the artillery bombardment, the second brigade launched an attack immediately, and this time it would capture the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army no matter what."

At the front command of the National Salvation Army, a rapid phone ringing suddenly rang behind Zhou Cheng.

The telephone soldier grabbed the microphone and listened for two minutes before running behind Chen Zhengyu to report: "Chief of Staff, the phone was called by the Pacification Guard Team, and their first battalion evacuated its position safely!"

"But the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce. The nearly 500 participating troops only withdrew 300 people, and the remaining soldiers were all sacrificed on the battlefield."

"In addition, they also lost two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, and one hundred and thirty-five rifles!"

Chen Zhengyu's face became solemn after hearing this.

When the enemy and us exchanged fire around the first line of defense, his eyes never left the battlefield.

Although the exact casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops cannot be judged, it is estimated that it is still fine.

It can be confirmed that the Japanese army suffered no more than 300 casualties in the attack, and only more than 200 were actually killed, which is equivalent to the National Salvation Army killing only more than 200 Japanese at the heavy cost of nearly 200 soldiers, and the casualties ratio is close to one to one.

If the next bloody battle is the casualty ratio, the Punishment Guard and Shouyang Guard will not be able to seriously damage the Japanese sweeping troops if they are exhausted here.

Moreover, the anti-sweeping goal of the National Salvation Army was to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops and drive them out of the defense zone.

If the troops are completely wiped out in the next battle, even if they finally hurt the Japanese and puppet troops, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops will continue to attack in the defense zone until they take down the entire defense zone...

Chen Zhengyu didn't dare to continue thinking, and looked at Zhou Cheng with a worried look on his face, "Captain, I think the casualties of the first battalion are a bit serious. If you continue to fight like this, the two garrisons guarding Zhujiazhuang will definitely be wiped out!"

"Whether to let the artillery battalion participate in the war in advance? With them joining, the Japanese artillery troops dare not attack our positions unscrupulously as before. The casualties of the troops will definitely be much smaller!"

Zhou Cheng refused again: "No!"

"I have told you the reason before. As for the casualties between the enemy and us, don't worry too much!"

"The battle has just begun. The advantage of troops, firepower, equipment advantages... are all on the side of the Japanese. It's good that we can fight like this without any advantage."

"As the battle continues, more and more Japanese combat troops are consumed by us on the battlefield, and our casualties will definitely become smaller and smaller, and the Japanese will suffer greater and greater losses!"

After the explanation, regardless of whether Chen Zhengyu had figured it out, he directly ordered: "There should be a lot of people in the recruits battalion. He immediately dispatched 150 recruits to supplement the first battalion, and two veterans led one recruit to use the fastest speed to get the recruits to adapt to the battlefield!"

"Order the second battalion of the pacified garrison to prepare for combat. The combat method is similar to that of the first battalion. Concentrate firepower to repel the Japanese and puppet troops and retreat after one attack. Calculate the calculation of fighting with the Japanese and puppet troops for half an hour based on one line of defense. When the Japanese and puppet troops attack the last line of defense, it will be dark. The Japanese plane will definitely leave. At that time, it will be twice the result with half the effort, and the final victory will also belong to us!"

After the Japanese attacked the position, the mountain artillery brigade and the heavy artillery brigade fought for another five minutes, the explosion of the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army gradually weakened, and was finally replaced by more than a dozen mortars.

The second team, who were ready for attack, took the opportunity to launch an attack.

"Sir, our attack seems to be much smoother..." Seeing that the Second Battalion had already attacked a hundred meters in front of the blocking position, the United Team Chief of Staff was very happy to say.

Colonel Ishida was not as happy as he thought, and his expression was very complicated.

In two situations, the attacking troops will not be blocked: one is that the National Salvation Army has given up its position and retreated, and the other is that the National Salvation Army is planning a bigger conspiracy.

For Colonel Ishida, both situations were something he didn't want to see.

"Captain of the corps, the offensive troops are about to rush to the position of the National Salvation Army!" The voice of the chief of staff of the corps reached Colonel Ishida's ear again, and his tone was even more excited than before.

Colonel Ishida felt even more uncomfortable than before.

The attacking troops had less than fifty meters left in the blocking position, and there were still no gunshots from the blocking position, which meant that the two situations he least wanted to see had happened.

One minute later, a dense grenade explosion sounded from the blocking position of the National Salvation Army, but no counterattack sounds were heard.

Three minutes later, the second battalion successfully occupied the blocking position filled with smoke, and the imagined close contact did not appear.

Then Colonel Ishida saw a lieutenant running towards him with a very complicated expression. He gasped and reported: "Sir, we have taken down the first line of defense of the National Salvation Army!"

"But there is not a living National Savior Army on the position. We only found less than two hundred National Savior Army soldiers' bodies and a large number of bombed tones!"

"Our captain asked: Can the Second Battalion take advantage of the victory and continue to attack the second blocking position of the National Salvation Army!"

"Yes!" Colonel Ishida glanced at his watch and ordered.

"It will be dark in less than three hours. We must seize Zhujiazhuang before it gets dark. The artillery troops immediately shelled the second line of defense of the National Savior Army, the Second Battalion is ready for assault, the reserve team occupy the first line of defense, and are ready to reinforce the battlefield at any time!"

"Although we lost nearly two squadrons in the attack just now, we also killed nearly two hundred people in the National Salvation Army. In addition to the wounded, we did not lose. If we continue to fight, we will definitely win!"
Chapter completed!