Chapter 1 The First Day of Tiger Planes

Lin Fan flew into battle for the first time in a plane painted with tigers. The National Revolutionary Army soldiers defending Hangzhou didn't understand which unit it belonged to.

They only thought it was a chaotic dogfight with Japanese planes fighting each other.

But when two such tiger planes appeared in the morning, the officers and soldiers understood:

These planes must belong to a newly established NRA flying squadron.

When a group of tiger planes came out to fight Japanese planes, the NRA soldiers finally understood what was happening.

Especially when these front-line NRA soldiers saw the Japanese bombers that had just been bombing them to near death,

falling like birds with broken wings and bullet wounds,

these NRA soldiers could no longer contain their excitement.

They all cheered.

They also had more energy to fight the Japanese infantry who were charging.

At this moment, the NRA soldiers guarding the position were no longer panicked, timid, or trembling.

The soldiers at the front even organized a surprise attack and recaptured two of the defense lines that had been lost in the morning.

Such good news should of course be reported to the higher-ups.

At any time, if subordinates achieve results, they must report them in a timely manner.

This way, the superiors can see their efforts and achievements, which is very helpful for their promotion.

Therefore, the front-line commander immediately reported to his superiors: The air force squadron at the front line fought bravely with the enemy's bomber group, destroying thirteen Japanese bombers.

Our defending officers and soldiers were greatly encouraged, taking advantage of the enemy's panic.

We launched a surprise attack and recaptured several positions.

This was a summary of the number of enemy planes shot down as witnessed by the front-line officers and soldiers.

Combined with the combat situation of their own soldiers, they reported it upwards.

Some aerial battles took place in the distance, and these officers and soldiers did not see them.

Of course, they could not be included in the statistics, although this data was far from the number of Japanese planes shot down by the Special Operations Brigade today.

But even such a victory made Li Zongren overjoyed.

Of course, he knew that those tiger planes belonged to the Special Operations Brigade.

He had only sent those pilots over last night, and today such a pleasant surprise came.

Happiness came so suddenly that Li Zongren and the Fifth War Area couldn't quite handle it.

Upon receiving this good news, Li Zongren's first action was not to report the victory to Wuhan, but to issue an order:

"Send a telegram to the Special Operations Brigade, asking about the situation of the attack on Anji."

Li Zongren thought to himself: "Since the Special Operations Brigade has already sent planes to Hangzhou to fight,

Anji should have already been taken!"

The telegram he sent reached Feng Junya: At this time, Lin Fan was still flying in the air and had not returned.

Feng Junya immediately reported: "The Japanese troops stationed in Anji are estimated to be two battalions, nearly three thousand men.

Our brigade has destroyed and repelled twenty-one enemy fighters.

The Special Operations Brigade's flying squadron is chasing the Japanese bomber group,

the results are unknown.

The Japanese troops in Anji County are resisting stubbornly, and our army is launching a fierce attack."

After receiving the Special Operations Brigade's reply, Li Zongren quickly took out the telegram from Hangzhou and compared them.

Li Zongren and his staff collectively gasped: Just now, when the front line said that the Special Operations Brigade had destroyed thirteen Japanese bombers,

they already considered it an unprecedented victory.

Regardless of the situation in Hangzhou, each case is separate, but at least in the air battle, the Special Operations Brigade had won a great victory this time.

The Special Operations Brigade's great victory was the Fifth War Area's great victory.

Now, seeing the Special Operations Brigade's reply: It turned out that they had already destroyed twenty-one Japanese fighters in Anji.

Adding the thirteen bombers destroyed in the Hangzhou area, they had shot down a total of thirty-four Japanese planes.

The Fifth War Area had finally regained its pride: destroying thirty-four Japanese planes in one day was a great victory.

"Commander Li! Your command is excellent! The pilots you sent are highly skilled.

This time, the Japanese must have been hurt badly!"

This staff officer knew how to speak!

Li Zongren looked at him carefully and appreciatively, giving him an encouraging look:

Continue! Continue! These words sound good!

Other staff officers also spoke one after another, and everyone was very happy about this victory.

Everyone had a consensus: Commander Li commanded well and had unique insight in recognizing and employing people!

They felt that the NRA's spring had arrived.

As long as the Japanese air superiority was gone, it would be much easier for the NRA to fight the Japanese.

Li Zongren also admired his own operation last night of bringing the Special Operations Brigade into the Fifth War Area's organizational structure.

This laid a solid foundation for attributing today's victory to the Fifth War Area. Of course, the pilots' bravery, skill, and tenacious style were also factors.

Lin Fan followed Captain Pan Yongshan, and their group of six fighters returned to Anji.

At this time, they began to attack the Japanese troops stationed in Anji.

Lin Fan had been flying for so long, afraid that more Japanese planes would come.

Captain Pan Yongshan suggested: "Brigade Commander! Leave it to us here!

You should land and stand in front of the anti-aircraft gun."

He wanted Lin Fan to go to the front of the anti-aircraft gun to protect their fighters.

Shen Binhong also chimed in: "Brigade Commander! We feel relieved with your divine gun."

The other pilots all said the same.

They had witnessed Lin Fan shooting down planes, although only once.

But they had already become dependent on it.

With a king present, they didn't have to worry about threats from the sky, and there was nothing on the ground that could threaten their planes.

Now Pan Yongshan and his flying squadron were invincible here in Anji.

Lin Fan was a very democratic brigade commander!

Since the pilots unanimously agreed that he should land, he landed.

As soon as Lin Fan landed, Guan Guohao ran over: "Brigade Commander! My plane can't be repaired for the time being.

We need a mechanic and parts!"

Lin Fan nodded: "I've noted it down. Don't worry, I will definitely find a mechanic and parts for you."

Guan Guohao looked at Lin Fan expectantly: "Brigade Commander! Why don't you understand what I mean?

I mean my plane can't take off, but your plane can still fly and fight the Japanese.

Anyway, since you're not flying, why don't you let me go up and fight the Japanese in it!

People need to rest, but planes can't!"

Lin Fan looked around, and Ji Jiahen wasn't here.

He said with a smile, "Alright! There's not much fuel left, be careful, and fly directly back to Guangde later."

Guan Guohao immediately had the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment push the fighter to turn around,

so that he could take off again.

After Lin Fan waited for Guan Guohao to take off, he ordered Ye Dadan: "You guys are resting anyway. Dafeng Novel Website

Widen and lengthen this runway, and prepare it for transport planes to land."

"Yes!" Ye Dadan immediately accepted the order.

"Brigade Commander! My subsequent companies will arrive soon, look!

Can you let us go up now?

We came all the way from Jurong, rushing here overnight, but we're not going to the front to fight the Japanese.

The soldiers are emotional!"

Lin Fan pointed at him and said, "I think it's not the soldiers who are emotional, it's you who are emotional!"

These were his own regimental commanders, old subordinates who had been with him for almost two months.

They were definitely loyal, and Lin Fan would of course treat them differently.

Therefore, Lin Fan specially explained a few more words: "The Japanese troops stationed here have a relatively strong will to fight.

We have bombarded them with heavy artillery and bombed them with planes, but these Japanese troops have not collapsed yet.

Therefore, we are still waiting.

Within a certain amount of time, our follow-up troops will definitely be more numerous than the Japanese troops.

Stronger than the Japanese reinforcements!

When our follow-up troops arrive, you will attack and strive to break directly into Anji City.

Give them a central breakthrough and attack from all sides.

For now, set up the airport first."

"Yes!" Ye Dadan accepted the order again.

Only then did Lin Fan walk towards the heavy artillery position on the hillside.

As soon as he walked up, Feng Junya greeted him: "Report to the Brigade Commander! The Fifth War Area just sent a telegram asking about the situation of the attack on Anji.

I reported today's battle situation, this is the original telegram."

Feng Junya gave Lin Fan a copy of the telegram just now.

Lin Fan nodded, now he wanted to contact the Fifth War Area.

The damaged fighters needed parts, and the planes also needed mechanics.

Thinking of this, he personally sent a telegram:

"Report to Commander Li: As of 10:34 a.m. on the 24th,

My flying squadron has shot down a total of twenty-three enemy planes, and the anti-aircraft troops have destroyed eighteen enemy planes.

Two fighters in my flying squadron were injured and successfully forced landed.

One pilot was injured, but has now undergone surgery and is not in serious condition.

The damaged planes need professional personnel and parts for repair, please ask Commander Li to solve this!"

When the Special Operations Brigade's telegram was sent to Li Zongren, he was overjoyed to see that the Special Operations Brigade had destroyed a total of forty-one enemy planes today.

He was already overjoyed, and then he saw that two of his planes were injured, but they had all been brought back.

One pilot was injured, but not in serious condition!

With such a great victory, his own losses were very small.

Li Zongren was happy and immediately sent a reply: "Mechanics will be sent tonight and parts will be delivered to Guangde."

Even though Li Zongren was very excited now, he was still careful to only send transportation to Guangde at night.

Since the commander was so straightforward, what else could Lin Fan say?

He could only send a reply: "The Special Operations Brigade is grateful for Commander Li's support and will definitely capture Anji within the stipulated time.

In addition, Changxing has been occupied by our army."

After dealing with these matters, Lin Fan continued to send a telegram to Guangde Airport: "The flying squadron has just destroyed twenty-three enemy planes,

and the anti-aircraft troops have destroyed eighteen enemy planes.

The three bombers and two fighters at Guangde Airport should take off immediately and come to Anji to assist in the battle."

Such great news immediately spread throughout Guangde Airport.

Nong Xiuzhu and Guan Yangping saw that the flying squadron had just destroyed twenty-three enemy planes, calculating based on the remaining seven planes.

Each plane had shot down an average of three Japanese planes, and the two pilots were only envious and jealous.

They only hated that they hadn't been in the formation at the time.

Thinking of this, they also complained a little that Captain Pan had sent them back to protect the bombers.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late now, at least they had orders to escort the bombers to Anji again to carry out their mission.

Meng Chongzhuang, Guo Yingwu, and Yin Hongyi were happy when they heard about the great victory at the front.

The bombs on their planes had not been completely dropped yet, and they were ordered to return by the captain.

Although they had never fought in actual combat before, they also knew: This was an order issued by the team to protect the bombers.

After all, Anji was too close to Guangde, and it was safest to let them return to the airport.

Now these three planes had replenished the bombs that had been used up.

Five planes soared into the sky and flew towards Anji.

When Lin Fan was in the air just now, he had carefully looked at the current situation of the Japanese troops in Anji City.

He found that the number of Japanese troops appearing in Anji City was even more than before after fighting for a morning.

In fact, this was Lin Fan's illusion.

Today, Captain Yoshikawa Yuki and Captain Yamamoto Yuto, who were stationed in Anji City,

were having a very bad time.

In the morning, they were attacked by the NRA, and after suffering some losses,

the NRA actually invited the air force to help, and after a round of strafing and bombing,

the infantry artillery positions of the two battalions were completely destroyed, and the entire Japanese force in Anji City had no infantry artillery.

Before the NRA planes had left, the infantry, who had stopped attacking, launched another attack.

The imperial planes that had been called in with great difficulty ran to Anji as if sightseeing.

They didn't fire a single shot at the NRA troops, and kept falling from the sky here.

They didn't fire a single shot or bullet at the NRA ground troops!

They all fell, not all of them fell, those bombers flew away under the watchful eyes of the Japanese troops in the two battalions.

They didn't throw a single bomb at the attacking NRA troops.

Such a large bomber group flew away like that.

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki and Captain Yamamoto Yuto were so angry that they jumped up and down.

Captain Yamamoto Yuto understood: It was impossible to rely on the imperial air force for guidance now.

Fortunately, although the NRA's attack was determined and the NRA's firepower was fierce,

the number of NRA troops was still not large after all.

The total number of NRA troops attacking was less than a thousand men.

The two battalions of Japanese troops were able to cooperate and resist.

It was precisely because the two battalions of Japanese troops cooperated and there were constant troop movements,

that Lin Fan saw that there were more Japanese troops in Anji City than when he first arrived.

Air Force was not to be expected!

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki did not give up the idea of ​​asking for help:

He asked Captain Amane Aoki Eiji, who was stationed in Wuxing, for help.

Faced with Yoshikawa Yuki's help, Captain Amane Aoki Eiji was immediately furious:

If Anji was attacked by the NRA, would Wuxing be far from being attacked?

Perhaps Wuxing would be attacked in the next hour.

Having no other choice, Captain Yoshikawa Yuki once again sought out Commander Yanagawa Heisuke.

Commander Yanagawa Heisuke heard that all the fighters in the bomber group he had sent out had been shot down by the NRA.

The bomber group has now been transferred to Hangzhou.

He was so shocked that the microphone in his hand fell.

He could afford to lose a dozen fighters.

But he couldn't afford to lose this person!

Could it be that the fate of Commander Prince Asaka Yasuhiko would also be staged on him?

"No! Absolutely not!"

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the Japanese fleet still in Taihu Lake:

"Immediately form an Anji Task Force Battalion. Go to Anji to assist in the battle.

There must be a battalion.

At the same time, a company of Japanese troops must be formed to station in Wuxing, taking over the Amane Aoki Eiji Battalion.

The Amane Aoki Eiji Battalion will set off first to support Anji."

At the same time, he ordered the 18th Division, which was attacking the NRA in Mogan Mountain, to send a battalion and quickly advance towards Anji to support Anji County.

This time he would directly use the strength of three battalions to drive back the NRA that dared to attack Anji.

Commander Yanagawa Heisuke had already planned that after these five battalions of Japanese troops drove back those NRA troops,

they should continue to pursue Nanzhong and recover Guangde.

At the same time, they would attack Xitianmu Mountain and continue to fight to Ningguo.

He wanted the people in the Fifth War Area of ​​the NRA to know:

Don't cause trouble! Don't mess with me!

As long as you mess with me, I will take down your stronghold.

The reason why I can't take down your stronghold in the Fifth War Area is just that I don't want to fight!

Commander Yanagawa Heisuke decided: That's what he was going to do.

He had to establish his persona.

This time, he would definitely make the entire Fifth War Area of ​​the NRA honest from now on.

Thinking of this, he could finally say to Captain Yoshikawa Yuki calmly:

"I have ordered the Wuxing, the fleet on Taihu Lake, and the 18th Division to each send a battalion to Anji to assist in the battle.

You must hold on until the reinforcements arrive. After repelling the NRA, continue to advance and occupy Guangde.

Then attack Ningguo. We want the NRA to know: The Empire's troops cannot take down Ningguo.

We just don't want to fight. On this land, we can take down anywhere we want!"

"Yes!" Captain Yoshikawa Yuki was very excited.

Reinforcements would come from two directions! He immediately shared the good news he had just received with Captain Yamamoto Yuto.

At the same time, he passed on this encouraging message.

After receiving the news that reinforcements were coming soon.

The Japanese troops were all happy.

This made their dark and hopeless battle see a glimmer of hope again.

Now they were being attacked fiercely by the 3rd and 4th Regiments of the Special Operations Brigade on the ground.

Those planes hovering overhead had never stopped.

Captain Pan Yongshan took five fighters and kept circling over Anji.

They were constantly strafing.

They were running out of ammunition and not much fuel left.

That's why they were returning.

As soon as they lifted off, three bombers and two fighters had flown from Guangde Airport to Anji again.

Seamless connection!

At this time: the 3rd Company, 4th Company, 5th Company, 6th Company, and 7th Company of the 6th Regiment of the Special Operations Brigade had arrived.

Lin Fan looked at these new recruits who had just joined the Special Operations Company for only ten days.

Although these new recruits had also served in the NRA and the puppet army before,

it was the first time they had done something like marching a hundred miles overnight.

They had never done such a forced march during the day.

Since joining the Special Operations Brigade, these soldiers had also opened their eyes.

Every day, they practiced stabbing in the morning exercises, running and physical training in the morning, shooting and aiming in the afternoon, and teachers taught them literacy and reasoning in the evening.

Although they had only been in the Special Operations Brigade for ten days, to these new recruits who had just joined the Special Operations Brigade, it felt as if they had been in the Special Operations Brigade for many years.

Last night, most of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment took a plane for the first time.

After getting off the plane, they marched to Anji overnight.

Here in Anji, they saw the brigade commander, and all the new soldiers were excited.

No matter how excited and excited these soldiers were, Lin Fan could still see the fatigue on their faces.

Lin Fan ordered:

The five companies would rest in place, all the soldiers would eat some dry food and have a good sleep.

No combat missions would be arranged for these five companies today.

The first follow-up troops of the Special Operations Brigade had finally arrived.

Lin Fan knew that more follow-up troops would arrive later.

After all, there were the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th Regiments here, and all the new recruit companies of these four regiments would come to the front line this time.

There were a total of twenty new recruit companies going to Anji this time, with a total of three thousand soldiers.

This was much more than the two regiments that had been attacking since the morning.

Today, from the beginning until now, the Special Operations Brigade has invested only four companies of infantry in the attack on Anji.

Even so, the four companies have put the

Only the 11th Regiment was a field hospital, and they had no new recruits coming.

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki's battalion was fighting so hard that it was miserable, otherwise:

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki would not have been constantly asking Commander Yanagawa Heisuke for reinforcements.

His battalion had only three infantry companies, one reinforced artillery company, and one logistics unit, plus his battalion headquarters.

Originally, the deployment of the three infantry companies was: the Nakaine Takuma Company was stationed in the north of the city;

the Fukube Taiyo Company was stationed in the east of the city; the Kurematsu Kotaro Company was stationed in Anji City.

The first round of heavy artillery bombardment and the subsequent bomber bombardment caused heavy casualties to the Nakaine Takuma Company.

Although Captain Nakaine Takuma had sent all the troops in his hand to the front line,

he was unable to stop the NRA's offensive in the north of the city.

Captain Yoshikawa Yuki had to urgently transfer the Bosong Kotaro Company deployed in Anji City to the north of the city.

To support the defense line of the Nakaine Takuma Company.

However, in this way, the defense of the Anji city wall, which was the responsibility of his battalion, had loopholes.

Captain Yamamoto Yuto could only move his troops to this side.

After all, his battalion had not suffered much damage so far.

Although the attack by the Xiao Dongbei of the 4th Regiment in the west of the city also resulted in the loss of half of the Kokuyama Shuji platoon under the Yamamoto Yuto Battalion,

in comparison, the casualties suffered by the Yamamoto Yuto Battalion seemed insignificant.

It was precisely because of this that his battalion had the strength to support the Yoshikawa Yuki Battalion.

On the second line of defense of the Japanese troops in the north of Anji City, Captain Nakaine Takuma looked at the thirty or so Japanese troops left in the entire company.

He was already desperate: the NRA infantry attacking on the opposite side were too cunning.

They always used infantry artillery and heavy machine guns to attack, and most of the bunkers and trenches deployed by his company on the first line of defense did not work.

What made Captain Nakaine Takuma even more desperate was the planes that appeared from time to time overhead.

Those planes, whether in style or shape, were from the Empire.

But they always kept attacking his troops.

The trenches and fortifications they built were originally for defense against frontal attacks.

Now these planes were flying over from overhead and behind to strafe.

The Japanese troops in his company finally tasted the defensive battle of being attacked by infantry on the ground and bombed by planes in the air.

It was really too difficult to fight!

Captain Bosong Kotaro watched his troops being beaten, and his heart ached!

Jia Shusheng and Xiao Dongbei also felt anxious at this time when they looked at the Japanese defense line in front of them:

This was the first air-ground coordinated siege battle of the Special Operations Brigade, and they had fought it like this.

It was too embarrassing!

The Japanese troops on the opposite side seemed to never be able to finish fighting.

Every time a team of Japanese troops was killed, another team of Japanese troops would rush up in the blink of an eye.

If Jia Shusheng and Xiao Dongbei had not already occupied a line of defense of the Japanese troops

and saw hundreds of Japanese corpses on this line of defense, they would have suspected that the Japanese troops they encountered today were immortal.

Now they certainly knew that it was not that the Japanese troops were immortal.

It was that there were many Japanese troops in Anji City, and the Japanese troops could temporarily replenish the number that had been killed.

Xiao Dongbei was standing with Jia Shusheng at this time.

There were also Deputy Regiment Commander Yu Guanghe and Chief of Staff Liu Hualin beside them.

Battalion Commander Lu Dayou of the 1st Battalion personally led the troops to charge, and he followed behind the earth-armored vehicle of the 1st Company.

He was almost hit by the Japanese grenade launcher twice.

Tsukishiro Keita was a sergeant in the Bosong Kotaro Company, and he was responsible for firing the grenade launcher.

Now he was also the only grenade launcher soldier who was still alive in the entire Yato Daichi Platoon.

Just now, he fired three grenades in a row in the platoon, all hitting the machine gun position on the opposite side.

As a result, he was subjected to a fierce artillery bombardment from the opposite side.

As a result, he was fine, and more than twenty people were killed or injured in the entire platoon in an instant.

Tsukishiro Keita miraculously escaped this disaster.

Now he had experience: fire a shot, change a place.

Although every time after Tsukishiro Keita fired a shot, the place where he stayed would be the focus of the attack.

But as long as he was not hit, everything else was not important.

Yu Guanghe, who had just become the deputy regiment commander, was originally a mortar gunner.

He also saw that there was a very cunning Japanese soldier on the opposite side, and the grenades he fired always landed on his heavy machine gun position.

The artillerymen of the 3rd and 4th Regiments had been chasing and fighting this Japanese soldier for a while.

But this Japanese soldier was still arrogant!

He kept changing positions to fire.

How could this be tolerated.

Yu Guanghe rushed to the artillery position, squeezed away Zhang Xuesheng from his regiment, and operated the mortar.

At the same time, he said to the artillerymen around him: "What the Japanese are playing is the battlefield survival rule that the brigade commander taught us:

Fire a shot and change a place.

But the Japanese have not learned it well.

You see, every time after he fires two grenades in a row.

He will move about fifty meters to the left, and keep moving about three hundred meters.

Only then will he move from left to right again.

This time, stare at him, find his position, wait for a minute, and bombard about fifty meters to the left and right of his position."

The plan was set, and Tsukishiro Keita acted like he was singing a duet with Yu Guanghe.

He fired two grenades again.

He immediately ran to the left, and he ran very fast.

He was afraid that the NRA on the opposite side would find him and start bombing immediately.

The grenade launcher was a small mortar, and it was lighter than the mortar.

This was its advantage, and its disadvantage was that it was difficult to operate and relied entirely on experience.

But the grenade launcher caused the greatest damage to the infantry, and the Special Operations Brigade always listed the grenade launcher soldiers as the first strike sequence.

Now Tsukishiro Keita had fired two grenades.

At the artillery position of the 4th Regiment, all the artillerymen were nervously adjusting the angle and direction.

As the deputy regiment commander said, bombard fifty meters to the left and right at the same time after one minute.

Tsukishiro Keita hid in the trench, quietly guessing: You won't be able to bomb me this time!

He had just run over from fifty meters away and was resting.

He wanted to catch his breath before he could continue fighting.

At this moment, a familiar whistling sound rang overhead.

He had heard this sound too much and was too familiar with it: the sound of a grenade cutting through the air.

Now the sound he heard was of course fired by the NRA.

It's over!

Although he already had a feeling of dying in his mind, Tsukishiro Keita still reflexively pounced on the ground.

He hoped to escape again this time.

Yu Guanghe, Zhang Xuesheng, and the other artillerymen personally saw a Japanese soldier being blown away fifty meters to the left.

They all shouted happily: It must be him! That cunning Japanese soldier.

There was no gain at all on the right!

Yu Guanghe was in the artillery position, commanding the artillerymen to bombard the second line of defense of the Japanese troops.

Today, the soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Regiments who charged at the front.

They killed many Japanese soldiers, but the speed of advance was not fast.

Just now, they had even advanced to the second line of defense, but were attacked by the Japanese suicide charge.

The troops of the 3rd and 4th Regiments were driven back.

Now they had to repeatedly fight for every firepower point with the Japanese troops several times.

Some firepower points that had clearly been bombarded, were restored by the Japanese troops after a while.

Now the pace of advance had completely stopped.

The defense of the Japanese troops on the opposite side was unexpectedly firm.

These Japanese troops were unwilling to retreat a step no matter what.

This was not a good sign.

Just now, the brigade commander shot down the Japanese planes one after another, and these Japanese soldiers were a little lower.

Not long after, these Japanese soldiers recovered and resisted more fiercely.

Lin Fan now had a thorough understanding of the dynamics of the entire Anji.

A fighter was pushed to the side of the anti-aircraft gun.

In this way, he could directly contact the flying squadron circling in the air through the radio on the fighter.

The actions of the Japanese troops in Anji City to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall were clearly seen by the planes in the air.

Lin Fan sent people to convey the order to Jia Shusheng and Xiao Dongbei: "Don't be impatient, fight steadily and surely.

Try to eliminate the Japanese troops' strength and kill more Japanese!"

Jia Shusheng and Xiao Dongbei were finally relieved: The brigade commander wanted them to kill more Japanese troops and eliminate the Japanese troops' strength.

Then kill more Japanese troops!

The infantry artillery of the four companies of the two regiments was concentrated, and the mortars were also concentrated.

The position was established five hundred meters away from the Japanese front line, and they fired directly at the Japanese troops.

The heavy machine guns of the four companies were also concentrated, and these heavy machine guns that were not mounted on carts

were set up in machine gun positions three hundred meters in front of the Japanese position, specializing in suppressing the Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers.

These continuous fire concentrated on a defense line of less than one kilometer, and the Kurematsu Kotaro Company was completely unable to lift its head.

The thirty or so Japanese troops of the Nakaine Takuma Company were hiding in several firepower points, shivering.

They were now very helpless: They had to fire, if they didn't fire, the NRA would attack into the trenches.

But the control of firepower was very important, and they must not fire too fiercely.

Otherwise, it would immediately attract a more fierce artillery attack from the NRA.

Captain Nakaine Takuma hoped that the last bit of seed of his company could survive until the end of this battle.

Only after this battle was over could his troops be replenished with soldiers.

It was impossible to replenish soldiers in the current situation.

His company had been replenished twice.

The new recruits who were replenished had much lower qualities.

Not only was their marksmanship poor, their physical fitness poor, their courage poor, but everything was bad and everything was poor!

The new recruits who were replenished were worse each time.

Captain Nakaine Takuma maliciously guessed: The new recruits who would be replenished to him next time would probably be pulled directly from the factory and from the countryside.

They would be sent up without training.

It was not that he had such malicious speculation, but the soldiers who were replenished last time.

Through questioning, Captain Nakaine Takuma really heard them say: They were notified to be conscripted.

They reported to the assembly point within three days, and all the new soldiers lived together and trained for three days before being sent on a ship and sent over.

Nagatani Junta was such a new soldier, and he was extremely lucky today.

Even Sergeant Masuyama Aoki had been killed.

But he was still alive, but he was also scared enough.

Lying on the ground, Nagatani Junta was shivering.

He was a new soldier who was replenished in the second batch. In Nagatani Junta's own words: I was staying at home properly.

After a year of hard work, I could only rest in winter.

I was pulled to the conscription station in the county with a notice, and then I was sent to the battlefield without knowing anything.

Nagatani Junta only learned how to shoot and stab after joining the Masuyama Aoki Platoon.

In fact, Nagatani Junta had joined the Masuyama Aoki Platoon for less than a month.

Their batch of newcomers was after the Empire began its second operation plan: the attack on Nanjing.

They were strongly resisted by the NRA, suffered too many casualties, and then urgently summoned a batch of soldiers from the country to replenish them.

Nakaine Takuma looked sadly at the thirty or so soldiers under his command, and thought painfully: The Empire was probably going to urgently summon a batch of soldiers from the country again.

How many times had the Empire urgently summoned soldiers?

Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro was holding a four-minister conference: Army Minister Sugiyama Gen, Finance Minister Kaya Okinori, and Interior Minister Baba Eichi.

The four ministers were holding a closed-door meeting, and they were discussing the situation in Central China.

Army Minister Sugiyama Gen spoke at the beginning of the meeting: "The progress of the armies on the front line is very smooth.

Although we cannot occupy the entire territory of that old empire within three months, we have essentially defeated them.

But now the Imperial Army is encountering a problem: a serious shortage of soldiers!

I need more soldiers to go over."

Finance Minister Kaya Okinori immediately said: "After four emergency conscriptions in the country, all the trained people have gone to the battlefield.

Now there is an extreme shortage of skilled workers in factories, and the number of young and middle-aged people in rural areas is also decreasing.

All of these people have been conscripted to fight.

The domestic economy cannot support this war, and it needs to be transfused from foreign countries."

Interior Minister Baba Eichi said: "The Empire's army has won great victories one after another, and batches of supplies will soon be transported back from the other side.

As long as we can completely occupy that NRA on the opposite side, or cultivate a puppet regime, I can always get a transfusion from that NRA.

All economic and political problems will be completely solved."

Konoe Fumimaro asked: "How many more soldiers do we need?"

Army Minister Sugiyama Gen blurted out: "At least twenty divisions."

His lion's opening immediately frightened everyone present.

"Twenty divisions! Absolutely impossible!" Konoe Fumimaro didn't even think about it.

He refused immediately.

"With twenty divisions! We can take control of all the places we have occupied.

Instead of being like the current situation, like monkeys moving corn, moving one and throwing one away.

We are now only stationing heavy troops in large cities and transportation hubs.

We have completely controlled the situation.

In the surrounding small towns and villages, those are still the territories controlled by the NRA.

This situation is not good and unhealthy.

Therefore, I need twenty divisions.

Soldiers are like time, there will always be some if you squeeze.

Gentlemen! Think about that NRA on the opposite side, so many people,

such a large territory, when all of them are used for my purposes, how strong our Empire will be."

Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro finally opened his mouth with difficulty: "I will report to the king and hold a royal conference to strive to conscript another batch of soldiers to go over.

Twenty divisions are impossible."

Captain Nakaine Takuma certainly did not know that the highest-ranking people in the Empire were worried about soldiers.

They were not worried about the combat qualities of these people.

As long as the Empire's warriors went to the battlefield, they could slowly let them learn through battles one by one.

The more battles they participated in, the higher the combat qualities of the soldiers would be.

When Meng Hongzhuang, Guo Yingwu, and Yin Hongyi drove the bombers to bomb the Japanese troops stationed in Anji again,

this time Lin Fan did not let them only bomb a small area in the north of the city.

He let them carry out carpet bombing on all the Japanese troops in the entire Anji.

At this time, the reconnaissance plane sent out by the Special Operations Brigade reported: There were Japanese troops heading to Anji for reinforcements in the direction of Wuxing.

There were also Japanese troops heading to Anji in the direction of Mogan Mountain.

Now that there was a radio, it was convenient. Lin Fan asked Mao Wenxing to land on the temporary runway.

He personally flew into the air to check.

He found that there were quite a few Japanese troops coming from the direction of Wuxing, estimated to be two battalions.

Plus a battalion of Japanese troops coming from Mogan Mountain.

These Japanese troops were treating Anji as an important stronghold to defend