"We can go both ways together!" Dazuo thought about it for a long time and made a decision with a calm face.

"The first way: ask the higher authorities to send heavy troops to protect the baggage team, the aviation force will send planes to cover in the sky, and all the baggage teams will be mules and horses, starting from the occupied area, marching rapidly for a day, entering Laiyuan City, and replenishing ammunition for us."

"The second way: ask your superiors to send transport planes to drop ammunition to us from the sky."

"This road is the safest and there will be no accidents."

"In addition, let the transport plane airdrop some ammunition to us first, which can also achieve the effect of stabilizing the morale of the army, and then wait for the baggage team to go to the ground to replenish ammunition for us."

"Contact the Taiyuan Military Department immediately, and I will talk to the chief of staff directly on the phone."

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the radio station of the communications class of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion suddenly lit up with a red light, and two minutes later, a telegram of only a dozen words appeared in Zhao Wen's hand.

"Japanese transport planes have been dispatched, and all units are ready for battle." Zhao Wen looked at the telegram, forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and ordered with a serious face.

A few minutes later, puffs of smoke began to rise outside Laiyuan City, dense and everywhere.

Of course, it was almost impossible to use these thick smoke to cover the huge Laiyuan City, and Zhao Wen did not plan to block the Japanese pilot's vision through these thick smokes.

Transport aircraft are more bloated than other aircraft, fly slowly, and are less agile.

Moreover, the airdrop is not a bomb, and it cannot be like a bomber, which directly carries out dive bombing and bombing after reaching the bombing area at high altitude.

In order to ensure the safety of the airdrop materials and accurately airdrop to the designated place, the transport aircraft must fly horizontally in the airspace that is most suitable for airdropping. This meant that the little devil transport plane had to start flying at low altitude from a long distance, then horizontally through the smoke curtain wall formed by the thick smoke, and finally reach the sky above Laiyuan City.

When passing through the smoke screen wall, you can't see anything around you, and everyone will be nervous, and the Japanese pilots will certainly be no exception.

And this is Zhao Wen's chance.

Dazuo stood on the head of Laiyuan City and witnessed the garrison releasing smoke outside the city.

Seeing that Laiyuan City was surrounded by dense black smoke columns, as the smoke began to spread high in the sky, and finally formed a smoke curtain wall, surrounding Laiyuan City tightly.

With a cold snort, he mocked: "The Eighth Route Army definitely wants to use this smoke to prevent the transport plane from airdropping ammunition to supply us." ”

"But they're too self-righteous."

"Laiyuan City is so big, they can only smoke outside the city, not inside the city, even if they light all the mountains outside the city, the black smoke rising can't cover Laiyuan City."

"Not only did this not block the pilot's view, but it helped us guide the transport pilots to the correct airdrop target, which is the middle area of the smoke wall."

"Sir, the transport plane will arrive in Laiyuan City in five minutes." The subordinate reminded.

Dazuo's face returned to seriousness, and he said very decisively: "The whole city is under martial law, and all the troops are patrolling the streets to protect the ammunition supply that the transport plane has airdropped to us at any time. ”

As soon as the "buzz ......" command was exited, the roar of the plane reached their ears, and the sound became louder and louder.

A few minutes later, three huge transport planes finally arrived over Laiyuan and began to circle.

After another two minutes, a transport plane completed the reconnaissance before the airdrop, broke away from the formation with a roar, and disappeared from the field of view of the Japanese puppet army on the ground.

The flight altitude is getting lower and lower, and after being lowered to a safe airdrop altitude, it slowly approaches Laiyuan City, opens the door of the transport plane, and prepares for the airdrop.

At this time, a wall of smoke formed by thick smoke appeared, blocking the plane.

It has been detected from a high altitude just now, and as long as you pass through the smoke curtain wall, you can reach the sky above Laiyuan City.

The devil pilot did not hesitate and drove the transport plane decisively into the smoke curtain wall.

"Knock knock...... Dadada......"

At the moment when the fuselage burrowed into the smoke curtain wall, gunshots rang out on the ground.

Two anti-aircraft machine guns, two heavy machine guns, and several light machine guns, firing at the air at the same time.

When the transport plane is airdropped, in order to ensure that the airdropped materials are not blown too far and accurately land at the airdrop point, the flight altitude should not be too high or too low, and it is exactly within the effective range of the anti-aircraft machine gun.

The same purpose also caused the transport aircraft to fly very slowly when it was airdropped.

Compared with bombers and fighters, both flight speed and agility are more than half a point.

The two anti-aircraft machine guns had the same eyes as they chased the transport plane.

One of the tongues of fire swept right past the fuselage, leaving a row of seven or eight bullet holes.

If these bullet holes were a little more off, the fuel tank of the transport aircraft would have been hit, and the behemoth would have been blown up on the spot.

However, the sudden anti-aircraft fire still startled the pilots.

Regardless of the airdrop, he began to climb to a high altitude by manipulating the plane, wanting to fly out of the ground anti-aircraft fire range as soon as possible to ensure his own safety.

On the head of Laiyuan City, a solemnity quickly flashed on Dazuo's serious face, and he suddenly shouted: "I understand, the purpose of the garrison group to release smoke is not to cover the entire Laiyuan City, so that the transport plane cannot find the airdrop target, but to block our sight with smoke, cover their empty troops to shoot in the air, hit the transport plane, and prevent them from airdropping materials smoothly." ”

"Artillery staff, can you determine the specific location of the air defense position of the garrison regiment and destroy it with artillery fire!"

"It's hard." The artillery staff officer replied with a frown.

"Judging from the sound of gunfire, the garrison regiment has arranged the air defense positions very scattered, and with smoke cover, we can only judge the approximate location."

"In this case, an artillery counterattack can only play a harassing role, and it is impossible to destroy."

A young man stood up and asked: "Sir, judging from the sound of gunfire, the air defense position of the garrison regiment is no more than one kilometer away from us. ”

There is no doubt that the troops will definitely be attacked by the garrison when they leave Laiyuan City.

But the supply of ammunition brought by transport planes is too important.

Not only can it stabilize the army's morale and morale, which is already in chaos, but is it also the foundation of the troops holding Laiyuan City, and there must be no accidents?

After briefly analyzing the gains and losses, Dazuo ordered: "Take a reinforced squadron and a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army out?" ”

"Remember, the attacking troops can't be too far away from Laiyuan City."

"As long as the garrison regiment releases the troops and no longer shoots at the air, and the transport aircraft can be airdropped normally, your mission is complete."

Outside Laiyuan City, the scouts staring at the city gate rushed all the way to Zhao Wen, and then gasped and reported: "Battalion commander, the little devil is dispatched." ”

"More than 200 devils and more than 300 puppet soldiers came out, and they marched towards us in a hurry."

"After fighting for so long, I finally forced the little devil out." Zhao Wen's serious face finally showed a long-lost smile, and then ordered with excitement.

"All the troops are ready for battle, and I will inflict heavy losses on the Japanese puppet army attacking troops."

"The anti-aircraft company, the heavy machine-gun platoon, began to maneuver for combat. From now on, their task is no longer to prevent the airdrop of transport planes, but to take the Japanese puppet army to go around in circles in the smoke screen and use it as bait for the Japanese puppet army. ”

Gunshots soon rang out in a smoke screen. When the transport plane found an opportunity, it passed through the smoke curtain wall and entered the airdrop point to carry out the airdrop.

Half an hour later, the light transport plane began to leave Laiyuan City.

The gunfire outside the city also stopped, and the attacking troops withdrew into the city one after another.