Lei Jian had already seen that there were 12 enemy planes flying in the airspace, and every third of them formed a battle formation of their own, diving down from high to low altitude, circling back and forth in search of targets, but the enemy and us on the ground were mixed, and the pilots and commanders of the enemy planes were unable to use aerial firepower to attack the troops of the Eighth Route Army for a while.

Yamada Daisa, commander of the 593rd Wing of the 180th Division of the enemy, saw more than a dozen fighters of the Imperial Japanese Army flying into the sky, he looked at the three strange chariots and shouted arrogantly: "Immediately contact the commander of the air fighters, Major General Kawaike, and indicate the coordinates of the fighters' strikes, and make contact quickly." ”

Yamada Daisa saw that the fighter plane had been hovering in the air, and he had never dropped bombs on the strange chariot of the Eighth Road, he grabbed the phone and shouted: "General Kawachi, I am Yamada Daisa, I ask His Excellency the General to attack all the fighters and fire the three strange chariots, and they must be destroyed and destroy the dirt eight roads on this strange chariot, please." ”

Major General Kawaike, the commander of the enemy planes who was in charge of the air raid, received a command from the ground and ordered four air fighter battle groups to fly at a low altitude of 700 meters to attack three strange combat vehicles and bomb them in turn.

Lei Jian saw that there were twelve enemy planes in the air, divided into four combat formations, circling back and forth in the air to find targets, and he decisively ordered: "All tank drivers and soldiers, according to the method I conveyed to you, immediately start to separate actions." ”

The three chariots left the 593rd Wing of the Japanese Army, which was about to surround them, and rushed out in different directions at the same time, increasing their speed, and in the blink of an eye, they left the encircled Japanese troops behind.

No matter how fast the trucks ran on the ground, they could not match the flight speed of the enemy planes in the air, and not far from the three trucks rushing out separately, the four enemy aircraft battle groups, like eagles pounced on chickens, dived down from the air, and the first round of machine gun fire, the three enemy aircraft battle groups, in three directions, closely pursued the combat vehicles rushing out, launched the most fierce fire strikes, and carried out the first wave of air attacks.

The driver fighters of Lei Jian's three chariots watched the enemy plane group dive and strafe along the buttocks, and when the enemy machine guns rang out, the driver fighters immediately turned around and rushed in another direction, dodging the enemy plane's aerial fire in the rapid march.

Another enemy aircraft battle group, under the command of Major General Hechi, identified the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the ground at an ultra-low altitude, looked for targets to carry out firepower strikes.

Yamada Osa, the commander of the 593rd Wing of the Japanese enemy, saw a battle group of enemy planes in the air, always circling back and forth over the ground forces of the Imperial Army, and he roared angrily: "Bastard, why don't you chase and kill the fleeing Tubalu and hover over our wing?" ”

In fact, this also blames Major General Hechi, commander of the enemy aircraft group in the air, for the order he received was to bomb the positions of the Eighth Route Army fighting against the Imperial Army, and in order to find targets, only by repeatedly reconnoitring and determining the perimeter close to the Imperial Army troops could he effectively and accurately carry out an aerial fire strike on the positions of the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, Commander Chen, who received three urgent telegrams from Lei Jian, ordered the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade to quickly withdraw from their positions, break into pieces and run in different directions, and return to Peacock Valley under the cover of green gauze tents.

When Commander Chen and the two brigade commanders heard a wide range of 'booming' sounds of planes in the air, they followed the direction of the increasingly roaring air and found that more than a dozen planes were flying over the position.

Several people not only booed and shouted: "Grandma's, thanks to the old brother Lei Jian, who sent out three urgent telegram warnings in advance, if there is still a fierce battle with the 593rd Wing of the Japanese army, it will definitely be hit by enemy aircraft from the air, and at that time, the entire two brigades of the Eastern Column will suffer very heavy casualties, and it is very likely that the entire army will be annihilated." ”

Brigade Commander Song of the New Seventh Brigade said even more admiringly: "Commander Chen, it seems that this Thunder Sword Regiment Commander is really a little guy with an unpredictable prophet, he can calculate in advance when enemy planes are coming, and he can also explain the number of enemy aircraft battle groups and the time they will arrive in the sky. ”

Brigade Commander Zhang of the New Ninth Brigade sighed: "At the beginning, I really didn't look at this half of the size of the boy, the legend of him I only regarded as an exaggeration of false rumors, today I saw it, this stinky boy is not an ordinary character, he dared to lead a battalion of more than 100 cavalry, into a large battalion of the Japanese wing, not only captured the enemy's mortar and heavy machine gun positions, used the enemy's heavy fire positions, against the devils who attacked and surrounded them, carried out the most fierce fire strikes, when he saw the danger, he actually decisively blew up the enemy mortar and heavy machine gun positions, Under the cover of the Thunder Sword's strange chariot, break out of the enemy encirclement. ”

"Yes, what is even more unexpected is that this thunder sword, led a cavalry team, raided the baggage storage place of the Japanese wing, not only captured the devil's baggage truck, but also ingeniously made three strange chariots in a short period of time, relying on extremely fast mobility, using sufficient weapons and ammunition, to carry out the most fierce artillery fire and heavy machine gun fire on the enemy group, the devil was caught off guard, suffered heavy casualties and wailed all over the field, fleeing in all directions, it was really a pleasure to see." Brigade Commander Song of the New Seventh Brigade then exclaimed.

Brigade Commander Zhang couldn't help but admire again when he saw that the troops that had withdrawn were scattering and rushing in different directions to reduce the heavy casualties caused by the enemy planes' strikes: "This Lei Jian is a general, he calculated that the enemy planes were coming, and directly deployed the evacuation range and direction of the large troops, and even came up with an evacuation plan that would be broken into pieces, so as to narrow down the target and avoid the wanton bombardment of the enemy planes. ”

At this time, the commander of the enemy fighter group hovering in the air to find the position of the Eighth Route Army, General Hechi, under the call and guidance of the commander of the 593rd Wing on the ground, ordered to expand the search area and carry out low-altitude reconnaissance on the periphery of the Japanese troops. When it was found from the air that there were many figures scattered on the ground running in unknown directions, and carrying out fire strikes and aerial bomb bombardment, the strike range was too wide, and the lethality would be very weak, which made General Hechi very headache.

The commander, Major General Hechi, ordered: "The Fourth Air Imperial Army fighter battle group, hovering at low altitude, looking for the range of the Tu Eighth Road to concentrate on escaping, carry out fire strafing, abandon the aerial bomb drop, and start the air attack on the Tu Eighth Route troops that have fled." ”

The enemy's fourth air strike group, under the command of General Hechi, made several dives and carried out aerial fire against the Eighth Route Army, which was running in all directions.

The soldiers of the companies of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade saw a battle group of enemy planes in the air and carried out fire in the air with their butts, and many soldiers were hit by the dense bullets, fell in a pool of blood, and never got up again.

Commander Chen, who was rapidly evacuating, saw the soldiers fall under the fire of the enemy planes, and he shouted angrily: "Quickly order all companies to get into the green gauze tent as quickly as possible, and lie down on the spot to avoid the fire of the enemy planes." ”

The fighter plane that General Hechi was riding kept giving attack orders in the air.

In order to drag down the three enemy aircraft battle groups and cover the safe escape of the New Seventh Brigade and the New Ninth Brigade evacuated from the ground, Lei Jian's three combat vehicles played a game of cat and mouse with enemy planes in the air, constantly changing their positions.

Because the trucks are highly mobile on the ground and the rules of the game issued in advance by the thunder sword, the chariot drivers give full play to the maximum mobility of the chariots and dodge the fire strafing of the enemy planes just right, causing the enemy planes to go back and forth in circles in the air, and the firepower strikes carried out have little effect.

The enemy commander, Major General Kawachi, roared angrily: "The cunning Tubalu truck driver has been able to avoid the air strikes of the imperial fighters on the ground many times, and I must destroy all the Tubalu trucks." ”

He ordered three groups of fighters to chase a truck, attack in three successive sorts, destroy one, and then concentrate fire on the next one.

Lei Jian looked at the three enemy fighter groups in the air, changed formation in the air, and suddenly turned to the chariot rushing in the northwest direction and dived, he slapped the cockpit building, and ordered the driver and soldier: "Quickly approach the chariot in the northwest direction." ”

He saw that it was still about 500 meters away from the northwest-bound chariot, and ordered the driver to stop immediately. He also ordered the soldiers on the truck: "You quickly jump out of the car, get into the green gauze tent, and with the cover of the green gauze tent, run to the place where the war horses are kept, and be ready to evacuate at any time." ”

Qu Jiaming shouted: "Captain Lei, what about you? ”

"You evacuate first, and I'll follow soon."

"No, you are the regiment commander, we are your guards, and we will never leave you in the most dangerous place, only care about your own life, and we must evacuate together." Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan grabbed the thunder sword at the same time and were about to jump out of the car.

Lei Jian obediently jumped out of the car, shook Qu Jiaming and Song Tiedan away, and ordered fiercely: "Qu Jiaming, immediately lead the soldiers on the chariot to withdraw into the green gauze tent, this is an order, if you dare to disobey, I will immediately enforce the battlefield discipline." ”

Qu Jiaming pounced on Lei Jian, hugged Lei Jian tightly and shouted: "Commander Lei, you just put the gun on my head, I won't leave you, do you say that we all died together under the fire of the devil's plane, or did you retreat to a safe place with the soldiers?" ”

"Bastard, you're going to delay the fighter like this, hurry up and carry out the order." Lei Jian shouted and shook off Qu Jiaming and rushed into the cab.

(End of chapter)