With the coordinate guidance of the Nagato-class Izumo battleship, the coordinates of the surroundings can be clearly determined.

The farther the V3 rocket is from the target, the greater the error. The V2 rocket has already realized the radio wave guidance in the later stage, so the radio wave guidance of the V3 has a clear coordinate guidance, and then switches to the auxiliary calculation of the brain. It is said that his fleet is only 80 kilometers from the coast, and it is still in the signal coverage of the radar station. So the accuracy is greatly increased. The V3 rocket has a high chance of hitting the source directly.

This time, the attack of 5 V3s, Meng Xiang handed them over to Zhi Brain again. And an order was given to attack one target en masse.

Meng Xiang was not sure that he would sink the Nagato-class battleship with 5 V3 rockets. Even if the V3 collided at a high speed of Mach 4.8, the battleship was thick and rough after all, and Meng Xiang had not experimented in detail, only the possibility of sinking it theoretically. So, Meng Xiang aimed at the thin-skinned Flying Dragon aircraft carrier.

The five V3s rushed down the Wyvern together, deviating from the signal source and greatly reducing the accuracy, but as long as the Wyvern was hit by one shot, it was enough to break its muscles and bones.

"What's that?" At this time, the fighter jets on alert over the Wyvern first spotted the V3 rocket that was diving down at high speed, rubbing the atmosphere and wiping out a firelight, like a meteor.

"Is it a shooting star?" The vigilantes' minds had only been spinning for a few years. The specific circumstances of the bombing of the headquarters in Luohe have not yet been revealed, and only high-level people know about it. How do the people down there know what this kind of thing is? For the unknown, people often act in a daze. By the time it sensed that the flaming things were coming towards the fleet, it felt bad, and the best opportunity to sound the alarm was lost.

"Be careful!" There were loud shouts on the Wyvern, but none of that worked. The V3 rocket has fallen.

"Boom!" The first fell in the water, but the column of water stirred up by the explosion swept into the wing of an airplane, nearly knocking it off.

"Boom!" The second and third also fell into the water, but the third landed near a destroyer.

The warhead of the V3 rocket was a real ton, and the explosion of unburned fuel directly lifted the Fengfeng-class destroyer and broke it again. It quickly sank into the seawater.

Five rockets arrived at the same time, and the fourth hit the target.

The off-path mass of the V3 rocket when launched is also more than 12 tons, even if there is partial consumption, there are still several tons left, and the impact of such a high-speed mass object is comparable to an armor-piercing warhead. The long V3 blade pierced through the Wyvern's wooden deck and the thin leather armor underneath and sank into the carrier's lower hangar.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, louder than the muffled sounds of the V3 explosion that fell into the water. The wooden deck on the Wyvern arched and deformed in an instant, and then tore a larger hole along the way through the hole. A burst of flames erupted from the hole, and the impact of the explosion directly swept the planes parked on the deck and slid in all directions, and the three planes nearby were abandoned high, disintegrating the city into a pile of parts in the air.

The disaster was not over, and the Wyvern caused fires in several places. There was still a lot of fuel left over for the V3 rocket, and in addition to increasing the power of some explosions, it caused fires everywhere.

"Boom, boom!" A series of explosions rang out, and the fire detonated part of the fuel and ammunition on the deck. More than a dozen planes were drowned in the flames, and some pilots who were preparing to attack rolled out one by one with flames and green smoke. The two more seriously injured bodies were already burning with fire, screaming inside. But the rescuers couldn't get close to the fierce fire, and could only watch them fall into the flames, gradually silent.

The fifth also landed near the Wyvern, and the explosion tore a hole in the Wyvern's port side armor. But the opening is not large, and only a small amount of seawater pours in.

"Adjust your target and make a second attack! Target, Wyvern! Meng Xiang ordered.

Originally, V3 could be launched twice quickly, and when it was the Luohe Command, it was a double-bullet attack. But the ship is not like a fixed target on land, it is still constantly moving, sometimes changing speed, so that the rocket launch also needs to constantly adjust the coordinates.

At this time, the B-17 bomber modified reconnaissance plane at high altitude was sending new coordinate guidance, and the two Zeros below it were constantly circling and circling, but they were helpless against the B-17 overhead. Earlier, there was a Zero that tried to rush up, but before the plane could reach 11,000 kilometers, it broke down and fell headlong.

"What kind of attack is this?" Captain Yamaguchi of the Wyvern was surprised. The attack just now was not a shell, nor an airplane, but like a large torpedo that could fly, and it just crashed into it, and the power was huge.

Yamaguchi Tawen methodically directs the rescue and firefighting work, while adjusting the course and speed of the Wyvern. The explosion just now did not damage the power system, and although there was a bulkhead leak, the Wyvern could still continue to move.

"But how did they do it?" His mind was filled with a lot of questions, and this attack must have come from the Vanguard Army. And such a blow is likely to be followed in the future.

At this time, the devils had already started to sail in a zigzag shape, but they didn't know that there was a signal source in their middle that was constantly diverging.

The second round of attacks came as scheduled.

However, this time, because of the constant change of coordinates, the accuracy rate was greatly reduced, but because the firepower was still covered by the fleet, the cruiser Kinugasa of the Aoba class was damaged, and the V3 that landed near the Wyvern also added a new crack to the Wyvern.

"Retreat!" The Flying Dragon Yamaguchi Duowen's complexion changed dramatically. If the first strike is accidental, the second strike is still so threatening, which means that the strike of this new weapon is relatively accurate.

This unheard-of attack made Yamaguchi afraid to take any more risks. At this time, other aircraft carriers were either being renovated or being built, and the only active one was the Wyvern. But if the Wyvern was sunk just after sailing, not only would it be a big loss of face for the Imperial Navy, but it would also be a troublesome matter for the Imperial Navy to have no aircraft carriers to assist when the European war was about to arise.

The formation of the army was constantly changing direction and speed and retreating backwards, and after a long time, this attack of the vanguard army had not yet fallen overhead, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. They didn't know that except for the first two rounds of the first-stage V3 rocket, the filling of other rockets was very troublesome and took half an hour.

"The speed of continuous attacks is too slow!" Meng Xiang sighed. This can't be helped, the liquid fuel of the rocket needs to be especially careful. Although each rocket cart carries 10 rockets, their slow speed makes them less powerful.

It was precisely because of this that Meng Xiang concentrated on attacking the Flying Dragon. After damaging and even sinking the Wyvern, he said that he did not have an aircraft carrier to threaten the coast of the Vanguard Army for the time being. Those Nagato battleships are not enough to see. While one or two V3 rockets have little effect, from where it poses a threat to the coast until it retreats to safety, a cluster of V3 rockets is enough to kill them with more precision.

Meng Xiang also saw that they could act as a signal source, and had a coordinate reference for other targets at sea, so he let go of the Izumo battleship.

As soon as the Flying Dragon aircraft carrier on this side was damaged and retreated, more than a dozen fighters flew up on the vanguard side, hovering around the formation, causing those planes in Huaibei to hurriedly withdraw and come to intercept them. However, fuel and ammunition were already insufficient, and the deck could not be docked for the time being, so the Wyvern had to retreat in the direction of Shanghai again under the escort of other ships.

More fighters from the vanguard army rushed in the direction of Xuchang.

The air battle there has already entered a white heat. The number of planes on both sides was about the same, and the devils gathered a total of more than four hundred, and the vanguard army had a slight advantage, a little more. And the aircraft surname Neng is the vanguard army has more advantages, the devil's zero aircraft only has more than 200, but the more than 400 of the vanguard army is the worst Thunderbolt B type, and the personnel who work are all skilled pilots.

So in this larger-scale local air battle, with the passage of time, the advantages of the vanguard army became more and more obvious. The army was tired from afar, and the nearby airfields were partially destroyed, and it was necessary to go to a relatively distant place to replenish ammunition and fuel, and after a long time, more and more of those old planes were beaten down.

But the withdrawal of troops on the ground needs their cover, otherwise the attack planes and bombers of the vanguard army will bombard the heads of the evacuated devils, and the army will really be unable to clean up.

The 13th Division, which had lost its armor and disarmed, had retreated to the main defense areas of the 5th Division, including Xihua and Zhoukou. But the 16th and 9th Divisions were vaguely surrounded.

The vanguard army did not have such an appetite to swallow four elite divisions in one bite at this time, but the two divisions were still somewhat sure. Although these four divisions had committed heinous crimes in China, Meng Xiang still chose the notorious 16th and 9th Divisions. Their location is also suitable for arranging the encirclement.

The 106th Division of Luohe was ordered to continuously attack northward, wanting to meet these two divisions, but was pinned down and blocked by the team that rushed out of Funiu Mountain near Luohe.

The 16th Division's southward charge was also blocked by the tank units that bypassed Xuchang. And the 9th Division, which retreated to Xuchang and waited for the order of its superiors, also found that it was already in danger.

"The 9th Division and the 16th Division converge and break through to the southeast! Rushed to Zhoukou to join the 5th and 13th Divisions. Sugiyama Yuan, who quickly arrived at Luohe, found that he was powerless to return to the sky at this time. In just a few hours of fighting, the four divisions had already lost more than 20,000 people. And according to the latest intelligence, the two armies of the vanguard army are pressing towards Xuchang. The small county town of Xuchang could not be fortified, so it could only evacuate at this time and reduce the losses as much as possible.

As for that offensive plan, it died before it could even begin. That plan was based on the army's seizure of air supremacy, and there was no much hope for it now. The battle reports in the air also kept coming. Within a few hours, the army had already lost more than 70 warplanes.

Without air support, the many troops gathered in the Lianghuai region would have no place to play. If you want to break through the defense of the heavy artillery front, the losses required are difficult for you to bear.

The 3rd and 27th Divisions there tried to attack, but they were smashed back by heavy artillery and lost nearly a thousand men.

On the Shanxi side, as soon as Seishiro Itagaki got off the plane, he stopped the plan of the 10th and 116th Divisions on the Shanxi side to open the passage to the south together. At this time, the divisions and regiments in the Central Plains were still unable to protect themselves, how to meet them. However, in order to contain the vanguard, they simply changed the breakout to a diversion. Now I can't take care of the devils in Shanxi. The devils in Shanxi can hold out at least for a while, but several divisions in Henan are in danger.

But Wei Lihuang also sensed this opportunity with a keen sense of smell, and directly harassed the devils from Zhongtiao Mountain and other areas.

The Kwantung Army also sent more fighters at once to suppress the north. However, the naval aviation units of the vanguard army and the planes of the second fighter brigade were also carried with the assistance of anti-aircraft artillery.

The center of gravity of this battle is still in the Central Plains, the 9th Division except for leaving two brigades to stay in Xuchang, but these two brigades were quickly defeated by the vanguard army that attacked, although the scattered squads are still guarding the small buildings in Xuchang County to resist, but it has not affected the vanguard army to continue the pursuit.

Sugiyama also despised the speed of advance of mechanized and motorized troops. When the order to retreat began, the pace of retreat could not be stopped, pressed by the armored forces of the vanguard army.

The army fought and retreated, and has been arranging several broken back lines. But under the crushing of iron armor and the bombardment of tank artillery, the devils could not organize an effective defensive front. They were all broken by the armored units of the vanguard army, chasing after the devil's ass and beating hard.

The armored units of the 41st Division were also quickly plugged in, and the gate was closed from Fugou to Xihua. Behind him, Sun Tongxuan's 12th Army also quickly plugged in, not only stabilizing the defense line of Shangqiu and other places, but also quickly supporting and blocking the attack of the 3rd Division from Haozhou and other places. So that the 41st Division can go directly to block the door without any worries.

The flames of war continued to burn, burning the sky red and reflecting the evening glow.

The battle lasted until dark, and the vanguard army pursued and killed for hundreds of miles, until the devil's blood flowed like a river. The 16th Division and the 9th Division were finally tied up in the vicinity of Xiaoyao Town.

Xiaoyao Town is not far from Luohe and Xihua Zhoukou, but at this distance, the two divisions can no longer attack. Half of the two divisions had been wiped out by the vanguard army, and there were less than 30,000 people left at this time, and they could no longer break through the steel defense line blocked by the 41st Division and the teaching team in front.

Some of the men and horses of the 41st and 50th Divisions used the Yinghe River to block the counterattack of the 5th and 13th Divisions in the east, and although they lost more than 10,000 people, the attack was still very sharp after Sugiyama Moto's army stabilized the army.

There was only one 106th division in Luohe, which was originally weak in attack and was left behind, but at this time it had to take on the task of guarding Luohe. With the help of the Sand River to the north, they blocked the tank forces that had assaulted the river. However, the other army rushing from Funiu Mountain was difficult to stop, and most of the energy of the 106th Division was spent on blocking the west, lacking the strength to meet the 16th and 9th Divisions.

The 57th and 56th armies of the vanguard army had already rushed over, and the large army immediately overwhelmed Xuchang as it crossed, and approached the two divisions that were shrinking in Xiaoyao Town. The 56th Army even rushed to the vicinity of Xihua, looming as a threat to the 5th and 13th Divisions.

Darkness did not interrupt the roar of the guns.

The rest of the army was too late to rescue. Only relying on these five divisions to protect themselves, Sugiyama Mototo personally coordinated and commanded part of the men and horses of each division to attack the blocking line of the vanguard army. He doesn't even plan to defend Luohe now, he just wants to bring all the men and horses out.

Darkness weakens artillery and machine guns, and night battles are more prone to miracles.

The charge of the army did give the vanguard some headaches, but the barbed wire, searchlights, and flares quickly pulled up by the sappers blocked the direct charge of the devil infantry.

The heavy artillery positions in the Huaihe area shattered the illusion of a sneak attack by devils in this way. There are mines everywhere, and dogs patrol them, making the sneak attack of the devils foam. Although some methods are not used here, it is difficult for the devils who flee all the way and lack heavy fire support to rush through the barbed wire fences and the machine guns arranged behind.

"Otherwise, let's use special ammunition!" There was an accompanying staff officer who paid attention to the worried Sugiyama Moto.

But it was immediately reprimanded: "The soldiers of the vanguard army are all wearing gas masks, and they are all trained in anti-poisoning, which does not work." But many of our soldiers did not have gas masks, and once special ammunition was fired, the biggest losses were the troops of our empire. ”

"Don't say it, don't use special ammunition for the time being!" Sugiyama also knew that the vanguard had warned him that if he used special bombs, he was afraid that their bombers would run to him again to throw poison gas bombs. In the absence of effective containment of their high-altitude bombers, it is better to use special bombs sparingly.

"Tell the 9th and 16th Divisions, drop all superfluous things and go all out to break through!" Sugiyama said a little tiredly.

At an airfield in Jinan, the command tower of the Air Command Center was brightly lit.

"This time the bombing distance is relatively close, it doesn't matter if there are more bombs." Lin Yuezun looked back at the lights in the dark night in the distance, and then gave an order, and then got on his B-17 bomber.

"I know that the Sky Thunder Bomber can carry a lot of bombs. But there is also a shortage of bombs, and I don't know how many tasks there will be in the future! Liu Xiaolin, who was on the ground staff, muttered.

"This night flight mission is complete, and the little devil will have to cry for at least three days!" Wei Lianbao heard it behind him, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

When the Devil's Zero planes were stationed in Hefei, Nanjing and other airports in large quantities, the Devil's air defense became much stricter. He said that he knew from the bombing of Nanyuan Airport that the vanguard army had the ability to bomb at night, so they also paid special attention to it. Even at night, the major airports are heavily guarded.

Previously, there weren't many targets worth bombing at those airfields, and the vanguard army generally didn't attack them. But at this time, with so many targets to choose from, Meng Xiang didn't mind letting Yue himself know that that air defense weapons couldn't stop the Vanguard Army's bombers.

Although the JU-88 universal bomber could dive bombing, in the face of the tight defense of several airports of the devils, Meng Xiang still gave up the losses caused by the dive attack and chose high-altitude bombing. B-17 bombers can carry tons of bombs at close range, and they are more robust and suitable for night flight.

"Ready! Request to take off! After Lin Yuezun finished the inspection, he waited for the take-off signal from the control tower.

"Take off!" The signal from the conning tower was not long in coming.

With the roar of the engines, the propellers spun faster and faster, and the huge fuselage of the B-17 began to glide on the brightly lit runway, soaring into the sky at the end of the runway, flapping its wings high. The same scene is playing out at several different airports. Meng Xiang did not make a move to bomb at night, and the dispatch would inevitably leave a deep impression on the little devil.

"How's your preparation?" As soon as Li Tiexia saw Xia Dayu, they immediately asked anxiously.

"There is also a shortage of ammunition in the rear. I hurried and hurried to run over. Deng Dayan was familiar with him and said directly.

"It's all ready. Ready to launch! Xia Dayu reported loudly.

"Great, let the little devil taste the power of this swarm of bees!" Li Tiexia said excitedly. The covering blow of the rocket is the most shocking. At this time, the devil's attack is fierce, and the attacking team needs to be cleaned up.

"Launch!" With Xia Dayu's order, a hundred Katyusha rocket launchers flashed with a long line of more than a thousand flames and rose into the sky, which was particularly dazzling in the dark night.

The first round of attacks all fell on the heads of the 5th and 13th Divisions in the southeast. Across the river, their positions were distinctly clear. Immediately a sea of fire broke out there, and the flames that rose to the sky were as bright as day. With this big torch, it illuminated the thousands of devil soldiers who charged like ants on the front line, and the machine guns and Suomi of the vanguard army roared violently, causing the devils who bent over and rushed with the 38 style to fall down like knives cutting wheat straw.

The prestige of the blizzard had long frightened the devils, and at this time it reappeared, and the attacks of the devils of the 5th and 13th divisions were directly delayed.

Their attack here was sluggish, and the 106th Division on the other side was weak in attack. The 9th and 16th Divisions in the encirclement also had to deal with sieges from all sides. This greatly reduced the pressure on the vanguard army that was tasked with blocking the attack.

"What? Their blizzard cannons are catching up again? Sugiyama asked in surprise. This is not the first time he has experienced the power of this cannon, and he has suffered several losses on it. In the face of this kind of artillery, it is necessary to suppress the artillery with a long range or to strike from the air. But at this time, it was impossible to fly at night, and most of the artillery of several divisions and regiments was lost in the tank assault of the vanguard army, so how could it be suppressed?