Those were two Nakajima Type 97 reconnaissance fighters.

The Nakajima Type 97 fighter is the main aircraft of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps.

After a moment of observation in the sky, one of them swept down towards the armored train.

"Come on, come and die!" Wang Chengzhu grinned and shook the handle quickly.

With Wang Chengzhu's actions, the muzzle of the 75mm caliber anti-aircraft gun began to be adjusted from multiple angles.

The aiming mechanism of the anti-aircraft gun is still very sensitive and the steering is very flexible. Wang Chengzhu quickly locked the dive fighter through an optical sight, and then stepped on it twice with his right foot.

"Bang!" Two shells instantly soared into the sky.

However, the fighter that dived down was just a light barrel rolling, so he easily avoided it.

"Damn it!" Wang Chengzhu cursed, quickly turned the handle, adjusted the shooting angle and stepped on his right foot twice in a row.

"Bang!" Two more shells went into the sky, but it was still useless. The Japanese fighter made another spiral while diving, and then avoided it again.

The quality of the Japanese pilots is not ordinary.

After three years of training, the Japanese pilots have reached their peak in terms of psychological quality and technical qualities. At least in recent years, they can be called the world's best air force!

In a blink of an eye, the Japanese fighter jet had already entered the machine gun range.

The next moment, two 7.7mm caliber heavy machine guns installed under the nose opened fire violently.

The tactical qualities of Japanese pilots are really high. Not only are they excellent in flight skills, but the hit rate of machine guns is also high.

"Dangdangdangdangdangdangdang!" The turret armor and shield steel plates of the cannon cart C sounded continuously, and there were strings of sparks splashing everywhere.

Thanks to the armor protection.

Otherwise, Wang Chengzhu would be reimbursed just now.

After a few seconds, the Japanese fighter dived to a low point and pulled upwards, and flew over the head of the armored train. Then, the second Nakajima 97 fighter dived down again.

Wang Chengzhu took a deep breath and turned his handle again to lock the dive-down Japanese fighter.

However, this time, Wang Chengzhu did not rush to open the fire anymore. Although he had only had one round just now, he still keenly captured an opportunity to exploit.

The Japanese pilots have extremely high qualities. They can also make various difficult technical actions while diving at high speed. At this time, they can hardly hit the target. They are simply a waste of shells.

The only chance is at the moment when the Japanese fighter cuts from dive into the pull up!

At this time, the Japanese fighter jets have the worst maneuverability because they are under huge overload. When they fire at this time, it is almost impossible for the Japanese fighter jets to avoid them!

The Japanese fighter quickly dived within a range of one thousand meters.

Immediately afterwards, two heavy machine guns under the nose opened fire violently.

Wang Chengzhu still did not rush to open fire, allowing the turret and shield to be beaten to the point where Mars flew everywhere.

Seven or eight seconds later, the second Japanese fighter dived to a low point and then quickly turned and pulled up.

Almost the moment when the Japanese fighter cut from dive into the lift, Wang Chengzhu also stepped on his right foot three times in a row.

"Bangbang!" Three muffled cannons almost superimposed into one, and three high-explosive grenades whistled into the air in less than 0.4 seconds, turning into three streams of light and shooting towards the Japanese fighter that had just cut in and pulled up.

The remaining allowance of Wang Chengzhu was slightly larger, and the first two shells fell into vacancies.

Fortunately, the third shell hit the Japanese fighter jet accurately!

Wang Chengzhu really caught the only flaw of the Japanese fighter jet, and one blow was fatal!

"Boom!" The thin skin and large filling Nakajima Type 97 fighter exploded in the air in an instant.

"I hit it!" The gunners in the two gun positions cheered and heard the same time, observing the hands and the bomb supplying hands.

Wang Chengzhu also waved his fist vigorously, then turned the handle and adjusted the shooting angle again, preparing to kill another fighter in the same way.

However, what disappointed Wang Chengzhu was that

The Japanese fighter plane turned around and flew away.

"Damn it." Wang Chengzhu was so angry that he cursed.

"I'm running away now? The little Japanese devils are too out of their way."

As soon as he finished speaking, a communications soldier ran over to report: "Company Commander, command the vehicle to lower the firing angle, and cooperate with the artillery carriage A and artillery carriage B tore open the defense line between the Yangquan Railway Exit and the North Gate City Wall!"

The Japanese reconnaissance plane has been run away, and the bomber will not arrive so quickly.

So Wang Ye adjusted the order again and asked the cannon car C to add artillery fire support.

"I understand!" Wang Chengzhu responded, and quickly transferred the handle again, lowered the firing angle of the 75mm caliber anti-aircraft gun, and pressed it into a flat shot, and then aimed at the watchtower at the railway entrance to make a shot.

...

Hide Maeda and Aoki Kimura just came down from the watchtower.

"Boom..." A loud bang suddenly sounded from behind.

I quickly looked back and saw that the towering watchtower had collapsed.

As the watchtower collapsed, a large amount of smoke and dust spread, spraying two old Japanese men's heads and faces.

"Bao!" Hide Maeda spit out the smoke that choked in her mouth and nose, and then ordered Aoki Kimura to say, "Kimura, please telegraph the 1st Army Command to ask the aviation troops to dispatch bombers to destroy the robbed armored train."

Hide Maeda was still very clear-headed and knew that if the armored train could not be destroyed, Yangquan County would be captured by the Eighth Route Army sooner or later, then their 4th Brigade might really be a catastrophe.

Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, although the Japanese army occasionally fails on the Chinese battlefield, there has never been a record of troops above the wing and above being annihilated in an integral manner. Hide Maeda does not want to be a precedent!

Although there were actually only two brigades in Yangquan City at this time, the bureaucrats of the Army Department would not care about this. They would only think that the 4th Brigade headquarters was stationed in Yangquan, which was equivalent to the entire 4th Brigade. As long as the 4th Brigade headquarters was annihilated by the Eighth Route Army, it would be equivalent to the entire 4th Brigade being annihilated by the Eighth Route Army.

Maeda Hide doesn’t want to become a shame in the army because of this precedent!

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud military horn suddenly sounded outside the city.

Amid the sound of the military horns, the shouts of the Eighth Route Army soldiers were heard.

Maeda Hide suddenly turned around, her eyes crossed the smoke and dust and looked out from the railway entrance,

The Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers who had been waiting outside the north gate for a long time were rushing to jump up from the trenches, carrying a bayonet rifle with a tide to launch a tide charge.

The puppet troops guarding the road entrance fired a few symbolically and fled in all directions.

Kimura Aosuke and Kitahara quickly stepped forward and raised Maeda Hide and ran back.

"Brig Commander, this place is too dangerous, let's go back to the headquarters!"

Hide Maeda was not pretentious and followed the two of them toward the headquarters in panic.

However, while running away in a hurry, Hide Maeda did not forget to look back.

The armored train that was hijacked also started again and slowly approached the railway entrance.

Maeda Hide's heart quickly sank. It was obvious that the Eighth Route Army planned to use the powerful artillery fire of this armored train to tear a hole from the railway entrance and cover the infantry to break into the city.

If this is the case, the 4th Brigade will definitely not be able to stop it.

It seems that there is only street fighting!

...

In Taiyuan, the 1st Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka's emotions have been much relaxed.

Because at about five o'clock in the morning, communications between the strongholds along the Baijin Line of Tongpu Road and Baijin Line gradually recovered, and the initiative on the battlefield gradually returned to the hands of their 1st Army.

Although the communications at the strongholds along Zhengtai Road have not been restored yet,

But Yoshio Shinozuka was not too worried, because the Shota Railway has always been the center of defense of the 1st Army. The thirteen first-level strongholds along the Shota Road, whether it is the solidity of the fortifications or the number of garrison troops, are one level higher than the Tongpu Road and the Baijin Line. There is no problem with the Tongpu Road and the Baijin Line, and there is no problem with the Zhengtai Road.

The only thing Yoshio Shinozuka couldn't understand was what happened to the 11th Armored Convoy?

Why can't I contact you again after completing the last routine communication around midnight?

Logically speaking, whether it is attacked or derailed, communication will not be interrupted.

Unless the 11th armored train convoy is attacked by chemical weapons, all members will be killed instantly.

But such a possibility does not exist at all, because the Eighth Route Army did not and would not use chemical weapons.

So as soon as the sky was dawn, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 1st Flight Brigade stationed in Taiyuan Wusu Airport to send two reconnaissance planes to reconnaissance and search east along Masahiro Road.

However, even so, Yoshio Shinozuka still asked the Communications Class to call the 11th Armored Train Convoy every ten minutes. Because the air force's reconnaissance aircraft did not have airborne radio, even if the armored train of the 11th Armored Train Convoy was discovered, it could not be reported to the headquarters as soon as possible, but needed to fly back to Taiyuan Wusu Airport first.

After having breakfast in a hurry, Yoshio Shinozuka returned to the war room as soon as possible.

"Tanaka-kun." Shinozuka Yoshio asked Chief of Staff Takayoshi Tanaka, "Are you still not in touch?"

Although Yoshio Shinozuka asked without any questions, Tanaaka Takaki knew that he was asking about the 11th Armored Train Convoy.

At that moment, Tanaka Takaki shook his head and replied: "Not yet. Until just now, the communication class had called more than thirty times, and the 11th Armored Train Convoy never responded."

"Damn it!" Yoshio Shinozuka's brows frowned.

At this time, Communications Section Chief Takumi Mizuhara also came in and reported: "Hiss Commander, Telegram from the 4th Brigade."

Yoshio Shinozuka was immediately excited when he heard this and asked anxiously: "Is it news about the 11th Armored Train Convoy?"

"No." Takuya Suwabata shook his head and said, "The 4th Brigade called and said that a large number of Eighth Route Army appeared outside Yangquan County, with at least 5,000 people."
To be continued...