The Eighth Route Army around the slope also saw the Japanese fighter planes flying rapidly from the sky in the distance.

"The devil's plane!"

"It's a Japanese plane!"

"Spread out, quickly spread out and hide!"

"Quick, quick, quick!——"

Many Eighth Route Army troops have experienced bombing and strafing by Japanese planes, especially those veterans. People who have never been bombed and strafed have also heard of the terror of Japanese planes. They are definitely more terrifying than tanks.

As for the Japanese tanks, you might be able to pile them with human lives and destroy them with explosives.

Or deploying mines, using terrain, etc., can also deal with Japanese tanks.

But when facing Japanese planes, the Eighth Route Army, which had no anti-aircraft weapons, had no choice but to passively take the beating or find bunkers to escape.

Almost every time the Japs dispatched planes, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties.

Of course, the Eighth Route Army also used light and heavy machine guns to shoot down Japanese aircraft, but there were very few examples, and the Japanese aviation forces were too arrogant and lowered their cruising altitude to a very low altitude.

It can be said that if the Japanese Air Force did not commit suicide, it would be almost impossible for the Eighth Route Army to shoot it down.

At that moment, thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers immediately dispersed, each looking for bunkers to escape.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz buzz!——"

The Japanese plane was moving very fast, and before the Eighth Route Army troops on the ground were completely dispersed, it flew over a short distance above the slope.

The sharp-eyed Japanese airmen soon discovered the remnants of the 4th Brigade trapped on the slope, and also saw the Eighth Route Army scattered in all directions.

The corners of their mouths immediately raised, revealing a cold smile, and then they pushed the aircraft's control stick and dived quickly toward the ground like an eagle fighting a rabbit.

The purpose of the Japanese Air Force's trip was to rescue the besieged 4th Brigade, not to severely damage or even destroy the Eighth Route Army regiments participating in the war.

Therefore, all those dispatched were fighter jets, with a total of 4 groups and a total of 12 fighter jets.

During World War II, Japan's industrial production capacity was far inferior to that of Western powers, but it was the strongest in Asia at that time. In terms of military, it attached great importance to the development of battleships and aircraft. Although Japan did not have an independent air force at the time, it had a wide range of aircraft types, among which the most

The most famous one is the Mitsubishi Zero fighter.

This fighter was one of the most advanced fighter jets of the Japanese army during World War II. It was successfully developed in 1937 and officially entered service in 1939. It was divided into ship-based fighters and army fighters. It had the largest production volume and participated in the most wars.

It is a single-cockpit propeller fighter with a fuselage length of 9.06 meters, a wingspan of 12 meters, a height of 3.5 meters, an empty weight of 1.68 tons, and a maximum take-off weight of 2.67 tons. The power system is equipped with a Rising 13 engine with a maximum power of 780

horsepower, the fastest flight speed is 533.4 kilometers per hour, and the maximum range is 3,350 kilometers.

The weapon system is equipped with two Type 99 20mm aerial cannons with 60 rounds of ammunition, and two other 7.7mm machine guns. Two 30kg or 60kg aerial bombs can be mounted on the outside of the wings.

This time, all those taking off from Taiyuan Airport were Zero fighter jets.

The Japanese aviation soldiers flew their fighter jets directly towards the densely populated areas of the Eighth Route Army, and then dropped all the aerial bombs they carried.

"hurricane!"

"Hurry!——"

The aerial bombs fell from the sky with a sharp and ear-piercing whistling sound, and struck down hard.

The next moment, clouds of smoke and dust and flames shot up into the sky.

"Boom boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The continuous explosions can almost deafen people's ears.

Wang Chengzhu, Li Yunlong and others could hear the explosion coming from the front from far away.

Naturally, they also saw the group of Japanese fighter planes flying over from a distance, and everyone's expressions were extremely grim.

"Damn it! The little devil even dispatched a group of fighter planes. It seems that it will not be so easy to eliminate Nishiyama Masao this time!"

Li Yunlong cursed angrily.

Wang Chengzhu said: "Commander, everyone, let's go to the front line and take a look. At this point, Masao Nishiyama's escape is the second best. Our departments must not be hit hard!"

"Brother Zhuzi is right!"

Ding Wei, Cheng Xiazi and others all nodded in deep agreement, and then accelerated forward together...

The screen is brought to the forefront.

Before the various units of the Eighth Route Army had time to disperse, the Japanese aerial bombs exploded the ground into monstrous seas of fire one after another.

Among them, the militia troops led by Zhao Hong, because they were at the forefront of the Japanese fighter planes, naturally became the first target of the Japanese aviation bombings.

Near the impact point of the aerial bomb, some militiamen who had no time to disperse were blown to pieces on the spot and died heroically for their country.

The militiamen who were a little further away were also thrown away by the blast wave.

Some militiamen were hit by aerial bomb fragments and thrown up rubble, resulting in a large number of casualties.

"Brothers, don't panic. The Japs' bombings may seem loud, but in fact they are not dense. Each bomb will hit a distance of at least hundreds of meters, or even hundreds of meters!"

As long as everyone doesn't run around and hide honestly, you won't lose your life!"

As an instructor at Baoding Military Academy and a former colonel leader of the National Army, Zhao Hong has far more knowledge than these militiamen.

He is well aware of the power of Japanese fighter jets and also knows a lot about air defense.

At this moment, I saw that many militiamen were frightened by the Japanese bombings. Some of them were running around in panic and quickly issued warnings.

What Zhao Hongbin said is correct. The Japanese army was neither the US military nor the German army. Its air power was used to bully China and other Asian countries that had not completed the industrial revolution and modernization process at that time.

Compared with Western powers such as the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union, it is not worth mentioning at all.

It is almost rare for the Americans and the Germans to dispatch hundreds or thousands of fighter planes and bombers to perform the same combat mission at the same time.

Naturally, the U.S. Army and the German Army no longer have the terrifying carpet-style, intensive bombing capabilities.

There were only 12 aircraft in total, and none of them were bombers, just bombers carrying a small number of aerial bombs.

The intensity can be imagined.

Because if you calculate carefully, even if the Japanese bombers carry 30 kilograms of aerial bombs, they only have 24 bombs.

The number of aerial bombs was so small, and their targets were not just the militia units of the independent battalion, but also bombed other parts of the Eighth Route Army.

On average, the density is almost negligible, less than the two salvoes of the Japanese artillery.

Therefore, what Zhao Hong said is right. As long as the militiamen do not run around, they are not extremely unlucky. Generally speaking, they will not be killed by the Japanese bombing.

Unless someone's luck is extremely bad.

What really requires the most vigilance and precautions is actually the dive and strafing of the Japanese fighter planes. The Japanese air force will hardly bomb skirmishers, but will only bomb cluster targets, important positions and fortifications, and other important targets.
Chapter completed!