To be honest, the air force in this era was still very sad, especially in the early days of the War of Resistance.

Simple equipment, simple weapons, poor performance of the aircraft, and no satellites or other navigation...

Especially in mountainous areas like Dabie Mountains and Taihang Mountains, Japanese pilots not only need to find targets, but also need to avoid the peaks everywhere, which will be more difficult.

Just like the valley in the western source of the Qingzhang River where Hu Yizhou is now, the lowest place is 1,000 meters above sea level, and then there are several high mountains 1,700 meters away, and there are even higher places to the east.

Only by flying along the river valley can the Japanese plane approach the security regiment's position at a low altitude. If you avoid the surrounding mountains, the altitude must be at least 2,000 meters above sea level.

With a vertical distance of more than 1,000 meters, it is very difficult to find a bombing target in the mountains covered with strange peaks and trees.

The Japanese bomber group flew over, and the security group soldiers, except for the observers hiding on the high mountaintop, hid in the tunnel or in the cat's ear piercings.

Although due to construction technology, the two tunnels here, one east and one west, can only accommodate one main infantry company. However, if you just pretend to be a person, you can still hold everyone now.

The artillery battalion, Xiangdongfang, did not hide in the infantry air raid shelter, but hid in the separate small air raid shelter of the artillery battalion.

This air-raid shelter is excavated by the mountain. The entrance of the hole is only one and a half meters high, only eighty centimeters wide, and only five or six meters deep. There is also a corner in the middle. Inside the corner is a command room three meters square, enough to squeeze out the commanders of the artillery battalion.

As for each artillery group, there are also their own scattered ring mortar positions. These ring mortar positions are also built on the mountain, with regular artillery positions in the middle, around them are pits for storing ammunition, pits for mortars, and small air raid shelters for hiding artillery...

And on the ring artillery fortifications, there are camouflage nets to cover it...

Therefore, when the Japanese reconnaissance plane led the bomber through four or five kilometers of river valley airspace and flew over the security regiment position, except for finding infantry trenches on the hillsides on both sides of the river, they did not find where the security regiment's artillery position was.

"Wooh..." The Japanese plane flew past...

"Woo woo..." The plane flew back...

Yes, the Japanese pilots were trying hard to find their bombing targets, but they couldn't find them. As for the infantry trenches? The grass on the trench slope was already high, and they didn't even look at the figure. What's the use of blowing it up?

After the plane flew back and forth twice but failed to find the target, the Japanese couldn't hold back. This was not enough, they had to complete the mission? So a reconnaissance plane decided to pass through the valley at a low altitude, trying to find the security regiment's artillery position at close range.

That's right, just after flying twice, the Japanese crew did not dare to fly low, for fear of repeating the mistakes this morning.

Of course, the Japanese would not know that because the air defense truck had not even come over and the air defense weapons on the mountain were not in place, Hu Yizhou did not intend to provoke these Japanese aircraft.

That’s right, as long as we are safe, you can fry whatever you want, but it’s not our money anyway.

"Woo woo..." The Japanese reconnaissance plane passed through the valley. The Japanese observer carefully looked at the infantry trench below, but still did not find it.

When the reconnaissance plane was lifted up again and transported into the fleet, the observer on the reconnaissance plane communicated with the head of the bomber formation led by the team with gestures.

Then... Wu Xi... the Japanese bombers began to fly over the Qingzhang River Valley again,

However, this time, the bomber was flying along the hillsides on both sides of the river valley.

"Chirky chirp...boom boom boom..." Boom boom boom boom..." Boom boom was still exploding near the infantry fortifications on both sides, and the roar echoed back and forth in the valley...

"Boom boom boom boom... Guru... slur..." Some bombs exploded on the mountain, and the exploded mountain trembled slightly, and stones of all sizes rolled down from the mountain.

"Ph..." Zhong Haifeng, who was looking up at the top of the air-raid shelter, was covered in dust from the top of the hole.

"Battery Commander, do we still have to go to Guaijiao Mountain to clean the battlefield?" asked the company commander.

"You have to ask our regiment commander for this! But your team should not be disbanded. The devils in the north have retreated. Maybe the regiment commander will let us go after the plane bombardment. By the way, call more recruits!" Zhong Haifeng said.

"Okay, no problem!" said the company commander.

"Battery Commander, why did this Japanese bomber aim at the infantry position and lay eggs? What's wrong with us? Shouldn't the Japanese come and cause trouble for us?" asked Niu Jiaguo, the company commander of the Second Cannon Company.

"You can't find our position, just watch the fun, you're just talking too much." Zhai Changlin took over.

"Oh... the infantry brothers were frightened..." Niu Jiaguo said with a smile.

"I'm scared? Unless the Japanese bombs can flatten the hillsides on both sides at once!" Zhai Changlin said.

Soon, the artillery battalion command center fell into silence because the Japanese planes were bombing, and no one felt good about being bombed.

Finally, the Japanese threw the bombs along the suspicious places on both sides of the river valley, and then flew away in a swagger. As for how the Japanese reported after they returned, it was not something that others could know.

"Dingling..." The telephone from the regiment command room rang.

"Report to the commander of the regiment, the Japanese crew flew away and there was no sign of sight!" The observation post on the top of the mountain called.

"You keep on guard! Pay attention to the surrounding paths and don't let the small Japanese troops bypass it!" Hu Yizhou said.

"Don't worry, Tu'anzhang, we have placed a mechanism directly in a place where we can go up the mountain. Not to mention people, even rabbits can't get up!" said the warning whistle.

"Uncle 25, aren't you always putting the animal trap on the road?" Hu Yizhou asked with a smile.

The team leader of the observation post is Hu Yizhou's 25th uncle, who is one year younger than Hu Yizhou, but he is indeed an elder.

"Hey... Commander, isn't this a fight for rabbits..." Lao 25 ​​said in a daze.

"Well, you are optimistic. We all depend on you for your safety!" Hu Yizhou half-joking, half-reminder and half-warning.

"Don't worry, leader, I will definitely be a good eye for the whole group!" Uncle 25 promised.

"Well, do it well! Don't forget to send it down after hitting the rabbit. We will deliver it to you after we are done!" Hu Yizhou said.

"Hehe, understand! Don't you show fireworks?" Uncle 25 said.

"Okay, continue on duty! The correspondent soldier, notify all units: the warning is lifted!" Hu Yizhou said.

"Yes!" The correspondent soon telegrammed the units and lifted the air defense alarm.

"Okay, don't move, I'll ask the commander!"

As soon as the air defense alarm was lifted, Zhong Haifeng walked out of the tunnel and found Hu Yizhou and said he wanted to go to Guajiao Mountain.

"Okay, you guys go! Just take all the recruits as you said and let them clean the battlefield and practice courage!" Hu Yizhou agreed with Zhong Haifeng's request.

Soon, the "corpse collection team" of the first battalion walked out of the air-raid shelter and ran towards Gujiao Mountain under a row of leadership.

By the time they arrived at Gunjiao Mountain, it was already the sunset that was already referenced.

I saw that under the setting sun, Gujiao Mountain was already deserted and scorched earth everywhere. Some of the trees and grasslands on the mountain were also destroyed by artillery fire. In addition to the craters, there were floating soil, and occasionally there were Japanese corpses exposed outside the floating soil.

"Okay, the first row goes up the mountain to watch, the recruits first dig the dirt pit over there, and then prepare the baskets and other things!" said the first company commander Qin Shuisheng.

"Yes!" A row of people went up the mountain long, and the others began to get busy.

"Ah..." A recruit suddenly screamed, which attracted everyone to take their guns.

"What are you howling?" the recruit's squad leader angrily scolded.

"Squad leader...you...you see..." The recruit pointed to a Japanese soldier whose chin and neck were burned by phosphorus fire not far away.

Looking at Bai Sen's bones and flesh, the recruits were scared...

"You cowardly, I was much worse than this when I cleaned the battlefield for the first time! That man's flesh and blood were blurred..."

Under the squad leader's education, the rookie recruits from Jiuzhai finally began their first battlefield experience.

These recruits began to search on the river bank, loaded the Japanese stones they found into baskets and threw them into the dug soil pit, and then continued to search.

If a complete or incomplete firearm can be found, it will be put up and wait for transport back.
Chapter completed!