"Buzz buzz!"

"Buzz buzz!——"

The Japanese fighter planes were getting closer and closer, and the roar of their engines became clearer and clearer, giving the Eighth Route Army and Pingping civilians below a great sense of oppression.

"not good!"

"It's a plane, a Japanese plane!"

"Hide, hide quickly!——"

The people in the city took back their rooms one after another, and the Eighth Route Army soldiers on duty on the streets also sought shelter nearby.

Li Yunlong, Cheng Xiazi and others are certainly no exception.

Perhaps the Japanese Air Force already knew the news of the fall of Pingding County. After flying over Pingding County, they immediately dived towards the ground at high speed like an eagle fighting a rabbit.

"hurricane!"

"Hurry Hurry!——"

During the dive, the Japanese Air Force pressed the bomb release button again. In an instant, more than a dozen aerial bombs detached from the bomb carrier and smashed toward the ground like meteorites falling to the ground.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

About a few seconds later, the aerial bombs fell to the ground and exploded one after another, sending up balls of scarlet fire on the ground.

The lightest of these aerial bombs weighs more than 25 kilograms, and many of them weigh 50 kilograms. Their explosive power is comparable to or even exceeds that of 150mm caliber howitzer shells.

Near the impact point of the aerial bomb, private houses were overwhelmed and collapsed. All kinds of masonry and rubble were scattered everywhere along with the explosion shock wave.

Some Eighth Route Army soldiers and civilians who were involved were directly killed on the spot, and some were buried alive on the spot.

The injured were countless.

After the bombing was completed, the Japanese Air Force immediately controlled fighter planes and launched a fierce strafing attack on the ground.

"Da da da!"

"Da da da da!——"

Dozens of airborne machine guns opened fire one after another, pouring out a rain of hot bullets like a plow, raising eye-catching smoke streaks on the ground.

Countless tiles on the roof were shattered and scattered everywhere.

Fortunately, the Japanese did not know that the main force of the new regiment was still in the county town, so after directly carrying out a retaliatory strike, they raised the flight altitude and continued to scout forward.

As for whether civilians would be injured, it was not considered by the Japanese Air Force at all. These beasts did not regard the Chinese as human beings at all, and they had even committed massacres.

Therefore, they don't care at all about accidentally injuring civilians, and they won't feel even a trace of guilt in their hearts.

Xia Family Courtyard.

Li Yunlong shook the dust off his head, gritted his teeth and cursed: "You damn little devil, I will break off the wings of your plane sooner or later!"

"Tiger!"

"have!"

Guard Huzi immediately ran over: "Captain, please give instructions."

Li Yunlong: "How many casualties did this Japanese air raid cause to our New Regiment and the people in the county?"

Huzi: "There are no statistics on casualties yet."

Li Yunlong: "Tell the third and fourth battalion commanders to rescue the wounded immediately, with special emphasis on rescuing ordinary people!"

"yes!"

Huzi agreed with a bang, saluted Li Yunlong again, then turned around and left to convey the order.

Originally, Pingding County was an enemy-occupied area, and members of our party could only lurk underground and were unable to carry out propaganda. Coupled with the demonization of the Japanese and puppet troops, many people did not know what kind of team the Eighth Route Army was, and there was almost no mass.

The basics are negligible.

Li Yunlong's action immediately established a very good image in the hearts of the people in Pingding County.

The common people believe their propaganda more and more.

Although the Japanese and puppet troops would also do propaganda before this, they would only give verbal propaganda and would not bring any benefit to the people. They should be oppressed or oppressed.

Not to mention the life and death of ordinary people.

At present, the Eighth Route Army rescues injured civilians first, and then rescues its own wounded. It proves their propaganda with practical actions and makes the common people believe that the Eighth Route Army is indeed its own team.

In addition, as soon as the Eighth Route Army entered the city, they helped the common people fight injustices, beat local tyrants, punish bullies, and even opened warehouses to release grain.

Even though it has only been less than a day, a good mass foundation has been laid here, and the prestige is no less than that of many base areas.

Of course, this is something for later.

After the Japanese retaliatory actions ended, Li Yunlong continued to attack local tyrants.

Fortunately, the warehouses of all the local tyrants and evil gentry were underground, so the Japanese bombing did not cause any damage to the warehouses.

The Xia Family Grain Depot was well preserved as it was not directly bombed.

This made Li Yunlong let out a sigh of relief.

…

Change sides and go to Yangquan County.

Not surprisingly, Yangquan County also suffered a retaliatory attack from the Japs, and the group of Japs planes that had just launched an air raid on Pingding County passed through Yangquan first and then arrived at Pingding.

Similar to the situation in Pingding County, the Japanese Air Force's air raid on Yangquan County was just to vent their anger. It was almost swept away and did not last long.

In addition, unlike Li Yunlong who had just captured Pingding County, Wang Chengzhu had already captured Yangquan County for several hours.

Air defense preparations had been made in advance, so the casualties of the Second Independent Regiment were far less than the casualties of the New Regiment.

…

Today is destined to be a turbulent, extraordinary and uneventful day.

nine in the morning.

Mountain city.

The Chairman personally attended the press conference.

At the reception, the Chairman focused on promoting the brilliant results achieved by the Eighth Route Army (the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army) in the southeastern Shanxi region last night, and clearly expressed his confidence that the war of resistance would be victorious.

For a time, the crowd was excited.

This press conference was attended by not only domestic reporters, but also foreign reporters and even Japanese spies.

Therefore, Okamura Neiji, the commander of the Japanese North China Front in Peking, learned the news almost immediately.

After giving up, this old devil, whose expression was unwavering, was so angry that he dropped his cup.

"Pacha!"

The tea cup fell heavily to the ground and immediately fell into pieces. The tea splashed all over the floor and the crumbs were scattered everywhere.

Several staff adjutants in the office were so frightened that they kept their heads down and said nothing, for fear of causing trouble to the east.

At this time, Chief of Staff Naosaburo Okabe was about to report to Okamura Neji again. When he came to the door, he happened to see the broken teacup on the ground and the extremely distorted face of Okamura Neji.

.

Not only was he surprised, but as Okamura Neji's deputy, Okabe Naosaburo knew that the other party was a person who was extremely good at controlling his emotions.

So he walked into the office and asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, why are you so angry? What happened?"

Okamura Neiji did not answer, but picked up a document on the table and handed it to Okabe Naosaburo: "Okabe-kun, read it yourself."
Chapter completed!