Outside Beiping City, a long line of troops was meandering in the direction of the Lugouqiao position in Beiping City. This army was using motorcycles to march, and they were dragging cannons behind the trucks.
This unit was the independent heavy artillery regiment that the Japanese army had mobilized from the northeast. It was originally intended to be used in other directions, but the field artillery regiment of the 20th Division in the Lugouqiao direction had suffered heavy losses. They had received orders from the commander of the North China garrison, Katsuki Kiyoshi, to come and support the Lugouqiao front.
The Independent Heavy Artillery Unit had a high status in the Nippon Army. After all, the rarer the item, the more valuable it was. There were not many land heavy artillery with a caliber of 120mm or above in the Army, which was much worse than the West.
However, it was enough for them to dominate Asia. Because of their higher status and greater role, the Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 20th Division's commander, Kawagishi Bunsaburo, had the same military rank. They were both lieutenant generals.
The Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment's regiment commander was called Ko Kawahara. He was a native of the capital and was very arrogant.
He looked at Beiping City with his binoculars and snorted coldly.""What a bunch of good-for-nothings. They can't even defeat the Chinese artillery. They're really letting down the trust His Majesty the Emperor has placed in them.”
"Go to the designated location and set up an artillery position. Let the Chinese people see the power of our Empire's heavy artillery. Their artillery can't withstand a single blow from us!”
Although he was arrogant and conceited, his basic military knowledge was still very strong. Otherwise, he would not have been able to reach this position.
They had already chosen an artillery position. It was on a large flat ground, 16 kilometers away from the position. He knew that although the Chinese army's artillery was only 105mm in diameter, it had a range of 14 kilometers.
Now that he had set up his position 16 kilometers away from the battlefield, the other party could not hit him, but he could hit the other party very well.
However, such an extreme distance would definitely reduce the accuracy of the artillery. This was nothing to Kawahara Ko, because he wanted to raze the entire Wanping City to the ground. He did not have to worry about accuracy at all, as long as he could shoot the artillery into the city.
The movement of the Japanese artillery unit was very big. Xu Ziqiu also noticed a trace of abnormality. He found that the Japanese army was unusually active today. They constantly sent small troops to harass the position, which did not seem like a real attack.
To Xu Ziqiu, this action seemed like they were scouting the firepower of the 1st Independent Regiment and not feigning an attack.
Why did the other party want to detect the firepower on their side? Combined with the strange actions of the Japanese army two days ago, he felt that the Japanese army might have reinforcements arriving. This made sense.
He picked up the phone and dialed Lu Jie's number.
"Commander, I want the Air Force to investigate the Japanese army within a 50-kilometer radius. Don't let go of any blind spots!”In such a situation, using a fighter jet to scout was the best method.
Lu Jie agreed. Although the Air Force had only taken over the fighter jet for a few hours, Yi Guangping, who had served in the United States, was very familiar with the American fighter jet. There was no problem piloting the fighter jet for reconnaissance.
Soon, a P-39 fighter jet equipped with a high-altitude camera flew into the air, and its beautiful figure soared in the sky.
The shape of this fighter jet was quite beautiful. In 1937, this fighter jet was also very advanced. The Japanese fighter jets or air defense forces could not do anything to this fighter jet.
The outbreak of Japanese fighter planes was after the outbreak of World War II, and the current fighter planes were still very backward.
The P-39 Cobra fighter jet flew to 6000 meters in the air, which was relatively safe.
The fighter planes continued to shuttle through the clouds, using the thick clouds to hide their figures and investigate the situation of the Japanese army below.
The ground troops could hear the sound of the fighter jets, but the sound of the artillery was covered.
Moreover, the Japanese army knew that the Chinese army did not have an air force, so they were completely relaxed in the air. Even if they heard the roar of the plane, they would think that it was their own fighter plane.
Now the Japanese army's position and the rear were like the beauty of clothes. less. His daughter, Ren Yi Guangping investigation.
Yi Guangping piloted the fighter jet and looked down. The things on the ground were now smaller than ants, so he couldn't see them clearly. However, the people in the back seat could see them clearly through the camera.
He flew over the areas but did not find anything unusual.
"No abnormalities found in area 13!”The intelligence officer in the back seat said through the communicator.
Very soon, the fighter jet continued to fly forward. A fighter jet's scouting angle was generally around 20 degrees. Fortunately, the scouting area was not large. Otherwise, it would take a long time.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at another airspace. Suddenly, the intelligence officer shouted,"Discovered the situation, it is the Japanese artillery unit, there are a lot of them, request to fly lower to investigate!”
A few minutes later, the fighter jet arrived at an altitude of 2000 meters. The camera could already take very clear photos. They were completely high-definition photos.
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