Rise from the sword

Chapter 165 Ambush and the Second and Third Round of Shelling

"Taiyuan Airport was attacked and suffered heavy losses?"

After receiving the telegram from Shuji Iwago, Yoshio Shinozuka's first reaction was...

This is impossible!

Did something go wrong?

Around Taiyuan, who has the ability to attack the airport of the First Army?

As the Supreme Commander of the First Army, he knows best how strict the security and defense measures are at the airport where the Baby Flying Brigade of the Taiyuan First Army is stationed.

During his stay in Taiyuan, he inspected the airport many times and guided the construction of fortifications.

With the airport as the boundary, within one kilometer of the surrounding area, there are layers of solid fortifications built for division-level battles. Within two kilometers, there are also intensive patrol areas by patrols.

Coupled with the garrison of a brigade, and powerful airport defense firepower.

Who can attack into the airport?

"Hi."

The staff officer who reported the report tried to maintain a fluent tone of voice: "Second Lieutenant Iwago Hideo sent a telegram that Taiyuan Airport was under intensive artillery fire by the enemy. The attackers fired very violently. The firepower density reached nearly 1 rounds per minute. It is estimated that more than half of the aircraft at the airport will be lost."

"At present, the enemy has stopped attacking and he is sending troops to pursue the attackers."

"Who did it?"

Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly felt a pain in his heart.

The most precious thing in his first army is the flying brigade, that is, those more than 50 planes, and now more than half of them are suddenly lost.

With the current situation of the empire, it would take at least half a year to replenish.

In other words, within half a year, the number of aircraft available to the First Army will be less than half.

He couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and drew his knife, roaring angrily:
"Who did it?"

The staff officer took a hard look at the sharp edge of the officer's knife facing him.

"Second Lieutenant Iwago Hideo mentioned that the assailant seemed to be wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, but it is impossible to confirm who it is." The staff officer's voice was a little trembling.

He died in vain.

He doesn't even have the title of "Jade Broken for the Empire".

"Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this word, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was furious and uncontrollable, suddenly calmed down.

He put the knife back into the scabbard and sat on the chair with a calm expression like a lake. After a long time, he said to himself again:
"The attackers were the Eighth Route Army."

Dare to attack Taiyuan, where the heavy troops are gathering, to attack the Taiyuan airport, so brave, and it is the Eighth Route Army. For some reason, Yoshio Shinozuka naturally popped out of his head...
Li Yunlong!
Only this guy has the guts to do it.

Only this guy has a large number of cannons and a firepower projection of nearly a hundred rounds per minute.

After thinking of this, Shinozuka Yoshio felt very strange.

The anger in his heart suddenly eased a lot, instead, there was a feeling of helplessness...

"Li Yunlong..."

After a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka let out a deep sigh, a sigh full of killing intent.

Hearing these words, the staff officer's scalp tingled.

I was used to the crazy rage of this group of officers, even if it wasn't aimed at him, the sudden calm made the staff officer feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Order, the first brigade of the 115th Wing returns to Taiyuan."

"And sent a telegram to Hideji Iwago to be vigilant. The attackers are likely to attack repeatedly."

Shinozuka Yoshio said, his tone was calm, but full of helplessness.

The first brigade of the 115th Wing is his only remaining reserve team. The configuration of the fourth squadron plus an artillery squadron is also the brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness, but for the safety of the remaining aircraft at Taiyuan Airport, he must send troops back.

Because his intuition told him that it was Li Yunlong who attacked the airport.

If it was Li Yunlong, the one who gave him a headache when he heard his name, I am afraid that the matter would not end so easily...
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"what happened?"

Inside Taiyuan City, Kazuo Ohno looked in the direction of the airport suspiciously.

Although separated by a ten-meter-high city wall, he could still see the billowing smoke, and he could also hear the explosion of shells as dense as rain. He vaguely thought that this was the Taiyuan City Airport being bombarded.

"Who's bombarding the airfield?"

"Who dares to bombard the airport?"

Two sentences are full of unbelievable.

This is Taiyuan.

However, no one answered him.

"Shall we continue?"

But his younger brother asked a little scared.

"Keep going."

Kazuo Ohno said without hesitation.

Unless someone can break through the city wall of Taiyuan, the inside is extremely safe. They only need to transport the gold to the train station in the city, and no matter what happens outside, it will not affect the inside.

Moreover, the railway station is the most powerful defense in Taiyuan.

"Hi!"

Seeing his brother's self-confidence and thinking of his identity, Ono Shanxiong immediately felt relieved, controlled the car and continued to drive forward.

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"More than 500 devils came out from the airport, with two infantry guns. More than 300 devils came out from Taiyuan City, including more than 100 cavalry. It is expected that the cavalry will arrive in front of us in 5 minutes, and the devil infantry will arrive in 10 minutes."

An observer reported to Li Yunlong.

During the transfer of the artillery company to the second artillery position, the special agent company led by Li Yunlong was preparing to ambush the devils on the spot.

"More than 100 cavalry?"

Li Datuan's tone was extremely disdainful: "The devil is really stupid. Labor and management have exposed such powerful artillery firepower, and such a small number of cavalry dare to charge up alone."

"Since you are looking for death, I will fulfill you."

His special agent company has 120 people, each with a 100-gun pistol and [-] Bren machine guns. The firepower is stronger than that of the previous three regiments. More than [-] cavalry dared to attack head-on, and they were looking for death.

Not to mention the landmines buried in the open space ahead.

"Prepare."

Commander Li gave an order, and the 120 soldiers behind him pulled the bolts in unison, staring fixedly at the devil cavalry that was approaching rapidly in front of them.

Seeing his own airport being bombarded, the devil's eyes turned red, and he rushed forward regardless of his yelling.

And the area around here is an open area, there are not many high mountains. The devils also realized that there were not many people from the Eighth Route Army who attacked, so they rushed forward with more confidence and boldness.

As soon as the cavalry entered the 200-meter front line, an unlucky horse stepped on a big German-made tumor. The huge explosion directly blew off the front legs of the devil's army horse. The devil was also unlucky when he was thrown nearly ten meters away. Just when he stopped, he encountered a land mine. With a bang, after the explosion smoke passed, only a pool of blood remained on the ground.

"Continue to rush..."

The leader of the Devil Cavalry Captain didn't even look at the few unlucky people who were killed in the bombing. He lowered his body and rushed forward without hesitation.

He had already seen the enemy in the distance.

And before coming, the commander had already issued a death order.

Don't stop, keep charging.

"200 meters, the machine gun fires."

Seeing that the devil cavalry had reached the minefield, Li Yunlong gave the order to fire.

In an instant, twenty machine guns stretched out from behind the simple trench, and fired at the devils charging up from a distance.

Da da da···

In the rain of bullets woven by twenty machine guns, from time to time, devils and horses on horseback suddenly fell back and fell to the ground, and there were also devil cavalry who stepped on landmines and were blown to pieces.

The cavalry sprinted very fast, and twenty machine guns and mines were not enough to destroy them all, and about half of them still rushed within a hundred meters.

"80 meters, all fire."

Seeing that the devil approached the position and reached the range of the shell gun, Li Yunlong let out a loud roar, and at the same time moved the trigger of the shell gun in his hand.

Da da da····

One hundred [-]-shot sabots interweaved a dense firepower net to cover the devil cavalry, and in an instant, the remaining dozens of cavalry fell down in pieces like harvested wheat.

After a round of salvo, there was not a single devil cavalry standing in front of the position.

The frontal charge tactics of the cavalry, which was eliminated in World War I, survived in North China because of the lack of firepower of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, facing the powerful firepower of the Independent Regiment, it was like an egg that shattered at the touch of an egg.

The huge size of the horse is simply a burden on the frontal battlefield.

"What a dense firepower."

In the distance, Shuji Iwago, who was observing, saw his eyes twitch.

He could see clearly that the Eighth Route Army didn't have many people, only a hundred or so, but the firepower was extremely dense, and the closest distance his cavalrymen were only 50 meters away before they all fell down.

However, such a small number of troops...
There was a flash of light in Yan Huxiu'er's eyes.

He has just learned the specific data on the loss of the airport,
Twelve planes were blown to pieces by direct hits, 23 planes were severely damaged by shrapnel and required major repairs, and eleven planes suffered minor scratches. No more than ten planes are still intact, and five pilots were sacrificed.

The [-]st Army Flying Group was nearly disabled.

The opponent's shells were much more powerful than the ordinary 82 caliber mortars. Although not many planes were directly hit, the fragments, gasoline barrels and bombs scattered all over the airport greatly increased the fear of damage from the opponent's shelling.

The huge loss made Yan Huxiu'er's eyes turn red, and his killing intent towards the Eighth Route Army in front of him was almost uncontrollable.

"900 meters away, the Eighth Route Army is in position, shelling..."

At this time, the artillery squadron of the airport brigade finally pushed out the cannons, and two 75 mountain cannons projected shells at the position where Li Yunlong's special agent company was located.

"It's only now that you think of bombardment?"

"late!"

When Li Datuan saw the Devil Artillery, he curled his lips in a disdainful tone.

He thought devils would never change their moves!

I didn't expect the devil to come blindly when he was in a hurry.

It's no different from those national warlords back then.

Looking back, the devils were notoriously dogmatic and rigid. Every time they fought in the past, the artillery bombarded first, then the infantry rushed, and occasionally the cavalry flanked and attacked weak areas.

For more than three years, the devil has not changed his trick.

It's just because the army's firepower is weak, even if the opponent doesn't change their moves, he still suffered enough from this move a few years ago.

"withdraw."

After the ridicule was over, Li Yunlong waved his hand and led the spy company out of the position.

Leave an empty position for the devils to bombard.

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"Prepare."

800 meters away from the left side of the first artillery position and 300 meters behind, the soldiers of the artillery company commanded by Iwamori set up the cannon.

Although the accuracy of the mortar was poor, the advantages of good mobility were brought into full play at this time, because there was a preset position here, and the floor pit had been dug, so in just 3 minutes, six guns pointed at the airport again.

In the rear, the following ammunition group followed up with shells on their backs

"Full launch, 4 minutes."

Following Yansheng's order, six 82mm mortars fired again at the Devils Airport, which was [-] kilometers away.

The shooting elements that had been calibrated made the shells fall accurately in the airport.

boom boom boom

Caught off guard, the devils who were cleaning up the wreckage at the airport suffered heavy casualties.

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"idiot··"

Looking at the shells that suddenly fell on the airport and the plane that was blown to pieces again, Iwagohide's eyes were tearing apart.

He didn't expect that in the face of the imperial army's attack, the enemy would bombard the airport again instead of bombarding the pursuing troops.

Although more than 20 fighter planes were severely injured by shrapnel before and could not take off, these damages were nothing more than broken skins and damaged engine casings. There were spare parts in the warehouse, or parts from other aircraft were disassembled. Within half a month, The flight brigade can recover a certain amount of combat effectiveness.

But if you are hit directly by a shell, you can only wait for a new plane.

"Artillery attacking the opponent's artillery positions."

Iwago Hideji quickly ordered the mountain artillery squadron to deal with the artillery company of the independent regiment.

We must prevent the opponent from continuing to bombard, otherwise...

However, by the time his artillery squadron finished measuring the distance with great difficulty and pointed the muzzle at the position being bombarded, before pulling the firing rope, 3 minutes had passed.Yansheng has already slipped to the next artillery position with the artillery company.

Just leave an empty position to waste devil shells.

In the 4 minutes of shelling time, nearly [-] shells landed in the airport.

This time, the loss statistics are extra quick.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant Commander, five fighter planes have been blown up..."

Glancing at the airport, the planes that were not blown up, but were covered in fragments of shells, and even the glass cover was completely broken, made Iwago Shuji's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted.

Compared with the huge loss of fighter planes caused by the first bombardment, the biggest loss this time was personnel. At that time, the entire airport was full of service personnel to rescue the planes. The 3-minute bombardment had hundreds of shells and nearly [-] casualties.

Even several devil pilots who loved the fighter plane were killed.

At this time, Yansheng had also reached the third shelling position.

It is still 800 kilometers away from the airport, but it is 10 meters away from before.Stimulated by the smoke billowing from the Devil's Airfield in the distance, it took the artillery company only 800 minutes to shift the distance of [-] meters and set up six mortars.

Although the main reason is the high mobility of the mortar, the well-trained artillery company is also an important reason. The team of more than 100 people is as smooth as a machine without any mistakes.

After such intensive actual combat and rigorous training, the artillery company of the independent regiment has begun to transform into an elite artillery.

"3 minutes, quick shot, target, devil airport."

Yansheng raised his right hand, and then dropped it heavily.

Dense shells fell on the airport again, and several planes were blown to pieces.

"idiot···"

Seeing the third wave of shells fall, Iwago Hideji was so angry that he finally broke down. After ordering the artillery to suppress it, he rushed to the telephone room, picked up the phone, and shouted hoarsely at the Japanese army commander who was staying in Taiyuan City:

"Move out and chase the enemy's artillery, otherwise all the fighters of the Flying Brigade of the First Army will be blown up, and you and I will have to commit seppuku."

The troops he sent out were deep in the minefields, and their progress was slow. If there was no further reinforcements, it would not be possible to drive the enemy out within an hour.

For an hour, with this kind of bombardment density, Taiyuan Airport might have been flattened by the opponent.

The captain of the ghost team who stayed in Taiyuan also understood the seriousness of the situation, and hastily dispatched the few remaining troops to support the airport.

For a time, more than 2000 devils and puppet troops rushed towards the spy company and artillery company led by Li Yunlong.

At the same time, Zhang Dabiao and Wang Gensheng, who were ambushing in a house in the city, also saw the convoy slowly approaching...

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