My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 198 Target Baoding Japanese Airport, free bombardment at full speed! (superior)

"Attacking the Japanese airport?"

At the independent regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong opposite.

The Japs don't have many airports in North China, about a dozen. After all, the Japs' North China Front only has more than 300 aircraft, transport planes, and reconnaissance aircraft combined.

For an army with a total strength of 300,000,

Not much.

Although his own strength is still far behind the main force of the great powers, as his horizons broaden, Zhao Gang also knows that with the strength and combat missions of the Japanese North China Front, more than 300 aircraft are completely insufficient.

"Baoding!"

Li Yunlong chose the airport in Baoding without hesitation.

“Baoding Airport!”

Among them, there are as many as 3,500 Japanese regular combat troops.

"I plan to transport them in batches. First, the artillery shells can be stored concealed near the Baoding Airport. The personnel can also be transported there first, and even the artillery can be transported there in advance."

"Then we need support from the headquarters."

However, due to a serious shortage of resources and equipment, the guerrillas near Baoding did not develop well.

Accompanied by the faint sound of a ticking radio, a plainclothes guerrilla fighter rushed out and handed a telegram to the guerrilla captain Qian Dayun.

That night.

Zhao Gang was a little confused.

While building a huge airport, a full regiment and a police brigade were also stationed in Baoding. Together with the puppet army and the Imperial Alliance Army, the total number of troops exceeded 6,000.

Must be shipped in batches.

"Order from superiors?"

"And the more planes are dispatched in one trip, the easier it is for the Japanese to discover them, and the easier it is for problems to arise."

Qian Dayun is an old Red Army soldier.

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Baoding - the location of the famous Baoding Military Academy in the Republic of China, an important town on the Pinghan-Han Railway, a transportation hub connecting Beiping and Shimen, and radiating the center of the entire North China region.

"This is a big goal."

There are many concrete structures at Baoding Airport, which are very solid. If you want to destroy Baoding Airport by bombardment, you must dispatch 120 mortars, and the number of shells fired must not be less than to rounds.

Zhao Gang reminded:
"But five mortars, plus the entire gun crew, would require seven transport planes to transport them, and there would be no extra space to carry the artillery shells."

Li Yunlong revealed his plan.

Although the weight of a 120mm mortar, plus a nine-person gun crew, did not exceed the one-way load capacity of the transport aircraft, tons, the cargo compartment of the transport aircraft was limited and could not be loaded.

First, to protect the airport.

"The remaining three transport aircraft can only carry less than five tons of artillery shells at most."

Secondly, protect the traffic on the Pinghan-Han Line. Although the Japs did not completely control the opening of the Ping-Han Line from the north to the south, even part of it was a key boost for the Japs to control the occupied areas.

Zhao Gang continued:

The size of the airport is not inferior to that of Taiyuan Airport.
Even the warehouses and guard forces are even better.

The Japanese naturally attach great importance to Baoding.

Didi didi...

On the edge of Gaoxian County, 30 kilometers away from Baoding, in a village called Xiaowangzhuang, there is a somewhat dilapidated house.

"The superiors have given orders."

Li Yunlong chuckled.

There are not many planes.

Baoding is an important town, and the Eighth Route Army will naturally not give up here. It sent many backbones of the main regiment to form guerrillas here to develop the team and resist the Japanese.

Not to mention the independent regiment, not even the Taiyue base area has the ability to execute such a huge combat plan on its own.

Qian Dayun came to Gaoxian County near Baoding in March last year. As of May this year, one year and two months, the Gaoxian guerrillas only had more than a hundred people at their peak.

The scope of activities is only more than 20 villages. It has little influence in the county and few results. It poses almost no threat to the Japanese.

Zhao Gang said.

However, because it is located at an important transportation hub, with the Ping-Han Line passing through it, and at the center of the Japs-controlled areas in North China, Baoding Airport is quite large, with a large number of fuel warehouses, ammunition depots and hangars.

"I am going to dispatch five 120-meter mortars and reward the Japanese Baoding Airport with rounds of shells."

Zhao Gang looked at the map, and information about Baoding Airport emerged in his mind.

"Five 120mm mortars and four hundred rounds of artillery shells can completely paralyze the Japanese Baoding Airport even if it cannot completely destroy it. The firepower is enough."

"Four hundred rounds of 120 mortar shells, with a total weight of ten tons."

They even included the families of some guerrilla fighters.

According to information from headquarters,
Baoding Airport is stationed by an aviation wing of the Japanese, with about twenty Japanese aircraft permanently stationed, most of which are reconnaissance aircraft, and the rest are fighter jets and a small number of bombers.

no way,
In the plain areas, the Japanese are far stronger than in other places, and the situation between us and the enemy is very serious.

But for more than a year, with almost no effective support from the outside and relying solely on themselves, the guerrillas led by Qian Dayun not only survived tenaciously, but also grew from less than a dozen individuals to nearly a hundred people, with a wide range of activities. reaching dozens of villages.

It can be said to be very impressive.

But this achievement can only be said to be a drop in the bucket in the face of the powerful Japanese.

But this year,

To be precise, things started to turn around in mid-May this year.

Huge turnaround.

Qian Dayun still remembered the sudden news from his superiors that support from his superiors would arrive in the near future.

Although Qian Dayun was happy at first,
But limited.

He thought his superiors would send a few senior Eighth Route Army troops or support him with some weapons and ammunition.
Although the Gaoxian guerrillas are in urgent need of senior and experienced Eighth Route Army troops, as well as weapons and equipment, this does not solve the current problem of the guerrillas being continuously squeezed by the Japs in their living space and the mass base being weakened by the Japs.

then,

A few days later, people sent by superiors delivered 8,000 yuan.

Qian Dayun was stunned for a long time when he saw the ocean for the first time.

This support truly exceeded his expectations. But Qian Dayun had to admit that this group of oceans were the most suitable for the Gaoxian guerrillas, far more suitable than the elite backbone of personnel, weapons and ammunition.

Considering the situation of the Gaoxian guerrillas at that time,
As well as the strength of the Japanese garrison near Baoding,
No matter how many elite backbones were transferred by superiors and how many weapons and ammunition were supported, it was impossible to confront the Japanese directly, nor to solve the difficult survival situation of the guerrillas at that time.

But eight thousand oceans,
Let Qian Dayun find a space for the guerrillas to survive and open up a way out without confronting the Japanese.

And it gradually grew, and even developed many informants within the Japanese.

Subsequently, superiors also supported many Dayangs.

The Gaoxian guerrillas grew to more than 500 people. However, they were limited by the lack of weapons, equipment and ammunition. Although their combat effectiveness was not strong, their intelligence capabilities were outstanding. Their informants spread all over Gaoxian County and even reached the vicinity of Baoding Airport.

Because Gaoxian County is close to the Jaap Baoding Airport, their superiors even equipped them with a radio station last month.

"What order?"

Qian Dayun's tone was filled with excitement.

As the saying goes, you can raise an army for a thousand days and use it for a while.
The Gaoxian guerrillas have been established for more than a year. The orders from their superiors have always been to grow and develop, without any combat missions.

"Tomorrow a group of soldiers from the main force will come, let us fully cooperate with them."

replied the telegraph operator.

"Main group?"

"Cooperate fully with the work?"

Qian Dayun narrowed his eyes and looked increasingly excited.

Although the superior's order did not specify the identity of the main group or specify the specific mission, it just showed that this combat mission was a big move.

"Notify the backbone to assemble."

"Meeting tonight."

Qian Dayun immediately ordered the backbone of the guerrillas to assemble.

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The next day.

noon.

Xiaowangzhuang, inside a house.

"Our mission this time is to find a flat open area ten meters wide and two hundred meters long, on which a wooden wheeled cart carrying a load of two hundred kilograms can travel at high speed without collapsing."

Liu Shun, who came over from the Independent Regiment at high speed, put forward mission requirements to Qian Dayun:
"Constructing a secret warehouse within six kilometers of the airport requires protection from rain and moisture and being sufficiently concealed."

After hearing the details of this mission, Qian Dayun's mind was filled with thoughts.

A flat open area ten meters wide and two hundred meters long requires a wooden wheeled cart carrying a load of two hundred kilograms to be able to travel on it at high speed without collapsing.

It doesn't take much to figure out that this is used as an airstrip.

as well as,

A secret warehouse six kilometers away from Guizi Airport.

The intention of the superiors has been obvious, and they are ready to take action against the Japanese airport near Gaoxian County, Baoding.

He knew that the army already had planes!

"it is good."

"I'll arrange it myself right away."

Although Qian Dayun's tone was very calm, his heart was extremely excited.

He thought that there was a big move, but he didn't expect that he would actually attack the Japanese Baoding Airport.

And it seems that the scale will not be small, and the troops will use aircraft.

"Please keep it secret."

Liu Shun continued to exhort:

"I will arrange it myself. No one knows the details of this mission except me."

Qian Dayun's tone was serious.

As an old Red Army veteran, Qian Dayun knew one thing very well.

Although he single-handedly led the Gaoxian guerrillas, and he knew almost every core member, he knew the people but not the hearts. He could not guarantee whether there were Japanese spies and informants in the team.

There is absolutely no room for mistakes in this mission to the Japanese airport.
Once the Japanese find out, all previous efforts will be wasted, and there may be heavy losses.

For this reason, he decided that no one else would know the details of the mission except him.

···
Taiyuan.

Inside the First Army Headquarters.

"In the Zhizishan bombing operation, the Locust Army lost two of its newest bombers."

"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with a large-caliber anti-aircraft machine gun, and there are a large number of them. They are deployed in large numbers on bridges at important locations."

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the intelligence sent by the North China Front and sighed deeply.

Since the empire's superiority in tanks and armored vehicles was captured by the Eighth Route Army,
Another absolute advantage of the empire, the army aviation aircraft, was once again suppressed by the Eighth Route Army.

"Although anti-aircraft machine guns, it is difficult to threaten the air force."

"The real scary thing about the air force is its extremely high mobility, but this also means that the empire's bombing effect on the Eighth Route Army will be greatly reduced."

Yamamoto is also an understanding person.

Anti-aircraft machine guns pose little threat to Army aircraft.
However, the large number of large-caliber heavy machine guns also means that in the future, the Army Aviation will not be able to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance of the Tubal Route Base Area at will, and will not be able to accurately bomb the Eighth Route Army's bridges and warehouses at a low altitude of 400 to 500 meters.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly looked at Yamamoto:

"Do you think that in three months, the three divisions of the Locust Army will be able to destroy the Taiyue Mountains?"

"It's hard."

After a long silence, Yamamoto spoke the truth in his heart.

"Is it difficult?"

Yoshio Shinozuka also repeated in a long voice.

(End of this chapter)