Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 244 Unbelievable!

"The enemy used an artillery battalion to bombard Xincheng Airport?"

The commander of the First Army, Kazuki Seiji, suddenly stood up, furious.

The airport is not far from Taiyuan. The sound of artillery fire from the airport can be heard from the headquarters. At this time, Kazuki Seiji can hear the sound of explosions coming from the direction of the airport.

They actually dared to bomb Taiyuan Airport in broad daylight. They were simply touching the tiger's butt.

The aviation unit stationed at Taiyuan Airport is the apple of Katsuki Seiji's eye and must not be lost!

"Hi," the communications officer who came to report bowed, "The airport is reporting that the enemy artillery positions are located in the direction of Crouching Tiger Mountain. The airport has sent two squadrons to attack Crouching Tiger Mountain and requested reinforcements."

"Baka!" Kazuki Seiji was furious. "Send the order!"

"The Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment and the 79th Infantry Regiment will attack immediately, surround Crouching Tiger Mountain, and destroy the enemy!"

The Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment suffered heavy losses on the Zhengtai Railway, but the cavalry regiment has been replenished and is currently stationed near Taiyuan.

"Hi Yi!"

The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, turned around and walked outside.

Looking at the back of the communications staff officer as he left, Kazuki Seiji seemed to have thought of something and his face suddenly changed!

……

The explosions at the airport continue.

Crouching Tiger Mountain.

Behind the artillery position of the New 1st Regiment, dozens of puppet soldiers with their hands and feet tied stood with their eyes wide open.

Early this morning, the Sharp Blade Commando wiped out the Japanese puppet army’s base on Wohu Mountain.

All the Japanese were killed, without a single one escaping, and some of the puppet soldiers were killed. The remaining puppet soldiers surrendered quickly and were able to save their lives.

At this time, the eyes of these puppet soldiers were almost popping out, and their eyes were all on the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army.

At the Eighth Route Army artillery position, six large-caliber mortars were lined up in a row, with their muzzles pointing towards Taiyuan Airport.

There are five gunners operating each gun, and behind the gun position are piled up like a hill of ammunition boxes.

The Eighth Route Army gunners moved smoothly, as if they had been tempered by thousands of hammers. The first gunner fine-tuned the shooting parameters, the second gunner was responsible for loading the ammunition, the third gunner was responsible for handing the ammunition, and the third and fourth gunners were responsible for taking the shells out of the ammunition boxes.

Next to the artillery position, a burly, square-faced man was holding the receiver and microphone of a walkie-talkie, loudly conveying the firing orders.

One huge shell after another was placed into the barrel.

Accompanied by the dull and powerful sound of artillery fire, muzzle fireworks burst out, and a strong wind swept across, bringing up a cloud of dust. One shell after another took off into the air, drawing arcs in the air and flying towards Taiyuan Airport.

Rumble, rumble...

Continuous explosions like thunder were heard from the direction of Taiyuan Airport, and smoke covered the sky.

"Boom!!!"

Suddenly, several explosions that were dozens or hundreds of times louder than artillery shells were heard. The sound waves made the eardrums buzz, and several mushroom-like smoke clouds were clearly visible several kilometers away.

"The Japanese oil and ammunition depots were exploded!"

The square-faced man shouted loudly.

"Ha ha!"

"Wuhu!"

The Eighth Route Army artillerymen suddenly shouted excitedly, and the movements of passing the artillery shells with their hands became more fluent.

"Haha, cool!"

A hearty laugh came from Li Yunlong's mouth.

The depression caused by the repeated bombing of the Jinzhong Military Region troops by the Japanese planes last month suddenly disappeared.

This time, let the Japanese air force also taste the feeling of being bombed.

Under the guidance of Xiong Shanglin, the artillery battalion continued to bombard for a while, and the artillery observer who was responsible for observing the enemy situation with a 16x artillery telescope suddenly said.

"The devil's cavalry is moving out!"

"The force is about a cavalry regiment, and there is a large group of infantry behind them!"

"The Japanese have dispatched several hundred infantrymen from the direction of the airport!"

Li Yunlong leaned over to the artillery scope and took a look. Sure enough, he saw that a large number of Japanese soldiers were dispatched from the direction of Taiyuan City and the airport.

"Those damn Japs are really quick. They found our artillery position so quickly!"

"Pillar!"

"Pass my order, order the artillery observer to retreat immediately!"

"Bombard the enemies coming from the direction of the airport and provide covering fire!"

Li Yunlong gave orders loudly.

The advantage of setting up an artillery position on Wohu Mountain is that, in addition to being able to bombard the airport from a high vantage point, it is also possible to observe the enemy's reinforcements at any time.

If you discover enemy reinforcements, you must retreat quickly.

"Yes!"

Wang Chengzhu answered loudly, notified Xiong Shanglin to retreat by radio, and then put his eyes close to the scissor-shaped artillery mirror and quickly determined the shooting parameters.

"4750 meters away!"

"Direction 07!"

"Altitude 73!"

"Five rapid shots!"

"put!"

The main gunners of the six 6mm mortars quickly adjusted the firing parameters.

Each gunner took the shells from the ammunition handler behind him and stuffed them into the gun barrel.

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!”

Six muffled and powerful cannon shots rang out, and six shells quickly rushed out of the barrel, drawing graceful arcs in the sky. "Keep going!"

The shell had just rushed out of the barrel and before it hit the ground, Wang Chengzhu shouted loudly.

The loader will quickly take the shell from the ammunition handler, then put it back into the barrel, turn his head and cover his ears to avoid the shockwave, all in one smooth motion.

Just 6 seconds later, the second round of shells rushed out of the barrel almost simultaneously.

Li Yunlong used the artillery telescope to look towards the direction of the airport. Explosions rose around and in the middle of the Japanese formation. In the field of view of the artillery telescope, he could vaguely see that some Japanese were thrown up by the shock wave of the explosion, and their limbs and arms flew everywhere.

"Haha, that's fucking awesome!"

Li Yunlong laughed wildly.

Immediately, Li Yunlong turned his head and looked towards the six 6mm mortars in the direction of the artillery position.

"It's really good stuff!"

"no…"

"If this bombardment of Taiyuan Airport can kill that old devil Machijiri Ryoki, half of the price will be exchanged for 120mm mortars and half for weapons and ammunition for infantry use."

"This thing is simply a guerrilla warfare artifact."

Li Yunlong used the telescope on his chest to glance at the grove three kilometers away. The Sharp Blade Commando was already retreating on horseback towards Crouching Tiger Mountain without encountering any enemy attacks.

He continued to use the gun mirror to observe the direction of the airport. A raging fire broke out in the airport, and the flames and smoke covered the sky. It should be the Japanese's high-grade aviation fuel burning.

The Japanese reinforcements in the direction of the airport suffered heavy casualties under the rapid bombardment of five rounds from six 6 mortars, and the place was in chaos.

But this group of devils was obviously an elite force. They quickly restored their morale, reorganized their formation, and continued to rush towards Wohu Mountain.

The Japanese reinforcements from Taiyuan were still outside the range of the 120mm mortars.

Li Yunlong looked in the direction of the ammunition box and found that there were still a lot of shells left.

He then shouted, "Zhu Zi, aim at the Japanese coming out of the airport and fire two more rapid shots!"

"Yes!"

"Attention, all gun positions!"

"Distance minus 100!"

"The direction remains unchanged!"

"Height minus 1!"

"10 rapid shots!"

"put!"

60 120mm artillery shells were fired at the Japanese reinforcements, stunning them again.

Although due to the accuracy of the mortar, most of the shells did not fall into the Japanese formation.

But this thing is very powerful and can cause considerable damage even from dozens of meters away. The shells that fall into the Japanese formation are even more lethal, and can destroy a large area with one explosion.

"Haha, cool!"

In the field of view of the artillery telescope, Li Yunlong laughed out loud as he watched the Japanese soldiers coming out from the direction of the airport being blown to pieces.

After a while, the members of the Sharp Blade Commando were almost reaching Crouching Tiger Mountain on horseback.

Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Pass my order, retreat!"

The elite members of the logistics department who were waiting for orders not far away quickly brought the mules and horses over. At this time, the artillery had already prepared the base of the mortar. The logistics personnel directly put the rope on the towing position of the mortar. Under the incredulous gazes of the puppet soldiers, the artillery and logistics team rushed down the mountain along the path.

After the artillery unit, logistics unit and Blade Commando joined forces, they quickly penetrated into the mountains northwest of Taiyuan with the support of the cavalry battalion. The Blade Commando and the first company of the cavalry battalion were responsible for covering their retreat and buried some S mines to delay the Japanese pursuit.

As for those puppet troops, they originally wanted to join the Eighth Route Army, but were rejected by Li Yunlong.

However, Li Yunlong did not order them to be killed. He took them for a walk, gave them a lecture, and then released them.

If it weren't for the Eighth Route Army's policy of not killing prisoners, Li Yunlong really wanted to kill all these puppet soldiers together.

The puppet soldiers knew they would die if caught by the devils, so they fled into the mountains.

……

Peking. Tieshishi Hutong.

North China Front Army Headquarters.

While having dinner, Terauchi Hisaichi and Yamashita Tomoyuki listened to the battle report of the Wuhan operation from the combat staff.

In the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese military headquarters assembled 14 infantry from 25 divisions, the 3rd Fleet of the Navy, the Air Force, etc., with a total of about 120 ships of various types and about 300 aircraft of various types to carry out the Wuhan operation.

Operations of this scale are rare in the entire history of the Japanese Army.

Even in the Battle of Shanghai, the Japanese army only deployed 9 divisions with 22 troops.

It can be said that this is a battle of national destiny that determines the future and fate of China and Japan.

Terauchi Hisaichi and Yamashita Tomoyuki were naturally paying close attention.

Upon hearing that the Japanese attack was not going well and the battle situation was not turning in the Japanese direction as they had imagined, the two old devils frowned.

At this moment, the communications staff officer walked in with a grim expression on his face, holding a telegram, and his leather shoes collided with each other with a crisp sound.

"General."

"Just now, Lieutenant General Kazuki Seiji, Commander of the First Army, sent a telegram."

"read."

Terauchi Hisaichi and Yamashita Tomoyuki were still immersed in the unsuccessful battle in Wuhan and did not realize that a tragedy had occurred in the First Army.

"Hi Yi!"

At 4 p.m., the First Army's aviation unit stationed at Taiyuan Airport was bombarded. Major General Tanaka Takayoshi was killed on the spot. Major General Machijiri Ryoki also died despite efforts to save him. Over 40 aircraft were destroyed. The airport's ammunition and oil depots were bombarded, resulting in heavy losses.

"Your Majesty, the Heavenly Locust, is aboard..."

"The Great Japanese Locust Army is on board..."

Terauchi Hisaichi and Yamashita Tomoyuki suddenly looked up at the same time, both with expressions of disbelief and shock on their faces.

(End of this chapter)