Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 303 Furious!

Four o'clock in the morning.

Everything is silent.

"hey-hey……"

"Taiyuan, I'm here again."

From behind a small hill four kilometers away from Taiyuan New City Airport, the low laughter of Wei Dayong, captain of the Sharp Blade Commando, was heard.

Xiong Shanglin was transferred to the headquarters to serve as the captain of the special forces.

Wei Dayong was promoted by Li Yunlong to be the captain of the Blade Assault Team.

Wang Xikui was promoted to deputy captain and Yang Shaoqing was promoted to instructor.

In addition, Wang Gensheng was promoted to captain of the first combat team, Lu Yingjun was promoted to captain of the second combat team, and Duan Peng was promoted to captain of the third combat team.

After saying that, Wei Dayong raised the telescope and looked towards the direction of Xincheng Airport.

suddenly.

Wei Dayong's face froze, and he cursed: "The damn Japs have learned their lesson. Why don't they turn on the lights at night?"

There was only darkness in the direction of the airport, and even with long-range artillery fire, the target could not be seen.

If you can't see the target, you can't see the impact point, and you can't bombard the Japanese planes and runways.

"It's not a big problem."

Wang Chengzhu on the side said calmly:
"Wait until daybreak to lead the bombardment, and retreat immediately after the bombardment is completed."

This time, Wang Chengzhu brought 12 105mm howitzers, intending to carry out a saturation bombardment on the Japanese airport.

Since the last shelling of the First Army Airport at Wohu Mountain, it is now heavily guarded by the Japanese.

The Japanese airport's guard post was set up five kilometers away, and within three kilometers there was a guard post every three steps and a sentry post every five steps.

Only a small number of special forces were able to infiltrate.

The Japanese seemed to know the performance of the Eighth Route Army's 120mm mortars, and the airport's defense deployment was all aimed at the 120mm mortars.

But times have changed again.

Now the Eighth Route Army in Jinzhong is equipped with 105mm howitzers, which can be deployed 10 kilometers away to carry out long-range artillery attacks on the Japanese airport.

There is a highway in the Jinzhong base area that goes directly from the southern part of Yangqu County to Taiyuan.

The last time, the Japanese 40th Brigade went along this road to reinforce the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade which was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese set up three checkpoints and two strongholds on this road, but they were all taken down by the Blade Commandos.

Wang Chengzhu’s howitzer battalion is located in Qinglong Town, about 7 kilometers away from the airport.

Qinglong Town is defended by a squad of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops, which is considered a force with good combat effectiveness.

But they were still taken away by the Sharp Blade Commandos. They seized the Japanese barracks and then captured the puppet army company commander. The whole process took less than 20 minutes.

Wei Dayong said, "If I were to tell you, Captain Wang, you shouldn't have come. With our Sharp Blade Commando here, we can easily bombard the airport."

Blade Commandos can also lead howitzer battalions in artillery fire.

Although the howitzer battalion was only formed a month ago, it is composed of elite gunners. Moreover, within this month, the artillerymen have fired half a basic amount of training rounds and a quarter of a basic amount of live ammunition.

The Blade Commando and the Howitzer Battalion conducted multiple precision-guided artillery training exercises.

Wang Chengzhu said in a grim tone, "How could I possibly miss such a good mission as bombarding the enemy's airport?"

Wei Dayong held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth and said: "I think you are just trying to steal the credit."

There are two special forces members beside Wei Dayong and Wang Chengzhu.

There are often Japanese patrols around here, and too many people will easily be exposed.

The four of them were covered in thick camouflage grass, blending in with the hill.

Not to mention at night, even during the day, it would be difficult to notice anything unusual unless you get close.

Special forces are good at camouflage.

It's already getting a bit cold in Shanxi in October, and it looks like it's going to snow.

But Wei Dayong, Wang Chengzhu and others did not move.

As time passed, a hint of paleness appeared on the horizon.

The view of the airport in the distance gradually became clearer.

A small team of Japanese patrolmen just passed by.

Wang Chengzhu quickly set up a pair of artillery mirrors.

Looking at the Japanese airport through the scissor-shaped artillery mirror.

On the airport runway, several Japanese reconnaissance planes were preparing to take off.

More fighters and bombers were on the tarmac.

"Captain Wang, what do you think that is?"

Wei Dayong, who was observing through a telescope, asked with a changed expression.

Wang Chengzhu immediately turned the artillery mirror and looked in the direction Wang Chengzhu pointed.

It was located on the south side of the airport, not far from the apron.

There are some concrete fortifications standing up, which are curved and look unfinished.

"This thing is called a hangar. It seems the Japanese are scared by our bombing."

Wang Chengzhu had read relevant military knowledge from the military books sent by Boss Lin, and he could tell at a glance what the Japanese were doing.

Wei Dayong asked: "Can this thing withstand our 105mm artillery shells?"

Wang Chengzhu sneered: "Just try it and you'll know."

As he spoke, Wang Chengzhu had already taken out a precise map and began to calculate the shooting parameters.

Soon Wang Chengzhu wrote down the calculated shooting parameters on paper.

Then he took the radio headset and microphone from a special forces player.

Wang Chengzhu put on his headphones and put the microphone to his lips: "This is Wangzhuang, calling Lizhuang, calling Lizhuang..."

"Li Zhuang received it."

Soon, the voice of howitzer battalion commander Li Songyuan came through the headset.

Li Songyuan was an artilleryman sent by the headquarters. He used to be a mountain artillery battalion commander of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. He had studied at the Japanese Artillery School and joined the Eighth Route Army after the Battle of Taiyuan a year ago.

He had just returned from studying at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an and was originally going to serve as the mountain artillery battalion commander at the headquarters, but was sent to the Jinzhong base by the head of the headquarters.

It just so happened that Li Yunlong was going to form a howitzer battalion, so he appointed Li Songyuan as the acting battalion commander.

Because of the experience of using howitzers in Japan, as well as rich artillery combat experience and elite gunners, Li Yunlong's 105mm howitzer battalion quickly became combat-effective.

"Scale 35, right 48, up 1, 1 round, round, fire!"

As Wang Chengzhu finished speaking, about ten seconds later, a sharp whistling sound came from behind him, coming from far away and shooting towards the Japanese airport.

The shell landed inside the airport and exploded, creating a blast near the apron and a large crater, with a rumbling sound coming from the area.

"This precision is amazing!"

Wei Dayong next to him grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

Wang Chengzhu held the microphone in his hand: "Entire battalion, 10 rounds of rapid fire, fire!"

And put emphasis on the last word.

A dozen seconds later, twelve artillery shells whizzed towards the Japanese airport, throwing the Japanese guards into chaos.

The Japanese pilot rushed towards the apron.

But it's obviously too late.

The second round came down with a whistling sound, and the blast overturned the fighter planes and bombers.

The flying metal bullets and shock waves destroyed the Japanese planes like a tornado.

A dozen fast-running Japanese pilots were engulfed in artillery fire as soon as they approached the apron.

……

Taiyuan.

Inner city. Japanese First Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Kazuki Yamamoto got up early and were having breakfast together.

The two were discussing the Eighth Route Army's real combat objectives.

suddenly.

The sound of artillery fire rumbled from the north of the city.

The two old Japanese soldiers' expressions changed at the same time.

Shinozuka Yoshio stood up suddenly and asked: "Is the Eighth Route Army's real combat intention to attack Taiyuan?"

"General," Yamamoto Ikki stood up immediately, "It's not impossible!"

At this moment, Yamamoto Ikki thought a lot.

Even though the First Army was in Taiyuan, it had more than 10,000 main forces and nearly 10,000 locust army troops.

But the Eighth Route Army still has the possibility of attacking Taiyuan.

If the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army had cooperated sincerely, Taiyuan might have been recaptured by the Chinese army.

But there could be no genuine cooperation between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army.

According to intelligence, there has been some friction between Yan Laoxi and the Eighth Route Army recently.

"Baka." Shinozuka Yoshio cursed, "Crazy, Li Yunlong is really crazy."

With only more than 10,000 troops, a division's strength, they dared to attack Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka would never believe that someone else could command a division to attack Taiyuan.

But Li Yunlong, nicknamed Crazy Li, is definitely likely to lead his troops to attack Taiyuan.

Yamamoto said, "Commander, if the Eighth Route Army dares to attack Taiyuan, this is a great opportunity for my First Army to destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Yes." Shinozuka Yoshio nodded, "Let's go to the battle hall!"

Yoshio Shinozuka and Yamamoto hurried to the operations hall.

Operations staff officer Saito Issui hurried forward to report: "General, Colonel Yamamoto, the airport security battalion just called and said the airport was under enemy fire!"

"What?" Shinozuka Yoshio's face changed. "Only the airport was bombarded? No other places were attacked by the Eighth Route Army?"

"No!" Saito Ichimizu bowed his head, "Only the airport was bombarded!"

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, and Yamamoto Ikki was also very disappointed.

At this moment, Mutaguchi Ren'ya and several staff officers rushed in hurriedly.

When they learned that the Eighth Route Army was bombarding Taiyuan Airport again, their faces suddenly changed.

ding ding ding-

The phone rang, Saito Yishui walked over quickly and picked up the phone: "Moshimoshi——"

A moment later, Saito Issui hung up the phone and reported to Shinozuka Yoshio, "General, the airport has suffered heavy losses. I request tactical guidance. Based on the trajectory, the enemy's artillery positions are located in the direction of Qinglong Town."

Upon hearing this, Shinozuka Yoshio flew into a rage: "Baka!"

Like Yamamoto's special forces, the 6th Flying Squadron was a strategic-level unit under Yoshio Shinozuka, but it was repeatedly bombarded by the Eighth Route Army.

Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth and said, "Yamamoto-kun!"

Yamamoto Ikki immediately took a step forward.

Shinozuka Yoshio's tone was murderous: "Lead the special forces team to Qinglong Town and destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery positions."

Yamamoto said "Hi!" with a serious look on his face, turned around and walked out quickly.

Yamamoto disagreed with this order and thought that the commander was acting on impulse.

Isn't it a waste of talent to send a strategic-level special forces unit to deal with the Eighth Route Army Artillery?

No matter how dissatisfied you are, orders must still be carried out.

The country bumpkins of the Eighth Route Army never dreamed that a well-armed and well-trained special forces was preparing to attack them.

This is presidential-level treatment, or at least an honor that only army group commanders with large troops can enjoy.

Shinozuka Yoshio added, "Mutaguchi-kun, immediately order the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment to head to Qinglong Town to support the special forces!"

Mutaguchi Renya's expression was stern: "Hey!"

ding ding ding-

ding ding ding-

Before Yoshio Shinozuka and Mutaguchi Renya could breathe a sigh of relief.

The three phones in the operations hall rang almost simultaneously.

Three staff officers immediately stepped forward to answer the phone.

"Commander, the Niangzi Pass garrison reports that the railway east of Niangzi Pass was destroyed by guerrillas last night!"

"The Eighth Route Guerrillas are destroying Nantongpu Road!"

"The railway south of Datong was also attacked!"

"..."

The previous call was just hung up, and the next second the phone rang again.

The headquarters' phone was flooded with calls.

Yoshio Shinozuka and Mutaguchi Ren'ya's faces gradually turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers!
……

Under the command of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the guerrillas launched a major attack on the Japanese army's Zhengtai East Road and Tongpu Road.

With the cooperation of more than 100 people, the attacking troops launched a sudden and fierce attack on more than kilometers of Zhengtai East Road and Tongpu Road.
The Gucheng Station on the Beitongpu Railway from Xinzhou to Yuanping was also attacked by guerrillas.

The Japanese squad leader in the station immediately called Xinzhou for help.

This guerrilla force was a militia sent by Li Yunlong. They used Japanese equipment and failed to defeat the enemy for half a day.

But this is exactly what Li Yunlong wants to achieve.

"General, Gucheng Station is under attack by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. The defenders request tactical guidance!"

In Xinzhou County, at the headquarters of the Japanese 108th Division, a major staff officer reported to the division commander Taniguchi Motojiro.

"How many troops does the Eighth Route Guerrilla Army have?"

Taniguchi Motojiro didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just an ordinary attack by the Eighth Route Army on Tongpu Road, and asked casually.

Motojiro Taniguchi was a native of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the 1904th Artillery Department of the Army Academy on October 10, 14.

He was a classmate of Itagaki Seishirō, Okamura Yasuji, Isogai Rensuke, Doihara Kenji, Ushijima Mitsuki and Yamamoto Ikki.

Yamamoto Ikki was the worst performing student of that class, no wonder no one in the Kwantung Army paid any attention to him.

In 1912, Taniguchi Motojiro was admitted to the 27th class of the Army University, where he was classmates with Hideki Tojo, Naozaburo Okabe, Hitoshi Imamura, Masaharu Homma, Isamu Yokoyama and others. He graduated on December 1915, 12. There were only 11 graduates in that class.

Motojiro Taniguchi had just been transferred to the 108th Division as its commander.

He was eager to destroy the Chinese army and make achievements for the empire and the locusts.

The Eighth Route Army didn't kill many of the soldiers, but many civilians were killed by the orders of this old devil.

The 108th Division killed as many as 500 civilians while stationed in Linfen.

When he heard that it was just an Eighth Route Army guerrilla force attacking the railway, Taniguchi Motojiro was greatly disappointed.

The staff officer replied: "About 500 people, equipped with heavy weapons such as light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers."

"Five hundred men? Equipped with light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers?"

When Taniguchi Motojiro heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Major General Naozo Naozo, the commander of the 25th Brigade, immediately understood what was going on and said, "Your Excellency, with weapons like these, they are definitely not ordinary Eighth Route Army guerrillas. They are most likely what the Eighth Route Army calls a core regiment, which can also be called the main force."

The merits of destroying the Eighth Route Army guerrillas and destroying the Eighth Route Army's basic regiment troops are very different.

This Eighth Route Army is not the main force, but it must be the main force.

Taniguchi Motojiro's expression grew serious. "Order, the 108th Cavalry Battalion, immediately reinforce Gucheng Station and destroy the main force of the Eighth Route Army."

Naozo Nakano: “Hi!”

(End of this chapter)