Starting from Peiping Railway Station and walking north along the railway line for ten kilometers, the plain terrain along the line will be replaced by hills.
Although the Japanese built a large number of gun towers and strongholds here to protect the railway, the surrounding terrain is too complex, and there are always one or two trails that can avoid the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops and get close to the railway line.
At this moment, Zhang Xuan, chief of staff of the Peking Guerrilla Brigade, was lurking in a bush less than 400 meters away from the railway line, with endless woods behind him.
The communications squad leader guarded the radio station and hid in the woods. Zhang Xuan and his guards hid outside the woods to monitor the railway line. Several people took turns to be on duty and not let go of any movement on the railway.
"Rumble..."
The steam locomotive suddenly appeared at the end of the railway with a roaring sound, blowing out white smoke, and slowly entered everyone's field of vision.
This is an armored train specially used to patrol railway lines.
The heavy machine guns and artillery mounted on the roof of the carriage fired continuously, firing at targets that the Japanese thought were suspicious.
"boom……"
A cannonball hit and exploded near Zhang Xuan. A soldier was knocked over at the same time, his shoulder was hit by fragments, and his uniform was stained red.
The soldier covered the wound that was bleeding continuously, his face was hideous, and he was obviously in great pain.
But he managed not to make a single sound.
It wasn't until the military column passed in front of everyone that the health workers went over to rescue him.
The injured soldier had fainted from the pain, and his face had turned pale due to excessive blood loss.
Zhang Xuan frowned at the same time, both because of the wounded and because of the Japanese armored vehicles.
After receiving the task of monitoring the Peking Railway Station, he began to understand the railway line in front of him.
In order to protect the railway line, armored trains patrol twice a day, using machine guns and artillery to destroy all potential threats that may appear along the line.
But the armored train patrol time is fixed every day.
Not only did we arrive here two hours earlier than usual today, we also stopped at every stronghold and tower along the route.
The abnormal behavior meant that there was likely to be something wrong with the railway line today. He immediately ordered the observation post to keep an eye on the railway. He himself also raised his binoculars and monitored the railway line with an expectant expression.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, when it was getting dark, the familiar roar finally reached Zhang Xuan's ears.
The roar became louder and louder. At first, only the white smoke coming from the train could be seen. Half a minute later, the metallic luster of the front of the car finally came into Zhang Xuan's field of vision.
The closer the distance is, the larger the front of the car becomes.
"It's a military column..."
The observation post whispered a reminder.
"Chief of Staff, this is the little devil's troop transport column."
"One carriage can carry more than a hundred people. There are ten carriages behind the front of the carriage. Excluding the carriages for transporting ammunition and supplies, it can transport a full infantry brigade."
"Hiss, hiss... there are military columns behind us..."
Another exclamation reached Zhang Xuan's ears. The first military column had just passed by, and the second military column appeared at the end of the field of vision, two kilometers away from the first military column.
After a while, everyone saw a third column full of Japanese troops.
Zhang Xuan's face became more solemn as he looked at it, and he replied with a sullen face: "A whole infantry regiment is full of little devils, all of them are from the Kwantung Army. Neji Okamura really thinks highly of our base in the wing."
Before he could finish his words, the familiar roar of the train sounded again.
The fourth military column slowly entered Zhang Xuan's field of vision.
Different from the previous military trains, this bright military train only has half of the carriages used to transport soldiers, and the remaining half of the carriages only have chassis. Four field guns and mountain cannons are fixed on the chassis of each carriage, exactly twelve field guns, eight
Gate Mountain Cannon.
Before Zhang Xuan could react to Okamura Neji's generosity, the fifth military column immediately entered Shi's field of vision.
Half of the carriages also only have chassis, and each carriage has two heavy guns fixed on the chassis. Judging from the length of the gun barrel, the caliber is at least 105 mm, a total of twelve guns.
"Just now there was a field artillery brigade, two mountain artillery squadrons, and now there is a heavy artillery brigade. Okamura Neji really thinks highly of our base in the wing." Zhang Xuan took a breath of cold air.
"Chief of Staff, there are military columns behind us..." the observation post reported again.
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At this time, the Baoding Garrison Headquarters has been changed to the Former Enemy Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.
Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Huang Yu, and Li Zhi, the leader of the 26th Regiment who had just entered the city...all gathered here to wait for darkness.
Since dawn, the roar of engines in the sky above Baoding has not stopped.
Planes came one after another, dropping bombs into Baoding City non-stop.
Logically speaking, bombing three arsenals does not require so many aircraft, but the sky above Baoding is filled with black smoke created by the Eighth Route Army.
Under the smoke, there were more than a hundred light and heavy machine guns pointed at the sky.
When dropping bombs at high altitude, smoke obscures the pilot's sight, making it impossible to aim. He can only drop bombs blindly, with a hit rate of almost zero.
Rushing into the smoke to drop bombs at low altitude, as long as the plane enters the sky above Baoding City, no matter where it is, it will be attacked by at least thirty light and heavy machine guns.
From dawn to now, three planes have been shot down, scaring subsequent planes into blindly dropping bombs at high altitudes.
Without a hit rate, Okamura Neiji could only settle for the second best, win by quantity, and continuously send planes to bomb Baoding, hoping that the aviation force would kill the rat and destroy the Baoding arsenal.
That's when the scene before us happened.
As if the Japanese planes were free of charge, they arrived one after another and almost never stopped from dawn to now.
"Captain Kong..." Li Zhi, the commander of the 26th Regiment, looked for an opportunity and asked Kong Jie for a fight.
He always felt a little guilty that his troops had confiscated so many weapons and ammunition from the Yizhong base area without even fighting a battle.
Most of the day had just passed, and I asked Kong Jie more than once to mobilize his heavy machine gun company into the remaining air defense of Baoding, but he was rejected.
"Captain Li, please be patient..." Kong Jie interrupted before he could speak again.
"When the Kwantung Army marches south and reaches Baoding, there will be plenty of battles for you to fight."
"The troops have been traveling all night, so they must seize the time to rest, replenish their physical strength, and become familiar with the equipment they just received."
"Once a combat mission is received, the troops must immediately mobilize and be ready to fight against the Japanese at any time."
"By the way, I want you to count the current equipment of the 26th Regiment and see if there is anything that needs to be supplemented."
"If you have any questions, just ask."
"Baoding City has a lot of equipment and ammunition."
"We are now eating from one big pot, and we are both prosperous and deprived of each other."
"Only by raising the combat effectiveness of our troops to their optimal state can we gain an advantage in front of the 50,000 Kwantung Army."
"Otherwise, no matter how many troops go up, it won't be enough to fill their teeth."
Li Zhi became even more embarrassed. He hesitated for a while before speaking: "If you have grenades, can you give us some more?"
"The regiment has trained a lot of grenade launchers, but we didn't capture many grenade launchers and grenades, so many grenade launchers were idle. This is a powerful weapon against Japanese light and heavy machine guns. Each company is equipped with two, which can
Greatly improve the offensive capabilities of the troops."
Li Yunlong replied proudly: "I'll give you twenty."
"I captured nearly thirty grenades when I attacked the east of the city. I only need seven or eight to replenish the losses, and I will give you the rest."
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