As the construction of the first runway was completed, the flight corps, which had been on standby at the rear, immediately dispatched their transport aircraft brigade, which, escorted by dozens of P-47 fighter jets, arrived in the sky over Ping'an County in just half an hour.
"Brigade commander... brigade commander... plane... our plane has arrived!"
Brigadier Wang had just woken up and before he had time to wash up, the door to Brigadier Wang's room was pushed open. Political Commissar Geng rushed in hurriedly, took his arm and ran out.
"I said, Lao Geng, why are you so anxious? I haven't washed my face yet."
"It's nothing if you don't wash your face once." Political Commissar Geng glared, "Didn't you listen to what I just said? Our plane has arrived, how come you still have the time to wash your face?"
Looking at Political Commissar Geng who looked like he was in a hurry if you don't come with me, Brigadier Wang could only smile bitterly and follow him.
The two of them arrived at the newly built field airport in the north of the city in the Willys Jeep presented by Gao Hongming. They happened to see a huge Douglas C-47 transport plane almost hit the runway. The huge wheels bounced on the runway.
Only then did he catch the ground and taxied for several hundred meters before stopping on the runway, and then taxied to the apron nearby.
Before the plane could stop, the second transport plane landed on the runway, followed by the third and fourth...
In just over half an hour, thirty-six transport planes landed on the runway one after another.
Then Brigadier Wang and Political Commissar Geng saw the cabin door open, and soldiers wearing black combat uniforms filed out of the transport plane, forming neat rows under the command of the officers.
Political Commissar Geng touched Brigadier Wang's arm: "Old Wang, is this the guard camp that Chief Gao regards as his eyeball?"
"It should be."
Brigadier Wang answered with an unspeakable fiery light in his eyes.
"I have heard that this unit is the favorite of the senior officer. There are thousands of people in the battalion, and most of the soldiers are equipped with fully automatic weapons. It is said that the firepower of a single salvo of one battalion is stronger than that of a Japanese regiment.
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"real or fake."
Political Commissar Geng is not a military novice. Even though he is a political commissar now, he was also a famous general before that.
During the Long March, he led his troops as the vanguard of the 2nd Division of the First Red Army, conquered Gupi, fought fiercely at Jiufeng Mountain, crossed the Xiaoshui River at night, attacked Daozhou City, fought bloody battles along the Xiangjiang River, cut through passes and captured passes along the way, and repeatedly defeated powerful enemies.
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Such a brave general naturally knows the enemy very well. Although the firepower of the Japanese army cannot be compared with that of the Western powers at the same time, it is much stronger than that of the Chinese army.
It is said that during the Battle of Pingxingguan, when Commander Lin of the 115th Division was discussing the military situation with the generals of the National Army, Gao Guizi, Commander of the 17th Army, once said in a disdainful tone that the firepower of a Japanese regiment exceeded that of a group army of the National Army.
The 115th Division all have old sleeves, made in Hanyang. How to fight this battle?
These words made Mr. Lin very angry.
Although Gao Guizi's words are exaggerated, we can also see the gap in weapons and equipment between the Japanese army and the Chinese army during this period.
Now when Political Commissar Geng heard what Political Commissar Wang said, his first reaction was that his old friend was bragging.
However, as the guard battalions were assembled one after another, heavy machine guns, mortars, anti-aircraft guns and even 75mm artillery and jeeps were taken out of the cabin by the soldiers, he felt that his eyesight was not enough.
Finally, he couldn't help but cursed, "Damn it, if I were to command this battalion, I wouldn't be able to defend it for seven or eight days, not even for a month."
"A month?"
Brigadier Wang snorted lightly and pointed at the dozen 75mm howitzers that had just been dragged off the plane by the jeep. "Seeing that those artillery pieces are not there, I am sure that their weight is definitely not more than one ton. They should be a kind of weapon specially designed for use in combat operations."
Mountain shooting artillery.
If we had these artillery, those anti-aircraft guns, light and heavy machine guns, I would dare to fight back against the Japanese!"
Not to mention the sighs expressed by Brigadier Wang and Political Commissar Geng, the arrival of the guard battalion was like a shot in the arm, giving everyone in the 385th Brigade great confidence.
Immediately after a day of emergency air transportation, the transportation brigade transported a large number of Japanese firearms, ammunition and artillery shells to the 385th Brigade.
The arrival of this batch of ammunition caused the two artillery battalions that had been silent for a long time to roar again.
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"What are you talking about? The firepower of the Eighth Route Army of China on the opposite side has been greatly strengthened, and their artillery group suddenly destroyed one of our artillery positions?"
Major General Tomomi Kuta, commander of the ninth mixed brigade, widened his eyes.
"This is impossible. Our Army aviation planes are constantly dispatched these days. In addition to competing with Chinese aircraft for air supremacy, our reconnaissance planes are also monitoring the road from Liantai County to Ping'an County. No convoy can escape as long as it passes by the road.
The eyes of the reconnaissance plane, how did they transport the artillery shells to Ping'an County, more than two hundred miles away?"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we have just received notification from Army Aviation that just this morning, a Chinese transport fleet landed in Ping'an County. It is estimated that a lot of military supplies were transported."
"idiot!"
The furious Tomomikuda raised his hand and slapped the staff officer with such force that the staff officer's face immediately became red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, he didn't dare to reach out to cover his face, so he could only lower his head and apologize continuously.
"Hi...Hi...Private Marseille(あやまる)..."
After being slapped four or five times in the face, Tomomikuta shouted angrily: "Why didn't you report such a big thing in time?"
Faced with the questioning, the staff officer didn't know how to answer for a moment. It couldn't be said that he had just learned about it. If he answered like this, he would probably become Tomomikuta's punching bag and get another slap in the face.
The chief of staff on the side did not know how to comfort his brigade commander. Although the ninth brigade was preceded by a mixed word, it did not mean that it was a weak force. On the contrary, it was a brigade that was
Okamura Neiji gave high hopes to the troops.
In addition to two fully-manned infantry regiments, this unit also has an artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade and a baggage brigade, with a total strength of nearly 10,000 people. It is a fist force of the North China Front.
Before that, Okamura Neiji had high hopes for it and the 28th Brigade, hoping that they could unexpectedly attack the tired Chinese troops who had been fighting for several consecutive battles, defeat them in the shortest time and fight all the way.
Rushed to Liantai County and captured it in one fell swoop.
Okamura Neiji firmly believed that as long as Liantai County could be conquered in one fell swoop, Gao Hongming and his Liantai militia would become rootless duckweeds. At that time, Okamura Neiji could annihilate them in one fell swoop and avoid their previous humiliation.