For the next two days, the weather was gloomy and the visibility at night was very low, making it impossible to carry out bombing missions.
While Li Mu was dealing with some matters in Nanyang, he was collecting various intelligence to find out the deployment situation of Xiaobenzi in Teng County.
This aspect needs to be clarified in advance, otherwise it would be too much of a waste of more than 20 minutes of combat time to just fly a plane and use a telescope to look for small books from the sky and observe their troop deployment.
In addition to the Japanese troops in Teng County, the remnants of the Ban Heng Division, which was besieged by the 40th Army and the 59th Army in Ju County, were also Li Mu's targets.
Despite the fact that Ban Heng's division is a remnant, in addition to the escaped cavalry, there are still more than 10,000 people. Although they have lost a lot of heavy weapons, their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
Now, these more than 10,000 people are entrenched in Ju County. They will soon break out of the encirclement, join the supporting troops, get out of danger, and even counterattack the 40th Army and the 59th Army.
Although the 40th Army and the 59th Army have surrounded them, they don't have the strength to annihilate them. They want to let them go, but they are afraid of letting the tiger return to the mountain. They can neither advance nor retreat at the same time.
This is actually not bad. There are more than 10,000 Japs under siege, and they are entrenched in a county. What a good opportunity to kill and injure the Japs.
In Li Mu's view, taking care of these more than 10,000 people would weaken the little devils as much as a few small victories.
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As for Li Mu, no one would doubt it.
Unfortunately, the nearby Tang En tribe saw Xiao Benzi's power and had no intention of helping.
Unfortunately, Li Mu's fighter plane was kept at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, and the anti-aircraft machine guns and cannons were of little use.
There were anti-aircraft machine guns, not to mention defensive artillery fire, but also anti-aircraft artillery. Fortunately, it was at night and it was too far to see clearly, so the threat from anti-aircraft artillery was minimized.
At this time, the Japanese troops in the east concentrated their forces to attack Dongguan. The enemy infantry broke into Dongguan under the cover of tanks. Wang Mingzhang saw that the city was broken and there was no hope of reinforcements, so he sent a last message: "Determined to fight to the death to repay the country."
Next, he selected a relatively densely populated place and dropped seventy or eighty fifty-kilogram aerial bombs. Looking at the troops below who were stunned by the bombing and became a mess, Li Mu then returned.
On the 14th, a small group arrived near Teng County. Sun Zhen, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, urgently ordered the reserve team, and Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division, led his troops to defend Teng County, waiting for reinforcements from Tang Enbo's army.
Since the invasion, the Isoya Division has hardly encountered any tougher troops. Today, Tengxian County encountered a hard nail, which was quite unexpected.
At one o'clock in the morning, Li Mu opened his eyes, washed briefly, and came to the runway. The ground crew had already made preparations.
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Seeing the raging fire in front of them, the officers and soldiers of the two armies were shocked and a little confused. More than 10,000 little Japanese were simply gone.
Within a few minutes, Li Mu threw down more than 60 oil barrels, equivalent to more than 60 tons of gasoline. The house was completely ignited, and the entire county turned into a huge sea of fire, with little devils wailing everywhere.
Running, looking for places that have not yet been affected.
On the night of the 15th, the weather improved, there were stars and moon, and the time to take action finally came.
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The Japanese also understood this truth, so naturally they were unwilling to compromise and targeted the thrown gasoline barrel.
At about 8 o'clock, the enemy concentrated artillery fire to attack the east gate, the city and Xiguan Railway Station of Teng County. At the same time, dozens of planes operating in coordination flew over Teng County and bombed indiscriminately.
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Unfortunately, the regiment was attacked by a Japanese army unit besieging Teng County in Nansha River and was unable to retreat. The other regiments only stood guard at Nansha River. After their military headquarters arrived, they learned that Teng County was being besieged by a powerful enemy force, so they used mobile operations to attack them.
The troops took a circuitous route and headed to the area east of Fengshan Mountain in the northeast of Teng County.
After the enemy's bombardment started, Wang Mingzhang knew that a war was imminent and told the officers and soldiers in the city: "I am determined to defend Tengcheng to the death, whether the city survives or survives, the city falls or falls."
Seeing that the situation was critical, Wang Mingzhang personally led the team and risked the lives of countless brothers before he could barely drive the enemy out of the city. There were fewer and fewer available troops.
The next moment, plastic gasoline barrels and aerial bombs were thrown at the county town.
However, it was worth it to have more than 10,000 Japanese buried with him.
In addition, according to Li Mu's request, these gasoline barrels also have a groove that can accommodate a 25-kilogram aerial bomb.
The officers and soldiers defending the city were undaunted and responded to the challenge calmly. However, there were too many Japs and their firepower was too fierce. In addition, there were planes in the sky coming to support at any time. It took until midnight to fight back the invading enemy.
Not only that, in many areas that were not touched by the oil barrels just now, the Japanese began to use anti-aircraft machine guns and machine guns to fight back.
Not only did planes carry out bombings for two consecutive days, causing heavy losses to the troops, but the Tengxian defenders were extremely tenacious in fighting, and they still had the strength to resist such a large-scale attack.
Then he ordered the north and south city gates to be blocked, and the east and west city gates to temporarily leave traffic roads and prepare to be closed at any time. The division headquarters and directly affiliated troops also moved into the city from Xiguan.
Wang Mingzhang hurriedly went into battle and urgently mobilized troops to guard Teng County. Soon, about 5,000 people on foot and cavalry approached the eastern suburbs of Teng County and first attacked the security troops guarding the Dongguan of Teng County.
In addition, after learning from the experience of the Ban Heng Division, the various units were stationed very scattered, so the effect of simple bombing was not very good.
On this day, the long-awaited reinforcements from Tang En's Department finally arrived. As soon as a regiment of the vanguard got off the train, Sun Zhen ordered them to go for reinforcements because the situation in Teng County was urgent.
A few minutes later, the fighter jet rushed into the night and flew towards Juxian County.
Tang En conserves his strength, and the 122nd Division can't wait any longer!
On the 17th, although the Japs were heavily bombed by Li Mu, they still launched a large-scale attack, inflicting more than half of the 122nd Division's casualties.
However, this is the wilderness, not a county town, and the gasoline cannot be used anymore. Not only does this consume too much, there is no house to support combustion, and the effect is not very good in the wilderness, and it can easily cause wildfires.
Soon, under the cover of aircraft and armored vehicles, an enemy force broke through the east gate. Countless little Japs poured in through the gap, and the battle became more intense.
Some said it was the result of the night attack by the frontline troops; others said it was the result of the bombing of Guofu; and another theory was that the little devil angered the sky and sent down thunder.
Dozens of aircraft were requested, equipped with dozens of armored tanks and a large number of artillery, and stormed Tengxian County. Suddenly, the entire county was filled with smoke, houses collapsed, and became a sea of fire.
Faced with this situation, Li Mu had no choice but to use bombs to kill each one. Killing one would reduce the pressure on the defenders.
However, soon, a second gasoline barrel with a bomb tied to it fell down, exploding with a bang, and hundreds of meters in radius once again turned into a sea of flames.
Countless people who saw this news were excited. It turned out that the little devil was not that powerful. The war of resistance had dawned, and the country had hope...
Seeing that the city could not be defended, Wang Mingzhang hurriedly telegraphed to Sun Town: "The enemy bombarded our city and the east wall with artillery fire, and several sections near the east gate were washed away. The enemy troops boarded the city, and we counterattacked, killing countless enemies. We have defeated them."
Retreat, if there is no news from the friendly troops late at night, the isolated city will be in danger."
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The 40th Army and the 59th Army stationed outside the city jumped up in shock as soon as they were bombed in Ju County, looking at the horrific scene in front of them.
Their defensive task was completed in this way, and it was overfulfilled. Except for a part of the cavalry that escaped, Ban Heng's division was almost wiped out.
This morning, he got up relatively late. After washing, he had breakfast and had today's newspaper brought to him.
Looking at the county seat below, Li Mu sighed. After tonight, this county seat may no longer exist.
At four o'clock in the morning, Li Mu flew back to Nanyang. After working for three hours and consuming so much energy, he simply tidied up. Feeling sleepy, he returned to the room and quickly fell asleep.
Sure enough, these reporters were well-informed, and the news of the fire in Juxian County, which burned more than 10,000 Japs to death, had spread throughout the country.
There were countless figures faintly howling inside, and countless little devils braved the fire and rushed out to hide in other places.
Such a huge result cannot be achieved by one person. Even if bombing is really needed, to achieve the current effect, at least hundreds of planes will be needed to fly over together and drop bombs together.
In advance, hundreds of plastic barrels he customized have been prepared. These barrels are quite large and can hold about a ton of gasoline each.
Li Mu now has so much gasoline that he hired someone to fill the hundred plastic barrels with gasoline and place aerial bombs in the grooves of the barrels.
Thinking of this, he stretched out a hand from the cabin. More than seven meters away, a huge plastic barrel containing one ton of gasoline appeared out of thin air, with a 25-kilogram aerial bomb embedded in the barrel.
Now, with the help of the little devil, many houses in the corners that were not covered or lit were all set on fire.
Soon, all the residential buildings in the county were on fire, turning into a huge fire that burned everything!
A total of more than 80 gasoline barrels and more than 80 tons of gasoline were dropped, igniting everything that could be burned in the entire county and turning the place into a sea of flames.
At three o'clock in the morning the next day, Li Mu flew a plane to the vicinity of Teng County again and started bombing mode targeting the Japs' positions, personnel, artillery, and armored vehicles.
However, the 122nd Division itself suffered heavy casualties and lost more than one-third of its personnel.
Based on intelligence and telescope observations, we quickly figured out the layout of the enemy forces outside the city. It must be said that the annihilation of Ban Heng's division had a great impact. The Japanese were more concerned about air defense and made many arrangements in this regard.
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There are also different opinions on the cause of the fire.
After he left, Wang Mingzhang took advantage of Xiao Benzi's chaos and launched a counterattack, with good results. However, Xiao Benzi was not a vegetarian, and he quickly controlled the situation.
After dealing with the Japs in Ju County, Li Mu turned his attention to the defense battle in Teng County.
Seeing that time is urgent, the little Japanese dared to delay the longer he delayed, the more troops the fifth war zone would dispatch.
More than an hour later, at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters in Ju County, Li Mu opened the hatch cover, took out his telescope, and observed the situation below while circling the county town.
If we use bombs for bombing, the county is so big and there are residential buildings in the way, so the amount required is too large, and the effect may not be that good.
The first thing to do was still the armored troops and artillery troops. A dozen 250 kilogram aerial bombs were thrown down, and the artillery positions and armored troops suddenly burst into mourning. More than a dozen cannons and more than 20 armored vehicles were directly scrapped.
The opponent's anti-aircraft artillery began to show its power, which made Li Mu have a lot of worries.
By the time the leaders surrounded the county town layer by layer, the entire city had been reduced to a sea of flames. Many small books even escaped regardless, and they captured many prisoners.
The Japanese had obviously made some preparations for being bombed. There was no light in the entire county. Except for the troops standing guard, the rest were scattered in various residential areas.
On Xiaobenzi's side, the bombardment continued for two hours starting at 8 o'clock, and stopped at about 10 o'clock. There was silence for about 30 minutes. Suddenly, the artillery fire was concentrated and violently bombarded the protruding part of the southern half of the Dongguan wall to cover the infantry attack.
A moment later, there was only a loud explosion. Under the action of the 25-kilogram bomb, one ton of gasoline turned into little flames, splashing into a space of hundreds of meters, igniting countless houses, and suddenly turned into a sea of fire within a hundred meters.
How could this have anything to do with Li Mu, who did not have a flying team? Who is he? He is just a small local force that few people have heard of.
In front of Jinpu, Isotani Rensuke's 10th Division behaved extremely arrogantly after occupying Yanzhou, Jining, and Zouxian lines in early February. In addition, since the invasion, it has been smooth sailing. They believed that the Chinese army was vulnerable to them and that capturing Xuzhou would be easy, so they followed
Jinpu Road rushes southward.
Li Mu was unmoved, and soon the third, fourth, and fifth...
Li Mu watched silently without any pity.
Li Mu circled around the county town several times. In order to survive, many little devils abandoned their helmets and armor, opened the city gate and ran directly out of the city; some were approached by the fire and even jumped off the city wall.
This method worked well. Some gasoline barrels were directly smashed, and gasoline splashed everywhere in the air and splashed to the ground, becoming new fuel.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Benzi returned to his homeland and brought in heavy artillery to blast the south wall. More than 20 enemy planes bombed the south gate. At the same time, the enemy infantry attacked the south city under the cover of tanks. The defenders fought bravely and suffered all casualties, but they still could not
Stop Xiaoben from capturing the southern city wall.
However, the little devil only thought about defense against aerial bombs, but not against fire.
There was another scream and little devils running and hiding everywhere.
It was under such circumstances that at three o'clock in the morning that day, Li Mu flew a plane to the vicinity of Teng County.
Some gasoline barrels were directly ignited by bullets at high altitude. After a violent explosion, the gasoline splashed into the surrounding space, and then turned into fire spots, covering the entire county like rain.
The plane circled back and forth over Ju County, and as the oil barrels fell one after another, wherever they landed, there was a sea of fire.
After more than ten minutes, the ground was left in a mess and littered with corpses, and then we returned.
After a few more minutes, seeing that there was not much fuel, we decided to return.
When daytime came, Xiao Benzi had air superiority, and as he was heavily bombed and eager for revenge, the defenders would face an even more brutal war.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the west city wall fell, and Xiao Benzi concentrated his firepower on the intersection in the center of the city.
In addition to ordering all the troops in the city to fight the enemy in the streets and defend Xiguan to wait for reinforcements, Wang Mingzhang personally led the guard company to climb the northwest city wall and command the battle to seize the west gate tower. However, the enemy's firepower was too fierce and most of the company was killed or injured.
At this time, Wang Mingzhang was determined to move to Xiguan Railway Station and continue to command the defenders to fight the enemy. When he arrived near the electric lighting company, the enemy troops in the West Tower were condescending and fired a burst of machine gun fire. Wang Mingzhang, his subordinates, and their entourage totaled more than 20 people, most of whom were
Dedicate yourself to your country.
Wang Mingzhang was shot several times, piercing his chest, bleeding profusely, and died.
Next, in the face of the Japs' advance, the defenders in the city refused to retreat. The remnant army remained in the city until noon the next day, until all the defenders died heroically and Teng County fell.