When Li Zhendong and the officers and soldiers of the Guojun commando saw that the guerrillas had captured so many tanks and armored vehicles, they were all jealous and fell into admiration.
According to the original battle plan, Xu Dalong ordered two cavalry squadrons to go around the west side of the airport to attack the Japanese barracks, and then commanded the armored group to set up an offensive formation. Wei Monk's special operations squadron and the Guo army's assault
The team was behind the tank group, preparing to launch an attack on the Japanese barracks east of the airport.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, two cavalry squadrons sent a telegram saying that they had arrived at the designated position.
Xu Dalong gave the order to attack.
34 tanks were arranged in three rows in front, followed by 86 armored vehicles, followed by special operations squadrons, commandos and cavalry, and rushed towards the Japanese barracks.
The Japanese officers and soldiers were sleeping and were awakened by the rumbling roar of engines in the distance. Although the Japanese captain could not figure out what was going on, he still became vigilant due to his soldier's intuition.
He quickly put on his trousers and shirt and ran out. He shouted to the staff officer on duty outside: "Go and find out what's going on." As he said this, he walked out.
When he arrived at the gate of the barracks, he saw a large number of car lights flashing in the distance. At this time, those vehicles were very close to them, and the strong lights shone over them, making the Japanese officers and soldiers unable to open their eyes.
In the understanding of the Japanese officers and soldiers, this could not be the enemy because they did not have so many vehicles.
Just as they were trying to figure out the situation, the tanks that rushed over had already fired a salvo of gunfire at them, and half of the Japanese captain's head was cut off by the shells on the spot.
Only then did the Japanese officers and soldiers realize that they were really enemy troops.
They panicked and wanted to resist. However, under the impact of such a huge armored group, all resistance was in vain. The only thing the Japanese officers and soldiers could do was to flee in all directions.
Under the illumination of the car lights, the fleeing figures of the Japanese troops were clearly visible, and the machine guns on the tanks and armored vehicles kept harvesting their lives.
When the armored convoy was attacking, it passed the stronghold built by the Japanese army to the east. The Japanese troops at the stronghold were also panicked and fired at the armored vehicles. However, it had no effect. The armored convoy ignored them and continued to attack them.
Attack forward.
According to the pre-established combat plan, a detachment of the special operations squadron rode several armored vehicles and parked outside the Japanese stronghold. Then they unloaded the Type 92 infantry cannon from the armored vehicles and fired fiercely at the Japanese gun towers and bunkers.
Soon there was no movement inside the Japanese stronghold.
After Xu Dalong, Li Zhendong, Wei Monk and others defeated the Japanese defenders east of the airport, they quickly rushed into the Japanese airport. Some armored vehicles continued westward to attack the Japanese troops in the west.
Wei Monk's special operations squadron and Li Zhendong's commando team went to destroy the Japanese aircraft and infrastructure at the airport.
After hearing the sound of gunfire from the east, the Japanese troops stationed in the west climbed out of bed in a panic and prepared to head to the east for reinforcements.
Two cavalry squadrons of the guerrillas launched an attack on them and pinned down most of the Japanese troops.
The Japanese captain could only mobilize two infantry squadrons to the east of the airport for reinforcements. Not long after they ran out, a large number of tanks and armored vehicles rushed towards them.
On the wide and flat airport, the Japanese troops had no place to hide. They suffered heavy casualties from the fierce machine gun fire from tanks and armored vehicles and fled in all directions.
At this time, there was only one squadron of Japanese defenders on the Japanese airport. They had been blocked in the barracks by guerrilla tanks and armored vehicles while they were sleeping. They fired desperately, just hoping to prevent the guerrillas from rushing in. For those outside,
I couldn't care less about what happened at the airport.
The Japanese defenders at the airport have all been controlled, and the guerrillas and Guojun commandos can calmly destroy the airport.
They blew up the planes on the tarmac and in the hangar one by one, and used explosives to blow all the buildings that could be destroyed into rubble.
Since the time was very leisurely this time, the guerrillas filled up the oil tankers parked at the airport, filled the captured trucks with aerial bombs and all the materials that could be taken away, and then placed them in the oil depot and ammunition depot.
A time bomb was placed inside, and the retreat began calmly.
Li Zhendong was so satisfied with the fight that he was unwilling to let go of the Japanese garrison squadron surrounded in the barracks, so he set up a mortar and blasted it into the yard, and then led the commando team to rush in.
After annihilating all the Japanese troops inside, he led the commando team to withdraw from the airport with satisfaction.
The attack on the airport was too fast. Although the Japanese troops in the city received the news and hurriedly organized troops to leave the city for reinforcements, they were attacked by guerrillas as soon as they left the city.
By the time they were ready to break through the guerrilla blocking position, Sun Desheng had already received Xu Dalong's order to retreat, so he led two cavalry squadrons to quickly evacuate.
When the large Japanese troops arrived at the airport, they saw explosions happening continuously on the airport. The scene was as tragic as hell.
Xu Dalong and others drove captured tanks, armored vehicles and various vehicles toward Zhongtiao Mountain.
Xu Dalong and others could have returned directly to Mawu Mountain, but they were worried about the safety of Li Zhendong's commando team and decided to escort them to Zhongtiao Mountain first and then return to the Mawu Mountain base area.
They have such a huge armed force that they are not afraid of Japanese interception on the road. The only thing that can pose a threat to them is the Japanese air force.
Now that the threat no longer existed, they had no scruples and marched majestically along the road in the direction of Zhongtiao Mountain.
Along the way, the Japanese and puppet troops were invincible, and no one dared to come to die. They successfully entered the Zhongtiao Mountain Guo Army's defense area.
After entering the Guojun defense area, Xu Dalong ordered to stop advancing. He said to Li Zhendong: "Sir, the mission has been completed. Let's say goodbye. You can say hello to the commander for me."
Li Zhendong fought such a great victory and hoped that Xu Dalong could go back with him to receive the reward. He said: "Sir Xu, you have made such a great contribution. Why do you want the old chief to reward the brothers? You'd better come with me."
Let's go back."
Xu Dalong's attitude was very resolute, saying that the enemy situation in Mawu Mountain was serious and he must lead his troops back immediately. So he broke up with Li Zhendong and others and led his troops to leave.
The reason why Xu Dalong did this was because he had his own plan.
On the one hand, most of the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas had come out, and he was really worried. On the other hand, there were too many seizures this time. If he went to Zhongtiao Mountain with these seized weapons, equipment and supplies,
Even if General Fu has no idea, there is no guarantee that other people under him will not be jealous.
In order to avoid these troubles, Xu Dalong had better not meet them.
However, Xu Dalong was still a good friend. He left Li Zhendong with Japanese military coupons worth more than 10,000 yuan, two armored vehicles and two cars, as well as some Japanese weapons that he had collected from the Japanese barracks.
Li Zhendong was very satisfied and reluctantly said goodbye to Xu Dalong, Wei Monk and others.
After destroying the Japanese airport, Li Zhendong had already sent a telegram to Commander Fu reporting his victory.
When Li Zhendong and others returned to the Zhongtiao Mountain headquarters, General Fu had already led the senior officers of the headquarters to come out to greet Li Zhendong and his commando team.
When Li Zhendong and the commandos who went out saw such a grand welcome scene, their chests stood out high and proud smiles appeared on their faces.
Li Zhendong turned over and dismounted, ran to stand in front of General Fu, saluted, and said loudly: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief that the commando team has completed the task of attacking the Japanese airport. Please give instructions to the Commander-in-Chief. The commando team leader is newly appointed as the deputy commander of the 137th Division Li Zhendong.
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General Fu was very satisfied with this combat operation. He stepped forward, punched Li Zhendong on the shoulder and said, "Yes, you did a great job this time."
After speaking, he, accompanied by Li Zhendong, reviewed all the commandos participating in the battle and delivered a passionate speech to them.
He said that this time he would definitely reward all the commandos who participated in the battle. He announced on the spot that all the officers and soldiers who participated in the battle would be promoted to a higher level and each would be awarded 50 yuan.
All the officers and soldiers participating in the battle were very excited and burst into warm applause.
General Fu felt a little regretful when he saw that Xu Dalong did not come.
Li Zhendong gave the two armored vehicles and two cars he brought back as trophies to General Fu.
General Fu was very happy and immediately approved to leave an armored vehicle and a car for Li Zhendong.
Next, General Fu and the generals from the Zhongtiao Mountain Command listened to Li Zhendong's report on the attack on the Japanese airport in the conference room.
Li Zhendong first introduced the defense situation of the Japanese airport. After everyone listened, they all believed that it was very difficult to capture the Japanese airport under such circumstances.
In order to improve the tactical level of all generals, General Fu specifically asked Li Zhendong to stop talking and let the generals present propose a combat plan for attacking the Japanese airport.
The generals analyzed it for a long time, but could not come up with a decent plan.
General Fu himself thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of a better solution, so he asked Li Zhendong to explain the tactics they used to attack the Japanese airport.
When Li Zhendong finished explaining the entire battle process, everyone felt it was incredible. They really couldn't imagine that the battle could still be fought like this.
They were all very emotional, not only that they couldn't do such a tactic, but they just couldn't even think about it.
The general who looked down on the guerrillas last time said with emotion: "Captain Xu and his guerrillas are really powerful. Fortunately, they are from our side. Otherwise, it would be really terrible."
Among these generals, many of them had fought with the underground party before the two armies cooperated. At that time, they felt that the underground party's army was extremely powerful. Imagine if they encountered an opponent like Xu Dalong, the consequences would be disastrous.
Dare to imagine.
As of now, no one among the Guojun generals in Zhongtiao Mountain dares to look down upon the Mawushan guerrillas anymore.
Each of these Guojun generals are human beings, and they have various interpretations as to why Xu Dalong did not come to Zhongtiao Mountain.