Fujiwara Kinichi could be so arrogant, but the Japanese soldiers did not have the courage. Without any explanation, they pushed Fujiwara Kinichi to the ground, and then four or five soldiers lay on top of him.
What flew over was a bomber from the Mawushan guerrillas, led by Bob.
While flying, he looked for the Japanese army's command organ. He saw armored vehicles forming a circle with many Japanese soldiers inside, and guessed that this was probably the Japanese army's command organ.
So he pushed the control stick and drove the bomber down. When the bombardiers reached the predetermined altitude, they dropped the bombs in advance.
Driven by inertia, the bomb continued to fly forward while falling, and soon exploded in or near the circle on the ground.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom", aerial bombs exploded continuously, and one of the bombs landed only about 10 meters away from Fujiwara Konichi and others.
The chief of staff had already been injured just now. This time he was very unlucky and was hit in the buttocks by another shrapnel. His head and body were injured at the same time, which sounded funny.
Fujiwara Konichi was not injured under the protection of the soldiers, but he was nearly knocked unconscious by the bomb. He lay on the ground and did not dare to move until the guerrilla bombers dropped the bombs and disappeared from the horizon.
Then he stood up.
He looked around and saw that it was a complete mess.
Two Japanese soldiers who were lying on him to protect him were killed, and one soldier was seriously injured. Two armored vehicles nearby were blown up, and one of them caught fire. There were six officers in the division headquarters.
were killed, nine were wounded, and the soldiers suffered even more casualties.
Soon after, the officer on duty once again counted up the casualties suffered by enemy bombings. After reading it, Fujiwara was in a very bad mood. During the bombing just now, the number of Japanese casualties exceeded 400, and there were a large number of
Vehicles and baggage were blown up.
He was very depressed, and asked someone to send a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio again, saying that he had received the report that the airport in the direction of Yucheng was basically completed, and asked when the Japanese air force could come to provide support.
Yoshio Shinozuka responded with a telegram saying that he would send a telegram to the North China Front Army immediately, requesting that aircraft from other places be transferred to the Yucheng Airport. He requested the 108th Division to protect the Yucheng Airport.
After reading the telegram, Fujiwara Konichi was also very depressed. Why did his 108th Division do all the difficult things? Originally, in order to protect the airport, he specially sent the 216th Brigade to station around the airport. But now he has sent the large troops to
After being brought to Mawu Mountain, the only ones left at the airport were an infantry brigade and a part of the military police from the Yucheng Military Police Headquarters forming an air defense force.
Fujiwara Konichi feels very bad now. He was originally a very proud man, but after dealing with Xu Dalong's guerrillas, his confidence is much worse than before. Although he thinks that the main force of the enemy army has been surrounded
In the Mawu Mountain area, Xu Dalong was haunted, and he was not sure whether he would send troops to attack Yucheng Airport.
In order not to take responsibility, he sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka and reported to him the actual situation of the security work at Yucheng Airport.
Yoshio Shinozuka became a little anxious after reading the telegram. He knew very well that if the Japanese army did not receive air support, the battle with the Mawushan guerrillas would be a completely asymmetric battle. He believed that the Yucheng Airport should be strengthened
To carry out security work, the Sixth Cavalry Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Army, which was a reserve force, went to defend the airport in Yucheng. At the same time, the North China Front Army was urged to send planes over as soon as possible.
It was not just Yoshio Shinozuka and Konichi Fujiwara who were thinking about Yucheng Airport, Xu Dalong's eyes never left there for a moment.
On this day, he received a telegram from Wang Sanqiang and others from the direction of Yucheng, saying that the Japanese airport had been basically completed. A plane had already flown over and landed at the airport. Some air forces had disembarked from it. It seemed that they were conducting
On-the-spot investigation.
It won't be long before a large number of Japanese air forces will land at Yucheng Airport. Xu Dalong immediately sent a telegram to Sun Desheng and Wei Monk, asking them to leave only a small number of cavalry to attack the enemy's transportation lines and concentrate the main force to immediately go to Yucheng Airport.
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Xu Dalong sent someone to call Bob again and told him his plan.
Bob was very excited after hearing this and said he would go back and prepare immediately.
That night, a transport plane and five bombers took off from the Mawushan base. In order to confuse the Japanese army, they first flew to the southeast, then circled and flew to the northeast.
Although it was night time and there was no radar for navigation, Bob had flown the route from Yucheng to Mawu Mountain, so he flew to the vicinity of Yucheng smoothly.
They saw the bonfires on the ground, and these three bonfires formed a triangle. Then the plane began to circle in the sky, and the pilots of the flight group and some ground crew members jumped from the sky.
There were quite a few of them, and since there was only one transport plane, the others had to parachute from the bomber.
On the way here, Bob served as the pilot. After arriving at the destination, he handed the transport plane to the co-pilot, and then he jumped out.
What greeted them on the ground was Monk Wei's special operations squadron. After receiving Bob and his flying group, they took them to Yucheng Airport.
Soon after, they joined Sun Desheng, Wang Sanqiang and others. The task given to them by Xu Dalong was to wait until the Japanese plane arrived at Yucheng Airport, use the tunnel to enter the airport, and then work together to capture the airport and seize the plane.
The pilots brought by Bo flew the plane back to the Mawu Mountain base.
After discussion, Sun Desheng, Wei Monk, Wang Sanqiang and others decided that Wei Monk's special operations squadron would lurk through the tunnel. After the Japanese plane landed at the airport, they would cooperate with Sun Desheng and others inside and outside to seize the Japanese airport, and then cover Bob and others.
People rob Japanese aircraft.
After the plan is made, start preparing separately.
Just as Monk Wei and others were preparing to drill into the tunnel, Sun Desheng suddenly received a report from the scouts, saying that the Japanese cavalry unit was approaching the airport. Judging from the number of people, it should be a cavalry brigade.
This was really too bad. Sun Desheng and others were still quite sure of dealing with the Japanese airport defenders, but when a cavalry brigade suddenly arrived, it was really difficult to capture the Japanese airport.
In other words, it was simply impossible. Sun Desheng, Monk Wei and others were a little dumbfounded, and they immediately reported this information to Xu Dalong.
In order to seize the Japanese aircraft, Xu Dalong has been preparing for such a long time since he started digging tunnels. The sudden situation gave him a very headache.
After thinking for a while, he sent a telegram back to Sun Desheng, telling Sun Desheng and others to try to move the Japanese cavalry regiment away based on the situation on the scene and, if possible, without revealing their intentions, and then continue to carry out the original plan.
A determined battle plan.
After Xu Dalong's prompting, Sun Desheng suddenly had an idea. He decided to temporarily give up attacking the Japanese airport and go all out to attack the Japanese cavalry brigade.
A Japanese cavalry brigade has more than 5,000 people, and the cavalry brought by Sun Desheng has more than 2,000 people. Together with Wei Monk's special operations squadron, they do not have an advantage in terms of strength.
However, the tactical level of the Japanese cavalry has long lagged far behind. Strictly speaking, the cavalry led by Sun Desheng is not called cavalry, but mounted infantry. Now in this era of hot weapons, the advantage of cavalry in group charges wielding sabers has actually been
It became a disadvantage. The cavalry unit to which Sun Desheng belonged had rich combat experience and its firepower was even stronger than the Japanese cavalry brigade.
Under such circumstances, he was fully capable of fighting the Japanese cavalry brigade. After having this idea, Sun Desheng reported to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong also believes that this is the only way at present, but it may miss the opportunity to seize Japanese aircraft.
However, Xu Dalong was well prepared. He decided that if Sun Desheng and others did not have a chance to seize the Japanese airport, he would use the flying brigade to launch a surprise attack when the Japanese army had just arrived at Yucheng Airport from other places.
plane crashed above the airport.
Therefore, Xu Dalong approved the battle plan of Sun Desheng and Wei Monk.
Xinhe County.
Chu Yunfei received a report that a large number of Japanese troops appeared between Dongxiang County and Juma County.
In order to prevent the three counties from being divided, Chu Yunfei decided to abandon Dongxiang County and concentrate his troops in Juma County and Xinhe County. In order to prevent the troops withdrawing from Dongxiang County from being intercepted by the Japanese army, Chu Yunfei led his troops to respond
, and at the same time informed Xu Dalong of the situation.
Xu Dalong agreed with his opinion. He suggested that in order to ensure the safety of Xinhe County, even Juma County should be abandoned and all troops should be concentrated in Xinhe County. As for Dongxiang County and Juma County, after this battle, Mawushan guerrillas
The team will definitely help Chu Yunfei get them back.
Chu Yunfei thinks what Xu Dalong said makes sense. The Japanese army is powerful. If the 358 brigade's troops are too dispersed, they will be easily defeated by the enemy one by one.
So he made up his mind and immediately led his troops to Juma County, and then went with the garrison in Juma County to meet a regiment of the 358th Brigade that had withdrawn from Dongxiang County.
On the way, they were blocked by a regiment of the Japanese 110th Division. The officers and soldiers of the 358th Brigade, with the cooperation of the Mawushan Guerrilla Flying Brigade, defeated the Japanese infantry regiment and then withdrew the main force.
Xinhe County.
In order to avoid being divided and surrounded by the Japanese army, Xu Dalong also gave Kong Jie an order to abandon Yinping County and transfer part of his troops to Mawu Mountain to defend the arsenal. Then he withdrew the remaining troops to the direction of Guancheng County to outflank
The retreat of the Japanese 108th Division.
Xu Dalong decided to concentrate the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas, as well as Kong Jie's New Second Brigade and the Independent Brigade, to first defeat the 108th Division that penetrated deep into the hinterland of the base area.
In this way, the Japanese army successively occupied Dongxiang County, Juma County and Yinping County.
Seeing this situation, Yoshio Shinozuka was in a good mood. He gave an order to Fujiwara Konichi, asking him to go all out and go straight to Wancheng County, first to destroy the airfield of the Mawushan guerrillas.
Fujiwara received a report from Yoshio Shinozuka and learned that the Japanese army had made significant progress. His spirits also cheered up and he conveyed the good news to his troops, saying that as long as the 108th Division captured the Mawushan guerrillas
At the airport, the enemy will lose its air superiority and will be able to completely eliminate the Mawushan guerrillas.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were encouraged, their morale was high, and they started a rapid march in the direction of Guancheng County.
After Li Yunlong received Xu Dalong's telegram, he sent Zhang Dabiao to lead a regiment of troops to participate in the battle to siege the Japanese 108th Division.
Li Yunlong was very shrewd in fighting. He judged that the Japanese army was deep into the hinterland of the Mawu Mountain base and they must not be carrying much supplies, so he did not order Zhang Dabiao to go directly to Guancheng County, but followed the Japanese army.
Attacked the baggage troops of the 108th Division and cut off their retreat.
Fujiwara Konichi felt a certain amount of pressure when he learned that the baggage troops had been attacked, but he was not too worried.
He believed that as long as he could quickly occupy the enemy's airport and surround the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas in the county town, Yoshio Shinozuka would definitely send a large army to follow him, and then the logistics supplies would be replenished.
He sent a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka, telling Yoshio Shinozuka about the situation faced by the 108th Division, and asked Yoshio Shinozuka to establish contact with the 108th Division within three days.
Shinozuka Yoshio is now full of confidence and promised Fujiwara Konichi that he has commanded the army to continue to attack the hinterland of the Mawu Mountain base area and guarantees that it will be able to join the 108th Division within two days, so that he does not have to worry and can be bold and confident.
continue to move forward.
The 6th Cavalry Brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Army was marching along the road towards Yucheng. Suddenly, the leading troops discovered that enemy cavalry appeared in front.
There were more than 100 of these cavalrymen. They took the lead in opening fire at the Japanese vanguard, killing several Japanese cavalrymen on the spot.
The Japanese cavalry was very angry. Seeing that the enemy's troops were not many, they immediately charged forward.
When the guerrilla cavalry saw that the enemy's troops were numerous and menacing, they turned their horses and began to flee.
The Japanese cavalry pursued them with great vigor. They chased for six or seven miles in one breath, and saw that the leading troops separated from the main force of the Sixth Brigade.
The commander of the vanguard was a captain of the Japanese army. Since he did not know the situation ahead and was worried about encountering an ambush by the enemy, he planned to stop the pursuit. Just as he was about to issue an order, he suddenly came out from the left and right directions.
He picked up hundreds of guerrilla cavalry and rushed towards the Japanese cavalry.
When the Japanese cavalry saw the enemy rushing up with their sabers waving, their fighting spirit was instantly aroused. So they also shouldered their carbines, drew their sabers, and faced them. The two sides started a battle like ancient knights.